The Newark Journal.
Published In The Famous Big bottom Country, Where Alfalfa Is King.
$1 Per Annum.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, July 19, 1907.
Voh 7. No. 30.
LIQUOR HOUSE WAS NOT OPENED
Citizens do Good Work in Prevent
ing Opening of Wholesale
Liquor House in Newark
George Qualls, of Rutherford,
brought a wagon load of whiskey
down from his distillery Tuesday
for the purpose of opening a whole
sale liquor house here in Newark.
Mayor Ratton went to Mr.
•Qualls and advised him that the
people would object to his open
ing such a business here, and re
quested him not to do so. Mr.
Qualls said that he had procured
government license and brought
his whiskey here, and expected to
open for business, but did not pro
pose to run over ,the law, as he
had been fully advised by his law
yer that he could run such a busi
iicre auu Kuup witmu nits taw.
The report spread over town in
a few minutes and citizens began
to discuss the matter. In a very
short time the call went out for a
meeting of the citizens, to formu
late some plan of action, and in
less than ten minutes some 30 or
35 citizens gathered at the post
office and organized themselves in
to a committee, with Mayor Rat
ion as spokesman, for the purpose
of waiting upon Mr. Qualls and
respectfully requesting him to
make no further efforts to open
his liquor house. Mr. Qualls had
agreed in the meantime to meet
such a committee and hear and an
swer any protest they might
have to offer. When the commit
tee was ready, R. K. McHenry
and Marshal Pascoe were appoint
ed to wait upon Mr. Qualls and
bring him before the commitee.
Mr. Qualls was found on the
streets and informed that a com
mittee of citizens desired to meet
him. He then declined to go be
fore the committee, but agreed to
take his whiskey back home and
make no further efforts to sell it
here. When this report was
brought to the committee in wait
ing, it was unanimously decided
that the committee repair to the
street, hunt up Mr. Qualls, shake
his hand and thank him for his
decision. The committee then
marehed accross the street, where
Mr. Qualls was found, and a very
touching scene enacted.
A few minutes later Mr. Qualls
iui uuiuc, iiis wLiidi\t2,y
with him.
NOTICE TO OUR CUST0A1ERS
All other retail merchants have
Jong- since raised the price of
prints from (lets to 7cts the .yard,
while we have continued to sell
our prints at the usual price of 6
cents the yard untill the present
time, but owing to another ad
vance which will be made on prints
on July 23rd, we will be corape 11
- ed to raise our price from Gets to
7cts the yard on this date.
O. L. Hoover & Co.
Sulphur Rock, Ark.,
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4 TO SCHOOL DIRECTORS
If your district needs desks,
blackboards or school furniture of
any kind, call and get my prices.
I handle the best desk made and
can make prices as low as the
lowest. A. A. Henderson. New
ark, Ark.
THINK ON YOUR WAYS
To The Newark Journal:
A higher power has in some
way said “write a short article for
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your paper.” Oh, we rejoice that
the Lord has fought and won such
a victorious battle in the hearts
and minds of so many dear souls,
and made them to /eel they had a
broader, brighter and more peace
ful life to live than they had ever
realized in the past! Bless the
Lord, O my soul, and all that is
within me, bless His Holy name!
But Oh, for whom our hearts
and hands go out, are the grown
up men and women, some of
whom are the heads of families and
have greater evil influence than
they have ever thought. Oh, may
they awaken to the awful manner
in which they are casting their in
fluences, for it will be as bread
thrown upon the waters to return
to your children.
“Ye are the light of the world.
A city that is set on a hill cannot
be hid.” That not only applies to
uuc, uui* tin p^upie.
“Let you light so shine before
men that they may see your good
work, and glorify your father
which is in heaven.” These were
Christ’s own words.
Dear soul, hasn’t the winds of
temptation tossed you to and fro
in your frail ship on the boisterous
sea long enough? You should not
forget, any time you are tired of
this, if you’ll only implore God’s
blessing and help, the wind of His
mercy is ready to send you sailing
on calm seas.
Some may say “Oh the meeting
has grown so exciting.” Well,
say, if you were sleeping sweetly
on a bed of down and the building
in which you were, should catch
on lire would you not thank your
friends to give the alarm? Sup
pose they gave the alarm and you
insisted that you could sleep awhile
longer, and so you do, desiring a
little more rest—and yet ’tis not
rest—alas! What do you expect in
the end? Sincekness.
SULPHUR ROCK DOINGS
Sulphur Rock, July 16.—Dr. Z.
T. Ford was over from Elgin
Monday looking for a house to
move his family into to spend the
summer.
T. B. Keeney wants 100 cases of
eggs per week. Highest cash
prices paid for chickens, eggs and
country produce, delivered at J.
H. Jimerson’s, Sulphur Rock.
Come this way for dry goods
and notions, in fact we handle a
o'rp.tf, vfl.rip.fcv nl' cm si 11
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wst rpc
L. Hoover & Co.
See O. L. Hoover & Co., for
| men, women and children’s shoes,
i They have ’em and they’re the
"Star Brand.”
Mr. and Mrs U. P. Kent and
Mr. Eoli' of Sharp attended the
I Lodge here Tuesday evening.
See our display of queensware,
i it is full of real bargatis. O. L.
! Hoover & Co.
M. W. Cobbs and family of
Wynn came in Monday to spend
the summer.
Mrs. Wm. Kinman of Newark
was visiting here the first of the
week.
J. II. Martin has been quite
sick for several days.
The Hockaaay meeting closed
Sunday evening.
Our school opened Monday with
107 students.
A Law and Order League has
been organized at Forrest City for
the purpose of suppressing gambl
ing, pistol carrying and the illegal
sale of liquor.
THE GREAT REVIVAL CONTINUES
126 Additions to The Various
Churches Was the Result Up
to Wednesday Night
The revival meeting at the
Methodist church continues with
increased interest, and will go on
until Sunday. The greatest diffi
culty encountered is the incapacity
of the building to accomodate the
vast throngs who gather to attend
the services.
A remarkable feature of the
whole meeting is the perfect order
maintained and the close attention
of the entire congregations to the
services. On frequent occasions
the house has been literally packed
and jammed with people, every
seat being taken, the isles stand
ing full and Deonle standing on
the outside around ever window,
yet not the slightest disorder or
misbehavior has occured at any
time.
As stated last week, Pastor
.Jernigan has been “run over” by
the great power and sweep of the
revival wave to such an extent
that he has been unable to keep
anything like an accurate count of
the conversons, but they have
probably reached 150 or 160.
There had been 118 additions to
the Methodist .church up to the
close of the service Wednesday
night. Five have given their
names for membership in the
Baptist church &-nd three for the
Christian church, making a total
of 126 additions to the various
churches.
A baptismal service was held
yesterday out on Dota and for a
time the town was practically de
serted, nearly everybody having
gone to attend the service. Fif
ty-nine persons were baptized
yesterday by immersion. Eigh
teen were baptized at the church
last Sunday, several the Sunday
before and there are a number yet
to be baptized at the church next
Sunday.
Old men who have been in the
service of the church for forty to
fifty years say that, all things con
sidered, this has been the most re
markable revival they ever wit
nessed.
FINED FOR KILLING DOVES
Frank Perrin was fined £3 and
cost Monday, the entire sum
amountin'? to about $16, for shoot
ing doves, the information on
which the warrant was issued be
ing filed with Justice Holmes by
the Deputy Prosecuting Attorney.
It is against the law to kill any
bird, except game bird in season
and English sparrows, crows,
blackbirds, hawks, owls, eagles
and other birds of prey. It was
suggested to Justice Holmes that
doves are game birds, but he was
unable to find that the law so de
signates them.—Batesville Guard.
OIL TROUGH TINKL1NG5.
Oil Trough, July 16.—The ice
cream and box supper given by the
W. O. W. Circle last Friday night
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E.
L. Reaves, was attended by fully
200 people, and was the most en
joyable entertainments given here
in a number of years.
A letter from W. O. Moore who
is in Norfolk, Va., says that his
father is dead. The old gentle
man was 88 years old, and it is
supposed that he died suddenly as
he was able to go fishing with Mr.
Moore when he arrived there a
short time ago.
Chas. Wasson and the Trotter
j Brothers have bought the Pendle
| ton sawmill three miles south of*
| here.
! Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Fisher of
Newark were the guests of rela
tives here Sunday.
Mrs. L. L. Ellison and children
! visited relatives at Newark the
| past week.
Archie Head visited home folks
' at Floral Saturday and Sunday.
Robert Fisher of Elmo spent
Sunday here with his brother.
Crops are beginng to need rain
very much, especially corn.
!
E L. Reaves and family went
to Newark Saturday.
INFESTED BY THIEVES
| Newport, July 13.—This town
; is infested by a gang of thieves
who are causing our citizens con
| siderable trouble and uneasiness,
! as no one knows when his home
I may be entered and despoiled of
valuables. Robberies have occured
[every night or two for several
i weeks, and so bold have the thieves
! become that in one instance they
carried off a trunk full of fine lin
, en, using a buggy to carry it away.
Four attempts were made night
I before last to enter resdences.
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KILLED IN HIS FIELD
■ A farmer named King Thomas,
living near Sylatnore, was shot
I and kiled some time Friday morn
ing udiile at work in his field. He
went to work Friday morning,
plowing corn, and when his wife
blew the horn for dinner he did
not come. She went to the field
and found him dead with a bullet
hole through his head. It is sup
posed that he was shot from am
bush by some unknown assassin.
He had had trouble with some
parties in the neighborhood, but
nothing serious was thought of it.
INNOCENT BYSTANDER KILLED
Fine Bluff, July 16.—1'illard
Marshall, a negro farm hand, shot
and killed another negro at Swan
Lake today. Marshall had a tight
with his father in-law about a
mule and shot at him. He missed
his father-in-law and killed an in
nocent negro bystander. He is
still at large.
ENFORCE LIQUOR LAWS
At the meeting of the Arkansas
Sheriff’s Association recently held
at Little Rock, strong resolutions
were adopted in favor of enforc
l ing the laws against the sale of
I liquor in prohibition territory in
I this state.
STOLE A SHROUD
\V. P. Jackson, a Little Rock
undertaker, was fined $150 and
sentenced to six month in jail, in
the police court at Little Rock
■ Thursday for stealing a shroud
i from the body of a dead man.
BOY DROWNED
Searcy, July 14.—Clyde Richie,
| the 14-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Monroe Richie, was drowned
I while swimming in Red river to
! day. The body was found late
this afternoon.
Smiley’s livery stable at Leslie
was destroyed by fire one night
last week, and 13 head of horse*
were burned to death.
A FARMER KILLED BY HIS MULE
John Blair, of Black River Town
ship, Found Dead in His
Field Tuesday
John Blair, a prominent ancf
well known farmer of Black River
township, was found dead in hiss
field near Charlotte, about noon
Tuesday.
He had been plowing in the field
and it is supposed that he wn*
either thrown or kicked by hi*
mule and killed. Life wasnoten
tirely extinct when he was found,
but he was unconscious and never
spoke, and died in a few minute*
after he was found.
The mule he had been plowing
was standing near where he was
found and it is supposed that when
he took the mule from the plow to
go to dinner, the animal either
kicked him or threw him. eansincr
his death.
Mr. Blair was about 40 years
old and was well known, having"
formerly been one of the county’s
succesful teachers. He leaves a.
widow and five children.
Rev. Jas. F. Jernigan conducted
the funeral services, and the re
mains were buried Wednesday
noon at the Churchill graveyard
under the auspices of the Wood
men of the Word, of which he was
a member.
PLEASANT HILL PICK-UPS
Corn is most all laid by in this
vicinity.
J. B. Bullard and family visited
at Magness Sunday.
Somebody has been killing ro
guish cows in this community.
The Sunday school and young
peoples prayer meeting at Pleasant
Hill is all right.
Charles Moore was down from
Charlotte again Sunday. Wonder
what’s the attraction^
We are glad to hear of the good
revival at Newark. May the good
work continue until Newark is
revolutionized,
Dry weather at present. The
cry for the last three years has
been, “I wish it wouldn’t rain so
much;’’ nowr the cry is “I wish it
would rain.” Guess we can’t be
satisfied any way.
A quiet wedding took place at
the residence of Rev. G, L. Fink
Sunday evening, the contracting
parties being Jay Weils and Miss
Minnie Grady of Newark. Rev.
G. L. Fink tied the nuptial knot
and the happy couple went homo
rejoicing.
STOCKHOLDERS HEETINCl
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Sulphur Rock Tele
phone Company will be held at,
the public hall in the town of Sul
phur Rock, Ark., August 10th%
1907, at 8:30 o’clock p. in., for th®
purpose of electing seven directors
to serve for one year, and for the
transaction of such other business
as may be legally brought before
the meteing.
Sam Tuggle, president,
J. K. Rawlings, secretary.
SLEW HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW
Brinkley, July 10.—John Hen
son shot and killed his brother-in
law, Tom Pullam, with a 38-cali
ber Winchester rifle here Saturday
night. Both men have families.
Henson is at large. The difficulty
occured three miles north of
Brinkley.
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