LARGEST SHOE HOUSE IN THE WEST
Peters Shoe Company, Makers of
The Famous “Diamond”
Shoes Keep Expanding
J. \V. Byler of the North Ar
kansas department of the Peters
Shoe Co. is in receipt of the fol
iowing telegram:
St. Louis, Mo., April 2A.— Mr.
J. W. B.vler, Batesville, Ark.
We congratulate you on .your suc
cessful business trip through In
dependence, Izard and Sharp
counties. 11. W. Petkkn,
President.
The Peters Shoe Company to
day owns and operates six mam
moth shoe factories, five of which
are in St. Louis and one in Her
man, Mo.
This company has made tremen
dous strides in the past eleven
years, having had at that time on
ly one small factory, a capital
stock of only $100,000. Today
the capital is a million dollars ful
ly paid.
1 heir army or salesmen cover
the country from the Atlantic to
the pacific, and from the lakes to
the gulf.
They have recently sent their
salesmen to Kurope, being the first
of the St. Louis shoe houses to
take this important and progres
sive step.
In addition to the factory build
ings in St. Louis, they have for
the exclusive use one of St. Louis
skyscrapers to accommodate their
offices and stock rooms.
Many of the visitors at the
W orld's Fair, will remember their
building, with the large sign
across the front, these words,
“Wre make more tine shoes than
any house in the west.'"
It is the ambition of the com
pany (and there is every indication
it will be fully realized) to erase
the word “W est” and substitute
for it the word “World.”
Peters Diamond Brand Shoes is
a household word all over Arkan
sas and they are growing in pop
ularity wherever known.
Sisk, Hulsey & Haddock of this
city have the exclusive agency for
these celebrated shoes, and are
looking for a large shipment of
them to arrive within a few days.
SPREADING THE WRONG WAV
Many farmers do not buy homes
because they are not financially
able to buy as rhuch land as they
think is necessary. Many such
remain homeless when they might
have good small farms profitably
cultivated and feel as independent
ns the owner of ten times as many
acres.
Speaking of this fact, Farm and
Ranch says that the amount of la
bor and the amount of intelligence
with which it is applied, has more
to do with the value of crops
frown on a farm than the number
of acres planted. Instead of buy
ing more land, as many farmers
do, and going in debt for it, it
would be better to double the in
come of the smaller farm, because
there is more clear profit in it.
If one wants to grow grain or
cotton on a large scale, and his
farm is too small for his purpose,
it would be better to change his
views and grow more profitable
crops on a smaller area, and give
to the task more thought and la
in) r per acre.
The idea that a farmer, to a
mount te anything, must have a
<arge farm, has been the ruin of
many who might have prospered
on forty acres or less. Many
farmers who thirst for broad acres
could get what he wants by going
down after it, instead of buying
more land.
Blank note and receipt books at
The Journal office.
OBITUARY
Departed this life, April 14,
I'.KX!, at her home near Streeter,
Okla., Mrs. Lizzie Lin Merritt,
wife of ,J. H. Merritt and daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. 1). R Reeves,
after an illness of twelve days.
She was born in Indepence county,
Arkansas, September 2d, 1881.
Although she was sick bnt a
short time, all was done for her
that friends and a loving husband
could do. She bore her illness
with patience and fortitude. A!
I though Mr. and Mrs. Merritt had
been settled in their new home but
ft short while, she had many friends
who visited her both night and
day.
There is a chord in human na
ture neither to be chilled by am
bition or selfishness, nor awed by
danger, nor obliterated by absence
in thinking of the loved one dead.
Oft amid life’s busy scenes, we
pause in still communion with the
past, then turn and muse on the
withered ilower still blooming in ;
memory’s urn.
However much we may have
pondered over the mysteries of
death, yet never can we under
stand the resurrection morn that
is promised in the announcement
that Christ brought life and im- ,
mortality into the world and we
know that our Reedemer liveth.
The deceased leaves a husband j
and two darling little daughters!
to mourn her loss; also a father, j
a mother, a sister and two broth- j
, ers. They all have the sympathy :
of the writer.
MRS. IMA HiLLIOT,
Streeter, Okla., April 2*th.
ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING
There will be an annual school
meeting of the electors of the
Newark Special School District
(No. 38) of Independence county,
at the public school building in
Newark, at 2 o’clock p. m. the
third Saturday in May, 1000.
At this meeting the following
matters will be submitted to the
consideration and action of the
electors of said district: The elec
tion of three directors and voting
a tax for school and building pur
I poses.
Every elector is urged to be
present. G. (). Maonkss, Pres.
K. 11. Wii.i.iamsox, Sec.
WHAT THE FARMER WROTE
An exchange says that once a
merchant put up a blackboard in
his store and asked his customers
to write their names on it, and op
posite tell what they were doing
for humanity. A lawyer wrote,
! ’T plead for all.” A doctor
wrote, “I prescribe for all.” A
preacher wrote, *T pray for all.”
j An old farmer walked up, wrote
his name, scratched his head
t awhile and then wrote, 1 pay for
jail.” _
We have a complete line of
farm implements. See us before
i you buy. Sisk, Hulsey <Sc Had
| dock.
Patriot
MEN’S/
DORK MERC. CO.
jMagness, - - Arkansas
COMPLETE VOTE ON U, S. SENATOR
—
According To Unoffcial Returns,
Davis has 67,892 and Sena
tor Berry has 55,074
Xo official announcement of the
total vote cast for United States
Senator in the Democratic primary
election on March 28th has been
made yet by the officers of the
Democratic state central commit
tee. It appears that not all the
! counties have sent in abstracts of
: the official returns to the state
committee. The result, however,
is known in each of the counties,
and the following table prepared
I by the Arkansas Gazette gives the
| result about as accurately as can
| l>e obtained at this time.
Davis
770
j County.
Arkansas.
Ashley. 912
Baxter. 61*
Benton.1,436
Boone. 882
Bradley. 723
Calhoun. sss
Carroll. 851
Chicot. 141
Clark .1,050
Clay.1,223
Cleburne. 792
Cleveland. 80s
Columbia.1,269
Conway.1,329
Craighead.l,ssl
Crawford. 996
Crittenden. 132
Cross . 041
Dallas. 557
Desha. 100
Drew . 863
Faulkner.1,015
Franklin.1,137
Fulton. 689
Garland.. 1,08.2
Grant. 620
Greene.1,783
Hempstead.1,185
Hot Spi ing. 870
Howard. 1,085
' Independence .... 1,186
Izard.1,183
Jackson. 715
Jefferson. 425
Johnson .1,543
Lafayette. 604
Lawrence-. 924
Lee. 47o
Lincoln. 347
Little River. 594
Logan.1,240
Lonoke.1,051
Madison. 769
Marion. 770
Miller. 603
Mississippi. 905
Monroe. 601
Montgomery. 333
Nevada. 744
Newton. 487
Ouachita. 695
Perry. 488
Phillips. 4223
Pike . 533
Poinsett.1,140
Polk. 521
Pope.1,935
Prairie.1,183
Pulaski.. . .2,197
Randolph. 584
Saline.1,201
Scott. 498
Searcy. 41*'.
Sebastian.. 1,744
Sevier. 898
Sharp. 825
St. Francis. 716.
Stone. 675
Union .1,069
Van Buren. 637
Washington.1,535
White.2,370
Woodruff. 803
Yell.1,227
Berry.
IOI
722
632
2,034
1,015
661
203
767
270
977
1,01 <
293
297
824
541
1,165
831
396
6<M
581
200
623
552
875
880
1,395
4*6
1,117
1,036
70S
792
1,281
900
S i 5
1,095
665
44u
714
4^6
179
495
542
i 15
460
SOI
1,163
459
190
751
141
783
245
1,18,4
286
132
542
508
581
2,425
506
552
302
294
2,772
1,188
662
363
540
1,079
148
1,645
1,078
409
668
Totals.67,892
Davis' majority 12,818.
55,074
The Journal is requested to an
nounce that there will be a meet
ing at tin* Dugger graveyard on
the first Saturday in May for the
purpose of cleaning and beautify
ing the grounds.
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