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TELEPHONE NUMBER 59.
FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1904.
We are all for Jeff now.
Nothing now remains but to run
for President.
Will Arkansas be an orphan
v hen Jeff goes to the senate ?
What will poor old Arkansas do
for a governor when Jeff goes to
the senate?
Judge Wood will now have time
to use a little of his great elevating
influence on the supreme court.
Just put your ear to the ground.
You hear that great rumbling
sound! That’s the trusts and cor
porations leaving Arkansas.
If there is a little trust of any
kind in Arkansas that has been so
fortunate as to escape annihilation
it had better hike out now for Mis
souri.
Reports from various parts of
the state indicate that the next leg
islature will be an anti-Davis body.
At the convening of the last legis
lature a majority of its members
were Davis men, but before ad
journment the legislative and exec
utive department of the state gov
ernment had kicked up a fight.
With an anti-Davis legislature to
begin with, what can we expect
this time? The chances are that
absolutely nothing will be accom
plished except to stir up a bigger
stink than before and lower the re
putation of Arkansas a few more
notches.
The supreme court ought to
shake hands with itself. Just
think what a loss that august trib
unal would have sustained if Judge
Wood had been snatched off the
.bench and placed in the governor's
chair!
Arkansas ought to be supreme
i ly happy. Jeff and Carroll I).
I still retain their respective posi-j
■ tions and we can now defy the
earth and elements to do their
i worst. Fortunate indeed are the
people among whom dwell such
great and wise statesmen!
if Judge Wood will now wield
as great an influence for the bet
terment of the supreme court as
a great many of his followers
promised that he would do for the
state if elected governor, the court
will catch up with its work in a
very short while and have to go
fishing to kill time.
Judge Alton B. Parker, whose
picture appears on the first page
of today’s paper, is developing a
good deal of strength as a Presi
dential candidate. New York state
has instructed for Parker, and as
lie is a ninth older and a more con
servative man than Ilearst we
would not be surprised if Parker
should win the nomination.
We are told that certain parties
objected to The Journal’s state
ment last week that this township
did not poll its full democratic
vote. The township has about 425
or 430 legal voters and polled onl.\
197 in the recent primary. It is
therefore an evident fact that if
we polled the full democratic vote
this is an overwhelingly republi
can township. But if we hud slat
eel that this was a republican town
ship these same parties would have
been ready to denounce us as a
liar. But despite the wailings of
a few sore-bellied individuals, old
Big Bottom is the banner demo
cratic township and will roll up at
least 400 democratic votes any
old day the full vote is polled.
We publish on the first page of
today's paper tin* first installment
of an article entitled “The Coun
try We Live In.” The article
will run in serial form for several
weeks, or until the subject has
been fully covered, and will then
be published in book form and
scattered broadcast throughout
the North, East and West. It will
be a line advertisement for our
town and country and if any of,
the business men of the county de-1
sire to have an advertisement or 1
write-up of their business in this j
book they can procure same at a j
reasonable rate by making their
desires known at The Journal of
fice.
A Cireat Sensation.
There was a big sensation in
Leesville, Ind, when W.H. Brown
of that place, who was expected to j
die, had his life saved by I)r.
King's New Discovery for Con
sumption. lie writes: ”1 endur
ed insufferable agonies from Asth- j
ina, but your New Discovery gave
me immediate relief and soon i
thereafter effected a complete
cure.” Similar cures of eonsump- j
tion, pneumonia, bronchitis and 1
grip are numerous. It's the best
peerless remedy for all throat and
lung troubles,Price 50c and $1.00. j
Guaranteed by J. I Sturdivant.
Druggist. Trial bottles free.
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Fire at Beebe.
Beebe, April 5. —This morning
at the break of day fire was dis
covered in the rear of the grocery
More occupied by dace Stanley,
front ing on Main street, and in 80
minutes the three wooden build
ings fronting on Main and Front
street* were enveloped in flames.
Owing to the favorable conditions
of the weather and heroic work of
the lire-lighters, none of the brick
buildings near by was seriously
damaged.
The City Election.
The new city officials elected
Tuesday are as follows: Mayor,
d. 11. Holderb.v; recorder, Jno. A.
Gibson; Treasurer, E. .1. Magness;
Marshal, George Pearce; Aider
men. A.A. Henderson, W.T.Mag
ness, Fred 1). Whiting, Morg
Drennen and W. 0. Mims.
The total vote polled was 104
and as there were no avowed can
didate for aldermen the vote was
somewhat scattered. The detailed
vote was as follows:
FOR MAYOR.
-I. 11. 11 older by 59,
A. II. Saylors 43.
FOR RECORDER.
Jno. A. Gibson 76.
Jno. T. Tharp 28.
FOR TREASURER,
E. J. Magness 89.
FOR MARSHAL.
George Pearce 69
IIugh Barnett 81
FOR ALDERMEN.
A. A. Henderson 84
W. T. Magness 51
Fred I>. Whiting 47
Morg 1 )rennen 45
W. 0. Mirns 44
.1. M. Martin 43
T. W. Hulsey 42
.). P. Magness 41
T. II. Hearing 39
J. W. Barnett 15
(). F. Craig 10
R. B. Adams 7
G. O. Magness 2
•J. I. Sturdivant 1
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Republican Convention.
I hi' republicans of Big Bottom ,
township are requested to meet at j
Geo. F. Grosser’*office in the rear,
of the postoffice building at 2 o’- j
clock p. m. on Saturday, April 16,
1904, for the purpose of electing
delegates to the county convention
at Batesville April 80, and to
transact such other business as
may come before said meeting.
T. M. Hakkf.lson,
Township committeeman,
Geo. F. ( i;ohski{,
Committeeman at large.
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Killed by Jealous Rival.
Lonoke, Ark., April 4. — Walter
Green, colored, shot and killed
John Smith, colored, yesterday
evening. The killing occurred ten
miles south of Lonoke on Gov. J.
P. Eagle's farm. Jealousy was the
cause,
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Drowned in The Arkansas.
Conway. Ark., April 4.—Infor
mation just to hand states that
James Kunn and Jack Carter were
drowned in the Arkansas river
near Ledwig yesterday evening
and their bodies have not yet been
recovered.
The only kind of consump
tion to fear is “ neglected
consumption.”
People are learning that con
sumption is a curable disease.
It is neglected consumption
that is so often incurable.
At the faintest suspicion of
consumption get a bottle of
Scott’s Emulsion and begin
regular doses.
The use of Scott’s Emulsion
at once, has, in thousands of
cases, turned the balance in
favor of health.
Neglected consumption does
not exist where Scott's Emul
sion is.
Prompt use of Scott’s Emul
i a checks the disease while it
an h>o checked.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemist*,
Pearl Street, New York,
£Qv. and , all dr*',csul