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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, August 18, 1905.
Vol. 5. No. 34.
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HARVIE JORDAN ON
COTTON SITUATION
Says Cotton Growers Should Get To
gether and Agree on Price
For the Coming Season.
Harvie Jordan, president of the
Southern Cotton Association, has
given out the following statement
in regard to the present crop and
prices of cotton:
A recent meeting of the Inter
national Cotton Spinners held at
London, England, on August 1,
indicates very clearly that the pro
ducers are to be bitterly fought by
the spinners during tin* next three
months. At the meeting above
referred to, foreign spinners were
advised to buy no more cotton for
■90 days, except in such cases
where the raw material was abso
lutely needed. The effort will be
made to depress the.cotton market
here by reducing the demand for
the raw material as far as possible
in order to break down the present
movement of the farmers to de
mand fair prices for their staple.
The present plan of the foreign
■spinners, it now appears, is to
crush tin* Southern Cotton Asso
ciation and its efforts at the open
ing of the fall season and force the
farmers to sacrifice their cotton on
-a depressed market brought about
by combination and concert of ac
tion among the spinners and
*‘l>ear” speculators. Every imag
inable device known to human in
genuity will be brought to bear to
^depress prices during the next
v months.
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I TO FIX PRICE.
I “Tlr^SouT*" Cotton Associa
tion will meet at -ville, N. ('.,
Sept. 0, and at that time will fix a
minimum price oi the present
crop, which will be fair and just
to l>oth the producers and spin
ners, based upon a carefully pre
pared report on the condition of
he crop up to Aug. tin, and the
timated percentage of yield as
npared with 19»>4. When thi<
nimum price for spot cotton is
,ed by the representatives of the
fferent States on Sept, b, at
vsheville, every producer of cot
ion in the South will be called up
/on to stand by the action of the
association and force the consum
ing world to pay a fair price for
the staple. There will be no sur
plus of raw cotton from the crop
of 1904. What is left over un
consumed on Sept. 1 will be only
a small reserve stock. The mills
are now consuming 270,000 bales
per week, ami the demand for cot
ton goods ’is enormous at high
prices.
MUST STAND FIRM.
“The producers have just won a
notable victory in the face of the
largest crop ever produced in this
country, and by concert of action
forced prices up from 0 cents in
January to pt cents in duly, en
countering each day the most in
tense opposition.
The present crop indicates a
short yield compared with 1904,
while the consumption of cotton
will go forward unabated for the
next eighteen months. Present
prices for spot cotton are not high.
They represent only a small profit
to the producers.
If the tight must come it will be !
forced by the spinners and will be
met b.v determined and effective
opposition on the part of the pro
ducers. The crop of 1905 must
not be sacrificed. Let every man
measure up to the highest standard
of Southern manhood and do his
full duty. The mills have got to
have our cotton, and if they want
to stop buying at present prices
we ran stop selling and see whose
corn crib and smokehouse will last
the longest. On the eve of the
crisis which threatens the South
the Southern press is earnestly
called upon to publish this article
and comment upon the same edi
torially. The farmers all over the
South are rapidly organizing and
the association has no fear of the
final out-come in the struggle which
lies just ahead. ”
SULPHUR ROCK SKETCHES
Short Local Items of Interest Picked
Up at the Metropolis of White
River Township.
Joe Waklrid of Madness was in
town Monday.
Mrs. J. Hibson has been sick
for several days.
Joe Karnheart of Batesville was
in town Tuesday.
Miss Ilula Moore has been on
the sick list this week.
Nice shower Tuesday evening,
which we were glad to see.
Mrs. Nellie Dye of Little Hock
visited relatives here last week
Mrs. Julia Herrington is visit
ing relatives in Batesville this
week.
J. 1. Studervant and Mr*. I lore
Kdwards of Newark were in town
Sunday.
Martin «&■ Smith are having their
store house recovered and other
wise improved.
Newt Greenhaw of Tuckerman
is spending a week or two in our
town. He talks of locating here.
.1. D. Martin of Moorfield,
County Secretary of the Farmers
Union, was in our burg Monday.
Misses Dora and Lula Black
burn. who have been in Kansas
for two months, came home Sun
day to visit their parents.
All parties interested in the
Sulphur Rock cemetery are re
quested to meet early Saturday
morning and help to clean it off.
Rev. ,1. L. Brown was called
home Monday on account of the
illness of his wife, and has post
poned his meeting till next week.
Rev. .las. L. Brown is conduct
ing a series of meetings at the
Baptist church. Rev. Newman is
also carrying on a meeting at the
Cap.
doe B. Folk and Johnson, the
barber, went fishing Monday.
They came back with something
in a sack, but we did not see any
fish.
Miss Fthel Griffin, who has been
teaching at Paroquet, came up on
ihe train Monday morning, and is
quite sick at the home of her uncle,
\Y. R. Rice.
Remember Saturday is the day
set apart by the Sulphur Rock
Odd Fellows Lodge as Memorial
Day. Let everyone be on time,
(iet to the lodge room by 2 o’clock.
William Smith, proprietor of
the St. Charles hotel at Little
Rock, committed suicide Wednes
day at Denison, Ariz., where he
had gone for his health.
Hon. T. J. Raney spent yester
day at the county capital on busi
ness.
Fred I>. Whiting Co. will pay
you the highest cash price for your
eggs.
Marion Bray arrive^ home Sat
urday from Colorado where he has
spent the past six year.
I have pasturage for your stock
at 50 cents per month for .year
lings and £1 for grown stock. A.
A. Henderson.
From now until September d0,
the Iron Mountain route will sell
tourist tickets to St. Louis and
Chicago at one fare plus *4 for the
round trip.
A considerable rain and wind
storm passed over this section
Wednesday night, but did no dam
age, so far as we have been able
to ascertain.
We will sell you a steel rod par
agon frame* fast black, ‘id-inch
umbrella for fifty cents. Can't be
duplicated in Newark. Fred I).
Whiting Co.
Late reports from Yellville say
that Ld Cunningham, who was
hurt here last week in the bull
gaxuo, is getting along nicely and
is able to be up.
Dr. Fix ley, the Bates v i lie dent
i>t, will be in Newark Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, and will
make regular monthly trips. See
him about your dental work.
Ed Standford and Miss Mollie
White were quietly married Wed
nesday evening at the residence of
George Standford, near Paroquet,
Squire W. 11. Jones officiating.
Robert Smith and family, who
came here from Columbus, Ivy., a
year or so ago and have been liv
ing out on the Mayhan farm, left
Tuesday for their former home.
Dr. K. R. Long of Batesville,
president of Arkansas College,
will lecture at the Methodist
church in this city tonight (Friday)
on education. < lo out and hear
him.
The Journal has a very interest
ing letter from Mr. anti Mrs. E. J.
Magness who are spending the
summer in Colorado, but as it only
arrived yesterday ami is very
lengthy,we were compelled to lay
it over until next week.
*’Cowboy” Will A. Smith was
billed to give one of his famous
walking races here last night un
der the auspices of the Woodmen,
lie walks ten miles against ten
men—a fresh man for each mile.
He has walked more than a
thousand of these races and has
been beaten only seven times in
his life.
Little Bennie Adams, the four
year-old son of Mr. and. Mrs. Al
I bert Adams, was kicked by a mule
I Tuesday morning while out in the
lot with his mother. He was
struck on the back of the head,
and received an ugly and painful
j wound, which bled profusely for
i some time. Drs. Lawton and
Hodges were sommoned and
dressed the wound and the little
fellow was reported to be getting
along very well yesterday.
Miss Willie Adams of Hatesville
is spending a few days in the city,
the guest of Miss Leona Magness.
For Sale—One five room one
story house, one five room two
story house and one eight-room
two-story house, a good well,
smoke house, and barn and one
acre of land with each house.
North of school building. Would
sell one or two of them. I also
; have other real estate bargains in
Newark property. If you want
to buy do not fail to see me. T.
J. Raney.
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS
Items of General Iaterest Gathered
Fresh From the Columns of
the Daily Papers.
The total indebtedness of Sharp
county is $7,6U*.h2.
Rev. W. \V. Gibson is a candi
j date for sheritf of Fulton county.
hive men charged with horse
stealing are confined in the Lee
county jail at Mariana.
Louis Reece an Iron Mountain
| brakeman was instantly killed at
1 toxic last Friday while coupling
cars.
Seven persons were injured,
several of them seriously, in a
street car collision at Little Rock
Tuesday night.
While working on the belfr.\
of the Baptist church at Stevens
\V, Tyson fell to to the ground,
breaking both his arms.
Mrs. Norma Stand ford, daught
er of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Greer
of Garfield, was accidentally shot
and killed at Tulsa, I. T.
M. .1. Kingston, a fireman or
the Valley division of the Iror
Mountain, was killed near Varner
Saturday by the overturning of f
dead engine which was being haul
ed to Baring Cross for repairs.
William Hicks, a young carpen
ter, fell from the roof of the new
Plunkett-.larrell building at Lit
tie Rock Wednesday morning
and sustained injuries which re
sulted in his death an hour later.
Martha Cox, the Fort Snritl
negress, who, as she claimed, gav<
her children morphine, througl
mistake for quinine, was arrester
Tuesday on a charge of murder, i
having developed at the coroner's
inquest that she had beaten tin
children unmercifully and forcer
them to take the drug.
Edna Turpin of Van Buren at
tempted suicide at that place l ues
day morning by throwing hersel
upon the track in front of a Friscr
passenger train. The enginee
saw the woman in time, however
to stop the train just as the pilo
was in a few feet of her, as sin
lay face down across the track.
A CARL) OF THANKS.
We take this method of thank
ing the many friends for thei
kind assistance to our dear, goot
mamma in her last illness.
We pray that God’s blessing
may continue with you, and tha
we all be prepared to meet mam mi
in Heaven. Frank Divers,
Beulah Wells.
Blank note and receipt books al
'The Journal office.
SERIOUSLY SHOT BY
QUARANTINE GUARD
Young Man who Forcibly Attempted^
to go Through the Lines at
Texarkana Failed.
Texarkana, Aug. 14.—Sunday
morning at 3 o’clock Walter
Wright, a young white man, aged
about 23, was shot and danger
ously, if not fatally wounded on
Rose Hill by John Ferguson,
one of the quarantine guards or*
the Texas side of the town.
Wright, with three companions,
it is claimed, was trying to come
through the quarantine lines when
they were halted by Ferguson.
They became angered and, it is
claimed, assaulted Ferguson,
Wright using a club, with which he
knocked the guard down and was
beating him when the officer drew
his pistol and fired three shots, one
of which penetrated the abdomen.
After being shot Wright was taken*
to a local sanitarium, where he
now is. The physicians made an
examination and found it necessa
ry to perform the operation
of laparotomy, the intestines hav
ing been perforated in four places.
Ferguson, the guard who did the
shooting, was lodged in jail, but
Mayor Stuart, after investigating
the matter, secured his release and
ordered him back to his post of
duty, being convinced that he on
ly acted in self-defense and within
the line of his duty as a quarantine
i officer.
STATE SECRETARY’S CHANGE.
To Local and County Secretaries:
You are hereby notified that on
and after August 25th, 1905, you
are directed by the State secretary
to send no more communications
to Nashville, Ark., but send all
letters thereafter to lien L. (irif
fin, Conway, Ark., which will be
the permanent headquarters of the
State office. The State Conven
tion requested that the state office
! be more centrally located; there
fore I have accepted Conway, as it
is the most centrally located town
in the state, being only three miles
from the geographical center of
' the suite.
All mail that will reach me by
the 14th day of August should bd
addressed to Nashville, but after
, that date all communications
, should be addressed to Conway.
I This is very important and should
be carefully obeyed by all.
Yours fraternally,
11kn L. Griffin .
State Secretary Farmers Union
I IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON.
The following is the government
■ Bureau’s summary of crop and
' weather conditions in Arkansas
, for the week ending August 14:
-; 'The week was charactized by
warm days and cool nights, with
• I showers the fore part, and was
> favorable for growing crops and
for farm work of all kinds. Rain
would be beneficial generally.
Cotton, while small and late, is
. healthy and has improved during
. the week and is now making more
| fruit: there is, however, complaint
locally of shedding and of insects
5 and rust injuring the crop. Early
L corn is made and is a good crop:
t the late planted is mostly laid by,
but is not promising; it would l>e
benefited by rain. Considerable
hay of excellent quality was saved
in good condition. Irish and
sweet yotatoes and pea vine hay
are doing well.