The Newark Journal.
Published In The famous White River Country. Where Alfalfa is kino
Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, February 26, 1909
Vol. 8. No. 46
F
COUNTY PROHIBITION
^.Ccwnents on The Local Fight by an
Old Time Prohi
Mr. Editor:—The chances for the
success of a prohibition law being en
acted by the present general assembly
is creating some interest in these parts.
Petitions are being circulated for our
county to be placed under statutory
prohibition. I meet someone occa
sionlv who refuaes to sign such a
petition. Met one not long ago who
would not sign it, and said he wanted
to give me a priest lecture. I will not
tell you who he is, but he is able to
buy his booze as Uncle Sam is giving
him a pension. Very few young men
refuse to sign it, and nearly all the
women favor prohibition. Every one
of our county officers, except two,
have signed the j>etition. Vet these
two, with others, want their salary
raised. They stand on the side of
anti-prohibition, whether that is their
claim or not. Well some of us will
not forget them when they come around
to see the dear jieople t>efore the next
primaries.
Let us see where the man stands who
•does not stand with the anti-saloon
♦lenient. First, with the saloon men, !
the maker of that which crazes the
brains of men; the drunkard: the gam
bler; the houses of ill-fame; the outlaw
and every tough in the country. Mark
I do not say that all who refuse to
sign are drunkards and gamblers, but;
they are in that company.
Who are those who are on the pro
hibition side standing with? All the
preachers of every order, all the good
wofnen, every church organization, in
fact our best citizens and Godly men
and women.
Now reader which side do you want
to gang with? Come out on the side
of (food morals and ask our represen
tatives to press a prohibition law, for1
thVWhole state nr>» —,u ,/ur t-vuutj j
next. We have shown that we want;
to care for tho helpless. See the
Masonic Home and the I. O. O. F. j
Home both located at Batesville in.
our county and our good morals had
something to do in getting these
Homes located in our midst.
Should all the preachers advocate
whiskey from the pulpits what would
our Baptist deacons say; what would
the Methodist stewards say'and how
would the elders in the Presbyterian
church feel? But all of these are on
the s;de of prohibitiod, and there are
a very few of these church officers hut
who are with the anti-saloon element.
I would be willing' for the census of
the churches to l>e taken in our county
and publish the names of the officers
and churches in The Newark Journal.
But how about those few church mem
bers who stand with liquor men?
Suppose we should publish their names
and their standing on liquor question?
Wouldn’t there l>e some squirming?
Yours for good and wholesome law.
, J. I. Martin.
Cord, Arkansas, February 22.
TO TELEPHONE PATRONS
To the patrons of the Newark Tele
phone Company.
I wish to state that we have bought
a new switch hoard, and have made
arrangments to have the Southwestern
to connect with us, which all will he
done by March 1st. Please bear with
us as we are trying to give you service
and will. We have been handicapped
as you know. We have had storms,
snows and bad weather.
If you was on top of a telephone
pole these cold mornings you would
know how to sympathize with us.
So l>e patient and make all your
wants known to the manager who will
do the best he can to serve you. With
best wishes to all patrons.
Newark Telephone Co.
Geo. F. Grosser,
Manager.
CAN YOU ANSWER?
What man mentioned in the Bible
owned fourteen thousand sheep, six
thousand camels and one thousand
yoke of oxen:'
In what hook, chapter and verse do
the words “axe” and “saw” occur.?
Iu what book, chapter and verse do
the words “washpot” and “shoe”
occur?
THE TEACHERS MEETING
County Teachers Association to Meel
at Batesville March 13
The Independence County Teachers
Association will meet at the School
Building at Batesville on Saturday,
March 13. Every teacher in the coun
ty is expected to be present. The fol
lowing program has been prepared:
MORNING SESSION, 9:30 to 12:00
School Improvement—Mrs. Maude
Jeffery and C. E. Larkin.
Efficiency of Teachers--W. W. Jer
nigam
The Backward Child—Miss Pearl
Miller and W. B. Morris.
Arkansas Boys’ Corn Clubs—Sid
ney Pickens.
General Discussion.
AFTERNOON SESSION, 1:30.
The qualifications of the Teacher
Prior Huddleston and Miss Frances
Wilson.
Better School Sanitation- -S. C.
Knight and T. J. Shirley.
Beading--Miss Beulah Denison.
Self-government in the Public School
—Miss Victora Pickens and Jud Bul
lington.
Critical Moments in the School
Room—Three minute talks by Orville
Baker, Ed Robertson ami Virgil Har
din. L. Campbell, j
T. J. Hardin, [-Committee.
Mrs. J ane Dodd \
The regular quarterly teachers ex
amination willl be held at Batesville
on Thursday and Friday, March 18th
and 19th, beginning promptly at 8:30
a. m. each day and each applicant
must be present at that time.
CORD ITEMS
Cord. Feb. 23.—Prof. W. T. Jerni
?an takes his place in the school again
this week. He has l*een absent for a
month on account of ill health, and
Victor Wade has L“**n teaching in his
place.
Rev. and Mrs. J. I. Martin and
little daughter, Cora, and Mrs. Bettie
Greer attended church at Center Grove
Saturday night and Sunday.
The Sunday school at the new
church is getting along’ very well con
sidering the bad weather.
Campbell Greer of this place was
called to Lockhart to attend the bed
side of his sick brother.
We are having plenty of rain and
mud in this section.
Mrs. V. D. McAdams is gradually
improving.
George Witt is improving very nice
ly. _
WHAT PRESIDENTS COST
Presidents come high, hut all well
regulated republics must have them.
With the increrse in the salary from
$50,000 to $100,000, it figures up about
like this in the United States:
President’s salary..$100,00(
Clerk hire__ 09,920
Contingent fund.. 25,000
Horses, vehicles, etc_ 35,000
White House grounds. 4,000
Fuel. 0,000
Care of greenhouse__ 9,0HX
Repair of greenhouses. 3,00)0
Printing. 2,00)0
Lighting White House grounds 2lo
And besides this, the president ha*
at his disposal the use of the yachts
Mayflower, Dolphin and Slyph, or
which of course, there is no expense
that comes out of the presidents
pocket.
UNION NOTICE
Notice is hereby given to Unior
people of Independence county thai
there will be held at Heeler Union No.
1558, our district union on March 6th
and an oj>en session at night. Speak
ers are invited, especially our count)
lecturer of south side of river.
John R. smith, Secretary.
VERDICT FOR *16,000
The case of W. F. Osborne agains
the Iron Mountain for damages occu
pled the attention of the court for th<
greater part of last week. At 8 o’clocl
Saturday night the jury gave Mr
Osborne $16,000. The case will n<
doubt go to the supreme court.—New
port Democrat.
Cashier E. B. Chesser of the First
National Bank arrived home Wednes
day night from a pleasant visit with
friends at Blanchard, Iowa.
There will be a box supper at Mace
donia Baptist church on Saturday
night, March 13, the proceeds- to be
used for the benefit of the church.
If you want to buy or sell property
of any kind, talk or write to the Hen
derson Real Estate Co., Newark, Ark.
Office in Merchant & Planters Bank.
J. It. I^ewis the Batesville photog
rapher, has a card in today’s paper.
Read it and remember him when you
want first class photographic work
done.
D. B. Cook has sold his interest in
the Star Barber Shop to J. E. Porter,
who has closed his shop on Main
street, and there will be only one shop
in town.
R. It. Henderson of Wolfe City,
Tex., and Winfield Magues* ofCheco
tah, Okla., will read The Journal a
year through the courtesy of Mayor
It. R. Ratton.
Deeds written, acknowledgements at
tested and ail kinds of notary work
done in a careful and correct manner
by A. A. Henderson at Merchants and
Planters Bank.
W. R. Lawhon, one of Madness
township’s best citizens, was in town
on business Friday and remembered
The Journal in a pleasant and sub
stantial manner.
n~v n
from Little lto
etyrned Friday
ere he sjieni a lew
Oclc'wfr
days attending the Baptist Workers
Institute. He reports a very pleasant
and prfitable trip.
A tine son was recently born unto
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Lewis of Mem
phis. They formerly lived in Newark
and Mrs. Lewis will be remembered as
Miss Lucv Whisnant.
The Fausel residence property on
Locust street was sold at public auc
tion under a mortgage foreclosure
Tuesday at Batesville. John M. Mar
tin was the purchaser.
Clara Brannon visited his uncle,
F. MBrannon, at Batesville, Satur
day and Sunday. He reports his ^gcle,
who has been sick for several months,
to l>e improving nicely.
S. M. Connor, manager of the Dorr
Mercantile Company’s business at
Magness, and one of the county’s
most successful young business men,
was in town on business yesterday.
For Sale—One buggy and harness
for $15, worth $25; one folding bed for
$15, worth $20; two bedsteads, four
mattresses, two chairs and one dresser.
Will sell by the piece or all together.
Apply to Mrs. J. P. Magness.
G. L. Green has made application
for a patent on a device which he has
recently invented in the form of a tool
holder. It is something entirely new
in this line and promises to become a
most useful and handy article for the
farm.
Dr. D. B. Morgan, the noted veteri
nary surgeon of Fayetteville, requests
The Journal to announce that he will
make a visit to Newark in the spring
and will be prepared to do an.v and
all kinds of work in his line. Dr.
Morgan is the greatest horse doctor
in the Southwest and is well and fav
orably known in Newark. The date
of his coming will lie announced later.
Lives of poor men oft remind us
honest toil don’t stand a chance; the
more we work we leave behind us big
ger patches on our pants. On our
pants once new and glossy, now are
’ patches of different hue; all because
, subscribers linger, and won’t pay up
' what is due Then let all lie up and
doing; send in your mite be it e’er so
' small, or when the blasts of March
. shall strike us we shall have no pants
at all.
STATE SWEPT BY STORM
Fisher Totally Destroyed and Damage
Done In Many Places
A storm of great severity swept over
Arkansas Monday night doing serious
damage in many places.
The greatest amount of damage re
ported is the almost total destruction
of the town- of Fisher, in the south
west corner of Poinsett county, on the
Cotton Belt railroad, where six people
were killed and every building in the
town except one was blown away.
There were serious washouts at Bald
Knob and Judsonia, where six miles
of the Iron Mountain track is said to
have been washed out. A freight
train ran into the washout and the
engine and several cars were derailed.
At Newport about half the town was
under water from six to twelve inches
deep.
The J. L. C & E. railroad track be
tween Jonesboro and Lake City, was
under water for four miles.
There was a cloudburst at Marche,
in the north central part of Pulaski
county, Hooding the whole country
Reports from Van Buren are that
the storm there was very severe, the
extremely heavy rainfall being accom
panied by hail.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT
Whereas, It has pleased the Sover
eign Commander of the Universe to
remove from our midst Sov. G. W.
Haddock, whose death occurred
January 8, ltKHi, and
txtu__ ~
• iiuuui/vn
and faithful Woodman amd a consis
tent observer of the teachings of
Woodcraft; therefore be it
Resolved, That in the death of Sov.
Haddock, Newark Camp W. O. W.
No. 288 has lost a most valuable mem
ber and the community a good citizen.
it. ft»rtlio»- -- _
Resolved. That these resolutions Be"
spread upon a page of our records
and a copy furnished The Newark
Journal for publication.
C. W. Martin, i
J. H. Holdkby, > Committee.
B. F. Adams. J
CORN CONTEST GROWS
Independence county boys are be
coming interested in the corn growing
contest, as is evidenced by the follow
ing new entires to the contest during
the past week.
Wesley Bullington, Sam Foot, Do
ts; Harris Huddleston, Sharp; Wil
liam Thomas, Arthur Thomas, Chester
Thomas, Almond; Ira Bell, Hugh
Sutherland, Herbert Hicks, Caldron.
This makes a total of 27 boys now
in the contest in Indei>endenee county.
But we see no boys from the immedi
ate vicinity of Newark. Whats the
matter with our boys? Are they too
backwood or too indolent to get into
the contest? We believe not, and we
hope to see them wake up, get to
work and show the boys of Arkansas
how to prow corn.
BIG BOTTOM FARM FOR SALE
We have for sale one of the finest
farms in the famous Big1 Bottom, only
3$ miles from Newark, consisting of
342 acres, 250 acres of which is in culti
vation, and produces 50 to 75 bushels
of corn or a hale of cotton per acre.
This is one of the finest farms in
Big Bottom which is noted for its
immense yields of cotton, corn and
alfalfa.
There are five tenant houses on the
farm, of two to four rooms each and
two good large box barns.
A genuine bargain if taken at once.
Henderson Beal Estate Co., Newark,
Ark.
SLOTUS DUFF KILLED
Slotus Duff, who was raised in New
ark, but who had been away, in
various parts of the country for the
past six years, was accidenally killed in
Kansas City Thursday afternoon of
last week.
He was painting a smokestack when
he accidentally fell to the ground
some distance below and was instantly
killed.
He was about 25 years old and was
a son of A. B. Duff of this place.
SULPHUR ROCK SKETCHES
Items of Interest Picked up at the Hub
of White River Township
Sulphur Rook. Feb. 24.—The Radies
Improvement Club met with Mrs. Dr.
R. H. Hodges Wednesday afternoon.
Tlie following program was rendered:
Song, “America” by the Club; read
ing by Mrs. R. H. Hodges; piano solo
by Miss Nettye Hodges; reading by
Mrs. J. O Burns: reading by Mrs.
Sarah Wood; vocal solo by Miss
Nareio Rice; reading bv Miss Mattie
Martin; duet by Mrs. Sidney Pickens
and Miss Mattie Wood; recitation by
Mrs. Cora Sanders; piano solo by
Miss Nettye Hodges; reading by Mrs.
Sidney Pickens. Refreshments were
served, and souvenir Washington
Hatchets were presented by the hostess.
Burley Wingo of Oil Trough and
M. S. Lawrence of Charlotte, who are
attending school here, spent Saturday
and Sunday at home.
Prof. Toos Jernigan who has been
sick for some time, is much improved
and went to Cord Sunday to take
charge of his school.
D. W. Wilson has been appointed road
overseer of White River township to
till out the unexpired term of W. B.
Nothern, deceased.
Dr. W. R Alexander the dentist
came up from Newark Sunday to do
dental work here for a week or ten
days.
i. a. oeven* went to oawjsvnie
Tuesday to attend to business and
visit his son, Geo. L. Bevens.
George Northen of Rector came in
Friday to attend the burial of his
brother, W. B. Northen.
Mrs. Dr. M. I}. Owens of Eight
Mile is visiting friends and relatives
here and at Magness.
from
time for his health.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Allen and little
son, Ed, of Newark, were in town
Sunday evening. " ' ^
J. C. Gibson went to the Moorefield
neighborhood Monday to do some
photo w'ork.
Lonnie Massey of Moorefield visited
in our city Sunday and attended Sun
day school.
Charley Bone and Tom Simpson of
Batesville spent Sunday in our city.
Crockett Yancy of Dunnington is
visiting relatives here for a few days.
Mrs. J. C. Gibson, who has been
sick for several months, is no l»etter.
B. B. Owens, road overseer of Mag
ness township was in town Tuesday.
Jim Vaughan of Newark was visit
ing friends in this city Saturday.
Boone Tully went to Batesville Sun
day to visit relative and friends.
Born- To Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Law
rence, a fine girl, on the 12th.
Miss Laura Nuckolls visited homo
folks Saturday and Sunday. ^
\TcCntid ha* irone to Charlotte
to do some carpenter work.
George Saphro of Newport spent be
tween trains here Sunday.
Miss Blanche Mongold entered
school Monday.
Sid Sims from near Elgin was in
t >wn Tuesday.
Buster Jernigan was in from Char
lotte Tuesday.
Esse Esteb of Victor entered school
here Monday.
NOTICE TO POSTMASTERS
To post masters of Independence
county: Gentlemen:
I ordered four capies each of the
Arkansas Democrat and Arkansas
Gazette sent to the 35 postoflices in
Independence county. If said papers
are not coming each week, post masters
will please notify me of the same and
I will look after the matter. The
reason I call your attention to this
matter is because I hear complaints
coming in from other parts of the
state on this matter. I voted against
the paper act, but they got it and now
I want to see that they till their con
tracts. J. L. BltOWN.
Little Rock, February 23.
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