The Newark Journal.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, February 24, 1911
Vol. 10, No. 46
DON’T FAIL TO COME TO NEWARK TO THE BIG AGRICULTURAL MEETING, THURSDAY, MARCH 2
POINT OUT BETTER WAY
Observer Notices a Few Things
in Regard to the Wisdom of
Professional Critics
Mr. Editor.—Often we pick up
a certain local paper, edited by an
ex-member of the Legislature, and
notice many criticism, rebukes and
jokes concerning the present legis
lature. ^
There never was, nor never will
be a legislature which will do its
work just to suit every one of us.
But we think every one should be
consistent and considerate in criti
cising the acts of public officials.
Why should one whose acts as an
official were not entirely above
criticism, pour out such an abund
ance of severe criticisms, jokes,
and burlesques upon the present
legislature, after having served
one term as a member of a former
session and very diligently sought
a second term?
Why should any one preach
about how others should act,when
their own actions do not justify
their position?
I have heard men talk about the
necessity of good roads, but When
it came to helping, either in labor
or funds, they would find fault
with some one in charge, or take
exception to the manner in which
the work was to be done.
I have heard men talk about
the necessity of better schools but,
for a very frivilous excuse, keep
their children out of school for an
entire session and not attend the
annual school election; and, there
after, talk about the school board
and the teachers.
In fact, you will find men stand
back and refuse to take part in
various public enterprises because
they are afraid it will add laurels
to the work of some more public
spirted citizen or official. You will
find some men willing to see an
enterprise fail because there is
some one interested in the success
of the project whom they “don’t
like.” Such is common among men
who put personal preferences
and individual feeling above the
good of their country.
We are responsible for the con
ditions of politics because we will
sit for an hour and listen to vi
tuperation and personal abuse be
ing handed out by some dema
gogue, and will get up and walk
out of a meeting when a sound
minded man gets up and begins tc
discuss real facts and questions ol
vital interest. As it stands today,
we do not encourage officers in do
ing their duty. We simply stand
back and criticise. Why not discuss
subjects which should be consider
ed by the legislature? Why not
give the members some 2V>od ad
vice? Consistency thou art a bird!
Observer
SKETCHES FROM SALADO
Weeks Happenings Timely and
Tersely Related
Mrs. J. P. Sammons of Magness,
was visiting relatives here last
week.
J. (i. Hazelrigg went to New
port Thursday as a witness in
Circuit Court at that place.
J. W. Davis and family of our
neighborhood removed Tuesday to
Little Rock to make that city
their future home.
J. W. Cook returned home a few
days ago from Oberlin, Kansas,
and Kansas City, where he had
spent most of the winter with rel
atives.
Hon. J. C. Stroud of Washington
township and Squire Six of Bates
ville passed down Wednesday to
visit the family of Ed Six near
Hutson.
Some one accidentally, or on
purpose, shot with a small rifle, a
valuable mule belonging to J. H.
Nash, Tuesday night. The mule
will die.
The store room of Hogan &
j Hooper, over which is the Masonic
{ Hall, has just received a new roof,
I which adds to it materially as well
as in appearance.
Tommy Clark who has been at
tending College at Gunter, Texas
this winter, was called home last
i week on account of the sickness ol
; his father, Dan Clark.
Andrew Davis accidentally re
| ceived injuries one day last week
from a falling tree, that put him
in bed and necessitated the calling
I of a physician. He is improving.
Andy Nixon of our township and
Miss Minnie Embry of Hutch
inson were married a few days
ago. They are good people and wt
| hope they may be prosperous and
■ happy.
Rev. W. M. Jones and family of
Nashville, Ark., moved to this
place Tuesday. Rev. Jones has
been appointed pastor of this cir
cuit in the place of the Rev. A. E
Horton of Salem. Wednesday
night a pound party gathered ai
l the church and marched to the
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TAKE NOTICE!
Arrangements have been made for a 300 W. 0. W.
Contest Class, to be held in Newport, Arkansas, on
June the 9th, 1911, in honor of the Twenty-first An
niversary of the Woodmen of the World.
This Class will be confined to the following coun
ties, to-wit: Jackson, White, Independence and Cle
burne. This will make it all the more interesting
and agreeable, by reason of the fact that t|ey are
closely connected with each other, and Newport if of
easy access to this territory.
One hundred dollars in cash will be given the Camp
that furnishes the highest number of accepted appli
cations between January 25th and June 9th, 1911, in
the above-mentioned territory.
The day’s progrom for this event, while not yet
complete, will consist of speaking, by some represen
tative of the Sovereign Camp, who will deliver the
principal address, and will include addresses by the
State Manager and other noted speakers.
The Crack Drill Team of Forrest Camp No. 5, of
Little Rock, will exemplify the Protection Degree
and will also give an Exhibition Drill some time dur
ing the day. A number of other events will be on the
program, but will be announced later.
All Camps and members in this territory desiring
any information regarding this Class Contest, will
communicate with District Deputy J. N. Jaggers,
Newport, Ark. Sovereign Jaggers, who has charge
of this Class, is anxious to serve Camps in this terri
tory and is leaving no stone unturned to make this a
grand success. From the applications received so
far, there is every reason to believe that the number
will reach 1,000 before the big day arrives.
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residence of the pastor, where a
short time was spent very enjoy
ably by all present.
Sam Hendrickson’s, little three
vear-old girl got badly burned last
week by standing too near the
open fire place and her clothes ig
niting. The mother was in the
garden and hearing screams ran
into the house, just in time to save
the child from being burned to
death.
MRS. FIELDS DEAD
Mrs. Geo. M. Fields died .at her
home in the north part of town
Sunday afternoon, from a eompli
| cation of measles and bronchial
' troubles.
She is survived by a husband
| and six children, one daughter and
' five sons.
The remains were buried Mon
! day afternoon at Blue Springs.
' Funeral services were conducted
* by Rev. E. A. Horn and the burial
[ was conducted under the auspices
' of the Woodmen Circle, of which
l she was a member.
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| A DAY OF BIG THINGS
L In addition to being the biggest
l livestock show ever held in the
I South, the National Feeders and
Breeders’ Show at Fort Worth,
\ March 13 to l&fpromises to have
| an exhibition mf noted men on
hand. Ex-President Roosevelt is,
t of course, easily the most conspi
|; cuos man in America, and he will
j be the center of attraction on the
i 14th of March. Governors of five
|; or six States have accepted invita
tions to add their presence to the
1 galaxy of great men, and the Tex
| j as legislature will adjourn to allow
! the members to attend. In addi
l \ tion to tba^attractions, the visit
ing newspaper men are to be en
tertained by a unique barbecue,
which will have a feature some
what after the style of the Grid
iron Club of national fame. Taken
all around, the show is going to
pull off a notable event that will
be well worth going to see.
FARMERS UNION MEETING
The twenty-fourth quartery ses
sion of the Independence county
Farmers Union will meet with Oak
Hill Local No. 898, three miles east
of Sulphur Rock, on the 3rd and
4th days of March 1911. All Locals
are requested to send full delega
tion. J. C. Stkwakt President
T. L. Seubkrth, Secretary.
MRS. HOLLIE PORTER DEAD
Mrs Mollie Porter died at her
home in Newark Friday, after a
prolonged illness from stomach
trouble. She was 53 years old and
leaves only one child, a son. She
was a member of the Methodisl
church. The remains were buried
Saturday at Blue Springs cemetery
Rev. Z. T. Griffin conducting the
funeral services.
GOOD COUNTRY SCHOOL
The Banner Literary Society
met in open session at Scott school
house last Friday night. The meet
ing was attended and greatly en
joyed by a very large audience.
A combined Washington and
Lincoln’s day program had been
arranged and was rendered in a
way that did great credit to the
school. A part of the audience
were moved to tears by the
tributes paid to the men they love.
J. L. Mayhan and Miss Pearl
Miller constitute the faculty at
this place and the fact that the
school has, during this school term
broken all previous records in en
rollment, attendance and interest
proves their efficiency. They are
among the county’s best and most
deserving young teachers, and
The Journal joins their many
friends in wishing them continued
success.
FORMER CITIZEN WRITES
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J. M. riurphy Kindly Remembers
Friends of Mis Old Home
Friend Craig.—Yes, it seems
j like home to have The Journal
coming again. I see you people are
looking for oil and gas. If you
succeed in getting gas, be sure
you hold it. The gas line that runs
from the gas fields of Louisiana to
Little Rock, passes through our
farm, and last Sunday morning
about 9 o’clock it exploded on our
farm and we thought a half dozen
cyclones were right on us. The
explosion occured on the east side
of the place and it shook the en
tire farm.
The pipe is made in sections
about 16 feet long, 18 inches in
diameter and is about three
fourths of an inch thick. One sec
tion will weigh nearly a ton. In
the explosion, one section was
blown out of a four-foot ditch and
! hurled against an elm tree nearly
100 feet away; don’t know how far
it would have gone if it hadn’t hit
the tree. I telephoned the company
at Hope and they were here look
ing after it yesterday.
They had been testing the pipe
line from Hope to Emmet, a dis
tance of eight or nine miles. It
had stood the pressure for 24
hours, and they thought it safe.
To see the pipe and see thow they
put it together, one would never
think of it blowing up.
They are laying 16 miles of gas
main in Hope and expect to use
gas for heating, cooking and light
ing purposes. We think of using
it, but will wait and see how they
get along with it in Hope.
Best wishes to all
J. H. Murphy
Hope, Ark., February, 21.
FAIRFAX HAIL DEAD
Fairfax Hail, a prominent young
i business man of Batesville, died at
I San Antonio, Tex., where he had
| gone several days ago for the
| benefit of his health.
He was an excellent young man
j end was a son of Mr. and Mrs. S.
| A. Hail of Batesville.
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Independence County Towns All
(iroyy^xcent Jamestown
and Sulphur Rock
The director of the census has
issued a statement showing the
population of Arkansas cities and
towns, based upon the official
count of the thirteenth census.
From this statement the follow
ing figures on the population of
Independence county towns are
taken.
Batesville_3399
Cushman__ 224
Jamestown_114
Magness_ 216
Newark_595
Pleasant Plains_151
Sulphur Rock_252
Of the towns in Independence
county, all show a healthy growth
except Jamestown and Sulphur
Rock. Roth these show a decrease in
population since the 1900 census,
Jamestown having at that time
130 and Sulphur Rock 358.
There were only four incorpor
ated towns in the county in 1900,
they being Batesville, Jamestown,
Newark and Sulphur Rock. Bates
ville and Newark have both en
joyed a healthy growth, Batesville
having 2,337 and Newark 315 in
1900.
The population of other towns
in nearby counties, as given in the
1910 census is as follows:
Augusta.1520
Bald Knob.617
Beebe .873
Black Rock.1078
Brinkley.1740
Calico Rock .401
Cave City.278
Cotter.894
Cotton Plant.1081
Evening Shade.289
Heber.1126
Hoxie .915
Imboden.600
Jackson port.373
Judsonia.746
McCrory.637
Mountain View.272
Newport.3557
Pocahontas.1547
Powhattan.191
Searcy.2331
Swifton.290
Tuckerman.583
Walnut Ridge .1798
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