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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, February 17, 1905.
Vol. 5. No. 8.
SOME DANGEROUS
EVILS OF SALOONS
Rev. J. I. Martin Points Out Some
of the Baneful Results of the
Liquor Traffic.
Editor The Journal,
It is claimed by some that whis
ky helps to pay our taxes. Well,
let’s see about this.
J Is our taxes lower than when
we had no saloons in our county*
J was talking to a gentleman re
cently who owns property in
Batesville. He sa.\ s taxes get
higher all the time. The same is
the case in the country.
We have had the open saloons
for years, and if they pay our
taxes or help us to pay them, why
is it that our taxes still get higher*
There is a cause, and I cannot
account for it, only on the ground
that it costs more to run the coun
ty when we have saloons, because
whisky produces crime.
But some crank will say: Peo
ple will not go to town as much
when there is no whisky.” Ad
mitting that this is true, (which I
do not believe) those who are
drawn to town because of liquor
are not helping the town, for the
saloon gets the principal part of
their trade They may get drunk
and act the fool, get in the lock-up
and the corporation get a tine,
and some one get a bruised nose.
Yet some men who claim to be
good citizens will walk up and
vote for the curse. 1 say that ev
ery one who casts such a vote l>e
comes a party to the crime.
But what has red liquor done?
It has taken the boy who was in
nocent and made him a crimnal; it
has made the poor man poorer;
the mean man meaner, and has in
creased the number in each class.
It pours out its curse upon de
fenseless women and innocent
children by robbing them of the
necessary comforts of life. It cor
rupts politics, hurts our churches,
lowers the character of our man
hood, wrecks homes, furnishes
material for our jails and peniten
Wine of C&rdui
Cured Her.
218 South Prior Street,
Atlanta, Ga., March 21,1903.
I suffered for four months with
extreme nervousness and lassitude.
I had a sinking feeling in my
stomach which no medicine seemed
to relieve, and losing my appetite J
I became weak and lost my vital
ity. In three weeks I lost fourteen I
pounds of flesh and felt that I must
find speedy relief to regain my
health. Having heard Wine of
Cardui praised by several of my
friends, I sent for a bottle and was [
certainly very pleased with the
results. Within three days my
appetite returned and my stomach
troubled me no more. I could
digest my food without difficulty |
and the nervousness gradually
diminished. Nature performed
h*% functions without difficulty
and I am once more a happy and
well woman.
OLIVE JOSEPH,
Tre&a. Atlanta Friday Night Club.
Secure a Dollar Bottle of |
Wine of Cardui Today.
j tiaries and the gallows, fills pre
mature graves and sends lost souls
to a devil’s hell.
Let the apologist show the good
it has ever done. Let them point
to some institution of learning, a
great publishing house, churches,
or anything else, it has ever erect
ed for the public good. Hut this
they can never do.
Remove the opportunity to
make money from the saloon, and
we will have no saloon men.
Some years ago I was talking to
a saloon clerk—or bartender 1 be
lieve they call them. His excuse |
was: “1 get good money.” He |
has since died and gone to his long j
home, but where that is we do not !
know.
Can we that are called a Chris
tian nation give our consent to a
thing that is a hotbed of crime(
If the salooon is good let us have
one beside every church, and take
our wives ane daughters to them.
Remove all barriers and have our
ministers carry their bottles with
them.
I appeal to all men who love
their homes, their wives and child
ren, good morals and the cause of
religion to put on the lighting ar
mor. The issue is upon us, and
the whisky men will put in their
time and money from now until
the next election to carry our
county back under the blighting
influence of this baneful curse.
If you will not hear me, I ask
in the name of the homes of our
land, the rising youth, and in the
name of the (rod that made us. to
fight it to a finish. But 1 ^ nse
this with the words of Holy \/rit.
“Wine is a mocker, strong drink
is raging and whosoever is deceiv
: ed thereby is not wise.” Prov.20-1.
“Woe unto him that giveth his
neighbor drink, that putteth the
I bottle to him, and maketh him
drunk.” I lab. 2 - 15.
And last, we read that “No
drunkard shall enter into eternal
1 life.”
May we ponder well the above.
Yours very truly,
J. I. Martin.
CORRESPONDENTS WANTED.
—
Letter writing is within itself a
school of instruction. We have a
number of young men holding
good positions who wish to cor
respond with young ladies and
widows in the South. No marriage
paper. We simply introduce you
by letter. All correspondence
strictly confidential.
Southern Correspondence Cli p
Newport, Ark.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL ITEHS.
Try one of those hot baths at
the Newark bath house. They are
fine.
Miss (iraeio Henderson has been
quite sick for several days, but is
reported to be improving.
.1. (r. Cole happened to the mis
fortune to lose a $10 bill some
where in town Wednesday, and
all efforts to find it have been
fruitless.
Moore Hros. & Co., will have in
a short time a stock of the best
cultivators ever brought to this
market. They also have mules
for sale that can pull them.
W. D. Magness was down from
Magness yesterday, and called to
renew for The Journal. He also
ordered the paper sent to Mrs.
Tlieo. Steele, of Sidney, for a year.
Geo. F. Grosser has bought a
half interest in the Austin res
taurant.
Mrs. John Adams has been quite
sick this week, but. is able to be
up again.
Miss Mattie Martin of Sulphur
Rock visited relatives in the city
this week.
Tommie Herrington and Alvord
Hugg of Charlotte spent Friday
night in the city.
Mrs. E. W. Mugness has been
quite sick this week, but is report
ed to be improving.
John Grosser is now night op
erator at the local telephone com
pany’s central office.
For corn, hay, oats, bran, alfal
fa seed, etc., figure with the New
ark Lumber Company.
Sam M. Connor, a prominent
young business man of Magness,
was in town Tuesday evening.
Mrs. E. II. Williamson was
quite sick the first of the week,
but is reported to be improving.
Our good friend .1. E. Travis
orders The Journal sent to R. L.
Cargil of Hattiesvilie for a year.
All my friends who want lunches
of any kind are invited to call at
Austin A Go's. Geo. F. Grosser.
Misses May and Kate Hodges
went up to Sulphur Rock Wed
nesday to spend a few days with
friends.
Mrs. G. M. Matson of Tucker
man will read The Journal six
months, through the courtesy of
an old-time friend.
Any one desiring wood of any
kind call at my office; $1.25 per
rick, delivered to any part of
town. S. A. Moore.
The total enrollment of the pub
lic school is now 216, and the at
tendance is very good, considering
the disagreeable weather.
Miss Mary Goggin of Aikin I.T.
will read The Journal six months
through the kindness of her
brother-in-law W. M. Sammons.
Bankers money orders are the
safest way to send money. Sold
by the Bank of Newark payable
in all parts of the civilized world.
W. E. Smith, a timber contrac
tor of Paroquet, was transacting
business in town Saturday, and
left an order for printed station
ery.
Squire \\. B. lomlinsonof Mad
ness township spent Monday in
the city, and was a pleasant and
substantial caller at The Journal
headquarters.
The Journal was in error in
stating that Mrs. Nancy Hender
son had returned from the Indian
Territory. She will perhaps spend
the summer out there.
The entire country has been in
the icy grasp of King Winter for
several days, but Monday was the
coldest day of the winter. The
thermometer registered six de
grees below zero here in Newark,
and in some places much colder
weather is reported. At Rogers
it was reported to he 14 below ze
ro. In the southern part of the
state it was about two below zero.
Isaac McPherson of Fort Worth
Texas arrived in the city yester
day morning:, to spend a few days
visiting relatives.
J. W. Stone has been danger
ously sick with pneumonia at his ,
home near Paroquet, but is report
ed to be a improving.
Miss Clara Mendenhall has been
manipulating the wires in the tele
phone office during the illness of
Miss Graeie Henderson.
W. M. McArthur of Magness
has bought Ben Magness’ resi
dence property in the north part
of town, and will move here in a
| short time.
Alec Holding of Sharp was in
town on business the first of the
week, and while here bought J.G.
Cole’s residence property, anti will
move to town in a short time.
Mrs. F. (i. Stover came over
from Jonesboro Saturday to spend
a few days with her husband, Dr.
F. (f. Stover, who has spent the
past ten days here on professional
business.
Strayed—A four-year-old, blaze
faced, sorrell mare, branded with
lettter S on left hip; also a 2-year
old, roan, horse colt, and a year
ling mule colt, bay-colored. Re
ward will be paid for information
leading to their recovery. J. N.
Black, Newark, Ark.
LETTER FROI TEXAS.
Editor The Journal,
I will attempt to write a few
lines and tell you something of
our wonderful country.
Old Eastland county is the most
wonderful country known to man.
We can raise anything we want,
if we will just plant it. Cotton,
corn, peas, cane, potatoes, beans,
and fruits of all kinds, do well.
She is the greatest fruit country
in all Western Texas. People are
putting out orchards by the hun
dreds of acres all over this paat of
the country.
Gorman is our main trading
point, though we have several
other towns near us. But we do
most of our trading at Gorman,
where goods are cheapest and we
can get more for our produce.
We have two cotton gins; one
of which has twelve gin-stands and
the other four. Both of them
have to run day and night during
the busy season. We also have a
number of country gins.
Our schools are good, and we
have as many or more schools than
any county in Western Texas. We
have a line, large college at our
town, and have good schools all
over the country.
1 had almost forgotten to men
tion the wood subject. We have
plenty of wood, and a great deal
of land is being cleared and put in
cultivation. \\\e have some men
who follow clearing and putting
land in a state of cultivation. They
1 are at work now on a place near
; Gorman. They clear the land
and then break it with a big six
mule team, and they get all the
wood and $11 per acre. These
men are at work now on a big
tract to be put in an orchard. A
picture of this “gang” will be
published in the Balias News.
Yours very truly,
Pat.
Eastland county, Texas.
CLOSING EXERCISES AT
SCOTT SCHOOL HOUSE
The School Closed Last Friday With,
the Rendition of a Nice Pro
gram by the Students.
Editor The Journal.
()n last Friday our winter term
of school closed at the Scott school
house. We intended to have an
entertainment Friday night, but
owing to the inclemency of the
weather, we abandoned the idea.
The speakers and speeches at
the closing exercises were as fol
lows: Hi 11a Norris, “Empty Stock
ings;” Avy Bray, “Rover in
Church;” Bulah Bray, “Who Was
It'” Jessie Poynor, “People Will
Talk;” Etta Cox, “Seven Times
One;” Carrie Henderson, “Ark
ansas;" Maggie Finch, “Valen
tine;” Bertha Watts, “Litlle One’s
Speech;” Myrtle Poynor, “Good
Bye Winter;” Opal Mayhan,“Lit
tle Fish;” Lee Norris, “Speak the
Truth;” Odel Rutledge, “The
Blind Boy;” Georgie Watts,
“George Washington;” Clyde
Henderson, “Farmer Gray;” Cliff
Henderson, “Silly Lad;” Theodore
Zuber, “Father Gray beard;” Ce
cil Norris, “Willie’s Speech;”
Minnie Bray, “The Patchwork
Quilt;” Lena Magness, “Daisies.”
The closing piece was “Vacation,”
by Clarence Propes, Avy Bray,
Paul Hogue, Allie Propes, Lee
Norris, Bulah Bray, Claud Hen
derson and Bertha Watts.
I Our teacher, Prof. B. F. Cash,
| intends to retire from school work
and he made some touching re
marks, and bade us good bye.
I would say to our teacher that
I cannot tell him how delighted 1
am to be the means of conveying
to him the expressions of our
united love. The best we can offer
in words is but a poor symbol of
our feelings, but we know he will
receive it kindly.
He has made our lessons pleas
ant to us—so pleasant that it would
be ungrateful to call them tasks.
We shall look back to this school
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