The Newark Journal.
Published In The Famous White River Country, where Alfalfa Is kino
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, March 3, 1911
Vol. 10, No. 47
TO ENTERTAIN CONFEDS
Ample Facilities Will be Prepared
For Entertainment of Re-Un
ion Visitors in Little Rock
Little Rock, Mch. 1.—To feed
for several days, an army of at
least 50,000 visitors, expected at
the Confederate Veterans Reunion
at Little Rock, May 16-17-18, is a
problem which the special com
mittee having that branch of the
work in charge, has solved in the
most satisfactory manner. Ar
rangements have been completed
not only to provide entertainment
at prices definitely fixed, but also
for meals and specified dishes, so
that no one will be subjected to
overcharging, but for the greater
convenience of visitors, temporary
restaurants and eating houses will
be established convenient to the
various places where extra sleep
ing accomodations have been
provided, so that visitors will
not be required to travel any dist
ance to obtain breakfast after aris
ing. For instance, at Camp Kava
naugh, a great Bachelor Barracks,
which will accomodate 5,000 visit
tors, there will be a large tempor
ary' restaurant right on the ground.
At the camp of Confederate Vet
erans in City Park, a restaurant to
accommodate all who occupy the
tents will be established. An im
provement has been made in the
interests of the Veterans over all
other Reunions. They will not he
put to the trouble of getting tick
ets. The badge given them on re
gistering at headquarters, wil suf
fice to admit them to all free func
tions as well as free meals and
tents.
At the public schools in which
thousands of new single beds,
bought especially for the purpose,
will be placed, the Ladies Auxilia
ries of the various schools will
provide meals. All of the hotels of
course have their own dining room
or restaurant. In the down town
districts, in addition to the large
number of permanent restaurants
and eating houses, temporary ones
will be established.
Complete arrangements have
been made to prevent overcharg
ing or extortion. No restaurant
will be endorsed by the committee
unless it first agrees to its require
ments. This mean that the prop
rietor must agree to a fixed sche
dule of prices for meals and special
dishes. He must agree to post this
price list conspicuosly in his res
taurant. In return, the Committee
gives all such restaurants a large
especially designed sign, protected
by copyright, stating that such
restaurant are endorsed by the
committee.
ROYAL NEIGHBORS MEETING
The Royal Neighbors of Arkan
sas held their first state meeting in
Little Rock Wednesday. Officers
and committees were appointed as
follows: Oracle, Neighbor Mumford
of Judsonia; Vice Oracle, Neighbor
Wintersmith of Little Rock; Re
corder, Neighbor Patterson of Au
gusta; Chancellor, Neighbor Green
of Osceola; Marshal, Neighbor
Bishop of Batesville.
Committee on credentials: Neigh
bors Humphries" of Bradford,
Beardsley of Russell, Wauteland
of Brinkley, Holloway of Newark,
Keith of Fayetteville and Ruff of
Heber.
Neighbor Mumford was elected
delegate to the Supreme Camp,
and the following state officers
elected: Neighbors McSpadden, Or- j
acle; Beardsley Vice Oracle, and
Patterson, Recorder.
Batesville was chosen as the
place for the next meeting.
The Little Rock Camp gave a
banquet to the delagates at the
Hotel Marion banquet hall Wed- j
1 nesday night.
TO HEAR NEWARK PETITION
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The petition of Newark citizens
[asking for an extension of the
j sidetrack at this place will come
i up for hearing before the Railroad
; Commission on the 15th of this
; month.
j It occurs to The Journal that
the petition should be amended, so
as to include the removal of the
i stockpen and the cottonseed houses
; further away from the business
part of town.
BUY GARDEN SEED EARLY
A large and complete assortment
; of the best garden seed, in bulk
form, at E. E. Allen’s.
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A TRADES DAY SCENE IN NEWARK
WHAT THE SOLONS ARE DOING
At the close of the session Sat
urday, 248 bills had been introdu
ced in the senate and 278 in the
house, a majority of which are lo
cal measures.
Following are acts of the legis
lature that have become laws
since our last report:
H. B. 71, by Glover, for the re
lief School District No. 31 in Hot
Springs County.
S. B. 15, by Hughes, appropria
ting $40,200 for the Agricultural
School of the fourth district, in
Drew county.
S. B. 113, by Rodgers, of Benton
making Gravett a city of second
class.
H. B. 154, by Lindsey, this pro
viding pay for'certain assessors,
including the assessor of Indepen
dence County for $350. The last
legislature failed to make a levy
sufficient to pay all the State’s
part of assessors salaries. The first
to come were first served and sev
eral were left out in the deal.
S. B. 63, by Owens, prohibiting
the sale of liquors within ten miles
of the High School at Camden.
H. B. 109, by Kerwin, creating
Plum Bayou Drainage District in
Jefferson county.
S. B. 100, by Raney, prohibiting
the manufacture or sale of liquor
in Stone county.
S. B. 8, by Robertson. This act
prevents the assignment of wages
by a married man without the
consent of his wife.
S. B. 72, by Deaton, legalizing
marriage ceremonies heretofore
performed by mayors.
S. B. 158, by Oldham, appropria
ting $20,000 for improvements at
the Deaf Mute Institute.
H. B. 28, by Kerwin, appropria
ting $8,887.33 to pay balance due
circuit judges, former appropriation
being insufficient.
S. B. 143, by Phillips, for the re
lief of a school district in Carroll
county, caused by an omission of
the county examiner.
H. B. 6, by Brown, repealing a
special game law in Bradley county.
S. B. 37, by Holt, for the relief
of a school district in Hempstead
county, the County Examiner fail
ing to make proper certificate.
S. B. 17, by Dill. This amends
the general road law; provides that
the Quorum Court shall levy not
less than 21 mills nor more than
3 mill, and provides for the man
ner of distribution of same.
H. B. 150, by Martin, creating a
special school district in Cleburne
county.
S. B. 138, by Deaton, increasing
the salary of the judges of Pike j
county to $750.
H. B. 16, by Martin. This author
izes the Quorum Courts to appro
priate money to carry on the Farm
ers Co-Operative Demonstration
Work.
S. B. 95. by Robertson, increas
ing the clerical force in the office
of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
H. B. 142, by Black, making
general election days legal holi
days.
It is freely predicted that a warm
contest will take place in the legis
lature over the proposed removal
of the State Insane Asylumf The
State Board, supported by the gov
ernor, has recommended the sale
of the present asylum and the er
ection or another somewhere else,
but it is a safe prediction that this
will not prevail without a hard
fight. There are now 1124 patients
in the asylum and it is estimated
that there are at least 300 in the
jails, homes and private institutions
of the state who cannot be accom
modated in the state asylum.
Senator Raney has introduced a
bill to prohibit banks and their em
ployes engaging in the fire insur
ance business.
In the senate, the bill fixing the
pay of juros at $3 per day in a
number of counties was amended
to conform to the house amend
ments. Independence county is in
truded in the number.
Joint resolution No. 2, providing
for the submission of an amend
ment to the constitution, providing
an educational qualification for
for voters, and containing the
‘granfather clause,” has passed
both houses and will be presented
to the governor for his approval
within the next two days. It is the
first joint resolution to be passed
by the two houses since the begird
ing of the session. There were only
two votes cast against the resolu
tion, one by Senator Christain, the
Republican member, the other by
Senator Holland, who opposed that
provision of the proposed amend
ment which disfranchised those
who could not read or write, there
by, depriving many worthy white
men of the privilege of voting.
A good part of this week has
been taken up in discussing the
iiuestion of adjournment. As a
starter or “feeler” a resolution was
iffered Monday in the senate to
lispense with all clerks, janitors,
ind pages, in fact, most everything
and everybody, in the hope of
forcing some of the adjournment
fellows to agree to an extension,
but this is seeming to have the op
posite effect. It looks now that
idjournment is certain at the end
if the regular session, March 9th.
There are quite a number of im
portant measures pending but
their fate is uncertain, owing to
the prospect of adjournment. T.H.D.
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HOROAN ANNOUNCES
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J. F. Morgan announces in to
day’s paper as a candidate for re
flection as City Marshal. Mr. Mor
gan has served in this capacity
luring the past year. He is one of
Newark’s best known citizens and
needs no introduction from The
Journal.
FARMERS UNION MEETING
The regular quarterly meeting
of the county Farmers Union is i
being held today and tomorrow at !
Oak Hill. ' J
BIO CREEK BUZZING5
Luther Lawhon is on the sick
ist this week.
Mrs. Edna Lenehan is on the
iick list this week.
The young people enjoyed a
ringing at Mr. Lewis’ Sunday
light.
Miss Mary RodgersJ was the
tuest of Miss Nora Lewis Sunday
light.
Little Gladys and Genette Lene
in are quite sick with whooping
:ough.
Viigil Grisham is very sick with
meumonia and whooping cough
it this writing
John Lenehan of Cushman vis
ted home folks here from Satur
lay until Sunday.
Little Clivie Webb, wrho has been
isiting her grandmother, Mrs. Le
vallen, near Charlotte for several
lays returned home Sunday even
ng. .
VOULU SELL REFORM SChOOL
Little Rock, Mch. 1.— Hon P.F.
'happell of Prescott will succeed
V. R. Chesnutt as superintendent
f the Reform School on April L
le is a former member of the
legislature, and is well known to
he public men of the state. The
’enitentiary Board, which has
Large of the Reform School, has
ecommended the sale of the pres
nt property and the purchase of
mother site in a good agricultural
ract where the boys may be taught
iractical agriculture, and assist in
heir own mainteance. There are
iow sixty boys in the school, but
n their present location they can
tot be employed in the useful
irts so well as they could be on a
arm.
DISTILLERIES HARD HIT
Raney’s Bill, Putting Them on
an Equal With the Retailer
Has Passed Both Houses
By a practically unanimous vote
the House Friday afternoon passed
the bill by Senator Raney prohibit
ing the sale of liquor in this State
by manufactures unless licenses
shall have been secured from the
county court.
The bill has already passed the
senate and becomes a law as soon
as approved by the governor.
Senator Raney scored quite a
victory in the passage of this bill,
as it puts the distiller on an equal
with the saloon man, and this will
go far toward securing better en
forcement of the liquor law in dry
territory.
Heretofore under section 5093
of Kirby’s Digest a manufacturer
of alcohol or fermented liquors of
any kind could sell his product
anywhere in the State, provided he
sold in “original packages of not
less than five gallons.” All that
was necessary was that the manu
facturer have a govemmentlicense;
no license was needed from the
county. Under Senator Raney’s
bill the five gallon “original pack
age” proposition is stricken out of
the statue, making the law read to
the general effect that no one can
sell liquor in Arkansas without be
ing licensed by the county court,
no matter what the quantity may
be.
As “dry counties will naturally
refuse to issue license, the manu
facturers will be unable to sell, as
heretofore, in such counties with
out being liable to indictment.
WILL BORE FOR OIL
Jonesboro, March 2.—The Find
lay Oil & Gas Co. has closed leases
on about 12,(XX) acres of land in
and around Jonesboro and is be
ginning to prepare for sinking a
well prospecting for oil. The ex
perts who have examined the field
agree that it will require a well
2600 feet in depth, and they figure
on striking the same basin as
that which supplies the wells of
Findlay, Ohio, and Shreveport, La.
MARES AND flULES FOR SALE
We have 75 head of mares and
mules for sale, cash or credit. At
Sulphur Rock every day and at
Frank Wright’s place on Black
River every Tuesday. Griffin &
W right.
ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYE
ON THIS SPACE
YOU WILL PROFIT BY DOING SO
When we tell you that we have
the best and most complete line of
F U R N I T U R E
Ever brought to Newark, we are
more than willing to show you
through our entire line and let you
be the judge. ml We also have on
hand now a nice, new assortment of
WARE PAPER
And we cordially invite you to call
when you need anything in our line
E. J. MAGNESS & SONS
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