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Vol. 4, No. 17.
Newark, independence County, Arkansas, Friday April 22, 1904.
$1 Per Annum
LOVE A BACKNUMBER.
Love and the love songs of the
past have no place in our modern
civilization. We still speak of
love, but it is either not the love
of our fathers and mothers, or we
have new and improved methods
of expressing it.
Love. What is love?
There is not one young man or
young woman of the really “swell
sets” in a hundred who could give
and intelligible definition of the
word. In the rural districts we
can occasionally find some of the
old sentiment—the love that bound
two hearts and lives together “for
better or for worse,” but it is al
most unknown in the cities, and
even the country places are rapid
ly outgrowing the old sentimental
traditions that made happy mar
riages and left but little work for
the divorce courts.
Time was when the young wom
an displayed a maidenly shyness
in the presence of her lover; when
the mere mention of his name
caused a blush to mount her cheeks;
when the man with whom she had
plighted her troth represented to
her all the masculine virtues. Those
were the days of the old reign,
when the “old, old story” was ev
er new. Those were the days of
romance.
nut today love is out of flute, a
back number; a ‘‘dead one. '
The girl of today does not set
her lover upon a pedestal and
|H)int to him as a model for the I
world to follow. No, she is much |
more likely to refer to him us a
sort of “namby-pamby” being:
who is all well enough as a com
venient person to escort her to
theaters, parties and picnics and to
pay for lemonade and chewing
gum—possibly to marry, if some
ether fellow does not come along
fho appeals more forcibly to some
of her changing moods.
It is convenience, not love, that
brings about the majority of the
marriages today.
Neither is the young man of to
day the young man of a generation
or two past. lie no longer wor
ships at the shrine of femininity.
He does not choose his language
in her presence, but she hears from
his lips the latest street slang, if
not profanity, lie is not overly
careful that she should not see him
at the gambling table or coming1
from the saloon door. In fact he!
cares much less for the good opin'-,
ion of the young ladies of his ac
quaintance than he did of yore.
And it is the young lady who is
greatly to blame for this state of
affairs.
She has sacrificed her place in
his estimation by not only laugh
ing at his vulgarities, but often
times by indulging in like ones.
She uses the most approved slang;
she discusses without a blush sub
jects which were as a sealed book
to her mother and grandmother;
she is “too good a fellow” with
the boys for them to appreciate
her true place as a woman. She it
is who has driven much of the ro
mance from this staid old world of
ours.
May the days of the future bring
it back to us.
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Peculiar Accident.
Ilot Springs, AprilVfh—While
playing with companions yester
day, and having a piece of sharp
stick in his mouth, Ulla, the 14
year-old son of City Clerk Otis
Copelin, foil upon his face and the
stick was driven almost entirely
through his throat and neck. The
child had a very narrow escape
from instant death, as the sharp
piece of wood barely missed the
jugular vein.
A Thoughtful Han.
M. M. Austin of Winchester,
lnd., knew what to do in the hour
of need. His wife had such an un
usual case of stomach and liver
trouble, physicians could not help
her. lie thought of and tried L)r.
King’s New Life Pills and she
got relief at once and was finally
cured. Only 25c, at J. I. Sturdi
vant's Drug Store.
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Strangled to Death.
Berryville, April 15.—John Ho
bo, a prominent citizen and junior
member of the firm of (’. K. Hobo
& Son, died from strangulation
this morning, lie had eaten break
fast and gone to the store, but re
turned home and died in thirty
minutes. Death was prabably
caused by an abscess in his throat
breaking.
A Great .Sensation.
There was a big sensation in
Leesville, Ind, when W.H. Brown
of that place, who was expected to
die, had his life saved by Dr.
King’s New Discovery for Con
sumption. lie writes: “I endur
ed insufferable agonies from Asth
ma, but your New Discovery gave
me immediate relief and soon
thereafter effected a complete
cure." Similar cures of consump
tion, pneumonia, bronchitis and
grip are numerous. It's the best
peerless remedy for all throat and
lung troubles.Price 00c and $1.00.
Guaranteed by ,1. I Sturdivant.
Druggist. Trial bottles free.
Every Town Has
/
A bar.
A sponger.
A smart alee.
A girl who giggles.
A weather prophet.
A neighborhood feud.
A woman who tattles.
A man-who-knows-it-all.
One -Jacksonian Democrat.
More loafers than it needs.
A boy who cuts up in church.
A few meddlesome old women.
A "thing’’ that stares at women.
A stock law that is not enforced.
A widower who is too gay for
his age.
Some men who make remarks
about women.
A preacher who thinks he ought
to run the town.
A few who know how to run the
affairs of the country.
A grown young man who laughs
every time he says anything.
A girl who goes to the postoffice
every time the mail comes in.
Scores of men with the caboose
of their trousers worn smooth as
glass.
A man who grins when you talk
and laughs aloud after he has said
something.
■v Ballard's Horehound Syrup.
| > Immediately releaves hoarse,
! eroupy cough, oppressed, rattling,
I rasping and difficult breathing.
1 Henry C. Stearns,Druggist.Shulls
; burg, Wis , writes. May 20, 1091:
"1 have been selling Ballard’s
Horehound Syrup for two years,
and have never had a preparation
that has given better satisfaction.
I notice that when I sell a bottle
they come back for more. I can
honestly recotnmend it." 2ee, oOc,
SI.00. Sold iy-1. I. Sturdivant.
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Tragedy Over Dog Fight.
Van Huron, April 1(3.—Ernest
Ivinman was lodged in jail here to
day on a charge of killing Thomas
Combs, eight miles from town,
near Lilly, at 5 o’clock yesterday
afternoon. Combs came here a
few weeks ago from Springfield.
| Mo., and his remains were buried
there today. The row is said to
have occurred over a dog fight the
day before.
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Reduced Rates to Dallas.
Account of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church meeting at
Dallas, Tex., May ‘27, the Iron
Mountain route will sell tickets to
Dallas on May 1(3 to 19 at one fare
plus *2 for round trip with final
return limit to and including May
31. F. C. IIoyt, Agent.
Woman Commits Suicide.
Plummervillc, April 15.—Mrs.
Ellen Shinn, wife of d. R. Shinn,
near Mill Creek, Pope county, age
about (33, committed suicide this
morning, first by shooting herself,
then by cutting her throat with a
razor. No cause given.
Hakes a Clean Sweep.
There's nothing like doing a
thing thoroughly. Of all the
salves you ever heard of, Bueklen's
Arnica Salve is the best. It sweeps
away and cures burns, sores,
bruises, cuts, boils, ulcers, skin
eruptions and piles. L's only 25c
and guaranteed to give satisfaction
by J, I. Sturdivant. Druggist.
Boy and Two Mules Killed.
Helena, April Id.—While com
ing to the city this morning at 9:80
from the Wcstover place, below
town, Willie Duncan, a negro boy
14 years old, was struck by the
Arkansas Midland passenger train
and so badly injured that lie died
this afternoon at 8 o'clock. The
boy was with a four-mule team,
riding upon the back of one of the
rear mules. The first two crossed
the track in safety, the engine
striking the last pair, killing both
animals and dragging one mule
and the boy some seventy feet up
j the track.
Health is Youth.
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Ilerbine, taken every morning
before breakfast, will keep you in
; robust health, tit you to ward otf
| disease. It cures constipation,
billiousness, dyspepsia, fever, skin
I liver and kidney complaints. It
purifies the blood and clears the
[complexion. Mrs. D. W. Smith,
Whitney, Texas, writes April 8,
| 1902: “I have used Ilerbine, and
; find it the best medicine for con
jstipation and liver troubles. It
, does all you claim for it. I can
; highly recommend it.” 50cts a bot
tle at J. I. Sturdivant's
Farm Hand Killed.
Van Huron, Apr. 15.—Early this
afternoon two farm hands named
Jones and Jackson, working on the
Owen plantation, five miles north
of this city, became involved in a
quarrel, in which Jackson shot and
instantly killed Jones. Jackson is
| now under arrest. The difficulty
' arose over a trivial dispute.
Cures Coughs and Colds.
Mrs. C. Peterson, (525 Lake St.,
Topeki, Kansas, says: “Of all
cough remedies Ballard's. I lore
hound Syrup is my favorite; It
has done and will do all that is
claimed for it—to speedily cure all
coughs and colds—and it is so
sweet and pleasant to the taste.”
25c, 50c, $1.00 bottle. Sold by J.
I. Sturdivant. Druggist.
THE COUNTRY WE LIVE IN
Some Facts About Newark and Vicinity.
[continued from last week]
The town of Newark was found
ed in 1883, by the laying1 out or
surveying of eight blocks on the
north side of the White River
Branch of the Iron Mountain Ry.
This railway was only constructed
the year before, when the first
business house was also built in
what is now a flourshing and pros
perous little city of about 1,000
inhabitants. Being located about
15 miles from Newport on the east
and the same distance from Bates
vilie, which is the seat of our coun
ty government, on the west, gives
it an aspicious position from a bus
iness or commercial standpoint,
which many other towns do not j
possess.
It is 100 miles north-west of the
city of Memphis, Tennessee, and
is far enough removed from the
low and marshy lands of the Mis
sissippi to render it healthy, and
being located in latitude 36 degrees
north and longitude 91 west, rend
ers its climate both mild and
salubrious.
It is most favorably located with
respect to its commercial facilities,
being a pivotal center between the
four large cities of St. Louis, Lit
tle Rock. Kansas City and Mem
phis. This position gives us im
mediate access and communication
with these four very important
commercial centers, as wo are now
connected with all of these by di
rect railway.
SURFACE.
Independence county contains
736 square miles of territory, the
Eastern half of which is, for the
most part, level. This Eastern
half contains much the greater por
tion of bottom lands. Perhaps
more than one-half of the region
to which we are directing our at
tention in this article is rich, bot
tom land.
There are no high hills or rug
ged, precipitous heights in the
Eastern half of the county. The
hill land is gently undulating, with
here and there a small brooklet or
creek ever flowing with bright,
sparkling water. Some of these
creeks afford sufficient water to
turn machinery. All of them af
ford at all times sufficient water
for stock.
The general slope or drainage
of the country is south-eastward,
all the small streams flowing into
either White or Black river.
There is no part of the Eastern
half of this county that cannot be
utilized by the farmer or fruit
grower, so far as surface is con
cerned. There is no part of it's
surface so rugged as to prevent
the fruit-grower fiom growing
successfully, every known species
of both large and small fruit that
is adapted to this climate.
The greater part of the region
of which we are writing, consists
of broad and fertile valleys, per
fectly level, and most admirably
adapted to any kind of culture.
The White and Black river valleys
occupy the Eastern portion of the
i county and embraces about 150,000
acres of land, not excelled by any
in the world for it's fertility.
Some of the farms of this vast re
gion, known as the great “Big
I Bottom" and “Oil Trough” coun
try have been in cultivation for a
I
hundred years, and arc still being
cultivated, and yielding abundant
crops.
SOIL.
The soils commonly found in the
area under consideration are of
throe kinds, to wit The sandy
loam, clay, and alluvial, or silt.
The sandy loam is found in the
hills, or undulating regions, be
neath which underlies a stratum of
red clay. There are some smal
areas of this soil which contain
gravel, but not in sufficient quan
tities t<* prevent easy cultivation.
The greater portion of this area is
clear of rock, and is easily culti
vated. The pure soil in this region
is two to eight inches deep, and
the red clay underlying it is rich
in iron, magnesia and other miner
al constituents necessary to plant
growth. Much of the northern
part of the area under considera
tion is underlaid with limestone,
the gases from which renders the
soil very fertile. The entire sur
face of this area is nicely adapted
to fruit growing, either in largo or
small fruits. All the small fruits,
such as strawberries, raspberries,
etc., when once planted, grow in
the utmost profusion, almost with
out any attention. The region di
rectly north and west of Newark
cannot be excelled for its possibil
ities in fruit culture. Apples will
grow as prolitic in this region as
anywhere in the world, with prop
er culture, and are almost a never
failing crop. No region can excel
this in the growth of the peach, or
the flavor and deliciousness of its
fruit, though the peach is some
times killed by late frosts, but the
yield is so abundant that the fruit
grower is abundantly paid for his
outlay, if he only gets one crop in
three years. Pears, plums, cher
ries and grapes grow profusely.
1 he yield oi this same region
with respect to corn is from ‘20 to
40 bushels per acre; cotton from
600 to 1,500 pounds; wheat 10 to
20 bushels; oats from 10 to 25
bushels. Almost the entire area
of this hill region will grow red
clover and the cow pea in abund
ance.
There is no better region for one
who is looking for a lucrative in
vestment with the view of engag
ing in fruit culture, than to make
his investment in this region. If
he does not desire, to engage in the
above named business, the land is
fertile enough to amply remuner
ate him for his toil in any species
of crops.
(to be continued]
Johnson County Killing.
John Phillips and James Evans,
brothers-in-law, quarreled over
some land near the line of Johnson
and Madison counties. Evans shot
Phillips and the latter died. Ev
ans is in custody.
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A Dandy for Burns.
I)r. Bergin, Pana, Ills., writes:
| “I have used Ballard’s Snow Lini
ment, always recommended it to
my friends, as I am continent there
is no better made. “It is a dandy
for burns.” Those who live on
farms are especially liablo to many
accidental cuts, burns, bruises,
which heal rapidly when Ballard’s
Snowr Liniment is applied. It
should always be kept in the house
for cases of emergency.” 25c, 50c,
'$1.00 Miles at J. 1. Sturdivaut's