The Newark Journal.
Published In The Famous white riven Country. Where Alfalfa Is Kino
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, September 2, 1910
Vol. 10, No. 2!
GALLS PUBLIC MEETING
Judge Pearce Sets Sept. 17, as Date
For Good Roads Rallies.
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To The People of Independence
County:
There now appears to be a grow
ing sentiment in our county to
wards good roads and the same is
increasing every day. ^The peo
ple seem to appreciate the good
work which has andus being done,
and large petitions are coming
to me from different parts of the
county asking that the county
convicts be sent to their township
to do permanent road work. The
work cannot progress very fast
with the limited resources at my
command. In several instances
interested parties have liberally
aided the good work and good re
sults have been derived therefrom.
In the state of Iowa, the people
built about 100 miles of good road
in one day by contributed labor;
and, as suggested by The Newark
Journal, I am now going to ask
the people of Independence county
to aid in building a good road from
Batesville to Newark in the same
manner.
I now designate Monday Sept.
26th as the day for each and every
person who so desires to assemble
at designated places along said
road and to contribute whatever
amount of labor they may desire.
I will ask the overseers in each
township along the route to call
mass meetings, by posting hand
bills, in each of their respective
townships, to meet on Saturday,
September 17th at 2 p. m. at the
following places:
Kuddell township, Court house,
Batesville.
Gainsboro township, School
house, Mooretield.
White River township, City
Hall, Sulphur Rock.
Big Bottom township, Hatton
HaP, Newark.
Magness township, Woodmen
Hall, Magness.
For the purpose of perfecting
plans for said work; to solicit aid,
aod to awaken general enthuiasm
in behalf of this good work. At
said meeting, I will ask the over
seer to act as temporary chairman
until a regular chairman and sec
retary can be elected. Thereafter
I will ask that a sufficient number
of assistant overseers be selected;
assembling places be^Iesignated
and arrangment in detail be made,
so that the work can be pushed
successfully wheu the different
crews are assembled at 8 o’clock
on Monday morning, September
26th, 1910.
The county will pay for the
printing of posters and such other
expenses as^re necessary for this
work. The county will also fur
nish extra tools, etc., if the citizens
and overseers will advise what is
needed.
As I will be out of the county a
good deal between now and the 26th
of September, I ask the overseers
in each township to take hold of
the matter at once, and push it to
complete success. It can be done
and I am confident it will be done.
I ask the county papers and dif
ferent commercial organizations
to assist'the overseers in this good
work. If it is a success, we will
try others.
I appeal to every citizen,regard
less of political affiliations or opin
ions, to render every assistance
in the work consistent with their
position and ability. Those who
cannot work, I hope will contrib
ute in tools or finances.
I also ask the mayors, council
men and other city officials of
Batesville, Sulphur Rock, Magness
and Newark to assist the work in
getting lists of donors, providing
tools, circulating posters, etc., as
each town along the route will be
benefitted.
Thanking the people in advance
for what I feel confident they will
do in the-premises toward the up
building of our county, I am,
Your servant.
Cun. L. Peajck,
County Judge.
THE OLDEST SQUIRE
Sharp county claims the oldest
justice of the peace in point of
service in Arkansas, in the person
of John T. Foster of Mobley, who
was elected justice of the peace in
1880, at the age of 21, and has ser
ved continuously for thirty years.
During this time he has married
more than 200 couples.
ONLY TEN NEOROES
The Record says that according
to the official list of poll tax pay
ers recently published, there are
only ten negro voters in Sharp
county. Johnson township fur
nishes seven negro poll tax payers
and Piney Fork three.
BIO PRICE FOR FIRST BALE
The first bale of the 1910 cotton
crop sold in El Dorado Thursday
for 28R cents a pound, bringing
the.sum of $130.
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A BANK FOR ALL
THE PEOPLE
There are some people in every community who
think that Banks were made for the rich. If you
are one of the misinformed who have this idea, let
us again emphasize the fact that THIS IS A BANK
FOR ALL THE PEOPLE.
A deposit of $1 receives the same welcome and
the same courteous attention as a larger deposit,
for this reason: Many a deposit of $1 has grown in
to an account of $1000 or more, and made itself
worth while to us and the depositor.
No account too large and none too small for our
most careful attention.
The Bank of Sulphur Rock
J. H. Caldwell, President; E. M. Ford, Cashier
CAPITAL $10,000 SURPLUS $525.54
DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITY $75,000
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Will be at my barn in Newark
every day until September 10 to
buy any good, young mules, from
four to seven years old that are
fat and sound. A. M, EDGAR.
W. J. BRYAN IS COMING
The date of Bryan’s coming has been
changed a day earlier and he will speak
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in Batesville at college campus on Thurs
day, September 8, at 10 o’clock a. m.
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COMING TO ARKANSAS
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People Who Have Tried the West
Now Striking the Proper Gait.
From the promised land, Texas
and Oklahoma, the tide of imigra
tion is now turning to Arkansas
as the state which will furnish the
balm in the way of fertile lands,for
the wounds caused by following
lurid literature to the states of
sand dunes, cactus and mesquite.
State Commissioner of Lands C. C.
Coffman, of Little Rock says he is
daily in receipt of several dozen
letters from i>eople who desire to
leave their present locations and <
find a land more Suited to their;
needs and desires.
Some of the letters from Texas I
and Oklahoma are touching trib-j
utes to energy which has been ex-!
pended in trying to coax a living!
out of the arid lands of the Golden
West. The writers are not par
ticular about state lands, or gov
ernment lands, but simply want to
get information about the nature
of lands in the different sections,
all stating they contemplate mov
ing to Arkansas as soon as they
can find land which will suit them.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to tender our heart
felt thanks to our many friends
who so kindly assisted us during
the illness and death of our prec
ious little darling baby. While
words can but poorly express our
thanks, we pray that God will re
ward each one of you abundantly.
W. L. McAhron and wife.
TIMBER LAND FOR SALE.
160 acres finest pine timber land
in Baxter county,seven miles from
railroad. Plenty of timber sur
rounding to make good run for
mill. White River Land & In
vestment Co., Newark, Ark.
Go to Gibson’s Gallery at Sul
phur Rock and have your face
made over.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 11
Urges Adoption of Amendment
That Will Help Arkansas
The adoption of Amendment
No. 11 may induce the investment
of capital in cotton manufacturing
plants in this state which is now
going elsewhere. If it does, we
will have gained by exempting
them from taxation for the seven
years, because they will then be
subject to taxation the same as any
other property, and the taxable
wealth of the state will have been
increased by their advent. If they
do not come, we will have lost
nothing. The life of the amend
ment is limited to ten years, so
that the whole period of its oper
ation cannot exceed seventeen
years. That is, the cotton factory
which comes in during the last
year of the life of the amendment
would be exempt from taxation
for seven years afterwards. Those
factories which came in during the '
first and second years of the
amendment would be paying taxes
before the amendment expired,
and gradually all would begin to
pay taxes until at the expiration
of seventeen years none would be:
exempt. If the amendment had
not limited its existance this paper
would not support it, but we are
willing to risk it for the time sj e
cified. As for the objection that
it is “class legislation,” we are in
clined to agree with the Newark
Journal, which says: “It is class
legislation—first class legislation.” j
There is no harmful possibilities
in it that we can see.—Monroe
County Sun.
THE BAPTIST REVIVAL
The meeting which has been in
progress at the Baptist church for
several days will close Friday.
Much good has been accomplish
ed. The following persons had
been converted and had united
with the church up to the close of
the services Wednesday night:
Eva Adair, Jewel Magness, No
ra Brannon, Mrs. E. L. Uniters,
Birdie Trull, Mrs. Mattie Arnold,
(ieo, F. Grosser, Mr. and Mrs.
Marion Jackson, George Pearce,
Mrs. Cora Moran, Maud Madness,
Lula Pearce, Virl Pascoe 1’eulah
Lovel and Kate AIIwhite. These
and others who join before that
time will be baptized in Dots creek
at the Galloway place this morn
ing (Friday) at 10 o’clock.
ADDRESS TO THE VOTERS
Wm. D. Baker, Nominee For Rep
resentative, Issues Statement.
To the voters of Independence
county:
Gentlemen:—Your privilege, as
well as .your duty, will be to select
officers on September 12, to serve
you for the next two years.
The safety of your state depends
on the kind of officers you select.
Honest men are to be prefered at
all times, more especially in office.
I wish to thank the Democratic
voters, who have seen tit to make
me the nominee for representative.
It has been said by some old
men who hate to see a young man
trying to do something for him
self, that I am the victim to be
beaten.
Now, my dear people, if I secur
ed the nomination dishonestly; if I
am a thief, boodler, black-leg
crook, or drunkard, then for God’s
sake don’t give me a single vote.
However, if yon tind that 1 am
not identified with this class, and
if you wish to make a poor boy’s
heart happy who has had a hard
time in life, then I will appreciate
any kindness shown me.
Wm. D. Baker,
Democratic nominee for repre
sentative.
QUARTERLY MEETING
The fourth quarterly conference
for Sulphur Bock circuit will be
held at Walnut Grove on Satur
day, September 10. Presiding El
der A. T. Galloway will preach at
11 a. m., dinner will be served on
the ground and the conference will
be held at 2:30 p. m. The pastor,
Rev. C. F. Hively, will begin the
revival meeting at Charlotte that
night, the 10th, and Rev. Galloway
will preach the opening sermon.
FARMERS UNION PICNIC
The Farmers Unions of Liberty
Hill and Beeler will give a picnic
at John Hindmans farm 2-i miles
southeast of Elmo on Friday Sep
tember 9.
MOVE OLD BUILDINGS
Council Should Hove Out Seed
Mouses on Front Street.
The city council should take
some steps to have those cotton
seed houses along the railroad
moved further away from the
business part of town. They are
a nuisance and an eyesore, and
should have never been allowed to
stand where they are. The need
for their removal is now more ur
gent than ever, because of the er
ection of the new hotel and busi
ness houses on Locust street, which
will be directly opposite these
shacks that do more to disgrace
Newark than any buildings in the
town. No other town in the world
would suffer such buildings as
these to stand along the principal
business street. They not only
mar the appearance of the town,
but are a decided disadvantage
from a sanitary point.
The largest, best and most val
uable building in town, located on
one of the best business corners
in town will be only a few feet
from these old buildings. Occu
pants of this modern business
house, and occupants of the new
hotel, will find their main view of
the outside world tastefully orna
mented with these old shacks which
often emit an odor rather unlike
that of the attar of roses.
The Journal hopes the city
officials will see to it that proper
steps be taken to relieve the sit
uation.
AFTER THE TIQERS
Prominent citizens of Batesviiie
held a muss meeting Monday at
which the authorities were prom
ised assistance in the suppression
of blind timers in Batesviiie. The
action of Mayor Moore and other
officers of the city in raiding alleg
ed blind tigers in Batesviiie last
week was commended and heartily
endorsed by the meeting. A com
mittee was appointed to raise funds
with which to prosecute all persons
violating the liquor law in the
county. It was proposed, if neces
sary, to employ private detectives
to secure evidence against those
violating the liquor laws.
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HONEY FOR SALE
C. E. Caldwell has a fine lot of
the best honey ever tasted, and
can supply the demand in any
quanities, from one pound up.
I SOUND ADVICE I
Start A Bank account
Cnaunnkt ItilMj K. O f flri_« v.
Copyright 1909, by C. E. Zimmerman Co.--No. 45
If you were to ask advice of every successful
man in the world, the first thing; that each of
them would tell you is, start a bank account
today. You respect the opinion of successful
people in other matters, why not in this one
of such vital importance to you?
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
UNDER DIRECT SUPERVISION OF U. S. GOVERNMENT