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NO MAN IS GOOD ENOUGH TO Cl VCR N ANOTHER
MAN WITHOUT THAT ht-ANS CQNS£NT_
THE RED MAN’S COUNTRY
Former Resident of Newark Writes
Interesting Letter From Land
. of the Red Man.
Muskogee, 1. T.. October 17.
To the Dear Old Home Paper:
As I have drifted out West
among the Indians, I enclose .you
a portrait of the principal chief of
the Creek Nation, (ien. Pleasant
Porter, in his Indian costume. His
home is in this town Muskogee.
He has a lovely home with all trtie
modern conveniences and every
thing up-to-now. He drives u
span of black horses to his beauti
ful carriage.
Last week was pay week with
the loyal (.'reeks, and something
over $10,000 a day was paid out.
One woman received a check on
Uncle Sam for $1,486.35. They
had a large tent with ropes stretch
ed around it to keep the Indians
out until their names were called.
All ages met there. ()ne woman
who claimed to be 125 years old
said she could re ale m be r when
they were happily located in old
A In ba ma
THE WHITE RIVER ROAD
Work Propressing Rapidly and Trains
Will Soon be Running to Keen
er, Boone County.
Harrison, Oct. 17.—Work is
being- pushed rapidly on the
Whitt;, River Railroad, and it is
thought that trains will be running
up to Keener, in this county, some
time in next month. From the
north, track is laid to Galena,Mo.,
at which place they will have to
construct a large steel bridge
across the .lames river. The34,000
foot tunnel at camp “C,’’ near the
Missouri line, has been completed.
It is thought that the contractors
will get daylight through the
Omaha tunnel at camp “B” this
i week. This tunnel has been in
mud and boulders most of the way
and lias been a far greater ex
pense than any other tunnel on the
line. It is estimated that this 2,
t>00 feet will cost the company1
$3*5,000. It is believed that as
soon as the main line is completed
aline will be built from Keener;
to Harrison, connecting with the
St. Louis and North Arkansas.
COTTON IS BEING
RAPIDLY picked.
following is the government
bureau’s summary of crop condi
tions in Arkansas tor the week
ending ()ctober 17:
i he week was characterized by
warm; clear days and cool nights
with an almost total absence of
rain. Cotton is opening nicely
and in many sections is nearly all
open. 1 icking has been carried
on without interruption and a con
siderable portion of the crop has
been picked, ranging from fifteen
to twenty-five per cent in the
northeast section to sixty to seven
ty-five per cent in the southwest
section. The yield is very satis
factory in the northeast portion of
the state, elsewhere not so satis
factory. C orn is being gathered
generally and in the more south
ern counties- the bulk of the crop
has been gathered. The yields se
cured have generally been good
tor the early corn and very poor
tor the late. Late potatoes and
turnips are poor crops, owing to a
lack of'moisture; sweet potatoes
are fair to good. Some wheat has
been sown in the northern portion
of the state and that which was
planted ten or fifteen days ago is
coming up to a good stand. Much
le^s than the usual amount of fall
plowing has been done, as the
ground has been too hard from
continued drouthy conditions.
1 astui* are drying up; however,
stock is generally doing very well
As so many of the Newark peo
ple have asked me about the rail
roads and school out here, 1 will
answer; there are seven railroads
in Muskogee and we have four
public school buildings and three
colleges. And as to negroes, you
scarcely ever see one that cannot
read and write.
Do not think that the peo
ple here do not attend church.
The boys of Newark would be sur
prised to see so many young men
going to Sunday school and
church, instead of sitting around
on dry goods boxes indulging in
idle gossip.
Yet 1 love my old native town,
and trust I may see the time when
>• our boys will rise above the aver
age.
With love to your many read
ers, 1 am the same
Old Friend,
Arms ,T.
DESERTED BABE ALIVE.
Fine Bluff, Oct. 18. — Still an
other mysterious infant has been
found in Fine Bluff, but this time
it is alive and well. This morning
Mrs. J. B. Isenring, who lives at
506 Fast Barrnque street, report
ed to Chief Culpepper that an in
fant about three weeks old had
been found on her doorstep Sun
day night, and that she has been
caring for the tot ever since. The
waif is a white child about three
weeks old and seems to be in good
health. This makes tin* sixth baby
deserted here in the last year.
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, October 21, 1904.
SLAYER OF MORGAN
INDICTED FOR MURDER
Robert Crosby Charged With Hur
der in First Degree.
Has No Means With Which to Em
ploy Lawyer and Court Ap
points Counsel for Him
Batesville, Oct. IT.—Circuit
court convened here today and
many people are in town, most of
the visitors being attracted by the
( tosby case. The morning ses
sion was spent in empaneling the
jury and arranging the docket.
Following is a list of the grand
jury: .Ino. C. Stroud, foreman;
f1. 1'. Pickens, clerk; J. C. Mc
Guire,, T. F. Bailey, E. C. Uhles,
M . B. Massey, Allen Keith, Ran
dolph Chinn, Ruff Morris, E. II.
M illiamson, ,1. H. McTigue, ,1.11.
I ugwell, R. A. Frazier, ,T. II.
Moore, L. C. Wade and George
LICENSE OR NO LICENSE
__
Movement on Foot to Displace Local
Option and Put Arkansas in
Prohibition Column.
Forrest City, Ark., Oct. 18.-The
Mount V crnon Baptist Asso
ciation of the counties of Phillips,
Lee, St. Francis and Monroe clos
ed its session at Haynes, Lee
j County, yesterday. The Associa
tion, representing 2,000, passed a
I resolution to be submitted to the
i next Legislature asking that body
to pass an act submitting to the
people of the State at large the
question of license or no license.
The assembly was a unit in that
the the State vote should rule
this question, as experience Inis
taught that the sale of liquor can
not be prohibited in this and oth
er portions of the grate compris
ing the black belt under the pres
ent local option laws.
\\ a Men.
Hie first indictment returned by
tlie grand jury was against Robert
C rosby for murder in the first de
gree, in killing Sheriff J. I). Mor
gan. riiis indictment was return
ed about 2 p. in., and Crosby was
then brought into court heavily
guarded while the judge informed
him of the indictment. During
this time Crosby was calm and ap
peared unconcerned.
When asked by the court, he
said he had no counsel and had no
means with which to employ coun
sel. Judge Fulkerson appointed
Dene H. Coleman to defend the
man.
After a short consultation with
his lawyer Crosby was returned
to jail.
Crosby’s trial was set for next
Thursday.
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TEN YEARS FOR O. J. ALLISON.
Arkansas City, Oct. IT.—The
case of 0. J. Allison reached the
jury at 2:40 Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Pindall closed his argument
for the defense at 1:40, and Judge
Jones then closed for the state.
The jury were out five hours
and ten minutes before an agree
ment was reached, at which time
they returned into court the fol
lowing verdict:
“'We.the jury,find the defendant
guilty of murder in the second de
gree, and assess his punishment at
ten years in the penitentiary.”
The defendent filed a motion
Snow Storm in Wyoming.
Cheyenne, W.vo., Oct. 18.—The
worst snow storm of the season
is raging through this section.
The storm is accompanied by high
winds.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL ITEriS.
John Bullington of Dota is as
sisting F. C. Hoyt at the dopot
for a few days during the rush of
business
J. M. Magness, one of the most
seriously injured victims of the
accident at the gin here several
days ago, was able to come down
town Tuesday.
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year absolutely free? Read our
oiler on page six; tell your neigh
bors about it and have them come
in and subscribe.
for u new trial, winch was over
ruled. He was allowed until the
first day of the next term of court
in which to tile his bill of excep
tions. The defendant waived the
for tv-eight hours to which he was
entitled and sentence was passed
upon him.
judge Grace instructed the
sheriff that the prisoner, on ac
count of the insecurity of the jail,
be delivered to the penitentiary
within three days from date of
sentence.
The verdict was not a popular
one The consensus of opinion
was that justice was not meted out
in the case. _ «
1*(M, Whitney, a negro, was run
owr by a passenger train 10 miles
north of Texarkana Sunday night
and instantly killed. He was walk
in*" on the track, and just as heat
tempted to step off stumbled and
1(.|| The train run over him be
fore he could get up.
W. D. Jackson, formerly a citi
zen of this place, but now a resi
dent of L)es Arc, came up Tues
day to spend a few days with rela
tives and friends.
O. M. Bevens, of Booneville,
spent a few days here the first* of
the week, selling lots in a new
town in the Indian Territory to be
known as Featherston.
A typographical error occurred
in the name of the little daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Edgar,
whose death was mentioned in The
Journal last week. The name
should have been Monty, instead
of Monte.
Account of the meeting of the
F. & A. M. grand lodge Novem
ber 1-1 to 18, the Iron Mountain
route will soil round trip tickets
to Little lioclc November 12 to 17
for one fare plus 50 ceiits for the
round trip.
Vol. 4. No. 43.
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND HIS VULTURE OF WAR.
“Hi there ! you !! don’t read that—that’s not for you.”
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS
Items of General Interest Gathered
Fresh From the Columns of
the Daily Papers.
A slight frost was reported afc
Hoxie Monday morning.
Springdale has shipped 115 car
| loads of apples this season.
A $65,000 Catholic church
building is being erected at Poca
hontas.
j The postoftice at Alma was rol>
bed Saturday night, the burglars
securing about $35.
A ten story building is to l»o
erected in Little Rock on the cor
ner of Second and Center streets.
J. II. Richmond fell from a sec
ond story window at Jonesboro
Wednesday and was seriously in
in rod
A party of 500 farmers from
the North Central states are tour
ing Arkansas on a prospecting ex
pedition.
Miss Helen Gould is touring
the state inspecting the Y. M. O.
A. properties, and is being royal
ly received.
There is some probability of a
| boom in the development of some
: newly discovered coal mines in
Perry county.
Marion county’s new court
; house at \ellville will be complet
ed in time for the February term
of circuit court.
James Abies was arrested at
Pine Bluff Wednesday charged
with assault with intent to kill an
old man named Hester.
Adam Hamilton, an old negro,
was fatally stabbed by another
negro named Torn Lester near
1-fAlonn Tnoc/1 a nimnimr
The three-year-old son of Sara
Edwards, living near Beebe, died
from the effects of burns received
by his clothes catching tire.
('has. Hooks, while at work ia
Prescott, was struck by a piece of
timber, which penetrated his ab
domen. He died twelve hours la
ter.
Six families from Baxter coun
ty started with their teams last
week for the Creek Nation. Their
friendsjgive them a year to get
back.
\Y. T. Horn of Cave City has
just had returned to him through
the mails a letter written to his
brother in Magnolia, Miss., four
years ago.
A frame office building belong
ing to John (road was destroyed
by tire at Searcy Wednesday
morning. The fire spread to tho
law office occupied by Roberts cV»
Holland and it was also destroyed,.