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Published in The famous white River country, where Alfalfa Is Kino
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, August 26, 19IQ
Vol. 10, No. 20
DITCH CONTRACT IS LET
Cairo Firm Gets Contract For Dig
ging Draioage Canal
The contract for the construc
tion of the drainage canal for Dis
trict No. 3 was let by the county
court at Batesville Tuesday to the
H. W. Barcher Construction Com
pany, of Cairo, IlT., for the sum
of $9,521.90.
Work on the canal will begin
immediately, and is to be complet
ed by the first day of January,
1911.
This company secured the con
tract for the entire work of con
structing the main canal and clean
ing out and opening the three
lateral ditches known as Still
House branch, Ax Handle branch
and the Government ditch, the
contract price above given cover
ing the entire work.
SOME FINE CORN
Hud Sisk was showing some
corn in town Monday, grown on
his place just below town, one ear
of which measured sixteen inches
long. Another ear was fifteen
inches long and several others
were around fourteen. All of the
ears were well filled with large,
plump, well-matured grains.
K. K. McHenry left four ears
of corn at The Journal office Sat
urday, the combined length of
which is 47 inches. The ears
measure an average of eight inch
es in circumference, and this corn
was grown on what is known as
hill land.
All crops are better than they
have been in a number of years,
and the corn crop is especially
good.
SAWS JAIL LOCK WITH KNIFE
Newport, Aug. 22.—Frank Hare
field, held in county jail on a
charge of receiving stolen proper
ty, broke jail about three o’clock
yesterday morning by using a
knife blade, which had been con
verted into a saw, cutting a staple
that held the lock to his cell and
escaping through the window in
which previous jail breakers had
sawed the bars.
He was captured later in the
day, in a canebrake across the
river. __
PUBLIC NOTICE
A meeting of the Land Congress
Picnic committees, and all others
interested, is called to meet at the
Newark city hall ou Monday, Aug.
29, at 2 p. in., for the purpose of
settling unfinished business. R. R.
Ratton, chairman.
WOULD PURIFY POLITICS
Advocates Elimination of Liquor
Question From Politics.
Editor The Journal.—If for oo
other reasons save and except pur
ity of politics, the writer of this
article would favor the elimination
of liquor selling in any commun
ity. There are an unlimited num
ber of good and wholesome argu
ments in favor of prohibition, but
one of the main reasons to be ad
vanced in this article is for the
purification of politics.
At various elections in this and
many other counties in this state,
the liquor influences have held
sway and dominated the elections,
casting aside important civic and
moral questions and the ability
and integrity of candidates and
voting for or against candidates
in any and ail parties, soley upon,
the question of whether they %vere
“for or against” liquor. In this
way, great questions concerning
finances, good roads, civic right
ousness and other questions of
vital interest, are lost in the scram
ble to save the saloons.
It is a well known fact that in
the recent and previous primaries
in this and our sister county. Jack
son, the liquor interests have slat
ed certain candidates for office and
put money into the campaign to
accomplish the election of the
liquor candidates. When the
liquor men attempt to control the
politics of a county, they should
be put out of business for the sake
of purity in politics. It is well
known to all students of county
politics that certain liquor inter
ests in this county worked for
certain candidates for the various
offices which would, or might, af
fect their interest.
Such will be the case so long as
liquor is connected with politics,
therefore, the writer believes that
it will be well for the people to
settle this question once for all.
You will do this by voting “For
County-Wide Prohibition.” Then
so far as the liquor question is
concerned, it will simply be a
question of selecting men who will
do their duty.
Of recent years blind tigers have
been fostered and encouraged in
many places by liquor men and
politicians who favored the return
of the saloon, hoping thereby to
disgust advocates of prohibition
and cause a change of public senti
ment in favor of open saloons in
stead of blind tigers. When you
eliminate the saloon question en
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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 reasoiu 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.
t 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.
! tirely, they will tire of encourag
ing: and financing blind tigers and
j will to a great extent give up the
tight and politics will be purified,
so far as liquor is concerned. The
blind tigers will not be so numer
ous when you eliminate the liquor
question and vote for law-enforcing
men. There are lots of good men
: who favor the sale of liquor un
! der proper license regulation, but
any real true man, elected to office,
will enforce the laws against blind
tigers if the people back him up.
There could be no better evidence
of your hearty co-operation than
to vote for county wide prohi
bition.
The writer will not attempt to
go into details in arguments which
abound in favor of prohibition,
but for the sake of better politics,
we hope you will rebuke the stand
taken by certain liquor interests
in this and Jackson county.
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A Citizen.
DRANK WOOD ALCOHOL
Bald Knob, Aug. 20.—Henry
Baker, a painter by trade, died
here this morning from the
effects of drinking wood alcohol.
It is thought he secured the alco
hol in a barber shop as a quanity
was used in lightinggasoline lamps,
whether by accident or design is
not known. He was seized with
blindness and later with convul
sions. He was 34 years of age
and leaves a family.
AREOPLANE COHINO
The Bobby Fountain Shows are
carrying an Areoplane this year.
That is an exhibition at every per
formance. This will be the tirst
airship in this part of the coun
| try and doubtless will create quite
| a lot of curiosity among the peo
ple. The show will be at Newark
Tuesday, Aug. 30.
STAYS CLOSE TO HOHE
Arch Cathey, who lives in Izard
county a few miles from Evening
Shade, has been residing in the
same house in which he was born
for more than 60 years. It is said
that he has never slept away from
his home more than a half dozen
times since his birth.
BAPTIST REVIVAL
Rev. II. F. Vermillion of Eu
reka Springs is conducting a re
vival meeting at the Baptist chur
ch. He is an able preacher and
is delivering some excellent ser
mons. The services are being
held under a large tent near the
church building.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL ITEMS
Will Duvall left Saturday night
for St. Louis to buy a stock of
fall and winter goods for his com
pany.
Clemons Sturdivant left a few
days ago for Stratford, Okla.,
where he has secured a good po
sition.
Mrs. Lawrence Ruddell went to
Batesville Wednesday to spend a
few days visiting relatives and
friends.
The formal ceremonies of lay
ing the corner stone of the new
Masonic hall building will take
place Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Christian
and little son, Major, left yesterday
morning for Wanette, Okla., to
spend a few days.
,J. M. Barnes, a prominent mer
chant of Jamestown, accompanied
by his wife, is here visiting his
son, F. M. Barnes.
Mrs. E. W\ Magness and Mrs.
J. M. Martin spent Tuesday at
Sulphur Rock visiting friends and
attending the picnic.
Capt. R. R. Reeves of Oil
Trough is spending a few days in
town visiting friends and attend
ing the Christian meeting.
John Austin and Postmaster
T. M. Harrelson arrived home
Wednesday night from Heber,
where they spent a few days.
Joshua Hawkins, a prominent
citizen of Red Boiling Springs,
Tenn., is spending a few days here
visiting his sister, Mrs. Watts.
Rev. E. A. Horn returned Mon
day from Kenyon where he assist
ed Rev. W. F. Wayraan in a re
vival meeting which resulted in
thirty conversions.
H. W. Johnson, a good citizen
and prominent lumberman of
Pleasant Plains, spent Friday and
Saturday in town, the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Fields.
Rev. John Mobley and Rev.
J. W. Due of Cave City will be
gin a revival meeting at Eaves
Spring on Saturday night before
the first Sunday in September.
j Newark Camp W. O. W. No.
; 288 has levied a special assessment
' of $3 on each member for building
' purposes, payable on or before
j the first regular meeting in Octo
I ber.
j Col. Qualls is authority for the
| statement that Doc Gamble, the
j great snake man, has. finished his
crop and has not seen a snake this
summer. The colonel says Doc
has worn boots all summer as a
protection against snakes, but
hasn’t seen a single snake.
HONEY FOR SALE
C. E. Caldwell has a tine lot of
the best honey ever tasted, and
can supply the demand in any
quanities, from one pound up.
WILL OPEN CAMPAIGN
J. L. Brown Announces List of <
Speaking Appointments
I will address the voters of Inde
pendence County at the time ai d I
places below mentioned, and will i
discuss the following subjects: 1
1. Reasons why I am running :
as an Independent candidate for 1
Representative. <
2. The Prohibition question, i
both county and state-wide. i
3. How to deal with blind tig
ers and bootleggers.
4. The five-gallon keg curse
and how to cure it.
5. The “White Slave” curse.
6. The Land Grab curse.
7. The cause and cure of high
taxes.
8- A law to prevent cattle and
hog stealing.
9. How to help the aged, crip
pled and blind.
A.ydelott’s Chapel Tuesday, Au
gust 30, at 8 p. m.
Oil Trough, Wednesday, August
31, at 3 p. tn.‘
Rosie, Wednesday, August 31,
at 8 p. m.
Pleasant Plains, Thursday, Sept.
l, at 11 a. m.
Floral, Thursday, Sept. 1, at 8
p. m.
Salado, Friday, Sept. 2, at 2 p.
m.
Jamestown, Saturday, Sept. 3,
at 10 a. m.
Bethesda, Monday, Sept. 5, at
2 p. ru.
Hickory Valley (Gray’s Store),
Tuesday, Sept. 0, at 2 p. m.
Center Hall, Tuesday, Sept. t>,
at 8 p. m.
Cord, Wednesday, Sept. 7, at
2 p. in.
Logan School House, Wednes
day, Sept. 7, at 8 p. m.
Newark, Thursday, Sept. 8, at
10 a. ru.
Magness, Thursday, Sept. 8, at
3 p. m.
Sulphur Rock, Thursday, Sept.
8, at 8 p. m.
Moorefield, Friday, Sept. 9, at
10 a. na.
Cushman, Friday, Sept. 9, at 8
p. m.
Batesville, Saturday, Sept. 10,
at 10 a. m.
The other candidates for Rep
resentative, if they desire to do so,
are asked to be present and pre
sent their claims. Any person
having objections to my past re
cord or present policies is invited
and urged to be present and pub
licly state their objections, where
I ean hear and answer them. Come
out and hear me if you can. Find
out all you can about who I am,
and what I want, and then vote as
you please. J. L. Brown.
DO WE WANTTHEROAD?
jood Road to Batesville Can be
Built if We Want it.
Kvery citizen with whom we
lave talked heartil.v indorses the
dea suggested by The Journal
ast week to build a good road
rom Newark to Batcsville. Road
)verseer D. I. Arnold adds his in
lorseraent and says he will lend
iver.y assistance possible to make
i success of the movement if the
people see (it to undertake the
work.
The Journal believes that prac
tically every man within four or
ive miles of the road on either
nde will heartily join the move
nent and cheerfully give a day’s
ivork with himself and team, or
jven more if necessary. Every
business man we have mentioned
die matter to says he will contrib
ute liberally to the movement.
Of course it would be folly to
undertake the work without first
thoroughly agitating the matter
ind without proper organization,
fo do this it will be ueccessary to
jail a Good Roads Rally and work
some interest and enthusiasm into
the matter.
The people of Independence
county love to boast of their pat
riotism, their love of home and of
their home county. The man who
loves his country will not hesitate
to give liberally of his time and
means to any movement that will
help to better the general condit
ions of his county. Any intelli
gent man will readily admit that
there is nothing that adds more in
a material way to the attractive
ness and general betterment of a
community than good roads. Let’s
put the matter to a test and see
how much patriotism there is in
this end of the county.
It is impossible to estimate the
real value of a good road, and this
is not a subject to be pushed aside
lightly as unworthy of serious
thought. It is an important mat
ter and one which, if carried to a
successful conclusion, will be a
source of pleasure for years to
come. Therefore The Journal
sincerely hopes the people will
think about the matter seriously,
discuss it with their neighbors and
help to create an interest in the
matter.
It is a great undertaking in a
sense and yet when we consider %
the large number of people who
should and will be interested, it is
a small task and its accomplish
ment will be easy if we only take
hold of it in a business-like man
ner and every man do his duty.
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