The Newark Journal.
Published In The Famous Big Bottom Country. Where Alfalfa Is King.
$1 Per Annum.
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, June 2, 1905.
Vol. 5. No. 23.
, All Printed
At Home.
All Printed
At Home.
SULPHUR ROCK SKETCHES
Short Local Items of Interest Picked
Up at the Metropolis of White
River Township.
\V. J. Ward of Charlotte was in
our berg Saturday.
Hugh Wright made a business j
trip to R&tesville Monday.
Will Due of The Newark Jour
nal was in our town Saturday.
R. D. Self and Doc Gilmore of I
Sharp were in town Saturday.
Squire W. S. Holcombe and
wife of Dota were in town Tues* |
day. '
Miss Erma Sanders of Batesville
spent Sunday here with home
folks.
Mrs. R. II. Hodges who #has
been sick for several days is im
proving.
Mrs. Will Jernigan and Miss
Ida W ard of Charlotte were in
town Friday.
Several membeis of the Newark
lodge i. O. O. F. visited the lodge
here Friday night.
,). B. Fitzhugh of Batesnille and
Russ Leggett of Moorelield passed
through town Monday.
Mrs. H. W. Vaughan visited
Mrs. W. 1). Magness at Magness
Saturday night and Sunday.
Miss Maud Ashley died Thurs
day of congestion at her home near
town and was buried Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Magness of
Newark passed through town
Tuesday en route to Hickory \ al
ley.
The shingles have been placed
on the ground for the new church
and the lumber will be here this
week.
Misses Dora and Lula Hlackman
left Monday for Kansas City
where they expect to make their
future home.
Mrs. .Johnson and children re
turned from Tennessee Monday,
where they spent two weeks visit
ing relatives.
Misses Cleavie W'hisnant and
Pearl Miller of the Dota neighbor
hood visited Miss May Martin
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Churchill of Charlotte was
in town Monday and her niece,
Miss Bula Taylor of Walnut Ridge
accompanied her home.
Miss Archie Fetaer of Cushman
is spending a few days with her
many friends and attending the
commencement exercises at the
high school.
Prof. George Wright, who has
l>ecn in Little Rock for three
weeks, came home and spent Sun
day with home folks, returning to
the capital Monday.
Rev. .James A. Anderson editor
of the Arkansas Methodist spent
Saturday and Sunday in our city
and preached a very interesting
sermon Sunday at 11 o'clock to a
large congregation.
Miss Maud Moore entertained
the young people Monday night
with a party and among the num
ber present we noticed two young
men from Newark. Every one/
present expressed themselves as
having a nice time.
We judge from a remark heard
on the street Monday night, a cer
tain young man of Newark does1
enjoy a visit to our town, hut we
fear that he will lose all interest
here as soon as our school closes, i
Hut he don’t care much for parties !
any way.
THE BIG 'SACRIFICE SALE
Maxfields Big Sale at Batesville At
tracts Large Crowds and is Ful
filling all Expectations.
Batesville, May Promptly
at 8 o’clock Wednesday morning,
on the day promised, Maxfield’s
store opened its doors for the
great sale, after being closed two
days to arrange, mark and prepare
the stock.
It was promised this would be
the greatest low price sale ever in
augurated in this country. Evi
dently many people had read the
advance announcements because
they were waiting for the doors to
open. Everything in the house
was found to be tagged with plain
figures, which was undoubtedly j
the first evidence of good faith be
cause when the goods and price of
every item are before you for
your careful and undisturbed ex-j
amination it is plain that there is
no fear on the part of the company
that their values will fail to appeal
to the prospective buyers.
This sale is for the purpose of
closing out the entire stock. The
prices are necessarily low because
otherwise the prime object could
not be obtained.
The crowds attending the sale
and the large purchases they are
making best attest the sincerity of
the promises that have been made.
Absolutely every item advertised
can be found to be exactly as rep
resented and at the low prices
promised because anybody who de
sires is invited to bring a circular
and compare the prices on the tag!* j
with those in the advertisement.
Instead of finding any thing not as
advertised, it will be found that
by no means are all the goods de
scribed in the circular. Hundreds
of the many bargains are not ad
vertised at all and many other
things equally as attractive as
those advertised will be found
when you visit the store.
There can undoubtedly be no
better investment than to buy
merchandise if the prices are away
under normal or actual values and
if it is such goods as you are sure
to need in the future. That the
prices are under what will ever be
offered again is for any visitor to
decide for himself. Every price
is in plain figures and everyone is
free to examine the goods and note
the marks on them.
The freedom of the store is of
fered to all and the matter of buy
ing is left to the discretion of the
people. The sales people arc
ready to serve but will not urge
any one to buy, therefore, there
need be no hesitation on the part
of any one to come as often as they
desire and stay as long as they
please whether they wish to buy
anything or not
Advertised Letters.
The following is a list of letters!
remaining uncalled for in the New
ark postoffiee June 1, 1905.
K. A. Cooper
()wen Clii.'iin
James May
C. C. Shook
Lev*’is Walker
David Hess
Mr. Coker
Miss iiiuuie Bradley
Mat Cox
Luther Dugger
Miss Ida Lattimore
Mrs. Cora Mayhan
Mrs. Adeline Norwood
M rs. Laura G. Stokes
Whitehead Hoag A Co.
If not called for in do days will
he sent to the dead letter office at
Washington, 1 >. (’. When calling
for above letters say advertised.
T. M. 1 Iaukklson, 1*. M.
Eller Brothers have some good
corn for sale.
Uncle John Hindman left Wed
nesday for Pleasant Plains to
spend a few days with relatives.
Little Misses Susie and Hattie
Rogers left Saturday for Klgin to
spend a week or two visiting rela
tives.
Mrs. Ruby Lancaster was quite
sick for a day or two the latter
part of last week, but is now able
to be out again.
After June 1st the Iron Moun
tain will run excursions to ()regon
Flats every Saturday and Sunday,
at one-fare for the round trip.
Constable S. W. Clark raided
four of the alleged Wind tigers
Saturday upon affidavits sworn out
by citizens. He found only about
two gallons of whisky and a few
bottles of beer.
A stalk of alfalfa containing ^7
separate and well developed
branches was brought to town
Tuesday. It is only two years old
and was grown on the C. P.
Vaughan farm in Big Bottom.
Misses Fannie Stokes and Van
nye Bevens, two charming young
ladies are spending the day in the
city, the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Littlefield. Miss Stokes is
one of St. Francis county’s most
prominent young teachers, and
Miss Bevens is a popular young
lady of Sulphur Rock.
Prof. W. J. Jernigan, principal
of the Sulphur Rock Normal school
was in town on business Monday,
and made a contract with The
Journal to print the catalogue of
the thirteenth annual announce
ment for the school for the session
of 1905-06. The school has just
closed a very successful term, and
the prospects for the ensuing sea
son are very promising.
J. II. Hadley, division engineer,
and I. A. Baker, bridge and build
ing inspector for the White River
road, were injured Friday near
(’reswell while on a tour of inspec
tion. The motor car on which
they were traveling left the track
from some unknown cause, and
Mr. Hadley sustained a severely
sprained ankle, and one of Mr.
Baker’s arms was broken.
For Sale—One live room one
story house, one five room two
story house and one eight-room
two-story house, a good well,
smoke house, and barn and one
acre of land with each house.
North of school building. Would
sell one or two of them. 1 also
have other real estate bargains in
Newark property. If you want
to buy do not fail to see me. T.
J. Raney.
George Green arrived home
Tuesday from Poplar Bluff, Mo.,
where he spent a couple of weeks
overseeing the construction of his
patent cotton chopping machines,
lie has made some late improve
ments on the machine, and the one
manufactured at Poplar Bluff is
said to be a very practical and eas
ily handled machine. He has
made arrangements to have them
manufactured at Poplar Bluff and
will probably have them on the
market in a short time.
THE SACRED BLIND TIGER
J. R. Alexander Says the Man Who
Tanks Up and Disturbs the Ani
mal Should be Pinched.
Mr. Editor: in your worthy
paper of last issue I noticed the
following:
“It looks a little strange that
men can tank up and get in the
lockup in a prohibition town.
Where do they get their booze,
and are the officers doing their
duty?”
I agree with you that it i
strange to see some men every
day and many men some days
staggering on the streets of a pro
hibition town, and that too in a
county where the people by their
voice and vote have made a law
prohibiting the sale of the stuff
which makes men stagger, go
crazy and turn demons, and finally
show up to their wronged loved
ones in a state of debauchery and
pollution. For the sake of our
own dear boys and'girls can’t we
say some kind word to persuade
our brother and neighbor whom
we love not to further spread this
awful scourge, .just for the love of
money?
1 am a stranger in your county,
having resided here not more than
a month. But where I have been,
“tanked up” means for one to
wax exceedingly flush and full on
such cold temperance drinks as
new corn whisky and lager beer.
And if he is sufficiently tanked up
he won’t sleep or go away back
and sit down, but persists in stalk
ing al>out town disturbing every
body, no matter if they are engag
ed in just as honorable and high
calling as the aforesaid lager biber;
or frightening the children out of
their wits, or breaking the sublime
and solemn quietude of that noble
and sacred animal, the blind tiger.
1 say he ought to be locked up till
soberness prevails, and his re
spectful mind returns to him, and
1 want to tell you now, if you
have had some “rapschallion” to
come to your town and get drunk
and disorderly, your officers ought
to lock him up. They couldn’t do
anything else, and be true to their
oath for they are honorable men.
Were not your officers the favor
ite sons of an honest, confiding
people, whom they believed would
protect them by enfoacing the
law, let it be what it may, without
fear or favor to anyone ? Did
they not promise the people en
forcement of the law, simply by
the fact of their asking for or ac
cepting the honorable positions
they now hold? And do you not
know, sir, that every single officer,
after he had been elected, had to
qualify by appearing before some
one who was authorized by law to
administer oaths, and take a sol
emn oatli with his right hand
pointing heavenward and solemn
ly affirm before his (iod, the ad
ministering officer, and his delight
ed constituents, who looked upon
them with such felicitous pride,
that he would support the consti
tution of the United States and
the constitution of the state of
Arkansas, and to the best of their
ability discharge the duties of their
offices; Hence, not for one mom
ent can they afford to allow any
violation of the law by any one,
though he be a brother,
i You ask me what are their du
: ties? 1 will not attemp to detail
I ( o N TIXUKD OS ] * AO E 4 J
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS
Items of General Interest Gathered
Fresh From 'the Columns of
the Daily Papers.
Robert Pirtle was knocked down
and robbed of £42 in Mena Friday
! flight.
Hon. William d. Bryan will de
liver an address at Camben the
i 12th of June.
(ientry already has rive rural
| free delivery routes and a petition
! has been filed for the sixth.
Dion Dutch, aged lo years, was
I drowned Monday in a lake at the
Springdale park at Texarkana.
The 12-year-old son of Dr. Stone:
! of Divide, Perry county, was ac
cidentally killed last week white
out hunting.
W. A. Goodwin of Maynard has
written a book of 137 pages on the
"Forty Errors of the Missionary
Baptist Church.*’
“Coin’’ Harvey was badly bruis
ed in a personal encounter with
W. J. Mallet, a labor organizer, at
Rogers Saturday.
Harry Baker, who was recently
released from the chain gang at
Hot Springs, has fallen heir to
£.10,000 by the death of an uncle.
Springdale is the banner berry
dripping point in Arkansas, north
of the Boston mountain, her total
' being 90i cars Johnson comes
next, with 70 cars.
Charles Fasden was shot and
, perhaps fatally wounded by James
j Cook near Pocahontas a few days
ago. Young Fasden was exhibit
ring a pistol to Cook when the
weapon discharged.
The small son of A. M. Mew'
was killed near Conway Friday.
He and his father were driving to
town with three bales of cotton on
a wagon. One of the wheels drop
ped into a deep hole, throwing the
top bale of cotton off the wagon,
which knocked Mew and his son
both off, and the bale fell on the
boy killing him almost instantly.
FATAL QUARREL AT CHURCtf.
Hot Springs, May 30.—George
Keece was killed instantly, Pate
White, a 16-year-old boy, will die
from knife wounds, Ambrose
Beasley is badly wounded by a
shot through the arm, Hugh Knox:
is badly wounded by shots through
the hips, and Marion Keece, aged
16 years, is in jail hereon a charge
of assault to kill White. All this
is the result of a fatal quarrel in
Lincoln township, this county, af
; ter church services Sunday night.
The trouble grew out of a quarrel
I between Marion Keece and Pate
White in church.
KILLED TWO MEN.
DeQueen, Ark., May 30. D. T.
Goddard is in jail here on the
charge of having killed two men.
I On May 1<» he waylaid and shot
Lee Ward, a mill hand, as the re
sult of a quarrel over a matter of
no consequence, and has since
been a fugitive with posses of of
ficers and citizens on his trail, lie
was found Sunday near Rolling
Fork, west of Gillham, and at
i once showed fight. He tired into
the possee and killed dames Mills,
and again escaped. He was final
ly found yesterday, a mile west of
this city, and was captured and.
brought to jail. Indignation runs*
high, and there has been minors
of an attempted lynching.