The Newark Journal.
Published In The famous white Riven Country, Where Alfalfa is King
$! Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, December 17, I90M
Vol. 9. No. 36
FROM WESTERN TEXAS
Former Newark Citizen Tells ol
Conditions “Out West”
Mr. Editor:-If you will pardon
my spelling and grammar, I will
try to tell your readers something
about my part of the country, a?
our friends from California and
Oklahoma recently did, and which
I think all should do, thus giving
us news from all parts of the coun
try.
But what I shall have to say is
not very encouraging, on account
of the fearful drouth of the past
summer. Old settlers say it was
the longest and worst drouth since
1H79. This (Burnett) county made
almost nothing this year. No
corn, wheat nor oats were made,
at all, not even for feed, and dur
ing the last sixty days twenty or
thirty thousand bushels of corn
have been shipped into our town.
Cotton made an average of about
a bale to every ten or fifteen acres.
Fruit was a total failure, and this
is where I lost out, as I am in the
fruit business. I have 1,700 four
year-old peach and plum trees
But the night is never so dark
but what daylight will come again.
On the 19th of November we
had a fine rain, and on the 5th of
December another fine one, so the
prospects are bright for a good
cron next vear. We had our first
frost of the season last night, but
there was very little vegetation to
be killed by it.
J think that after about one
more year like this, the writer
will be called to preach.
But it seems now that the peo
ple have put on new life. The
farmers have nearly all their land
prepared for another crop.
Our little town has just com
pleted a $20,000 brick school
building, and many dwellings are
going up, which shows that the
people of Texas still have money.
As before stated, 1 am now in
the fruit and berry business,
straight, but contemplate putting
in a large canning plant and grow
ing tomatoes, also.
Land is .still advancing in price,
and the man who fails to secure a
home in Texas will soon be left.
This county is noted for its good
health. We have no chills, no
malaria and no pneumonia. Wo
have a high altitude and and a nice,
gentle breeze blows nearly all the
time. We have no sandstoims
nor cyclones.
For fear of worrying you, I wiil
close, hoping more will write to
The Journal and make it a still
better paper. Respectfully,
J. H. Powell.
Bertram, Tex., December 10.
NEWARK A HEALTHY TOWN
That Newark is an extremely
healthy place to live, is proven by
the fact that during the three years
that Rev. Jas. F. Jernigan was
pastor of the Methodist church
here he wa9 called upon to con
duct only one funeral service over
a member of his church. When
he came on the work the church
had only about 50 members, but
for more than two years the mem
| bership has numbered about 250,
and at present it is nearly 300.
The fact that only one member of
so large congregation has died
in three years, speaks remarkably
well for the healthfulness of New
I ark.
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SULPHUR ROCK SKETCHES
Items of Interest From the Hub
of White River Township
T, V. Dorr was down from
■ Charlotte Tuesday.
W. R. Rice went to Tuckerman
Monday on business.
C. C. Helms was down from
Moorefield Wednesday.
Hamlin Morgan of Mooreneld
was in town Wednesday.
L'jt Jimerson sell you a Stetson
hat for a Christmas present.
Just received, a car of Hunts
flour, meal, chops, shorts and bran
| at Jimersons.
Wear Star brand shoes and keep
your feet dry and warm. Jimer
j .son sells them^
Milt Harral and wife of Char
lotte were over Wednesday lool*
[ ing for Santa Claus.
R. I. Moore came over from
Tuckerraan Wednesday to visit his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Moore.
Reduced prices on mohair, wool
and Panama dress goods, also on
men's and boys’ winter underwear
i at Jimersons.
Mrs. W. B. Northern who
moved from here to Batesville
early in the fall, moved back again
Tuesday. We are glad to welcome
them back.
D. A. Brown and sister, Mrs.
Weaver, have moved to the resi
! dence recently erected at the
(iribbes & lirown nursery at Sul
phur Rock, where Mr. Brown can
always be found ready to show and
| deliver fruit trees.
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In Formiog a
Banking Connectior)
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it is good business policy to open
your account at a live, growing
bank — there are alwaye reasons
for constant growth.
% The reasons for our constantly
increasing business are: courte
ous and liberal treatment of our
patrons and a careful, prudential
management that conserves the
interests of our depositors, bespeaks
safety to the funds on deposit,
and stability to the bank.
■> We extend to you a cordial in
vitation to call and open an account
at this bank.
MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS BANK
Geo. L, Green, President
Leslie #?. Acton, Cashier
TO BUILD SIDEWALKS
City Council Appropriates $50C
and Will Ask Citizens Aid
At a meeting of the city counci
Wednesday night the sum of $50(
was appropriated for the purpose
of building new concrete side
walks. A special committee com
posed of Dr. A. A. Evans, J. II
Holderby and E W. Magness was
appointed to take the matter uj
with the property owners, figure
on the cost and arrange the othei
necessary preliminaries.
This is a long step in the rigid
direction, and if the property
owners will now raise an equal
amount, quite a good deal of find
class concrete walks can be put in.
This is a matter that every prop
erty owner and every citizen ol
Newark should be interested in,
and The Journal hopes that ever.v
citizen of the town will heartily
inin limiHs with flip pit.v nffiriab
in this movement for a bigger,
better and greater Newark.
There is nothing in the way of
public improvements that adds
more to the property values of h
town, or contributes more to the
comforts and pleasures of its cit
izens than good sidewalks. New
ark and her people are entitled to
the best things that are to be had
in this line, and if we don’t have
them it is only our own fault.
The city officials have made the
right start. Now let the citizens
join in the movement and help the
good work along.
STATE TEACHERS MEETING
Great Educational Gathering at
Hot Springs Dec. 28th to 30th
The complete program for tht
Arkansas State Teachers Associa
tion, forty-second annual meeting
at Hot Springs, December ‘28, 21
and 30, is being circulated, and it
addition to the features already
announced, the program includes
■ the name of Mrs. General Pickett
Mrs. Pickett is the widow o
the famous Confederate general
and her address on the great bat
tie of Gettysburg, in which hei
husband took such a prominen
part, is one of the thrilling mas
terpieces of American literature.
A railroad rate of one fare fo
the round trip has been granted
. and reduced rates have been offer
ed the teachers by the hotels an<
boarding houses of Hot Springs
A registered attandance of 1,50*
| is expected. It will doubtless b
the best meeting in the history o
the association, and every persot
who is actively engaged in teach
dng should attend. The Journa
hopes the Independence count:
teachers will break all former rec
ords for attendance.
ANOTHER BOOZE VICTIM
Drunken “Bad Man” Goes on Wa
Path and is Shot Down
Tom Johns, an ex-convict an<
| generally notorious character, wa
i shot and probably fatally wound
ed Monday afternoon at Grubbs,;
small town about 15 miles east o
Newport.
He was shot by the town mar
■ shal, Walter Mosley, while resist
ing arrest.
Johns arrived in Grubbs abou
3:J0, somewhat under the influ
| once of liquor, and announced tha
he was going to take the town.
When the marshal went to ar
rest him, Johns fired on the office
with a shotgun, but the office!
; stood his ground and returned tin
fire, -.hooting three times at John
with a pistol. One bullet strucl
Johns in the left temple and anoth
pierced the jugular vein in tin
neck, the third bullet missing.
It Is reported that Johns canno
; possibly recover.
A BOUQUET FOR WATERMAN
Our Compliments to the Great
Friend of king Booze
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A squib in The Journal last
! week touched a tender spot in our
, good friend Colonel Waterman of
the Newport Democrat. The item
was in regard to the closing of the
saloons in Newport by Judge
Simmons. As friend Waterman
, swears by booze in daytime and
dreams of it by night, he took the
item as a personal insult, and sent
up a wail as dismal as ever came
from a dungeon of death in the
Dark Ages.
In Waterman’s estimation no
man can be a good citizen who has
lever, intentionally or otherwise,
' uttered a siugle word against
booze, and if Waterman had the
power and authority to do so, he
would doubtless disfranchise all
those “fanatics,” as he pleases to
term them, who oppose, in
any iorm, me ireeana untrammel
ed reign of King Booze, even
though it were strewn wTith
blighted ambitions, withered
hopes, decayed morals, intelectual
degeneracy, the wails of hunger
from the pinched and uncouth
offspring of his devotees, and a
veritable river of innocent human
blood.
It is a well known fact that the
doughty colonel will fight a man
quicker for making disparaging
remarks about bocze than he
would if you should spit in his
face. And the colonel is an un
conquerable terror when he gets
fighting mad. When in this mood
(and there being no smaller ani
mate object in sight) he has been
known to pounce upon the office
cat with the ferocity of a giant
and shake out four of its nine
lives before the office boy could
quiet him.
In his recent eruption the
1 colonel so far forgot himself as to
assert that the editor of The Jour
nal drinks more booze than he
does. We know this assertion
was very humiliating to the colonel
after he cooled off, for his ability
to carry a bigger jag than any
man of his size has always been a
k source of a great deal of pleasure
' to the colonel.
The colonel makes only two as
sertions worthy of serious notice.
- He says that by high license is the
’ only way to control the liquor
^ traffic, and that The Journal is do
• ing the prohibition cause more
) harm than good. Then why does
5 the colonel kick at what The Jour
f nal says about whiskey? He admits
1 that he doesn't believe in prohibi
■ tion. So if The Journal is hinder
I ing the prohibition movement,
what’s Col. Waterman howlirur
■ for? He ought to be shouting for
joy, instead of howling like a
whipped cur.
The Journal has never been able
to understand how a high license
can elevate the moral tone of a sa
loon. We believe that whiskey
I bought from a saloon paying$5,000
. a year license will make a man
just as drunk as whiskey bought
t from a saloon that only pays $1,
f 000 a year license. In fact, it
seems to us that there is a greater
temptation for the high-license
saloon man to adulterate his goods
so as to make a greater protit in
t order to meet the larger amount
he must necessarily earn to pay
his high license. We give our li
quor friends credit for being gen
erous, but no man will continue to
run a business of any kind that
does not pay all its expenses and a
fair profit. So, we would like to
ask friend Waterman, who pays
the high license, who gets the ben
efits and how is the saloon made
any better or the whiskey less
dangerous, by reason of the high
license?
; If whiskey is a good tiling, why
not remove the license eutirely, as
it is primarily an agricultural
product, and allow every man to
make and sell it, just a* we do
corn, cabbage or molases'
As a liar, either plain, unvarn
ished and open-faced, or with all
the latest frills, the colonel's name
is entitled to go down in history
alongside that of Annanias and
other notables of his class, lie
says The Journal was never known
to say a good word for or tell the
truth about Newport, which, in
all seriousness, we most emphat
j ically deny. We have often said
that Newport is a good town, and
we have no hesitancy in repeat
ing it.
Newport is a good town, but
there are some bad things in New
port, as is always the case with
any good town, and if Newport
could get rid of its booze joints,
llonkatonk, and Waterman it
would be a much better town.
SKETCHES FROM SALADO
Doings of the Week Among Our
Neighbors Across the White
Mr. and Mrs. J. Wr. Cook spent
a few days last week visiting at
Clay, White county.
The recent cool spell was fine
for hog killing, and a good manv
of our farmers took advantage of
it and butchered some fine porkers.
Squire J. W. Scott attended a
lawsuit at Hutchinson Saturday,
where some parties had been en
gaged in assault and battery.
Allen Keith moved from our
town a few days ago to Batesville,
where he formerly lived before
moving to Texas two years ago.
Mr. Keith is a good citizen and wo
regret to lose him.
A lawsuit was held here Friday
: in which Mrs. Mary Winchester
| replevied a team of mules from
Mrs. Laura Sanders of lower Oil
Trough. The jury decided in fa
vor of the defendant.
Peter Engles of South Wayne,
j Wis., came in last week to visit
j his brothers, Capt. C. M. and D.
P Engles, and other relatives.
Mr. Engles left here twenty-seven
i years ago and this is his first visit
j back to the old home.
MASONS ELECT OFFICERS
The Masons elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year
at their meeting Saturday night:
John Austin, W. M.; H. E. Haw
thorne, S. W.; Jno. I). Witt, J.
j W.; R. K. McHenry, secretary;
F. C. Hoyt, treasurer; F. M. Mar
tin, chaplain.
CORD CHRONICLES
Newsy Items About Our Neigh
bors in Black River Towmship
C. Ilugg, who lost some
money recently, has heard nothing
of it.
Oral Martin has resigned his
position at the Marion sawmill and
will enter school.
Kid. .1. I. Martin recently pur
chased a nice pulpit stand for the
Baptist church at this place. ^
J. K. Taylor, the agricultural
man, delivered a splendid lecture
to the farmers here Friday night.
Quite a number are talking of
building in Cord, and Cord may
yet become a town of considerable
note.
I. C. Nuckolls has recently had
the McAdams residence painted,
which adds much to its appear
ance.
Newt Blair has bought a build
ing site from Mrs. .Jetrue Wins
ton, and is preparing to build a
new residence.
A great many people in this
hA rt. h f t lio nminf nr a no crlari
Jackson county is going “dry” on
the first of .January.
The recent cool weather gave
the farmers an opportunity to
butcher their hogs, and a great
many took advantage of it.
The Methodists and Free Will
Baptists are preparing to build a
partnership house of worship, and
already have some of the material
on the ground.
There is talk of the Ladies Aid
of the Baptist church giving an
entertainment for Christmas. If
they do, we may expect a success,
as they never fail.
JEFFERY FOR CICUIT JUDGE
Hon. R. E. Jeffery of Newport
announces in today’s paper as a
candidate for circuit judge of this
district.
Mr. Jeffery is now serving his
second term as prosecuting attor
ney and has made one of the most
faithful and efficient officers the
district ever had.
He is recognized as one of the
ablest lawyers in the district, and
is in every respect well qualified
for the position.
The faithful and efficient man
ner in which he has always dis
charged his official obligations to
the people is sufficient assurance
that the people would have no
cause to regret his elevation to the
important position he seeks.
Banking
Is Our Business
sign “Bank” does not make a
^ bank and is often misleading It
requires time, energy, close attention
to business, a substantial capital and
experience in banking to make a bank
We claim, without blushing, all the
essentials necessary to make our bus
iness that of banking, and tender our
patrons a service thoroughly seasoned
by years of experience, backed by a
substantial capital and surplus.
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF NEWARK.,..
DIRECTORS
C. M Edwards, E. H. Williamson, J. P Magness, E. E. Allen,
F C Hoyt. G M Fields, R. B. Adams.
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