The Newark Journal
Published In The famous Big Bottom Country. Where Alfalfa Is King.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, March 29, 1907.
Vol. 7. No. 14.
ILL FOR COUNTY DEPOSITORY
-Legislature Passes a Bill Allow
ing Banks to Use the
County Funds.
A hi]] lias passed both houses
of the legislature providing for
county depositories in Indepen
dence, Baxter, Green, Izard,
Perry, Lonoke and Sharp counties
and (he bil! now only lacks the
governor’s signature to become a
law. The law, however, will not
go into effect until October 31,
1008, when the terms of the
present county treasurers will ex
pire.
The bill provides, in effect, that
the public funds in the hands of
of the county treasurer shall be
deposited under certain safe re
strictions, with the bank in the
county offering the highest rate of
interest for it as a deposit. Ample
bond is required, and the interest
paid shall go to the benefit of the
.people.
Several counties in the state now
have special laws of this kind and
are receiving interest on their
fund’s, some counties receiving as
high as six per cent.
JUDGE THARP’S TALK
To The Newark Journal:
In answering your article of the
22nd. 1 am forced to use language
which I consider unbecoming a
gentleman, but fear the villainous
intent of these charges my thought
are inferior in expressing words
strong enough to make a proper
answer. You deny having attack
ed limy personal conduct. Let’s
refer backs to your former publi
cations along this line and see how
much truth you tell when you
make this denial. You made re
ference to me about not signing a
certain petition at the mass meet
ing sometime ago; you continued
to use the prefix, Judge, to my
name after 1 had asked you to
drop it, you called me a general
roust about and last but not least
you said I was a tit subject for an
insane asylum. Now Mr. 2x4 tell
the people how you are going to
connect these damnable slurs of
your poisoned brains with my of
ficial conduct. Again you have
■audacity to come out and accuse
me of keeping my office in a blind
tiger and of aiding, abetting and
shielding others in their open vio
lation of the law. Now this is the
denial 1 make: You knew at the
time that your poisoned mind
prompted you to stoop so low to
publish the accusations that they
were malicious and willful lies and
could have been used by you for
eo other purpose than to try to
poison the minds of the people
against me. Talk about common
decency, moral backbone and
■other noble qualities, which you
claim I am totally void of.! Mr.
2x4 how can you have the audacity
to to make such references to any
man regardless of how low lie
might be morally, since you have
stoopd so low as to publish some
thing in your paper which you
know at the time of publication
were false? 1
i\ow aoout the article you refus
ed to publish in opposition to the
blind tigers, 1 have obtained per
mission from the gentleman who
prepared the article to use his
nance, whom you may well know
to be J. R. Alexander, and here I
.give you the facts in this matter
where yon played a leading part
toward the suppression of the
blind tigers on or about May 12,
1905, .1. R. Alexander become in
toxicated in the town of Newark,
and was landed in the cooler for
some hours. After having been
liberated and still under the in
fluence of liquor, wrote a short
piece in opposition to the tigers
and presented same to you, Mr.
Editor, and requested you to pub
lish the same in The Journal,
which you did without hesitation.
Now lets see effect of this and the
gentleman’s talk against the tigers.
On or about May 18, 1905, four
citizens of the town filed affidavits
before me charging so many men
of operating blind tigers in the
town and I issued the warrant and
had these places raided. Now
lets see next about one week from
these raids the same J. R. Alex
and prepared another article along
the same line, (and mind you Mr.
Editor this time he was neither
drunk or had been in the cooler)
and this he also presented to you
with the request that you publish
same in The Journal. Now did
you do it' No, but you flatly re
fused and now Mr. 2x4 tell the
public what was the cause of your
change on this point. Was you
afraid you would hurt The Jour
nal financially or otherwise by tak
ing the stand indicated by the ar
ticles prepared by this man, who
unfortunately for he and I are
not.thebest of friends. Now Mr.
Editor these are the cold facts in re
gard to this article propositon and
I can’t see why that you have not
forfeited the $10 you offered as a
reward. As before I will say I
can use this to a very good ad
vantage and I hope the same is
forthcoming. Now don’t cry I
am whinning around and slinging
mud and don’t try the blue pencil
scare and in the next article I will
show you up on the deal I hinted
at before. Jno. T. Thakp.
ANTI NEGRO SERVANT BILL.
Little liock, March 22.-Senator
Mclvnight introduced a bill in the
senate yesterday making it unlaw
ful for negroes to wait upon or
serve white persons as porters on
trains, as barbers or as waiters in
resturants or hotels, and equally
anlawful for white servants to
wait upon negroes, which provok
ed some debate on a question for
a second reading of the measure.
Senator Amis said the bill was
to prevent negroes from waiting
on whites and moved that it be re
jected. Senator Mclvnight made
a strong plea for the measure, de
nying that the prime object was
to prevent negroes from serving
white people, “it’s to prevent
negroes from taking white women
about the waist and helping them
off the trains,” he said “Why, my
wife is afraid to come to town
alone because she is waited upon
by these blacks.”
Senator Amis withdrew his
motion to reject the bill, and it
was read a second time and refer
red to the Committee on Agricul
ture.
INCREARED SALARIES
The legislature has increased
the salaries of the governor and
supreme judges to $4,000 a year,
and of chancellors to $2,500. It is
possible an effort will be made to
increase the salary of circuit
judges, also.
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Religious Work
Conducted by Rev. Jas. F. Jernigan
Pastor M. E. Church, South
Honor and shame from no condition
rise.
Act well your part, there all the
honor lies.”
This adage contains a grain of !
i truth, which, if rigidly observed, !
| will furnish a basis for a noble
j and exalted character.
“Honor and shame.” Think on
the two significant words and open
your heart to the following
thoughts. Honor ennables a man
to walk upright, to stand high in i
the estimation of all men. Even!
the dishonorable man can’t repress
the feeling of admiration for one
#who stands square toed on daylight
i integrity. And at times when the
ignoble in words and deed gets
into serious and disastrous trouble
he turns to the upright man for
sympathy and aid in his day of
darkness and grief. Every man,
as a rule, is the custodian of his
honor, and to him is given the in
alienable right to maintain and
keep his honor as fair and bright
as a blue June sky.
Helpless and hopelss is the op
posing man to permanently mar
or iD.jure the honor of another
who stands in the open in all his
deeds and words. Think,Ireader,
of being intrusted with such a
precious thing as your honor, and
yet be disposed to tamper with it,
in little tid bits of trickery, which
may be thought don’t amount to
much. But these seeds of illdoing
take root in the very soil and soul
of honor and begin its working of
death and ruin to him who allows
such a deposit to be made in his
inner being. There is a saying,
that such and such a man is “as
honest as the days are long.” It is
a good thing to say this truthfully
of any man, but here is better one:
“To be as honest as the nights are
long.” And the best, is to be as
honest as both days and nights are
long. Shame bows the head; it
it is the outward expression of an
inward guilt for violation of any
established rule or laws of life by
which men are to be governed in
acts and speeches for the public
and private good of the common
wealth. Guilt is a hard thing to
hide from the public, and a thing
from which no man can ever hide
himself. It lies down with him; it
visits him in his dreams; it is the
hi st touch in morning, and attends
him all day long. Which of these
will you take, as the man of your
counsel for all time to come?
“Act well your part, there all
the honor lies.
GOVERNOR IS IMPROVING
Corpus Christi, Tex., March 23.
—The condition of Governor Little
of Arkansas continues to improve.
Yesterday he went for an airing1
in an auto. He was accompanied
by I)r. Spohn, under whose care
he is. Today the governor took a ;
walk along the beach.
BOY IN SERIOUS TROUBLE
Des Arc, March 23.—Under in
dictment on a charge of having
been responsible for the wreck of
Rock Island passenger train, No.<>, i
on the afternoon of March 15, at j
Cuno, a loading switch about four j
j miles from Hazen, which resulted j
in the killing of the engineer and
fireman of the train and the injur
ing of eight members of the train
crew, Tillis Matthews, a 15-year
old boy, was arrested to da.v and
placed in the Prairie county jail.
He steadfastly maintains that he
had nothing to do with the wreck.
LADIES.
We cordially invite you to call
and inspect the Nejv Spring Styles
we are showing in dress goods,
silks, white goods, linens, em
broideries, laces, trimmings, col
lars, long gloves,corsets and novel
ties. Barnett. Bros. Mer. Co.
Batesville, Ark.
“LINE’S BUSY”
“Why can't I get my number?”
demanded the man. “Line’s busy,” i
replied the telephone girl. “I
don’t believe it.” “It’s so, just
the same. Some cowboys have
borrowed it to hang a horse thief
with.’’-Louisville Courier-Journal.
IN JAIL AT NEWPORT
The Newport Independent says
that Odom, the veterinary surgeon
charged with having left Newark
on Wednesday night of last week
with the wife of W. A. Benson
is well known at Newport,
having assisted Dr. C r i g 1 e r
there for some time: that he board
ed at Cook’s hotel, where he left
a $35 board bill unpaid, and that
Constable Ballew went to Corning,
where Odom was, and arrested
him, bringing him back Saturday |
night and placing him in jail at 1
Newport.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Statement of condition of the
Bank of Newark at the close of j
business March 2d, 1907.
RESOURCES
Loans secured by real estate $9,796.12
Loans secured by collateral
or personal enorseraent.. 35,833.97
Loans advanced on lumber
in transit. 911.01
Overdrafts___ .81
Banking House and fixtures
(Valued at $3,500.00)_ 2,000.00
Due from other solvent
banks on demand. 15,761.48
Cash in vault. 5,304.93
Total... 09,608.32
liabilities
Capital Stock (Paid in in
cash). . $20,000.00
Undivided profit (earned), .. 1,335.36
Deposits... 48,272.96
Total.. 69.608.32
In submitting the above state
ment for the consideration of our
customers and friends we believe \
that it will meet with the approval '
of the most critical person. Our
customers, as well as the citizens!
of this vicinity, have a right to
know the condition of the banks
in their midst. We have often
since we began business, submitted
statements of our condition and
we considered that it was nothing
more than we should do.
We do not make any loans to
our stockholders on the sole se
curity of their stock but demand
from them security or collateral
the same as we would from an
outsider.
Our cash reserve to depositors is
in excess of 40 per cent, while the
National Banking Law only re
quires 25 per cent of reserve of
agents and 15 per cent of other
National banks.
We respectfully solicit the busi
ness of the people of this com
munity who desire the service of
a bank conducted along safe and
conservative lines.
E. B. Chesskk, Cashier.
THE CITY LAW AND ORDER TICKET"
Complete List of the Candidates
to he Voted on at Tues
day Election
I he complete ticket indorsed by
the Law and Order League is aw
follows:
For Mayor, R. R. Ratton
For Recorder, E. YV. Magncss
For Treasurer, O. F. Craig
For Marshal, J. W. Fetzer
For Aldermen, C. M. Edwards,
d. H. Holderby, A. H. Saylors,
F H. Williamson and T. H. Hear
ing.
These are all good substantial
citizens, clean, honorable and up
right men, against whom n»
charge whatever can be brought.
This ticket is pledged to a mere
strict enforcement of the hwr
against blind tigering and gambl
ing. The opposition ticket i*
making no promises along thisr
line, and some of the men on it
have had ample opportunity to
enforce the laws against tho tiger*
and <fed not do it. The situation
should be clear to any man who
will give it a moments’ thought.
LAW AND ORDER MEETING
The Law and Order League Ik Id
its regular meeting at the Baptist
church Monday night. No busi
ness was transacted except U>
adopt a memorial to be presented
to the circuit judge and prosecut
ing attorney at the convening of
circuit court at BatesviUe, asfcinjf
them to be more rigidly enforce
the laws against blind tigering and
gambling.
After the conclusion of business
Elder «J. H. Milburn, Baptist ctale
evangelist, delivered a strong fea
ture upon the evils resulting from
the non-enforcement of the law*
against blind tigers and other*
classes of law breakers.
Another meeting will be held at
the Christian church next Monday
night and after desposing cf the
regular business Elder Miibun*
will again lecture along the s me
line, but will take up the matter
more in detail and discuss it more
fully.
A NICE HOME FOR 5ALE
We have one ol'the nicest, j iccew
of residence property in Newark
for sale at a bargain. Two-ctory
eight room house with good barn,
smokehouse and good well of wa
ter. An entire block goes v> itb
the property including two • mall
houses which rent for $5 per
month each. Also line garden at*!
young orchard. E adding^ all
nearly new and well finished, paint
ed inside and out and papc red
throughout. The houses would
cost what we ask for the property
to say nothing of the lots, barn,
fencing and other improvements.
Craig & Hun person.
THE CIRCUIT COURT
The spring term of the Inde
pendence circuit court will convene
on Monday April 8, being one
week from next Monday. The
dockets are rather heavy, there
being 78 civil and 108 criminal
cases for trial. Of the latter,
thirty-nine are for selling whiskey
without license.—B a t e s v i 11 a
Guard.
You can buy the best farm imple
ments made from C. M. Edwards,
They are the famous John Deere.