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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, November If, 1904.
Vol. 4. No. 4a,
OPPOSES ANNEXATION
TO JACKSON COUNTY
Hon. T. J. Raney Issues Statement
Regarding Proposed Change.
Change Would Make Independence a
Republican County, and Other
wise Badly Cripple Her.
To the People of Independence
Count?!;
It is rumored throughout the
county that a petition is being cir
culated in the east end of the
county to be presented to the next
legislature asking that liig Bottom
and Oil Trough townships be cut
off and attached to Jackson coun
ty. As 1 live in the east end of
the county, it has been stated that
J was in favor of the movement. 1
take this method of informing the
people of the county of my posi
lion on this question.
First. l'he total number of
square miies of territory, the as
sessed value of ail property, the
population of Independence coun
ty is about equal to that of Jack
son county. To take this territory
■off of Independence county and
<U UU. 11 IV l' » •'«*» I'
Independence a small and Jackson
a large county.
It would also take off the rich
est farming land of Independence
*nd attach to .Jackson, which
would cripple Independence coun
ty considerably.
Second. K.v taking off these
two townships that have always
rolled up a good democratic ma
jority it would leave the remain
der to go republican in closely
contested elections.
I have studied the proposition
co siderably, and can not see why
an one should favor this change,
as e have a court house that any
ot Independeu ■ county’s s ns
c: '•!! feel proud of, we are out
o .it and have plenty of money
ii ii- treasury. I have some very
si g personal friends who are
ut ,g this movement and I sin
<•1 hope that they will consid
ei this and investigate and see
tl v is best to stay with this
c< . It is argued by some that
it ‘dd be a benefit to Newark,
v i I fail to see. While if it
w r the benefit of this irame
<lia section and would injure the
re> the county, it should not
be < ie. I feel proud of the fact
that i was elected by the entire
pro, of Independence county.
In t primary I had the pleasure
of cai i ving. or being second, in 14
town-hips and I feel that it is my
dut.\ » represent the interests of
(lie entire people of the whole
count*, arid not any particular
section. 1 have no objection to
.Jackson < unity's people, hut 1 do
have considerable interest in Inde
pendence county, and the people
can rest assured that as long as 1
am representative of this count.* 1
will never be in favor of doing
anything that will damage the
county.
1 \vh • born and raised here and
hope to live and die within the
c< uni's limits.
Yours respectfully,
T. J. Hanky.
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Manged himself in a Barn.
•anville, Ark., Nov. 5. Burke
Jj v re nee, a young man, "13. years
o , attempted to commit suicide
b\ hanging himself in his aunt’s
barn this morning. He wrote a
note and left it where it could be
easily seen, simply saying, ^ on
will find me in the barn,” The
aunt found the note about fifteen
minutes utter it had been written
and hurried to the barn, and there
saw the young1 man hanging by
the neck with a rope tied to a rat
ter. Her screams brought help
SPnd the young man was cut down.
It is thought that he will recover.
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IN MEMORIAH.
To the Noble Grand and Breth
ren of Newark Lodge I. O. O. k.
No. 263.
Whereas, It has pleased the
Grand Architect of the Universe
to call from labor to refreshment
our dearly beloved brother, Ben
Adams, dr., it is with the deepest
sorrow and human regret that
your committee records the de
mise of our late brother who de
parted this life at his home on
Thursday, November 3. l'd<>d.
Whereas, His genial nature
and charitable spirit developed in
our hearts for him the profoundest
sentiments of affection and broth
erly love: therefore, be it
Kesolved, That while we meek
ly bow to tTie will of our Most
Excellent Grand Master, whose
ways are inscrutable and who
doeth all things well, we desire to
express our deep sense of the loss
sustained in the death of our
bn ither.
Resolved, That this lodge has
lost a good member, the commun
ity at large an honorable and up
right citizen and the family an
affectionate husband and father,
and that we extend our sincere
sympathy to the widow and or
phans of our deceased brother.
Resolved, That a copy of these
resolutions be sent to the bereav
ed family, a copy be sent to The
Newark Journal for publication
; and that these resolutions be
; spread upon a page of our records
set a part in mourning to our
brother. 1 hat the members of
our lodge wear the usual badge of
| mourning and the alter and jew
els be drapped for thirty days.
G. L. Fink, )
F. C. Hoyt, Committee.
C. J. Drennen. )
KILLED WITH WHISKY BOTTLE
Pocahontas, Nov. 7.—Jake
Weatherford was lodged in jail
; here today by Sheriff W. A. Jack
son on s charge of killing Joe
j W illiams.. 1 lie tragedy occurred
yesterday about eight miles below
here, near the Randolph and Law
rence county lines. Weatherford
struck Williams over the head
with a bottle of whisky and Wil
I liams lived until this morning.
Weatherford was arrested while
in h( this moi uing beiore he
heard of the death of his victim.
SUICIDE AT BATESVILLE.
\ woman named Tennessus
Lamb committed suicide at the
Mrs. Johnson house Friday night.
The deceased was between 30 and
-to years of age, and was the moth
er of three children. She had been
| marr5ed thre» time*. From all in
formation we learn the woman
led an unhappy life and had found
there was little for her to live for
She told a party that she was tired
of living and last night took a
large amount of rough-on-rats,
from the effects of which she died
during the night.-Batesville Bee.
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS
Items of General Interest Gathered
l iesh From the Columns of
the Daily Papers.
^0M- A. J. Patton, aged TO
.tmirs, a member of the legislature
ot 1S8T, died recently at Cabot.
Ex-Senator .1, K. p. Russ of
W bite county is organizing farm
ers unions in Cleburne county.
d. 1>. hoi'svtbe. who lives near
Manila, lost three lingers Tuesday
b.\ tin* accidental discharge of a
shot gun.
Hres of incendiary origin in
Ilot Springs since October 12
have destroyed property valued
at, $55,000.
d- B. Bradberry, a guard at the
new penitentiary at Little Rock,
committed suicide Friday by tak
ing laudanum
E. I). La-si ter, aged 05 years, a
farmer living ten miles from Tex
arkana, fell from nis horse and
broke his neck.
Sherman Little picked 1,007
pounds of cotton in two days on
Charles Montiein's larm, near
England, last week.
Telegraph and telephone wires
in Little Kock will placed un
derground, the oil \ council having
passed an ordinance to that effect.
The boiler exploded in lion. A.
J. Bell’s savvmiil near Bradford,
White county, November 3, blow
ing the mill to pieces, but injur- j
ing no one.
Squire H. J. Gregory fell from |
a second story window of the court j
house at Hardy last Saturday and
sustained injuries from which he
died Monday.
The governor has refused to
sign the commissions as notaries
public of Sam M. Casey of lnde
pendenee county and Ambrose
Estes of Marion county.
The Arkansas Cumberland Pres
byterian Synod, which closed its
meeting at Clarendon Sunday
adopted resolutions favoring state
prohibition for Arkansas.
The 6-year-old stepdaughter of
K. M. Barnett was seriously in
jured while playing at Salem. A
heavy log fell and struck her,
breaking one of her legs in two
places.
Russell Milford has been com
mitted to jail at Foreman charged
with the murder of L. C. Timbs,
the young man whose body was
found in Little river near Wilton
last week.
Safe blowers used nitro-glycer
ine at Corning in robbing the
postoffiee safe and the safe in the
store of E. A. Kelley & Co. They
.•ot some stamps in the postoftice,
but nothing in the store.
j.'tta (iritlin, Ilarvey Beck and
('leveland Johnson, charged with
infanticide in placing the body of
,joad child on the campus of
Galloway College last May, were
acquitted at Searcy Saturday.
While Pearl and Lola Vaughn,
,ed \i and six, respectively,were
I living about the house in Little
Korkin Sunday, Pearl got her
father’s revolver, thinking it was
toy. a,,d began snapping it «t
her sister. It happened to he load
( I and was discharged, the hall
striking Lola in the breast. It
was thought for a time that the
little girl would din, hut after 1
making an examination the physi
cian stated that there was a chance
for her recovery.
A number of Farmers’ Unions I
have been organized in White
county, and delegates and mem
bers from each union in the conn- j
ty will hold a county meeting tho {
16th and 17th of this month at
Center Hill.
A white man was assaulted at (
Hazen Tuesday night by a negro .
brakeman. The negro was pur . 1
sutal by a posse of enraged citizens I
and overtaken in the woods half a <
mile from town. The posse re- I
turned alone. j
A Mrs. Moore who was about i
TO years old was burned to death ]
at her son’s house near Hamburg, j
Su lay. She was alone in the j
r o ii when her clothing caught ,
■ from the fireplace and she was ]
idly burned that death ensued ,
in liort time. ,
>. * four-year-old child of Bud I
ullin, a farmer near Moun- *
;Iome, wa> found dead in a I
• a pen a few d .vs ago. The <
, r<*n had been i the habit of j
<i . i ig boles in ii cotton and j
IIILU LllCJil, ill! II 1^ ;
l-ovd that the chi In jumped into j 1
Lit nolo headforenn si and smoth-!
«• ed to death. i <
s.nlertainment Monday Night. | ]
The Dunnawa.v Concert Com
pany will give an entertainment
Monday night, November 14, at
the Methodist church.
• dss ilettie Dunnawa.v has gain
ed a national reputation as an elo
eu i mist and no one should miss
this opportunity to hear her.
iss Beulah Rochester Casey
also has a wide reputation as a
vo! p-st, and is highly praised by
i fading papers ahioughout the
<
country. ■»
. rs. Kathrync Di enei as a vio-|
lie t d pianist is highly aceomp-; <
ii- it d and it will be an enjoyable
tie t t > hear her. t
ti
Eagle Owl 75 Years a Captive.
After 75 years of captivity, a fe
male eagle owl has just died in an
aviary in England. Brought from j
Norway in 1829, this bird withiM
the past 30 years has reared no '
less than 90 young. Although the 1
eagle owl is reputed to live to a 8
great age, there appears to be but ^
rew recorded instances where the
age could be definitely ascertained.
A golden eagle which died at Vi
enna in 1719 was known to hare
been captured 104 years previous
ly, and a falcon, of what species is
»ot recorded, is said to have at
tained an age of 1G2 years. A
white headed vulture taken in 1700
died in the zoological gardens at
Vienna in 1824, thus living 118
years in captivity.—Chicago Daily
News.
Mineral Oil in India.
The production of mineral oil in '
India has made remarkable strides !
during the last decade. In 1897 the !
output amounted to only 19,100,- a
1)00 gallons, whereas in 1902 it had t
increased to 50,607,000 gallons, o
Burmah in this period trebled its n
output from 18.000,000 to 54,000,- n
400. These large quantities not
withstanding. nearly two-thirds oP ,
the consumption is still supplied 11
from abroad.—London Engineer. v
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No Doubt About It.
Few men would attempt to
write poetry if they didn’t need
the money.—Chicago Daily News,
year $1.
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REGULAR LAND SLIDE
ALL OVER THE ONION
Republicans Have Carried all the
Doubtful States.
Republican Victory is the Most Coin**
plete Since the Grant-Greely
Contest in 1872.
The Republican* swept the on
in* country like a Kansas cyclone
n Tuesday’s election.
If Maryland has gone republi
can, as unoflioial returns at this
lour indicate, the republican vote
n the electoral college will be the
mprecedented one of 325 for
ioosevelt. and Fairbanks to 151
or Parker and Davis. Not only
s thi-. far in excess of McKinley’s
*ote (202) in 1900, but Judge Par
ser's >te is four less than that
riven ilryan four years ago. It is
u act i lly certain that the repub
ican ttional ticket has carried
ver,\ ate in the union outside of
he so-ealled solid south. It may
ake i le official count to decide
dar.\ land. The republican ma
ority in the next house of repre
entatives will be not less than
i f t.\:
Democratic successes are confin
'd to the solid south, in which
Kentucky is included, and Parker
ms not carried a single state which
lid not give its vote to Bryan four
rears ago. Official returns indi
*ate that he lost some of those
vhich the Nebraskan carried.
The only states Parker carried?
ire Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
leorgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
dississippi, Missouri, North Car
dina, South Carolina, Tennessee,
IVxas and Virginia.
The result in this precinct was
08 for Parker, 74 for Roosevelt
nd two for Watson.
For congressman Brundidge re
eived 111 votes and Tucker 74.
()f course the county has gone
or Parker, but we have been un
ble to get the official vote.
Champion Little Cotton Picker.
Clemons Sturdivant, son of J.
). Sturdivant, picked 518 pounds
f cotton Monday and Tuesday,
ticking 259 pounds each day. He
tarted in to pick 300 pounds
Vednesda.y, and very likely would
itvr |JiUftr"U it, imu it nut LLF
ain. Fie began picking just after
un-up and when the rain stopped
im at 9:40 he had picked ninety
ounds. He is only 12 years old
nd weighs 69 pounds, but his re
ord for cotton picking proves that
e is an industrious little fellow.
NEGRO KILL> WHITE HAN.
DeVall’s Bluff, \ov, 5. —Much
xeiternent exists in this vicinity
ver the tragic death of Mr. Suth
rl ind, a timekeeper, working on
it* extension of the Searcy and
>es Arc Railroad. He was shot
nd killed this evening by one of
le negro laborers over a financial
rievance. When the news of tho
lurder spread it caused no little*
idignation,and there was an in
ipient riot, which threatened to
evelop into bloody strife in con
fluence of feeling engendered
gainst the negroes by the trag
dy. No serious clash has occur
ed yet but the conditions are ript*
3r trouble.
The guilty negro has not bee«
pprehended.