The Newark Journal.
Published In The Famous Big Bottom Country. Where Alfalfa Is king.
$1 Per Annum.
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, June 21, 1907.
Vol. 7. No. 26.
PLEASANT PLAINS COMMENCEMENT
Academy Closes With Appropriate
Exercises After a Most Suc
cessful Year’s Work
Pleasant Plains, June 17.—It
would be an injustice to our com
munity to fail to give public no
tice of the closing of our Academy,
which event occured the last two
days of last week. The commence
ment sermon on Friday night, by
Rev. J. V. Roberts of Bradford,
who's theme was “The Force of
Character” predicated on Matt. 5:
13 and 14, was strong, forceful,
practical and instructive, and the
discourse was heartily enjoyed by
a large and attentive audience.
In this sermon Rev. Roberts
delved deep into the practical
application of life in its relation
ship to the professionial and com
mercial world and plead for the
highest mental and moral attain
ment for the home life.
Several hundred persons gather
ed in the ^roye immediately in
front of the Academy building
Saturday night and witnessed the
efficient rendereing of a most ex
cellent program by the young peo
ple of the school. This program
tras of the highest possible order
and was elevating and instructive
to all present, and the universal
expression is one of entire satisfac
tion. One of the most prominent
parts of this exercise was a contest
of the nations as to which should
receive the Crown of Liberty. The
contest was before the Goddess of
Liberty and was represented by 1*2
young ladies dressed in white,
each carrying the flag of the nation
she represented. The contest was
spirited and strong and resulted
in our beloved America receiving
the merited crown.
This closing is not without its
sadness, and the last scene played
was not to the public audience,
but after the curtains *had closed
and the teachers and pupils were
taking their last good byes, to go
into different parts of the coun
try. The sobs and tears told of
the affections kindled in the hearts
of the participants of the school
during nine month of hard and
earnest.work. The tireless, persis
tent and devoted effort of Prof.
Hickman has endeared his pubils
to him without measure.
This closes the first term of the
Academy at this place, which has
been doing most excellent work
since last fall.
This school is a fixed feature and
has the endorsement of all our
best citizens who are making
arrangements for a large Attend
ance at the opening of the term.
ANXIOUS TO SEE HER
Hot Springs, June 15.—Struck
with a sudden notion to see a fair
one in Houston, Tex., J. H. John
son of New York, who has been a
guest of the Arlington Hotel for
several weeks, chartered a special
>ijf train and left this afternoon for
Texas to spend Sunday. The train
is said to have cost him $1,700.
FATHER AND SON DROWNED
Harrison, June 16.—William
Bennett, roadmaster for the Mis
souri and North Arkansas railroad,
was drowned in Buffalo this morn
ing, together with his 14-year-old
son, Gordon. They, with other
parties from here, were fishing
when young Bennett went into
the water and got beyond his
depth. The father, in trying to
rescue the son, was drowned first.
Leo Kirby ^ son of Dr. Kirby of
this place attempted to rescue the
boy, and he, too, came very near
being drowned.
ROBBED GASH DRAWER AT DEPOT
Youth Allows His Desire For
Money to Lead Him Into
Serious Trouble
Billie Long was arrested and
arraigned before Squire Tharp
Friday on a charge of robbing the
cash drawer at the depot at this
place Thursday night. The pre
liminary trial resulted in his being
held to await the action of the
grand jury. His bond was fixed
at 1300, which he failed to give,
and was taken to Batesville Friday
by Constable Clark and placed in
mil.
Long is only a boy about six
teen years old, and is a son of Mrs.
| Emma Long, widow of the late T.
J.Long who lived near Oil Trough,
i the family having moved to New
i
ark after the death of Mr. Long a
few years ago.
He secured only 35 cents, the
1 cash having been removed from
the drawer only a short time be
fore he gained access to the room.
The young man conies of an ex
cellent family, and there was no
'cause for hisattemps to turn rob
ber, as the family is in comfortable
circumstances financially and the
boy was always generously pro
I vided with spending money by his
mother.
The many friends of the family
regret the unfortunate occurrence
j very much.
POLITICAL PROPHECY
When the results of the next
election have been announced it is
safe to say that Brundidge will be
in the lead for for the United
States Senatorship, and Billy Old
field will be camping under the
Congressional plum tree. T. W.
Campbell of Pocahontas has an
nounced for Congress, but that
old Scottish air, “The Campbells
Are Coming,” never did have
much effect on Billy.—Des Arc
Guidon.
WHOLE FAMILY POISONED
The entire family of Henry Page
oTBlytheville was accidently pois
oned by the putting of rat poison
in the bread instead of baking
powder, for which it was mis
j taken. The family, consisting of
husband, wife and three children,
were all poisoned, the husband be
| ing in a more serious condition
than any of the rest. Physicians
think they will all recover.
KILLED BY BROTHER-IN LAW
Keo, June IT.—Gem Nelson was
shot an4 killed by his brother-in
law, Andrew Stewart, about 12
o’clock Saturday night. The men
were returning from an ice cream
social when a quarrel arose be
tween them. Nelson received a
load of small shot in his head, and
about two ounces of his brain were
left on the ground where he fell.
SINGING CONVENTION
Mr. Editor:—Please announce
in The Journal that the North Dis
trict Singing Convention will con
vene at Newark the first Sunday
in July. All classes are invited to
attend. B. F. Cash, President.
, W. L. Hall, Secretary.
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FRUIT, BERRIES AND ELSE
The diversificiition of crops in
this country is the financial solu
tion for the poor man. The cost
of living is going higher and high
er and up to date their is no report
from any body of scientists that
man’s eating capacity is being
lessened in the least. He eats as
much now as ever. His appetite
knows no compunction of con
science, if, indeed, it has a con
science, and he eats as much with
corn at 50, 60 and To cents per
bushel as he did when it was 25cts
a bushel. In the fall of 1860,
my father sold corn at 25 cts a
bushel. It was gathered and
tnrown in a pne in me neia, ana
the purchaser took it there. Now
it is quite different. Every pound
must be weighed and sold accord
ingly. Our fathers and mothers
would hardly know how to get
along these days with so many
new-fangled ways of doing things.
But it remains true yet, that all
we eat and wear must come out of
soil, or nearly so; and the earth is
the mother of all these good things.
Fruit of various kinds does well
here, but it won’t do well without
attention. Cows, sheet*, goats or
mules do not pune threes nicely.
They do a great deal of it though.
Then it is said, “oh you can’t
have anything like that here.”
No, not with such carelessness.
Wire fences are all the go and that
is one fence Sir William Goat
can’t climb, and a mule can’t push
over or jump. All who read are
posted as to the great results from
fruit and berries; and it don’t take
13 months in a year to raise and
market these things. They grow
while you sleep and those locali
ties where they have been tried
have money. Take »J udsonia where
$100,000 and more have been • re
ceived this season for berries.
That is a poor county; soil thin;
but adapted to berry growing.
But that soil is no laetter for
fruit, berries and vegetables than
the soil all the way down from
Batesville to Paroquet. Farmers
you can be independent, and not
raise a stalk of cotton. The cotton
grower is a slave to the cotton
bosses, and will be as long as time
lasts. They are going to give just
what they will to give, and no
more. And its take that or wait,
and do worse, usually. The man
with a diversified crop can be in
dependent of such shylocks. With
the eating capacity of men un
changed and at this indulgent age
of the world to eat, and eat the
best, things to eat are going to
command a good price if cotton
is not more than four cent per
pound. Most any ten acres of
ordinary land can be made to pro
duce 50 bushels of corn per acre,
and 500 bushels will run the aver
age farmer together with hay, and
a pasture. Plenty of corn, plenty
of hay, plenty of hog, plenty of
grass, plenty of grease and the
man goes through the world sleek
and fat. Then a good cow, well
fed, will give the milk and butter
of two not cared for. Then the
marvelous hen, that lays and lays
again. . Then a good garden. My!
My! What fools we mortals be, to
be in bondage to any man!
Then cut out all drinks that kill
men, waste money, and sends to
the bad world those who die from
it. He a Christian people and
fear God. Do right, tell the truth,
and an Eden of bliss will be our
portion here and Heaven in the
end. __
DROWNED IN GAN OF MOLASSES
Year-Old Baby Loses its Life in
Unusual Manner Saturday
Near Cabot
Cabot, June 17.—The 12 month
old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Snead, who live about five miles
north of here, drowned yesterday
in a ten-gallon lard can which con
tained five gallons of molasses.
The molasses was bought a few
days since and-was put in the lard
can and placed in the kitchen of
the Snead home. Yestesday Mrs.
Snead was preparing dinner and
had her baby in the kitchen with
her. She went to the well to draw
a bucket of water, and before re
turning to the house stopped in
the garded to gather some vege
tables. When she returned to the
house about ten minutes after she
had left it .she was horrified to see
the feet of her baby sticking out
of the molasses in the lard can.
She hastily grabbed the child from
the can, but the little one was
dead.
ONE BOY KILLS ANOTHER
Greenwood, June 15.—This
afternoon William Kear, the 11
year-old son of a farmer residing
about five miles north of Green
wood, shot and killed Leonard
Calthrop, aged 12, a negro lad,
whose parents reside on a farm
adjoining that of the Kears. It is
claimed tnat the boy’s father in
structed his son to kill young Cal
throp, should he trespass upon the
Kear place, and the boy followed
his father’s instructions. Another
report is that young Kear, at com
mand of his father, went to Cal
throp’s house, armed with a Win
chester, and shot the boy down.
Kear and his son are now con
fined in the Greenwood jail with
out bail. The two families have
been on fighting terms for some
months.
POOR CROPS IN JACKSNN
To The Newark Journal:
Having been away from old
Black River township three years,
I thought I Wvnild write the paper,
knowing that many of my friends
take the good old Journal.
Crops in this neighborhood,
four miles south of Newport,
known as the Island, are very
small for this time of year. Cot
ton is just now being worked out
with poor stands. Some here
planted the third time and there |
is scarcely any cotton in the lower j
bottoms. It looked like we were ;
going to miss a crop, but the pros
pect is better now. I was afraid
the crops would be like the locusts
our old friend Prof. Cash was tell
ing us about in The Journal last
winter. Perhaps you have them
up there, but there is none down
here, and if your locusts have
come I would like to exchange
about seventeen hundred horned
owls for a pair, as they keep me
awake night asking me who I am.
With best regards to The Jour
nal and its many readers I am
Your friend,
J. C. Rainwater.
Tell ’em you saw it in The Journal
WEEKS DOINGS AT SULPHUR ROCK
Short Items of Interest Picked Up
at the Hetropolis of White
River Township.
Sulphur Rock, June 18.—We
are in receipt of a letter from Rev.
J. L. Keener, of Berry ville, that
he and Rev. C. W. Burks of Mena
superintendent of the American
Sunday School Union in Arkan
sas, will be here on June the 25
(Tuesday) and Rev. Burks will
preach at the Methodist church afc
8 o’clock that night. Let every
body come out to hear him.
The young ladies of this place
will give a concert at the city hall
on Friday, the 28th of this month,
for the benefit of the Methodist
church. Everbody cordially in
vited to attend.
Quite a number of young people
from here went to Moor field Sun
day night to attend the childrens
day exercises at the Baptist church.
Wash Browning who has a posi
tion in Blanchard, La , came in
last Friday to visit homefolks re
turning Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Lindsey of
Poplar Grove are visiting the
latter’s sister Mrs. Dan Moore of
this city.
Mrs. Jas. F. Jernigan returned
Saturday from Melbourne where
j she spent several days with her
! father.
Mrs. Dunnington and daughter,
Mrs. Yancy, of Batesville are
visiting relatives here for a few
days.
Just received a car load of the
famous Bowman flour, also meal,
chops, bran, etc. J. H. Jiraerson.
Miss Ella Sanders of Newport
visited home folks Sunday. She
was accompanied by Miss Myer.
J. P. Sink and daughter went to
Newport Wednesday to spend
several days visiting relatives.
Rev. Janies F. Jernigan filled
his regular appointment here
Sunday and Sunday night.
Miss Virgie Morgan of Newark
spent Sunday in our city visiting
relatives.
Owen Way man left Monday for
Auvergne where he will spend the
summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wilson were
up from Newark Sunday.
Pleas Crigler was down from
Charlotte Tuesday.
Grandma Rice has been real sick
for several days.
Hugh Wright went to Batesville
Tuesday.
EARNERS UNION NOTICE
The regular quarterly meeting
of the Independence County Union
F. E. & C. U. of A., will he held
with Liberty Hill Union No. 787,
five miles south of Oil Trough, on
Thursday and Friday, June 27th
and 28th, 1907. The election of
delegates to the State Union will
be held at this meeting and all
local unions are requested to send
full delegation.
W. D. Burlington, Sec.-Treas.
WHOLESALE ARRESTS
Twenty men were arrested in
the township of Pekin in Craig
head county Tuesday, charged
with gambling and the illegal sale
of whiskey. Eight of the men are
said to have been caught selling
whiskey, and there are in all 25
cases against them.