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Vol. 4, No. 16.
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday April 15, 1904.
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6 BALES PER ACRE
‘ South Carolina Man Tells How
io Grow Six Bales of Cotton
to the Acre.
L. A. Stoney of Allendale,S-C.,
writing to an agricultural paper
claims that any land can be made!
to grow six'bales of cotton peri
acre. A communication from him
in support of his claim is repro
duced below.
“When soil is not wet break
thoroughly 12 to 15 inches deep
following double plow with sub-j
soiler. Harrow repeatedly when!
soil is dry, thereby conserving
moisture and finely dividing all
particles. Lay off in 5 feet rows,
applying 400 pounds per acre of
a complete fertilizer. Leave cot
ton 8 feet apart on bed, one stalk
in hill. Cultivate shallow and
rapidly, distributing in the middle
of the row, when cotton is about 1
foot high, 400 pounds more of a
very soluble, properly balanced
fertilizer. Repeat this at intervals
of about three weeks until a total
bX) pounds per acre has been
pii* l. It is not necessary to
v furrow in middle for these i
.,>plications, the better plan being
to distribute on top of the ground.
“In order to economize in plant!
food, one should he governed by
the previous condition of the soil
some soils requiring an abundance
of one particular element of plant
nutrition, while an adjoining area
might contain an excess of that
identical element. I shall take
pleasure in answering any inquiry
on this line. Let me know char
acter of soil, what crop it has last
grown—if in cotton, whether well
fruited, or tending to run to weed,
and the yield per acre; also wheth
er inclined to rust.
“With this inforti&tion 1 shall
advise what ingredients are neces
sary for the proper compounding
<f a suitable fertilizer, giving in
letail the method for thorough
mixing; also analysis of ingredients
and that of resulting compound.
“Don’t forget in attempting to
make four to six hales per acre
that an essential to heavy produc
tion in any soil is an abundance of
vegetable matter, the cheapest
source being the pea vine, which
serves the double purpose of a
loosener and an enricher, in run
ning high in nitrogen, the most
costly constituent of a fertilizer.’’
Ballard’s liorehound Syrup.
Immediately releaves hoarse,
croupy cough, oppressed, rattling,
rasping and difficult breathing.
Henry C. Stearns,Druggist,Shulls
burg, Wis., writes, May ‘JO, 1091:
“I have been selling Ballard’s
liorehound Syrup for two years,
and have never had a preparation
that has given bettor satisfaction.
I notice that when I sell a bottle
they come back for more. I can
honestly recommend it. ” ‘25c, 50c,
$1.00. Sold by,I. I. Sturdivant.
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Quit Grumbling.
There is no reasonable excuse
for a man living in a town if he
doesn't like it. If you have no
word of commendation to say for
your town, its institutions or its
people, emigrate. You won’t stop
!he course of events by going
v vy, neither will your carping
criticism cut any figure if you re
c. uii. The church bells will have
the ?ame musical ring, the fish will
bite a.s well and the pure air and
bright sunshine will have the same
health-giving properties. Speak a
good word for your neighbors if
you can, if you can't don't ever
lastingly enlarge on their faults.
If you have become thoroughly
sour and disgusted and cannot see
any good in your town, move
away; go somewhere where things
suit you.
A Thoughtful flan.
M. \1. Austin of Winchester,
Ind., knew what to do in the hour
of need. His wife had such an un
usual case of stomach and liver
trouble, physicians could not help
her. He thought of and tried Hr.
King’s New Life Pills and she
got relief at once and was finally
cured. Only 25c, at J. I. Sturdi
vant’s Drug Store.
Child Burned to Death.
Pocahontas, April 11.—The
child of .Toe Looney, a farmer who
lives twelve miles west of here,
was burned to death yesterday.
The mother left the child in the
house and went to chase some hogs
out of a field adjacent to the house,
ami when she returned she found
the child on the door steps with its
clothing burned off. It only lived
a few hours. It is supposed that
the child was playing in the lire
when its clothing caught.
High Wind at Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, April 8.—Another
severe wind and rain storm visited
this locality last night about S o’
clock, doing considerable damage
to fences and orchards. The low
lands are flooded, and it will be
several days before farming oper
ations will bo resumed.
A (ireat Sensation.
There was a big sensation in
Leesville, Ind, when \V.II. Brown
of that place, who was expected to
die, had his life saved by I)r.
King’s New Discovery for Con
sumption. lie writes: "1 endur
ed insufferable agonies from Asth
ma, but your New Discovery gave
me immediate relief and soon
' thereafter effected a complete
cure.’’ Similar cures of consump
tion, pneumonia, bronchitis and
grip are numerous. It’s the best
peerless remedy for all throat and
lung troubles.Price 50e and $1.00.
I Guaranteed by J. I Sturdivant.
I Druggist. Trial bottles free,
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Fruits of the Dime Novel.
There is a lesson for parents in
the “car bandits’ ” case just de
! cided in Chicago. Though merely
! boys in years, the convicted crimi
1 nals were old in crime. They have
been convicted of murder, follow
ing a series of daring robberies.
Early in their lives all of the boys
contracted a taste for the “penny
dreadful’ ’ novels that make heroes
of highwaymen and paint crime in
attractive colors. These hoys de
cided to emulate their dime novel
heroes, and the result was the
death of three men, the wounding
of others, and finally the arrest
and conviction of the youthful
criminals. The lesson should not
be lost upon parents. The litera
ture that the lx>ys read should be
carefully selected.
Reduced Rates to Dallas.
Account of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church meeting at
Dallas, Tex., May 27, the Iron
Mountain route will sell tickets to
Dallas on May 16 to 19 v.t one fare j
plus $2 for round trip with final
return limit to and including- May
31. F. C. Hoyt, Agent.
The Batesviiie Building.
Washington, April 9. The con
tract for the construction of the
public building at Batesviiie,Ark.,
has been awarded to the F. E.
Stevenson Contract Company of
Dallas, l ex., at $56,725.
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flakes a Clean Sweep.
There’s nothing like doing a
! thing thoroughly. Of all the
salves you ever heard of. Bueklen’s
Arnica Salve is the best. It sweeps
away and cures burns, sores,
bruises, cuts, boils, ulcers, skin
! eruptions and piles. It's only 25c
and guaranteed to give satisfaction
jbyJ, I. Sturdivant. Druggist.
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Phosphate Plant Destroyed.
Batesville, April It. -The phos
; phato plant twelve miles above
| here was destroyed by lire at 3 o’
clock Sunday morning. It is sup
posed that it caught fire from a
spark, as the plant was not shut
i down until 12 o'clock Saturday
night. The plant was a new en
terprise and had been in operation
j only about a year. It was doing
a good business. The total loss is
$2,500, with very little insurance.
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Health is Youth.
Ilcrbine, taken every morning
before breakfast, will keep you in
robust health, tit you to ward off
disease. It cures constipation,
billiousness, dyspepsia, fever, skin
liver and kidney complaints. It
purifies the blood and clears the
complexion. Mrs. I>. \Y. Smith,
Whitney, Texas, writes April 3,
1002: “I have used Ilerbinc, and
find it the best medicine for con
stipation and liver troubles. It
does all you claim for it. I can
high’y recommend it. ’’ 50cts a bot
tle at 1. Sturdivant’s
Wealth of Arkansas.
The annual output of cotton and
lumber of Arkansas exceeds $50,
000,000. Add to this the coal,
zinc and other minerals, the fruit,
grain, berries and garden truck,
i and it is seen that the State ranks
, high for its sources of wealth.
A Dandy for Burns.
l>r. Bergin, Puna,, Ills., writes:
“I have used Ballard’s Snow Lini
: ment, always recommended it to
my friends, as I am continent there
is no better made. “It is a dandy
for burns.” Those who live on
farms are especially liable to many
accidental cuts, burns, bruises,
which heal rapidly when Ballard’s
Snow Liniment is applied. It
should always be kept in the house
j for eases of emergency.” 25c, 50c,
$1.00 bottles at J. I. Sturdivant's
AN ARKAN5AS PRODUCT
Roy, the 3-year-old Son of Editor
and Mrs. O. F. Craig.
Some Facts About Newark and Vicinity.
UK,
[CONTINUED ritOM LAST week]
Our resources for many miles in j
every direction are far more won
derful than any one who has never
given the matter much thought
and consideration would suspect.
As we have already stated, there
is enough water flowing all the
time down the beautiful White riv
er, which is only four miles away,
to turn all the spindles of New
England. But a short distance to
the East of us (only four miles)
flows another mighty river the big
Black, supplying water sufficient
to turn all the spindles of the
North and East combined. We
are most favorably located in the
junction of these two rivers, only
four miles from either of them,
which gives us the advantage of
water transportation, as these two
rivers are navigable for steamers,
the year round.
It is, today, an obvious truth
that land judiciously selected as an
investment is the best that is pos
sible for an individual to make.
For the past few years there has
been a great movement going on
continually, to wit: That of foreign
immigrants to our Eastern shores,
in order that they may share a por
tion of our vast domain of undevel
oped, rich and favored country.
Another movement is that of
farm buyers from the crowded and
congested districts of the Northern
and Eastern States, to the rapidly
diminishing and decreasing tillable
lands of areas that are yet to be
taken in our Southern ami West
ern States,
1 here is no investment that a
man can make, that is so secure
and safe, and that is as certain to
yield him a future income under
all vicissitudes, and be a blessing
to himself and to his posterity, as
that of an investment in good land.
While in the past there may
have been small fluctuations in
land values in the territory west
of the Mississippi river, such fluct
uations will not, in our opinion,
occur again.
Financial depressions may come
and endure for a time, but depres
sions in land values will only be
nominal, for our continued increas
ing population is already getting
too great, and our available acre
j age of lands suited for agriculture
' is already too small for a very
■ great shrinkage in land values.
In a short time the lands of all
| the Western states, which are sub
ject to homestead, or entry, will
I all be taken and utilized. In fact
even now the most desirable por
tions of it have already been taken,
and many persons who have been
seeking homes in Oklahoma and
other Western regions are now
turning to the fertile lands of Ark
ansas ns a more favorable and lu
crative field for investment.
Eastern Arkansas, and Indepen
I denee county, contains yet thou
sands of acres of fertile lands yet
available for the home seeker,
which today can be had at a nomi
nal price, but at the present time
these lands are being rapidly tak
! en, and the opportunity for seenr
! ing cheap homes in this region will
soon be a thing of the past.
In view of these facts and con
ditions, it is as much to be consid
ered by the man who buys 10 acres
as the man who buys 10,000 acres.
as to what his future course shall
be. If the situation which we
have outlined and portrayed to
you is the correct one, we need no
argument to show that the golden
opportunities which are now avail
aide for the home-seeker are rap
idly decreasing year by year. Till
able acres are growing less day by
day, and the thoughtful man is not
compelled to use a magnifying
glass in order to discern that at a
day, not far distant in the future,
a condition, identical and as much
to be (h plored, as that of the
crowded and congested areas of
the Old World.
Now, after studying these facts
and conditions carefully and intel
ligently, can we stand idly by and
grope our way through life, and
finally lay it down, and after wo
have done so, expect our children
to call us blessed? No, wo cannot.
A man of discernment of mind will
grasp the opportunity, before it
passes away, of making himself
and his family comfortable and
happy, as God in His wisdom in
tended that every one of His
creatures should be, and not leave
his posterity a legacy of poverty
and serfdom, as many have done
in the Old World.
I ill; litiMci ii nan ui iuuf|nin
donee county, Arkansas, to which
we shall direct our special atten
tion in these remarks, is one of the
most favored regions for home
seekers in the world. It was in
the early settlement of this coun
try, even while Arkansas was a
territory, a nucleus, from which
civilization spread to adjacent ter
ritory, and has always been'noted
for its thrift and the intelligence
of its citizens. The hospitality of
its people is unbounded, and the
stranger, no matter from whence
he may come, finds a hearty wel
come in the homes and among her
generous people.
POSITION.
We are located in the group
known as the north-eastern coun
ties of Arkansas, and the special
locality to which art; directing our
attention is the eastern half of In
dependence county with the city
of Newark as a center.
[to hr continued]
Cures Coughs and Colds.
Mrs. C. Peterson, 625 Lake St.,
Topeka, Kansas, says: “Of all
cough remedies Ballard's Hore
hound Syrup is my favorite; It
has done and will do all that is
claimed for it to speedily cure all
coughs and colds- and it is so
sweet and pleasant to the taste.,r
25e, 50c, $1.00 bottle. Sold by -I.
I. Sturdivant. Druggist.
Hotel Damaged by f-ire.
Hot Springs, April s.—The
Marion hotel, on Whittington
| avenue, was partially destroyed
! by fire this morning at 8:30. The
i tire originated in room 19, up
| stairs, and the fire department suc
ceeded in confining the flames to
the upper story. The loss is about
$2,000, fully covered by insurance.
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New Enterprise at Stephens.
Stephens, April 8.—The Steph
| ens Canning Company was organ
j ized here today, with a capital of
$2,000. It will go into the can
ning business on a large scale.
The Journal one year $1.