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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Priday, November 30, 1906.
VoK 6. No. 49.
IS THE DOG AN ANIMAL?
l*t is a Question Which the Su
preme Court Must Soon Pass on
Little Rock, Nov. 28.—The Su
preme Court must soon pass on
the question us to whether a dog
is an animal. This question is the
Point at issue in tl^ case of the
state against Guy Soward. So
ward was fined $150 in the justice
of th*-* peace court of Garland
county some time ago on a charge
of malicious mischief. It was al
leged that he killed a fox hound
belonging to C. F. Huff. Soward
appealed from the decision of the
justice of the peace court, alleg
ing that a dog is not an animal un
der the meaning of section 1893,
under which Soward was convict
ed and fined. The Garland cir
cuit court sustained the demurrer
of Soward, holding that a dog is
not an animal under the meaning
of section 1894 of Kirby’s Digest,
under which Soward was convict
ed. The case is now in the su
preme court and the point of law
to he decided will be whether a
dog is an animal as animal is used
in Seetfon, 1893 of Kirby’s Digest,
under which conviction was made.
A NEW SODOM
To The Newark Journal:
Porter, I. T., Nov. 25—It has
been some time since I wrote our
dear old home paper. We now
live in a little town called Porter,
c/vyhe well watered plains of the
Im Territory. You Bible
readers will remember the life of
Lot. You have read of him leav
ing his uncle, Abraham and going
to a place called Sodom. Now
there D a place here called Sodom
but I hope it is not so bad as the
old one. But here you can find
one Abraham, one Daniel and one
Joshua and >ou can find a thous
and lots, hut i he people seem to
have the same object in view that
Lot had—making money. They
have but few family altars. Was
Lot’s life a successful one? Just
read the story of his life and find
out. How many of the readers of
The Journal knew that Abraham
was Lot’s uncle? I trust there is
a Martha in this Sodom, as it were
there, who would invite the Lord
into her home. You know the
Book says there was a woman
right in the midst of this darkness
With love to all the readers of
our Journal. Attie Jordan.
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FOR SALE
A £2,000 stock <rf new and up
to-date merchandise and fixtures;
good stand. Store house for sale
or rent, latter preferred, half
down, baianco on easy terms. Call
on or address Walter Tracy at
Hutson postoffie, better known as
Tracy’s store. Als.r a good saddle
horse, a biggy horse, one good
mule, one ion.y, two milk cows,
15.head of hogs, wagon, bugg:
and complete set of farming im
plements. _ _ _
negro won an drowned
Annie Walter, a negro woman
about 18 yeail old, was drowned
Saturday niglt at Newport. She
and a party oi negroes were go
ing out in the country to a dance
and drove inw the lake on the
east side of own. The wagon
bed floated ofi and overturned,
catching her bmeath it and she
was drowned b(fore her compan
ions were able t» rescue her.
SULPH&R ROCK SKETCHES
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Happenings of the Week at the Hub
of White River Township
To Tire Newark Journal:
Sulphur Rock, Nov. 27.—The
| subscribers of the Sulphur Rock
canning factory are requested to
meet at the academy on Monday
night, December 3rd, as there will
-be some important business to
transact. Let everyone come out,
whether subscribers or not.
Mr. and Mrs. Berry Best and
Robert Rawlings of Newport and
-lake Braden of Little Rock were
visiting here Sunday.
The last Methodist quarterly
nieeting for this year will be held
at this place Saturday afternoon
at ‘2:30.
Miss Maud Tuggle who has
been in Little Rock for several
I weeks came home Saturday.
Rev. \V. W. Gibson of Salem
preached at the M. E. church here
j Sunday and Sunday night. ,
\Y. T. Anderson is building a
six-room residence for Section
Foreman P. L. Grooms.
Rev. \Y. F. Way man went to
Charlotte Sunday and preached
that night.
The W. R. Rice Merc. Co. had
bought 316 bales of cotton up to
Tuesday.
Mrs. Con Dean was up from
Newport Sunday to visit her moth
er.
Mrs. .Julia Herrington of Bates
I ville spent Tuesday in the city.
L. li. Pascoe of Batesville spent
i Sunday here with home folks.
Marvin, son of Wash Wilson, is
very low with pneumonia.
Miss Sue Braden has been on
I the sick list this week.
John Lindsay spent a few days
! in Newport last week.
Miss NCttye Hodges went to
Batesv'lle Monday.
Pete Byrum of Charlotte was in
lour burg Monday.
Wash Browning was up from
Magness Sunday.
T. A. Bullington of Dota was
in town Friday.
Luther Pickens of Dota was in
town Sunday.
Tom Best of Dota was in town
Tuesday.
Rev. E. A. Horn was in town
Monday.
FARHERS UNION MEETING
The eighth session of the Inde
pendence County Union F. E. &
C. U. of A. will meet with the
Cushman Union at Cushman, Ark.
on Friday and Saturday, Decem
ber 14tl» and loth, 1906. All lo
cal unions are requested to send
delegation in full as heretofore.
It is desired that each local Union
be represented with l ull delegation
as some very important business
will come before the body.
YV. D. BriAINHTON,
County Sec-Treas.
COTTON RECEIPTS
Up to noon yesterday there had
been a total of 1,927 bales of cot-<
ton bought in Newark this sea
son. It was selling yesterday at
10i cents.
The total number of bales sold
here during the week was 628, or
an average of a little over 100
bales a day. The largest day’s
buying was Wednesday, when l'-T
bales were sold here.
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Quite a lot of cotton has been
sold in town this week and Char
lie Fd wards broke the record
Tuesday for one day’s buying. He
bought 107 bales.
We have a buyer for a good
Big Bottom farm of SO to 120
acres near town. Must be close
to town and tirst class land. Will
pay good.price. Craig & Moore.
You can always get something
good to eat at Galloway’s restau
i rant. Meals 25 cents. Short or- ;
| ders at all hours. Also nice clean j
; beds and up-to-date accoramoda
dations.
The Guard says there are be- |
tween 1.500 and 2,000 bales of cot- j
ton on the Weaver cotton yard at
Batesville. About half of it is
sold and the other half is being
held by the Farmers Union.
I Will Duvall, who has held the
position of assistant cashier at the
Bank of Newark for the past few
months, expects to leave in a few
days for his home in Lawrence
county, where he will teach a pub
lic school this winter.
W. J. Herrington, who has a
position as news agent with the
Van No.v News Company on the
White River route frorft Joplin to
' Little Rock, was in town Friday,
| en route to his home at Charlotte
1 to spend a few days with home
j folk<.
Cotton has moved m6re rapidly
this week than for any week of
the season so far, and has been
selling at a very fair price all
week. The best price paid during
the week was fourteen cents, R.
R. Adams having bought two
bales from Mrs. B. F Busby at
that price.
i Adam Whisnant left Thursday
i night for his home in Cleveland
| county. North Carolina, after a
| pleasant visit here with his daugh
ter, Mrs, J. II. Pendleton, and his
brother, D. D. Whisnant of Log
an township. lie was accompan
ied home by his daughter, Miss
Maggie, who has spent the sum
mer here.
It is reported that E. Borneman
| Jr., of BatesviHe, while duck hunt
| ing on the river, killed a bird that
i is puzzling his friends in their ef
forts to find out just what it is. It
measured 4 feet 3 inches from the
tip of its bill to the end of its tail.
Across its back from tip to tip of
its wings it measured 7 feet ‘2 ineh
| es, and its exact weight was 17
| pounds.
I). W. Hicks, the Farmers Un
i ion fruit man, was in town on bus
iness Friday and called to renew
i for The Journal. Mr. Hicks has
|sold a great many fruit trees this
fall and winter and was just finish
ing up a large delivery at this
; place. He is doing a good work
in working up an interest in fruit
'growing throughout the county
and has The Journal’s best wishes,
for we believe he is working along
the right line. He says he is just
getting the farmers interested and
he expects to make the largest de
livery of trees uext fall ever made
i in the county.
FROM THE PACIFIC COAST
Walter Alexander Gives a Sketch of
His Return Trip to California
To The Newark Journal:
Long Beach, Cali.. Nov. 20.—I
left Newport at4:30 Sunday morn
ing November 1 I and arrived in
Hot Springs at 0:15 where I stay
ed until Tuesday. I went out and
saw the ostrich and alligator farm.
Also went up on the government
hill and went up in the elevator to
th** top of the steel frame observa
tory 100 feet high I could see
all over the town and surrounding
country, even over in the Indian
Territory. Carry Nation was in
town and I heard her lecture
twice. She is an intelligent speak
er. My next stop was at San An
tonio. I stayed over one day and
night and went through the old
historic Alamo, where I believe
Davie Crocket won some of his
fame. 1 went through some of
the old Catholic churches, perhaps
a hundred years old.
1 had to wait , over at ElPaso
about two hours for a train, so I
took a street car and crossed the
Rio Grande into Old Mexico. I
did not see but two or three
Americans while over there; ail
Mexicans and Spaniards. 1 felt
that I was alone, a stranger in a
strange land, and felt as if 1 want
ed to sing, “My Native Land, 1
Love Thee.” The Mexicans live
and dress as they did a hundred
years ago.
Well, not to be tedious, ! arriv
ed at Long Beach one week from
the time 1 started. The people l
know seemed glad to see me again.
A large hotel that is being
erected here collapsed and killed
eleven men and injured as many
more. It was 6 stories high, built
of concrete, but was like the fool
ish man’s htiuse mentioned in the
Bible—It was built on sand.
Walter H. Alexander.
NOTICE TO TEACHERS
Notice is hereby given that there
will be a public examination at
Batesville, Ark., on Thursday and
Friday, the 20th and 21st days of
December, 1906, to ascertain the
professional qualifications of all
persons desiring to teach in the
public schools of Arkansas within
the limits of Independence county.
The examination will begin prompt
ly at 8:30 a. m., and each appli
cant is requested to be present at
that hour.
All who do not hold certificates
and who expect to teach in the
county this winter should attend
the examination. It is the pur
pose of the law to do away with
private examinations.
Given under my hand this, the
26th day of November, 1906.
Sidney Pickens,
County Examiner.
WILL GET 12 1-2 PER CENT
Newport, Nov. 26.—The receiv
ers of the defunct Bank of New
port, Messrs. Ferguson and Kin
man, by their attorneys, Phillips
& Boyce, filed a report in chan
eery court this afternoon. The
report shows that the receivers
have collected •'“*11 641.41, of which
they have on hand $40,543.73. It
also shows that the claims against
the bank aggregate $253,983.75.
The receivers recommend that a
dividend of 12l per cent be declar
ed on these proven claims. This
would mean the payment to the
| creditors of $31,747.96.
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COTTON CROP ESTlfaATEO
Arkansas' Crop Estimated at 875,00»
Bales—Entire Crop 12.322,000
Little Rock, Nov. 251.—Accord
ing to an estimate averaged fro nr*
figures submitted by seventy cot
ton merchrnts, bankers, jobbers
and Hoard of Trade members, the
total cotton crop for Ai kansas
will be 875,000 bales and for th»
entire belt 12*,322,000 bales. This,
estimate was prepared yesterday
and will be forwarded to every
cotion market in the United States
as the official figures from Little
Rock.
If the estimate for Arkansas
proves correct there will be an in
crease of 240,000 bales in the state
and an increase in the belt of J07O,
012 bales over last year. The cen
sus bureau last year credited Ar
kansas with having marketed 635,
000 bales and the entire country
with 11,345,988 bales.
At the close of business yester
day there had been received in Lit
tle Rock this season 1)9,522 bales,
against 77,547 of the same da to
one year ago. The value of th»
receipts this year to date are $5,
287,139.04 and the value of the re
ceipts last'year, the same date,
were 4,458,952.50. This repre
sents an increase in the value of
$828,187.14. The price of spot
cotton in Little Rock yesteday was.
! 103c against Hie the same day
1 last yea.
CHARLOTTE CHRONICLES
Charlotte, Nov. 27.- Winfield
Jernigan, Will Baker, Owen Wal
den and Wash Herrington, who
are attending school at Sulphur
Rock spent Saturday and Sunday
here witli home folks.
Mrs. Lizzie Churchill returned
from Little Rock last Thursday,
where she attended the meeting
of the Masonic Grand Chapter.
Messrs. Wm Kent, P. L. Lane,
Kd, Fallis and Urban Haddock at
tended the Masonic Grand Lodge
at Little Rock last week.
Miss Nellie Churchill who is at
tending school at Sulphur Rock
spent Friday and Saturday with
home folks.
Rev. W. F. Wayman of Sulphur
Rock delivered an excellent ser
mon at this place Sunday night.
On account of the high water
there was no mail here Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Misses Unie and Jimmie Church
| ill were shopping at Sulphur Rock
Thursday.
RECORD PRICE FOR COTTON
Hope, Nov. 27.—Two bales of
cotton were sold here today by H.
B. Henry for 22 ' cents per pound,
establishing a new high record for
this section of the state. The cot
ton was raised from set l shipped,
here from Texas.
SERIOUSLY INJURED
Miss Stella Burge, who lives
near Sidney, while riding horse
back. was thrown by the horse.
Her foot wdh caught in the saddle
strap and she was dragged a con
siderable distance, sustaining ser
ious injuries.
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TIPIBER LAND FOR SALE
We have680 acres timber land,
east of Newark for sale at £6.00
per acre. White and red oak tim
ber on land will pay t r it. Craijj
( Sc Moore.