The Newark Journal
Published In The Famous big bottom Country, Where Alfalfa Is King.
$1 Per Annum.
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, April 5, 1907.
Vol. 7. No. 15.
MT1-FUTURES LAW TO BE TESTED
Little Rock Brokers Will Test
Validity of the Hoore Bucket
Shop Law
The Arkansas Gazette says that
when the senate passed the Moore
Heartsill bill, prohibiting the deal
ing in futures in cotton, grain or
other commodities, the telegraph
wires were kept hot with messages
from Memphis to New York and
Chicago, embracing ail the points
where members of the New York
exchanges are located. It was a
severe blow to the bucketshops
•and cotton excanges in Arkansas,
but it is said the end is not yet,
for there is a well defined move
ment on foot to test the validity of
the law, providing Acting Gover
nor Moore approves the measure.
The action will probably be
brought by Walter Cotter of the
firm of Walter Cotter & Co.
Should the bill prove a valid
one, the exchanges in Little Rock
will leave the state. Already
Walter Cotter has made arrange
ments to go so Memphis, Term.,
if necessary, and according to his
ideas he can handle the cotton
market there as w7ell as in Little
Rock.
The bill makes it unlawful for
any person, individual or corpor
ation to buy or sell or otherwise
deal in what is known as futures,
either in cotton, grain or other
commodities, or to solicit or to re
ceive an order to buy or sell fut
ures either in cotton, grain or
ether articles to be executed in
this state or elsewhere: or to send
an order by mail, telephone or
telegraph wire to buy or sell
futures; or for any telegraph cora
its agent or employe to deliver any
telegraphic message containing in
formation concerning the purchase
or sale of futures or which con
tains a report of the purchase or
sale of futures either in cotton,
grain or other articles.
A fine of not less than £500 is
imposed for the first offense, and
for the second offense, besides a
fine, imprisonment for a term not
to exceed twelve months is pro
vided for. Telegraph companies
are subject to a tine of £500. It al
so provides that if it be contended
by a defendant that he is not deal
ing in futures as defined by the
bill, but is selling or buying com
modities for actual delivery, he
shall produce a certificate from
the clerk of the circuit court show
ing the sale or puchase has been
made in good faith. Itgalso pro
vides for the removal of prosecut
ing attorneys where they do not,
make “diligent endeavor'1 to
punish violations of the law.
The fact that the bill becomes
operative immediately after its
passage is another thorn in the
side of the exchange men, who
have many thousands of dollars
invested or outstanding in the
state and they claim they will
** have little opportunity for gather
ing this money in.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT
On March 4, 1907, the angel of
death visited the home of Mrs.
John Harvisou and claimed from
her, her precious daughter, Nellie,
whom, could she have lived until
March 20, would have been 18
years of age. She leaves a mother,
five sisters and one brother to
mourn her loss. Nellie was a good
ifirl; to know her was to love her.
She was laid to rest in the family
grave yard in the presence of a
large concourse.of friends and re
latives. How sad it is to give up
your loved ones. But Jesus said,
“I am the ressurection of life.
And he that believeth in me,
though he were dead, shall yet
live.” (John 11 25.) May the in
fluence of her bright cheerfulness
call us to a happier living.
My deepest symphaties go out
to the bereaved ones who were so
near and dear to her. She had
just entered the happiest part of
her life, but the Golden Gates
were opened, a gentle voice said
“come,” and her life work being
finished she calmly entered home.
Weep not for Nellie, for she has
gone to rest, but let us live a
Chirstian life and meet her in that
everlasting home where there is
| no parting.
'*J' rom tar across the rolling sea,
Sweet words of kindness say come
to me,
O mother dear, brother and sisters
sweet
In that fair land we next shall meet.
But, hear Jesus tender voice,
Biding loving hearts rejoice.
Who make the savior their choice
They can come to me.
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Mamma and all to me dear
There is no sickness here,
Dear ones on earth, O! come to me.
Rachel, McDoniel,
Sulphur Rock, April 1.
CHARLOTTE CHRONICLES.
Charlotte, April 3.—Rev. Andy
T. Ritchie, of Ash Flat, delivered
a highly interesting lecture to a
large crowd at this place Monday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Pickens
of Dota .spent Sunday here. Miss
Delia Lane returned home with
them to spend a few days.
Mrs. «T. K. Rawlings and Mrs.
W. F. Wayraan of Sulphur Rock
visited friends and relatives at
this place Tuesday.
Several of the boys from this
place attended the exhibition at
Dota Saturday night and all re
port a nice time.
Twins were born to Mr. and
Mrs. A. P. Yates last Monday, a
boy and girl. Mr. Yates is all
smiles.
Luther Baker was quite sick a
few days last week, but we are
glad to say he is better.
Miss Esther Churchill spent a
few days at Sulphur Rock last
week visiting relatives.
Clyde Rogers and Charlie Hicks
of Sharp attended church here
Sunday morning.
Ewing Lane and Winfield -Jerni
gan spent Sunday at Sulphur
Rock, as usual.
Miss Josie Moore is visiting
friends at Newark this week.
J. C. McGill made a business
trip to Batesville Monday.
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NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that there
; will be an annual meeting of the
j stockholders of the Merchants and
j Planters Bank, held in the office
! of said bank on Wednesday, April
i 17th, 1907, at 3 o’clock p. m., for
| the purpose of electing seven
j directors of said bank to serve the
! ensuing year.
| This the first day of April 1907,
A. A. Hk.N DERtSON
Assistant Cashier.
Some prayers never rise higher
than the brim of an Easter hat.
| Religious Work |
Conducted by Rev. Jas. F. Jernigan
Pastor M. E. Church. South
“Live and let live,” is an ex
pression as common as pig tracks
and is often quoted by men to
justify their failure in not being
as liberal as they should in their
material support of institutions in
our midst, which form the basis of
our civil and religious life, when
it only serves to make manifest a
little bit of stinginess that was in
tended to be coveree by making it
appear the support given was
really liberal. But “live,” me,
and mine first, then you and yours
second.
It is the purpose of this article
to puncture this old bag of wind
and let the air out of it and mend
it with this genuine philanthropic
stitch, to wit: “Live and help to
live.” Here is ground for men to
occupy; but the other, “Live and
let live,” is no place for a man to
be found. This is animal. Any
old hound dog’, when he has
“lived,” will walk off, scratch,
and curl his tail over a full
stomach, thereby saying to his
weaker kind, “You can live now,
if there is any left, if not, then
starve.” The man who is govern
j ed by thia principle in dispensing
I his giftd, aid and patronage, is
like the old bull dog, that must
be hide full before he can let an
other share in the good things of
life.
But he who lives and helps to
live is the royal, high nobleman of
earth, dividing and ministering to
the need of others when he may
feel that it takes a part of what he
or his should have. “Live and
help to live,” is the highest ideal
and supremest conception cf one’s
life; the relationship sustained to
the human family. “Live and
let life” is the beast idea, for it is
the highest law of animal life to
be full, then lie down and be easy.
The hog is happy only when he is
so full he can’t contain any more
and he lies down to grunt and get
ready for another tilling. But
man should know a better law,
and be therebv s-overned.
Our Lord set this example for
all men: “Do good, and forget
not to communicate,” and his
ideal life abounded and was be
decked with jewels and gems of
kindness and helpfulness of the
most unfeigned k'md. Should any
eye trace these lines whose
life has been on this lower plane of
being, lift up, oh! sinner and find
a better path for your feet to tread
for in so doing you will find an
open door of opportunity to be
useful in a degree unknown to you
in all the past. Live and help
to live and when you are gone it
may be truthfully said, “He, or
she, served his generation by the
will of God,” and is therefore
gathered upon high. We are, in a
■ large degree, our brother’s keeper
and it was guilt that caused Cain
to ask ‘am 1 my brother’s keeper?’
Be helpful, be hopeful, be cheer
ful and these things will circulate
like money, and come back to him
who invests them in humanity.
NEGRO BULLY KILLED.
Madison, April 1.—A negro
bully, whose name was not learned
| was shot and instantly killed in the
waiting room at the station lie re
yesterday afternoon, by a station
employee. From the best infor
I mation at hand, the negro entered
| the room and made himself gen
| erally objectional about the build
ing. A number of ladies were at
the station, and an employee of
the road asked the negro to get
out and behave himself. The bully
replied by drawing a gun, it is
said, and threatening the white
man, who immediately shot the
negro, the bullet entering the neck
and killing him instantly. The
killing occured about 8 o’clock in
the afternoon, and the negro’s
body was not removed for several
hours.
FARHER KILLS HIHSELF
! Beebe, April 1.—James Carson
committed suicide early this fore
noon in a barn belonging to Her
bert Price near the Methodist
church here. He shot himself
through the heart with a double
barreled shotgun.
A coroner’s jury was summoned
by Justice McIntosh, and the ver
dict of the jury was in accordance
with the facts as stated in the fore
going. Carson was 25 years old
and resided on his farm two miles
in the country until recently. It
seems that he had sold his farm
two weeks ago and was very much
| dissatisfied with the sale and he
: told his wife that if he failed to
get his place back he would kill
himself. He was a man of ex
emplary habits.
MARCH BROKE THE RECORD
The Gazette says that the month
of March was the most remark
able March, as far as high tempera
tures are concerned, that the state
has experienced since the United
States Weather Bureau station
was established at Little Rock.
Although the last two days were
cool, the greater part of the
month was hot. The average
mean tempature for March is 63
degrees above zero.
The highest tempature for the
month was on the 20th, when the
mercury climbed to 87.3, which
was seven-tenths above the pre
vious high record established in
March 1896.
SNEEZED HERSELF BLIND
The press dispatches announce
that Mrs. Joseph Jack a resident
of Trenton, N. J., is blind as the
result of a violent attack of sneez
ing. Mrs. Jack was so exhausted
by the violence of her sneeze and
the prolonged attack that she fell
asleep immediately after obtaining
relief. When she awoke in the
morning she was unable to see.
Physicians believe the violence of
her sneezing caused a hemorrhage
of blood vessels in the eye.
REFORM SCHOOL OPEN MAY 1
Ur. A. E. Moore, chairman of
the penitentiary board, states that
the State Reform School will pro
bably be opened about May 1,
19U7. The buildings have been
practically completed and as soon
as the appropriation bill for the
furnishing and maintenance of the
reform school is passed by the
Legislature, the board will be
! ready to prepare for the opening
I of the school.—Arkansas Demc
j erat.
Bread in a tennent is better
than boquets in a church.
R. R. RATTON IS ELECTED MAYO*
Tuesday’s City Election Was
Decisive Victory For Law
And Order.
The city election Tuesday passed^
oil much quieter than many expect
ed, there bein# n.o trouble of anyr
kind, and resulted in a decisive
victory for law and order. The«
entire law and order ticket was not
elected but the law and order peo
ple are in the majority, having
elected the mayor and recorder
and a majority of the aldermen,
and will be in control of the situa
tion.
ine otncers elected are as tal
lows: Mayor, R. R. Ratton; re
corder, E. W. Magness; treasurer.
R. K. McHenry; Marshal, Walter
Pascoe; aldermen, C. M. Edwards.
F. C. Hoyt, ,J. W. Sisk, J. UL
Holderb.y and A. H. Saylors.
The total vote received by e.-icb
of the various candidates is a*
follows:
For Mayor
R. R. Ratton. 61
M. L. Arnold. 4J>
For Recorder
E. W. Magness.10T
For Treauser
R. K. McHenry. 6&
O. F. Craig.. 41
For Marshal
Walter Pascoe. 64
J. W. Fetzer. 41
For Aldermen
C. M. EJv7»rds.<.
F. C. Hoyt....;. VI ~v,
J. W. Sisk.. iMS
J. H. Holderby.1. 53
A. H. Saylors.j^43
E. H. Williamson.rf 5J4
T. H. Dearing. 48
R. B. Adams. 4[f
W. C. Mims. 4&
The total vote cast was 110.
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MAQNES5 MUS1NGS.
Magness, April 3.—At the town;
elction Tuesday the following wcr«
elected: For mayor, Thcmaa
Jones; recorder, Tom Lowis;treas
urer, J. J. Boillot; aldermen, Tcna
Waldrip, Sam Conner, E. A.
Young, H. V. Miller and Elmer
Smith. There was no election for
marshal the candidates being tied.
Whorton Magness and Elbert
Tomlinson were the candidate*
for marshal.
W. E. Self was up from the
Point from Saturday to Tuesday
and says everything is lovely and
the goose hangs high down there.
Med. Lewis went to Stone
county last week to work at the
Lawhorn sawmill.
Tom Lewis and Miss Lcne
Douglas spent Sunday at Bates
ville.
E. A. Young visited home folks
at Desha from Saturday to Mon
day.
Will Sims is down from Bates
ville today looking after business.
Miss Alice Young went to
Bates ville yesterday.
KILLED BY A WOHAN
Cotton Plant, April 1.—Mrs.
Jim Lewis, about 40 years old, iw
woman of the under-world, resid
ing at Riverside, this county, shofc
to death Walter Walker a mao
about 25 years of age Saturday
night, while engaged in a rough
house contest. A shotgun wan
the weapon used. Mrs. Lewis and
two girls residing with her aro
now held in the Augusta jail,
pending preliminary hearing.