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FRIDAY, SEPTUM HER
1905
A Boston scientist says: “Sev
enty-five per cent of the people of
the world would be thieves if they
were not restrained by family
pride’’—and fear of the pen.
No honest Democrat can object
to a legalized primary, at which
all the candidates have a fair rep
resentation among the officers of
•election. Then why raise a row ,
mid hold two primaries!1
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James H. Berry has not been
Tipped loose from the political pap
for forty years. In that time lie j
lias worn out three or four sets of i
teeth, and is now hanging on by ,
his gums.—Monte Ne Herald.
John 1). Rockefeller has pre
dicted that there will be another
financial panic in the United States
in 1907-8. And if the weather
man doesn’t shut off some of this
rain, the panic will strike this
part of the country ahead of sche
dule time.
Senator F. O. Butt of Eureka
■Springs who was indicted by the
Pulaski county grand jury for al
leged bribery in connection with
the state capital bill, will apply
ior a change of venue to Perry
county. He says he does not be
lieve he can secure a fair trial in
Hit-tie Rock. We rather suspect
that it isn’t a fair trial he is look
ing for—a fair trial might result
in his conviction.
We notice that the big mail or
der houses of Chicago and St.
L<ouis are floodirg the country
with advertising matter, and are
seemingly making a greater effort
than ever to reach the country
trade. What are our business men
going to do about it? These con
cerns already get a considerable
amount of business from this im
mediate part of the country, and
it seems to us that the business
men should make some sort of an
effort to keep this trade at home.
RELIGIOUS CONDITIONS.
Press dispatches from St. Pe
tersburg, the capital of the Rus
sian empire, convey the informa
tion that a '‘holy" war has been
proclaimed in the Caucasus dis
trict r>f Z.uigezeur and Jebrail,
where tin* Tartars are massacreing
the Armenians without distinction
or rge. The country is swarming
with bauds of Tartars under the
leadership of their chiefs. Many
thousands of Tartar horsemen have
crossed the Perso-Russian frontier
and joined in destroying the Ar
menian villages. At the village
of Makind 300 Armenians were
slaughtered. The dispatches say
i that mutilated children were
J thrown to the dogs and the few
survivors forced to embrace Islam*
• ism in order to save their lives.
Islamism is the religion estab
lished by Mohammed and is old
er than the Christian religion, hav
ing been established 530 years be
fore Christ, and its membership
| today is estimated at more than
j 250,000,000. The Koran is their
sacred book (Bible) and code of
law, and consists chiefly of “rev
elations’’ made by God to Moham
med, the medium of eommuica
being the angel Gabriel. The Ko
ran is about as reasonable and log
ical in many instances, however,
as is the Christian Bible, which
Christendom believes to have been
written by Divine authority, and
over which our professed follow
ers of Christ often engage in pub
lic debate and prove each other
liars and impostors of the very
worst type—as was the case here
in Newark a few months ago.
To a reasonable thinking man
the religious condition of the
world today does not present a
very roseate picture.
Here in enlightened America
we have our various religious
creeds and church denominations,
a great many of which are waging
as relentless a warfare sigainst each
other as they are against evil do
ing. In cities and other centres
of wealth we spend thousands of
dollars in erecting fine and costly
buildings, in which we profess to
worship one who was born in a
manger and never owned a house
or a foot of land during his entire
earthly career; while thousands of
children grow up year after year
in squalid poverty and ignorance.
We pay out thousands of dollars
every year to send missionaries to
foreign countries in an endeavor
to point out to a few ignoramuses
our little path to heaven, while
here in our own enlightened coun
try we dispute with each other ov
er modes of baptism and other
trivialities; and there are people
living all around us who would
never suspect that we had the least
intention of going to heaven our
selves—if they judged us by the
way we treat our fellow man in a
horse trade, politics or other ev
ery-day business affairs— if some
Smart Alex didn't tell ’em that we
had already bought a ticket via the
Baptist,Campbollite, Methodist or
some other denominational route.
The ruling passion in the relig
ious world today seems to be to
| convert not only your neighbor to
your own particular brand of re
ligion, but tiie entire world; and if
you can't convert him, ostracise
him and crush him out of exi-q
j cnee -or precipitate a “holy war'
and wipe the miserable bipeds of!
the face of the earth.
The Journal ha-; but little faith
in such religion.
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COUNTY MEETING.
The county meeting of the Far
I mers’ Union will be held at the
Aydelotto Chapel, near Elmo, Fri
day and Saturday, September 2!»tli
30th, lllOy. All local unions art
j requested to send number of dele
gates allowed by the constitution.
J. C. Stkwakt, President,
J. 1). M auxin, Secretary,
SHORT ITEMS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE
Items of General Interest Gathered
Fresh From the Columns of
the Daily Papers.
Several cases of smallpox have
developed at Pine Blntf within the
last few days.
The first story of the new slo,
000 brick school building at Mc
Crory has been finished.
The Farmers’ Union will open
a store in l)e Queen November l.
with $o,000 capital stock.
Pit Holmes has sent to the agri
cultural bureau at Little Hock a
corn stalk measuring twenty feet
and eight inches in length.
A. C. Weems was killed in a
runaway near Lake City, lie was
thrown from the wagon that he
was driving and was dragged a
considerable distance.
Since train services has been
abandoned on the L and & X. W.
railway on account of the quaran
tine, the mail is carried to all sta
tions between McNeill and State
Line on handcars.
A negro named Andrews was
killed Saturday at Parkdale by a
merchant named George, in an al
tercation over a settlement. l’he
negro threated to kill George and
the latter shot and instantly killed
him.
The Lockesburg Enterprise says
that a wild man was captured near
(iihiamlast week. He ha" been
roaming the woods along the (Jos
satot river for several’week. He
refuses to talk and answers ail
questions with giggles.
Notice of Establishment of Fenc
ing District No. 6.
Notice is hereby given that two
thirds of the landowners of the
newly proposed fencing district,
number ♦*>, will at the Octobar term
15105, present a petition to the
county court of Independence
county, Arkansas, asking for the
formation ami establishment of
said fencing district, the metes
and bounds of same described as
follows, to wit: Beginning at the
west bank of Black river where
the northern boundary line of
Big Bottom fencing district inter
sects said river, and running
thence in a north wester nly direc
tion along and down said fence to
or near the southwest corner of
i*
section lb, township 12, north,
range 4 west; thence north about
one and tlnee-fourth miles along
section line; thence east one fourth
mile; thence north one-half mile;
thence west one fourth mile; thence
north three - fourths of a mile:
thence east about one-half mile to
half section line; thence north one
half mile: thence east about three
fourths of a mile to intersection of
west bank of Black river; thence
along the meanderings of said west
bank of said river to place of be
ginning. said river to form and
constitute tin* eastern boundary of
said feneing district.
Given under our hands this the
25th day of August. 1905.
A. A. IIkndkkson,
G. (). Maun ess,
\\\ W. Maunr.ss,
G. F. CuossKit,
And others.
FARMERS’ UNION NOTICE.
All delegates and visitors who
expect to attend the county meet
ing of the Farmers* Union on the
29th and both, will please come to
Elmo, and you will be assigned
homes. W. F. Brink lev,
S. C. M o k,
,J. F. MrCt istio.v.
Committee.
Fred 1). Whiting & Go. will pay
you the highest cash price for your
j Cggs.
FATALLY STABBED.
El Paso, Ark., Sept. 11.—On
Saturday evening about dark Sut
ton Thompson was stabbed to
death. He had been drinking that
afternoon and some young men un
dertook to take him home, only
two miles from town. They put
him in a buggy and left the town
with him and soon thereafter ho
was driven to the home of Dr. Kd
w-trds with his throat cut and with
several other stabs in his neck and
arms. He died soon after he was
taken out of his buggy. .Jams*-**'
Trayier is charged witlj the kill*
I h>g.
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Administrator’s Notice.
Notice is hereby given that I. as ad
ministrator of the estate of William
I Eaves, deceased, will on the Gth day
j of October, 1 at tbe residence of
the late William Eaves, deceased, pro
ceed to sell at public auction to the
I highest and best bidder, tbe following
personal property belonging to the
said William Eaves deceased, .'t head
of horses, 5 head of cattle, Id head of
i hogs, two-horse wagon, 1 buggy, 1 lot
of farming tools, consisting of mower,
rake, stalk-cutter, plows, lines, etc.
Also the growing crop of coJtt and cot
ton on the farm of William Eaves de
: ceased and all house-bold and kitchen
furniture. Purchaser will be requir
ed to pay cash for all sums under $5,and
for all sums more than *•'> to execute
note with approved security, due t hree
months from date, with interest at 10
per nt from maturity.
Given under my hand this 14th day
ot .September, 15H)f>.
A. a. Henderson,
Administrator of the estate of Wil
liam Eaves, deceased.
Pine Bottom Farm For Sale
110 acres fine White river land, 6 miles
south-east of Newark; 80 acres in cultivation,
good 4-room house, barn, orchard, etc.
A Bargain if Taken at Once
Craig & Henderson
NEWARK,
ARKANSAS
All Along the Rond
The David Bradley Double Cam
Steel Nay Press
is the favorite because it is the simplest press ever made.
You can’t beat it. It has ali the strong points, will put full
weight into a car, is easy and light to move, and it can’t go
wrong or get out of order because there is nothing about it
to get out of order. Just a plunger, a double cam and a
plunger draw. But they are well made. I hat’s the secret.
Come in and let's talk this matter over. You can't tell all
about the David Bradley Press just from the picture.
GRIFFITH & MORROW, Newark, Ark.
CHAS. MOSBY,
DKALKli IN —
Watches, Jewelry,
Diamonds, Arkansas Pearls.
we Fit Spectacles Correctly.
Watch Inspector For The
White River Railway.
Batesville, - Arkansas.
L,*?#
LOOK HERE FRIENDS.
We thank .you for past favors, and solicit a continuance of
.your patronage. When .you need Hardware of any kind
we would he pleased to show you through our line and
give you prices. We think we can save you money.
He Also Carry a Full Line of Coffins and Caskets.
COOPER & B0ULTIN6H0USE,
NEWARK. ARKANSAS.
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