The Newark Journal.
Published In The Famous Big Bottom Country. Where Alfalfa Is king.
$1 Per Annum.
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, May 10, 1907.
Vol. 7. No. 20.
CHILDRENS' DAY NEXT SUNDAY
Elaborate Program Arranged For
* ^ChildKens’ Day Services at
The flethodist Church
The ladies of the Methodist
church have been working hard
for the last'few days arranging for
the-Childrens’ Day services at the
church next Sunday. A very in
teresting and entertaining program
lias been arranged and everything
is in readiness for the occasion.
The services will begin at 10
o’clock a. m. Following is the
program.
Song, Beautiful Childrens’ Day
.i.Choir
Scirptural Reading.Pastor
Prayer.Pastor
Address of Welcome, Ona Morgan
Song, Be a Blessing.Choir
In Glad May Days.Class,
Motion Exercises.... Infant Class
Childrens’ Day... Dick McHenry
Song; O, Beautiful Land...Choir
Child’s Prayer.Eulah Fausel
Forget Me Not.. .. Primary Class
I Will Trust My Savior.
.Bonnie Barnett
Helping Together. Maud Magness
Song, Where Jesus Is ’Tis Heaven
.Choir
* It’s Childrens’ Day.
.Fleda Pendleton
Recitation and Song.
.Johnny Jump-Ups
The Mission of the Flower. .Class
The Drinking House Over the
Way.Addie McHenry
A Little Sunshine Band .... Class
Song, Resting in Jusus’ Arms
.Choir
Water Lily.Van Pascoe
Little Rainbow Children .... Class
God WiU Sprinkle Sunshine.
.Virginia Morgan
Song, To the Harvest.Choir
Angle of the Flowers.Class
Let the Children Come.
.Banche Crow
Song, God is Calling.Choir
Fresh Boquet For Childrens Day j
. .... Class
A Messenger.Laura Nuckolls
The Sailors.Class
Song, Steady, Sailors, Steady.. ..
.Class
Song, Up With the Morning....
.Choir
Collection
Talk. Pastor
Song, Farewell Childrens’ Day
.Choir
Benediction.Pastor
NOTICE OF SCHOOL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that there
will be an annual school meeting
of the Newark Special School Dis
trict (No. 33) held at the public
school building in Newark on the
third Saturday in May, 1907. At
this meeting the following matters
will be submitted to the consider
ation and action of the electors
of said district:
The election of four directors
and levying a tax for general
school purposes. Every elector
is urged to be present.
N. M.‘ Wilson, President,
E. H. Williamson, Secretary.
COURT HOUSE BURGLARIZED
Harrison, May 7.—The office of
the circuit clerk was burglarized
at this place last night and the
vault door blown off and all the
indictments and other papers in
criminal cases were destroyed.
They tore the leaves from the
record of indictments and destroy
ed the jury lists for the next term
of the court. There were no very
serious indictments found at the
last term of the court and people
are at a loss to locate the guilty
party. No other records were
molested. Judge Hudgins will pro
bably call a special term of the
court and have the jury commis
sioners to select a jury for the
regular term.
This is the third time this of
fense has been committed in this
county, within the last few years
and people are solicitous that the
guilty party be apprehended and
brought to justice.
CITY FATHERS ARE AFTER TIGERS
Ordinance Introduced Providing
for Fine of $100 to $500 For
Violating Liquor Laws
, At the meeting of the city coun
cil Monday night an ordinance
was introduced and read twice to
prohibit the illegale sale of liquor
in Newark.
The proposed ordinance pro
vides that any person found guil
ty of illegally selling intoxicating
liquors shall be fined in any sum
not less than one hundred nor
more than five hundred dollars.
The town has never had an or
dinance covering the illegal sale of
liquor, notwithstanding the fact
that it has been a “dry” town for
something over two years, conse
quently no efforts have heretofore
been made by the city officials to
suppress the illegale sale of liquor.
The new administration, however,
is decidedly in favor of the reform
movement started by the people
some time ago, and it seems to be
the general opinion that the or
dinance will pass without a dissent
ing vote of the next meeting of
the council.
THE CAVE CITY SCHOOL
TO The Newark Journal:
I arrived in Cave City on Feb
ruary 26th and entered school on
the 28th and have been attending
ever since. Cave City is a good
little town and is tilled with good
moral people.
Cave City contains three
churches and one of the best
schools in North Arkansas. I
never expect to be treated any
nicer than I have been since 1 en
tered school at this place and shall
never forget my school days at
Cave City. The teachers of our
school are among the leading
teachers of the state are well quali
fied for the duties of the school.
I think every boy and girl who
is seeking an education should
come to Cave City. It is a healthy
place, and it does not cost much
for any one to live here. We
have students here from several
counties. There will be eight
graduate from this school this
year, the youngest being Fred
Pickens who is only tifteen years
of age. Our school will close the
27 of May. The teachers have ar
rainged a nice program for the
closing. Success to The .Journal.
Jno. W. McPherson.
KILLED HIMSELF
C. T. Hamer of McCrory,
Woodruff county, shot and killed
himself in his room at a boarding
house at Austin, Tex., a few days
ago. It is supposed that the shoot
ing was an accident.
Tell ’em you saw it in The Journal
Don’t Dresch About
flame Trade
and at the same time send
your orders for job printing
out of town. Your home
printer can do your work just
as good, and in nine cases out
of ten he can beat the city
man's prices, because lie pays
much less for running ex
penses. By sending vour next
printing order to this office
you’ll be better satisfied all
around, and you’ll be keeping
the money at home.
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I THE PASTOR'S COLUMN 1
V Conducted by Rev. Jas. F. Jernigan in «J«
V the Interest All That Is Good ♦>
♦I* 4>
THE LIQUOR BUSINESS
The time has come for all men
to take a sober, serious view of
the situation of things in regard to
the liquor traffic. Let those on
both sides who hold rigid or radi
cal views begin to think coolly and
calmly, and see if there is not a
common ground on which we can
all meet and shake hands and beat
peace among ourselves. There
are other pursuits for men than
the liquor trade. Plenty of room
for all energetic, industrious men
to follow an occupation that will
well repay them for their invest
ment, and give agAod comfortable
living to them and their families.
And from that occupation no one
will go stumbling and blundering
home to wife and children wholly
unfit to be a protection to them,
or provide for them.
The merchant sends his custo
mers out from his place of busi
ness sober and in their right mind;
so does the grocery man; so does
the druggist; so does the editor;
so does the lumber man; so does
the mill man; so does the butcher
man; so does the shoemaker; so
does the barber; so does the law
yer; so does the banker; so does
the resturant man; and so does the
preacher. But the liquor man;
well, well—yes, well, comment is
unnecessary.
Public sentiment is set against
it. Legislation is set against it
and the time has come when it is
not a safe investment for a man
to put his money into the liquor
business. Who will deny this and
prove to the contrary? The late
battles fought, and the glorious
victories won, all spell out loud
testimony in the case of “liquor
or no liquor.” There is no place
for boasting; no, no; but right
must win, and hold the battle
when won.
Friends, for I have many
friends on the li<gior side, stop
now,while you are duly sober, and
look this fairly and fully in
the face and say, “As for me 1
am done with it, now and forever,
and my efforts, both personal and
in a public way, will be to help
build up ray country to where it
will be second to nothing on the
i globe.*’ Will ray friends at New
ark hear this word of kind admo
nition? Follow some one of the
vocations mentioned, and in ten
years our town will be clipping
right along with the county seat,
both as to business and population. |
One item I cite: Our county seat |
has four banks; Newark two. Half I
as big right now. Newark has
ever natural facility (save White
river and Polk bayou) to make it;
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WEEKS DOINGS AT SULPHUR ROCK
—
Short Items of Interest Picked Up
at the fletropolis of White
River Township.
Sulphur Rock, May 7.—Rev. j
John H. Dye of Searcy stopped j
off here Thursday and Friday to
visit his sisters, Mrs. John H. ;
Moore and Mrs. Alt'. Sanders, and |
other relatives and a host of old
friends. He is always a welcome
guest in this community, as in
many others.
Master Paul D. and Willeen F. j
Jernigan are visiting their grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Rosa, at Mountain View. They
will spend some two or three
weeks up there.
Mr. and Mrs, Roy Morrison,
who have been here for several
months, left for their home at
Greenville, Tenn.
Childrens’ Day at Sulphur Rock
M. E. Church South, third Sun
day in May. Go and hear and see
something good.
JVr. and Mrs. Burk Wright are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Will Jack
son at Argenta this week.
Miss Nettie Hodges was up
from Newark and spent a few
days the first of the week.
John Wood and sister, Miss j
Mattie, went to St. Louis Satur- j
day to spend a few days.
Dr. R. H. Hodges and Porter
Hulsey were up from Newark
Tuesday.
Rev. ,1. S. Best of Dota passed
through town Tuesday en route to !
Newark.
Grandma Rice has been sick for
several days but is better at this j
writing.
Rev. Arthur Lindsey of La
grange was in our town Tuesday.
Prof. J. Iv. Rawlings left Tues
day for Texas on business.
d. W. Mangura of Brinkley was
in our town Tuesday.
Vv . J. Ward of Charlotte was j
in our town Tuesday.
C. L. Mayhan of Kenyon was
in town Tuesday.
Joe Waldrip of Magness was in
town Saturday.
THE TREASURY EflPTY.
Little Rock, May 5.—According i
to calculations made by Auditor
of State Moore, the general rove-'
nue fund of the State Treaasurer
at the close of business last even
ing contained only $52,734, which
amount will be wiped out by the
day of tinal adjournment of the
legislature. The revenues from
the tax collectors will not reach
the treasury until July 1st, unless
the various county collectors vol
untarily come to the state’s rescue
and make settlement earlier.
NEGRO KILLED NEAR BATESViLLE
Drunken Negro Went to Sleep on
Railroad Track and Was Kill
ed by Passing Engine
Kd Kitchens, a negro living on
“Tallow Hill, ” three miles west
of Batesville, was killed at £2
o’clock Sunday morning, in
Hinkle’s field, about To yards be
yond the railroad bridge across
bayou, just out of town, by a pass
ing engine, says the Batesville
Guard.
Kitchens was a darkey of good
reputation, his chief fault being
his love for drink. He was in Bates
ville Saturday and bought some *
groceries from Welborn, and was
last seen alive about the rink,
after night. He was drinking,
and it is suppossed that, on his
way home, he lay down beside
the track, with head near the rail,
and met his death.
A disabled engine, used on a
work train, left Newark about It
o’clock, under orders to go to
Cotter for repairs. It was in
charge of Engineer Garner, Fire- '
man Woodell and Pilot Whitlock.
As the engine passed the spot
where Kitchens was lying, Garner
caught sight of the form on the
ground, the engine was stopped
and the men went back and found
that the man had been struck and
was unconscious. They returned
to Batesville and waken Dr. Law
Lawrence, the railroad surgeon,
who went with them and found
the negro dead.
Sunday morning, Justice Six,
in the absence of Coronor Flinn,
who lives below Elmo, in the
southern extremity of the county,
summoned a jury and began an
inquest. An examination of the
body revealed a broken skull,
with the brains protuding from
the wound. Beside the body was
the sack of groceries and inside a
pocket was a bottle containg some
whiskey. The family of the de
ceased was then permited to re
move the body and bury it.
The verdict was that Kitchens
had been struck in the head by the
sleeve bolt of the tank truck of the
passing engine and killed. No
blame was attached.
DIAHOND IN TOBACCO
Homer 'Turner of 'Ashdown,
while chewing a quid df tobacco a.
few days ago brought his teeth in
contact with a hard substance and
upon investigation found that ib
was a diamond wheighing a carat
and a half. It is supposed the
stone fell out of a' ring or pin
setting while the wearer was.
standing near a tobacco vat.
LIGHTNING BREAKS RECORD
The contention that lightning
never strikes twice in the same
place is disproved by a recent,
freak of the fluid at Harrison. It
struck the spire of the Presbyteri
an church in that town three times
within the past month. The last
stroke did considerable damage to
the spire.
STATE REFORM SCHOOL OPEN
The Arkansas reform school at
Little Lock was opened Tuesday,
and eight boys, all under IS years
of age, who have been serving in
the penitentiary on felony charges,
were transferred to the school.
See The Journal for job printing