Newark
J OURNAL.
Published In The Famous Big Bottom Country. Where Alfalfa is king.
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, February 7, 1908
Vol. 8. No. 7
WANTS THEIR PLATFORM
Candidates For the Legislature Asked
to Outline Their Policy
Dear Editor: I have been a reader
of your paper for some time, and ac
casion and spirit moves me to otter
this article, as an echo from the think
ing voter of Newark, for the purpose
of awaking modern thoughts in the
minds of the entelligent voters of In
dependence county. I first landed in
this county in the year 1866; my family
before me in the year 1811. These facts
are only to remind you that I have
been in the county long enough to have
some interest in the election of county
officers. Though some of the candi
dates may think me impertinent for
not asking their permissioh to writ?
my thoughts.
I desire to call the attention of the
voters to the fact that, liesides other
officers, we will soon select two men to
represent us in the state legislature,
and if these men do not go there to
voice and enact our sentiment, it will
be our fault, in not compelling them
to declare themselves on such meas
ures as we want, and compell them to
pledge themselves to serve us, by do
ing our will. And if any man pledges
his people that he will do, or work for
certain things, and does not do it, he
is as much a traitor as ever Benedict
Arnold was, and should merit the ever
lasting contempt of decent voters, and
lie assigned to political oblivion.
Several have condecended to accept
the job on a salary of $6 a day and
expenses, for which we should feel
very thankful. However, if it is not
entirely too criminal, I very humbly
implore then to give us their platforms
in full, clearly marked out: each law
they intend to enact, repeal or modify.
This is the only way we can tell wheth
^ jer we want them at any price or not.
'Wtv Would be delighted to have the
answers from every candidate for rep
resentative; printed in your valuable
paper, over their respective signatures,
to the following questions:
1. What is your policy on theeapi
tol building?
2nd. What laws will you make to
reduce the enormous expenses of the
circuit, and other courts?
3rd. How are you going to increase
the teacher’s salary and double the
length of term of school, in the coun
try school district, and not increase
the rate of taxtion?
4th. How do you stand on the ex
tention of the legislature, the convict
lease system, working county prison
ers on the public roads and bridges
of the county? This would be a line
place to gis<> some of the blind tigers
employment.
in >uu tu quit uiiu i/uim*
home when the sixty days are out, or
will you double the session, a -> the last
«lid, to the ruin of the state? Will
you urge that all appropriations be
made not later than the fortieth day of
the sesion?
tith. Do you believe in establishing
a textile school to tenc.’n our boys how
to manufacture goods bom our home
grown cotton, so \\'e eancompete with
the East? Variety of occupations Js
the soul of national progvss. Does
patriotism or avarice incie you to
run?
7th. Tell us flatly how yo» stand
on the state prohibition questith. Do
you believe in the eternal divorcement
of church and state?
8th. Will you repeal that nefarious
law that permits the guardian to tv
move the legal disabilities from hh
ward, a 1H year old child, so that thi
nnscruplous guardian can cheat th<
orphan out of the land that his deat
father left him?
9th. Are you big enough to enact i
general law that will cover the whol
state or will you promote anarchy am
disentegration by enacting eleven am
one-half laws for each county in thi
state as the last legislature did?
10th. Are you in favor of makinj
the state pay to the public school fun<
the million dollars that she owes it
The country districts need their pur
of this money, and ought not to vot
for any man who does not pledge him
self thaHie will work to collect thi
money for them.
Uth. What is your policy on bank
ing.
12th. Last hut not least, what is th
law that you will introduce to facili- j
tate and straighten our elections, so
we can fret the returns in a decent time
and have the results announced thirty
minutes after the polls are closed?
Now these are all fair questions, and
of vital importance to the county and
state, and every intellegvnt voter who
pays his hard-earned tax money, is
entitled to know how you stand on
them. This is the work needed to he
done by legislators in Arkansas, and
if you can’t do'it, the job is too biff
for you, and we had better pay you to 1
stay at home. You must remember
that you are asking for a job of work,
and if the people elect you, you will
be their hired servant. It is just a
matter of business and we voters de
mand a civil business answer. We
don't care anytlUnjjf about sweetened
wind, tuned to verse and meter. This
is a practical ajje and we must have
positive answers on these questions.
We care nothing about florid jorgan
of mountains, dales and diamonds;
I they will take care of themselves; but
how do you stand on the above propo
sitions? That is the question.
Now do a little sober thinking and
answer the above questions if you can,
otherwise aumit your mamaty to han
dle the problems that throttle the pro
gress of Arkansas. “Though you
speak the tongues of angels and of
men" and havn't the ability to solve
the above problems you, as a legisla
tors. “become as sounding brass or a
tinkling cymbal,v and woe would lie
unto the people for whom you make
laws. It is far more important to the
state to have an honorable and able
legislature than a governor or attor
ney general, because they make the
! laws, and we are a government of laws,
; and not of men and force, and the laws
, cannot be wiser than the legislators,
j Independence county is worthy and
i able to take the lead in the great
I measures. She has a proud and hon
orable ami sensible people who know
j that her officers are public servants
and she demands legislators who
realize that their highest and first duty
{ is to serve their master, the people.
J. R. Alexander.
ARE WE MAKING GOOD?
To The Newark Journal:
Are we making good our resolutions
made the lirst of the year? Didn't we
say in our minds and hearts that we
' would live lad ter during the year 1 ‘. M »S
| than ever l>efore? Are we doing it?
I Are we making the world brighter and
i better by our being here? Are we
| making each day excell the past in
! doing good? In looking back over
| the past have we seen our mistakes
l and profited by them? Have we dis
j carded our bad habits and formed
j good ones in their stead?
nave we carrieu sunsmne to tne
hearts of the sick and distressed by
our presents and little deeds of kind
ness? Are we standing up for Jesus,
and doing all we can to advance His
cause? Have we lifted up the fallen
and broken hearted and pointed them j
I to Jesus, the healer and saviour of
the world? Have we been as prayer
ful as we should have been?
In looking back over the past 30
days can we say with gladness in our
hearts that we are nearer our God
than ever l>efore, or have we fell back
and gone to dragging along in the same
old rut? One thing we do know, that
30 days of our lives have passed and
gone, never to return, whether for
good or bad, and that we are nearer
eternity than ever before.
W. S. M.
February 1, 1908.
FARM FOR SALE
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lood 80 acre creek bottom farm,
foo miles east of Newark, on Dota
eree, 25 acres in cultivation, good
three«oom log house, good log barn,
good Vmber on land not in cultivation,
only on, mile from school and church.
Will be old, if taken at once, for $8
per acre. Henderson Real Estate Co.,
Newark, ii%.(
HAID torn off
Charles Rie seven years of age,
son of C. C. Rig of Furlow, lost his
right hand recent. which was torn
off at the wrist bkhe explosion of a
dynamite cap witltydch he was play
ing.
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BUILDIHGUPBUSIHESS
AN ORIGINAL PLAN TO TEST
NEW ENTERPRISES.
AN INDUSTRY INCUBATOR
Suggestions as to Assisting Small
Manufacturers Toward Success
1 and Helping Town Interests.
Regardless of the magnitude of a
city or town there must l>e employ
ment for the people. In fact, popula
tion of any city depends upon the op
portunity that it may afford the resi
dents gaining a livelihood. The agri
cultural town receives its support from
whatever mercantile traffic it can gain
from contiguous territory, and what
industries in the manufacturing line
that can be advantageously conducted.
The city draws support from the
smaller towns in an area of country,
which, owing to its geographical posi
tion and what cither advantages it may
have, it may command the trade of.
It is to the advantage of every
town to have as many manufacturing
pi.uiiM as tail ue piuuiituiy upt'iau-u.
Natural conditions regulate manufac
turing to a great extent. Transporta
tion facilities, the cost of raw material
and fuel are highly important factors;
yet there are certain lines of small
granufacturing that can be well car
ried on in any community if only
rightly managed. For many years
ambitious towns have followed the
practice of offering bonuses to manu
facturing concerns in order to secure
their location. The bonus system has
not always oper-<£d satisfactorily.
Too often promoters of manufacturin'
enterprises look to the bcpius offered
as a means of making profit rather
than to the legitimate conduct of the
business. Then, again, there are
stock-jobbing schemes that operate in
connection with the bonus plan, and it
has been known that hundreds of
thousands of dollars have been lost by
people anxious to further the manu
facturing interests of their home
towns.
Numerous manufacturing centers
have been gradually built up through
the right kind of co-operation of the
citizens. There is one prosperous city
in Illinois that owes its activity main
ly to the plans pursued by an enter
prising class of Swedish citizens, who
some 30 years ago organized a
Swedish Aid society. This society ad
vanced money to worthy workers who
desired to engage in business. Officers
of the society supervised the business
to a great extent, and small concerns
which were established have grown to
be factories whose output run well up
into the millions annually. This aid
society loaned money to be repaid
from the profits of the business. The
plan was a successful one.
i ne system nere referred to sug
gests a means whereby each town or
city which desires to build up manu
facturing Interests can do so at the
minimum cost; that is, that the dan
gers and objections offered by the
bonus systems are entirely eliminated,
as is also the chance for promoters to
reap a harvest through the exploita
tion of unsound enterprises. This
plan involves the incorporation of a
promoting company. Local capital
may be subscribed to whatever extent
is deemed expedient. To illustrate:
If an organization be formed with $25,
000 capital, $10,000 of this capital can
he employed in the equipment of a
building for manufacturing purposes.
This building can have facilities for
half a dozen to a dozen small manu
facturing concerns. The power neces
sary may be supplied from a general
power plant. The machinery for man
ufacturing can be installed as required.
A board of directors shall be selected
to oversee the business. Whenever
a small enterprise is found to be seek
ing a location, the directors are em
powered to negotiate for its location
in the town. The concern may be in
corporated and a small amount of
stock taken by the holding company.
Facilities for manufacturing and mar
keting whatever the product may be
are afforded. If the enterprise proves
successful it can be moved from the
experimental station into a separate
building, the holding company invest
ing in its stock, and the dividends on
the stock can be placed in the general
fund for the extension of other enter
prises. Should an enterprise prove to
be lacking in merit it can be discard
ed. In this manner from half a dozen
t<)> a dozen different enterprises can
lie carried on and thoroughly tested as
o practical workings. Of course, It
not he expected that all of the
undertakings will prove successful,
but if good judgment be used in select
ing enterprises, a large percentage
will prove profitable. Those who sub
scribe for the stock of the holding
company can be compensated by re
ceiving an equitable percentage upon
the amount invested in stock.
This plan eliminates the objection
able features of granting bonuses and
the subscribing for stock in concerns !
that are in embryo stage and purely
experiments.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
The Legislature of 1905 amended
the Big Bottom Fence District Law as !
follows:
Section 1. Authorizes the appoint
ment of a public poundkeeper prescrib
ing his duties in impounding stock.
Section 2 Imposes a tine1 of not less j
than $25.00 for any person to tear i
down any part of said fence, turn any
stock out of the public pound or leave :
any gate open.
Section 5 Requries the pound-keep
er to have any person arrested who
turns at large any stock, tears down
any fence or leaves any gate open and
the said pound-keeper shall not be re
quired to give any bond for cost.
Section 4 Imposes a tint' of $25.00
for turning1 any stock .it large and
makes the party liable for double the
amount of damages.
Now, therefore, we the undersigned
Board of Assessors for said Fence
District, do hereby give notice that on
and after Monday, February 10, 1908,
we will proceed to enforce the above
laws and any one violating same may
expect to be prosecuted the the full ex
tent of the law.
Given under our hand as such Board
of Assesors, this 3an. 27, 1908.
N. M. Wilson,
Will Waldrip,
T. H. Dearing,
Board of Asesessors.
SEEKING LOST BROTHERS
Editor The Journal: Would you
please allow ine space in your paper
to ask your many readers if any one
knows of a family by the name of
Adair? The old father and mother are
'dead and left four sons, John, Dave,
William and James. They lived near
Jacksonport. between Jacksonport and
Batesville. William Adair lived with
a man by the name of Duffy, who
moved to Texas, and took William
with him. The brothers got seperated
in that way, and have lost all trace of
each other. William lives in this
state, in Lafayette county, and is very
anxious to hear from his brothers. If
any one who sees this and can give
any information about the Adair fami
ly, they will do a great favor to write
to their brother William F. Adair,
Mars, Lafayette county, Arkansas.
By request of Mr. Adair I have
written this for him, hoping you will
be kind enough to publish it for him,
as I would be glad could I help in any
way to find the lost brothers.
Respectfully jours,
Mrs. A. L. James.
Cushman, Ark.
SPINISTER’S CONVENTION
Come to the Spinisters’ Convention
at the Methodist church in Newark
Friday evening, February 14, and see
the old maids transformed into beauti
ful young- maidens before your own
eyes. The following characters will
be represented:
Josephine Jane Green, president of
the Young Ladies’ Single Blessedness
Debating Society; Priscilla Abigila
Hodge, secretary: Calamety Jane Hig
gins. treasurer; Rebecca Rachel
Sharpe, artistic dress advocate: Sopha
Stuckup, address on woman’s rights;
Belinda Bluegrass, dress reform ad
vocate; Tiny Short, Mary Ann Fred
die, Jerusha Matilda Sprigging,
Patience Desire Mann, Juliet Long.
Betsy Roblitt, Chairty Longface,
Cleopatra Belle Brown, Polly Jane
Pratt, Violet Anne Ruggles, F'rancis
Temptation Touchmenot, Hanna Big
gerstafT and Prof. Makeover.
To be given by the Ladies Aid So
ciety. Admission 25 cents: children
from seven to ten years old 15 cents.
Doors open at 7 p. m. and the con
vention opens at 8 c’clock.
Tell 'em your saw it in The Journal
DR. PASCOE’S SPEECH
Intemperance, as Discussed at Meet-*
ing of Law and Order League
Dr. V. L. Pascoe’s speech before *
recent meeting of the Law and Order*
League has received much fa vorabla
comment, and The Journal publishes
it herewith!in full:
Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen:
As has been announced by the pastor
from the pulpit, by request of certain
parties, I would deliver an address or*
some subject of my own selection. L
desire to relieve your embarrassment
and disappointment in advance by stat
ing my inability to startle you witft
the eloquence that should la' possessed
by one attempting to speak on any
subject l>efore an audience of surfs
numbers and culture as appear hero
tonight. Of course to those who do*
not know me, great things might bn
expected, while to the. great majority,
1 feel sure that the broad mantle of
chairty will prevent criticism.
In giving a brief review of the eausen
leading to the organization of this Law
and Order League, it goes without sa v
mg that they were the illegal sale or
whiskey, gambling and vices of vari
ous kinds that always follow in tho
wake of violating the law in such <b
manner, as was belived to be practiced
in our midst. These things, I may
say, wore the causes leading to and
establishing this League, which, by
and through the direction of its abla
officers, has accomplished the destruc
tion of the above named vices, and by
its further influence has produced a.
much better feeling and state of affairs*
generally than at tirst appeared
possible. Now, after having listened
yesterday to a very able address upon
the subject of temperance. I take it
that a few brief remarks on that of in
temperance might not be amiss at this*
time. H ._
Intemperance has arrayed before us
all the allies of destruction, whether
they come from excessive eating-, drink
ing. acting or talking. Intemperance
is the home of the glutton, the retreat
of the drunkard and the asylum of the
lustful: the destroying agent in homes
that might otherwise produce stars of
intellegenee, guiding us upward, on
ward and inward to a better state of
existence. So in its various ways of
exhibiting itself, it inevitably leaves
highways broad enough to be disting
uished, and rough enough to lie
avoided. Some of you may be familiar
with the causes leading to the incar
ceration of Frank Wilkins in the peni
tentiary of this state, but I'm sure sa
great many know of his release on last
Christmas day and of him having*
afterwads written the following poena
entitled
MY LAST GLASS OF RUM
Yes, hoys, I have east off the fetters
Which held me in bondage for years;
The curse that has blighted rny man
hood
And caused bitter sorrow and tears;
Henceforth you will miss at the dran»
shop
The creature reviled as a bum, 1
For 1 swear by the God that’s abovo
me
I have taken my last glass of rum.
Do you ask me the reason? I'll tell
you,
'Tis a tale full of heartache and care.
Of a fond mother bent with affliction,
O’ershadowed with grief and despair;
The sweet face is wrinkled and pallid,
The dear eyes their luster have lost.
The beautiful hair once so shiny.
Is tinged with the whiteness of frost.
Her prayers are ascending to heaven^
Perfumed with a love for her boy,
Who, reckless, debased and unheeding',
Is blighting all filial joy,
With faltering voice full of anguish
She pleads with the Father to save
And rescue her child, e’er destruction
Shall bring him a hishonored grave.
This is why I have broken the shackle*
That held me a victim for years.
'Tis a pledge that I gave to dear inothetf*
And is sealed by a river of tears.
You will see me no more at the dr ant
shop:
That weakness has been overcome,
For I swear, trusting heaven tor gnhfcw
ance.
(Continued on page H)