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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, November 3, 1905.
Vo*. 5. No. 45.
POOR BOYS HAVE
THE BEST CHANCE
So Declare Many of the Most Wealthy
Men Who Began Life in
Humble Circumstances.
There has been a disposition to
believe that poverty has been ov
errated as a promoter of success,
and yet the many millionaires who
started poor declare that no worse
luck can happen to a youth than
to begin life with a dollar.
In discussing this matter in a
recent magazine article a well
known writer says that Schwab
speaks of success as beginning
with “the indispensable heritage
of poverty.” I>aniel lv. Pearsons
declares that “most people who
are good for anything are the
•children of poor parents. They
make the right sort of men and
women.” “The poor man is the
man whose son is more likely to
succeed in life.” “It is not pan
dering that makes purpose,” and.
“men need to hustle,” he adds,
with the emphasis on the need.
Carnegie says: “1 would al
most as soon leave a young man a
curse as to burden him with the
almighty dollar.” “Consider
yourself fortunate,” says Charles
R. Flint, “if you have to struggle,
or are struggling—it develops
strength.” While Rockefeller de
dares, in speaking of and to the
poor boy from the country, “to
my mind there is something al
most unfortunate in being born in
the city. You have not the strug
v :*.,%ein the city that we have had
'who were reared in the country.
“Don’t you notice how the
young men from the country keep
crowding you out here—you who
have wealthy fathers? We men
from the country are willing to do
more work. We are prepared
from our experience to do hard
work.
PRIVATION HAS ITS USES.
“I'remember a little time ago 1
was in the cit.v and 1 saw a car
pen ter placing mineral wool un
tier the roof of a city servants bed
room so that the man should not
feel the heat. I could not help re
calling my boyhood, when I sle|)t
under a roof. 1 could see the
shingles, and l remember 1 slept
under the cracks in. them.
“It was pretty hot in the sum
mer up there, too. Hut I think 1
was better for all that sort of ex
perience for having been reared
in the country in that sturdy,
practical way—and my heart is
full of sadness as 1 contemplate
the condition of a number of
.young fellows in this city whom I
happen to know well. They are
in the embarrassing position that
their fathers have great sums of
money, and those boys have not a
ghost of a chance to compete with
you who come from the country
with the determination to do
something in the world. You are
in training now shortly to take the
place of those young men.”
MILLIONAIRES STARTED POOR
“The most of the rich men with
whom 1 have had to do have start
ed poor,” says Henry Clews, and
for example he gives Levi P. Mor
ton, who was a dry goods clerk;
Russell Sage, who worked in a
country store; Peter Cooper, who
served his time as a shoemaker’s
apprentice; Ja^ Gould, who sold
rat traps; D. O. Mills, who began
life with nothing; Rockefeller, |
Carnegie and C. P. Huntington,'
who were all penniless. “1 be
lieve that the best business men
are caught young,” he adds, “and
that a boy ought to go into busi
ness at 16 or 17, when he is young
enough to learn industry and
thrift.”
Here is the secret of the whole
matter of poverty making for suc
cess.
1'he great thing about poverty
is that it starts men out early.
SCHUBMAN LIVED IN PRI
VATION.
Viewed from all points, proba
bly one of the greatest successes
recorded is that of President
Schurman, of Cornell University.
“It is impossible,” he says, “for
the boy of today to appreciate
the poverty of life as it was on
Prince Edward’s Island forty
years ago. It had no railroads or
daily newspapers, nor any of the
things that are commonplaces now
to the boys in country districts. I
was never inside a theater until I
was 20. and did not see a railroad
until I was in my teens. The on
ly newspaper was a little provin
cial weekly, and the only book the
Bible and “Pilgrim’s Progress.’
And this was all since 1854. My
father had cleared away the land
upon which our house stood, and
no amount of land or work could
yield more than the necessaries of
life in that time and place.
Though there were eight children
of us my father was no poorer
than his neighbors.”
These were the conditions which
forced the boy to go to work at
the age of ten. He had become a
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clerk in a country store at $30 a
year, when he was 13. He had
become a college student at is,
supporting himself by working in
the evenings as a book-keeper.
He had won a scholarship in the
University of London, in competi
tion with all other Canadian stu
dents, at 20. He was professor of
philosophy at Arcadia College,
Nova Scotia, at 25. He was pres- ;
ident of Cornell University at 38.
And in all this he never had a pen- 1
ny that he did not earn after lie 1
was 10 years old.
THE WALKING CONTEST.
Cowboy Will. A. Smith, who;
walked two ten-mile races here
last summer against ten of the
champion local walkers, and was!
heated, came back for a third con
test Wednesday night.
The locals lost the contest Wed
nesday night, Smith beating them
something near a quarter of a
mile. The contest took place in
the Hatton hall and was witnessed
by a fair sized crowd.
The locals had only eight men, i
so the contest was for but eight
miles. 'Fhe time made by each
man was as follows: H. A. (iire,
71; T. M. Harrelson, 7; N. A.
Speed, 71; Frank Adams, b; .1. T.
Cargill, Of: T. W. Hulsey, 8; H.
i). Hawthorne, 7-V; W. C. Minis,
Frank Adams was given the
prize as the fastest of the local
walkers.
SCHOOL FURNITURE.
School directors are reminded
that Craig & Henderson of New
ark still handle school furniture
and apparatus of all kinds, and are
prepared to sell tirst-class goods at
low prices. If you expect to buy
anything in their line see or write
to them and you will have prompt
attention.
Hon. T. J. Raney spent Mon
day and Tuesday at Mountain
View.
A tine daughter was born unto
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Fortune Wed
nesday morning.
Night Watchman C. E. Cald
well is building a new residence
on his lots on Locust street.
A camp of Woodmen of the
World was recently organized at
Charlotte with a good member
ship.
The choir at the Methodist
church lias recently received a
supply of new books and are prac
ticing for better music in the near
future.
We have several thousand dol
lars worth of ladies’ and gentle
men's cleverest fall apparel which
we are sacrificing for cash. Moore
Bros. & Co.
Mrs. J. T. Miller and children
left Friday for Heber where they
expect to make their future home.
Their many friends here regret to
lose them from the community.
Governor Davis was a passeu
ger on the local Wednesday morn
ing, en route from Sulphur Rock
to Newport. He spoke at the for
mer place Tuesday night and at
Newport Wednesday.
The local was wrecked near
Cushman early Tuesday morning,
six cars leaving the track, includ
ing the passenger coach, but no
one was injured. Governor Davis
and party were among the passen
gers on the train.
The number of bales of cotton
sold here up to November 1, was
1104. At the same date last year
there had been 1,432 bales sold
here. The price on that date this
year, however, was considerably
better than last year, being D.10
last year and 10.75 this year.
John Dow, the negro who killed
his wife at Sulphur Rock last
spring, and who was tried last
week in the circuit court at Bates
ville and found guilty, was sen
tenced to death by Judge Fulker
son Modday. The execution was
set for Friday, December 15.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Warren and
children were in town Wednesday,
en route home near Hazel (irove.
They have spent the past two
years at Arkansas City, Kansas,
where Mr. Warren has been en
gaged in railroad work. They
are excellent people and The Jour
nal gladly welcomes them back to
old Independence county.
Albert Sims announces in to
day's paper as a candidate for
county and probate clerk. Mr.
Sims is well known to the people,
having served as deputy under
Mr. Arnold for the past year, and
lias made many friends during his
incumbency in that position. He
was formerly county examiner,
which position he filled with cred
it to himself and the general satis
faction of the public. He is a
young man of unquestioned in
tegrity, worthy in every respect,
and would doubtless fill the jxisi
tion to the entire satisfaction of
the people, should they choose to
elect him.
The grand jury adjourned Tues
day evening, after having found
forty indictments.
R. M. Galloway wants your
chickens, eggs and butter and will
pay highest market price.
Prof. A. A. Henderson, who
has been serving on the grand
jury at Batesville, arrived home
Tuesday night, the jury having
finished its work and adjourned.
A camp of Woodmen of the
World was recently organized at
Oil Trough, and a party of chop
pers from the camp at this place
went over Tuesday night to help
groom the goat and get him in
harness.
dust before the grand jury ad
journed Tuesday evening a straw
vote was taken on United States
senator. The result was It! to 0
in favor of Senator Berry. If
this is any indication of the gen
eral sentiment of the county; Gov
ernor Davis’ vote in this county
will be rather light.
O. O. Moss left a piece of a
sweet potato vine at The Journal
office yesterday which had grown
off from the main hill, took root
and produced potatoes at two dif
ferent joints. The vine is only
ten inches long and contains twen
ty-one well-developed potatoes,
the smallest of which measures an
inch in diameter.
The telegraph line on the White
River road was completed Tues
day. It, is said that the track on
ly lacks nine miles of being com
pleted, and every effort is being
made to complete the road by the
23rd, which is the date set for the
opening of Cotter, and from pres
ent indications it appears that this
will be accomplished.
The St. Louis Republic’s corres
pondent says that forty acres of
White river bottom land in Inde
pendence county planted in pecans
would, in a few years, bring in
larger profits than a gold mine.
White river bottom land yields a
good profit when planted in any
thing—from pecans, peanuts,
peaches and pumpkins on up to
the top of the list—and the man
who is lucky enough to own some
of it never worries about gold
mines.
A GREAT ATTRACTION.
After a great deal of expense
and trouble the people of Bates
ville have secured Weil’s Band of
fifty pieces for two concerts in
that city at the opera house on
Saturday afternoon and night,
Nov. 11. Without a doubt Weil's
Band is by far the best in the Uni
ted States, and was the official
band at the World’s Fair last
year. In touring the country this
season they only make six stops in
Arkansas, and Batesville is to be
congratulated in securing a date.
Special rates will be made by the
railroad to Batesville on that date,
and there is no doubt that the
music loving people of Newark
will be well represented. An at
tempt is being made for a special
train leaving Newark at 7:30, p.
m., and to return immediately af
ter the night concert. With a lit
| tie encouragement from our peo
i pie this train will no doubt be se
| cured.
PROHIBITION FROM A
WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
Would Not Have a Boy From Whom
She Must Hide Bottle of Whis
ky Kept for Medicine
To The Newark Journal:
The Journal is always a wel
come visitor at our house, as it is
like a letter from home to us. I.
was raised in the neighborhood of
Newark. I have many well re
membered friends and connections
in and around Newark, whom I
would enjoy seeing. I would love
to see the old hill, rocks ami
branches, and visit the Blue
Springs graveyard, as my mother,
father and one little girl are hur
ried there.
I always read the locals first to
learn the general news of
the country, and then I look for
Uncle John Hindman’s letter, as 1
am always anxious to read his let
ter. Yes, and I am equally glad
to read Mr. Martin’s letters, for t
think we should get both sides of
the question to get a good decis
io’n.
1 expect some will call me an
anti, but whether I am or not, it
doesn’t matter; for you know we
women can’t vote. But 1 do
know that in our town they don’t
sell whiskey, but boys can get it
by ordering it, while, if it was
sold here, they could not buy it.
We have three boys and I hope
they will live to be honorable, so
ber aud intelligent men, and wo
are trying to raise them in that
way, but we don’t believe in try
ing to make them afraid of some
thing that will not hurt them, if
they will let it alone. We might
keep them from drink by telling’
them they are men of their own.
They might say “we can do as we
please, we’ll get on a drunk.”
Then we can’t help ourselves. But
teach the boys rightly in regard
to drink, as well as everything
else. Let them see their rights
and wrongs too. Then if our ad
vice and their own knowledge does
not show them the right ways, we
can do no more. No, indeed, E
don’t believe in having a boy on
the place that 1 have to hide a lit
tle bottle of whiskey from that is
kept for medicine, or have to vote
it out of existence to keep him
from being a drunkard. Teach,
him that it is wrong to drink to
excess, and if he is the right kind
of a boy he will be sure to take
good advice. If he is not, we can’t
get it so far that he can’t get it
some way.
I guess 1 am a Democrat ana an
anti, too, for I believe in equal
rights to all and special privileges
to none.
An election is to be held hero
next Saturday, the 4th, to decide
the prohi question in our town.
(Gilmer) and then I don’t know
what the men will have to talk
about, except boll weevils and
hard times.
Some farmers are selling out
and leaving here, while others are
moving in. Crops were almost &
failure in this (Upshur) county
this year. Those who have been
in this country a long time say
this year has been the most com
plete failure of crops in general
that they ever knew.
I read Cousin Maude Tuggle’®
poem and admire it very much.
Oi’helia Rutledge.
Gilmer, Tex., October 28.