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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, September 8, 1905.
Vol. 5. No. 37 .
SALOONiST, HONOR
AND THE PREACHER
■John Hindman Replies to Some Ar
guments of Rev. J. I. Martin
On Prohibition.
To The Newark Journal:
Did it ever occur to you that of
all the pebbles that you ever saw,
no two of them were exactly
alike in every particular? No man
can find two pebbles exactly alike.
Each has its own individuality.
And yet, not strange to say, they
exist in harmony. One does not
accuse another of being wrong be
cause of their different construc
tion. So it is with the herbs and
flowers, no two alike. Each an
individual within itself. Vet the
rose does not find fault with the
smartweed because of their differ
ence. All exist in harmony. The
roses and pebbles exist in har
mony, yet the roses contain alco
hol, whilst the pebbles do not.
The roses have life while the peb
bles do not. Now we will take a
birds eye view of mankind and see
how it is with him. As to indi
viduality, he is like the roses and
pebbles no two exactly alike.
But, unlike the roses and pebbles,
he has ideas, and my God, what
ideas some of them do have! The
great Creator of the I'niverse cre
ated their individuality, and made
it possible for him to have ideas;
but 1 will not accuse Him of creat
ing their ideas because of their
inconsistency. Some men seem to
-'JCve obtained the idea that the
Vr« a\^ereated the universe and
then app<)t.,fA‘d them as 11 is vice
roys to managiH^C But upon close
examination 1 think that it wili be
found that their commissions have
been forged.
I here are extremes in all things,
therefore there must he extremists
who cannot take conservative <>r
middle grounds, and these are
generally the ones who feel them
selves commissioned to act as vice
roys for the Creator. 1 hey take
no middle ground—it is burn or
believe. 1 see in The Journal of
September the 1st, a communica
tion from our friend, J. 1. Martin,
who says that he does not believe
that my advocacy of alcohol, in a
former issue of The Journal, can
lie of any good, either morally or
mentally. Now, I did not expect
prohis to believe what 1 said. 1
gave it to them as food for
thought. Mr. Martin makes
broad assertions, but makes no at
tempt to prove anything that he
asserts. One would suppose from
the tenor of his writing that he
could hear nothing hut the wailing
of gray-haired fathers and moth
ers over the wrecks of drunken
sons. Will our friend please cite
us to a few of these cases; also
prove that the gray-haired moth
er was not herseif to blame for it?
And another thing; prove that
there was ever a soul lost by the
excessive use of alcohol. Or that
one was ever cast into a devil s
hell” as he says. To believe such
is to impugn the wisdom, mercy
and all powerfulness of (iod, the
Creator.
Mr. Martin has his doubts about
a saloonist being strictly honesty
because he is apt to water his
whiskey. Why, Mr. Prohi. we
have thought that by your code of
honesty that the more water the
better. We think that the average
saloonist is about as honest as the
average preacher. One frequent.
l.v waters his whisky, while the
other is hypocritical in his
preaching- Was it honor in the
hundreds of priests who caused
thousands of better men than they
to be burned at the stake? Mr.
Martin says that the advocates of
whiskey are generally infidels, and
no good to the church. Now, Mr.
Martin if the Protestant religon is
any improvement on the Jesuit, or
Roman Catholic religion, who have
you to thank for the improvement?
None but infidels to the mother
church. But it is your ox that in
fidels are goring today, and that
materially alters the case. We
notice that the spirit of the old in
quisition, which forced men and
women to the stake, the fagots,
and the flames are not yet dead. Red
seems to be a favorite color, blood,
bleed or believe. There seems to
be a few preachers who are about
to take a french furlough from the
prohi camp. Keep them whipped
into ranks Captain, because if Rea
son ever charges your lines and
they are broken, you are gone
brother, world without end.
Are you going to the trial Pro
hi, plaintiff, vs. Creator, defend
ant. John Hindman.
MAO NESS MUSINGS.
()ur school closes Friday.
.lames Lewis is on the sick list
this week.
(i. F. Grosser of Newark was in
town Saturday.
Will McArthur of Newark was
in town Tuesday.
Mrs. Lizzie Waldrip is on the
sick list this week.
W. li. Knight of Sulphur Hock
was in town Monday.
Jno. A. Gibson of Rutherford
was in May ness Wednesday.
.lames Ashley was able to take
[charge of his school this week.
doe B. Polk of Sulphur Rock
was in Mayness a few days ayo.
Aunt .lane Wilson of near Sul
phur Rock lias moved to Mayness.
Jessie Fowler of Calico Rock
was visiting in Mayness this week.
,1. lv. Rawlings and family have
i gone to Calamine to attend the
ramp meeting.
Tom Gray of Rutherford was in
town Saturday buying lumber for
John A. Gibson's new residence.
FARMERS’ UNION PICNIC.
To 'The Newark Journal:
There will Ini a Farmers' Union
picnic at Haves Spring, four miles
north of Newark, Friday, Septem
ber loth 10<»5, given by the follow
ing local Unions: Oak Hill, Dota,
Logan School House, Oakland,
Duck Puddle, Newark and Scott
School House- State President .1.
T. Hatton, State Secretary Hen L.
Griffin, Prof. J. R. Hodges and
other good speakers will be there.
No speculative devices of any kind
allowed on the grounds, and no
'candidate for political office will
la* allowed to address the people
on the picnic ground. All Union
members are requested to wear a
I small blue ribbon badge on left
breast, on picnic day. Everybody
both Union and non-Union are
cordially invited to come and
tiring well-tilled baskets and spend
a pleasant day.
J. 11. Jimmerson, chairman,
J. \V. Fkt/.ek, Secretary.
I have pasturage for your stock
at 50 cents per month for year
lings and £1 for grown stock. A.
A. Henderson.
Misses Willie Satterfield and
Cora Guyens left Tuesday for
Bald Knob to spend a few days
with relatives.
Mrs. A. R. Scott of White Riv
er township was in town yesterday
and renewed for The Journal for
her son, George, who is at Avery,
Okla.
Mrs. J. II. Davidson died Tues
day about noon at her home near
town from pneumonia. She leaves
a husband and several children.
'Fhe burial took place Thursday
at Blue Springs.
Mayor J. C. Gibson of Sulphur
Hock was in town Monday on bus
iness. He has recently purchased
the Allen residence property, and
now has one of the most substant
ial homes in Sulphur Rock.
John Bullington, night transfer
clerk for the Pacific Express Com
pany at Newport, came up Satur
day and went out to I)ota to spend
the day visiting relatives. He re
turned to Newport Sunday.
Prof. 1). L. Paisley of Hope,
candidate for state superintendent
of public instruction, was in town
Monday. Prof. Paisley was for
merly a citizen of Jackson county
and was county examiner for that
county for a number of years.
The Batesvijle Drug Company
has been chartered witl^ a capital
stock of &s,000, of which Sfi.ooO
has been subscribed. The officers |
are: A. J. Casey, president; John j
A. Hinkle, vice-president: G.
Hinkle, secretary; C. II. Hogan,
treasurer.
Dirt was broken Saturday for
the construction of a railroad from
Batesville to a juncture with the
Frisco, presumable at Black Hock.
The first work is being done at
Pfeiffer's quarry, and the citizens
of Batesville have agreed to pay a
liberal bonus upon completion of
the road.
For a superior quality of honey,
see Littlefield. This is superior to
the ordinary honey and the differ
ence will surprise you. Mr. Lit
tlefield will gladly explain to you
how to produce such honey that
always brings a handsome price;
and would also like to show you
his apiary and method of handling!
bees for profit. He will pay the
highest market price for all your
beeswax.
For Sale —One five room one
story house, one five room two
story house and one eight-room
two-story house, a good well,
smoke house, and barn and one
acre of land with each house.
North of school building. Would
sell one or two of them. I also
have other real estate bargains in
Newark property. If you want
to buy do not fail to see me. T.
J. Raney.
The Newark ’steenth baseball
team, composed of Webster Men
denhall, Dick Barksdale, Colonel
Brewer, Pink Moore, Jeff Ed
wards, Adler Sisk, Clyde Edwards,
Frank Edwards and Morg Mag
ness, with C. J. Magness as mana
ger, wcut down to Newport Satur
day and played the kid team of
that place. The game resulted in
a victory for the Newark kids by
a score of two to four.
From now until September 80,
the Iron Mountain route will sell
tourist tickets to St. Louis and
Chicago at one fare plus £4 for the
round trip.
Tom Moore and the sporting ed
itor of this great moral weekly are
going down to Walls lake today
on fishing bent. We tell you this
merely as a matter of information,
so that when you want to go iish
ing again you may go to some oth
er place, for there’ll probably not
be any more fish in Walls lake af
ter our return.
Prof. F. B. Morgan of the
Yienia Conservatory of Music, St.
Louis, will soon open a music store
here, handling pianos, organs and
small musical merchandise. Piano
and organ lessons will be taught
by him and those wishing to take
lessons will do well to see him at
his room at Mr. Hammonds. Pi
anos and organs cleaned, toned,
and repaired. All work guaran
teed. Phone No. 8.
AN EARLY FROST.
The tail end of the great storm
that swept the northern lakes
struck the South Monday and vi
sions of an early frost were had in
many localities. It is said that
something like half a score of lives
were lost on Lake Superior and a
half million dollars worth of prop
erty destroyed. An early frost
would destroy about five times that
amount in the South, and yet the
people in the fever-stricken por
tions of the South are praying for
cold weather.
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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 *i, will at the Octobar term
15*05, present a petition to the
county court of Independence
county, Arkansas, asking for the
formation and establishment of
said fencing district, the metes
and bounds of same described as
follows, to wit: Keginning 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 western l.v direc
tion along and down said fence to
or near the southwest corner of
section 13, township 12, north,
range 4 west; thence north about
one and three-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 the eastern boundary of
said fencing district.
(iiven under our hands this the
25th day of August, 15><>5.
A. A. Henderson,
(i. O. Mao ness,
W. \Y. Madness,
G. F. Grosser,
And others.
Subscribe for The Journal.
SHORT ITEMS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE
Items of General Interest Gathered
Fresh From the Columns of
the Daily Papers.
Cornett Ra.v of Booneville was
badly injured by the discharge of
a *2‘2 target rifle with which he was
playing.
The state secretary of the Far
mer's Union granted 36 new char
ters for the organization of local
unions last week.
The meat market of W. T. Ed
mons at Iloratio was blown to
pieces by dynamite last Wednes
day. There is no clue to the
guilty parties.
At a negro picnic near Last,
Chance, Lee county, Steve Per
sons was shot by Robert Johnson
and died a few houes afterward.
Johnson escaped.
Ten business houses and the
Miser hotel at ('otter were de
stroyed by tire Wednesday after
noon. The total loss is estimated
at $31,000, with only $6,000 insur
ance.
(i. B. Segars has just been con
victed in the circuit court at Ham
burg for the murder of William
McLeod in that county in 18h0,
and was given three years in the
penitentiary.
i
Capt. J. M. Henson, a recogniz
ed authority on crops in Jefferson
county, says worms are playing
havoc with cotton in that county,
and he estimates the loss to cotton
growers of his county from this,
source at £‘250,000.
Two of the seven indictments
against 1>. P. Terry, former cash
ier of the Howard County Bank at
Nashville, have been dismissed and
the others continued to the Feb
ruary term of court. Terry has
been released from custody on
£6,000 bond.
Negro Killed Near Newport.
Jacksonport, Sept. 1.- Isom
1 Milligan, an old-time negro
preacher of Jacksonport while re
turning home from Newport late
Thursday night, was shot and kill
ed near the Confederate Park, and
his body left on the public road
way, where it was found next
morning. The discovery was re
ported to the sheriff, and the re
mains were taken to Newport.
Charley Johnson, a negro em
ployed by It. W. Anderson of
Jacksonport, who was tried about
a year ago for assaulting Milligan,
and between whom and Johnson
there seems to have been a bad
feeling, was arrested and placed
I in jail pending developments at
the coroner’s investigation, but
Johnson was later released.
Milligan had been attending a.
conference in Newport and left
town about 11 o’clock, intending
to walk home to Jacksonport. Ho
probably had little or no mon
ey on his person, and it is thought
he was shot by some enemy. The
s|)ot where his body was found is
said to have shown evidence of a.
hard struggle.
NICE HOME FOR SALE.
We have a comfortable fiv®
room residence, with half a block:
j of ground, (four lots) large new
' barn, nice little orchard and vine
yard, located just one block front
public school building, which will
be sold at a bargain if taken ab
i once. Ckauj Henuekscn.
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