The Newark Journal
Published In the famous big bottom Country. Where Alfalfa is King.
$1 Per Annum.
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, January 4, 1907.
Vol. 7. No. 2.
SENATOR BUTT IN THE PEN
Went to the Pen Alone to Begin His
Sentence on New Years Day
Little Kook, Jan. 2.—Senator
F. O. Butt of Eureka Springs who
was recently convicted of bribery,
began his sentence in the peniten
tiary at Little Rock Monday. He
went to the penitentiary alone and
presented his commitment. Ilis
hair was clipped, his measurement
taken and he was put in stripes.
He was# assigned to cell No. 107,
and was at once put at work with
four or.five other convicts skin
ning a beef, which had been killed
just prior to his arrival. When
this was completed he was put to
work with one of the other con
victs hauling coal to the bin in the
boiler room of the cell house. He
went about his work with a deter
mined look and did not complain
at any time of the duties assigned i
him
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ANOTHER WRECK
At the identical curve where the
Cushman local was wrecked not!
three weeks ago, the north bound j
through freight, known as the Red
Ball, wrecked Monday morning
about 4 or 5 o’clock. Two heavy :
cars loaded with ties left the rails,
one falling down the embankmentj
and the other running along the j
ties away from the other cars. The j
track was torn up for quite a dis-j
tance and a large force of men put i
to work on its as soon as possible
did not replace it until about 10:30.
It is commonly reported that there
were one or two men beating their i
way in the car that rolled clown !
the embankment and were killed, i
but there seems to be little found
ation for the rumor.—Batesvillc
Guard.
ENJOYABLE DANCE
The dance at the Ratten hall
Friday night was one of the most
enjoyable of the season.. Mirth and
gayiety reigned supreme and evry
one present enjoyed themselves to
the utmost. Those present par
ticipating in the dance were; Mr.
and Mrs. E. E. Allen, Mr. and
Mrs. Vaughan Meriwether, Mrs. j
Myrtle Magness, Mrs. Laura Ar
nold, Mrs. Addie Green, Mrs.
Dove Edwards; Misses Jessie
Reeves, Ruby Holmes, Clara Men
denhall, Bessie Brooks, Virginia
Morgan, Ola Ivinman: Messrs. Joe
Waldrip, J. T. Cargile, N. A.
Speed, Dr. C. W. Martin, Will |
Chastain, and- W. C. Mims. A J
large number of others were pres- j
ent'to witness the dancing and lis
ten to the excellent music which j
was furnished by the Magness or
chestra.
NOTICE.
AlJ parties knowing themselves
inbedted to us either by note or
account, will please come in at once
and settle, as ouj| collector will
start out in a few days. Please j
corhe in at once and save him hav
ing to call on you,
Yours Respectfully
Grffith & Morrow.
NEXT STATE PAIR
The board of directors of the
Arkansas State Fair Association
wfc Hot Springs has becided to close
'up all the old business and begin
a vigorous campaign for the fair
*.to be held this year.
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r farmers’ Union official receipt
books at The Journal office.
AN EDUCATIONAL AGE
For more than a generation the
states and territories of the United
States have maintained free schools.
This age, then, ought to be an ed
ucational age, and the illiterate
man ought to be at a discount. The
public has given every citizen his
due in this respect. The public is
now giving every child adequate
opportunity to get education. It is
the exception when the failure to
attend school is due to misfortune,
therefore illiteracy ought not to
exist, and if found existing it
ought uot to be excused and con
doned to the extent of treating it
as the political equal of education.
In Virginia the politician has been
driven from the position where he
could use illiteracy as an asset in
his schemes. Other states, also,
have taken the ballot from the illi-i
terate, and now the report comes
that Missouri is considering the
question of revising her election
laws so as to eliminate the illiter
ate voter, and Gov. Folk is said to
be in sympathy with the move
ment. It is proposed, in effect, to
repeal the present Australian law
in its entirety, and enact a statute
requiring that the names of all the
candidates of all parties shall ap
pear on the ballot; that the voter
shall be able to read and write,
and to so prove his educational qu
alifications, whenever required by
any of the judges of election, and
under no circumstances shall he be
permitted to receive advice, infor
mation or instructions from one of
the officers of the election. It is es
timated that there are 50,000 illit*
erate voters in the state, a major
ity of whom are negroes. The pro
posed law, however, will apply to
both races alike. Sooner or later
other states will fall in line. Illit
eracy has now, no sound reason
for existence and the sooner public
leaders insist upon making it bear
the handicap it deserves the soon
er will there be a greater degree
of inteligence in all public affairs.
MILITIA APPROPRIATION
Little Rock Dec. 28.—Charles
Jacobson, adjutant-general of the
Arkansas State Guard, in his re
port filed today with the governor,
calls attention to the valuable ser
vices rendered the state by the or
ganization and urges a liberal ap
propriation by the next legislature
for its maintenance. The appropri
ation two*.years ago for the militia
was 625,000. An effort will be
made to induce the legislature,
which meets next month, to ^make
an appropiation of $50,000 for the
support of the State Guard.
LEGISLTION FOR FARMERS
Conway, Dec. 31.—Secretary
Ben L. Griffin of the State Far
mers’ Union said today that a
meeting of the Legislative Com
mittee of the union will be held in
Little Rock previous to the con
vening of the General Assembly,
at which legislation for the union
will be mapped out. There are at
present 2,350 local unions in the
state, with a total membership of
80,070.
UNCLE JEEHS
—
“I have often notcied,” remark
ed Uncle Jeems as he replaced the
lid on the crackerbox, “that the
fellow that worries about the bills
cornin’ due on the first o’ January
gets mighty little fun out o’ Chrst-1
mas.” |
OIL TROUGH TINKLINGS.
Oil Trough, Jan. 1—William L.
Davidson and Miss Maud Kent
were married Sunday, Squire Out
law officiating. They are promi
nent and well known young people
and have the best wishes of a host
of friends.
James Pridmore left Sunday for
his home in Bell county, Texas,
after spending the holidays here
with his parents. He was accomp
anied home by his mother.
Chas. B. Kent will move to his
farm at the head of the bottom
this week. Mr. Kent is a good cit
izen and we regret to see him leave.
There is some cotton yet in the
fields to gather, and the bad weath
er makes it very uncertain when
the farmers will fininsh picking.
Jas. W. Adams of the Elmo
neighborhood will move to Oil
Trough in a short time and will
occupy the Nichols residence.
Mrs. D. J. Wellman has bought,
one of those beautiful lots in Oil
Trough and will build right away.
Mrs. W. O. Moore’s mother,
Mrs. Ellison, and her son, have
moved to Oil Trough.
Charles Wasson says he still eats
three meals a day and has money
in every pocket.
Grandma Outlaw died Sunday,
Dec. 23, after an illness of three
months.
R. B. Duck of Newport was
visiting relatives here this week.
R. B. Hill has his new residence
completed and has moved in.
Mrs. Helton’s barn was destoyed
by (ire one night recently.
Moving seems to be the order
of the day now.
New years gift, to one and all.
Health is generally good now.
A NICE HOME FOR SALE
We have one of the nicest pieces
of residence property in Newark
for sale at a bargain. Two-story
eight room house with good barn,
smokehouse and good well of wa
ter. An entire block goes with
the property including two small
houses which rent for $5 per
month each. Also fine garden and
young orchard. Buildings all
nearly new and well finished, paint
ed inside and out and papered
throughout. The houses would
cost what we ask for the property
to say nothing of the lots, barn,
fencing and other improvements.
Craig & Moore
A DOUBLE WEDDING
A double wedding took place at
the home of Rev. ,1. H. McDoniel
Sunday afteruoon, the contracting
parties being Fal Jernigan and
Miss Bertha Blalock; Ed Tomlin
son and Miss Jennie Troy.
They are prominent and well
known young people and The
Journal desires to join their many
friends in extending congratula
tions best wishes.
SHOT HIS BRIDE
Van BureD, Dec. 29.—Will Bass
a young white man of Mulberry,
a small town in the eastern part
of the county, wos lodged in jail,
charged with assault with intent
to kill, the alledged victim being
his bride of three months. Bass
first said he fired at his wife in a
tit of jealous rage, and later claim
ed that it was an accident. Mrs.
Bass is still unconcious, with but
slight hope her recovery.
CHARLOTTE CHRONICLES
Charlotte, Jan. 1.—Most of the
.young' people who are attending
school at Cave City, and Sulphut
Rock, came home to spend the
holidays.
Misses Lena Bullington and
Daisy Nothern of Sulphur Rock
spent part of Christmas her^ with
Miss Unie Churchill.
Miss Sallie Nuckolls returned
to Cave City Saturday, after a
pleasant visit with her mother, at
this place.
Will Jernigan who is attending
the State Univesity at Fayetteville
spent Christmas here with his par
ents.
School began here Monday with
Prof. Ed Martin as principal and
! Prof. Priar Hnddleston assistant.
Basil Halcombe and Sam Moore
attended the protracted meeting
at Oak Grove part of last week.
Miss Nellie Churchill returned
to Sulphur Rock Thursday, after
a pleasant visit at this place.
Several young people from this
place attended the party at Dota
last Wednesday night.
Misses Unie and Nellie Church
ill visited the Misses Best at Dota
Wednesday night.
Miss Wilma Lane visited her
sister, Mrs, Geneva Pickens, at
Dota Thursday.
WHAT WE DRINK AND SMOKE
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Beer, whisky and tobacco have
been consumed so freely that the
internal revenue for the last fiscal
year ran about $15,000,000 above
that of the year before and $S,
000,000 above the estimates made
last fall, when one-third of the
year had passed. During the first
quarter of the current fiscal year
the recipts went more than $i,
500,000 above those of the corre
sponding quarter in the last year
and the Commissioner estimates
that although the tax is about to
be removed from alcohol used in
the arts, the total internal revenue
collections in the present year will
rise to $260,000,000, an increase
of & 10,000,000 over the last year.—
Philadelphia Record.
GAMBLERS RAIDED
Night Marshal J. W. Fetzer
made a raid on a gambling dive
Saturday night and captured Hen
ry Johnson, J. E. Porter, George
Holderby, John Barnett and Jimi
Cargile engaged in gambling.
They were arraigned before the |
mayor Monday and plead guilty. !
They were fined ten dollars each j
and costs. /
Jim Fausel was also arrested at,
the same time, charged with run
ning a gambling house.
Fausel’s trial was set for yester
day, but was continued till Satur
day.
Nathan Kinman was also arrest
ed on a similar charge*, and his
trial will coipe up tomorrow.
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AFTER COTTON EXEHANGE
Southern cotton growers charge
the New York Cotton Exchange
with rigging the market so as to
arbitrarily depress tie' price of the
product and in other ways deprive
the South of its just rewards. Cot
ton factors of the south assert that
they have in this manner been
cheated out of $100,000,000. The
New York Cotton Exchange will
be appealed to to rectify the prac
tice, and if this proves futile Con
gress will be asked to investigae
the chages.
SULPHUR ROCK SKETCHES
. Happenings of the Week at the Hull*
of White River Township
Sulphur Rock, Jan. 1.—As it
! bas been some time since writing
anything for The Journal from
this place, we will try to give you
a few sketches this week. We
j have all been very busy through
the holidays, and the merchants
have all done a good business; the
j best, in fact, for many years. Ev
erybody seemed to enjoy them
selves. There was very little
j drunkenness and no lighting; sev
j eral weddings and some moving.
The two Mrs. Kylers returned
i to their home at Newport Friday,
> after spending the holidays here
j with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
T. C. Knox.
Burk Wright will occupy his
residence here in town, and Miss
Sue Braden will move to her prop
erty when vacated by Burk
I Wright.
Jack Gibson went to Black Rock,
j Saturday with Hendrix Newman,
; returning Monday. He says the
creeks up that way are all full.
Rev. Jas. F. Jernigan has per
formed quite a number of marri
ages at his residence since he re
turned from conference.
Landy Gal lion, a nephew of
Mrs. Lee Grooms, died suddenly
Monday and was buried at the city
! cemetery here Tuesday.
Rev. C. H. Newman and family
left Friday for Black Rock t^ «*^—
ter upon the work of his
| there and at Portia.
I
Guess the moon has chan,
again—we see Williamson an.
Madison Gossett have come back
I to Sulphur Rock.
Mrs. Eva Cunningham and little
daughter, Rena, have spent sever
al days at Batesville visiting rel
atives.
Mr. Bredenger is moving back:
to Kansas, and Mr. Lawrence is
taking his place at the telephone
office.
The young people had a musical
entertainment at the residence of:
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Knox Monday
night.
Mrs. Roe Fallis spent the holi
days with her husband who is a
section foreman up on the new
road. *
Miss Gertrude Covington left
Sunday for Helena, where she has
a position in the telephone office.
J. U. Martin will build a new
residence on the old Palmer lot
east of the Methodist church.
The boys rang the old year out
and the new year in Monday
night.
Prof. W. J. Jernigan and James'*
Moore spent Christmas with home
folks.
Bolivar East has moved to the^C ]
Murphy place in the south part of f
town.
Roy Gibson visited his uncle, E„
M. Gibson, at Magness Sunday.
School opened Monday, after a •«
week and a half’s vacation.
Doc Caldwell will move out to
the farm in a few days.
James Huddleston" «,'? Sharp was
in town Monday.
M . M. Kent of Charlotte was in
town Monday.
Gibson still makes pictures afc
the old stand;
Ed At hisbiC.noved to town last
week.
Mrs. J. C. Gibson is on the sick,
list.