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The Newark Journal
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OSCAR F. CRAIG, Editor.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 31,
Sixty-eight old line tire insur
ance companies have been forced
to leave the state, as a result of
the passage of the King-Davis an
ti-trust law.
The legislature has neither pass
ed nor considered a bill ol any ini- I
portance in two weeks. M ill the
members never get tired of this .
idle wind-jamming? Why not do'
something or adjourn and go home'
Will some of those papers that
are so vociferously objecting t<> ;
the new anti-trust law please sug
gest some ell'ective way of eurbiifg j
the trusts! They are always ready j
to denounce the trusts, but the :
very moment the atate passes and ]
enforces a law driving the trusts
from the state, these same papers
raise a howl about the state “dis
cou raging industry and driving
out foreign capital."
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The Journal has received from
Home supposed civic association in
jNew York wine clipping- from
6ome of the trust magazines lit re-1
gard to the Standard ()il Company, j
which we are asked to publish.
It will be remembered that the
Kansas legislature, Ida M. Tarbell
and Thus. W. Law*on have been
making it rather uncomfortable
for some of the combines, includ
ing the Standard Oil Company.
The Standard Oil Company must
be getting in desperate straights
when it has to appeal to the ‘"little
2x4 editors” for vindication.
Newport has a great l>nll team.
They went up to Batesville Mon
day to play the Arkansas College
team. The Newporters put up a
“stiff” game, but the college team
managed to defeat them by the
measly little score of .">3 to 6.
Suits have been tiled in the Pu
laski chancery court by Attorney
General Rogers against the Ar
mour Packing Company and .other
private car lines, which have been
doing business in Arkansas for
years and have evaded taxation.
Rogers is making a start as attor
ney general which seems to indi
cate that he is going to do some
thing besides draw his salary and
talk. Good for Rogers. Arkan
sas has had no attorney general
for the past six years, and it is
gratifying to see a man take hold
of the position like he intended to
do something.
A justice of the peace up at
iloxie named W ood woke up one
morning last week and found him
self famous. W allace Byler was
arrested and arraigned before Jus
tice W ood on a charge of selling
trust-made goods in violation of
the King- Davis anti-trust law.
Justice W ood declared the law un
constitutional and discharged the
prisoner. The next morning all
the metropolitan dailies told the
world under glaring headlines that
Arkansas’ new anti-trust law had
been declared unconstitutional.
But Justice Wood and the officer
who made the arrest failed to note,
in computing the time at which
the law went into effect, that
there were only twenty-eight days
ip February, this famous de
cision Was handed down two days
before the law became effective.
The Journal was only yesterday
morning informed that our good
friend Rev. J. I. Martin has been
furnishing the Landmark Baptist
at Little Rock copies of the Rev.
Brown's poetic replies to 1 he
Journal’s criticism of the recent
“religious” debate here. It is
Highway
Robbery
"What is the charge against
the prisoner, officer?
‘ Petty larceny, your honor.
He has been stealing the leather
from umler the til's of the shoes
lit* sell-'.
“That is not petty larceny,
officer. Prefer a charge of highway robbery against the prisoner and let him be held without
bail for the grand jury. A man who would do that, would steal sheep.
A QUESTION OF HONESTY.
Too many business men consider anything honest in busi
ness which is not against the law, and will do a great many rep
rehensible things if they think they will not be found out. I hey
will make shoes and sell shoes in which every skimping trick has
been resorted to--they actually take the leather from under the
toe caps and put in a piece of rough canvas to keep you from dis
covering that the leather has been abstracted.
FULL VAMPS MEANS HONESTY IN SHOE MAKING.
Now. that you know the difference, are you still willing
to buy dishonest shoes?
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said, however, that he has care
fully avoided sending in any of The
Journal's arguments on the ques
tion, and the readers of the Land
mark Baptist have no douht great
ly enjoyed the manner in which
Rev. Brown lias “done up the lit
tie 2x4 editor." It seems to us,
however, that our friend Martin’s
<ense of justice is somewhat dis
torted, or he would have given
the arguments on both sides of the
question. The Journal has never
refused to publish any comment
from Rev. Martin, Rev. Brown or
any one else in regard to the de:
bate, and has treated all parties
with exact fairness Why, then,
do they seek to rush otl and give
only their arguments in some oth
er paper? Is this their idea of
fairness and justice? If so, they
are welcome to all the glory they
can yet from it. But just to see
if the editor of the Landmark
Baptist has the same idea of fair
ness as does our friend Martin,
The Journal will forward some
clippings giving our side of the
controversy and see if it will pub
lish them. ^
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
[(’ONTINl'KI) FROM l’ACK 1 |
two anti a quarter mills to one and
three quarter mills.
Senator Logan introduced a hill
to annul the present contract with
the Arkansas Brick Manufactur
ing Company.
Senator Floyd introduced a bill
making telegraph and telephone
companies liable for failure to
promptly deliver messages.
Mr. Raney introduced a bill to
declare Black river a lawful fence
i in Independence county.
Senator Bison has introduced a
i bill to repeal the bill passed on
the 17th of March appropriating
j $‘25,0n0 for the maintenance of the
* state guard.
Mr. Tarver's bill requiring rail
road companies to notify the eon
j signee of the arrival of freight
was passed by a vote of .’>4 to b.
Senate bill No. .‘531 to appropri
ate £43,000 for the maintenance of
the ex-Confederate home for the
next two years was passed.
The house has passed a bill
which provides that a physician's
license may be revoked when such
physician i-> addicted to the use of
alcohol or narcotics to such an ex
tent a-> to impair his usefulness as
a practicioner. Ayes, 03; noes. 2.
RANEY FOR SENATOR.
A correspondent sit Little Hocl
sums up the political situation a
follows:
“It is said that Senator John
Hinkle of Independence count.)
will be in the race for Commission
er of state lands next year
It might be well to add that 11 in
kle is a campaigner, and the mar
who beats him will be elected. Il<
is a gentleman in every respect
well qualified, and his extensiv
acquaintance over the State wil
cut large chunks of ice when h
enters the fray.
“There may be several gooi
men in the race to succeed Sens
tor Hinkle, but the man who ha
the l)c^t show to land the plum is
Representative Raney of Indepen
dence county. Haney is as smart
as a whip and knows politics like
a book. From a distance it looks
a* if it is sure to lx* Senator Raney,
if you please, and a belter man
could not be elec ted."
FELL IN SOAP KETTLE.
Texarkana, March 2.~>. Eddie
Hill, the nine-year-old son of a
farmer named .John Hall, residing
fifteen miles west of here, died in
the Pine Street Sanitarium here
last night from burns received
three days ago.
The boy's mother, it appears,
was making a pot of lye soap out
in the yard, when he came along
j and commenced to swing on a
gate only a few feet away. A few
minute- later, when Mrs. Hall had
walked to another part of the
yard, the gate broke under the
force of the boy's weight and he
wu- precipitated into the pot of
foiling soap. Mrs. Hall was se
| verely burned in trying to rescue
j him. The boy suffered great ag
ony before death finally relieved
him. f
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR MAYOR.
We are authorized to announce .1.
ill. Ilolcerby us a candidate for re-elec
tion as mayor, subject to the city
election to be held Vpril 4, IWoa.
H >K M A USUAL.
We are authorized to announce.). T*
P.aiksdale as a candidate for City
| Marshal, subject the town election to
j be held April 4.
We are authorized to announce T. Ji
| Moore as a candidate for city marshal,
■ subject to the city election to be held'*''
April 4. 1 !)().”>.
We are authorized to announce Wal
ter Paseoe as a candidate for re-elec
tion as city marshal, subject to the
city election to be held April 4th.
LOCAL MARKET REPORT.
Carefully corrected every I'hurs
da.y afternoon.
Corn, per bushel.00
1 Cotton, lint, per pound.00;
Cotton seed, per ton. S.00
1 Molasses, sorghum, per gal. .45
Potatoes. Irish, per bushel.. 1.00
Potatoes, sweet, per bushel. 1.50
^ Turnips, per bushel.50
.04
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