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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, August 10, 1906.
Vol. 6. No. 33.
FARMERS UNION STATE MEETING
Large Attendance and Host En
thusiastic Gathering of Farm
ers Ever Held in the State
Little Rock, August 7. — The
Farmers Educational and Co Op
erative Union of Arkansas open
ed its annual state convention
at the statehouse this morning,
with an attendance of more than
two hundred delegates, represent
ing 65 counties. It is expected
that this number will be consider
ably increased before the close of
the three days’ session.
The convention did not get down
to the real business of the session
today, the greater part of the time
being taken up with the prelimi
nary work of organization. The
forenoon was devoted almost en
tirely to the addresses of welcome
and response. In the afternoon
the chief feature was the annual
address of the president, D. P.
Tunstall of Fulton county. Pres
ident Tunstall outlined the princi
pal questions before the union and
made various recommendations,
which will be considered by the
convention. He advocated the
building of more warehouses
throughout the state and also urg
ed the adoption of a plan under
which the producers may sell their
cotton direct to the spinners.
An open meeting was held to
night and speeches were made by
Governor Divis and Geo. W. Don
Hghey of Conway.
Mayor Lenon and Geo. W. Rog
ers, president of the Beard of
Trade, welcomed the farmers to
the city, and H. Beecher Lewis,
lecturer for the northern district
of the state, responded on behalf
of the union. Mr. Lewis declared
that the farmers are the best in
formed and most conservative cit
izens of the country, and he com
mented on the fact, that although
they comprise fully 7S per cent
of the entire voting population,
they haVe never fully asserted
their strength at the polls. He
condemned gambling in futures
and spoke at some length on the
warehouse question. He advocat
ed the building of warehouses by
the local unions, in order that they
might hold their cotton and sell di
rect in large quantities to the con
sumer.
At the conclusion of Mr. Lewis’
address the president announced
appointment of the following com-1
mittee on credentials: P. H.
Jones, Lee county; C. E. Crosby,
Arkansas county; Perry Vale, Ful
ton county: A. H. Hatchett,
> Faulkner county; and A. G. Bush,
Garland county.
Recess was taken until 1:30
o’clock.
At the opening of the afternoon
• session President Tunstall deliver
ed his annual address, which
aroused much enthusiasm among
the delegates.
SECOND DAY’S PROOCEEDINGS
Little Rock, Aug. 8.—The elec
tion of officers for the ensuing
year took place at the State meet
ing of the Farmers Union today.
The full list of officers elected
was as follows:
President—J. B. Lewis, Craig
head county.
Vice President—J. T. M. Ilolt,
Hempstead county.
Secretary and Treasurer—Ben
L, Griffin, Faulkner county.
(continued on page 4)
THE POND IS DRAINED AT LAST
Ditch Connecting it With Mud
Creek Finished and the
Pond is Now Dry
That pond just west of the depot
is a thing of the past, the ditch
connecting it with Mud creek hav
ing been finished Saturday, and
there is practically no water stand
ing there for the first time in the
history of the town.
The draining of this pond is a
thing The .Journal has been agitat
ing for a long time and we are
pleased to see the work completed.
It wili be worth many times its
cost, as it will no doubt add con
siderably to the general healthful
ness of the town, besides adding
greatly to the appearance of the
town’s location.
Squire R R. Ratton is entitled
to a good deal of credit for the suc
cess of the undertaking. After
the matter had been agitated,
cussed and discussed for months
and months, the subject worn
threadbare and still nothing ac
complished, Mr. Ratton took the
matter up with the city council
and agreed to pay half the cost of
the ditch if the town would pay
the balance. The council agreed
to do so and work was commenced
some time ago.
The progress of the work was
watched with interest by nearly
every citizen in town and a large
crowd was present Saturday to J
witness the completion of the
work.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
For Incorporated Town of Newark,
Arkansas, August 6, 1906
KXI'KNDITURKS
Officers’ Salaries.$ 313.58
Election Expenses. 9.10 |
Street Work. 132.66
Insurance on City Hall.. 18.65
Work on Cemetery. 13.43
Printing. 1.00
Sanitary Work. 11.50
Total.$ 499.92
KKCKl ITS
Rec'd from outgoingTreas$ 649.51
Fines. 13.00
License. 107.00
From County Collector 695.86
Kent.. 5.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots.. . 4.50
Street Work. 62.00
Total .$1,536.87
KKCAl’ITl I.ATION
Total Receipts.$1,536.87
Total Expenditures. 499.92
Cash on Hand.$1,036.95
I, O. F. Craig, treasurer of the
incorporated town of Newark,
Arkansas, do hereby certify that
the foregoing statement is true
and correct. Given this 6th day j
of August, 1606.
O. F. Crap;, Treasurer.
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A SHALL BABY
A girl baby was born unto Mr. !
and Mrs. K. W. Hulsey of the’
Dunnington neighborhood the 29th ■
of July which is perhaps the smal- j
lest living babe ever born in this
part of the country.
The child weighed only one and
a half pounds, but was perfectly
formed and seemed as healthy and
active as any other new born babe.
It is still living and is now ten
days old, and seems to be iu a
healthful and thriving condition.
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If you have property for sale
list it with Craig & Moore.
Prof, and Mr*. S. J. T. Wynne
spent Sunday at Sulphur Rock.
J. R Mayhan was up from New
port Wednesday to attend the pic
nic.
The Baptist revival meeting
which was to have commenced last
Saturday was postponed for a
month.
Mrs, Sig Shoffner and little son
came up from Shoffner Tuesday
to spend a few days visiting
friends.
J. H. Clark of Tuckerman
spent Wednesday and yesterday
here attending the picnic and vis
iting relatives.
Henry Mayhan, formerly of
this place, but who now has a po
sition with his brother, .1. R. May
han, at Newport, spent Wednesday
in town attending the picnic and
meeting old friends.
John A. Davidson, one of the
Oil Trough neighborhood’s good
citizens, was transacting business
in town Monday and called to cash
up for The Journal. He says that
they had a good rain over in Oil
Trough Monday morning.
Rev. W. P. Jackson arrived
Saturday from Tupelo where he
had just closed a successful revival
meeting. He has been called to
the pastorate of the church there
and has the matter under consid
eration, but has not yet decided
whether he will accept the call or
not.
The Guard says that Mrs. Belle
Meaeham living near Batesville
has picked and sold 150 gallons of
blackberries this season, and Mrs.
Gus May hue of near Hickory Val
ley has picked and sold 100 gallons
and put up 100 half-gallon cans of
berries and 40 half-gallon jars of
jam.
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 line 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.
Crakj & Moore
ISLAND ITEMS.
A nice little rain fell here Mon
day.
Little Lula Pearce is right sick
this week.
John McPhearson is attending
school at Magness.
Little Walter Goodman was re
ported quite sick last week.
Mrs. Miller, who was quite sick
last week is reported to be im
proving.
Miss Willie Pearce entertained
her friends with a candy party
Friday night.
ANNUAL PICNIC WELL ATTENDED
Large Crowd in Attendance Wed
nesday and the Day Was
Spent Very Pleasantly
The picnic here Wednesday was
largely attended and everybody
seemed to enjoy themselves. The
! band from the I. O. (). F. Or
phans’ Home at Batesville furnish
ed music for the occasion. There •
were swings, two games of base
ball and other forms of amusement
to occupy the time and attention
| of those who were out for a* good
time. The crowd was not so large
as was expected on account of the
threatening weather, but there
were probably a thousand or fif
teen hundred people present.
The Franklin ball team added to
j its fame by carrying off both
games. Newark and Franklin
i played in the forenoon, and the
‘local team proved easy victims
j for the visitors, the score being
I nine to four in favor of Franklin.
In the afternoon the Batesville
team made an unsuccessful at
tempt to conquer the “Hill Bill
ies’’ and met with almost the same
disastrous defeat as the Newark
ers, the Furious Franklinites car
rying off the game by a score of
eight to four.
The Orphans’ Home band, com
posed entirely of boys, inmates of
the Odd Fellows Home at Bates
ville was the subject of much com
| ment. The oldest member of the
band is perhaps not more than fif
teen years old, but they play well
and were freely complimented
from all sides on the good music
they made.
The best of order prevailed
throughout the entire day. It was
remarked by several that there
was not a drunk man in town or
on the picnic grounds, and a bet
ter behaved or more orderly crowd
never assembled at any place.
The day’s festivities were ended
with a dance at the Ratton hall at
night which was well attended
and greatly enjoyed by the young
! people.
NOTICE TO DEMOCRATS
—
To the Democratic county cen
tral committeeman in such town
■ ships as have not heretofore made
nominations for justice of the
peace, constable and road overseer:
1 hereby direct you, as central
committeeman, to call a conven
tion of the Democratic voters in
lyour respective townships, by
' posting three notices in public
i places in said township, one of
which shall be at the voting pre
cinct, to assemble at 3 o’clock p.
m., Saturday, August I'', 1906,
and according to convention rules
and regulations, organize said vot
ers into a convention and make
such nominations as are necessary
and report same to me not later
than August 21.
Given under my hand as chair
man of the Democratic county
central committee this Kth day of
August, 1906. 8. A. Hail.
WAYLAID AND ASSAULTED
Lonoke, Aug. 6. Word has
1 just been received here that Dr.
Harris, Henry Fewel and Henry
Applewhite were waylaid and as
i saulted by a gang of negroes last
night while on their way home.
Dr. Harris was severely wounded
i and left for dead, but the others
• escaped. The negroes shot a num
! ber of times at the men.
DRUNKEN MAN CARRIED DYNAMITE
1 Man Arrested at Little Rock Witli
a Jag and Enough Dynamite
to Blow up the City
Little Rock, August 7.—With
enough dynamite to destroy a sec
tion of the city in his pocket and
a large cargo of intoxicants in his
stomach, J. M. Ivey, a laborer,
was arrested at 7 o’clock last night
in the Louchheim saloon, at Cum
berland and Markham streets.
Ivey was drunk and raising a
disturbance in the saloon, and offi
cers were called in to place hint
under arrest. When searched at
the station, a package wrapped 5a
a newspaper was taken from hint
and laid on the table in the office
of the chief of detectives. Whea
the package was opened it was
discovered that it contained one
piece.of dyuamite weighing about
eight ounces, several small pieces
of fuse aud a dynamite cartridge,
such as is used in blasting to ex
plode the dynamite.
There was a general scattering
of the police and detectives whea
the contents of the package wasr
discovered.
Nothing could be ascertained
from the man as to his purpose in
carrying the dynamite, nor as to
the place where he secured it. Ho
was locked up on charges of bein#
drunk and disturbing the peace,
pending an investigation of the
case.
While in the saloon with the dy
namite the man was surrounded
by a large number of laboring
men, and had the dynamite been
accidentally exploded there would,
have been little chance for the es
cape of any of them.
SHERIFF KILLED
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Danville, August 6.—W. F.
Briggs, sheriff of Yell county, was
accidentally killed this morning in.
a shocking manner at Blue Moun
tain station on the Rock Island
railroad. He had been on Mount
Magazine where the members of
his family are sojourning, and he
was on his way back to Danville.
While waiting for the train at
the station Mr. Briggs decided to
walk over to a sawmill not far
away, and he was watching the
big circular saw when a piece of
timber split from the saw and with,
terriftic force struck him on the
side of the head knocking hist
brains out.
BOY KILLS LITTLE GIRL
Hartford, Aug. 7.—A fatal ac
cident occurred in this city yester
day morning about 9 o’clock.
Bryant Kern, a 9-year old boy,
was playing with a taiget rifle and
told a little girl, Annie Hall,
daughter of William Hall, who
was about years of age, he was.
going to shoot her, and, drawing
the rifle on her, he pulled the trig
ger. The weapon tired, the bul
let going through her neck, kill
ing her almost instantly.
SUIT OVER A DOG
The transcript in the case of ,T.
C. Scott against W. E. Casey has
been tiled in the supreme court
on appeal from the Miller circuit
court. Casey is keeper of the
dog pound at Texarkana, and the
suit is over the possession of a dog
placed in the pound by Casey.
Scott claims the animal and is
seeking damages.