The Newark Journal.
$1 Per Annum.
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday June 24, 1904.
Vol. 4, No. 26
DID BOY COMMIT SUICIDE?
Dead Body of 15-Year-Old Boy Was
Found Hanging in a Barn
Near Russellville.
Russellville, Ark., June 17.—
Yesterday morning about 5 o’clock
the body of Ed MeCamant, a boy
15 years of age, was found hang
ing by the neck in the barn of M.
R. Shinn, for whom the deceased
worked as a hired hand. He was
a nice, well-mannered boy of a
cheerful disposition, and it is hard
to believe that he would want to
die. The coroner's jury found that
he came to his death at his own
hands, but the proof does not show
whether he did it or someone else.
The deceased leaves a father and
mother and several brothers and
sisters, who are stricken with
grief.
Acute Rheumatism.
Deep tearing or wrenching puma
occasioned by getting wet through,
worse when at rest, or on first
moving the limbs and in cold or
damp weather, is cured quickly
by Ballard’s Snow Liniment. Os
car Oleson, Gibson City, Illinois,
wiiles, Feb. 16, 1902* “A year
ago 1 was troubled with n pain in
my back. It soon got so bud I
could not bend over. One bottle
of Ballard’s Snow Liniment cured
me.” 25c, 50c and $1.00 at J. I.
Sturdivant's Drug Store.
Killed in a Sawmill.
Hot Springs, June 17.—Infor-s
m&tion reached here today of a
terrible accident yesterday after
noon at the sawmill of Charles
Burrough, twelves miles west of
this city, in which Burrough lost
his life by coming in contact with
a circular saw. He was horribly
out about the abdomen, and one
leg was completely sawed off. His
injuries were such that he died a
few* hours after the accident. The
burial occurred this afternoon.
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Driven to Desperation.
Living at an out of the way
place, remote fioni civilization, a
family is often driven to desper
ation in case of accidents, result
ing lit Burns, cuts, wounds, ul
cers, etc. Lay in a supply of
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. It’s the
best on earth. 25c, at J. I. Sturd
ivant’s Drug Store.
Killed His Wife With a Club.
Rogers, Ark., June 17.—Sam
King, thirty-seven years old, liv
ing at Garfield twelve miles north
of here, killed his wife with a piece
of stovewood Wednesday night.
He will not make any statement
as to why he did it.
Worst of all Experience.
Can anything be worse than to
feel that every minute will he
your list? Such was the expet
ionce of Mrs. S. H. Newson, De
catur, Ala. “For three years” she
writes, “I endured insufferable
pain indigestion, stomach and
bowel trouble. Death seemed in
evitable when doctors and all rem
edies failed. At length 1 w'as in
duced to try Electric Bitters and j
the result was miraculous. I im
proved at once and now I’m fom
oletely recovered.” For liver,kid
ney, stomach and bowel troubles
Electric Bitters is the only medi
cine. Only 50c. It’s guaranteed
by J. I, Sturdivaut. Druggist.
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Is Dead Anyway.
One of our exchanges refuses to
publish obituary notices of per
sons who, while living, failed to
subscribe for their home paper,
and gives this reason: “People
who do not take their home paper
are dead anyway and their mere
passing away is of no interest to
anyone.”
SHOULD OWN YOUR HOME
Small Home With Independence
Better Than Large Estate
With Load of Debt.
| Many farmers, who would oth
erwise have homes of their own,
continue to rent and move and
rent again and move again, because
they cannot buy as much land as
they want at prevailing prices.
There is a distinct advantage in
owning a large farm, says the Tex
as Farm and Ranch, just as there
is in owning a large bank deposit,
i or a large amount of valuable prop
i erty of any kind. But, because
| we can’t have what we want, shall
we refuse what we can have? Peo
ple in the southwest have been
I brought up under a cheap land and
large farm system, and have been
accustomed to spreading their
crops thinly over as many acres as
possible, and calling it farming,
and now that land is so dear they
cannot practice that system, they
know not how to shape their
course. Recently a Collin county
farmer wanted to know where he
could go to find good land cheap,
as he could not afford to buy as
much as he needed at Collin coun
ty prices; ana with ruerui counte
nance added: “I have only 100
acres, and you know a man can’t
accumulate anything farming on
that amount of land.” There is
no better farming land than this
man’s 100 acres. Not an acre on
it that will not produce, with good
cultivation, 500 pounds cotton, 75
bushels of corn, 25 bushels of
wheat, 80 bushels of oats, and all
needed food and forage crops,fruits
and vegetables in similar abund
ance. The question of a large or
small farm, at least, resolves itself
into an alternative—a smalBfann
or none, and the farmer takes his
choice. A, farmer who has not the
ability to get more than four or
five dollars per acre from a fortile
soil, should have a large farm or
go out of business; but for one who
can farm land to something near
its capacity, a small farm may be
better than a large one; or, he may
accumulate enough in a few years
to add to his holding all the land
he can handle. A large farm af
fords more room for expansion,
for growing crops and live stock
on a large scale, and for making
larger protits with less physical
labor, and is adapted to the view7s
and ability of many farmers.
But there is higher considera
tion connected with the possession
of a farm home. A man with a
family of children should avoid,
above all things, bringing them up
to a life of vagabondage, and the
best security against such a con
tingency is a home—a real home—
however small or humble. A
small home with Independence is
better than a large estate with a
load of debt added.
That Throbbing Headache.
Would quickly leave you,it you
used Dr. King’s New Life Pills.
Thousands of sufferers have prov
ed their matchless merit for sick
aud nervous headaches. They
make pure blood and build up
your health. Only 25 cents, mon
ey back if not cured. Sold by J.
I. Sturdivant. Druggist.
Charged With Bigamy.
Newport, June 20.—George Ab
ney, a barber, employed at a local
shop, who came here not long ago,
was taken to Harrisburg, 111., last
night by Deputy Sheriff Van Lock
wood of Saline county. He was
charged with bigamy and the
brother of his first wife, by whom
he had four children, is his prose
cutor. Abney claims that he was
not married to the woman with
whom he lived here.
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Have You a Cough?
A dose of Ballard’s Horehound
Syrup will relieve it. Have you
a cold? A dose of Herhine at
bet time and frequent small doses
of Horrhouiul Syrup during the
day will remove it. Try it for
whooping cough, for consumption
for asthma, for bronchitis. Mrs.
Joe McGrath, 327 E. 1st at., Hut
chinson, Kan.writes -‘I have used
Ballard's Horehound Syrup in my
family for 5 years and find it the
best and most palatable medicine
I evei used.” 25c, 50c and fl at
Sturdivant’s drug store.
Wanted Something Big.
A man who prefers the city
weekly to a home paper because
“it’s got more in it,’’ reminds us
of the man who picked out the
largest pair of boots in the box
because they cost no more and
carried a greater amount of leath
er than the pair that fitted him.—
Salem Banner.
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Startling Evidence.
Fresh testimony in great quant
ity is constantly coming in, de-1
daring Dr, King’s New Discovery
for consumption, coughs and
colds to be unequaled. A recent
expression from T. J McFarland
Beutonviile, Va., serves as exam
ple. He writes: “I had bron
chitis for three years-and doctor
ed all the time without being ben
efited. Then I began taking Dr.
King’s New Discovery, and a few
bottles wholly cured me.” Equal
lv effective in curing all lung and
throat troubles, consumption,
pneumonia and grip. Guaran
teed by J. I. Sturdivant. Drug
gist. Trial bottles free, regular
sizes 50c. and $1.00.
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Don't Abuse Your Friends.
A great many people, some of
them professed followers of the
meek and lowly Nazarene, too,
seem to think it their duty to air
all of the little faults of their fel
lowmen as soon as they discover
them.
It may be true that occasionally
men become so depraved that all
of the good advice that could be
offered them would not cause them
to rise above the mud and scum of
this old world. But if you are
really a friend to a man, and think
him good aside from a few little
faults, woqld it uot be showing a
better spirit for you to go to him
in secret as a friend, than it would
for you to shun him and parade
his imperfections before the world?
Instead of hunting the crowds to
say that you like him, but he has
these faults, why not hunt him,
and sing him a song of hope, of
cheer, of encouragement, and en
deavor to get him to lay aside his
bad habits.
I sometimes think that men are
falsifying when they say they are
friends to a man, but at the same
time seem to take pleasure in call
ing attention to his small mistakes.
In fact, I often doubt whether-the
poor fellow is guilty of committ
ing the mistakes attributed to him.
If you are a real friend to a man
meet him with a kind word and a
firm grasp of the hand; pat him
on the back and give him the
words and advice and encourage
ment for which his heart may be
longing. By doing so you might
rescue your friend, and I believe
that your life would be more full
of roses than of thorns.
GIBSON--STURDIVANT
Wedding of Two Prominent Toung
People Was Solemnized Last
Sunday Afternoon.
D. L. Gibson and Miss Ellen
Sturdivant were united in mar
riage Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock
at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Tharp, Squire Tharp officiat
ing.
The contracting parties are well
known young people, and are
prominent in local society.
The groom is a young man of
sterling integrity and has many
friends, while the bride is one of
Newark’s most graceful and charm
ing young ladies.
The Journal joins their large
circle of friends in extending con
gratulations and good wishes for
their future happiness and pros
perity.
Baby Cruelly Abandoned.
Newport, June 18.—An infant
boy, probably about 2 months old
was found this morning near the
Confederate Park, north of this
city. The baby’s heels were bleed
ing, where he had been kicking
the ground all the previous night,
and the little fellow’s face was a
mass of bumps, where he had been
bitten by mosquitoes. There are
no clews to identity of the parents,
who doubtless left the infant there
to die, as the place was one-quart
er of a mile from the public high
way, and only happened to be
found by a negro boy who was out
squirrel hunting. The county
judge ordered that the child be
cared for until a home could be
secured and the little fellow adopt
ed.
Cures Old Sores.
Westmoreland, Kans., May 5,
1902. Ballard Snow Liniment
Co.: Your Snow Liniment cured
an old sore on the side of my chin
that was supposed to be a cancer.
The sore was stubborn and would
nit yield to treatment, until I
tried Snow Liniment, which did
the work in short order. My sis
ter, Mrs.Sophia J. Carsnn, Allens
ville, Miffin Co., P., has a sore
and mistrusts that it is a cancer.
Please send her a 50c bottle. Sold
by J. I, Sturdivant. Druggists.
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Negro and English.
“You are almost an octogenar
ian, sah,” said the semi-educated,
young, yellow negro, pompously.
“Wha-what’s dat yo’ says?”
snapped the venerable but unlet
tered darkey.
“I specified, sah, that you are
almost an octogenarian.”
“Well, don’ yo’ do it ag’n, boy,
or I’ll done bust yo’ head wid my
stick—yo’ heahs my prognostica
tion ?”
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That Tired Feeling!
If you are languid, depressed
and incapable for work, it indi
cates that you are out of order.
Herbine will assist nature to
throw off headaches, rheumatism
and ailments akin to nervousness
and restore the etieigies and vit
ality of sound and perfect health.
J. J. Hubbaid, Temple, Texas,
writes, March 22, 1902 : “I have
used Herbine for the past two
years. It has done me more good
than all the doctors. When I feel
bad and have that tired feeling, 1
take a dose of Herbine. It is the
best medicine ever made for chills
and fever.” 50cts a bottle. Sold
by J. I. Sturdivant. Druggist.
We have too many groceries,
and are bound to reduce our stock,
so come in and get them while
they are cheap. Adams Brothers.
KILLED OLD SWEETHEART
Nevada County Woman Slays Man
Who Was Her Former
Sweetheart.
Prescott, Ark. June 18.-Herbert
Wynn, who was shot a few days
ago by Mrs. Ed Moss, six miles
west of Prescott, died last night at
10 o’clock.
The killing, it is alleged, grew
out of an old love affair, the two
principals having teen sweethearts
for a number of .years. On the
afternoon of the shooting Mrs.
Moss went to the field where
Wynn was working and after a
conversation lasting an hour or
more turned to leave, when she
called back to him and as he ap
proached the fence she pulled a
44 pistol and shot him in the ab
domen. Six shots were fired, two
of which in the scuffle struck the
woman, one in the thigh, and the
other in the hand. Mrs. Moss
has been arrested by Sheriff Hood
on a charge of murder in the first
degree and is under guard. Her
preliminary examination takes
place July 2, when some sensa- .
tional developments are expected.
The principals are leading citizens
of this county. Mrs. Moss has
only teen married a short time.
World’s Fair Admissinos.
The total attendance at the
World’s Fair since the opening
day, up to last Saturday, was 2,
232,305. The attendance by weeks
has been as follows:
Week ending May 7. 137,708
Week ending May 14.... 184,309
Week ending May 21.... 257,647
Week ending May 28.. .. 299,990
Week ending June 4. 378,146
Week ending June 11.... 499,228
Week ending June 18.... 475,187
Franklin County Court House.
Ozark, Ark. June 20.—The con
tract for the new Franklin county
court house was awarded today to
E. L. Koonce, of Warren, at a
cost of $61,000.
On The White River Branch.
Tho civil engineers are locating
the new track on the completed
grade in Cotter.
The big bridge is practically
completed. Mr. Madden is giving
final adjustment to the draw.
Requisition is out for movement
os 100,000 ties to Cotter and the
front. A number of carloads have
arrived and are being unloaded in
the yards.
Another bunch of convicts, six
ty-two, were brought to Cotter
last Saturday to work on the rail
road. They are nearly all negroes
and are in charge of Warden E.
S. Hudson.
Five hundred tons of new latest
style standard 85-lb steel rails are
now being unloaded in the mater
ial yards for track west of here.
Chas. Smith of Newark is foreman
in charge of the work.
The new main track has been
laid to station 5160 west of Cotter
—distance two miles, and 1,640
feet from west end of tunnel. The
Phoenix Company has bridged the
first two openings and will begin
bridge across the third today.
Warden C. M. Flinn received a
telegram Wednesday evening stat
ing that James Fay, who escaped
from the convict camp here on the
22nd of May, had been captured
at Paris, Texas. Fay was sent up
from Crawford county for four
years for burglary and larceny,
and was a trusty. — Cotter Courier.