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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, October 20, 1005.
Vol. 5. No. 43.
ENORMOUS DEMAND
FOR COTTON GOODS
Within Ten Years the Demand For
American Cotton May Be 20
Million Bales Annually
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The St. Louis Republic thinks
there is no reason why the South
ern farmers should have to de
crease the cotton acreage in order
to keep the price up to a reasona
ble figure, and discussing the situ
tion it says:
“From the rate at which new
cotton mills are building, the
planters of the South need hardly
•curtail their acreage in order to
get good prices for their product.
Reference has frequently been
made in these columns to the rap
id increase in the cotton manufac
turing industry of the South, but,
odd as it may seem, this is noth
ing by comparison with what is
going on in England.
“Owing to several causes, one
of which is the end of the war in
the East, and probably not the
least of which is the cheap and
abundant supply of material from
last year’s American crop, the cot
ton manufacturing industry of
England has lately taken a boom
■of remarkable dimensions.
“A trade circular recently issued
by a Manchester concern tells of
no less than fifty-five new mills
built during the last year in the
Lancashire district, representing
4,775,oOO spindles, which is very
nearly half of all the mills in the
.South. Many other new mills are
course of construction, and
TuanylO^Llle have been brought
into use agaiT>
“A correspondent of the Manu
facturers' Reeoad reports that all
these mills are working to their
full capacity, many having orders
one and two years ahead. The sup
ply of cotton goods still lags I e
hind the demand, notwithstanding
the high pressure at which the
mills are working.
The steady working or Ameri
can mills, especially those of the
South, and their steady increase
by the enlargement of old plants
and the building of new ones prove
that this activity is not confined to
Europe, but that the demand for
•cotton goods is practically world
wide, and that there is unlimited
profit to be had both in the grow
ing and the manufacture of this
great staple.
“That the cotton manufacturing
interests of Old England will even
tually be transferred to the South
as those of New England are now
being transferred, is more than
probable, unless the move is an
ticipated by the investment of
American capital in Southern
mills.
“In the meantime, the plain les
son of the situation is that cotton
growers in this country are apt to
find their best profits in raising as
much cotton as they can pick out,
rather than by restricting the cul
ture in order to steady prices.
“Cotton provides the cheapest
clothing that mankind has ever
known, and the number of people
who use it, or who increase their
annual supplies of it, is growing
all the time. Cut out speculation
and give the mills all the cotton
they can use at fair prices, and in
ten years the American crop will
rise to 20,000,000 bales if, indeed,
the labor can be found to pick out
a crop of that size.
“The difficulty and the cost of
picking arc already felt to be the
main obstacle to the almost unlim
ited expansion of the American
crop. The man who invents a cot
ton-picking machine that will do
its work efficiently will effect a
revolution in the cotton industry
of the South not less than that
which Whitney wrought with his
cotton gin.”
SULPHUR ROCK SKETCHES
Short Local Items of Interest Picked
Up at the Metropolis of White
River Township.
Ula Kent of Sharp was in town
Tuesday.
Wm. Jernigan of Charlotte was
in town Monday.
\V. L). Magness was up from
Madness Tuesday.
Nuck Moore of Newark was in
our town Sunday.
H. C. Smith of Salado was in
our town Monday.
T. ,T. Holcomb of Mobley pass
ed through town Monday,
.lodge Wilson, wife and son,
Fay, visited at Newark Sunday.
You can get pictures of the
county union at Gibson’s gallery.
Pete Fortune of the Dota neigh
borhood passed through town
Monday.
Miss Pinkie Dorr of Batesville
was visiting Mrs. Dan Moore here
Monday.
A. E. Troy, who is here for the
benefit of his health, is improving,
we are glad to say.
Wesley Bruce of the Walnut
Grove neighborhood was in Sul
phur Hock Tuesday.
liev. Hively returned Saturday
from the Indian Territory where
lie has been for some time.
Sidney Pickens and family vis
ited his parents at Dota Friday
evening, returning Sunday.
Mrs. George Jernigan, after
spending several days at Bates
ville, returned home Saturday.
Miss Erma Sanders came down
from Batesville Saturday evening
to spend Sunday with home folks.
Presiding Elder J. F. Jernigan
and his two children passed
through town Tuesday en route to
Mountain View.
BARN BURNED BY LIGHTNING.
A barn belonging to Steve
Qualls near Rutherford was struck
; by lightning during the thunder
storm Saturday night. The light
ning set lire to the building and it
and the entire contents, consisting
| of quite a lot of hay, some corn
and farming implements, were de
j stroyed. Fortunately no stock
were in the barn or they, too,
would have perished, as none of
the family were awake at the time,
and when they awoke the roof of
the barn was falling in.
We were unable to learn the
amount of the loss, but it is quite
heavy, as Mr. Qualls had just
I stored a tine lot of hay in the barn
and had some corn and oats in the
builintr also.
WARNING.
j All parties owing me by note or
* account must settle the same by
■ November 1,15)05, or make satisfac
j tory arrangements.
! Geo. F. Ckosskk.
Attorney General Robt. L. Rog
ers will speak here at the Hatton
hall Monday night at 8 o’clock.
The funeral of Mrs. .Tames Lew
is will be preached at Oak (drove,
near Magness, the fifth Sunday in
this month.
We want 500 dozen liens and
frying size chickens, and will pay
the highest cash price. Fred D.
Whiting &. Co.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Stovall
of Batesville spent Friday and
Friday night in the city, the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Ixive.
W. I). McMillan of Dallas, Tex
as, was in town Wednesday, and
Isold his representatives, Fred D.
Whiting & Co., a supply of the
famous Headlight overalls.
Squired. T. Tharp, who is one
of the county commissioners of
accounts, has been at Batesville
this week, where the board has
been in session, checking up the
; county officials.
President Roosevelt and party
left Washington last Wednesday
for a tour of the South, and will
visit Little Rock next Wednesday
I the 25th. No other stops will be
made in Arkansas. ^
Mrs. Thos. Steele dhld very uu
| expectedly at her home in the
north part of town early Sunday
morning from heart failure, l’he
remains were buried Sunday ev en
ing. She leaves a husband and
one small child.
The petition for the creation
of fencing district No. H, which
has been threshed over in the
county court so many times re
cently, and as many times been
' continued, will come before the
j 1
court at Batesville again today,
perhaps for final action.
Sheriff Kaneaster of Bateeville
was in town Wednesday, en route
home from a trip over south of the
river. In conversation with a Jour
nal representative Mr. Kaneaster
stated that he would be a candi
date for re-election, and would
make his formal announcement in
due time.
C. 1*. Ray left a sweet potato at
The Journal office Monday which
measures 23 inches in length. It
was originally 26in ches long,three
inches having been broken off
when it was plowed up. Its small
est circumference is 3* inches, and
I at the largest part it measures 5|
inches in circumference.
C. M. Edwards made the larg
est shoe sale Wednesday ever re
ported in Newark. He sold R. L.
Buck thirteen pairs of Hamilton
Brown shoes—-enough to tit out
his entire family, except one, the
1 baby, who is not yet old enough
to wear shoes. The bill was
j $23.65. This shows something of
i the popularity of this excellent
: make of shoes.
Mrs. Eliza Hulsey left a bottle
j containing a number of the much
id iscussed cotton boll weevils
i at this office a few days ago which
! were sent her by her son, (ieorgt
Rutledge, who lives near Gilmer,
I Tex. Mr. Rutledge writes that
the weevils have made their ap
pearance in great numers in Up
| shut* county this year, and have
damaged the cotton crop very ma
terially. As that county is only
about 60 or 70 miles from the Ar
kansas line, we may expect to
hear of this grand army of pests
invading the southern portion of
this state next year.
HALF OF COTTON CROP OUT
Weekly Bulletin Compiled From Coun
ty Reports Says Crop is Near
ly Half Gathered
Following is the general sum
mary of weather and crop condi
tions in Arkansas for the week
ending October Id, as furnished
by Section Director E. B. Rich
ards of the government bureau at
Little Rock.
The temperature was about nor
mal during the week, with light
precipitation general over the
state on the loth and scattered
showers on the 15th. Frost was
general over the state on the 11th
and Pith, causing injury to tender
vegetation and in some localities
stopping the growth of cotton.
Cotton picking made rapid prog
ress and by the close of the week
about one-third to one-half of the
crop had been secured. Late cot
ton was materially damaged by
boll worms and no top crop of
consequence may be ’ expected.
Corn is being secured with poor
to fair yield. Sweet and Irish
potatoes, peas and turnips gener
ally doing well.
$5,000 DAMAGE SUIT.
William Prince of this city has
filed suit in the circuit court
through his attorney, Col. S. A.
Moore, against .1. S. Stowman,the
New York capitalist and land own
er, for $5,000 damages alleged to
have resulted from the building of
a levee by Mr. Stownmn on his
farm over in Rig Bottom. The
levee was built several years ago,
and Mr. Prince who owns a farm
adjoining Mr. Stowman’s farm,
alleges in his complaint that the
levee has changed the natural
course of the water in such a man
ner that a portion of his (Prince’s)
farm has been badly washed and
outherwise damaged, a portion of
it having been covered with sand
and gravel from the bed of the
river.
The case will not be tried at this
term of court, but will come up at
the spring term.
SCHOOL FURNITURE.
School directors are reminded
that Craig & Henderson of New
ark still handle school furniture
and apparatus of all kinds, and are
prepared to sell tirst-elass goods at
low prices. If you expect to buy
anything in their line see or write
to them and you will have prompt
attention.
NOTICE.
Those knowing themselves in
debted to the estate of l)r. J. T.
! Miller are respectfully notified to
make settlement by the iirst of
November, 1905, with J. H. Wil
son, my collector.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Lkora C. Miu.kr,
Administratrix.
For sale—Three nice residence
lots in the north part of town.
,| Apply to Craig & Henderson.
SHORT ITEMS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE
Items of General Interest Gathered
Fresh From the Columns of
the Daily Papers.
Frank Winker, a well known
mechanic of Texarkana, was found
dead in his room a few nights ago.
While running a planer at Les
lie, John Leslie’s hand was caught
in the machine and two fingers cut
off.
Four cars of hogs, weighing in
the agregate 81,460 pounds, were
shipped from Prairie Grove last
week.
In an altercation near Warren
Saturday night, Ike Bradley was
shot and killed by Jerry Turner,
both negroes.
William Little, foreman of a.
| levee gang, was shot and killed
Monday near Mound City by
j Scrap Blaekmore, a negro.
James I nee will be hanged at
Danville today for the murder of
: his wife and three children. I nee
is a white man, and his bloody
! crime was committed in Vell coun
ty about a year ago.
JNO. V. ROBERTS ACQUITTED.
Marianna, Ark., Oct. 17.—The
i jury in the case of the State of Ar
kansas versus John V. Roberts*
charged with robbing a grave and
conspiracy to defraud in connec
tion with the famous Lightle in
surance fraud, this afternoon at*
2:20 rendered a verdict |of nets
guilty. The jury had been out
since last night, but owing to the
illness of one of the jurors, no vote
was taken until this afternoon, re
| suiting as above noted.
$1,700,000 ANTI-TRUST SUIT.
Little Rock, Oct. 17.—Two suits
asking for damages for $l,700,o<iQ
1 were filed by Attorney-General
Rogers and Campbell & Steven
son, his assistants, this afternoon
in the Pulaski circuit court for al
leged violation of the recently
; euacted anti-trust law. The de
fendants are the International
Harvester Company of America
and the International Harvester
! Company. From the former the
| State asks for the recovery of
$850,000 and from the latter $800,
j 000. The State also asks that both
i companies be denied the right U»
further do business in Arkansas.
It is alleged that they are mem
bers of a trust or pool to control
the output and prices of farming
; implements which are manufactur
ed by those companies. The max
imum penalty of $5,000 per day is
asked.
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CARGILL CASE AFFIRMED.
The case of Will Cargill vs. The
State, appealed to the supreme
court from this county, was pass
ed on Saturday, and the verdict of
the lower court affirmed. Cargill
lives in the north-west part of the
county and was convicted at the
last term of the circuit court of
having unlawfully received stolen
! property, and given one year ire
the penitentiary.
NICE HOME FOR SALE.
We have a comfortable tiv«
room residence, with half a block
of ground, (four lots) large new
barn, nice little orchard and vine
yard, located just one block from,
public school building, which will
be sold at a bargain if taken al
once. Ckaio & Hkndkkkon.