Published In The Famous Big bottom Country, Where Alfalfa Is king.
( $1 Per Annum.
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, June 14, 1907.
Vol. 7. No. 25.
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SEG MISSIONARY RALLY JUNE 30
Arrangements Being Hade For
Grand fleeting in Newark on
Fifth Sunday in June
To The Newark Journal:
Let everybody around Sulphur
Hock, Lee’s Chapel, Moorefield,
the Gap, Mount Herman, Lebanon
and “the regions around about,”
remember that on the 30th of
June, 1907, all roads lead to New
ark, where we are to have a grand
Missionary Rally.” Addresses by
Rev. John H. Dye, D. D., and
Rev. A. F. Skinner, P. E., of the
Batesville district. Dr. Dye will
deliver his address at 10 a. m.
Suitable songs^ for the occasion
"will be rendered by the Newark
*nd Sulphur Rock choirs and any
others who will, are hereby re
spectfully invited to join in the
ringing.
Atter tne aaaress oy w. uye a
collection for the benevolent
claims for the Sulphur Rock cir
cuit will be taken by Bro. Dye.
Let every member, young and old,
who can possibly be there, provide
themselves with a contribution.
Don’t see how little you can give,
but figure on how much thou
owest thy Lord and his cause, and
how great his blessings have been
to you and yours, and give in
keeping as to how He has prosper
ed thee. Without being dictatorial,
but merely as a suggestion, and a
conservative suggestion, there are
20 or 30 men, members of our
church, who are able to pay $5.00
each to these needy anct worthy
causes. Then ^there are many,
many men and women who are
fully able to give $2.50; many
more $1,00 each and on down to a
copper. Let this be your motto
on that day: “A pound for God,
and a penny for self.” Then there
are many friends Who are notcon
nected with any church who will
be willing to give. We ask no
man who is a member of any other
Church to contribute to this fund,
as a duty or obligation, but the
door will be shut in no man’s face
who wants to help us. This is an
obligation of the Methodist
church and it ought to cheerfully
met, and will be. Help from any
others will be deeply appreciated.
When this is over—dinner; yes
dinner! Bring your well tilled
dinner pail, and eat, sing, shout,
pray and be merry.
We want this to be an eventful
day and historic day— the best day
in all the long history of this old,
historic work. It will be the be
ginning of our revival meeting at
Newark, in which we expect Dr.
Dye toj/ake an active part. Oh,
may it be the time when Newark
shall be revolutionized and every
sinner in the town saved! Saved
for a useful and happy life; saved
for God and heaven in the end.
We cordially invite the pastors
of any other churches who can, to
be present on this day. Others
will not think roe partial when 1
publicly invite Revs. H. T.Gibson
and Jas. McDoniel, who are our
own boys, and with whom we have
been associated from our child
hood. This is a long invitation,
but it means touch. Read it and
pass the paper to your neighbor.
Newark will be made ready for
the occasion and will do it well.
F. M. Martin is chairman of the
committee/m arrangements.
Ja^t F. Jernigam, Pastor.
GOING IN DEBT
One of the very worst things
one can do is to spend money be
fore it is earned—go in debt—buy
on credit. The system is one of
the greatest causes of “hard luck.”
To buy things and settle for them
with “promise to pay” will surely
bring trouble, no matter how large
a salary one has. By thus tying
up our resources, we are never ia
a position to meet the future with
anything like a comfortable con
dition of mind, and if for any
reason our earning ability is cut
off, it pieces us in a very disagree
able position. The only sane, sen
sible way to live is to set aside
some portion of our earningings,
and force ourselves to live strictly
within the limits of what is left.
We may want more than this bal
ance will buy, but it won’t hurt
us half as much to want, as to
face a deficit with no prospect, or
a distant one of being able to meet
ogr obligations.
WEEKS DOINGS AT SULPHUR ROCK
Short Items of Interest Picked Up
at the Metropolis of White
River Township.
Sulphur Rock, June 11.—The
new switch board for the telephone
j system at this place has been re*
cieved and will be installed in a
few days.
Mrs. Annie Murphy of Passa
dena, Cali., is here visiting Mrs.
Ilattie Murphy. She will go from
here to Tennessee.
Mrs. Jas. F. Jernigan left last
week for Melbourne to visit her
father, who is not expected to live
but a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Malery of
Asher, Okla., are visiting the
lady’s sister, Mrs. W. F. Way
man.
Ike Nelson returned last week
from a months visit to Texas. He
says crops out there are very
poor.
Miss Willie Taylor of Salem
spent Saturday and Sunday here
with her cousin, Mrs. W. F. Way
man.
Johnson Moore, who has been
here .several days, left Saturday
for Beebe where he has a position.
Just received a car load of the
famous Bowman flour, also meal,
chops, bran, etc. J. H. Jimerson.
J. K. Rawlings has bought the
residence of O. L. Hoover and
they will exchange places soon.
Misses Nettye Bevens and Rena
| Cunningham went to Batesville
Tuesday to spend a few days.
A. G. Johnson returned Sunday
from Mississippi, where he spent
two weeks visiting relatives.
Miss Lucy Hanna of Byhalia,
Miss., is visiting her sister, Mrs.
A. G. .Johnson of this city.
J. H. Jimerson went to Little
Rock Tuesday to attend the Hard
ware Dealers Convention.
Mrs. Paxton Thomas and chil
dren of Batesville visited Mrs.
Dan lyioore last week.
Jim Moore who has been at
Hendrix college the last term
came home Friday.
Rev. Geo. James filled his regu
lar appointment at the Baptist
church Sunday.
Rev. C. L. Castleberry of Pig
gott spent Wednesday night in
our city.
This place furnished fifteen
tearchers to the institute this week.
Miss Mae Hodges returned from
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THE SECOND ANNUAL STATE FAIR
Arrangements Now Being Made
For Great Display at State
Fair Next October
Hot Springs, June 10.—The Sec
ond Annual Arkansas State Fair
will be held at Oaklawn Park, Hot
Springs, October 3 to 12, inclusive.
The first State Fair last year de
monstrated the great possibilities
of the annual exposition of Arkan
sas products, and while the first
fair was a success, much that was
left to hope for last year will be
realized this year.
The state fair has been fully
recognized as such. The legisla
ture has endorsed it as such; every
state department will be represent
ed at the fair and most of the im
portant state interests are now co
operating with the fair association.
Splendid daily programs are
well under way. Each day will
be specially featured and every
night will be made brilliant with
a series of gigantic outdoor fea
ture acts.
Arrangements have been effect
ed to almost double the amount of
exposition space and to enhance
the value of the product exhibits
of every class.
The premium list will soon be
completed and ready for distribu
tion and all those who send in
their requests for the new pre
mium list will receive them by
mail as soon as they are completed.
The premium list for this year
has been re-arranged and more
fully adapted to the needs and
products of Arkansas and the
amount of premium money has
been almost doubled.
MRS, BROWN KILLED BY HUSBAND
Frank Brown, Thinking his Wife
Was Burglar, Shot and
Killed her
Batesville, June 11.—About 1
o’clock this morning Frank Brown
a carpenter, shot 'and killed his
wife, mistaking her for a burglar.
Brown and his wife lived in the
outskirts of town, and hearing
someone disturb the chikens, they
arose to listen. Passing into an
other room, Brown bade his wife
return to bed, as she was sick.
Securing his pistol, he entered the
kitchen, and seeing a form crouch
ing at the window he fired, little
thinking it to be his wife. She
screamed “You have killed me.”
Brown carried her to the porch and
yelled for help. Several neigh
bors came, but she died within a
few minutes.
The coroner’s jury today fully
exonerated Brown.
FARHERS UNION NOTICE
The regular quarterly meeting
of the Independence County Union
F. E. & C. U. of A., will he held
with Liberty Hill Union No. 787,
five miles south of Oil Trough, on
Thursday and Friday, June 27th
and 28th, 1907. The election of
delegates to the State Union will
be held at this meeting and all
local unions are requested to send
full delegation.
AY. D. Bulltnoton, Sfce.-Treas.
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ALLEGE OFFICERS ARE SHORT
Blytheville, June 7.—A consid
erable sensation was created here
by the report that was Idled in the
Circuit Court by the grand jury of
Mississippi county, in which it is
alleged that former Sheriff Sam
| Bowen is short in his accounts in
the sura of §3,539.71, _ and that
Sheriff John A. Lovewell, the
present sheriff, is short in his ac
counts §11,805,35. In addition to
these charges the jury reports that
the hooks of County Clerk James
Lovewell are not correctly kept.
Clyde Goings, prosecuting at
torney, is censured by the jury
for ordering a magistrate to dis
miss cases againt certain individ
uals at Burdette.
The Love wells have been polit
ical leaders of this county for a
long time, and Mr. Goings has
been invincible before the people.
This makes the affair all the more
sensational.
The grand jury is composed of
leading men of the county. They
made a careful investigation of
the books of the several county
officials, and their report was ap
parently unbiased.
ALLEGED WHOLESALER CONVICTED
Attempt to Establish Wholesale
Liquor house Causes Trouble
For T. V. Scott
T. V. Scott who owns a small
distillery near Sulphur Rock and
who brought two ten gallon kegs
of whiskey to Newark some time
ago with the alleged intention of
opening a wholesale liquor house,
was tried before Mayor Ratton
Saturday on a charge of bringing
whiskey into prohibition territory
in violation of section 5137 of the
state law.
The trial of the case consumed
considerable time, there being
quite a number of witnesses, and
after hearing all the testimony the
court rendered judgment against
Scott and ordered the whisky de
stroyed, as provided by the law
covering such cases. Scott entered
a plea for the mercy of the court,
stating that this was his firist of
fence and pledging himself to never
again attempt to *sell liquor in
Newark, either legally or illegally,
and begged that the whiskey be
not destroyed but turned over to
him under the pledge that he
would take it back to his distillery
and make no further efforts to sell
whisky in Newark. This the court
finally agreed to do, and upon
payment of the costs in the case,
the liquor was turned over to
Scott and he took it and left town.
It is alleged, however, that Scott
violated his pledge to the court
that he would take the whisky
back to his distillery, and that in
stead of fulfilling his pledge, he
took the whisky out only a short
distance from town and disposed
of it to certain parties around town
who are noted for their insatiable
thirst, some of whom procured
buckets, jugs, bottles, coal oilcans,
or anything that happened to be
handy, and followed |the proces
sion out of town.
It is claimed by some that Scott
violated his pledge to the court by
thus disposing of the whisky, and
that he is liable to have to answer
for contempt of court.
Scott was arraigned before May
or Hatton again Wednesday on a
charge of blind tigering whiskey
at the time he opened his so-called
wholesale house,but was acquitted.
Attorney J. R. Alexander pros
ecuted the cases, while Hon. W.
A. Oldfield appeared for the de
fense.
Deeds of trust and legal blanks
, for sale at The Journal office.
‘THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
A Delegate’s Delightful Trip to the
State Convention Held at
i Fort Smith
To The Newark Journal
In company with that genial
Christian gentleman. Prof. Sidney
Pickens and Mr. Farris Rice, T
left Sulphur Rock on Tuesday
evening, June 4, for Fort Smith*
to attend the State Sunday School
Convention, the Sunday school at
Sulphur Rock paying my expen
ses, as a matter of courtesy to me,
for which I feel truly thankful in
deed.
We had a pleasant run front
Sulphur Rock to Little Rock,
meeting several friends on the
train, some of whom I had not \
seen for some time. We arrived ^
at Little Rock at 11:30 p. m., and
immediately retired for the bal
| ance of the night and slept some,
notwithstanding we weire in close
proximity with the.railroad, whose
| great engines were whistling and
rambling, coming in and going
out all the time, drawing the great
trains laden with the commerce of
our country.
We arose at 5 o’clock, breakfast
ed and visited some places of in
terest in the capital city, among
which we mention the old State
house, which has some features of
I attraction yet.
as we sat on me oeautirui
grounds our minds were carried
back to other days, and our
thoughts turned to the many great
and good men who had tilled the
governor’s office with honor, but,
alas, most of them now sleep be
neath the sod of the valley. We
also thought of the many whole
some laws that had been enacted by
our legislatures in the past, great
est among which we consider our
public school laws, which‘make it
possible for every boy and girl to
obtain an education to enable them
to be a blessing to the country.
We also visited the new state capi
tol, now under construction, which
when completed, will be a great
and magniticient structure. We
left Little Rock at about 10:30 a.
m., for Fort Smith in company
with quite a lot of friends from
Pine Bluff and other places, most
of them being strangers to us.
But when it was learned that wa
were all on the same mission there
was a reeling or oromeriy love
which existed between us and
which made our journey very
pleasant indeed. Among this genial
crowd I met Messrs. Richey and
Huber or Pine Bluff, two young
men who are engaged in the whole
sale business. Mr. Richey I used
to know as a traveling salesman,
but is now engaged in the whole
sale grocery busines, but can find
time from his business to attend
to the King’s business in the Sun
day school, willing and ready to
go anywhere, do anything and
contribute of his means for the
success of the Sunday school work.
My prayer is God give us many
more such men.
After a delightful run of several
hours we arrived at Fort Smith at
5 o’clock p. m. Some of us had
been casting about in our minds
eye as to just what we would do
when we arrived; where we would
go, how we would find the church,
etc. But, lo and behold, when we
alighted from the cars the first
thing that attracted our attention
was a company of people, abonfc
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