^Directory:
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
R. K. McHenry
Recorder W. J. Cooper
Msruhai A. M. Edgar.
Treaeurer J. I. Sturdivant
Aldt-rmeu F.M . Martin, J A Wllllamsou,
.1 F Morgan, G O Magness, T J Raney
PKATF.RMTl E8
Newark Lodge No. 248 meets second
Saturday night iu each month
J T Tharp W M
£ M Edgar Secretary
Donnelly Chapter RAM meets third
Saturday night in each month
T J Ranev E H P
T H Deakino Secretary
CHURCHES
Methodist ihnrch services at 11 a m and
7pm fourth Sunday in each mouth
Rev C L Castleoerry Pastor
Baptist church services at 11 a m Satur
day before second Sunday and 2 and 7 p
m. second Suuday in each month
Rev J L Brown Pastor
Chalsttan church services first and third
Sundays iu each month at 11 a m and
7:30 p m Rev J H McDonald Pastor
Tims Card,
WHITE RIVER BRANCH
I. M. & S. Ry.
pass Newark as follows;
UOING WKB-u/
.J.1.50 p. m.
**5.\ 8 20 a. m.
UOlSli
No. 1.28.a^ . .8.20 a. m.
p. m.
No. 126. ""pf-.3.40
—" F. C. Hovt, Agent.
W. A. EDWARDS
Notary Public
All kinds of Blank Deeds, Trust or
Warranty, kept, prepared and acknow
'dgments attested. Depositions taken
fusion work and collecrions a
swialty.
-* fflce with Griffith A Morrow.—
14. CALDWELL
PrtNeription Drug|lst
A full itne of Patents and Chemicals i
k*pl In stock. Give me a call. Next
dooi to pnshjfflce.
GEOROE F. CROSSE R
NoUry Public
Dealer in Real instate.
All kinds of Blank Deeds, Trust or
Warranty, on hand, prepared and no
li aowledgrinentH attested. Depositions
taken. Pension work a specialty,
-otflce lu Pont Ofllcc
Call At
)J. Qualls
AND SHOE SHOP
frOR LEGAL ADVICE
J. W. HODGES
Kiel an and Surgeon
roffloe In Caldwell’s Drug Store.
FCalls answered promptly.
R. K. Mellenry,
NOTARY PUBLIC
and Geneal Dealer
)RSE3 AND MULES FOR SALE
rofflee with J. r. Magness & Ilro.
FO It
ftnainstullment
tUUFF.
Arkansas
ligests wh&t you eat.
I preparation contains all of the
‘uti and digests all kinds of
It gives instant relief and never
Vto cure. It allows yon to eat all
1 yon want. The moot sensitive
-us can take it. By its use many
knds of dyspeptics have been
everything else failed.Is
l the stomach. Child
stomachs thrive on It.
, A diet unnecessary.
j i.han
temaoh troubles
» o. I«WITr a Oo-OMca*Q
fBKMVAMT.
IN THE LOCAL FIELD
The City Meat Market for all kinds
of fresh meat.
When yon need fresh staple or fancy
groceries call at John M. Martlh’s
Our thanks are due N. M. Wilson
for a load of wood on subscription.
Squire Julies, of Magness, wa*- in
town Saturday and made us a pleasant
call.
Squire John T. Tharp orders his
name enrolled on our subscription
book.
Feed! Feed! A car load of No. 1.
timothy hay for sale at Murphy &
Moore’s.
Miss Lena Devenport, of near New
port, visiting relatives in the city
Sunday.
If you can’t dodge the candidate any
other way, you can became a candi
date yourself.
When in need of anything in the
Drug line call at the New Drug Store
J. J. Caldwell.
You will find the most complete
line of men and boy's hats in town at
John M. Martin’s.
If some men could lead in prayer as
fluently as they can “cuss” they would
be decided successes.
J. S. Sims, of Mooretield, candidate
for sheriff, was in town Monday and
made us a pleasant call.
James Cargill, Clark Hail and
George W’ltt came down from Cord
Tuesday on their sleigh.
All kinds of produce, hides and furs
bought at Mnrphy A Moore's. Give
them a call when in town.
The devil of this office places the
name of his brother-in-law, F. M.
Barnes, of Oil.Trough, on our list.
Everything ni^ and dean at J. H.
Holderby’s City Butcher Shop. Your
patronage solicited. Come and see me.
I. F. Bay, of Elgin, was in town
Tuesday and made this office a pleas
ant call. He will hcrerfter read lhe
Journal.
G. W. Witt one of Cord's prominent
young men, and a good friend of The
Journal, was in town Monday and
made us a pleasant call.
Misses Nora Walker, Bettie and
Nellie Coe, were out sleigh riding
Sunday morning, and went out walk
ing on the ice Sunday evening.
The Journal has turned out job
work this week for S. 0. Beane, C. M.
Edward*, T. H. Bearing. Tom. W.
W'aldrip and tne towu of Newark.
Charle/*Magness, James Edwards,
VVJti’Mims and Ben Adatus Jr-, re
turned from St. Louis Saturdry where
they went wit)) cattle for W. T. Mag
mas.
Sleighs of all shapes, sizes and
makes were running Sunday and if
yon couldn’t liiui the kind you liked it
was uot because of any scarcity in
variety.
The bill before congress providing
for the election of United States sen
ators by direct vote of the people is
of more importance than the ship
subsidy bill.
A Buffalo policeman arrested two
young ladies on a rainy day recently
because they lifted their skirts too
high. Aud now the Rainy l>ay
Skirt League is after the police of
that city.
Hereafter corjtse cannot travel as
dead-heads, nor as freight, nor on half
fare, but will he required to pay full
first-class passenger fair. An order to
this effect has been issued by the
Ceutral Passenger Association.
W. A. Edwards informs us that his
uncle, J. W. Edwards, of Farmer Tel.,
writes to him that Jan. 27 and 28 were
the coldest days of the season in Tex
as. Mr. Edwards reads The Journal
through the courtesy of Wilse and
says he appreciates it very much.
A Black Rock lady, whose husband
is both a physician and preacher,
wanted a bicycle. The husband ob
jected to any such an unladylike
vehicle about the premises aud he went
so far as to say if she got one he would
smash it up for kindling. The good
wife remarked when lie had gone
from the house that she knew how to
manage It- When she got the wheel
she would place it, for safekeeping on
the wood pile, knowing that the aver
sion her nusband had for that kind ol
work would place that wheel beyond
the pale of annihilation at his hands.
—Black Rock Blade.
--
A profitable Investment
"1 was troubled foi about seven yean
with my ntomuch and in bed half my
time,’’says E. Demict, Somerville, I ml
“1 spent about #1 000 ami never could gel
anything to help me unliil 1 tried Kodo
Dyspepsia Cure. 1 have taken u few bet
ties and am entirley well.” Yeu don’
live by wlmt you eat, but by nliat yoi
digest aud assimilate, if your stomacl
doseii’t digest your food you are really
starving. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does tin
stomach’s work by digesting ihe food
You don’t have to diet. Kat ail you want
Kouol Dyspepsia cut- cures all stomac!
roubles. J. l. Sturdivant.
Try the Journal when yw^ed job
printing done.
Go to the City Butcher Shop for nice
fresh sausage, pork and steak.
for fine stationary Toilet articles
etc. go to J. J. Caldwell, Druggist.
One of our girls seems to enjoy sing
ing “Sunny Tennessee" very much.
G. O. Magness is closing out at cost.
Now is the time to secure yaur bar
gains.
Miss Maggie Shirley asks the sym
pthey of the girls In her disappoint
ments.
The city council failed to meet Mon
day night on account of the extremely
bad weather.
Go to John M. Martin's for fruits of
all kinds also fresh lettuce and cab
bage every day.
We would like to know how George
Sisk is getting along reading medi
cine these days.
There are 491 mineral springs in the
United States, the best of which are
located in Arkansas.
If you want goods at cost come
before Febuary 15. Must close them
out by that time. G. (). Magness.
Miss Laura Morgan must be getting
ready to make soap rather early, as
she is gathering up her soap grease.
The weather man has simply made a
mistake and unloaded upon us a con
signment intended for the North Pole.
The people are waking up to the im
portance of having good roads, and we
believe the road tax will be voced
again,
John Irwin of Medora, Hi., goes in
his shirt sleeves In winter and claims
that he has never experience the
sensation of being cold.
Prof. II. J. Drennen, candidate for
Justice of the Peace, made The Jour
nal a pleasant call Wednesday and
had his name enrolled on our subscrip
tion list.
Wheat gr iwers say the snow aud
cold weather is quite favorable to
that product. Let us hope some good
result may come from tba ravages of
the winter.
An Oil Trough correspondent joins
our band of pencil pushers this week,
j We gladly welcome him and trust
j that he will continue to furnish The
| Journal readers with the news from
that place.
The postal authorities are investigat
ing the right of alleged “get rich
quick” concerns to use the mails.
There are many of them in the coun
try and a great number of victims are
being fleeced daily.
The tight between Gov. Davis and
Hon. K. W. Rector is getting warm.
During his speech at Russellville Sat
urday Col. Rector branded one or two
of the governor’s assertions as “in
famous falsehoods.’’
The railways of the country will
spend foOO,000,000 this year for
improvements and increased equip
ments. Mext fall there will be no oc
casion for complaint of a lack of
transportation facilities.
For the first time in thirty two
! years, except a brief period between
1888 and 1889, uo colored man sits in
either chamber of congress, and there
is less prospects of the election of a
colored man to this body than at any
time since the close of the war.
Messrs. George Sisk, George Holder
by, Albert Arnold, and Misses Mollie
Branon, Lillie Allen, Minnie Murphy,
Jessie Martin, Maude McDonald,
Laura Morgan, Maggie Shirley and
Mrs. Eller composed a merry sleigh
ing party over to Lane’s ferry in a
large four horse sleigh Friday.
A petition signed by 212,(104 Ameri
can citizens is to be forwarded to con
gress asking that body to pass a reso
lution expressing the sympathy of the
American people for the suffering, but
brave and patriotic Boers. Probably
more than nine tenths of the Ameri
can people really sympathize witii the
Boers, but as the government does not
the resolution will not be juissed.
If you want to become acquainted
with human nature edit a country
newspaper for awhile. You know ab
solutely nothing of the ups and <*owns
of life until you have served in that
capacity. You may have preached,
swapped horses, conducted a bunk,
sold goods, practiced law or sawed
wood, but you need a few months, ex
perience as the editor of a country
weekly to complete your khowledge
of the eccentricities of life.
J. P. Lovell, George and Jack AlfoJd’
Bone, Willie and John Lane, Willie
llolcome and Magness McKinney
went down in the Luster pasture robin
bunting Wednesday night. They
carried rude lamps made by putting
some oil and a rag string in a bottle
and would shake the cane, which had
fallen over to the ground under its
burden of ice, the birds would hop
[ up ou top and they literally gathered
them up by the sack'ull. They
• brought in 539 and say they must have
. kilieu at team. a inouband. We cal
. tiiia a prety guuu recoru tor biro kill
11 ing and coailenge toe Murid to bea'
it. *
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BEING OVERHAULED! i
Our entire stock is being gone over and
marked down. We need room for our
IMMENSE STOCK OF SPRING GOODS
which will arrive soon and we must have more
room. We expect to put in a complete and
up-to-date
StocK of MiIleQery.
However, we will at some later date in
form you of the many good things in store for
i
you. Our one great object now is to make
room for them.
v
AND BE COAVLWEIH
YOURS FOR BUSINESS, x
GRIFFITH °
Just a Moment Pleasel
■Wc Don't Want
TO BORE YOU ABOUT YOUR WORK,
-BUT WHEN
YOU NEED SOME JOB PRINTING DONE
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Don’t Send Your Order Away From Home--At Least Not Until Yor Have
GOT OUR PRICES!
We do all kinds of job printing, such as Letter Heads, Note Heads,
Envelopes, Statements, Candidates’ Cards, Hand Bills, etc,
We would like to figure on your work, and guarantee satisfo^tfoii'
THE JOURNAL.NEWARK, ARK.
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Children Especially Liable
Burns, bruises and cuts are extremely
painful aud if neglected often result in
bloodpOlsCftilng. Children are especially
liable to such mishaps because not so
careful. As a remedy De Witts Witch
Hazel Salve is unequalled. Draws out the
tire, stops the pain, soon heals the wound
Beware of counterfeits. Sure cure for
piles. “De Witts Witch Hazel Salve cured
my baby of eczema after two physicitne
gave her up,’* wri'es James Mock, N.
Webster, Ind. “The sores were so bad
she soiled two to five dressed a day ”
J. 1. Sturdivant.
John M. Martin has got the hottest
line of shoes in town and the biggest
stock.
Wilse Edwards holds championship
for killing rabbits and has killed 252
since the sleet has ben on the ground.
If you want to please your children
get them a pair of Blue Ribbon Shoes
at John M. Martin’s.
The Journal would like to have a
good live correspondent at all the
nearby postofflees and we will furnisli
all necessary stationery and send the
Journal to any one who will furnish
us the news from their neighbor
nood.
Robers wrecked the Rank of Clarks
ville with dynamite Wednesday mor
ning in an attempt to secure the
bank's cash. Sheriff Rowers, who was
awaked by the explosion hurried to
the scene and was killed by robbers.
They only secured about #1,500 but
escaped and have not yet been caught.
Cal. Seward, ape 58, died at his home
in this city Saturday morning from
pneumonia. Tills sad occurence was
tfie more sad by reason of the fact
that just one week before his death
his beloved wife passed away from the
same relentless disease. Four sons,
George, Robert, Ollie and Charles, 1
survive him. He was a member of
Newark Lodge No 248 F. and A M.
and was buried under Masonic au
spices Sunday at the Blue Spiings
graveyard.
A St. Louis minister recently
preacned on the “Final Consummation
of All Things Earthly,” and closed
with the admission that ‘‘uo man
Child Worth Millions
“My child is wortli millions to me,’’says
Mrs- Mary Bird of Harrisburg, Fa..“yet
I would have lost her by croup had l not
purchased a bottle of One Minute Cough
Cure ” One Minute Cough Cure is sure
for cough, croup and throat and lung tron
hies. An ab olntly safe cough cure which
acts immediately. The youngest child can
take it with entire sufety. The little ones
like the taste aud remember how often
helped them. Every family should have a
bottle of One Minuie C<>ugh Cure handy.
At this season especially it tuny b« ueed
«d »ud icnlv. J. I. Sturbiv&ntg
KENTUCKY PRINCE SALOON
W. T. MAGNESS, Proprietor,
pirfce ©1^1 Wii^eg,
CIGARS. TOBACCO AND SO ON. .
t3F\Jug and Bottle Trade a Specialty. Your Patronage Solicited.
THE CITY BARBER SHOP.
J. E. PORTER, Proprietor.
<Bb0arr^ooii^ a%d "'fail* cutting.
^CFIRSTCLASS WORK GUARANTEED.^
knows when the world will come to an
end.” Perhaps wc can give the Rev.
gentleman some light on this subject.
We cannot give the exact date when
the catastrophe will occur, but we
believe it perfectly safe to predict
that wherftver congress, or any state
legislature, passed a bill reducing the
salaries of the members, that the
world will promptly come to an end.
Will Mendenhall came up from New
port this morning and is on the puny
list.
Don’t Live Together
Constipation umi health never «o together
I>e Witt’s Little Early Kisers promote
easy action of the bowles without distress.
“I have been troubled with costiveness
nine years” J.O.Green, Depauw, Ind. '‘I
time tride many remedies but LittleEarly
Kisers give best result*. J. I.Slurdivaut.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, as administrator of the
estate of E. C. Edwards deceased, in
pursuance of an order of the Honor
able Probate Court of Independence
County, made at the Febuary 1902
term, will, at the late residence of the
said E. C. Edwards in Newark, Ark,
on Febuary 27, 1902, oiler for sale, at
public auction, to the highest bidder,
the following described personal
property belonging to said estate, to
wit:
90 Head, more or less Horses and
Mules; 25 Plows, more or less; 2 Culti
vators; 2 Harrows; 3 Wagons; 2 Bug
gies; 10 pair Gears; 1 Corn Sheller; 2
[Show Cases; 1 pair Scales; 1 Iron Safe;
1 Marlin Rifle and one Cook Stove.
AH sales for less than live dollars to
be for cash in hand, and all for more
than live dollars, to be on a credit of b
months, the purchasers being requir
ed to give notes with approved secur
ity for such credit purchases.
Chas. M. Edwakds.
Ad mulstralor of Estate of E. C. Ed
wards, deceased.
Oil Trough Items.
The sick are improving.
Dr. J. P, Dunr.inglon is suffer
ing from a dislocated hip.
Mrs. Maggie Enrnes^^f
Bluff, is visiting relatives here.
Trotter Bros, have ginned 508
bales of cotton here this season.
li. 1C. Heaves, our genial road
! overseer, is £gnn able to be out.
Mot n candidate has invaded
this community since the ice 0
fill
came.
C. S. Adams is confined to hig|
room with typhoid fever. We
hope to see him out soon.
The Journal is a welcome visi
tor here and we hope to see it*
circulation increase in this sec
tion.
Prof. J. A. Wilkes, the efficient
instructor of ihe Oil Trough
Academy, visited home folks
Saturday and Sunday,
Mr. J. L. Davidson and Miss
Lizzie Foster were quietly mar
ried Sunday evening at the resi
dence of J. A. Davidson, ihe
home of Jhe bride, W. A. Nichols
J. P., officiating.
The following young people enjoyed
a candy stew at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Eller Friday night: Misses Jessie
Martin, Lillie Allen, Mollie Branon,
Minnie Murphy, and Messrs. George
Holderby, Clede Martin, George Sisk,
and Albert Arnold. The hours flew
by while the candy boiled and the -
young folks talked and eat the many isians
verieties of nice candy. The affaire a
was iumensely enjoyed by those prej to
ent and they departed at a late bou\j
after expressing their siucere th
| to the hostess tor the
ruent.