THE EWARK JOURNAL
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0. F. C' lb, editor and publishef
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EXTRA
If you believe in standing by
your neighbor, don’t fail to vote
for Tom Raney next Wednesday.
Every man is a part of his town
or his community, and he should
play hi.; part so well that neither
the town or the community will
be willing to part with him.
President Wilson is not run
ning the government to suit the
Batesville Guard. Somebody
ought to tell him that the Guard
does not like his Alaskan policy.
Tom Raney is our neighbor
and our friend. He is clean, hon
est and competent, and is a win
ner in the race for railroad com
missioner. Let’s make Indepen
dence county unanimous for
Raney.
The Batesville Guard professes
to be a great admirer of Presidenl
Wilson and his administration,
yet the Guard loses no opportun
ity to knock on Congressman
Oldfield for voting for a measure
which Wilson asked for anc
which the national platform en
dorsed. There’s consistency foi
you. _______
Make the farm sustain more
animal by raising larger crops.
Larger crops and more animal;
to cons ime them will give you i
better > hance to keep up the fer
tility o your farm. The average
crop s arcely pays expenses; t
larger -rop may afford a smal
profit, md a bumper crop maj
give j u a chance to improve
your h' ne and enjoy life.—Farm
and R ch.
The are now more than 150C
studei enrolled in the fi.ur ag
riculti schools in Arkansas.
These hools are doing a gooeJ
work • the farmer-., ai d if the
Farm- ; Union never did anoth
er thim it is entitled to the last
ing gr fitude of every farmer
for ha mg started the agitation
and kept up the fight for the es
tablishment of these schools un
til they were secured.
Bro. Wood of the Marianna
Courier, who is a candidate for
railroad commissioner, is making
an awful lot of noise in his op
position to Raney. Even an old
empty tin can with a pebble in il
will make a lot of noise, but noist
won’t win the race. Fact is, Woot
had as well make his arrange
ments for a pass up Salt Rivei
and shut off his noise because his
Nanny is already tied at the gate
There was never a national ad
ministration more popular thai
the present one, and there can
not be found in the entire stat*
of Arkansas a Democrat who wil
not throw up his hat and whooi
for Wilson. He will give up hi:
shoes and socks too for Willian
J: Bi-yan, -aiwi wfeen-Wilson • an<
Bryan espouse the cause of a can
didate the people are willing b
take their verdict. They giv
Congressman Bill Oldfield thei
endorsement and praise him fo
the good work he has done ii
Congre s. Remember this am
do not -*e misled by the men wit!
a grouch who are knocking 01
Oldfield.
(Copyiltfhi, by McClu.i Syndicate.)
Oldfield’s record in Congress
and as a private citiz.en is one of
which his friends and supporters
are proud, and by his return to
that august body he will be in a
a position to give the people even
better representation than in the
past, by reason of past experience
in the halls of Congress. — Calico
Rock Progress.
If Judge Kirby is elected Unit
ed States senator to succeed
Clarke, who is going to bear the
expense of holding a special elec
tion to elect a supreme court
judge to fill Judge Kirby’s place?
Supreme court judges are elected
for six year terms, and Judge
Kirby has four years to serve be
fore his present term expires. It
costs’ the state about $60,000 to
hold a special election. In other
words, if we swap Clarke for
Kirby we must pay $60,000
* ‘boot.” Is it worth the money?
The Sharp County Record’s
grouch has broken out again in
most virulent form, with an at
’ tack on Congressman Oldfield.
L The Record’s grouch has become
so chronic that it is considered a
joke among the newspaper men.
who recognize the fact that if its
' grouch didn’t ‘‘break out” at
regular intervals the Record
man’s condition would become
alarming. The Record usually
raves and paws the air like a
zebra dying of hydrophobia, dur
ing these ‘‘breaking oui ’ spells,
but it is really harmless and no
.one pays an. ns attend to
b. __ :
The follow ing editorial is clip
ped from the last issue of Bryan’s
Commoner, and is a fair indica
tion of what Bryan thinks of
Congressman Oldfield’s vote on
the Alaskan railroad bill: ‘‘The
government will build a line of
railroad in Alaska largely because
the people have outgrown the
idea that it is good policy to per
mit private capital to do what
they can do better themselves. In
the sixties the government built
the Pacific railroads and then
turned them, along with millions
of acres of land, to private own
ership. It will keep the one in
Alaska, after it has built it, and
will also reap the profits from
the increased value of lands along
the line that it was once thought
t was necessary to give away in
order to get a road built.'’
[CONTINURD FROM FIRST PAGE]
from Mr. M. M. Cooley, secretary of the Board of Directors of
the First District Agriculture School, located at Jonesboro, which
is the only agriculture school in this district, speaks for itself:
• “.tonesboro, Ark., March 17, 1914.
“Senator T. J. Raney, Newark, Arkansas.
“Dear Senator: I take pleasure in saying that you were a friend to
the agriculture school during' your term as state senator, you can say to
anyone that your record along that line is satisfactory to the farmers who
patronize the schools. (Signed.) “II M. Cooley,
“Secretary of the Board of Directors of the First District Agriculture
School. “
Charge No. 4. He charges that I introduced Senate Bill
No. 88, and am responsible for the Rating Bureau in Arkansas,
some of the rates have been advanced and some have been re
duced. He hopes by this to get the people whose rates were ad
vanced to be against me. I quote the records to show that there
is nothing to this charge as follows:
Senator Toler introduced the bill originally, and the title
reads as follows: “A bill for an act to be entitled an Act for the
equitable taxation of premiucs for fire, tornado and marine in
surance companies, and for an equitable adjustment of rates
of premiums to be charged and for other purposes. The last
part of the title shows that the adjustment of rates was in the
Toler bill. I went to the Insurance Committee, of which I was
chairman, and after adding two sections to the hill, and not
changing one word in the section that referred to the adjust
ment of rates, it was reported back to the Senate by the com
rnmee wiui me louowwig eiiuorseinem, in large letters on tne
back of the bill: “COMMITTEE BILL BY THE COMMITTEE
ON INSURANCE.” When the secretary received the bill he
erroneously wrote my name on the bill, and his letter is as fol
lows, showing that he did, and that it was a committee bill
identical with the Toler bill except two sections, and not my
bill. By my own motion it was referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee January 29, and on February 12 that committee, com
posed of the best lawyers in the Senate, returned the bill with
the recommendation that it pass. On February 21 it was refer
red to the Judiciary Committee in the house, and on February
28 they returned it with the recommendation that it pass. Let
the bill be good or bad, space will not permit a general discus
sion of the bill.
“Mr. Thomas J. Raney, Newark, Arkansas.
“Dear Senator Raney: In reply to yours of recent date relative to
Senate Bill No. 88, I beg to state that this bill was a committee bill, and
known as the Insurance Committee bill. 1 placed Raney on the bill be
cause it came from your committee: in other words, 1 was in the great
habit of placing the name of the author on the bill he handed me, and
when I noticed it was a committee bill T did not write any more. “I am,
Very respectfully,
T. .1. Tekrat-L,
“Secretary of Senate.”
Charge No. 5. lie says I a n unfriendly to the press. I
voted for a bill providing that v hen a newspaper printed charg
■s against nn\ man that they had to publish his reply. The
tost of the press is reputable mJ do not engage in using the
hammer. Mv friend Wood, who is editor and publisher of the
Le-Count.'. “C< tri* r.” i t tron man making charges
t. ' using the 1 imnu r on liic* who do not set i:;;ngs his way.He
will make any kind of a targe, oi an. kind of attack on any
one, dead or alive, and hi pape c w as one of the very few pa
pers in the state who saw fit to criticise the late Senator Davis
after his death. I was for him part of the time and I was
against him part of the time, but 1 think that every self-respect
ing man thinks it unfair to jump on a man after he is dead,
because of the fact that he cannot any longer defend himself.
Mr. Wood says he did not write the article, and puts it off on his
uncle who is half owner of the paper. When Mr. Wood start
ed in the campaign he published the statement that he was
owner, editor and publisher of the Lee County “Courier” and
later on he says he is half owner and half editor, and if the race
goes on a little longer he and his distinguished uncle would be
trying to deny their paper. He sees that I am going to be
elected and hopes to drive votes away from me by his charges.
Rlinnlil ho succeed in doimr this I doubt verv much that it would
increase his vote.
I believe in honest and clean politics and a square deal. If
you see fit to support me I will appreciate it very much.
T. J. RANEY.
Candidate For Railroad Commissioner.
(Advertisement)
W. 0. EDMONDSON
*• •#% • v
OR
STATE SENATOR
Will Appreciate Your Vote
Adv.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Having acquired an interest in the
Newport Live Stock Company, I in
I* vite my friends to call on us when
in Newport. We will deal in livestock
of all kinds and it will pay you to see
I us when in the market. We are at
Loftin’s old stand, on Beech street.
A. M. EDGAR
OLDFIELD SAYS
TREVATHAN LIED
(Continued from page 1)
Democratic administration.
I stated in my article in The
Newark Journal that there was
no telling what the editor of the
Guard would say or what sort of
charges he would make against
me in his paper between nowand
the primary, and it seems that
my predictions have come true.
Of course everybody acquaint
ed with the fact^ know that
Trevathan is sore because 1 would
not recommend him for the post
mastership at Batesviile. but I
am confident that every one who
hay read the infamous at lacks
Tr ithan has made on me recen
tly rough his paper feels sure
that lie could not make a decent
posi taster, or any other kind of
an. officer.
I am daily becoming more con
vinced that I was right when I
refused to recommend him for
the postmastership at Batesviile,
and shall never recommend him
for any sort of position.
Mr. Trevathan should give the
names of the persons giving him
this information, because I doubt
if there is a single individual in
the entire district who would be
lieve any statement from him
which was uncorroborated. It is
very remarkable that Mr. Treva
than makes these outrageous
statemento about me without
giving his authority. But of course
the reason he gives no authority
is because he has none, therefore
the reason he gives no authority
is very apparent.
In conclusion, I desire to say
that his statements are all untrue
and I hope no person will bemis
__...... ...
W. A. Oldfield.
THE REASON FOR
TREVATHAN’S FIGHT
Geo. H. Trevathan of the
Bat 5ville Guard, wanted to bej
: pos master at Batesville, but 'fail-‘
j ed to get Mr. Oldfield’s endorse
ment for the appointment. He at
once started a fight on Oldfield.
Later he thought he saw an op
portunity to compromise and get
the appointment.
Trevathan filed various charg
es against Sam Deener whom
Oldfield had recommended for
the Batesville postmastership,
hoping thereby to prevent his ap
pointment. He then made a pro
position to Oldfield’s friends that
if Oldfield would drop the fight
and permit his (Trevathan’s) ap
pointment he would make no
further fight on Oldfield. This
proposition was made to Asa Pel
ley and J. S. Griffin of Sulphur
Rock and A. M. Edgar of New
port, and Trevathan asked them
to write to Oldfield and request
him to agree to it.
The proposition was not accept
ed, so Trevathan continued the
fight on Oldfield.
All the things he charges
against Oldfield’s private char
acter (except the charge that he
was drunk at Portia and Black
Rock) had transpired previous to
the time Trevathan made the
proposition, and if they were true
he knew of them at that time.
BUT FOR PIE he was willing to
drop his fight on Oldfield whom
he now says is a very dirty and
disreputable character.
The voters will draw their own
conclusion.
WHERE CHARACTER
COUNTS BOTH WAYS
W. A. Oldfield has the strength
of two characters to help him in
his race.
The one is- the noble character
he has displayed since he has been
in congress. The other is the
character of the men who are so
bitterly opposing his re election.
J. L. Brown.
BERTHA DEFREECE *
The Death Angel has visited the
home of W. L. Defreece and called
his dear wife, Bertha, who was 27
years of age. She leaves a husband
two children, father, mother, three
sisters and one brother. She was a
true member of the Christian
church and was loved by every
one who knew her. She was laid
to rest in the Egtrer cemetery.
__A Friend.
STRAY COLTS
Strayed—One two-year*old bay
Alley, branded R. C. on shoulder;
and a one-year-old bay horse colt
with tail bobbed off. Will pay $5
reward for information leading to
thetfrecovery-. ....... .
R. L. Churchill,
Cord, Arkansas.
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