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FRIDAY . JULY 21.
In spite of the wave of prohi
bition that is said to be sweeping
the country, there is no end to the
manufacture of strange oj'inks.
The Manhattan Smash is the lat
est. ______________
It is announced that President
.Roosevelt has appointed a Demo
cratic associate justice of the su
preme court for the Phillipine Is
lands. Perhaps it lias been left
to the discrimination of the presi
dent to tell what a Democrat real
ly is. In fact, a considerable
number of people profess to be
lieve that the president is a Dem
ocrat himself.
Since the recent leakage in the
Government Agricultural Bureau,
it is said that all clerks and as
distant statisticians will be placed
under lock and key and all the tel
ephones and other means of out
side communication will be closely
guarded hereafter when the gov
ernment's monthly crop reports are
being made out. An inspiring
spectacle, indeed!
SERIOUS STATE OF AFFAIRS
Was there ever so much fraud,
graft, bribery and corruption in
public affairs as there is now in
this country? The exposures
which are daily being made in all
parts of the country create an ex
ceedingly unpleasant impression,
to say the least, and has a pessi
mistic influence on the average in
dividual. Such corrupt practices
are extremely harmful and involve
the downfall of our institutions
and the basic principles of the
American republic if they are per
mitted to go on.
Nearly all our legislatures and
many of the state and municipal
governments are becoming a cess
pool of corruption. Bribery, it
seems, is becoming so common
that we even hear of attempts to
bribe juries; and the courts, too,
in some cases, are not entirely
above suspicion.
It is indeed a serious condition
of affairs that today confronts the
people, and the corruption that is
l*eirig uncovered should so arouse
public indignation that every pub
lic man upon whom rests the
slightest shade ot suspicion should
be retired with a stinging rebuke
to political obscurity.
STATE UNION MEETING.
The Democrat says the Little
Rock Board of I rade is preparing
to co-operate with the Farmers’
Educational and Co-operative Un
ion of Arkansas in making the ap
proaching convention in that city
on August 1-4 one of the greatest
of the kind in the history of the
state. It is expected that nearly
2,000 delegates will be present
from all parts of the state. The
program is in course of prepara
tion, and will be completed in a
few days. Secretary (ieorge R.
Brown of the Board of Trade is
trying to arrange a rate of s;i a
day for room and board for the
delegates.
Blank note and receipt books at
The .Journal ollice.
SULPHUR ROCK SKETCHES
Short Local Items of Interest Picked
Up at the Metropolis of White
River Township.
B. B. Owens was up from Mad
ness Tuesday.
Rev. J. S. Best went to Bates
ville Monday.
Work on the new church is pro
gressing nicely.
Dan Moore went to the county
capital Tuesday.
Ben Huddleston of Sharp was
in town Tuesday.
Constable Sid Clark of Newark
was in town Monday.
Yes, we noticed Eph Gibson’s
butcher shop on wheels.
Hon. T. .J. Raney of Newark
was in our burg Tuesday.
J. H. Jimmerson of Newark
was seen in our town Sunday.
We are glad to report that Dr.
L. K. Wright is some better.
Mrs. Kva Cunningham was on
the sick list the first of the week.
Misses Erma Sanders and Anna
Morris went to Batesville Tuesday.
Mrs. Hugh Moore, who has
been sick for sometime is improv
ing.
Mrs. John Anderson was report
ed on the sick list the first of the
week.
Miss May Martin who is teach
ing at Newark came home sick
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Meriweth
er of Dota were shopping in town
Tuesday.
W. R. Rice and family attended
the Masonic dinner at Charlotte
Saturday.
E. R. Moore of Newark made
his regular visit to our city Sun
day evening.
Dr. Leo Ilathcock, a former
Sulphur Rock boy was visiting
here Sunday.
The Rice Mercantile Company
have bought quite a lot of cotton
in the last ten days.
Better not neglect having the
childrens’ pictures taken any long
er; Gibson is waiting.
District Conference convenes
here next Thursday, and we are
anticipating a nice time.
Mrs. T. C. Sims is spending
two or three weeks at Sharp vis
iting her son, John Sims.
Miss Kiln Sanders returned to
Newport Sunday, after spending a
week here with home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Allen of
Newark visited the Intter’s mother,
Mrs. Lizzie Vaughan, Sunday.
Why pay agents Sl.UN for a
crayon portrait when Gibson will
give you a better one for $1.30.
Mrs. Baker from near Walnut
Grove spent Tuesday in our city
the guest of W. R. Rice and fam
ily.
Mrs. Minnie Dean of Xew|>ort
came in Saturday to visit her
mother, Mrs. Ilarvison of this
city.
Our public school opened Mon
day with Prof. Sidney Pickens as
principal and Miss Mattie Martin
assistant.
' Clem Howard of Sharp was in
town Monday and said they would
have another picnic at Mineral
Wells on the 15th of August.
Lee Taylor moved over from
Oil Trough Tuesday to spend the
summer for the health of himself
and family, lie occupies the Dr.
! Vaughan residence.
ARKANSAN KILLED IN LONDON
Rev. llomer Anthony of Port
land was struck by a truck on the
street in London, England, last
Saturday where he had gone as a
delegate from this state to the
World’s Baptist Congress. He
was taken to a hospital and died in
a few hours.
GREAT OMAHA TUNNEL
NEARING COMPLETION
After Two Years and a Half of Work
Excavation is Finished But
Other Obstacles Arise.
Reports from the front say that
the construction work on the
White River railroad is progress
ing very satisfactorily, with the
exception of obstacles encountered
in the Omaha tunnel, near the
state line.
It is said that those who have
not seen the tunnel cannot realize
the magnitude of the enterprise,
nor estimate the enormous cost of
its construction. The total length
of the tunnel is ft, iso feet. The
Turkey Creek tunnel, three miles
beyond, is :>,400 feet lone, but it
was through solid rock, and has
been completed several months,
and at far less cost. The greater
part of the Omaha tunnel, it is
said, appears in time to have been
an old waterway, tilled with sticky
mud, or muck, and boulders that
could not be blasted, and was very
hard to penetrate with pick and
shovel. The excavation, however,
has, after two and a half years
working day and night, been com
pleted, and now the nature of the
ground makes it necessary to con
crete the greater portion of it.
To do this it becomes necessary to
cutout every timber used for sup
ports while the excavating was
being done, to give sufficient vol
ume or IhhI.v to the concrete, which
is from two to six feet thick on
the sides, and from three to four
feet thick overhead. In addition
to the concrete overhead there is a
network of iron bars or supports
for the concrete.
To make the work in the tunnel
worse a number of strong springs
were encountered which made it
I necessary to have an l s-inch pipe
to carry thefniter from the tunnel.
Engineer Hardy Bryan in charge
of the work, is reported to have
stated that he hopes to have it
completed by September 1, by
which time it is thought the track
laying will l>e completed in each
direction and that through trains
will be running soon thereafter.
.lames Cokes shot and killed his
brother-in-law, W. E. Bruce, at
Hot Springs Saturday night. The
exact cause of the shooting is not
known.
Luther Chamberlain fell from a
train near Hope Saturday night >
and was instantly killed.
_ | _ '
J. H. Creekbaum, aged 70. and
Mrs. Martha Crawford, aged 00,
were married Tuesday at Mulber-,
ry.
Win. Roberts died at his home
near Leslie, as the result of
wounds received during a fight
with Jack and Bill Manees recent
ly.
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All Along the Road
The David Bradley Double Cam
Steel
is the favorite because it is the simplest press ever made.
You can’t beat it. It has all the strong points, will put full
weight into a car, is easy and light to move, and it can’t go
wrong or get out of order because there is nothing about it
to get out of order. Just a plunger, a double cam and a
plunger draw. But they are well made. That’s the secret.
Come in and let's talk this matter over. You can't tell all
about the David Bradley Press just from the picture.
GRIFFITH &. MORROW, Newark, Ark.
MRS. N. R. ALEXANDER,
A Practical Milliner,
Has opened a first class stock of Millinery, nt her residence just across,
the street from Mrs. Bill Madness', and has a nice line of trimmed
ami ready-to-wear hats; also, baby caps, ribl»ons, infants hose,
ladies jrirdles, laces, pins, buttons, needles, thread, etc.
■HuraWILL TREAT YOU RIGHThmm^hk
CHAS. MOSBY,
DEALER IN —
Watches, Jewelry,
Diamonds, Arkansas Pearls.
we Fit Spectacles Correctly.
Watch Inspector For The
W hite River Railway.
Hatesville, - Arkansas.
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.vour patronage. When you need Hardware of an.v kind
we would he pleased to show you through our line and
y ive you prices. \\ e think we can save you money.
- He Also Curry a Full Line of Coffins and Caskets.
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