The Newark Journal.
Pubushed IN The famous white River Country. Where Alfalfa is kino
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, July 5, 1912
Vol. 12, No. 13
THE STATE IS IN
FINANCIAL STRAITS
If People Kill the T. J. Bill Tax
Levy Must be Increased or
Bonds Issued
There is much speculation as to
the course Gov. Donaghey will
pursue in regard to the T. J. bill in
the ensuing campaign. As is well
known, he announced that he
would “stand or fall with the bill,’.’
and it is also a historic fact that
his fall was most tremendous.
Since the election he has made no
statement concerning his favorite
measure for the revision of the
taxation system, and has declined,
at this time, to state his position.
That there will be advocates of
the measure, however, is certain.
One of its authors, Senator Charlie
Jacobson of Little Rock, has an
nounced that he will make several
speeches in favor of the measure
which is now being printed in ev
ery county of the state. He con
tends that the act is misunder
stood or wilfully misinterpreted by
its opponents, and that it is a most
important act for an equitable ad
justment of the assessments and
tax rates of the state; also, that it
will shitt the burden ot taxation
from the poor man to the rich cor
porations where it justly belongs.
It is admitted by all that Gov.
Robinson will find himself con
fronted with a most serious prob
lem when he assumes the gover
nor’s chair. He will have not only
a depleted treasury but a deficit of
anything up to a million dollars. A
loan to cover the deficit and an in
crease in the tax rate are plans
tentatively proposed to meet the
situation.
It cannot be denied that all the
trouble began when Gov. Jeff
Davis brought about a reduction
of the general revenue rate from
2 1-2 mills to 1 3-4 mills, and there
by gained the approval of thous
ands for his interest in behalf of
the people. The people saved a
few dollars in taxes, but the state
has been getting deeper in debt
every year since then, until now
its finances are in a most deplor
able condition. Even Gov. Dona
ghey’s sweeping vetoes of appro
priations, many of them most im
portant could not save the state
from getting on a scrip basis for
the first time since the war. Hut
when Gov. Robinson attempts to
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BIG RAILROAD IS
HEADED THIS WAY
North and 5outh Line From Can
ada to (iulf of Mexico Hay
Build Through Newark
Present indications are that
Newark may get one of the biggest
railroads in the country.
There is a plan being formulat
ed to build a north and south rail
road from Winnipeg, Can., to Port
Eades, on the Gulf of Mexico. It
is proposed to make the road a
direct air line as far as practical.
Learning that the proposed
route would bring the road some
where through this immediate
section, the editor of The Journal
took up the matter with the pro
moters early last spring in an ef
fort to get the line through New
ark. At that time little could be
learned of the intentions of the
promoters, so far as the route
through this section was concern
ed, and no publicity was given the
matter. But the promoters prom
ised to give Newark a hearing. A
few days ago the following letter
was received from Col. Jno. M.
Wiley, chief engineer in charge of
the work.
Ot course the road may or it
may not be built. It is the big
gest thing in railroad building now
before the country, but it is en
tirely feasible and practical. There
are a number of transcontinental
lines east and west, but none north
and south. The opening of the
Panama Canal will increase the de
mand for such a road, and travers
ing, as it will, the heart of the
richest agricultural section of the
United States, the construction of
such a road does not seem at all
improbable. The Little Rock
Hoard of Trade seems to have con
fidence in the proposition and is
negotiating with the promoters to
bring the line through Little
Rock.
It will be noted from Mr. Wi
ley’s letter that no definite prom
ises are made, and he has as yet
submitted no proposition to the
people of Newark, but seems in
clined to favor our section, and
The Journal is confident that our
people will readily and cheerfully
meet any reasonable demands that
may be made by the promoters of
the road. In fact, we cannot af
ford to let this road miss our town
if it comes through this section.
The loss of this road, if it comes
anywhere near us, would mean
the ruin of Newark, while, on the
other hand, the securing of such a
road as this through Newark
would mean wonderful growth
and development for Newark and
surrounding country.
The promoters of the road have
been asked for a definite proposi
tion with regard to running the
line through Newark and The
Journal hopes to have something
more tangible to report in the
near future.
Col. Wiley’s recent letter follows:
Minneapolis, Minn., June 24.
Mr. 0. F. Craig, Newark, Ark.
Dear Sir:—Since writing you on
May 1st, we now have our first
party in the field in Northern
Iowa. They have made good pro
gress since May 15th on permanent
survey and we will begin to receive
maps and profiles showing the
cost of construction this week, and
I am incorporating the Italian
American Construction Company
to build the road from Iowa to
Baton Rouge.
Am putting a second party on
location between Rosomont and
LeRoy, Minnesota, next week, and
am incorporating the Scandenav
ian-American Construction Com
pany, to build the line north of
Iowa.
1 am putting a third party on
location in central Iowa, in a short
t'me so that you will see that we
are making good progress on this
end of the road.
1 have now fully decided to
change the route in Southern Mis
souri, and northern Arkansas, and
I am now submitting a contract to
Hardy, Ark., and Alton, Mo., with
a view to putting two parties do n
there. We will run south from
Hardy crossing white River near
your place, and not cross Black
river at all.
There is a strong element at
work to swing the line west, but if
1 get the support that 1 expect, we
will run due south from Hardy,
and go through Newark.
Trusting that 1 may hear from
you at an early date, and if there
are any questions you wish to have
answered, I would be glad to do so.
Yours very truly,
John M. Wil£\.
FINED FOR niSCONOUCT
W. A. Sammons of Magness got
in bad at a song service at Mag
ness a few days ago, and as a re
sult of getting too familiar with a
young lady, he was given a jury
trial in Squire E. M. Wilson’s
court here Saturday on a charge
of assault and battery. The jury
found him guilty and fined him
$37.50 and cost, amounting to
about $60. Tuesday he was ar
raigned before Squire Holmes at
Batesville on a charge of being
drunk and disturbing the peace,
lie was given a jury trial and fined
$1 and costs, amounting to about
$25.
ACTIVE FOR ROOSEVELT
Little Rock, July 2. W. S. Holt
and other Roosevelt leaders in Ar
kansas are preparing the call fora
state convention, to meet in Little
Rock some time this month, to ef
fect an organisation. Mr. Holt is in
receipt of a large number of letters
from prominent Republicans in all
sections of the state informing him
that they will join the new move
ment for a third party. The move
ment will take definite shape, Mr.
Holt says, immediately after the
Baltimore convention.
FIRST COTTON ULOOH
\V. J. Travis sent to The Jour
nal office Friday the first Indepen
dence county cotton bloom. The
bloom appeared Thursday. It was
grown on \Y. A. Rutherford’s farm
in Magness township.
The first bloom last year was
sent in by J. II. Shipman of Wy
cough township on the 20th of
June.
YOUTH KILLS SELL
Little Rock, July 3.- Henry A.
Archer, aged 17, killed himself last
night when his father told him he
could not live with his wife, for
merly Miss Agnes Fitzgerald,whom
he secretly married May 2S. When
•j threatened suicide his father
said: “And then there will be one
fool less in the world.”
WILSON-MARSHAL
DEMOCRATICTIGKET
Bryan Wins Great Victory in Se
curing Wilson’s Nomination
and Formulating Platform
I'or President— Governor Wood
row Wilson of New Jersey.
I'or Vice President Gov. Thos.
R. Marshall of Indiana.
This was the ticket completed
by the Democratic national con
vention at 1:56 o’clock Wednesday
morning.
The nomination of Governor
Marshall for vice president came
partially as a surprise, for when
the night's balloting for vice pres
ident began it seemed that the
Bryan-Wilson contingent in the
convention had settled definitely
upon Gov. John E. Burke of
North Dakota.
There was not much of a fight,
however, and when two ballots
disclosed Marshall easily in the
lead Governor Burke’s name was
withdrawn and Marshall was
proclaimed the nominee by acclam
ation. A minute later the conven
tion had adjourned sine die.
Governor Wilson was nominated
at the afternoon session Wednes
day on the forty-sixth ballot and
his nomination was quickly made
unanimous.
Mr. Bryan had announced his
intention of introducing a resolu
tion in effect discharging the Na
tional Committe from the. conduct
of the coming campaign and allow
ing Governor Wilson to appoint
his own campaign committe. lie
was dissuaded from this course,
and instead of making a move
that might have stirred up strife,
he made a little speech which he
termed his “valedictory” and in
happy mood turned over the man
tle of his former leadership as a
presidential candidate to Governor
Wilson.
The last three ballots were as
follows:
FORTY-FOURTH BALLOT
Wilson_629
Clark_306
Underwood__99
Harmon_ 27
Foss__27
FORTY-FIFTH BALLOT
Wilson_633
Clark_ .306
Underwood_97
Harmon_25
Foss_27
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IZARD FARMER SAYS
DIPPING HELP CATTLE
Prominent Cattle Man of La
Cross Gives His Unqualified
Indorsement to VV'ork
The following letter written to
I)r. (i. F. Maynard of Batesville by
(1. W. Battles, a good citizen of Iz
ard county, with regard to dipping
cattle, may be of interest to our
readers. The letter follows.
“Having been asked many ques
tions by people of Sharp and Inde
pendence counties in regard to dip
ping cattle for the destruction of
the fever tick, I will give my ex
perience in a few words.
During the month of August,
1911, a number of citizens of La
Cross township decided to build a
dipping vat and dip oifr cattle, as
they had begun to die, as they
have been doing for several years.
A great many people said it would
kill the cattle, and the skin would
come off of those it did not kill,
and the milch cows would all go
dry at once, and others said that
the cattle dipped in that solution
would go blind, and some thought
that the dive would kill or cripple
at least half that were made jump
off into the vat. Well, we built the
vat, complied with the government
instructions as nearly as vve could,
and began to dip. Crowds came to
see the awful cruel act of dipping
old Pide and the the little innocent
calves. Whole families came, from
father to the babies. The signal
was given and a scrubby two year
old steer was pushed into the vat.
As he disappeared under the water
some one were heard to remark,
“I told you so.” Hut his horns soon
came in sight and he made his way
up the western slope of the vat
with no signs of blood and no
broken bones.
The fact is that we dipped some
three hundred head of cattle, and
some of them three or four times
during the summer and fall. We
also dipped horses, hogs and even
dogs and I will say that I watched
with care and if anything that was
dipped suffered any inconvenience
whatever 1 failed to find it out.
The fact is it removed the ticks
and materially improved the con
dition of all the animals that were
dipped. It renewed the hair and
general appearance and for sever
al days afterwards they would
have perfect rest from flies and
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Builders Supplies, Lime, Cement,
Plaster, Furniture, Stoves, Ranges,
Wagons, Buggies and Machinery.
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Governor XVocdrolv XVtlson
Nominated For President by the Democratic National Convention
at Baltimore, and in W hose Nomination Bryan
Scored a Oreat Victory
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