The Newark journal.
One Dollar Per Annum.
NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 1902.
Vol. 2 No. 36,
THE COUNTY SCRAP
Democratic Ticket had a
Close Rub.
ROAD TAX AND LICENSE
Candidates For Representative
are Tied, But Re-count
Goes Tlerrily on.
Being situated at a distance from
the county seat places The Jour
nal under a disadvantage in get
ting the election returns and we
are unable to give the exact fig
ures in all cases, from the fact that
:t is not yet known when the com
missioners will get through count
ing the ballots. However, from all
indications and the scent of the air
from the direction of Batesville,
we think it is safe to say that, there
is something dead up the branch.
But a little more time may clear
things up wonderfully, for the
ballots have only been recounted
!*37 times and, of course, we can't
expect to tell anything about what
the result will be until the ballots
have been re-counted a few more i
times.
I he county has gone for license
and the road tax by safe majorities
and the entire democratic ticket
was elected except in the case of
representatives. Hogan is elected
as one of the representatives and !
led the ticket by about 130 votes. 1
At last reports Matlien.y and
Stroud, the two independent can- |
didates for representative, were
tied, each having received 119
votes.
The Journal will keep digging
away in an effort to get the returns ;
and think we will be able to give i
the result some time in Novem
ber.
Unofficial but complete returns
from every precinct in the county
give Davis 1,200, Myers 514,
Greaves 127, Kimball about 100.
Balance of Democratic ticket elec
ted by about 1,000 majority.
The official count on representa
tive is as follows: Hogan 1,204,
Matheny 1,120, Stroud 1,120,
Arnold 483.
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Condition of Crops.
Following is the general sum
mary of weather and crops in Ark
ansas for the week ending Sep
tember 2. It is issued by the Ark
ansas section of the United States
department of agriculture, E. B.
Richards, section director:
Light scattered showers occur
red during the week, but the
drouth is still practically unbroken.
Excessively high temperatures
prevailed in many localities. Cot
ton has deteriorated in all sec
tions, being seriously damaged by
excessive heat, rust and boll
worms. It is opening rapidly and
prematurely, and picking, though
not general, is progressing and
has been delayed by hot weather.
There is small prospect of a top
crop. Many reports estimates the
yield as only half to two-thirds of
of a crop. Late corn has been
damaged by drouth in the northern
portion of the state, and there are
some complaints of injury by the
chinch bugs. Late Irish potatoes,
turnips and sweet potatoes arc
suffering for moisture. Consider
able pea vine hay has been cut.
The ground is generally too dry
for plowing and but little has been
done. All but a few late varieties
of peaches are gone. Apples are
rotting and the crop will be light
and of inferior quality.
The Confederate Veterans.
Persuant to a call issued seme
time ago the following ex-Con
federate soldiers assembled at this
place last Saturday and went
through a short drill exercise:
J. H. Wells, J. H. RauhofF, T.
B. Jackson, .1. K. Franks, J. T
Duff, .1. N. Stiles, Wm. Prince,
R. R. Reeves, D. D. Whisnant.
N- M. Wilson, J. W. Barnett, —
Pallgroves, F. M.liirnett, W. H.
Bowman and W. C. Walker. It
has been 37 years since these vet
erans of the gray took part in
that memorable struggle known
as the (ivil war and among the
entire lot there was not a man but
whose head is streaked with gray
by the snows of many winters,
lint they are a good natured, jo
vial lot of old gentlemen, and en
joy a yarn ai d can laugh as hearty
as they could in the (id's. The oc
casion was thoroughly enjoyed hy
the “old vets” and it was unan
imously decided to meet again on
Wednesday, (Jet. 1, and discuss
the propriety of organizing a U.
C. V. camp. Let every ex-Con
federate in the surrounding coun
try he present on that day and
participate in the meeting.
Cattle Men Fight Farmers.
The war between the cuttle men
and farmers in west Oklahoma
continues unceasingly. Informa
tion comes direct from Roger
Mills, Day and Dewey counties,
of the destruction of crops, burn
ing of cribs and grain and killing
of stock : ambushing and shoot
ing of farmers and cattlemen,
shooting into each (.tilers’ houses,
defying the United States marsh
als and ignoring the laws in every
way. Reports state that county
officials, who have been elected by
one faction or the other refuse
to act.
The situation has been made
more serious by the driving of
large herds of cattle from the
Texas Panhandle by catMe men,
who have run short of grass at
home. The homesteader fears a
further menace to his claim and
alleges ho has no protection.
Serious trouble is anticipated,
the cattle men asserting the land
belongs to them by priority of
possession and fighting the en
croachment by the homesteaders.
The Blue to Help the Qray.
C'ommander-iu-Chief Torrance
of the Grand Army of the Repub
lic bus issued a letter addressed
to the members of that organiza
tion which is so happily signifi
cant of fraternity between the
veterans of the Blue and Gray as
to constitute an epochal utter
ance.
This letter calls on Grand Army
men to financially assist a move
ment now underway in the South
to establish a national Confede
rate Home for the shelter of
needy veterans who fought for
the Lost Cause. The details of
the movement are stated in Com
JEFF DAVIS, IDOL OF ARKANSAS DEflOCRACY.
mauder Torrance’s letter. In an
accompanying circular he tells of
a visit which he recently made to
the Grand Army Departments of
Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana,
Mississippi and Texas, and of the
friendly relations existing be
tween the old soldiers of the
North and South in these States.
Commander Torrance’s letter
should be hailed throughout the
entire country with the profound
est emotion of thankfulness for
the conditions which it shows to
be now existent, it is a manful
utterance, full of respect and
sympathy for the old Confede
rates in whose behalf it is writ
ten. Its keynote is found in the
expression of the splendid truth
that ‘‘it is within the power of
the surviving soldiers of the great
war to make fraternity a national
anthem, loyalty a national creed
and chairity a national virtue.”
To the veterans of the Civil War
it must surely appeal with mag*
urtism, each side being now fieed
of the hate and bitterness of war
times. To the younger genera
tion it gives official notice 111 it
the country is again united as one
country.
The same spirit that prompted
the issuance of such a letter will
doubtless cause a Grand Airy
response that shall prove how
correctly Commander Torrance
has estimated the temper of that
organization. The consequent
spectacle of the veterans of the
15lue assisting to relieve the
necessities of their old-time ene
mies of the Gray will be one of
the linest in American history.
Explosion at Luxora.
Osceola, Sept 1.—Sunday af
ternoon the co tnbiued power of
two car-loads of coal oil and a
quantity of dynamite wrought
havoc in the town of Luxora live
miles north of here.
The railroad depot in the place
was utterly blown into fragments
and everything in the immediate
vicinity was destroyed.
There were three terrific ex
plosions. The tirst intimation of
anything amiss was when the two
| cars loaded with coal oil and
drawn up on a siding and close to
the depot were discovered ablaze.
In a minute there was an explo
sion that threw blazing oil in
every direction.
The depot was soon a mass of
flames. A second explosion of
oil occurred, and immediately
afterwards a quantity of dynamite
lying on the depot platform ex
ploded. This threw burning
| brands broadcast and a house
| standing close to the depot took
tire but was extinguished.
The three powerful explosions
following each other in sueh close
succession created consternation
throughout the town. Citizens
flocked to the scene, hut kept a
respectful distance from the tire
foi fear of another explosion.
It was little less than miracu
lous that no one was hurt. By a
mere chance there was no one in
the depot. The depot master
had just, stepped out.
The origin of the tire in the hox
cars from which resulted the de
moltion of the depot is not known
positively, hut it is supposed that
small boys started it.
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Council Meeting.
The council met Tuesday even
ing with all members present.
Upon the request of its chair
man the waterworks committee
was granted more time in older
that it might give a more definite
estimate of the cost of the plant.
The street commissioner failed
to make a report, hut was given
more time and instructed to not
loan any tools that belong to the
corpor ation.
The resignation of Marshal \V.
D. Jackson was presented and ac
cepted and W. J. F reeze elected
to the position.
The nightwatchma n’s salary was
raised, current accounts allowed
and the council udjourned.
Dr. J. G. Allen Dead.
Bradford, Sept. 2.—Dr. J. G.
Allen, one ot the oldest and most
respected citizens of this place,
died at 9:15 this morning, after a
short illness from a complication
of diseases. Dr, Allen was one
ot the pioneer settlers in Arkan
sas, having been a citizen of Little
Rock when it was a village. He
bad been practicing medicine for
lover foity years in various parts
| of the state, and had had a long
and eventful career. He was sur
rounded by a large family of lov
ing children during his last hours.
His remains will be taken to Sul
phur Rock, where he buried his
wife but a few months ago.
Davy Crocket’s Rifle.
One of the most interesting rel
ics on exhibition in the office of
Secretary of State Crocket is the
iifle which was presented hy ad
miring friends to his great-grand
father, the immortal Davy Crock
jet, hero of the Alamo, and author
'of the equally immortal phrase,
j “Be sure you are right and then
go ahead.” This gun was carried
| by the grand-son of the tirst own
j er, the late Gen. “Boh” Crock
ett, who brought down much
game with it, Gut now it has been
retired with honor and full pay
to pass the remainder of its days,
or centuries, as a relic of one of
the greatest characters this coun
try has ever produced. It is a
formidable-looking weapon, orig
inally of the flint-lock type, with
a 40 calibre bore. The barrel was
'originally 40 inches long, but
sonui of it lias !)f»ou cut off and it
is now only 404 inches. It was
presented to David Crockett soon
after his second election to con
gress in 1829, hy some of his ad
miring voting Whig friends of
Philadelphia. It cost $250 and
was made especially for him.
Til** donors raised the money 1 *y
contiibuting half a dollar each to
the fund. The stock is 1 rimmed
in sterling silver, appropriately
designed with figures of the God
dess of Liberty, a raccoon, a
deer’s head, and other figures, j
Along the upper putt of the bar
rel are the letters, set into the
metal in gold, some of which has
worn out, “Presented by the
Young Men of Philadelphia to t he
Hon. David Crockett of Tennes
see.” In similar letters near the
muzzle are t ho words, ‘‘Go
Ahead.”
BITS Of wisoon.
Debt i> the bait trouble uses to
catch suckers.
Only our neighbor's children
are the worst in the community.
Polities is dirty business only
when clean men refuse to take
part.
Never put off until tomorrow
what should have been done yes
terday.
Men who plunge headlong into
trouble usually attribute it to des
tiuy.
The tongue of slander works on
a pivot and is run by vacuum
pressure.
The man who is not interested
in politics is not interested in
good government.
There are only two good days
on which to worry—yesterday and
tomorrow.
The man who gets there is the
man who has to he told when
quitting time comes.
The man who quits a good woik
because his motives are question
ed never gels vety far.
No man is poor i t he is blest
with the sight of a baby’s face at
the window when a day’s work is
done.
You can always tell what a niun
really is by the way his children
act when they see him coming
home.
Some men think the}’ suffer
from dyspepsia when the truth is
that they are suffering from an
ingrowing disposition.
Resolutions of Respect.
Lula Maud Polk, born Septem
ber 28, 1S‘J2, died August 11, 1902.
The death angel came and took
from our midst one of our Sunday
school scholars. We do not under
stand why these things are so, but
the Lord loves a shining mark and
often takes the purest and best to
draw others nearer to Him and
Heaven. Be it, therefore,
Resolved, That we think of
Maud as one who sleepeth, and
when the great day of reckoning
shall come and she is brought be
fore the judgment bar of Him who
judgeth both the quick and the
dead, may she be placed among
the angels, there to dwell forever.
Resolved, That we, as teachers
and pupils of the Sunday school,
work more earnestly and zealously
for Him who hath said, ‘T am the
light and the way.”
Resolved, That our hearts unite
in singing:
Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love,
► The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like unto that above
Resolved, That we send a copy
of these resolutions to the bereav
ed family, also a copy to each The
Newark Journal and Batesville
Guard for publication.
Mas. Hattie Murphy, )
Miss Virginia Mavnakd, Com.
Miss Emma Thomrs, )
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If you need a nice hat, shirt,
pair of pants or pair of shoes,
| call and see Murphy & Moore.
STOPS PAIN
Athens, Tenn., Jan. IT, 1901.
Brer since the first appearance of mv
menses they were very Irregular and I
suffered with great pain In my hips,
bach, stomach and legs, with terrible
bearing down pains in the abdomen.
During the past month I have been
taking Wine of Cardui and Thedford’s
Black-Draught, and I passed the month
ly period without pain for the first time
in years. Nannib Davis.
What is life worth to a woman suffer
ing like Nannie Davis suffered? Yet
there are women in thousands of homes
to-day who are bearing those terrible
menstrual pains in silence. If you are
ono of these we want to say that this
same
WINEorCARDUI
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sole yourselt with the knowledge that
1,000,000 women have been completely
cured by Wine of Cardui. These wom
en suffered from leucorrhoea, irregular
menses, headache, backache, and
bearing down pains. Wino of Cardui
will stop all these aches and paina
(or you. Purchase a $1.00 bottle of
Wlna of Cardui to-day and taka it in
the privacy of your home.
Far advice and literature, eddre»»,giving symp
tom*. “The ladle*’ A<lv1»ory Department,"
The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga,
Tcnn.
JEFF DAVIS WINNER
Light Vote Polled all Over
the State.
INSURGENTS LOST OUT
Kimball, the Prohibitionist, Gets
a Bigger Vote Than
Was Expected.
Last Monday's election was the
quietest that has been held in In
dependence county in many years.
It was expected that a large vote
would be polled, but there was a
decided decrease in the vote all
over the county. This township,
with about 425 legal voters only
polled 2d!* votes, while Ruddel,
the largest township in the county,
only polled about 05 per cent of
her full vote. Logan, one of our
adjoining townships that has a
voting strength of about 85 or 90
only polled 14 votes.
It seems that the people had
become disgusted with the rotten
condition of politics and as the
weather was rather unfavorable
they used that for an excuse for
staying at home. This decrease
was general all over the state and
unofficial returns indicate that the
total vote of the state has fallen
off at least 15 per cent.
Ihe vote of Kuqball, the prohi
bition candidate, is considerably
larger than was expected.
Indications are that Davis’ voto
has fallen off to some extent, but
taking into consideration the de
crease in the vote polled, he has
gained a very little, while the re
publican candidates have lost.
Davis carried Jackson county by
the largest majority of any gover
nor since the war. Jackson is
Remmel’s home county and Rem
ind spent election day in New
port in the interest of the republi
can ticket.
Indications now are that amend
ment No. 7, allowing the legisla
ture to put its members on an
annual salary, has been lost.
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O’Neal Pardoned.
Governor Davis has granted &
pardon to VV. R. O’Neal, of Jack
son county, who was couvicted in
July of the illegal sale of liquor
and sentenced to pay a fine in 35
cases. The pardon is granted on
condition that O’Neal shall not vi
olate the law in this respect again,
and he is to make a bond to that
effect. Should its provisions be
violated the law will take its course.
Uncle Sam's
Mail Service
requires physical and mental
ability of a high degree to
withstand its hard labors. The
high tension to which the
nervous system is constantly
subjected, has a depressing ef
fect, and soon headache, back
ache, neuralgia, rheumatism,
sciatica, etc., develop in severe
form. Such was the case of
Mail Carrier S. F. Sweinhart,
of Huntsville, Ala., he says:
“An attack of pneumonia left ma
with muscular rheumatism, headache,
and pains that seemed to be all over
me. 1 was scarcely able to more for
about a month when 1 decided to five
Pain Pills
and Nerve Plasters a trial. In threw
days I was again on my route and in
two weeks I was free from pain and
gaining in flesh and strength."
Sold by all Drugs lata.
Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, tart.