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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, February 27, lb 14
Vol. 13, No. 47
ANOTHER NEW
BUSINESS HOUSE
Newark Lumber Company Will
Begin Work on New Brick
Building in a Few Weeks
The Newark Lumber Company
has bought M. S. Fisher’s lot
south of the railroad on the cor
ner of Main and Front streets and
will soon begin the erection of a
handsome new brick business
house.
The building will be one of the
best in town. It will be 30 x 100
feet in size, one story 16 feet high
in order that it may be double
decked, and will have a double
front, one facing Main street on
the east and one facing Front
street on the north, each to be of
plate glass and strictly mordern in
every respect.
A part of the material has al
ready been purchased and they
are now negotiating with the;
brick-makers and wholesaie deal- j
ers for the brick, steel and other
material. They expect to have all
the material on the ground in a
few days and will probably begin I
work on the building about the
15th of March.
WARREN WILL NOT RUN
Oscar Warren, a prominent citi
zen of Black River township, was!
in town on business Monday. He ;
has been urged by many of his
friends to enter the race for rep
resentative but stated in conver
sation with a Journal reporter
that he would not be a candidate.
Mr. Warren is one of the county’s
best citizens and is well qualified
in every way to make the county
an able representative and would
have proven a strong candidate
had he entered the race.
COLE-PASCOE
Ben Cole of Woods®n and Miss
Lena Pascoe of this place were
married Thursday night at the
home of Squire and Mrs. A. H.
Saylors,Squire Saylors officiating.
Mr. and Mrs. Cole will leave
today for Woodson where they
will make their home.
The Journal extends congratu
lations and good wishes.
MEETING OF THE
CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Assess Candidates and Authorize
Committeeman to Select Judges
For His Township
Pursuant to adjournment the
Democratic central committee met
at the Court House in Batesville,
Saturday, February 21, at 10 a. m.
Chairman J. H. Jimerson presid
ing. Upon roll call the following
townships were found to be re
presen ted
Ashley, W. L. Ottinger; Barren,
W. L. Ottinger, proxy for Albert
Gray; Big Bottom, R. K. McHenry;
Black River, G. A. Forester;
Christian, J. L. Outlaw; Dota, Sid
ney Pickens, proxy for M. L. Pick
ens; Fairview, 0. J. T. Johnson,
proxy for J. B. Johnston; Gains
boro, T. R. Bryant; Greenbrier,
J. A. Pate and J. VV. Searcy; Jef
ferson, G. W. Thompson, proxy
for G. M. Thompson; Magness, W
W. Magness; Oil Trough, J. L.
Outlaw, for A. B. Pelley; Rosie,
L). H. Wyatt,proxy for D. A.Wyatt;
Ruddell, 1st. ward, D. H. Coleman,
proxy fur A. R. Weaver; Ruddell,
2nd. ward, S. M. Casey; Ruddell,
3rd. ward, A. T. Evans; Salado, J.
A Kaneaster; Union, D. E. Dob- j
son; White River, J. H. Jimerson; j
Wycough, P. S. Fortune.
The first business transacted'
was in the matter of assessment of j
candidates, which was fixed as
follows:
Candidates for congress, prose
cuting attorney, state senate, rep-;
resentative, surveyor and coroner,j
$5 each.
Candidates for circuit judge,
county judge, sheriff .circuit clerk,
county clerk, collector, county;
treasurer and assessor, $10 each.
Candidates for railroad commis- j
sioner, $2 each.
Candidates for all township of
ficers, $1 each.
The resignation of Chas. E.
Hankins as committeeman for Re
lief township was received and ac
cepted and Thos. Meachum elect
ed to fill the vacancy for the un- j
expired term, and the Secretary of i
Committee directed to so notify
him.
The manner of selecting judges
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ASSOCIATE JUSTICE SUPREME
COURT OF ARKANSAS
Will Address the Voters in the Interest
of His Candidacy For the United States
Senate at the Following time and places
Sulphur Rock,.Monday, March 2, at 10 a. m.
Batesville_Monday, March 2, at 2 p. m.
New-ark.Monday, March 2, at 7:30 p. m.
Ladies Especially Invited
and clerks was disposed of by mo
tion of I). H. Coleman, seconded
by J. W. Searcy, that each com
mitteeman select three judges,two
clerks and one sheriff and file list
with Secretary of Central Commit
mittee, which motion carried by
vote of 14 to 6.
A resolution by S. M. Casey,
seconded by T. R. Bryant, provid
ing that the names of judges,
clerks and sheriff must be sent to
to the Secretary by the 10th day
Match and in default of any com
mitteeman to comply with this
rule by that date, the Chairman
and Secretary be authorized to se
lect judges and clerks for such
township, was passed, after having
defeated a substitute motion by
Sidney Pickens which provided
that the power of selection of
judges be entrusted to committee
men only.
Upon motion by J. A. Kaneaster
seconded by Sidney Pickens, the
Secretary was directed to number
all ballots consecutively and in
struct judges eo return all mutila
ted or unused ballots.
mere seemea 10 De some onjec
tion from candidates with respect
to the manner of determining the
order in which names should ap
pear on the ticket, and, after much
discussion — in which Alexander
pleaded for alphabetical order and
York defended the good old bibli
cal way “first shall be last, and
last shall be first,”—the following
resolution was passed.
“Be it resolved, That the order
of placing names on ticket be de
termined by lot and that a board
consisting of the chairman, secret
ary and one other, to be named by
the candidates at their meeting at
the Court House, in the city of
Batesviile, meet at 10 a. m. March
7th, for the purpose of drawing
these names, which is to be done
in the following manner: The
name of candidate to be written
on card and placed in hat, shaken
up and the first name drawn there
from to be placed first on ticket
and so on until all names have
been withdrawn. This resolution
to apply only to county candidates
and said meeting to be held public
ly.”
The townships wrere found to be
entitled to elect delegates to county
convention as follows: Ashley, 1;
Barren, 2; Big Bottom, 3; Black
River, 1; Christian, 1; Craig, 1;
Cushman, 1; Dota, 1; Fairview, 1;
Gainsboro, 2; Greenbrier, 4; Jeffer
son, 1; Liberty, 1; Logan, l; Mag
ness, 2; Oil Trough, 1; Relief, 1;
Rosie, 1; Ruddell, 9; Union, l;Sala
do, 2; Washington, 2; White River,
2; Wycough, 1.
No further business appearing
the Committee adjourned.
CARRIED ONE COUNTY
Tom Campbell of Pocahontas
has made his formal announce
ment for congress to succeed W.
A. Oldfield, present incumbent.
Mr. Campbell opposed Oldfield
two years ago, and only carried
one county in the district.—Con'
way Farmer.
GRAY SEEKS RE-ELECTION
Would Again Represent County
in General Assembly
Hon. A. G. Gray of Hickory
Valley announces in today’s paper
as a candidate for re-election as
representative.
Few men in the county are bet
ter known than Mr. Gray. He has
| represented Independence county
in the legislature a number of
times, where his record is well
known to all. He is the author of
the law placing Independence
county officers on a salary, and
has also been instrumental in fram
ing and passing a number of laws
that have proven beneficial to the
people.
His ability and his wide exper
ience in legislative affairs make
him a very useful man in the
; legislature, and the fact that the
people of this county have honor
ed him so frequently in their
choice of lawmakers would indi
cate that they have unlimited con
fidence in his ability and integrity.
NEWARK SHOULD HELP
When Newport has saloons they
not only affect Newport but all
the nearby towns. People who
have traveled out from Newport
with train loads of whiskey men
know this statement is true, and
now as the good people of New
port are making great sacrifices
and heroic efforts to keep saloons
out of their midst, 1 think it but
just and right that the good peo
ple in the surrounding towns help
them bear the expense of the
fight. The Baptist Sunday school
at Tupelo has sent $5 to help them
in the work. I trust that every
person in Newark that can will
hand a contribution to the editor
of The Journal to be forwarded to
the Newport workers. Let us
show onr faith by our works.
J. L. Brown.
LADY’S ANKLE BROKEN
Miss Kate Saylors of this place
fell on an icy sidewalk in St. Louis
a few days ago and sustained a
broken ankle. Miss Saylors has a
position as teacher in a business
college in St. Louis, and the acci
dent occurred as she was going
from the college to her apart
ments. The broken ankle is the
[same one injured while playing on
the school ground in Newark a
few yeas ago, and from which
she suffered for several months.
1 She is now in a hospital in St.
j Louis, but is doing as well at could
j be expected, and it is thought that
j she will be able to be brought
i home in abouht two weeks.
STRAYED
One sorrel mare, with blaze face
and some white feet; left ear is
either scarred or split; circle bar
brand on left shoulder; weight
about 700; four years old. When
last seen, had on small Swiss bell
with heavy leather bell collar. Five
! dollars reward for taking up and
: notifying me-. W. N. Osborne.
0 Cord, Arkansas.
FARMERS ANXIOUS
FOR GOOD SEEDS
Commissioner Pape Swamped With
Requests for Seed—Points Out
Some of the Benefits
Little Rock, Feb. 21.—Recently
I announced that I would distrib
ute some prize-winning seed corn
I have received hundreds of re
quests for the seed and they are
still coming in. 1 announced that
I had obtained 1000 packages of
government cotton seed for distri
hution. I received 1000 requests
in three days. Several hundred
other requests have come
since the seed were exhausted,
and the names are being sent to
Washington this week wish are
quest to send out the seed. We
hope to get them. If you have
written and fail to get your pack
age of cotton seed do not be disap
pointed. It is just because your
request came too late.
These requests for sample
packages of good seed bring us a
lesson. It proves that the farmers
are interested in good seed and
good farming, and it argues that
the Commissioner of Agriculture
could render a mighty good ser
vice to the farmers by obtaining
good seed for free distribution in
small packages. I hope you will
ask the candidates for the Legis
lature to make an appropriation to
enable me to do this next year.
The law authorizes it, but the
Legislature made no appropiration
for such purpose
The seed produced at the ex
perimental station at Fayetteville
should be required to be put up in
small packages and distributed to
the farmers of the State. The
work is carried on by public funds,
and the Legislature could well af
ford to have it distributed to the
farmers to give them a start of
good seed, instead of being used
or disposed of otherwise. I hope
the next legislature will require
the corn, cotton, and garss seeds
suitable for planting that is pro
duced at the University at Fayet
teville, to be distributed free in
limited quantities to the farmers.
It would be the surest way of
doing the greatest good for the
least money.
In giving instructions to the
farmers how to prepare their land
for the one-pound sample of Alfal
fa seed, I suggested the use of
ground lime stone. I am glad to
ONE DAY IN JAIL
FOR JOHN H. KEEL
Former State Senator and His Con
vict Guards Are Also Fined
$150 Apiece
Newport, Feb. 23 —In the trial
of John H. Keel, Jewel Best, Lee
Quinn and Ira Best the jury to
day found them guilty of aggra
vated assault and fixed the penalty
for each at one day in jail and a
fine of $150. Keel was charged
with assault with intent to kill and
and the other three were accused
as accessories.
Keel, once a state senator, leas
ed the county convicts and work
ed them on his farm. The Best
brothers and Quinn were guards.
It was charged that the three
men took a negro convict know
as “Slim” to a lonely place in the
wood and shot him in the arm be
cause he would not reveal where
he had hidden $915 worth of
jewelry and money, which it was
charged the negro had stolen from
Keel’s wife.
HIVELY-MONDAY
Alex Hively and Miss Lee Mon
day of Batesville were married at
Mooretield Thursday of last week,
Squire McClendon officiating.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Will Monday and
the groom is a son of Rev. and
Mrs. C. F. Hively, fomerly of Sul
phur Rock
announce that I have made ar
rangements to have 200 pounds
furnished free to each farmer
who agrees to make the experi
ment. I am now negotiating
with the railroads to get the
freight free and I hope to do so.
I will also endeavor to furnish
inoculated soil to with the alfalfa
seed.
If the distribution of this al
falfa seed would result in only
ten acres increase in each county
it would be worth from thirty to
sixty thousand dollars a year to
the State If the distribution of
good seed corn would in the end
be the means of adding just one
grain to each ear raised in the
state, it would be worth over
$60,000 a year. One boll of cot
ton added to each stalk would be
worth more than a millon dollars
a year to the state. Verily these
things, though small in them
selves will eventually prove worth
while. J. H. Page.
Commissioner of Agriculture
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