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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, December 9, 1904.
Vol. 4. No. 50
TREMENDOUS LOSS IN
THE PRICE OF COTTON ,
Caused by the Government Esti
mate of 12,162,000 Bales.
Entense Excitement and Heavy De
clines Follow Announcement)
of the Government Report.
The much discussed and anxious
ly awaited government estimate of
the cotton crop was issued last
Saturday, and had a paralyzing
effect upon the cotton market.
For weeks back the attention of
the trade has been directed to this
report, and speculation has been
rife as to what it would show.
From a distance the public could
only draw deductions and base
opinions upon such facts and tig
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facts would have prepared one for
most anything, but the figures
which always stand out most prom
inently did not encourage a belief
in anything over 11,500,000. The
•various exchange estimates were
close around 11,000,000.
The enormous figures of 12,
162,000 bales promulgated from
an official source, and after the
most careful examination into the
facts, are astounding. Never be
fore in the history of cotton grow
ing has a crop of twelve million
bales been produced.
It was just a quarter past 11 o'
clock on the New York Cotton
Exchange when the flash from
Washington gave the figures and
within five minutes afterward ev- *
cry holder of cotton has lost $1.50
on each bale of his holding. With
in forty minutes or before the
close of the short Saturday session
the decline was $2.50 to $3.00 per
bale and the spot, markets were so
thoroughly demoralized that busi
ness was entirely suspended.
A ten million bale crop last year
brought over six hundred million
dollars. A twelve million crop at
nine cents would amount to 540
million dollars, or sixty million
dollars less than a ten million
crop. On the face of things, the
situation seems to be considerably
out of joint, and it seems that the
more cotton the farmers make the
less the crop brings them.
KILLED HIS HALF BROTHER.
John Gross, was landed in jail
nt Clarksville Sunday afternoon,
•charged with murder. The kill
ing occurred Saturday night at
Coal Hill. It seems that a crowd
of Poles were gathered at the
home of one of their number, where
they were drinking. .John Gross
for some reason became angry at
his half.brother, drew his pistol
and shot him in the abdomen. His
companions disarmed him and tied
him to a stove, where they took
turns in kicking him in the face.
When landed in jail by Deputy
Sheriff Charlie Flake his face was!
skinned all over. The wounded
man died Monday afternoon.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to extend our heart
felt thanks to our many true and
sympathetic friends who adminis
tered their many kindnesses and
faithful attention to us during the
illness and death of our loved one.
May heavens richest blessings rest
upon you all is our prayer.
Mrs. G. A. Sanders
And Daughters.
WHERE THE MINISTERS GO
Appointments Made by the White
River Annual Conference For
the Ensuing Year.
The closing exercises of the
White River Annual Conference
took place at Augusta Sunday
night, and the Bishop made the
appointments for the ensuing ,\ <‘,u.
Rev. d. F. Jernigan, who was
pastor at Weldon last year, was
appointed presiding elder for this
district, and Rev. C. H. Newman
was returned to the pastorate of
the Sulphur Rock circuit.
The complete list of appoint
ments for this district are as fol
lows:
Batesville Station, M . M. \\ il
son; Sulphur Rock circuit, C. H.
Newman; Desha circuit,.!. D. Kel
ley; Pleasant Plains circuit, E. M.
Dons; Mountain View circuit, D.
11 pAm-Bve1 Molhnnrne circuit. .!.
1). McClure; Calico Rock circuit,
\V. (i. Sears; Viola and Baxar
circuit, X. W. Watson; Salem and
Camp circuit, supplied by J. D.
Spence; Ashtlat circuit, supplied
by George Rogers; Evening Shade
W. C. South worth; Jackson port,
E. A. Blanton; West Batesville,
W. T. Locke; Cave City, R. I).
Robertson; Jessup Mission, sup
plied by W. S. Story.
Searcy District—J. D. Sibert,
P. E.; Searcy Station, Frank Bar
rett; West Searcy, N. E. Skinner;
Newport Station. M. B. Cmsted;
Auvergne and Weldon, F. R. Noe;
Wiville. R. H. Gressett; Augusta
Station, Dr. J. C. Brown; Bald
Knob, W. W. Anderson; West
Point circuit, .1. T. Self; Heber
circuit, J. G. Parker; Bethany,H.
T. Gregory; Bebee circuit, H. H.
Hunt. El Paso circuit, supplied
by J. A. Buchanan; Cato circuit,
W. D. Ellis; Argenta, T. W. Fis
sackerly; Tuckerman and Kenyon,
A. F. Skinner; Gardner Memor
ial, W. E. Hall; Cabot, N. E.
Gardner; I. E. Thomas, transfer
red to Louisiana Conference; B.
B. Thomas and A. C. Graham to
Little Rock Conference; W. B.
Hays to St. Louis Conference.
HAZEL GROVE ITEMS.
Ask Dick Kay about the candy
breaking.
Say girls, what about our ’pos
sum hunt?
We had a rain Sunday night,;
the first in several weeks.
Farmers are done gathering and [
crops were better than expected. j
Miss June Andrews was down
from Sharp county Monday, sh«>i»
ping.
Miss Irene Rice and brothers,
Cecil and Stay ton, went to Cord
Tuesday.
Several wagons passed through
here last week from above, going
out West.
C. J. Andrews and grandson,
Grover, of Sharp county, passed
through here en route to Newport
Tuesday.
Mrs. James Walden arrived
home Monday from Washington
where she has been visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Damrons.
Teddy and his Crum.
Washington, Dec. 6.—Among
i large batch of nominations sent
:o the senate today by President
Roosevelt was the nomination of
\Y. D. Crum to be collector of
customs at Charleston, S. C.
BIG CROP FROM A
REDUCED ACREAGE
Government Report Shows 12,162,
700 Bales Raised on Million
Acres Less Than Last Year.
—
Washington, Dec. 5.—The re
port of the department of agricul
ture today indicates a total pro
duction of cotton in the United
! States in the year 1004-05 amounts
to 12,162,700 bales.
The area picked or to be picked
is estimated at 30,053,700 acres, a
reduction of 1,676,600 acres, or
15.3 per cent, from the acreage es
timated as planted. The report
says that from present indications
the average weight of bales is not
likely‘to fall below 500 pounds
net.
Round bales have been included
in this estimate and reduced to
their equivalent in square bales.
The estimate does not include lint
!ers.
The estimated production in
bales by states is as follows: Vir
ginia 19,300, North Carolina 009,
000, South Carolina 1,099,700,
Georgia 1,765,000, Florida 77,200,
Alabama 1,278,900, Mississippi
1,539,800, Louisiana 917,900, Tex
as 2,992,300, Arkansas 832,700,
Tennessee 343,000, Missouri 48,
900, Oklahoma 246,000, Indian
Territory 398,100.
THREE MORE ARRESTS.
A dispatch from Searcy states
that Sheriff Wood of White coun
ty has captured three more men
who are believed to have partici
pated in the tight on a freight
train near Bradford Thursday
night. The men arrested bore ev
idence of having been in a figbt,
one of them being shot in the arm
and another in the finger.
Uynamite caps and fuses were
found in the car the dead man was
in, and it is believed that the men
composed a gang of burglars and
safe-blowers.
The three men arrested were
placed in jail at Newport.
The parties under arrest were to
have been given a preliminary
hearing before Squire (iuy Smith
Wednesday, but the case was con
tinued until tomorrow (Saturday.)
Notice to Teachers.
Notice is hereby given that there
will be a public examination at
Batesville, Arkansas, on Thursday
and Friday, the 15th and 16th days
of December, 1904, to ascertain
the professional qualifications ol
all persons desiring to teach in the
public schools of Arkansas within
the limits of Independence county.
The examination will begin prompt
ly at 8:30 a. m. and each applicant
is requested to be present at this
hour. Given under my hand this
14th day of November, 1904.
Sidney Pickens,
County Examiner.
SKULL CRUSHED IN A FIGHT.
Van Buren, Dec. 6.—In a fight
in Tom Mayfield’s saloon at Alma
Saturday night, in which fully :
dozen men engaged, Scott \Veez<
had his skull crushed, and wa:
killed, and his brother, Jin
Weeze, is dying from similar in
juries, inflicted, it is alleged, b;
Ed Peev y, whose weapon was :
heavy iron cuspidor. Peevey cs
caped.
Buy your mortgages, deeds an<
legal blanks at The Journal office
IMMIGRATION DECREASING
Commissioner of Immigration Reports
That 812,870 Foreigners Were
Received Last Fiscal Year.
Immigration to the United
States decreased materially during
the last fiscal year, and it is nota
ble that the moral, intellectual and
physical qualifications of the im
migrants admitted to this country
during the past year are higher
than ever heretofore have been
chronicled. These are two sailent
features of the annual report of
Frank P. Sargent, Commissioner
General of Immigration, which
has just been made public.
The report says that during the
past fiscal year S12,!S7<» aliens ar
rived in the United States, of
which 540,100 were males and
203,770 females; an increase in the
females as eomnared with last
year of 18,870, a decrease in the
males of 64,046. As to age, 18,
700 were under 14 years, 637,155
were between 35 and 45, and 46,
1550 were 45 or over. Of the total
number admitted immigrants 3,*
053 could read but not write, 168,
! 903 could neither read nor write,
I and it is presumed the remainder,
640.054, could both read and
write. It also appears that 10,
i 750 of these aliens had already
been to this country; 05,575
brought with them $50 or more
leach, and 501,530 brought each
less than $50. The total amount
of money shown to officers by the
812,870 aliens was $20,894,383, oi
$4,366,470 more than was brought
by the 057,046 arrivals of the last
year. This fact, says the report,
taken in connection with the coun
tries from which“thc increases ol
the year under consideration came,
furnished assurances of a market
! improvement in the ^character ol
the more recent immigration. Tin
28,451 English immigrants brought
with them in the fiscal year 1903
$1,405,365; this year the 41,479 of
the same race brought $2,736,172;
the 35,366 Irish last year had
$796,082, while the 36,076 Irish
this year showed $1,092,781; 71,
782 German immigrants last year
had $5,480,634, this year 74,790
possessed in hand $4,622,675.
At the various seaports of the
United States 7,994 aliens were
excluded during the year, 4,798
being paupers, 1,660 diseased, 35
convicts and 1,501 contract labor
ers.
Odd Fellows Elect Officers.
Newark Lodge No. 263, Inde
pendent Order of Odd Fellows,
held their first annual election of
officers at the regular meeting
Wednesday night.
The attendance was the largest
of any meeting during the year,
and the fraternal spirit of genuine
Odd Fellowship was in evidence
on all sides. It was the best and
most enjoyable meeting of the
year.
The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: O.
O. Moss, X. G.; R. M. Galloway,
1 V. G.; G. L. Fink, secretary; H.
1 E. Hawthorne, treasurer. Tin
' new officers will be installed \\ ed
1 nesday night, January 4.
r John Scott, the experienced
t photographer, has opened a first
- class studio in Newark, and i:
prepared to give you any class oi
work you want.
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I
PLATT FRAMES BILL
AGAINST THE SOUTH
Bill Introduced in Congress to Re
duce Southern Representation.
Effect of its Passage Would be to Tak»
Away Seats of Sixteen South
ern Congressmen.
Advices from Washington state
that Senator 'I'. C. Platt of New
York has introduced a bill in the
United States Senate providing’
for the reduction of the represen
tation of certain States in Con
gress, principally in the South.
Many bills of this character have
been offered from time to time in
one or the other branches of Con
gress, but no persistent effort has
been exerted to pass any of them.
The measure presented by Sen
ator Platt is said to have originat
ed in the Republican Club of New
York City, and in presenting the
measure Senator Platt stated that
it effects the Northern States, es
pecially Massachusetts, as well as
States in the South. The Senator
declares that the measifre is non
partisan.
The bill proposes that the repre
sentation of the States shall be onr
the basis of the male voting popu
1 lation, according to the last official
j census.
The reduction in Southern solid
ly Democratic delegations, should
the bill become a law, is estimated
at sixteen members.
THE PRESIDENT’S HESSAGE.
The President’s message to Con
gress takes up two pages set in
very small type in the average
newspaper, and might be briefly
summed up as follows:
It dodges the labor question in
i about 1,500 words.
It dodges tne trust question ana
consumes another i,500 words in
the attempt.
It speaks very highly of the *
weather, and descants upon the
connection between meterology
and plant life.
It makes an allusion to irriga
tion in a way to jar the tender sus
ceptibilities of no one, and makes
no mention of the fact that cotflbn
is cheap.
It contains personal mention of
our forest reserves and. national
parks.
It informs us that we have a
postoffice department through
which letters can be mailed from
one town to another.
It states that the Indians are do
ing well, or at least as well as they
can.
It refers to our quarantine laws
and pension bureau.
It touches lightly upon our Asi
atic trade, and immigration.
It discusses crime, corruption in
elections, justice, our foreign poli
cy, arbitration and our army and
navy.
It ignores utterly the subject of
tariff revision.
It does not answer the <iuestion,
“Why does a chicken cross the
road
It does not say how much the
trusts put up in the last election.
It does not say when the bureau
of publicity is going to publish
something.
It does not make a single sug
gestion to Congress of the least
importance.
It takes up two pages in the pa- .
pers, and that’s all.