The Newark Journal.
Published In The Famous big Bottom Country, Where Alfalfa Is King.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, August 9, 1907.
Vol. 7. No. 33.
rUBLIu SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTY
Some Statistics From the Report
of’The County Examiner For
the Past Year.
County Examiner Sidney Pick
ens of Sulphur Rock furnishes
The .Journal the following statistics
in regard to the public schools of
the county.
There 92 school districts in the
county—entirely too many, he
thinks, for the good of the schools,
and he favors the township sys
tem.
There is a total of 8,700 children
of school age (6 to 21 years) in the
county, of whom 8,239 are white
and 521 colored.
A total of 5,353 children were
enrolled in the schools of the
county during the past year, and
the daily attendance was 3,133,
which shows less than half of the
children of the county attend
school regularly, aud only about
00 per cent of them enrolled. This
suggests the need of a compulsory
school law.
There were 118 teachers employ
ed in the county, divided as fol
lows: Forty-one holding first
grade certificates, whose average
salary was $42 a month; fifty-two
holding second grade certificates,
average salary $2.9: twenty-two
holding third grade cerificates,
average salary $35, and three
holding state certificates, whose
average salary was $72.
The average length of term was
something over 100 days, which
he says, is better than ever before,
but should be at least 160.
There are 107 school houses in
the county. No new ones were
erected during the year.
A VOICE FROn TENNESSEE
Elkmont Springs, Tenn., Au
gust 1.—Dear Brother Jernigam
I notice in the papers that you
have had a glorious revival of
religion at Newark. How I would
like to have been with you! 1 see
Brother Dye was with you. How
it makes my heart burn within me,
and rejoce, to hear of so many
sinners brought info the fold of
Hod!
I am so glad they sent you into
your old home where you could
do so much good, and then you
getting Brother Dye there with
you m nis old home. Ur all the
preachers in the world, I know
you and him enjoyed that meeting
most. How I love you both! My
heart goes out in prayei for you.
God be with you.
Your old friend,
James T. Henderson.
GAMBLING DEVICES BURNED
Pine Bluff, Aug. 6.—Acting
under orders from .fudge L. E.
•Cheek’s court, Sheriff Philpot
this afternoon seized a lot of gam
bling tables and other parapher
nalia from a gambling house on
East Third avenue and burned all
^ the stuff in the courthouse yard.
The place was raided by the police
on Sunday morning.
A NICE HOME FOR SALE
For Sale—The Mayhan resi
dence on Main street; a good new
four room frame house with half
block of land; house nearly new,
well finished and painted; tine well
of water. Price $800; $300 cash,
balance easy terms. Apply to
lienderson Real Estate Co.
GREAT WAVE OF REVIVALS
One of the notable conditions
that prevails throughout the State
this year is the great interest that
is being taken in religious revivals.
There appears to be a religious
awakening that is a pressage of
better things, for when a commun
ity is right spiritually it may gen
erally be expected to be right
otherwise.
From many communities in the
State come reports of these “pro
tracted meetings,” lasting for
weeks at a time, and arousing the
most remarkable degree of in
terest.
For instance, in a revival at
Booneville there have been 250
conversions and at Newark there
was recently held one of the most
successful revivals ever known in
the history of the State.
In certain quarters there have
been doubts expressed of the
efficacy of the revival system, but
the fruits of the tree should be a
means of judging its value, and
while many of the converts may
return to their old ways, the num
ber that remains constant to the
faith is eilffipipntlv hirrro tr» -inctifir
whatever time, exertion and mon
ey may be expended in the effort.
The evangelists have many stock
stories of the great things that
have come from the conversion of
one man or one woman in a great
meeting where no one else appear
ed to be touched with the grace of
the Word, and these stories are all
bearers of a great lesson.
The old fashioned revivals so
familiar to the so-called backwoods
communities have not wholly
passed from among us, but may
still be found in some sections, and
even in the more conventional
churches of the cities we some
times find a touch of that saving
grace which stires the soul to the
depths.—Arkansas Democrat.
EDITOR SHOT DOWN
Helena, Aug. 4.—J. M. Scott,
city editor of Helena World, was
assassina ted at 2 o’clock this morn
ing in the heart of the city as he
was going home from work. Five
shots were fired at him, two pene
trating the brain, causing wounds
from which he died some hours
later without gaining conscious
ness. No one has been found who
witnessed the affair, which is
shrouded in a deep mystery.
ouun s uuu.y was louim u.y two
officers half an hour after he had
been shot down. They heard the
shots, and, making an investiga
tion, discovered the dying man
weltering in his gore.
Scott was 33 years of age and
leaves a wife and young babe.
A SERIOUS CHARGE
Newport,Aug 3.—Claude Davis,
a young white man of Richwoods
township was arrested Saturday
mornig by G. W. Gochenour at
the latter’s home near Pinnington
on the charge of attempted assault
on Ruth Ann Smothers, an or
phan. The offense is alleged to
have been committed Friday night
about 11:30 o’clock while the
young man was accompanying the
girl home from a dance that had
been given at the home of Willard
Gosne.y. The girl lives with her
grandmother and uncle, Charley
Edwards, one and one-half mile
southwest of Pennington. She
successfully resisted the effort of
Davis.
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1 THE PASTOR’S COLUMN
“The work of a young Bates
villc minister in Texas.”—Guard.
To set the Guard man right, the
following list is furnished, and
none, no not one, is from Bates
ville:
Revs. John H. Dye, Sulphur
Rock; G. M. Hill, Greenbrier; A.
P. Saffald, Oil Trough; Jas. F.
Jernigan, White River township;
J. W. Lindsey, Gainsboro; L. W.
Lindsey, Gainsboro; E. L. Massy,
Gainsboro; G. W. Smith, Green
brier; P. B. Wallace, Cave Creek;
W. W. Gibson, White River;
George Wilkinson, Gainsboro;
S. W. Register, Gainsboro; J. W.
York, White River; G. G. David
son, Gainsboro; Jas. H. Griffin,
Greenbriar, Arthur Lindsey,
White River; Jas. Best, Black
River: Jas. G. Parker, Oil Trough;
P. H. Wilkerson, Sharp county,
but went into the itinerant work
while living in Batesville.
These have all entered the intin
erant minister,? and most of them
are there yet. But not one of
them from Batesville, as our friend
of the Guard would have the read
ing public understand. “Honor
to whom honor is due.”
Here is a list of local men, some
of whom have been in the itiner
ant work, but are now local, some
are dead: W. H. Jernigan, N. E.
Brady, John Soggins, Coleman
Rainwater, E. D. Farrish, James
Northern, Z. T. Griffin, A. H.
Wooderd, J. L. Porter, W. W.
Wayraan, J. W. Best. All these
from the country, and not one
from Batesville.
Now, this is not a rebuke to the
people of Batesville, nor intended
to be an offense to the genial
Guard man, but to set things right
aud wake up the old town that is
86 years old, and, so far as this
writer knows, has never sent out
into the Methodist minister.?,
either itinerant or local, a man
born and raised in the town. If I
am not mistaken the town was
founded in 1821.
Now let Greater and Newer
Newark take thought—thoughts
and acts that will produce prayer
that will bring forth fruit unto
God, in giving both boys and girls
uiuu uuu s viuc.yaiu. -Dates vine
has sent but one native worker,
Miss Esther Case, a noble, conse
crated woman, to work for God.
Newark has many elegant, noble
girls and boys whom, if God lays
his hand upon them, would make
“burning and shining lights” for
His glorious work.
We rejoice in the great success
of Bro. “Jim Henry.” The battle
is on in this county as never be
fore. He need not have left his
old home for a large and useful
held.
Our meeting at Sulphur Rock
goes and grows. Twenty converts
to date, and the whole town and
country is stirred as never before
and your scribe has known this
country for 48 years. Glory to
God.
“Bless the Lord, O, my soul,
and all that is within me bless His
holy name.”
A little daughter of Ab. Traw,
near Pocahontas was fatally
wounded by the accidental dis
charge of an old gun, being clean
ed by a neighbor boy.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL ITEMS
R. M. Galloway went down to
Bald Knob Monday night to attend
^the Mormon-Baptist debate.
Walter Terrell went to Newport
Wednesday night to attend a pic
nic yesterday near his old home.
T. P. Lawton, of Bicknell, Ind.,
is spending a few days here visit
ing his parents, Dr. and Mrs. W.
P. Lawton.
Rev. J. F. Cossey went down to
Bald Knob Wednesday night to
attend the Baptist-Mormon skin
ning match.
Mrs. Matilda Sousley and fami
ly left yesterday morning for Te
cumseh, I. T., where they will
make their future home.
W. D. Bullington of Dota, the
efficient, county secretary of the
Farmers Union, was transacting
business in town Saturday.
Deputy Circuit Clerk E. A.
Hodges was down from Batesville
yesterday, and went out to Eaves
Spring to attend the picnic.
Mrs. George Cullom came over
from Judsonia Tuesday to spend
a few days visiting her parents,
Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Lawton.
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For Sale—The Cal Seward place
in North Newark; 5 room house,
two acres of land, good barn,
smokehouse and well. Henderson
Real Estate Co. ,
Miss Ola Kinman, Mrs. B. A.
Magness and little daughters, '
Madge and Blanche, spent Friday
and Saturday at Batesville, visit
ing Mrs. Or. L. Green.
J. C. Rodgers arrived home
Monday from a pleasant visit with
relatives at ileber. Mrs. Rodgers
who went over with him will re- j
main for perhaps a mouth.
Rev. Jas. F. Jernigan will not *
hold the 11 o’clock service at the
Methodist church Sunday, on ac
count of being in the revival at
Sulphur Rock, but will preach 1
Sunday night. <
W. N. Lewis of Newark writes
tire and life insurance in the most
reliable old-line companies. Writes
life in the New York Life, and fire
in the Rochester German of Roch
ester, the Michigan Commercial of
Michigan, the American of New
York and the Travelers of Arkan
sas. See him when you need in
surance of any kind.
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PLEASANT HILL PICK-UPS
Pleasant Hill, Aug. 6.—One of
the best revival meetings in the f
history of Pleasant Hill has just 1
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closed with 37 conversions. Elds. 1
Horn, Fink and Kirkland did the f
preaching. At the close of the 1
meeting Eld. Horn baptized nine J
into the M. P. Church and Eld. *
Fink baptized eleven into the
Baptist church.
There is talk of having Uncle .
Marion Barnett pinched for dis- j
turbing public worship, but we f
don’t blame him. Most any of
us would have shouted if two of
our children were converted.
The dry and hot weather has (
nearly got the crops. Corn is
practically past redemption and
cotton is doing no good at all.
Frank Long's house burned last \
Friday morning. The cause is 5
unknown. ]
Rev. G. L. Fink made a busi- <
ness trip to .Newark Saturday 1
evening. i
A YOUNG RACE RIOT NEAR TOWS
Whites and Negroes at Work Fo*»
Railroad Clash, But No
Damage Done
A young race riot took place
among the hands at work at the
railroad gravel pit near Magnese
Wednesday night.
Some white men who had been
at work there wTere discharged a
few days ago and negroes put la
their places. This so incensed the
white men that they served notice
n>n the negroes to leave, which the
negroes refused to do, and the riot
Wednesday night was the result.
Several shots were tired, pos
sibly 75 or 100, but it seems that
the shooting was only done
frighten the negroes, as no one
was hurt.
An engine was sent to bring:
3own the sheriff to quell the roit,
ind Deputy Sheriff Patterson came
iown. No arrests were made
Wednesday night, but it was un
lerstood yesterday morning that
Mr. Patterson had the names of
light of the parties who were suh
aected ot causing the trouble, ana
t was expected that he would
nake the arrests and take them to
3atesville yesterday evening.
KILLING NEAR NEWPORT
Newport, Aug. 5.—A killing*
iccured about twelve miles east of
;he town Saturday. Charles Hunt
er became offended at Miles Hat
farce for asking pay for barbecu
ng two hogs for him and chased
lim with a knife. Twice he had
Halfarce on the run, but the last
;ime Ilalfarce secured a pistol and
;hot Hunter in the stomach, from
ihe effects of which he died a few
lours later. Hal farce came to
own and surrendered to the
sheriff.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
The annual meetingof the stock
lolders of the Magness Warehouse
Jo., will be held at the warehouse
n Magness, Ark., on Saturday*
August 31, 1907, at 10 o’clock a.
n., for the purpose of electing
welve directors for one year, and
or the transaction of such other
>usiness as may legally come tie
ore the meeting. Each share
lolder is requested to be repre
ented. W. C. Sanders, Pres.
N. D. Burlington, Sect’y-Treas
GOOD HOME FOR SALE
For Sale.— Nice home of tea
cres, between Newark and Maj*
tess; good five-room house, good
arge log barn, fine well of water*
food smokehouse and small orch
,rd. Will be sold at a bargain,
^pply to Henderson Heal Estate;
Company.
NEWPORT SCHOOL CENSUS
The school census of Newport,
ust completed, shows total nuna
>er of white males, 2*2; female*
160; aggregate white, 542; total
lumber of negro males, 214; fe
nales, 214; aggregate negro, 423;
otal aggregate of white and negro
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TO SCHOOL DIRECTORS
If your district needs desks,
dackboards or school furniture of
my kind, call and get my prices.
! handle the best desk made and
ian make prices as low as the
owest. A. A. Henderson. New-«
irk, Ark.