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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday August 19, 1904.
Vol. 4, No. 34
I AT THE GREAT
F WORLD’S FAIR
A Few Observations Jotted Down at
Random After a Stroll Over
The Grounds.
St. Louis, Any. 18.—Leaving
Newark Friday niyht on a belated
train, we reached Newport just in
time to catch the Hot Sprinys Fly
er to the exposition city. We saw
but little of tin' country alony the
route: in fact, nothiny of it until
we arrived at Bismark, Mo. Judg
iny from outward appearances, one
i> forced to the conclusion that the
Missouri farmer is more prosper
than the Arkansas farmer. They
live iu better houses and have more
good, substantial improvements
around them than the farmers of
Arkansas. But we wonder at their
source of prosperity, for it is plain
ly evident that we have a better
farming country, or. at least, our
land is more productive than
theirs, and wo have much better
crops. 1' ;L they have immense
meadi w> and on many farms one
sees immense herds of cattle, hoys
and sheep, and perhaps this is the
secret of their success; they devote
more attention to stock, hay and
grain raising than we do.
Arriving in St. Louis about S
o’clock a. m. Saturday we made
our way direct to the fairgrounds,
where we put in the day until 10:30
that niyht.
We find our feeble pen or rath
er stub of a pencil utterly inade
quate to yive even a faint idea of
this wonderful exposition. The
grounds cover an area of 1,240
acres, an l -11 states and 50 foreiyn
governments are represented. The
exposition represents a cost of
$.'»0,ooo,ooo. ’Hie greatest build
ing on the ground is the Agricul
tural Building, which covers an
area of 21 acres. There is four
miles of isles i:i this burning, so
you can rea lily form some idea of
the time required for the sight
seer to “do” this building. But
it is well worth the time.
One of the most interesting ex
hibits we hav e seen so far is the
historical exhibit of the B. Ac <).
Railroad in the 'Transportation
Building. Here we saw the great
and powerful means of modern
transportation, in the shape of im
mense railroad locomotive so large
that one actually stands awe-strick
eri in rapturous admiration of their
immense greatness.
vv e stroll on down me isies au
miring these wonderful machines,
until presently we are greeted by
some of the ancient vehicles and
modes of travel. W e see the faith
ful old pack-mule laden on either
side with his burdens of freight;
we also set' the ancient camel, the
old ox-carts, and so on. Present
ly we turn back up another isle
nnd are greeted by the ancient
types of locomotives. Standing
or seated on many of them are im
siges of their inventors. They, in
deed, form an interesting subject,
of study. Here we saw the tirst
railroad locomotive designed and
built by George Stephenson, ot
England, in 1S14. We also had
the pleasure of gazing upon the
first locomotive ever built. It is
known as the “Cugnot,’ and
Stephenson's machine is a decided
improvement over this. The “Cug
not” was designed and built by
Nicholas Cugnot, a French army
officer, in 1769, and is the first lo
comotive of which there is any
(history. The machine, as it now '
stands, was tried but two or three
times, and because of the fact that
I it turned over during one of these
I trials, was seized and locked up in
the arsenal. Fortunately, it has |
been carefully preserved and is to
day seemingly in good condition.
The Fair by night is the most
magnificent spectacle ever beheld
by human eyes. I he big white
buildings decorated with innumer
able electric lights, tills one with
sublime admiration and profound
thoughts of the greatness of things
possible of accomplishment by the
master minds of men of modern
times.
AKKANSAs’ KXHIBIT.
Arkansas L making a splendid
| showing in each of the six special
| departments of her great compos
! ite exhibit.
The soil of a state is the primary
1 source of t 1m* wealth of her people,
: and the richer and more varied
j that soil the more solid and sure
, will be their prosperity. The pro
ducts of the soils of Arkansas are
’shown in three great divisions
! classified under the heads of Agri
culture, Horticulture and Forest
ry.
In the Palace of Agriculture,
centrally located and beautifully
designed and constructed, stands
her marvelous exhibit of farm pro
ducts. Natural grains, vegetables
and fruits were used exclusively in
its construction, and the ornamen
tal arrangement has been so effi
ciently carried out that it is the
almost universal verdict of visitors
that this is the most varied, beau
tiful and attractive booth in the
building. Hon. H. T. Bradford,
state commissioner of Mines,
Manufactures and Agriculture of
Little Rock, ably assisted by Mr.
Park Crutcher, deserves great
praise at the hands of the people
of Arkansas for the efficiency with
which the claims of “Arkansas as
an agricultural state” are being
placed before the people of the
world.
i nat Arkansas is the world s
orchard" is conceded by every
body who is posted, and Hon. dno.
I\ Logan, President of the Ark
ansas State Horticultural Society,
and Mr. Chambers, who have plan
ned, arranged and managed her
fruit exhibit in the Palace of Hor
ticulture, have had to perform the
double task of tilling the expecta
tions of home folks, and of open
ing the eyes of people of other
states and foreign countries, upon
the importance of Arkansas as a
general fruitgrowing state. They
have made no attempt to hide a
lack of fruit by elaborate orna
ments constructed from wood,
stone, paint or bunting, but have
confined themselves entirely to
fresh fruit, and when the Arkansas
Horticultural Exhibit bursts upon
the view of the visitor he simply
sees a great sea of faultless fresh
fruit, tastefully arranged on un
protected tables so that he may
pass in among and examine them.
No attempt or provision is made
to hide defects in samples by plac
ing them under glass or piling be
hind protecting railings, and he
who sees and studies Arkansas’
matchless fruit exhibit will g<> a.
wa.v and ever afterward when
ever and wherever lie sees a per
fect apple, peach, pear or berry,
will always think of Arkansas.
The state’s exhibit in the Palace
of Forestry, Fish and Game is one
[continued on page 8J
PARKER WOULD NOT
HAVE SECOND TERM
Says Incumbents of Presidential Of
fice Should Thus be Placed
Above Temptation.
In his speech accepting the dem
ocratic nomination for President,
Judge Parker says, in effect that
no man should he eligible for re
election as President of the I'nited
States. The Journal heartily
agrees with Judge Parker in this
matter. In his speech of accept
ance he used the following forci
ble language in regard to second
terms:
1 accept, gentlemen of the eom
rnitto, the nomination, and if the
action of the convention shall be
indorsed by an election by the peo
ple, I will, (iod helping me, give
to the discharge of the duties of
that exalted office tlie best service
of which 1 am capable and :>t the
end of the term retire to private
life. I shall not Im* a candidate
tor nor shall I accept a renomina
tion. Several reasons might be
advanced for this position, but the
controlling one with me is that 1
am fully persuaded that no incum
bent of that office should ever be
placed in a situation of possible
temtation to consider what the ef
fect of action taken by him in an
administrative matter of great im
portance might have upon his pol
itical fortunes.
“Questions of mementous conse
quence to all of the people have
been in the past and will bo in the
future presented to the President
for determination, and in approach
ing their consideration, as well a>
in weighing the facts and the ar
guments bearing upon them, he
should be unembarrassed by any
possible thought of the influence
his decision may have upon any
thing whatever that may affect
him personally."
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BOY KILLED BY MULE KICK.
Fort Smith, Ark., Aug. b>.—
This morning Houston Benjamin,
LI years of age, was thrown fron
a mule and kicked in the head st
severely that he died from his in
juries. After he was kicked he
got up apparently uninjured and
with the help of an old woman
caught the mule. On being impor
tuned to get on the animal and ride
to his home and send for a doctor,
he replied:
"I am going to die and I might
as well die right here.”
He then lay down and in five
minutes was dead.
KILLED WIFE AND SELF.
Newport, Aug. lt>. A farmer
named Prater, who had been rais
ing a crop near Swifton, shot and
killed his wife and committed sui
cide yesterday.
The tragedy took place on the
property of Graham Bros., one
and one-half miles from 'Pucker
man.
Mr. and Mrs. Prater, who had
several children, had been separat
ed for some time. After their sep
aration Mrs. Prater became a ten
ant on the Graham property. Pra
ter spent Saturday and Sunday at
Tuckerman.
Monday he went to the home of
his wife, and after compelling the
children to leave the place, de
manded that she live with him
j again. Mrs. Prater, who was sick
in bed at the time, refused, Prater
then shot her to death and killed
himself.
EDITORIAL TROUBLES.
Whenever a newspaper tells the
simple truth about a bad man who
is trying to get into a public place
I where he can steal, the truth is
called an “attack.7’ When a news
paper warns tin' people against a
: bad man, the newspaper gets the
reputation of being vicious. No
matter how mean a man is and no
matter how well the people know
it, if when he runs for office the
facts of his past career are printed
to show the people what they must
expect, the editor who prints these
| facts is abused and the rascal pos
es as a martyr. When the man
turns out wrong, as the editor said
he would, if the editor says his
prophesies have come true the peo-:
pie accuse him of persecuting the
man and “kicking him when he is
down.’’ Yet if the paper says
nothing about bad men who are
trying to rob the people, they say
the editor is bought off, and that
ho has taken hush honey. Any
l ime you think your life is stagnat
ing and you need a little mental,
moral and physical exercise, just
get into the newspaper business
and let people throw things at you.
Remember the black boy who used
to stick his head through a hole in
a calico sheet for people to throw
at during the fair well, that fel
low is the only man on earth who
knows how an editor feels at the
lend of a day’s work. He makes
money letting people throw things
at him. This is great business.
Next to falling down a stairway
| covered with barbed wire into a
tub of boiling water and being res
! cued by a man with small pox,
the liveliest series of calamities in
the world may be found in the
! newspaper business.
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new township.
The decision of the county court,
creating a new township on the
west of Big Bottom, was rendered
Tuesday. The citizens of Magness
celebrated the event Tuesday night
by shooting anvils. The new
, township will be known as Mag
• ness.
MONEY RETURNED
IN LIGHTLE CASE
Sensational Developments in Lightle
Case Indicate That Stupendous
Fraud Was Committed.
A sensational story comes from
Little Rock to effect that l>r. I{.
(i. Lightle, formerly of Searcy,
>ne of the 1 test-known physician®
in the state, is not dead as has been
reported and believed. Managers
:>f insurance companies holding
521,000 insurance on his life have
famished such of the money paid
to the supposed widow as death
benefits.
The insurance officials maintain
they have positive proof that Dr.
Lightle is alive, but they decline
to give details at present. They
also assert that they have proof
that Mrs. Lightle, who is visiting
relatives in Little Rock, was im
posed upon and supposed the char
red bones found in the ruins of the
stable to be those of her husband.
Dr. Lightle and his wife are
members of well-known and social
ly prominent families in this state.
They resided at Searcy, where Dr.
Lightle was supposed to have a
profitable practice.
Several months ago the Lightle
stable was burned to the ground
and the charred body of a man was
found in the ruins. It was sup
posed at the time that Dr. Lightle,
who had gone to the stable, osten
sibly to fill an oil lantern, had acci
dentally set the building on fire
and had been burned to death. An
inquest was held over the body
and a verdict of accidental death
returned, with no suspicion that
the identily was not correct. The
funeral two days later was one of
the largest ever held in Searcy.
Now it is asserted that the body
found in the ruins was that of a
man named Pitts, who had died
several months before. Last Sat
urday night C. E. ('ox, A. B. Chi
chester, a Little Rock detective;
\Y. E. King, a constable of Sear
cy. and J. A. Chandler, an under
taker of that city, opened the Pitts
grave and found the coffin empty.
Dr. Lightle carried'$21,000 in
surance on his life, all of which
was paid his widow. The compan
ies were as follows: New York
Life, $11,0<>0: Fidelity Mutual $5,
000; Mutual Life of New York;
$1,000; A. O. U. \Y., $2,000; Me
tropolitan, $2,000. The indentity
of the body was established to the
satisfaction of everybody and the
insurance was paid last May, a few
days after the death was reported.
Later reports from Little Rock
say that the five companies which
held policies upon Dr. Lightle’s
life to the amount of $21,000 have
secured the greater part of that
amount, and it is understood that
the parties implicated in the alleg
ed fraud will not be prosecuted by
the companies.
John Collins Killed Himself.
Newport, Aug. 13.—John Col
lins, a son-in-law of Jesse Foun
tain, a farmer living on the l)os
well place in Jefferson township,
ended his life Friday morning by
taking an over-dose of morphine.
; lie was a widower and had two
children, lie is thought to have
committed suicide while despond
ent over physical ailments.
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