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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, December 7, 1906.
Vol. 6. No. 50.
CITY COUNCIL SHAKEN UP
Citizens Up in Arms Over Non-En
forcement of Liquor Law
At the regular meeting of the
city council Monday night a peti
tion signed by about 100 citizens
of the town asking the council to
take some steps to stop the illegal
sale of whisky in Newark was laid
before the meeting and caused no
little comment. Several promi
nent citizens, among them being
Hon. T. H. Dearing, Dr. W. P
Lawton, A. H. Saylors, G. M.
Fields and J. W. Kinman, were
present to express themselves up
on the lax manner in which the
laws are being enforced. These
gentlemen expressed themselves
in no unmistakable terms, to the
apparent chagrin and embarrass
ment of some of the city officials,
some of whom were compelled to
admit that they had made no effort
to enforce the law against the il
legal sale of liquor. They stated,
however, that they were ready to
do so if the citizens would take
the matter up and swear out war
rants against the offending parties.
This brought forth another volley
of criticism from some of the citi
zen.-- present who said they thought
it was the duty of the officers to
do this that they were elected
and paid to enforce the law,
and that they did not wait for the
-citizens to take the lead and swear
out warrants for any other class
of law-bre?1 KB, and should . not
<L?‘xpect the citizens
\take the lead in this matter. It]
was pointed out that the officials
in Batesville. Cotter, Jonesboro
and other places, did not wait for
the people to Pike up the light and |
force them to do their duty, but
that the officers in those towns had
regarded the joint keeper as no
better than any other law breaker
and had succeeded in teaching him
that he must obey the law or suf
fer the consequences. The matter
finally ended by a motion being
made, which carried by a unani
mous vote, that the mayor instruct
the marshal to do his duty.
The resignation of J. D. Seward
as street commissioner and ceme
tery sexton was presented and ac
cepted. W. W. Magness was
■elected street commissioner and
W. M. Sammons, sexton.
The resignation of G. O. Mag
ness as alderman was tendered and
accepted and T. IT. Dearing was
elected to fill out the unexpired
term.
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FARHERS UNION MEETING
The eighth .session of the Inde
pendence County Union F. E. &
C. U. of A. will meet with the
( Cushman Union at Cushman, Ark.
1 on Friday and Saturday, Decem
ber 14th and 15th, 1900. All Io
cal unions are requested to send
| delegation in full as heretofore.
It is desired that each local Union
be represented with full delegation
ns some very important business
.will come beforethe body.
W. 1). Bui.lington,
County Sec-l'reas.
RAISE WAGES OF STATESMEN
Washington, Dec. 4.—Repre
sentative Gaines introduced a bill
raising the salaries of members of
congress to $7,500 annually, to
become effective in the sixty first
congress and reimbursing them
for money actually spent in going
to and from each session of con
gress. i
SULPHUR ROCK SKETCHES
Happenings of the Week at the Hub
Wof hite River Township
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Sulphur Rock, Dec. 4 —The
canning factory for this place is
i assured. The company was orga
nized Monday night and a board
I of directors elected. The dime
tors are W. B. Knight, ,J. U.
Martin, John Caldwell, Sam Tug
gle, G. \\ . Wood, T. L. Seuberth
and John D. Martin.
Rev. James F. Jernigan and his
son, Paul, left Monday night for
\\ ynne to attend the annual con
, ference. Rev. C. H. Newman
i went Tuesday.
Marion, the 10 year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Wilson, died
triday night from pneumonia and
was buried here Saturday after-j
noon.
Miss Mable Moore of Mooredeld
came down Thanksgiving and at
tended the exercises at the school
that night.
Misses Victoria Pickens and
Irene Baker of Charlotte spent!
Thanksgiving with friends at this;
place.
Mrs. Paul K.vler and baby came
up from Newport Monday to visit
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. C.
Knox.
Bon Thompson and family of
Pleasant Plains were visiting here
from Saturday to Monday.
Mrs. Polk Jones of Batesville is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hud
dleston for a few days.
Jhek and Tom Gibson visited
their uncle, E. M. Gibson at Mag
ness Sunday.
Ben Keeney moved the first of
the week and is now in a home of
his own.
Rev. Hively moved Monday to
his residence in the west part of
town.
Rev. Walter Way man was on
the sick list the first of the week.
Miss Wilma Lane of Charlotte
spent Thanksgiving in the city.
Mrs. Eva Cunningham went to
Newark Tuesday afternoon.
NOTICE TO TEACHERS
Notice is hereby given that there
will be a public examination at
Batesville, Ark., on Thursday and
Friday, the 20th and 21st days of
December, 1006, to ascertain the
professional qualifications of 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 appli
cant is requested to be present at
that hour.
All who do not hold certificates
and who expect to teach in the
county this winter should attend
the examination. It is the pur
pose of the law to do away with
private examinations.
Given under my hand this, the
26th day of November, 1906.
Sidney Pickens,
County Examiner.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our sincere
and heartfelt thanks to the many
friends and neighbors for their
many deeds of kindness and words
of sympathy tendered us in the ill
ness and death of our dear boy,
William Marvin Wilson, and may
He who doeth all things well re
ward them richly.
D. W. Wilson and Family. 1
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•I. W. Reeves, one of the Dota
j neighborhood’s good citizens, was
in town Monday. He expects to
I move to Clebnrn county in a short
time.
You can always get something
good to eat at Galloway’s restau
rant. Meals 25 cents. Short or
ders at all hours. Also nioe clean
beds and up-to-date accommoda
dations.
The Farmers Union warehouse,
recently completed at Magness, is
now open for the storage of cot
ton and it is reported that quite a
number of bales have been stored
this week.
The local camp of Woodmen of
the World will hold their annual
election of officers at the next reg
ular meeting, which is next Tues
day night, and it is desired that
every member be present.
Rev. E. A. Horn of Sharp was
in town Tuesday and was a pleas
ant caller at the .Journal office.
Rev. Horn is selling monuments
and is putting up some of the!
nicest work in the country.
Mrs. 1. X. Barnett of Batesville
spent Friday in the city and orga
nized a Woman’s Home Mission
Society with a good membership.
Mrs. Nancy Pascoe was elected
president and Mrs. J. E. Porter
secretary.
The Newark Journal passed its i
fifth birthday last week. It is j
an excellent paper, especially j
strong in the news of its locality,
and Mr. Craig has easily won a
place among the successful news-j
paper men of the state. — Bates- ■
ville Guard.
A very appropriate Christmas!
present to some of your distant |
friends or relatives would be a j
year’s subscription to The Jour 1
nal. Its weekly visits would be a ,
pleasant reminder of your friend
ship and esteem. We still have
room on our hooks for a few more
names.
During her recent visit to rela
tives in Indiana. Miss Lucy Law
ton was presented with a cream I
pitcher which has been a family
keepsake for many years. The!
pitcher originally belonged to
Miss Lucy’s great-great grand- |
mother on her father’s side and has |
been in the family for more than
two hundred years. The pitcher
was presented to Miss Lucy by j
her aunt and is very highly prized
by her.
Dr. J. A. Dodd and little daugh
ter, Hazel, of Nash, Tex., were in
town Monday evening en route
home from a visit to the doctor’s
mother at Salado. Doctor Dodd
formerly lived in this county, but
moved to Texas five or six years
years ago and has not only won
success in his profession, but has
become a prominent figure in the
political ciicles of his adopted
state. He was a member of the
last Texas legislature from his j
county, and was re elected for a
second term at the recent election
—an honor which has been accord- ]
ed but few of his predecessors.
KILLED BY FELLOW MASON
Lodge Trial Results in Acquitted
Member Being Shot Down
Tom Broughton, ft prominent
farmer of Garland county was
shot, down in the public road near
Hot Springs Saturday by Albert
Jackson, a neighboring farmer.
Several weeks ago Jackson had
Broughton arrested on a charge
of disturbing the peace. He also
alleged that Broughton had visited
his home and insulted his wife. I
The matter caused general com
ment in the entire community,
and, in view of the serious charge j
made by Jackson, the matter was!
taken up by tin* Masonic lodge, of
which they were both members.
After a session of several hours
the lodge declared Broughton not
guilty. When the lodge adjourn
ed Broughton mounted his horse
and started home, but was over- i
taken by Jackson, who opened tire
on him, killing him instantly.
MAGNESS MU SI NOS
Magness, Dec. 4.—Magness Un
ion No. 822 elected the following
delegates to the County Union:
T. W. Stubblefield, Walter Gres
ham and J. W. Aldridge. The
following officers have been elect
ed for next year: B. C. Tubbs,
president; J. W. Aldridge, vice
president; Will Gresham, secre
tary; J. J. Boillott, treasurer: El
ma Smith, conductor; T. W. Stub
blefield, door keeper. The offi
cers-elect will be installed the
fourth Monday night in this
month.
Dr. Tubbs Sr., went to Stone
county to attend court and is very
ill and not able to return, but will
probably arrive home the first of
next week.
Miss Lola Boillott returned from
Cotter last night, where she has
been visiting friends and relatives
Mr. Anderson the ferryman, is I
just recovering from a severe at
tack of pneumonia.
Will and Walter Gresham are
talking of goingdo Hope with a
view to locating.
Wash Browning visited home
folks at Sulphur Rock Sunday.
H. L. Billington made a flying
trip to Salado Monday.
Will Gresham went to the coun
ty capital Monday.
Sam Bevens of Sulphur Rock
was in town today.
P. G. Magness went to the coun
ty capital today.
Sam McMillian of Batesville was
in town today.
FOUND DEAD IN BED
Merritt B. Fuller, a prominent
citizen of Fairview township, was
found dead in bed at his home
near Pleasant Plains Thursday
morning of last week.
When called to get up he did
not answer and upon investigation
he was found to be dead. Heart
failure is supposed to have been
the cause of his death. He leaves
a wife and live children.
Mr. Fuller was a relative of
Hon. John Hindman of this city
and was a substantial and well-to
do citizen. He was about 3S years |
old.
High cut shoes. The kind that :
keep your feet dry. Sisk, Hulsey
& Haddock.
ROOSEVELT TO FARMERS
Farmers Organizations Commended
in Presidents Message to Congress
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In President Roosevelt’s mes
sage to congress we tind the fol
lowing in regard to the fafmers
and the work that is being done
through their several organiza
tions.
“Organization has become neces
sary in the business world; arid it
has accomplished much for good
in the world of labor. It is no
less necessary for farmers. Such
a movement as the Grange move
ment is good in itself and is cap
able of a well-nigh infinite further
extension for good so long as it is
kept to its own legitimate busi
ness. The benefits to be derived
by the association of farmers for
mutual advantage are partly eco
nomic and partly sociological.
Moreover, while >n the long run
voluntary effort will prove more
efficacious than government assist
ance, while the farmers must pri
tmuially do most for themselves,
yet the government can also do
much. The Department of Agri
culture has broken new ground in
many directions, and year by year
it finds how it can improve it«
methods and develop fresh useful
ness. Its constant effort is to give
the governmental assistance in the
most effective way; that is, thru
farmers associations rather than
to or through individual farmers.
It is also striving to co-ordinate
its work with the agricultural de»''
partrnents of the several states,
and so far as its own work is edu
cational, to co-ordinate it with the
work of other educational author
ities. Agricultural education in
necessarily based upon general,
education, but our agricultural in
stitutions are wisely specializing
themselves, making their courses
relate to the actual teaching of the
agricultural and kindred sciences
to young country people or young
city people who wish to live in the
country.
(ireat progress has already been
made among farmers by the crea
tion of farmers institutions, of
dairy associations, of breeders as
sociations, horticultural associa
tions and the like. A striking ex
ample of how the government and
the farmers can co-operate is
shown in connection with the me
nace offered to the cotton growers
of the Southern states by the ad
vance of the boll weevil. The de
partment is doing all it can to or
ganize the farmers in the threat
ened districts, just as it has been
doing all it can to organize them
in aid of its work to eradicate the
cattle fever tick in the South. The
department can and will co-oper
ate with all such associations, and
it must have their help if its own
work is to be done in the most ef
ficient style.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank all the kind
friends and the faithful physician
for the assistance rendered us dur
ing the recent illness and death of
our beloved father and husband,
Walter Holcomb.
His Wifk and Children.
COTTON RECEIPTS
Up to noon yesterday there had
been a total of 2,47:1 bales of cot
ton bought in Newark this sea
son. It was selling yesterday aU
10 cents.