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Newark, Independence County, Arkansasf Friday, April 21, 1905.
Vo*. 5. No. 17.
60V. DAVIS TO THE FARMERS
'He Endorses the Plan of Organ
izing Unions, and Makes a
Pew Suggestions.
Governor Davis has issued the
following address to the fanners
of Arkansas in regard to the Far
mer’s Unions that are being or
ganized all over the state:
“1 am not a fanner and know
nothing by actual experience of
your wants and necessities, but 1
do know that I am willing to help
you, if my official endorsement;
and my official sanction of the ob
jects and purposes of this great in
dustrial move that is now on hand
will be of any assistance to you.
The farmers of the state can ab
solutely control every public situa
tion. You have the numbers, you j
have the power, you produce the
wealth of the world, you produce I
the things we all need, the things
we must have, and if you will but
organize with a proper motive and
object in view you can be masters
of the, situation: and it is with this
purpose in view that I issue to
you this request and give to your
organization my official sanction
and endorsement. If the farmers
are prosperous and happy their
prosperity is the prosperity of the
whole body politic; if'they are op
pressed, if they are burden ridden,
this likewise affects us all. So it
is to the interest of the business i
man, it is to the interest of the !
merchant, the lawyer, tin* doctor,
it is to the interest of all that the
farmer be prosperous.
“How can you do this my fellow
citizens' This is the question that
is asked and the question that
tnust"13e intelligently answered. I
believe that these farmer’s organi
zations are a potent factor in this
great work of bringing the fann
«rs of the South from under their
bondage. I intelligent organization,
intelligent unity and concert of ac
tion is the remedy that must lx*
employed by you to win the great
fight that you are engaged in.
This fight will not end today nor
tomorrow. It is a fight for the
future and you must go about it
as patriots, looking to the great
good of the whole people. I be
lieve that the object of this organ
ization is right, that is, that you
more of one commodity than can
be sold at a fair price, and do not j
-crowd the market with a commod
it.y, but hold for a price which you
yourselves can command. Cut;
your acreage of cotton down, raise
your supplies at home, hold half
of your ne^t crop if necessary.
Let the other fellow, the consum
er, get busy wanting the things
you raise. Then you, and not the
consumer, will control the prices.
L would not advise you to organize
w, .
against the merchant, against the
banker, the doctor or the lawyer
—this would not be right. I
would not array one class against
another; we are a common broth
erhood, but you an* the substratum
you are the base rock upon which
the fabric of this republic is budd
ed, and 1 do advise you to so or
ganize and stand together as that
you can control the price of things
which you yourselves produce.
You can do this; you ought to do1
it, be do not let politics get into
your organization: it will ruin it.
Let nothing enter there except a;
desire to help the general public:
and to help yourselves in the
great commercial fight. You have
a tight, my fellow-citizens, that is
more desperate than the civil war:
you are not fighting with flesh and
blood, but you are fighting soul
less heartless corporations; you
are lighting Mammon, you are
fighting a thing that has no senti
ment, no feeling; you are fighting
a thing that would grind you and
your wife and children into the
dust, and in order to whip it it
will take honest, consecrated and
intelligent organization. Will the
farmers of this state thus organized
1 trust you will and that you will
give faith and credit to the inten
tion of your brother farmer. Do
not believe that he is fooling you,
do not believe that he does not in
tend to carry out his pledges, but
stand shoulder to shoulder in this
great movement of commercial re
formation and reform and stand
assured that you have the hearty
co-operation and support of your
governor. Res pectf u 11 y,
•I f.ff Davis,
Governor of Arkansas.
LOCiAN LINKS.
More rain, more rest.
Charley Wherry says he is half
married—that is, he has his own
consent.
Miss Maud Fetzer visited at the
home of her uncle A. W.Slayden.
Sunday.
Wonder if Jim Barber leaves
his pipe stem at home when he
goes to court;
Will Bradley is improving his
bottom farm by putting a wire
fence around it.
The infant child of Mrs. II. (J.
Logan has been quite sick, but is
better at this writing.
Some of the young people of
our community attended church at
Pleasant Hill Sunday.
A Farmer’s Cnion has been or
ganized at the Logan school house.
Lee Combs was the first to ride
the goat.
Messrs. Frank Long, Wells
Sla.vden, Ozroe Lane and Charley
Wherry went to Batesville Friday
to attend court.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lane of Par
oquet visited at the home of the
former's brother, Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Lane Sunday.
OLD CITIZEN PASSES AWAY.
James B. Henderson, one of the
oldest and best known citizens in
this part of the county, died at the
home of his son a few miles north
of town Monday evening.
He was born near Akron in 1832,
and in his early life was quite
prominent as a teacher. He slso
became interested in newspaper
work early in life ana for several
years was connected in various
capacities with the old Batesville
Kigle and other publications of the
then struggling village of Bates
ville, before the civil war.
He joined the Christian church
at the age of 24 and his life was
that of a true Christian gentleman,
and he enjoyed the respect and
confidence of a large circle of
friends.
The remains were buried Tues
day afternoon at the Lebanon
graveyard, Rev. J. A- Anchultz
conducting the services.
Subscribe for The .Journal.
Charley Wright of Sulphur
Rock came down Monday night to
attend the dance.
Walk-over shoes please you in
fit, price and wear. For sale by
Fred I). Whiting & Co.
For Sale—Two acres of land
four blocks north of school house
on Morgan street. Apply to E. E.
Hu rns.
Rev. Mr. Strickland of Tueker
man has been conducting night
services at the Christian church
this week.
When you go to Whiting’s you
will think you are in New York
City, from the styles displayed in
fine millinery.
I have pasturage for your stock
at 50 cents per month for year
lings and si for grown stock. A.
A. Henderson.
Miss Mary Outlaw of Oil
Trough is spending a few days
here, the guest of Mr. anti Mrs.
Jno. \Y. Outlaw.
Editor Johnson of the Des Arc
Guidon spent a few hours in town
Wednesday visiting his mother,
Mrs. B. F. Johnson.
It is announced that a through
train service will be inaugurated
on the White River Railroad the
first of September.
Star brand shirts, underwear,
hosiery, ties and suspenders;
May Rants Co’s pants, ,1. S.
Shield’s hats and Your Momey's
Worth shoes all at Moore Bros. &
Co’s.
J. M. Magness is being favor
ably mentioned as a probable can
didab* for sheriff at the coming
election. Mr. Magness is one of
the county's best citizens, and has
| many friends who would enthusi
astically support him if he should
decide to enter the ra<*e.
THE LIQUOR QUESTION.
Editor The Journal:
Some time ago l said something
about blind tigers, and some may
conclude that Newark is the Sodom
of our county, but it is far from it.
I was told by a citizen of Bates
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not worse than Newark. His con
versation led me to believe that
there is no cause for Batesville to
make faces at Newark. If the of
ficers could have the proper assis
tance they could do more towards
controlling them and enforcing the
law.
1 remember some years ago
when Hatesville’s special prohibi
tion act was repealed, one of the
best citizens, or considered as
such, wrote to a representative
asking him to use his influence to
have it repealed. 1 am not writ- j
j ing this from guess, but from
i what 1 know to be facts. I sur
: mise that this same man will not
help to enforce the law, as I ex
pect he is a whisky man. When
he, with a few others 1 could
name, could put a stop to it, but
they would have to say it so loud
that they would be heard. I have
1 no haterd for the towns. I expect
: there is boot legging done outside
of the towns. Hut I hate the dis
honest business with as much hat
red as I do Satan. In fact it is j
one of Satan's prolific breeders of
debauchery and crime. Don’t
you believe this? If you do not
then go to the court records and
see. It is the candid opinion of
the writer that nine-tenths of the
crimes can be traced either direct
ly or indirectly to this monstrous
evil. The question is. are we go-i
ing to lay quietly by and let Satan
and his imps carry us back into
his barbarous grasp, and again
place the fetters on us that causes
so many heart aches and tears?
Has it come to pass that good
men are almost afraid to ask for
places of trust because they fear
the saloon element? Our officers
cannot enforce the law alone.
They must have help. Fellow-cit
izens let me ask you to withhold
your criticism unless you are
ready to help the officers to en
force the laws.
1 want to go on record assaying
that I do not believe that any man i
who will support the whisky traf
tiek hv his vote or otherwise is
acting the part of a good citizen. |
Then let us buckle on the armor,
with the sword (the Bible) in hand
and stand ready to go to the front
at the first blast of the trumpet to
do our part as good citizens and
rid our town and county of that
whicn debauches character,
thwarts the purpose of the law
and helps no one. I have spent
the most of my life in this county.
Father moved here from North
Carolina when 1 was a boy. I
was out of the county a few years,
but 1 have always stood with the
temperance folks, but 1 consider
this a moral question, and all par
ties should join hands in opposing
this evil. Will we do it£ 1 come
with this plea and ask all who are
for law and order to join hands in
the tight. 1 ask every preacher in
the county who indorses the fol
lowing to drop me a card as I
want, some time in the future, to
publish their names in The Jour
nal
PI.K1X1K.
I pledge myself to use all my in
fluence to prohibit the sale of all
alcoholic drinks in this county,
legally or otherwise.
Name.
.Township.
—
Let me hear from you not later
than May 25th. Just drop me a
card anti I will keep it and see who
of you will enter the fight. I re
main your obedient servant for
the good of the county.
J. 1. Martin, Cord, Ark.
SANITARY NOTICE.
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To the citizens of Newark:
You are hereby notified to clean
up and remove ail rubbish and
filth from the back alleys, and
back yards and get Newark in a
healthy condition before hot j
weather begins. Let's go to work
now and clean up everything that
would be likely to cause sickness.
\\\ d. COO»*EU,
Chairman Sanitary Committee. |
Jim Frazier, who murdered i
Webster Sullivan near Des Arc!
last fall was tried and convicted of
murder in the first degree at De
Witt last week, and was sentenced
by Judge Chapline to be hanged
at Des Arc June .s. When the
sentence was pronounced the ne
gro laughed as if nothing of any
consequence had happened.
A MISFORTUNE IN STORE
Observer Hakes a Few Remarks
in Defense of his Position on
“Religious” Debates.
Editor The Journal:
Observer noticed in your recent
issue where Hrother J. I. Martin
had received a challenge for a lim
ited number of rounds in one of
those “religious debates” at
Grubbs, Ark.; that the challenge
had been accepted, but that the
papers had not beeif signed, neith
er have their seconds been ap
pointed or their training quarters
selected. May the Lord have
mercy on Grubbs, for, as sure as
the time rolls around, there will
be strife and discord which create
heart burnings and divisions
among men, break out in that little
town, caused by these worldly
wind-jammers, which may destroy
its society, provided they can lead
the people as people have been led
heretofore. And still this is in a.
land of civilization, at least we
boast of that fact.
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.n.tiu juai* a. crtv utJiuic i iiutlv*
ed in a Western journal where
Pat Hooligan had challenged Mike
Cratzen jammer for a limited num
ber of rounds in the pugilistic
arena, and that the challenge had
been accepted, seconds appointed*
ami training quarters selected.
May the Lord have mercy on that
Western city, for, as sure as the
time rolls around, there will be
strife and discord, confusion and
clamoring in that city after the
fight is pulled off almost as bad as
there will be at Grubbs when the
curtains are lowered after the “re
ligious debate” lias been pulled
off.
Such a deplorable condition of
affairs is very much to be regret
ted. I do hope that the good peo
ple of Grubbs will give this kind
of preachers to understand that
they need ministers, faithful min
isters, to convert sinners; to teach
them the many lessons taught by
the humble Nazarene; and to point
them to a life of higher ideals and
ambitions, instead of arraying
man against man and tearing down
what others have labored so faith
fully to build up.
I have carefully read what Bro.
Brown and Bro. Martin have said
in your paper on this subject, t
notice that they have gone after
the Observer several times about a.
former article, but they have nev
er attempted to answer his argu
ments. They complain that he
hides behind a none de plume.
M hat of that? It, is only a matter
of personal preference. It is not
necessary for them to know the
observer’s name, because they need
not enter into personalities with
the writer. We have no ill will
toward either of these brothers.
I think that if I were in their po
sition and was so inconsistent and
out-of-date as to attempt to justify
those “religious debates,” that I
would only be too glad to couch,
behind a non de plume.
Obhkkvku.
JURY FAILED TO AGREE.
The trial of Jno. V. Roberts of
Searcy for complicity in the dese
cration of the grave of Edward
Pitts was concluded in circuit
court at Mariana Tuesday. The
case resulted in a hung jury. The
jury was out 2*2 hours, and on fin
al ballot stood nine for acquittal
and three for conviction.