The Newark Journal
PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
O. F. Craio. EDITOR
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FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER S, 1905
The Monte Ne Herald, publish
ed in Senator Berry’s home coun
ty, says it cannot support the sen
ator for re-election.
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Hardly a day passes but what
some tire insurance company files!
its bond with the Secretary of
State and qualifies to do business
in Arkansas, And yet there are
people who “shudder to contem
plate’' the ruinous effects of the
new anti trust law on the insur
ance business.
Governor Davis has announced
that he will remain in his office
practically all during September in
order to keep in touch with the
yellow fever situation and better
direct the enforcement of the
quarantine regulations. But isn’t
he taking desperate chances of
contracting a chronic case of dys
pepsia or indigestion by thus
cooping himself up in his office
for so long a period
The Cleveland Bloomer Girls, j
who claim the distinction of being
the only female baselmll team on j
the road, have invaded Arkansas.)
They have played at a numl>er of1
towns in this part of the state, and!
will play Yellville next Monday.
Every old duffer in Yellville has1
sent his wife to the country for a
week, and so many tickets have,
already been sold tlmt the park is
being enlarged to accommodate
the crowd._
If there is any truth in the the
ory that a (log cannot l>e honest
and dishonest at the same time, i
then the dog is considerably above
some people and even above j
some who profess to be Christians. 1
We have known professed follow
ers of the Man who never deceiv |
ed a friend or foe, nor stabbed ai
man in the buck, who would meet
you with a smile all over his face,
flatter ahd praise you, and right
then be laying plans to stab you
in the back at the very first op
portunity.
The habitual go**uper, whereve-1
*sr found, is no respecter of per- j
sons, and here in Newark the ele-!
vating ami refining art of gossip
ini; >s also no respecter of persons.
There are men in Newark whose
intelligence and supposed refine
ment should place them far above
the level of the ordinary gossip
who will make idle and derisive
remarks about men who have been
their life-long friends. For in
stance. only a few days ago The
•Journal man accidentally over
heard some very brilliant (?) and
helpful (?) criticisms of this paper
by a man who professes to be a
gentleman, whose greviance was
merely an inconsequential little
local squib in the paper that hap
pened to escape the proof-reader’s
eagle eye. Verily, the path of the
newspaper man is strewn with
roses—roses that have withered
and died and have thorns on them
that would penetrate the hide of a
rhinoceros.
I he .Journal predicted some
time ago that Governor Davis
would defeat Senator Berry in the
coming election; not because we
thought he was so emminently
qualified for the position, or any
thing of that kind—the good Lord
knows the State is poorly enough
represented in the Senate now—
but because we could plainly read
the handwriting on the wall. But,
er—ah—well, we can’t tell what
may happen now. The Newport
News is about to flop again, and it
looks now like the News may sup
port Davis. And if it does oh,
well, good-bye, Jeff!
From reading the Arkansas
Democrat one would think Senator
Berry never had an evil thought
in his life, and that his record for
truthfulness would make the im
mortal George Washington asham
ed of himself. Well, no one has
accused him of being a desperado,
but we believe there are lots of
men in the world who are just as
good as Unc' Jim. Why don't the
Democrat tell us some of the good
things he has accomplished for
Arkansas' The fact is, he has
done nothing worth boasting of
during the whole twenty-two
years he has been in the senate.
But the Democrat seems to think
that he will do something yet, if
only given time enough.
Some of the rank Davisites have
accused The Journal of being
“agin” the guvner, and some
of the hot-headed anti-Davis fel
lows accuse us of being a Davis
man. Now what is a |>oor cuss to
do when he is between two such
jealous crowds^ The fact of the
business is, we are for neither of
them. Senator Berry has out
grown his usefulness and Gover
nor Davis is not capable of being
very useful; so there you have our
idea of the situation in a nutshell.
What is the use for a man to lose
his head over a wily politician?
The world will continue to rock
along in about the same old man
ner after the campaign is over.
And, besides, nobody is going to
grow wings by getting red in the
face and denouncing his neighbor
over as small a matter as politics.
This is supposed to be an age of
reason, gentlemen, and you will
find that just a little reason mixed
with your politics will help things
wonderfully.
l’ROHI AND ANTI TKOHI.
We are told that The Journal
has been criticised for publishing:
our friend Hindman's articles a
few weeks ajro on the question of
prohibition. Mr. Hindman has
another article in today’s paper
and we would like to sa.v to our
ever ready critics that while this
paj>er does not wholly indorse Mr.
Hindman’s views, we are at all
times for fair play, and as 1 he
Fine Bottom Farm For Sale
110 acres fine White river land, 6 miles
south-east of Newark; 80 acres in cultivation,
good 4-room house, barn, orchard, etc.
A Bargain if Taken at Once
Craig & Henderson
NEWARK, : : : : ARKANSAS
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The David Bradley Double Cam
Steel Hey Press
is the favorite because it is the simplest press ever made.
You can’t beat it. It has all the strong points, will put full
weight into a car, is easy and light to move, and it can’t go
wrong or get out of order because there is nothing about it
to get out of order. Just a plunger, a double cam and a
plunger draw. But they are well made. l'hat’s the secret.
Come in and let's talk this matter over. You can't tell all
about the David Bradley Preis lust from the picture.
GRIFFITH & MORROW, Newark, Ark.
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Journal has published quite a num
ber of articles during the pist six or
seven months from those who have
espoused the cause of prohibition,
we would deem it very unfair and
unjust to refuse to extend the same
courtesy to those who are on the
other side of the question.
The discussion of the question
through these columns was started
by the prohibitionists, and, surely,
they are not so unfair as to expect
us to publish only their side of the
question!
The editor of The Journal is a
practical prohibitionist never
drinks, chews, smokes or swears —
and so far as we are personally
and individually concerned, we
have solved the problem of prohi
bition to our own satisfaction.
But, in Arkansas at least, under
the present regime, prohibition is
a jxditical issue; made so by an
act of the legislature permitting
the people to vote for or against
license. It is a question the vot
ers must pass upon at tin* ballot
box. Then why should it not be
discussed through the public press?
Are not other political issues dis
cussed in the some manner? And
if it is projjer to discuss it through
the press, why be so dogmatical as
to restrict its discussion to only
one side of the question?
We fear that our critics have not
applied the proper amount of rea
son and consistency to their criti
cisms.
IS REASON DETHRONED?
The Journal has it from a relia
ble source that the political lead
ers of what is termed the “Woods
faction" in this county are prepar
injjf to hold a meeting at liate>
ville tomorrow for the purpose of
formulating plans for holding a
primary, or forcing the other side
to capitulate.
No call for the meeting has been
published in any of the county pa
pers, and no notices have been
sent out, except strictly on the
quiet; and then only to those whom
the chief moguls desire to use in
formulating their plans.
The Journal will refrain from
expressing its opinion of such
chicanery worthy only of the
rankest Mat Quay ward heeler of
the bowery element and await de
velopments.
The Journal is for i>eace, and
has always striven to keep down
factioual politics. Two years ago
when the Democracy of the coun
ty was lining up into factions, each
denouncing the other with the
vehemence of a foolhardy Hi 1 lie
goat butting into a locomotive,
this paper advised our Democratic
brethren to slow-up and use a lit
tle more reason and common
sense. We could see then that
such rank partisanism, if persisted
in, would inevitably lead to a hope
less split, and rent the Democratic
party in twain. ()ther papers in
the county, especially the Battfs
ville Guard, seemed to delight in
adding fuel to tin* flame, and looked
on with the fiendish glee of a
maniac burning his house down to
destroy the bedbugs.
We have heard the underground
mutterings from both sides: notic
ed the half-hidden dagger up the
sleeve of each faction, and have
even heard it hinted that there!
will be two primaries held in the
county.
Gentlemen, we warn you now
as a Democrat who has only the
best interests or the party at heart
that tiiinc is i.o.YDKo! Lay it
aside and quit monkeying with it!
It will explode and blow the party
into fragments and result in the
election of an entire Republican or
Independent ticket at the coming
election. _____________
Blank note and receipt books at
The Journal office.
NOTICE TO BAPTISTS.
Persons intending to go to the
Independence Baptist Association
whiek will meet with the Baptist
church at Sulphur Hock on Satur
day before the second Sunday in
September 11*05, will send in their
names to the church committe on
entertainment and they will pro
vide homes for them. Address
either one of the following named
persons, and oblige.
JoHKl'II I. MaXI.KY*
W'.M. .1KNNINOS,
Mus. Elt.a Haktskikijo,
Mrs. Eixkx Smith,s*'
Conffnittee.
Trustee's Sale.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, as Trustee in a certain.
Deed of Trust, given by C. .1. Magness.
and wife, on the 1st day of .lulv, 190.1,
to secure a debt due M. M. Breen, and
now recorded in “Record l’.ook J-2'%
page 4oh. in t-lie Recorder's Office or
Independence County, Arkansas, wilt
sell at public outcry, to the highest
bidder, for cash in hand, at the Court
House door in the City of Hatesvillcr
Independence County, Arkansas, on
SvrrimAY, Skitkmbkk 9tli,
the following described property, to
wit; Lot No. 2 in the Northwest
quarter of Section 4, containing Htl.Kt*
acres, more or less, all in Township
twelve North, of Range Four West;
also. Lots No. 19 and 20 of the South
ern Addition to the Town of Newark.
Also, the following personal proper
ty, now situated on the last described
lots, to-wit:- Twenty-nine button ma
chines, one 10 horse-[jower engine and
all pulleys shafting and all other ma
chinery belonging to tlie buttor*
factory.
John W. .Glenn, Trustee.
CHAS. MOSBY,
DEALER IN —
Watches, Jewelry,
Diamonds, Arkansas Pearls.
We fit Spectacles Correctly.
Watch Inspector For The
White River Railway.
Batesville, - Arkansas.
LOOK HERE FRIENDS.
We thank you for past favors, and solicit a continuance of
your patronage. When you need Hardware of any kind
we would be pleased to show you through our line and
give you prices. We think we can save you money.
We Also Carry a Full Line of Coffins and Caskets.
COOPER & B0ULTIN6H0USE,
NEWARK. ARKANSAS.