The Newark Journal
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Published In The Famous White River Country. Where Alfalfa Is King
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, June 25, 1909
Vol. 9. No. I 1
ALL ROADS LEAD TO NEWARK
Record-Breaking Attendance Ex
pected at District Conference
Hon. It A. Dowdy, of Bates
ville, lay-leader for the Batesville
District, M. E. Church, South, is
sending out letters to all the lay
leaders of the various churches of
the district, urging them to attend
the district conference to be held
in Newark July 14 to is.
In the letter he says: ‘‘Thursday,
the 15th, has been set apart by the
presiding elder as Laymen's Day.
A program has been arranged with
the view of helping us a- lay-lead
ers to learn to discharge this new
and important duty enjoined by
tlit; church. It will include a dis
cussion of the duties of the lay
leader, the general needs of the
district, and at night we expect to
have an address by the Secretary
of the Laymen's Movement, or
Hon. Thos. B. King of Memphis.” ]
Mr. Dowdy says he expects the
largest attendance of laymen there
has ever been at a conference
within the history of the district.
It seems now that all roads will
lead to Newark about that time J
and it will doubtless be the most
notable gathering in the history of j
the town.
The Journal foels safe in saying
that ample provisions will be made
for entertaining all who may de
sire to come. The hospitality of
our people will be equal to the oc
casion and our guests will be given
a cordial welcome, and every pos
sible effort made to make their
short stay among us a pleasant one.
WHOSE HORSES THE BEST?
The state tax commission has
prepared some very valauable data
showing how assessments on the
same class of property vary in the
various counties of the state. The
item of horses and mules was tak- ^
cn and averaged for the seventy- ;
tive counties, on the basis of the
1907 assessment. The results show 1
that in some counties the assess-,
ment is three times as high as in
others.
In Pulaski county, for instance. !
the assessment on horses was $25
each, while in St. Francis county
the assessment was $01 per head. '
In Benton county horses were as
sessed at $20 per head; in Faulkner
county at $52. Other counties
ranged between the $25 and $01
extremes, many of them hanging
around $30, and very few running
over $50. The Independence
county assessment on horses was
$52 and on mules $01.
The purpose of getting up the
table of averages is in order to
show the assessors and the public
what a wide variety of valuations
exist-, and the necessity for creat
ing some standard. What is true
of the assessment on mules and
horses is also true of much other
•property.
CHARLOTTE CIPHERS
Several from here attended
church at Center Grove Sunday.
Miss Ethel Byrum visited friends
at Sulphur Hock a few days last
week.
Rev. C. F. Hivcly will preach
at this place Saturday night and
Sunday.
Several from here attended the
teachers examination at Batesville
last week.
Miss Vera Sempler of Cave City
is here, visiting her friend, Miss
Una Churchill.
Mrs. Bettie Williamson visited
her sister, Mrs. Thus. Morris,
near Sulphur Hock last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Jernigan
of Sulphur Hock visited friends
and relatives here Friday.
Mrs. Armie Wilson and child
ren, of Black Rock, are here visit
ing the lady’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Kent.
Miss Zulene Alexander enter
tained her little friends with a
birthday party at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. A. P. Yates Monday
evening.
Duke and Paul Ward and sister,
Miss Beryl, and Miss Vela Jerni
gan, who have been attending
Arkansas College at Batesville, re
turned home last week.
C. C. HELMS APPOINTED
County Examiner Sidney Pick
ens, of Sulphur Hock, president
of the boys' corn growing contest,
has, owing to the press of other
matters, appointed C. C. Helm, of
Sulphur Hock, to act in his place
as president of the contest.
There are about seventy boys in
the county growing corn for the
contest, which will be held at
Batesville sometime this fall. The
exact date of the contest will be
announced later.
FAR.'IERS UNION PICNIC
A big picnic and barbercue will
be given by the Farmers Union
at Surrounded Hill, in Oil Trough
township, on the 3rd of July.
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Cooperation in
Banking
No Bank more fully appreciates the ne
cessity of co-operation of depositors and
banker than does this bank.
And realizing this, the aim of this insti
tution has ever been to promote that
feature by giving its patrons the most per
fect banking service it is possible to obtain.
Promptness, careful attention to details,
liberal policy and courteous treatment
comprises the system that has governed
this bank ever since it opened its doors for
business.
W. D. Magness, President
A. A. Henderson, Cashier
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GREAT LACK OF THOUGHT
People of Today Need to do More
Serious Thinking
Editor The Journal: - There
seems to be, of lute, not only
among the young, but among the
middle-aged, and we might say
among the aged, as well, a great
lack of thought.
How few of us take time to
think, and have fixed principles
upon which to act at all times.
How few of us observe and put
into practice the sensible old ad
age which admonishes us to think
twice before we speak or act once.
Were this adage universally put
into practice, we would have such
a revolution as the world has never
witnessed. Vice, crime, prostitu
tion, drunkenness and sin would
be banished from our land, and
the bright beams of peace, truth,
love and righteousness would burst
forth with such refulgent splendor
and brightness that it would dis
pell all darkness and gloom, and
cleanse not only our individual
lives, but our homes, our commu
nities, our nation, and, in fact, the
whole world. Then we would
have a fore-taste of Heaven on
earth. Our daily song would be,
“Glory to God on High, Peace on
Earth and Good Will to All Man
kind.’’ Our lives would then be
governed by the Golden Rule.
Remember that thought begets
an interest, interest is the main
spring of action; action leads to
reformation; reformation leads to
a new life, and a new life means
happiness here and hereafter.
Therefore let me beseech all per
sons, both old and young, to try
to acquire the habit of thinking
and pondering well before acting
upon any matter. Reason from
cause to effect, and consider what
the results might be, remembering
to look at all phases of the matter.
Do this and see if your life is not
bettered by the effort.
Reader, whoever you may be,
let me ask you earnestly to con
sider this matter with a thoughtful
and prayerful heart, and at this
moment commence a new system
of thinking. And try to get in-,
terested in your own welfare, as [
well as that of your friends, and .
the welfare of the world in gen
eral. Josiah Martin.
Moorefield, Arkansas.
SinMONS STILL IN JAIL
Another attempt was made in
the chancery court at Newport
Friday to secure bail for Hob Sim
mons who is in jail charged with
killing Eunice King last March.
The court refused to grant bail
and Simmons was sent back to jail
to await the action of the grand jury
HORE POTATOES SHIPPED
Another car of potatoes were
shipped to St. Louis Tuesday
night by the Newark Fruit and
Truck Growers Association. It
lias been decided to ship no more
for a few days, as the market has
fallen off considerably, and it is!
thought that the price will be bet
ter in a few days.
SPECIAL ELECTION JUIY I
The same judges who held the
September and November elec
tions will hold the special election
next Thursday, July 1, at which
two judges of the supreme court
an* to be elected and vacancies fill
ed in county and township offices |
where any exist.
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FIRST COTTON BLOOIT
As is our custom, The .Journal
will give a years subscription to the
Independence county farmer who
sends or brings the fust cotton
bloom to our oiMce.
ELECTION IN BLACK RIVER
Full Set of Township Officers to
be Chosen in Special Election
The special election to be held
next Thursday, July 1, promises
to be of unusual interest in Black
River township.
'Flic recent division of that town
ship and the creation of Dota
from the western portion of the;
township, left Black River with- 1
out a single township officer, all of
the officers elected last September
living west of the dividing line,
and were cut off in Dota town
ship, where they will serve out
their terms, ns elected.
Road building is a matter that j
is very properly being agitated
now in the campaign in Black
River township, and The Journal
i* glad to see the people becoming
interested in this very important
question. We were favorably im
pressed with a card which W. N.
Osborne, one of the candidates for
road overseer, is circulating; from
which we publish the following,
because it is to the point and
brings out an idea that is yet new
l\> many people in this section. He
'ays: “An equal distribution of
money and labor throughout the
township. Your money spent
working the roads, not riding over
them. A good road is a near
road. Get nearer the markets by
having good roads.”
It seems that a great many peo- 1
pie have not yet learned, or else
io not appreciate the fact that “A
?ood road is a near road,” and
that good roads shorten the dist
mce to market, and are not half;
?o hard on the teams, the wagons
end other vehicles. Not only this, 1
but good roads also enhance the
ralue of all farm property and add <
materially to the comforts and
pleasures of farm life.
The man who is looking for a !
pome will pay considerably more
for a 160 acre farm situated on or ,
convenient to a good road leading
to market than he would pay for
i farm of like size and improve
ments where lie had no road to
market.
Arkansas needs a great state
wide road building campaign, and
The Journal hopes Mr. Osborne
will inject enough spice into the
situation in his township to get
the people thoroughly aroused to
the importance of good roads.
George Witt is making the race
for constable, and Jesse L. Mc
Daniel for justice of the peace.
We have not been informed who
the other candidates are, if any.
ORDINANCE NO. iO
An ordinance retaliating and es
tablishing tire limits within the in
corporated town of Newark, Ark.
lie it ordained by the town coun
cil of the Incorporated Town of
Newark, Arkansas:
Section One. That all that part
>f the town of Newark, Arkansas,
embracing the following described j
real estate to wit: Lots Nos. one,
two, three, four, tive, six, seven,
and eight in block No. one of the
Kasteru Division of the town of
Newark Arkansas, shall be declar- j
ed the fire limits.
Section Two. That any build
ing of any kind or character here
after erected within the said fiie
limits of the said town of Newark,
Ark., shall have outside or party
walls constructed of brick, stone
or concrete; provided this ordi
nance shall not apply to closets;
provided, further, that all closets
must be constructed at least twenty
five feet from any door or window
of any building or buildings on the
adjacent lots.
Section Three. All cornice, gut
ters and roofs of said buildings, of
any kind or character, shall be of
good metal tire-proof material,and
shall be provided with good lad
ders or stairways leading to same,
and all scutters shall be not less
than two feet in size.
Section Four. That any build
ing, of any kind or character, as
above stated, constructed or being
constructed, or in a manner of con
struction, in violation of any part
of this ordinance shall be condemn
ed by the said town council; and
my person or persons or corpor
ition failing to comply in any man
ner whatever to the rules and reg
illations in this ordinance, after the
mayor giving said persons five
lays notice, served by the marshal
of the said town, shall be in viola
don of this ordinance, and for any
violation thereof, any person, per
sons or corporation, shall forfeit
md pay to the town of Newark the
mm of ten dollars for each anil
jvery day said person or corpora
diall remain in violation of said
ordinance.
Section Five. That this ordi
lance take ell'ect and be in force
;rom and after its passage and pub
ication. This ordinance shall not
■epeal ordinance No. Five of the
ncorporated town of Newark es
ablishing and regulating fire Uni
ts.
Approved this 7th day of .June,
1909.
E. H. Williamson Mayor.
•Tab. B. Ketchem Recorder.
3R0WNED IN NEWPORT I.AKE
G. M. Poff, aged 21, of Bald
Knob, was drowned in the lake at
Newport Friday. He had been
ined for spending his money with
-he Newport booze joints, and be
ng unable to pay, was placed on
-he chain gang. He made a break
'or liberty and attempted to es
cape by swimming the lake, and
vas drowned.
SUCCESSFUL LUflBER BUYER
Geo. L. Green bought and in
ipected 69,000 feet of wagon stock
it sawmills in this territory last
-veek up to Friday night. George
s a hustler, and the man who
noves more timber than him will
iave to get up and go.
AT PLEASANT HILL
Childrens Day services will be
held at Pleasant Hill on the fourth
Sunday in this month, which is the
27th.
If you want to sell your farm
see the White River Land & In
vestment Co.
SULPHUR ROCK SKETCHES
Items of Interest From the Hub
of White River Township
T. C. Knox went to Batesville
Tuesday.
(Jeo. A. Ashley of Rutherford
was in town Monday.
W at Moore and family were
down from Batesville Monday.
IT B. Conine, the Moorcfield
merchant, was in town Monday.
Theodore Maxfield of Batesville
was a business visitor here Mon
day.
Misses Cossey and Allen of
Sharp were shopping in town
Tuesday.
Miss Ella Sanders is up from
Newport to spend a few days with
her mother.
Will Jernigan and Ewing Lane
of Charlotte spent a few hours in
town Saturday.
Quite a crowd was up from
Newark Saturday to see Gibson
about their faces.
Mrs. T. A. Bevens visited her
son, George, and family at Bates
ville the first of the week.
The little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Marshal died Friday
and was buried Saturday at Mace
donia.
Misses Lucy and Lela Wood re
turned from lvnobel, where they
spent several days visiting Dr. and
Mrs. Robertson.
Mrs. Hogan has returned to her
home at Magness, after spending
a few days here with herdaughter,
Mrs. Dan Moore.
Mrs. George Ward, living west
of town, who had been ill several
months with consumption, died
Monday morning.
Morg Martin and family of Lit
tle Rock came in Friday to visit
his brother, J. U. Martin, and
other relatives for a few days.
Mis* Mamie McLendon came
down from Moorefield Saturday to
spend a few days with her aunt,
Mrs. W. T. Anderson. She re
turned home Tuesday.
C. W. Hill of Nashville, Ark.,
traveling salesman for the Sells
Shoe Co., was the guest of J. C.
Gibson Friday. lie is an old
friend of Mr. Gibson’s.
The meeting at the Baptist
church is progressing nicely, with
quite a number of conversions,
some 18 or 20 up to Tuesday.
Thirteen were baptised Monday
afternoon. The meeting will close
Sunday.
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