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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, May 2, 1913
Vol. 13, No. 4
SHELLING WOODS TO
SAVE THE COUNTRY
Gubernatorial Aspirants are Tell
ing Dear People How Well
They Love ’em
The gubernatorial campaign,
tjie first of the kind in the history
of the state, started this week,
Judge Hays opening Monday at
Fayetteville, and Col. Brundidge
Thursday at Conway. Each was
given a most cordial reception.
Other points visited this week by
Judge Hays are Rogers, Benton
ville. Eureka Springs, Berryville,
’ Green Forest, Harrison, Bergman,
Yellville, Cotter and Mountain
Home. This is all in a part of
the state in which Judge Hays is
not known. Other places visited
this week by Col. Brundidge are
Morrilton, Clarksville, Russellville,
and Ozark. Col. Brundidge is
known at all of these places, in
fact, so thoroughly has he canvass
ed the state that it would be diffi
cult to select a section where he is
not well Known.
CoV Brundidge has invited
Judge Hays to meet him at any
of his appointments, but Judge
Havs has declined, saying that
there are no issues between them
so vitally affecting the welfare of
the public that it is necessary or
even expedient to resort to the
sions. It is hoped, however, that
they may hold a few joint
debates before the close of the
campaign on June 21.
“We’ll win easy,’’ is the attitude
of both the Brundidge and the
Hays headquarters in Little Rock,
whence the state is being flooded
with literature and personal let
ters. Former Speaker R. F. Mil
wee is in charge of the Searcy
statesman’s headquarters, and is a
natural optimist; Hon. M. F. Dick
inson, of Paraguold, is cheif engi
neer of the Hay’s bandwagon, and
he says there is no question of the
success of the Camden jurist.
And this leaves it up to the voters.
NEWPORT PRINCIPAL NAMED
Prof. Edgar Williams, who, for
the past five years, has been sup
erintendent of the public schools
of Blytheville, has accepted the
superintendency ot the Newport
public schools for the ensuing
school year.
MAY BE FIRST TO
BE ELECTROCUTED
James Scott, Young Farmer,
Found Guilty of Slaying
Wife at Jonesboro
Jonesboro, April 28.—James
Scott, a young farmer of this
county/ may be the first to die in
the electric chair in Arkansas. He
must pay the death penalty for
the murder of his wife, whom
he confessed to having beaten to
death with a stick of stovewood.
A jury in the Circuit Court here
brough^; in a verdict finding
him guilty of murder in the first
degree. Scott’s attorneys based
their defense on a contention that
the man is insane.
According to the testimony,
Scott and his wife lived at Cash,
about 20 miles from Jonesboro.
He returned to his home one even
ing about a month ago, and seiz
ing his wife by the hair, beat her
into an unconscious condition with
■a stick of wood. She was found in
a dying condition a short while
later. Scott was arrested and, ac
cording to officers, declared that
he had killed his wife, and was
willing to pay the penalty, but
when the trial was begun entered
a plea of insanity.
ANOTHER TELEPHONE LINE
The Magness Telephone Com
pany, recently organized at Mag
ness, is running a line into New
ark and will have connection with
the White River Telephone Com
pany. The Magness system has
not been completed but work on it
is being pushed as rapidly as pos
sible and the company expects to
have the switch board installed
this week. The central office will
be at Elmer Smith’s residence in
Magness and they will have about
35 phones.
THRIVING SUNDAY SCHOOLS
The Sunday schools of Newark
are in a thriving condition and
•re doing good work. The total
enrollment of the three schools is
more than 300, and on last Sunday
the attendance was 218, as fol
lows: Methodist, 109; Christian,
65; Baptist, 44.
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Tonk Galloway was up from
Paroquet on business Wednesday.
McSpadden & Co. are prepared
to supply you with ice in any
quantities.
C. P. Vaughan left Wednesday
for Hot Springs to spend a few
weeks taking the baths.
Mrs. P. H. Husley returned Sat
urday from a weeks visit with
relatives near Oil Trough.
W. A. Mayhue, a prominent and
well known citizen of Oil Trough
was in town on business Wednes
day.
Dr. A. A. Evans retuned Wed
nesday from Batesville where
he had been attending court for
several days.
Mrs. Mary Joachimi and daugh
ter, Miss Maud, of Versailes, Mo.,
are here visiting her sister, Mrs.
Jane Alexander.
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We handle ice in carload lots
and are prepared to supply your
needs in this line at any time.
McSpadden & Co.
All the ladies are cordially in
vited to send a recipe for The
Journal’s Home Cook Book, which
is to be published soon.
Miss Virginia Morgan has re
turned to her home at Earle,
after a pleasant visit here with
her father, J. F. Morgan.
There will be a meeting at the
Edwards graveyard the second
Saturday in May for the purpose
of cleaning up and beautifying the
grounds and decorating the
graves.
Born.—To Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Emory Kellogg, of Hotchkiss,Colo.,
on April 10, a son, who will be
christened Walter Emory Kellogg
Jr. Mrs. Kellogg will be remem
bered here as Miss Anna Murphy.
Mrs. A. A. Henderson left Sun
day morning for Seabring, Fla.,
to spend the summer with her
daughter, Mrs. J. B. Brown. Mr.
Henderson accompanied her as
far as Memphis, returning home
Monday afternoon.
The Newark band went to Mag
ness Saturday night and gave a
free public concert which was at
tended by a large crowd. The
band is making excellent progress
and will soon be prepared to fur
nish music for any kind of public
entertainment. *
W. E. Kinrnan returned Sat
urday from a business trip to
Nashville, Murfreesboro and other
points in South Arkansas.- He
visited the famous Arkansas dia
mond mines at Kimberly and saw
some of the fine stones that are
being taken from the mines. He
also visited the famous peach
orchard in Sevier county—the
largest peach orchard in the world.
He says they expect about half a
crop of peaches there this year.
MRS. \V. W. WARREN
Mrs. W. W. Warren, one of the
best-known women of Batesville,
died at that place at an early hour
Friday morning, and was buried
Saturday afternoon, the funeral
services being conducted at the
| family residence by the Rev. T. Y.
Ramsey of the First Methodist
church.
WHAT IS HAPPINESS?
Happiness is the greatest para
dox in nature. It can grow in
any soil and live under any condi
tions. It defies' environment. It
comes from witkia.-- -vt-'ia tke- rev
elation of the depths of the inner
life, as light and heat proclaim th'
sun from which they radiate. Hap
piness consists not of having but
of being; not of possessing but of
enjoying. It is the warm glow of
a heart at peace within itself. A
martyr at the stake may have
happiness that a king on his
throne might envy. Man is the
creator of his own happiness. It
is the aroma of a life lived in har
mony with high ideals. For what
a man has, he may be dependent
upon others; what he is, rests
with him alone. What he obtains
in life is but acquisition; what he
attains is growth. Happiness is
the soul’s joy in possession of the
intangible.
UR EVANS WINS SUIT
The suit of Miss Myrtle Ladd of
Magness against I)r. A. A. Evans
of this place, which was tried in
the circuit court at Batesville this
week, resulted in a verdict in fav
or of Dr. Evans.
Miss Ladd sued Dr. Evans for
$7 SOD dnmncrps for cl:inripr nllofr.
ing that he circulated false and
j slanderous statements affecting
her character. Dr. Evans denied
the charges entirely, and the tes
timony at the trial of the case
completely exonerated him. The
jury returned a verdict in his fa
vor. after having been out only
fifteen minutes.
CIRCUIT COURT PROCEEDINGS
Elbert Owens vs. Ry., jury trial,
verdict for defendant.
J. Taylor vs. Ry., jury trial,
judgment for plaintiff for $750.
Stella Hardy vs. Ry., continued.
State vs. J. A. Hardy, dismissed.
State vs. Paxton Thomas, dis
missed.
R. W. Earnheart vs. Rv., dis
missed.
C. M. Edwards vs. Ry., for kill
ing bird dog, judgment for plain
tiff for $25.
George Beller vs. Ry., agreed
judgment for plantiff for $15.
Will Petterson vs. Ry., jury
trial, verdict for defendant.
Mary E. DeLoach vs. Matilda
DeLoach, et. aj., judgment for
| plaintiff for possession of land.
W. E. Self & Co., vs. Ry., judg
ment for plaintiff for $100.
A. A. Adair, disablities of minor
ity removed to enable him to
compromise suit against American
Veneer Co., of Newport.
S. A. Moore vs. Ry., agreed
judgment for plaintiff for $50.
W. M. Hare vs. Batesville Ex
i celsior Co., agreed judgment for
] plaintiff for $1.
McConnon & Co. vs. J. E. Hall
et. al., continued.
J. P. Williams vs. A. A. Hender
son, judgment confessed in open
I court for $65.
John Tyler vs. Ry., non-suit.
S. A. Moore and S. F/ Johnson
vs. Ry., non-suit.
Alice Webster, admr., vs.
American Veneer & Specialty Co.,
judgment for plaintiff for $600.
Mrs. Lou Cook vs. M. J. Comp
ton and C. H. Waugh, jury trial,
judgment for plaintiff for $700.
Town of Newark vs. W. J. Her
1 rington, appealed from mayor’s
j court, jury trial, not guilty.
Mrs-.-E. ev'bxm'mrGtrYsrvr. TT’
and A. R. Harris, jury trial, ver
dict for defendant.
Miss Myrtle Ladd vs. Dr. A. A,
Evans, jury trial, verdict for de
fendant.
S. A. Hail, R. R. Ration and L.
J. Bracy were appointed jury com
missioners.
J. A. Holmes, Geo. L. Bevens
and Ev-R. Moore weie appointed
commissioners of accounts.
19,480 MILES FREED
FROM QUARANTINE
Department of Agriculture Issues
Bulletin Showing Progress
of Fight Against Ticks
Progress made during the past
year in the Southern states in the
eradication of the Texas fever
tick has resulted in an order from
the Secretary of Agriculture
by which 19,480 square miles
in the South has been released
from quarantine.
A total of 24,083 square miles
of infected territory was released
from quarantine during the past
year, and since the work of tick
indication was begun in 1906
more than 187,000 square miles
an area greater than South Caro
lina, Georgia, Alabama and Missis
sippi combined, has been released.
The quarantine is to be continu
ed against the removal of cattle,
except under certain conditions
from the following territory,
which has not yet been freed from
ticks: All of Florida and Louis
iana, the greater portion of Ala
bama, part of Arkansas, Georgia,
Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Caro
lina and Texas, half of North Car
olina, and a few counties in Vir
ginia.
LETS ALL TRY IT
If you like the old town, tell ’em
>o. If you’d have her lead the
rest, help her grow. When there’s
anything to do, let the fellows
count on you; you’ll feel bully
when you’re through, don’t you
know. If you want to make a hit,
get a name. If the other fellow’s
hit, who’s to blame? Spend your
money in the town where you pull
the sheckels down. If you’re used
to giving knocks, change your
style; throw bouquets instead of
rocks for awhile. Let the other
fellow roast; shun him as you
would a ghost; meet his. hammer
with a smile. When a stranger
from afar comes along, tell him
who and what we are, good and
strong; needn’t flatter never bluff;
tell the truth for that’s enough;
join the boosters—they’re the stuff;
we belong.
COMPLIMENTS THE JOURNAL
The Newark Journal is prepar
ing to put up a brick building as a
home for its plant. The Journal
is a clean newspaper, and we arc
are glad to note its prosperity.—
Sharp County Record.
PREJUDICE SERIOUS
ENEMY TO FARMER
Page Wants Farmers to Co-oper
ate With State Department
For Better Farming
In the heart of every man there
is more or less prejudice against
anyone who undertakes to suggest
a better plan than the one he is
already using. Few men will
thank you for telling them that
you know their business better
than they do. These facts have
their truest expression in the rela
tion which now exists between
the so-called book farmer and some
of our farmers. But this should
not be so.
There has been a concrete ex
ample of the practicability of al
most every great principle of
scientific farming in every com
munity in the State. Every farm
er in the State has seen it proved
that rotation of crops pays; that
live stock pays; that leguminous
fertilizers pay; that commercial
fertilizers pay; that care of the or
chard pays; that cotton is not the
only money crop that can be grown
in Arkansas; that seed selection
pays; that shallow cultivation and
lots of it pays; and that a number
of other comparatively new ideas
have good common sense in them.
Vet the maioritv of these ideas
sprang from the experiment
station work and were given the
farmers by the so-called book
farmer.
The time has now come in Ark
ansas when good judgment de
mands that we throw aside all our
little prejudices and take up the
spirit of hearty co operation with
all those who are being paid to
transmit a little of the truths
learned by experiment and especi
ally whert we have so many con
crete examples of good practical
scientific farming in every com
munity. Prejudice is the worst
enemy to progress on the farm.
When a truth is shown, good judg
ment demands that we accept it or
abide by the results. The “book
farmer” is the farmers best friend.
In this office we have books on
nearly every farm subject, and the
results of thousauds of- experi
ments, the majority of which have
been proven to be sensible by our
own farmers in Arkansas. There
are very few farmers able to
buy text books or have time to
keep up with the experiment
work. We are here for your ser
vice and we have the experiences
of thousands of others in every
phase of farm life, which are
yours for the asking. Let us hear
from you. John H. Page.
Commissioner of Agriculture.
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