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Regular Monthly Trades Day is Held in Newark
The first Friday in each month
The Newark Journal
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
O. F. Craig. Editor
Entered at the post office at Newark,
Arkansas, as second class mail matter
If Old Man Opportunity knocks
but once, he is decidedly different
from the other knockers we know.
“If your friends have faults,
write of them in the sand,” is a
part of the teachings of a promi
nent fraternal order. That's a no
ble sentiment, but we see no evi
dences of it being overworked.
Commenting on a retort made
by the Huntington Herald, the
Yell County Republican remarks:
“Here is great gobs of wisdom.”
Newark Journal, please write.—
Arkansas Gazette.
Do you mean write, or right?
Senator Raney has secured the
passage of a bill through the sen
ate prohibiting the maintenance of
cotton-seed or other storage houses
on any railroad or sidetrack within
175 feet of the principal business
blocks of Newark. Good for Sena
tor Raney.
Monroe county has let the con
tract for the erection of a new
court house at Clarendon to cost
$118,000. Its nice to have line
court houses, but we wonder if all
the public school buildings in
Monroe county cost as much as
her court house will cost?
Rhode Island is the most densely
populated state in the Union. If
Big Brother Texas were as thickly
settled as Little Sister Rhoda, the
Lone Star state would have 134,
000,000 inhabitants, almost one
tenth of the entire population of
the world.
The Arkansas Gazette, which
delights in criticising the grammar
of the country papers, says
“measles are prevalent in many
counties just now.” — Newark
Journal.
We shall have to look up a copy
in order to convince you. In the
meantime pass them molasses.—
Arkansas Gazette.
But them molasses haint ourn.
The farmer and his family are
as fully entitled to everything
good as anyone and if he does not
live up to his opportunities he can
blame no one but himself. With
rural mail delivery, the telephone
and other conveniences totally un
known in the rural districts a few
years ago, the farmer can be hap
py and contented if he will. The
farmers life is pleasant and indepen
dent and one of the healthiest pro
fessions in which man can engage.
A survey has been made from
Mammoth Spring to West Plains,
Mo., for an electric cable to trans
mit power to the Missouri town.
It seems that sometime in the dim
andmustypast we heard of a similar
enterprise atBatesville that we were
told would reach out and light up
all the nearby towns. There is an
immense amount of power going
to waste at the government dam on
White river at Batesville that
ought to be serving some useful
purpose. __________
A modest Kansas lawmaker has
introduced a bill in the legislature
to prohibit women appearing in
public in short skirts, and provid
ing that all skirts must reach at
least four inches below the patella.
But the question arises,will a mere
four inches of skirt be sufficient to
hide the patella from the vulgar
public gaze, especially if the
wearer of the skirt happens to be
a high-stepper ( We are a little
dubious, and if we were in the
Kansas legislature we would cer
tainly offer an amendment to make
it five inches.
A LAW MUCH-NEEDED IN ARKANSAS
The Journal would like to see the passage of a law by the present
legislature placing a tax on dogs.
We know this idea is very unpopular in many sections of the
i state, and especially with a large class of country people, as well as
with many who live in the smaller towns and villages. But there are
good and sufficient reasons why The Journal believes in a dog tax,
and we hope if the reader differs from us in this matter, he will at
least not deal too harshly with us until he has carefully considered the
following reasons why we favor a dog tax.
First of all, the multiplicity of dogs makes sheep-raising in Ar
ansas almost impossible, or at least renders it a very uncertain and
unprofitable industry. With our favorable climate and an abundance
of cheap lands that afford all the requisites for ideal sheep ranches,
sheep would })c the most profitable animal the farmer could raise,were
it not for the depredations of the dogs.
In some of the Western states, where climatic and range condi
tions are far less favorable than in Arkansas, many farmers who
started with only a few head, have become wealthy raising sheep.
What these farmers have done, any farmer right here in Inde
pendence county could do, were it not for the dog problem.
The dog is both an unprofitable and a non-productive animal. He
produces absolutely nothing, yet he consumes as much or more than
many other animals of his size.
He is not only an unprofitable animal, but is ofttimes both a de
structive force and very dangerous to human life. We could recite a
number of instances in proof of this, but mention only one, a case that
came under our personal observation. Doubtless the reader can re
call others of a similar nature.
In Augusta about two years ago a dog ran mad in the streets, and
before it could be killed, had bitten four persons, several cows and a
horse or two. In order to save their lives, the people who were bitten,
one of them a prominent business man, had to go to New Orleans and
take the Pastuer treatment. New Orleans is the nearest point at
which the Pastuer treatment can be obtained, and this treatment is the
only one known to medical science that affords any degree of safety to a
person’s life who has been bitten by a dog affected by hydrophobia.
It requires about two weeks time and considerable outlay of money to
take this treatment.
When a horse or other valuable animal is bitten and dies, no mat
ter how great the loss, it seems that there is no other recourse than to
suffer the loss in silence, although the worthless cur that caused the
loss may have been a public nusiance.
It is an injustice for the State to permit the unlimited propagation
of a species of animal that are both unproductive and a menace to
society.
A tax on dogs will reduce the number of dogs in Arkansas at
least one-half; and then there will be 50,000 too many in the state.
But here is the best feature of a dog tax: Let the State tax all
dogs at least one dollar each. Let this fund be kept separate, and
with this money let the State encourage the farmers to raise sheep by
paying the farmer so much per head for sheep that are killed by
dogs, requiring, of course, strict proof that the sheep were actually
killed by dogs, and not by dogs owned or harbored by the interested
party.
Such a law as this would put a ban on the increasing canine pop
ulation of the state, and would offer substatial encouragement to an
industry that would vastly benefit the state and put wealth into the
pockets of the farmers.
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MULES FOR SALE
As every one knows who looked at my last
load of mules, they were the best mules
ever shipped to Newark. I have another
load coming that is better, and all I ask of
anyone who needs anything in that line is
to come and look and be convinced. Will
sell for cash orcredit. All mules guaranteed
as represented. Can show you Saturday
I a. m. edgar!
Newark, Arkansas
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL ITEMS
Mrs. M. Drennen, who has been
quite sick is reported to be impro
ving,
C. J. Madness returned Wednes
day night from a business trip to
Wynne.
Its perfectly all right to hold
fast—providing you have hold of
the right thing.
Prof, and Mrs. A. A. Hender
son are expected home tomorrow
from a visit to their daughter at
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Sherod Drennen, who was called
home last week by the illness of
his mother, has returned to Little
Rock to resume his studies in
medical college.
Mrs. Lena Henry came up from
Elgin a few days ago and is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Henry Hol
loway. Mrs.Henry expectsto move
back to Newark in the near future.
Representative Baker of this
county has introduced a bill in the
legislature making some material
changes in the election law,provid
ing for an increase in the number
of judges and clerks, and that the
count shall proceed as the vote is
being cast, a;,d the result announc
ed within three hours from the clos
ing of the polls. The Journal has
not seen a copy of the bill and
knows nothing of its merits, but
the state is badly in need of an
election law embodying these fea
tures.
GOV. APPOINTS DELEGATES
(Continued from page 1.)
ing, Hon. W. M. Price, Stuggart,
The Southern Commercial Con
gress promises to be the biggest
event in the commercial history of
the South, and will place this sec
tion in her right light in the com
mercial and industrial world.
It comes just fifty years after
the states of the South were unit
ing for a struggle of arm. It typi
fies a new union of the South,
along constructive lines of com
merce and business endeavor so
that the states of the South, vie
ing with each other in wise use of
their great natural heritage of re
sources may, through their pros
perity and growth, give added
strength to the nation of which
they are an integral part.
BIDS WANTED
Notice is hereby given that bids
will be received by the undersign
ed board of Commissioners for the
position of pound-keeper for the
Big Bottom Fencing District,
contract to be let for one year at
so much ppr month. All bids
must be in the hands of the com
missioners on or before the second
Saturday in February, 11*11, when
same will be opened and the con
tract awarded to the lowest re
sponsible bidder.
G. M. F1 KI.DN,
F. C. Hoyt,
W. W. Maonkss,
Commissioners.
A BILL
For an Act to lie entitled, ‘‘An Act
to require the St. Louis. Iron Moun
tain and Southern Railway Company
to fence and inclose its right-of-way
and lines of road through Indepen
dence County.”
Be it Knacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Arkansas; Be it
Enacted b\ the People of the State of
Arkansas:
Section 1. That the St. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern Railway Com
pany is hereby required to enclose its
right-of-way and lines of road in and
through Independence county, except
such part of its right of way as is in
any incorporated town or city, or in
any sjieeial fence district, with posts
set firmly in the ground and with wire
or other fencing material attached
thereto, so closely together, and on
each side of said line of road so as to
keep off said road or roads and out of
said enclosure all mules, horses, cat
tle. hogs, sheep, and goats. Provided
said company shall have crossings at
all public and private roads, and in
all municipal corporations with pro
pel- cattle or stock guards on each
side of all said crossings.
Section 2. That said company fail
ing to comply with section one of this
Act, within eight months from the
passage thereof, shall Ik? deemed guil
ty of having committed a misdeanor,
and upon conviction in either the jus
tice of the peace or circuit courts of
said county shall lie fined in any sum
not less than one hundred dollars for
each seperate offense, and each day
tl ere after said road r mains unenclos
ed as above provided in said county
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BACKING UP
OUR ADVERTISING
Its mighty easy for some stores to
promise you great things if you will
only visit their store.
Its mighty easy to tell you of such
things, and of the splendid assortment,
lower prices, superior service, etc., but
backing it up is quite a different thing.
I am here to back up every state
ment I make, with a good stock, lower
prices, a better and more satisfactory
service and liberal terms.
Just give me an opportunity and I
will show you how I back up every
statement I make.
H. E. HAWTHORNE
Newark : : : Arkansas
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COMING!
FIFTH SUCCESSFUL SEASON
Dave and Adel Phillips
Novelty Show
Everything New. The Best in High Class
Vaudeville. A Show to Please Every
body. Singing, Dancing, Banjo
Playing, Sleight-of-hand, etc.
Mind Reading===A Mystifying
and Wonderful Act
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AT THE W. B. M. THEATER, NEWARK
MONDAY NIGHT, FEB. 6
ADMISSION 10c AND 20c
Save Your Eyes
DR. J. B. CUNNINGHAM
The Old Reliable Optician
Will test and properly fit each eye with Spectales or
Eye Glasses and give satisfaction in each case. Hav
ing had more than forty years’ experience in manu
facturing Spectacles and fitting same, he is prepared
to correct any defect of vision, and guarantee satis
faction. I)r. Cunningham is well known in our State
for skill, honesty and fair dealing.
AT THE GALLOWAY HOTEL
For a Few Days Only
said company shall be deemed guilty
of having committed a seperate offense
and upon conviction shall hr punished
by tine as above provided.
Section That hereafter all stock
as specified in section one of this Act,
killed or Injured on the line of said
railroad, by the cars or trains run
ning thereon, shall be paid for within
thirty days from the time any such
stock are killed or injured, and upon
a failure of said company to make
j settlement as above, provfded the per
son or persons so injured thereby shall
be entitled to recover not onlv the
trne and full value of such stock kil
• <l or injured, hut penalty for the
(allure of said company to make set
tlement within the time specified, shall
he entitled to recover double the val
ue In damage of any such killed or in
jured.
Section 4. That all laws and parts
of laws in conflict with this Act are
hereby repealed, and this Act shall
tn.-o effect and lx; in force from and
and aUer its passage. RaNEY,