The Newark Journal
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
O. F. Craig. Editor
Entered at the post office at Newark,
Arkansas, as second class mail matter
MOW WILL YOU VOTE?
Here is a list of the proposed
laws and amendments to be voted
on next Monday. Better study it
a little and decide how you are
going to vote, if you have not al
ready done so.
Act No. 1 is the T. J. Bill to re
vise the revenue laws of the state.
Act No. 2 is the state-wide prohi
bition bill which prohibits the
manufacture or sale of intoxicat
ing liquor in Arkansas.
Act No. 3 is the bill to change
the election laws so as to give the
Republicans more authority in
the matter of selecting judges and
clerks and in holding elections.
Act. No. 4 provides for a state
Text Book Commission and for
uniform text books for public
schools,
Amendment No. 11 is known as
the “Grandfather Clause” and
would debar from voting all illit
erate negroes.
Amendment No. 12 would ex
empt from taxation for seven
years all capital invested in mills
for the manufacture of cotton j
goods.
Amendment No. 13 provides for
60 day sessions of the legislature
and if the session is extended
members must serve without pay.
Amendment No. 14 provides for
the recall of all elective officers.
Amendment No. 15 would per
mit cities or towns of more than
1,000 population to issue bonds for
public improvements, the amount
of bonds to be limited to 10 per
cent of the assessed valuation of
property.
There are some good laws and
amendments and some bad ones in
the list, but The Journal shall not
undertake to instruct any man as
to how he should vote upon any
of these matters. They ar^for the
people to pass upon and every one
should study them closely and
vote on them as he deems best
for the state.
Those fellows who a few years
ago loudly declared that if whis
key could be voted clear out of
Arkansas they would gladly vote
to put it out—we wonder how
they will vote next Monday.
Hogs sold at the national stock
yards in East St. Louis Monday at
$9 per hundred. Some folks would
have cause to be “stuck-up” if you
should call them a hog now\
We have been told by some that
too many farmers are moving to
the cities, and by others they are
wasting their time riding around
in automobiles. If this is true those
few' w'ho remained at home and
followed Ole Beck have certainly
been “goin’ some,” for the Secre
tary of Agriculture shows that ag
ricultural production in the United
States has doubled in the last
twelve years.
Arkansas has this year collected
and distributed a public school
fund of more than one and a quar
ter million dollars, in addition to
the funds collected locally by the
various school districts. The pub
lic schools are one of the state’s
greatest assets, and this shows
that the people are begining to
appreciate them.
It is said that there is a time for
all things, and we note that a
good many politicians seem to
think there is also a place for all
things. In one community they de
clare themselves strongly for a
thing, and in another community
they do not mention it.
Perhaps you have noticed that
eloquent silence upon the part of
the Hon. John. H. Hinemon, who
was just a few short months ago
such a “staunch friend” of state
wide prohibition.
The Democratic party is certain
ly getting hard up for speakers
when it seeds out such men as
Webb Covington to tell the peo
ple how to vote.
Good opinion of one’s self is all
right, but it will take more than
that to get by St. Peter.
Every good citizen should go to
the polls and vote next Monday.
OIL TROUGH MAN LOSES MIND
Berry Osborn, a farmer living
in the Oil Trough neighborhood
south of White river, became un
balanced a few days ago. He rais
ed quite a disturbance at church
Monday night and is said to have
made use of all the profane and
obscene language in the English
vocabulary. Tuesday, legal pro
cedure was taken before Squire
Pasley, and Osborn was declared
insane and committed to jail. He
was taken to Batesville Wednes
day and placed in jail.
Osborn is said to have been a
very wicked and profane man until
a short time ago, when he profess
ed religion and joined the church,
Shortly after joining the church he
began to show symptoms of insan
ity and grew worse until he be
came uncontrolable.
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NEWARK STATE HIGH
SCHOOL
Offers Free Tuition to
Independence County
High School Students
This school, being aided by the State, offers free
tuition to all High School students and to all
teachers of Independence county wishing to do
high school work. This school now, in a large
measure, belongs to the entire County. We
have a modern and commodious brick building
with ample room and equipment to accommodate
all who may desire to attend. We have an able
corps of teachers and we cordially invite all who
are interested in education to join hands with us
and help to make this a school that will be the
pride of every citizen. The 1912 13 term begins
October 15. Good board can be secured reasonable
C. M. Edwards, Pres., F. C. Hoyt, Secretary
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KIDNEY TROUBLE
Suffered Ten Years—Re/irved in Three
^ Months Thanks to PE-RU-NA.
mwnlm
C. T5. FIZER, Mt. Sterling, Ky., says:
“/ have suffered with kidney and
bladder trouble for ten years past.
‘•Last^Mari'h I commenced using
Peruna and continued for three mouths.
[ have not used it since, nor have I felt
v pain.”
SHOULD SUPPORT
AMENDMENTNO.il
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Senator Jas. T. Robertson Writes
■Strong Letter Urging White
Rule in Arkansas
The Journal is in receipt of the
following letter from Senator
James T. Robertson of Marianna
in regard to Amendment No. 11
known as the Grandfather Clause,
which will be voted upon by the
people of Arkansas next Monday:
“I wish to call attention to what
is known as the “Grandfather
Clause,” and will show that the
educational qualifications DOES
NOT APPLY TO A WHITE j
MAN, and so far as the white man
is concerned our present election j
laws will not be changed by the
adoption of this Amendment in its
application to the white voter.
“I will quote part of the propos
ed Amendment as follows. “Every
male citizen of the United States,
or every male person who has de
clared his intention of becoming a
citizen of the same, of the age of
years or upward, wrho has resid
ed in the state * * and who is
able to read and interpret, or in
terpret when read to him, if he is
prevented from reading the same
from some physical disability, any
section of the constitution of the
State of Arkansas * * * shall be
allowed to vote at any election
held in the State of Arkansas.”
Then follows what is known as
the Grandfather Clause. “But no
male person who was on January
1st, 1866, or any time pryor there
to, enitled to vote under the con
stitution or statutes of any state or
states in the United States, where
in he then resided, and no male
person of foreign birth who was
naturalized prior to the adoption
of this amendment and no lineal
descendant of such person, who
shall posess the other qualifica
tions described in this article, shall
be denied the right to vote because
of his inability to so read and in
terpret sections of the Constitu
tion of this State.
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‘ It is clearly seen that under
this Amendment no one is requir
ed to read and interpret the Con
stitution who had the right to
vote previous to 1866, or a person
descended from someone who was
permitted to vote prior to said
time, and its application is only to
those who were not permitted to
vote under our laws prior to 1866
and to their descendants. In other
words, all white men can vote.
“There is no mistaking the fact
that this is an attempt to repeal,
so far as it lies in the power of a
state, the Fifteenth Amendment
to the Federal constitution, and in
| plain terms all negroes are denied
i to vote except those who are able
to read and interpret our constitu
tion. This eliminates the large
: body of ignorant negroes, but per
! mits the intelligent negro to vote.
“It is surprising to me that any
man would oppose Amendment
No. 11, unless he eqdorses the
Fifteenth Amendment, which en
franchised the negroes. It is pre
sumed that we all believe in an
honest election and a fair count,
hence it wonld follow that a white
man voting against this Amend
ment must either believe in political
| equality for the negro or in con
i trolling his vote by force or fraud'
either of which would be a clamity
to our race.
“It cannot be denied that a hun
dred thousand negroes of voting
age in Arkansas is a constant men
ace and danger, and under certain
conditions they would hold the
balance of power and would be a
factor under the leadership of dis
satisfied whites in controlling our
affairs, for the vote of the negro
is never sought except to assist
a disgrunted minority of
whites to control the majority.
This danger is ever with us, and
almost invariably leads to one re
sult, a race war, or a deadly con
flict between factions of which
Eastern Arkansas and other South
ern states have had more than one
experience. In my judgment this
is of paramount importance to all
others before the people, especi
ally in veiw of the fact that con
solidation of our Federal and
State elections is almost assured
and the defeat of this Amendment
at this time would be little short
of a clamity. Very Respectfully.
Jas. T. Robertson.
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR COUNTY JUDGE
We are authorized to announce J.
W. Scott as a candidate for County
and Probate Judge, subject to the
general election, September 9.
FOR ROAD OVERSEER
We are authorized to announce D.
E. Weaver as a candidate for Road
Overseer of Magness township, sub
ject to the general election, Septem
ber 9.
The Journal is authorized to an
nounce R. B. Gray as a candidate for
Road Overseer of Wycough township
on the Independent ticket in the gen
eral election.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as th y cannot reach the dl*
i'Asoti portion of the ear. There Is only one way M
cure deafness. and that Is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an Inflamed condition of th«
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When ttill
tube is Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or 1m*
perfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed. Deaf
ness is the result, and unless the inflammation can b«
taken out and tills tube restored to it- normal condi
tion, hearing will be destroyed forever, nine easel
out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which Is nothin*
Dut an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for mv ease o!
Deafness tcaused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
dy Hail s Caftarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
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LODGE MEETINGS
Newark Eastern Star Lodge meets
on the first Thursday in each month
at J o'clock p. m. Visiting members
cordially welcome.
Mrs. J. I. Sturdivant, Worthy Matron
TkLOFOBED AMENDMENT TO TU
CONSTITUTION 07 THE STATE
07 ANKANSAS
Notlcs la hereby given that the tal
lowing Joint resolution proposing M
amendment to the State Constitution,
was passed by the General Assembly at
Its regular session of 1911, and that
the same will be submitted to the
electors of the State at the next
general election, to be held Monday.
September 9, 1912, for adoption or re
jection.
Proposed Amendment No. XI.
That the following article shall be
proposed as an amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas,
which, when agreed to by a majority of
all the members elected to each House
and adopted by a majority of the elec
tors of the State voting at the next
general election for senators and rep
resentatlves, shall become a part of the
Constitution of Arkansas
"Every male citizen of the t’nlted
States, or every male person who has
declared hia Intention of becoming a
citizen of the same, of the age of
twenty-one years or upward, who ha*
resided in the State twelve months. In
the county six months, and In the pre
cinct, town or ward one month next
preceding any election at which he may
propose to vote, and who Is able to read
and Interpret, or Interpret when read
to him, if hs ia prevented from read
ing the same by reason of any physi
cal disability, any section of the Consti
tution of the State of Arkansas, except
such persons a* may, for the commit
sion of some felony, t>« deprived of the
right to vote by law passed by the Gen
eral Assembly, and who shall sxhlblt a
poll tax receipt or other evidence that
he has paid his poll tax at the time of
collecting taxes next preceding auch
election, shall be allowed to vote at any
election held In the State of Arkanaaa
but no person who was, on January 1.
or at any time prior thereto, en
titled to vote under the Constitution or
statutes of any State in the United
States, wherein he then resided, and no
mala person of foreign birth who was
naturalized prior to tha adoption of
this amendment, and no lineal descend
ant of such person, who shall possess
the other qualifications described In this
article, shall be denied the right to
vote because of his Inability to so read
and Interpret sections of the Conitl
tutlon of this State; provided, that male
persons who make satisfactory proof
that they have attained the ags of
twenty-one years since tha time
for assessing the taxes for the
year next preceding tha year In
which tha election at which he
may propose to vote la held, and poa
seascs the other quallfieatlona required
by thla article shall be permitted, to
vote; and, provided, further, that the
aatd tax receipt shall be so marked by
•dated stamp or other written endorse
ment by the Judges of election to whom
It inay first be presented, as to pre
vent the holder thereof from voting
more than once at any election.
The Judges of election shall enforce
the provisions of thla article and shall
be the Judges of tha qualifications of
electors."
The above resolution was filed In the
ofllce of the Secretary of State on
March 16, HU.
Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment
Witr.eaa my official slgnaturs thla
llth day of February, 1912.
EAREE W. HODGES,
Secretary of Ik tat a
(Seal.)
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