Tiie Newark Journal
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
O. F. Craig. Editor
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FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 190?
Senator Jell' Davis will probab
i\’ not deliver the address of wel
come when the old-line insurance
companies return to Arkansas.
An exchange aptly remarks
that it is a great deal better to let
other people do your talking than
it is to let them do your thinking
ior you. _____________
Wisconsin is going to build a
wiew state capitol. We hope none
of the Wisconsin legislstors will
•»ave to go to the penitentiary
over the matter.
Cold? Well, yes, and its that
way all over the country. Snow
fell for more than an hour at El
X*aso, Tex., Monday, breaking all
jrecords for late snow in the South.
A resolution to extend the ses
sion of the legislature another
twenty days, or until .June 10, was
introduced in the senate Monday.
Morne of the legislators seem to
fcelieve iu hanging on to a good
4h ing. ______________
No rain has fallen in Cuba for
.six months. The island is parch
ing and the people are praying for I
rain. The weather man undoubt-4!
-eddy lost his map and unloaded j
troth Cuba’s and Arkansas’ supply
rain upon Arkansas.
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The Sunday lid is coming into!
prominence again all over the \
state, and it seems that Fort Smith ;
if. having trouble in getting a lid i
that is big enough. They are j
making an effort to stop the street!
cars from running on Sunday in j
that city. __
Before the inauguration of the j
two cent passenger rate in Arkan
sas sveral weeks ago, it was
thought by many that the decrease
an rau. would result in an increase
ii. travel, but it seems that such has
not been the result. On the con
4.i ary, there has been no incease
■whatever, so the railroad officials
say. It is learned upon inquiry
*d the local ticket office that the
ticket sale' have shown no increase j
at this station, and it is said that
the same is true practically all
over the state.
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Under the pretense that it is
diverting capital from the state,
and working a hardship on the
people, the senate, by a vote of 15
to 12, has repealed the Lee pro
hibition law, recently passed.
The Lee law is one of the best laws
on the prohibition question ever
passed by the Arkansas legislature,
and is the only law which has ever
really given prohibition territory
actual prohibition. IV hen the
people vote for prohibition,we be
lieve in giving them prohibition.
Since the Lee law went into effect,
Newark has come near being a
prohibition town than ever in the
history of the town, and this law
is the only thing that has ever
made prohibition an actual reality
in this town. W hatever the peo
ple want, give it to them—that is
one of the basic principles of the
American government—and if the
people vote for prohibition, we
say give them prohibition. If they
vote for prohition when they do
not really want it, they will soon
discover the mistake and correct
it. We hope the house will stand
by its good judgment in passing
the Lee law, and kill the repeal
bill.
We notice that at different towns
6ver the state companies are be
ing organized for the pupose of
establishing canning factories.
That reminds us that there was
such a movement on foot at New
ark once. The Journal would like
to see the matter taken up again
a little later on, and something
done. Business houses alone do
not make a town, and if Newark
ever expects to amount to any
thing she must get some industrial
institutions that will afford em
ployment for the people and bring
money into the community.
John Roberts, a statistician in
the national department of agri
culture at Washington, says that
the average American eats more
than his own weight in meat every
year. The per capita consump
tion of meat, according to Mr.
Roberts, is 170 pounds a .year. Ac
cording to these tigures the total
amount of meat consumed in the
United States in one year is some
thing over fifteen billion pounds.
The American people do love their
ham and gravy.
Some 20,000 immigrants arrived
in the United States last week
from Europe, the majority of them
being Italians and Russians. Im
migration authorities say the indi
cations are that the total immigra
tion for the year will exceed that
of any year in the history of the
country. Moore that a million
immigrants are expected to arrive
during the year. /
Don’t Use a Scarecrow
To Drive Away the
Hail Order Wolf
You can drive him out
quickly if you use the mail
order houses’ own weapon
—advertising. Mail order
concerns arc spending
thousands of dollars every
week in order to get trade
from the home merchants.
Do you think for a minute
they would keep it up if
thev didn’t get the busi
ness? Don’t take it for
granted that every one
within a radius of 25 miles
knows what you have to
sell, and what your prices are. Nine times out of ten your prices
are iower, but the customer is influenced by the up-to-date adver
tising of the mail order house. Every article you advertise should
be described and priced. Yon must tell your story' in an inter
esting way, and when you want to reach the buyers of this com
munity use the columns of this paper.
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We have just received a nice, new, clean and up-to- >»»
date stock of Dry Goods which were well bought ^
and we wish to call the attention of the public to our jt>
new stock of Spring Hats, Clothing, Furnishings, etc. w
We have a full stock of Shoes of the very best ^
makes--the kind that give satisfaction. Our new line jjj
of White Goods, Waistings, etc., is of the very best, jj
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A WORD TO THE FARMERS
We are overstocked on Farming Tools of all Kinds, including Cul
tivators, Plows, Scrapers, Harrows, Drills, Stalk Cutters, Mow
ers, Rakes, etc., which we are going to unload at greatly reduced
prices. We will sell you any farm implement on a credit for good
notes. Thanking our many customers for their patronage in the
past and soliciting a continuance of the same,we are your friends,
GRIFFITH & MORROW
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Acting Governor Moore has ap
proved the Moore-Heartsill bill
prohibiting dealing in futures, and
it is now a law. Some people
would have been better off if this
law had been passed several .years
ago. _
It is said that during the last
fiscal year Great Britain spent
$703,785,000, while the United
-States spent nearly one billion
dollars, or about one-third more i
than the British government. '
Uncle Sam is getting to be quite a
spendthrift.
Man is a good deal like the
sturdy oak—he is hardened and ■
tempered b.y the winds olj opposi j
cion. All men cannot-stand the!
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severe test; but the well balanced
man does not mind opposition; it
only serves to bring out the latent ;
talent that is in him.
The Jamestown Exposition,
commemorating the three hun
dredth anniversary of the first
English settlement in America, ;
will open at Norfolk, Va., today i
with President Roosevelt as the
guest of honor. The exposition .
will continue until November 20.
IS H ARIGHT?
To The Newark Journal:
I read and hear many compli
ments on men after they are dead.
If they deserve it, that is as it
should be, but to us who knew
them while they were living and
know that they had but little re
spect for religious people and the
churches—in fact would curse the
preacher, would drink liquor and
have a wicked old time in general
— but when they die someone will
bob up and say their undying
spirit is safely housed in the i
heaven of bliss, and walking the
golden streets, etc.
I wTant to say that it casts reflec
tions on the etlorts of the Christian .
people, and what they are doing
to “rescue the perishing.” Be
sides it may cause others to go on
through life without preparing, as
they should, to change worlds.
Will you read a few passages
from the Holy Writ?
“Except ye repent you shall all
likewise perish.”
“He that believeth on the Son
shall have everlasting life.”
“Know ye not that the unright
eous shall not enherit the King
dom of God? Be not deceived;
neither idolators, nor adulterers,
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nor thieves, nor covetous, nor
drunkards, nor revilers, nor extor
tioners shall enherit the Kingdom
of God.” i
This contradicts the many flatter
ing things said of some who have
died with some of these crimes
hanging over them. Why not tell
the truth and warn the living, en
stead of saying things that will
make them take chances. As we
see above, none of them can claim !
admission into the presence of the]
Redeemer unless they repent. I
Then let us be honest to the living,
as we cannot change the state
of the dead, as that is tixed
and their destiny is sealed. But
our mission is to the living, so let
us be faithful and warn them of
the danger. J. I. Martin.
BANK ELECTS OFFICERS
The directors of the Merchants
and Planters Bank held a meeting
yesterday for the purpose of elect
ing officers for the ensuing year.
C. H. Hogan tendered his resigna
tion as director, which was accept
ed, and A. A. Henderson elected
to fill the vacancy.
W. D. Magness was re-elected
president, J. T. Tharp was elected
vice president and A. A. Hender
son, cashier.
The bank starts upon its second
year in good shape and with en
couraging prospects. The officers
and directors are all home people
and are good substantial business
men, whose integrity and ability
cannot be questioned.
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DISTRICT UNION
The district union meeting of
I the F. E. & C. U. of A., will be
held at Oak Ridge on Saturday,
May T. All unions requested to
send full delegation. An open
session will be held at night.
T. A. Burlington, Sec.
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Phone No 46 Phone No 25
MARTIN & HODGES
Physicians and Surgeons
Office hours—8 to 10 a. m. and 1 to 3
p. ni. Rooms 1 and 2 Magness
Building. Phone 4<>.
NEWARK, ARKANSAS*
V L Pascoe
Phone No. 30
L. O Poo
Phone No. 61
PASCOE & POE
Physicians and Surgeons
Office with Newark Drug Company,
Front Street. Phone No, IT. '
Office hours8 to P2 a. m., and 1 to 5 p. m.
LOCAL MARKET REPORT.
Corrected Every Thursday After
noon by Sisk, Hulsey & Haddock
Butter, per pound.. t20
.12
.45
.06
12.00
.50
.85
1.50
Eggs, per dozen.
Corn, per bushel.
Cotton, lint, per pound..
^otton seed, per ton
Molasses, sorghum, per gal
Potatoes, Irish, per bushel.
Potatoes, sweet, per bushel
All kinds of legal blanks at thft
Journal office.