The Newark Journal
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O F. Craig, editor
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FRIDAY , .11’LY It. 11)05.
Js it possible to convict a hood It* r
m Arkansas?
All the statesmen agree that it
will be necessary for I'ncle Sam
to raise more revenue or cut
down expenses. It might be well
to do both.
An exchange says that the honor
of public men should be as sensi
tive as that of a woman, and there
is a great deal of truth in the state
ment, since they involve not only
themselves, but the constituency j
they represent. It seems, howev- J
or, that the honor of several of
Arkansas' publie men is away be
low that of the veriest hack.
The .Journal notices that Con-j
gressman Brundidge stated in a j
recent interview with an Arkansas
Democrat reporter that lie would j
be a candidate for re-election, but
that, he would decline to do any
campaigning now. lie is too bus
ily engaged in the practice of law,
he says, to discuss politics now.
The practice of law, it seems, is
Mr. Brundidge’s favorite pursuit,
and one of tin* greatest objections
to his record as congressman is the
fact that he has frequently left bis
■seat in congress for several days
at a time in order to come home
and defend some man in the courts.
Mr. Brundidge may find, after the
campaign is over, that he can dr
vote bis entire time to the prac
tice of law. At any rate be can’t
stay at home and practice law and
beat Will Old field it will take
hustling to do that. In fact there
are a great many people in this
neck o’ the woods who believe that
Mr. Oldfield will he the next con
gressman. _
SALE OF THE BEE.
I lie Batesville Bee has Been sold
by I*. II. Wilkerson to the News
Printing Company, and the new
owners took chaise last week.
.Mr. Wilkerson attempted to
lead the public to believe only a
short time ago that he had sold the
Bee to the editor of The Journal,
and aUuit the first of May he pub
lished a statement of what he
termed the sale of tlr Bee in
which he stated that lie had sold us
the plant; that we had made a
part payment of $50 on same and
lie had delivered u> a bill of sale
of the office. lie was so deeply
in earnest about the matter that
he threatened to sue us if we did
not go on and carry out the deal, i
-and upon our refusal he tiled suit
against us with the clerk of the
circuit court.
Mr. Wilkerson has never asked
nor obtained our permission to sell
fr^ie Bee, nor returned our $50,
which he stated we paid him as a
part payment on the plant, and it
aeems to us that he has thereby
placed himself in a very unenvi
able attitude, especially for a man
who is preparing to enter the min
istry. ____________
f T1IE COTTON LEAKAGE.
There was a strong suspicion aj
few months ago that there was
something wrong with the govern
ment reports en the cotton crop of
UH'4, Each succeeding report
showed an increase in the size of
the crop; the market was demoral
ized and as a result the farmers of
the South lost thousands of dollars.
The complaints against the gov
ernment reports became so gener
al that an investigation was set on
foot and as a result a scandal has
been uncovered. It has been dis
covered that Kdwin S. Holmes,
the assistant statistician in the De
partment of Agriculture, has been
juggling the oilieial reports, and i
has also communicated advance in- ;
formation to a number of tin* New j
York brokers.
Holmes' dealings were princi !
pally with L. (Van Riper, and
it was proven that Holmes not only j
sold information to Van Riper and
other brokers, but that he also do- !
liberately falsified the reports so j
as to manipulate the markets.
Holmes made a small fortune
from the transactions, and his pro
fits from his dealings with Van
Riper alone are said to have been
$T9,009.
IT LOOKS KOTTKN.
It looks now like the boodle in
vestigation at Little Rock is going
to uncover more rottenness than
was at first suspected. Covington,
it is true, was acquitted, but the
people believe him guilty. In
fact he was proven guilty by the
evidence of his accomplices, and it
was only the judge's instructions
to the jury that saved Covington
from a term in the penitentiary.
Not being a lawyer nor the son
of a lawyer, we are not in a posi
tion to criticise the judge’s instruc
tion from a legal standpoint, and,
if we were such, considering our
unfortunate penchant for getting
‘‘pinched,” it might be well to
play mum.
But The Journal calls attention
to the fact that, regardless of
whether .Judge Lea's instructions
to the jury that a man cannot Ik*
convicted on the evidence of ac
complices were right or wrong,
men have been convicted and even
hanged on such evidence, and it
looks a little strange, to say the
least of it, that if such is the law,
it was not discovered before now.
1 he Olyphant train robbers
were convicted and hanged at New
port on the evidence of an accom
plice who turned state’s evidence,
and if a train robber can be con
victed and hanged on such evi
dence, why cannot a boodler be
convicted on the same evidence'
MAG NESS MUSINGS.
♦Ino. Moore or Sulphur Rock
was in our city Monday.
Have you noticed Eph Gibson's
“butcher shop on wheels.’’
Rev. Hively of Sulphur Rock
was in our town Saturday.
Dr. R. ('. Dorr of Batesville
was here a few hours Monday.
1'. M. \Y aldrip was down from
Batesville Monday on business.
The boys are looking blue this
week on account of high water.
R. M. Crow shipped a car of I
corn from Mag ness Wednesday.
Rev. A. Douglass came in Mon
day from several days trip across
the river.
Wood Weaver of Newport is
visiting Robert Gresham and fam
ily this week.
County Examiner Sidney Dick
ens was shaking hands with the
boys here Monday.
Walter Culdweel and Geo.
Qualls of Rutherford were on our
streets W ednestjay.
dames Prickett and dno. llicks
of Rutherford were in Magness a
few minutes Wednesday.
Rev. Way man and wife of Sul
phur Rock visited .I. K. Rawlings
and family here Tuesday.
Assessor Caldwell was here Mon
day inquiring into the financial
standing of the boys. He was
ably assisted while here by Wash :
Browning and Prof. Pickens.
C. P. Vaughan and Will Page j
now have the '’blue riblxm” as :
horseshoe pitchers in Magness.
. 1). \\ all, the popular 'ale -
man for the Simmons Hardware!
Co. was in Magness Wednesday.
Squire 1). R. Reeves and f unify ,
of W hite River township were
trading with our merchants Tues
day. I
James Ladd has been on tin* sick |
list for several days, but is report- |
ed to be improving at present
writing.
Sam Conner, the hustling trav
eling man for the Dorr Mercantile
Company spent Saturday night
and Sunday at home.
Our school at Magness begins
next Monday. July 17th. Let all
who can possibly do so start. You
will be judged on the amount of
interest you have in school by the
attendance of your children. Let’s
have a good school
5HOT A NEGRO.
England, Ark., .July 10. Brov n
Ford .shot, and probably mortally
wounded Will Henry Friday af
ternoon, at a saloon about three
miles south of here.
Ford is a white man and owns an
interest in a saloon just over the
line in .Jefferson county. Henry
is a negro and is in the employ of
Ford and his partner, and it is
claimed the shooting came up over
a settlement. Ford ordered the
negro to get out of the room, the
negro refused and Ford shot him.
HANGED HIMSELF.
.1. .J. Schmidt, who shot and
killed K. H. Willis on .June iM, at
Dumas, and was released on #o,o00
bond, hanged himself at his barn
at Dumas Thursday afternoon.
Schmidt was a road overseer, and
Willis a farmer. The tragedy re
sulted from a quarrel due to Willis
accusing Schmidt of digging ditch
es so that water ran onto Willis’ !
land.
EX-SHERIFF SHOOTS A MAN.
Arkansas City, July 10. Thom
as Me FI wee, a well-known citizen,
was shot and dangerously wound- ]
ed here at <i o’clock this evening j
by ex-Sheriff W. D. Preston. The
two men had a personal difficulty
on the street and the shooting was
the result.
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AH Along the Rond
The DavisS Bradley Double Cam
Steel Hey PresG
is the favorite because it is the simplest press ever made.
You can’t beat it. It has all the strong points, will put full
weight into a car, is easy and light to move, and it can’t go
wrong or get out of order because there is nothing about it
to get out of order. Just a plunger, a double cam and a
plunger draw. But they are well made. That’s the secret.
Come In and let’s talk this matter over. You can’t tell all
about the David Bradley Press jirst from the picture.
GRIFFITH & MORROW, Newark, Ark
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MRS. N. R. ALEXANDER,
A Practical Milliner,
Has opened a first class stock of Millinery, at her residence just across,
the street from Mrs. Bill Mayness', and has a nice line of trimmed
and ready-to-wear hats; also, baby caps, ribbons, infants hose,
ladies girdles, laces, pins, buttons, needles, thread, etc.
■■■■■nMEaa WH -I IRKA! YOU RICH I hbbbbhbbb
CMAS. MOSBY,
DI'ALEU IN —
Watches, Jewelry,
Diamonds, Arkansas Pearls.
we Fit Spectacles Correctly.
Watch inspector For The
White River Railway.
Batesville, - Arkansas.
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your patronage. \\ hen you need Hardware of any kind
ue would he pleased to show you through our line and
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- * Wc Mso Curry a Full Line of Coffins nnd Caskets.
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