The Newark journal.
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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY AUGUST 8, 1002
Vol. 2 No. 32
ABOUT GOOD ROADS
The Good Roads Problem is One
That Should be of Interest
to Every Citizen.
The average cost to the farmer
of taking his produce to the near
est railroad station is greater than
the average cost of transporting it
by rail to the metropolitan market.
1 . country roads, with few ex
ception- are always in bad condi
tion at the time of year when the
farmer is ready to market the
product of Ids year's labor. There
has been enough labor spent on
public roads to have made them
permanently dry and hard, but in
most cases they are no better than
they were years ago. In fact the
only road improvement worthy
of notice has been accomplished
by taxation under the present law.
Of course, the improvements un
der the present law are as yet but
slight, but it should be borne in
mind that the present system of
road working has been in opera
tion but a short time.
thousands of men have spent
thousands of days in working
the country roads, yet the farmer
trudges through the mud with 15
bushels of corn or 2 bales of cotton
on his wagon, and frequently has
to wait until another wagon comes
along so they can double team and
pull him out of a bog hole; or bor
row a top rail from a near-by
fence with which to pry a wheel
out of the mud. If he gets home
without breaking his wagon, his
team is worn out, his temper sour
ed and he becomes a chronic
grumbler, and not without ade
quate cause.
Hut the farmers are themselves
largely to blame for this condition
of affair*. They continue to use
narrow-tired wagons, which are
perfectly adapted to cutting up
and destroying the surface of roads
and in wet weather converting
them into elongated mudholes.
They never require any pledges of
road reform from their state sena
tors and representatives and some
few even oppose a road tax.
No state in the union has more
or better material to make good
roads of than Arkansas, and few,
if any, have worse roads than
Arkansas. But it takes money
and knowledge to make good
roads. Tile present system of
road taxation will furnish the nec
essary money and, with competent
overseers, men who have a good
ework wrecits ,
Too m«-“ - An(\ the constant
men’s ncl^®'‘ Jay and night, >s
care of children, . a strong
LdtcnfooiO^d face tells the ,
\ woman. A -^vorked housewife
I tory of the o d menses,
mlTl ,»V»' *te
heneorrhaa m overwork.
1 womb rcs" needs a remedy
[ r'"1' "Tl lie, mem» *“d “
l^lNC0' CAR®U
I is doius to-day. ltww1
»»J ll‘ot b ""y
t
general knowledge of what it re
quires to make a road, there is no
reason why Arkansas should not!
have as good roads as any state in
the union.
But just so long as the people
attempt to keep up the roads with
gratuituos labor, just that long
they will have bad roads.
When you go to vote at the
coming election be sure that “For
Road Tax" is on your ballot.
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His Sight Threatened.
“While picnicking last month
my 11-year-old bey was poisoned
by some weed or plant, “says!
\V, 11. Dibble, of Sioux City, la.
“lie rubbed the poison off his|
hands into his eyes and for awhile
we were afraid he would lose his
sight. Finally a neighbor recom
mended DeWitt’s Witch Hazel
Salve. The first application help
ed him and in a few days lie was
as well as ever. For skin diseases,
cuts, burns, scalds, wounds, in
sect bites, De Witt’s Witch Hazel
Salve is sure cure. Relieves piles!
at once. Beware of counterfeits.
J. I. Sturdivant.
Patents at Cut Prices.
In order to Keep bui-y during the !
summer, Switt & Co., the prompt
and proper patent lawyers, oppo-|
site l . b. I ntent Ufhce, \\asn-;
j ington, 1). have made a hig
cut in the [nice for obtaining i
patents. Inventors who desire!
to save money and get the best ;
work should write them while the
cut prices prevails.
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It Needs a Tonic.
There are times when youi liver
needs a tonic. Don’t give purga
tives that gripe and weaken. De
Witt’s Little Early Kisers expel!
all poison from the system and
nets as tonic to the liver. W.
Scott, 531 Highland ave., Milton,
Pa., says: "I have carried De
Witt’s Little Early Risers with
me for several jears and would
not h.e without them.” Small and
easy to take. Purely vegetable.
They never giipc 01 distress. J.
I. Sturdivant.
North Arkansas’ Bright Outlook.
Engineer McN air, of the con
struction corps of the White
River railroad, was at the Capi
tal Thursday. Mr. McNair says
that about twenty miles of the
track is already in operation, and
they are well upon the work of
the second twenty miles. Their
contract is for eighty miles, and
the road will eventually he con
structed to Spiingfield, Mir., a
distance of 200 miles, through
the zinc country. *‘All that rich
mining country,” said Mr. Mc
Nair, “i„> just waiting for us to
get to it to lie developed. There
I are a half dozen different miuer
, ill s, [/iiiii i|/niij
practically untouched. The t’tm
ber is line, too, and when we get
up fatther, things will begin to
move. All they need is transpm
tations facilities. The capital is
ready and waiting to go in as soon
as we get there.”—Little Kock
Gazette,
To My Friends.
It is with joy 1 tell you what
Kodol did forme. I was troubled
I with my stomach for several
months. Upon being advised to
use Ivodol, 1 did so, and words
I cannot tell the good it has done
me. A neighbor had dyspepsia so
| that he had tried most evory
! tiling. I told him to use Kodol.
i Words ot gratitude have come to
! me from him because 1 recom
| mended it.—Geo. \\ . Fry, Viola,
j Iowa. Health and strength, of
jmind and body, depends on the
stomach, and normal activity of
the digestive organs. Kodol, the
j great reconstructive tonic, cures
| all stomach and bowel troubles,
j indigestion, dyspepsia. Kodol di~
i gests any good food you eat.
Take a dose after meals. J, I.
I Sturdivant.
BIGGEST COMBINATION
International Oil Merger the Big-;
gest Trust on Record—Cap
ital 8 billion dollars.
The greatest thing on earth in
the line trusts which is now fore
shadowed, is so great as to be ab
solutely paralyzing to the i magi a- j
ation. The capital of this giant J
among giants is estimated at no i
less than $8,000,000,000.
It is not exactly asserted that
this will be the amount of capital
stock, but it is stated that this is j
the value of the interests involved
in the combine. This is more than ;
double the national debt of Groat!
Britain and nearly eight times the
interest-bearing debt of the United
States.
No definite name is given to this j
most gigantic of the combine
giants. A more or less clear idea j
of the nature of the thing is con
vcyed by the statement that it is a
merger of the interests of Rocke
feller, Rothschild and Nobel.
The, object is understood to be
to control the world's petroleum
trade, not to combine the financial
mvercscs or me xnree consuuieuis
of the merger apart from that
trade. It may therefore be called
the international oil merger. If it j
is nothing more than that its capi- :
talization may not be greater than
that of the steel trust, if so great. ;
The magnitude of the thing may !
lie rather in the total capital con
trolled for all purposes by the
members of the combine than in
the capita) value of the oil proper
ties combined.
We are indebted for the story
of this merger to the London Daily
Mail, which some time ago inti-,
mated that negotiations were pro
ceeding in Moscow. In its issue
of duly 30 that newspaper states
unequivocally that an agreement
has been reached, and it declares
the result to be “the greatest trust
the world lias ever seen,'1 which it
may or may not he.
No doubt if this trust has in
fact been formed it will be able to
control the world's petroleum
trade, at least for the time being.
But it does not follow that its ex
actions will be intolerable. Stand
ard Oil lias succeeded by practic
ing moderation—in fact, by rend
ering the best service lor the
money—and the new combine is
likely to proceed on the same
line. Chicago Chronicle.
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Coffins Follow the Flag.
The army transport Kilpatrck
recently carried to Manila four
thousand coffins to he used in
burying American soldiers who
have died of fevers, cholera, and
other diseases incident to tropical
warfare. The Ne.v York World
estimates the cost of each coffin
to be §8, and thus places the val
ue of $32,000 on this coffin ship
ment. The World points out
that this exceeds in value our total
exports to the Philippines in nine
great classifications during the
month of May, the last for which
figures are at hand. Here are the
items: Agricultural implements,
$1,100; Hoar, $5,250: carriages,
$5,371 ; clocks and watches, $5,
302: lumber, $1,700: builders’
hardware, $5,192 : sewing mach
ines, $2,274: petroleum, $780 r
furniture, $1,359: total, $18,328.
The World very propelly con
cludes : ‘*In the trade which ’fol
lows the Hag' to our new Pacific
possessions the number of sol
diers’ coffins is to the quantity <>t
[ordinary merchandise in pathetic
disproportion.
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Killed by a Train.
Brinkley, Aug 2.—J. B. Elly
son, a prominent tie and lumber
man of this place, was struck by
an engine on the Choctaw railway
| late this evening and died from the
effects of internal injuries at a late
j hour tonight.
ROOSEVELT’S CHANCE
Will Ilisfcqry Ilei>eat J(nolf ns in
the Case of His Chance
Predecessors 1
The president appears to hr
very sure of himself and is re
ported confident, that be will he
renominated and elected presi
dent in 1904. The fates of Tyler,
Fillmore, Johnson and Arthur
contain no lesson for him. lie
knows he is an unique liguro and
that which was impossible to
many men he does not necessarily
judge impossible to his own supe
rion met its, skill and claims.
Perhaps he is right. Put, his
torically viewed, he is taking the
identical load that led his proto
types in the olliec to a fall. II
like causes produce like effects,
almost any political surveyor of
clear vision can even now run the
lines of Mr. Roosevelt’s course
to the precipice.
Andrew Johnson drew himself
away from the dominant element
of the republican party and set up
a policy that they did not approve.
He knew he was treading the
same path of endeavor that A bra
iitiiii ljiii'V'iti n wmu ii<n l uuu uau
ho lived to continuo his work.
But he found it impossible to
take up another man’s following,
policy and purpose and hold them
intact to the end of the course.
1 lie change of the personal leader
changes a thousand incidental
factois of the programme and in
the end weakness prevails where
strength was hoped for.
Chester A. Artlmi wished to
succeed himself and he also tried
to build a new programme of sue
cess out of the inheritance lie re
eeiyed from (Jartield. lie alsc
tried to supplant one faction o]
the party by another, and also t<
control the rotten borough vote*
of the south in his own interest,
hut he failed.
President Roosevelt began b)
bonding himself to continue the
policies of McKinley. Already
he is leagues off the track that
McKii ley would have followed,
it Ins Buffalo speech was a true
prophecy of his future purposes,
lie has alienated McKinley’.*
strongest friends ; he has gone
about to build a personal machine
within the party : he is at odds
with the party majority in con
gress oil vital issues of party pol
icy ; he is arousing the dread and
opposition of the timiuciul back
ers of the party campaigns.
How he can hope to reconcile
these things and win against these
cross-purpose situations is a puz
zle that only his own acumen eai
make plain to his courtiers and
campaign rooters.
County Institute.
All teachers holding certificate.'
of tpialitication to teach in tin
public schools of Independence
county are hereby notified that a
Teachers Institute will be held at
Batesville on the 14th and 15tl
days of August, 11*02. All teach
ers must attend or expect the law
to be enforced strictly. See sec
tion 7073, as amended, of tin
school law. .1. A. Wii kes.
County Examine!
July 1!*, 1902.
A Necessary Precaution.
Don't neglect a cold. It is worst
th in unpleasant. It is danger
ous- By using One Minute Cougli
Cure you can cure it at once.
Allays inflammation, clears the
head, soothes and strengthen
the mucous membrane. Cures
coughs, croup, throat and lun.
troubles. Absolutely safe. Acts
immediately. Children like it. J,
I. Sturdivant.
The Drouth Broken.
The great drouth of 1902 hai
closed with generous and wide
spread rains. Even the arid ve
jgions have been deluged, and I
I floods have causeJ people to hunt |
Urn highlands. Washouts have'
delayed travel and the mails, and I
beautiful mud has taken the plane I
of dust. The heaviest rams have j
| fallen where tlie drouth was most j
, seriously felt. The cattle ranges
I will he covered with grass and
, fall feed crops will probably bo
j abundant. Cotton is making up
for time lost during June and
j July, and will need no more rain.
What effect these belated rains
will have upon insect pests and
; fungus, diseases that cause the
squares and young bolls to fall,
remains to bo seen. The cotton
piospeet has greatly improved in
the past two weeks,
Johnson Denied Bail.
The judges of the Supremo
Court have denied the application
for a writ of habeas corpus in the
case of Rufus Johnson, who is
held at Newport on a charge of
murder. He was remanded to
jail by the circuit judge without
hail and the Supreme Court judge
declined to release him o.i bail.
Congrcas and Revenue.
A few years ago the people of
this country were astounded at
the magnificent prodigality of the
“billion dollar congress” which
spent a billion dollars within two
years. Now we are called upon
j to consider I lio fuse of a billion
j dollar session—a billion dollars
1 appropriated within less than out!
year. This is about thirteen dol
lars for every man, woman and
I child in the country, and more
ill..11 seventy-five dollars for every
fam ly of six persons. This im
j mensfc sum \v..s paid into the
United State- Treasury by the
I people, i ich and poor alike—the
1 poor baying almost as much ms
the lieli. At the present rate of
increase of profligacy the people
will soon have to furnish the
| money fir a trillion dollav con
gress, Many people who ought
to, do not know that whenever
they buy a papoi of needle», or
anything made of metal, or leatU
et,oi ci tton or wool, or silk or
other lioer, a pol l ion of the pur
chase money is lax and goes to
supply the cash for the vast and
in most eases, useless expeudi
tutes of Congress—cash which
the retailer lias paid to the whole
saler, the wholesaler to the job
ber, the jobber to importer, and
•lie importer to the revenue col
lector.—Farm and it mi ll.
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Cranes on Hanged Man’s (irave.
Centre l’oi it, Aug 1.—Three
while cranes have caused great
excitement among the negroes
here. Tha actions of the birds
are believed by the negroes to be
a sign of the innocence of Lathe
i .. . . .
; 1 it III'/It:« 5 Win » n lit
,! Centre Point, u week ago today.
, Two of the cranes were seen
standing ou Hembree's grave,
while anollicr circled in the air
over the grave. Two persons
who did not share the supersti
tion of the negroes shot and killed
two of the lords, and the colored
population is expecting something
unusual to happen.
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A Pertinent Query.
Why is it that when Cleveland
and Hill are assailed by democrats
republican papers always come to
their rescue?—Newkirk Demo
crat.
Bear it in Mind.
The big metropolitan dailies,
have beer, against the democratic
party for the past six years.
About half of these papers are
[ nominally democratic, but they
invariably abuse and misrepresent
the men who have charge of the
party. It is the couutry weeklies
: that really light the party’s bat
| ties. Democrats should not for
'get this.—Lamar Democrat.
15 WHOSE SKELETON?
G lastly Discovery Made by Work
men Who are Repairing
the White House.
Washington, Aug 3.—Work
men employed in tearing out the
interior of the White House lust
week unearthed deep down under
the basement a portion of a human
skeleton. The discovery created
consternation among the negro
laborers, who are of a superstiti
ous nature, and they were only
kept at work with difficulty.
Strenuous efforts have been made
to keep the discovery a secret.
Pending a more careful investi
gation of the hones exhumed from
such an unlookedfor but historical
resting place, the most rigid regu
lations have been adopted to pre
vent persons not actually employ
ed in the mechanical work from
entering the building. Even clerks
and messengers belonging to the
executive force are excluded un
der the existing order.
The mysterious discovery was
made while the laborers were en
gaged in excavating a vast pit or
subcellar below the floor of the
basement for the new heating ap
paratus. After going down about
10 feet a massive stone vault was
encountered. It proved to bo
what were apparently the founda
tion walls of an old house that had
evidently stood on the*same spot
where the White House was after
ward erected. It will be remem
bered that the land upon which
the White House and adjacent
public buildings are built is made
land, developed to its present con
dition by filling in and grading.
In ibis same excavation was
found an immense oven uuihcd
ded in the stone wall, and in
close proximity to the oven were
found the hones. It was the dis
covet y of the hones in conjunct
tion with the oven that terrorized
the workmen and caused them to
believo that they had unearthed
an ancient tomb.
To Try a flan.
To find out a man’s disposition
take him when lie’s wet and hun
gry. If he is amiable then, dry
him and fill him up and you have
an angel.—Echo.
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Concluded to Stay.
“How long Ins the minister
been preaching?” whispered tho
stranger, who had wandered into
the church and sat down a*vay
back. “About thirty years, I be
lieve” replied the other occupant
<>f the pew. “That being the
ease,'’ rejoined the stranger, “I
guess I II stay. He must be near
ly done.”—Chicago News.
Great Opportunities for
Homes in Texas.
The country traversed by
the International & Great
Northern Railroad,, embracing
the greater portion ot East,
South and Southwest Texas,
contains thousands of acres of
fertile land especially adapted
to general fanning, stock-rais
ing, lice, tobacco, fruit and
giape culture; trucking, mining
and lumber manufacturing,that
can be purchased at low rates
and on exceeding liberal terms.
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