! The Newark Journal
Published In The Famous Big Bottom Country, Where Alfalfa Is King.
$1 Per Annum.
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, February 8, 1907.
Vol. 7. No. 7.
AFTER JEFF SOME MORE
Rumored That the Grand Jury is
After Senator Jeff Davis.
Little Rock, Feb. 3.—It is al
leged that Senator Jeff Davis met
Prosecuting Attorney Lewis Rho
ton last Monday morning, only 24
hours before the Arkansas Legis
lature elected him to the United
States Senate, and implored the
Prosecuting Attorney not to ruin
his chances of election by institut
ing proceedings against him. Sen
ator Davis had reason to believe
when he saw Mr. Rhoton that the
grand .jury had been investigating
his alleged use of free transporta
tion on the Iron Mountain rail
road. The grand jury knows
whether that was true or not, and
Prosecuting Attorney Rhoton
knows.
It is not charged that Senator
Davis has been indicted, but it
developed .v ester day that a deter
mined inquiry was being made in
to his alleged use of free passes
over railroads of the State.
After Senator Davis visit to Mr.
lihoton last Monday when it be
come apparent that the latter had
determined upon the course he
would pursue, the Senator made a
hurried visit to St. Louis. He
was in that city when Rhoton’s
charges contained in the letter to
Attorney General Kirby were
made public.
Rumor has it that Prosecuting
Attorney lihoton was aprised Fri
day morning by an agent that Sen
ator Davis had visited a prominent
railroad ulhcial in St. Louis.
Prosecuting Attorney lihoton
was not in the city yesterday, and
no information was given out at
his office as to his whereabouts. It
is surmised however that he, too,
had gone up to St. Louis.
Mr. Rhoton had understood be
fore he left Little Rock that Sen
ator Davis purposed to give out
an answer to the charges he had
made in his letter to Attorney
Ganeral Kirby.
Friends of Mr. Rhoton who
ought to know said last night that
he would produce not only evi
dence to substantiate his charges,
but that more sensational develop
ments were to follow.
Regardless of whether or not the
grand jury investigated the
charges, it is a known fact that the
alleged use of free transportation
by Senator Davis has been pres
ented to Prosecuting Attorney
Rhoton within the week by
prominent party who does not
hesitate to say that he and others
witnessed a transaction on a rail
way passenger train in the State
which looked so questionable that
he offered the train auditor §50 to
drop or lose the slip which Senator
Davis had used.
It is believed that should Mr.
Rhoton become convinced that
Senator Davis had violated tin-*
law in this regard, a warrant will
probably be issued for the Senator
at once.
COUNCIL MEETING.
The city council held its regular
monthly meeting Monday night,
with all members present except
Alderman Mims.
The matter of having the city
ordinances digested and printed, in
book form was discussed at length,
and was finally disposed of by
referring it to a special committee
composed of R. B. Adams, C. M.
Edwards and T, H. Dearing. The
committee was empowered to em
ploy legal counsel if necessary,
and to draft any new ordinances it
deemed best to adopt.
The committee to whom was re
ferred the matter of creating the
office of city attorney, reported
that it had been unable to agree
upon terms with the gentleman
recommended for the position, he
having demanded more in certain
instances than the committee
thought, best to concede. The re
port of the committee was accept
ed and the committee discharged,
thus disposing of the matter for
the present. It seemed to be the
general sentiment of the members,
however, that an ordinance creat
ing the office of city attorney and
defining his duties should be
adopted and incorporated in the
digest of the city laws to be pub
lished later.
Several bills were allowed, after
which the council adjourned.
CHARLOTTE CHRONICLES.
Charlotte, Feb. 5.—Elders J. L.
Brown and Robert Middleton have
been holding a protracted meeting
at Center Grove this week.
J. C. McGill, Urban Haddock
and Sam Moore made a business
trip to Batesville Friday.
Harrison Craigler and Charles
Moore made flying trip to Cord
Sunday evening.
On account of the cold weather
the attendance at Sunday school
is very small.
The literary society will meet
Friday night, if the weather is
not too bad.
Prof. Ed Martin went to Bates
ville Saturday.
A NICE HOME FOR SALE
We have one of the nicest pieces
of residence property in Newark
for sale at a bargain. Two-story
eight room house with good barn,
smokehouse and good well of wa
ter. An entire block goes with
the property including two small
houses which rent for $5 per
month each. Also tine garden and
young orchard. Buildings all
nearly new and well finished, paint
ed inside and out and papered
throughout. The houses would
cost what we ask for the property
to say nothing of the lots, barn,
fencing and other improvements.
CltAIG & Moore
LUTHER PARSONS DEAD.
Death has invaded the home of
Mr. and Mrs. William Parsons
and taken from them their beloved
son, Luther.
He departed this life January
23, after a brief illness. The re
mans were buried at Blue Springs
cemetery.
Lu ;ber w'as seventeen years old
and was a good, kind hearted boy,
who was loved by all who know
him. A Friend.
NOTICE.
All parties knowing themselves
indebted to us either by note or
account, will please come in at once
and settle, as our collector will
start out in a few days. Please
come in at once and save him hav
ing to call on you,
Yours Respectfully
Grffith & Morrow.
If you have property for sale
list it with Craig & Moore.
SULPHUR ROCK SKETCHES
Happenings of the Week at the Hut
of White River Township
Sulphur Rock, Feb. 5.—We arf
glad to note that those interested
are still pushing the canning fac
tory. The acreage to be planted
in tomatoes is now being taken,
and there will be a meeting of the
directors Saturday night to make
final arrangements to begin work
on the building and order the
machinery.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mangrum
and son, Joe, of Brinkley, are
spending a few days with Mr. and
Mrs. Pleas Wright.
C. F. Hively and Sam Ashley
are the champion rat killers.
They killed over one hundred
Monday.
The W. R. Rice Mercantile
Company has bought 812 bales of
cotton since the first of last Oc
tober.
ivirs. utra oanaers reu during
the snow and sprained her wrist
and bruised her face right badly.
Circuit Clerk Cul. L. Pearce of
Batesville was down Sunday to
see his best girl.
Profs. Sidney Pickens and W.
B. Knight spent Saturday at
Batesville.
Our school is getting better all
the time. New students enter
every week.
Deputy Circuit Clerk E. A.
Hodges was down from Batesville
Sunday.
L. H. Pascoe of Batesville
spent Sunday here with home
folks.
L. P. Holcombe of the Dota
neighborhood was in town Tues
day.
John Woods made a trip to St.
Louis last week on business.
Squire C. Pickens of Dota was
in town Tuesday.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
He that goes borrowing1 goes
sorrowing.
One touch of nature makes the
whole world kin.
Carelessness is the parent of
most all accidents.
A thrifty agriculture makes a
successful commerce.
The man who looks for trouble
is seldom disappointed.
Too many lawyers make a
specialty of handling beer cases.
If ignorance is bliss some peo
ple must have eternal happiness.
If ail the fools were dead, the
sensible people would be lonesome.
Many a man’s word is as good
as his bond, but they are both
worthless.
It’s not the man that works
most but the man that thinks
most that jingles the cash.
MAGNES5 MU5ING5.
Magness, Feb. 5.—We thought
that Dr. B. C. Tubbs was troubled
with hydrophobia, last Saturday
but upon investigation we found
that it was only the arrival of a
new eight pound boy. The moth
er and baby are doing fine and the
doctor may recover.
Lemons will sure grow at Mag
ness, for John Moore brought
down two this morning that he
raised. One weighed one pound
and the other fourteen ounces.
Mrs. N. A. Tubbs, of Tim bo,
fell the other day and dislocated
an ankle. Dr. Tubbs, Sr., will
start up there in a few days, and
will not return before April the
1st.
Whort Magness returned Sun
day morning from his western trip
and says that he likes the country
tine, and will move west next sum
mer.
Mrs. Janes of Batesville came
down last Saturday and visited
her parents, Eld. Douglas and
wife, returning Monday morning.
T. W. Stubblefield was out
from the Island today and says
that everything is snowed under
down there.
Wash Browning has taken a
lay off as book-keeper for the
Dorr Mercantile Company.
E. M. Gibson is talking of mov
ing to Oklahoma to make his
future home.
'After so long a time, the people
of this place will be blessed with a
depot.
Miss Earl Tunstall has accepted
a position with A. F. Miller & Co.
Cold weather and the mumps
are plentiful, but wood scarce.
Kelly Gibson is just recovering
from an attack of the mumps.
Thomas Jones went to the
county capital yesterday.
E. A. Young is visiting home
folks at Desha this week.
OIL TROUGH TINKLINGS.
Oil Trough, Feb. 5.—It is
pretty cold here now, but we trust,
Mr. Editor, that you have not let
The Journal freeze up or let the
ink freeze so we can’t get another
copy of the dear old Journal this
week to help pass time off with.
The W. O. W. camp at this
place is progressing nicely. We
have new candidates at every
meeting, which is the first and
third Tuesday nights in each
month.
The gin at this place has put up
648 bales of cotton to date. The
number ginned at this date v last
year was 760 bales.
W. O. Moore has rented some
land and says he is going try a
share-crop to see if it won’t beat
merchandising.
Mrs. L. H. Hackney died Sun
day. She leaves a husband and a
large circle of friends to mourn
her death.
John Reed and Miss Jennie
Anschultz were married Sunday,
Squire J. L. Outlaw officiating.
Owing to the bad weather, we
are having a pretty good school
here this winter.
Snel lliil left a few days ago for
the Indian Territory to make his
future home.
W. A. Nichols spent Sunday at
Batesville visiting his children.
James Stephens is reported on
the sick list this week.
F. M. Pridinore went to llates
ville Sunday.
There is some cotton in the fields
yet.
TlflBER LAND FOR SALE
We have 680 acres timber land
east of Newark for sale at $6.00
per acre. White and red oak tim
ber on land will pa.y for it. Craig
& Moore.
You can get The Journal and
the New Idea Womans Magazine
both one year for $1.25.
SOCIALISM THE REMEDY
Prominent Socialist Expresses His
Views of Laws and Lawmakers
To The Newark Journal:
Wynne, Feb. 5.—I see in The
Journal of February 1, an article*
the title of which is “Laws want
ed by the Farmers Union,” and
that they have a committee down
at Little Rock for the purpose of
asking for such laws as they think:
would be to the best interest of
the farmers. Now, Mr. Editor,
wouldn’t that jar you?
Now what I want to say is this:
If the farmers have sense enough
to know what they want, and can
send a committee down to Little
Rock to formulate such laws as
they want and pass resolution*
j asking the legislature to pass
them, why did they not elect the
! legislators from their own ranks?
! They have a majority of the votes
and the majority rule is demo
cratic. Why not elect men whom
they knew were interested in the
farmers welfare? While J am not.
a farmer, my interest is identical
wuu uie iarruer anu an outers inas
get their bread by the sweat of
their face, because it is a fact that _
all wealth is created by labor.
Without labor there is no wealth,
and if labor creates all the wealth
1 say labor is entitled to the full
ness thereof. And, again, if we
create all the wealth and in num
erical numbers we have a majority
of about 99 to 1, then why not
take charge of the affairs of, the
government, and run it in the in
terest of all the people and not in
the interest of the few? I can’t ' ^
see why we have to elect sons©
two-bit lawyer or corrupt politi
cian to represent us in our state
legislatures and national congress.
When I say corrupt politicians
1 mean what I say, for you know
there is but few states in the
Union but what have been prose
cuting some of their legislators for
bribery and boodling. And these
prosecutions have even gone into
the United States senate. The
whole push of them ought to be
wearing stripes instead of Prince
Alberts.
i\ow, ivir. r aimers union, waKe
up and do a little thinking for
your wife and babies before elec
tion, and let’s elect a few laboring
men to make our laws and then wo
won’t have go before that dis
honorable body of bribers anti
boodlers with our hats off and get,
down on our knees and beg for
something that we have in our
own power. I believe in a Repub
lican form of government man
aged on democratic principles; sl
government of the people, for the
people and by the people—all the
people, not the few privileged
rich, as we now have.
And, my dear fellow laborers,
1 want to tell you now, you caa
never get justice for labor by
electing politicians in either one
of the old parties. Have we not
been trying them for the last forty
odd years, with the following re
sults: 31,000 millionairs and 10
million paupers and tramps. Now,
my fellow workers, the only hope
for the laboring man, woman or
child today is in the Socialist
party, whose principles are demo
cratic. We know labor-creates.
all wealth and contend that labor
is entitled to all it creates.
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