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The Newark Journal.
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published In The Famous big bottom Country. Where Alfalfa Is kino.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, March 16, 1906.
Vol. 6. No. 12.
SULPHUR ROCK ITEMS
•Short Items of Interest Picked Up
p at the Metropolis of White
River Township.
Pete By rum of Dota was on our
streets Saturday.
Uncle .John Alderson went to
Batesville Tuesday.
E. K. Moore of Newark spent j
Sunday in our city.
Robert Waddell of Batesville,
was in town Tuesday.
Mrs. Angie Wilson has been on
on the sick list this week.
Mist Lizzie I lively returned
Friday from a trip to Cotter.
Mr. and Mrs. Eolf of Sharp,
were trading in town Saturday.
Mrs. C. W. I lively has been
visiting at Iuka for several days.
Rev. W. F. Way man preached!
at the M. E. church Sunday night.
Miss Exie McDaniel of Newark,
visited friends here Saturday
night.
Mi'S Sue Braden has accepted a ’
position at Newport and left Mon
day for that place.
W. Y. Gibbs has sold two carsj
of corn for *>0 cents a bushel and!
will have another car in this week, j
Gibson went to Oak Bluff Fri
day to take a picture of Miss Liz
zie Moore’s school, which closed j
on that day.
Rev. J. L. Fink of Newark,
passed through town Friday even
ing on bis way home from a trip!
to Missouri.
Our town was filled with candi
dates Monday and they seemed to
•enjoy shaking hands with their j
many friends.
The musical entertaiment Satur
•day night at the Hotel Moore was!
attended by a large crowd and all i
enjoyed themselves hugely.
THURSDAY NIGHT’S DANCE.
The dance of Feb. s in Hatton’’
Hull was well attended.
The music, consisting of tlate,
•cornet, first and second violins,:
guitar and bass violin, was par
tieularly enjoyable. The Bates- j
ville String Band seems to be an I
absolute necessity for a dance at
Newark.
People do not hear enough
music for healthy spiritual life.
The crowds of men. women and
children who never dance, but are
happy to till the stairway with
hardly standing room, and glad to
pay at that, these people attest
the eagerness, and greed of the
soul for music. Music is a cathar
tic, it relieves the heart's pent up
emotions. 1 am sorry every
child in Newark and around it
could not hear that music. It is a
pity for it to come within reach
-and not be heard. You pay 2o
for a box of salve or pills that will
I
jot do you half the good that two
hours of music will do. This is
only a sigh for those who were not
present.
The dancing was good and much
enjoyed, and and it was in the
“wee sum’ hours'’ before the ball
was a thing of the past, only good
to be remembered, and a sweet j
garden of roses in memory’s big
w ilde mess. Si*e< tatok.
For sale — One and one-half
acres of luwd lying north of blocks i
37 and 3S in the town of Newark. !
Price $‘200. Apply to E. F,.'
Burnes.
A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE JOURNAL
The Journal takes pleasure in
announcing to its many readers
that it has added a good man to its
already strong and capable staff,
in the person of W. F. Due, who
has bought an interest in the pa
per and will become associate edi
tor.
Mr. Due is vveli known to a
great many of our readers, having
held a position with The Journal
for several months last year, lie
is a good all-round printer, under
stands the business thoroughly and
is a good hustler in fact The Jour
nal feels that it has been fortunate
in making such a valuable addi
tion to its staff.
Advancement shall continue to
be the watchword with The Jour
nal in the future, as it has been in
the past, and we hope to increase
the value and usefulness of the
paper along all lines. We are in
terested in the growth, prosperity
and general welfare, not only of
Newark, but of the entire county,
and The .Journal will always be
found ready to join any movement
that will better the condition of
the people financially, morally, in
tellectually or otherwise.
The Journal expects to increase
its subscription list to 1,500 with
in the next few weeks and Mr.
Due is now in the field working to
that end. Quite a number of new
subscribers have already been
added and he is meeting with much
encouragement. We hope to l>e.
able to put in a gasoline engine'
and a folding machine in the near
future and will then be able to
give our readers better service
than at present, although we can
say without the least intention of
being boastful, that there are now ■
very few better country papers in
the entire state than The Journal, j
But we are not satisfied with this
we want to make The Journal the j
best country paper in North Ark
ansas. But we cannot do this a
lone; it will require the support,
influence and patronage of the
people of the entire community,
for upon the patronage given us
depends our success or failure.
I
ARKANSAS NEWS NOTES
Items of General Interest Gathered
Fresh From the Columns of
the Daily Papers.
Col. VV. II. Higle, brother of
the lat<‘ Gov. .J. I*. Eagle, died at
his home in Little Rock Monday,
after a prolonged illness.
At Camden a few days ago
George, the 15 year old boy of «J.
W. Benson, while on a pair of roll
er skates fell on the concrete side
walk and broke both bones of the
right arm just above the wrist.
Mrs.’U 1). Griffis died in Mari
anna as the result of a fatal mis
take. She went to take a dose of
medicine, and unknowingly she
got hold of strychnine, which she
swallowed, supposing it to be
something else. Death ensued in
a short time.
.1. C. Harrison, a trapper, liv
ing on \V. ,1. Bryan’s place in the
Ouachita river bottom, about live
miles northeast of Camden, was
found dead a few days ago in the
juugles, not far from the place in
which he had recently taken up
his abode. He was a Woodman in
good standing.
Frank Carpenter was shot and
stabbed at Walnut Ridge Satur
day night by Ex-Marshal “Dad"
Carouthers. Carpenter had got
ten into a dispute with Carouthers’
daughter and is alleged to have
struck her, when her father shot
and stabbed him. Carpenter is in
a serious condition.
A 12-year-old son of William
Campbell, near Mount Holly, was
fatally injured several days ago by
a runaway team. The boy had
gone to a Held to get a load of hay
when the team he was driving
took fright and ran away, throw
ing the lad out and the wagon
body on top of him. The boy’s
skull was fractured and his hip
broken, from which he died two
days later. I
INCE TO HANG AERIE 4
•Ernies \Y. I nee, one of the most
brutal and unnatural murderers
that ever sited innocent blood in i
Arkansas, will expiate his awful
crime at Danville on April 4.
Twice convicted of the murder of
his wife and three children by
splitting their heads open with an
axe,*March 5, 1905, at their home
twelve miles from Danville, the
courts have at last decreed that he
must die, and the trovernor has
refused to interfere and has tixed
the date for his execution.
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Go to II. E. Hawthorne for all
kindsof hardware, stoves, nails,etc.
YV. A. Hollandswortli has been
appointed postraastar at Virgie,
this county, to succeed (1. T. Wall,
resigned.
Squire 1). R. Reeves and son,
Walter, of White River township,
were transacting business in town
Wednesday.
J. M. Ketih of Sulphur Rock is
a new reader of The Journal, lie
also orders it sent to his father,
C. M., at Porura, 1. T.
.1. K. Porter has leased the Mag
ness barber shop and took charge I
Saturday, ilis shop in the Raney
building has been closed up.
Hon. Sam. M. Casey, candidate
for prosecuting attorney, is re
■ ported to be quite sick at bis home
in llatesville with malarial fever. 1
Settle the fence problem by j
fencing your propert.\>-Avith the
American wire fence. I For sale by
Barnett Bros. Merc//Co., Bates
\ ilie. Ark.
Would you like to own a lot in
the beautiful Arlington Heights
at Fort Worth, Texasl If so, see
Craig & Henderson about it.
They can sell you one for $10 cash
and $10 per month.
1 have purchased a tine, pedi- I
greed Holstein male, and parties
interested in the improvement of
their cattle are invited to call anil
see him at my farm in White
River townsnip. W. C. Sanders.
C. M. Magness, one of Magness
township's p romising young busi
ness men, was transacting business
in town Monday, and called to j
order The Journal sent to him at
Pineville where lie is operating a
big sawmill.
A. B. Duff’s residence came near
burning Saturday afternoon. The
fire originated from a defective
flue and had gained considerable
headway when discovered, but
was extinguished before any ma
terial damage was done.
J. C Gibson, The Journal's ver
satile correspondent at Sulphur
Bock, was in town Tuesday. Mr.
Gibson has been doing some good
work for The Journal in that com
] tnunify. Any business given him
I will always receive prompt atten-1*
I tion and our friends there will
I please remember him when they
|need anything in our line.
HE LIKES OKLAHOMA
Former Newark Citizen Writes
his Impressions of the Ok
lahoma Country.
To The Newark Journal:
Please find enclosed fifty cents
on subscription, for 1 cannot do
without The Journal, and if you
will allow me a little space 1 would
like to say a few words in regard
to Oklahoma. This is a new
country; we live fifty miles from
the railroad, but I like this coun
fry much better than 1 do that,
for this is a healthier country and
we do not have so much rain here.
We only had one little rain in De
cember, and had one rain in Feb
ruary and have not had any snow
at all, and have not had but a very
few cold or windy days. I never
experienced such such a winter.
There are a great many people
breaking land here now. Wheat
is good. Some of the land in this
country is nice and level while
other parts are very rolling. It
makes fine cotton and small grain
and there is some good corn
raised here, but they do not raise
so much corn as they do there.
The greatest feed here is milo
maize and kaffir corn. They say
they can raise more of it on an
acre of ground than they can corn,
ami the stock like it much better.
This land also grows fine alfalfa.
We have good water in Day coun
ty, and have good schools and
almost all kinds religious denomi
nations are found here. 1 have
been here only six months and 1
like this countay better than any
place 1 ever lived. 1 have found
the people here to be a very socia
ble and industrious people. There
is not an Indian or a negro in Day
county. I will close with best
wishes to The Journal an i its
many readers J. H. Mkuuit
Streeter, Okla., March s, l'.lOti
I
HALF COW AND HALF SHEEP
The Clarendon Sun says that
Pink Ferguson, a farmer who
lives near that place, has a mon
strosity iu the shape of an animal
which is half sheep and half cow.
The thing is six weeks old and in
good health. The head and shoul
ders are those of a sheep, and the
i forefeet are sheep’s feet. All that
portion of the animal is covered
with wool. The hind part is like
that of a cow. The hind feet are
1 i hose of a cow, and all of the hind
portion is covered with hair. If
| the animal is what those who have
tseen it claim, it will prove a great
1 attraction and become the means
of making big money for its own
COUNTY CANDIDATES
They Were Here in Full Force
Wednesday and Were Greet
ed by Large Crowd.
The county candidates were irr
town in full force Wednesday, pre
senting their claims to the voters,
a good sized crowd of whom were
out to here them.
The speaking took place in the
Hatton hall, beginning about 10
o'clock, and continued until three,
in the afternoon. Hon. Cul. L.
Pearce acted as chairman.
Candidates for the minor offices
led off, squire .1. T. Tharp being*
the tirst to speak. Fink and Mc
Henry followed, and Mr. .Jones,
the other cadidate for .1. P. being
absent, the chairman annouced his
candidacy. The candidates for
constable were also announced in
the same manner.
The candidates for county offices
were then introduced in turn, be
ginning with J. J. ('aidwell for
assessor, the candidates for repre
sentative coming last.
The candidates all confined
themselves to a mere announce
ment of their candidacy except
those for representative, but there
were several spirited tilts lietween
the candidates for the office last
mentioned.
W. M. Thompson was the first,
of these to speak. He told some
good jokes on the other candidates,
: especially Mr. Coleman and Mr.
Moore, and was frequently ap
plauded. Ilis speech seemed to
make a good impression.
Capt. R. R. Reeves followed and
made a good straightforward talk.
He advanced some plausible reas
ons why the people should select
men of age and experience to
represent them in the legisla
ture, and was given good attention.
Hon. S. A. Moore was the next
speaker. Mr. Moore confined
himself to the discussion of meas
ures which he would advocate if
elected, eschewing personalities
entirely, and did not mention his
opponents at any time in an un
pleasant or uncomplim entary
manner. His speech was well re
ceived.
Hon. Dene 11. Coleman closed
the discussion. His speech was
interspersed with flights of elo
quence and he was frequently ap
plauded. He replied to Mr.
Thompson’s attacks and defended
himself in a manner that several
times threw the audience into con
vulsions of laughter and applause.
He defended his record as a mem
ber of the last legislature; said
that he missed only one-half a day
during the entire session and did
not cast a vote that he was a
! shamed of.
The audience was very attentive.
| throughout the entire speaking and
seemed to enjoy the pleasantries
indulged in by the jmjjKli dates at 4
the expense of their dpphtfents.
They were at Magness yesterday
and are at Aydelotte’s Chapel to
day. __
JUtfCiB' ARNOLD ANNOUNCES
Hon. M. L. Arnold has yielded
to the urgent solicitations of his
many .friends and consented to
! make the race for mayor. Hi»
formal announcement will be found
in another column of the paper.
His ripe experience in matters of
this kind eminently qualities .Judge
Arnold for the position, and The
Journal has no hesitancy in say
ing that he would make the towik
: a good mayor.