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The Newark Journal.
Published In The Famous white River Country. Where Alfalfa. Is Kino
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, September 6, 1912
Vol. 12, No. 22
MANY VALUEABLE
PEARLS ARE FOUND
Qem Found Near Calico Rock
Sold for $1250—Other Val
uable Finds Hade
White and Black rivers have
become famous for their pearl
bearing mussels, many a valuable
gem having been taken from these
streams, some of which have sold
as high as $5,000. However, for
the past two years, there has been
a lull in pearling operations, and
not many have been found untii
this season. Several valuable finds
have been made this season and
there are now more people engag
ed in pearling operations than
have been at any time during the
past two years. Large quantities
of small ones have been found, and
during the past two weeks many
large and beautiful pearls have
been given up by the waters of
White and Black rivers. Reports
from Newport, which has become
a sort of clearing house for this
section, say that the past ten days
have brought more pearls to New
port than any previous month for
the past two seasons.
Aside from the purchase of a
pearl found by Charley Burdett
by William Corley for $1,250,
which was found near Calico Rock
and is a 72-grain ball pearl, many
other offerings have been
purchased. D. B. Stub
blefield bought a 24-grain but
ton pearl found near Augusta for
$500 dollars, and also secured a 48
grain pearl found in Black river
near Corning. Other buyers are
also reported to have secured val
uable pearls and a New York buy
er secured a 14-grain pearl for
$125 dollars. Chas Wyatt of Sal
ado last week found two pearls,
one was a 25-grain and the other
weighed 15 grains, being egg
shaped. Muck shells ae selling for
$20 per ton and sand shells as high
as $50 per ton, which is causing
many farmers, since crops are laid
by, to turn their attention to pearl
ing
SOCIALIST-DEnOCRAT
IN A JOINT DEBATE
Attorney J. R. Alexander of this
place and W. P. Detherow, of
Batesville, Socialist candidate foi
representative, will meet in joint
debate at the High School Audi
torium in Newark Saturday night.
They will discuss the general polit
ical issues between the two par
ties, but will give special attention
to the trust problem, the tariff
and file land question, Mr. Alex
ander representing the Democrats
and Mr. Detherow the Socialists.
The debate will begin at 8 p. m.
Everybody invited.
SISTER BURIED
AT BATESVILLE
Woodrow Wilson’s Sister Was
Minister’s Wife and Died at
Batesville 20 years ago
Batesville, Sept. 2.—It is a fact
not generally known that a sister
of Woodrow Wilson is buried in
Batesville. She lived here about
20 years ago and was known to all
the older citizens of this city. The
sister of Govenor Wilson was the
wife of Dr. Ross Kennedy, a Pres
byterian minister, well known in
Arkansas in the eighties.
Dr. Kennedy was pastor of the
First Presbyterian church at Lit
tle Rock, until he lost his health
and came to Batesville, where he
remained for several years. He died
here, and his wife died a few
years afterward. They are both
buried here.
William B. Kennedy, assistant
cashier of the Exchange National
bank of Little Rock, is a son of Dr.
Kennedy. H. M. Long, assistant
cashier of the German National
bank, is a nephew of Dr. Kennedy.
Dr. E. R. Long, president of the
Arkansas College at Batesville, is
also a nephew of the deceased sis
ter of Mr. Wilson.
Remembering these facts,County
Treasurer Franklin Perrin of In
dependence county wrote a letter
to Miss Jessie Wilson, daughter of
Gov.Wilson, telling her of the time
when her father’s sister resided in
Batesville, and requesting her to
send him a campaign button. Re
cently he received in reply to the
letter, a button with the governor’s
photo. The button is very highly
prized by Mr. Perrin.
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GOVERNOR LEADS
FIGHT FOR DRYS
Thinks People are Aroused and
State-Wide will Carry by
Good Majority
Little Rock Sept. 3.—One of the
staunchest advocates of state-wide
prohibition, which the people
are to vote on next Monday, Sept.
9, is Governor George VV. Don
aghey, and he predicts that it will
carry by a handsom majority. In
his campaign for re-election he
turned his battery upon the whis
key Ring and dealt it many a tell
ing blow. For the last two weeks
he has been stumping the state
in the interest of Prohibition and
the Democratic ticket. He says:
“The question for the voter to
consider when he goes to the polls
to vote on the proposed state
wide prohibition measure is, ‘Do I
or do I not want whiskey sold in
Arkansas?’ If he votes against
state-wide prohibition his vote is
in favor of the saloon. If he votes
for state-wide prohibition he says, |
‘I do not want whiskey sold in
J Arkansas at all.’
“We are not considering the
I question of local option. We have
that already. We are voting on
; the issue of whether or not it is
j best for the people of Arkansas to ,
have whiskey sold in any part of
the the state is a unit, and why
should not the will of the people
of the state govern in matters
of local option, as well as
j in any sub-division of our common
wealth?
w iHifPver improves the stand
I ard of citizenship ought to be
approved by all good citizens. If
the saloon im proves and uplifts
the people; if it educates the
younger generation in the higher
offices of life; if it enhances eco
nomic values; if it encourages the
pursuit of agriculture; if it builds
up manafactures; if it makes clear
er the ways of commerce; if it im
proves the health of the people;
if it makes a contented, happy
and prosperous communnity, then
| it should be the duty of all states
| men to take the lead in its favor
and of all other good citizens to
follow.
“As governor of the state, how
I ever, I cannot bring myself to the
; point where I believe the saioon
is best for the people. As a pri
j vate citizen i have always cast my
j vote against it; then as a public
! official I would be untrue to the
life I have lived if 1 should take the
opposite course. I unhesitatingly
say it would be better for the citi
zens of Arkansas if there were
not a drop of liquor sold
with in the State’s borders.
“1 do not believe anyone would
get upon the stump and endeavor
to convince the people that the
! saloon is conducive to good mor
i als. The criminal records in my of
I fice show that 75 per cent of the
; applications for pardons set up in
| their plea that the offender was
drunk when he committed the
crime for which he was convicted.
STATE SCHOOL LUND
The State Board of Education
met at Little Rock Monday and
apportioned the state school fund,
| which amounted to $1,292,390.50.
This is the largest amount of school
I; money ever apportioned in the
history of the state. The total
j school population of the state is
11603,226, an increase of 17,477 over
last year, and the fund amounts to
' $2.05 per capita. Independence
I county has a school population of
8,873 and will receive $18,189.65
; Newark district has 529 persons of
I; school agv and will receive $1,084.
'j 45 from the state fund in addition
J to receiving $300 from the State
[ High School fund.
B. MOOSE ROASTS
G. 0. P. CANDIDATE
Jas. F. Huddleston Raps J. W.
Scott’s Policies and Republi
can Party Generally
Editor Journal:—J. W. Scott,
the Republican nominee for coun
ty and probate judge, claims that
I have misrepresented him to
many voters of the county. Now
in justice to Mr. Scott, myself and
the people interested in this cam
paign, I shall endeavor to make
plain my objection to him for said
office.
In the first place, Scott was a
delegate to the Republican State
Convention at Little Rock, April
last, and during said convention
John I. Worthington placed in
nomination for governor Mr. Rus
sell, Republican representative
from Carroll county in the last
legislature. The negroes at once
made war on Russefl because he
had voted in that body to submit
the Grandfather Clause to the
people for ratification. The ne
groes insisted that a man be placed
in nomination that they could sup
port, therefore Roland was placed
in nomination. The vote was
taken; Scott and the negroes cast
their vote for Roland, defeating
Russell for the nomination. This,
Scott admits to be true. John
Bush, a negro, and Kimble, a white
man, were placed in nomination
for delegate-at-large to the con
vention at Chicago. Scott insisted
on voting for the negro, but was
restrained from doing so by Chas.
F. Cole and other delegates, under
unit rule. I obtained the forego
ing information from Chas. F.
Cole and Bee Van Emburg who
were delegates to said convention.
Now there is another thing I
think the Democrats who intends
to vote for Scott should know. I
charge that Scott has in his sleeve
a dagger for part of the Democrat
nominees. I have three letters
written by Scott to me from which
I extract the following statements.
In his letter of March 12,1912, he
insists on a full Republican county
ticket. In his letter of April 15,
1912, after the Democrat primary,
he makes this statement: “We
have no surveyor, sheriff, treasur
er,county judge nor representative
and we should nominate men for
these positions, if for no other.
The Socialists say they are going
to put a ticket in the field and if
they nominate a ticket and we put i
out one it will be only a walk-in
for the old gang as usual. We
should do all we can to prevent
the Socialists from nominating a
ticket and try and get them to
throw their strength to ours.”
In his letter of April 18, 1912,
we find this statement: “I think
we have a good chance to elect |
the judge, sheri ff, treasurer, sur-l
veyor and one representative^here;
are hundreds of men that will not |
vote for old Gib Gray—he got
about his strength in the primary
and 1 think we had better nomi
nate Wright for representative.”
I now make this statement that
the foregoing facts are true, be
lieving that a man should be
honest in politics as in other
things. Jas. F. Huddleston.
CHARLOTTE CIPHERS
Rev. W. S. Storey closed his re
vival meeting here Monday night.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Kirkland
spent a few days at Pleasant Hill
last week.
Mrs. M. L. Pickens and children,
of Dota, are visiting relatives here
this week.
Mrs. Rebbecca Moore and child
ren visited relatives at Moorefield
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. J. T. Fink and son, Tommy,
of Newark, are spending a few
days here with relatives.
Mrs. W. W. Jernigan and little
daughter, Gwendolyn, of Newark
spent Sunday night here.
W. J. Jernigan of Sherrill, Ark.,
arrived Sunday to visit his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Jernigan.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas Magness of
Newark spent Saturday and Sun
day here with Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
Jernigan.
Mrs. Mary Younger and Mrs.
Julia Herrington of Batesville
spent several days here last week
attending the meeting.
FATHER KIDNAPS
LITTLE DAUGHTER
Thos. Ray, Prominent Citizen of
Jackson County, Confiscates
Child Under Protest
Tom Ray, a well known citizen
of the Elgin neighborhood, is al
leged to have kidnapped his little
daughter, Ruby, aged six, who has
been in the care and custody of her
foster-mother, Mrs. Birdie Hollo
way, of this place, since the death
of her mother, about four years
ago.
Having no children of her own,
the child was given to Mrs. Hollo
way after the death of its mother
which occured when it was only
about two years old. The child’s
mother was a cousin of Mrs. Hollo
way and it was given to her upon
a request of its mother, made just
before her death. It is alleged
that Ray agreed with Mrs. Hollo
way when the child was given to
her that she should keep it as long
she desired and that he would pay
her for its maintenance. However,
because of some grievance, fancied
or otherwise, Ray decided to take
the child away from Mrs. Hollo
way, but knowing the mutal bond
of affection between the child and
its foster-mother he knew it would
not be an easy matter to gain pos
session of it peaceably. He came
to Newark ostensibly to visit his
daughter, as he frequently does.
Calling at her home for the little
girl, he told Mrs. Holloway they
were going to buy some ice cream.
Ray had timed the call well, in or
der to escape with the child, and
instead of going to buy ice cream,
they caught an outgoing train and
Ray took the little girl to his home
near Elgin. He refuses to give her
up and will not allow Mrs. Hollo
way to see her.
Mrs. Holloway has employed
counsel and will enter suit to re
gain possessiou of the child and for
maintenance, claiming that Ray
has not paid her for keeping it.
200 POUNDS MORE
COTTON PER ACRE
Farmer* Can Easily Add $10 Per
Acre Profit to Their Pres
ent Earnings
The farmers of this community
can add 150 to 300 pounds of cot
ton per acre to their present yield
by a little care in selecting seed
this fall.
Go through your field now or
some time soon, select the finest
stalks that have large well formed
bolls on them, selecting the five
lock bolls when possible. Take
along a bunch of calico strings and
tie a string on those stalks and
when you begin picking instruct
your pickers to leave those stalks.
Then when all the best bolls on
those stalks have opened, have
some one go through the
field and pick the cotton from
them.
We have discussed this matter
with Manager J. P. Magness of the
Newark Gin Company, and he
thoroughly endorses the idea and
says he will lend his co-operation
to such a movement. He says if
the farmers will adopt the plan he
will set aside a day that will be
most convenient to those interest
ed to gin this cotton separately
from the common crop and will
thus assist in saving seed for plant
ing purposes for next season.
Every farmer recognizes the
importance of keeping pure bred
animals for breeding purposes.
He knows if he uses scrubs scrub
offspring will be the result. But
there he usually stops. He seems
to overlook the fact that seed from
a scrub stalk of cotton will pro
duce more scrub stalks. Yet ‘like
begets like” just as faithfully in
the vegetable kingdomas in the
animal.
This plan has been tried in
many instances with good results.
All the improved varietiesof cotton
such as King’s Improved, Simkins’
Early, etc., were improved and de- *
veloped in this manner. By fol
lowing out this plan our farmers
can soon be producing 150 to 300
pounds more cotton per acre, and
this means a net profit of from $5
to $10 per acre to them. It will
not be much trouble and is well
worth trying.
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PROHIBITION RALLY
There will be a prohibition rally
at the Methodist church Sunday
evening at 8 o’clock. It is prob
able that some prominent speak
ers will address the meeting on
state-wide prohibition. An inter
esting program is being arranged
and everbody is invited. -
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Builders Supplies, Lime, Cement,
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Wagons, Buggies anJ Machinery.
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