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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday September 16, 1904.
Vol. 4, No. 38.
Jl Short Biographical Sketch of the men Ulho Ulill Represent Indepen
dcncc Countv in the Dext Session of the State Legislature.
—
SENATOR JOHN A. HINKLE.
.Believing that a sketch of the
men who will represent Indepen
dence county in the coming session
of the state legislature woi^ld be of
interest to our readers The Jour
nal has arranged to publish a short
sketch of each of them, and will
begin with Senator John A. Hink
le.
Senator Hinkle, who is a resi
dent of Batesville, is widely known
throughout the state, having rep
resented this district in the last
legislature. He was on many of
t . #
the most important committees,
one of which was the committee to
visit the state convict farm, which
the penitentiary board had pur
chased over the protest of Gover
nor Davis.
It will lx* remembered that near
ly every member of the last legis
lature was known either as an an
ti-Davis man or a pro-Davis man.
ami usually voted on all questions
according to whether he was “for”
or "agin" the governor.
Such was not the case with Sen
ator llinkle, however, lie align
ed himself with neither faction,
but investigated all matters of im
portance coming before the body
and east his vote on such questions
according to his conception of
whether or not the enactment or
rejection of such measures would
benefit the people. He was de
servedly popular with the mem
bers of both branches of the legis
lature and at the close of the sess
ion was prominently mentioned
for the position of lieutenant gov
■ernor, but being naturally of a
modest and retiring disposition, he
did not encourage the movement
and permitted the honor to go to a
friend.
Senator Hinkle is a native of
Arkansas, and was born in Izard
’ county, December 20, 1S52. His
father died about three months
previous to that date and .John,
together with his brothers and lis
ters, was left to the care of a wid
owed mother.
He was raised on a farm and
was educated in the common
A schools of the country. At the
age of 24 he engaged in mercan
tile pursuits at Melbourne, the
present county-seat of Izard coun
| ty. His mercantile career was a
I marked success, and becoming de
| .sirions of entering a larger field
where he might have more room
to reach out in the business world,
he removed to Batesville in 18K3,
where he continued in business for
ten years.
Shortly after Ins removal to
Batesville he entered politics, and
in I*,St5 was elected county treas
urer. lie served one term as treas
urer, and in 1894 received the ap
pointment of postmaster at Bates
ville. He served four years as
postmaster and is remembered by
many as one of the most efficient
and painstaking men who ever
held the position.
In lsys he was nominated for
sheriff by the democratic party,
after one of the hardest fought
political battles ever witnessed in
the history of Independence coun
ty, his opponent being Hon. C.M.
Jflinn, of Jamestown, who was
then rounding out a most success
ful second term as sheriff. Mr.
Hinkle held the sheriff’s office four
.sears :uid made the county an <\
cellent official, and is said to have
made more important captures
during his two terms as sheriff
than any man who ever held the
position.
Early in the campaign of 1902
he announced himsell a candidate
M.J
SENATOR JNO. A. HINKLE.
for state senator from this, the
Sixth senatorial district, compos
ed of Independence and Stone
counties. His opponent was Hon.
A. (t. Gray, who had previously
won honor and distinction in the
legislative halls, and who is a poli
tician of no mean ability. Mr.
Hinkle easily won over his distin
guished opponent, however, and
in the following general election
was elected without opposition.
Senator Hinkle bears the dis
tinction of having never been de
feated for an office to which lie as
pired, which is accounted for.by
the fact that he is a man of ability
and keen judgement, and has al
ways treated all the people with
the utmost degree of courtesy and
endeavored at ail times to do them
as much good and as little harm as
possible.
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.
Whereas, The Great School
Master of the Universe lias seen
tit to call from the ranks of the
teachers of Independence county,
Ethel and Jessie Hodges, Isaac
Smith and James Knight, to their
places in the Great School above;
therefore, be it
Resolved, by the teachers of In
dependence county, in Institute
assembled:
That the teaching force of our
county has suffered a great loss in
the removal of these.
That the county has lost four of
its most valuable citizens.
That we, as teachers, extend our
sympathy to the families of the
deceased; and bo it further
Resolved, l hat a copy of these
resolutions be furnished our three
county papers, and the County
Examiner be requested to send a
copy to each of the families of the
deceased.
II. J. I )RKNXEN, I
Eakm Wade, r Committee
Sidney Pickens, j
W’e are making to measure mens
pants in all wool goods from $3.00
to $5.00 that are worth 25 per
cent more money. Whiting.
LACK OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS
-- I
Many Communities in Great Christian
State of Arkansas Not Reach
ed by Sunday Schools.
Editor Tlie Journal:
1 >o the good people of our com
munity know that there are 358,
OOn children between the ages of
*> and is years that do not attend
any hi hie or Sunday school' Do
they know that less than 13 out of
every 100 of the entire population
ot i his great country of ours attend
Sunday schools Do they know
that there are perhaps 1,000 com
munities that no church is reach
ing? Presiding Elder Hays says
there are more than 100 such com
munities in the territory embraced
in the Batesville district of the M.
L. Church, South. And that ter
ritory takes in only four or five
counties. The American Sunday
I School Cnion is endeavoring to
reach such communities not reach
ed hy the churches, and establish
Sunday schools and bible classes.
I he community without a church
or Sunday school is in a bad con
dition.
I he Union is the different
churches at work, not as a church
denomination as a whole, but the
individual members of the various
church and Sunday school organi
zations all over the land. Her
missionaries are members of vari
1 ous churches, and her managers
land publishing committee are
| members of different churches.
Her funds are contributed by good
men, women, Sunday schools and
! churches of many denominations
| throughout the land. And in turn,
the work being done by the Union
I is for the churches as a whole, and
not for any one denomination. The
Union is an American society,
similar to the American Bible So
ciety. She is an absolute necessi
ty in the land, and it behooves ev
! ery lover of good to assist in the
great work she is doing.
Eighty-five out. of every 100
converted or led to Christ last
year were from the Sunday schools,
while the money expended for the
maintenance of Sunday schools
was only £1 out of every $100 ex
pended for the support of the Cos
pel. Do Sunday schools pay?
Make the calculation yourself from
the money invested.
Every county should thorough
ly organize for Sunday school
work, and not only have county
officers, but each township should
have a good Christian worker as
township president. Thus organ
ized, there would, in a short time,
be no community without good
Sunday Schools and churches. Ben
ton and Washington counties each
have a county missionary who
gives his whole time to Sunday
school work. He is supported by
the members of the various church
es and Sunday schools of the coun
ty. Other counties are support
ing a student missionary w ho gi\ os
three or four months to the work
each year and attends school the j
remainder of the year.
What are we doing as individu- ^
als, as churches, and as a ( hiist- j
ian people to help the neglected ,
communities? Have we done what j
we could? Could we not no more?
Yours very truly,
J. L. Kkener.
WRECK AT ARKADELPHIA.
A through freight, southbound,
was badly wrecked, and nine cais
and an engine hurled from the
bridge over the Ouachita river at
Arkadelphia Sunday night. No
one was injured in the wreck, but
in clearing away the debris two
: men were injured, one fatally.
While on top of the wreckage
of the cars part of the mass rolled
down. L. II. Inman of Bald Knob
was so badly injured that he died
soon after being extricated. He
leaves a wife and two children.
The other man hurt was W. ,J. Al
len; his injuries are not serious.
The freight train was hauling
over twenty cars and in addition
j the ‘Mead'’ engine. The engine
and twelve or fourteen cars passed
safely over the bridge, but from
some unexplained cause the dead
engine left the rails and dashed
into the frame work of the bridge.
Eight loaded coal cars piled upon
the dead engine and a car of mer
chandise was turned over and the
contents scattered. Bert Hill, a
messenger, was on the dead en
gine, but jumped and escaped in
jury. The other members of the
crew were in the caboose, which
staid on the rails.
Arkansas Week at The Fair.
Governor Jeff Davis has issued
a proclamation announcing the
week of September 19-25 as “Ark
ansas Week” at the World’s Fair,
and requesting that “during the
said week every loyal son and
daughter of Arkansas and every
well wisher within and without
our stab1, who can conveniently
do so, shall lay aside their usual
vocations and assemble at the
W°rld’s Fair, St. Louis, there to
lend, by their presence and en
thusiastic support, to everything
done for the honor and glory of
their state-”
Iron Mountain Excursion
The Iron Mountain route has
announced that, beginning Sep
tember 15, the coach excursion
rates of $5.95 for the round trip
from Newark to the Worlds Fair
will become effective daily, with
the same regulations of the former
weekly excursions. The limit will
continue seven days.
339,542 PUPILS ENROLLED.
There was a total of 339,542 pu
pils enrolled in the public schools
of Arkansas during the school
year ending in June, 1904, accord
ing to figures complied by the
state department of education at
Little Rock, from the reports of
the county examiners.
A peculiarity shown in these fig
ures is that there are more white
males in the public scnools than
white females, while there are
more females than males among
the negroes enrolled in the schools.
This is found to be true in almost
every county in the state. It has
also been found that this rule holds
good in the total population as ,
well as pnpils enrolled in the j
schools.
The following table shows the
number of pupils of the various ,
classes enrolled in the schools last |
year: .
Rates Effective Daily.
White males.
White females.....
Total whites.
Negro males.
Negro females.
Total negroes.
Aggregate.
Total number enrolled in
private schools
i ,864 | i
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS
Short Items of General Interest
Gathered Fresh From Our
Local Exchanges.
The Marshal canning factory
put up 1,500 cans of tomatoes tins
first half day’s run.
Rex Dyer, living near Mountain
Home, got up in his sleep and
walked to town before he woke up.
Henry Francis of Hoinersvelle
was drowned in Little river a few
days ago while fishing. A leaky
boat was the cause.
Mrs. M. J. Hays was found
dead in tin* smoke h >uso at her
home near Grays. Her death was
caused by heart failure.
Cluton & Garrett have struck
gas on the W. VV. Adams farm •
near Altus, on the Fort Smith
road, at a depth of 140 feet.
Chas. Brewer, a white man,aged
about 33 years, was killed by n
falling tree while engaged in cut
ting board timber near Morfrees
boro.
Abe Foster, a negro, charged
with murder, who escaped from
the Chicot county .jail some time
igo, has been re-captured at Mont
gomery, Ala.
The new $10,000 brick school
building at Atkins has been com
pleted, and school will open Octo
ber 3, with Prof. J. P. Bingham
of Melbourne as principal.
A sunflower was brought to Si
loam Springs which measured four
feet in circumference around tho
head, and the stalk of which wa»
ten feet and nine inches in height.
W alter Bailey was accidentally
shot in the neck by Paul Hall at
Bethel. Both are small boys and
the shootist forgot that the gu»
was loaded. Young Bailey will
probably recover.
The 4-year-old son of Mr. ami
Mrs. C. E. Battle of Little llock
accidentally set fire to the dress of
his infant brother Friday morning
inflicting burns from the effect of
which the baby died 5 o’clock
Monday evening.
General Haynes of the Arkan
sas State Guards, has received a
:*heck from the war department at
Washington for $11,500, the
unount appropriated by the gov
ernment to pay the expenses of
die trip to the World’s Fair.
As a result of the inquest held
iver the remains of Henry Bates,
die negro who was shot and killed
while in bed asleep at his home,
diree miles north of Texarkana,
last Thursday night, Levi John
son, Hense Warren and Ellis War
re n, all negroes, are in the Miller
jounty jail, charged with the mur
der.
A GOOD CITIZEN.
A good citizen is a man who
lever says a word against ids
own; one who subscribes liberal
y to all public enterprise; one who
lon't like a biscuit unless it is
nade from “home spun” flour; one
vho says that ice made at home is
he coldest; one that buys all his
foods at home and from the mer
:hant that advertises in his town
>aper; one who goes to church,
lays the preacher and takes his
lome paper.—Ex.
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;afest way to send money. Sold
>y the Bank of Newark payable
n all parts of the civilized world.