The Newark Journal
Published In The Famous Big Bottom Country. Where Alfalfa Is king.
51 Per Annum.
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, April 26, 1907.
Vol. 7. No. 38.
SECOND QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
Fine Meeting held and Plans
Made for Future.—-Big Rally
at Newark, 30th of June
The second quarterly conference
has come and gone. Bro. Skinner
was at his best, and that means
much. There was a good atten
dance of officials and especially at
the Monday morning meeting.
Finances were comfortable, but
not overflowing. One significant
item, which shows progress on the
line of local growth in taking care
of the temporal interest of the
church, is the incidental collection,
which was $‘22.50. Two collec
tion a day, at the close of the ser
vice is not “driving the people
from the church.” *It shows they i
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are appreciating the Gospel and
are willing to maintain it. The
revival tires are begining to burn.
Amen. On the fifth Sunday in
June we propose to hold a grand
“Missionary Rally” at Newark.
This rally will be for the whole
charge and everbody is cordially
invited to attend and “bring a
well filled basket.” Newark could !
and would feed the crowd, but we
do not ask them to do this. Only
that they take the meeting, and
make preparation for it in a grove,
or arbor, which we will consider
later. Distinguished speakers,
men who are capable ^and 'well
posted, will address us on that day-;
pr. Dye, (our John,) will be one
of the speakers. So let us begin
row to think and get ready for the
day.
The next quarterly meeting will
be held at Sulphur Rock about the
first Sunday in July. John M.
Magness, Dye D. Moore, H. W.
McLendon and E. L. Jernigan
were elected delegates to the dis
trict conference which will be held
at Calico Rock, July 21st.
A. C. Martin, J. T. Morris and
W. T. Jernigan are the alternates.
Let each one make it a point to
attend. Ja#. F. Jernigan.
ISLAND ITEMS'
Little George Pearce happened
to the misfortune to stick a ma
chine needle through his finger a
few days ago.
Mr. and Mrs. James Cleghorn
visited the lady's parent*, Mr.
and Mrs. Hale.y,' near Magness
Sunday.
George Pearce says it is too
cold for the fish to bite, and of
course he wants it to turn warm.
Uncle Berry McPherson w^s
quite sick the first of the week.
Miss Mattie Haley attended
singing at Oak Grove Sunday. 14
Joe Babbs visited his mother
near Rutherford Sunday.
Ben Goodman says the Johnson
grass Is all dead.
Corn planting is the order of
the day.
1 THE STRICKLAND KILLING
To The Newark Journal:
\ ou will please give space in
your paper for. this explanation.
A friend of mine handed me copy
of the Independence County News
of March loth which contained a
petition to the governor asking a
(>ardon for Fred Southard and was
signed'by numbers of friends of
both Bro. Southard and myself.
I never said aught against it and
> never saw the petition until it was
handed to me in the paper above
named. 1 can’t see why it is they
so persistently contend it was an
accident, when the coroner’s jury,
with their own evidence, rendered
a verdict of gross carelessness in
handling of the pistol.
Two grand juries, with the evi
dence they had, could not, and did
not discharge the case. The third
indicted for manslaughter.
Now, then, if my boy had under
the same circumstances killed
Fred Southard, I Should have
never been satisfied until he had
gone to Bro. Southard and family
and told them how it was, and beg
them to forgive him. But to the
contrary, I myself went to Bro.
J. W. Southard’s twice the same
week my boy was killed, as friend
ly as ever. I approached a neigh
bor to try to find out something
about the killing, most especially
where he got the pistol and whis
key. Bro. Southard’s reply was
he was in no condition to talk to
him, meaning Fred, but as soon
as he could get anything out of
him, he would let me know. Some
two weeks later Bro. Southard
came to me and told me where
Fred said he got* the pistol and
whiskey. But I had done found
that out from other parties and
that was all 1 got. I don’t know
to this day if ever my boy spoke
after he was shot. Now, if he
suffered such agony for killing his
friend, as he called him, why did
he. not come to his friend’s parents
and tell them all about iU There
had bhen no threats made’ by us,'
and it was some time before we
found out anything. Mr. J. P.
Montgomery, the neighbor that
bought us the sad news, could tell
us nothing, only Walter was shot
and killed near the Marvel Nash
place by Fred Southard, and that
was all he knew about it. I biame
no one for sighing the petition, as
many signed through sympathy
for Bro. Southard and family. So
1 hope no one will excuse them
selves to me any more for what
they have done. What I have
stated Bro. J. W. Southard will
not deny, as far as he was concern- j
ed himself. 1 don’t want to be ac
cused of prosecuting an accident.
W. E. Strickland.
High Rock, April 22, 1907.
COUNCIL HEET1NG
A special meeting of the city
council was held Friday night for
the purpose of effecting the or
ganization of the body. The mayor
announced the following commit
tees:
Street and Alley Committee —
A. H. Saylors, J. H. Holderby
and J. W. Sisk.
Finance and Auditing—F. C.
Hoyt, J. W. Sisk and C. M. Ed
wards.
Sanitary Committeee—J. H.
Holderby, C. M. Edwards and A.
H. Saylors.
Cemetery Committee—J. W.
Sisk, C. M. Edwards and J. H.
Holderby.
W. M. Sammons was elected
sexton for the cemetery and W.
W. Magness was re-elected street
commissioner.
J. W. Fetzer was re-elected
night marshal.
A committee of four composed
of C. M. Edwards, F. C. Hoyt,
J. H. Holderby and Alayor Rat
ton was elected to confer with the
property owners in regard to
special tax for maintenance of
night marshal.
Our Sympathy
is always extended to those in
distress, but we have no sym
pathy to waste on the man
who borrows his neighbor's
paper when he can have one
of his own at a mere nominal
expense. Your home paper
stands for your interests and
the interests of your home
town. It deserves your moral
and financial support. 1 f you
are not a member of oi^;
family of readers you should
begin now by sending in your
subscription.
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GUMPTION
This word is often used and is
very significant. I do not know
whether its in the dictionary or not
but it is in our every day language.
As it has not been looked up and
a standard definition found, it
falls to the writer’s right to give
it one. Last year 1 saw in a
newspaper this very apt definition:
“The ability to know how to put
the grease where the squeak is.”
This seems'to be about right and
now let us see how many of us
have any gumption.
There is a “squeak” some
where, some how, all, or nearly
all the time. There is the “squeak”
about the weather—“Never saw
the like.” Well, put the grease of
a good tire on, and sit down till
the weather gets better.
There is the “squeak” about the
farmer being burdened and can’t
make any money. Well,the farmer
who comes to town on every rainy
day, sits around and whittles and
gapes and gets up says, “Boys
times is hard and worse a com
ing,” buys a 25 cent axe handle
on a credit, and the best of hick
ory is growing on his farm, is a
farmer who has not got the right
kind of gumption. He is not putt
ing the grease where the squeak is.
Why not stay at home on one or
more of these wet days and make
one or more good handles for sale.
Then there is another place needs
grease. The farmer who comes
to town and buys his meat, and
bread, is another who lacks the
gumption that will plow deep and
slop the old sow with her ten pigs
and thereby make his hog and
hominy at home. See?
Gumption and grease will cure
the squeak, and make the axle
tree of life run better and last
longer.
Then there is the “school
squeak.” Gumption is needed
there; and it goes down here in
'cold type and on the voluntary
motion of the writer, that the
Newark school has a man at its
head who knows just where to put
the grease.
Then there is the church squeak.
My! my! now I am in my own
element, minus the gumption.
But it is a mantter of congratula
tion that among our people there
is no great amount of squeaking.
The congregations have been fine
by day and by night. The signs
are that at no distant day there
will be a rich harvest for the
Master. The Sunday school
flourishes under the leadership of
one of our home-made boys. Where
a good Sunday school is at work
it means the church at work. Once
it only meant the children, but
now it means the church. But
this can be made better. Let each
church member realize their obli
gation and the day of opportunity
and act therewith and the attend
ance can be doubled and not a
lamb taken from another fold.
Newark confronts squarely a new
era. Better things are in store
for all. Old things are passing
away and new and better things
are coming to pass. Let the town
begin to think about catching up
with Batesville in good, solid, sub
stantial population. All the natural
conditions are there for a perma
nent and advance movement.
Around the school and church
interests all should rally and what
ever of good, real, mother gump
tion we have,apply it to the uplift
ing of these two essentials. Let
all the churches do their best for
God’s glory and the salvation of
men.
FOUR CARS OF ALLIGATORS
< Argenta, April 21.—Four freight
cars loaded with live alligators of
various sizes passed through this
city Saturday. The cars remained
in the yards at this place for some
time, being transfered to the Iron
Mountain railroad preparatory to
shipment to Hot Springs. The
alligators were brought here from
New Orleans, being reshipped
there from Florida, where they
were captured. At Hot Springs
they will be installed on the ost
rich farm, where there are already
a number of alligators, together
with a family of ostriches.
The alligators en route were
cared for by the owner, who
traveled with them and who step
ped about among the reptiles with
out fear and apparently without
danger. The animals had appar
ently been tamed, as they made no
attempt to attack their keeper.
They were from three to fifteen
feet in length. An average num
ber of sixty were loaded in each
car.
OBITUARY
Died—At his home at Grand
Glaize, April 4, J. A. Buckner.
In his death the community has
lost a good citizen and his children
a kind and loving father. He was
buried at Liberty grave.yard.
Deceased was 68 years old and
was^a member of the old school
Presbyterian church. He leaves
seven ^hildren, six girls and one !
boy. A Fiuend.
TALK OF DOUBLE TRACK
It is rumored that a double track j
is to be installed by the Iron |
Mountain between Wynne and
Bald Knob on the Memphis divis
ion.
WEEKS DOINGS AT SULPHSjfl RBCt
Short Items of Interest Picked Up*
at the rietropolis of White
River Township.
Sulphur liock, April 23.—Rev.
Horn will preach to the Odd Fel
lows at the Methodist church Son
day at 3 o’clock p. m., and all
members are requested to assemble
at the Lodge hall at 2 p. rn.
Everybody cordially invited to
attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sink of
Newport, were visiting the gentle
man’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J
P. Sink, of this place Sunday.
L. P. Holcombe and family of
the Dota neighborhood visited the
lady’s brother, Ed Atchison, her®
Saturday night.
Toos Jernigan and Dye Mo- ra
attended quarterly meeting at Mt.
Herman Monday.
W. R. Rice and mother attet ded
quarterly meeting at Mount Her
man Monday.
Presiding Elder Skinner preach
ed an excellent sermon here Fri
day night.
The third Sunday in May will
be Childrens Day at Sulphur
Rock.
Several of the young folks at
tended singing at Oak Grove Sun
day .
J. ly. Rawlings and W. B.
Knight went to Little Rock Sun
day.
John Woods, the sawmill mau,
went to Little Rock Monday Light.
Warranty deeds, and deeds of
trust, for sale at The Journal office.
Miss Narcie, Estus and Emm it
Rice went to Batesville Monday.
Mrs. Julia Herrington was
down from Batesville Sunday.
Mrs. Brock of Batesville is visit
ing Mrs. Carter this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Con Dean wem
up from Newport Sunday.
Mrs. W. F. Way man has been
on the sick list this week.
John McArthur was down fro nor
Citlico Rock Sunday.
Robt. Williamson was up from
Newark Monday.
O. T. Jernigan went to Bates
ville Saturday.
J. C. Gibson went to Batesville
Tuesday.
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PLEASANT HILL PICK-UPS
We are sorry to chronicle the
death of Mrs. Oilie Hurt whieb
occurred on the 19th inst. Mr».
Hurt had suffered long from that
terrible disease consumption. She
was buried Saturday, the 20th at
the Pleasant Hill cemetery by the
side of her mother who was laid
to rest in the silent city of the
dead some two months ago. She
leaves a husband, one child, &
father, brother and sister to n oura
for her. Rev. Jas. F. Jernigam
conducted the funeral services.
We are glad to note that <;i»r
Sunday schoold and singing is pro
gressing nicely with increasing in
terest from time to time.
Rev. G. L. Fink and family and
Amos Adams and family attended
church at Logan Sunday and re
port a grand meeting.
A party of young people from
here attended the singing conven
tion at Oak Grove Sunday.
Singing Sunday night at T. R.
Tate’s was a grand success.