The Newark Journal.
Published In The famous big bottom Country. Where Alfalfa Is king.
* $1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, November 15, 1907
Vol. 7. No. 47
BOOST FOR THE SCHOOLS
Nearly a Million Dollars Increase in
School Revenues For Next Year
By reason of the voting of higher
school taxes throughout the state,
approximately a million dollors more
will l>e available for the support of the
common schools of Arkansas next
year than will be available during the
present year.
This big boost for the Arkansas
schools is made possible through the
adoption by the voters a year ago of
the amendment to the state constitution
permitting school districts to increase
their school tax levy from live to
<§even mills and permitting the state
legislature to raise the general tax
levy for school purposes from two to
thFee mills. The legislature lost no
time in availing itself of the authority
conferred upon it, and at the session
last spring enacted at law levying a
general state tax of three mills for
school purposes. •
At tne school elections hem last
May, the school districts, of which
there are several thousand in the state,
had the opportunity to increase their
loca’l school tax 'from live to seven
mills if they so desired. No reliable
statistics have as yet lieen obtained to
show how many of the school districts
raised the tax to the maximum allowed
under the law. The state superintend
of public instruction is now endeavor
ing to secure this information, hut it
is a difficult task; and it will probab
ly be a considerable time before ac
curate information is secured. Prof.
Crawford, deputy superintendent of
public instruction, estimates, however
that four out of seven school districts
in the state voted the maximum tax of
seven mills at the May school election.
With this estimate it is possible to
determine approximately the amount
of money which will l»e available for
"the support of the schools next year.
According to the figures in the office
of the superintendent of public instruc
tion, the total revenue of the schools
in Arkanansas from all sources for
the year ending June JO. 1007, was
$2,428,125.57. This represents approxi
mately also the amount expended in
support of the schools during the
year. Of the total revenue, the amount
obtained from the district tax during
the year was $1,332,199.40.
If these estimates are found to be
correct, the levenue from the district
tax next year should amount to ap
proximately $2,000,000, as compared
with a total of $1,332,199.49 for the
past year.
Outside of the district taxes, the
greatest revenue is received by the
schools from the state school tax,
which in the past has been two mills.
The amount realized from this state
tax las year was approximately $600,
000. The total amount in the state
fund which was apportioned among
the various counties, was $677,707, but
this included the interest on the per
manent school fund, which amounts
annually to $35,000, the money derived
rom the sale of sixteenth section
school lands, and various lines, which
under the law are turned into the
school fund. With the interest from
the bonds in the permanent school
fund, amounting to $35,000, and the
revenue from the sale of sixteenth sec
tion lands, which it is estimated will
amount this year to about $40,000, the
state school fund next year will be
very nearly a round million dollars,
as compared with $677,707, the amount
distributed last year out of the state
fund.
The school enumeration last year
showed 533,556 children of school age
in the state, and the apportionment of
the state school fund was made upon
a basis of $1.27 for each person. The
number of school children will of
course show an increase next year,
but with the increased school fund the
apportionment next year will be made
•on a basis of about $2 for every child
of school a<fe.
COTTON RECEIPTS
The total cotton receipts up to noon
yesterday were 369 bales, and it was
selling" at 10* cents. The total re
ceipt to the same date last year were
3,299 bales, and the price at that time
was 9f cents. p
THE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Rev. J. I. Martin Gives Brif Sketch
of the Proceedings at Benton
Cord, Nov. 11.—The State Associa
tion of Missionary Baptists, met at
Benton, Novemlter 1 and closed Nov
ember 4th. There were between 400
and 500 messengers and visitors in at
tendance. Eld. ,T. A. Smith, pastor
at Springdale, called the body to
order. Bro. T. F. Moore of Martin,
Tenn., was asked to preach the open
ing sermon, which he did, to the de
light of all, especially Baptists. The
welcome address was delivered by
Bro. Cloud, giving us a welcome to
their churoh, town and to their homes.
Bro. C. R. Powell, editor of the Ar
kansas Baptist, responded with a
happy and humorous address. The
body was formally organized by elect
ing Bro. Ben. M. Bojard moderator,
.T. A. Smith assistant moderator. Bro.
Gann of Benton county, clerk: and
Bro. Roebuck of Haynes was re-elect
ed treasurer. At night Bro. J. B.
Selman of Texarkana preached, after
which the report on temperance was
read. It was a strong report, but
space forbids giving it here. It called
for state-wide prohibition.
Nome splendid speeches were made.
Saturday was a busy day. hearing re
ports. The Buckner College is in a
splendid condition. A collection of
nearly two thousand dollars was taken
in cash and pledges to help in the
building now in course of construc
tion. The missionaries had good re
ports. They were all paid and a num
l>er endorsed for the next year. Among
them were Bro. W. E. Slierrell of
Melbourne, S. L. Ballard of Mountain
Home, the writer and others.
Bro. (R. Powell preached a power
ful sermon at the Baptist church Sun
day at 11 a. m. to a packed house.
Our own J. L. Brown preached at ■>
p. m. He was at his best and had you
been there you would not have known
you was in town, for at the close we
had an old time hand shake and many
were shedding tears for joy and shout
ing. It was a real feast to be there.
At night Bro. .T. H. Mellmrn preached
a clean sermon on the Bible plan of
doing mission work. I wish it could
be preached all over the country.
There was preaching at the other
churches in the city by preachers in at
tendance at the meeting.
We closed Monday to meet next year
at Malvern. The hospitality was un
surpassed. My home was with a good
Methodist brother, .Toe B. Hughes and
wife, and they know just how to take
care of Baptist preachers. Bro. .T.
A. Smith helped me to share their
hospitality. There was about $5,000
raised for all purposes. It was a
splendid meeting—the best in the his
tory of the association.
I am at home only for a short while,
then I will be in the field about my
Master’s work. J. I. Martin.
GIVE THE BOY A CHANCE
There must be some life in the boy,
or he will not rise under any circum
stances until the day appointed for the
resurrection of the dead. If he starts
out in life as a failure he will end as
one unless he gets thoroughly waken
ed up in some way. Give every boy
and girl a fair chance and reasonable
encouragement, and do not condemn
them even because of a large degree
of downright stupidity; for many so
called good-for-nothing boys, block
heads, numskulls, dullard, or dunces,
were only boys out of their places,
round boys forced into square holes.
KILLED A WOMAN
Jonesboro, Nov. 10.—Etta Gynne, a
young woman of about 20 years of
age, lies dead in the undertaking
establishment of J. B. Gregg, and M.
L. Beinley and Clara Dickweller are
in jail, held for investigation. The
Dickweller woman states that Beinley
came to her house and fussed with her
because she would not go to the coun
try with him, and during the fuss he
attempted to shoot her, the pistol
snapping several times. She dodged
just before the shot, and the bullet!?
missing her, passed through a door,
striking the Gynne woman in the back
of the head, killing her instantly.
PAYS $10,000 FINE
Railroad Pays Big Fine for Issuing
Passes to Members of Legislature
Little Hock, Nov. 12.—Satisfying' a
judgment of $10,000 obtained against
it by Prosecuting Attorney Lewis
Rhoton, who sued it in the name of
the state for issuing free transporta
tion to five members of the legislature
of 1905, the St. Louis, Iron Mountain
and Southern Railway Company paid
into the office of Circuit Clerk Carnes
that amount yesterday, which was
then turned over to the sheriff. Of
this sum $9,000 goes into the county
general fund and the other $1,000 goes
to the public prosecutor.
Mr. Rhoton had the railroad in
dicted on live different cases and ob
tained the maximum amount of the
tine in each case, $2,000. He did not
mention the name of the legislators
who rode on the passes, but designated
them by number, giving to the defen
dant the right of applying for and be
ing furnished with their identity.
Two of them were Senator B. E.
McFerrin of Newton county and Rep
resentative Claude Fuller of Carroll
county, whose trial was to come up in
the first division of the Circuit Court
yeterday, but which was postponed on
account of the DuLaney trial.
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS
The announcement of Hon. W. A.
Oldfield, of Batesville, as a candidate
for congress from this, the second
congressional district, appears in to
day's paper.
Mr. Oldfield is well known to the peo
ple of the district, having made the
race two years ago, and made a most
creditable showing. He served this
judicial district for four years as
prosecuting attorney, and his record
as such marked him as a man of abili
ty and keen foresight. As a lawyer,
Mr. Oldfield is recognized as one ' of
the ablest and most successful barris
ters practicing in the courts of North
Arkansas.
His large law practice has brought
him in direct contact with all classes
of people and he has thus had oppor
tunity to see the needs of the people.
Mr. Oldfield is pre-^fcinently a self
made man, having been born and
raised on the f<fen and is a man of
and for the people, and should he suc
ceed in his laudable ambition to rep
resent this district in congress, the
masses would have a champion in
Billie Oldfield in whom they could
place the utmost confidence in all mat
ters pertaining to the common good.
CORN CROP IS SHORT
A preliminary report by the depart
ment of agriculture at Washington on
the production of corn for this year
indicates a total yield of 2,553,632,000
bushels, an average of 26 bushels per
acre as compared with a yield of 30.3
bushels per acre in 1906. The general
average as to quality is 82.8 per cent
compared with 89.9 per. cent last year.
ONE VOTE
For
The Newark Journal’s Popular Lady
Voting Contest
NOT GOOD AFTER NOVEMBER 27, 1907
THE CONTEST OPENS
Four YoungLadiesEnteredby Friends
in The Journal’s Voting Contest
The Journal’s voting contest is be
ginning to awaken an interest among
the friends of some of the young ladies.
There are four entries in the contest
this week, and others will doubtless
follow next week.
The contest is an equal opportunity
for all, as the-contest is open to any
and every lady in the county and is to
be a perfectly fair and legitimate vot
ing contest, and no restrictions are
placed on anyone except to comply
with the conditions named in the an
nouncement to be found in another
column. No advantages are given
anyone, and we do not belive a more
fair and impartial plan for a contest
of this kind can be suggested.
Save the coupons in your paper and
when renewing or subscribing do not
fail to vote for your choice in the con
test. Coupons printed in last week’s pa
per must be brought or mailed to this
office not later than next Wednesday,
the 20th, as they expire on that date
and will not be counted unless brought
in and deposited in our big ballot box
on or before that time. All votes sent
in by mail will be deposited strictly as
per instructions, provided the neces
sary conditions have been complied
with.
The watch and chain are strictly
high-grade goods, and makes a beau
tiful and useful piece of jewelery which
any lady would be proud of. Don't
take our word for this, but go ask
Mr Mosby, of Batesville, from whom
the prize was purchased. He will tell
you they are guaranteed goods and he
will make good any part of them which
does not prove perfectly satisfactory.
The standing of the candidates will
be published in The Journal each week,
giving the number by votes received
by each of the respective contestants
up to the time of going to press.
The following names have been en
tered this week and their standing is
as follows:
Miss Maud Moore, Sulphur Rock, 602
Miss Kate Saylors, Newark.1(4
Miss Lucy Nuckolls, Cord..52
Miss Ola Kinman, Newark..23
' BETHESDA BRIEFS
Bethesda, Nov. 13.—W. M. Kirk
land and family who were raised here,
but have for the past five years resid
ed in Little River county are hack
here looking for a location. Mr.
Kirkland is very much pleased with
our school and says this section has
otherwise improved since he left here.
Our Bethesda High School is a most
excellent institution. Anyone wanting
to know more about this school should
write Prof. W. H. Cottindaffer for a
personal letter and big new catalogue.
New students are entering every week.
W. W. McSpadden bought T. A.
Anderson’s farm Monday. Mr. An
derson expects to move to Texola,
Okla., soon.
Aunt Melly Brooks and daughters,
Misses Ida and Mattie, visited rel
atives at Batesville Saturday and
Sunday.
Rev. Hall filled his regular appoint
ment Sunday and stayed for prayer
meeting that night.
Mrs. Brightwell and Mrs. Lee Col
lum visited in Stone county Friday
and Saturday.
Dr. A. A. Evans and Dave Norman
are on a hunt in Poinsett county this
week.
Rufus Johnson of Jackson is here
and will erfer school soon.
Weather frosty and cool; good ’pos
sum weather.
Health good; never better, so say
the doctors.
T. A. and Get). McSpadden are still
butchering.
AWARDS $1,600,000 CONTRACT
The Arkansas Gazette says that the
the Missouri Pacific Company has
awarded to L. J. Smith, a Kansas City
contractor, a contract for ballasting
all the lines of the system in Arkansas
and in Louisiana. The work involves
an expenditure of about $1,500,000 and
will require eight months.
THE CIRCUIT COURT
Synopsis of the Cases Disposed of op
to Wednesday Night
The ease of the State vs <F. (’lias
tain, charged with perjury, consumed!
the attention of the circuit court^Wed
nesday and yesterday. The case was
decided yesterday afternoon 2 o’clock,
the jury returning a verdict of not
guilty.
Other cases disposed of this week
were as follows:
State vs Walter Pascoe. dismissed.
State vs Red Smith, not guilty.
State vs Andy Minard, not guilty.
William Magness, a young negro,
was convicted of the killing’ of F. M.
Holland, a white man, and his punish
ment was fixed at five years in tiro
penitentiary. Magness, while in a.
state of intoxication, met the old man
on December —.'t, 1900, near the latter’s
residence in Fast Batesville, and
struck him on the head with a rock,
inflicting injuries from which he died
on the 19th of the following month.
Magness was arrested and placed in
jail to await the action of the grand
jury, which returned an indictment for
murder in the first degree. The case
was given to the jury at 5 o’clock
Saturday afternoon and a verdict was
reached an hour later.
The trial of Don J. Casey on the
the charge of embezzlement, which was
begun Thursday, ended Saturday by the
jury bringing in a verdict of acquittal.
The case went to the jury Friday even
ing- and the jury returned its verdict
Saturday morning. The case has
been pending in the court for the last
four years, but at each term was con
tinued until it was called on Thursday,
when the state and defense announced
their readiness for trial. The indict
ment of Casey was returned by the
grand jury at the fall term of 1903. He
was charged with embezzling $1,800
from the Qasey Drug Company at
Batesville, of which concern he was
secretary and general manager.
PEARCE FOR COUNTY JUDGE
C'ul. L. Pearce announces in today’s
paper as a candidate for county and.
probate judge.
Mr. Pearce was born and raised in
Christian township, this county. He
is a young man of marked energy and
ability. At the age of 21 he was ap
pointed justice of the peace in his
township and at 22 was elected to the
position. He made the race for county
clerk at 24 and made a remarkably
good race. At 2~> he was appointed
deputy assessor and at 26 was elected
to the circuit clerk’s office, which he
has as ably and satisfatorily tilled as
any man, young or old, who ever oc
cupied the position. He is a man of
mature judgment and keen executive
ability, and in the event of his elec
tion, the people are assured of the
same careful and painstaking attention
being given the many important duties
of the office that have characterized
his faithful and efficient Service ren
dered them by him in all former posi
tions of public trust.
NOTICE TO HUNTERS
During the last few years we have
had several thousand feet of valuable
timber cut by coon hunters. Timber
is too valuable to waste in this manner,
therefore all parties are hereby noti
fied that hereafter anyone cutting tim
ber on our land will be prosecuted ta>
the full extent of the law.
Ellers.
NOTICE
y
Alj parties endebted to us, either by
note or account, will please come in.
at once and settle, as we are winding”
up our business here as fast as possi
ble, and all notes and accounts not
settled promptly will be put out for
collection. We must have our money.
Your Friends.
Griffith A Morrow.
TO SCHOOL DIRECTORS
If your district needs desks, black
boards or school furniture of any kind,
call and get my prices. I handle the
best desk made and can make prices
as low as the lowest. A.. A. Bender*
son, Newark, Ark.