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The Newark journal., 1904-12-16
MAGNESS HAPPENINGS.

Crops are about all gathered.
Pleas Crigler of Charlotts was
in town Tuesday,
Weather cool and dry; gooC
time for killing hogs.
&. NJ. Gibson has sold his res.
taurant to w. A. Troy.
Ask Minor Porter what became
of those mules he was feeding.
Miss Amanda Burnes held the
lucky number in the quilt contest.
Prof. j. X. Rawlings of Sui
phur Rock, was in our town Tues
day.
E. r. Moore of Newark was
here on business one day this
week.
Ask Walter Haddock and Whor-
ton Magness if they ever crossed
the river Jordan.
Several more buildings will be
put up here, between this and the
first of February.
Our school at the chapel is pro-
crossing nicely, with Prof. S. c.
Knight as principal.
The ginning season is about ov-
er, and the boys will begin to saw
timber in a few days.
The ginning company of this
place have put up 1850 bales of
cotton up to the present time.
Jack Tucker of Rosie bought
l 900 pounds of pork from the
Sisk Mercantile Company one day
this week.
Mr.. Editor, you owe us a visit.
and if you don't pay it pretty soon
we'll, we'll, -well, what we'll do
for you will be plenty.
Mrs. Burlington and Mrs. Her.
rington of Sulphur Rock were in
our burg one day last week pros
Decting, and will probably build
lere soon. X. Y. Il.
The Newark journal., 1904-12-16
Newark County Arkansas Friday December 10, 1904.

to Galena, in Stone county, Mo.
1t is estimated that the road will
be completed and trains running
through by August l, 1905.
This road, it is said, will cost
the company in the neighborhood
of So. 900 per mile. The expen-
diture of this amount of money
certainly indicates that the com
pany has confidence in the mineral
resources of the country.
The Newark journal., 1904-12-16

down the price on paper let them
do it to their hearts content. but
when the call is made for spots,
to fill their contracts within the
near future, demand the full value
of the staple, based upon mini
mum of 10 cents per pound for all
middling cotton in the interior.
Wall street gamblers are now tell
CONTINUED ON PAGE
The Newark journal., 1904-12-16
SULPHUR ROCK SKETCHES
Short Local Items of Interest Picked
Up at the Metropolis of White
River Township.

Chas. Drennen of Newark was
in town Saturday.
Mrs. Lizzie Waldrip of Magness
was in town Monday.
John K. Rawlings is hobbling
around with rheumatism.
l.. II. Pascoe of Batesville visit
ed home folks here Sunday.
<. II. Williamson of Newark
passed through town Monday.
". w. Hartsfeld and Ike Mar
tin went to Batesville Monday.
Miss Matte Hartsfield has ac-
copied a position with T. c. Knox.
Grason Kent of Gainesboro
township was on our streets Tues
day.
John Huddleston and his boys
went to the county capital Satur-
day.
John Huddleston has been ap-
pointed constable of White River
township.
Leon Mack of Moorefeld pass
ed through town Monday en- route
to Oil Trough.
Rev. J. F. Jernigan, now presid-
ing elder of this district, was on
our streets Monday.
Dye Moore is staying home
from school on the account of a
carbuncle on his neck.
Harve Digger who lived about
two miles east of town died Mon
day night of consumption.
Muck Moore of Newark spent
Sunday night in town, the guest
of his brother, Dan Moore.
Miss Ella Sanders came in Sun
day from Newport to visit her
mother, Mrs. G. A. Sanders.
Rev. Jas. L. Brown filled his
reguler appointment at the Baptist
church Sunday at l and at night.
Gibson can give you better cray
on portraits and frames for less
money than you can get from
agents.
Hugh Kyler came in Tuesday
morning to see his wife and babies,
who are visiting T. G. Knox and
family.
Mrs. Emma Wycough and
daughter, Miss Agness, of Bates
vile, visited Mrs. Lizzie Vaughn
last week.
j. G.. Gibson and j. S. Best
went to the Charlotte neighbor-
hood Saturday to do some photo
graph work.
G. w. Wilson who has been in
bad health for a year or more is
not so we'll this week and is con-
fined to his room most of the
time.
Miss Erma Sanders who has
been working for the Dorr Mer-
camille Company for five years has
accepted a position at Maxfields,
at Batesville.
Mrs. w. +. Wayman and child
rem left Saturday for Asher, Ok
lahoma, to visit her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Eli Moore. Mr.. Way
man accompanied them as far as
Brinkley, and returned Sunday.
The Newark journal., 1904-12-16
ADVISES FARMERS TO
HOLD THEIR COTTON
President of Cotton Growers Asso-
CATION Issues Statement.
only Salvation of the South at This
Time is to Stand Steadfast and
Refuse to Market Cotton

0'0' pCol Slds pIGSluellu III GIlc
Southern Cotton Growers Associ-
alton, has issued the following
statement in regard to the decline
In the price of cotton:
Shall the south quietly surrend-
er to the dictation of few Wall
street gamblers in depressing the
price of our great staple crop from
81 to Z cents per pound; or will
they rise in their manhood and re-
/ fuse to submit to this unholy sac
rifce
The bearish bureau report, is
sued from the department of agri-
culture on December 3D., indicat-
ing crop of Il, 1926 bales,
gave the spectators the opportun-
h ty they had been praying for, and
in less that thirty minutes nearly
$50, 900, 900 in value was struck
from the pockets of southern farm
ers. The bureau report exceeded
the expectations of the most ex-
IRENE bear spectators, and but
few we'll posted men in the south
believe for a moment that the yield
this season will ever reach the
high estimate placed upon the crop
by the bureau. That report was
based upon a theoretical acreage
of about 30, 100000 acres, and in
dicates a yield far in excess of
that indicated by the amount of
cotton ginned up to November II
in the census report. Either one
or the other of these reports is
wrong. The ginners' report is
based upon facts as ascertained at
the gins, while the bureau report
is guess work. The recent heavy
in the price of spot
cotton has been caused by a lot of
gamblers and spectators who nei-
Their produce or weave a pound of
cotton. Every dollar loss on cot
ton sold at present prices will go
into the pockets of these speculat-
ors and it remains for the present
owners and holders of at least s.
300, 900 bales of this crop to say
whether this unrighteous hold-up
and high handed robbery shall be
quietly submitted to.
The mills had already bought
heir supplies for future delivery
rom these exporters and specula-
;ors at prices ranging around 10
tents per pound and the manufac-
,urers will not be able to share in
he heavy slump in prices. Cot
on is worth just as much for spin
ling purposes today as it was at
he opening of the season, as yarns
ave advanced three cents per
pound since the 1st of September
md no reduction has been made in
he price of cotton goods since the
lrop in the price of the raw prod
let. Nor is there likely to be any
considerable reduction in the price
If manufactured goods this year
n next. Then why should the
outh submit to Wall street gamb-
ers and spectators!
The only salvation of the south
t this moment is to stand stead
asst together and absolutely refuse
O market single bale of cotton
It present prices. Sell no cotton
'oluntarily and permit none to be
old by coercion or intimidation.
If the spectators want to put
The Newark journal., 1904-12-16
NEW ROADS COST is
$4,000 PER MILE
Cost of Constructing White River
Railroad is Enormous.
Great Number of Cuts, Trestles and
Tunnels, Makes it One of the Most
Costly Roads in the U. S.

10 persons who have not per-
sonally watched the construction
of the White River branch of the
Missouri Pacific it must appear
that the work has progressed slow
ly, and yet if they could but see
what has been and is being done it
would not surprise them that the
work appears to move so slowly.
At Cotter very expensive steel
draw bridge was built across the
river, which is many feet above
the average height of the river.
From this bridge the road goes
through tunnel eleven hundred
feet long. There are many cuts.
fills and trestles for several miles
to where it crosses Georges creek.
Here there is a trestle over 1900
feet long and so feet high. A few
miles further at the crossing of
Crooked creek, is another tunnel
500 feet long; then two more steel
bridges across Crooked creek.
Passing on west up Sugar Orchard
creek through the little towns of
Zinc and Keener, with here and
there deep cuts and heavy fills until
the head of the creek is reached.
where it comes to what is called |
Oregon Flats; here there is to be
a cut almost one mile long, which |
will average about 43 feet deep. |
The track is now laid and con-
strnction trains are being run to
this point from the south. There
will be temporary track built
over this hill, while steam shovels
make the tremendous cut. Leav-
ing the Oregon Flats, it goes down
Cheatham creek, where there are
trestles 125 feet high. Most all
of the grading is done on the whole
route except at a few difficult
points.
At Omaha, twenty miles north
of Harrison, the third tunnel is
reached. This is the most difficult
work on the whole line. This tun-
mel is $500 feet long, and most of
the way through mud and bould-
ers which necessitated timbering
almost the entire distance. An
about eight feet high has
been cut through the entire noun |
tain, and about $50 feet has been I
cut the required depth, "a feet. 1t
is estimated that by working with
full force, day and night, this tun- /
mel can be completed by next July
or August. There was a great
tut at the approaches to each end !
If this tunnel. There was noun
AIN slide at the west approach
months since, which filled the cut.
md would have required $50, 900
% have moved it; so it was decid-
"a to extend the tunnel through I
his slide, which will make the c
tunnel about 3, 200 feet long, and
Will cost the company $3.50, 900 or 1
more, S
Three miles further is another t
unnel 3,400 feet long. This was
through solid rock and has been a
ompleted. A few miles further. "
cross the Missouri line, is anoth- f,
r tunnel 1900 feet long.
There will be another bridge p
cross White river, and also one q
cross the James river. The road n
completed from Carthage south b
The Newark journal., 1904-12-16

CONTINUED ON PAGE 4.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-05
SANITY AND SAFETY.

The great non-partsa1 demand oi
the whole country is for safe and
sane" man in the White House. Dr..
Parkhurst of y W ls.Ik declared the
other day:
Il have always been a Republican,
but | belisve a Democratic victory at
the next election would be an eXcellnt
thing for the country. What We need
at the head of our great republic Is
a man CT calm, deliberate Judgment,
a man who is sure of himself, man
who only reaches conclusions after
the most careful consideration. What
mean is that We need a man who is
safe. \ safe man is a sane man.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-05
4 Condition That Cannot Last.

4 man with an income of Il million 4
year eats the whole fruit of 5000
mems labor through Il whole year, for
You can get 4 stout spokesman to work
and maintain himself for Il sum of
$500. Thus we have private individu-
ais whose wages are equal to the
wages of 1000 or 5000 other individu-
ais. What do these highly paid indi-
viduals do for society for their wages?
XIII partridges. Can this last. No. by
the soul Of man, it cannot and will not
and shall not,-Thomas Carlyle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-05

planned, but the customs and habits OF
the strange peoples will be described
by the men who live among them.
Among the most entertaining of the
Speakers will be Bishop David II.
Moore, who is in charge of the mis-
slons in China, Japan and Korea and
has just come from the seat Of war in
the far east Bishop Moore will speak
on the war from the standpoint of di-
plomacy as We'll as from the mission
airy outlook. The bishop WAS present
at the naval battle off Chemupo and,
III TACT, WAS almost participant. lie
was a passenger on the Russian steam
er SunSari which was captured by tho
Japs, and witnessed the destruction OF
The Russian cruiser Nariag and the
snhboat korictZ, being only IL few hun
dred yards from the latter when she
blew up.
Bishop Moore is q native Of Ohio and
began his ministry in that conference
N 1850 When the civil war broke out
ne entered the army as a chaplain and
WAS captured by the Confederates.
After his release he organized several
companies Of the Twenty y-iifth Ohio In
lantry and came out of the army a
lieutenant colonel and with a reputa-
uon is fighter. In 1870 bishop Moore
was elected president of the Cincinnati
wesleyan College For Women. serving
II ss2t capacity until he became editor
II Ia" Western Christian Advocate in
~. iie was chosen bishop in 1900
Among other leaders of the church
Who Will be heard at the convention
are bishop j. NJ. Tholurn and Bishop
r W. Warue, from India; Bishop John
H. Inccnt, founder of the CllAutau-
qua moVomcnt: Bishop Charles II.
foWler and Bishop Joseph e. Hart
2eli, missionary bishop to Africa.
bishop Thohurn has spent a lifetime
IN the east and has been missionary
olsilop Of India and Nalayasia since
lsSS, His talks have always been fca-
lures of the general conferences
hlshop HartzeIi of Africa will also
De one OF the interesting takers.
American Methodism has been plant
eu along both the west and east coasts
ol Africa and in the Madeira islands.
10 make tour Of these missions
would need a lifetime, and, although
'he bishop has made seven trips. Gov
erlnS tens of thousands Of miles. there
YET remain many places to be visited
belore going to Africa. Bishop Hart
zell worked fourteen years among the
colored people of the south. and it was
MS devotion to the interests of the ne
gro that was mainly responsible l'f
us selection by the general confer
enee Of 1896 as bishop for Africa.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-05
THE HERMIT NATION
KOREA, THE BONE OF CONTENTION
BETWEEN RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

whx Both Nations Arc AhA''"'
Gain Footh"Id In the '''
Advantages That Would -hee
Tbem-Emperor vi Hung.
Korea. the real bone OF contehtion oe
tween Japap and Russia. az II Was oe-
tween China and Japan III the VA oA
1S94-9J, is certain to be the scehe u
much fighting if there Is TO oe "ai Ill
the far east. Meanwhile neither ol .ie
threatening nations seems to care WHAT
Pho Koreans or their emperor thinks ol
the situation.
Korea is an Asiatic kingdom lying 10
the northeast of China, between Tue Tue
Yellow and Japan seas. 1t is about ooo
miles long from north to SOUTH lo'
miles from east to west, with an area
of about $4,000 square miles. Inc pop
ulation of the kingdom, according ~
the last government census. IS lo,o-o'
937. and it possesses several good natu'
raj harbors,
Buddhism grated on spirit and an
cestor worship may be said TO De .ll'
religion of the country. The people
are tail. robust and good looking ana
belong to Monaghan stock, their IAN
guage being Turanian, with the addl-
ton OF many Chinese words. 1hey
are Idle and unprogressive. so tnat
the commerce. Of the country Is falllnS
into the hands of the Japanese ana
the Chinese. The soil is fertile, but
only partially cultivated. Rice, beans
and all kinds of grain are raised, also
tobacco, hemp and cotton. Gold, cop
per. coal and iron abound
1t is hermit nation. with history
said to reach back 1000 or 5000 years,
and from the earliest known times no
rca has always protested against the
presence of foreigners in her territory.
This is the country toward which the
lighting men of Japan and Russia are
reported to be Fastening with the eX'
cusc of preserving order and protect
ing Korea in its independence. Should
Russia obtain control Of the Hermit
Kingdom her occupation of Manchuria
would be secure. and the japanese
would be kept away from her frontiers.
She would also secure the ice free
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-05
MEET OF MET ,uoss.
MISSION WORKERS TO G.
ALL OVER THE VIC

r.. Two Conventions to BE .n y
California Notable IN the History
os the Churcb-Some of the Visitor.
From Distan lands.
Nethodists from all over the world
ore turning their footsteps toward Cal.
,fornia, crossing oceans and continents
N he present at what will undouitedlv
oroye the most notable gathering in
The history Of the church. The first Of
those. the missionary convention, will
omen at San Francisco on April %
continuing TO and including May
md will be followed Oh May by the
auadrennial meet of the Methodist
general conference, which Will huld It's
sessions ut Los Angeles.
While the meeting OF the generai
conference is of more Importance in
thc affairs of the church. the mission
ary convention will attract the greater
public interest, bringing together as it
will the bone and sineW of the mission
sry movement among the Methodists.
Conventions of missionaries were held
last wear at Philadelphia and In Cleve-
land in 1902: but, while they attracted
large delegations of notable leaders. II
was impossible for many Of the Work
ers In distant lands to leave tAr;r
charges. This year, however tie in4]t-
cations are for such gathering If
mission workers as was never held be-
fore
For months the men in the fields of
China, India. Korea, Japan, Turkey
Africa and in hundred other spots
on the globe have been preparing to
make the long trip to the Mecca Of the
uuadrennial general conference 1T Los
Angeles Nearly all the important men
In both the foreign and domestic his
sion fields have signified their inton-
ton of being present, thus insuring 10
the missionary convention the bulk II
the delegates to the conference.
The general idea Of the convention Is
to make comparison Of the methods
Of the missionary workers throughout
the world and to Interchange opjn-
ions and observations. This. ii is ex-
pccted. will prove Of great value in the
future conduct of the mission work of
the church The meetings Wilt be Of
interest to the general public because
dist church among the heather be ny-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-05
A Hiustering Kin z.

OF King George N. Thomas Cree
vey, who lived III tile early part of the
nineteenth century. tells this story:
The king had appointed the bishop
of Winchester to administer to him the
sacrament on one of the sundays about
Easter. The bishop WAS not punctual
to his time. and when he arrived the
king. in great passion at having been
kept waiting. abused and even swose
at him in the most indecent manner, on
which the bishop very coolly said he
must be permitted to withdraw, as he
perceived his majesty was not then in
a at state of mind to receive the sacra-
ment, and should be ready to attend on
some future day, when he hoped to find
his majesty In better state of prepa-
ration.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-05

The baseball writer for the BatCA
Rouge Advocate devotes a great deal
of space to criticising the umpires.
Most everything be wrttes exhibits
such an utter lack OF knowledge of the
rules of the game, il is evident that
he does not know an errGneous decis-
ion when il is rendered. Perhaps ne
is fully conscious CT his own lsno
rance of the game and is attempting
t.. appear wise by daily "roasts OF
tha umpiros.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-05
JUDGE PARKER is IRREGULAR"

No true Dcmocrt can fail 10 vote
for Judge Parker if he is the d moe
cratic nominee. Even Mr.. Bryan and
his followers cam not consistently re-
fuse to vote for Parker Judge Par
kcr voted fer Bryan, hence il can not
be said by the Bryanites that Parker
is not r gular, and one Of their great
contentious is for gularity--that is,
fur. a candidate who has always voted
the straight ticket, which Judge Par
ker has always done.
OF the prospective candidates 1oE
the Democratic nomination the Graph
ic prefers Judge Parker. It believes
him to be the str@nges- AMI baet man
who has yet bean sugg' sted fo' tEe
nomination But if the st. Louis con-
vention nOmimatoS somebody else, the
Graphic will legally supper the con
yention's choice. If the Bryan follow
ers are as regular as they require
others to be they will support the
nominee of the convention without
any ado about it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-05

II HUNG, EMPEROR OF "rEN IHorsASD
ports She must have for her great
railway system and the future crops Of
Siberia. If Japan can sez" Korea she
will have a foothold on the mainland
OF Asia and the only possible outlet for
the immense population and growing
industries of her islands.
1t is pretty well understood that ia
pan IS more interested in securing the
possession of Korea than in forcing
Russia out of Manchuria. so that if
there is to be a conflict the first STAGE
OF 1t will take place on the Korean pen
lnsula. 1t is not impossible, however.
mat the war vessels of the two powers
Will open the fight in an attempt to in
tercept troopships In a naval war on
the Korean coast Japan would have a
great advantage. She has SURVEYED
and charted the vast Korean archpela
go, and its thousands of islands would
afford safe refuge for her fleet, No
Foreign Warship would dare to enter
known only to the Japanese The south
ern end of this sea labyrinth is within
close striking distance Of MaSamnho
the southern Korean harbor to which
Japan is sending her troops.
VI Hung. the present SOVEREIGN of
lAorea, is the thirtieth of his dynasty.
The two previous kings had died child
less, and II Hung, then boy Of
twelve. was chosen i'll 1854 as heir Inv
the royal council. He assumed fun
sovereignty in 1873, the kingdom hay
ing III the meantime been governed
with great severity hy the ,.@cnt, vi
lilungss father, Nl5 furicuS!y BcrSpcllt-
ed the Christian missionaries
When tie present ruler assumed con.
troll the country began TO hc opened M
ana the former regent headed an insllr-
recu@n aimed against all treaties and
foreigners. An attempt was madc in
lSS2 10 6tdnap tile King. and the Hama
nese minister had to fight for his lifc
IN retreat to Chemulpo In 1SNl tha
king only escaped from the rebels Inv
jumping on the back of Il cunrr.}1- hv
whom he was carried into the Chinese
camp outside Seoul Plots and in
trlGueS soon became matters of com
mon occurrence, This condition eu1m,-
mated III the murder of the queen a few
years ago. This was attributed to the
japanese, who wished to rid themselves
OF d powerful Russian influence Y,
Hung was proclaimed emperor In 1897
The elnperorof ten thousand islands ~
as he Is styled in his native land. is do
scrlbed as man of small stature anG
sallow complexion. with an oval faca
hin mustache and chin beard and soft
dark eyes. His countenance is said to
be singnlarly gentle and pleasing. The
crowE prince is VI Tchok, who wos
born in 1874. The monarchy is ahso-
lutte, hereditary and divine, and the
emperor is supposed to be the master Of
the lives and pioperty Of his subiects
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-05

# crime, based upon "a false and
misleading assumption Of pa.ailclIsm
between the Philippine conquest and
the Louisiana purchase, was no I'ss
a stuelioa and objectionable ealnmnY
of jefferson and his cOntcmpoari' $
fnan the Iib Is which President r "5c-
Welt himself had published.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-05
WHY TAFT IGNORED JEFFERSON.

The newspapers. irrcspcyt.1 ct
party atfiIiation. are having much 10
say ahout the manner in which Sec
ta'y TAFT completely ignored tbo
namv Of Jefferson in his address
opening tho Louisiana Purchase expo
sjtir'. This would be strange
emission and unaeeountable were It
not Jhat Taft was the orator by proxy
OF President Roosevelt. and Roosoyclt
has maligned jefferson so persistent-
" AMI malignantly in his published
W2ijings that it would have been no
les ,hat1 personal insult ON the part
Of tho secretary of war to speak one
W t praise cf th, man whose
splendid diplomacy resulted in The
I.-e;isiana purchase. His only re.
course was TO plead for and approval
Of III despotic and un-American pol
icy of his erratic and ambitious mas
ter by attempting TO justify that
policy upon the ground that "2ll an
cestors had peacefully acquired con.
tieuous territory which was not val
uabl as means of expanding oar
both. This plea for the Justification
but indispensable to the security %
both. This plea for the justification