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The Newark journal., 1905-10-13
SUBSCRIBED FOR THE PAPER
To Help Out the Editor But Found
Out His rIistake.
Thought His Home Paper Worthless,
and Did Not Read it---and
Thereby Hangs Tale.

| once subscribed for my coun-
ty paper, as | told my wife, TO
help the editor along and keep
him encouraged. | told him
would hand him a dollar some
time. ! did not take the paper be-
cause | wanted to read it, as | had
no time to waste on the darn little
thing. Well. it came regular and
never missed a week. My wife
read every word in it and was al
ways telling me something she had
seen in that paper, but | never
paid much attention to it.
| had fine horse to sell and
was very anxious to dispose of
him but | could find no one want
ing to buy horses. One day | said
to my wife, II wish | could run
across some fellow wanting to part
from his money for a horse" She
said, Why yes | saw in the pa
per where man would be in town
on a certain day to buy horses.
rushed around aud fouad the pa
per, read the notice, and the time
had passed by a week. | asked
the partner of my bosom why she
bad thus dealt W til me-. She said
she had no idea | had a horse to
sell, and besides | should read the
paper myself. | felt hurt at my
wife, my town, my neighbors, the
horse buyer and the editor. Why
didn't somebody tell me about it!
What else had that measly editor
to do but to come out and see me
and bring that horse buyer with
him. | was paying him dollar a
year and felt that he was due ME
that much courtesy. Well, no,
The Newark journal., 1905-10-13

No. 2. so acres good bottom land 4
miles NE. Newark; half subject to
overflow, balance above highwater;
40 acres in cultivation. Fine land and
a bargain.
No. 81. 279 acre farm adjoining
Paroquet, 40 acres in cultivation, 20
acres in pasture; one 6-room frame
and one broom box house on place.
Good well, two pumps, three barns,
two good orchards of 80 bearing trees;
land not in cultivation has good tim
Der.
56. 100 acre farm with 10 improved
good orchard of 300 trees, good room
frame house and good barn; eyerlast-
ing spring.
80. 10 acres in northeast part of
town, all under good fence; good }
room box house with brick tlueS; good
we'll of water, barn, garden; orchard
Of 10 bearing trees of apples; also
pears, peaches and grapes.
81. 440 acres mile north of Par0-
quet; 140 acres IN cultivation; 80 acres
under fence; pastures, | OF loo acres
and l of 40 acres; broom and Broom
houses, good barns, pumps and plenty
Of water; three-iourths mile of river
front; ferry landing on place; makes
ghrec -fourthS 10 bale of cotton and
Price tifty-hve hundred dollars
No. 81. New groom house with
God barn and smokehouse. fine water
and all modern conveniences. located
two blocks from school building, and
near Baptist church. One of the most
desirable locations in town, and will
be sold at a bargein.
No. III. 40 acre farm, 50 acres in
cultivation; good timber on land not
in cultivation; three broom houses.
good well and spring, p acre orchard
Located S miles north of Newark.
mile from Black River Academy, mile
from church and in good neighborhood.
Small creek runs through the farm.
NO 81. One block beautiful resi-.
dence lots just north of school build.
ing Very desirable property and a
bargain.
! Nn--64. 10 acres good land one mile
northeast Of MagneSs. 30 acres in cul-
iyation; double box house with hall;
good well. good barn; good spring of
water and nice young orchard.
No 90. 1870 acres good bottom land;
20 in cultiyatian; good two-room house
and good barr; one mile from railroad
station. $40 per acre; cash, balance
to suit purchaser.
No. 90 80 acres rich, aluvial land,
one mile northeast of Paroquet on
Black river;25 acres in cultivation, bal.
ance in pasturage. This land over
flows and is very rich Timber will
sell for Sl5 per acre. Will be sold for
cash, balance on your own time.
No. 81 so acres good land with good
Broom house and good barn; 30 acres
in cultivation, balance timber, 90 acres
fenced Makes bale OF cotton and 80
bushels corn per acre. So per acre;
cash, balance on your own time.
No, IS. 60 acres good land, all under
fence, good Broom house. 30 pcreS in
cultivation, balance in pasture; good
barn. $l5 per acre cash, balauce to
suit purchaser.
The Newark journal., 1905-10-13
State Secretary Ben L. Griffin

State Secretary Ben L. Griffin
has advised that an interstate
meeting of the Farmers Educa-
tional and Cooperative Union of
America will be held at Texarka-
ma December for the purpose of
organizing national convention
of the different state unions. This
meeting was first set for Septem-
Der I, but was called off on account
of the quarantine.
The Newark journal., 1905-10-13

in and get them" There it was
again. | rushed off to town to
get my trees. When | got there
| asked the editor about it. He
said the agent left them there in
town with old man Smith and that
Smith died about a month ago. /
rushed around to Smiths and
found out from his widow that my
trees were frozen. | was too full
for utterance so | said nothing.
Well, after that | began to no
tice everything in that paper and
found that it was full of good
reading matter and good advice
from the editor. | had been TAX
ing that paper three years and had
never handed the editor the dollar
but | always needed my dollars,
SO one day | got notice from this
paper editor that | owed him three
dollars on subscription and that
he would be proud if / called at
once and pay him This made me
so doggoned mad | like to have
tainted. Did the little cuss have
the audacity to send me duni
Me, Jack Nix, respectable fellow!
To send ME dun simply because
| had not come around and paid
him a little old measley, insigniti
cant sum of three dollarsl My
blood boiled. | yanked up our
three year-old boy and spanked
him for not resenting the insult.
| gave my wife one whitening look
that almost froze the blood in her
veins for not flying into that man
with both feet. / grabbed my old
shot gun, my pocket knife, an axe
handle and an old COW bell, started
for that printing office with blood
in my eye and murder in my heart.
| had no trouble in finding the ed
itor at home, and | began away
back at the time of the flood and
propounded to him the frailties
and shortcomings of mankind till
| got down to the present genera
ton, and then | made my point
clear by telling him what |
thought of him and his dun. He
said in the smoothest language
possible that | was unnecessarily
disturbed. Then / told him | was
not the man to sit quietly down
and allow any man to dun me
right under my own vine and fig
tree. He said: Is that what ails
ou!"I said, Amt that enough!"
He laughed comical laugh like a
nightingale might laugh at the
proposal of matrimony from a
raccoon. He got up from his desk
ond showed me a pile of duns
three feet high that he had gotten
from concerns he owed for oil, ink,
type, paper, machinery, rent and
several other things. He showed
me in the twinkle of an eye that it
was impossible for him to pay his
bills unless his subscribers pay
him. After he had delivered his
sermon | did not wait for the ben
ediction but began to she'll out. |
paid him every cent ! owed and |
paid him five years in advance.
Now | take his paper and read ev-
cry word in it and shall never al
low my paper to get behind
again. Jack Nix in The Roundup.
ChoatoI nan&t
The Newark journal., 1905-10-13
Real Estate For Sale.
Some Bargains in Desirable Farm and City Property
Offered by Craig & Henderson,

No. 53. 50 acres Big Bottom land
y miles from Newark, 90 acres in cul-
tiyation, 3 acres in alfalfa; grows bale
of cotton to the acre.
No. 81. , acres incest residence
property in north part of town; good
we'll and garden on place.
30. 100 acre farm miles north OF
town, 40 acres in cultivation, 20 acres
good timber, no rocks, 5 room log
house and room frame house, good
well, and nice young orchard.
No. 30. 529 acres fine bottom land;
mile river front on Black river; 306
acres under fence; 200 acres fine cane
land; valuable white oak timber or
land
No. 81. Block of incest residence
property in Newark, near schoo
building.
No. b. Block nice residence prop
erty in west side Newark block from
school building.
No. II. 40 acres numbered land mi
north Of Newark; good hill land and
nice location for small fruit farm.
NO. 33. Block residence property il
north part OF town; so bearing apple
trees on place; choice residence prop
erty.
81. 70-acre farm with 30 acres clear.
ed, good Broom house with stone
chimney, and good well and barn; alse
, room house; grows half bale Of cot
ton per acre; 3 miles north of town.
No. 3S. 40 acres timbered land on
Village creek, miles from Newport
fine land; valuable white oak timber
on place.
43. 500 acres good bottom land, Isl
acres in timber; 50 acres in timothy
good room house; good barn and Out
buildings; good orchard: 100 acres il
pasture; improvements good: located
, miles from Newark; "a fine stock
farm. Price five thousand dollars
40, room house and acre land il
north edge of city, at bargain.
46. acres nice residence property
in north edge of city; beautiful loca.
ton, and genuine bargain.
D. 1000 acres fine river bottom lan0
on Black river, lying on both sides OF
railroad; over 200 acres in cultivation:
400 acres in pasture; good timber, {
miles river front, railroad station ano
switch on place, all good farming lane
and has natural drainage, fine for cot.
ton, and would make as fine stock
farm as any Of its size in the South.
M 90. Fine bottom farm of IL
acres, on White river. six miles from
Newark and 81 miles above Jackson.
port: so acres in cultivation; good -four
room house, good barn and other out
buildings, and orchard of 100 trees
fine land and will grow bale Of cotton
or % bushels corn per acre, and is only
half-mile from school house.
No 10. Good 4-room house and six
acres of land. all in cultivation, one
mile west Of Newark; fine location fol
nice home and good poultry or fruit
farm; good water, and small orchard.
No. -. l4l acres timber land on
Black river, half-mile of river front;
fine cane land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LENox, Mass. September 2.-Cricket
has a high standing as a sport In Lenox.
This Is because the game is better under
stood here than in other Berkshire towns
and cities. The game has been played for
half dozen years in Lenox. but only In
the last two years has its prominence, be-
cause Of the interest taken in the game by
cottagers. made 1t rival with the national
game in the wealthy resort town. There
are several estates in Lenox which have
their own cricket teams. among them Elm
Court, Pinecroft and Bellefontaine, and
excellent talent is developed for the Lenox
team from the ranks OF these estates. The
majority of the players are native Eng
lishmen who played the game across the
water, and in Lenox have found congenial
soil.
William b. Osgood. son-in-law of Will
liam Douglas Sloane, wealthy New
Yorker, has done much in promoting the
sport. He is a member of Elm Court and
Lenox teams. and is a giver of a cup for
the best batting average made by a Lenox
player in the Berkshire League games this
season.
Edward r. Wharton of New York. who is
always a spectator when he is in Lenox at
the games played by the LenoX Club, has
given a beautiful silver stein as a trophy to
be awarded to the bowler making the best
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
CHAPEL SERVICES RESUMED
personal and Other Items From St,
Elizabeth's HOSPITAL.

Inc resumption Of religious services in
the chapel of the Hospital for the Insane
VIII take place this afternoon. beginning
at o O'Clock. Rev. Emerson W. Bliss OF
Washington will officiate The choir. COM
posed OF employees of the hospital will re-
sumo duty, with Mr.. Edward T. Davis, who
mas directed the musical organization at
the asylum for a number of wears in
charge. Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson will again
be the organist. These chapel services are
attended by many of the patients, and are
intended mainly for their benefit. There
are designated for the service five chan
iains of various denominations, who off,
clate for period of two months each
Those who will follow Rev Dr. Bliss in
the order named, are: Rev. willard G..
Davenport. rector of Emmanuel Protestant
Episcopal Church. Anacostia; Rev Charles
M. Bart, pastor of st. Teresa's Church. An
acostia: Rev. William E. Parson, DID,. pas
tor OF the Church of the Reformation
Washington; Rev. DR.. John Chester, Wash
ington.
Mrs. S. Meloy of the hospital will leave
this evening on her annual vacation. She
Will visit friends in Athens Columbus and
other cities in Ohio.
MISS Ruth Swami of the institution is at
Atlantic City.
number of hospital people are on va
cation at MorgantoWn, Md among them
being Miss Kate Mcnamara, Miss Mary
Mcnamara and Miss Julia Neill
Mrs. Annie ]. Edelin, has returned to the
hospital after a visit with her son George
at Gap Farm, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
ON THE RIVER FRONT
POWER BARGE ABOUT READY
FOR COMMISSION.

The new power barge belonging to Mr..
Robert Murphy of this city and Westmore-
land county, Va, which has been fitting
out at Baltimore for service in the Potomac
between this city and river points, will be
ready to go into service, 1t is stated some
time during the coming week. The new
barge will be the largest one Of her kind on
the Potomac, If not on Chesapeake bay,
and will, it Is stated, be followed by other
freighters with gasoline power She Is fit
ted with big gasoline engine Of 100 horse
power and will have a speed Of about eight
miles an hour.
She will carry $50 tons of dead weight
and will load $50 cords of wood. The barge
will bring cargoes of wood and lumber from
Nomini and other points on the river to this
city. She built at Davis & Sons ship
yard at Solomon's Island. Maryland.
The big barge Gladiolis was brought into
port yesterday and taken to the wharf of
the Asphalt Brick and Tile Company at the
foot of South Capitol street, to take aboard
a cargo of several Thousand asphalt brick
for Richmond, where they will be used in
street improvement work. During the past
two months over a million of these paving
blocks have been sent by barges from this
city to the Virginia city.
The tug boat Mary Ann Shea, which has
been hauled out on the marine railway at
Benefits boat yard for the past two weeks
having nef nun rebuilt, was competed ana
put overheard yesterday. She will sail at
once for a lower river point to load
cargo for this city. AS soon as she was
put overheard a big barge belonging to
John Miller was hauled out and is to be
rebuilt before she is again put overheard
The barge will be on the railway for two or
more weeks
The little fishing sloop Lady Bug has
about completed the overhauling of her
hull and will be put overheard from Rea-
gan's railway tomorrow. Before the little
craft will go into service she will be sup
piled with new mast, which has been
built at the boat yard for her. When the
work on the sloop Is completed she will go
to the fishing grounds in the lower Potomac
for the fall fishing.
The harbor police authorities visited all
the steamers that bring freight up from the
lower river this morning and supplied the
pursers with copies of the game laws, show
Ing the legal time for killing game and of
fering It for sale In the District Of Colum-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

POST CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
LIKELY TO BE WRECKED

pose we draw $1,000 paid admissions In the
first four games, although do not believe
the attendance will reach that by 1900
what do we get? The commission fixes the
price Of the admissions. but I hardly think
they will average more than 80 per cent.
That would be $4,000 Ten per cent or for
the commission, leaves $4,000. Now sup
pose we should win the first three games
and lose the last four We get 25 per cent
of the $4,000. That would give US 5000 to
divide among twenty men-about $500
apiece. 1t certainly is most liberal propo-
sition to the loser when compared with
what the Pittsburgs got for losing the
championship to Boston. My figures give
the club owners all of the best of it. too
II would not blame manager for re-
fusing to risk his reputation under the cir
cumstances. AS for me think / shall go
right home after the regular season Is
over. and SO do several of the rest of the
boys.
THE players want division of 60 and 40
tween % and rs per cent. Again, why
should the commission get any money out
of the games except the expenses of adj
vertising, umpires and the cost of the
prizes.
'They cut us out of the last three games
by direct reflection on our honesty. They
say there can be no throwing off because
the incentive to win every game Is there
under their plan. Well, ball player is out
to win every game. No team is going to
the men would lose prestige and money by
doing So
why not give the players a percentage
OF the entire receipts? I'll guarantee that
there will be no effort to make the series
tie up to the last game. Each team
would like to win four Straight. If possible,
even If more money could be obtained by
playing the entire seven.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, August &c 1905.
With the approach of September the first
faint rumbles of the foot ball season are
beginning to be heard throughout the land.
The coaches that will handle the squads at
the various eastern and western colleges
are completing the final arrangements for
the opening of play and before another
month has passed the first of the ambitious
candidates will have received taste of
the grind that is to bring them either gore
or glory. In this section indications point
to Pennsylvania as being the first group of
players to take up routine training, al
though they will be preceded in point of
priority by several western university
squads. According to the latest reports
from Quaker quarters the first move in the
Pennsylvania campaign for gridiron honors
in 1905 will be made on September 1, when
Capt. Reynolds will establish himself in
Philadelphia to greet the incoming candi-
dates for places on the team. Half-back
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
CRICKET AT LENOX

average. Both these gifts have stimulated
the game, and the Lenox team Is today
playing the best cricket In fts career. For
years the club has been handicapped for
the want Of proper grounds. Negotiations
were made for several locations this year,
and II was decided to accept the offcr OF a
millionaire carpet manufacturer. who ten
dered the use of field about mile from
the center OF Lenox. on Kembier street.
Here men OF wealth interested In the game
paid for the preparation of the sod. Many
natives of Denox are gradually becoming
well versed in bowling.
Sir Mortimer Durand, the British ambas-
sador TO the United States, is the president
of the Lenox Cricket Club. He has been a
constant participant In the games OF the
club, but during the summer a recurrence
of the trouble with his knee. brought about
by being much on his feet I'm New York
recently, has put him out of the game for
the present. The ambassador was hit by a
pitched ball last autumn. and has at in
tervals since been troubled by stiffness OF
the knee. The injury is not serious, how
ever.
Carlos NJ de Hereda OF New York. an
other enthusiastic cricketer, Ia an Italian
count. He does not use his title In this
country, and prefers 10 be known as NJ.
de Heredia. He married the daughter OF
Henry H. Cook of New York, who has a
beautiful villa at Wheatleigh. in tho south
west part OF Lenox. NJ. de Heredia has
played the game abroad. and his interest
has been of benefit in establishing the
game at Lenox.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
RUMBLES OF FOOT BALL


Greene and Quarter back Stevenson are at
present resting in the mountains Greene
is in fine condition, being fifteen pounds
heavier than last season, and will make a
great fight for the place of full back, left
vacant by A E. Smith. who will assist In
coaching this year. Greene's most formid-
able competitors for the place are thought
10 be Fowell. Sheble and either Boeckmann
or Hollenbach. The prospects for the team
this fall are considered encouraging by all
of the players. and a repetition of last
years successful season is predicted. Much
faith is placed in the Pennsylvania coach
ing staff this fall, and the assistance OF
George Woodruff is thought to be one OF
the best features of the situation. 1t has
been frequently reported that Woodruff has
evolved a new series of epoch-making plays,
such as he brought out in his famous guard
back attacks and while DR.. Carl Williams
and Coach Dickinson will not confirm this,
it IS known that there have been several
conferences IN which blackboard diagrams
have figured prominently. Both Stevenson
and Greene have attended these illustrated
talks, and have intimated TO close friends
that the red and blue will spring something
new in the big games this fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

clubs, including the Athletics. have not ex-
pressed themselves, but the Chicago and
New York players have been grumbling.
In the National League the players say
that they are willing to meet any Amert-
can League team, but, naturally, they do
not expect to play for marbles.
When the Boston and Pittsburg teams
played in 1908 the players divided most OF
the money, each man getting more than
s., 500. Under the contemplated arrange
ment the players could not hope to realize
more than half that much this fall.
The rules for the division of the receipts
to which the players note exceptions are as
follows:
First-Ten per cent of the gross receipts
of all of the games shall be paid to the
national commission.
Second-Forty per cent of the balance
from the first four games shall form a
pool for the players of the two teams, to be
divided, IS per cent to the winner and 70
per cent to the loser of the contest.
Thfrd-After the 10 per cent deduction for
the commission and the 40 per cent, which
forms the players pool from the first four
shall be divided equally among the two
clubs.
There is another clause which provides
that the players shall be paid regular
salary during the series.
IF we play under this arrangement" said
one of the Giants recently, about all we
shall get will be a championship button
and perhaps money enough to pay expenses.
1.-The generosity of the commission is
amazing. After grabbing off 10 per cent of
the gross receipts they let us fight 1t out
for division of the 80 per cent remaining.
That includes only the first four games.
kH
"There will be approximately forty play
ers who will share in the receipts. Sup