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The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1906-03-16
ROGERS DAVIS LITTLE
A Few Thoughts on the Present
''Beautifur Political Sit
uation in Arkansas.
To The Newark Journal:

TO The Newark JournaE
From whatever viewpoint the
present political compaign in our
state is regarded, objectlonal fea-
lures are seen. Every intelligent
voter, however. ought to be able
to solve the problem for himself.
Our state has become paradise
of office hunters, and the methods
seem somewhat out of whack, "
for instead of their directing their
shafts to the particular Offices they
are after. some of the hunters
point them against others, who are
after different positions OF trust.
Is this right Every Democratic
voter must answer for himself.
For my part, while | admit it
could not ordinarily be justified,
especially in view of the scurri-
Gous and slanderous extent to
which it is carried, | think it per-
fectly defensible, so far as Gov
ernor Davis candidate for the
United States Senate, his associ-
ates and assistants are concerned.
WHY? Among the points of con-
troyersey between him and Attor-
ney General Rogers, a candidate
for governor, an office for which
Davis openly declares him to be
morally unfit, is the recent tax
suits between the railroads and
the state. This Is the main con
tention between them, though
there are others, to which | will
allude. incidently. May | then,
in order to show that Governor
Davis is right, and thus vindlcate
him. make IA short exposition oil
just a few of these matters!
Under two separate assignments
of taxes, made under oath by the
Board of Railroad Assessors, com
posed of Governor Davis, Auditor
Monroe and Secretary of State
Crockett, The railroad companies
owed the state 100000 IN round
numbers. To enjoin the collec
ton OF these taxes, they filed suits,
all based on exactly the same
grounds, and Senator Clark was,
at the instance of his friend Coy
ernor Davis, employed TO assist
the Attorney General in defend
ing the suits. After some time, q
compromise was proposed 10y
whom it is not known, whereby
the railroads were to pay just a
little over half of the sum due ano
to pay the Senator $50, 200 as 8
fee, and while both Davis ano
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1906-03-16

been paid in the state treasury in
stead of to Clarke, leaving the
state to pay Clarke what was right.
But what is there in all OF this
Can anything paid senator be
exhorbitant? What differ nee
does it make whether two honest
diligent laborers could earn that
much in lifetime or not, or
whether it was as much as the
governor of the state would make
in ten years? 1t is unfair to meas
ure the services of SO eminent and
august parsonage as a United
States senator by such low stand
ard. Such being should not be
mentioned in the same breath with
common laborer. And as to
what the governor makes, Rogers
is altogether off. In these modern
days Of thought. honesty and re-
sources, that office has many
fruitful perquisies, pertaining to
pardons, vouchers for personal
expenses, certain kinds of traffic,
etc., in which private secretary
jacobson appears prominently
useful.
Rogers seems to be in a bad
way always to have had hard
time. Born in poverty, he dad to
work on the farm from the time he
could reach up TO the pillow handle,
until he attained manhood to sup
port his poor mother and her
younger children.
He was engaged at this while
those who so Justly assail him and
say he is moally unfit to be trust
ed. were attending school at the
expense of their parents, and wal
lowing in luxury. Not having
known any of the hardships or
wants of life, they know that
$50, 900 for a few hours work is
not too much for them, and that
man like Rogers, who is SO poor
as to have to borrow money, is
morally unfit to be trusted. But
Rogers, who was born in poverty,
and who has so long lived and
toiled under it, knows nothing of
what it takes to constitute true
worth. Why then, 'sa6ald ne -tss-~
pire to be governar.
Davis and Clarke want Little for
Governor. Everything they dc,
they do it in his interest. All this
literature, the Lubbock county and
Van Buren, business and every
thing else Davis can work up, is
sent out from headquarters, and
largely at the state expense.
What will come next, we know
not. But this we do know. Davis,
Clarke. rnd the entire political
ring want us TO vote for Little.
/ Then let us do it, All, gentlemen,
voters of Arkansas. stand by
Davis. Vote as he tells YOU. IL
/ he not infallible! SoRGUM.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1906-03-16
Real Estate For Sale.
Some Bargains in Desirable Farm and City Property
Offered by Craig & Henderson.

NO. 53. so acres Big Bottom land
u miles from Newark; 80 acres in cul-
tivation, 3 acres in alfalfa; grows bale
OF cotton TO the acre.
NO. 81. , acres incest residence
property in north part of town; gooG
we'll and garden on place.
30. 100 acre farm 3 miles north of
town, 40 acres in cultivation, 20 acres
good timber, no rocks, 5 room log
house and room frame house, gooo
well, and nice young orchard.
NO. 80. 529 acres fine bottom land
mile river front on Black river; BOG
acres under fence; 200 acres fine cane
land; valuable white oak timber OF
land.
No. 80, $50 acres good bottom land;
20 in cultivation; good two-r room house
and good barn; enc mile from railroad
station. so per acre; cash, balance
to suit purchaser.
No &C. 80 acres rich, alluvial 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 S15 per acre. i'll be sold for
1 cash, halan ;e ON your own time.
No. 81 so acres good land with good
3-room house and good barn; 80 acres
in cultivation, balance timber, 90 acres
fenced. Makes bale of cotton aud 30
bushels corn per acre. So per acre;
cash, balance on your own time,
No, 6S SO acres good land, all under
fence, good Broom house. 80 gcres in
cultivation, balance in pasture; good
barn. So per acre cash, balauce to
suit purchaser.
No 90. Good farm of So acres, 45 in
cultivation located 6 miles northeast
Of Newark; good three room box house
fine cistern, good barn and orchard Of
30 bearing trees: good white and red
oak timber on land not in cultivation
Located near church and school house.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1906-03-16

No ?. 50 acres good bottom land 4
Mlles NE. Newark; half subject TO
overflow, balance above highwater;
~ acres in cultivation. Fine land and
"a bargain.
No. q. 279 acre farm adjoining
faroquet, 40 acres in cultivation, 20
asfes in pasture; one Groom frame
and one 2-roon box. house on place.
. GIood we'll, two pumps, three barns,
1.-TWO good orchards of so bearing trees;
dand not in cultivation has good tim
Der.
Do. 100 acrefarm with 40 improved
good orchard of 300 trees, good room
frame house and good barn; everlast-
any spring.
90. 10 acres in northeast part Of
town, all under good fence; good 3
room box house with brick flHeS; good
well of water, barn, garden; orchard
'oi 70 bearing trees of apples; also
pears, peaches and grapes.
81. 440 acres mile north Of Paro-
squet; l40 acres IN cultivation; $50 acres
under fence; pastures, / OF 100 acres
and of 40 acres; 4 broom and Broom
houses, good barns, pumps and plenty
of water; three-tourths mile of river
front; ferry landing on place; makes
three.f0ufthS 10 Il bale of cotton and
40 to 60 bushels OF corn per acre.
Price ifty-hve hundred dollars.
No. 81. New Groom house with
God barn and smukehouSe, fine water
and all modern conyeniences, located
two blocks from school building, and
near Baptist church. One of the most
desirable locations in town, and will
be sold 1T a barggn.
No. 26. 40 acre farm, so acres 10
cultivation; good timber on land not
in cultivation; three broom houses.
5000 well anal spring, y acre orchard
Located miles north OF Newark.
mile from Black River Academy, mile
from church and in good neighborhood.
Small creek runs through the farm.
NO. q. One block beautiful resi-
dence lots Just north of school build.
ing. Very desirable property and a
Bargain.
No. 64 40 acres good land one mile
northeast of Maguess. 30 acres in Gull
ivaton; double box house with hall;
good well. good barn; good spring of
water aud nice young orchard.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1906-03-16
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The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1906-03-16

and brought to bear the persuasive
influence of their high official po-
sitions in favor of its hasty consul
nation, Rogers from his poor lit
tie position as attorney general,
had the audacity to oppose it.
Is it not plain that he was wrong
in this? How could Governor
Davis and Clarke have gotten the
$50, 900 which they so much need
ed, if the compromise mad not
been made? What right had Ro-
gers to complain, even though
they took the whole business and
left the state nothingl The state
had plenty of money in the treasu-
ry and did not need any more.
Still Rogers kicked, and thereby
disqualified himself for governor.
What did the people elect Clarke
and Davis for, if not to take care
of themselves and of each .otherl
Governor Davis and Senator
Clarke should have the right to
tell the people whom to elect.
They will then be able, through
the machinery of the party organi-
zation, which will continue under
their absolute control, not only to
perpetuate themselves In the high
offices of their choice, indefinitely,
but to dictate who shall hold all
the state Offices from governor on
down. This would relieve the
people from the annoyance of this
modern method of ceaseless cam
paigning, exempt them from the
burden of holding primaries, and
/ do away with the necessity for SO
much unseemingly Boosting and
uncomfortable lying. It's there
i fore. a consumation devoutly to
i be wished. The voters would then
be at no trouble or uncertainty at
all.
Apprehending that Rogers would
undertake to make political capt
tai by assailing the compromise,
/ Davis, who thoroughly under
stood the demands of the times,
determined to anticipate him. In
his first formed speech as candi-
/ date for the United States senate
/ he declared that it was the best
compromise ever made, arraigned
Rogers for opposing it, and chal-
] lenged to combat. Roges seeming
slow about accepting the chal-
lenge, and unwilling to mix up his
own race with the race for the
senate, Davis not only con tlnued
70 arraign him about opposing
the best compromise ever made,
but adroitly ferreted out the fact
that he had borrowed S4S6 10, had
hundreds of thousands of copies oil
the note given for it printed, cir
culated them all over the state, anC
in his speeches urged this fact az
an additional reason why Rogers
was unfit to be governor. Thus
forced into controversy, Roger
was reduced to the wretched .neces
sity of defendining himself by de
nyin that the compromise was, IL
fact the best compromise eve
made,o and urging his poverty a.
an excuse for borrowing the mon
ey. He even had the hardlhooC
to insist that a compromise tina
released the railroad from half o
what they justly owed, was no
only not good one, but was indie
fensible, and that being poor ant
having to borrow money, did not
from moral point of view. unti
man for govtrnor. But in all o
this, is it nj plain that he wa
wrong2 He was attorney genera
when he borrowed the money
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-22
Cut and Come Again.

A Quaker in taking his usual walk before dinner chanced to meet with a friend whom he had not seen for q long time, and. after hearty shake of the hand and little friendly conver- sation, he asked the friend in the usual mode to go home with him, saying:
 Friend, wilt thou go and stick thy fork in my pudding today?'
 The friend replied in the affirmative. Thank thee, neighbor, l will" And so the two Quakers trudged off home to- gether.
 In consequence of the friend being just off journey and good trencher- man also he stuck his fork not only in his pudding, but in his meat as well, and, having passed his plate so many times and being almost ashamed to do so again without making an excuse, said:
 'Neighbor, according to custom, 1 cuts and comes again"
 well, friend" replied the Quaker, "thou shalt cut as long as thou think proper, now thou bcest here, butt look ing him straight in the face, "come again thou never shalt" London Mail.
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"What Is Propriety Pink

The question, Why is propriety pink |? Is fallacous. Such expressions as the pink of propriety" and the pink of perfection have really nothing to do with color at all, but descend from Mercutio's ivory pink of courtesy" which is at once explained by Romeo as pink for flower" Romeo's expla- nation Is either correct or silly shakespearean pun, pink" really standing for eliminating point acme. In either case color does not come into the matter. The flower pink" is not named after the color, but vice versa-contrariw to the case of "carnation,' in which the fies y col or has given it's name to the flower. X pink" is so named either because the flower is 'pinked," as punctured needlework or punctured duelist is, or because 1t resembles an eyelet-the pink eyne" of 'plumpe Bacchus" in Antony and Cleopatra not pink colored eyes, but eyes half shut, brought to point" Pic" a peak or point, is the common Celtic ancestor of the various s'pinks '-Speetator
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-22

One year aso o1 the 11th of April J s Cullie took charge If the sani- tarH department of Pine Blntf. and in teyiewin4 his years work to q Graphic reporter recently, presented some interesting statistics re2arding the affairs of the department, partic- ularly in the fight that has been made against smallpox. While NIT. Cunic's work embraces d multitude of different duties, the keeping down of smallpox and the preventing of all epidemic is probably the most im= portant feature of the work.
 When he took charge ot the de partment on the 11th of April. 1903, there Were then seven patients i'll the pesthOuse with smallpox. After that time up to May 11th. there We're five new cases put i'll. including one fami- ly of three people, C. H. Jackson. wife and daughter. The patients were discharged from time to time. and on June 10, the last patient was discharged cured and the pesthouse was closed for the summer.
 II then remained closed till Sep tember 10 when it was opened to receive A. killoush. a white man. who had an unusually severe ease of the disease. He was ill forty days, and finally recovered. and on Octo- Der 20. the house was closed. to stay closed until Jaunary 1o, 1906. Mr Killoueh's having been the only ease in town in that time.
 From January 10. till April H., there were forty cases i'll the pest b0use. thirtv-siX of whom came from the city and four from the county. There were eleven eases 4uatantlned in town. Sixteen out of the forty ill the pesthOuse were white persons, and eight out of the eleven in the city were white persons. The small noX has been kept down to fewer eases this season than it Was last vear. and Sanitarian Gurfie thinks that this was due in d great measure to the compulsory vaccination i'll Feb
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-22
 SWANS LUCK.

After several unsuccessful attempts ta circle the airy reeions above Pine Bluff, Burt Swan finally hit happy continuation and made a successful aecension from the street at the side of the Trulock hotel Friday eVenhs' His bad luck was not entirely gone, however. as he was dashed against the side of the hotel as he went ou and very narrowly escaped serious injury. Had he struck foot or two ta either side he would have crashed through a window and probably would have been badly hurt.
 It will be remembered that last Saturday. while he was getting ready to make an ascension, Swans bal loon was partially destroyed as the result of someone "monkeying' with the generator He managed to get It repaired this week, and his ascension Friday pleased a large crowd, who responded liberally to the sollclta- tons of Shorty Levine in behalf of MT. Swan before the ascension.
 He had expected to go up about , 30. but on account of some delay in stting the balloon fixed he was not ready to start till after 6 o'clock. i'he big bag was inflated with gas, and after everything had been clear ed away Mr. Swan gave the signal to loose the ropes. This was done, and he shot up into the air, and then ta the horror of the crowd, swung directly at the side of the Hotel Trulock. He struck it hard, but managed to break the force Of tho blow with his feet, and continued his flight up into the air. very slight current of wind carried him out over the river, and he cut loose the para chute. after several intellectual at tempts. and landed safely about ten feet from the south shore of tn" liver directly back of the hotel build i,,g. He was uninjured except for 2 few slight bruises sustained when ha struck the hotel.
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AMUSEM MENTS.
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Good Audience.

Good audiences attended both per fOrmanceS given at the Dime Amuse- ment parlor Friday night, and the ex- cellent program presented was very we'll received Some of the views Were way above the average shown at an entertainment of this kind, and the feature picture, that of Loie Full CT in one of her famous dances, was especially good. Loie Fuller is prob ably the greatest American dans6use on the stage today, and the picture was a faithful representation.
 Mr. Roscoe Humphrey, the young tenor soloist. was at his best Friday evening. and his three numbers were exceedingly good. Two of them were illustrated by beautiful eolored pie lures thrown on the screen, giving much more interest to the songs. At the conclusion of the program Man a@er Mcdonald announced that a spe- cial matinee for children would be aiven Saturday afternoon. This show is one of the best amusements that las come 10 Pine Bluff, and il is to be bcred that the managers decide to r,al5e il permanent amusement fea- t.,.e ia Pine Bluff.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-22
FRANK HEAD A VISITOR.

Frank H. Head, formerly cashier of the Merchants and Planters bank, and now chief cashier of the Bank of Commerce, at Kansas City, Mo-, one of the largest financial institutions in the country. came down Friday even ing to meet his insepafable friend and business associate, M. 4. Austin. MT. Head will remain in Pine Bluff I night and a day to meet some Of hi old.timo friends and then himself and MT. Austin will 20 to Hot Springs to cether over the Pine Bluff and West ern to sepnd few days. MT. Head will be remembered as one of the most representative and beloved em- pioyes of that old established banf- inc institution, the Merchants, an' Planters bank. His friends Will e1Vo him welcome after his three years absence that will amount almost to an ovation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-22
PINE BLUFFS WARFARE
 AGAINST SHALL pOX

ialarH, 19"5. Fh1t material saving Nils made is shown " fhe fact that tho expenses fer the month If Feb mary. leo5. we1e Si.1io all oi which eanF= oat If the city aSuIy. and for February. l9o6, the expenses were on y $4a2.
 Nc che who Was vaccinated last year had the smallpox so far IS is known. Mr. Cmrie had 8 number of persons Vdccinated aftel ii was known that they has been exposed to the disease, and if they took it at all il was in very mild form. There lave been more severe cases this year than is usual but only one vie tim died in the city. and That was more from old age than smallpox TWO victims died in the posthouse, one being a white man, and the other negro The white man was sick with bladder trouble before he was stricken with smallpox. and the neg TO had been working in the mud and water after he was exposed and his throa, sWelled ap and choked him to death.
 Sanitary Officer Cufrie also called special attention to the splendid work tbat Dr. Blackwell has dano in ealin@ fer these patients. He has given all the patients the best of care ahd attention. and this has had a great deal 10 do with the small percentage of fatalities. One negro had q ease os continent smallpox, which IS al most without exception fatal, ana a1thouch he was crazy for two weeks, he was finally brought around by the eki1lfuI miniStfations of Dr. Black well. and finally recovered enilfelS' although every bit of his skin came off Althouoh MT. Currie was too modest to say so, he has also de- voted T good share of his time to the smallpox patients, and also to meas uros for the prevention of the dls- ease and the work of the department in battling with the disease is l good one, and one that any city may we'll he prOud of
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sts z@s-~-k SAYS NE SLEW SIEUl>LIv Harry Orchard, helesale Assas sin. CoufesSes Nurder oi
 IdahO'S Ex- Governor.
ONLY ONE or MANY ViCTINS
Dynamiting at Independence. Colo, WEi@i Cost Thirteen Lives, Was Richards Work Run Down by Nemesis
 of Nelly Maguires.

Harry Orchard. alleged tool of the se Federation of Miners, has made Il COZ tession. These are some Of the thing he says he has done hy order of tae inner circie.H
 He planted and exploded the bomb which blew up the railroad station at Independence, Colo, killing thirtc"a men and man@liu@ six others
 He arranged the mechanism ana planted the bomb which slew former Governor Steul,enbcrg of Idaho as he was entering the gate of his home at caldwell Ida
 He hired man to poison to death his former associate. Neville. at Gold tielt.S, Ncv.
 He ltid q bomb in the path of Chief Judge Gcbbcrt of Colorado. and though the judge is alive, an innocent man was blown to bits.
 lie buried Il bomb at the gate to the residence of Judge Goddard of the St prcme court of Colorado in Denver dhA-N ''o'tN'tld 'SN lt-t titttlil, siliN lbN. bomb was dug up after Orchards con feSsiOn
 He plotted the death of Govprnoi Peabody of Colorado, and the latter was oil several occasions within |; few moments or d few inches of death.
 He was the instrument chosen to slay D. IT. Moltatt, q wealthy Colorado banker and railroad owner, who un willingly saved his own life by =op portuncly sailing for Europe.
 He attempted to wreck a train bear ing more than eco persons returning from a military ball. but for once h.s heart failed him, and he warned the conductor
 As d result Of Orchards confession President Charles IT. Mover Secretary William b. Haywood and Executive Officer I'ettibonc of the Western Eel eration are in the Canyon county QdH. jail charged With instigatjng the nun der of eX-Governor Steuneuhere.
 It was James MacParland the Pin kerton detective, who broke up the iu famous Molly Maguircs in the an thracite coal fields many years ago who ran Orchard down and forced him to tell what he had done.
 Three days after the assassination O. Steunenberg the case was turned over to Mcfarland. His suspicious from the first were directed toward Orchard and within q short time he had sutii cient evidence to warrant his arrest. Cowed by Awful Silence.
 By McParlands orders Orchard wa, taken to the Boise pententiary ane placed in solitary confinement in ono of the death cells. Everything was done for his luxurious comfort except that he could not have the daily papers and under no circumstances was he tG hear the sound of the human voice The death corridor was still as the grave, the men outside the door sat