The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1909-03-26
Vol. 8. No. SO
AT THE STATE CAPITOL
representative j. l.. Brown Writes of
Things at Little Rock

As a member the Lower House of
the General Assembly | am thrown in
contact with men from the four corners
of the state. Some of them are near
each other in point of geography and
far separate in points OF mental and
moral makeup. Others have hundreds
OF miles stretching out between their
homes, while they breathe the same
moral atmosphere and move on the
same intellectual plane.
Some are men with noble minds,
Within them beats warm pure heart
To knowledge and to virture both in
clined;
Willing to know and do their part.
Inside their hearts there turks no guile,
Inside their hands they grasp no
bride,
The boodler knows its not worth while
To seek enlistment from his tribe.
| am glad to say there are several
such choice spirits within the assembly,
but [ have neither time nor space TO
mention each in this brief article, but
will content myself at this time by
calling your attention to our highly
esteemed friend, Clarence Price New
ton, OF England, Lonoke county.
Mr.. Newton is a young man, only
20 years of age. He is strong and
robust in mind, but rather frail in
body.
He is in the enjoyment of SINGLE
blessedness, if there be such thing
He cares for his mother and refers to-
her in his talks in way that is tender
touching and beautiful. He is one of
the best orators in the house. His
words are clean and clear cut; his
thoughts sparkle with them like apples
of gold in pictures of silver. [ have
his card on which is clustered some of
his thoughts. | append the same that
i in them hem W oq may catch glimpse of
''Life's short, too short to waste;
that's why I must keep busy. I'd
rather it wasn't so tleeting; | wish we
lived to seven hundred instead of to
seventy; but we don't. Then | must
keep busy thinking, loving, working
and resting-but being human l must
dream a little, hate some, idle occas-
sionally and dissipate a bit. But its
my constant effort to put into each
day more of love, and less of hate,
more of work and less of idleness,
more of rest and less of waste. Thus
[ can do my duty as | see it, and be
helpful to my fellowmortals. | would
not be professional good man. but
even if | do have to use all the day
light between Sundays to make liv-
ing, can be helpful to the humblest
sure of the recompense, for the divin-
est Joy | can know before Heaven,
comes in the wake of service to others.
| know enough of the worlds way not
to expect to escape the thorns of in
gratitue while drinking in the sweet
fragrance of the roses that nod to me
as | tread crooked path through the
garden OF life, for | already know
what it is to be Inexperienced by my
own best friends, criticised by some
for my enacted sympathy for others,
betrayed by a few in whom | trusted,
and rejected by some whom | preferred
to help. But these thistles only heighten
the beauty and fragrance of the flowers
of love and worth. All will come out
right for most mortals mean well and
God is good"
Doubtless Bro. Newton was pricked
by some of the above mentioned
''thistles" while he was asking the
"dear people" of his county to elect
him to office. But there is one thing
of which feel assured:
His people will not rue the day,
that they helped him on his way.
J. L. BROWN. &