The Newark Journal
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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1921
VOL. 21 NO. 25
KILLS HIS BROTHER
IN FIGHT OVER LAND
George Williams, of Near
LePanto, Slain by Harry. .
—Last Sunday
LePanto, Oct. 5.—As a re
sult of a quarrel over a land
deal George Williams, aged
4'0, was shot and killed Sun
day by his brother, Harry
Williams, aged 38, who has
been taken to Harrisburg for
k a preliminary hearing.
The trouble occurred at
Harry Williams’ home. The
latter ran in the house and
locked himself in, it is said,
and George Williams broke
down the door and started to
enter with a shotgun when
Harry W’illiams, who had pro
cured a shotgun, fired upon
him. The brother died short
ly after.
The dead man, who was
not married- had been arrested
several times for violation of
the liqor law and on other
charges.
BIG YIELD OF COTTON
Walnut Ridge, Oct. 1.—Os
car Decker has gathered 1,382
pounds of cotton off a piece
of ground that measured a
half an acre on the Ponder
farm here, and expects to
gather that much more. This
yield is equal to three bales
per acre.
BUY NEWSPAPER PLANT
James L. Bland, connected
with the Newport Daily Inde
pendent for two years, and
A. C. Wilkerson, editor and
owner of the Independent,
have bought the Walnut-Ridge
Times - Dispatch, formerly
owned by Walter Smith.
Bland will edit and publish
the Walnut Ridge paper.
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TAX ASSESSMENTS
LOSE $45,000,000
Big Slump in Tax Assessments
in Arkansas For This
Year
Little Rock, Oct. 5.—Ark
ansas this year faces a $45,
000,000 decrease in assess
ments, according to figures
compiled in the office of the
Arkansas Tax Commission,
The greater part of the de
crease is in assessment of per
sonal property which has
slumped heavily since the
j perio^ of war inflated prices,
| Officials of the commissior
Isay that it is doubtful thal
| there has ever been before sc
! great a decrease in a single
| -vUai
Of the 48 counties which
I have filed reports a gross ag
! gregate decrease of $23,000,
000 is shown. These 48 coun
ties last year showed a tota
I assessment of $302,000,000
[This year their total is $269,
j 000,000. The remaining 27
.counties represent more than
i half the assessed value of the
'state, as the total state assess
ment last year was $612,000,
000. Tax officials said thal
the estimated $45,000,00C
shortage is very conservative
and if the decrease recorder
in the 4*< counties continues
for the lemaining ones, it is
likely that the decrease maj
j exceed $50,000,000.
40 CENTS FOR COTTON
Newport, Sept. 30.—Re?
McCuistion, local cotton buy
(er, today bought three bales
1 of long staple cotton fron
* Clay Roberts of Diaz for 4(
| cents a pound. He also boughl
six bales from Ed Plant ol
Bpngel, paying 39 cents a
pound.
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Young man! If you will start RIGHT NOW anil
put a part of your earnings in the bank every pay day
there is nothing can stop you from becoming influen
tial and RICH.
Money .breeds .money. _ The man .with money
knows that the young man who can and does take
care of his own money will take care of his money
too. He TRUSTS him. The young man gets oppor
tunities for making more money and a partnership.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkansas
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000.00
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WORK PROGRESSING
ON POWER PLANT
__
Expected That Hydro-Electric
Plant on Red River Will be
Finished July 1
Little Rock, Oct. 5.—Two
years of investigation and
preparation will culminate
July 1st, next, with the pro
duction of electricity from
Arkansas’ first big hydro-elec
trict proposition, according to
the plans announced today by
the Arkansas Hydro-Electric
Development Company, of
which Virgil C. Pettie of Lit
tle Rock is president.
Mr. Pettie, who is vice pres
ident of the England National
Bank and president of the
Arkansas Advancement Asso
ciation, declares that comple
tion of Dam No. 1, on the Lit
tle Red River nine miles above
Judsonia, will be the greatest
business factor in stimulating
Arkansas’ industrial develop
ment and with the successful
financing of the construction
program, will place Arkansas’
securities on the,highest grade
in the money markets of the
(country.
The company’s project is
11 he laigest construction job
now under >vay in the entire
(State of Arkansas, it will in
| volve the expenditure of al
most $2,000,000 and is pro
viding employment for a small
army of men.
The salient features of what
I is called Dam No. 1 will in
: volve the construction of a re
■ inforced concrete dam across
! the Little Red river, nine miles
1 above Judsonia, creating a
lake 18 miles long. As a part
of the dam will be the power
house, with a capacity of 22,
000 H. P., the dam itself will
be 80 feet high and approxi
mately 850 feet long.
It will store three billion,
eight hundred million cubic
feet of usable water, ample to
insure continuous production
of electric current. The lake
'will cover 10,300 acres of
| land.
STORM SUNDAY EVENING
Office at Gin -Wrecked and
Treis and Fences Levelled
A severe rain and wind
storm did considerable dam
age here Sunday evening.
The wind wrecked the office
and scale shed of the Newark i
Gin Company and tore a small |
section oi root on tne gin
house.
Fences and trees were!
blown down in many places. !
The storm was accompanied |
by a light fall of hail, and cot
ton in the fields was damaged
to some extent but not serious
ly
WHISNANT WINS AGAIN
C. C. Whisnant of Paroquet
one of the best known chicken
fanciers in the state, has just
returned from Memphis,where
he had a splendid exhibit of
his White Leghorns, and scor
ed again on his collection.
Mr. Whisnant entered 22 fine
chickens at the Tri-State Fair,
capturing 16 ribbons end three
prizes out of a collection of
300 in hia class.
MILLION DOLLARS
IN COTTON BURNED
Twelve Thousand Bales Lost
When Cotton Compress at
Morriiton Bums
Morriiton, Oct. 3.—Damage
to the amount of approximate
ly $1,500,000 resulted from
fire which early last night de
stroyed a part of the Morriiton
Cotton Compress Company’s
plant. Approximately 12,000
bales of cotton were burned,
entailing a loss of about $1,
500,000, practically covered
by insurance.
The fire started when one
of the three sections of the
plant was struck by lightning
about G: 15 o’clock, and was
not placed under control un
til two of the sections had
been burned. The third sec
non, in wnich were located
the compress plant and one
warehouse, was saved by a 60
foot brick wall. Comparative
ly little damage was done to
the machinery and compress
plant, the biggest loss being
when the smoke-stack fell.
Two men ..were injured when
the stack fell, one of them
seriously, Paul Harris, aged
28, and George Scranton, aged
30, members of the volunteer
fire-fighting forces were
caught beneath the debris of
the falling stack. Harris was
severely injured about the
head but will cover.
It was the most spectacular
blaze ever seen in Morriltot
and a heavy downpour of rain
was of no assistance in fight
ing it. The fire was seen foi
miles around, and despite the
rain thousands from Morrilton
and surrounding country were
attracted to the scene.
The plant is owned by the
Lesser-Goldman Cotton Com
pany.
BUYS AUTO TRUCK
Growing Produce Firms Plans
to Expand Business
Fink & Galloway, local pro
duce dealers have purchased
a new- Ford chassis and will
have same converted into a
light truck to be used for de
livery purposes in their pro
duce and feed business here.
This new method of delivery
will enable this firm to better
serve their customers and se
cure business from a wider
range of territory than here
tofore.
WANTED ARKANSAS BRIDE
So Oklahoma Man’s Ad Brings
Him a Widow
Calico Rock, Oct. 1.—Mrs.
Mary Sullins, a widow of 45,
of Wild Cherry, left here to
day for Hobart, Okla., where
she is to be married to James
Taylor, a widower. The pros
pective union between the two
was the result of the groom
placing an advertisement in
the local paper at this place,
stating that he wanted to
marry an Arkansas woman.
He received a number of in
quiries and he carried on cor
respondence with Mrs. Sullins
for some time, until they de
cided to marry, whereupon he
: sent her the money to come to
Oklahoma.
RELEASING ACCUSED
MAN CAUSES ROW
Man Released by Co. Judge
Ordered Re-Arrested by
Circuit Judge
Batesville, Oct. 1.—At a
writ of habeas corpus proceed
ings held before County Judge
T. A. Gray, at which proceed
ings the state’s attorney was
not present, John Carpenter,
held in the county jail on a
charge of manslaughter by
Justice of the Peace J. A.
Holmes, was released on his
own recognizance to appear
before the Independence coun
ty grand jury.
Assistant Prosecuting Attor
ney Paul Ward, upon hearing
of Judge Gray’s action in the
matter, immediately wired
Circuit Judge Dene H. Cole
man who wras holding court at
New-port, who replied order
ing Corpenter re-arrested and
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MAM Hit lllli U11UCI
a bond of $500.
Upon receipt of this tele
gram a deputy sheriff re-ar
rested Carpenter and returned
him to jail, pending further
action. Carpenter who recent
ly moved to this county be
longs to a religious sect know
as “Jehova Bands,” and it is
charged that he permitted his
four months’ old child to die
without calling in a physiciar
or administering medicine foi
its relief. He has been helc
'to the action of the grand jurj
on a charge of manslaughtei
for this offense.
The date of the Baby Con
test at the Independence coum
ty fair has been changed, and
the contest will be held or
Thursday, October 20.
WHIPPED SISTER
KILLED BY FATHER
Craighead County Young Man
Intoxicated, Seizes PBstol
—Shot by Father
Jonesboro, Oct. 5.—John D.
Adams, aged 52, prominent
farmer of near Menette, killed
his son. John D. Jr., last night
at their home. The young
man, aged 25, was whipping
his sister when the father in
terferred. Young Adams seiz
ed a revolver, according to re
port, and shot twice at his
father, one bullet tearing off
the brim of the latter’s hat.
The elder Adams grabbed up
his shotgun and fired, the shot
taking effect around the son’s
heart. Death was instantane
ous.
Young Adams was intoxi
cated on “white mule” having
just come from a neighbor
hood wherp it is snsnontoH n
still is located. The slayer
went to Monette immediately
after the shooting and was
kept under guard until his pre
liminary hearing, which will
be held some time this after
noon. The shootings appear
to have been done in self-de
fense and acquittal is probable.
RUTLEDGE-SMITH
Arnim Rutledge of this
„ place and Miss Isabelle Smith
. of Swifton were married last
week at Swifton. Mr. and
Mrs. Rutledge spejit a few
days here visiting the groom’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Rutledge who resiae north of
town, returning ko Swifton the
latter part of the week wh^re
they will make their home.
s
Emmet Dalton
AND VIRGINIA LEE
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