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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, March
LET CONTRACT FOR
NEW BRICK BUILDING
Work on Another New Build
ing For Newark Will Com
mence Next Week
O. F. -Craig has let the con
tract for the erection of a ne\\
brick building on his lot ad
joining The Journal building
on Main Street,
The building will be small
but will be modern in every
particular, and practically fire
proof. The front is to be of
pressed brick and plate glass,
and the floor will be ot con
Thos. I. Young has secured
the contract for erecting the
building. The work of excavat
ing has already Deen started
and Mr. Young will begin the
actual construction early next
week.
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J. B. KETCHEM FOR
MAYOR OF NEWARK
The announcement of Jas.
B, Ketchenj as a candidate for
mayor of Newark appears in
today's paper.
Mr. Ketchem served the
town as mayor for three terms
a few years ago and has always
made good. He is progressive
and wide-awake on matters per
taining to the general welfare
and progress of the town.
During his terms as mayor
more permanent public im-'
provements were made than
were ever made during any j
previous administration.
Ha* stands .for-strict law en
forppfn^Tfr -and if elected will
make the town a good mayor.
TO DRILL FOR GAS
AT BATESVILLE
Batesville, March 28.—The
derrick for the oil and gas
well to be sunk in the Hinkle
pasture in the edge of Bates
ville has been completed, and
drilling will be&n as soon as
the machinery c«n be put in
place. Indieatior* for gas are
said to be excellent.
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Arrested on Arson
Charge but Escapes
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Fred Herrington was arrest
ed here Monday by Marshal F.
M. Gilbreath on instructions
from officers at Memphis,
where he is wanted On a charge
of arson.
When the officers went to
the home of his parents with
him to permit him to packsome I
clothes in a grip, Herrington
slipped out the back way and
made his escape.
It is charged that Herring
ton set fire to a house in Mem
phis in which his brother,Wash
Herrington, had some house
hold good stored, their purpose
being to burn the building and j
contents in order to get the in
surance on the household
goods, it is alleged.
It is said that the building
was only partially destroyed,
the fire being discovered by
some one and an alarm turned
in, and the building was saved
by prompt action of the fire
department. The goods belong
ing to Wash Herrington, stor
ed in the building were only
slightly damaged.
Wash Herrington is being
held in Memphis pending fur
ther developments in the mat
ter.
JUDGES APPOINTED
FOR TOWN ELECTION
Following is a list of judges
appointed bv the County Board
of Election Commissioners at
their meeting last Saturday to
hold the elections in their re
spective incorporated towns to
be held Tuesday, April 3.
Newark.—F. M. Martin,Tom
Ratton, G. L. Fink.
PleasantPlains.—Fred Hook,
H. W. Johnson. H. C. Scates.
Magness.—W. K. Crow, G.
L. Bevens, Albert Jackson.
Sulphur Rock. — Charles
Wright, Geo. Wood, Sam Tug
gle.
Cushman.—I). A. Allen, W.
F. Gray, L. S Starnes.
Jamestown.—A. P. Stewart,
E. A. Lovell, B. F. Bufford.
; as fast as they
'ir have nothing to
.these men would
Lnoney in the Bank
Mtion to save, they
Mt w:I! increase
iBhey take in mak
’i **r « »
t na>.s
Dollar
UP
you eat%d it.
The mar
with mo%?y
began l>uwn$
what he c^ld
in the Bar.
Who ^etsyie money
you^Wn ?
Many men spend tlwif
make it and at the end of e>
show fro a whole year’
say to themselves: “I wi
every time,” and stick to
would soon have a “NES
and grow, and it will be t
it grow that will do i
Start a Bank Account
your money in our
IRST NATIO
NEWARK, A
it
COMMITTEE WILL .
NAME CANDIDATES
Voters Urged to Attend Meet*
ing to be Held inBatesville
Saturday, April 14
The Independence County
Democratic Central Committee
met at Batesville last Saturday
for the purpose of considering
i the matter of nominating two
| candidates for delegates to the
Constitutional Convention, to
; be held in Little Rock in Nov
| ember.
The committee was called to
| order by Chairman Jas. B.
Ketchem at 10:30 a. m. Roll
| call by Secretary W.M.Thomp
son showed that the committee
lacked one of having a quorum
present and the meeting ad
journed to 1:15 p. m.
Upon reconvening at 1:15 p.
m. the roll call showed the fol
lowing townships represented.
Ashely, W. L. Ottinger.
Big Bottom, J. B. Ketchem.
Black River, T. IT Bearing,
proxy for T. J. Carter.
Christian, W. C. Caldwell,
proxy for L. E. Ray
Craig, Lee Caldwell
Cushman, W. T. Dobson.
Dota. Sidney Picken, proxy
for M. L. Pickens.
Logan, W. E. Self, proxy for
J. H. Fetzer
Magness, J R. Alexander,
proxy for W. W. Magness.
Rosie, Lee Caldwell, proxv
for D. A. Wyatt.
Ruddell, S. M. Bone, L. F.
Reeder and J. E. Rosebrough.
Union, Dene H. Coleman,
proxy for J. R. Dobson.
, Washington, L. J. Bracy.
White River, E. C. Casey,
' proxy for Will Duvall.
Wycough, O. F. Craig, proxy
for W. C. Sanders.
A motion was adopted re
cognizing the proxies as en
titled to seats in the committee
j meeting.
After considerable discus
sion, a motion was offered by
T. H. Dearing that the com
mittee proceed to nominate two
candidates as the Democratic
nominees for delegates, to be
voted upon in the special elec
tion to be held June 26. An
amendment was offered that
the committee hold a special
meeting at Batesville on Satur
day, April 14, for the purpose
of nominating two candidates,
and that the voters of the
’minty be invited to meet with
Die committee in mass meeing
for the purpose of recommend
ing in person or by petition
any person whom they may de
sire nominated by the commit
tee.
The amendment was adopt
ed by the unanimous vote of
the committee, and each com
mitteeman requested to urge
the voters of his township to
attend the meeting to be held
on Saturday, April 14.
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PROMINENT COUPLE
WED TUESDAY NIGHT
Mayor J. H. Holderby and
Mrs. Maggie Tuggle, both of
this place, were united in the
holy bonds of matrimony at the
home of Squire and Mrs. A. H.
Saylors, Tuesday night, Squire
Saylors officiating.
Mr. Holderby is one of New
j ark’s leading citizens and a
most successful business man.
Mrs. Holderby is the daughter
of Judge and Mrs. M. L. Ar
nold, one of the town’s oldest
and most highly respetced fam
ilies.
The Journal joins their many
friends in extending congratu
lations and sincere good wish
j es.
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SCHOOL CLOSES FOR
TEACHER’S MEETING
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The Newark High School
closed yesterday afternoon
til after the meeting of
State Teachers’ Association
Little Rock. School will
again next Monday.
GETTING READY FOR 1
GOOD ROADS WORK
Various Road mlprovement Dis
tricts Expected to Begin
Work at Early Date
The Advisory Board created
under the Good Roads act pass
ed by the recent Legislature
has been appointed by Gover
nor Brough, consisting of J. J.
Knoch, of the University of
Arkansas, Edgar Brewster of
Pine Bluff, and State Engineer
Hugh R .Carter. This board
will be#charged with the dis
tribution of the funds derived
from federal aid and the state
automobile tax, as provided by
the act, subject to the approv
al of the State Highway Com
mission.
Through the operation of
these laws, it is predicted that
road building in Arkansas,
which was given a consider
able impetus under the Alexan
der law, will accomplish great
things during the next few
years. The recent visit by Com
missioner Owen and Mr. Car
ter to Washington was fraught
with much valuable results for
the state. The federal authori
ties approved the act in all
particulars.
Early in 1916, Congress ap
propriated $85,000,000 to aid
the states in improving the
public highways; $75,000,000
of this amount being appropri
ated for apportionment among
the states according to popula
tion, area, number of miles of
post roads and star routes. The
total apportionment for Ark
ansas for the next five years
i* $1,240,336.50, distributed
as follows: $82,689.10 for 1916
$165,378.20 for 1917 ;$24,076.
30 for 1918; $330,756.40 for
1920. These funds will be
available for use to supplement
local bond issues and to assist
in actual construction work
while it is in progress.
The federal law requires
that the State Highway Depart
ment shall furnish all plans,
specifications and estimates of
cost, and that construction work
shall be “under the direct sup
ervision of the State Highway
Department, subject to the in
spection and approval of the
Secretary of Agriculture.
AGED LADY DIES
AT TUCKERMAN
“Grandma” Rice, aged 89
years, died at the home of her
son, W. R. Rice, at Tuekerman
last Friday morning after a
prolonged illness.
After a long, busy and use
ful life, Grandma died as she
had lived—honored, trusted
and loved. She reared her own
monument while she lived in
the hearts of all who knew her.
►Her Christian life was beauti
ful from its beginning to its
close, and through all the vicis
situdes and sorrows that she
met in the way, her faith in
God never wavered. But she
has left us now and today
another grave hides from our
sight all that was mortal of a
true and noble Christian wo
man.
Beautiful and impressive
were the funeral services con
ducted at the Methodist church
at this place by her pastor,Rev.
M. B. Umsted of Tuekerman,
assisted by Dr. Jno. H. Dye of
Searcy and Rev. B. L. W
of Batesville.
The floral offerings
ed in profusion an *
anything ever
fore.
Grandma
R.
her
local
efine
the “bon^Wf^^naw in regard
to alcohol shipments marked
“For Medicinal Use Only.”
Judge D. H. Coleman, circuit
judge for the Third Judicial
District has issued the follow
ing statement as to his con
struction of the law:
“A great many people have
been misinformed by mislead
ing and false advertisements
put out by unscrupulous liquor
houses, in which prospective
customers are told that they
can order and have shipped
all the alcohol they want” by
having it labeled “For Medi
cinal Purposes,” and thereby
evade the law.
“This is wrong and will get
many unsuspecting people and
others desiring to have alcohol
stimulants into trouble. The
fact that a person receives a
shipment of alcohol or other
alcoholic liquors makes out a
plain case under the law, and
it is a matter of defense, with
ihe burden of proof on the par
ty receiving the alcohol, to
show that it was ordered and
received to be used solely for
medicinal purposes.”
There has been much alcohol
shipped into this territory since
the law became effective, and
Judge Coleman in a published
statement v arns the public
that hereafter seizure and ar
rest will be made in all cases
in which there is any doubt in
the minds of the officials.
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GOVERNOR PARDONS
CONFESSED EMBEZZLER
Shortly after entering a plea
of guilty to embezzling $6,000
from the state, in Pulaski cir
cuit court at Little Rock Tues
day, R. G. Anderson was grant
ed a pardon by Gov. Brough.
Anderson, a former clerk of
the state penitentiary, was sen
tenced to five years in the pen
itentiary on four counts. Gov.
Brough issued a statement, in
which he says the pardon is
conditional upon Anderson pay
ing the state $25 a month, until
the amount of his defalcation
is repaid.
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In Shake-up, Due to Politics,
Newark Physician is Drop
ped from Medical Staff
Little Rock, March 29,—The
State Board of Control yester
day sprung a surprise, when
passing up the candidates who
have been mentioned in con
nection with the superinten
dency of the State Hospital for
Nervous Diseases, it elected Dr.
C. C. Kirk, assistant superin
tendent of the Ohio State Hos
pital for Insane, at Toledo, O..
effective April 1. Dr. Kirk was
in Little Rock March 22 and
23 and made a thorough in
spection of the institution in
company with members of the
board.
Dr. R. E. Rowland of El Dor
ado, who has been acting as
assistant superinvendent. since
December and who has been
with the hospital since Febru
ary 1, 1916, was appointed a
senior physician, and Drs. J.
C. Davis of Harrisburg and E.
T. Ponder of Walnut Ridge,
who have been in the hospital
for several months,serving part
of the time as senior physicians,
were appointed junior physi
cians.
Dr. J. R. Harvey of Scott
county was appointed interne,
and Dr. W. P. Moore of New
ark, who succeeded Dr. Pat
Murphy as interne following
Dr. Murphy’s resignation last
year, was dropped from the
staff.
The salary of the superin
tendent was fixed by the last
legislature at $4,000 a yearand
the term is indefinite. He can
be removed only upon the sta
tutory grounds of inattention,
neglect, misconduct and inef
ficiency.
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SLOAN CANDIDATE
FOR DELEGATE
Clay Sloan, of Lawrence
county, who served two terms
as State Auditor, has entered
the race for delegate from
Lawrence county to the state
Constitntional Convention.
BUGGY TIME
IS ALMOST HERE
If you are going to need a buggy any
time this season, we advise you to come in
and get it now, for buggies are hard to get
and are advancing in price every day.
Come in now, while we have a good