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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, December 30, 1915
Vol. 15, No. 39
NEWPORT HOTEL MAN
KILLS WIFE AND SELF
Mrs. W. H. Hinson Shot Down
by Husband WhoThenTurns
Gun Upon Himself.
One of the most ghastly trag
edies enacted in North Arkan
sas in a number of years occur
red at Newport on Christmas
morning, when W. H. Henson
shot and instantly killed his
wife and then turned the gun
upon himself and committed
suicide.
The double tragedy was en
acted at the Hotel Main, which
for some time has been con
ducted by Henson and his wife,
and the only known cause of
the trouble is that his wife, had
requested guests of the hotel
not to give Henson whiskey and
had remonstrated with him for
drinking.
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started drinking as soon as he
had gotten up, and who had
been invited to take Christmas
drinks with guests of the hotel,
became enraged at his wife
ivhen she called him to the lob
by of the hotel and asked him
to desist from drinking with the
guests.
He returned to his room and
procuring his gun, a No. 12
shotgun, approaching his wife
as she stood near the dood of
the main entrance of the hotel,
and raised the gun when with
in a few feet of his victim, fired
a shot that entered the left side
of her face, tearing its way
through her brain and killing
her instantly.
After killing Mrs. Henson,
the man returned to his room,
placed the gun to his head and
fired a shot that literally blew
the entire top of his head off
and spilling his brains on the
floor.
An investigation by the coro
ners jury led to a verdict of
murder and suicide. No im
'mediate cause for the double
|tragedy is known, other than
that domestic difficulties , al
leged to have been caused by
Henson’s excessive drinking,
had often lead to heated quar
rels between the man and his
| wife at wich times it is alleged
he often threatened to„end the
: difficulties of martial rela
tions by killing his wife and
daughter and committing sui
cide.
The wounds of both Henson
and his wife presented a most
gruesome sight. The entire
side of the woman’s face was
torn away by the shot, which
was fired at close range. Hen
son, though alone at the the
time he suicided, evidently
placed his head over the gun,
as his brains fell in a heap near
the body, and scarcely an
inch of the four walls and the
ceiling of the room escaped
being spotted with blood and
pieces of flesh.
;v Henson was formerly occu
pied by the Iron Mountain Rail
way as scale inspector, but had
not been employed for several
months. Mrs. Henson owned
consideable property and was
considered a good business wo
man and was held in high es
teem.
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Father of 41 Children
Marries 4th Time at 94
Springfield, Mo., Dec. 25.—
B. Davis, 94 years old, said to
be the father of 41 children, 33
of whom are living, was mar
ried today in Cabool, Mo., to
Mrs. M. Macon, 39. Davis prev
iously had been married three
times. He has been in good
health and declared he wasget
ting lonesome. Twenty children
| of Davis and more than 100 of
his grandchildren attended the
! ceremony today.
If you have property for
sale, list it with the Newark
Real Estate Co.
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First National Bank
NEWARK, ARK
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $6,500
C. M. Edwards, Pres
G. M. Fields, V. Pres.
E. B. Chesser, Cashier
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Is quickly passed.
And old age
Follows after Noon.
START A BANK ACCOUNT
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tant points. They are payable
anywhere and are SAFE.
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FATAL ACCIDENT
FOLLOWS TRAGEDY
Brothers Kill Two Men, One
Accidentally the Other In
tentionally,Near Hot Springs.
Hot Springs, Dec. 25.—Mis
fortune followed tragedy in
Mill township yesterday and
today and in both cases a mem
ber of the well-known Lawler
family was involved.
J. W. Lawler, aged about 25,
yesterday afternoon shot and
killed John Bettis, also of Mill
township.
Today Lawler came to Hot
Springs and surrended to Sher
iff Charles C. Webb and was
locked up in the county jail.
The shooting took place , in
.front of Lawler’s home, about
112 miles from Hot Springs.
Lawler’s wife witnessed the
shooting. According to the story
told by Lawler, he and Bettis
had an altercation a short dis
tance from his home. Bettis, so
Lawler says,followed him home.
Lawler says he admonished Bet
|tis not to enter the house. He
jsays Bettis, with an ax, follow
led into the Lawler home and
he shot him.
This afternoon Ab Lawler,
brother of the man who killed
Bettis, was rabbit hunting, ac
companied by Walter Patter
son, a friend. Patterson was
walking behind Lawler when a
rabbit jumped up between the
two men. Lawler turned quick
yl and fired, Patterson stepping
in range of the gun, receiving
in one of his legs a loadof heavy
shot. Patterson was brought to
this city, after Drs. Berry and
Laws had attended him. He
died tonight at 10 o’clock. The
shooting was entirely acciden
tal. Lawler was not arrested.
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T. E. RAINWATER
T. E. Rainwater, and old and
respected citizen of he Island
neighborhood, east of Newport
i died Sunday evening after a
lingering illness of several
weeks. He had been a resdent
dependence county to theneigh
of Jackson cpunty about ten
years, having removed from In
borhood where he died. He was
an exconfederate veteran, serv
ing four years, and surrendered
at Jaeksonport, this county. He
was a devout member of the
Metodist church and ad many
friends who with the surviving
members of the family, three
sons and three daughters
mourn the loss of a true friend
and father. Funeral services
were conducted by Rev. W. A
Mink and interment was made
Monday at the Watson grave
yard.—Newport Citizen.
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STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING
Notice is hereby given that
the annual stockholders meet
ing of the Newark Canning
Company will be held at the of
fice of the company, in the town
of Newark Arkansas, on Satur
: day, January 8, 1916, at 2:30
o’clock p. m., for the purpose of
electing seven directors for the
ensuing year and the transac
tion of such other business as
may properly come before said
meeting.
Dated at Newark, Ark., this
16th day of Dec, A. D. 1915.
F. C. HOYT. President.
W. A. ISGRIG, Secretary.
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FARMER SHOOTS HIMSELF
! Higden, Dec. 26.—John Sta
cy farmer, residing near this
city, shot himself early last
I night. The body was found
several hours afterthe shooting.
Deputy Coroner, G. T. Main
| held an inquest today and a
j verdict of suicide was returned
illl health is assigned as the
, the causa of Stacey’s rash aet.
J. W. CROCKETT QUITS
RACE FOR GOVERNOR
Former State Treasurer An
ces Withdrawal From Race
and is Grateful for Support.
Former State Treasurer John
W. Crockett of little Rock has
announced his witdrawal rrom
the gubernatorial race, leaving
t le contest to Earle W. Hodges,
Dr. C. H. Brough and T. C. Mc
Rae. Mr. Crockett issued the
following statement
“To the Democracy of Arkan- i
sas:
“When I announced several,
months ago that I would be a
candidate for the nomination
for governor, I did so at the ur
gent solicitation of some of my
friends, coupled with the belief
that I could, if elected, render
some service to my native state,
but since making thisannounce
ment 1 find that it will be im
possible for me to make such a
campaign for the office that
would be necessary to insure a
successful outcome, I must, in ,
justice to my friends, myself :
and family, announce my re
tirement from the contest.
“My friends have been good
to me; they have given me ev
erything of a political nature I
have ever asked them for, and
1 owe them a debt of gratitude
I can never repay. My constant
aim during my public career
has been to render faithful ser
vice to the people, and it has
been my pride to return to them
the trusts they have so gracious
ly placed in my hands, as clean
and unsullied as when I receiv
ed them.
it would have been a great
pleasure for me to have served
my state as governor, apdlmay
be criticised by some for my ac
tion in withdrawing from the
race at this time, but I feelsure
if my friends were acquainted
with my reasons for taking this
course they would commend
rather than condemn.
“With a heart full of grati
tude for the very many eviden
ces of esteem and confidence
which the people of this state
have always, by their goodness
manifested toward me and
which I beg to assure you I ful
ly appreciate, I have the honor
to remain, sincerely and faith
fully, John W. Crockett.”
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A WEAK DEFENSE
BY BANKER MCRAE
He Fails to Explain Away the
Charges Made Against Him
By Hodges at Forrest City.
In attempting to answersome
charges made by Hon. Earle W.
Hodges in his opening speech
at Forrest City, Banker McRae
simply uses a whole page of
space to explain why all the
charges are true.
Mr. Hodges charged that as
a member of the board to wind
up the affairs of the defunct
State National Bank, Mr. Mc
Rae and his associates never
paid the depositors of that
bank a cent. Mr. McRae admits
the depositors were not paid,
but denies that he was a mem
ber of the board for twelve
months, declaring he was only
a member of the board a little
more than seven months.
Col. McRae denies that he
went to Little Rock to lobby a
gainst the passage of the pro
posed bank guaranty law, but
admits that he went before the
committee that had the bill in
charge and urged an adverse
[report, The mast dangerous hfc
byist in the country is the man
who can get access to the com
mittee rooms.
Mr. Hodges charged that
during all the years. Col. Mc
Rae was a member of congress
he made no effort to remove the
saloon from the National Capi
tol. Mr. McRae declares that a
bill was passed by congresssev
eral times, but could never get
by the senate, and that it was
finally tacked on to the immi
gration bill and passed by both
branches, but he does not say
once that he had anything to do
with its passage,and the fact re
mains that the saloon was still
in the national capitol long af
ter Congressman McRae had
become Banker McRae; so evi
dently this charge is based on
fact.
Seeking to divert public at
tention from his own record
Col. McRae alludes to an inci
dent when Mr. Hodges refused
to allow an auditing board ap
pointed by the legislative com
mittee to audit the books in the
office of secretary of state. A
gain the banker from Prescott
blunders. He forgets that Mr.
Hodges paid the very same aud
tors out of his own pocket to
audit his books, who had audit
ed the other state department
books, and that the work was
done under the supervision of
such an able and honest man
as Col. George Thornburg. He
forgets that this board report
ed that the books in the office
of secretary of state had been
found correct and that Mr. Hod
ges had accounted for every
dollar of public funds he had
handled. He also forgets that
Col. Thornburg appended a
statement to that report in
which he said, “I consider the
report very creditable to Mr.
Hodges, indeed.” So much for
that various charge.
Col. McRae stands convicted
by his own testimony of every
charge Mr. Hodges made
against his public record.
(Adv)
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NOTICE TO LANDOWNERS
Big Bottom Fencing District
On January 8th, 1916 there
will be a meeting of the land
owners of Pig Bottom Fencing
District at the Mayor’s office
in Newark, Arkansas for the
purpose of electing three Com
missioners for a period of two
years and attending to such
other business as the taxpayers
may wish to bring up.
F. C. HOYT, Secretary
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TO ALL OUR FRIENDS 1
We Wish a Happy and
Prosperous New Year
We Appreciate what you have done for us and we
want to serve you better in the future than in years
gone. We feel sure that we can and will do so. . We
will carry the best in our lines, you can depend always
on “the best for the money.” Don’t foget that “Max
field’s IS THE RIGHT PLACE”. Come to See us when
in town, whether you want to buy or not, will be glad
to meet you at any time.
-REMEMBER
MAXFIELD’S
Is the Right Place For Furniture, Wagons, Buggies,Autos
Lime, Cement, Paint, Harness, Hardware and
Heavy Farm Implements
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FARMER IS KILLED
BY HIS NEIGHBOR
Old Trouble Renewed When
Cleburn County Men Meet
at Store Christmas Eve.
Heber Springs. Der. 25.—
Tom Hooten, aged 55. a farm
er of Brownsville, was shot and
instantly killed at Shiloh, sev
en miles from Heber Springs,
Christmas eve, by Frank Ram
sey. The tragedy grew out of
an old feud between Hooten
and Ramsey families.
Hooten and two or three of
his sons were spending Christ
mas eve at the Shiloh store,
when Ramsey arrived. Trouble
immediately followed. Wit
nesses say Hooten and one of
his sons were approaching
Ramsey, making threats. Ram
sey lowered a shotgun he was
carrying on his shoulder and
fired. Hooten was killed in
stantly.
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SAYLORS-PICKENS
Dr. G. S. Saylors of Floral,
and Miss Victoria Pickens of
Dota were married Sunday at
the home of the bride’s parents
at Dota, Rev. J. L. Brown of
this place officiating.
Dr. Saylors is a son of
Squire and Mrs. A. H. Saylors
of Newark and is a splendid
young man. After graduating
from the University Medical Col
lege at Little Rock, he located
at Floal about a yea ago,
where he hasbuilt up a splen
did practice and is held in high
esteem.
The bride is one of the
county’s most estimable young
ladies. She fomerly hplcl a
position as teacher in the New
ark High School and has many
fiends here.
The Journal most heartily
joins their many friends in ex
tending congatulations and
good wishes.
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MRS BULLARD DEAD
Mrs. M. M. Bullard died at
her home near town this morn
ing of pneumonia. She was
about 65 years of age and is
survived by her husband and
three children. She was a
member of the Baptist church
and was a splendid Christian
lady. The remains will be
buried tomorrow (Friday) af
ternoon at Macedonia.