Newark
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, August 24, 1916
Vol. 16, No. 21
NEWPORT MAN SHOT
AT SPRINGFIELD, MO
Bob Simmons Shot by Brother
in-Law But is Not Seriously
Wounded
Springfield, Mo., A lift. 21.—
Carrying a grudge against his
father’s slayer for 22 years,Sil
vy Watson, 2(5 years old, yes
terday shot and wounded R. T.
Simmons of Newport, Ark., his
brother-in-law, who killed Dr.
R. P. Watson at Newport when
Silvy was four years old.
Simmons was shot in the
head, but not dangerously hurt.
Before Watson could shoot
again, Simmons grappled with
him and held him until the ar
rival of another brother-in
law, Baxter Watson. Simmons
is said to have killed Dr. Wat
son during a quarrel following
Simmons marriage to Dr. Wat
son’s daughter.
Simmons left for his home
at Newport shortly after the
difficulty, and stated that he
will not prosecute Watson.
CALL FOR MEETING
CENTRAL COMMITTEE
A meeting of the Indepen
dence*County I temocratic Cen
tra] Committee is hereby call
ed to convene at the court
house in Batesville, Ark., on
Saturday, September 2, 191 (I,
tor the purpose of making pro
visions for holding a special
primary election or otherwise
filling the vacancy on the Dem
ocratic ticket caused by the
death ol T. M.* Waldrip, nom
inee for coumv judge.
•1. B KETCH EM,
Chairman.
W. M. THOMPSON,
Secretary.
COLLECTOR ARNOLD
SETTLES WITH STATE
Collector Burt Arnold, on !
last Monday, made his annual
settlement with the state for
taxes collected for 1915. He
paid into the state treasury
$41,321.24.
F.C. HOYT APPOINTED
AS COUNTY JUDGE
Governor Hays Appoints New
ark Citizen to Fill Out Unex
pired Term of Judge Waldrip
Gov. Geo. W. Hays on Wed
nesday afternoon appointed K
C. Hoyt of this place as coun
ty judge to fill out the unex
pired term of Judge T. M.Wal
drip, deceased.
Mr. Hoyt and Former Sena
tor Jno. A. Hinkle of Batesville
were the only active aspirants
for the appointment.
Mr. Hoyt was for many
years station agent for the Iron
Mountain railroad here, re
signing about a year ago to en
ter other business
He is a successful business!
man, well qualified in every
way to make a good county
judge and the office will be in
capable hands.
Judge Hoyt’s commission is
expected to arrive tomorrow,
when he will be sworn in and
take charge of the affairs of
the office.
He states that he is heartily
in accord with the progressive
good roads policies of Judge
YV aid rip and will do everything
he can toward the completion
of the good work so ably start
ed by Judgt Waldrip.
Judge Hoyt is a progressive
and enterprising citizen of
broad views with reference to
public affairs and will no
doubt make the county a splen
did official.
THE FIRST BALE AT
BATESVILLE 16 CENTS
Batesville, Aug. 22.—Inde
pendence county’s first bale of
cotton of the season was
brought to Batesville late yes
terday afternoon Dy Will Sim
mons, a tenant on the Stone
farm, south of Batesville. The
bale weighed 444 pound, and
was bought by Weaver Dawdy
Co., at lb cents per pound.The
bale was grown from an early
and improved plant for this
section and the seed brought
$40, netting the grower $112.
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JUDGE WALDRIP DIES
SUDDENLY AT CAMP
Was On Tour of County in In
terest of Roads When Strick
en at Prison Camp Friday
County Judge T. M.Waldrip
died very suddenly at the
county prison camp near Wag
on Wheel, in the southwest (
corner of the county, last Fri
day morning about 10 o’clock.
Judge Waldrip was on a;
tour of the county in the inter- j
est of the good roads move
ment, which he had so success-]
fully inaugurated.
Leaving Batesville early in
the week, he came through
Newark, going south from
here and had visited a number
of townships south of the river,
arriving at the county prison
camp Thursday. He spent the
night at the camp, arising Fri
day morning in his usual good
health and ate a hearty break
fast. Before leaving the camp,
about 7 :30 or 8 o’clock, he was
stricken with hemorrhage of
the brain and became speech
less. He died in about two
hours, without regaining con
sciousness.
The bodv was removed to
his home at Batesville and pre
pared for burial. Funeral ser
vices were held at the First
Baptist church at Batesville
Saturday morning and the re
mains were brought to the
Crow cemetery near the old
home at Magness, for burial.
Deceased is survived by his
wife and one brother, W. J.
Waldrip, of Magness.
Judge Waldrip was a native
of Independence county, hav
ing been born and reared near
Magness. He had been promi
nent in public life in the coun
ty for a number of years, hav
ing served two terms as coun
ty treasurer and two terms as
county clerk before his elec
tion as county judge. He was
rounding out his first term as
county judge and had been
nominated in the recent Demo
cratic primary for a second
term.
As county judge he had
done a great work in inaugura
ting and promoting the move
ment for good roads. During
the present summer he pur
chased improved road machin
ery and had levolutionized road
building in +his county, having
reduced the problem to a busi
ness basis, and had built more
roads at less cost than any
county judge in the entire his
tory of the county.
Few men in the county were
as popular as Judge Waldrip,
both as a public official and as
a private citizen. His untimely
death is a distinct loss to the
county and is deeply regretted
by every citizen of the county.
ARGENTA UNDER THE
PROHIBITION REGIME
During First Six Months Ar
rests Number 554 as Against
1,964 Same Time Last Year
Argenta, Aug. 22.—One ef
fect of prohibition is shown by
the fact that only 554 arrests
have been made by the police
and constable’s forces in Ar
genta during the first six
months of 1916. During the
first six months of 1915 there
were 1,964, nearly four times
as many.
Violations of the law have
been so few since January 1
that early in the year it was
possible to reduce by half the
number of patrolmen employ
ed. Most of the arrests this
year were Jor minor offenses.
Less than 50 drunks have been
arrested this year.
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
IS VERY PROMISING
Little Rock Merchants Optim
istic Over Reports That Cot
ton Will go to 20 Cents
Little Rock, Aug. 22.—
There are two predictions that
stand out clearly in the'consid
eration of business prospects
for next fall and winter. One is
that the prices of most com
modities that enter into the
economical life of the state
I must advance rather than de
crease. The other is that the
market value of the farmers’
products, inc 1 uding cotton ,must
also advance to figures that
have not been known before in
years.
There are some optimistic
folks who are predicting that
cotton will go to 20 cents, and
even 25 cents. Other farm pro
ducts are advancing in propor
tion, and the farmer who rais
ed a big crop of wheatthisyear
has a mint of money.
Little Rock jobbers, return
ing from the Eastern markets
report that prices are advanc
ing, and that it is already al
most impossible to secure some
lines of good on account of the
demand being much greater
than the supply. Again it is the
European War Jinx that is to
blame for these conditions.
Merchants are putting in heav
ier stocks than usual in prepar
ation for the coming of higher
prices.
There is more money in the
banks than ever before and
general conditions are prosper
ous. We hear no reports of the
great armies of unemployed,
such as were common several
years ago. All industries are at
work, and have held up
through th“ dull summer sea
son without the customary
summer slump. The lumber
mills have been especially ac
tive, and new industries are be
ing added every year for the
utilization of the state’s re
sources and the employment of
its labor.
Merchants are most optimis
tic over the future, and are
predicting that the coming fall
and season will witness the
greatest season of prosperity
the state has ever known.
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JIMERSON CANDIDATE
FOR COUNTY JUDGE
The announcement of J. H.
Jimerson of Sulphur Rock as a
candidate for county and pro
bate judge appears in today’s
paper.
It is generally presumed that
a special primary will be call
ed, and Mr. Jimerson will sub
mit his claims to the Democrat
ic voters of the county in the
special primary. Or should the
choice of the party be deter
mined in some other manner,
Mr. Jimerson will cheerfully
submit his candidacy to the
party tribunal and abide the
result as a good Democrat.
Mr. Jimerson is no stranger
to the people of Independence
county.He was chairman of the
Democratic County Central
Committee for four years, vol
untarily retiring after the pri
mary last spring when J. R.
Ketchem of this place waselec
ted to succeed him.
Mr. Jimerson was born and
reared on a farm in Logan
to nship, where he resided
until his removal a few years
ago to Sulphur Rock, where he
was engaged in the mercan
tile business until three years
ago when he sold out and again
engaged in farming and stock
raising.
He has been justice of the
peace in his township for a
number ol years and has made
a splendid official.
While chairman of the
county central committee he
made many warm friends by
the fair, impartial and judicial
manner in which he presided
over the committee meetings
and by the manifest fairness
of his rulings in matters af
fecting the welfare of the par
ty.
Mr. Jimerson is a man of the
highest integrity whose great
est desire is to do right under
any and all circumstances. He
is well qualified in every way
to fill the office to which he
aspires and in the event of his
election will make the people
a faithful and efficient ser
vant.
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THE PROHI CAMPAIGN
IS ASSUMING FORM
Next Sunday Designated as
Prohibition Sunday For All
Churches Throughout State
The campaign against the
repeal of the State-wide prohi
bition act is beginning to as
sume shape. Lack of funds is
handicapping the League in its
work, whereas the opposition
appears to have plenty of funds
at its disposal.
Sunday, Aug. 27, has been
set apart as Prohibition Sun
day throughout the state. Ev
ery pastor is requested to
preach on the subject, showing
the efforts that are being made
to repeal not only the state
wide act but all other acts for
the regulation of the liquor
business, and substituting the
Ohio law. It is also requested
that at the same service, a col
lection be taken for the sup
port of the state campaign, the
same to be sent to Col. George
Thornburg, president of the
League.
This is to be followed Sep
tember 12 by a state rally at
Little Rock, under the auspices
of the ^League, and delegates
from all churches and temper
ance organizations are expect
ed to attend.
BIG COTTON GIN IS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Col. V. Y. Cook’s Gin Near
Dunnington Burned by In
cendiary Tuesday Morning
The large cotton gin belong
ing to Col. V. Y. Cook, near
Dunnington, was totally de
stroyed by fire about 1 o’clock.
The origin of the fire is un
known but it is thought to
have been started by an incen
diary.
Workmen had been busy for
several days repairing thepress
and machinery, preparatory to
beginning the season’s ginning,
and the gin would have been
ready for operation within a
few days.
In working around the press,
in the rear of the building, the
workmen had used a consider
able quantity of coal oil on
rags and lint cotton in clean
ing up the press and other ma
chinery, and these greasy rags
had been thrown down and al
lowed to accumulate in the
rear of the building. It is
thought that some one entered
from the back way and applied
a match to these.
H. C. Hunter who had been
assisting in repairing the gin
and who had been engaged by
J. M. Stephens, the lessee, to
assist in running it during the
season, was sleeping on the
platform at the front of the
building. When he was awak
ened by the flames, the build
ing was burning so rapidly
that it was impossible to check
the flames or save anything
from the building.
Col. Cook’s loss is partially
covered by insurance but the
loss falls' heavily upon J. M.
Stephens w ho had the gin leas
ed. Mr. Stephens had just put
in about 500 patterns of bag
ging and ties and other sup
plies for the season. He had no
insurance and his loss is prob
ably about $600 or $700.
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