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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1919
VOL. 19 NO. 8
CLOSING EXERCISES
NEWARK HIGH SCHOOL
CLOSING ADDRESS \\ ILL BE DE
LIVERED MONDAY NIGHT BY
HON TOM TEKRAL
The first of the closing exercises
of the Newark High School took place
at the School Auditorium last night.
The final exercises will take place
Monday night when diplomas will be
awarded the graduating class as fol
lows: French R. Roe, M. L. Arnold
Jr., Miss Ruby Pearl Hoyt, Miss Do!
lie Estelle Carpenter and Miss Lucy
Edythe Lane.
The class address at the graduation
exercises Monday night will be de
livered by Hon Tom J. Terra!, Sec
retary of State.
Tonight Miss Tommye Simpson will
present her music pupils in a piano
recital.
Friday night the senior class will
present “Standing By” a patriotic
play in four acts.
Sunday at 11 a. m. the commence*
ment sermon will bo preached : l the
High School Auditorium by the Rev.
Mr. King.
Monday night the final exercises
will take place when diplomas will he
presented the graduates by Dr. J. B.
Roe, a member of the school .oard,
and the clas address will be delivered
by Hon. Tom Terral.
PRETTY HOME WEDDING
Sulphur Rock, May 23.—On Wed
nesday evening, May 21, at eight o’
clock occurred the marriage of Miss
Lelah Wood, daughter of Mr, and
Mrs. G. iW. Wood, of Sulphur Ro ck
to Herschel B. McGee of Cave Cr .
The ceremony was solemnized at
the home of the bride’s parents, in
the presence of relatives and friends.
Rev. E. H. Hook of Central A aue
Methodist Church, Batesville, n r
forming the ceremony. The orid>
wore a handsome gown of white crepe
de chine with white bead trimming.
She is a most estimable young lady
and has many friends. The groom
is Assistant Cashier of the Bank of
■ Cave City and is a worthy young
man. A dainty luncheon f il av d
1 HE COUNTRY HOY’S
CREED
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I believe that the country ||
« which Cod made is more beau- iyt
tiful than the city which man
made; tha. life out-of-doors
y ) and in touch with the earth |g
is the natural life of man. 1
believe that work is work
wheivvci we find it hut that
%; work with nature is more in
pi ri ii;? than work with the y|;
mo d 'ntricate machinery. I iyi
j. believe that the dignity of la- ££
t - bor depends not on what you
y : do, btu on how you do it; that ^
, opportunity comes to a boy on ^
the farm as often as to a boy
in the city; that life is larger
and fivw and happiner on the
farm than in town; that my
uccess depends not upon my p
location but upon myself— p
. not upon my dreams, but upon p
what 1 acutally do, not upon p
luck ’"at upon pluck. 1 be- p
lievo in working when you fS
work and playing when you
play and in giving and de- p
man ding a square deal in cv
y.S ery act of life. p
i-H ceremony after which Mr. McGee
an . his bride departed for Cave City
where they will make their home. A
h< st <>f friends join together in wish
ing this excellent young couple a long
life* of happiness and prosperity
\\ . (). \\ . CN VEILING
Sunday evening June 1st, at 2:30
p. m. Bayou Dota Camp No. 181 and
i Cold Camp No. 12*5 will unveil the
monuments of their deceased Sover
■ elgns, and also unveil the monument
• Sov. Slayden of Willow Camp of
Twkerman.
All neighboring camps are invited
to meet the above named camps at
Cord ... 1 p. m. and especially Willow
C amp oi' Tuckerman, form in proces
sion and march to the Cemetery at
Hcpewell Church where unveiling is
to be held.
ilor W. M. Thompson of Batesville
v. 11 ho orator for the day. Every
.!> i- invited to come and hear him
!■:. L. JERNIGAM, C. C.
BEN S. HALEY, Clerk.
The man with
never <gets laid off
money
or never
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
If he has
money in
l$ai\k he is
worried; he
Works belter.
And lie is the man who gets promoted. The
man with money is looking for the man who saves.
He knows that the man who can take care of his
own money if the man to trust. Saving money is
the true test of reliability. It is good common
sense, too. -Be wise today. Open an account
with the money you have and make your account
grow. Don’t wait—start today.
NEWARK BOY SEES
MUCH OF FRANCE
ALSO ENJOYS TRIP TO ITALY
AND VISITS MANY PLACES
OF INTEREST
Nice, France, May 6, 1019.
Editor Newark Journal.—I haven't
had any experience on the battle
front since coining to France, but
otherwise I have had my part. 1 was
one of the last to land in France, just
1 before the armistice was signed. 1
! landed at Brest and only stayed there
live days, and took a train for Le
Mans, riding in cars with forty men j
for two nights, so you may have some
idea how pleasant the trip was.
I stayed at LeMans and the sur
rounding towns for two months with
very little to eat. And to have a
good bed—there was no such thing
The first two months I was in Franco
I got to wash my face twice.
Hu. since January have had n very
good place to stay. 1 am now located
at Lungres, Marne, but am off on a
pass at present. The weather ha.
been cold and rainy this winter. Was
n’t but a few days but what it rain
ed or snowred. 1 left Langus the 3rd
and it was snowing then, but down
here it is plenty warm to go with
out a coat.
The French people are more soci
able than they aie in the north. But
take it out of the city, the people live
in one end of their house and their
stock stay in the other.
Nice is a fine city on the coast
of the Mediterranean sea at the foot
of the Alps.
Yesterday, I took a car and went
to Genova, Italy, passing through the
ancient town of Eza, high upon a
Mountain Peak and next was the
Rock of Hercules, upon which is sit
uated the town of Monaco. The
Prince's Palace is seen on the end of
the rock. 1 visited the Casino at
Monte Carlo, the greatest gambling
bouse in the world. The most beau
tiful garden that was ever planted is
in front of the Casino. We were es
corted through the Casino and the
garden, gather ing a few olive twigs
to send home. 1 went through the
Oceanographic Museum built by
Prince Albert 1. This small country
ol Monaco only covers 165 acres, and
at the beginning of the war had an
army of 126 men.
After leaving Monace we passed
through several small towns, going to
Genoa, Italy, where we took lunch
and started back to Nice via the up
per Ci rniche Road, climbing up moun
tain sides past the ancient sarsucean
town of Roquebiune, 1500 feet above
the sea and later through La Turbie,
1600 feet above sea level, noted for its
ruins. Also the tower of Augusta
which was blown down by a shell in
1776.
A cog railway is run from La Tur
I :ie to Monte Carlo. The highest
point is 1750 feet. This railroad was
constructed by Napoleon.
Passing on up the mountain we
gathered oranges and lemons. We
went through many long tunnels, one
of which was lighted by electricity.
1 saw many snow-capped mountains
while i' was modestly warm where I
was.
1 also visited the Gorge du Toupe
and the town of *Gruse. Gruse has
pe; fumerys and is surrounded by vast
tracts of flowers, which make a
sweet order.
!■ or scenery, both variety and beau
ty. this trip is the most unique in the
world. I’ll not mention the Madam
ciselles, for there were plenty of
them. 1 must close, hoping to be back
in old Newark soon.
Yours truly,
Corporal (HAS. G. MICHAELS,
267 P.W.E. Co. A. P. 0.714 A. E.F.
CLOUDBURST CAUSES BIG
DAMAGE AT HARRISON
A cloudburst in Boone County
ruesday is said to have brought
Crooked Creek up 20 feet in an hour,
doing a vast amount of damage.
Crooked Creek has its source in the
noithern part of Boone county among
the hills and the fall is considerable.
The creek bottom is narrow and all
under cultivation. The damage done
by the rushing waters was confined
to these little valleys from which the
growing crops were washed. A. sec
tion of Harrison, the North Arkansas
railway round house and yards and
a few business houses lay in the hot
tom and were flooded. Included in
the loss is a wholesale giocery house,
the local light and power plant and
a few residences. The total loss is
es imated at $100,000.
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TWO KILLED WHEN
TRAIN HITS AUTO
Pine Bluff, May 11.—While at
tempting to cross the Cotton Belt
tracks at the compress crossing, east
of Pine Bluff, his afternoon at 5:30
o’clock a Ford car was hit by Cotton
Belt train No. 1, south-bound pas
senger, instantly killing Miss Alice
May Slaughter, aged 11, and Law
rence Jones, aged 19, and seriously
injuring Miss Julia Slaughter, aged
1G. Young Jones’ head was severed
from the body and the little Slaughter
girl was horribly mangled. The Mis
ses Slaughter are the daughters of
.T llcrVif r>T* cxv-ifpltmo
ed in the Cotton Belt yards. Jones
also was an employee of the Cotton
Belt.
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Allis. PRIDMORE DEAD
Mrs. F. M. Pridmcre died at her
home here last Friday following a
prolonged illness*
Mrs. Pridmore was 69 years old and
is survived by her .husband and five
children, J. .1. Pridmore, II. D. Prid
more, E. M. Pridmore and Mrs. A.
F. Byrd, all of Newark, and Mrs. Dol
lie Trotter of Oil Trough.
She had been a member of the Bap
tist church for a number of year: and
was a most estimable Christian lady.
The remains were buried at Maple
'Springs Cemetery, near Oil Trough,
Sunday at 1 o’clock, Rev. Silas Burge
of Batesville conducting the fnueral
services.
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RAIN RETARDS FARMERS
The continued wet weather is hav
ing a very detrimental affect on all
farm work. The farmers have lost
a great deal of the first crop of al
falfa on account of the continued
rainy weather, and there is a good
deal of cotton and corn yet to plant.
Attorney J. R. Alexander returned
Wednesday from Newport where he
spent a few days looking after the
interest of some clients in the Jackson
Chancery court.
HOYS BACK FROM OVERSi \S
Tom Self and Virgil Rutledge ar
rived this morning from Camp Pike,
having been honorable discharged
from the military service. The e two
young men were members of • the
82nd Division and landed in France
a few days prior to the signing of
the armistice, and did not get to see
actual service on the front line.
Their many Newark friends are
glad to welcome these two splendid
young men home.
\\ l\S PROMOTION
W. A. Isgrig of this place who has
held a position with the S ate De
partment of Agriculture since being
discharged from the military . rvi
has been promoted and is now chief
of the feed and fertilizer department.
He has been on the road in the in
spection 'department, but his promo
tion give.- him a position in the office
and carries a substantial increase in
salary.
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SLAYER IS RELEASED
Mountain View, May 25.—Ac the
examining trial before Justice I>. S
Hinkle here Friday. W. W. Haley win
shot arid killed W. II. Sanders, near
Kahoka, early last week, wa : '-ho
ed on his plea of self-defense. The
shooting is said to have resulted from
u quarrel between the two regarding
some timber. It is probable that the
case will be taken up at the rex term
of Circuit Court.
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The happenings of world interest
that you read of in the city daily
papers you can see in pictures at the
Skydome every Saturday night.
LIFE CONVICT IS
SLAIN BY ANOTHER
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S\M PAYNE FORMER MARSHAL
OF WALNUT RIDGE KILLS
CONVICT AT TUCKER
Pine Bluff, May 23.—Sam Payne, a
convict at the Tucker farm, last night
shot ami killed another convict. Both
men were trusties and both were
armed. Payne was used as night
guard and Smith had charge of the
bloodhounds.
When they quarreled last night over
some trival matter, Payne, it is said,
whipped out and qualified to put
another notch in his gun. Both men
wane killers and both in the past had
been beneficiaries of the governor’s
clemency. Payne was sentenced in
Lawrence county to life imprison
ment for murder committed there, but
his term had been reduced by Gover
nor Brough to 21 years.
Smith was under five year’s sen
tence for a killing at Walnut Ridge
last y< ar. Only 21 years of age.
officers say he had served in the Mis
sissippi penitentiary for a murder at
Iuka, Miss., where his parents reside.
He wa pardoned by the Mississippi
governor. Payne will be tried in the
Jefferson circuit court on a charge of
murder.
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TEACHERS INSTITUTE
The Independence County Teach
er’s Institute will be held at Bates
ville June 2 to 6. It is the duty of
the teachres holding license to attend
said institute for the full time unless
excused by the conductor.
S. E. WELLS,
County Examiner.
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HORSE COLIC
i apt to come at any time. If your
horse does not get relief he soon dies.
Take no chances. Get Farris’ Colic
Remedy today. No trouble, no dren
ching. A child can give it. Hoyt &
Company.
A CTO IS BURNED
A new Oldsmobile belonging to
George Vogel of Jacksonport wa«
totally .destroyed by fire Sunday af
ternoon while Mr. and Mrs. Vogel
vere out driving.
They met a party in another ear
whose car had run out of gasoline.
Mr. Vogel offered assistance by draw
ing gasoline from the tank of his car
and in some manner the gasoline be
came ignited and Mr. Vogel’s car was
completely destroyed. Mr. Vogel had
purchased the car only a short time
ago.
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SERIOUSLY INJURED IN
RUNAWAY ACCIDENT
Newport, May 28.—Handford E.
Russell, w'as severly injured in a run
away accident here Saturday and was
removed to St. Vincent’s infirmary in
Little Rock.
Mr. Russell, who is 25 years old
and is a traveling salesman in this
territory for Swift Packing Company,
was probably fatally injured.
His horse ran away and the tongue
of the vehicle struck Mr. Russell in
the left side, piercing his lung, af
fecting his heart and breaking three
ribs. He was given the best of med
ical aid here but was removed to Lit
tle Rock a few hours later, w7here
specialists will have charge of his
case. His home is at Conway.
WANTS REPORTS FROM
FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT
The regimental colors of the 65th
and 66th Field Artillery Regiments,
and of the 345Infantry Regiment,
upon the demobilization of the units
have been turned over to Adjutant
General Lloyd England to be kept
at the capitol. Most of the members
of the three units were Arkansas men
General England asks the newspapers
of the state to assist him in his ef
forts to ascertain the names of all of
ficers and enlisted men in these or
ganizations. The names should be
forwarded to the Adjutant general’s
office at the capitol.
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SHORT TERM OF COURT
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The May term of the Fedreal Court
was held at Batesville Tuesday. The
court was in session only one day.
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Come to the Skydome Saturday
r.ight and enjoy yourself. If you
don’t say Harold Lloyd is a funny
guy, your money back.
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Come in let us show you some of the many advan
tages this mower has over others, and after we
have showed it to you and you do not think it is
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