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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, May 18, 1916
Vol. 16, No. 7
NEWPORT MAN IS
KILLED BY TRAIN
Young Farmer Killed and Com
panion Seriously Injured at
Newport Saturday Night
Newport, May 15.—Will
Boswell, a young farmer of the
Massey farm, two miles south
of Newport, was hit by a north
bound train Saturday night,
shortly after 10 o’clock, and
almost instantly killed.
Boswell and a companion,
Will Forrest, had been to New
port, and were returning home.
When they reached the out
skirts of the city stopped, r.nd
either sat down or lay down on
the track, and when the train
bore down upon them from the
south, striking Boswell as he
sprang to his feet, and threw
him against Forrest with such
force'that the latterwasthrown
clear of the engine, probably
saving his life, as he escaped,
although so severely bruised
that he had to be carried home.
The train which hit the men
was a “strawberry special.”
Boswell’s body was terribly
crushed, though his body was
thrown clear of the train. He
was unconscious when picked
up, and died in a short time.
ELECT TEACHERS FOR
NEWARK HIGH SCHOOL
At the meeting of the school
boyrd last Friday, the follow
ing teachers were elected for
the Newark High School for
the coming year: Mrs. W. A.
Jag-rig, Miss Willie Roe, Miss
Minnie Lynn Martin and Miss
Curaton, the latter of Conway.
Miss Hazel Oates of Conway
was elected principal of the
music department.
Prof. W. A. Isgrig was re
elected as principal some time
ago. There is one teacher yet
to be elected.
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Call and see our line of suits
and coats while in the city.
Barnett Bros. Merc. Co., Baten
ville.
SALT PtTER CHURCH
DESTROYED BY FIRE
The church house at Salt Pe
ter in Union township was to
I tally destroyed by fire a few
nights ago. The origin of the
fire is not known but it is
thought to have been the work
of an incendiary. Considerable
ill feeling had been engender
ed in the community over the
holding of “Holiness” meetings
' in the building and it isthought
by some that this had some
I thing to do with the destruc
tion of the building. There is
no clue, however, as to the
identity of the guilty parties.
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FARMERS HARVESTING
FINE CROP ALFALFA
As fine a crop of alfalfa hay
as was ever grown in this or
any other county,has been har
vested by farmers in the Rig
Bottom and Oil Trough valleys
| during the past week.The yield
[is unusually good and a finer
i quality of hay was never pro
duced. Weather conditions
have been ideal for saving the
crop and th - abundant harvest
has been taken care of in
splendid shape.
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SELLS INTEREST IN
ARKANSAS RIVER FARM
A deal was consumated a
few days ago wherby Dr. V.
L. Pascoe has disposed of his
interest in the plantation on
the Arkansas river near WY>od
son. which was owned jointly
by he and J. P. Magness of Lit
tle Rock and S. A. Moore of
Batesville.
The plantation is one of the
I finest on the Arkansas river
and is probablv worth $80,000
or $90,000.
JACKSON COUNTY
TEACHERS INSTITUTE
The Jackson County Teach
er’s Institute will be held at
Newport, during the week be
gining Monday, June 5.
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Trade with the merchants
who advertise in The Journal.
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First National Bank
NEWARK, ARK
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $6,000
C. M. Edwards, Pres
G. M. Fields, V. Pres.
E. B. Chesser, Cashier
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NO WORKMAN
Will put n all his time working
for you, nor will you for any- >
one else. But
YOUR SPARE DOLLARS
Will Work every hour of every
day of every year, if yea
OPEN AN ACCOUNT WITH
US AND SET THEM
TO WORK
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BUY BANK MONEY ORDERS
When Sending Money to Dis
tant points. They are payable
anywhere and are SAFE.
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TEXT OF PROPOSED
NEW PRIMARY LAW
Main Points of New Law Which
is Being Initiated by Former
Congressman Brundidge.
Petitions seeking to initiate
a new primary election law
have been placed in circulation
by former Congressman S.
Brundidge of Searcy and other
; members of the committee ap
pointed by the last democratic
| state convention to draft the
; measure. As soon as the requi
; site number of signatures,
| which is in the neighborhood
j of 13,000, are obtained, the
i petition, together with a text
1 of the proposed law, will be
filed with the secretary of
state, and by that official cer
tified to the various county
election boards. The proposed
measure provides that all or
ganized political parties select
ing their candidates for office
through primary election shall
be subject to the law, except in
leases of vacancies mentioned
in the act, and each party shall
pay the expenses of its own
primary election, and provides
that all county, district and
state primaries shall be held
| on the same day. The bill pro
vides that the pirmaries shall
be held on the last Tuesday in
May preceding the general
election, but special primary
elections may be called to fill
J vacancies. Each political party
j holding a primary election
j shall, on the first Monday after
the primary, hold a county con
vention composed of the dele
gates elected at such primary
election in each township and
1 ward. The county convention
shall declare the result of the
primary election and select del
egates to all conventions. No
candidate for office, or office
holder, or deputy of any office
holder shall be eligible to mem
bership on the county central
committee, or as a delegate to
county or district conventions,
or as judge or clerk of any pri
mary election.
J he judges and clerks shall
begin the counting of the bal
lots immediately upon the close
of the polls, and continue the
same to completion, except in
cases of sickness, when the re
maining judges or clerks shall
continue the count. The act
provides that each ballot shall
be signed by the voter, and if
the voter is unable to subscribe
his name, the name shall be
signed by one of thejudgesand
attested by all the other judges.
The proposed act is 18 section^
in length and throws every
possible safeguard around the
ballot, and makes punishment
of fraud almost certain. Viola
tions are punishable by fine of
not less than $100 nor more
than $500, and bv imprison
ment in the county jail for not
less than 30 days, nor more
than 12 months. The follow
ing are deemed misdemeanors
for a violation of the act:
Knowingly cast a vote when
the voter is not a qualified
elector as provided herein.
Knowingly receive a vote
when the voter is not a quali
fied ('lector as herein provided.
Casting a vote in a primary
of a party to which the voter
does not adhere to or affiliate;
this does not apply to any one
in good faith abandoning prev
ious political affiliations.
The wrongful and fraudulent
certfication of any vote or re
turn.
A wrongful or fraudulent
summary of the vote posted or
filed with the county clerk.
The destruction, abstraction
or taking away of ballots, or
the making of false certificates.
The failure of judges and
clerks to make or deliver the
lists and certificates herein re
quired of them.
The wilful tearing down or
destruction of the summary of
votes posted at the election
precinct by judges and clerks.
LEGISLATIVE SLATE
MAKING IS BEGUN
Fight is on For Organization
of Senate—Edmondson is
Candidate for President
Little Rock, May 17.—Al
though the Legislature is six
months in the distance or will
not convene until January, in
dications point to a settlement
of the organization long be
fore the final caucuses are held
to select presiding officers.
These caucuses are usually held
.just preceding the opening of
the General Assembly but de
velopments during the past
few days indicate that the
president of the next senate
will be known to those on the
inside within the next few days.
During the past two weeks
more than a quorum of the up
per branch of the assembly has
been in Little Rock conferring
with politicians relative to the
organzation of the Senate. As
usual, there will be two fac
tions, with each having from
three to seven candidates at
the present time. One faction is
espousing the cause of Senators
Edmondson, Collins, Burgess,
Walker Smith or ElmerOwens.
The other will select either
Senator Greathouse, Senator
Carter, Senator Garrett or Sen
ator Davenport as its candidate
to present to the caucus.
The last four named senators
supported Dr. Brough in the
recent gubernatorial primary,
while the others, with possibly
oae or two exceptions,espoused
the cause of Earle W. Hodges.
It is practically settled that the
president of the Senate will be
selected from the listsmention
ed. Senators Edmondson and
I Walker Smith seem to havethe
strongest following of the can
didates mentioned in the first
list. Both sides are claiming a j
majority of the Senate.
MANY ARKANSANS AT
BIG U.C.V. RE-UNION
More Than 400 Veterans A
mong Large Number of Visit
ors from State at Birmingham
Birmingham, Ala.,May 16.—
More than 1,000 Arkansans,
100 of them Confederate veter
ans, are attending the annual
reunion of the United Confed
erate Veterans here. Bradley
county has the largest delega
tion of veterans, leading Jef
ferson county, the next in line,
by a majority of six.
The Little Rock delegation,
headed by General Jonathan
Kellog, commander of the Ark
ansas Division, U. C. V.,and his
party, and the Hazen concert
band arrived this morning on
a special lion Mountain train.
W. W.Richmond was in charge
of the taain.
The band played at a meet
ing of the Sons of Veterans to
night and addresses were made
by Sheriff W. G. Hutton of Lit
tle Rock and Editors White of
the Benton Courier and Law
horn of the Blytheville Herald.
Creed Caldwell of Pine Bluff
commander of the Trausmiss
issippi Department of the Sons
of Veterans, the Pine Bluff de
legation, Gen. V. Y. Cook, of
Batesville, T. .1. Scott of Portia,
C. C. Scott of Arkadelphia and
many others arrived today.
A. M.Word of Walnut Ridge
and B. F. Copeland of Rector,
who fought side by side during
the Civil War, met today for
the first time in 51 years, al
though they have lived within
40 miles of each other for 40
years.
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Single Comb White Leghorns
eggs for hatching at 75 cents
per setting of 15. E. B. Chesser.
SCHOOL ELECTION TO
BE HELD SATURDAY
The annual school elections
in all the districts of the state,
for the purpose of electing di
rectors and voting the amount
of school tax desired, will be
held next Saturday, May 20.
In the Newark special dis
trict two directors will be cho
sen to succeed H. E.Hawthorne
and D. C. Lane. It is not known
who the candidates will be,
but among those mentioned
are Mr. Hawthorne and Mr.
Lane, J. W. Sisk, J.B.Ketchem,
G. W. Price, R. M. Galloway
and R. A. Magness.
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CATTLE DIPPING
DATES FOR MAY
J S. Griffin of Sulphur Rock,
who has charge ofthetickerad
ication work in this county,
announces the following dates
for dipping cattle at the vats
here mentioned:
Sulphur Roc/k vat, Saturday,
May 20.
McNutt vat, Tuesday, May
23.
Rider vat, Wednesday, May
24.
Rutherford vat, Saturday,
May 27.
Dota vat, Tuesday, May 30.
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LIGHTNING CAUSES
FIRE NEAR JONESBORO
Jonesboro, May 15.—Fire
caused by lightning last night
destroyed two new barns, farm
implements and a quantity of
feedstuffs on the farm fo Jim
Stevens, six miles west of Jon
esboro. The damage is estima
ted at $2,000 with $1,000 in
surance.
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RESIDENCE FOR SALE
Good six room frame resi
lience, with hall, two porches
good well of water, smoke
house and barn. Convenient
to business part of town. Will
sell cheap. Newark Real Es
tate Company.
FOR SALE
Spanish peanuts suitable for
planting. Earle Best. Dota.Ark.
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BATESVILLE TO SHIP
75 CARS OF BERRIES
Crop Has Proven Profitable
One to Farmers and Acreage
Will Be Increased.
Butesville, May 17.—The
harvest of strawberries in the
fields near this city is now' at
its height.. Last week was one
of the biggest of the year, and
this one gives promise of break
ing all former records.The ber
ries are being shipped to all
points in the United States,and
train loads are leaving here
daily. Indications are that the
season will be one of the larg
est ever known in this section.
In the berry field on both
sides of the river are employed
nearly 1,000 pickers. Comfor
table quarters have been pro
vided on most farms for the ac
comodation of pickers, and
when the day's work is done
the young folks assemble and
the evening is given up to fun
and frolic, music, games and
singing.
It cannot be told with cer
tainity the number of cars that
will be shipped from this field,
but reasonable estimates place
it at from G5 to 75. The price
prevailing thus far has been
$2.50 per crate, but at the close
of the season it is expected to
decline somewhat. But even if
prices are off a dollar, that is
selling at $1.50, there still is a
margin of profit to the grow
er. Next year this county will
market 1,000 acres of fruit.
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YOUNG BRIDE TAKES
DOSE OF STRYCHNINE
Cotter, May 17.—Mrs. Jane
Pettijohn, 20 years old, wife of
Elisha Pettijohn, and a bride
of only a few weeks, commit
ted suicide yesterday bytaking
strychnine at her home in the
1 hree Brothers neighborhood,
12 miles north of Cotter. Her
husband says he knows of no
reason for the act.
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The Newark Journal $1 ayear
Master of
the hills
That’s just what they call the new
SERIES 17 Studebakers—Masters
of the Hills. And why? POWER
fc the answer. The FOUR at $875
has FULL 40 h. p.—more than any
other 4-cylinder car within hundreds
of dollars of the price. The SIX at
$1085 has full 50 h.p.—more than any
other 6-cylinder car within hundreds
of dollars of its price. Come in to
day and let us give a demonstration.
C. W. Maxfield Co
BATESVILLE, ARK.