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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas Friday, May 15, 1914
Vol. 14, No. 6
PIONEER MINISTER
GOES TO REWARE
Rev. H. T. Gibson Passes Away a
His Home Near Town at Ad
vanced Age of 82
Rev. H. T. Gibson who had beer
a prominent Presbyterian ministei
for many years, died at his hom<
in Wycough township last Satur
day, after an illness of some time.
Rev. Gibson was 82 years olt
last October and was one of the
pioneer citizens of the county. He
was a native of Tennessee but
came to Arkansas with his parents
when only 12 years old and had
been a citizen of Independence
county continuously for 70 years.
After a long, busy and useful
life, he died as he had lived—hon
ored, trusted and loved by all who
knewT him. He reared his own
monument while he lived in the
hearts of those who Knewr him
His life was completed, if work al!
done and well done constitutes
completion.
His Christian life was beautiful
from its beginning to its close,and
through all the vicissitudes and
sorrows that he met on the way,
his faith in the Master never wav
ered, and it is impossible to esti
mate how much the country owes
to him for his good and great
work in helping to raise a highei
standard of citizenship.
The remains were peacefullj
and reverently laid to rest in th(
Dugger graveyard Sunday after
noon, Rev. C. F. H ively of Bates
ville conducting the funeral ser
vices.
He is survived by a widow and
seven children.
NEW EDITOR FOR STAR
Pocahontas, May 12. — D A.
Lindsay, formerly publisher of the
Times-Dispatch of Walnut Ridge
has purchased controlling interesl
in the Pocahontas Star-Herald and
has taken charge of the paper.
JONES BOYS JAILED
i ON FELONY CHARGI
t After Sensational Escape Here The
Get Into More Trouble Are Sent
to Reform School--Now in Jail
i Sheriff W. A. Fike passed u]
• the road Sunday taking Claud am
■ YVillie Jones to Batesville wher
they were placed in jail to awai
trial on charges of grand larcen
and robbery.
The boys escaped from the of
ficers here some time ago whil
under arrest for burglarizing S
M. Bogle’s store at Tuckerman
They succeeded in eluding the ol
ficers here, but it seems that the:
could not long resist the tempta
tion to break into the old game
After leaving here they broke int<
and robbed a store at some plac<
in Faulkner county. They wer<
captured, tried and convicted
Having an eye to business, the;
misrepresented their ages to th<
court and thus escaped a term ii
the penitentiary and instead wen
sent to the reform school.
One of them had been in th<
reform school before and the au
thorities there have his record
They discovered that the boy
were wanted in this county oi
felony charges so they communi
cated with Sheriff Pike and agree<
to turn the boys over to him. Th
recent grand jury returned indict
ments against the boys for gram
larceny and robbery. The gram
larceny charge is said to be foi
stealing some hogs and the othe
charge is for breaking into am
robbing Tom Brown’s residence.
SILER SURRENDERS
Will Siler, sentenced to 21 year
in the penitentiary for the murde
of Mrs. Siler, his brother’s wiff
and who escaped Sunday night
from jail at Mountain Home, sur
I rendered Tuesday to the officer;
of that county and was immediate
ly taken to the penitentiary a
Little Rock.
First National Bank
Newark, Ark.
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $5,250
C. M. EDWARDS, Pres.
G. M. FIELDS, V. Pres.
E. B. CHESSER, Cashier
C. S. DUVALL, Ast. Cash
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Be careful how you switch them
Use good judgment, a little tact
And then yc.u will not ditch them!
Switch some here and some there
Soon they’ll all be stowed away
And by the use of a little care
You will then have some saved
FOR THE RAINY DAY
BUY BANK MONEY ORDERS
When sending money to distant points. The orders are payable
anywhere and are ABSOLUTELY SAFE.
FOR EXAMPLE
Amounts up to $5.00, cost_5 cents
Amounts of $.’>.00 to $50.00. cost....5 cents
Amounts of $50.00 to $75.00, cost__10 cents
Amounts of $75.00 to $100.00, cost.15 cents
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W. C. Sanders is spending a few
days this week in Little Rock on
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Dr. V. L Pascoe returned Wed
nesday night from a trip to his
plantation near Little Rock.
If you want to buy or sell prop
erty of any kind it will pay you
to see the Henderson Real Estate
Co., Newark, Ark.
• | Dr. L G. Poe went to Little
• | Rock Tuesday evening to attend
- the graduating exercises of the
University Medical College.
Capt. R. R. Reeves who has
'! been seriously ill at the home of
his son, E. L.Reeves of OilTrough,
was reported worse yesterday.
G. M. Fields & Co., have opened
j a poultry house on South side of
• Front street and will buy all kinds
i of produce and pay good prices in
> cash.
C. E. McCurdy was painfully in
: jured Monday afternoon while
■ loading a railroad railing on a
■ ; flatcar, his wrist being badly
51 bruised.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Saylors and
1 Mrs. James Harrelson left Wed
nesday evening for Little Rock to
attend the graduating exercises of
the University Medical College.
[ For Sale.—Scholarship in Bates
• ville Business College; bookkeep
r ing, shorthand and stenography,
1 or combination and unlimited
course. Apply at The Journal of
| fice.
W. A. Hawthorne who is teach
; ing a select school states that the
- attendance is good and that he
t lean only accept a few more pupils.
He will continue the school as long
as the attendance justifies.
’ A special train bearing a dele
t gation of St. Louis business men
went up the White River road as
■ far as Batesviile Wednesday
| where they spent about 30 min
! utes. The train stopped in Nevv
! ark a few minutes and the party
I was met by a number of our busi
; ness men.
PROMINENT COUPLE WED
J. G. Rutledge of Newark and
Miss Lillie Pearce of Tuckerman
| were married Saturday night at
| the residence of Squire H. C. Nucl -
oils in Newport. Those present
were Mr. and Mrs. G. L Green
and Logan Fetzer.
The bride is a member of a
prominent Jackson county family
and is a most estimable young
lady.
The groom is a wide awake and
energetic young business ma.i
who has been successfully engag
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v.u ill luv. mu u n uuu iuutk/^i UUOI
i ness for the past two years and is
j now interested in some mills on
! Black river near Elgin.
The Journal most heartily joins
: their many friends in wishing for
| them a full measure of all the
good things of life.
PROGRAM
The music pupils of Miss Jose
phine Love will give a recital at
the High School Auditorium Fri
day night. No admission fee will
be charged and everybody is cor
dially invited to attend. The fol
m puusmjMlUw xvp to’d;...
PlayingTag.—Margstcin—Row
ena Hoyt and Madge Magness.
Dancing Daises.—Geo.L. Spauld
ing— Eloise Mims.
I’ve A Sleepy Doll.—Spaulding
—Hazel Magness.
Jolly Farmer.—Shumann—Ray
Pascoe.
Massa’s in the Cold,Cold Ground.
— Weber. The Skylark. — Esa
Swartz. Mu rill Ratton.
The Pink. —Lichner—Virginia
Hall.
Summer. — Lichner — Madge
Magness.
A Playful Rondo. — Greene—
Bert Holderby.
Country Club Caprice. — Otis
White—Rowena Hoyt.
Over Hill and Dale.— Engleman
—Bert Holderby and Ruby Hoyt.
Waltz. — Selected — Madge Mag
ness.
Curious Story.— Heller—Ruby
Hoyt.
Reading. —How He Won Her.—
Effie Sisk.
Bercense.—Ludwig Schythe—
Lena Magness.
Sweet Violet —Carl Heins. A
May Day.—Rathbun— Ruby Haw
thorne.
Spinning Wheel Roff—Winnie
Dearing.
Chromatique Valse.—Goddard
— Lena Magness
Solo.—Selected—Pearl Poe.
Prelude C Minor.—Rachmaning.
Pasepied.- Delilus—Kate Martin.
Grand Galop De Concert.—Holtz
— Lena Magness and Winnie Dear
inor
UNIFORMITY AT FAIRS
Little Rock, May 13_In re
sponse to a call issued by C. W.
Watson, United States farm dem
onstration agent, 30 secretaries of
county fair associations met in
this city today and formed a state
organization, with Jordan Sellers
of Morrillton president, and John
C. Small of Little Rock, secretary
treasurer. A committee was ap
pointed to prepare a uniform prem
ium list for the county and state
j lair catalogues in order that those
[competing for county prizes may
I have a uniform exlybit at the
} state fair.
The committee will also devise
ways and means for selecting a
state exhibit at the Panama Ex
position at San Francisco. Gov.
Hays addressed the secretaries,
urging co-operation among the va
rious county fair organizations.
EFFICIENCY NEEDED
Let us place all of our schools
upon an efficient basis and make
it possible for every boy and girl
regardless of wealth to secure
training for efficiency, but in the
special line that he or she prefers.
Every dollar the state spends upon
the education of the industrious,
ambitious boys and girls is an in
vestment that will bring adequate
returns. The state cannot afford
to permit its citizens to be reared
without trainincr nor ran it afford
for its best talent to be educated
in other states. That other states
have educated many of our young
people has caused the Southwest
ern states to lose leaders that are
needed at the present time, harm
and Ranch.
DR. SAYLORS GRADUATES
Dr. G S. Saylors of this place is
among those who will graduate at
the University Medical College in
Little Rock this year. There will
be 37 graduates. The graduating
exercises were held last night
(Thursday) and the editor ac
Tmowietigcs^iiirmvitariot, to be
present.
PEARLER DROWNS
John Newman, a pearler, was
drowned in White river just be
low Jacksonport Thursday of last
week. Newman’s boat capsized
and he was unable to save himself.
PEOPLE WILL VOTE
ON FOUR NEW LAWS
Four Proposed Laws and Three
Constitutional Amendments Will
be Submitted in September
The time for filing petitions fo;
the initiation of laws under th<
Initiative and Referendum expire:
I today. Sufficient signatures hav<
i been secured and filed in the office
of Secretary of State Hodges at
Little Rock for submitting foui
proposed laws to the voters in the
coming September election. Three
constitutional amendments will be
submitted also.
The bills to be submitted by
petition are the miners’ qualifica
tion act, the child labor law, the
bank guaranty act, and the pub
licity act.
Of these bills, the child labor
law will probably meet with the
least opposition, and the bill for
the protection of miners vrill be
urged strongly by the federation
of labor, while the coal mine own
ers will see that able campaigners
and well prepared arguments are
used to defeat the act.
The constitutional amendments
to be voted upon are those foi
bond issues for cities, a lieutenanl
governor, and the placing of the
legislature on a salary.
REDUCE COST OF LIVING
Products such as canned fruits
canned vegetables, syrup, jellies,
preserves, pickles, dried fruits
sweet potatoes, pumpkins, etc.
raised on the farm save the cost
of marketing which is sometimes
a great deal more than the cost of
production. That is a sufficient
reason for raising these for the
family table. So long as cost of
marketing is so great we should
reduce it by raising as many of
the food products as possible on
our farms. Farm and Ranch.
YEARION-DAVIS
F. M. Yearion and Mrs. S. J,
Davis were married Friday morn
ing, Squire A. H. Saylors officiat
ing. The groom is 73 years of age
and the bride is 3£.
FARM WANTED
Wanted.—To trade merchandise
for hill farm. Apply to Hender
son Real Estate Co., Newark, Ark.
NEWPORT OFFICER
I KILLS FLEEING MAN
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• Policemen McDougal Uses Gun
With Fatal Effect Upon Prison
er Who Tries to Escape
William Lankston, a white man
: about 32 years old, was shot and
i killed in Newport last Sunday
■ morning by W. C. McDougal, a
: | member of the police force of that
city.
McDougal was held for murder
in the first degree by the coroner's
jury who investigated the case
and he is now in jail at Newport.
Early Sunday morning Lanks
ton was arrested by Officers Mar
tin and McDougal in a house of ill
! repute and w*as taken to jail. It is
: reported that Lankston asked
jMattin to see Jim Payne about
going on his bond and Martin
1 went out to find Payne.
The jailer, it seems, had gone to
breakfast and McDougal was un
able to get into the jail to lock up
his prisoner. There was no one
present but the two men and it is
not known what occurred between
them while waiting for the jailer,
but it seems that Lankston decid
ed to make his get-away and start
ed to run. He eluded the officer.
dashed around the corner of the
jail building and started to run
down the street. McDougal was
close after him and when he got
to the corner, Lankston was not
more than 10 or 15 feet down the
' street. He drew his revolver and
fired at the fleeing man. The bul
let struck Lankston in the back
between the shoulders, penetrated
the heart and lodged near the left
breast just beneath theskin.Lanks
I ton continued to run after he
| was shot and turned into an alley
; where he fell at the back of Mont
gomery’s barber shop near the
opera house and died in a few
minutes.
Lankston’s home was at Mauld
en, Mo., where he has a wife and
i two children. He formerly lived
' near Tuckerman, where his moth
j er and several brothers still reside,
and he is said to have been en
route to Tuckerman to visit his
mother when he got into the
trouble that cost him his life. He
had no weapon of any kind about
his person, but about $27 in mon
I ey was found in his pocket after
i he was shot. His remains were
(shipped to Tuckerman for burial.
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Look over this list and see what
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