The Newark jour
ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM.
NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARK., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 18, 1903.
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S£7 There are four piano manufacturers in nhe United States ^2
SE: and only four, who have made 100,000 pianos each. The 72
houses which are now proudly celebrating this achievement ^5
g^ are theChickering, the Fischer, the Stein way and the Kimball.
It will no doubt be of interest to know the length of 2S
g~ time it has taken each of these distinguished companies to
g- produce 100,000 pianos, which is as follows : ^2
5E= The Chickering, 80 Years 3
63 Years
50 Years
20 Years
The Fischer,
cr The Steinway,
^ The Kimball,
Of these companies the Kimball is the only’ organ manu
P facturer, and in addition to the pianos has also made more
g~ than 250,000 reed organs and 4,400 large pipe organs,
g- hi twenty years time, therefore, the Kimball Company
has far outstripped all other makers in output in this or any
gr other country.
g^ This wonderful achievement, when coupled wiih the
g artistic merit of the Kimball, as attested by so large a nani
sm t»er °f great artists and musicians of Europe and Amciica,
gr completes a record of facts which is indisputable, and makes
g: plain the verdict.
Hol’.enberg
M sic Co
317 Main St
Little Rock
Factory
Ware looms.
THE KIMBALL
SURPASSES ALL
Holienberg
M usic Co
317 Main St
Little Rock
Factory
Warerooms.
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J. I. STURDIVANT.
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WI1Y keep your money around (he house and
llfUVn run the risk of having it stolen, or probably lost,
f t 0 I r when you can deposit it with this Hank and get
it any day you wish? This bank offers to its de
positors every possible protection for their funds.
It also pays interest on deposits of a specified
amount for a specified time. In inviting you to
keep your account with us, we promise you prompt and careful at
tention to vour business at all times.
J. A. WILLIAMSON,
BANK OF NEWARK
V. L. PASCoE.
E. If. CHESSER,
Cashier.
President. Vice President.
DIRECTORS.
J. A. W illiamson, G. O. Maguess, W'. T. Kinman, M. O. Eisher,
V. L Pascoe, \V. T. Maarness. E. U. Chesser.
ADAMS BROS.,
Dealers In
Geoeral Merchandise, and
COTTON BUYERS.
*9* To The Farmers:-We want your produce and will pay the highest market
price, cash or merchandise.
KENTUCKY PRINCE SALOON
Hf
W. T. Magness & Son, Proprietors,
pi lie tfeiitrtiClgr Wfyigtyes. Wir^es
CIGARS. TOBACCO AND SO ON.
I-S?”Jug and Bottle Trade a Specialty. Your Patronage Solicited
NOTICE
Make Your Wants Known to
NewarK Real Estate,
Newarl
J
We Need Help Badly, and Must Have it—
Not to work in the store—hut to carry off Light Bread, Sugar-cured
Hams, Breakfast Bacon, Sugar, Coffee, Flour; and, in fact, every
thing in the grocery line. We guarantee satisfaction, or money
refunded. We also need jour produce, and if we haven't got what
you want will pay you the money for it, AH goods delivered free
of charge anywhere within a mile of the store. Phone No. (JG.
F- M, Martif) & Son
W. T. MADNESS
—DEALER IN—
Live Stock, Corn, Hay and Foodstuffs.
Highest riarket Price Paid For Cottc
Seed.
Arkansas State News
School Fund Apportionment.
The annual apportionment of the
school fund has been announced by
the state superintendent of public
instruction as follows:
State of Arkansas,
Department of Public Instruction.
Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 7, 1903.
Total enumeration of children in
1903, 502,808.
Total amount apportioned, $538,
004.56.
Amount apportioned to each
child, $1.07.
Counties.
Arkansas .
Ashley.
Baxter.
Benton .
Boone .
Bradley.
Calhoun.
Carre!!.
Chicot.
Clark.
Clay.
Cleburne.
Cleveland.
Columbia.
Conway.
Craighead
Crawford.
Crittenden_
Cross.
Dallas.
De^ha .
Drew.
Faulkner.
Franklin.
Fulton.
Garland
Grant.
Greene.
Hempstead ...
Hot Spring .
Howard.
Independence.
Izard.
Jackson..
Jefferson.
Johnson.
Lafayette
Lawrence.
Lee.
Lincoln.
Little River ..
Lonoke.
Logan.
Madison.
Marion.
Miller.
Mississippi ...
Monroe.
Montgomery ..
Nevada.
Newton .
Ouachita.
Perry .
Phillips .
Pike.
Poinsett.
Polk.
Pope.
Prairie.
Pulaski.
Randolph _
Saline.
Scott.
Searcy .
Sebastian
Sevier.
Sharp _
St. Francis . ..
Stone.
Union.
Van Huron . .
Washington
White .
Woodruff.
Yell.
Scnool
Population.
. 4.S85
Appor
tionment.
7.859
8. *>82
! 1.735
5.710
4.043
3.118
6^830
8.024
7.229
3.3.«
4,133
7,554
8,333
8,214
8,915
5.322
3.920
3.887
3,518
7.797
7,755
ft, 858
4.321
7,316
2,834
6,*4H
10,877
5.268
5.326
8.4K4
4.869
6.551
16.908
6.994
4,679
6.211
8.0*20
4.286
5,218
9.049
8.307
7.042
4.048
7,159
7,078
5.974
3.906
6.767
4 597
7.280
3.325
9.262
4.027
2,6*7
6.152
8.501
4,547
24.500
4.945
4.^16
1.&46
13.107
6.624
4,571
6.525
3.109
8.025
4,579
13.433
8.6:17
5,906
8,410
I 5.226 95
8.409 13
3.832 74
12.556 46
6.109 70
4.396 01
3.336 26
7 088 75
6.773 10
8.585 68
7,735 03
3.539 56
4.422 31
8.093 48
8.916 31
8.788 98
9.539 05
5.694 54
4.200 82
4,159 09
3.869 12
8.342 79
8,296 71
7.124 06
4.62-3 47
7.827 05
3,032 38
7.327 36
11,8339
5.836 76
5.698 82
9.077 88
5.202 88
7,009 57
18.091 56
7,483 58
5.008 53
6.645 77
8.581 40
4.586 02
5.583 36
9,682 43
8.8*8 49
7.5:44 94
4,331
7.66o 13
6.892 94
6.511 66
4.179 42
7.240 69
4.918 79
7.789 60
3.557 75
9.910 34
4 308 89
2.875 09
6.582 64
9.096 07
26.311 311
7,036 32
5.291 15
5.260 U
5.185 22
11.024 49
6.659 68
4.890 97
6.981 75
3,330 83
9.228 75
4.*96 53
14.373 31
9.241 59
6.319 42
8.998 70
Total.502 803 1538.004 5fl
I certify that the above is correct,
and the auditor of state is hereby
authorized to issue warrants in fa
vor of the treasurers of the several
counties for the amount set opposite
each upon authority from the coun
ty court of the several counties.
Respectfully submitted,
John II. Ilinemon,
State Superintendent of Public In
struction.
Conductor Killed.
W. R. Brandon, a freight con
ductor, died at Little Rock from
injuries sustained in being thrown
underneath his train near Arkadel
phia. He was with” his train and
his crew was flagging against an
other train. The train, which
was composed of a number
of gravel cars, was backing
up and Conductor Brandon was
standing on the front end. He
gave a signal to stop, and the engi
neer applied the emergency air,
stopping the train so suddenly that
Brandon was thrown to the ground.
He fell on the track and two of the
ears passed over his body, the
wheels severing his left leg near the
hip ami the hip was also badly
crushed.
Tired of Life.
Mrs. Mary E. Grinstead, residing
near Atkins, suicided by taking Par
is green. When her husband left
for his day’s work she was appar
ently in the best of spirits, but when
he returned in the evening he found
her dead. In a note she stated that
she had grown tired of suffering,
and had decided to take her life.
The woman had been in poorMiealth
for several years.
Th» Usual Result.
Bill Anderson, a well know negro,
was accidentally shot and killed at
Morrilton by John Dickson. The
two men were cleaning up a sleep
ing room when Dickson took a pis
tol from a dresser drawer and began
to flourish it around. The weapon
was discharged, and the bullet
struck Anderson just over the eye,
kulislg htat i&aimOtlj. V-* •
Given Damages for Killing of Husband.
The United States court of ap
peals, sitting in Denver, has affirm
ed a case of general interest that
was appealed from this state. It
is the case of George and Neal Ruth
erford, father and son, against El
len, James, William C. and Russell
Foster. The suit was begun by Mrs.
Foster, a widow, and her minor chil
dren to recover damages from the
Rutherfords for the alleged killing
of Mrs. Foster’s husband in Inde
pendence county in February, 1 DO 1,
and was tried in the United States
circuit court for the Eastern dis
trict of Arkansas at Batesville. The
suit was based upon Lord Camp
bell’s act, which was enacted in the
state of Arkansas early in the his
tory of the state, and is one of the
statutes of the state. It provided
that when one man wrongfully kills
another he shall be held responsible
to damages by the relatives of the
deceased. The defense sought to
escape the responsibility by show
ing that some time previous to the
fatal assault George Rutherford
had declined to have any further
contest with the deceased, but the
trouble was taken up by the son,
who is said to have killed Foster.
The lower court rendered a verdict
in favor of the widow and children,
and this was affirmed by the court
of appeals.
Will Take Up Passenger Kates.
The state railroad commission ha?
given notice that at a meeting to be
held October 13 it will take up the
matter of regulating through pas
senger rates in which short lines are
concerned. The act of 1903 pro
vides that in all cases where there is
by physical connection of railroads a
continuous line of railway commu
nication between railroad stations
within this state, whether such sta
tions be on railroads operated b_\
one and the same company or corpo
ration or on railroads operated bj
different and independent compa
nies or corporations, it shall be the
duty of the railroad commission ol
the state to ami from such stations
to make just and reasonable rates ol
freight, express and passenger traf
fic, to be observed by all persons
companies or corporations, operat
ing any railroad or engaged ir
transporting persons or property as
express or freight in this state.
Meeting of National Masonic Bodies.
Two national Masonic meetings
will be held in Little Rock Octobei
5 to 8. The General Grand Coun
cil of Royal and .Select Masters oi
the United States meet on the 6th
7th and 8th and the General Grant
Chapter will meet on the 5th. Ar
executive committee by the Grant
Chapter of Arkansas has in hand
the making of arrangements for the
notable meetings. This committer
consists of Charles N. Rix of Hoi
Springs, chairman; Charles E. Ro
senbaum, vice chairman; John
Brodie, treasurer; Fay Hempstead
secretary; T. H. Jones, John T
Hicks and George Thornburgh.
Condition of Cotton.
Boll worms and sharp shooters art
reported as doing some damage tc
cotton in this state. It is opening
prematurely in some localities, in
more favored sections, however, it is
beginning to open nicely, and undei
normal conditions. Late corn losl
ground during the week, owing tc
continued dry weather, and is much
less promising than heretofore.
Two Women and Child Drowned.
Mrs. Smiley and little child and
Mr. Hatchie, Tesidents of Blvthe
ville, Mississippi county, were
drowned a few days ago. They were
riding in a dugout with Mr. Smi
ley, when the boat struck a snag
and turned over, throwing the oc
cupants into the water. Mr. Smi
ley tried to save the trio, but was
unsuccessful, as their bodies never
rose to the surface after sinking
Farmer and Team Killed.
J. M. Reynolds, a farmer of neai
Atkins, was killed by lightning
while unloading hay at his barn,
His team was also killed and th<
barn caught fire an<| was destro^di
His son, who was q/t the house;
•da from j/ht
icuing^fhe
Monument Unveiled.
The monument erected bv the
Daughters of the Confederacy to
the memory of the Confederate dead
whose remains lie in the national
cemetery at Fort Smith, was un
veiled on the 10th inst. The monu
ment is made up of a magnificent
white marble shaft thirty-five and a
half feet in height, and surmounted
by the figure of a Confederate sol
dier eight and a half feet high. The
shaft rests upon a pedestal of gran
ite which bears the inscription:
“Erected by the Verona Jefferson
Davis Chapter, U. D. C.’’ Half
way up the shaft is the inscription:
“Lest we forget.” The monument
stands in the county courthouse
yard instead of in the national cem
etery, in which are the unmarked
graves of about 3(30 unknown Con
federate soldiers killed in the civil
war, or who died from some one of
the scourges of that war. It was
the original intention to place tin
monument in the national cemetery,
but this idea had to be abandoned
because the present secretary of wai
refused to give his consent unless
the inscription “I^est we forget” b«
omitted. Both Federal and Con
federate veterans took part in the
ceremonies at the unveiling.
Famous Murder Trial.
In the case of Mart Powell,
charged with the killing of Wil
liam Lovejoy, in Clay county, a
jury at Paragould returned a ver
dict of guilty of murder in the first
degree and assessed the death penal
ty. This trial was one of the roosl
sensational in the criminal history
of the state. A few weeks ago i
grand jury in Clay county indictee
Powell on a charge of murder ir
the second degree. Circuit Judge
Allen Hughes required the juron
to reconsider their action. They re
turned to court with another indict
ment for the same degree. There
upon Judge Hughes exercised hii
prerogative and dismissed the ju
rors. He ordered another grant
jury summoned, and the set.me
body, after examining into the kill
ing of Lovejoy, returned an indict
ment on the charge of murder ii
the first degree.
Tbe State’s Unfortunates.
On September 1 there were 661
patients in the state asylum at Lit
tie Hock. Of the number 285 an
white males, 271 white females, 4C
colored males and 66 colored • fe
males. During August thirteer
were admitted, two discharged as
recovered, four discharged as im
proved and seven died. There wen
158 cases of sickness in August
including all chronic cases in th<
infirmary, of which there were for
ty. At present the asylum it
crowded to its utmost capacity. II
is believed that within a year froir
now the two annexes provided for b]
the last legislature will have beer
completed, thus affording accom
modation for three hundred anc
fifty more patients.
Will Open on Time.
The state board of charities has
arranged for the opening of th<
deaf-mute institute next month
Merchants of Little Hock have
agreed to furnish the needed sup
plies and await the convening of th<
next general assembly for theii
pay. Secretary l’age says the con
tracts will be awarded on competi
tive bids as heretofore. The ac
tual cash needed to pay salaries
etc., will be borrowed by the board
to he paid back when the genera
aaaembly meets in regular session.
Two Killed By Lightning.
A bolt of lightning struck a barr
in which the fire sons of II. M
Horne of Sulphur Springs, Bentor
county, were playing, killing twc
and stunning the other three
Blanchford, Sidney, Judson, Web
ster and Luther were storing hay it
a corner when a sudden storm came
up. Before they could run to the
house lightning struck the barn
killing Blanchford and Webster.
Walter Horton to Be Hanged.
Walter Horton, colored, wai
found guilty at Newport of murdei
in the first degree for the killing
of Ed Clark, also colored. Hortoi
Estimate Population of Citir |
Using the annual school r
•tion ns a basis, an estiir iIX'!l •
been prepared in the ofF^niAg j
state superintendent of es at
struction of the preset-'
of a number of cities ^
Arkansas. The estimate t ^
present population of Litt ’ ‘
at 45,059. Other estimates *° j
Fort Smith, 13,011; Hot Sp ]
12,519; Pine Bluff, U,4§ftfen cf
6,764; Texarkana (Ar^(Wn yos_
6,444; Fayetteville, f lyft BO,
boro, 5,042; Eureka '
Arkadelphia, 3,5 lr?
502; Montieello, of
276; Van Bure;
2,850; Prescott,
El Dorado, 2y
626; Newpo ,
492; Oonw1 an^
421; Ro- I to the:
213; M< Monday,
2,198; ?re with
2,0!il ; Sl udges.
90S; Lonoke
860; lientonvf
nolle, 1,720;
nolle, 1,726; WynnY* no
be, 1,293; Nashville,'
The ratio employed Tfi'u
the figures given was 2.
ascertained by compariso:
federal census of 1900
school census 61 that yes
aggregate population
the school population
’depot I
little i
State Capital Fuad.
There is now in the new st
capitol fund in the state treasury
the sum of $398,677.56. The pres
ent capitol commission, since it be
gan its duties in May, has expend
ed $29,619.50. All the tax collect
ors have settled with the state for
the revenues under the assessments
for 1902. The taxes for 1903 will
be collected from January to April
next, and the half-mill levy for the
capitol will bring in over $100,000
more for the capitol fund. With all
the revenues in by the last of 1905
there will have been collected be-j
tween $600,000 and $700,000, tfl
gether with the proceeds of the sa
"f certain state lands by the Iff
commissioner.
Fatal Wreck.
An Tron Mountain freight trj
west bound from Van Burcn
wrecked at Braggs Hill. The
gine and twelve ears went into'
ditch. Engineer Gipson was cat
under the wreck and one leg crfj
cd between the hip and knee,
was under the wreck about thf
hours before he was rescued,
man 1’arkhurst, who was ridifj
the engine, was badly scalded,
his condition is not considered
rious. Brakeman Merritt jumj
from the top of the train and
c-cived severe bruises.
Wallace Hill Killed.
Wallace Hill, a resident of Coa
IIill, this state, was killed in a
wreck on the Frisco near Sapulpa,
I. T. The wreck was caused by the
giving away of a bridge and the en
gine and fifteen ears were dropped a
distance of forty feet into the creek
beneath. The engineer and firemen
of the train were instantly killed
also, and Hill, being the head brake
man of the train, was on the engine
at the time of the accident.
Forgave Hie Assailant.
Jack Clifford, who was shot and
seriously wounded at Little Rock
two months ago by Joe Kilpatrick,
refused to prosecute his assailant
when the case was called. Kilpat
rick, however, was fined and when
he announced that he was unable
to pay, Clifford volunteered to loan
him the money. The shooting waa
about Clifford’s divorced wife, aij
it was the second time he was
by Kilpatrick.
BRIEF MENTION,
A M r. Carter, from St.
arrested a few days ago
ers on the charge of viojj
law prohibiting non-resi<j
fishing in this state.
k“FneIe” Tom Smif
tizen in Faulkner
st week i*t his hoi
Vernon, where he
sixty years.
At a saw milt,
man by the najne of Rutherford
met a horrible death. He
working at an edg
of timber flew fr
and wag driven in
The
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