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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1921
VOL. 21 NO. 33
MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL
COMING TO NEWARK
Arkansas Girl Recently De
clarecl Prettiest Girl in U,
S. Here December 2
Tha nation’s most beautiful
girl, Miss Edith Mae Putter
son, of Pine Bluff, will be
shown in the acttion of christ
tening Dam No. 1, of the Ark
ansas Ilydfft-Electric Develop
ment Company at the Royal
Theatre, Friday, December 2.
This film was made under
the supervision of the Arkan
sas Advancement Association,
and has been contributed to
the theatre owners of the
State in an effort to promote
wider interest in the State”s
resources, particularly in the
development of the Arkansas
hydro-electric possibilities.
The intense interest in Ark
ansas’ advancement is result
ing in various communities
taking over the work of plac
ing their quotas of stock of
the Arkansas Hydro-Electric
Development in a campaign
which closely resembles the
Liberty Loan and war work
drives.
The film not only shows
Miss Patterson in all her
beauty in striking close-ups
but also shows Governor T. C.
McRae, Preident Virwnl C.
Pettie of the Arkansas Hydro
electric Development Com
pany and a good view of the
crowd of 10,000 persons who
attended the dedication and
barbecue at Camp Livingston,
on the Little Red River recent
ly.
Rev. J. E. Snell will preach
at the Methodist church at 1 1
a. m. and at night.
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Federal Court at Jonesboro
Sends Three Postmasters
to Atlanta Priston
Jonesboro Nov. JO—Two
former postmasters of eastern
Arkansas pleaded guilty to em
bezzling funds in federal court
hen today, and each was sen
tenced to a year and a day in
the federal penitentiary at At
lanta. They were George M.
.Matthews of Manila and W.
A. Beasley of Tyronza.
The sentencing of Matthews
and Beasley today brought* the
total of eastern Arkansas post
masters receiving penitentiary
terms to three in two days,
Allen Blakenship of Monette
having ben convicted yester
day. He also was given a year
and a da\ in the Atlanta
prision.
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Young man! II you will start RIGHT NOW and
put a part of your caralngs in the bank every pay clay
there is nothing can stop you from becoming influen
tial and RICH.
Money breeds money. _ The man with money
knows that the young man who can and does take
care of his own money w ill take care of his money
too. He TRUSTS him. The young man gets oppor
tunities for making more money and a partnership.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkansas
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CHILD IS KILLED BY
BOLT OF LIGHTNING
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Dorothy Williams of Searcy
Dead and Her Father Ser
iously Shocked
Searcy, Nov, 26.—Dorothy
Williams, small daughtetr of
Albert Williams of Clearwater
White county, was struck by'
lightning Thursday during a
heavy rain and thunderstorm
and instantly killed. Her
father was seriously shocked.
The lightning struck a wire
fence which was attached to
the house ^nd aside from kill
ing and injury mentioned, the
brick chimney \vas knocked
down and the end of the house
badly damaged.
FARMERS ARE URGED TO
HEAR MARKETING MAN
Cotton Association Announces
Dates For Speaking in
County Con.ing Week
With the world war, a new
era began that promises to be
as distinctive as that ushered
in by the revolutionary period,
beginning with the American
war and ending with the peace
ol Geneva. In the first, divine
lights and heriditary rule dis
appeared from the world for
ever. In the second capital
ism, as developed in the
eighteenth century, received its
death blow.
These facts are apparent
and self-evident to every think
er and now the only question
is: Shall state socialism or
voluntary co-operation take
the vacant throne? To an
American, the Marxian pro
gramme is as repulsive as
Czar ism, for it seems to be
founded on the same concept
of the state as living enity and
'absolute in authority, and men
as atoms, instead of beings.
Hut we have in cooperation
a system that is historically
grounded in the American
soul, for the co-operative mar
keting associattion is the great
grandson of the house-raising
of the pioneer; the grandson
of the log-rolling and clearing
bees by which the bulk of our
fields were wrested frorrw tin
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ters of the husking, sewing and
quilting bees, by which our in
dustries came into being.
These co-operative efforts did
moie foir the upbuilding of
American industry than any
form of capitalistic endeavor,
and based on mutual helpful
ness. inspired by the Golden
Rule, are and have been, part
of the oiganism we call Amer
ica. \
So Warner Moore, who is
in the county in the interest
of the Arkansas Cotton Crow
ds’ Association, predicts that
the American reaction from
capitalism will be on co-oper
ative lines.
Mr. Moore is a good busi
ness man, a sound thinker and
a good speaker, and he will be
able to give the farmer much
valuable information. He will
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POSTMASTER SENT
TO FEDERAL PRISON
Postmaster at Monette Sentenc
ed to Serve Year in Pen
For Shortage
Jonesboro, Nov. 25).—Allen
Blankenship, postmaster at
Monette, today was sentenced
to a year and a day in the fed
eral penitentiary at Atlanta,
He pleaded guilty to being
short in his accounts. The plea
was entered at the last term of
federal court here, but Judge
Trieber permitted him to wind
up his business affairs before
pi onouncing sentence.
E. O. Hugg of Newark, for
merly potmaster at Strawber
ry was fined for violating the
postal laws.
100 FARMERS WORK
FOR COTTON POOL
Contracts Being Signed at Rate
of Several Thousand Daily
in Arkansas
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Little Rock, Nov. 30.—More
than 100 farmers this week
are devoting their full time
to the 200,000 bale cotton pool
according to reports in the
hands of the Arkansas Farm
Bureau Federation, which is
in charge of the cotton pool
campaign. These farmers are
divided into numerous teams
and are working in approxi
mately -40 different counties,
canvassing their neighbors
from farm to farm.
With these farmers devoting
their full energy to the work
each day, cotton contracts are
being sent in to the Little
Rock headquarters at the rate
of several thousand daily.
Tabulations of the returns up
to the present date show that
something more than 100,000
bales have been subscribed.
In view of the fact that ex
actly one month remains be
fore the campaign closes on
January 1, it is certain tha'
the 'quota will be wholly sub
scribed. Manager Hugh T.
Brdwn and campaign manager
F. R. Shanks, who are in char
ge of canvassing the state,
expect that the final returns
will show more than a quarter
of a million bales.
KILLED BY FALLING TREE
Struck on Head by Tree He
Had Cut Down
Camden, Nov. 28.—A. J.
Ross of Liberty township was
instantly killed by a falling
tree while at work in the tim
ber near Puril’oy’s mill, Fri
day afternoon. The accident
occurred about 1_:30 and there
was no one present when the
tragedy occurred except a
small negro boy.
MORE COTTON GINNED
The report of ,1. H. Hill,
government cotton agent,
shows a total of 9.507 bales
of cotton ginned in Indepen
dence county up to November
14, 1921 as compared with a
total of 7,924 bales ginned to
the same date last year.
NEWPORT FIRM GETS
BIG LEVEE CONTRACT
Concrete Wall 2,000 Feet in
Length to Protect New
port from High Water
Newport,- Nov. 29.—The
conti act for the completion of
the big levee around Newport
has been awarded to Denni
son and Hurdler. local contrac
tors. The levee proper was
completed about a year ago,
but a concrete wall 2,000 feet
in length remains to be built,
connecting the dirt levee.
The foundation for the wall
will be dropped 12 feet under
the surface and the wall will
be from seven to 12 feet in
heighth and, two feet in thick
ness. The cost will be approx
imately $6,500.
The entire levee when com
pleted will cost approximately
$300,000. It will be one of
the finest pieces of work in
the state and will protect New
port from flood waters to a
heighth of 37 feet. The high
est of any previous rise here
was 33 feet.
KILLED BY TRAIN
P"‘ne Bluff Man Killed While
Crossing Tracks
Pine Bluff, Nov. 29.—W. T.
Garrison, 75, was killed by a
south-bound Cotton Belt pas
senger train about 4 o’clock
this afternoon, when he start
ed to walk across the track in
front of the approaching train.
He was partially deaf and his
.eyesight was also imparied and
evidently he did not see or
hear the approaching train.
He had .just left his home to
cross the railroad when the
accident occurred. He is sur
vived by his wife and one
daughter.
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SHOT THROUGH LUNG,
DEAF MUTE MAY DIE
Oklahoma City Man, Shot by
Sedgwick Resident, in
J onesboro Hospital
Iloxie, Nov. 26.—Adolph
Arnold, about. 30 years old, a
deaf mute of Oklahoma City,
Okla., was shot through the
right lung and serousiy wound
ed last night about 8 o’clock
at Sedgwick, by Bud Swindle,
aged 35. Swindle is married.
Arnold was visiting at Sedg
wick where trouble arose over
domestic affairs. Arnold is
accused by Swindle of being
too intimate with his sister.
The shooting ocurred when, it
is said, Arnold fired two shots
into the window of the Swin
dle home.
Swindle came out on thev
porch and shot Arnold one
time with a .38 winchester.
Swindle surrendered to Sher
iff H. II. Caldwell this morn
ing at 2 o’clock and was plac
ed in jail at this place, pend?
ing hearing. Arnold was tak
en to a Jonesboro hospital on
an early mrning train. The
probability is that Arnold will
not live, it is said.
EDGAR OPENS NEW BARN
The new mule barn which
has been built by A. M. Ed
gar on Beech street was open
ed for business this week with
80 fine Missouri mules occupy
ing the stalls. The barn cost
approximately $20,000 and is
large enough to accomodate
more than ICO mules. It is
modern in every respect and
1 is built of Crick.—Newport In
dependent.
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TUESDAY, DEC. 6
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