The Newark Iournal
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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1921
VOL. 21 NO. 20
FORM MARKETING
ASSOCIATION HERE
Cotton Growers Sign Con
tracts to Sell Crop on Co
operative Plan
H. L. Hix who is spending
the week in Independence
county in the interest of the
Arkansas Co-Operative Mar
keting Association, addressed
the farmers at the High
School Auditorium last Fri
day nighty
After explaning the objects
and methods of the associ
ation, a local organization was
formed with G. M. Fields as
enairman, ti. a. raagness vice
chairman and Edgar Holcomb
secretary
The following farmers sign
ed the marketing contract,
pledging to market their cot
ton through the association.
G. M. Fields, B. A. Magness,
John Rodgers, P. S. Fortune,
G. W. Eaves, Will McDoniel,
R. C. Chamberlain and W. R.
Hart.
Mr. Hix will be at Newark
again Saturday, Sept. 3, and
will address the farmers at the
Royal Theatre Saturday
afternoon.
Co-operative marketing has
proven a good thing for the
farmers in many states
where properly conducted and
the promoters of the Cotton
Marketing Association claim
that they will bo able to g-ct
the farmer more money for
his cotton than he has receiv
ed through the old system of
marketing.
All farmers are cordially
invited to hear Mr. Hix’s ad
dress at the Royal Theatre
Saturday afternoon.
COLE CONFIRMED
THROUGH MISTAKE
Attorney General Refuses tc
Issue Commission to Bat
esviile Man
Washington, Aug. 27—Hav
ing been confirmed by the
Senate Wednesday night by
Mistake, Attorney General
Daughtery today refused to
issue a commission to Judge
Charles F. Cole of Batesville
to be United States attorney
lor the Eastern district ol
Arkansas to succeed June P,
Wooten. By a mistake that
rarely occurs Judge Cole’s
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the Senate for confirmation
without the Senate’s judici
ary committee’s knowledge
or previous action. Senator
Nelson of Minnesota, chair
man of tlie committee, said
that the nomination was re
ported favorably without his
knowledge and that the judi
ciary committee had not even
considered it.
He also said that the clerk
of the committee must have
inadvertently reported it
along with a number of other
nominations upon which fav
orable action had been taken.
The judiciary committee now
has the charges which were
filed by Senator Caraway UP"
on thp vp£|uest ot Senator
Robinson, who turned them
over to his junior colleague
before he sailed for Europe
two weeks ago. The charges
consist of a Little Rock court
record relating to a Beebe
business transaction involving
Cole.
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a SAFE place to put your money.
Progressive MEN of high character and known
financial responsibility conduct our National Bank,
and we are a member of the FDERAL RESERVE
system of banks, which stand together like one vast
army for the PROTECTION of our depositors.
We can get money when we want it on our secur
ities. You can get your money when YOU want it
when it is in our bank.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkansas
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000.00
PEOPLE NUST HAVE
THEIR LUXURIES
i Americans Paid Almost a Bil
lion Dollars Taxes on Lux
uries Last Year
The American people will
have their luxuries no matter
what the cost, if the figures
announced by the Internal
Revenue Bureau regarding
its collections for the fiscal
year ending June 31, 1921,
are any indication.
These figures show that
the people of this country
paid almost $1,000,000,000 in
taxes on luxuries during the
past year.
So far as the tax is con
cerned the automobile seems
to be the most popular form
of enjoyment indulged in by
the American people. The
theatre, including moving pic
tures and similar entertain
ments, would seem to rank
next.
That the people will not
neglect their stomachs no
matter what it costs is indi
cated by the fact that they
paid last year more than $80,
000,000 for soft drinks, candy
and chewing gum.
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paid in taxes on cosmetics,
perfumes, toilet soap and
similar articles, and more
than
taxes on
nis and other sporting goods.
When it is shown that the
tax paid last year on chewing
gum amounted to $1,332,177.
j 21, it may be easily under
stood how one of the large
! manufacturers of chewing
gum was enabled to pay sev
eral millions of dollars for
an entire island off the pacific
coast a year or so ago.
Under the heading of items
for the gratification of the
appetite, the non-alcoholic
beverages, including soft
drinks, mineral waters and
'soda fountain drinks, yielded
! a total tax last year of $8,
’073,192.03. Candy yielded a
! revenue of $20,436,478.17, the
; three items aggregating $80,
441,847.41.
Perfumes, cosmetics and
medicinal articles paid a tax
last year of $5,800,768.41,
while toilet soap and soap
powders paid $2,223,773.99; a
! total under this heading of
I $8,024,542.40.
SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY
Newark High School to Begin
September 5
The Newark High School
will open next Monday, Sep
tember 5, with the following
faculty.
J. K. Rawlings, superin
| tendent; Edgar Holcombe
i principal and the following
teachers:
Miss Minnie Lynn Martin,
Mrs. J. E. Snell, Miss Pearl
Miller, Mrs. 0. L. Bone and
Miss Kate Martin.
The music department will
; be under the direction of
Miss Adys Allison of Buck
ner who is a graduate of the
Ouachita Conservatory of Mu
sic and is highly recommend
ed as a talented musician.
TWO MEN KILLED
BY HOXIE MARSHAL
Moonshine and Forty-Nine
Show Cause of Tragedy
""Saturday Night
Hoxie, Aug. 20.—Liquor
drinking and disorderly con
duct at a “Forty-niner” show
in the railroad park here Sat
urday night led to the killing
of two men Tom Burrow,
aged 40, and John Holcombe,
aged 50, and to threats
against City Marshal John
Ball, who shot them, making
it necessary to hustle Ball out
of this locality to prevent pos
sible lynching.
A single bullet fired by
Ball is said to have killed
both men. The shooting oc
curred about 11:30 and fol
lowed an attempt on the part
of the crowd to rescue Tomi
Hughes, whom Ball had plac
ed under arrest for being
drunk and disorderly.
Ball, who has been taken
to Jonesboro and lodged in
jail there for safe-keeping,
according to reports here,
[claims the shooting of the two
men, who were from the
Richwoods neighborhoqd, was
accidental. He claims he was
uucaiciicu iuiu aiew ms gun,
a .44-caliber automatic, and
fired unintentionally. The
bullet is said to have gone
through Burrow’s heart and
Holcomb. They were taken
to the residence of a physi
cian, but both were dead with
in thirty minutes. Ball sur
rendered to Sheriff Caldwell.
The “Forty-niners” show
was part of a carnival that
was putting on exhibitions at
the park. Threats also were
heard against Mayor Kelly, it
is said. The shooting came
when friends of Hughes, the
man under arrest, attempted
to take him from the Marshal
Both men were shot after
Ball had ordered the crowd to
disperse. Moonshine liquoi* is
said to have been plentiful
about the carnival grounds
and John Alpin, night marsh
al, is reported to have been
held up on the grounds and
his badge and pistol taken
from him. Officials, it is said
will urge the grand jury,
which is to meet soon, to
make an investigation.
The carnival was attended
by a large number of peo
ple from the country. The
bodies of the dead men were
taken to their‘homes. Bur
rows leaves a wife and sev
eral children.
OVERSTREET-MILLER
J. W. Overstreet of Balch
and Miss Pearl Miller were
married at the home of the
bride a few miles north of
town Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. J. A. Laird officiating.
The groom is a prominent
business man and planter of
Balch. The bride has held a
position as teacher in the
Newark High School for a
number of years and is a
most estimable young lady.
They left on the evening
train fbr Hot Springs where
they will spend a few days,
after which they will be at
home at Balch.
HANDSOME HOME BURNS
I)r. Evans' Residence Destroy
ed Tuesday Night
The handsome home of Dr.
and Mrs. A. A. Evans was
totally destroyed by fire
Tuesday night about 10
o’clock.
There was no one at home
at the time, Dr. Evans and
little son, Willis, having gone
to Mount Pleasant to visit
the doctor’s mother, and Mrs.
Evans was spending the night
with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Mar
tin.
Parties passing along the
street discovered the fire
bui out the roof and
gave the alarm. It is not
known how the fire started.
A good part of the furniture
on the lower floor was saved
but practically nothing was
saved from upstairs.
The loss on building and
contents is about $6,000, par
tially covered by insurance.
DIES AT BEBEE
Former Newark Man Dies of
Heart Failure
Beebe, Aug. 30.—C. J.
Drennen, who had but recent
ly returned after an absence
of several months from Pine
Bluff and had purchased prop
erty here, died suddenly Sat
urday morning, death being
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon, conducted
by Rev. Morris of the Pres
byterian church of Bebee,
burial being in the Beebe
cemetery. Mr. Drennen is
survived by a wife, two sons
and one daughter.
Tom Mix is in town.
SUNSHINE SPECIAL
WRECKED AT HOPE
Runs Into Freight and Injures
Three of Train Crew But
No Passengers
Hope, Aug. 30.—Two en
ginemen and a baggeman
were injured and several pas
sengers on the Sunshine Spec
ial were considerably “shaken
up” at 11:20 o’clock last night
when the passenger train
struck a freight train broad
side at the crossing here.
Engineer J. T. Brannan
sustained a badly crushed foot
and Fireman D. Haehnel re
ceived numerous body bruises.
The baggageman, whose
name was not obtained, was
only slightly injured. The
two enginemen jumped from
their cab when they saw the
accident was unavoidable.
They were hurt as they
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The freight trahi had just
reached Hope. The Sunshine
Special, north bound, making
over 30 miles an hour, plowed
into the side of a box car
loaded with flour, scattering
the flour over a large area.
The box car was dragged
about 100 feet up the Mis
souri Pacific track. The en
ifeigm tultn’ne was too closer
to stop his train. However,
he allied the brakes and
shouted a warning to the fire
man, and both men jumped.
The track for a consider
able distance was badly torn
up, and the passenger engine
was damaged*. Two baggage
cars left the track, but neith
er overturned.
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BUCK JONES
| N =SS.
“Just Pals”
An Intense Drama That
Will Thrill and Delight
insaKinMii»
Snub and Sambo Comedy
FRIDAY, SEPT. 9
SHOW STARTS 8 O’CLOCK
ROYAL THEATRE
ADMISSION 15 AND 30 CENTS