The Newark Journal
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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1921
VOL. 21 HD. 13
EXAMINATION FOR P. M.
TO BE HELD SATURDAY
FARMER IS KILLED BY
TEAM IN HAY FIELD
Cries of Blind Mother Attract
t Neighbors. Who Find Body
With Shull C rush e11
The body of Walter John
son, who lived .six miles north
of Evening Shade, was found
in his hay field Thursday
morning with the skull crush
ed. Hip team, with the har
ness torn off, was grazing near
by, and the hay rake was
wrecked. He was about 40
years of age and unmarried,
making his home on the farm
with his aged mother, who is
both deaf and blind.
When he failed to come in
from work the night before,
his mother began calling, but
all the neighbors residing too
far away, she was not heard
until morning. Persons res
ponding to her calls began a
search and found the body.
A coroner’s jury was em
paneled and decided that the
dceased came to his death by
accident, it being the opinion
that a horse had kicked him
on the head or stepped on his
head, crushing it. The team
had evidently run away
wrecking the rake and har
jness.
The Northeast Indepen
' dence 'County Singing Con
vention will be held at Oak
Grove Sunday July 10. All
* classes are invited to attend.
S. E. Wells, President.
Reported That Six AppU- i
cants Will Take Exam for
Newark Postoffice
The Civil Service Commis
sion has announced that an
examination will be held at
Batesville next (Saturday lo
ascertain the qualifications of
applicants for appointment as
postmaster at Newark to suc
ceed O. F. Craig whose term
expired some time ago.
Quite a lively political tilt
occurred in the Republican
County Convention some time
ago over the endorsement of
applicants for the appoint
ment. There were a number
of applicants for the place
but the contest simmered
down to a fight between H.
V. Merriwether and I. L. Dodd
and after a spirited contest,
Merriwether won by one vote.
At that time it was thought
that all Civil Service restric
tions would be removed and
postoffice appointments made
purely upon a political basis
on the recommendation of the
c< unty central committee.
However, instead of revok
ing the Civil Service Regula
tions entirely, President Hard
ing “modified” the regula
tion, permitting appointments
lo be made from one of the
three persons making the
highest grades.
Considerable doubt is ex
pressed locally as to the sin
cerity of the Harding order
modifying the Civil Service
, egulations and it is thought
by many that the appointment
will be made purely upon a
political basis, but a number
of citizens who have aspira
tions to become postmaster
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
r
Newark, Arkansas
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000.00
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AGED COUPLE SHOT
TO DEATH IN HOME
Robbery Thought to Have
Been the Motive For Bru
tal Double Murder
Harrison, July 2.—The
bodies of an aged German
couple named Helmeke, both
of them bearing bullet wounds
were found at their farm home
north of Harrison yestreday.j
the evidence pointing to mur
der with robbery as the mo
tive.
The Helmekes were 70
years of age or older, and it
has been rumored that they
recently inherited consider
able money.
Sheriff J. S. Johnson and Dr
D. E. Evans, county health of
ficer, visited the home and
gathered evidence bearing on
the crime. It was learned
that a neighbor went to the
Helmeke home yesterday to
return a saddle he had bor
rowed and discovered the
bodies of the couple, who had
lived much to themselves.
The man’s body was in the
yard, with a bullet hole in the
head and four bullet wounds
in the back.
Mrs. Helmeke was found in
house. There was a bullet
wound in the head and one in
the body. Dr. Evans said the
couple evidently had been
dead some time..
Mr. and Mrs. Helmeke lived
on a place they homesteaded
about a year ago. They were
poor people and lived on a
poor farm, but it had been ru
mored that they recently in
herited $2,000, a rumor that
never was substantiated, and
it is believed someone commit
ted the murder in an attempt
to find the money.
On a table in the home were
found two empty purses and a
check book. Neighbors be
lieve that the old man and his
wife brought out the empty
purses and the check book at
the time the thief and murder
er entered the home, to prove
that they had no money in the
house.
Helmeke is believed to have
been killed as he was running
from the house.
have expressed their intention
of bringing the matter to a
test. As a result six appli
cants are known to have
qualified for taking the ex
amination at Batesville Satur
day.
The list includes H. V. Mer
riwether who has the endorse
ment of the Republican Coun
ty Central Committee and five
“privates” who will take the
examination of their own ac
cord, as follows: J. H. Boles,
Rev. G. L. Fink, Miss Ada
Welborn, Claude Jackson arjd
H. V. Williams.
It is reported that John T.
Tharp, a former postmaster
here, has qualified and will
take the examination also, but
this could not be verified.
Rev. J. F. Cossey will begin
a revival meeting at Magness
tonight. C. W. McDonald of
Sherdian will assist in the
meeting.
WOODRUFF COUNTY
FARMER IS KILLED
John Crafford of Near Cotton
Plant Charged With Kill
ing B^other-in-Law
Cotton Plant, July 5.—John
Crafford, aged 58, shot and
killed Alvin Hutchins, aged
68, his brther-in-law, at Hut
chins’ home, five miles west
of Cotton Plant, yesterday
afternoon. Crafford fired at
Hutchins four times, two of
the shots taking effect in the
body. Either wound would
have proved fatal.
Crafford is said to have
been drinking a great deal
before the shooting. He and
his family came to Hutchins’
home to spend the Fourth of
July, and so far as is known,
there had been no previous
trouble between the men.
Crafford is known to be quar
relsome when drinking.
Crafford and Hutchins mar
ried sisters, but Hutchins’ wife
has been dead three years.
Up to noon today Crafford
had not surrendered but he
telephoned to Cotton Plant
that he would come to town
today and surrender. The
dead man kad no family, but
lived with his mother-in-law
and her son.
ARKANSAS NORMAL
DOING GOOD MORK
Independence County Ha*
Seven Teacher* Enrolled
For Summer Course
Conway, July 5.—Arkansas
can well be proud of the State
Normal School for the vast
strides made in extending the
benefits of its training of pub
lic school teachers to 65 of the
75 counties in Arkansas, at
the summer session. Analy
sis of the student body which
now number 510, shows that
only ten counties of the state
are absent from roll call.
Real work is being accomplsh
ed at the session and 500 or
more public schools in Arkan
sas next winter will receive
the benefit.
Summer terms, heretofore
considered out of the ques
tion for Arkansas, are now an
established custom. At the
State Normal School, a short
ened term is possible through
teaching six days of the week,
using only the forenoon hours.
By this method, the work of
eight weeks is accomplished
in seven.
Stated briefly, courses offer
ed at the summer session of
the State Normal School are
for students who are candi
dates for regular degrees of
Licentiate of Insrtuction or
Bachelor of Arts in Education
and teachers wishing to thor
oughly review common school
branches, either for improve
ment of their work in the
class room or to undergo ex
amination for license. The
needs of all four classes of
students are met In the cours
es offered.
It is not so generally known
that the Arkansas Normal is
FORMER TAX COLLECTOR
ACCUSED OF SHORTAGE
Forrest Rowan, Who Jumped
Bond Some Time Ago
Back in Jonesboro
Jonesboro July 4—Embez
zlement of county funds and
the manufacture and the sale
of whiskey are the charges
faced by Forrest Rowan, for
mer tax collector of Craig
head county. The amount he
is alleged to be short as tax
collector is $8,050.78. Arrest
ed on the embezzlement
charge Saturday and released
under bond, he was later
arrsted on the liquor charge
and held under bond to await
the action of the federal grand
jury.
Rowan’s arrest followed his
return here from Oklahoma,
where he is said to have been
working on a railroad. He pre
viously had been arrested on
a liquor charge, furnished a
$500 bond and fled the state.
His bondsmen at the time
pleaded guilty for him and
paid his fine.
now in the collegiate class.
Enlargement of the courses of
study to add the degree of
Bachelor of Arts in Education
entitled the Normal to this
classification.
Independence county has the
following students enrolled for
the summer session: s
Mrs. J. E. Snell, Newrark.
Ernest Bruce, Salado.
Miss Hazel Parks, Bates
ville.
Otis Morris, Batesville.
Tommie Stone, Batesville.
Miss Audrey Byrd, Newark.
Mi s Myrtle Trotter, New
ark.
SUDDEN DEATH AT
OIL TROUGH MONDAY
Charlie Kent, Well Known
Citizen, Dies at His Home
of Heart Failure
' C. B. Kent, one of the coun
ty’s best citizens, died sudden
ly at his home at Oil Trough
last Monday afternoon of
heart failure.
Mr. Kent and his family
had been to Bacesville to at
tend a picnic and was appar
ently in the best of health.
He stopped at Newark on his
return home from Batesville
and made some purchases at
the drug store. About the
time he and his family arriv
ed home, Mr. Kent took a se
vere headache and died with
in thirty minutes.
Mr. Kent was 57 years old
and was a splendid citizen.
He is survived by his wife and
two daughters, Mrs. Willie
Davidson and Mrs. Clint Da
vidson, also five brothers and
three sisters.
The remains were buried at
Maple Springs cemetery Tues
day afternoon.
ROAD WORK PROGRESS1G
Bald Knob July 2—The
Arkansas-Missouri I^ke road
is rapidly being graded, the
concrete bridges and culverts
being all completed. This road
j will give direct connection
I with Little Rock and other
points and will undoubtedly
j carry a heavy traffic.
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in a love story that is filled
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Also Snub and Sambo Comedy
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