The Newark Journal
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, June 27, 1918
Vol. 18, No. 13
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SAVES KELLY FROM
THE ELECTRIC CHAIR
Newport Man Sentenced to Die
For Murder Gets Commu
tation of Sentence
Tuesday morning Governor
Brough commuted the death j
sentence oT Chess Kelley, sen-;
tenced to die in the electric,
chair on June 28 for the mur-j
der of H. A. Harmon at New
port on June 9, 1917, to life ■
imprisonment.
The Rev. T. D. Brown of
the First Baptist church. Little
Rock, Mrs. J. E. Farmer of
Newport, mother* of Kelley,
and Mrs Rudd, social worker
of Little Rock were instrumen
tal in securing the action of
the governor.
In issuing the commutation,
Governor Brough said that al
though Kelley’s crime was:
without provocation, he, the
governor, had been beseiged by
a number of the leading citi
zens of the state to commute
the sentence; that eleven of the
jurors who convicted Kelley
had signed a petition for com
mutation; that the jury which
found Kelley guilty did not fix
the death penalty, but left it
to the court, which had no dis
cretion ; that Kelley had stood
by the officers of the prison at
a critical time and had aided
them under circumstances
which probably saved their
lives, ami that these facts, con
sidered in connection with the
youth of the prisoner, had in
fluenced him in commuting the
sentence to life imprisonment.
The governor stated, how
ever, that as long as he was
governor there would be no
further intervention in the case'
and that he believes Kelley
should serve a life imprison
ARKANSAS TROOPS
ARRIVE IN FRANCE
Men From Camp Beauregard
Will Soon Be on the Great
Battle Front
According to information re
ceived Tuesday from Little
Rock, the arrival in France of
20 per cent of the enlisted per
sonnel of the 153rd and 154th
Infantry and the 142nd Field
Artillery and the 141st Ma
chine Gun Battalion, U. S. N.
G., has been reported.
All these organizations are
composed of former Arkansas
Guard units. The 153rd Infan
try was the old First Arkansas
commanded by Col. C. 1).
James; the 154th was the
Third Arkansas, commanded
by Col. E. L. Compere, and the
artillery and machine gun ba
talion were the old second
Arkansas, commanded former
ly by Col. Henry Stroupe.
The movement consisted of
only a fifth of each organiza
tion, and the officers did not
accompany their troops, but
remained at Camp Beauregard
with the 80 par cent which is
still in training.
Several Independente coun
ty men are among the Arkan
sas troops sent to France from
Camp Beauregard, among the
number being Thos. O. Fetzer.
whose home is a few miles
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ment.
Kelley was taken to the pris
on on October 6 and was sen
tenced to die on January 12, at
which time his appeal acted
as a stay of execution. In April
the supreme court affirmed
Kelley’s conviction and six
weeks ago Governor Brough
fixed June 28 as the day for
the execution.
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ijjphas his famijy
protected with moray
in the Bank. *
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Doesn’t it make you “sweat blood” to think
what would become of those you love, and who
are dependent on you, should you die penniless?
That does not happen to the man with
money. He has done his duty. He saves his
money and puts it in the Bank where it is safe
from fire, burglars or his own extravagance.
Put YOUR money in OUR bank.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
STRICT REGULATIONS
ON USE OF SUGAR
New Ruling Affecting all Class
es Goes Into Effect Next
Monday, July 1
Little Rock, June 25.—Nev
er in the history of the United
States has the government tak
en greater precautions to con
trol the sale of sugar than is
used in the new rationing plan
for this product, which has
been received from the United
States food administration, at
Washington, by Hamp Wil
liams, federal food administra
tor for Arkansas, and by him
made public today.
Under the new regulations
everyone buying sugar must
have a certificate, which can
only be obtained from the
state food administrator. Re
finers are not permitted to sell
to jobbers or wholesalers un
less the latter have made prop
er application and been grant
ed a certificate.
Hotels, restaurants, and pub
lic eating places must also have
the sugar certificate. Bakers
are also put in the certificate
class before they can buy sug
ar. Retailers must get a cer
tificate before they can buy
sugar from jobbers or whole
salers.
Sugar certificates, it is an
nounced, will be issued only
for the July allotment. This
is due to the shortage of sugar
and to prevent overcrowding
of sugar refineries.
MARKED REDUCTION
ANNOUNCED
Manufacturers of less essen
tials, who were previously al
lowed 80 .jjpr cent of their con
sumption for three months last
year, have been reduced to 50
per cent. This class includes
all manufacturers of beverage
syrups, candies, cereals, chew
ing gum, coca and chocolate,
condiments, confections, flav
oring extracts, invert sugar,
syrups, soda water, soft drinks,
sweet pickles and wines.
Tobacco, which was per
mitted under the previous rul
ing to be classed as essential,
is placed in the less essential
class and manufacturers of to
bacco are cut from 100 per
cent to 50 per cent supply of
sugar..
SUPPLY FOR HOTELS
To illustrate: If any public
eating place serves 150 guests
a day for thirty days, that
place would serve 4,500 meals
a month. Dividing that num
ber by thirty, representing the
month, it is seen that establish
ment would be entitled to 150
pounds of sugar.
In estimating the smaller
places of business in this line,
and further illustration taking
thirty persons served as the
daily average, such a place
would serve 900 mals a month,
which would entitle it to thirty
pounds of sugar. Such places
should make a true and faith
ful report in filing application
for the sugar certificate.
State Food Administrator
Ilamp Williams has given the
following official interpreta
tion and ruling on sugar to be
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LIST OF MEN CALLED
FOR SERVICE JULY 5
Forty-Five Independence Coun
ty Men Will be Sent to
Camp Shelby, Miss
The following Independence
county men have been notified
to appear at Batesville for mil
itary service June 5, and out
oi this list 45 men will be sent
to Camp Shelby, at Hatties
burg, Miss.
Buster Williams, Elmo.
Sam Ferrill, Newark.
William A. Jackson Oil
Trough.
Ray R. Reeves, Oil Trough.
Ross Arnold, Oil Trough.
Virgil Lewis, Cave City.
John Franks, Oil Trough.
Edgar Bridgeman, Magness.
Perry French, Elmo.
Leonard Hawkins,Batesville.
Leonard J. Cain, Rosie
Early E. Gass, Oil Trough
Elbert Fullbright, Cushman
James Castleberry, Rosie.
Elmer Grisham, Magness
Gilbert Gunther, O’neal.
William Doremus, Batesville.
Roy Skaggs, Oil Trough.
John Williams, Oil Trough.
Richard Qurtis, Locust Grove
Firmest Ray, Newmrk.
Roy Sexton, Elmo.
Rector Keith, Batesville.
William H. Reeves, Sulphur
Rock.
Herbert Connor Newark
William Moses, Mt.Pleasant.
Joseph Moore, Charlotte.
John F. Wilcox, Pleasant
Plains.
Charlie Langston, Newar
Alverda Rutledge, Newark.
W. L. Martin, Cushman.
Herman Johnson, Cushman.
D. R. Frazier, Batesville.
Homer West, Cave City.
Clarence G. Jones, McHue.
Otis R. Flippo, Magness.
J. R. Arnold Batesville
Corbet Clark, Locust Grove.
W’illiam E. McNeese, Cush
man.
Gurnie Storey, Oneal.
Thomas Self, Newark.
John H. Roberson,Cave City.
Ray Essary, Sulphur Rock.
Lee Roy James, Mobley.
Joe W. Hawkins, Sulphur
Rock.
Odell Rultedge, Newark.
Robt. Burks, Jamestown.
Oscar Floyd, Jamestown.
Thomas Smith, Hutchinson.
Walter G. Fugette, Pfeiffer.
James Coop, Batesville.
Jesse Liles, Mobley.
William Lee Shaw, Newark.
Clarence P. Vaughan, New
ark.
Paul E. Ray, Newark.
Poindexter Hill, Bethesda.
S. O. Linebough, Paroquet.
Albert Comer, Pfeiffer.
Hesekiah McSpadden, Oneal
Earle D. McLendon, Moore
field.
Call No. 836 has been issued
for ten physically qualified col
ored men to entrain for Camp
Pike during the five day period
beginning July 16.
Call No. 861 has been issued
lor 100 Independence county
men to entrain for Camp Pike
during the five day period be
ginning July 22.
Call No. 848 has been issued
for 7 physically qualified color
ed men to entrain for Camp
Pike during the 5 day period
beginning July 29th.
8,568 ARKANSAS MEN
ARE CALLED FOR JULY
Four Thousand Negroes and
2,463 White Men to Re
port at Camp Pike
Little Rock, June 24.—Calls
for 8,658 men have been made
for Arkansas during the past
two days by the adjutant gen
eral's office. The first call
Friday was for 3,000 negroes
for entrainment at Camp Pike.
Later calls were issued for 350
white grammar school regis
trants to be sent to the Agri
cultural College at Starkville,
Miss., on July 15, and for 1,
745 white men to be sent to.
Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg,
Miss., during the five day per
iod following July 5.
Saturday morning, by order
of Provost Marshal General
Crowder, the adjutant generals
office issued two additional
calls for a total of 3,463 men.
Call No. 861 is for 2 463
white men to be entrained at
Camp Pike during the five-day
period beginning July 22. The
call is to be alioted among
Class 1 registrants in such a
manner as to produce the least
possible disturbance among in
dustrial and agricultural occu
pations.
Call’No. 848 is for 1,000
negroes to be entrained for
Camp Pike during the five-day
period following July 29. These
men are to be selected from
Class 1, with special reference
to maintaining the industrial
and agricultural occupations of
the State.
For Sale.—Five passenegr
Maxwell car in good condition.
Apply at The Journal office.
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MAN IS BURNED TO
DEATH AT NEWPORT
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Pilot on Boat Operated by Geo.
H. Holderby Loses Life
When Boat Burns
Will Brown, aged 22, was
burned to death at Newport
when the steamer Lottie was
destroyed by fire Monday ev
ening as the result of an explo
sion.
Brown was horribly burned
about the head, face, arms and
back and died Tuesday morn
ing.
Mrs. Brown was badly burn
ed but it is thought that she
will recover. Mr. and Mrs.
Brown had been married only
two weeks. He was pilot and
engineer on the boat, which
was leased and operated by
George Holderby of this place.
The tragedy occured when
Brown lighted the torch of the
crude oil engine preparatory
to making a trip up the river.
Mr. Holderby came on the
boat and told Brown to extin
guish the torch, as they could
not leave until they secured
some ice.
Brown attempted to extin
guish the torch on the engine
and some of the fire fell to the
floor of the boat and ignited
a piece of cork. He picked up
the cork and tried to throw it
out of a window, but the cork
fell in a five-gallon coal oil
can which contained about
three gallons of oil. The ex
plosion followed, the engine
room being covered almost im
mediately by the flames. The
fire spread quickly, the cloth
ing of Mr. and Mrs. Brown be
coming ignited, and their ef
forts to escape were futile.
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