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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, December 30, 1910
Vol. 10, No. 38
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WERE SECRETLY WED
J. I. Sturdivant and Mrs. Dove
Edwards Harried Last June
The .Journal man was most
pleasantly surprised Tuesday ev
ening by our good friend J. I.
Sturdivant.
J. I., as he is familiarly called
by all his friends, is always as
happy as a boy in his first pair of
red top boots, but when we met
him Tuesday afternoon he was
wearing a smile that would have
made Teddy, in the heyday of his
glory, turn green with envy. Hap
piness was just simply oozing out
at every pore of his skin.
We were about to ask him for
an explanation, when he took us
into his confidence and after swear
ing us by all the gods under heav
en not to tell it, he informed us
that he was a married man. Of
course that explained everything.
Mr. Sturdivant and Mrs. Dove
Edwards were married on the lfith
of last June in the governor’s of
fice at Little Rock, Governor
Donaghey performing the cere
mony. The wedding has been kept
secret merely for the purpose of
springing a surprise on their
friends when the proper time
came.
The bride is the youngest and
only surviving daughter of the late
Jno. N. Tomlinson, one of the pio
neers of this section and who hasj
been termed “The Father of New
ark,’’ he having once owned prac
tically the entire portion of land
on which the town is built, and
having erected the first house built
in the town. The groom—but
everybody knows J. I. There’s!
not another like him from Dan to
Beersheba, or from where Doc
Cook traded gum drops with the
Eskimos to Cape Horn.
The handsome new residence
being built by Mr. Sturdivant is
nearly ready for occupancy, and
upon their return from an eastern
trip (they having left Wednesday
morning for a several days visit
in the east) Mr. and Mrs. Sturdi
vant will beat home to their many
friends in their handsome new
home.
The Journal heartily joins in ex
tending congratulations and good
wishes.
NOTICE
All parties indebted to the un
dersigned are hereby notified to
call and settle up before the first
of January, 11*11.
M. Drennen.
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Our Dry Goods, Shoes and Hen’s, Boys’ and Children’s Suits are well selected, with
such low prices that will compete with any of our country towns. We ask you to give us
a call before you go elsewhere. Our motto is: Money refunded if goods are not satisfactory
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CHARLOTTE CHRONICLES
happenings of the Week in Dota
Township Briefly Told.
Born.—To Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Haddock, Friday night, a fine boy.
J. C. McGill and son, Ralph,
made a business trip to Batesville
Saturday.
Mrs. George Tate, of Roscoe,
Tex., is visiting Mrs. Rebecca
Moore and family.
Rev. C. F. Hively filled his reg
ular appointment at the Methodist
church here Sunday.
Will Crigler of Calamine visited
his father, P. Crigler and family
a few days this week.
Quite a number from Pleasant
Hill and Cord attended the Christ
mas tree here Saturday night.
Rev. Moncie Lawrence preached
to a large congregation at the
Christian church Sunday night.
Prof. N. W. Gilbert of CaveCity
delivered a Sunday school lecture
at the M. E. church here Tuesday
night.
Miss Italone Walden and her
brother, Claud, of Hazel Grove,
spent Christmas here with rel
atives.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Holcomb
spent Christmas with the former’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. .1. Hol
comb, near Sulphur Rock.
Edgar Walden of Little Rock
passed through here Saturday en
route to Hazel Grove to spend the
holidays with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Walden.
The Rebekah Lodge entertained
the I. O. O. F. Lodge and quite a
number of their friends Monday
night with an interesting pro
gram, after which refreshments
were served. The colors of the
Order, pink and green, were very
! prettily carried out in the decora
tions and in the table refresh
ments.
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I Sincerely Thank You
For a splendid years’ business —the best in the his
tory of this store. 1 have always realized, and real
ize today more than ever before, that the growth of
my business is dependant on my ability to well and
faithfully serve you.
I shall endeavor each day to better the service of
this store, so that those who are now will always be
my friends and customers, and those who are not will
truly want to be.
A Happy and Prosperous
New Year to All
H. E. HAWTHORNE
Newark : : : Arkansas
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Mrs. Mollie Porter has been
quite sick for several da.ys with
typhoid fever.
Dr. .J. H. Meeks, the dentist,
will be in Sulphur Hock all next
week, prepared to do all kinds of
dental work.
Miss Addie McHenry returned
home yesterday from Little Rock,
where she spent Christmas with
Mrs. Ed Norman.
If you appreciate good biscuit
go tod. H. Holderby’s and get
some Golden Gate flour. Its the
best flour ever brought to Newark.
Take your laundry to R. M.
! Galloway, agent for the Ideal
Laundry of Newport. Prompt
returns and good service guaran
teed.
W. A. Britton and children,
Lindsey and Lillain, came over
from Leslie Tuesday to spend a
few da.ys visiting l)r. and Mrs. L.
G. Poe.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Henderson
will leave in a short time for St.
Petersburg, Fla., to spend a month
or two with their daughter, Mrs.
,1. B. Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Rouse have
sold their property in Newark to
Moore Pros, for a farm near Be
thesda and are moving to their
new home this week.
There will be no Janurar.v
Trades Day in Newark, but extrti
efforts will be ma le to make the
February Trades Day the greatest
ever held in North Arkansas.
Mr. and Mrs. ,J. O. Burns canu
down from Batesville to spem
Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Dai
Moore, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Moon
and other relatives and friends.
.1. K. Defries of Bethesda ha
bought Edgar’s blacksmith sho|
and is prepared to do first clas
horse shoeing and all kinds o
general blacksmithing and wooi
work. 1-6
Wilson Tomlinson of Magness
who was accidentally shot througl
the hand some time ago, is recov
j ering nicely, llis man.\ friends ar
glad to learn that he will not los
the use of his hand.
The Democrat learns with plea
sure that .fudge F. 1). Fulkersoi
is to return to Jackson county an<
associate himself with G. L. Grant
in the practice of law. Judge Ful
ker>ion will arrive about the 15tb
of January. — Newport Democrat
i Grandma McDoniel died o
i pneumonia at the home of lie
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Etta Me
Doniel, in this city Weduesda;
i about noon. She was the widow o
> Henry McDoniel who died about!
year ugo. She was s4 years oh
i j and was a most estimable christuii
1 lady. She leaves no children.
You can get a suit of clothes
made to measure from your own
selection of goods and guaranteed
to tit for the same money you pay
] for a cheap hand-me-down. M. C.
1 Magness.
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1 have 640 acres of good level i
bottom land only 2 miles from I
Newark; railroad running through
; the tract. I will sell this entire
I tract at only $9 per acre. A. A.
| Henderson.
There are still a few subscribers
on our books who mve The Jour
nal and we hope they will settle as
early as possible. Statements will
be mailed in a few days to those
who are in arrears.
Strayed.—Red cow about seven
years old, natural muley, marked
swallow fork in right and under
bit in left, branded R on right
hip. Reward for information or
recovery of cow. Jesse L. Gros
ser, Newark, Ark.
Sid Sherrill, a young negro,
was drowned Friday in White river
near Gainor’s ferry while return
ing to Hatesville from Earnheart
j with some whiskey. He fell from
a skiff into the river, and although
i there were two other parties in
I the boat at the time, they were un
able to *ave him.
Albert Johnson was arraigned
before Squire E. M. Wilson Mon
day, charged with selling whiskey
and giving whiskey to a minor.
He entered a plea of guilty in
both counts and was fined $50 and
costs in each case. Being unable to
pay the fine he was taken to jail
by Constable W. L. McAhron.
I Johnson came here recently from
i Oklahoma.
1 have 120 acres of tine Oil
Trough land H miles from Oil
i Trough store, and only •$ mile from
> Oil Trough Academy; SO acres in
' bottom and 40 acres on hill. Fine
I alfalfa land and as good as can be
1 found on White River; 15 acres in
| cultivation on the hill, and good
tenant house on land. All of this
, land can be had for $5,500. A. A.
Henderson.
■ ROYAL NEIGHBORS ELECTION
The Royal Neighbors have elect
ed the following officers for the
ensuing year: Mrs. Birdie Hollo
J way, oracle; Mrs. Jessie Drennen,
vice oracle; Mrs. Delia McClard,
recorder; Mrs. Nancy Austin, re
ceiver; Mrs. Lizzie Vaughan,
chancellor; Mrs. Laura Arnold,
marshal; Mrs. Rittie Jones, inner
f sentinel; Mrs. Nancy Adair, outer
' sentinel; Mrs. Imogene Hall man
• ager; Dr. C. W. Martin, physician;
Mrs. Mollie Rogers, Miss Edith
fj Owens, Miss Anise Barnes, Mrs.
i j Ida Hawthorne, Mrs. Irene Bran
1 non, graces. A public installation
) i will be given the second Wednes
day in January.
JUNIORS' CHRISTMAS TREE
Children Conduct Successful En
t a in merit at Methodist Church
The members of the .Junior
League gave a Christmas tree at
the Methodist church Saturday
afternoon. The tree, the program
and all the plans and arrangements
were made by the members of the
League themselves without any
outside assistance, and they deser
ve more than passing commenda
tion for the excellent manner in
which the affair was conducted.
The following program was ren
dered:
Song .Choir
Prayer.Kev. I. H. Russell
Composition on Child’s Life of
Christ.Pearl Craig
Recitation.Virginia Hall
Recitation.Anita Russell
Song .Choir
Recitation.Edith Lane
Reading.Buford Hall
Recitation.Hattie Russell
Closing Hymn.Choir
Benediction.... Rev. I. H. Russell
Everything was conducted in an
excellent manner and The .Journal
most heartily congratulates the
children upon their good taste
shown in arranging the tree and
upon their good behavior and
good judgment in conducting the
affair.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
All parties who owe the R. C.
! Dorr Merc. Co. are hereby notifi
ed that all accounts and notes due
the company must be paid by Jan
uary 1, 1911, and if settlement is
| not made by that time all unpaid
accounts will be turned over to
| our attorney for collection at the
| expense of the debtor, without
further notice.
R. C. Dorr Mkrc. Co.
COMMENDS WORK DONE
Journal's (loot! Roads Campaign
Worth $1,200 to the County
To the People of Independence
Conntv:
Inasmuch as the committee se
lected to report the work done by
the people on the road between
Batesville and Newark, October
27th, last, has made no report, I
beg to make a public statement.
I kept in touch with the move
ment and was along the route dur
ing the day and after the work was
done, and believe I can safely
make you an estimate of the same.
I feel confident that $1200, or
more, worth of work was done on
this road during and just following
the day designated, without any
eost to the county.
The road was benetitted wonder
fully, and if the overseers will do
just a small amount of work in a
few places along the route, to save
some unfinished work, the route
will be benetitted greatly and this
road will be a credit to those who
worked so hard to make the move
ment a success.
I certainly want to thank the
people for the willingness and en
thusiasm exhibited in this work. I
would like to mention their names
but apace at this time will not
permit.
I trust the committee will yet
have time to make a report in full
on the work as contemplated.
I again want to thank the peo
ple for their efforts in this good
work, and hope you will do more
and better road building in the fu
ture than you have done in the
past. Respectfully,
Cul. L. Pearce.
WISE BUSINESS MEN
The Newark Journal is well
filled with advertisements. But a
good many of the Journal’s adver
tising patrons are Newport busi
ness houses.—Sharp County Rec
ord.
Which is pretty good evidence
that the Newport business men
know a good thing when they see
it.
LEADS WITH SALOONS
There will be twenty-four sa
loons in Helena next year. Th e
gives Helena one saloon for each
8*57 persons, according to the re
cent census, and more saloons per
capita than any other town in the
state.
Statement of Condition of the
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkansas
AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS DECEMBER i, 1910
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts.$52,952.47
U S Bonds. 25,000.00
Banking house and
fixtures. 1,500.
Due from other banks 94,765.
Cash in vault. 11,106.45
Due from U. S. Treas. 1,250.00
Total.$186,574.82
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LIABILITIES
Capital Stock paid in.$25,<)00.00|
Surplus and undivid
ed net profits. 3,857.411
National Bank Notes
outstanding . 25,000.001
Deposits .132,717.41
Total.$186,574.82
The attention of our customers and friends is re
spectfully invited to the foregoing statement, show
ing the confidence placed in our institution, as evi
denced by the deposit account, and justified by our
unusually strong cash reserve,which we always carry
To One and All We Wish a Merry
Christinas and Prosperous 1911