The Newark Journal.
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Our Money at Home.
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$ I Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, July 8. 1915
Vol. 15, No. 14
2 WHITE COUNTY MEN
SLAIN IN PUBLIC ROAD
Two Men Suspected of the
Crime Arrested But Are
Freed by Coroners Jury
Searcy, July 7.—Riddled
with buckshot, the bodies of
Joe Walls, aged 32, and his
nephew, Kelley Smith, 21,
were found near the overturn
ed wagon in which they were
riding home when shot from
ambush at 7:30 o’clock last
night. The bodies were found
one mile from their home, 11
miles from Searcy on the pub
lic road. Roth men were un
married.
Jealousy as a suspected mo
tive for the double killing led
to the arrests today of Tom
and Rober Fisher, cousins of
the dead men, who live on an
adjoining farm. Sheriff L. J.
Steward found at the Fisher’s
home a pump shotgun, recent
ly used. Testimony at the cor
oner’s inquest this afternoon
showed that the shots had been
tired in rapid succession. The
Fishers were discharged fol
lowing the inquest held by Cor
oner J. A. Chandler of White
county, as no evidence could
be procured by Prosecuting
Attorney J. A. Rachel which
warranted holding the men.
Thomas Walls, father of Joe
Walls and grandfather of Kel
ley Smith, grew worried when
the men did not come home
from working in some bottom
lands several miles from the
farmhouse and started a search
Joe Walls’ body was found
lying on its face in a position
which indicated that he had
jumped from the wagon and
attempted to run to safety
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Journal Gets State
Printing Contract
Contracts for from $40,000
to $60,000 worth of state print
ing, to be delivered during the
biennial period beginning Jan
uary 1, 1916, were let by the
state printing board at Litttle
Rock Tuesday .
The Journal was among the
| successful bidders for a part
of this work and was awarded
the contract for printing the
house and senate journals.
The Journal has broken
'another record in bringing the
contract for this work to New
ark.
This is the first time in the
history of the stae that a con
tract for prining of this charac
ter has been awarded to a
printer in a town the size of
Newark. Only four bids were
submitted by printers outside
of Little Rock, these being
from Newark, Pine Bluff, Tex
arkana and Conway.
Other firms obtaining con
tracts were the Democrat
Printing Co. of Little Rock;
Pugh Printing Co., Little Rock;
Central Printing Co., Little!
Rock; Adams Printing Co.,
Pine Bluff; The Texarkanian.1
Texarkana; Southern Guard- J
ian, Little Rock; F. E. Robbins, i
Conway; Tunnah & Pittard, j
Little Rock.
PEACHES WANTED
We are in the market for
20,000 to 30,000 bushels of j
good peaches suitable for can
ning. Peaches must be sound, i
not over-ripe and of good size, j
Submit samples at factory and 1
get prices.
NEWARK CANN1NG CO.
First National Bank
Newark, Ark.
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $6,500
C. M. EDWARDS, Pres.
G. M. FIELDS, V. Pres.
E. B. CHESSER, Cashier
our or employ
ment but my
savings will
SAVE ME FROM
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If You’ve Never Had
A BANK ACCOUNT
Just Try It!
If You’ve Started One
Stand By It!
For Rest Assured the Day
You’ll See
When Very Thankful You
Will Be—
TO SPY IT!
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BUY BANK MONtY ORDERS
When sending money to distant points. The orders are payable
anywhere and are ABSOLUTELY SAFE.
FOR EXAMPLE
Amounts up to $5.00, cost.._ 3 cents
Amounts of $5.00 to $30.00, cost_5 cents
Amounts of $30.00 to $75.00, cost. 10 cents
Amounts of $75.00 to $100.00, cost. 15 cents
LOCAL CANNERY
WILLSTARTSOON
Plant is Completed and Will
Be Ready in Few Days toBe
gin Work on Peach Crop.
The Newark Canning Com
pany’s factory is practically
completed and will he ready
to begin operation about next
Monday.
Clifton Baucum of Magnol
ia. an experienced operator, is
here to superintend the opera
tion of the factory during the
season.
The company is advertising
in today’s paper for 25,000
bushels of peaches for can
ning. and if they secure suf
ficient fruit, the factory will
begin canning peaches Mon
day or Tuesday, it is said. The
factory will have a capaci
ty of 10,000 cans per day and
it is probable that the com
pany will be able to handle
practically all the marketable
peaches in this part of the
county.
The tomato crop will not be
ready to begin harvesting for
several weeks and the com
pany hopes to be able to se
cure sufficient peaches to keep
the factory in operation until
the tomato crop beginsto ripen.
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Newspaper Man is
Boosting Arkansas
A. \\ . Parke, a well known
newspaper man of Little Rock
was in town Tuesday soliciting
funds to assist in maintaining
the Arkansas exhibit at the
Panama Expoition at San Fran
cisco. Despite the adverse
conditions under which the
Arkansas exhibit is being main
tained our state building and
the showing that is being
made by this state is creating
a most favorable impression
and Arkansas has already been
awarded the gold medal on
apples. It is expected that
other prizes will be won by
Arkansas exhibits and thestate
is getting some very favorable
advertising by the showingthat \
is being made at the big fair.
SCHOOL CENSUS
I). C. Lane has just comple
ted the work of taking the
scholastic population of the
Newark special district. His
report shows a total of -171 per
sons of school age in the dis
trict. divided as follows: White
males, 237; white females.223 ;
total whites, 160; colored fe
males, 7 ; colored males, 1; to
tal colored 11.
The report shows a slight
loss in the total population
from last year, principally
among the negro, and is the
among the negroes and is the
groes from Newark lastwinter.
The total colored population
last year being 37 while this
year it is only 1 l.
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METHODIST REVIVAL
Rev. L. B. Hankins, pastor
of the Methodist church, will
begin a revival meeting here
on Tuesday, July 20. Rev. J. R.
Stevenson, pastor of the First
Mehodist church of Batesville.
will assist in the meeting. A
large tent will be secured for
the meeting. Rev. Stevenson is
an able preacher and it is hop
ed that much good may be ac
complished by the meeting.
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D. C. LANE MAKES
GOOD YIELD WHEAT
A splendid yield of wheat is
reported by D. C. Lane who
| had 13 acres of wheat on the
Island from which he threshed
164 bi shels which s an aver
age of 35% bushels per acre.
SUPREME COURT
KILLS RACE BILL
Suit Without Standing in Court
and is Dismissed—Decision
Will End Fight For Bill
The Arkansas Supreme
I Court in an opinion handed
down at Little Rock last Mon
day refused to rule on the va
lidity of Gov. George W. Hays’
approval or disapproval of
the Sawyer racing bill, but
dismissed the appeal in the
mandamus suit brought to
compel Earle. W. Hodges, sec
retary of state, to include the
bill in the acts of the 1915
legislature when they are ad
vertised, on the grounds that
the acts already have been
j advertised.
Tor the "reason that we
'cannot now grant the relief
prayed” said the decision, “we
| decline to declare whether ap
pellant (the Arkansas State
Fair Association) would have
| been entitled to relief, were it
in our power to afford it, and
the appeal therefore is dis
missed.”
| Numerous cases are cited in
the decision to lend strength
to the action of the court.
Suit was started in the Pu
laski Circuit Court to test the
I validity of Gov. Hays’ veto of
the measure. The circuit
court upheld the veto and the
case was appealed. In dis
missing the case the supreme
court did not affirm the de
cision of the lower court al- i
though Justice Wood noted in
writing the decision that he
thought the case should be af
firmed.
Ii is thought that ligitation
over the bill is ended and
that no further attempt will
be made to overthrow the
governor’s veto.
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Newark Now Has
Electric Lights
Newark is now enjoying the
benefits of electric lights, the
lights have been turned on |
in the business section last Sat
urday night. Mr. Grosser states
that hi' expects to push the
work ot building out into the i
residence section as rapidly as
possible. He is giving splen
did service and everybody is
well pleased with the manner
in which he is handling the
service.
The town council has order
ed street lights for the busi
ness section of town and will
probably have the service ex
tended to the residence section
as fast as arrangements can
be made for the extension of
the service.
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RECEIVES NEW THRESHER
A new Case threshing mach
ine and a «‘>0 horse power trac
tion engine were received by .1.
\Y. Anderson last Sunday. The
machine was unloaded Mon
day and was put to work Mon
day afternoon in the wheat
fields near town.
The machine is one of the
latest type built by this com
pany. and is said to have a
capacity of 1,000 bushels of
wheat per day.
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60 CASES PELLAGRA
IN FRANKLIN COUNTY
Ozark, July 7.—Sixty cases
of pellagra are reported in
t his county, 40 in and around
Atlus and Deening, and more
than 20 in White Oak Station
'10 miles west of Ozark.
If you have property for
j sale, list it with the Newark
i Real Estate Co.
FLOUR MILL BADLY
NEEDED IN NEWARK
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Resigns After 18
Years \7ith Company
F. C. Hoyt has resigned as
Iron Mountain agetn at this
place.
His successor has not been
named but as soon as the rail
road company can scue a man
to fill the place Mr. Hoyt will
be checked out.
Mr. Hoyt will devote his
time to his other business in
terests. He has considerable
farming interests and has
built u]) an extensive poultry
and egg business, deals in real
state occasionally and is pres
ident and one of the principal
stockholders of the Newark
Canning Company.
Mr. Hoyt has been railroad
agent at Newark for IS years
and there is probably not a
man on the enire sysem who
has held a similar position and
remained at the same station
for so long a period of time.
And it is safe to say tha no
man in the employ of the com
pany has been more faithful
in the efficient discharge of,
his duty or who has been more
courteous and accomodating to
the public. It will be difficult
to find a man who can (ill the
position as acceptably as Mr.
Hoyt has done.
It is not known .just when j
his successor will arrive but
probably within the next few I
days.
Berry Growers Will
Meet at School House
The Berry Growers Asso
ciation recently organized at
the Scott School House, will
meet at the Scott school house i
on the second Saturday night!
in duly, at 8 o’clock, for the
purpose of making contracts j
for planting berries for the!
coming season, and for the j
transaction of such other busi-j
ness as may come before the |
meeting. All members and
others interested in the move-!
ment are urged to attend.
\Y. J. COOPER, President.
J.O. ROBINSON,Secretary. 1
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Enterprise That Would Help
the Farmer and Add to Pros
..perity of This Community.
The hum of the thresher can
now be heard in this commun
ity for the first time in a num
ber of years.
Its music not only sounds
good to the ear but it is bring
ing prosperity to the farmer.
The wheat fields around
Newark are yielding an aver
age of 25 bushels per acre,
and many farmers are mak
ing 55 to 38 bushels per acre.
Wheat is selling in Newark
now for $1 per bushel and the
cash is forthcoming as soon as
weighed and loaded on the
cars. It is conservatively esti
mated that there will be 25
or 30 carloads of wheat ship
ped from Newark this season.
This means about $18,000
worth of wheat.
Now the question naturally
I suggests itself, why not put in
a small flour mill in Newark.
It has been thoroughly demon
strated that we can grow
jwheat profitably here. Why
ship our wheat aw'ay to have
it converted into flour and
then have to ship our flour
back, paying freight both ways
in addition to paying the pro
tits that are made by the men
w ho handle our wheat in con
verting it into flour.
A small flour mill of suf
ficient capacity to handle all
the local wheat crop can be
put in for about $5,000. Let
some of our progressive citi
zens get together and put in
a mill in Newark.
MAGNESS YOUNG LADY
WEDS IN KANSAS
Opolis, Kan., July 3.— Miss
Hester McPherson, formerly
of Magness, Ark., was united in
marriage to Mr. A. R. Parent
of Opolis, Kan., on June 24 at
Girard, Kan.
A miscellaneous shower was
given them at the home of
Mrs. Lena Michie on June 22,
when they were the recipients
of many useful presents.
Mr. and Mrs. Parent will be
at home to their friends in
Opolis after July 7.
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REMEMBER!
I lie old reliable when you are go
ing to buy furnishing for the home
or farm. YVe have everything you
need and at the right price too.
Look over this list and see what
you want then come in and let us
figure with you:
FURNITURE, SEWING HACHINES,
BUCK STOVES, CARTS, BUGGIES,
SURRIES, WAGONS and AUTOS,
TENTS and AWNINGS, WAGON
and BUGGY’HARNESS.
C. W. MAXFIELD CO.
Batesville, Ark.
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