MIL1MIUK HOCK ITEMS
Short Items of Interest Picked Up
at the Metropolis of White
River Township.
Uncle .loe Turner was in town
Saturday.
.John Rawlings of Magness was
in town Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wilson of
^Newark were here Sunday.
Rev. .Josiah Martin of Moore
iield was in town Christmas.
Rev. W. A. Lindsey and family
apent the holidays with home
folks.
Miss Fannie Stokes of Caldwell,
«pent Christmas here with old
friends.
Dr. .1. M. Byrum of Asher,
Okla., came in Friday to spend
the holidays.
T. M. llurrelson and E. R.
Moore of Newark attended church
here Sunday night.
Mrs. Wm. Kinraan and child
ren of Newark were visiting rela
tives here Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Martin of
Newark spent Sunday here with
Mr. Martin's parents.
Mrs. Berry Best of Newport
came up Saturday to visit her
mother, Mrs. Sarah Braden.
YV. R. Rice and-family went out
Sunday evening to spend the night
at Uncle Henry McDoniel’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Hoover of
Houghton came in Friday to spend
the holidays visiting relatives.
YV. YV. McLendon came down
Tuesday after the balance of the
seats for the new school house at
Moore field.
Oscar YVebb and family and
Thos. Brogdon from near Char
lotte were visiting here the first
< f the week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Covington
left Thusrday to spend two or
three weeks at their old home in
v est Tennessee.
John Nelson and a Miss Owens
<*f the Big Creek settlement were
married Sunday morning, Rev. J.
I,. Brown oflieiating.
Riley Smith and Miss Dora
Martin were married Thursday at
the home of the bride. Squire
YV. T. Anderson officiated.
I am sorry that 1 could not go
to all the places that called for
me to make groups this week, but
.1 done the best 1 could, d. C.
ibson.
The lire alarm was given Satur
day night, causing quite an ex
citement, but it proved to be only
a Hue burning out at \\ . R. Rice's,
and no damage was done.
YVe think from the noise that
Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus made
at * he Christmas tree, they will be
quiet for about a year, or at least
until their throats get well.
SCHOOL FURNITURE.
School directors are reminded
that Craig Henderson of New
rk still handle school furniture
t.d apparatus of all kinds, and are
pared to sell first class goods at
prices. If you expect to buy
g in their line see or write
m and you will have prompt
on
STATE NEWS SKETCHES
Items of General Interest Gathered
Fresh From the Columns of
the Daily Papers.
A new 13,000 pipe organ has
just been installed in St. John's
Episeopol church at Fort Smith.
There is a movement on foot to
build an electric car line from
Hardy to Ash Flat and Franklin.
A little son of C. L. Meyers,
while out hunting npar Harrisburg
was accidentally shot in the foot.
While Mrs. J. M. Carlisle, an
aged lady at Farmington, wras out
walking recently she slipped and
fell, breaking one of her legs in
two places.
James Helms, a brakeman, was
accidentally run over by an en
gine and killed near Wynne a few
days ago while attempting to make
a coupling.
M. C. O’Neal, a farmer and
trapper, living near Mayflower,
recently sold to a Conway mer
chant 2.">t> raccoon and mink hides,
the consideration being >210.
The powtofiioe at Til la r wag
burglarized Thursday night but
the robbers secured only a small
amount of stamps and a few arti
cles belonging to the postmaster.
Cal Shinn, a farmer living near
London, Pope county, raised 2,200
bushels of sweet potatoes on four
teen acres of land this season. He
has sold S0O bushels to one firm at
Russellville.
A shipment of 00,000 Liberia
peach trees was unloaded recently
at Stephens, and the Stephens
News says that fruit-raising prom
ises to bring about an industrial
revolution in that country.
Mrs. L. R. Chandler of Malvern
has in her possession the shoes
worn by her at her marriage in
Virginia in 1857. The shoes,
which are in a good state of pres
ervation, were bought tive years
prior to the marriage.
A flock of turkeys—1,693 in
number—was sold in Spring
dale a few da y s b e fore
Christmas for $2,20»>. They had
been driven some fifty miles, and
only two or three were lost on the
trip, which took four days.
Twenty men were required to
drive them.
Arthur Farris of Jefferson
township, Izard county, met a
horrible death at his sawmill a
few days ago. lie made a misstep
and fell against a big circular saw
while it was in motion, and his
body was cut in twain. Mr. Far
ris was a well-known and highly
esteemed citizen of Izard county.
Cobb Reed and his wife and
William Branton have been plac
ed in jail at Danville, having been
held to await the action of the
grand jury on a charge of killing
the father of Mrs. Re d, u farmer,
A. M. Brasher, t|pr Rover, about
twelve miles south of Danville.
Brasher was phot and instantly
killed in his( ficid last Friday.
Reed anil his wife and Branton
were arrested {soon after the crime
was committed, and their examin
ing trial held at Rover.
Homer lieuiker, son of Adan
Leniker, xvho live-- seven mile;
from Rmgsulh die, is dead as the
result drf being sheet. While ou
hunting rabbits his gun was dis
fed, the load cutting througl
ight arm and entering hi:
t side, tearing a hole just be
the la*t rib. The boy db
'ived great courage after he wa
ihot by running half a mile o
more to a house, where he fell
exhausted from the loss of blood
He died the next dry.
to eat am
Hotel Moor
OCftL INGO
When you need printing of any
kind, send your order to The j
Journal office.
R. M. Galloway wants your
chickens, eggs and butter and will
pay highest market price.
We must sell every man’s over
coat suit, pants and all boys’cloth
ing by January 1st. Whiting &
Co.
Misses Viola Best and Irene
Baker of Dota spent Sunday and
Monday in the city, the guests of
Miss Kate Saylors.
See the following lines at Whit
ing's: Facinators, handkerchief,
ladies’ and gentlemen’s neckwear,
gloves, ribbons, etc.
Special holiday rates to all
points north and east via the Iron
Mountain route. For particulars!
see F. C. Hoyt, agent.
Sewing machines which will;
give you satisfaction; ones that
you can always get needles to lit,
for said by Fred I). Whiting &
! Co.
For nioe clean feather beds and
something good to eat. go to the
! New Central Hotel when in Sul
phur Rock. John C. Huddleston,
! proprietor.
FOR SALE—Two corner lots,
Nos. 3 and 4. in block 4 Arnold's
i addition to east Newark. Price
! $100; easy terms. See raig &
Henderson.
I
You can always get something |
| good to eat at Galloway's restau
rant. Meals 'J'> cents. Short or-1
ders at all hours. Also nice clean
beds and up-to-date accommoda-1
.
tions.
I
A. Hammonds' residence was1
destroyed by lire Tuesday night
about eight o’clock, the tire origi- j
nating from a defective Hue. None j
of the family were at home when
I the tire broke out. having gone
j over to witness the display of lire- j
| works, consequently but few of j
: the household goods were saved.
: The building was owned by Geo.
F. Grosser, and his loss is partial
ly covered by insurance.
A FATAL FAMILY FI El)
Will Weatherford Shot and Kill
ed by Will Dilbeck Tues
day at Desha.
Will Weatherford, well known
in Newark, was shot ar*d instantly
killed Tuesday at Dest^Hby Will
Dilbeck.
The cause of the killing is said
to have been an old family quar
rel. Weatherford married 1 til
beck’s step-sister and there had
been an ill-feeling existing be
tween them for some time.
They were at a dance Monday
night. Dilbeck was said to have
been drinking considerably and
the old trouble was renewed.
Weatherford is said to have
thought but little about it, howev
eir*and was at work next day on a
house at Desha when Dilbeck
came up carrying a gun.
Dilbeck is said to have shot him
without a word of warning. The
weapon used was a shot gun, and
after emptying both barrels into
Weatherford’s body, Dilbeck de
liberately reloaded his gun and
walked up and shot him a third
time, literally blowing the top of
his head off.
Dilbeck escaped but was later
arrested by Sheriff Kaneaster and
is now in jail at Batesville.
BROTHER SLAYS BROTHER.
dames McClendon shot and kill
ed his brother, John McClendon,
at Hot Springs Christmas night.
The cause of tie; tragedy dates
back to several weeks ago, and
have largely to do with the wife
of tlnmes McClendon, who mys
teriously disappeared from her
home some time ago, but was later
located and taken back from
Shreveport, La., by her husband.
It is alleged, and the testimony
TWO CONVICTS SHOT
' Negro Trusty Saves Life of White
Uuard on Jackson County
Convict Farm.
In an attempt to orfrco^e a
! white guard and make tlflpiF es
cape, CharIe^\Clair, white, and
I Samuel Clar Allegro, were both
fatally shot Mpday morning on
the .Jackson^^inty convict farm a
few miles ^'sw ^Newport
White river. /
When Collins, the white guards
entered the house provided toi
the convicts to give the inmates
| breakfast he was assaulted by St.
j Clair, who had a large club, and
j Sam Clarke, who was armed with
j an axe.
Collins was overpowered, being
j knocked down by blows over *Ahe
head and left shoulder from St.
| Clair’s club, and probably would
1 have been killed but for the time
ly assistance of another convict,
'Tom Green, a negro, who went ti>
the rescue of the guard with a gun
with telling effect.
St. Clair, who was sent up for
burglarizing the Massey home,
1 north of Newport, to serve out a
tine of $50 and cost, was shot
through the abdomen and died ten
minutes later. Clarke, the wound
ed negro convict, cannot recover.
before the coroner’s inquest show
ed, that the dead man was on inti
mate terms with his brother’s
! wife and that it was through his
advice and with his money that
, she disappeared, leaving her hus
| band and little children.
Both were prominent business
men. The coroner’s jury return
ed a verdict of justifiable homicide
and James McClendon was re
leased.
ChAS. MOSBY,
— DEALER IN —
Watches. Jewelry.
Diamonds, Arkansas Pearls.
We Fit spectacles Correctly.
Watch Inspector For The
W hite River Railway.
Batesville, - Arkansas.
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SoSstl Fashions,
sensible clothes,
clothes cut and
fashioned on lines that
bring joy to the seeker
of new things, yet fa
vored withthat careful
judgment that makes
the structure always
wholesome to the eye
—such are the clothes
U^of the Gftpntfdwt; line.
GRIFFITH & MORROW.