Newark Journal
$1.50 PER ANNUM
NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1921
___«_ .
VOL. 20 NO. 48
EX-STATE AUDITOR
ARRESTED FOR FRAUD
Indicted by Pulaski County
Grand Jury For Obtaining
Money by Fraud
Little Hock, March 5.—Ho
gan Oliver, former state audi
tor was arrested last night on
an indictment charging him
with fraud in obtaining $22,
500 each from Frank Pace and
B. O. Jackson through misrep
resentation.
Mr. Pace and Mr. Jackson
charge that Mr- Oliver induced
them to put up $22,500 each
for the purchase of eight in
terests in an undivided oil leas
es in Texas, which Mr. Oliver
said would cost $178,000. Oli
ver told them that Harry Har
ris, a broker at Port Worth,
Texas, and W. A-. Richards of
Marion, and himself were to ;
put up similar amounts, they |
said.
> Later, they charge, they dis
covered that Olvier paid only
$62,500 for the lease, which
he represented to them cost
$178,000.
MAGNESS-KENT
A wedding announcement of
interest .that brought surprise
to many friends of the con
tracting parties was that of
Morris Magness of this place
to Miss Bonnie Kent of Sulphur
Rock.
The ypung couple, accord
ing to their friends, have been
married quite a while anfl had
successfully kept the affair a
secret until last Saturday,
when they decided to share
the secret with relatives and
friends and make their home
in Newark.
The bride is a daughter cf
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Kent of
Sulphur Rock, and the groom
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. B. A
Magness cf this place, and
both are splendid young peo
ple with a host of friends in
i heir respective Communities.
The Journal joins their
many friends in extending con
gratulations and sincere good
wishes.
MAN IS KILLED
William Dallas Hunter, aged
27, whose home was at Swif
ton, was struck by a Missouri
Pacific train in Little Rock
Monday evening and sustained
injuries from which he died
Tuesday.
No one witnessed the acci
dent which occurred where
Tenth street crosses the rail
road tracks. Hunter was
indentified by an army dis
charge found in his pocket,
which was issued to him in
1918 because of physical dis
ability.
The remains were shipped
to Swift.on for burial. Hunter
formerly lived at Desha and
was well known in Newark.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Brown
gave a birthday party and
dance at their home at Under
wood last Friday night, the oc
casion being in honor of Mr.
Brown’s 46th birthday.
The Jacksonport string band
furnished music and dancing
was indulged in until a late
hour. More than 100 guests
were present, and the affair
was the biggest gathering of
the kind ever held in that
neighborhood.
■\
I
BanKj
Mone
Be a Man with Money. ’
Thenyou can do your,
duty to your
Family
have
» no | i(m,
the wi<J
on
We never know when we start out in the morn
ini? what’s going to happen to us. An accident or
sickness could overtake us any moment.
But the man with a snug sum tucked safely away
in the bank knows he can tide over without going into
debt or becoming a burden to His family or friends.
It makes a man happy to be independent.
We are at your service.
We invite YOUR banking business.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkansas
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000.00
U
i
f
Interesting Contrast Between Jungle
Life and Modern Civilazation Shown
Novel to the last degree is
the effect produced by the
transplanting of Tarzan, the
white son of the African jung
les, to the center of the most
select American social circle
in “The Romance of Tarzan,-’
which will be shown at the
Royal, Friday night and Sat
urday afternoon.
Never before has this inter
esting contrast between life in
its most primitive form and in
its more artificial and sophis
ticated phases been pictured
in the silent drama.
The forthcoming production
gives the concluding chapters
[of “Tarzan of the Apes,” that
j gripping narrative by Edgar
Rice Burroughs, which made
box office history in hundreds
of theatres throughout the
United States and Canada
when recently given to the
screen.
The same pulse-stirring at
mosphere of the unexplored
jungles of the African Gold
Coast where wild animals and
equally wild savages struggle
for domination is shown with
Tarzan as the ruling spirit and
in addition a romantic chase
that leads this mighty hero in
to a maze of adventures in the
great world beyond the ocean.
A HILLSIDE FARMER FARMS SAFELY
A woman of Logan county
who signs her name as “A Hill
side Farmer” tells a story in
one of her home papers that
should be read, not only by
“hillside” farmers, but by all
other farmers in Arkansas.
It concerns the surplus food
.stuff she sold from her little
farm last year, which she item
izes as follows: Butter, $41.80
eggs, $40.50; chickens, $12-50;
sweet potatoes, $55; Irish po
tatoes, $10.50; pork, $70; beef
$15.75; totaling $246.05.
In addition to the above she
says her family had all the
milk, butter and eggs they
could use and she has eight
three,months-old pigs that will
soon be ready for sale.
She says also, “With a cel
lar filled with canned vege
tables, dried fruit sorghum mo
molasses, peanuts, dried peas
beans, and plenty of meat, lard
potatoes, ^corn, milk butter,
eggs and chickens why lament
over the price of cotton?’'
This woman is certainly a
“safe farmer,” and if all Ark
ansas farmers were as safe, no
one would be worrying over
the price of cotton.
W. E. LEE DEAD
William Edgar Lee died
Sunday at his home in El Paso,
Tex-, where he had gone only
a few months ago for the ben
efit of his health.
Mr. Lee contracted lung
trouble a few months ago and
had only recently removed to
El Paso for the beneficial ef
fects of the climate. He was
improving nicely and had gain
ed considerably in weight and
was making splendid progress
toward complete recovery,
| when he was stricken with
; pneumonia and died in a few
\ days. He is survived by his
] parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
S Lee of Des Arc, and by his
wife who was formerly Miss
Ola Kinman of this place.
The remains were brought
here for burial, arriving yes
terday afternoon and werts
taken to the home of Mr. and
Mrs. E. H- Williamson.
Funeral services were held
at the Methodist church this
afternoon at 2 o’clock* the ser
vices being conducted by Rev.
Jas. F. Jernigan. The re
mains were buried at Blue
Springs.
TEACHERS EXAMINATION
The Regular quarterly ex
amination for teachers will be
held at Batesville on the third
Thursday and Friday, March
17 and 18, 1921. All teachers
who wish to avail themselves
of this opportunity may have
| the privilege at this time.
Your friend,
W. T. JERNIGAN,
County Superintendent.
MRS. ADAMS DIES
Mrs. Amanda Adams died
at her home here last Monday
at the advanced age of 82
years.
Mrs. Adams was one of the
oldest residents of Newark and
was one of the pioneers of this
section. She was the mother
of ten children, but outlived all
of them, the last of her chil
dren having died several years
ago. Her husband preceeded
he-* in death only a few months
having died last fall
She is survived by one sister,
Mrs. Killingsworth who resides
in Texas, and two brothers, F.
M. Martin of this place and
Newt Martin whose home is in
Texas.
runeral services were held
at the Methodist church Tues
day afternoon at 2 o’clock,
Rev. Jas. F. JQ.rnigan conduct
ing the services. The remains
were buried at Blue Springs.
TOWN’S BEST ASSET
A community’s greatest asset
are the “good pay” men and
women who buy at the local
stores. The town’s growth and
prosperity in a very large
measure depends on them.
BIG COTTON GIN BURNS
Newport, March 8—An
early morning fire of Sunday,
destroying the Auvergne Gin
Company’s plant at Auvergne,
entailed a loss of several thous
and dollars to the stock com
pany with M. B. Hare of New
port. manager. The plant was
located at Auvergne 12 miles
southeast of Newport, and was
one of the modern ginning
plants of the county.
The gin had been running
all day Saturday, and in two
or three days would have fin
ished the season’s crop. The
origin of the fire is unknown,
but bales of cotton stored un
der the dry-shed were first dis
covered on fire. Forty bales
of cotton, with two carloads of
seed for this spring’s planting,
were burned, along with the
entire plant. Insurance of
$8,000 partly covers the loss.
HIGHER TAXES
Little Rock, March 5.—The
bill fixing the tax levy in Ark
ansas for the next two years
was presented to Governor Mc
Rae today for his approval. It
provides for a levy of one mill
more than was levied two year
ago.
The bill provides for the fol
lowing tax rates:
Common school fund, 3 mills
Confederate pensins, 2 mills;
vocational education, .20 mill;
state normal school .20 mill:
branch normal school .12 mill;
interest-sinking fund .20 mill;
university, 1 mill; charitable
institution 1.20 mills, a total of
7 92-100 mills.
117,857,509 UNDER FLAG
The population of continent
al United States January 1,
1920, has been announced by
the director of the census as
105,708,771 and of its outlying
possessions as 12,148,738 mak
ing a total of 117,857,509.
Of the outlying population
the Phillipine Islands has 1,
035,640 population; Porto Rico
1,299,809; Hawaii, 255,913;
Alaska, 54,899; Virgin Islands
26,051; Panama Canal Zone,
22,858; Guam, 13,275; Ameri
can Samoa 8,056; military and
naval service abroad, 117,23S
TWO MEN KILLED
IN STONE COUNTY
John Stevens aad Garfield
Norn, an Shot by Floyd
Avey Last Sunday
A double killing in Stone
county occurred Sunday after
noon, when John Stevens, aged
45, and Garfield Norman ag
ed 40, both farmers and stock
men of the Big Flat vicinity,
met death at the hands of
Floyd Avey of the same com
munity, who shot the victims
with a revolver.
The three men, with others,
are said to have met near a
sawmill when Avey and Steph
ens became engaged in a quar
rel, which resulted in the for
mer producing the revolver
and shooting. At almost the
same moment Avey pointed the
gun at Norman and shot him
through the head, notwith
standing there had never been
any words or ill feeling be
tween them, and while Nor
man was begging him not to
shoot. Avey and Stephens are
said to have had trouble pre
vious to this time. Both men
died almost instantly.
Immediately after the shoot
ing Avey went to Mountain
View and surrendered to sher
iff Story, who placed him in
jail to await the action of tsi«?
grand jury. Avey was later
removed to Batesville and
placed in jail.
MYSTERY EXPLAINED
The reason why a woman
wears furs in the summer and
a low-neck dress in the winter
is because she is a woman.—
Nauvoo (111.) Independent
‘‘The Romance
of TARZAN”
ROYAL THEATRE
FRIDAY NIGHT
Elmo Lincoln
inHhe Romance
of Tar^n