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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas Friday, November 20, lb 14
Vol. 14, No. 33
ENTIRE BLOCK BURNS
AT WALNUT RIDGE
Sunday Morning Fire Destroys
Rhea Hotel and Other Build
ings Causing Heavy Loss
Walnut Ridge, Nov. 17.—Fire
which originated in the rear of the
Cooper drug store at 1 o’clock
.Sunday morning, destroyed an en
tire block, including the Hotel
Rhea, a $100,000 building erected
in 1904. The aggregate damage
was approximately $150,000 The
25 or 30 guests of the Hotel Rhea
had narrow escapes from the fire.
Mrs. J. I). Poindexter and Miss
Helen Samuels wrere seriously but
not fatally burned when struck by
• a falling wall.
Walnut Ridge h<js no tire protec
tion, and only a successful tire
wall prevented the flames spread
ing to the Pitzele block.
The Hotel Rhea was owned by
Mrs. Lizzie Burrel. The building
was valued at $100,000. There
was $30,000 insurance on the
building and $3,000 on the fur
nishings.
Other losses were: Lennington
& Powers, lessees of the hotel,
$5,000, with $1,500 insurance; the
Cooper Drug Co., $15,000, with
$5,000 insurance; the Walnutkidge
Furniture Co., $15,000, with $5,000
insurance. Losses were sustained
also by W. E. Beloate, an attor
ney, the Mack’s Toggery, Mrs.
Midkiff’s Millinery Store, the An
nex barber shop and VV. A. Dow
ell’s new’s stand. These latter
businesses had time to save all
their goods. The Rev. C. C. Cur
)ie, a Presbyterian minister, lost a
valuable library.
SULPHUR ROCK5; NEWARK4
The boys basket ball team from
Sulphur Rock came down Satur
day and played the Newark High
School team. The teams were
pretty evenly matched and a well
played game was the result. The
visitors won by a score of 5 to 4.
S. 1. A. ENTERTAINMENT
Those who attended the S. I. A.
entertainment at the High School
Auditorium on last Friday evening
were given one of the most pleas
ant treats of the season.
The program was well arranged
and exceedingly good. The New
ark brass band furnished excellent
music for the occasion.
Miss Lillian Owens, expression
teacher of the Arkansas College, j
is indeed an aitist in her line. Her
readings were thrilling, pathetic,
ludicrous and appealing—so varied
were her expressions,so perfect her
impersonations one forgets she is
not a whola troup.
With graceful poise and perfect
control of her subjects, she held
her very interested and appreci
ative audience as if by magic
spell. The privilege of hearing
Miss Owens is a pleasure not soon
forgotten.
As usual, Miss Lena Magness
delighted everyone with a most
beautiful piano solo. Miss Hailey,
in her own sweet way, charmed
her appreciative listeners with a
well rendered vocal solo.
I he proceeds ot the evening s
entertainment went towards the
advancement of the S. I. A. —a
noble cause, and should be liberal
ly patronized by all patrons and
parties concerned in the upbuild
ing and promotion of our public
school interests.
PROF. PICKENS APPOINTED
R. B. Vick, who was recently
appointed county examiner for
this county, has failed to qualify,
and Judge T. M. Wald rip has ap
pointed Sidney Pickens. Prof.
Pickens was examiner for a num
ber of years, but Prof. Vick was
appointed by the retiring Judge,
J. W. Scott. Prof Vick’s failure
to qualify resulted in the re-ap
pointment of Prof. Pickens. '
A suit of clothes for $3.50 ought
to be cheap enough for anybody.
You can buy a suit at that price
at the Newark Lumber Co.
First National Bank
Newark, Ark.
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $6,250
C. M. EDWARDS, Pres.
G. M. FIELDS, V. Pres.
E. B. CHESSER, Cashier
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When sending money to distant points. The orders are payable
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Amounts of $30.00 to $75.00, cost.---10cents
Amounts of $75.00 to $100,00, cost - 15 cents
BRING PROFITABLE
CAMPAIGN TO THIS COUNTY
M«*o<ings Will lie Held al
Many Fliicos in (lie
County Thursday
Arrangements have been made
to bring Holden, the Iowa Corn
Wizard, and other farm lecturers
of national reputation to Inde
pendence county for a campaign
of the county in the interest of
diversified farming.
Some of the best and most suc
cessful farmers of Arkansas and
other states will be among the
party of speakers, including
President H. S. Mobley of the
Arkansas Farmers Union.
The party of speakers will be
divided into groups, in order that
they may go out into the various
communities and hold meetings
and discuss matters directly with
the farmers.
The object of the campaign is
to get the farmers of Indepen
dence eniinfv interested in irmiv
ing the products she needs and
thus keep our money at home; and
to bring closer together the farm
ers, bankers and merchants to
co-operate in diversified farming
and stock raising, and to make
Independence a richer and better
county.
Every farmer who can possib
ly do so should attend at least
one of these meetings next
Thursday.
The following committees have
been selected to look after the
matter of pushing the campaign
in this county.
Executive Committee.—J. C.
Fitzhugh, Dr. J. H. Kennerly,
M. M. Rutherford, John Q. Wolf
and .J. C. Johnston.
Finance Committee. — D. D.
Adams. J. C. Fitzhugh, I. N.
Barnett.
Transportation Committee. —
Newark, F. C. Hoyt, J. B. Ketch
am, It. R. Ratton; Moorefield.
M. M. Rutherford; Batesville, .J.
Rich. Chas. Barnett and F. P,
Albright.
Committee on Publicity. —Aus
tin Wilkerson and W. H. Cooper.
The speakers will be at the
various places as given in the fol
owing schedule of routes.
Route 1, From Newark
Oil Trough at 9:30 a. m.; Rosie
11:30 a.m.; Magness, 4 p. m.:
Mewark, 7:30 p. m.
Local committee for Newark,
l. R. Ratton, C. P. Vaughan and
I. B. Ketchem.
Local Committee for Magness,
N. J. Waldrip, W. I). Magness
md Z. T. Griffin.
Local committee forOilTrough
L. L. Ellison, A. B. I’elley and
James Stephens.
Local committee at Rosie. Dave
Wyatt, George Tucker and Hen
ry Hooper.
Route 2, From Newark
Scott School House at 8:30 a.
m.: Dota 1:00 p. m.: Logan
School House3:30 p. m.
Local Committees.—At Scott’s
school house, W. P. Gardner, Asa
Gibson and Vaughan Meriweth
er. Dota, Luther Pickens, A. T.
Best and J. A. Page. Logan
School House, J. H.Fetzer, Chas.
Jimerson and T. G. Barber.
Route 3, From Moorefield
Moorefield, 8:30 a. m.: Ruther
ford 10:30 a. m.; Sulphur Rock
3 p. m.
Local Committees.—Moorefield
W. W. McClendon, Luther Mas
sey and Walter Weaver. Ruth
erford, M. M. Rutherford, Allen
Caldwell and J. I). Martin. Sul
phur Rock. Chas. Wright, J. H.
Jimerson and 0. T. Jernigan.
Route 4, From Batesville
Salado 10;30 a. m.; McHue2p.
p, m.
Local CdTnmittees.—Salado, J.
A. Kaneaster, R. B, Vick and
Dave Wheeler. McHue, Will
Purcelley, ,J. M. Jones and Bud
Aldridge.
Route 5, From Batesville
Desha 9:30 a. m.; Jamestown
11 a. m.; Locust Grove 2 p. m.
Local C enmittees. Desha, A.
L. Dunlap, R. A. Bell and Pete
Searcy. .Jamestown,FrankSnapp,
J. K. York and W. S. Cullins.
Locust Grove, Burt Barnes, Hugh
McGuire and W. 1). Winston.
Route 6, From Batesville
Luster School House 0:30 a. m.:
Bethesda, 1L a. m. Bracey’s Gin,
2:30 p. rn
Local Committees. — Luster
School House, G. F. Luster,Alex
Shaw and Roland Headstream.
Bethesda, Lawrence Callaway,
Prof. Schultz and W. T. Hess.
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C. McSpadden and W. M. Thomp
son.
Route 7, From Batesville
Mineral Spring Church 9:30 a. <
m.; Cushman 11 a. m.: Bates- <
ville 3:301). m. <
Local Committees. — Mineral
i Spring Church, W. M. Grooms, '
E. L. Griffin and Will Cargile. !
Cushman. Ed Reeves, T. F. Shell
and Jerry Brenton. Batesville, :
T. M. Waldrip, Sidney Pickens, J
Dr. Robertson. Paxton Thomas, {(
C. D. Metcalf, John Q. Wolf, M.
C. Weaver and S. E. Wells.
Route 8, From Batesville
Pfeiffer 9:30 a. m.: Hickory |
Valley 11:30 a. m.: Center Hall 1
School House, 2:30 p. m. (
Local Committees: — Pfeiffer, I
Mr. Hollandsworth, Joe Pfeiffer {
and Mr. Mount. Hickory Valley, (
A. G. Gray, W. T. Jackson and
Weslsy Ball. j ■
Center Hall, A. Wightman. Er- :
win Rogers and Dock Rogers.
CIRCUIT COURT ADJOURNS
The Independence Circuit Court,
which had been in session at Bates- ‘
ville for four weeks, adjourned :
late Friday afternoon. The lol- I
lowing cases, not previously re- I
ported, were disposed of during I
the last days of the session. 1
R. V. Burch vs R. M. Carter, -
jury trial, judgment for plaintiff •
for $60
W. 1). Hodges vs Meadow Lake I
Farm Co, dismissed at cost of *
ueienuani.
T. F. Leonard vs W. F. Shaw, |
jury trial, judgment for plaintiff *
lor $225
J. A. Luster vs Ry., jury trial, |
mistrial. »
Friedman Shoe Co. vs Will Cal- 1
lowav, judgment by default for l
$280.07 for plaintiff
Brewer Bros, vs Ry., judgment ’
by agreement for plaintiff, $67.50. j
John M. Sisk vs Ry., judgment j
by agreement for plaintiff, $125.
Henry Clark vs Pfeiffer Stone l
Co., continued
K. H. Hutchinson vs I. J. Ma- '
theny, continued.
W. H. Cooper vs Jacobs & Selso, ]
jury trial, judgment for plaintiff *
for $170.
State vs M. F. Dorsett, appeal j
from J P court, jury trial, verdict {
directed far ’dv .-effdaiit.
State vs D. 1. Holt, perjury, j
continued. j<
M. C. Weaver, L. J. Bracv and
R. R. Ratton were appointed jury j
commissioners and they met a few j ]
days ago and selected the juries <
for the next term of court.
i Tell ’em you saw it in The Journal 1!
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PAROQUET NEWS ITEMS
Paroquet Nov. 17.-Prof. O. P.
Estes is getting along niceiv vviih
his school. He has 29 pupils en
rolled.
Rev. M. B. I misted preached an
interesting: sermon here Sunday
and nine joined the Methodist
church. Bro. Umsted was su -
prised to see such a good building
and so many interested in the
Sunday school and church work
here, and says if he is pastor for!
Newark another year will be with
us once a month. We would all
be glad to have him with us.
The railroad company has quite
a gang here working on Black
liver bridge this week.
Ask George Yaney if he has all
ais cotton hauled off yet.
Claude Hensley arrived home
fast Monday.
Hon. F. M. Martin of Newark
was with us Sunday.
Sunday school at 10 o’clock,
preaching by Rev G. L. Fink at
II o’clock and prayer meeting
Sunday night. Everybody come.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Smith of
Rutherford visited the lady’s par
i its, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Martin
Saturday and Sunday.
A new postoffice building is
reing built down on Cole avenue.
Every pump in Paroquet has
ailed. What are we going to do?
io to the river, make new, wells
>r get water works? Just can't
lo without water.
Mrs. Q. W. Vaney and daughter
uta, spent Saturday evening in
Newark shipping. ££
Most all the farmers in this sec
on are done picking cotton and
iwing wheat and are now repair
ng the fences and houses and
■etting ready to break their corn
and for another year.
COTTON GINNED
The government report on cot
on ginned this season up to Nov
mber 1, shows that 3,811 bales j
tad been ginned in Independence j
runty. The total ginned to that
late last year was 5,523 bales.
The total for the state is 573,
>71 bales for 1911, as against 431,
■22 for 1913.
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lONOR INDEPENDENCE
COUNTY PHYSICIAN
At the annual meeting of the
Southern Medical Association held ;
it Richmond, Yu , last week, Dr.
1. C. Dorr, of Batesville, one of .
ndependence county’s leading ;
ffiysicians, was elected first vice '
iresident of the association.
FALLS DEAD WHILE
AT WORK MONDAY
L. B. Harrelson Succumbs to Heart
Failure and Dies While Fel
low Workmen Look on
L B Harrelson, a well known
citizen of this place, fell dead Mon
day afternoon while at work at
the new Masonic building being
erected here by Contractor J. P.
Williams.
Mr. Harrelson, who was a fine
and robust specimen of manhood,
was apparently enjoying perfect
health. Having finished gather
ing his crop, he had been employ
ed by Contractor Williams, and
had been at work but a few days.
When the fatal stroke came he
was pushing a wheelbarrow of
brick into the building. When
near the center of the building
he dropped the handles of the
wheelbcfrrovv, staggered back
wards and fell to the ground.
Several of the workmen saw him
fall and rushed to him to see
what was the matter. Dr. Pascoe
who happened to he near, was
called and reached him in a few
moments, hut he died almost in
stantly without uttering even a
word or a sound.
Death was caused by heart fail
ure.
Deceased was a brother of for
mer postmaster T. M Harrelson.
He was 48 years old and is surviv
ed by two children. The remains
were taken to the Chesser ceme
tery near Elgin for burial.
PROMINENT VISITOR
Rev. W. B. Hays, editor of the
Western Methodist of Little Rock,
spent Saturday and Sunday in
town, the gue^t of Senator and
Mrs. T. J. Raney. Rev. Hays oc
cupied the Methodist pulpit at
both the morning and evening
services Sunday and delivered
two able sermons. He left Mon
day morning for Batesville to at
tend the annual conference.
OIL AT SULPHUR ROCK
The parties who are drilling for
oil at Sulphur Rock are reported
to have struck oil. It was said yes
terday morning that one of the
wells contained 45 feet of crude oil
of a good quality. Boring is being
continued with favorable prospects
of bringing in a gusher.
REMEMBER!
The old reliable when you are go
ing to buy furnishing for the home
or farm. We 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.
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C. W. MAXFIELD CO.
Batesville, Ark.
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