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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, May 25, 1916
Vol. 16, No. 8
AGED GERMAN FOUND
DEAD IN WHU E RIVER
Accidental Drowning isVerdict
Of Coroner’s Jury Who In
vestigates Death of Hermit
Nick Kersner, a German
about 60 years of age, who liv
ed alone in a cabin on White
river near Rutherford, was
drowned Saturday by the over
turning of his boat while en
gaged in pearling.
There were no eye witnesses
to the accident and his death
was not discovered for some
time, when his boat was found
floating bottom up in the river.
Search was instituted but no
trace of the body could be
found.
Monday morning while fish
ing in the river at the Magness
pasture, near Magness, Frank
Tyler and I). C. Richey discov
ered the body floating down
the river. They rescued the body
and notified Coroner Jesse
Grosser of this place who em
paneled a jury and went to the
river and held an inquest.
It was at first reported that1
Kersner had probably been
murdered and robbed and his
body thrown into the river,the
theory being that he had lived
the life of a hermit and having
found a number of valuable
pearls, he had a considerable
sum of money.
This rumor was proven un
true, however, by the coroner’s
inquest, as there were no marks
of violence on the body.
The only things found in
Kersner’s clothing were some
newspaper clippings, a pocket
knife, a key and his pipe. One
of the clippings was from the
Arkansas Gazette and contain-)
ed a picture of Pentitentiary
Commissioner Bradsher. The |
other was from the St. Louis|
Globe-Democrat but was so
badly crumpled and damaged
by the water that it could not
be read.
The shoe from the right foot
was missing but the left shoe
was still on the foot and se
curely tied.
Sheriff Lawrence Ruddell
made a search of Jyersner’s ca
bin Tuesday. He found $6.08
till' ."t-llHi .. : II,
in money and a few small
pearls probably worth $25 or
$30.
His ’personal belongings
found at the cabin will be sold
to defray the expenses of his
burial.
Kersner is said to have own
ed some property in Oklahoma
but it seems that nothing de
finite is known about this. He
had no relatives.
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NOTICE TO FARMERS
AND STOCK RAISERS
All owners of cattle will
please take notice that a full
force of inspectors in the cat
tle tick eradication work went
on duty May 15.
We see no reason why the
work should not be completed
this season and White River
be made the quarantine line in
December.
To do this it will be neces
sary to have the full co-opera
tion of all owners of cattle and
1 am asking that this co-opera
tion be given.
The inspectors will be very
busy men and will need your
support and assistance and I
will appreciate any report of
neglect of duty on their part.
Inspectors will give notice of
date of dipping at the various
vats in their territory, and
make a complete list of all cat
tle. Cattle owners will be ex
pected to have their cattle at
the vat on the regular days so
that the inspector can keep
a correct record and make out
his report on time.
M. M. RUTHERFORD.
Commissioner.
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SATURDAY NIGHT STORM
WRECKS COTTON GIN
A cotton gin belonging to J.
W. Gleen of Batesville, located
on his farm about 15 miles
west of Batesville, was demol
ished by .t wnid storm which
swept that section Saturday
night. Th•1 building and ma
chinery were completely de
molished. The loss is about
$3,000, with no insurance. No
other damage was done by the
storm in that neighborhood ex
cept to trees and fences.
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| STATE HOSPITAL SUPT
IS ASKED TO RESIGN
Defies Authority of BoardWho
Sought Removal of Incompe
tent and Unnecessary Help
Little Rock, May 24.—Dr. E.
P. Bledsoe, superintendnet of
the State Hospital for Nervous
Diseases, will be notified to ap
pear probably Friday before
the Board of Control to answer
charges brought against him to
support the board’s demand for
his resignation. The hearing,
which will last for several days
will be public, and probably
will be conducted in the board’s
office in the state capitol.
Charges it was believed the
board would bring against Dr.
Bledsoe follow:
Absenting himself from the
hospital and inattention to his
official duties; permitting
“reckless practice” of autopsies;
misconduct in refusing to dis
charge five employes in accord
ance with a demand of the
board.
That Dr. Bledsoe, following
the demands of the board that
he remove the two staff physi
cians and three otheremployes,
offered to accede to the desire
of the board if the board would
remove J. M. Doyle, steward at
the hospital, was a declaration
made by T. J. Raney, a mem
ber of the board,during a hear
ing granted members of the
Pulaski County Medical Society
and citizens protesting against
removal of Dr. Bledsoe.
Dr. Bledsoe, it was said, de
clared that Doyle’s accounts
were not accurate. An investi
gation by—the board members,
it is said, disproved the charge.
Mr. Raney denied charges
that politics instigated the plans
for removing the five employes
and that they were to be re
moved to make room for poli
tical friends of the governor.
“We told Dr. Bledsoe that
the choosing of new employes
to succeed those removed would
be left to him,” said Mr. Ran
ey. “In the first j*lace, it; was
our plan that no one be appoint
ed to succeed Duke Gordon,
chief chef, and that only one
new physician be named, be
lieveing that one would be suf
ficient. We already are $20,
000 behind in the current ex
pense fund of the institution
and it is against the law to cre
ate a deficit in our appropria
tions. The changes we recom
mended would aid in cutting
down expenses, and we hoped!
that by making the changes,
and others, to save enough in
special appropriations'^ make
up for the deficit in the current
expense item.”
Mr. Burnside attacked the
practice of holding autopsies
at the institution. Both he and
Mr. Raney said that no objec
tion would be or had been made
against autopsies held to deter
mine causes of death, but that
information obtained by the
board was that an average of
two or more autopsies had been
held at that institution each
week since January 1. The
death rate at the institution is
said to be about 20 a month. “I
would hate to think that we
had a staft at that hospital so
incompetent that it could not
determine the cause of death
in eight out of every twenty
deaths without holding autop
sies,’ ’said Mr. Burnside.
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ELECT NEW MEN ON
THE SCHOOL BOARD
The school election, last Sat
urday was an unusually quiet
one. A seven mill tax was vot
ed and R. A. M a guess and G.
W.Price were elected directors.
There were only three names
on the ticket, and the vote re
ceived by each was as follows:
B. A. Magness, 105; G. W.
Price, 84; H.E. Hawthorne, GO.
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Trade with the merchants
;who advertise in The Journal,
SAY SMALL INCREASE
IN COTTON ACREAGE
Lesser-Gold man Company Re
port 15 Per Cent Increase
and Crop in Good Condition
The LesserGoldman Cotton
Co., of Newport has just issued
the following report on the con
dition of the cotton crop in the
White river section:
Our crop inquiry of the 16th
indicates conditions in this ter
ritory as follows:
Newport Wagon Territory:
8 per cent increase; 100 per
cent planted and 90 per cent
up to fair to good stands.Crop
about 7 days late and com
plaints of cool and dry weather.
I. M. Rv. North of Newport:
12 per cent increase inacreage;
100 per cent planted and 90
per cent up to fair to good
stands. Growth normal to 10
days late. Complaints of cool
and dry weather.
I. M. Ry. South of Newport:
10 per cent increase inacreage;
98 per cent planted and 80 per
cent up to fair to good stands.
Crop 5 to 7 days late. Com
plaints of cool and dry weather.
White River Ry; 20 per cent
increase in acreage; 95 per
cent planted and 75 per cent
up to fair and good stands.Crop
7 days late. Complaints of cool
and dry weather.
Mo. & North Arkansas Ry:
14 per cent increase in acreage;
95 per cent planted and 80 per
cent up to fair to good stands.
Growth normal to 7 days lat^r.
Complaints of cool and dry
weather.
C .R. I. & P. Ry: 8 per cent
increase in acreage; 98 per
cent planted and 87 per cent
up to fair to good stands. Crop
5 to 7 days late. Complaints of
cool and dry weather.
Since above reports were re
ceived we have had rain that
seems to have been general ov
er the territory. In the above
estimates no account is taken
of cotton crops destroyed by
overflow during the past sea
son and the increase in acreage
is an increase over the acreage
actually planted to cotton last
year. Taking into consideration
the lands overflowed last sea
son and assuming an equally
favorable growning season,this
territory should produce 20 to
25 per cent more cotton than
last season.Weather conditions
have been unfavorable for the
past ten days, the nights have
been cool and up to the general
rains of the 20th, there has
been lack of moisture. Fields
are clean and cultivation is
generally good. In the high
sand lands of Jackson county
wire worms have been more
destructive than for several
years past. A good deal of cot
ton is being chopped out to a
stand. We are fearful this is a
mistake and in view of the un
favorable growing conditions
prevalent it would seem to us
safer to side harrow and dirt
up the cotton and await warm
weather before chopping out.
The greatest increase in acre
age is shown in the Batesville
and Upper White River terri
tories. This is accounted for by
heavy decrease in acreage in
that territory following the low
price of cotton in 1914-15.Tak
ing the territory as a whole,we
estimate 15 per cent increase
in acreage. Fair to good stands.
Crop 5 to 7 days late. Plant
healthy and cultivation jjood.
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RESIDENCE FOR SALE
Good six room frame resi
dence, with hall, two porches
good well of water, smoke
house and barn. Convenient
to business part of town. Will
sell cheap. Newark Real Es
tate Company.
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BATESVILLE PROPOSES
NEW TAX ON BOOZE
Batesville, May 23.—An or
dinance has been introduced in
the City Council which would
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place a tax of 50 cents on ev
ery shipment of whiskey which
reaches Batesville.
The ordinance provides for
a city inspector, who would
make daily visits to the express
and freight offices and secure
the names of persons receiving
whiskey, and collect the tax.
The tax would apply to any
quanitity of liquor, no matter
how small.
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NEWARK MINISTER NOW
FILLING ORDERS FOR BOOK
Advance copies of Rev. J. L.
Brown’s new book recently
printed by The Journal, have
been received from the binder.
It is a neat volume of 256 pages,
substantially bound in black
pebble and contains the poems,
essays and epigrams written by
Rev. Brown during the pastfew
years.
It is written in Brown’s own
inimitable style and the reader
can see Brown through every
verse and line of the book. To
those who know Brown and ap
preciate him for the real char
acter of th“ man, the book will
prove a source of real pleasure.
A prominent citizen of Newark
was heard to remark a few
days ago that, one article in it
is worth the price of the book.
He is receiving orders for the
book from all over the state
and among a bundle mailed out
this week was one for a party
in New Mexico. He sends the
book postpaid to any address
for one dollar.
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ANNOUNCES DATES
FOR DIPPING CATLE
J. S. Griffin who has charge
of the tick eradication work in
this section of the county, an
nounces the following dates for
dipping at the vats here men
tioned :
Rutherford vat, Saturday,
May 27.
Dota vat, Tuesday, May 30.
Barber vat,Thursday,June 1.
Magness vat, Saturday, June
3.
Otter Lake vat, Tuesday,
June (5.
Cord vat, Thursday, June 8.
Sulphur Rock vat, Saturday,
June 10.
McNutt vat, Tuesday, June
CROP CONDITIONS
VERY PROMISING
Fine Hay Crop Harvested and
Other Crops are in Splendid
Condition Since Recent Rain
The rain Saturday night
was worth thousands of dollars
to the farmers of this section.
Wheat was beginning to suffer,
and other crops were needing
rain. No material damage had
resulted from the lack of rain
but crops were getting to the
point where they would have
suffered in a few days without
rain.
The rain did no damage to
the hay crop, as the entire crop
had been harvested and was
safely under the big hay sheds
or stored away in barns before
the rain came. The last of the
hay crop was taken care of Fri
day and Saturday, and rain
never came at more opportune
time than the one Saturday
night.
One of the greatest crops of
alfalfa ever produced in the
Rig Bottom and Oil Trough
valleys has been harvested in
splendid condition. The yield
was good, many armers report
ing a yield of 1% to 21/4. tons
per acre and the quality could
not be excelled.
The recent rains insures a
good yield of wheat, as that
crop is now maturing. Many
farmers say the yield will be as
good as last year, which was a
record breaker.
The corn and cotton crops
look very promising, a large
acreage of tomatoes is planted
with prospects of a good yield,
and everything looks very
promising for the farmers of
this section.
FIGHTING SON-IN-LAW
RELEASED ON BOND
Clyde Gilliam, the young
Conway farmer who Sunday
night attacked and seriously
wounded Mr. and Mrs. James
P. Cole, his wife’s parents,with
a knife, has been released on
$500 bond. The wounded man
and woman will recover.
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Master of
the hills
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That’s just what they call the new
SERIES 17 Studebakers—Masters
of the Hills. And why? POWER
is the answer. The FOUR at $875
has FULL 40 h. p.—more than any
other 4-cylinder car within hundreds
of dollars of the price. The SIX at
$1085 has full 50 h. p.—more than any
other 6-cylinder car within hundreds
of dollars of its price. Come in to
day and let us give a demonstration,
C. W. Maxfield Co
BATESVILLE, ARK.