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Published In The Famous Big Bottom Country, where Alfalfa Is King.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, August 25, 1905.
Vo!. 5. No. 35.
ANTI-TRUST PENALTY PAID
Hartford Insurance Company Pays its
Fine For Violation of New
Anti - Trust Law.
Little Ilock, Any. 21. -Judg
ment was taken in l’ulaski circuit
court this morning, l>.v tlm state,
against the Hartford Fire Insur
ance Company, for $10,400, and
this amount was immediately paid
to Attorney General Rogers in a
check signed by .1. \Y. G. Cofran
of Chicago, general western agent.
This is in settlement of the follow
ing suits against the company for
violation of the anti-trust act:
May 24. suit for $21*0,00<>, 1 icing
at the rate of $5,000 a day: March
27, suit for $5.00o; March 20. suit
for $5,000. The judgment is for
the minimum penalty of $20o :i
day, rather that the maximum of
$5,000.
This concludes the prosecutions
against the Hartford for its per
sistent violation of the anti-trust
law during the pendency of the
suits to test its validity, with the
•exception of the suit now tied up
in the supreme court on motion
gfrfor rehearing, in which a penalty
of $10,200 is involved. This can
not be settled until the supreme
court passes upon the motion
when it meets in September.
This is the first blood drawn by
the state from the corporations
under the operations of the anti
trust act.
FARMERS’ UNION PICNIC.
tt v^'i'he Newark Journal:
A eon'ri. *oe from Scott School
House, < );tk H:rti Hlac-k River, Lo
gan School House. Oak Lawn, Duck
Puddle, Cleghorn ’ Chapel and
Newark Unions met at Newark
Saturday, August lb. John Mag
ness was elected chairman ami Sam
Curtis secretary. It was agreed
by the committee to have a grand
rally and picnic at Haves >ping
on Bayou Dota, four miles north
of Newark on the loth day of Sep
tember, BHD. J. 11. Murphy was
appointed as corresponding secre
tary, and the following named
brothers were appointed as a com
mittee on arrangements: .1. II.
Jimmerson, chairman; J. L. Bris
endinc, J. K. McCoy, J. H. Har
relson, Dink Fctzer, 1. K. 1'ate
and Pete Fortune. The committee
was called to meet at Oak Lawn on
Friday night September Ev
ery member of the committee is
requested to be presemt. All Uni
ons members, and everybody are
invited to attend the picnic and
take well tilled baskets, spend a
pleasant day and hear some good
speaking.
No swings, lemonade stands or
other speculative devices will be
allowed on the grounds.
John Maunkss, Chairman.
Sam Ci nils, Secretary.
ATTEMPT AT ASSAULT.
Pine Bluff, Aug. 20. J. C. Mc
Coy, a teacher in Riverside Meth
odist Sunday School in this city,
was arrested today on the charge
of assault to rape, the victim being
the 155-year-old daughter of Will
iam Nelson. The assault occurred
in a room in the rear of the church
before Sunday school this morn
ing. McCoy is a man about .».>
and married. He came here from
Evansville, lnd., three years ago,
and works at the Cotton Belt
gffops. His wife is at piesent vis
iting iu Illinois.
SULPHUR ROCK SKETCHES
Short Local Items of Interest Picked
Up at the Metropolis of White
River Township.
A hig rain fell Tuesday after
noon.
Clint Northern spent Sunday
with home folks.
.1. 1*. Sink of Sharp is talking of
moving to town.
Hugh W right has been on the
sick list this week.
Miss Lizzie Moore has been
sick for several days.
Prof. S. ('. Knight of Magness j
was in town Monday.
(feorge (ireen of Newark passed
through town Monday.
\V. S. Martin of Marianna spent
two days here last week.
Dr. K. C. Dorr of Batesville I
was in our midst Sunday.
K. K. Moore of Newark was vis
iting in town Sunday night.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Moore on the Pith, a fine boy.
Prof. L. A. Morton of Mountain
Home was in our town Monday.
A. C. Magness is opening up a
stock of groceries at the old saloon
stand.
Quite a number of Newark’s
young people were driving in town
Sunday.
Stacy Crow of Magness was vis^
iting relatives here Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. Lizzie Vaughn and Mrs.
Ella Pascoe visited at Newark
Monday.
Hugh Kyler was up from New
port Sunday to visit his wife and
children.
Martin & Smith have added a
stock of shoes to their grocery
business.
Dr. 'l'ibbles was exhibiting a jack
rabit here Sunday that he brought
from Texas.
1 he people of this place are hav
ing the cemetery cleaned oft,which
was badly needed.
Miss Alice Bateman of Newport
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Braden,
and other relatives here.
Desha Owens went to Auvergn
last week to spend a few days with
his brother, Dr. F. M. Owens.
Gibson has a nice assortment of
picture frames from cabinet size to
16x20 which go cheap as long as
they last.
Luther Jernigan of Batesville,
and his daughter, Miss Bonnie, of
Jonesboro, were visiting relatives
here Sunday.
Mr. Blackman will move to Fay
etteville soon where he has bought
property and will make that place
his future home.
Will Northern has his nice six
room residence almost completed,
which adds very much to the looks
of that part of town.
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Sunday night. The Baptist Asso
ciation meets at this place the sec
ond Sunday in September.
hr. J. W. Tibbie who has been
in western Texas for live months
passed through town Monday on
his way to Shelbyville to visit his
family.
The meeting over at tiie “(Tap”
which is being carried on by Revs.
C. II. Newmon and W. F. Way
man* is largely attended, Good
interest is manifested and much
(continued on pack 4)
A line twelve-pound son was
born unto Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stew
art of the Madness neighborhood
Monday.
Mis. Ellen Jimmerson of Logan
township was shopping in town
Wednesday and ealled to renew
for The Journal.
Mayor Ilolderbyand Leslie Gib
son went out on Wall’s lake Tues
day and succeeded in capturing 38
of the finny tribe.
Mrs. W.T. Huddleston and Mrs.
Julia Herrington of Sulphur Hock
spent. Tuesday in the city, the
guests of Mrs. A. II. Saylors.
R. M. Crow, one of Magness
township's leading citizens, was in
town Tuesday. He says there are
some line crops in the bottoms.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bradley
and children, Alma and Sam, and
Miss Vela Cleveland, of Elgin,
were in town Tuesday, visiting
friends.
The regular services will be'held
at the Methodist clmroh Sunday
morning and nigiit by Rev. C. H.
Newman and In* requests us to say
that lie desires a good attendance.
People may occasionally become
dissatisfied with Newark and move
away, but after living a few
months somewhere else they al
most invariably wend their way
back.
Governor l>avis has pardoned
Kobt. L. Maxey of Ratesville who
was convicted of aiding a prisoner
to escape from the county jail at
Ratesville, and lined £100 and six
months in jail.
Zed Griffith arrived home Mon
day from Dodd City where he went
with Mrs. Griffith and the children
last week. Mrs. Griffith will spend
several days up there visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Mor
row.
The Newark Lumber Company
has been awarded the contract for
the erection of a new public school
building at Madness, and will be*
yin work on it in a few days. The
building will l>e a one story frame
structure, 30x70.
For Sale—One tive room one
story house, one tive room two
story house and one eight-room
two-story house, a good well,
smoke house, and barn and one
acre of land with each house.
North of school building. Would
sell one or two of them. 1 also
have other real estate bargains in
Newark property. If you want
to buy do not fail to see me. I.
Haney.
Coroner F. .J. Harrison of .lack
son county has just concluded at
investigation of the rumor that a
man and a boy who were passen
gers on the ill-fated train whicl
was wrecked at Diaz a few weeks
ago, were killed and their bodies
cremated in the conflagration re
sulting from the wreck. The ju
ry’s verdict, in substance, was that
Thos. K. Scanlan and Dry an Scan
lan, both of Eldorado, Ark., cam<
to their deaths on the 29th of Jul.\
by the wrecking of said train ai
Diaz.
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS
Items of General Interest Gathered
Fresh From the Columns of
the Daily Papers.
ltolI worms are reported to l>e
doing considerable damage to cot- j
ton in Miller county.
It is said that anthrax and char
bon have again appeared among
stock in Desha county.
Andy Smith, a negro porter on ■
the Cotton Belt, was killed by ai
train at Levesque Ssturday night.
Cleve Lovett, a negro boy, acci
dently shot his left arm off while
out hunting last Saturday near
1 Ionian.
(too. W . upton, formerly of
I Springdale, is now a member of
I the poliee force at Cristobal Co
lon, Panama.
Miss \ irgie King of Texarkana
was drowned Monday near Dallas,
Tex., by the capsizing of a boat
while boatriding in a lake.
W. S. Connors store near At
kins was blown down by a storm
one day last week and Mr. Connor
who was in the store at the time,
| was badly injured.
In an accident in the Kimball
mill at Arkansas City, Henry
Hudson, a negro, had one of his
| arms and his jawbone broken and
| an ear almost severed from his
|head.
Kyle Moore, colored, was hang
ed at lo'o’clock Tuesday morning
at Eldorado for the murder of
Lige Moore, another negro, on the
^lst of Inst December. He pro
tested his innocence to the last.
While descending from a bal
loon ascension at Springdale Fri
day an aeronaut named Phelan
struck the smokestack of a canning
factory and fell to the ground,
breaking his arm and injuring him
| internally.
George Henry a young man liv
; ing near Salem was riding his
i horse at a fast gait along the road
j when it stumbled and threw him
1 in front of it and ran over him,
causing internal injuries from
which he died in a few minutes.
Dr. Wm. Barnett, a prominent
physician of Chickalah, Yell coun
ty, was drowned Saturday in
Chcikalah creek near Dardanelle.
;'Fhe creek was swollen by recent
heavy rains, and he drove into
it in his buggy at a ford which he
supposed was safe, but the buggy
was turned over by the swift cur
rent and the doctor was unable to
save himself.
A REMARKABLE CASE.
George Henderson, a negro, is
proving one of the most interest
ing cases that ever came to the
notice of tlie physicians of New
port. The man in question roll
ed or walked oil the loft in Rice
Lambkin"' livery stable Sunday
night and broke his neck, lie has
been in l>r. Coffman’s office since
and is proving a wonder, lie is
dead from the neck down, but can
talk. He has no power of respir
ation and cannot breathe through
his lungs. He cannot be put in an
upright position, because he would
smother to death. Dr. Coffman is
giving his earnest attention to the
case and has asked others to make
a study of it. The doctor is hope
ful that he can make a successful
X-ray examination. The negro
may live live days or a month.—
Newport News.
10 MILE WALKING CONTEST
Champion 10 Mile Walker Entertains
Newark With Contest Against
Ten Local Walkers.
“Cowboy” W ill A. Smith who
claims the distinction of being tho
champion ten-mile walker of
America, entertained the people
of Newark with a couple of walk
ing contests against ten men, at
this place Thursday and Saturday
nights.
The contests were given in (he
Baseball Park under the auspices
of the W. (). \V. and were very
entertaining and were witnessed
by large crowds.
In the contest Thursday night
he walked against the following
men, each of whom walked one
mile in the time following their
respective names: Albert Arnold,
1* minutes and 15 seconds; John
Sisk, 7:2u; Scott Stockard, 7:15;
George Sisk, 9:80; A. K. Brewer,
8:55; N. A. Speed, 9:15; darnel
Cargil, 9: H. E. Hawthorne, 9:58;
K. K. Allen, 8:19; W. C. Mims,
9:13. Total time. 1 hour 30 min
utes and 40 seconds.
In this contest the Newark boys
won by something near one
i fourth of a mile.
The contest Saturday night wav
witnessed by a larger crowd than
the first one, and was also won by
the Newark boys, the contestants
and the time made by each being
as follows: Albert Arnold, 8:30;
Ben James, 8:55; Scott Stockard,
7:30; George Sisk. 8:40; A. It.
| Brewer, 8,18; N. A. Speed, 8:20;
George Iiolderby, 8:55; Scott
Stockard, 7:45; E. E. Allen, 8:12;
\V. ('. Mims, 8:25; the total time
being 1 hour, 23 minutes and 3L
! seconds. Smith was beaten in
this contest nearly a half mile, but
i the local boys broke worse in this
than in the former contest.
Stockard made the best time of
| any of the local contestants, his
i best record being 7:15, but John
Sisk came in as a close second, his
record being 7:20.
Smith is a good walker and a.
tine fellow and took his defeat good
naturedly. Everybody remarked
upon the fact that he walked,
seemingly, with less exertion than
any man they ever saw, and at the
| end of the tenth mile he seemed
far less fatigued than any of the
local contestants who had only
walked one mile.
COTTON DOING WELL.
The government bureau's crop*
report for Arkansas for the week:
Sending Aug. 21, say, “The tem
perature was seasonable, with fre
quent showers, which were heavy
jn some portions of the state ami
were accompanied by high winds,
which did some damage to corn
and cotton. Cotton, while small
and late, continued to show im
provement, and is now fruiting
fairly well; however, there is com
plaint locally of the crop making
too much weed, of shedding ami
of insects. Early corn is general
ly made and is a fair to good crop;
rains were very beneficial to the
i late crop and it has improved, but
in many sections the crop is poor.
Pea-vine hay and hay are good
crops and are being harvested as
rapidly as the weather will permit.
Sweet and Irish potatoes are good,
crops. Pastures and ranges am
good and stock is generally healthy
and doing well.
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