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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Triday, April 9, 1915
Vol. 15, No. 1
TOWN ELECTION I
PASSES QUIETLY
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Chai.^/s Made in the Board of
Aidermen But all Other Of
ficers are Re-elected.
The city election in Newark i
last Tuesday created quite a
little interest among the ;
friends of the various candi
dates, resulting in a very;'
spirited contest. No ill feel-:
ings were engendered, how
ever and everybody is pleased
with the result. ‘
Following are the officers f
elected.
J. B, Ketchern, mayor; E. ;
W. Magness, recorder; II. E.
Hawthorne, treasurer; J. F. ’
Morgan, marshal. The alder- 1
men elected are E. H .William- !
son, Dr. J. B. Roe Wr. W. Jern- ■
gan, E. R. Moore and O. F.
Craig. j;
Following is the vote receiv
ed by the various candidates.
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For Mayor
J. II. Holderby .51
J. B. Ketchern . 64
For Recorder
E. W. Magness . 112
For Treasurer
H. E. Hawthorne . 112';
For Marshal
J. F. Morgan .'. 80
Sam Barnett
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For Alderman
Dr. J. B. Roe .99 c
E. R. Moore . 84 !
0. F. Craig .78 i
E. H. Williamson . 104 i
W. W. Jernigan .89 r
J. F. Coasey .
T. M. Harrelson .42 i 1
W. L. Hall .27!
PARDONS MILLIGAN
(I. R .Milligan of this coun-.s
ty who was convcted last sum- '■ <
im-r on a charge of aggravated \
assault and lined $50 and ten f
days in .jail, was pardoned by ;
Gov. Hays last Monday.
Handsome Home is
Destroyed by Fin
One cf the most Jieuutifu
ind substantial homes in New
irk was reduced to ashes las
Friday morning, when the
landsome residence of Mr
xnd Mrs. B. A. Magness was
;otally destroyed by fire.
The lire originated in the
second story, presumably fron
i defective Hue, and had gain
such headway before dis
•vered that it was imoossiblc
0 check the flames.
Fanned by a brisk breeze
he flames wrought rapid de
struction and in a few minutes
he once handsome home was
1 seething mass of ruins.
Neighbors who rushed t<
he scene were able to save
nost of the furniture from the
ower story, but nothing was
avecl from the upper story.
Th total loss or. building
ind contents is about $4,700
vith $3,000 insurance.
Mr. Magness states that he
vill rebuild some time within
he next few months.
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ROB JUDSONFA DEPOT
The safe in the Iron Moun
ain depot at Judsonia, was
down with nitro-glycerine
donday night by yeggs, who
ecured $40. Men suspected
4' the yeggery spet the al’ter
ioon in Kensett and walked
nit of town toward Judsonia
it dusk. One of the men is
[escribed as of slender build,
ight complexioned with black
nustache, wearing a black
lev by and a black overcoat
'h<* other i--, described as short
.no Slut k i i\ <7tin>, waring a
• lack felt hat.
NOTICE TO FARMERS
Wc* will close the ginning
oason on Saturday, April 17.
'll parties who have cotton
rill please bring it in before
hat time as we will not gin
nv more after that date.
NEWARK GIN CO.
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First National Bank
Newark, Ark.
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $6,500
C. M. EDWARDS, Pres.
* G. M. FIELDS, V. Pres.
E. B. CHESSER, Cashier
THE^
THIS BANK
is ORGANIZED
UNDER AND
CONTROLLED by
•LAWS fa
enagtJaed
AT
Don't You Think
the satisfaction of drawing
checks in payment of your
bills, thus enabling you to
have a receipt for every pur
chase, would repay any slight
sacrifice in building up a
bank account during the year?
TRY IT WITH US DURING 1915
• - - BUY SANK MO.NEY OROF F»S
When sending money to distant points. The orders are payable
V*;, .diAA -vv. >. „
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! mounts up to $5.00, «.>st __
) Amounts of #5.00 to ? ><>.< 0, cost.
Amounts of #30.00 to $75.00, cost .
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..._10 cyjjfctd
AT.o<:nt,s of $15.00 to #100.00, cost_ _r5 cunts
NOTES FROM AN OLD
-! SULPHUR ROCK PAPEE
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Little Sheet Published Quartei
of Century ago is Ownec
by* Citizen of Newark
Squire R. R. Ration of thir
place has a copy of the Sul
phur Rock Wheel, a paper for
morly published at Sulpha/
Rock, that is more than 28
years old. The paper war
published by Martin and Brad
ley, deaf mutes, and bears
date of March 10, 1887.
It is a neat little sheet, but
very small in size and the en
tire paper contains about as
much reading matter as is car
ried on one page of The Jour
nal. A careful reading of the
Wheel shows that the Wheel
ers were a strong factor in
this county in those days, and
the paper contains a notice of
the Independence County
: Wheel to be held at Cave
v<reeK on rnuaj ivjarcn
1887, the notice being signed
by George Martin as president
and McCurdy Hail secretary.
Among the advertisements
and business annoucemnents
are the following.
Bob and Walker Bullington,
; dealers in drugs, medicines,
books, musical instruments,
groceries and hardware.
G. B. Pearson, dealer in gen
eral merchandise
W T. Nesbitt & Co., deal
ers in general merchandise.
Murphy Bros., dealers in
staple and fancy groceries.
Jno. C. Bone, Jiatesville,
v, f»irnlti:rc uhuSI
takers goods.
The largest ad in the pa
per is a live inch double col
umn ad of the White Ele
phant Saloon of Newport,
! Herman Schott, proprietor.
The next largest ad is the
Bank Saloon of Newport, L.
G. McCanley & Co., proprie
tors.
The paper contains the fol
lowing professional cards of
the Sulphur Rock business
men: G. B. Pearson, notary
public; John Franklin, black
smith ; Bob Reeves, black
smith; J. Q. Jones, barber; J.
F. Bay gents, shoemaker; W.
T. Anderson, carpenter and
contractor; N. S. Gowan, car
penter; J. A. Nichols, house
H. W. Vaughan was post
jmaster and H. T. Starnes was
railroad agent. Among other
|items of interest in the paper,
jS. L. Vaughan was advertis
ing a surveyrs compass and
chain for sale, C. A. Starkey
wanted to sell his blacksmith
l^hop, S. A. Hatchcock had a
| notice in the paper requesting
I parties who owed him to come
in and settle up, Dr. H. W.
i Vaughan had a similar notice
|Joe Polk published a notice
j asking parties who had order
led fruit treesof him to call and
!get them, and W. T. Suit was
advertising lime and cement
tor sale.
Among the news items are
found the following:
Tipton Lisle was thrown
from a fractious young horse
and his leg broken.
J. B. James and wife left
for St. Louis to buy a line of
spring goods and millinery.
M. M. Conner died at his
home southeast oftown after a
lingering illness.
Bryson English and Miss
Mary E. Sawyers were mar
ried at the home of P. C. Conn
in Big Bottom township,Squire
J*. R. Ration officiating.
Willie Gibbs, a young rail
Iroad man, was home on a visit
Charlie Barnett and Will
(Jones of Evening Shade had
!just left foi St. Louis, to at
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! BUCHANAN’S PARTNER
1 HELD FOR MURDEf
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■ Story of trouble With Tramj
Was Faked and Buchanai
Victim of Foul Flay
According to late develop
1 meats, it appears that t ht
I pearl fisherman named Buch
an an who was reported t<
have shot an alleged tramj
near Paroquet last week, wa;
himself the victim of fou
play, instead of the tramp, a.
was at first reports d.
Buchanan's partner, whose
n me it seems is impossible tc
learn because of the fact that
practically nobody knew any
thing about him or Buchanan,
is the only person who wit
nessed the supposed trouble
between Buchanan and the
tramp. He reported the mat
ter to parties in the neighbor
hood and stated that Buch
anan left there immediately
after shooting the tramp.
Qncmnmn o non »vt
and conflicting stories told by
him led to the believe that the
fellow’s story - was all a fake
and that he murdered Buch
anan and either secreted the
body in some out .of the way
place or weighted it down and
threw it into the river.
Buchanan had three child
ren. two girls and a boy and
it seems that they discovered
something of the fellow’s deed
and gave him away.
li • was arrested and taken
to Jacksonport for preliminary
trial, which resulted in his
heh-dd on r| eba.-g*' ofm11 r
tier and the fellow was placed
in .jail at Newport.
Buchanan’s three children
have been placed in the coun
ty house at Jacksonport.
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MRS. FOSTER DEAD
Mrs. L. G. Foster died at
her home in this city yester
day morning about It o’clock
after a lingerin illnes of lung
trouble. Mrs. Foster had been
a victim of tuberculosis for
five years and had spent some
time at the State tuberculosis
Sanitarium, and although her
stay there bene fitted her to a
great extent she afterwards
grew worse and has gradually
declined.
She was an excellent Chris
tian lady and had been a
member of the Christian church
for a number of years.
Mrs. Foster was born and
raised in this community and
whs ::8 years old. She leaves
a husband, jLvo children, one
si ter and .#’o brothers. The
remains will be buried touay
at Blue Springs cemetery.
DO IT RIGHT \
The Journal has heard it
hinted that some prominent
local politicians are inflamed
at this paper because certain
names were not printed on the
city ticket for alderman.
Ail the names were printed
that were paid for, and we
would have printed TOO more
and been glad to have
gotten tin m at the regular
price. Sorry to have to admit
it, but facts cornel us to say
that we work our usual 11
hours a day in our office for
the money it brings us. so
hereafter when a political bee
get. to Inr/zing in your bonnet
calling upon you to help save
the country (or the town) call
and pay for it and gej.ny, a
name on the ticket>ril|fl« are ,
__ _ jhe county o
!drained fanning
FIR&TJKw.. ..
Little Roc*
__ ■ \9*. lf-pt in a firv pi,,
, nl ‘( m on the coldest nights; but
under to,, is allcwed to get too wa:
law forse they are almost certain
for thi%'hcn turned out the follow!
Love Letter Written
[ Twenty Years Ago
The following love letter is
> said to have been written by
1 a young lady of this commun
;ity to a certain young man
i who is now a prominent coun
ty official of Independence
county. The letter was writ
1 ten in 1894 and is therefore 21
■ years old. The letter after
1 wards tell into the possession
of a well know lady of New
' ark. who kindly consented to
lend the missive to The Journ
al for publication.
; The county offical to whom
.the letter was written, long
years ago, may not recognize
the letter but it is very prob
able that he will, and if any
ol the. officials who now have
I headquarters in the court
house at Batesville fail to car
ry this issue of The Journal
home with them, it will be an
easy matter to locate the gen
tleman who 2.1 years ago re
ceived the following letter:
“My Dearest and most af
jfectionate lover:
“1 will answer your kind
!and highly appreciated letter,
which 1 received,and was glad
|to hear l—m you. But I was
awfully sorry to hear that you
had he itch and I hope you are
better by this time. * These
lew lies leave me well, except
I have the lagrippe.
‘ V. ell Darling, I haven’t
much of importance to write
you, but l still love you with
with all my heart and a great
; big part of my gizzard.
I Wiiut do you reckon I hud
. •'or dinner today? 1 ha(i some
•’ V.iruj ; "uk.-, and battel,
crackers and cheese, some
cold meat and pickles and cus
tard and three kinds of per
'serves and four kinds of cake
{and a lot of other things that
I were good, and Oh; I couldn’t
; help from wishing that you
jhad been here.
“Well, darling, I am afraid
you love somebody else better
than you do me. If 1 knew
that you did it would kill me
to my heart. Now, do you?
“I have been down on the
river fishing today.
| “Say, did you hear about
:that man the other day? Did
n’t that beat the Jews?
j “I think red birds are aw
fully pretty, don’t you?
“Well, 1 want to know if
you love me better than you
do that other girl? If you
don’t 1 will go back on you.
“Anyway, the roses are red,
COURT DISPOSES
OF MANY CASES
Spring Term of Court Con
venes and Puts in Busy
Week a tBatesville.
The springterm of the Inde
pendence Circuit Court con
vened at Batesville last Mon
day with Judge Dene H. Cole
man presiding and Prosecuting
ing At-tornev H. U. Williamson
looking after the interests of
the Sta| .
The (‘allowing citizens com
pose the grand and petit juries
Grand Jury
J. E. Rosebrough, foreman;
E. W. Magness, Clerk; Hard
ing Smith, Wm. McArthur,
Wm. A (might, Erwin Pelley,
Henry Hankins, Dave Wyatt,
W. R. Batson, W. E. Cox, D.
M. C. Keihy, J. G. Slade, Roe
Patterson, Elbert Jernigan, J.
D. Moore, G. W. Brewer.
W. D. Winston is baliff for
the grand jury.
Petit Jury
G. W. Reynolds, Fi. R.
Evans, John Parks, P. P. Mc
Pheeters, J. W. Ball, B. F.
Adams, J. M. Stevens, H. W.
Johnson, C. J. Rogers, Odell
Sims, .G N. Garrison, B. O.
W^ird, W. S. Bracy* T. T. Stor
ey. Chas. Gunther, W. R.
Shelprnan, Geo. Woods, Tom
Hen lerson, Thos. Jones, T. R.
Tate, R. L. Mustain, Henry
Hooper, M. L. Dardon, Lee
mi oertn.
The following eases had
been disposed of up to noon
i iiurstiay.
John Adams, selling liquor,
cbsmiKsed by court.
Shell Reynolds and Ev.
smith, same.
Paul Curtis, disturbing re
ligious worship, nol pros.
Paul Curtis, disturbing re
ligious worship, plea of guilty,
continued.
('has. Patterson, disturbing
public worship, nol pros.
George Paper, disturbing
tubiic worship, dropped by
:ourt.
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-he violets are blue, sugar is
wveet but not like you.
“Well 1 am getting sleepy
anti 1 know you are, for you
are never no other way.
“I want you to answer this
as soon as you get it for I
want to hear from you awful
bad.”
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