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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, April 30. 1915
Vol. 15, No. 4
ALEXANDER LAW OPENS WAY
FOR BUILDING GOOD ROADS
new law will aid in
SOLVING PROBLEM
Will Enable People to Organ
ize Improvement. Districts
ror he Purpose or Con
Struc*ing Good Roads
• The Alexander road law
passed by the last legislature
is claimed by many to be one
of the best pieces of construct
ive legislation ever enacted in
Arkansas.
Believing that the people of
Independence county are in
terested in good roads. The
Journal publishes herewith a
brief synopsis of the impor
tant features of this new law,
under which any community
may organize a road district
and issue bonds for the pur
pose of building good roads.
The law providesthatwhen
ever a majority in lanu value,
acres or number of land own
ers within a proposed road
district shall petition the coun
ty court for the establishment
of a road improvement district
U and it appears to the court
f that a majority in value, acres
or number, within the propos
ed district have signed said
petition, the court shall make
an order establishing the dis
trict and shall appoint three
land owners within the dis
trict to act as commissioners
for the district.
The commissioners shall em
ploy a competent highway en
engineer to prepare prelimi
nary plans, specifications and
estimates of the roads which
it is proposed to construct.
The commissioners shall
then file a report with the coun
ty court, showing the cost of
the proposed road or roads,
tgether with official plans and
specifications for the same.
The county court shall then
appoint a Board of Assessors,
composed of three land own
ers in the district.
The Board of Assessors
shall meet within 30 days and
assess the benefits to be deriv
ed by the several tracts of land,
team roads and railroads in
the ditsrict. They shall also
assess the damages, if any, ac
cruding by reason of right of
way taken for the road.
Before confirmed by the
court, the assessments shall be
published in some newspaper
in the county, and any per
son there has the right to ap
pear before the court and have
his assessment adjusted, it
sme is found to be too high.
The commissioners have the
right to revise the assessments
not oftener than once a year
by advertising same as in the
case of original assessments.
Bonds may be issued, which
may run for any period of
time not less than five years
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wi v* v v-mui um tt V vai o.
The commissioners cannot
issue bonds or create an in
debtness exceeding thirty per
cent of the total assessed val
ue of the real property in the
district.
Road constructed under this
act become public highways
and after their cmpletion and
acceptance by the county
court, become a part of the
general highways of the coun
ty and shall be maintaied as
other public highways.
In the contraction of any
road under this act, the Board
of Commissioners must adver
tise for bids. Cotractors to
whom the work is let, are re
quired to give bond for the
faithful performance of all
contracts.
Annully during the month
of September the commission
ers must file a detailed report
First National Bank
Newark, Ark.
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $6,500
C. M. EDWARDS, Pres.
G. M. FIELDS. V. Pres.
E. B. CHESSER, Cashier
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Amounts of *.{().00 to *75.00, cost__ 10 cents
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20 MEN ARRESTED IN
NIGHT RIDER CASES
Sheriff of Arkansas County
Has 18 in Jail and Thinks
He has Broken up Gang.
Stuttgart, Apr. 24.—The ar
rest of Arthur Burris by Sher
iff Lafargue and his deputies
last ight made the twentieth
arrest as a result of the recent
night rider outbreaks in Ark
ansas County. Tjvo have been
released, one for lack of evi
dence against him and the
otheV because he was ot - the
man for whom a warrant had
been issued. The other 18 are
being held on various charges
Four are iharged with first de
gree murder and are awaiting
the action of the grand jury,
jwhich will convene in May.
Sheriff Lafargue believes he
has broken up the gang of
night riders, but says he will
make other arrests, shuld the
I evidence justify.
The trouble started in Janu
ary, when sevral hice plant
ers living in the vicinity of
Mud Lake employed negroes
to cut wood. At once noaices
were pasted warning the neg
roes to leave the vicinity. One
planter vhose negro employes
were scafred away by these no
nces, said le was paying a dol
lar a cord for wood, and that
only one white man asked him
for work. He said he gave
this man emloyment but that
he remained only few weeks.
In February a gang of white
men. under cover of night, at
tacked the cabin of several
‘negroes. They shot and killed
one negro aad set fire to his
cabin. Sheriff Lafargue and his
beputies at once got into action
and the 20 arrests followed.
There has been no trouble
in that vicinity since.
with the county celrk showing
all collections made and all
money paid out and for what
purpose.
The county court shall re
' ie>v said settlements and re
vise or disallov any items
thereof that may nt be in ac
cordance with law.
The interests of property
owners are safe-guarded in
every instance and the law
seems ocmprehensive enough
to cover every detail of t‘ne
work of building and main
saining roads provided f >e un
der Hi’S act.
GETS $100 FINE
Btesvilie, April 27.—A jury
in the court of Justice J. A.
Holmes this morning returned
verdict f guilty in the case of
iClucias Cani'on, charged with
;the illegal sale of liquor. He
i was lined $100. Recently lo
cal officers confiscated a barrel
|of bottled whiskey at the home
of Cannon, and upon an order
from teh curt this liquor was
poured into the street.
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FOUL BALL KILLS BOY
Newport Apr. 28.—Little
! James Kay, stepson of O. Gil
pin, aged about ten years,
plied here Monday night from
| injuries sustained over a week
ago while acting as mascot for
the Newport high school at a
baseball game at the fair
grounds. A foul ball struck
the little fellow in the back of
the head.
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MISTAKEN FOR TURKEY
Jewel Pangle was shot and
fatally wounded by a young
man named Waggoner last
Friday while they were turkey
hunting in Marion county,
jl'hey vivrtf both alter the same
turkey, anti Waggoner, mis
taking Pangle for the turkey
in the brush, fired a rifle bui
let through his body.
4 DEAD AS RESULT
OF FAMILY TROUBLE
Conway County Man Slays
Members of Wife’s Family
I hen Surrenders to Sheriff,
Little Rok, Apr. 27.—Sam
I Bell, aged 28. a farmer and
, cattle buyer, prominent in Con
way county, who lived near]
Morrilton, is in the Pulaki j
county jail in Little Rock for
safe keeping as the result of
the murder of four members
of his wife’s family nine miles
north of Morrilton, at So’clock :
Monday night. He was brought
to Little Rock on teh first train
from Morrilton by Deputy
Earls.
In rapid succession Bell shot
down and killed the four per
$<y\$—three men and one wo-:
man. The victims of his gun I
were Dick Fryer, his father-in !
law; Amos Fryer, his brother
lii-iCl w , lidUl UCtlHR'II, IllfS MS
tor-in-law, and Mrs. Bearden’s
husband. The shootig was an
outgrowth of marital troubles,
which caused a divorce be
tween Bell nd his wife about
a year ago.
The shoting began when
Bell appeared at the window
of the Bearden home and be
gan firing through the window
killiug Beardn. Mrs. Bear
den, screaming, ran from the
room and out of a front door.
Here she was intercepted by
Bell, who shot her down. She
was conscious for several min
utes. during which time her
screams attracted the
attention of the senior Mr.
Fryer, who lived only a short
distance away.
Grasping a shotgun, Fryer
left his house and ran toward
the bearden home. He was
followed by his son, Amos.
The two Were met by Bell,
who killed them in capid suc
cession. Shots and screams
had attracted other neighbors
who began to arrive. Previous
to going to the house Bell had
taken off his shoes, leaving
them beside his horse. The
animal was tied about two
hundred yards from the house.
Bell, unfrightened by the
appearance of neighbors,
searched for Mrs. Fryer and
her other children, but they,
with Bell's wife, had left the
house and hidden in a field.
He then started for his horse,
but neighbors had found the
animal and were guarding it.
Bell started the opposite di
rection, taking to the woods.
he tore he had gone 100 yards
he me a neighbor carrying a
shotgun. Bell forced his neigh
bor to drop the gun and then
continued.
Bell is bout 28 years old,
and is a member of one of the
oldest, families of Conway
county. Mr. Fryer was 54
years old, and his son 17.
Bell $ walked barefooted
through the woods from Bear
den’s hme inSolgohachia, north
of Morrilton, to the Sheriff’s
office where he put in an ap
earance at 1 'clock this morn
ing
He was provided with shoes
land some clothes that he had
lost on the trip, and started
immediately for Little Rock.
i FOUR BURIED IN 2 GRAVES
Morrilton, April 27.—Two
!graves in the old Friendship
cemetery at Solgohachie late
'today received the bodies of
Dick Fryer, Eard Bearden,
Mrs. Bearden and A ms Fryer
victim.; of la t night’,; qidtd
, rupie murder. More than 1.000’
famers and their families from
all parts of the county attend
ed the funeral services. The
Rev. R. E. L. Bearden oficiated
at the service. The bodies of
Dick Fryer and his son, Amos,
were placed in one grave and
those of Mr. and Mrs. Bearden
in the other.
Fight shots were fired by the
slayer, Sam Bell, divorced hus
band f another of Mr. Fryer’s
da lighters.
His victims all were dead
and he was en route to surren
der to the authorities at Mor
rilton within less than a half
hour. .
«_OURT PROCEEDING
The following cases have
been disposed of in Circuit
court at Batesvilie this week.
J. C. Hughes, murder in !
first degree, change of venue
from Lawrence county, jury
trial, not guilty.
John Starr vs. D. R. Lee, ap
peal from J. P. Court, confirm-’
ed bv consent.
J. P. W illiams vs T. I.Young!
appeal from J. P. Court, con
tinued by agreement, set for
Saturday first week.
D. Y .Shirley vs Pfieffer
Stone Co., jury trial, verdict
for plaintiff fr $2000.
Henry Clark vs Pfieffer
Stone Co., verdict for Trlantiff
for $1,250.
W. N. Griffin vs Railway,
instructed verdict for defedant.
It. C. Chamberlain, vs Rail
way, plaintiff takes non-suit.
The case of Jennings vs Rail
way was taken up yesterday
afternoon.
A. L. Dunlap of Greenbrier,
C. P. Vaughan of P,ig Bottom,
\\ . H. Callaway of Washing
ton were appointed as jury
commissioners. They meet at
Batesville Wednesday and se- j
the grand and petit jurors for
teh next term.
D. D. WHISNANT DEAD
I). I) .Wisnant, one of Inde
pendence county’s best known
citizens, died at his home in
Logan township, a few miles!
northeast of Newark, Wednes
day night, after an illnss of
several weeks of cancer of the \
liver.
Mr. Whisnant was 76 years
old and was horn and reared
in North Carolina, but came to
this county a number of years
ago and was numbered among
the county’s best citizens.
He is survived by two sons
anti fur daughters.
The remains were buried
yesterday (Thursday after
noon at four o’clock at Mac
edonia cemetery, Rev L. B.
Hankins conducting funeral
services.
ORGANIZE DEVELOP
MENT ASSOCIATION
C.tizens of White RiverSection
Moet at Batesville and Plan
to Boost This Section.
Representatives from the
various town along the upper
White River met at Batesville
Saturday and organized the
VV hite River Development As
sociation. Officers elected
were J. R. Case of Ruddell,
president; H. T. Buie of Buf
falo, vice presidet; E. J. Loop
of Cotter secretary; A, A.
Webber of Batesville, corres
ponding secretary; C. 1). Met
calf of Batesville, treasurer.
The object of the organiza
tion is to secure the comple
tion of the proposed systems
of locks and dams for White
River which will make it pos
sible to rech the great volume
of mineral and timbr wealth
now (Jrf>rmant in this secticyi.
The following citizens were
chosen as an executive commit
tee.
J. R. Case. Ruddells; H. T.
Buie, Buffalo; E. J. Lopp, Cot
ter; A. A. Webber, Batesville;
C. 1). Metcalf, Batesville; Hon.
•J. II. Hand, J. C. Floyd, Yell
ville; J. N. Griffin, Flippin;
Torn Shiras, J, Baker, Moun
tain Home; S. E. Denton, Gas
ville; C. A. Bevens, W. M. Ho
gan, Norfork; A. C. Dijon,
Bee Jeffery, Mount Olive;Geo.
W. Chase. J. C. Sheppard,
Rush; G. N. Nelson, A. L.
Steiner, Buford; Wm. Tripp,
Buffalo; T. M. Milburn, T. I).
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Case, H. S. Mabrey, Mountain
View; W. U. McCabe, Rig
Flat; J. W. Williamson, R. M.
Ramey, Rufe Estes, Melbourne ;
C.H. Martin, Dr.John Johnson
Marcella; Ed Reeves, T. A.
Shell, < ushman;M. C. Weaver,
Sam Deener, A, C. Wilkerson,
Batesville; Lawrence Calla
way, Bethesda; R. W. Earn
heart, Bethesda; J. W. Searcy,
Ross Bell, Desha; Andy Pate,
T. S. Compton, Jamestown; M.
F. Moore, Moorefield; Med
Rutherford, Swiss Griffin, Sul
phur Rock; O. F. Craig, F. C.
Hoyt, Newark; Asa Pelley, W.
(). Moore, Oil Trough; j. W.
Stayton, H. C. Couch, P. H.
Van Dyk, Gerge Haynes, New
port.
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