THRIFT, IN ITS LARGER SENSE, IS THE ART OF MAKING THE BEST USE OF WHAT WE HAVE
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, December 2, 1915
Vol 15, No. 35
HUGE SLIDE CAUSES
DISASTROUS WRECK
Four Men Lose Lives as Result
of Freight Wreck on White
River Road Near Gerber
Cotter, Nov. 29.—A huge
rock rolling down the moun
tain side knocked th eengine of
a freight train 100 feet down
the steep declivity and caused
four deaths on the White river
division of the Iron Mountain
railroad at 5 o’clock this morn
ing. The accident occurred near
Gerber, Mo., 50 miles north of;
Cotter. The wrecked train was
Red Ball Freight No. 24.
The dead are:
Harry Possehl of Cotter, en
gineer of the train, who was so
badly scalded and suffered in
ternal injuries that caused his
death at 11 :30 a. m.
Fireman O. Hodges, Poplar
Bluff, was so badly scalded and
otherwise injured that he died
at 9:30 a. m.
Head Brakeman Endsley,
Yellville, Ark., instantly killed.
L. R. Campbell, aged 18,
Batesville, employe of an excel
sior plant, instantly killed.
John Wheat,a young married
man of Calico Rock, was badly
hurt. His nose was cut off.Con
ductor Wernecke was badly!
shaken up but not seriously in
jured. Brakeman Allen was the
only member of the train crew
to escape death or injury.
Campbell and seven or eight
other men were beating their
way on the train. All were in
jured.
Relief trains were hurried to
the scene. Before his death En
gineer Possehl told of thecause
of the wreck.
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We don’t need the money
ourself, but the people we owe
want us to pay them. Pay your
subscription to The Journal and
help the other fellow.
Christmas Edition of
The Journal Dec. 16
On December 16, the Annual
Christmas Edition and Buyers
Buide of The Journal will be is
sued.
This edition of The Journal
has become an annual event in
newspaperdom in Independ
ence county and is looked for
ward to by reader and advertis
er alike. It will be representa
tive of the business life of this
section and will direct you to
where you can buy your Christ
mas goods best advantage.
The edition will be unusually
large and much space has al
ready been ontracted for. The
business men will take advan
tage of this opportunity to tell
you what they have in store for
you in plenty of time tomissthe
annual Christmas rush.
It will pay you to read the
Christmas Edition cl os ly before
you do any of . our Christmas
shopping. Watch for it and if
you want extra copies to send
to your friends phone the office
in advance so we can reserve
them for you.
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Poughkeepsie Killing
Held to be Justifiable
Poughkeepsie, Nov. 30.—
Constable Luther Norris was
yesterday acquitted of the kill
ing1 of W. T. Abee on the
streets of Poughkeepsie last
Wednesday. Witnesses testified
that Abee wo :>dv ncingonthe
officer with a knife when the
shots were fired. The trouble
came up over some notes endor
sed by Abee, upon which he
had been sued.
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LAD KILLS BROTHER
Jonesboro, Nov. 30.—While
four small boys were playing
killing hogs today,Rubie Caple,
aged 7,son of John Caple,north
of Jonesboro, was accidentally
killed by his 9-year-old brother,
Murrel. Both Mr. and Mrs. Ca
ple were away from home.
I First National Bank
NEWARK, ARK
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $6,500
C. M. Edwards, Pres
G. M. Fields, V. Pres.
E. B. Chesser, Cashier
THUS IBANK
is ORGANIZED
UNDER AND
CONTROLLED by
DAWS
ENACT
AT
THE SIGNS
Of the Times Suggest Saving a
Your Dollars
YOU CAN’T
Commence Too Soon
The morning of Life
Is quickly passed.
And old age
Follows after Noon.
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NATIONAL CAPITOL:
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When Sending Money to Di
tant points. Tliey are payable
anywhere and are SAFE.
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FAIR ASSOCIATION
MEETING DEC. 11TH
Committeemen From Each
Township Named to Assist
In Work if Organizing.
The nominating committee
chosen at a recentcitizensmeet
ing at Batesville for the pur
pose of organizing a county
fair association, met a few days
ago and selected the following
township committeemen:
Barren township — T. A.
Gray, C. I). perkey, J. S. Milli
gan.
Ashley township—W. H.
Cavenor, D. Y. Boyce, W. R.
Smith.
Greenbrie-' township—Adlia
Searcy, Will Purcelly, A. L.
Dunlap, J. K. York, William
Brooks.
Jefferson township—W. J.
Montgomery. T. N. Southard,
Sam Givens.
Cushman township — Tom
Shell, E. M. Reeves, W. F.Gray,
Tom Dobson.
Union township—John Bar
net, R. W. Rogers, Ernest San
ders, W. F. Shaw.
Washington township—W.L.
Calloway, M. C. McSpadden.R.
A. Harmon, Geo. F. Luster.
Relief township—Geo. W.
Burnell, J. J Hall, Lee Branch
come.
Liberty township—S.D.Lind
sey, L. W. Gilbert, T. F. Bailey.
Fairview township—J. B.
.Johnston, Geo. Caplener, G. D.
Hall.
Christian township— Fred
Hook, Ramsey Pridmore, W.O.
Moore, Jim Stephens.
Hill township—W. J. Cald
well. I. N. Robertson, John S.
Pasley.
Oil Trough township—Asa
Pelley, Byron Lacy, Zed Grif
fith.
Ruddell township — Sam
Deener, D. D. Adams, Doc
Headstream, Sidney Pickens,T.
F. Walbert, N. A. Adler, Chas.
Barnett, Jr., J. C. Fitzhugh.
Salado township—J.W.Scott,
J. G. Hazelrigg, J. J. Fowler.
Gainsboro township—W. W.
McLendon, Malcom E. Moore,
W. A. Hollensworth.
j White River township—J.H.
Jimerson, U. P. Kent, J. H.
Smith, John Moore.
Craig township—M. M.Ruth
erford, M. R. Fugatt. J. C.Cald
well.
Magness township -— Will
Waldrip, R. M. Crow, Herbert
Snapp,
Big Bottom township—E. H.
Williamson, G. M. Fields, F. C.
i Hoyt, D. C, Lane, J. B. Ketch
em, W. W. Magness, E.B. Ches
ser.
Wycough township—T. R.
Tate, Jim McDonald, Warfield
Sanders.
Logantownship—Jim McCoy,
Chas. Jimerson, Cicero Whis
nant.
Uota township—Henry Crig
ler, Jim McGill, Elbert Jerni
gan, Tom Best.
Black River township—Geo.
Walden, W. N. Osborne.
Rosie township—Geo. Wyatt,
Henry Hooper.
The next meeting of the pro
posed fair association will be
held at the court house in Bates
jville on Saturday.December 11,
at which time definite steps will
be taken toward perfecting an
organization.
The nominating committee,
which is composed of J. M.Rey
nolds, Burk Wright and W. P.
Tuggle, is very anxious that ev
ery man named in the above
list of township committeemen
be present at this meeting Dec
ember 11.
The movement to organize a
permanent county fair associa
tion is a good one, and is one
,that every progressive citizen
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NORTH ARKANSAS
CONFERENCE ENDS
Assignment of Pastors Monday
Closed Busy Session of Meth
odist Annual Conference.
Tiie annual session of the
North Arkansas Conference of
the Methodist church closed at
Conway Monday, after a very
busy session.
R ports submitted to the con
ference show a substantial
gain in membership, and that
all the pastor 1 charges are do
ing good work.
The next session of the con
ference will be held at Searcy.
Following is a list of the pas
toral appointments made bythe
conference in the four districts
in this section of the state :
Batesvilie District
Boon?1 L. Wilford, Presiding
Elder.
Batesvilie, First church, J.B.
Stevenson; Batesvilie, Central
Avenue and Bethesda, T. L. El
lison; Bexar circuit.J. W. John
son; Calico Rock and Macedon
ia, j. E. Snell; Cotter circuit,
W. B. Wolfe; Cave City circuit,
E. H. Hook; Charlotte circuit,
A. B. Colluin, supply; Evening
Shade circuit, C. J. Wade;Flor
al circuit, R. A .Bevins ;Kenyon
circuit, E.A. Horn,supply ;Lead
Hill and Oakland, W. D. For
rest, supply; Marcella and
Guinn, J. B. Finley, supply;
Melbourne circuit, J. W.Black;
Minturn circuit, W. S. Storey,
supply; Mountain Home, M. A.
Fry; Mountain View, J. G.
Parker, supply ; Newark, L. B.
Hankinsffsewport, W. B.Hays;
Newport circuit, A. N. Storey;
Salado and Oil Trough, W. A.
Williams; Sulphur Rock circuit,
Fizer Noe; Swifton and Alicia,
J. M. Harrison; Tuckerman, M.
B. Umsted; Viola circuit, M. J.
Baty;Yellville circuit,W. W.Al
bright; Calico Rock circuit,, J.
W. Copeland, supply ;Pyatt cir
cuit, J. S. Goodman; Rush cir
cuit, George Sanders, supply;
district commissioner for Gal
loway college, J. B. Stevenson;
Sunday school secretary, W. A.
Lindsey.
Jonesboro District
F. M. Tolleson, Presiding El
der.
Barfield circuit, A. F. Hay
nes, supply; Blytheville, R. E.
L. Bearden; Brookland circuit,
G. M. Abney ; Blytheville cir
cuit, Eli Craig; Crawfordsville
and Bethany. II. W. Wallace;
Earle, W. J. LeRoy; Gilmore
and Joiner, Joel B. Hendrix;
Har-isburg, T. A. Bowen, Har
risburg circuit, A. R. Ward;
Jonesboro First Church, H. E.
Wheeler; Jonesboro, Fisher
street, IJ. E. Wilcoxen; Joues
boro circuit, F.^O. Dexter;Lake
City, Norris Greer; Luxora and
Rozelle. A. TI. Dulaney; Manil
la and Dell, J. A. Gowan, Mar
ion. Guy Murphy: Marked Tree
and Lepanto, J. W. Thomas;
Monette and Macey, C. F. Wil
son ; Nettleton and Bay, O. L.
Cole; Trinity circuit, J.L.Hood;
Osceola, E. K. Sewell; Vann
dale circuit, J. II. Barrentine;
Wilson, Ben C. Few.
Paragould District
H. H. Watson, Presiding El
der.
Ash Flat circuit, George But
ler; Black Rock, Portia and
Hoxie, J. L. Button; Boydsville
circuit, E. Emmons; Corning,A.
F. Skinner; Gainesville circuit,
M. M. Smith; Imboden, Elisha
Dyer; Peach Orchard circuit, H.
V. Johnson; Lorado, Riley
Jones; Mammoth Spring, C. C.
Burton; Marmaduke, C. L. Cas
tleberry; Nev. Liberty circuit,
L. H. Wright Walnut Ridge
circuit, C. P., Fain; Paragould,
T. W. Gee; Paragould circuit,
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Children s Letters to
Santa in The Journal
We are /lad to announce to
jthe children that The Journal
will publish their letters toSan
ta Claus in ;> big Special Christ
mas Edition to be issued Dec
lember 16. All our little friends
| are invited to write the good
|old fellow, as he reads The
Journal, like everybody else,
and he will be sure to see your
letters. It will be necessary,
however, to make your letters
short, stating as briefly as you
can what you want Santa to
I bring you. Sign your name and
give your postoffice address so
he will know where to find you.
Write as plain as you can, on
[only one side of your paperand
mail your letters to Santa Claus
jin care of the Newark Journal.
Mail your letters so as to reach
i us not later than December 10,
I os letters received later than
this date cannot be published.
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Dr. Green Declines
State Hospital Job
Dr. J. L. Greene of Hot
Springs, who was recently elec
ted superintendent of the State
Hospital for Nervous Diseases
I at Litle Rock, to succeed Dr. F.
B. Young, has declined to ac
cept this position.
In his statement to the Board
of Control, Dr. Greene says:
“I have given your very gen
erous offer of theappointmennt
as superintendent of the State
Hospital for Nervous Diseases
such deliberate consideration as
l have found possible underthe
j stress of business. I havereceiv
Jed many requests from citizens
in all parts of the state urging
me to return to the duty of that
position. For your very gener
ous offer and for the kindly ex
pression of friends in every
walk of life I am deeply grate
ful, yet I am forced to the con
jdusion that my best interests,
| including the problem of my
health and the continuation of
my years of efficiency demands
that I decline the offer.”
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SWEET POTATO RECORD
Newport, Dec. 1.—Dr. G. A.
Causey of Swifton.in the north
ern part of this county, has
broken the record for sweet
potatoes in Jackson county. Dr.
Causey made a record of 240
bushels on a half acre.
$1,120,000 WORTH
OF COTTON BURNS '
Pine Bluff Compress Destroyed
and 14,000 Bales of Cotton
Burn Sunday Afternoon.
Pine Bluff, Nov. 28.—Fire
starting at -1:30 o’clock this af
ternoon, destroyed 14,000 bales
of cotton stored in and around
the Pine Bluff Compress Com
pany’s warehouse. J. P. Daley,
manager of the compress, esti
mated the cotton was worth an
average of 880 a bale, an ag
gregate of $1,120,000. All the
cotton was insured. The fire is
thought to have been started
by a spark from the engine of
a Cotton Belt passenger train.
The warehouse, situated be
lt ween the Cotton Belt and Iron
:Mountain tracks, was 278 feet
wide ad 605 feet long. A shed
and platform 15 feet wide ran
around the outer edge of the
area. Inside was an uncovered
court, and '.he cotton wasstack
ed five bales high in some
places.
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PORTER’S BLACKSMITH
SHOP OPEN AGAIN
After having been closed up
for some time on account of the
serious accident to my hand,
my blacksmith shop is now op
en again. ! have secured the
services of a firstclassall-round
workman who has had 30 years
experience in general black
smithing and who is also an ex
pert horse shoer, and I am now
in position to handle all work
promptly and in first class
shape. W. L. PORTER.
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NEW MUSIC TEACHER
Miss Vervl Pascoe has been
elected by 'Ke school board as
principal of the music depart
ment of the Newark High
School, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of
Miss Bond.
Miss Pascoe studied music
and voice at Central College
for three years. She is a talent
ed musician and a splendid
young lady and her election to
this position is very pleasing to
her many friends.
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NOTICE
We have our pasture three
miles east of town posted, and
will prosecute anyone hunting
or tresspassing in any way.
MOORE BROS.
WHICH DO YOU PREFER
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A White Cabinet Sewing Machine
A Handsome Runabout or
A Buck's Cook Stove
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Do you want one of the above-mentioned articles
free"? Well, we are going to give one of them away
without a cent of cost to you. With each note paid
in full we give you one ticket with two numbers on
it. You keep one of the numbers and we keep the
other. On December 24, some one will draw a num
ber from our box and the person with the corres
| ponding number gets their choice of the three things
offered. In case the note is above $25 we will give
one ticket for each fraction above $25. In addition
to the above, we will give one ticket with each $10
cash purchase. Come in and see the prizes. A
hearty welcome to all, with goods and prices like
they have always been—the nest for the money.
. ^ REMEMBER
MAXFI ELD’S
Is the Right Place For Furniture, Wagons, Buggies, Autos
Lime, Cement, Paint, Harness, Hardware and ’
Heavy farm Implements