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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, July 7, 1905.
Vol. 5. No. 28.
COVINGTON "NOT GUILTY"
President of State Senate Acquit- j
ted of Boodle Charge-«Jury
Was Out 66 Hours.
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Little Iiock. July 4. The jury
in the case ot Senator A. \\\ Cov
ington, charged with bribery, re
turned a verdict of not guilty at
six o’clock this evening. The case
was given to the jury at midnight
Saturday, and the first ballot
stood s to 4 for acquittal. After
tiiat ballot and until the final bal
lot this evening they stood 8 for
conviction and 0 for acquittal.
They were hung exactly H«> hours.
The three that held out until
this evening were .1. J. McGrath.
A! Smith and 1. J. Menton.
A peculiar feature of the trial is
the fact that the four jurors who
voted for conviction were sum
moned by Shei iff C. C. Kava
naugh, the other eight being ac
cepted frein the regular panel.
When the verdict of not guilty
was returned, the State entered a
nol. prose, in the case charging
Senator Covington with bribery
in connection with the Felsenthal
District Court bill. Til's disposes
of all the indictments against Sen
ator Covington.
Senator Covington's trial was
the first of the boodle cases inves
tigated by the Pulaski county
grand jury. He was indicted on
the charge of receiving a bribe
of *d,0(X» “to vote for and push"
the bill appropriating >0,0<)O for}
^ the completion of the new state
v iapitoi. T. L. Cox testified that
hty&ave M. I). L. Cook $2,.‘>oo to
hand Cuvihgton to use his influence
in securing :r favorable report
from Architect Frank P. Day of
Philadelphia, who was employed
to inspect the work already done
on the state capitol building. The
appropriation hill was then pend-}
ing in the senate. Cook corrobor
ated Cox and testified that he gave
<’ovington the $2,.">00 in his rooms
at the Merchants’Hotel in Little
Rock. George Caldwell, one of
the contractors of the capitol
building, testified that he gave Cox
and Cook at different times $17,
AOo to look after the firm’s interest
in the legislature. Senator < 'ov
ington took the stand and denied
having received one cent from
•Cox or Cook.
lhe court instructed toe jury
that in order to convict the defend
ant the state must show by cor-1
roborating testimony that Senator
Covington received the money to
influence his vote on the state
capitol bill and not to influence
Architect Day’s report. The
jury was also told that the testi
mony of the three accomplices
alone was not sufficiflft to convict.
Representative George F. Chap
line of Clarendon will be the next
legislator to lie placed on trial.
His case is set for July 12 before
.Judge Winfield, lie is charged
with bribery in connection with
the St.. Francis levee bill and con
spiracy in connection with the
Cache River levee bill.
The grand jury will meet again
on July 17 to resume the investi
gation.
A JUROR'S STATEMENT.
.1. d. McGrath, one of the jurors
who held out for conviction, made!
the following statement after the
jury was discharged:
“As a matter of fact, under the |
circumstances, we could have re-;
turned no other verdict than the
one we did. The instructions of
the court left us absolutely no
ground to stand upon. When we
excluded the evidence of Caldwell,
Cook and Cox there was no evi
dence upon which we could con
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DR. J. T. MILLER DEAD
Passed Away at His Home in This
City at Six O’clock Tuesday
Evening from Congestion.
Dr. d. T. Miller died at his
home in this city Tuesday after
noon at six o'clock, after an illness
of several days from congestion of
the stomach.
While his death was not entire
ly unexpected, it was nevertheless
a great shock to his many friends,
and expressions of sorrow were
heard on every hand, for there
was not a man in the entire com
munity who was more universally
liked and respected than was Doc
tor Miller. lie stood well, not
only as a physician, but as a man
and a citizen, and every man who
knew him was his friend. He
moved to this place about two
years ago from Cord, and had not
only built up a large professional
practice, but had won the friemt
ship of all with whom he came in
contact.
Dr. Miller was horn at Walnut
Grove in ls."*9. He studied medi
cine and graduated from the med
ical department of the University |
of Arkansas at Little Rock in
1889. He was married June 17,
1893, to Miss Lee Wilson of Heb
er, and four children were born
unto them.
Deceased is survived by a heart
broken wife, four children and one
brother: the latter being now in
very bad health in California
where lie has been for some time
for the benefit of his health, and
was unable to be present.
The funeral took place Wednes
day afternoon at four o'clock at
the Blue Springs cemetery. A!
large concourse of sorrowing!
friends followed the remains to
their last earthly resting place,
where the members of the Odd j
Fellows and Woodmen lodges, of
which he was an honored member,
performed the last sad rites.
A NEW flAUAZINE.
Frank P Holland has made a
signal success of Farm and Ranch
and we note with pleasure that on
August, l lie will begin the publi
cation of a new monthly periodi
cal, Holland’s Magazine. This
publication is to be a home maga
zine of high literary character de
signed for a general circulation
throughout the South and South
west. At present no such a maga
zine exists. The Southern and
Soutnwestern states should readily
support a first-class magazine of
the right quality and if the meth
ods pursued by Col. Holland in
making Farm and Ranch are indi
cative of those to be pursued in
the new magazine it certainly
ought to be a winner. His policy
of making good rather than mak
ing promises is fully exemplified
in the advance sheets of Holland’s
Magazine.
The subscription price of the
new magazine is si per year; with
this paper we can furnish both for
|1.7o.
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Deeds of trust and legal blanks
for sale at The .Journal office.
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The great Hobson Bros. Show
will he in Newark Tuesday, duly
11. 1 >on't fail to see it.
II. W. Johnson and G. M.
Fields of Pleasant Plains were
transacting business in town Mon
day.
Mrs. Ruby Lancaster expects to
leave today for Lonoke to spend
two or three weeks visiting friends
and relatives.
The I. O. <). F. Encampment
has changed the time of meeting
to the second and fourth Wednes
day nights in each month.
Mayor d. C. Gibson and (.’apt.
T. C. Knox came down from Sul
phur Rock Wednesday to attend
the funeral of I)r. d. T. Miller.
A. II. Saylors anil Rev. d. A.
Anchultz spent Friday and Satur
day at Cord attending the county
meeting of the Farmers Union.
Dr. and Mrs. \\ . d. Long left
W ednesday for their home near
Hazel Drove after spending sever
al days in this city with Dr. d. T.
Miller.
Grandma Hurt and little grand
son, Lynn Galloway, arrived home
Saturday from a pleasant visit
with relatives out in the Dota
neighborhood.
The editor and Mrs. Craig ex
pect to leave this morning (Fri
day) for Little Rock, where the
former is having his eyes treated,
and will be absent a day or two.
Among those who came down
from Batesville the Fourth we
noticed Circuit Clerk Cul. L.
Pearce, Sidney Maxtield, Robert
Neill, Miss Nell Glenn and Miss
Carrie Martin.
Assessor,). ,1. Caldwell arrived
in the city yesterday and estab
lished headquarters at the city
hall where he has been interview
ing the tax payors. He will re
main today and tomorrow.
An immense crowd went from
here on the excursion to Hot
Springs Saturday night. Only
sixty tickets were sent to the agent
here, and they were all sold and
about eight or ten persons paid
cash fare.
The News says a baseball asso
ciation has been organized at New
port with a capital of $1,000. T.
11. Kearney is president and R. T.
Simmons manager of the associa
tion. They have bought six acres
of land in the Remmel addition
and expect to begin the work of
fencing the park and erecting a
grand stand immediately.
For Sale One five room one
story house, one live 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. T.
,J. Raney.
At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Rank of New
ark held Monday all the officers
1 were re-elected as follows: G. ().
Magness, president; C. M. Ed
wards, vice president; E. B. Ches
ser, cashier. The directors, also,
were all re elected. The surplus
was increased from 500 to st;,
000, which shows that the bank is
doing a thriving business.
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS
Items of General Interest Gathered
Fresh From the Columns of
the Daily Papers.
Searcy’s municipal electric light
I plant has been completed.
A movement is on foot at Dan
ville to erect a Methodist church
house at a cost of $2,500.
(.'apt. K. P. Hobson, of Merri
J mac fame addressed the •Chautau
qua in Fort Smith Thursday night.
Ed McCurry, a negro was fatal
ly shot near Tuckerman Satur
day afternoon by dames Harimon,
a white man.
A bullet from a target rifle
struck \\ illiam Massey in the
right leg at Morrilton Tuesday. It
is not known who fired the shot.
Will Green, a negro attempted
to assault Mrs. S. C. Edwards at
Vorktown Saturday night and was
shot and killed by the woman’s
husband.
The dead body of Pleas Burns,
an old man living near Pocahontas
was found in Spring river, and
Ed Herbert, an ex-convict, has
been arrested charged with mur
dering the old man.
A correspondent of the Calico
Pock Progress says Rev. George
Brinsfield, aged 10b and his oldest
son. aged 74. had their pictures
taken together the other day.
They live at Wild Cherry.
James Hayes, living near Mel
bourne, was bitten on the arm by
a tarantula, centipede or scorpion,
as he was carrying some wood in
the house and came near dying.
Two doctors worked with him all
day.
Miss Oeta Wentwort of Malden,
i Mo., attempted suicide at Para
gould Saturday night by taking
strychnine, but her life was saved
by the doctors. It is thought dis
appointment in love was the cause
of the girl’s rash act.
Iiev. E. \V. Porter of Berry ville,
came very near being the victim
i of ptomaine poisoning Tuesday.
He ate some potted ham and soon
afterward unmistakable signs of
poisoning developed. It took
! careful work with him until after
midnight liefore he was pronounc
ed out of danger.
Fred McCrosky, aged Id, went
on a jaunt at Fort Smith Friday
afternoon, driving a butcher wag
on to the slaughter house to see
stock killed. On the way he drop
ped the lines. The mules became
scared and McCrosky fell off the
wagon, sustaining internal injuries
from which he died an hour later.
t Jett Lewis, who is in jail at
Washington for the killing of
Carl Michael near Ozan, had an
exciting experience with a snake
a few nights ago. Lewis awoke
under the impression that a snake
was in the cell with him, and call
ed for help. 'Phose who heard
him thought it was imagination,
but when Lewis insisted that there I
was a snake in the cell a light was
procured, and a large watermoc
casin was found to be occupying
i the cell with Lewis.
FARMERS UNION MEETING
Independence County Farmers
Meld An Interesting Meet
ing at Oak Ridge.
To The Newark Journal:
Mooretield, July 3. The Inde
pendence County Farmers Union
was held at Oak Ridge June 30th
and July 1st. Almost a full dele
gation from all the local unions in
the county were present. A more; •
hearty welcome could not be given
than that given the delegates by
the Oak Ridge Union. So the fol
lowing resolution was heartily and
unanimously adopted:
“Resolved: That the officers
and delegates of the Independence
( ounty F. E. <fc C. L7. of A. ten
der their sincere thanks to the
good people, and especially the
ladies of the Oak Ridge neighbor
hood for the hospitable manner in
wnieh they have entertained us
during our stay with them, and al
so to the president for his fairness
to us during the session.”
The delegates elected to repre
sent this county in the state con
vention to be held at Little Rock
August 1st, are J. F. McCuiston
and A. II' Saylors; alternates, U.
E. Tomlinson and A B. Pel ley.
The next county Union will con
vene at Elmo September 2‘dth andt
30th. J. I). Martin,
County Secretary.
MADNESS MUSINUS.
George Inge is real sick at this
writing.
Ask Ed McDoniel if hecan pitch
horse shoes.
J. K. Rawlings is on the sick
list this week.
Ask Ed Troy if he went to the
picnic at Newark.
\\ ill McArthur of Newark was
in Magness Wednesday.
W. B. Knight of Sulphur Kook;
was in town Wednesday.
S. C. Knight has been on the
sick list for several days.
Miss Lena Douglass has been
quite sick for the past two weeks.
Geo. Qualls and family of Ruth
erford were here a few minutes
the Fourth.
Ask W. B. Tomlinson why h©
did not come back on the excur
sion train Sunday night.
(’lint Foster and family of Mag
ness are visiting Mr. Foster’s par
ents at Newark this week.
James Garner and family of
Rutherford were trading with our
merchants here the Fourth.
Ben Keeney, thinking the hogs
were eating and destroying his
corn, kept watching for them, but
could never find them So he vis
ited his corn held on Sunday ami
discovered some boys were pulling
the young corn and eating it.
Who ever heard of boys eating up>
a man’s corn crop?
HER OWN GRANDMOTHER.
Wharton H. Kersh, a well
known planter of Sebastion county,
a man of about GO years of age has
a daughter who was married quite
young and soon east into widow
hood. Soon afterward she mar
ried an old gentleman of the set
tlement who hail a daughter about
sixteen year* of age. Now Mr.
Kersh has married the step-daugh
ter of his own daughter, and who
had lovingly referred to Mr.
Kersh as her grandfather.