The Newark Journal.
Published In The famous White River Country, where Alfalfa Is Kino
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, October 28, 1910
Vol. 10, No. 29
FATHER AND SON SLAIN
Walnut Ridge Scene of Myster
ious Double nurder.
Walnut Ridge, Oct. 22.—Alf
Bagley was fired on and killed
this afternoon about 2 o’clock and
about two hours later I. J. Bag
ley, father of Alf Bagley, was
killed while returning to his home
with a suit of clothes in which to
bury his son. Dr. J. C. Hughes,
a practicing physician, is under
arrest and is being held for inves
tigation. Mystery surrounds the
double tragedy.
Bad blood has existed between
Hughes and Alf Bagley for two
years, or ever since the former
appeared as a witness against Bag
ley in a case in which Bagley was
being tried for murder. Witness
es declare that the shots that kill
ed young Bagley were fired from
the second story of a building
over a barber shop, while those
that killed the father were fired
from the second story of the Rhea
Hotel, nearly a block apart.
Other witnesses say that Dr.
Hughes was seen sitting in his
office at the time the shots were
fired that killed I. J. Bagley.
Alf Bagley appeared on the
crowded streets, and, it is said,
tired one or more shots. No
sooner had the noise from his pis
tol died away until two or three
shots from a 38 Winchester were
fired from across the street and
Bagley was a corpse. No one saw
from whence the shots came and
excitement ran high. Bagley was
taken to the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Bagley, where
his body was prepared for burial.
In the meantime I. -J. Bagley,
the father of the dead man, walk
ed up town, bought a pair of
shoes and was walking leisurely
home when p. shot was fired from
a second story window at him.
The shot took effect in his back,
and as he yelled and turned around
another load from the gun struck
him in the face, and he died in
stantly.' Neither of the men utter
ed a word after they were shot.
Like the shooting in the first in
stance, no one saw who fired the
shots.
Dr. ,1. C. Hughes, a practicing
physician, who tired six unsuccess
ful shots at Alf Bagley several
weeks ago is under arrest.
About four years ago Ed Bag
ley, son of I. ,J. Bagley, resisted
an officer, Lee Ridgeway, in Wal
nut Ridge; in the altercation Ridge
way shot and killed Bag ley.
Ridgeway came clear and left the
country, but later, believing the
trouble was over, returned to
Lawrence county. About two
years ago, while crossing the
street after night, Alf Bagley
shot Ridgeway in the back, and
he lived only two or three days.
At the Bagley trial Dr. J. C.
Hughes vvas a witness, and from
his testimony in the case, bad
blood was engendered which re
sulted in the attempt of Hughes a
few weeks ago to take Bagley’s
life, but today no one saw who
did the shooting.
DR. HUOHES EXHONERATED
Walnut Ridge, Oct. 25.—The
coroner’s jury this afternoon re
turned a verdict exhonerating Dr.
J. C. Hughes of the murder of Alf
Bagley, who was killed here about
2 o’clock Saturday afternoon. Dr.
Hughes took the stand in his own
behalf and admitted that he killed
Bagley, but that it was done in
self-defense, and after Bagley had
tired at him.
The murder of I. J. Bagley, the
father of Alf Bagley, and who
was killed two hours after the
death of Alf Bagley, is still a mys
tery. Witnesses who testified to
the killings, said that Dr. Hughes
was seen sitting in his office at the
time I. J. Bagley was killed. All
of the witnesses who heard the
shots testified to their having been
tired from the second story of the
Rhea hotel.
LOOK HERE, HR. MAN
If you want to sell your farm
see the White River Land & In
vestment Co.
YOUNG MAN IS KILLED
Fain Horton Killed by Falling
Tree Near Town Friday.
Fain Horton was killed Friday
afternoon by a falling tree while
helping his father cut wood on
the YV. A. Edwards farm a short
distance east of town.
The young man was about four
teen years old and was a son of J.
J. Horton.
He and his father and some oth
ers were cutting wood when the
accident occured. A tree was be
ing felled and some of the parties
at work called to the young man
to look out for the falling tree.
Some one else called to him at the
same time and it seems that he be
came confused, and instead of go
ing in the direction of safety, he
ran directly under the falling tree.
His skull was broken and he
was otherwise crushed and bruis
ed. Ur. Pascoe was summoned,
but the young man was so serious
ly wounded that he died within a
short time after the doctor’s ar
rival.
The remains were buried Satur
day at Blue Springs cemetery.
CHARLOTTE CHRONICLES
Happenings of the Week in Oota
Township Briefly Told.
Rev. Hivley filled his regular
appointment here Sunday. <
Mont Cossey of Gainsboro was
here on business Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Moore
spent Sunday at Pleasant Hili.
Boon Tulley of Sulphur Rock
was here on business Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Moore visit
ed relatives at Antioch Sunday
evening.
Oliver Williamson and Wesley
Brittain are quite sick with ty
phoid fever.
Paul Ward of Batesville spent
Saturday night and Sunday here
with relatives.
Rev. Goodwin began a series of
meetings at the Christian church
Sunday night.
Woods Magness of Newark
spent Sunday night here with Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Jernigan.
AFTER CIGARETTE SHOKERS
Prof. William Spikes, principal
of the Pocahontas high school
made a raid on twenty-three of
the students of his school recently
while they were smoking cigar
ettes in the woods adjoining the
school. Charges have been made
against the students, as cigarette
smoking is forbidden by the rules,
and an investigation will follow to
ascertain who is selling the cigar
ettes to the students.
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
Fount Lamb, who lived near
Harrison, accidentally shot and
killed himself while hunting Mon
day. Nearly all of one side of*
his head was blown off.
VALUE OF EDUCATION
It is the Very Best Investment a
Young Man Can Make.
Mr. Editor.—In an article in
The Journal recently, I notice
this sentence, which every man
should remember:
“The man who reads thinks;
and the man who thinks has pow
er.”
President Barrett, of the Far
mers’ Union, expresses a similar
idea when he says. “It is the ed
ucated few who rule in this or any
other country.”
With these two sentences, then,
as a sort of text, let me talk to
our boys for just a little while
about how it pays to invest some
of the money they are making
night now—and a good big part of
their time—in educating them
selves, in preparing to be one of
the men who rule, one of those
who think, and one, who because
he thinks, has power.
Certainly money and time put
into schooling—at the rural pub
lic school at the high school or at
the college—are money and time
well spent. I believe it should be
the ambition of every boy to go
to college. Every boy will not
get to go, of course, but the near
er he comes to going the better.
If he only prepares himself to en
ter a good college, he has done
much. And if a boy starts out
early with the determination to go,
he can pretty nearly do it. Boys
have worked and saved their mon
ey for years for that one purpose,
and when they finally succeeded
in completing the course, have
found themselves able to earn two
or three times as much as they
could before. No money is bet
ter spent, even from a purely
business standpoint, than that
spent for an education.
Indeed, getting an education—
and by “education” I mean not
merely the knowledge gathered
from your school books, but pre
paration for your life work and
for right living—should be a boy’s
main object in life. According to
whether or not he prepares in his
youth to do the work that men
have to do, is he likely to succeed
or fail when he becomes a man.
Therefore, count the money—as
well as the time and thought—you
put into your training and your
mind or the development of yoyr
body, as an investment on which
you will realize in after life. Any
thing that will make you more
efficient in your work or
give you higher ideals of iife, is
well worth paying for—is, in fact,
something you can not afford to
fail to invest in. Uncle John.
JUDGE PEARCE A BENEDICT
County Judge Cul. L. Pearce of
Batesville and Miss Mabel Owen
of Sulphur Rock were united in
marriage at the home of«the bride’s
mother, Mrs. Maggie Owen, at
Sulphur Rock, Saturday evening
at 8 o’clock, Rev. R. C. Moore
head of Batesville officiating.
The Journal most heartily joins
their large number of friends in
extending good wishes, and hopes
that at the sunset of a long and
useful life they may be able to
calmly view the retrospective
with the distinct realization that
Life’s voyage has held even more
of real pleasure and happiness
than was hoped for in the most
roseate moments of youth.
GROW COFFEE IN ARKANSAS
A man named Iiecker, who lives
at Fredora, in the southeastern
part of the state, made an exper
iment with growing coffee in his
garden this year, and was so suc
cessful that he is preparing to
plant 50 acres in coffee next year.
Arkansas is certainly the most
favored spot on the globe and her
soil will come nearer growing
everything than the soil of any
other clime or country.
TO BUILD HANDSOME HOME
Another evidence of the sub
stantial growth and prosperity of
Newark is shown by the contract
just let by J. I. Sturdivant for the
erection of a handsome two-story
residence on the site of the old
Goodwater Hotel, which burned a
few years ago.
The contract was let to J. C.
Herron of Newport, and work on
the building will be commenced
within a few days.
NOTICE
The firm of Pascoe & Poe de
sires all customers to make settle
ment at their earliest convenience,
as they want to make different
business arrangements by the 1st
of January, 1911.
AN EDUCATIONAL RALLY
Will be Held at Sulphur Rock
Tomorrow Night.
The Journal i9 in receipt of the
following call from Prof. Sidney
E. Wells, principal of the Sul
phur Bock High School, which is
self explanatory, and we would
urge every person interested in
educational work to attend this
meeting.
There will he an Educational
Rally held at Sulphur Rock, Sat
urday night, October 29. This
meeting is held by the invitation
of the Arkansas Educational Com
mission. Educational reforms of
great interest to the school pat
rons of this county will be dis
cussed.
Rev. Otto Mathis, Judge Cole
and Hon. Win. D. Baker will de
liver addresses. There will also
be recitations by Misses Sallies
Morgan and Lockie Northern.
All who are interested in the
improvement of our Public Schools
are cordially invited to attend.
Show your interest in our schools
by coming out and taking part in
the meeting. Bring your friends.
S. E. Wells.
ODD FELLOWS GROWING
The report of Grand Secretary
Jno. P. Paul, of Newport, made
to the I. O. O. F. Grand Lodge in
session at Fort Smith, shows that
there are 589 lodges in the state,
including 30 instituted during the
year. The total membership for
the state is 31,538. Only 51 mem
bers died during the year. The
total relief fund collections for the
year were $65,344,25, and the re
lief fund expenditures were $38,
413,15. _
LOOKS BAD FOR BOB
Senator Jeff Davis has gone to
Tennessee to make speeches for
Bob Taylor. This looks bad for
Bob, for if Jetf has no better
luck in helping to elect a governor
in Tennessee than he has always
had in electing governors in Ar
kansas, its a cinch that Bob’s a
goner.
CAME BACK TO ARKAN3AS
C. H. Bean and family of Mill
Creek, Okla., who were once
citizens of this county, have mov
ed back. Mr. Bean says he has
traveled nearly all over the coun
try and found no place like Ar
kansas.
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You Young Folks Will Like
Hawthorne’s Store
And everything it contains, and everything and
everybody connected with it.
You’ll like our one-price, plain-figure plan that
makes this store the safe place for you and for every
body else to come.
And you’ll have that little home furnished just as
cozily, tastily and comfortably as it can possibly be,
and the money invested will be much less, if you buy
your furniture and furnishings from us.
H. E. HAWTHORNE
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M. S. FISHER, NEWARK, ARKANSAS
Copyright 1909, by C. E. Zimmerman C0.--N0. 49
It is not as easy to get a foot-hold in busi
ness or to own real estate as it was a genera
tion or two ago. The easiest and surest way
to be prepared for the winter of life is to put
money in the bank. Start your bank account
now and be prepared for the future.
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NEWARK, ARKANSAS
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