The Newark
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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1920
VOL. 20 NO. 16
LELAND BUNCH TO
GO TO KENTUCKY
Has Resigned as Agricultural
Agent For This County
Effective Aug. 1
To the Farm Bureau (and the
People of Independence coun
ty:
Having accepted a position
with the Farm Bureau of Chris
tian county, Kentucky ,1 hereby
tender my resignation as your
County Agricultural Agent to
take effect August 1.
I have served you as faith
fully as I knew how since
April 1, 1917, and I am sever
ing my relations with you with
reluctance, because I have
learned to iove and appreciate
the people with whom 1 have
worked
You have been good to me
and I shall always hold dear
the memories and associations
made during my stay among
you.
It is the duty of every man
to look alter his own best in
terests; this and this alone is I
what is taking me to my new
work. It is not right nor best
for one to look to the money
side alone, but this must neces
sarily be considered during
these days of high prices. I
am to receive a nice iny^gaae
over my present salary and
for this reason 1 felt it my du
ty to accept the offer.
You will soon have a new
county agent and I trust you
will give him the hearty co
operation that you have given
me. I am sure that he will
continue such progressive work
as cooperative marketing, etc. j
that is now well under way
and is being given such whole
hearted approval by the Farm
Bureau. Independence Coun
ty is being recognized as one I
of the best and most progress
ive counties of the state along
agricultural lines. This is a
matter that should stir the
pride of every citizen of the
county and every true and loy
al citizen will work to continue
the activities that have been in
strumental in making condi
tions what they are.
The Farm Bureau should re
ceive the combined support of
all the people for it is organiz
ed and maintained strictly for
the upbuilding of the county. It
can accomplish wonderful
things for the county if prop
erly supported, but it will be
of little value if support vis
withheld. Support your farm
Bureau, the first to be organiz
ed in Arkansas; support your
County Fair; support your new
County Agent as you have sup
ported me. No one has the
right to expect more from a
people than 1 have received at
your hands. If I have an ene
my in Independence county I
do not know who it is, and I
dare say if 1 have made one it
was because my work ran
counter to his selfish interests.
It grieves me to part with
tlie Club members of the
County, i doubt if a more
noble band of boys and girls
could be found anywhere. \
predict that the boys and girls
who have been heaping honors
upon the county and upon
themselves will continue to do.
so in a still greater degree as
maturer years come upon them.
No county in any state has a
reputation in club work that
equals the reputation that the
boys and girls have made for
Independence. It is the duty
f every citizen to give all aid
possible to these future men
and women.
The very best that there is
in life is my wish for you, my
Independence county friends.
Most respectfully,
LELAND BUNCH,
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RETURNS FROM SER
VICE WITH MARINES
Newark Man Saw Service tn
Marines During Entire War
With Germany
Alvin P. Edlin, who enlisted
in the marine corps in July,
1916, for a four year period
returned home Tuesday, hav
ing been honorably discharged,
and is visiting his father, J. W.
Edlin, who lives about a mile
north of town.
Edlin is one of Newark’s*
young men that saw the war
through, being in service at the
outbreak and continuing in
service until the sixth day of
last month.
The Marine motto is “First
in Everything” and it seems
that in being a member of this
organization Edlin was no ex
ception to this slogan. Having
enlisted in July 1916, before
diplomatic relations were brok
en with Germany, and not
knowing whether or not he
would have an opportunity to
fight the Huns, the navy de
partment dispatched him with
the Santo Domingo Expedition
ary forces in November of the
same'year, where he served
until October 16, 1917.
Ilis next move was into the
big world war with the marin
es that led the American Ex
peditionary forces and he land
ed in France December 8,
where he first participated in
active operations against the
Germans in the Aisne defen
sive May 31 to June 5, 1918.
He was with the marines that
fought in the Belleau Wood
sector of the Chateau
Thierry Drive June 6 to June
17. He participated in the
Aisne-Marne offensive from
July 17 to 19, and on the third
day of this drive was gassed,
which put him out of the fight
ing until November 1, ten days
before the Armistice was sign
ed, which time he spent with
forces in the Meuse-Argonne
offensive. After signing of the
Armistice, he was with the
army of occupation on its mar
ch to the Rhine and served
with the troops that occupied
Coblenz, Germany.
After returning to this coun
try he was awarded a promo
tion and made a clerk in the
Paymaster’s Department of the
Marino Corps at Washington,
D. C-, where he served until
the time of his discharge.
Edlin is probably the only
Newark boy who saw active
service throughout the entire
period of the war, and has
had about as wide»a variety of
experiences as any man that
saw service from here.
“JOYOUS TROUBLEMAKER”
He went on a vacation to in
dulge in his favorite pastime of
fishing. But he found himself
in a peck of trouble because
the vivacious and lovely young
lady who owned the property
hired a couple of desperadoes
to put him off. Then the good
natured fisherman went fish
ing for hearts. But she was as
spirited and independent as
she was lovely, and the series
of comical events that follow
will afford a most pleasant
evening for those who see
“The Joyous Troublemaker” at:
The Royal Thursday night,
July 29
SMITHVILLE BANK
ROBBED IN DAYLIGHT
| Two Unmasked Men Hol<4 Up
Cashier and Get Away
With Large Sum
lmboden.— July 21.—Im
mediately after reopening the
Citizens bank of Smithville, 12
miles south of here, afternoon
to day, Cashier Luke Johnson
was held up by two unmasked
white men at the point of re
■volvers, and forced to surren
der approximately $1,300 on
currency and silver. After
stagin gthe daring robbery, the
two men calmly walked out the
front door and started out of
town on foot. Mr. Johnston
was alone in the bank when
the two robbers entered. He
was sitting at a desk looking
over some papers. When he
heard the two men enter, he
stepped up to tne wicket to
wait on them. When he reach
ed the window he was looking
into two revolvers.
He was commanded to make
no outcry under threat of being
killed.
The robbers then stepped
behind the cage and began
ransacking the money drawers
and the safe. They demanded
the government bonds, which
they declared were in the bank
but Mr. Johnston told them
that these had been sent to
Washington. There were sev
eral thousand dollars worth in
the safe but they were unmo
lested. The robbers found the
cashier’s revolver and put it
with the other loot.
When the robbers left the
bank several persons fired at
them, and they returned the
fire. All the shots went wild.
A posse was organized and
gave chase. The two men had
taken a rocky road out of
town, and could not be follow
ed in automobiles. Members
of the possee soon caught sight
of the men and fired several
times at then/, but all shots
missed.
It is believed the men are
hiding in the woods a short
distance south of town.
PROMINENT YOUNG
COUPLE WED SUNDAY
A beautiful home wedding
occurred Sunday atfernoon at
the home of the bride when
Cleburne Fink and Miss Eula
Fausel were united in marri
age.
Rev. J- E. Snell in a most im
pressive manner performed the
ceremony uniting the lives of
these splendid young .people.
The wedding was a quiet home
affair, only a few of the rela
tives and most intimate friends
of the bride and groom being
present.
The groom is a splendid
young man and an overseas
veteran. He has been a valued ;
employee of the Newark Drug:
Co. for a numbeii of years and
is a capable young business j
man. The bride is a most es
timable young lady who has;
many friends.
The Journal most heartily
joins their many friends in ex
tending congratulations and
sincere good wishes.
NEWARK SHOWS A
SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH
Has Made Greater Per Centage
Increase Than Any Town
In the County
Official census figures for
Independence county were giv
en cut by the Census Bureau
at Washington Tuesday.
Independence county does
not show up very favorably,
showing a decrease of about
100 in population during the
past ten years.
Newark has made a greater
per centage of gain in popula
tion than any town in the coun
ty. The census report gives
Newark a population of 906.
The population ten years ago
was 595, which shows a net
gain of about 70 per cent.
The poulation as given by
E. II. Williamson who took a
census of the town a few weeks
ago in connection \fith the
school enumeration, shows that
Newark has a population of
1067, which it- is thought comes
nearer being correct.
Batesville has a population
of 1,299. a gain of about 20
per cent. The poplation of
ether towns in the county, are
as follows
Cushman, 319.
Jamestown, 126.
Magness, 199.
Pleasant Plains, 116.
Sulphur Rock, 227.
WARNING TO FISHERMEN
Better postpone that fishing
trip until after you have seen
what happened to Billie Steeie
as the result: of going fishing
once too often. See “The Joy
ous Troublemaker” at the Roy
al, Thursday night, July 29.
ESCAPED CONVICT
DEFIES OFFICERS
W. W. Revis, Convicted of Mur
der, Said to Be in Black
River Bottoms
Pocahontas, July 19.—W.
W. Revis, convicted in Feb
ruary of first degree murder
and sentenced to serve 99
years in the penitentiary who
escaped May 26, from the con
vict farm at Tucker, is report
ed to be in the bottoms of
Black river, armed with a Win
chester, and defying the of
ficers.
Penitentiary authorities at
Little Rock have notified local
fficers that a reward of $100
will be paid by the state for
the capture of Revis. The fu
gitive is said to have sent word
to Reyno and Biggers that he
intends to kill three or four
men before he is captured.
The evidence at the trial of
Revis was circumstantial but
strongly against the prisoner,
and the crime for which he
was tried was one of the most
inhuman that ever occurred in
the history of North Arkansas.
About a year ago the rem
nants of the body of a man
were found in Black river,
about 12 miles from here, just
over the line in Clay county.
The legs and arms had been
cut in two, the head and face
chopped into several pieces
and the torso cut into three or
four different pieces.
Revis was a tubercular pa
tient at the Tucker farm hos
pital at the time of his escape.
The physician had given him
permission to walk for exer
cise along the bunk of the bay
ou cn which the hospital is lo
cated. Revis had been absent
for several hours on May 26,
before his escape was discover
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