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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY 18. 1922
VOL. 22 NO. 5
CLOSING EXERCISES
OF THE HIGH SCHOOL
Largest Number of Graduates
in Several Years Will Re
„ ceive Diplomas Friday
Commencement exercises of
tLie Newark High School will
be held at the High School
Auditorium next Friday even
ing, May 19. One of the larg
est graduating classes in the
history of the school will re
ceive diplomas at this time,
following is a list of those who
will finish the high school
work.
W. J. Waldrip Jr., Ed Allen,
Marvel Adams, Dibrell Rod
man, Blanche Magness, Vivian
Rawlings, Zemerue Holderby,
Lina Nauman, Agnes Welch,
Lucille Waldrip, Thyda Dob
son, Pauline Dearing.
The following program will
be rendered:
Song, “Holy, Holy, Holy.”
Audience.
Invocation.—Rev. J. E. Snell.
Class Song. “Faith in Fu
t ure.”—Class.
Salutatory.—Zemerue Hol
derby.
President’s Address.—W. J.
Waldrip Jr.
Piano Duet.—Pauline Dear
ing and Thyda Dobson.
Valedictory.—Vivian Raw
lings.
Class Address.—Dr. Tim
mons of Arkansas College.
Delivery of Diplomas.
Class Song, “When the Gol
den Sun is Setting.”—Class.
Benediction.
The Newark baseball team
will go to Newport tomorrow
for a game with the team at
that place.
NEW FERRY TO BE |
IN OPERATION SOON;
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New Boat Will Be Placed in
Use at Chamberlain Ferry
Next Monday
It will be good news to those I
people living south of White
river in the vicinity of Dunning
ton and Elmo to know that the
new ferry boat which is being j
Luilt for use at the Chamber- j
lain ferry is about completed |
and it is believed that same
will be ready to put in oper
ation about next Monday.
Some time ago the old boat
at this point was declared un
safe and traffic via this point
was suspended, the people on
that side of the river having
K /come by the Oil Trough fer
ry which was very inconveni
ent.
The business men of Newark
donated funds with which to
have the new boat built, which
is said to be one of the best
ferry boats in the county. It!
is said the embankments on
each side of the river at this!
ferry have been put in splendid |
shape, making it easy to get on '
and off the boat with a heavy j
load. The ferry will be oper-;
ated by T. B. Magness.
Pictures of the flooded Miss
issippi river <vhen the levees
gave away in Louisiana a few
days ago flooding thousands of
acres of rich farming lands
and rendering many people
homeless, and how the Red
Cross came to the resoue with
lirst aid camps for the home
less, will be shown in the In
ternational News at the Royal
Theatre, Saturday, May 27.
THE JOURNAL $1 A YEAR.
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TKe man with money keeps it
in ike Bank where it is safe
from fire or burglars or his
own extravagance.
When you carry your money in your pocket
the temptation to spend it is very great.
Greater than you think, for a few dollars here
and there for things you don’t need, soon
melt your pile away.
Put your money in the Bank. It is safe
there. Add to your balance every cent you
can spare. Soon you’ll be “a man with money
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkansas
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000.00
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HELD FOR ROBBING
OIL TROUGH STORE
Herman Parker Confesses
When Stolen Goods A»e
Found at His Home
The Oil Trough Mercantile
Company's store at Oil Trough
was broken into and robbed
Saturday night, the robber se
curing about $15 worth of
goods and money.
The robber gained entrance
Lo the store through the back
door by breaking the glass in
the door, which enabled him
Lo l^ach in and unlock the
door.
ivir Outlaw, manager of the
company, telephoned to New
port and secured blood hounds
and tfie dogs immediately
look up the trail at the* door
and followed it to the home of
Herman Parker, a young man
e. ho lived only a short distance
away. Parker was not at home
at the time and when con
1 rented by Mr. Outlaw and the
officers, Parker stoutly denied
any knowledge of the affair.
But when told that the stolen
goods had been found at his
home, Parker then said that
another man had brought the
goods to his home and asked
permission to leave them. But
when pressed for an explana
tion as to why the other man
would get clothing and shoes
that were too small for him
and that just fit Parker,4Park
er could give no explanation,
and finally admitted that he
stole the goods himself.
Parker was taken to Bates
ville and placed in jail. He
was given a preliminary hear
ing before Squire Holmes
Tuesday, and was bound over
to the grand jury.
The stolen goods which were
identified by Mr. Outlaw’, con
sisted of a 50 pound sack of
flour, a pair of overalls and
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TUCKERMAN DEFEATED
The Newark high School de
feated the Tuckerman High
School on the local diamond
last Friday, the score being 8
:o 3 in favor of Newark. This
completes a series of three
rames between Newark and
ruckerman, in which Newark
a on two out of the three.
HARVESTING ALFALFA
:mall Acreage and LiSht Yield
Will Reduce Crop
The fivst crop of alfalfa is
ueing harvested and several
cars of new hay have been
•hipped out this week. Weather
conditions for saving the crop
ure good, but the yield is said
to be light.
The new crop of hay is sell
ing for $15 a ton right out of
the field, which is considered
a very fair price.
The alfalfa acreage in this
section is not as great as in
former years, a great many
meadows having been plowed
under and the land planted in
corn.
The decrease in alfalfa has
resulted in an increased cotton
acreage, and it is reported that
there is a greater acreage of
cotton in the Big Bottom and
Oil Trough country than for
several years.
SOME HAPPENINGS
OF 36 YEARS AGO
Oakland Writer Recalls Some
Interesting News Items of
Other Days.
BY GRAYHEAD
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Prof. John Duck closed a
successful term of school at
Oakland, with a fine exhibi
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tion, last Friday night.
Crops and gardens are look
ing bad since the hail storm
the 6th. We are still finding
hail stones in the drifts.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Marshall
are the proud parents of a fine
boy. They have named him
Adrian.
Riley Barber is no longer a
I boy. He celebrated his 21st
l birthday a few weeks ago and
j is now working for Fletch
| Dugger over in White River
township.
Uncle Dave Whisnant and
wife, aunt Julia Ann, enjoy
) helping the singing class sing
| the old Christian Harmony
I songs they used to sing back in
North Carolina.
Bill Magness of the Lebanon
community was seen last Sun
day on old “ring-tail,” gallop
ing over toward the old brick
house. Bill says Miss Nettie
Edwards is the prettiest girl in
the world.
norn.—10 Mr. ana Mrs. J.
P. Fetzer a fine boy. They
have named him William
Franklin.
Amos Barber who is farm
ing in Jackson County this
year, is visiting home folks. He
and Miss Amanda Clark at-,
tended church at Oakland last
Sunday. Some of their friends
prophesy a wedding in the near
future.
Miss Sallie Fetzer visited
her cousin, Miss Topie Fetzer
last Saturday night.
B. F. Cash who has been
working in the Manganese
mines at Cushman, attended
Church at Oakland last Satur
day night and Sunday.
R. M. Galloway is the proud
possessor of a new frock tail
coat. He killed a deer over in
the swamps a few- days ago,
sold it $7 and bought a coat
with the proceeds.
Dr. John Barnes, (father of
Mrs. Anise Hinson) has closed
a music school at Mrs. M. T.
Fetzer’s.
Rev. W. H. Jernigan of
Shady Grove neighborhood
visited his daughter, Mrs. M.
T. Fetzer last Saturday night,
I he old gentleman is very
feeble.
Henry Brittain, the 14 year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Brittain, will out weigh most
of the grown men. If he keeps
on ’till he is 21, he will be a
whopper; and he is green
enough to grow fast.
Several of the young folks
from Oakland attended church
at old Mt. Zion, last Sunday.
Tarheel Rutledge went home
with one of the girls, and a
right funny thing happened to
him, but I’ll not tell it now.
I wonder what makes Jim
Barber take an extra horse and
side saddle with him every
Sunday.
W. D. Barber of Ozark
courity, Mo*' is visiting home
folks this week.
WHITE EAGLE SATURDAY j
BERRY ASSOCIATION
NOW SEEMS ASSURED
Additional Acreage Secured
and Meeting Will be Held
in Near Future
The movement to form a
Strawberry Growers Associ
ation at Newark is taking defi
nite form, as several parties
interested in the movement are
at work among the farmers
securing additional acreage.
It is planned to have a meet
ing in the near future as soon
as it can be arranged for some
one who has had practical ex
perienec in berry growing to
come and address the farmers
on the important features of
the business.
El forts are being made to
get some practical berry grow
er from Bald Knob or Judsonia
to come to Newark, but most
of them are too busy to come
at the present time, as the be -
ry season is not over yet. Mp
Announcement of the date
of the meeting will be made
later and it is hoped by those
who are pushing the matter
that sufficient acreage will
have been secured so that an
association may be formed at
this meeting.
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Friends of the family will
deeply regret to learn of the
death of the infant daughter
born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs.
L. S. Eskew of Jonesboro,
death occurring Wednesday
morning. Mrs. Eskew was
formerly Miss Lee Bone, and is
a sister of Dr. O. L. Bone of
this place, at whose home the
sad incident occurred. The re
mains were laid to rest in
Blue Springs Cemetery.
MASKED MEN SEIZE
MAN AND DISAPPEAR
Dramatic Seizure Staged by
Ku Klux Klan on Main
Street at Batesville
Quite a commotion was
caused on the streets of Bates
ville Saturday night about 8
o’clock when several masked
men, said to be members of the
Ku Klux Klan, seized a man
who was standing on the side
walk near Maxfields store, and
carried him away in an auto
mobile.
Although a large number of
people were on the street at
the time, no one seems to know
the Identity of the man who
was seized and spirited away.
The man was standing on
the sidewalk when the cars
carrying the supposed Ku
Klux drove up and came
to a sudden stop and
he was seized and placed in the
tar which was then driven
rapidly away and disappeared
down Broad street before the
astonished spectators had
hardly realized what had hap
pened.
It is said that a near panic
was caused among some
negroes who witnessed the oc
currence.
It is said that, as the sup
posed Ku Klux drove away
they threw out some large
cards bearing the warning that
“Lawlessness and immorality
will not be permitted in Bates
ville.”
Dr. and Mrs. V. L. Pascoe
have moved into their new
home recently completed on the
lots where their residence burn
ed last summer.
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