The Newark Journal.
Let’s Raise What We Eat and Keep Our Money at Home.
Diversified Farming Means Permanent Prosperity For AH
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, F riday, April 16, 1915
Vol. 15, No. 2
INDEPENDENCE COUNTY MAN
HEADS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
PROF. SIDNEY PICKENS IS
ELECTED PRESIDENT
Attendance Breaks all Records
and Teachers Hear Many
Addresses by Able Speakers
Little Rock, Apr. 10.—VVich
a program of addresses, inter
spersed with music the forty
seventh annual convention ol
the Arkansas State Teacher?
Association came to a close at
noon today, after the most suc
cessful session in the history
of the organization.
The total egistered attend
ance, was 1800, which is 342
more than were ever register
ed at a teachers convention ir
Arkansas. Secretary Lassetei
estimated that more than 2,
500 teachers were in Little
Rock attending the conventior
many never having registered
The teachers were in ful
pr -session of Little Rock tim
ing the tljree days of the con
vention am there was not ;
dull moment during the entire
sessi''”.
A number of the most nota
ble educators of the natior
.vere ir. attendance and do
iivered addresses that wr
entertaining hut/ring, cm
helnful.
'1'h^ foafitra nf*
wass the address of Champ
Clark, speaker of the Nationa
House of Represetatives. The
auditorial i v>as packed tc
suffocation, more than
people beii. y crowded into the
auditorium. Speaker Clark
was introduced by Gov. Hays
The growth af the Unitec
States in the last hundrec
years was the topic of Speak
er Clark’s address.
In the election of officers
Independence county captured
PROF. SIDNEY PICKENS
New President of the State
Teachers Association
the highest honor of the con
j volition in the election of Prof,
i Sidney Pickens ns president of
the association for the ensuing
; year.
Vice Presidents elected for
the various districts were Ray-1
' raond Cooper of Blvtheville. R. i
C. Waldron of Black Rock, W.
i R. Edwards of Black Rock,j
Jack McCoulough of Ft. Smith
' W. P. Keith of Pine Bluff, and i
Z. T. Henderson of Eudora.
Just before his retirement
President Bond announced the j
O;)oiuj.men+ of ih® Wn'ving1
committee to co-operate dur
ing the year with the America
j Political science Association in
improving the teaching of gov
ernment in Arkansas schools:
D. Y. Thomas. B. W. Torrey
son, C. H. Brough. R. C. Hail.
J. W. Kuvdendall and R. E.
Womack.
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First National Bank
Newark, Ark.
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $6,500
C. M. EDWARDS, Pres.
G. M. FIELDS, V. Pres.
E. B. CHESSER, Casl.ier
Don't You Think
the satisfaction of drawing
checks in payment of your
bills, thus enabling you to
have a receipt for every pur
chase, would repay any slight
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PIONEER REACHES
75TH MILE STONE
Uncle Bob Adams 75 Years
Old and Has Lived in Inde
pendence County 70 Years
R. C. Adams, one of Indepen
dence county’s best citizens
celebrated his seventy-fifth
birthday anniversary at his
home at Oil Trough last Wed
nesday.
In spite of the fact that he
is 75 years old, Mr. Adams is
as active as the average man
of 50, and in fact, most people
guess him to be about 50 or 55
years old.
Air. Adams was born in
Haywood county, Tennessee,
April 14. 1840. He came to
Arkansas with his parents in
1845 and has been a resident
of Independence county con
tinoususly since that time. His
parents settled in Big Bottom
township where he resided
until he enlisted as a volunteer
in the Confederate army at
•Jacksonport. In July, 1861,
ne enlisted in Company un
der command of Capt. Smalley
and saw active service until he
was wounded in the battle of
Chickamauga.
His mother was a Magness,
and was a neice of Col. Mor
gan Magness, one of the pio
neers of Independence county.
He has an uncle, Joe Adams,
now living near the famous
Reelfoot Lake in West Ten
nessee, and anther uncle, Tom
Adams, living near Stround.
Tenn.
Shortly after his return
fr the var he married Miss
May Saffold and settled in the
Oil Trugh valley south of
White river, near the present
town of Oil Trough, and has
been a citizen of that com
munity continuously since that
time.
He reared a family of eight
children, six of whom are
now living as follows: James
W. Adams of Elmo, Mrs.Bur
kett of Woodward, Okla., B.
F. Adams of Newark, C. S.
Adams of Cushman, Mrs. Jas.
Davidson of Oil Trough and
Mrs. Henry Hankins of Oil
Trough..
He has two children dead,
a son who died in infancy,
and Mrs. Will Duvall whose
death occured about a year
ago.
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SCHOOL CONTESTS_
The Northeast Arkansas
Literary and Atheletic Asso
iation will meet in Newport,
Friday and Saturday, April 1(3
and 17. A number of high
schools in this part of the state
will be represented and will
participate in the contests.
Miss Lena Magness will en
:er the music contest as a rep
resentative of the music de
partment of the Newark High
school.
It is probable lhat one or
more of the young men from
.his school will enter some of
he atheletic contests.
A nubmer of parties from
aere will go down Friday to
attend the meeting.
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GET STATE CONTRACT
G. M. Fields & Co., local
poultry dealers were this week
awarded the contract for fur
nishing poultry and eggs for
the State Deaf Mute Institute,
he Blind School, the Confed
erate Home and the State Hos
pital at Little Rock.
The contract calls for
A’lses of o£g.- and about T~>
:oops of chickens per month.
This means about 1.0UU doz
31 i eggs "per month ad the old
pens around Newark will now
Pe given an opportunity to
show what they can do.
RANEY GOES AFTER
RACING PROMOTER
Say? Time Has Come When
Saioon Men do Not Write
Specifications for Democrat
A few days ago when the
case was on trial in the Pulaski
Circuit Court to test the valid
ly . of the Sawyers racing bill,
v. >. ch Gov. Hays vetoed, ('apt.
P. R. Rice of Varner who was
one of the chief promoters of
the racing bill, attempted to
cast reflections upon Gov. Hays
and former Senator T. J. Ran
ey of this place, claiming that
Raney is not a Democrat be
c :use ho is a prohibitionist.
Mr. Raney has given out the
following statement in regard
to the matter.
Raney’s Statement
nil
tils racing bill to the effect
that Governor Hays consider
ed my appointment on the
commission for the purpose of
|lending standing to the eorn
i mission and courting favor
, with the prohibitionists cause
in general. Captain Rice is an
lex-racing stable proprietor and
at the present time a saloon
proprietor of Varner, Ark.,and
will be out of business Janu
ary 1, and naturally I do not
[care what his opinion is of my
| Democracy.
“I am glad the time has
| come when saloon keepers do
[not write the specifications for
a Democrat nor the Democrat
ic platforms. Bryan and Wil
son are driving the waterwag
jon and three-fourths of the
[civilised world is liding and
the other one-fourth that is
wabbling along might as well
get on the wagon to keep from
walking.
“Our Democratic congress
men of Arkansas voted as a
unit for nation-wide prohibition
so it is easy to see that it is
possible to be against whiskey
and yet be a democrat and the
efforts and testimony of un
horsed saloon keepers cannot
hurt prohibitionists nor the
cause they represent.
“I talked with Governor
Hays several times about the
racing bill, and he always left
the impression with me that
there was very much doubt
about him signing it.
“1 was an applicant for an
appointment to the Board of
v unirui iui me imuiriiauie in
stitutions, which appointment j
I received, and was not an ap- j
plicant for an appointment on i
the racing commissin, nor did ■
Governor Hays suggest to me
that lie would appoint me on
the commission to satisfy the
prohibitionists of Arkansas,
but he did say to me once j
that he did not want the im
pression to get out that he was !
going to sign the bill.”
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CLEVE COFFEY DEAD
Cleve Coffey, aged 48, died
at his home near Oil Trough,
after an illness of several days
of pneumnia.
His wife died about a year
ago and he leaves five orphan
children. Deceased was a
cousin of Mrs. Noel Norris of
this place. He was a member
of the Baptist church. The re
mains were buried Sunday at
Macedonia, RevG.L. Fink con
ducting the funeral services.
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RAWLINGS RE-ELECTED
Prof. J. K. iiawnngs'.’*To'r
merh of this county, who has
. .. .*• T .Uve*v: •
Public School for the past two
years, lias been re-elected for
another.1*. i m Prof wl'Dga
is a good school man and his
many friends in this county
are pleased to pote his success
at Judsonia.
Randolph County Heads List
With 26,713 and Indepen
dence is Second With 25,264
Hog raising in Arkansas de
clined in 1011 over the previ
ous year, according to reports
of the Arkansas Tax Com mis- j
sion, just completed. The j
number assessed in 1914 was,
987,074, compared with 1,024,-'
083 in 1913. The loss in as
sessed valuation based upon 50 |
per cent of the true value, was
$219,060. The average valu
ation of the animals alsosbow
ed a decrease, the shrinkage
being from $1.71 assessed, to
$1.56 ahead, assessed. The to
tal value ol the Arkansas pro- j
duct ior taxation purposes was i
against
>'3 1,008,1(8 111 11)14,
$ 1.757,838 in 1913.
Inadequate and incomplete
taxation is given as the cause
for the shrinkage. When as
sessments are made swine are
running loose and many farm
ers fail to give correct assess
ments. 11 og cholera, too, de
creased the number. Accord
ing to the figures of the tax
commission, there was an aver
age of 13,160 hogs in every
county in the state last year.
J'he banner hog raising
county, according to the report
was Randolph, which had 26,
713 animals assessed. Crit
tenden county was at the bot
tom of the list with 890. In
dependence county ranged sec
ond with 25,264. Carroll, Clay
Craighead, Greene, Lawrence.
Logan, iviadison, Pope and
i Washington counties, accord
ing to the tax lists, had 20,000
or more.
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NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
A new school building to \
cost $16,000 will be erected at
Bald Knob. Bonds have been
sold and the contract for the
erection of the building will
probably be let at an early
date.
Prof. O. T. Richardson, for
merly of Newark, is principal
of the school and has built up
a splendid school at Bald ;
Knob. He has been re-elected
for another year.
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J. H. Holderby will pay you
the highest market price for
your chickens, eggs, butter I
and produce of all kinds.
JURY DISAGREES
IN MURDER TRIAL
After 36 Hours Delibeartion
Jury in Wooley Case Stood
10 to 2 for Conviction.
The c<i.se of theState vs.Geo
Wooley, charged with murder
in the first degree, was taken
up in circuit court at Rates
ville hist week and resulted in
a hung jury.
The case was given the jury
about noon Saturday and after
deliberating until 9 o’clock
Monday morning, the jtrrvan
nounced to the court that they
were unable to agree. The
jury was discharged and the
case was continued otthe next
term of court.
The jury stood ten for con
viction and two for acpuittal.
IV l! i I r\ Vi n H •-/ i n *» /-i
Wiley Wooley, who are said
to have been implicated in the
murder, were indicted, but the
indictment against Wiley
Wooley was thrown out of
court last week. The other
cases have been continued to
the next term of court.
The defendants are charged
with killing W. M. McKenzie,
a farmer, during a dance at
the McKenzie home near
Pleasant Plains one night
about a year ago.
The men were attending the
dance and are alleged to have
become so boisterous that Mc
Kenzie went to them and at
tempted to puiet them.
McKenzie became involved
in a dispute with the men and
he was attacked with a knife
in the hands of some one and
was stabbed to death.
Other Proceedings
\\ ill Evans, disturbing peace
continued.
Riley Wooley, disturbing
peace, nol pros.
Joe Huddleston, slander,
iury trial, not guilty.
Chester Meaehem, disturb
ing religious worship, plea of
guilty and continued.
D. I. Holt, perjury, continu
ed for term.
Ed Harkins, grand larceny
rtiul receiving stolen goods,
jury trial, not guilty.
Town of Pleasant Plains vs.
Will Pasley, appealed from
mayor’s court, jury trial, not
guilty.
Chester Meaehem, disturb
ing religious worship, nol pros.
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or farm. We have everything you
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Look over this list and see what
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BUCK STOVES, CARTS, BUGGIES,
SURRIES, WAGONS and AUTOS,
TENTS and AWNINGS, WAGON
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