The Newark Journal.
Published in The Famous White river Country, where Alfalfa is kino
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, October 22, 190<>
Vol. 9. No. 28
THE COURT PROCEEDINGS
List of Jurors and the Cases Dis
posed of Up to Yesterday
Circuit court convened at Bates
ville Monday and the usual grind
was begun.
The grand jury is composed of
tjhe following gentlemen: R. R.
Ratton foreman, C. D. Metcalf
clerk, J. B. Fitzhugh, J. W. Mar
tin, J. A. Rate, W. W. McClen
don,- G. F. Luster, Hugh Moore,
Luther Pickens, J. B. Ball, W. M.
Milligan, T. J. Raney, .1. M. Mag
ness, W. F. McBride, T. G. Mas
sey and J. H. Defries.
Petit Jury.—C. T. Abey, Willis
Pate, W. F. Albright, W. R. Rice,
T. J. McDoniel, T. A. Best, John
Blevins, ,J. A. Moore, B. F. Adams,
Tom Morris, .1. F. Stewart, Geo.
Jackson, T. A. Callis, J. P. Mont
gomery, C. N. Robertson, Jesse
Reeves, P. F. Varnell, G. F.
Elms, E. J. Rogers, W. H. Cava
naugh, Preston Barrett, James
Walden, R. A. Frazier and John
Austin.
The following cases have been
disposed of.
R. R. Ratton vs. Ry. Co., con
tinued.
Dave Woods vs. Ry.Co., answer
tiled.
O. F. Craig vs. Ry. answer tiled.
W. A. Edwards vs. Ry., same.
C. M. Edwards vs. Ry., same.
G. F. Grosser vs. Ry., same.
.1. W. Sisk vs. Ry., same.
Ida B. Magness vs. Ry., same.
Maud Edwards vs. Ry., motion
to make complaint more definite.
Estus Kinman vs. Ry., same.
T. A. Powell vs. Ry., same.
A. A. Arnold vs. Ry., same.
B. H. Adams vs. Ry., ans. tiled.
Walter Pascoe vs. Ry., same.
E. F. Johnson vs. Ry., dismiss
ed at plaintiff’s cost.
J. D. Magness vs. T. M. Wald
rip and Jno. A. Hinkle, dismissed
at plaintiff’s cost.
A. Livingston vs. Ry., dismissed
at piaintm 8 cost.
A. G. Albright vs. Joe Buckle, I
appealed from J. P. court, dismiss- (
ed at plaintiff’s cost.
J. O. Manning vs. W. P. Jones'
and R. C. Moorehead, motion to!
make complaint more definite.
% New Homo Sewing Machine Co.
vs. Earl Childress et. al., judg
ment for $298.42 and costs.
State vs. Powell Smith and Ed
Wetherman, disturbing peace, nol
p tossed.
State vs. Walter Bowers, breech
of peace, plea of guilty, fined $5.
State vs. Cal Brown, selling
liquor with license, demurrer tiled.
State vs. James Swaim, neglect
ing and failing to assess, demurrer
filed.
The case of E. B. Mitche vs. W.
A. Shirey, damage suit from Law
rence county, was taken up Wed
nesday and will continue today.
GOOD REPORTS MADE
Methodist Quarterly Conference
Reports Show Up Well
The fourth quarterly conference
for Newark station, M. E. church,
South, was held Sunday and Mon
day by Presiding Elder A. F. Skin
ner, whose visits are always looked
forward to with ranch interest by
both pastor and congregation.
The reports submitted showed a
healthy condition of the church.
There have been eighteen acces
sions to the church this quarter.
The stewards made a good report
on finances, the collections for the
quarter being $1S0.80. There is
yet a small balance to be paid, and
November 17 has been set as the
date for a full and final settlement.
Newark station has now passed
safely the second milestone, and
the following board of stewards
elected for the corning conference
year, indicates that the same earn
est endeavors will be made to con
tinue the good work: T. .1. Raney,
F. C. Hoyt, E. W. Magness, C.
M. Edwards, R. T. Magness, R.
R. Ration, F. M. Martin, D. C.
Lane, John Austin, H. E. Haw
thorne and J. W. Harnett.
R. K. McHenry was elected
Sunday School superintendent, and
T. J. Raney was elected district
steward.
When all the collections for all
purposes are in for the year, in
cluding the pastor’s salary, confer
ence benevolences, expenditures
on the church and parsonage, inci
dentals and Sunday schools, etc.,
the amount will be about $1,200
paid by the church and its friends
this year. That is a good show
ing indeed and speaks volumes for
the loyalty ami generosity of the
good people of Newark.
GOOD [.AND FOR SALE.
Why pay rent when you can
own a farm in five years? Buy
like paying rent. I have 400 acres
of good land, well improved,which
l will sell on the installment plan,
one-fifth down, balance in four or
five years. Will also consider five
year leases on any portion of the
land, all of which is good Big Bot
tom land. Also some laud near
Newark, well adapted to cotton,
corn, oats, wheat or hay; also sev
eral good houses with tracts rang
ing from one acre to one hundred
acres, near town and convenient
to school. Apply to owner.
W. A. Edwards,
Newark, Ark.
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PURPOSES OF A BANK
The purpose of a bank is to be useful
and helpful to a community; to facilitate
business by the exchange and extension of
credits, thereby making it possible to carry
on a vast amount of business with a com
paratively small amount of actual cash.
It is wrong to hoard money and bury
it in some old cellar and thereby take it
entirely out of circulation.
Bring it to this bank, where it will be
much safer and will help to earn you more
money, and yet be at your command.
MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS BANK
Geo. L. Green, President
Leslie R. Acton, Cashier
Happenings oi Local Interest
John Austin was excused from
the petit jury Wednesday and re
turned home.
Always opening; day at Mrs.
Alexander’s millinery shop, at
her residence in Newark.
John Deere and Keller wagons
for sale by the Dorr Merc, Co., at
Magnessand Sulphur Rock.
Its better to have patches on
your pants than a great big ac
count at the store you can’t pay.
Rev. W. W. Young of Bates
ville will begin a protracted meet
ing at Mount Zion Saturday night.
Large line of ladies’ and misses’
suits now ready, $7.50 to $35, at
Barnett Bros. Merc. Co., Bates
ville.
M. S. Fisher has an announce
ment on page four that will be of
interest to every reader of this
paper.
How about the title to your
farm, is it goodf Better have the
Independence County Abstract
Go. investigate it.
For Sale—a limited number of
choice Blue Barred Plymouth
Rock cocks and cockerels,
tf R. K. McHenry.
We don’t need the money our
selves, but the people we owe
want us to pay. Pay your sub
scription and help the other fel
low.
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Take your laundry to R. M.
I Galloway, agent for the Ideal
Laundry of Newport. Prompt
returns and good service guaran
j teed.
Miss Eva Fisher came up from
Little Rock Sunday to visit her
brothers, M. S. Fisher, of this
place, and Robert and Oscar Fish
er, of Oil Trough.
Proverbs say: “A fool and her
money soon parteth,” hence it is
a sin to give $7.50 for a hat when
! you can get the same hat at Mrs.
| Alexander’s for $3.50 or less.
Tonk Galloway, bridge watch
man at the Iron Mountain bridge
near Paroquet, was in town Wed
nesday and called to drop some
' coin in The Journal’s empty cash
i drawer.
Mrs. Andrew Adair died at her
home Wednesday night from con
sumption. The family recently
moved here from Fulton county.
She leaves a husband and several
I children.
It costs but little to have the
title to your farm perfected, and
it may save you or your children
an endless amount of trouble and
annoyance some day. See the In
dependence County Abstract Co.
The Newark public school will
open Monday, November 1. This
is two weeks earlier than the
school was expected to open, but
the school board has decided that
it is best, and The Journal believes
it is a wise decision.
W. D. Hinson, the jeweler,who
was with us a few days last spring
came over from Imboden yester
day. Mr. Hinson informs us that
: he will make Newark his perma
nent home and will soon put in a
stock of jewelery here.
You need not be troubled in any
way with'the stomach, if you will
simply take Kodol at those times
when you feel that you need it.
Ivodol is guaranteed to relieve you
i If it fails your money will be re
i i funded to you by the druggist
I j from whom you purchased it. Try
II it today on this guarantee. Sold by
! 1 Newark Drug (Jo.
Night Officer W. M. Magness is
taking a vacation and C. E. Cald
well is tilling the place while Mr. !
Magness takes a ranch-needed rest. |
Mr. Magness has served as night
marshal at various times for sev
eral .years, and has been a faithful
public servant. Since last spring
he has worked 223 nights without
a lay-off.
YV. A. Nichols, of Oil Trough,
who returned a few days ago from
St. Louis where he speut several
months taking a course in optics
and watch making, was in town
Saturday en route to Batesville
and Cave City to spend the week I
visiting relatives. Mr. Nichols is
considering the matter of locating
in Newark and opening a jewelery
and optical store and repair shop.
He is a mighty good man and
would be a valuable acquisition to
the citizenship of the town. The
Journal hopes he will decide to
locate in Newark.
WHAT ARKANSAS NEEDS
There are thousands of home
seekers and investors pouring into
Oklahoma and Texas who would
come to Arkansas instead, if they
only knew one-half wlmt we know
about it. Arkansas lands are cheap
er and just as fertile; Arkansas
farm products and minerals have
always been prize winners, and
Arkansas health is of the govern- !
ment guaranteed pure food sort
that can be absolutely relied on all
the time. All Arkansas needs is j
to get her resources advertised.— |
Leslie Banner.
TO MEASURE CORN IN CRIB
This rule will apply to a crib of
any size or kind. Two cubic feet
of good sound dry corn in the ear
will make a bushel of shelled corn.
To get the quantity of corn in a j
crib, measure the length, breadth
and height of the crib, inside.
Then multiply the length/by the:
breadth and the product by the |
height; then divide by two and
you have the number of bushels
of corn in the crib.
STOCK-HOLDERS HEETING
All the stock-holders of the
Farmers' Union Warehouse Co.,
of Magness, are requested to meet
at. Oak Hill on Saturdav. Knvpm
bor 13, for the puspose of closing
up the affairs of the company.
Bring your certificate of stock, as
ail money due stock-holders will
be pro rated and refunded.
W. C, Sanders,
WE ALL KNOW 'EM
The latest shipment from the
African jungles to the national
museum at Washington is an im
palia, which an exchange explains
is an aephyceros melampus, and
of course everybody knows what;
that is.
TIMBER LAND FOR SALE.
160 acres finest pine timber land
in Baxter county,seven miles from
railroad. Plenty of timber sur
rounding to make good run for
mill. White Kiver Land In
vestment Co., Newark, Ark.
, BUVINO CORN.
Bud Sisk is buying corn and
is paying 58 cents a bushel for
good dry corn. You will find him
! on the street all the time.
SELLINd AT COST
Magness Bros, are closing out
their stock of men’s and boys’
shoes, pants, overalls, work shirts
and gloves.
INFORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Judge Pearce Issues Statement to
Voters of the County
To the Democratic Voters:
I desire to advise you that it is
and has for some time been m.v in
tention to ask the good people of
Independence county for a second
term as county and probate judge.
Hut I am opposed to these long
drawn campaigns which last from
one election to another, and which
are usually made up of personal
ities and hard feelings among can
didates and their friends. There
fore I consider it entirely too early
to make formal announcement
through the press of my candidacy
or to enter into any active cam
paigning before the holidays; and
until then 1 expect to remain in
my ollice and attend to the many
duties which require my attention.
Hut at the proper time I will get
into the race. Then business will
pick up, and I will make good for
apparent delays upon my part.
In the meantime 1 hope the vot
ers of Independence county will
withhold any activities or fixed de
cisions as to their choice in this
race, because there is still plenty
of time to settle all issues involved
in this campaign, and to make a
choice between the contending
candidates.
With a heart full of gratitude
to my friends and constituents, and
with thanks to all who give the
matter a fair consideration, I re
main, Yours very truly.
Cul. L. Pearce.
cnAKLUl IK CIPIltKb
Ewing Lane spent a few days at
Sulphur Rock last week.
Several from here attended
church at Center Grove Sunday.
Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Anderson of
Mag ness spent Sunday and Mon
day here.
Mrs. Luella Bray, who has been
piite sick with the fever for some
Lime, is improving.
Charlie Dover of Cave City
passed through here Saturday en
route to Cord to visit relatives.
Mrs. James By rum and little
3on, Knox, of Shawnee, Okla., ar
rived Monday to visit relatives.
Miss Laura Nuckolls of Cord
spent Sunday and Monday here,
the guest of Miss Ethel By rum.
Mrs. Ned Kennedy, who has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
J. T. Baker, returned to her home
at Portia last week.
TO BUILD A NEW HOTEL
Movement on Foot to Organize
Stock Company to Build Hotel
There is a movement on foot to
organize a stock company to build
a hotel in Newark.
The town is badly in need of a
good hotel. A town without a
hotel is a mighty poor excuse for a
town. Us high time the business
men were getting together in a
united pull for a hotel.
Since the Galloway House burn
ed last spring, the town has been
been a hotel, and the report has
gone out that a man can’t get a
place to stay all night in Newark.
Such reports do the town a great
injury, and in addition to that the
town loses considerable money
that would otherwise be spent here
if we had good hotel accommoda
tions.
The .Journal hopes the business
men will get together and organ
ize a stock company and build a
good hotel. This is a matter that
every citizen of the town should
be interested in, for a town that
cannot afford hotel accommoda
tions for those whose business
calls them here overnight, will
soon find itself considerably the
loser.
MUCH TIMBER ON FARM
An official survey of the state
convict farm in Lincoln county has
just been completed and shows
that there is a total of N,109 acres
in the farm, 2,634 acres of which
is now in cultivation, with 120
acres more cleared and ready for
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vuivi » lAtivu 1M,A li ay Cal .
There is a total of 12,643,000
feet of timber on the unopened
part of the farm, classified as fol
lows: White oak, 2,993,000 feet;
red oak, 2,135,000 feet; cypress,
1.805.000 feet; ash, 1,001,000 feet;
maple, 85,000 feet; hickory, 662,
000 feet; elm, 1,330,000 feet; pe
can, 120,000 feet: persimmon,
62.000 feet.
FALLING ROCK DERAILS CAR
A rock which fell from a high
blutl alongside the railroad track
near Calico Rock derailed the rear
trucks of the baggage car on the
eastbound White River train Sat
urday afternoon and loosened the
track for considerable distance, de
laying the train about five hours.
The rock was apparently jarred
loose by the vibrations from the
passing train and started to fall
just as the engine passed it, roll
ing down and striking the trucks
of the baggage car.
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The Farmer Who
Pays Rent
• Will find it to his advantage and convenience to
pay the amount the owes through this Bunk.
• When you sell your cotton, corn, or other farm
products, deposit the amount you owe for rent with
us, and we will deliver the amount due your land
lord without expense to you, regardless of where
he lives.
• A goodly number of our farmer friends already
avail themselves of our services, and if you are not
one of them we most cordially invite you to do so.
“The Old Reliable”
J FIRST NATIONAL BANK
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OF NEWARK
Examined Twice-Yearly by National Bank Examiner