The Newark Journal.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, November 2% 1916
Vol. 16, No. 34
6 BALES COTTON SELL
IN NEWARK FOR $693
Land Bought Recently for$1.25
Per Acre Produces Crop
Worth $100 an Acre
J. M. Dry, a farmer of the
Paroquet neighborhood, sold
six bale^ of cotton in Newark
last Friday which brought him
$693.68,not including the seed.
The bales weighed morethan
500 pounds each and sold for
20 cents a pound, averaging a
little more thap $115 a bale.
The cotton was grown on W.
W .Magness’ farm and affords
a remarkable example of land
values in this community. The
land was purchased by Mr.
Magness about eight or ten
years ago as swamp land, at a
cost of $1.25 per acre. Later,
the construction of a drainage
district ditch through that sec
tion aided in draining the land.
Mr. Magness cleared the land
himself at a cost of about $5
per acre and by cutting a few
small ditches, converted the
once valueless land into a splen
did farm, which this year is
■producing almost a bale of
cotton to the acre.
Mr. Dry cultivated a part of
the land this year, paying the
usual third and fourth of the
crop as rent. From the land
cultivated in cotton, Mr. Mag
ness will receive this yearabout
$28 per acre rent. And less
than ten years ago this land
was considered almost value
less.
There is still "a great deal of
land in this section of the coun
try between Newark and Black
river that should be cleared up
and put in cultivation. Much of
this iand which has heretofore
been considered as almost
worthless, is being put into cul
tivation, and when it is drained
and given proper cultivation,
it produces well and this sec
tion is being rapidly transform
ed into splendid farms.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Martin
arrived from Little Rock Wed
nesday night to spend a few'
days visiting the gentleman’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Martin.
RICHARDSON FREED
OF MURDER CHARGE
—
After Three Hours Delibera
tion Jury Acquits Bates
ville Mayor of Murder
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Mayor V. G. Richardson of
Batesville was found not guilty
of the murder of Farrell Pad
gett in the circuit court at
Batcsville last Saturday.
The case was given to the
jury at 11:30 Saturday morn
ing and at 2:30 p. m. a verdict
of “not guilty” was returned
by the jury.
Richardson’s 17-year-old
wife was in the courtroom when
the verdict was read. As the
\ foreman pronounced the ver
|diet, “Not Guilty,” she rushed
into Richardson’s arms. While
I the crowd rushed for the exits
j the two wept silently. When
the room was cleared they
walked to the street, where an
automobile waited and were
whirled away.
Richardson killed Padgett in
a tent of a carnival company.
It was brought out in the trial
that Padgett’s attentions to
Richardson’s wife had caused
the trouble that led to the kill
ing.
Richardson’s defense was
that he entered the tent to re
monstrate with Padgett and
that the latter started to at
tack him with a revolver,where
upon he shot Padgett. Testi
mony at the trial tended to
show that Padgett was not
armed. Richardson, however
stuck to his story that he kill
ed Padgett in the belief that
it was necessary to save his
life.
After the trial, Richardson
gave out a statement to the
press in which he said that
Padget was encouraged by ene
mies of Richardson to pursue
and annoy his wife in an effort
to estrange them in the hope
that he would attack Padgett,
thus giving Padgett an excuse
to kill him. Richardson stated
that this plot was hatched pri
marily to extract money from
him. He added that there had
never been any trouble be
tween he and his wife, that he
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Pleasant Hill, Nov.22.—Mrs.
Susie Davis and children of
Sulphur Rock spent a few
hours here Sunday with her
cousin, W. M. Rainwater and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawhon and
daughter, Miss Ottie Webb,
were trading in Newark Sat
urday.
Luther Sandefur, after visit
ing at Tuckerman a few days,
returned home Tuesday.
J. L. Riddle made a business
trip to Newark Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Sandefur
spent Saturday night and Sun
day at Tuckerman visiting the
former’s sister, Mrs. Alex Ca
son.
John Austin of Newark spent
a few days here the latter part
of the week with his brother,
Robert Austin.
Quite a crowd was present
at singing Sunday night at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. T. R.
Tate’s.
Mr. and Mrs. s. B. Sandefur
visited Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Hagar of Mt. Carmel Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Bul
lington of the Islam! spent Sun
day night with the lady’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Tate.
Mrs. Florence Holcomb who
has been confined to her bed
from a fall she received some
few days ago, is able to be up.
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TEACHERS TO MEET
AT SULPHUR ROCK
The Independence County
Teachers’ Association will
meet at Sulphur Rock on Sat
urday, December 16, 1916. Ev
ery teacher in the county is ex
pected to attend.
The following program has
been arranged for the meeting:
“Athletics in Rural Schools,”
—J. A. Carpenter.
“What Amendment No. 12
Makes Possible.’”—B. R. Wil
liams.
“Getting Close to Pupils.”—
Miss Lela Wood.
“An Ideal Country School.”
T. D. Lindsey.
“The Recitation.”—Mrs. W.
A. Isgrig.
“Getting the Folks Interest
ed.”—O. L. Burge.
“Opening Exercises for One
room school.”—Miss Floy
Craig.
“The Teacher’s Duty at Re
cess.”—Oscar Wyatt.
“The Assignment of Les
sons.”—W. E. Dodd.
Music will be furnished by
pupils of the Sulphur Rock
High School.
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Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hogan
of Salem, spent Saturday night
and Sunday here visiting rel
atives. The£ went’ from here
Tuc-kerman to visit relatives be
fore returning to their home.
V. G. RICHARDSON
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Rosie, Nov. 22.—Geo. W.
Wyatt spent a few days in
Batesville on business last
week.
Miss Pearl Young visited hei
sister, Mrs. Sam Wheeler, a<
Salado last week.
Miss Roxie Cook was shop
ping in Ba^sville Thursday.
Dolph Wyatt made a busi
ness trip to Newark Friday.
Mrs. A. L. Young spen
Thursday in Batesville shop
ping.
School is progressing nicely
with an enrollment of eighty
five.
A. L. Sparkman of Magness
is visiting relatives here this
week.
Will, Fred and Kelley Wyatt
who are attending school at
Sulphur Rock visited home
folks Sunday.
Miss Willie Wyatt spent
Monday at Me Hue.
Miss Esther Williams and
Lonnie Taylor visited at Salado
Sunday.
PROMINENT COUPLE
WED LAST SUNDAY
A pretty home wedding was
solemnized at the home of the
bride’s father, J. H. Holderby
at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon
The contracting parties were
Paul Hogue and Miss Nob
Holderby. Rev. E. M. Border
of Little Rock was the officiat
ing clerygman who tied the
nuptial knot, pronouncing the
ceremony which united the
lives of these estimable younj
people of our little city.
The wedding was a quiel
one, witnesseel only by the im
mediate relatives of the bride
and groom and *> few intimate
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Hogue left im
immediately after theceremonj
for Scotts, where they will vis
it relatives a few clay, aftei
which they will go to Hogue’s
Mill, near Strawberry, where
they will reside in the future.
Mr. and Mrs. Hogue are
well and favorably known here
they having spent nearly al
their lives here.
The Journal joins their mam
friends in extending congratu
lations.
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BIG COTTON DEAL
MADE AT CONWAY
Conway, Nov. 21.—S. G
Smith of Conway today sole
5,600 bales of cotton for $623,
000 to Goold & iCo., of Liver
pool, England, and the cottoi
will be shipped direct to Liver
pool via New Orleans.
ACCIDENTAL KILLING
NEAR WALNUT GROVE
George Walden Shoots Farm
Hand Thinking Him Burg
' lar Trying to Enter
Nelson Curtis, a young man
about 21 years of age, was shot
and instantly killed at the
home of George Walden, near
Walnut Grove, about 12 miles
north of Newark, Saturday
night.
The sad and deplorable
tragedy was the culmination
of what is supposed to have
been an attempt of young Cur
tis to play a joke on Mr. Wald
en.
Curtis haci been working for
Mr. Walden for some time as
a farm hand and lived at the
Walden home.
Saturday evening Curtis
was preparing to go to Char
lotte to attend a singing, and
told Mr. Walden when he left
that he would not return until
Sunday morning. He left the
Walden home in company with
J. L. Wilson, a young man
whose home is near Cave City.
They rode together to the forks
of the road, where they separ
ated about 8 o’clock. Curtis
told Wilson that he would
spend the night at Charlotte
and return home to Mr. Wal
den’s about 11 o’clock Sunday.
When they separated, Wilson
went to his home near Cave
City and Curtis rode off in the
direction of Charlotte. Where
Curtis went after leaving Wil
son is not known. The singing
was not held atCharlotte and if
Curtis went to Charlotte he
. was not seen by anyone. It is
presumed that upon his arrival
at the church where he found
no one and the church not
lighted up, he changed his
mind about staying in Char
lotte, and turned and rode im
mediately back to the home of
Mr. Walden.
M^s. Walden was spending
the night away from home and
there was no one at home but
Mr. Walden and his small son,
about ten years of age. Curtis
knew this, and it >s presumed
that he decided to play a joke
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NEWARK H. S. LADS
DEFEAT LITTLE ROCK
Newark Lads Add Another
Victory to Their Un
defeated Record
On last Saturday the New
ark High School football team
added another victory to its
record by defeating the Little
Rock High School team by the
score of 14 to 0. The locals
have been scored only once
this season and that was by a
fluke in their first game.
Captain Williamson allowed
Captain Kidd his choice at the
beginning of the first half.
Capt. Kidd chose to defend the
south goal. Capt. Williamson
kicked to Scott who returned
the ball to Little Rock’s twen
ty-five yard line. In four trials
Little Rock failed to gain and
Scott punted. Rodman recov
ered the ball and was downed
on Little Rock’s forty yard line.
Rodman carried the ball around
right end for twelve yards.
Williamson went around left
end for eight. Galloway went
through the line for three. Roe
placed the ball on the five yard
line. Welman carried it over at
the end of three minutes for
the first touchdown. Martin
kicked goal. Score Newark 7,
Little Rock 0.
Newark kicked to Little
Rock, Little Rock returned the
ball to their 35 yard line. On
two short forward passes they
advanced to the 48 yard line.
Newark held for downs.On the
first play Newark was penal
ized for pushing. With second
down anti twenty five yards to
go Pascoe fumbled and Stew
art seized the ball and started
on a chase for the goal. Roe
overtook and downed him on
Newark’s six yard line. Scott
hit the line for four yards.Kidd
and MqCarron in two trials
placed the ball in a foot of the
goal line. Hofman was thrown
for a yard loss and the ball
went over. Welman went
through the line for four yards.
Williamson went around for
three. Rodman tore off four.
Galloway fumbled and Little
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