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CHRISTMAS NUMBER 1916
3 Sections THE NEWARK JOURNAL. 18 Pages
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, December 14, 1916
Vol. 16, No. 37
TO MAKE NATIONAL
CAPITAL DRY CITY
Efforts Will be Made by Sen
ators Shepherd and Ken
yon to Oust Booze
Senators Shepherd and Ken
yon propose to make Washing
ton dry. It is about time. If the
prohibition movement is to suc
ceed, it should start with the
capital of the nation. Washing
ton, above all cities in the Unit
ed States, should set the mark,
ihere is entirely too much li
quor consumed in state capi
tals. Legislation is corrupted by
drunkenness. There is a fine
series of examples offered in
the past of our own state.Many
a young man has been elected
to the State Legislature and has
journeyed forth with the honest
intention of abiding by his con
science and doing the best for
his state. Falling into the hands
of the lobby, he soon becomes
the victim to the wiles of the
politician. He forgets his ear
nest purpose, and this has been
the occasion of so much faulty
legislation.
If this is true with the local
capital, and it is an admitted
fact, it should apply with equal
emphasis to the national cap
ital.
If the prohibition movement
is to attain national magnitude
it would be wrell to start with
the sea of government. Wash
ington is not a very wicked city.
Washington has managed to
segregate its social evil and the
saloons are well conducted.
But so long as the capital of
the government countenances
the sale of liquor it is an incen
tive of the wet leaders to advise
various states to do the same
thing.
Senators Shepherd and Ken
yon, strong advocates of tem
perance, can best pave the way
for a more potent and powerful
campaign by applying prohibi
tion to Washington.
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Judge J. H. Jimerson of Sul
phur Rock was in town Wed
nesday.
POPULARBRAKEMAN
KILLED TUESDAY
Well-Known Brakeman On
Iron Mountain Meets My
sterious Death
Geo. W. Heckart, a well
known brakeman on the Iron
Mountain railroad, was killed
between Sulphur Rock and
Moorefield about 8 o’clock
Tuesday night.
The cause of his untimely
death will probably never be
known as no one witnessed the
accident.
The Red Ball freight going
north took the siding here and
waited for passenger train No.
209. After the passenger left,
the Red Ball pulled out and it
being heavily loaded had to cut
in two and double the hill
between Sulphur Rock and
Moorefield.
It is reported that Mr. Heck
art went over with the first
section of the train and remain
ed with that section of the train
while the other part of the
crew came back after the sec
ond section.
After the second section had
been brought up the other
members of the crew, missing
Mr. Heckart, instigated a
search. They found him lying
lengthwise on the left side of
the track with a wound in his
skull and in a dying condition.
His lantern was also lying near
by but had been extinguished.
He was picked up and car
ried to Batesville where he was
taken to A. L. Crouch’s under
taking parlors, and the body
was afterward viewed by coro
ner Tunstall and the Red Ball
crew.
He never regained conscious
ness after being found. He was
about 50 years old and was a
highly esteemed and popular
brakeman.
The remains were shipped
from Batesville to Cotter, his
aid home, for bruial.
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Mayor V. G. Richardson of
Batesville was in town Wed
nesday on business.
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TOTAL RESOURCES ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS
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SENATOR KIRBY IS
ON SIX COMMITTEES
New Arkansas Senator Is Giv
en Important Commit
tee Assignments
Washington, Dec. 12.—Sen-:
ator William F. Kirby was to
day selected by the Senate as
chairman of the Committee on
Expenditures in the Depart
ment of Agriculture to fill the
vacancy caused by the resig
nation of Senator Morris Shep
pard of Texas. In addition the
new senator was assigned to the
Committee on Commerce and
Military Affairs to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of
Senator Clarke. These are com
mittees of first rank and deal
with many matters of direct
interest to Arkansas. The first
named has charge of the river
and harbor legislation and the
second with reference to the
administration and direction of
river improvement as well as
with state militia matters.
Other committee assignments
of the senator were to those
on Patents,Interoceanic Canals,
Civil Service and Retrenchment
and Disposition of Useless Pa
pers in the Executive Depart
ment, in which he succeeds
Senator Taggart of Indianna.
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JOURNAL UNABLE TO
SECURE PINK PAPER
It was our intention to print
the Christmas Edition of The
Journal on pink paper, but we
were unable to secure colored
paper of any kind (except a
very flimsy grade of poster
paper) at anything like a reas
onable price.
Readers of The Journal who
are not informed as to paper
prices, will probably be sur
prised when we tell them that
a sufficient quantity of pink
book paper to print this edi
tion would have cost approxi
mately $180. And even at these
enormously high prices, it is
hard to secure, as the mills are
turning out very little medium
grade book paper in any color
except a muddy looking white.
This being true, we Tjere com
pelled to leave off the fancy
colors.
DR. BLEDSOE LOSES
CONTROL OF HOSPITAL
Supreme Court Gives Final De
cision Sustaining State
Board of Control
Little Rock, Dec. 11.—The
supreme court gave its final de
cision in the State Hospital con
troversy today, when it denied
Supt. E. P.Bledsoe a rehearing,
which means that Dr. Bledsoe
must leave the institution.
Dr. C. Arkebauer, senior
physician at the institution, by
virtue of his election last sum
mer, automatically became sup
erintendent of the hospital. His
election by the board was tem
porary. it being specified that
he hold the position until a
permanent superintendent was
retained.
Two physicians, both former
superintendents of the hospital,
have been mentioned as prob
ble successors to Dr. Bledsoe.
Th; y were Dr. J. L. Greene of
Hot Springs, and Dr. Hr C.Stin
son of Dermott. Dr. Greene re
signed about two years ago,
following a controversy with
the old state board of charities.
Gov. Hays in an effort to re
ain Dr. Greene, removed the
o’ard and appointed a new
ne. Dr. Greene was offered
he su^erintendency .just prior
to the election of Dr. Bledsoe,
but declined.
Dr. Stinson was superintend
ent of the hospital for six years
or more, serving during the ad
ministration of the late Gov.
Jeff Davis.
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POISON IN FLOUR
CAUSES NEGRO’S DEATH
Newport, Dec. 13.—All the
members of a negro family liv
ing across the river from New
port were poisoned yesterday,
one fatally, after eating bread
made from the flour purchased
from a local store.IIow the poi
son, thought to be rough-on
rats, got into the flour, is a
mystery. It seems to be certain
that the flour contained the
poison because all who ate of
the bread vvere made ill. One
(lied last night and several oth
ers are in a serious condition.
The family, named Barfield,
lives on the Sol Heinemanfarm.
Physicians are investigating.
EARLE IS SWEPT BY
FIRE; LOSS $50,000
Electric Light Plant and Six
Buildings Destroyed by
Flames
Earle, Dec. 13.—The Earle
electric light plant was de
stroyed, the water plant put
out of commission and sixbuild
ings burned here early this
morning when fire broke out in
the light nlant building. The
total loss is placed at $50,000.
Following the electric light
plant fire, the C. T. Whitman
lumber mill was burned and
the entire town threatened.The
waterworks were out of com
mission. The fire originated in
a restaurant on Main street and
quickly spread to the Earle
Livery Company, the J. O. An
derson building and across the
street to the Bateman Harness
Shop, the Wolf Lunch Room
and the H. C.Kirkpatrick build
ing. Brigades of citizens prob
ably saved the entire town by
valiant work. The Helm Furni
ture Company building was
afire but was saved. It will be
two months before lights are
restored to the town, it was an
nounced. Water will be turned
on within 24 hours.
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FIVE MEN ARRESTED
FOR SHOOTING TUCKER
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Five citizens of the Elmo
neighborhood have been arrest
ed on suspicion of being im
plicated in the shooting of Rob
ert Tucker, near Elmo, about
ten days ago.
The parties are Padgett
Weatherman, Robt. Stout, Joe
Metcalf and Tom and Will
A hart.
Two of the alleged suspects
were taken to Newport and
three of these were taken to
Batesville and placed in jail.
They gave bond later and were
released.
It is said that there had been
ill feeling between these men
and Tucker for some time.
SERIOUSLY INJURED
BY FALL FROM TRAIN
Ed Dry Suffers Serious Scalp
Wound and Has Both
Legs Broken
Ed Dry of Paroquet was
seriously injured last Friday
morning when he fell from the
east bound “Hot Shot” passen
ger train at a point near the
Black River bridge.
Both legs were broken and
he sustained a serious scalp
wound and was injured inter
nally.
Young Dry, who is about 21
years old, has been employed
on the government work being
done on the river bank near the
bridge. Friday morning he and
a younger brother intended
catching the train at Paroquet
to ride down to the river. Ed
caught the train but his brother
got left in some manner. It is
of^Jy a short distance down to
the river, and it is said that
Ed sat down on the steps of the
car, expecting to jump off when
the train slowed up at the
bridge. It seems that, in some
way, he lost his balance and
fell or was throwm from the
train, his head striking a cross
tie.
None of the train crew saw
him fall and he laid beside the
track until his brother, whohad
gotten left, followed on afoot
and found him.
Aid was secured and young
Dry was removed to the home
of his father, J. M. Dry, v/here
he was given medical attention
by Drs. Roe & Rodman.
The young man is in a seri
ous condition but Dr. Rodman
stated todav that he is holding
up remarkably well and may
^recover if no complication)!
arise.
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Dr. G. C. Croom left a few
days ago for his home at Ox
ford to spend the holidays with
relatives.
Iron Mountain Claim Agent
Ben Fitzhugh was in town to
day.
Dr. J. B. Roe left Monday
for Fairview, Mo., to spend a
few' days.
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