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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, June 3, 1915
Vol. 15, No. 9
BEGIN WORK ON
CANNING FACTORY
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Building Now Under Construc
tion and Machinery Will Be
Installed Soon
was started on
factory building
the
last
Work
canning
Tuesday
The material has been on
the ground for some time, but
work was delayed on account
of securing a lease from the
railroad company for the land
on which to erect the building.
The lease contract was se
cured from the railroad com
pany a few days ago. and C.
C. Foster, who will have j
charge of the work of erect
ing the building, commenced
work on it Tuesday,
The building is being erect
ed on the rairoad right-of-way
a short distance east of the
stock pen.
The machinery was bought
some time ago but shipment
has been delayed awaiting the
beginning of work on the
building in order that the ma
chinery may be unloaded from
the car into the building and
thus save additional expense
of storage and handling it two
or three times.
F. C. Hoyt, president of the
canning company, states that |
the building will be completed
and the machinery installed
and ready for operation in
ample time to take care of
the present crop of tomatoes,
lie states that the company al
so contemplates handling a
large part of the local peach
crop and sweet potato crop.
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SHOT IN FIGHT
Beebe. May 31.—In an alter- ,
cation between Tom Yancey
and Tom Nipper, near Antioch
yesterday morning. ^Nipper
was shot in the sholder, but
hot seriously injured. Yancey
surrendered to the El Paso of
ficers.
Bank Assets Gain
About Two Million
A marked improvement in
sanking conditions in Arkan
sas is shown by the report of
he State Banking Department
ust issued from Little Rock.
The report shows the bank
)vedrafts have been reduced
[>32,852.54 and the reserves
ire $7,016,705.96 in excess of
he legal requirement. The
iggregate deposits are $41,
131,349.13. The bills payable
vere $500,000 less on May 1
han on March 5, the date of
he last report. The total in
rease in the assets of the
>anks during the same period
vas approximately two mil
ion dollars.
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JERRY SHIPPING
IS CONCLUDED
With the shipment of one
•ar of berries Monday, the
dripping season here came to
i close. There have been ship
ped this season from Judsonia!
188 cars of berries, 170 by’
reight and 18 by express.
The berries this year have i
irought about $130,000 which
s the shortest season Judsonia
las known in years.
The exact number of cars
(hipped from this county is
lot yet known, but Judsoina
done has shipped more cars [
han any one town in the j
.tate, Bald Knob ranking sec- \
) n d.—J u d son i a Advance.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS SOON
The generator for the electric
ight plant arrived a few days
igo and will be installed this
sveek.
Mr. Grosser is pushing the
,vork of wiring the buildings
md expects to have the poles
ip in the business part of town
n a few days.
He expects to be ready to
'urnish lights tor the business
lart of town in two or three
veeks, or not later than the
irst of July.
' First National Bank
Newark, Ark.
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $6,500
C. M. EDWARDS, Pres.
G. M. FIELDS, V. Pres.
E. B. CHESSER, Cashier
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Amounts of $30.00 to $75.00, cost_10 cents
Amounts of $75.00 to $100.00, cost.15 cents
RAILROADS WIN IN
2 CENT RATE FIGHT
Temporary Injunctions Grant
ed in U. S. Court and 3 Cent
Rate Goes on at Once.
Temporary injunctions re
straining the Arkansas Rail
road Commission from enforc
ing 2 cents a mile passenger
rate on all roads over 85 miles
long and 3 cents a mile under
that length were granted Iasi
Saturday in United States dis
trict court at St. Paul, Minn.,
to the Cotton Belt, the Iron
Mountain, Rock Island, the
Pine Bluff anci Arkansas River
Railway and the Warren and
Ouachita Valley Railroad
companies.
The action means that as
soon as the bonds to protect
the State of Arkansas are til
ed and approved by the court,
four of the railroads will be
permitted to put in a 3-cent
passenger rate, and the War
ren and Ouachita Valley Rail
way Company may put in a 5
cents a mile passenger rate.
These raes will be-in force
unltil the final settlement of
the case between the state and
the railways, which will be
heard at St. Louis December
11, that date having been set
by the court.
The J restraining orders al
ready granted in the United
States District Court to the
Frisco, and to the Kansas City
Southern against the enforce
ment of the new freight rates
set by the Arkansas Railroad
Commission wer$ continued in
force by order of the three
judges, until December 11.
The Iron Mountain was re
quired to give bond for $50,
000; the Cotton Belt and Rock
Island $30,000 each; the Pine
Bluff and Arkansas River Ry.
and the Ouachita Valley $5,
000 each to cover excess of the
3 cent rate over the 2 cent rate
until the cases can be finally
disposed of.
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NEWPORT BUILDING
Newport, June 2.—A Little
Rook firm of archtiects is mak
ing plans for two more build
ings for Newport’s business
section, one for the Arkansas
Bank & Trust Company, to
cost $20,000. the other for
Norman C. Wolff, to cost
about $20,000. The bank
building will be of brick, with
terra cotta front on two streets
marble fixtures, bank home on
ground floor and offices
above. The store building for
Norman Wolff will be for a de
partment store and will be
modern in every respect.
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NEIL RESIGNS
Robert Neil of Batesville,
who has been in the employ of
the government as national
bank examiner, has resigned
his position to become cashier
of the Arkansas National
Bank of Hot Springs. Mr.
Neil for a number of years
was assistant cashier of the
First National Bank of Bates
ville before his appointment as
natonal bank examiner.
His resignation was effect
ive last Tuesday and he left
immediately for Hot Springs
to assume his position in that
city.
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W. O. W. UNVEILING
Newark Camp W.O. W. will
on next Sunday afternoon un
veil tin.' monument recently
erected at the grave of the late
Sov. ,1. P. Lovel in Blue
Springs cemetery.
The annual memorial ser
vices will be observed also and
the graves of deceased mem
bers will be decorated with
flowers.
IRON MOUNTAIN PUTS
ON THREE CENT RATE
Files $50,000 Bond at Little
Rock and New Rate Became
Effective June 1.
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The Iron Mountain Railroad
filed the $50,000 bond in Lit
tle Rock, last Monday, requir- ,
ed under the recent decision 1
|of the Federal Court, and on
Tuesday morning the three
cent passenger rate was again i
put into effect <yi the main j
line and all branches of the <
Iron Mountain system in Ark- ;
ansas. i
The rate will be effective at
least until December 11, the
date set for the hearing for a
permanent injunction against
the 2-cent rate. If the rail- ;
roads win in it, they will be <
permitted to continue charging
-cents a mile for passenger h
fare. 1
All tickets sold by the Iron ;
Mountain will bear coupons ;
which will be retained by pur- ;
chasers. In event the roads ;
are not successful in getting ’
the 2-cent rate permanently .
the coupons will be used in fil- (
ing of claims by patrons of the 1
road for overcharge of one :
ceht a mile. It was for pro- 1
tection of these claims that the :
court required the bonds to be 1
filed before the new rate could <
be put into effect. ' ■
In the former rate contro- 1
versery when temporary in- ]
junctions were secured against '
the 2-cent arte, coupons were 1
issued and even now a large <
number of them are just being!’
paid. The state won in the;
former case, the railroads hav-j;
ing to refund the money they 11
had collected in overcharges. |1
OTHER ROADS PUT ON
THREE CENT RATE
Little Rock, June 2.—Three ,
cent passenger fares went into ,
effect on the Cotton Belt Rail- ]
road and the Pine Bluff and .
Arkansas River Railways at i
midnight last night. The Rock (
Island w ill put in the new rate j
an increase one cent per mile, j
at midnight tonight. The War- (
ren and Ouachita Valley line ]
will start charging 5 cents a ,
mile after midnight tonight.
The Cotton Belt filed its$:>(),- :
000 bond last night, and at 8
o'clock Deputy Clerk Presby i,
Field was called to the federal L
building to receive the bond of j.
the Pine Bluff and Arkansas
River line so that it could put
in the new schedule at mid
night. The Warren and Oua- ,
chita Valley line filed a $6,
000 bond this morning in Fed
eral court, making possible a
charge of 5-cent passenger I
fares after today.
The five lines that secured
temporary injunctions against j
the Arkanas Railroad Commis- ;
sion to prevent it enforcing the :
statutory 2-cent rate, have all
filed bonds required when the
injunction was issued. The
bonds are to protect patrons of
the road in event the lower i
rate is restored and the rail
roads have to make refunds.
The Iron Mountain Road put
in the new rate Monday.
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CUTTING WHEAT
A good deal of the wheat
crop is being cut this weekand
all reports say the crop will
make a splendid yield. The
acreage of wheat in this sec
tion is larger than it has been
in many years.
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INSTITUTE AT BATESVILLE
Batesville, June 1.—The
county teachers’ institute will
be conducted in this county
during the week beginning
Monday, June 14. About 200
teachers will attend.
Newark Boys Given
Year in Penitentiary
Claude and Willie Jones of
his place, who were recently
Indicted by the Pulaski grand
iury on a charge of grand lar
ceny, were sentenced to one
year each in the penitentiary
n circuit court at Little Rock
Wednesday.
The boys, who seem to have
i weakness for getting into
rouble were accused of break
nto a farm house near Little
lock and stealng two pairs of
shoes, a grip and some provis
ons. The value of the articles
stolen was about $lo. When
trrainged for trial tilt boys
?nter6d a plea of guilty.
They were placed in the
penitentiary Wednesday after
loon. '
Both, boys have bad crimi
lal records, although Will, the
>lder, is not yet 20. He served
part of a five year sentence in
he Arkansas Reform School
or being implicated with
in uncle in the murder
ind robbery of their
itepfather in Little Rock
t few years ago. The untie
vas hanged in Perry county.
\t the same time Claude serv
'd a term for delinquency. Af
er their release from the re
orm school, both were sent
>ack and served second terms
or delinquincey* Later they
vere arrested inMndependence
•ounty for grann larceny, and
vhile in jail at Batesville
moke jail and were sent to the
penitetiary for safekeeping,
they were convicted of the
he larceny charges and serv
'd terms in the penitetiary.
1’hey had been released only a
ew weeks w hen they were re
irrested for the crime to which
hey pleaded guilty at Little
lock Wednesday.
BERRIES PROFITABLE
Horatio, June 1.—One of
he most profitable strawber
ry sihpments reported inSouth
vestern Arkansas this year is
nade by Price & James. From
i five acre patch they shipped
>14 crates of berries, for which
hey received $1,100. A
lighly profitable crop and a
lew one at that which is being
ixpirimented with here are
English Peas On one acre
nore than $80 worth of the
iroduct already has been sold,
fhe peas are planted in Feb
•uary and harvested in May,
riving sufficient time to utilize
he ground the same year for
idditional crops
GOV. HAYS WILL
SEEK THIRD TERM
Report From State Capital In
dicates There Will be Four
Candidates in the Race
Little £ock, June 1.—A re
port was current in state ho use
circles this morning that Gov.
Hays would shortly make an
annoucemnent relative to his
attitude in the coming guber
natorial contest. The close
political friends of tfce gover
nor state that several ob
stacles have been removed
during the past weeH or 10
days and that he would un
questionably offer for another
term in the primaries to be
held next March.
If this should prove true,
there are at the present vir
tually four avowed candidates
for the nomination, Secretary
of State Earle W. Hodges, Dr.
C. M. Brough, Jno W. Crock
ett and Gov. Hays. Mr. Crock
ett is still considering the
proposition, but his close
friends say they are satisfied
that he will enter the contest
Former Congressman Thos. C.
McRae of Prescott has writ
ten a number of his friends
over the state asking their
opinion relative to his candi
dacy, but up to the present
time, Mr. McRae has refrained
from announcing his inten
tions.
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Quarantine May Be
Raised This Year
The cattle dipping vat at
this place was inspected ad re
charged Wednesday by J. S
Griffin who will have charge
of the tick eradication work i
Independence county .
Mr. Griffin states that hfi
hopes to have a number of a*|i
ditional vats built in the cot
year, and says if t fj\
ty this
farmers take the proper intfjm
est in the work he thinks i
quarantine can be raised
the end of the season.
Mr. Griffin had charge
the work in this section
year and did splendid wo,
When the quarantine isa
ed it will mean a bette
more profitable marke
cattle, in addition to a eft#
erable saving in loss froftr*
ease. 4
REMEMBER!
The old reliable when you are go
ing to buy furnishing for the home
or farm. We have everything you ,
need and at the right price too. 3
Look over this list and see what &
you want then come in and let us
figure with you:
FURNITURE, SEWING ilAClf
BUCK STOVES, CARTS, BU'
SURRIES, WAGONS and /
TENTS and AWNINGS, *
and BUGGY[HARNESS.
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C. W. MAXFIEL
Batesvllle, Ark.