The Newark Journal
$1.50 PER ANNUM
NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1920
VOL. 19 NO. 51
JURORS FOR SPRING
TERM CIRCUIT COURT
LIST OF CITIZENS SELECTED FOR
JCRY SERVICE FOR APRIL
TERM OF CO CUT
F< iiovv.ii.•.* is a list of the grand
petit jUTOi.s nr the spring term
; t. In h pciK’enct C'rcuit Court
• ,v>. ...i* . Date ' lie, Monday,
-Vpril 5.
John T. T! up. Big L i t.an.
J. P. Barber, Black River.
Chas. Hon, Cushman.
v*. VVtoC. F-d.vie
tV. A. L ndsey, Gainsboro.
< M gness, Dig Ba.tcm.
. A. Pate, Greenbrier.
W. A. Brown, Liberty.
W A. Fike, Rdddell. u
W. F. Smo^hermon Oil Trough.
Jas. Pureelley, Rosie.
J. A. Kaneaster, S dado.
W. E. Mulligan, Union.
M. C. McSpadden, Washington
Sam Tuggle White River.
W. D. Gray, Ruddell.
Alternate Grand Jurors
C. N. Ferrill, Ruddell.
L. E. Ray, Christian.
G. W. Brewer, Ashley.
J. F. Ottinger, Barren.
J. A. Page, Dota.
A. F. Miller, Magness.
PETIT JURORS
W. II. Cavenar, Ashley.
E. W. Magness, Big Bottom.
R. E Damron, Black River.
John L. Young, Craig.
Henry Evans, Cushman.
W. B. Baker, Dota.
W. L. McMullen, Fairview.
W. T. Morgan, Gainsboro.
Thos. J. Jamse, Greenbrier.
A. A. Lovell, Greenbrier.
C. T. McJunkins, Magness.
G. W. Burnett, Relief.
S. C. St. John, Rosie.
D. M. Wheeler, Salado.
W. S. Bracey, Washington.
E. G. Kimmer, Washington.
J. W. Crigler, White River.
H. V. Merriwether, Wycough.
W. A. Davidson, Hill.
W. L. Kimbrough, Union.
R. B. Evans, Ruddell.
J. M. Reynolds, Ruddell.
U. P. Kent, White River.
Junius R. Case, Ruddell.
Alternate Petit Jurors
R. M. Galloway, Big Bottom.
W. F. Gray, Cushman.
I. C. Harris, Fairview.
T. F. Bailey, Liberty.
W. M. Collins, Ruddell.
T. C. Martin, Black River.
Ed Billingsley, Ruddell.
S. L. Brownlow, Oil Trough.
C. B. Cavitt, Greenbrier.
M. L. Pickens, Dota.
JUDGE M. L. ARNOLD
PASSES 79TH MILESTONE
Judge and Mrs. M. L. Arnold en
tertained a number of friends at their
splendid country home near town last
Friday, the occasion being in honor
of Judge Arnold’s seventy-ninth birth
day anniversary.
A feature that was a most delight
ful surprise to the entire family was
the unexpected arrival of James Ar
nold from Mobile, Ala., on Friday
morning to be present on this occa
sion. He had not been home in some
time and took advantage of this op
portunity to surprise his parents by
arriving unannounced to attend the
dinner in honor of his father’s 79th
birthday.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
G. M. Fields and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. T. L. Crafton, Mr. and Mrs. N.
M. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Por
ter, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Holderby, Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs.
C. S. Adams and son Arnold, of
Cushman, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hughes
and son Virl, Mr. and Mrs. F. W.
Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Freeze,
Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Arnold, Mr. and
Mrs. E. C, Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. B.
S. Arnold and son, Luther, Mr. and
Mrs A. F. McPhereson, Mr. and Mrs.
F. F. Deck, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gris
ham, James Arnold, J. H. Clark, M.
L. Arnold, Jr., P. G. Magness, Mor
gan Burns, W H. Tomlinson, Mrs.
Nancy Pascoe, Mrs. Mary Walker,
Mr.. Martha Blalock, Mrs. Lizzie Pas
coe, Mrs. Dove Stcrdivant, Mrs. Lou
Freeze, Mrs. L. M. Walker, Miss Ad
die Pascoe and Miss Lucy Hughes.
WEST POINT MILL BURNS
A loss of $8,000 was suffered by
J. P. Bradford of W’est Point when
his shingle mill, machine shop and a
dwelling were destroyed by fire last
Friday. The property is located
three miles from West Point on
White river. The fire originated in
the shingle ryill, spreading to the ma
chine shop and then to the residence,
which was occcpied by W. J. Fleming.
A car of finished shingles and a large
quantity of fine cypress logs were
also burned. There was no insurance
on any of the property.
;•
i;
|
I
i
I
«
¥
I
1
Grow Your Living
and a Cotton Crop
Nineteen twenty wli be the great
est year of the great South!
There will be such a wave of busi
ness, of prosperity as has never been
dreamed of for the Southern farmer,
the merchant, the banker.
The day of cotton is at hand! No
longer will the cotton farmer feed
himself out of the scpply man’s tin
cans and pork barrel cntil at the end
of the year he owes his whole crop.
Instead, he will grow better cotton
on less acreage, and on the rest of
his farm he will raise his own fruit,
his own vegetables, his own meat.
Then, when his cotton is picked and
baled he will get a good price and
will have some surplus money.
This bank stands for that kind of
farming—because that kind of farm
ers wil have money to put into the
bank at the end of the year.
The Southern farmer who grows
cotton and food and feed is the farm
er who will have a bank account this
year!
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkans^
I
ft
|
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
?!
ft
i
if
ft
if
if
ft
?!
a
ft
$
?!
5!
$
a
a
?!
?!
?!
?!
1\
?!
?!
?!
INTERESTING STORY OF
BEAR HUNT IN ALASKA
Clarence Fields has received the;
following leter from his cousin, J. A.
Fields, who resides near Seldonia,
Alaska, and has kindly consented to I
allow The Journal to publish the letter
as it is somewhat out of the ordinary
and very interesting.
Seldonia, Alaska,
January 11.
Dear Cousin.—I have just had a
letter from Ida and she tells me that
yoc are at home. I have heard from
home and also from her that you were
in poor health, which I am sorry to
learn.
Thought I would cheer you up a
little with a bear hunt. In the first
place I will tell you that we have the
laigest bears in the world, weighing
as much as 1400 pounds, known as
the podeak brown bear. I live on the
bay and it is five miles to the tim
ber line, and above that there is grass
and tons of berries. Mountain sheep
and black and brown bears are num
erous.
Well, it was one fine morning about
the 15th of September I went up to
get a sheep. I have a camping
ground in the last hunch of trees on
the trail, and when I got there this
fine morning, I saw two of those big
“brownies” as we call them. They
were about half a mile straight
ahead. 1 put the field glasses to my
eyes and got a good look and then
advanced. It was up a steep hill all
the way and it took me 45 minutes to
I reach the place and I got there too
late; they were gone. Now I am on !
a hill, or a mountain, that is in the j
shape of an egg. Not a tree or a
bush on it. I go on east half a mile
and look down in the valley on the
I north and see a big black bear, but
| he has the advantage of the wind and
; 1 don’t bother him. Remember I am
, after a sheep. I need the meat, I
which I must say is the best meat in
the world. Well, a little further on
I see another black bear but he is two
miles to the north. I could see him
plain with the naked eye but I was
going east yet and I went clear
j around till I came to the valley on
the south. No sheep on that hill that
day, but down in the valley I see an
old black bear with three cubs. As
they live on berries they make fine
meat. I sat down and watched them
for a long time. I hated to go down
as I would have to climb back to the
top of that d— mountain and then
down again, and then I was a good
eight miles from home and it was
noon and I had a hunch that if I
got a cub it would be a case of kill
ing the old lady as she would be in
the pack. I sat there and watched
them run from one berry patch to
another, as they would run as fast
as they could, with the old lady in
the lead and the three cubs trying
to keep up. Well, of course I looked
out *a route and found that I could
keep behind a little hill and then in
a little creek bed and get to them.
So down I go on a big circle. I came
to the top of the little hill to take
a look, as I have been out of sight
for half an hour. I found that I was
in 400 yards of them. I have a gun
that is good for the 400 yards, but a
cub is a small target that far. I
dropped my eye down the route, and
there lay a 200 pound black bear just
about 60 yaVds away. He was dead
to the world in a nice sunny spot. I
could almost hear him snore. 1 rais
ed the old faithful Winchester and
sent him a message that tore up the
gravel just over him. As I was shoot
ing down hill, 1 shot high. He jump
ed to his feet and ran four or five
jumps and stopped to see what had
happened. The rifle cracked again
and the son of a gun rolled 600 feet
further down the hill just as you have
seen a rubber ball bounce down hill.
I went down and skinned him and
took the hide, which would weigh
about twenty pounds, and 25 pounds
of fat which is the best lard in the
land, and started for home, nine miles
away and two miles up a steep hill,
and the sun down. It was then 2:15
and I got home at 6:45.
By the way, I didn’t tell you, but
those brownies have their bluff in on
everybody except Andy. Everybody
will tell you to let them alone, as
they are awful hard to kill and very
dangerous when wounded, which is
true. Andy is my nearest neighbor
and a good Swede, too, but a bear
hunter for keeps. I told Andy my
story of the hunt on the 15th of
September. Well, he was down about
the 20th of-last month, and we went
up to the camping ground and fixed
up to stay a few days and get a
brownie and a sheep or two. He told
me about him and another Swede
wounding a big brown bear, and it got
in the thick brush and the other fel
low was going to leave it . But noth
ing doing with Andy. He went right
in and chased him out and got him.
He measured ten feet from tip of nose
to tip of tail Now naturally, you
know I was pleased to have a brave
partner like that, for 1 thought we
would find the brownies all right.
Well, we went to bed about 9 o’clock
in the evening, which is a long time
before sundown at that time of the
year. Had a good sleep and got cp
at 3 o’clock the next morning and at
break of day sat down to breakfast.
We slept under a great spruce tree
with long limbs that were awful
thick and hung low.
ah oi a suuuen we nearu a noise
in the brush below; we stopped eating
to listen, and then we heard a crash
in the brush about 50 feet down the
bill. It sounded like a horse in the
brush. Our guns were under the big
tree. We both made a run for them.
Andy got there first and grabbed
both guns and handed mine to me.
I jumped back into the trail and got
on the highest place that was handy
to get a look over the brush and I
saw him. I whispered to Andy and
said h— its a bull moose.
We let the moose go, and it was the
only thing we saw on that trip in the
way of game. Well, Clarence, this is
the 13th. I will finish this letter but
don’t know when it W'ill be mailed. I
am 30 miles from the post office and
ice bound. I only go to town once a
year, but I have some neighbors that
Jive down the bay four miles and the
bay don’t freeze over down there and
they go nearly every month and I get
my mail through them. It is about
10 below zero this morning and the
wind is coming straight from the
north pole which seems to be d—
close this morning. But we have had
a fine winter—only a few cold days
and it is clouding up now, which
means warmer weather. I wish you
would make a trip up here this sum
mer. I think it would do you good.
We certainly have fine summers up
here. The sun rises at 2:30 and sets
at 10. That makes a fairly long
day. J. A. FIELDS.
FANCY PRICES PAID FOR
POULTRY IN NEWARK
Newark is a splendid market for
chickens and eggs, and the high pric
es they are bringing makes poultry
one of the most profitable products
of the farm.
This is proven by some poultry
purchases recently made by J. H. Hol
derby. Mr. Holderby paid Mrs. Mary
Magness $4.47 for two common hens,
which is the highest price we have
heard of being paid for common mar
ketable hens. Mr. Holderby bought
two dozen hens from John Moore and
paid $47.10 for the 24. Several days
ago D. M. Troy sold Mr. Holderby
80 hens, for which Mr. Troy received
$130.16.
When a farmer can take a couple of
dozen hens to market and get as
much for them as he formerly receiv
ed for a bale of cotton, it seems that
the farmer is neglecting a golden
opportunity in not raising more poul
try.
TWO CANDIDATES OUT
OF GOVERNOR’S RACE
Two gubernatorial candidates have
withdrawn from the field, and others
are expected, according to reports in
political circles. Following informa
tion that Frank Milwee of Clarendon
would not make the race, has come
an announcement from Col. C. D.
James of Eureka Springs that he has
decided not to run. There has been
no formal announcement from Mr.
Milwee.
Colonel James, who announced as a
candidate while still in service, said
in his withdrawal announcement that
the cost of making the race would be
prohibitive. Colonel James has been
identified with the Arkansas Nation
al Guard for many years and went to
France with the organization.
:® PAROOUET ITEMS «
■L^roquet, March 24.—We are hav
ing fine weather and the farmers are
m;#cing good use of it.
Some sickness through this section.
Bob McClure amde a business trip
to Newark Friday.
M. T. Sanders made a business trip
to Batesville Saturday.
Mrs. Will Hodge spent Saturday
J evening at Newark shopping.
Logan Handcock made a business
trip to Newark Friday.
John McClure made a business trip
to Newark Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jones spent
Saturday night and Sunday at New
port visiting friends.
Roy Wayman made a business trip
to Newark Saturday.
Reed Galloway spent Saturday and
Sunday at Newport with friends.
C. C. Whisant made a business trip
to Newport Monday.
C. C. Whisnant made a business
trip to Newport Monday.
D. P. Whisnant of Logan township
spent Sunday here with relatives.
Sterling Johnson of Logan town
ship spent Monday and Tuesday hede
looking after business.
G. W. Yaney made a business trip
to New'ark Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Walker are
spending the week here.
J. A. Jones made a business trip
to Newark Monday.
John Parks made a business trip to
Newark Tuesday.
S. B. Williams shipped a car of
wood to Batesville Monday.
Rev. James of Mobley filled his
regular appointment here Saturday
night and Sunday and delivered some
good sermons.
School is progressing nicely.
Making garden and trying to make
the old hens set is the latest.
CONTRACTOR STARTS WORK
ON NEW BRICK BUILDING
Contractor K. D. Crouch has start
ed laying brick on the new building
being erected by O. F. Craig on his
lot on the south side of Front street.
The building will be a one story
structure and will be occupied by the
new motion picture theatre which
will begin operation as soon as the
building is completed.
BIG MAP TELLS ALL
ABOUT ARKANSAS
COMMISSIONER FERGUSON WILL
DISTRIBUTE 50,000 COPIES TO
CITIZENS-HOMESEEKERS
By far the most elaborate and com
plete map of Arkansas that has yet
been published has been prepared un
der the direction of Jim G. Ferguson,
Commissioner of Mines, Manufactures
and Agriculture, and is being distrib
uted to prospective homeseekers, in
vestors and citizens of the state. This
map is printed in three colors on a
sheet 32 x 44 inches. The county out
lines are shown in red and the gov
ernment i 'rest rsscrve in green. The
scale is such that permits the show
ing of township lines, streams, rail
roads and practically every postoffice
in the state. Thirty-four marginal
maps show the location of minerals,
the type of soil, the different topo
graphical features, the distribution of
timber, the boundaries of congress
ional districts and average rainfall
and temperature charts. Among the
important features is a geological
map, the first complete one of its
kind published by the state. There
are also maps showing the areas in
cultivation in the different counties,
the distribction of field crops and
fruit and the number of head of live
stock, these maps having been com
piled from reports gathered by the
[co-operative state and Federal bureau
! of crop estimates.
On the reverse side of the map
sheet are terse descriptions of each
county in the state with represent
i tive photographs—seventy-five in all ' *
j —intended to give the stranger an
| idea how each particular section of
the state appears to the eye, all of
which show Arkansas’ attractions to
splendid advantage.
Fifty thousand copies of this map
will be distributed to citizens of the
state, homeseekers and investors to
: acquaint them with Arkansas’ geo
graphy, ^natural resources and cli
mate, ana'ihe map will be extensive
ly used by the immigration division
of the State Bureau of Mines, Manu
factures and Agriculture, in connec
tion with other literature inteded to
answer the many inquiries received
by Commissioner Ferguson from pros
pective homeseekers and investors.
BETTER WORK
IN LESS TIME
I
Can be done with an up-to-date best advantage. That’s why the
two-mule cultivator because it use of two-mule cultivators is
can be given any adjustment growing by leaps and bounds in
needed to work your crops to the every Southern stated
Avery’s Southern Queen Cultivator
has every adjutsment needed for it gives satisfactory service year
all crops grown in this neighbor- after year.
hood. It has extra strength in Come in and examine a culti
every part subject to strain, so vator you will te proud to own.
G.W. Maxfleld <fo
Batesville, Arkansas