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' NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1921
VOL. 21 NO. 16
' LOSS IN JAMESTOWN FIRE
WILL TOTAL $40,000.00
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Town Almost Wiped Off the
Map by Big Fire Tuesday
Afternoon
. Fire' Which started in £
lunch stand at Jamestowr
Tuesday afternoon about l
o’clock, almost wiped the en
tire town off the map, a tota
of, 22 buildings being burn
ed, resulting in a total loss o1
• $40,$0 or $50,000.
Four mercantile establish
■^m£nts, comprising about al
-the business holises in the
tywn, a church, a lodge hall
a hotel, and several residenc
es, were burned. The flames
were fanned by-a brisk wine
and a bucket brigade, the onlj
means available for fighting
the fire, was unable to staj
their progress. The insuran
ce carried is believed to hav*
amounted to not more thar
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The heaviest losers wer(
W. B. Pate, whose genera
mercantile store including tht
building and greater part oi
stock, wTas destroyed with i
loss of between $8,000 anc
$10,000, and the store o1
Snapp & Tate, where the loss
was about $8,000. A smal
part of the stock of W. B
Pate wras saved and a some
what larger proportion of th<
stock of Snapp & Pate.
The lunch room and con
fectionery of J. R. Churchill
in the rear of wnich the fir<
started, was* burned. The los;
is estimated at $1,000 on build
ing and stock.
A fourth building fillet
with goods in storage wa:
burned. The loss could not
be estimated.
Loss on the Methodist
church, a wooden structure,
is between $1,000 and $1,500.
A two-story building, the
lower part of . which was un
occupied and the upper part
used as a lodge room by the
Masons and Odd Fellows of
Jamestown, was destroyed
with a loss of about $1,000.
There is no insurance. The
postoffice building also was
burned.
Loss on the residences has
not been ascertained, but sev
eral of them were burned and
but little of the center portion
of the village is left.
The Batesville fire depart
ment was asked to come to
Jamestown but as there is no
water supply there and the
fire quickly burned itself out
the d'enartmenr did not make
tha run. All the buildings
burned were of frame con
struction.
Jamestown, while a very
old town, having settled some
50 or GO years ago has a pop
ulation of only about 150, the
. 1920 census giving it but 126.
It w'as once a rather vigorous
j! trade center bi^t in later years
. has lost much! of its former
; | prestige. It is in the midst of
pa good farming section.
VIOLATE GAME LAW
Newoprt, Aug. 3.—Major
. McAnally, negro, was fined
$25 in Justice Nuckols* court
! for fishing with unlawful
; tackle. McAnallv was appre
. hended by Game Warden
A. G. Steadman, wrho caught
[:him using a net made of
5 poultry wire.
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FARMER IS KILLED
NEAR TUCKERMAN
Was Advancing on Boy When j
Latter Felled Him With
Wagon Yoke
Wylie Hester, a young white
man residing near Tuckerman
was struck on the head with
a wagon breastyoke by Albert
Skyrmes during an altercation
which arose between them
while at work on a farm near
Tuckerman on Tuesday of
last week. Hester died Wed
nesday night from his in
juries, his skull having beeen
broken by the blow.
The coroner’s jury who in
vestigated the case Thursday
held that it was a case of|
justifiable homicide, it being,
brought out at the hiring,
that Skyrmes acted in self de
fense, as Hester was advanc-;
ing on him with a knife.
Hester was 29 years old
i while Skyrmes is only 19
RESIDENCE BURNS
Handsome Home of Dr. Pas
coe Destroyed by Fire
The residence of Dr. and
Mrs. V. L. Pascoe was totally
destroyed by fire last Satur
day afternoon.
The fire is supposed to
have started from a defective
kitchen flue and had gained
such headway before discover
ed that it was impossible to
check the flames.
The flames were bursting
through the roof when dis
covered and the fire was en
tirely beyond control before
assistance arrived.
The residence of J. W. Sisk
just across the street had a
very, narrow escape and it
was feared for a time that it
would burn in sDite of all
that could be done.
The residence of J. M. Mar
tin had a very close call also.
Flying embers set fire to
the roof of the Methodist
church, about two blocks
away, and it was only by
heroic work that this building
was saved from the flames.
Dr. Pascoe’s loss on his
house and contents is about
$5,000, partially covered by
insurance.
HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
Walnut Ridge, Aug. 2.— j
Four young people in a Ford;
coupe narrowly escaped death i
or injury Saturday night;
when the driver, blinded by j
the lights of a big car which
was met at the bridge over
Dredge ditch, attempted to
drive onto the bridge. A
front wheel of the ford struck
the front wheel of the other
car and the lighter machine
was knocked aside, but hung
on the edge of the bridge by
one wheel, which caught on
the bridge rail.
The driver of the larger
car drove on without investi
gating the accident, it is said.
A young woman in the Ford
was struck on the head at the
time of the impact and was
rendered unconscious but oth
erwise all escaped injury.
TEN NIGHTR1DERS TO
BEGIN THEIR TERMS
Were Allowed to Make Crops
by Craighead Judge Fol
lowing Conviction
Jonesboro, Aug. 2.—Night
riders who were convicted in ]
April but who were released j
that they might go to their | j
homes and make a crop prob
ably will be taken to the pen- '
itentiary at Little Rock this ‘
week. Several night riders
were taken to the peniten- ,
tiary shortly after their con
viction and are now serving
their sentences.
The men who have yet to
serve their sentences appear
ed in circuit court yesterday. 1
They are Henry Wingfield, '
who was sentenced to serve ,
ri 1 A M A* 1* ft rn J O M ft « * » ft ft
oia munuui , wilt i
month; Bob Story, two mon-i
ths; Lawrence Stanley, two!
months; Henry Adams, six;
months; Ed Barner, two,
months; E. Bwoman, two
months; Arley Cooper, one
year; John Haynes, one year;
Everett Kincaide, one year.
MILLION DOLLAR RAIN
Splendid Rain Fell Through
out County Tuesday
A real million dollar rain
fell throughout Independence
and adjoining counties Tues
day night and Wednesday
morning.
While crops had not suffer
ed to any great extent, they
were beginning to need rain
and would have suffered ma
terially in a very short time,
had the rain not come when
it did.
Crops of all kinds were
greatly benefitted, and unless
some unforseen calamity be
falls them, crops of all kinds
are now practically assured
of making an atmndant yield.
WHISNANT-BRUCE
Dave Whisnant and Miss
Gerabelle Bruce, prominent
young people of the Dota sec
tion, were married at the
home of Rev. and Mrs. G. L.
Fink last Sunday afternoon,
Rev. Fink officiating.
The groom, who was only
recently released from the U.
S. Navy, is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. P. Whisnant, while
the bride is the accomplished
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
T. Bruce.
ROBIN SON -HOW ARD
Chester Robinson of Bates
ville and Miss Lillian Howard
of Newport who has been
visiting in Newark for some
time, were married at the
home of Rev. Reaves at De
sha last Sunday afternoon,
Rev. Reaves officiating.
The young lady had been
visiting relatives here for
some time, and Sunday after
noon Mr. Robinson drove
down from Batesville in his
car. They told friends here
they were “going for a little
drive” but the “little drive”
led to the minister’s home
where the ceremony was
performed that permitted
them to continue their jour
ney as one upon the great
highway of life.
WINE BLAST -RESULTS
IN TWO MEN’S DEATHS
Explosion in No.10 Mine Near
Hartford Sunday Night
Due to Gas
Hartford, ' Aug. 1.—Two
nen were killed, two serious
y hurt and a third painfully
>urned when an explosion
;aught seven men in the num
)er 10 mine of the Central
3oal & Coke Company here
it 7 o’clock last night.
The dead are Henry New
man and Bruce Jordan, each
ibout 45 years old.
The seriously injured are
2arf*McCormack and John
rrowbridge who were sent to
i Fort Smith hospital this
norning.
Fete Clements was painful
y but not dangerously burn
ed. Pat McCormack and 0.
Pickle escaped unhurt.
The explosion occurred
about 2,400 feet from the
mouth of the slope and it is
believed to have been caused
by gas. Newman was dead
when found by rescuers an
hour after the blast. Jordan
lived four hours.
The injured have a gqoc
chance to live.
The ventilating fan is sale
to have been out of commis
sion Sunday for several hours
It was repaired and the min<
was believed to have beer
cleared of gas. The mer
started in and had progressec
2,400 feet when the gas was
ignited. A fall of slate is saic
to have occurred in the mean
time and shut off the fan, al
lowing the gas to accumulate
LIFE SENTENCE FOR
KILLING PEARL FISHER
H. Bonds Found Guilty at
Searcy For Murder of
Pearling Partner
In circuit court at Searcy
! last week, H. Bonds was
found guilty of murder in the
first degree for killing J. H.
VanGilder on White river
near Augusta about six weeks
ago, and was setenced to life
imprisonment.
On June 28 the body of a
man was found in the White
river near Augusta with the
head nearly severed. The body
was identified as that of Van
Gilder, misssing for two or
three days. Bonds was asked
about VanGilder and said that
the later had left Sunday, and
had told him that if he did
! not return he could have his
j share of the equipment used
in gathering the shells includ
ing the boat.
Bonds told conflicting stor
ies about VanGilders where
abouts. Money supposed to
have belonged to VanGilder
was found on bond’s person
the amount of $37.50. There
was blood on one of the bills.
Near where the murder
l is supposed to have occured
- was found a hole in the earth
5 some two and a half feet long
; by two feet wide andthree
i feet deep, in which the mur
i derer intended hurrying the
body. A shovel was found
near. The handle was broken
and it is beleived this broken
shovel accounts for the grave
not being completed. An ax
was found with blood on it.
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