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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1921
VOL. 20 WO. 47
GOVERNOR
APPOINTS OF
FICERS HERE
The recently elected officers
of Vaughan township, against
whom injunctions were issued
by the chancery court, were
later appointed and commis
sioned by Governor McRae and
have taken the oath of office.;
The appeal from the decision
of the county court in grant
ing the new township is still
pending in the tourt, and at
torneys for those objecting to
the new township are of the
opinion that the governor has
exceeded his authority in ap
pointing officers for the town
ship until the courts have pass
ed upon its legality.
The officers appointed by
the governor are Oliver Ed
mondson and H. E. Woodruff,
justices of the peace Lon Love
joy, constable and Henry
Johnson road-overseer. These
are the officers elected in the
election which the chancery
cour held to be illegal.
BUSINESS PICKING UP
Cotter, March )•—Indica
tion that business conditions
are improving is the fact the
Missouri Pacific restored its
local freight trains into service
again yesterday cn the White
River division. For the last
month two locals have been
running, only one each way
between Cotter and Batesville
and Cotter and Crane every
other day. Traveling salesmen
report more sales in February
than in January, and spring
business all over the upper
White River Valley is opening
up.
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
' ,
The report comes from many j
towns where community meet
ings are being held to discuss
local improvement, that these
gatherings are splendidly at
tended. They start in some
small room, and soon they of
ten have to go into the biggest
hall in the place.
The people are finding out
that they all have one com
mon problem, and they ar-»
anxious to hear the suggestions
that ehir fellow citizens will
make. Some people who by
their exterior appearance
woold never appear to have
harbored one original idea, will
utter words of penetrating
wisdom. Out of all this ex
change of thought, a residue
of practical suggestion re
mains, and is beginning to
shape itself in many places in
to programs of community
progress. Newark needs com
munity meetings of that type,
to which all interested in town
progress can bring their ideas.
MRS. ADAIR DEAD
Mrs. A. A. Adair died at her
home in the Island neighbor
hood Monday, following an ill
ness of pneumonia.
She was 22 years old and
is survived by her husband and
a seven-weeks-old baby, and
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.
E. Tharp.
The remains were buried
Tuesday afternoon at Akron
cemetery.
TO DRILL IN LAWRENCE
Walnut Ridge, March I.—
M. S. Cooper and several other
business men have formed a
company to drill for oil near
the Old River Outing Club. The
! company will be known as the
Old River Oil and Gas Com
pany. Negotiations new are
under way for a driller.
I
Be a Man with
Thenyou can do
duty to your
Family,
We never know when we start out in the morn
ins what’s going to happen to us. An accident or
sickness could overtake us any moment.
But the man with a snug sum tucked safely away
in the hank knows he can tide over without going into
debt or becoming a burden to his family or friends.
It makes a man happy to be independent.
We are at your service.
We invite YOUR banking business.
t
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkansas
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000.00
FARMERS TO
SHIP HOGS
FROM HERE
Farmers in this vicinity who
have hogs they want to ship
in the co-cperative shipment
may call at the First National
Bank and list the number of
animals they have for ship
ment- An effort is being made
to ship a car in the near future
from Newark, and every farm
er who has surplus hogs that j
he wants to market should put
them in and boost the co-oper
ative plan of shipping. The
shipping will be in charge of
J. H. Jimerson, shipping agent
for the Independence Couniy
Farm Bureau, and every farm
er’s hogs will sell in the mark
et on their individual merits.
Each shipper’s hogs are brand
ed differently before shipping,
making sure that he receives
pay for the exact number he
ships,and the co-operative plan
gives every farmer the advan
tage of being able to secure
the same market price for just
a few animals that he would
have should he be In position
to ship a carload.
THE MORNING AFTER
THE NIGHT BEFORE
The business men of the
country who have a reputa
tion for foretelling1 the future
have announced better times
in sight. The country is grad
ually recovering from the re
sults of a “spending jag” the
like of which was never seen
i before on this side cf the At
lantic. High prices reigned
supreme, but the higher they
went, the faster was money
thrown to the winds. Luxuries
were more in demand than ne
cessities and nothing was too
good or too expensive for the
workmen as well as the busi
ness men who were gathering
in more cheap dollars per day
than they formerly made in a
week. Following the jag came
(lie “morning aft<jr.” Every
body had a bad taste in the
mouth. The dizzy whirl had
given place to sullenness and
! buying suddenly ceased- This
brought about cuts in prices
and a determination to accept
losses in order *to get back to
normal.
Now the Nation is recover
ing. The effects of dissipation
are passing away. The old
pep is again in evidence and
men are looking ahead with
ci nfidence. The United States
is yet the richest Nation in the
world. The individual citizen
is the best fed and the best
dressed of all the earth’s in
habitants. He has greater op
portunities and less to discour
age him than his brothers
across the sea. He has no rea
son to be downcast, but has
good reason to be hopeful of
the future.
MOON-BAKER
Newport, March 2.-—A' mar
age of interest throughout the
county Sunday was that of Eu
gene Baker, bookkeeper for
the James Wholesale Grocery
Company of Newport, and Miss
Alma Moon, daughter of Roy
Moon of Swifton, the wedding
being a quiet home affair.
NO INDORSE
MENT MADE
FOR P. M.
The Republican County Cen
tral Committee held a meeting
at Batesville last Saturday,
when H. C. Wade of Batesville
was unanimously indorsed for
postmaster at Batesville.
The committee failed to
agree on anyone for appoint
ment as postmaster at Newark,
and another meeting will be
held on Saturday, March 19,
for the purpose of again taking
up the matter. There were
five applicants for postmaster
at Newark, the applicants
being H. V. Merriwether, J. H.
Boles, I. L. Dodd, W- T. Hen
derson and Wes Moore.
The local township commit
teemen, G. M. Fields and Dr.
J. B. Roe had indorsed Mr.
Merriwether, but some of the
other candidates had secured
pledges cf support from com
mitteemen from other town
ships, and as a result a right
lively tilt occurred.
The committee unanimously
indorsed Hon Chas. F. Cole of
Batesville for UJS. District At
torney for the Eastern district
of Arkansas.
DRILLING STOPS AT
JUDSONIA TEST WELL
Judsonia, Mch. 1.—The oil
well being drilled in section
29 by the Invincible Oil Cor
poration of Arkansas for the
Louisiana Oil and Refining
Company of Louisiana has
shut down for the present,
owing to some trouble with
leases or titles. The well is
now down 1,8G4 feet and the
Confidence in the outcome
of the test is in no way dimin
ished- Leases are selling ac
high prices, with few being
offered.
MRS. ASH DEAD
Mrs- Thomas Ash died at
the family residence a short
distance west of town Tuesday
night.
She was 72 years old and is
survived by her husband ana
four children, and one sister,
Mrs. Finley who resides in In
diana.
The remains were buried at
Blue Springs cemetery Wed
nsday afternoon. Rev. Jas. F.
Jernigan conducting the funer
al services.
!PERMIT FOR COTTER DAM
The federal power commis
sion has granted its first power
permit to the Dixie Power
Company t<: construct a hydro
jelectric power plant on the
j White river near Cotter.
! This permit, which is good
| for three years, affords time
for permanent surveys and the
financing of the project. Ac
tual construction must start be
fore the expiration of this per
mit.
BLACK RIVER BRIDGE
DAMAGED BY FIRE
The trestle at this end of
the railroad bridge over Black
river caught fire from a pass
ing train last Sunday and about
two spans of the structure
were badly damaged. It re
quired several hours work by
a bridge crew to repair the
damage and all traffic was de
layed until about midnight
Sunday.
BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES
Rev. J. A. Williams will fill
the pulpit at the Baptist
church Friday night, Saturday
night and Sunday. Following
are the subjects for these ser
vices :
Friday night, prayer service, >
and Scripture Reading from
12th chapter of Romans.
Saturday night, March 5,
“Church Government.” How
should a church be governed or :
ruled. 5
Sunday, MarcK 6, 11:00 a. n:. j
“Wrecks” The ship was wreck
ed at sea. Acts, 27:44.
Sunday, night, “Attributes
of God.”
All are urged to attend each
service, in the spirit of prayei',
with a willingness to work. . .
. . . “Not forsaking the assemb
ling of ourselves together, as
the manner of some is; but ex
horting one another: and so
much the more, as ye see the
day approaching.”—Hebrews
10:25.
J. A. WILLIAMS, Pastor
WILSON PARDONS
JONESBORO MAN
Jonesboro, March 2.—Luth
er Ellison, a Jonesboro broke!",
serving a two-year sentence in
the fedral prison at Leaven
worth, Kan., was pardoned to
day by President Wilson. The
technical charge was that Elli
son sold sugar without a licen
se. Ellison was sentenced four
months ago at Bay City, Mich.,
and fined $5,000. Ellison was
Secretary of the Jonesboro
Chamber of Commerce for
three years.
PLEASURE OF LIVING
Few people are more pros
perous than they think they
are. The income cannot meet
one’s needs unless one reduces
his needs to conform to the
income.
ELEPHANT
SAVES LIFE
OF A MAN
A huge African elephant
saves the life of Elmo Lincoln
in one scene in “The Romance
sf Tarzan.”
The scene in which Tantor
makes such an unexpected and
thrillng appearance occurs just
after Tarzan has engaged in a
battle to the death with six
?iant cannibals who lay in
wait along one of the jungle
trails to intercept the party of
whites, including the beautiful
American girl with whom Tar
zan has fallen in love.
Exhausted and bleeding,
Tarzan staggers away from the
glade cf death, and is on the
point of sinking down into the
thick jungle grass, there to be
come a victim of the first sav
age black or beast of prey that
comes that way, when he is
startled into full consciousness
by the trampling of heavy feet
close at hand.
The next instant Tantor,Tar
zan’s mighty friend, comes
smashing through the under
growth. Answering immediat
ely Tarzan’s cry of distress, the
great beast kneels, and wrap
ping his trunk about the injur
ed youth, swings him across his
neck and marches in triumph
with him to the distant beach,
where he places Tarzan out of
harm’s way behind some shel
tering rocks.
A carload of hogs was ship
ped from Newark to the St
Louis market Tuesday, eight
shippers sending 122 head.
Half the number wcs shipped
by J. M. Sisk of Newark, the
other half being shipped by
seven farmers of the Magness
neighborhood.
Coming
Friday, March 11
ROYAL THEATRE