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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, October 25, 1912
Vol. 12, No. 29
The Question for Each Man to Settle is Not What he Would do if he Had So and So, But What he Will Do with the Things He Has
FRED MELTON IN
TROUBLE AGAIN
Local Court Character Joins U. S.
Army But Deserts and is
Captured Here
Fred Melton, who has acquired
a rather unsavory reputation, and
who left here several months ago
and enlisted in the U. S. Army at
Jefferson Barracks, Mo., was cap-;
tured here Monday and turned
over to the authorities.
Melton deserted from the army
a few weeks ago and a reward of
$50 was offered by the army offi
cials for his capture. Several par
ties here who knew of his escape
had been quietly watching for his
return for several days. His pres
ence at his mothers home near
town was discovered by Dr. A. A.
Evans, who telephoned Sheriff
Fike and a deputy was sent dowm
to take charge of Melton. He was
taken to Little Rock Tuesday and
turned over the federal authorities.
Although Melton is quite young,
he seems to have developed a
mania for getting into trouble,
and has hardly been out of jail
and free from a criminal charge
of some kind for three or four
years. He made no effort to get
away when his presence was dis
covered at his mother’s home by
Dr. Evans. He talked the matter
over with Dr. Evans and consent
ed to come to town with him and
surrender to the sheriff, and got
in the doctor’s buggy and came
in with him without making any
protest whatever.
BUYS PROPERTY HERE
Rev. P. A. Peacock of Clay has
purchased Rev. G. L. Fink's resi
dence property in the northwest
part of town and will move here
in the near future to make New
ark his home. Rev. Peacock is a
Christian minister and a good
citizen, and he and his family will'
be extended a cordial welcome to
our town.
EXPERT OPTICAL WORK
Dr. C. W. Baynham will he in
Newark Saturday, October 26,
prepared to do expert optical
work. See him about your eyes.
(Adv)
INSURANCE COMPANY
MAY HELP GARRETT
If Wackerly was Responsible For
his Own Death, Insurance
Policy is Void
Batesville, Oct. 21.—Aid from a
powerful and unexpected source'
will be extended, it is beleived, to j
Grover Garrett, a youth in jail;
here charged with the killing of |
Clem Wackerly, near Jamestown, j
last September. It is expected that'
Garrett will be tried at the term
of Circuit Court which convened j
here today.
Garrett had been paying atten
tion to Wackerly’s daughter de
spite the objections of the father.;
Finally Garrett went to Wackerly
and asked his consent to marry i
the girl. A quarrel ensued, fol-'
lowing which Garrett shot and j
killed Wackerly. The boy admit
ted doing the shooting but said
that he was forced to shoot to
save his own life.
It is said that officials of the in
surance company which had in
sured Wackerly’s life have sent
representatives here to investi
gate and to aid the youth in prov
ing his assertion that Wackerly
was the aggressor. By the terms
of the policy, should it be proven
that Wackerly attempted to kill
Garret t and thus brought on his
own death, the company would be
relieved of the neccessity of pay
ing the policy.
GETTING READY FOR
FAIR AT BATESVILLE
List of 300 Premiums Offered and
is Expected That Attendance
Will be Large
Batesville, Oct. 23.—The coun
ty fair will open here next Mon
day, October 28, and will last for
two days. Elaborate preparations
have been made, and the govern
ment demonstration agents will be
here to attend. The fair is a joint
exhibition given by the Indepen
dence County Fair Association and
the Boys’ and Girls’ Demonstra
tion Clubs. A list of more than
300 premiums have been offered
for stock, fruit and poultry ex
hibits.
Tell ’em you saw it in The Journal
^ Think it over
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DO YOUR HANKING WITH US
CA1HTAL AND-SURULI S SSS, 7X0.00
uxri lil) STATUS dhuositary
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Hitve von ever said to vonrsclf: "O' I only hntl
A THOUSAND DOLLARS NOW."
Hushless c/niiioes are opening tip anti offering
themselves to nnv one .of ns nnil nil of ns very
l'ref/nentlv, nntl the nmn who gets the chance, is
THU MAN WHO HAS THU MONUY to take it.
Start a hank account with ns now. He prepuretl
for n chance.
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Geese!
CAR LOAD GEESE WANTED
I will pay the following prices DELIVERED
AT BATESVILLE on THESE DATES ONLY
Full Feathered Geese, per dozen, $5.00
Plucked Geese, per dozen.$3.00
Goslings, per dozen.$3.00
Bring along you hens, fryers, ducks, turkeys, old roosters,
wool, hides, eggs, etc. Will pay highest market price for
them.
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Remember the Date
Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8-9, 1912
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EXCELLENT PROGRESS
MADE IN FARM WORK
Report of U. S. Demonstration
Agent Shows Benefits of Im
proved riethod of Farming
The annual report of C. W.
Watson, State Farm Demonstra
tion agent for Arkansas, shows a
great advance made in the work j
for Arkansas. There are now
sixty county agents in the state,
three district agents, ten women
in charge of county canning clubs,
and one negro agent.
There are in the state 2716 corn
and cotton demonstrators, 11,351
co-operators, 1825 members of the
corn clubs, 275 members of the
cotton clubs, and 750 members of
the canning clubs. The average
size of the demonstration plat is i
143 acres, while the boys in the j
corn clubs are restricted to one
acre, and the girls can cultivate
only one-tenth of an acre. The
best of all their products are ex
hibited at county fairs, and the
cream of the county fair exhibits
will be shown at the state fair in
Hot Springs.
Some wonderful results are re
ported. J. P. Womack, a demon
strator at Jacksonville, raised two
bales cotton on an acre of land
cultivated for 75 years. Miss Gela
Brandon of Searcy cleared $108 on
one-tenth of an acre, and exhibit
ed at White couhtv fair 97 differ
ent varieties of canned goods. J.
Hix, of Monroe county, the
youngest Corn Club member, rais
ed 60 bushels of corn on his acre,;
and the record yield for the state j
was made by Leslie Garraid of
Columbia couty, who gathered 128
bushels on one acre.
Merchants, bankers, real estate
men, and pubic officials are all
supporting the work, and during
the year contributed $75,000 to
ward carrying on the work that is
under the direction of the govern
ment.
HORSES AND MULES FOR SALE
I have at Oil Trough two com
ing-two-years-old draft stock colts
and one pair of work mules for
sale. The w'ork team is gentle;
will work single or double, and
broke to ride. W. D. Gray.
(Adv) Oil Trough, Ark.
COTTON RECEIPTS
Cotton receipts up to noon yes
terday were 915 bales, as against
352 bales to the same date last
I year. The price yesterday was
i 11 to 11.65.
LIVE LITTLE LOCALS
FROM OIL TROUGH
Weeks Happenings Among Our
Neighbors in Fertile Valley
Across the White
T. N. Robertson of Bailey was
in town Saturday.
Mrs. Montie Davidson is visiting
her sister at Newport.
T. A. Robinson was over at
Tuckerman last week.
('has. Franks came in from
Tuckerman Wednesday.
B. F. Pridmore is visiting rel
atives at Newport this week.
Mrs. E. C. Lamberton was
down at Newport Saturday.
Some people are getting a fine
lot of hickorynuts and pecans.
Apple wagons, plenty of them,
but all of them say they carry no
samples.
J. D. Aydelott of Searcy came in
Friday to take a rest and visit
relatives.
Several of our people left Mon
day morning for Batsville to at
tend circuit court.
J. C. Outlaw is wearing the belt
for marksmanship. He killed five
mud hens at one shot.
Judd Robinson came in Tues
day from Tuckerman and reports
his Brother, Gid, improving.
Quite a jolly crowd of Eimo
poung ladies and gentlemen were
in Oil Trough Tuesday night.
E. L. Reeves came in Sunday
from a trip to Batesville, Charlotte
and other points in the real estate
business.
The folks of Oil Trough enjoy
ed a fine song service at the
Methodist church Sunday night.
Miss Mattie Aydelott was the or
ganist.
There was an all-day singing
convention at the upper school
house Sunday. Several classes met
and had some fine singing and a
fine time,
James K. York and family, of
Jamestown, came down this week
and brought a carpenter along
and will rebuild on their lot in
Oil Trough.
Down at the postoffice the other
day we heard a charming young
lady ask a young man to go to the
singing with her Sunday. He says,
“No, let Mr.—go.” She insisted
that she wanted him to go but he
presistently refused. Don’t that
beat the band? And this leap year
too.
KNOCKED FROM CAB
ENGINEER KILLED
Frisco Engineer is Picked up Near
River Bridge With Skull
Crushed into Pulp
Marked Tree, Oct. 20_H. C.
Miller, 40 years old, a well-known
engineer on the Frisco, met sud
den death two miles below this
place this afternoon by being
knocked off his engine as it was
crossing Tyronza river. The train
was an extra northbound.
On entering the yards here Fire
man Ronden noticed that no
whistle was blown and, on getting
down to investigate, he discovered
Miller missing. He grasped the
throttle and slowed the train
down, and with others went back
to find the missing engineer. In
the meantime, people who saw
Miller fall had picked him up from
between two ties on the bridge,
with his skull broken and mashed
into a jelly and both legs broken.
The Tyronza river bridge is
very narrow, barely wide enough
for a large engine to pass through,
and Miller’s death is the second at
this spot. A brakeman by the
name of Woods was knocked off
his train a few years ago.
Miller had been closely watch
ing the operation of the engine
and it is supposed he leaned too
far out from the cab when the
bridge was reached.
CANDIDATES FOR
CONGRESS SPEAK
Congressman W. A. Oldfield and
Walter Wells Discuss National
Political Issues here
Congressman W. A. Oldfield and
W. A. Wells, his Republican op
ponent, addressed the voters here
Tuesday night.
They discussed national political
issues and were given close at
tention. They are making a can
vass of the district to get the
voters aroused in order to get out
a full vote in the election on the
5th of November. Mr. Wells has
no hope of being elected, but he
enters into the discussion with as
much ardor as if he thought he
were actually running neck-and
neck with Mr. Oldfield. But the
district is overwhelmingly Demo
cratic and has never had a more
popular congressman than Mr.
Oldfield, so it is a safe prediction
that his majority on the 5th of
November will be one of the
largest ever given a congresman
in this district.
DONAGHEY MAY
RUN FOR SENATE
Governor Mentioned For Position
But is Too Busy With 5tate
Affairs to Talk Politics
Little Rock, Oct. 23.—There
have been rumors current for
some time that Gov. Donaghey has
his eye on congress, but whether
for the Senate or the House, the
political gossipers do not know,
and Gov. Donaghey himself assur
es all inquisitors that he does not
known what he will do—he will
let them know in ample time.
Just now he is more interested in
winding up the final three months
of his administration acceptably,
and turning it over to his succes
or with as large a balance in the
treasury as possible. He thinks he
will be able to do this, notwith
standing the heavy drains that
have been made on the state’s re
sources and the weakened finances
of the state. He ascribes the un
expected gain in funds during the
last few weeks to the increased
revenues from increased assess
ments brought about by the Tax
Commission, which was created by
his administration. The fact that
he also vetoed over a million dol
lars of appropriations made by the
legislature has enabled the admin
istration to pull itself out of a fin
ancial hole that for a time looked
very formidable.
BIG FIRE AT HARRISON
Harrison, Oct. 19.—This town
suffered a bad fire last night when
the livery bams of Hugh Earl and
that of Mrs. Frank Dickey caught
on fire from unknown causes, both
bams, with their contents, being
completly destroyed. Ten fine
horses were burned with the barns,
valued at $2,500; forty or fifty
tons of hay were burned, together
with a large quantity of corn and
other feeds. Much of the harness
and other equipment was lost.
EVIL OF GOSSIP
The human tongue, when a
means of gossip, is a social evil,
one that is calculated to do im
mense harm in dissipating false
hood, magnifying trifles and antag
onizing people in the communi
ty. It is so easy to let the tongue
get out of control and scatter its
poison in the minds of good peo
ple. A safe rule is to keep a deaf
ear to the gossiper and refuse to
be a party in neighborhood gos
sip.—Farm and Ranch.
) THEY TAKE THE LEAD! j
The EMF and Flanders Cars are
$300 cheaper and $500 better
Builders Supplies, Lime, Cement,
Plaster, Furniture, Stoves, Ranges,
Wagons, Buggies and Machinery.
C. W. MAXFIELD CO.
Batesville, Ark.
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