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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1919
VOL. 18, NO. 46
GOVERNMENT TO SELL
PICRIC ACID PLANT
Plant at Little Rock Which
Cost Eight Million Dollars
Was Not Used
The dismantling and salvag
ing of the picric acid plant at
Little Rock is to be undertak
en at once under the direction
of Captain W. W. Harris of
the War eDpartment.
Captain Harris is to have
full power to dispose of such
parts of the plant as are ready
salable to the greatest advan
tage.
This is to include machinery
and equipment and even the
buildings, if in his judgment
adequate prices are offered for
them.
The picric acid plant at Lit
tle Rock as it stands, repre
sents an expenditure by the
government of something more
’han $8,000,000, and it is re
cognized that in salvaging it a
large amount will have to be
marked cff.
This plant at Little Rock
was established to take care of
certain British and French
contracts for picric acid, the
product which was favored by
those nations for loading of
high explosive shells. The
plant was never used as the
war ended about the time the
plant was completed.
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BONE-DRY DEFECT CURED
Governor Brough Monday
afternoon signed the bill by
Senators Greathouse and Pon
der to cure defects in the Bone
Dry Act of 1017. Hereafter,
it will be unlawful for any per
son to bring liquor into the
state for personal use, or to
ship into the state for any pur
pose.
SENATE REFUSES TO
KILL INSURANCE TRUST
Bill to Abolish Rating Bureau
Indefinitely Postponed by
Vote of Senate
The Arkansas Senate late
Tuesday afternoon defeated
the bill which had previously
passed the House to abolish
the Arkansas Acturial Bureau,
commonly called the Insuran
ce Trust.
The fight for the abolition
of the so-called insurance trust
was started in the House early
in the session by Representa
tive John M. Beard of Benton
county. His bill passed the
House several days ago. The
bill came up Tuesday in the
Senate where it was slaughter
ed by a vote of 21 to 13. The
bill was called up by Senator
Woods. Senator Collins mov
ed that the bill be indefinitely
postponed, the vote being as
follows:
For Postponement—Alexan
der, Bone, Brown, Cazort, Collins
Godwin, Hart.je, Hester, John
son, Latimer, Lefler, Moncrief,
Owens, Rhodes, Rody, Stewart
Vaughan, Ward, Whitaker,
Woods and Ponder.
Against Postponement —
Caldwell, Emory,Evans,Great
house, King, McFarlin, McFer
rin, McGough, Montgomery,
Johnson, Utley,Walls and Wil
son.
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OPPOSE DAYLIGHT SAVING
A bill to repeal the daylight
saving law, by which clocks
are set forward one hour in
May, was introduced in Con
gress Wednesday. It is said
that the farmers all over the
country are displeased with
the law.
The man. with
began by
his first ^
earnings'®
in the
Bank.
mone^
some of
It all started with the first deposit. His bank
account grew until he was comfortable. Then the
convenience of paying his bills by check enabled
him to keep his accounts straight and save time and
worry. Happiness was the result of seeing it grow
and all of a sudden he realized he was a man of
wealth. You can accumulate money, too, if you
will only put that money you have in your pocket
RIGHT NOW into the bank and keep adding to it
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS #£
MEXICAN IS KILLED
IN DRUNKEN FIGHT
Bootleg Whiskey Causes Fatal
Fight Between Two Mex
icans at Swifton
Louis Costelle, aged about
30, is in the the Jackson coun
ty jail at Newport, charged
with murdering Francisco Mar
tinez at Swifton last Saturday
morning .about two o’clock.
Roth men are Mexicans and
the killing was the result of
foo much bootleg booze.
An inquest was held Satur
day by Coroner Henry Grant
of Jacksonport, the coroner’s
jury recommending that Cos
telle be held to the grand jury
without bail.
Both mexicans went to Swif
ton recently and engaged
themselves as section hands in
the employ of the Missouri-Pa
cific railroad. Friday night
the men procured whiskey and
soon became drunk. Costelle
claims he attempted to subdue
Martinez, who grew boisterous
he says, and attacked him
with a knife.
They were in a boarding
railroad car, there being oth
I ers present, and during the dif
ficulty all lights were extin
guished, after which the Mexi
cans attacked one another for
a period of several minutes
with knives. Martinez was
stabbed several times in the
breast and back, and Costello
received ugly and painful
slashes about the head and
face, though his condition was
not rendered serious. Marti
j nez died soon after receiving
I the fatal wounds.
Evidence produced at the
trial showed that both Mexi
cans were drunk and there is
a diversion of opinion as to
which was the agressor.
The whiskey consumed by
the Mexicans is said to have
been taken to Swifton and sold
them by George Smith, a New
port negro, who was later ar
rested and placed in jail at
! Newport.
COSTELLO DIES OF
WOUNDS
Reports from Newport yes
terday afternoon said that
j Costello died in jail Tuesday
night from wounds received in
the fight with Martinez.
Costello was slashed about
the head and face and was
stabbed three times in the
back. At first it was not
thought that his wounds were
serious but it developed that
he had received internal in
juries which caused his death.
Papers found on Costello
showed that he had been par
doned from the Texas peniten
tiary for a murder committed
in that state several years ago,
the pardon having been issued
January 25, 1918.
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FARM FOR RENT
Good upland farm of 80
acres, near Dota, 60 acres in
cultivation, known as the old
Gire homestead; will rent for
third and fourth. H. A. Gire,
Newark, Ark.
$30,000,000 ROAD
BILL INTRODUCED
Measure Provides For System
of Improved Highways
Covering Entire State
A bil] providing for $30,
000,000 bond issue to build a
system of state highways was
introduced in the legislature
Tuesday by Senator C.A.Walls
of Lonoke.
The bill provides for a sys
tem of highways to be planned
by the State Highway Commis
sion, to connect the principal
cities and towns and the coun
ty seats of Arkansas. Atax
of 2 1-4 mills on the dollar is
to be levied on all the proper
ty in the state, which shall be
paid into a sinking fund for
the payment of principal and
interest of bonds amounting to
$30,000,000 which may be is
sued under the provisions of
the bill.
In addition to the general
tax, there is also an automobile
license tax of $20 per annum
levied on all automobiles and
motor vehicles used on the
roads of the state. Of this
amount $10 is to be paid into
the sinking fund and $10 into
the Highway Improvement
fund. Half of the proceeds of
the $30,000,000 bond issue will
be apportioned to the counties
of the state of the population
of each county to the popula
tion of the state, according to
the census next preceedmg the
allotment. Half of the pro
ceeds of the bond sales will be
subject to the disposal of the
Highway -Commission for use
in constructing the principal
roads of the state, and m fur
nishing state aid and securing
federal aid for the county
roads and improvement dis
tricts in the various counties.
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LOCAL CASE AFFIRMED
BY SUPREME COURT
The case of Jack Gipson vs.
Ada Holmes, appealed from
the Independence Chancery
Court, was modified and af
firmed by the supreme court
last Monday.
The supreme court held that
Ada Holmes should have judg
ment against Jack Gipson, her
step-father, for $146.95, rep
resenting her interest in the
rental value of her father’s
homestead while she was still
a minor, for which she receiv
ed no compensation at the time
she deeded her interest to Gip
son for a nominal amount, but
that she is not entitled to re
cover any interest in insurance
money collected on a house
which was destroyed by fire
the insurance contract having
been entered into by Gipson
for his own benefit.
J. R. Alexander of this place
was attorney for Mrs. Holmes.
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BEGINNING OF DROUTH
—
The Union Brewing Com
pany of St. Louis is the first
big brewery in that city tc run
out of beer since manufacture
was stopped December 1 last.
The company notified its cus
tomers that the stock was vir
tually exhausted. The brew
ery has been converted into a
butter substitute factory.
STATE TREASURY GETS
$33,000 IN ONE DAY
—
Inheritance Tax Attorney Mak
es Record For Amount
Collected From Estate
Little Rock, Feb. 18.—Gor
don Huffmaster, inheritance
tax collector yesterday paid in
to the state treasury $19,637.
29 as inheritance tax collected
from the estate of the late Mrs.
Willie Thomas Norfleet of
Memphis, Tenn. This is the
largest amount ever paid into
the treasury from the collec
tion of inheritance tax for a
single individual, it was said at
the treasurer’s office. The es
tate includes considerable farm
property in Woodruff county,
city property in Little Rock,
Fort Smith, Hot Springs and
Texarkana, and a large
amount of stocks and bonds.
The estate is valued at $354,
000, the taxes collected rang
ing from one to six per cent.
Attorney General John D.
Arbuckle turned into the treas
ury $14,029.03 as the state’s
quota of back taxes in the case
of the State vs. the Prairie
Pipe Line Company of Inde
pendence, Kan., which was de
cided in Miller Chancery
Court.
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INCOME TAX MAN
COMING FEB. 24-28
A telegram to The Journal
from Jack Walker, internal
revenue collector, of Little
Hock, states that Deputy Col
lector Jim Shoffner will be in
Batesville February 24 to 28,
inclusive, for the purpose of
assisting tax-payers in prepar
ing their income tax returns. 1
LEGISLATURE PASSES
NEW GINNING LAW
Is Great Improvement Over
Old Law Which Was Very
Unpopular
Every farmer and cotton
ginner in the state will be glad
to learn of the passage of the
Hartsfield bill, No. 33, by the
42nd General Assembly. This
bill amends Sections, 7, 8, 10,
19, 42, 45, 46 and 50 and re
peals Acts of 1917 known as
the Bonded Warehouse, Mar
keting and Gin regulating law.
The Hartsfield Bill was a
compromise measure agreed
upon at a conference between
Dr. Sands, president of the
Farmers’ Union and W. J. Har
tsfield, president of the Gin
ner’s Association. By its pre
visions all of the objectional
features of the law as regards
cotton ginners have been re
pealed and all of the good fea
tures have been preserved for
the benefit of the farmer.
The parts of the law repeal
ed were those compelling the
ginner to secure a bond from
some indemnity company be
fore starting their season’s bus
iness, the sampling clause
which forced the ginner to
draw two samples from every
bale ginned and the section
attaching a heavy penalty on
the ginner fro his failure to
c mply with the provisions of
the law. All these objectional
features have been absolutely
striken out in the Hartsfield
act and all that is required of
the ginner is to procure a li
cense which is issued without
charge, and attach a tag which
will cost two and a half cents
each and will serve as a means
of identification and absolutely
prevent the loss of a bale of
cotton.
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IMPLEMENTS!
Now is the time to commence get
ting ready for next season’s crop and nothing will
help you make a bumper crop like modern farming
tools.
We have the B. F. Avery line of
plows, planters, cultivators, harrows, etc., and it
makes no difference if you want a one-horse gar
den plow or a four-mule middle buster, we have it
and would iike to show you some of the lines strong
points.
If you cannot come in and see the
tools you want, write us and we will send literature
describing it. If you are going to need a cultivator
be sure and see our Southern Queen, in the walker
and the pivot axle in the rider.
THEY CANT BE BEAT AT ANY PRICE
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i C. W. MAXFIELD CO
Batesville, Arkansas
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