The Newark Journal.
PUBLISHED IN THE FAMOUS WHITE RIVER COUNTRY. WHERE ALFALFA IS KING
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, August 19, 1910
Vol. 10, No. 19
TO BUILD A GOOD ROAD
Mow We Can Get a Good Road
From Newark to Batesville
The Journal would like to sug
gest to County Judge Pearce that
he call a meeting of the road over
seers and citizens of Big Bottom,
Wycough, White River, Gainsbo
ro and Ruddell townships to be
held at Sulphur Rock, say on Sat
August 20, for the purpose of dis
cussing the feasibility of building
a good road from Newark to
Batesville by popular donations
and work.
A good road connecting the two
towns would be of incalculable val
ue to both towns and to the people,
and its construction would serve
as a valuable object lesson and
help to create a greater interest in
good roads.
A day could be set sometime
early in September, and every man
i n the townships through wmch
the road passes should be asked and
should be more than willing to
donate one or two days labor or
its equivalent in cash toward
building such a road. f
The people of Iowa turned out
recently and in one day built a
good road clear across the state.
Why can’t the people of this
section of Independence county
turn out and build 18 or 20 miles
of good road in onedayif Or sup
pose it takes two days. It would
then be well worth the time and
labor. The people readily spent
two days at the recent Land Con
gress Picnic at Newark, and the
time was well and profitably spent.
A sentiment for greater and bet
ter things was created by the
speeches heard at the Land Con
gress Picnic. Good roads, drain
age, conservation and progress
was preached. These discussions
are going to bear fruit for the bet
terment of good old Independence
county. We believe that every
man who thoughtfully listened to
those speeches received a great
uplift and had created within him
a desire for greater and better
things.
Now, while these things are still
fresh in the minds of the people,
why not call the citizens together
and start a movement to realize
upon the good preaching wo have
been doing i
Everybody feels the need of bet
ter roads and The Journal believes
the time is ripe for such a move
ment.
Let’s get down to work and
si.art something that will be of real
value to our country.
If you believe this a good thing
talk to your neighbor about it and
help to create a greater interest in
it. And in the meantime The
Journal hopes Judge Pearce will
consider the matter and if his bet
ter judgement approves, the sug
gestion, issue a call for a meeting
to be held at some time in the near
future to thoroughly discuss and
work out the details of this or
some other plan to build a good
roacl from Batesville to Newark.
BANK IS AGAIN OPENED
Sulphur Rock Bank in Good Con
dition Despite Adverse Reports
The Bank of Sulphur Rock,
which was closed temporarily by
the directors a few days ago to as
certain as to its solvency, has been
re-organized and is again open for
business. It has been ascertained
that the assets were more than suf
ficient to meet all obligations, and
the temporary embarrassment was
due to poor management on the
part of the former cashier, and not
to any misappropriation of funds.
The stockholders have chosen a
new board of directors and have
elected Sam Tuggle cashier, and
all claims are being paid. The as
sets of the re-organized bank are
ample to care for the business of
the town and community, and no
depositor has ever doubted but
that his money was safe.
COUNTY UNION MEETING
The Independence County
Farmers Union will meet in regu
lar quarterly session with Hickory
Grove Local No. 1633, three miles
northeast of Batesville on the first
Friday and Saturday September,
2nd and 3rd. Officers will beelect
ed at this meeting for the ensuing
year. All locals are requested to
send full delegation.
J. C. Stewart, President.
T. L. Seuberth, Secretary.
BAPTIST PASTOR RESIGNS
Rev. Pi. P. J. Garrott, who has
been pastor of the P'irst Baptist
church at Batesville for the past
four years, has tendered his resig
nation and will go to P'orrest City
where he has been elected to the
pastorate of the P'irst Baptist
church.
LOOK HERE, HR. MAN
If you want to sell'your farm
see the White River Land & In
vestment Co.
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A BANK FOR ALL
THE PEOPLE
There are some people in every community who
think that Banks were made for the rich. If you
are one of the misinformed who have this idea, let
us again emphasize the fact that THIS IS A BANK
FOR ALL THE PEOPLE.
A deposit ox $1 receives the same welcome and
the same courteous attention as a larger deposit,
for this reason: Many a deposit of $1 has grown in
to an account of $1000 or more, and made itself
worth while to us and the depositor.
No account too large and none too small for our
most careful attentixm.
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J. H. Caldwell, President: E. M. Ford, Cashier
CAPITAL $10,000 SURPLUS $525.54
DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITY $75,000
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every day until September 10 to
buy any good, young mules, from
four to seven years old that are
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HAS MOVED TO BEEBE
Prof. O. T. Richardson Leaves
For New Fields oF Labor.
Prof, nnd Mrs. (). T. Richard
son and Mrs. Ida Hogue leftTues
! day evening for Beebe, where they
i will make their future home, Prof.
Richardson has been elected prin
cipal of the public schools at Bee
be for the coming year, and the
people of that place may well con
gratulate themselves upon having
secured the services of such an ex
cellent school man. He is not on
ly a good school man but is a high
toned Christian gentleman in every
sense of the word and a man whom
it is a pleasure to know. Prof.
Richardson did a good wmrk dur
1 ing the two years he was principal
| of the school here and made many
warm friends who very much re
gret to see him leave Newark. He
and his most estimable wife take
with them the best wishes of a
large circle of friends who hope
i that they ma.\ liud a pleasant and
profitable held of labor in their
new home.
CARIJ OF THANKS
We take this method os express
ing our sincere thanks to the many
friends of our dear brother, Eric
Latimer, for their help and com
fort during his illness and death.
Mother Hogan shall always be re
membered for the care bestowed
upon our dear little brother, and
for raising him up to be a good
; Christain. May God's richest bles
sing abide with you oue and all.
Sincerly
His Brother and Sisters.
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FINE FARM FOR SALE
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Fine bottom farm of 320 acres,
i near Egypt, in Craighead county;
130 acres in cultivation, four
dwellings in fair condition. Land
has been cleared within last seven
years and is fresh, good land nnd
not subject to overflow. This is a
tine farm, ideal location for stock
farm, nnd will be sold at a bar
gain. For price and terms address
White River Laud & Investment
Co., Newark, Ark.
THREE POUND BABY
A three-pound baby boy was
born to Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Bar
rett at McNeil recently. The back
of the child from shoulder to
shoulder measures only four inch
es.
If you have anything to sell ad
vertise it iu the Journal.
WHY IS ARKANSAS BEHIND?
, What an Adopted Citizen Thinks
of the State’s Progres
They say that Arkansas is
j awakening. Thuts absolutely true.
| And its high time,
i Looking around over the state,
i it’s a bit hard to believe that Ar
kansas is a century old. If one
' wished to be merely complimen
tary, he might say of her that she
| bears her age remarkably well. If
he wished to be critical, he might
say that she has dawdled along in
excusably in her growth and de
velopment.
After a hundred years of life,
any state, lying right in the heart
'of things, inconceivably rich in all
natural resources, with farming
lands equal to any demand that
may be made upon them, ought to
have “got somewhere.” Arkansas
hasn’t. Compare her development
with that of any neighbor state,
and she’s miles and miles behind.
What’s the trouble* How does
it happen that Oklahoma, for in
stance, in her callow youth, lying
right next door, has won recogni
tion in a decade, while Arkansas,
with as much or more to offer in
opportunities, has lagged and
drowsed for ten times that span?
There’s just one possible auswer.
I don’t know the motto of the
State of Arkansas; but it might be
this; “We don’t advertise.” That
expresses exactly the spirit of the
state in the last hundred years.
This long time, the rest of the
Southwest has been quick with
new life. Arkansas has slept. This
long time, the rest of theSoutwest
ha« held the center of the stage in
immigration affairs. Arkansas has
stood in the wings, a mere “supe.”
This long time, the rest of the
Southwest has been working out
its destiny in sweat and blood.
Arkansas has loafed and whittled.
— William R. Lighton, in the Na
tional Magazine.
SHERIFF’S AUTO WRECKED
! Augusta, Aug. lb. — While Sher
j iff Will R. Cain, with a party of
j friends, was speeding along the
i country road near here last night
in his new automobile, the machine
turned turtle at a sharp curve, and
rolled off of a bridge. Sheriff
Cain and his six friends were
thrown out, but none was serious
ly hurt. The machine was badly
damaged.
REFUSE TO ACCEPT BODY
The Memphis Medical College
refused to accept the body of C. M.
Miller, who was executed at Har
risburg Friday for the murder of
II. A. Flood, the old fisherman at
Marked Tree, and Sheriff Brad
sher caused it to be buried in the
cemetery at Harrisburg. Before
his execution Miller expressed the
desire that his body be sent to the
Memphis college for dissection,
and his wish would have been car
ried out but for the refusal of the
institution to receive the body.
No reason was given by the dean
of the college faculty for not ac
cepting it.
STRIKE CAUSES KILLING
Union Striker Killed by Non-Union
Tlan at Cotter
Cottfer, Aug. 12. — A killing re
sulted here today from the machin
ists’strike on the Iron Mountain
railroad, Ka.v Hennessey being
slain by E. N. Nibblett. Hennessey
was one of the strikebreakers,
while Nibblett was a nouunionman
I employed by the railroad to break
j the strike. This is the first death
to result from the strike.
For a while after the killing ex
citement ran high and there was
fear that a lynching might result.
, A number of deputies and con
! stables were rushed to the scene
and every precaution taken. Mat
ters quieted considerably after
night fall, however, and it is be
lieved that the officers have the
situation well in hand. Nibbiett,
however, was hurried to Mountain
View late tonight,
have tho situation well in hand.
Nibblett, however, was hurried to
Mountain View late tonight.
The killing occured about seven
o’clock this evening in front of
tho O’Connel hotel, which is but a
short distance from the round
house of the Iron Mountain rail
road. The two men got into an ar
gument in front of the hotel
and a fight resulted. Hennessey
was just up from a long seigo of
typhoid fever and was not very
strong. Nibblett drew a knife and
slashed him across the throat, sev
ering the jugular vein. Hennessey
lived but a short while afterward.
W. O. vy. PICNIC AT CORD
There will be a big W. O. vV.
picnic at Cord, on Saturday, Au
gust 27, to be given by the Wood
men of Cord. Everybody cordi
ally invited.
See the Journal for job printing
WOMAN’S FATAL LEAP
With Babe in Arms She Leaps or
Falls I-rom'f ligh Trestle
Mrs. B. H. Werling of Mem
phis, Tex., jumped from the east
bound White River passenger
train Saturday as the train whs
crossing a high trestle near Criek
ett, and was instantly killed.
A bab.v about a year old was in
her arms and was mo badly injured
that it died in a short time.
There seems to be some doubt
as to whether it was a ease of sui
cide or an accident. The lady and
two childreu, one about three
years old and the baby that was
killed, were en route to Yellvilie
and it was only a short time before
the train reached Yellvilie that the
tragedy occurred.
Aothmg strange or unusual
was noticed about the demeanor
of the lady, and it is thought b.v
some that the child was perhaps
playing in its mother’s lap and
fell from the window, and that the
woman, in a frantic effort to save
the child, fell headlong from the
car window.
By others it is thought to be a
plain case of suicide, and that the
woman deliberately jumped from
the car window with the baby in
her arms. Nothing was found,
however, to indicate that such was
the case except some disconnected
or unfinished note found in the
seat or in her handbag. Some of
the passengers noticed her writing
just before the fatal leap.
The trestle at the point where
she leaped or fell from the window
is very high, and where the bodies
were picked up it is said to be
some ninety feet from the car win
dow to the ground.
The train was stopped immedi
ately when the unfortunate occur
ance was discovered, and the train
men and passengers rushed to the
scone, only to find the lady dead
and the child fatally injured. The
bodies were taken to Cotter to
await instructions as to their dis
position.
METHODIST MEETING CLOSES
The Protracted Meeting at the
Methodist church closed Sunday
night resulting in four additions
to the church. Rev. R. C. Moore
head of Batesville did most of the
preaching, and delivered some of
the best sermons ever heard in
Newark. It is probable that an
other rneeti^u^vill be- held some
time in September,
I SOUND ADVICE I
If you were to ask advice of every successful
man in the world, the first thing that each of
them would tell you is, start a bank account
today. You respect the opinion of successful
people in other matters, why not in this one
of such vital importance to you?
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
UNDER DIRECT SUPERVISION OF U. S. GOVERNMENT
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