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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1920
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VOL. 20 NO. 2 7
ISGRIG CASE IS '
REVERSED BY COURT
Tien Magness and Others Win
Case on Appeal to Su
preme Court
The case of B. A. Magness,
et. al., vs. W. A. Isgrig, ap
pealed from the Independence
Circuit Court, was reversed
and dismissed by the supreme
court in an opinion handed
down at Little Rock la:-1 Mon
day.
The case grew ouf ot a
school fight while Isgrig was
Superintendent of the New
ark High School and resulted
from an attempt by Magness
and others to have Isgrig’s
license revoked.
Magness and others filed a
'"petition with J. L. Bona, State
superintendent of public in
struction, to revoke Isgrig’s
license to teach. Isgrig had
of the schools at Newark, by
a divided board. The direc
tors alleged as grounds for the
revocation of the license that’
Isgrig had refereed a prize |
fight, which was in violation
of the laws of Arkansas and
of good morals. Other grounds
were alleged in the petition, j
Superintendent Bond held
that there was no cause
shown in the petition upon
which he could revoke the li
cense of Isgrig, and advised
that all parties forgive and!
forget. Isgrig, however, in
stituted suit against Magness j
J. F. Cossey and G. M. Fields,
setting up that the petition;
was maliciously published and
circulated by them and that |
the statements were false, ma-!
licious, slanderous, libelous,1
etc., to his damage in the sumj
of $25,000. He recovered a|
judgment against each of the!
parties fo r$500. Isgrig de
nied mat the bout in which he
,.eted was a prize fight, or
that he refereed it, other than
to call fouls. The Supreme
' curt held that the encounter |
was a prize fight in the sense
in which the term is used in
the statute, and commonly un
derstood, and that the charge
of having refereed a prize
tight being true, no action for
libel could be grounded upon
it; and further, that one of
the parties, Magness being a
director, and the others pa
roes of the school, their pe
titions to Superintendent
Bond was privileged communi
cation. The court further
eld that a judgment should
have been directed in favor
* f Magness, et. al, by the cir
cuit court, and for Its failure
o do so, the judgment render
ed by that court whs reversed
and the action dismissed.
CENTENARY PROGRAM
The following program will
be rendered at the Methodist
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OUIiUclJ', UtLUUCI
' Song.—All Hail the Power
of Jesus’ Name.
Prayer.
Song.—The Son of God goes
Forth to War.
Scripture Reading, second
Psalm. First Corinthians, 6th
chapter.
Address. — “The Enlarged
Program of the Church.—Rev.
J. E. Snell.
Address.—What the Centen
ary has already done.—E. W.
Nelson.'
Five minute talk.—What
' ur Local Church has done.
What we have subscribed
and what we have paid.—A. J.
McSpadden.
The responsibility to pay our
pledges now.
Song.—I Love Thy Kingdom
Lord.
Prayer.
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WE WILL
ADVISE YOU
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dollars make a FORTUNE.
If you ever expect to have “a barrel of money”
you must use COMMON SENSE and bank regularly
a FART of your income.
Nor must you let some peddler of a “fak0
scheme” get in his work on you.
Consult your BANKER before you invest.
We are at your service.
We invite YOUR banking business.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkansas
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000.00f
SALE OF PUREBREDS
HELD HERE SATURDAY
The Sunkist Farm Sells 25
Head of Polands at Good
Average
Twenty-five head of Big
Type Poland China hogs sold
in Newark last Saturday af
ternoon at publ** auction for
the sum of Three Thousand,
Three Hundred and Ninety
One Dollars.
These animals were grown
a4* f 1 o
place, owned by Benson &
Claridy, and comprised some
of the best hogs of the Poland
China breed ever seen in this
section of the Country, and
experienced swine men who
atteded this sale, stated that
there were no better hogs
anywhere than those found
here.
The top price paid for a
single animal in the sale was
$635 for a fall gilt sired by
The Dynamo, and goes to
Lewisburg, Tenn.
For this occasion the own
ers of the Sunkist herd
brought to Newark as auc
tioneer, Col. W. G. Lockridge,
of Fayette, Mo., a Poland
China breeder of many years
experience, and one of the
best auctioneers that ever pre
sided over a salering. Col.
Lockridge is a splendid en
tertainer, and his pleasant
manner and humorous stories
added greatly to the life of
the occasion. Col. Lockridge
paid Arkansas the very high
est of compliments and refer
red to this state as the origin
al “land of sunshine.”
Assisting in the sale were
Elton C. Mahon, representing
the Poland China Journal, and
E. H. Cathey, of Lewisburg,
Tenn., representing the Amer
ican Swineherd. T. Roy Reid
of the Agricultural Extension
Forces of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, at Little
Rock, also attended.
Following is a list of pur
chasers :
Ben Shuster, Blackwater,
Mo., $225.00.
J. G. Gahnal, St. Louis, Mo.,
$120.00.
R. F. Moxley, Magness, $85.
R. F. Moxley, Magnqfss, $100.
J. E. Baugh, Elkton, TennJ
$150.00
T. M. Ratton, City, $95.00.
E. E. Allen, City, $85.00.
D. P. Whisnant, City, $90.00.
J. H. Gray, Marcella, $32.00.
J. H. Gray, Marcella, $32.00.
J. H. Gray, Marcella, $32.00.
.ur. v. Lj. rascoe%uity $muu
T. E. Williamson, Batesville,
$30.00.
T. E. Williamson, Batesville,
$35.00.
E. H. Cathey, Lewisburg,
Tenn., $635.00.
Wiggarts & Jewett, Indian-1
apolis, Ind., $400.00?
L. B. Collie, Guion, $210.00.
J. E. Baugh, Jr. Elkton,
Tenn., $90.00.
J. E. Baugh, Jr. Elkton,;
Tenn., $65.00.
V. L. Pascoe, City, $70.00.
V. L. Pascoe, City, $70.00.
T. M. Ratton, City, $72.50.
T. M. Ratton, City, $72.50.
R. A. Barnett, Paragould,
$200.00.
Claude Montgomery, Lewis
burg, Tenn., $325.00.
RUNAWAY MOTORBOAT I
THRILLING RESCUE 1
The rescue of seven year
old Frankie Lee, alone in a
runaway motorboat, by Pau
line Frederick, furnishes one
of the most novel thrills ever
recorded by the motion picture
camera. The scene in which
Miss Frederick rescues the
boy occurs in her latest Gold- 1
wyn picture “Bonds of Love” ,
which will be presented at the
Royal Tomorrow night <Fri- A
day.) The boy, Jimmy Cabot, 1
is a mischievous youngster, (
who has been warned not to ]
go near the motor boats on j
the landing near the summer ,
resort hotel at which the fam- j
ily is staying. For a few
moments he is left alone on (
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Miss Frederick, as the boy’s
governess, is preparing to
leave—the insults of the boy's
aunt having made her position j
unbearable. She is about to ,
say good-bye to the child,
when she sees him, from the
distance, jump into the motor s
boat, and start out for a joy ,
ride. The governess sees him .
heading for the rocks that j
guard the narrows to the open
sea, rushes down to the docks, ,
jumps into another boat and
dashes away in pursuit.
The race of the two boats is
seen from several angles, the
larger and more powerful
boat of the governess grad
ually overtaking the smaller
vessel in which the child is
seen helpless at the steering
wheel. Now the larger boat
is veering over to the other, 1
the crowd, which has formed '
on the dock praying that she '
may overtake it in time to ;
save it from smashing head-on !
into the rocks. Suddenly, the (
larger boat draws alongside 1
the other, and the child is ^
lifted from his boat into the ^
other by his governess; her 1
boat shoots ahead, crosses the 1
bows of the other in a wide
circle, while the child’s boat J
dashes mto the rocks. The ;
little fellow is brought back to \
the dock, and his governess J
weak and overcome with the i
tension of the past few mom- i
ents, is lifted out of the boat i
by the child’s anxious father, i
After this proof of her devo- j
tion, the child will not permit j
her to leave, and she stays, at J
the earnest solicitation of his J
father, as the boy’s “new” J
mother. • J
ELECTION BOARD
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John Q. Wolf of Batesville. j
L. L. Ellison of Oil Trough J
and J. 0. Burns of Batesville j
have been appointed as elec- {
tion commissioners for Inde- \
jjcimunct: cuuuiy. ^
Mr. Wolf and Mr. Ellison j;
are the Democrats and Mr. *
Burns is the Republican mem- $
ber of the board.
DOG TAX DUE
Notice is hereby given that
the annual dog tax is now due
and may be paid up to and
including October 15 without
penalty.
After October 15 a penalty
of 50 cents will be added, and
all dogs in Newark on which
the tax is not paid on or be
fore November 15 are subject
to be killed.
J. F. MORGAN,
City Marshal.
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IONDUCTOR KILLED
BY HIS OWN TRAIN
Veteran Railroad Man is Vic
tim of Fatal Accident at
Knobel
J. F. Roll, 58 years old, ol
'forth Little Rock, a veterar
Missouri Pacific conductor
vas killed when run down bj
us train at Knobel, at 12:2(
•’clock Wednesday morning
dr. Roll had charge of trair
so. 38, a local passengei
rain running between Littk
fock and Knobel.
According to reports re
■eived a coach in Roll’s trair
•ad become derailed at Knob
‘1. After the coach was bad
m the rails the train starter
‘orward and Roll was caugh
inder the wheels and crusher
o death.
Mr. Roll was one of th<
n/r; ~
v,wnuuv,tuio yj ii uic luio
;ouri Pacific in point of ser
,Tice. He went tc\ work fo
he railroad in 1897 and ha;
?een with it ever since.
He is survived by his wif.
ind five sons.
JACKSON WINS
Newport, Oct. 5.—Jacksoi
County won seventh place i
die agricultural and hom
demonstration exhibits at th
Fri-State Fair at Memphis las
iveek, the prize being $10(
Cut of five counties in Tenn
?ssee and five in i^fhnsas
lackson won sevejpf^i place
md considering the short tirm
:onsumed in getting up th<
lisplay, the county agent:
mder whose direction it wa:
'ostered think it very satis
‘actory, but added interest i:
:o be put forth for higher u}
he list next year.
DUCK SEASON OPENS
IN ARKANSAS NOV. 1
Clean up the family shot
gun, .drag out the musty
hunting coat and patch up the
gumboots, for the duck hunt
ing season is crowding the
hunter—only 24 days away.
From November 1 to Febru
• ary 1, the season will be open
and the hunter can shoot to
his heart’s content insofar as
he posts himself on the bag
limit, the hours Curing the
f day in which ducks can be kill
ed, and the other “minor” fea
tures of the State and feder
. al laws which govern hunting
, of migatory birds.
Violation of this law carries
. a “double-barrel” penalty—the
j government and the State
. both can prosecute the care
- less or the indifferent hunter,
[ for a violation of the State
. law is a violation of the fed
I eral statute, and vice versa.
The State law is the result of
lpmslntivp stnhifp nHnnforl V»v
. the General Assembly, while
. the federal law is the result
, of a treaty between the Unit
3 ed States and Canada.
AL RICE DEAD
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A1 Rice, who was for many
years conductor on the White
River road, died in the Mis
souri Pacific Hospital at St.
Louis last Monday, following
an illness of several weeks.
He was 65 years old and is
survived by his wife and one
daughter. The remains were
shipped to his home at tfoplin
for burial.
s WHAT WOtJLD YOU DO?
5 If the most beautiful young
; lady in Newark was sitting in
- front of you at the Royal
; Theatre, and she asked you to
> “Scratch My Back.” What
[would you do?
The Buck’s Stoves have been sold in Batesville
by the same firm for over forty years.
They have been giving satisfaction for the past
forty years and are still giving service and satisfac
tion today.
They are built of new, gray, southern pig iron.
A material that heats up quickly, looks good, will not
rust like seel ranges, and will last for years.
They have large fireboxes, that will take in long
sticks of wood. The ovens are large and well pro
portioned. The ovens are ventilated, and are built
so that your food will cook the same in all parts of
the oven. You do not have to turn your pans
around when you cook in a Buck's Oven. ’
Before you buy, come in and let us show you a
Bucks Stove or Range. We have them in nearly all
sizes, and can give you the size you need.
Come to the County Fair, at Batesville, Oct. 20,-23rd.
The best lesson a boy or man can learn is to