The Newark Journal
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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1919
VOL. 18, NO. 49
NEW COTTON GIN
FOR SULPHUR ROCK
Will Duvall Buys Old Gin—
Will Remodel and Put in
New Machinery
Will Duvall has bought the
gin at Sulphur Rock and it is
reported that he will remodel
the building and install an en
tirely new outfit of machinery.
New machinery for the en
tire plant has already been
bought and Mr. Duvall expects
to have the plant remodeled
and the new machinery install
ed and in running order in
time to gin the first bale of cot
ton to be ginned in Indepen
dence county this fall.
He will have three 80-saw
stands of the very latest im
proved system, together with
all other modem equipment
necessary to the prompt hand
ling of all the cotton grown in
the Sulphur Rock territory.
Mr. Duvall is a live wire and
a man who does things. Sul
phur Rock has needed a more
modern gin for some time, and
the farmers of that section will
no doubt show their apprecia
tion of Mr. Duvall’s enterprise
by giving him a large share of
their ginning this fall.
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McFERRIN IS ELECTED
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Benjamin E. McFerrin, of
Harrison, senator from the
Third District, composed of
Boone, Newton, and Marion
counties, Tuesday night was
elected president pro tempore
of the senate which makes him
ex-officio lieutenant governor.
Eleven ballots were cast before
Senator McFerrin received the
necessary majority of 18 votes.
He was nominated by Senator
Greathouse of Washington
county.
Newark May
Have Electric
Light Plant
F. C. Hoyt has received a
new 20 horse-power oil engine
which he is having placed at
his grain elevator to furnish
power to run a grist mill.
Mr. Hoyt is also considering
the matter cf installing an el
ectric generator large enough
to furnish electric lights for the
business part of town.
The town is badly in need of
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a system of electric lights and
it is to be hoped that he can
secure enough business to in
sure its success.
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RIDER WAIVES
EXAMINATION
Oliver Rider, charged with
murdering Lon Hatler near
Cord on Monday of last week
was arrigned for preliminary
trial at Batesville Saturday.
Rider waived preliminary trial
and was remanded to jail to
await the action of the grand
jury.
No charge has been prefer
red against Farr, who witness
ed the killing and is said to
have helped Rider dispose of
the body of Hatler by throwing
it into Black river. Farr was
released from custody, and re
turned to his home near Cord.
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A meeting of the V. Y. Cook
Camp U. C. V. is called to meet
at the mayor’s office in New
ark on Saturday March 22, for
the purpose cf attending to
some matters of importance.
All members are urged to at
tend.
The marv with
be£arv by
his fipst
earnings
in the
Bank.
morve^y
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 banks and keep adding to it
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
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WARNING ISSUED BY
REVENUE COLLECTOR
Persons Must File Income Tax
Returns This Week or
Face Prosecution
Washington, March 10.—
Warning was issued today by
Internal Revenue Collector
Roper that persons who fail to
file income tax returns with
revenue collectors before next
Saturday night will be subject
to prosecution. He called on
honest taxpayers to aid in the
round-up of slackers by report
ing any information they might
have which would assist in de
tection.
Those who merely neglect to
file returns are subject on pros
ecution to a fine of not more
than $1,000 and those who
willfully refuse are subject to
a fine of net more than $10,
000 or imprisonment for one
.year or both.
Means of detecting tax dod
gers include the posting as
soon as possible in each reve
nue district of the names of
persons who have filed returns
and the checking over of re
ports of information at the
source, made by persons who
paid move than $1,000 last
3 ear to any individual or busi
ness interest.
Commissioner Roper called
attention to the extension of 45
days allowed tax payers who
are unable to file complete re
turns by next Saturday, pro
ivded they report an estimate
of the tax due by that time, to
gether with a payment of a*
least one fourth cf the estimat
ed tax. This applies to both
corporal ions and individuals.
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PINE BLUFF PLANNING
FOR W. O. W. MEETING
Pine Bluff, March 10.—Fin
arrangements for the program
for the entertainment of the
State convention of the Wood
men ol the World have been
made. The convention will be
held at the tabernacle March
20, 21 and 22, and 3,000 visi
tors are expected.
Mayor Bloom will deliver
the address of welcome on be
half of the city and Judge E.
Kerwin on behalf of the local
camp. Response will be made
by D. E. Bradshaw of Little
Rock. Mrs. Addie Reed will
make the address for the
Woodmen Circle, and will be
responded to by Mrs. Effie Ro
gers, supreme manager; W. A.
Frazier, sovereign commander
and Miss Dora Alexander, su
preme clerk, both of Omaha,
Neb. Mrs. Lula A. Markwell
of Little Rock will also be on
the program for addresses.
During the convention a
class of 500 members will be
admitted. On the second day
aviators from Eberts Field will
give exhibition flights for the
entertainment of the visitors.
WAR BILL 193 BILLION
In a recent address, Secre
tary Baker reported the com
biaed cost of the war for all
the nations will be about 193
billions. This is more than
$100 for every man, woman
and child on the earth, includ
ing the sore-eyed, flybitten
children on the Ganges and the
Nile.—Ex.
TEN ARE MENTIONED
FOR NEXT GOVERNOR
Senator Ponder of Lawrence
County Among Probable
Candidates
Little Rock, March 11.—Ex
Senator A. W. Covington of
Fort Smith is in Little Rock
today on private business, and
admitted that he might be a
candidate for governor at the
next election.
It has been talked in Little
Rock for some time that he
would be a candidate. It is
known that he is being gromed
by his friends throughout the
state as a candidate, but he
said he had not fully made up
his mind yet. He admitted
that he was seriously consider
ing the matter.
There are at least ten men
spoken of as candidates, and |
some of them are actively
campaigning now, among the
number it is said there may be
one or two congressmen in the
race, although this is not
known for sure.
Wallace Davis has been ex
pected to enter the race, and
his friends say that he will be
a candidate when the time
comes. There are few more
popular men in Arkansas than
Wallace Davis, and his friends
are friends of long standing.
He made one state race, or ra
ther, his friends elected him
as delegate to the national con
vention by a larger majority
than any other candidate re
ceived for that place. He has
not definitely said just- what he
would do, but it is expected
that he will make the race.
H. L. Ponder the present
president of the Senate, has
been mentioned also as a can
didate, but up to the present
time he has not declared his
intentions. He is another man
who is well known and popu
lar throughout Arkansas, and
would make a very strong can
didate.
Thomas Terrell and J. D.
Arbuckle, secretary and attor
ney general, respectively, have
been spoken of as candidates,
and they too, are both well
known throughout the state.
W. G. Hutton, former sher
iff of Pulaski county, is also
a candidate for governor.
Mr. Hutton is another one of
the candidates who has not yet
fully definitely decided wheth
er he will make the race or
not.
J. M. Wells an ex-chaplain
of the American Army, serving
during the Spanish-American
war, is an avowed candidate
and has already started the
campaign, or rather expects to
open his campaign at Hamburg
in Ashley county, the coming
Monday.
Gen. Lloyd England, who is
now adjutant general of the
state guards and a well-known
and prominent banker of Little
Rock, has also been prominent
ly mentioned as a probable
candidate for Governor, altho
ugh he has made no positive
statement to the effect.
It is hardly likely that all
these men will be in the race,
but it is quite sure that all the
candidates for Governor at the
next election will come from
the above list.
White County
Man Wound
ed Six Times
Searcy, March 11.—A re
markable record is held by
Doc White, son of County Jud
ge F. O. White of Searcy.
White has been in France, a
member of ^he First Division,
since June 27, 1917. He has
been wounded more than six
times; shot through each hip
and through the left shouKler,
through both arms and the left
hand. He adds that he had
been shot several other times,
but the injuries did not amount
to much. He is now in Ger
many and states that he ex
pects to stay with the First Di
vision until they reach Berlin.
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AGED CITIZEN
DIED SUNDAY
Dr. T. A. Bevens died at his
home at Sulphur Rock last
Sunday, following a short ill
ness of pneumonia.
Dr, Bevens was 71 years old
and had been a citizen of the
county for many years. He is
survived by his wife who has
been an invalid for some time,
two sons, Geo. L. Bevens, for
mer circuit clerk and Sam Bev
ens of Sulphur Rock, and one
daughter Mrs. J. F. Rice of
Newport.
The remains were buried
Monday at Sulphur Rock.
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Jay Meyers, who is well
known in Newark has return
ed from France where he serv
ed with the American Expe
ditionary Forces, and has been
[sent to a hospital in Colorado
according to word received by
reletavies here.
BANK PRESIDENT MUST
SERVE TERM IN PRISON
Fort Smith Man is Sentenced
to Serve Seven Years in
Pen at Leavenworth
Ft. Smith, March 10.—T. W.
M. Boone, former president of
the looted American National
Bank of Fort Smith closed by
order of the comptroller of the
currency on March 25, 1916,
must serve seven years in the
penitentiary.
The United States Court of
Appeals handed down its de
cision in the case Saturday and
sustained his conviction in the
United States District Court
here September 30, 1916.
Mr. tsoone was indicted on
nine counts charging violation
of the banking laws and was
acquitted on all except one
charging him with making a
false renoFt to the comptroller
of the currency of the financial
condition of the bank on June
23, 1915.
Cashier P. A. Ball, Assistant
Cashier A. S. Dowd and E. M.
Dickenson, who were indicted
with Boone, entered a plea of
guilty in September 1916 and
were sentenced to eight years
in the penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan.
Mr. Boone was sentenced by
Judge F. A. Youmans on No
vember 10, 1916, to seven
years in the penitentiary at
Fort Leavenworth. The sen
tence was stayed by his appeal
and he was given his liberty
on a bond of $20,000. The
jury that convicted him was
out 18 hours in reaching a ver
dict.
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