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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, November 2, 1906.
Vol. 6. No. 45.
I. M. PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDE
Rear End Collision Between Trains
No. 5 and No. 17 on Ham
Line Near Tuckerman
Train No. 5, the southbound
^'Cannon Ball” of the Iron Moun
tain was crashed into by train No.
17, the south-bound "Hot Springs
Special” of the same system, a
short distance above Tuckerman
Monday morning shortly after 5
o'clock. Train No. 17 was going
at full speed, while train No. 5
was standing still, the engine hav
ing gone dead, and it seems marve
lous that there was not great loss
of life.
After leaving Swifton shortly
before 5 o’clock one of the eccen
trics of the engine of train Xo. 5
became broken and the engine was
unable to move farther. It was
while the train was stopped that it
was crashed into by train X?o. 17.
The engine of train Xo. 17 smash
ed into ihe rear sleeper and broke
both its vestibules and the vesti
bule of the sleeper ahead, while
the engine itself was disabled.
That was the extent of the damage
to equipment. A marvelous fea
ture was that, not a wheel of either
train left toe track. It was also
singular that most of the injured
were in tiie front day coaches of
train X'o. 5 and not in the rear
sleeper where it seems they would
have been open to the greatest
danger. Several passengers were
injured, but none seriously, and
“‘•uitnrr.tpwaM' killed.
CHARLOTTE CHRONICLES
Charlotte, Oct. 80.—Misses Sal
lie Nuckolls and Lena Brown, who
are attending school at Cave City,
spent Saturday and Saturday
night with h mo folks.
Com mod or ' Ball of Gnrht was a
pleasant cal h r it C. L. Moore’s
Sunday evening.
Messrs. Maxtield and Dowdy of
Batesville spent Wednesday night
at this place.
Sam Moore and sister, MDs Jo
sie, made a business trip to Bates
ville Friday.
Miss Beulah C’rigler visited Mrs.
Rhoda Coleman at Cord Saturday
night.
The new church house at this
place has been named Pleasant
Vievf.
Mrs. Lillie Nuckolls left Satur
day for Rector to visit her sister.
The protracted meeting at this
place closed Friday night.
Pleas Crigler went to Cathey
town Saturday.
tiOPD CITIZEN PASSES AWAY
Oil Trough, Nov. 1. NY. II.
Fife, one of the best known and
most highly respected citizens in
this part of the county, died yes
terday morning from cancer of
the throat, after an illness of sev -
eral months. The funeral took
place today, the remains being in
terred at the Maple Springs ceme
tery. The ceremonies were con
ducted by the Masons and Odd
Fellows. _
LISTING COTTON
Little Rock, Oct. 30.—“Consid
erable progress lias been made in
the work of listing cotton with
this office,” said Hon. James I.
Ellis, state purchasing agent for
the Arkansas division of the Farm
ers Union. At a meeting in Lit
V
tie Rock a week ago it was decid
ed by the district and county
agents that all cotton in the hands
| of the members of the union would
: be listed with them in each county
and district, and that they would
then list with the state agent in
! this city. This was decided upon
to put the state agent in touch
with the exact condition all over
the state at all times, so that, were
he offered an advantageous price
j for a certain number of bales of
! cotton he would be in a position
j to close a deal at once.
BIG FIRE AT PORTIA SUNDAY
24 Houses Destroyed as Result of
a Gasoline Stove Explosion
Portia, Oct. 29.—Twenty-four
buildings were burned here yester
day morning, entailing a loss of
$30,000 with about $15,000 insur
ance, as the result of an explosion
of a gasoline stove in Pickett’s res
taurant.
The largest losses were as fol
lows:
William De Arman, general
store, $6,000; insurance $4,000.
W. A. Scott, general store, $2,
000; insurance. $1,500.
J. I). Waldron, groceries, on
! stock, $1,000; no insurance; on
j building, $800; insurance $000.
j Brittain hotel, $800; no insur
ance.
E. B. Ivey, drugs and groceries,
| $2,000; insurance, $1,200.
Coffman <£■ Land, general mer
chants, $2,000; insurance $1,50 >.
P Kersey, building and stock
$800; insurance, $000.
1). Dodd Drug Company, $000;
no insurance.
The above arc the larger' losers.
There were sixteen other buildings
destroyed, dwellings and small
slores including the restaurant
where the tire originated.
The tire practically wiped out
two blocks comprising the busi
ness portion of the town. The
buildings were all frame structures
and as a strong wind was blowing
and the only tire fighting facilities
consisted of a volunteer bucket
brigade, there was little hope of
subduing the flames until they
abated for lack of material.
PLEASANT HILL ITEMS
Ed Atchison has been confined
to his bed with a severe sore
| throat for the past ten days, but
; has about recoveied.
'
The Oak Hill string band is pre
j paring to play at the Union at the
Black River Academy Saturday
night.
Miss Belle Brannon and Miss
Birdie Mickles of Newark attend
ed church at Pleasant Hill Sunday.
M. B. Holcombe and Joseph
I Horn of Convenience were visiting
| in our community Sunday.
W. R. Vick of the Big Creek
neighborhood was visiting here
Saturday night and Sunday.
\ Miss Bee Rice and little brother
| of Sulphur Rock attended church
! at Pleasant Hill Sunday.
Mr. Northern of Gainsboro
| township was in our community
Sunday evening.
Farmers have been making good
I use of the fair weather the past
! two weeks.
,J. H. Ward gathered three bales
; of cotton last week.
Health is much better at this
i writing.
WEEKS DOINGS AT SULPHUR ROCK
Short Items of Interest Picked Up
at the Metropolis of White
River Township.
Sulphur Rock, Oct. 30.—Mrs.
Leihr died very suddenly Satur
day morning and was buried Sun
day afternoon. The family is
from the North and have been here
only a short time.
Watt Suit of Indiana is visiting
relatives here. lie is a stepson of
Mrs. Nat Suit of this place and
was raised near Batesville.
Miss Mattie Martin came in
from Texas last week where she
spent 3 weeks. She attended the
state fair at Dallas.
Rev. James Best who has been
at Grubbs two weeks in the pic
ture business, came in Tuesday.
Ed Hathcockof Covington, Tenn.
was here the first of the week
looking after his property.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Jernigan of
Charlotte were visiting relatives
here the first of the week.
Dr. J. M. B.vrum of Asher,
Okla., came in Tuesday to visit
relatives for a few days.
Ed Wilson and wife of Newark
spent Sunday here with Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Martin.
Misses Hula Moore and Erma
Sanders of Batesville spent Sun
day at home.
J. C. Huddleston and Mrs.
Meriwether went, to Batesville
Monday.
Quite a number attended the
play at Batesville Saturday
night.
Mr. Hogue of Newark was vis
iting a friend here Saturday night.
Remember the canning factory
meeting here Saturday.
Bub Johnson of Sharp spent
Monday night in town.
Marshal Rodgers was down
from Sharp Tuesday.
John Lindsay went to the coun-!
ty capital Monday.
Clyde Wilson is at Batesville!
this week.
COTTON SALES DAY
The Farmers Unions of .James
town and Locust Grove have re
solved to mass their cotton here
for sale in one large quantity on
Saturday, November 10th, and re
quest their brother farmers to join
in the movement. They believe a
better price can be obtained for
cotton sold in a large quantity
than when each farmer selL his
few bales separately. Saturday,
November 10th, is the day.-Bates
ville Guard.
HAMMOTH SPRING TO SELL
December 11 the famous Mam
moth Spring, at the town of Mam
moth Spring, Fulton county, will
be sold to the highest bidder, with
2,000 acres of land, 500 town lots,
the large darn and water power
plant, the roller mills, the Hotel'
j Nettleton, brick opera house and
| several other of the best buildings
! in the town. The sale is for the
partition of the property.
CUTTING AT NASHVILLE
Nashville, Oct. 20.—M. L. Bow
den, a cotton planter who lives
near Nashville, cut the throat of
P. R. Hodge on the streets of
; Nashville. The weapon used was
a pocket knife, the blade entering
below the left ear and cutting en
tirely across the throat to a point
under the right ear. A wound
was al-o inflicted in Hodge’s right
shoulder. The wound in the
throat was a serious one, the jugu
lar vein and other arteries being
exposed, but none of the vital ar
teries were severed. Hodge made
a crop on Bowden’s place, near
this city this year, and a difference
in regard to some business trans
action is supposed to have been
the cause of the trouble.
ANNUAL INSURANCE FEES
State Collects Over $60,000 a Year
From Insurance Companies
The report of John Arbuckle,
insurance clerk in the office of
State Auditor Moore, shows that
during the two .years ending ()c
tober I the insurance and casualty
companies doing business in the
state paid a total of $.'>5,313.80 in
fees and $84,001.11 in taxes for
the privilege of transacting busi
ness in the state. Of this amount
the tire insurance companies paid
$26,315.80 in fees and $26,184.89
in taxes. The life companies paid
$6,005 in fees and $55,402.77 in
taxes. The fraternal insurance
companies paid $554 in fees and
are exempt from taxation. The
accident and casualty companies
paid $2,439 in fees and $3,473.45
in taxes.
INTEREST IN FRUIT GROWING
I). W. Hicks, a prominent farm
er of the Curia neighborhod, was
in town Wednesday en route to
Vienna, 111. Mr. Ilicks is fruit
agent for the Farmers Union of
this county and has sold an enor
mous lot of fruit trees during the
past few weeks. He has dates to
deliver trees at Newark, Batcsville,
Cushman and Sidney, and his trip
to Vienna is made for the purpose
of overseeing the work of packing
and shisping the trees out from the
nursery. He will ship a number
of extra trees and farmers who
want fruit trees will save money
by buying from him. The Journal
is glad to note the general awaken
ing among the farmers of the
county in regard to fruit growing
and hopes that Mr. Hicks will be
able to keep up the interest until
every farm in Independence coun
ty has a good orchard on it.
OIL TROUGH TINKLINGS.
Oil Trough, Oct. 29.—W. R.
Fife who has been sick for some
time, is no better, and is reported
very low at this writing.
(x. W. Carr fell and hurt his
ankle very badly a few days ago
aud is threatened with blood pois
on.
There is a great demand for
hands to pick cotton, but they
seem to be very scarce.
W. C. Mims and George Hol
derby of Newark were here Satur
day buying cattle.
Crops will be shorter this year
than they have been for many
years.
Health seems to be improving
; some.
."
MYSTERIOUS DEATH
--
Will Lane, aged 20, living near
Riggers, was found violently ill in
his corn crib Friday and died Sat
urday night without regaining
1 consciousness.
PROCEEDINGS OF CIRCUIT COURF
—
(irand Jury Adjourned Yesterday
After Having Returned Fif
ty-Six indictments
Batesville, Nov. 1.—SeveraF
cases have been disposed of in tho
circuit court this week. The trial
I of Frank Adams of Newark, charg
| ed with the seduction of Miss Bir
die Uedditt of Oil Trough in 189th
occupied the entire day Thursday,
the case being given to the jury
about nine o’clock Thursday night.
The jury was unable to agree and
was discharged Saturday morning
and the ease set for next term of
court. A charge of attempted
abortion against Adams was also
continued to the next term of
court.
Ed b he ley of Magness plead
! guilty Friday afternoon to invol
untary manslaughter and was sen
tenced to six months in the T>eni
■ tentiary. Sheley, it will he re
j membered, is the young man who
is alleged to have killed Dot a Hud
j son at Magness about a year ago
j by firing a pistol at random while
leaving a show at Magness one
j night. Sheley is only a mere boy,
; being about It) years old. He and
| Fred Southard of Jefferson town
I ship who was convicted last week
of involuntary manslaughter for
the killing of Walter Strickland,
were taken to the penitentiary at
Little Rock Saturday by Sheriff
' Lancaster.
Jim Fausel, of Newark, against
whom there were six indictments
for selling whisky, plead guilty to
j two and was fined $50 in each case.
Two other charges were continued
| and two dismissed.
The case of W. H. and Fid Tom
linson against the Iron Mountain
Railroad Company was continued
as was also the case of L. S. Ar
nold against W. I). Jackson.
N. T. Abernathy plead guilty to
selling whisky and was lined $50.
The trial of Will Dilbeck, for
the murder of Will Weatherford,
at Desha, last fall, has been fixed
for Monday, November 12th.
The suits of A. M. Fdgar, Hen
ry Brown and W. G. Taylor
against the railroad were contin
ued to the next term of court, and
in the case of Geo. L. Green
against the railroad the plaintiff
took a non-suit. Eva Osborne se
cured judgment against the rail
road for $1-1.75 and Will Connor
] for $1!).50. Several minor cases
; were disposed of by jury triaL
! Wednesday.
The grand jury adjourned today
at noon, having returned 56 in
dictments, but court will probably
be in session two weeks longer.
WINE JOINT WRECKED
Morrilton, Oct. dO. Comas*
wine saloon in this city was wreck
led last night, presumably by a
party of enraged citizens, who be
lieve that much of the recent
trouble has originated at that
place. It is alleged that the great
er part of the disturbance of the
past week, in which one man lost
his life and others were injured
can be traced directly to this place,
and the regulators last night de
termined to take the law into their
own hands and visited the place
with the intention of ridding Mor
rilton of what they claim is a pro
: litic source of trouble.
The wreck of the place was? com
plete, and the people generally ap
‘ pear to be pleased at the action of
j the regulators, but regret the ne-»
jeessity for such harsh action.