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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1920
VOL. 20 NO.
LON HATLER’S WIDOW
■ ASKS BIG DAMAGES
Files Suit in Circuit Court
Against Oliver Rider and
Barnett Bros. Co.
Mrs. Mary Hatler, adminis
tratrix of the estate of Lon
Hatler, deceased, through her
attorneys, W. M. Thompson
of Batesville, and W. P. Smith
and Lester L. Gibson of Wal-I
nut Ridge has brought suit in!
the Independence Circuit
Court against Oliver A. Rider
Barnett Bros. Mercantile
Company and I. N. and C. A.
Barnett in the sum of $35,000.
00 damages for the unlawful
killing of her husband.
borne time m March, 1919,
it is alleged in the complaint,
Rider while in the employ of
Barnett Brothers Mercantile
Company, and I. N. Barnett
and C. A. Barnett, in the op
eration of a large farm in
Black River township, wilfully
wantonly and unlawfully sho<
and killed Lon H a tier.
The killing grew out of a
disagreement between Rider
and Hatler over a meadow
which Hatler had sown on the
farm owned by the Barnetts,
and was the cau.^e of consid
erable excitement at the time.
Ha tier’s body, after the killing
was weighted down with a
mower wheel, and thrown into
Black River. It was found the
next day and J. W. Farr who
was the only eye-witness to
the killing, confessed that ho
had witnessed the killing.
Rider was arrested and lodged
in jail. He was tried at the
1919 Spring term of the Inde
pendence Circuit Court and
convicted of second degree
murder and sentenced to a
term of 21 years in the Peni
tentiary. An appeal was tak
en to the Supreme Court
which upheld the sentence, but
Rider was pardoned only a
few days after entering the
penitentiary. The Civil suit
now follows, it being alleged
in the complaint that by reas
on of the fact that Rider was
the agent of Barnett Bros.
Mercantile Company and I. N.
and C. A. Barnett, they were
jointly liable in a civil action
with him.
SAYS COTTON WILL
SELL BETTER SOON
An optimistic view of the
situation in the cotton indus
try is taken by D. C. Welty of
iittle Rock, vice president of
and general manager of the
Arkansas division of the Am
erican Cotton Association,
who believes that the period
of declines in the futures mar
act and consequent low price
r spot cofton has about run
us course. He takes this
view, he says, because the
movement to hold cotton off
the market has become gener
al throughout Ahe south and
because buyers for mills are
in need of large amounts of
the staple to meet their needs
and soon must enter the mar
ket.
KILLED BY TRAIN
Gus Taylor, a young man
whose home was in St. Louis,
was killed by a train at Hoxic
Tuesday.
He had crawled under a va
cant caboose standing in the
railroad yards and went to
sleep. When the switch en
gine coupled a train onto the
caboose the young man was
crushed to death. He was
bout 22 years old.
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and far from civilization a beautiful girl
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A Picture of Thrills and Beauty
Royal Theatre, Tuesday, Oct. 19
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SAVE THE COTTON CROP
The Journal is glad to note
that there is no evidences of
the foolish “Night Rider” out
break in Independence countv*
Our farmers, it is true, arc;
disappointed over the slump
in cotton prices, but the>
know that it would be fooli sn
to countenance this lawless ef
fort that is being made in
some sections by a few lawless
and unthinking men to pre
vent the gathering and gin
ning of the cotton crop.
The sensible thing to do ik
to gather the cotton crop as
rapidly as it can be gathered.
Save every bit of it as fast as
it can be saved. Then if the
price is too low, haul the cot
ton home from the gin, place
it under a shed and hold it un
til the price gets better.
If farmers all over the Sou
th will do this, the price of
cotton will advance.
But the point The Journal
would stress, is save the cot
ton while the weather is good
and while the cotton will make
a good sample.
The farmers as a rule should
be in better position than usu
al to hold their cotton and it
is far better to pick and gin it
and haul it home than it is to
leave it in the fields to dam
age from the weather.
This outbreak of lawless
ness should be curbed at once,
as it is a most dangerous
movement that will hurt ev
erybody. And it will hurt,
most of all, the farmer who
heeds it and lets his cotton
stand in the field, unpicked,
exposed to the wet weather
that is sure to come a little
Aacer in the season.
Save the cotton!
WOMAN STATION
AGENT IS ROBBED
While "on duty as night op
erator at the railway station
at Batesville Tuesday morning
Mrs. Ruth Braden was held
up by a negro man and the
cash register robbed of $137.
The negro obtained entrance
into the office under the guise
of a helper. He threw some
thing over her head, strangled
her ami threw her into a cor
ner. He then went through
the cash register. Mrs. Braden
freed herself as the negro
was leaving and seizing a re
volver fired four shots at him
as he ran away. No arrests
nave been made.
DOCK S BAND COMING
Dock Magness’ String band
will play for the show at the
Royal Saturday afternoon and
Saturday night. The after-1
noon show will be “Scratch!
My Back” and the night show |
will be the sixth episode of
“Hidden Dangers,” Fox News
and two reel Vitagraph Com
edy, “Loafers and Lovers.”
• RESIDENCE BURNS
The residence of Capt. Will
DeCamp at Batesville burned
Sunday night. The family:
was not at home at the time j
of the fire. The neighbors I
saved most of the contents.
Low water pressure, however,
prevented the stopping of the
blaze before it had consumed
the building.
BURGLARS AT HOXJE
Burglars broke into the
Warner Drug Store at Hoxie
Saturday night and stole
about $200 worth of jewelry
GINNING PRICE REDUCED
Beginning October 15, the
Newark Gin Co. will gin cot
ton at the old price of 30 cents
per hundred and $2.00 for bag
ging and ties. The present
prices of cotton do not justify
our charging more. We are
all farmers together, and we
appreciate and realize the con
ditions which farmers are
facing. We are making this
reduction in face of the fact
that wood, coal and labor is
costing us more this year
than any previous ginning j
season.
NEWARK GIN CO.
ABANDON ROAD WORK
The commissioners of the
Newark-Cord Road District
composed of G. M. P'ields, P.
S. Fortune and W. J. Herring
ton, held a meeting here last
Friday, and decide to abandon
the work of building the road.
Opposition to payment of
the assessments made by th
commissioners is given as the
cause for abandoning the pro
posed improvement.
The road is badly needed
but it seems that the commis
sioners were unable to build
it with an assessment that
would meet with the approval
of the tax payers of the dis
trict.
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.
JACKSON COUNTY MAN
MYSTERIOUSLY SHOT
Homer Etheridge Shot by Un
known Parties Near
Swifton Wednesday
Homer Ethridge, living at
the home of his brother, Will
Ethridge, about one and one
half miles from Swifton, was
shot and killed early Wednes
day morning by some un
known party while the young
man was still in his room. The
assassin used a shotgun, and
immediately after the shoot
ing was seen running through
the cotton field near the
house
Ethridge had just recently
moved to the home of his
brother to pick cotton this
fall and little was known of
his habits. He had retired as
usual the night before and
between 3 and 4 o’clock the
shot was heard by members
of the family. Upon entering
the young man’s room he was
found to be mortally wound
ed.
Reports trom members or
the family say that a man wa3
seen leaving the vicinity
through the fields nearby.
MR. AND MRS. FARMER
Cotton prices are down and
things are not just what we
would like to have them. But
life seldom is just exactly like
we would like for it to be—*
but it is always better to meet
our disappointlents cheerfully.
We have a splendid show Sat
urday afternoon that will
make you laugh from your
feet up. A good hearty laugh
will do you good. Come in
and bring the kiddies Satur
day afternoon and enjoy the
show. Music by Dock’s band.
Show starts promptly at 3 o’
clock. ROYAL THEATRE.
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