$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, October 5, 1916
Vol. 16, No. 27
LONE BANDIT ROBS
' COUNTRY STORE
Brooks & Johnson’s Store,
Postoffice and ThreeCitizens
Victims of Highwayman
A lone robber held up and
robbed a number of citizens at
Brooks & Johnson’s store at
McHue last Friday evening
about 7 :30.
The robber suddenly ap
peared at the store just after
dark and commanded those
present to hold up their hands
and fork over their cash. The
robber secured $50 from the
cash drawer in the store and
$41.34 in postal funds from
the postoffice which is kept in
the Brooks & Johnson store.
The citizens who were com
pelled to hand over their cash
were A. S. Stafford $10.90; C.
O. McClendon $10; and Wal
ter Hartline 20 cents, making
a total of $112.50 secured by
the robber.
After lining up his victims
and compelling them to part
with their money, the robber
made them turn their backs
and stand wkh hands up un
til he could get away.
The robbet had a hander
chief tied over the lower part
of his face for a disguise and
wore a pair of brown goggles.
In making the robbery he
stated that he had a partner
watching on the outside of the
store, but is believed that the
man was alone and it is
thought that he is the same
man who made an unsuccess
ful attempt to rob Wilmans
Bros, store at Diaz in the same
manner a few nights ago.
After the robbery, he stole
a mule from (Clarence Apples
and made it to the ferry at
Batesville where the animal
was released and the robber
secured a small boat and row
ed across the river to Bates
ville.
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COTTON RECEIPTS
CONTINUE HEAVY
A total of 1,305 bales of
•cotton had been received in
Newark up to nqpn today and
(cotton is selling on the streets
at 16 >4 to 16.40.
BIG COTTON GIN
AT NEWPORT BURNS
Nearly 100 Bales of Cotton
Burn and Total Loss is Es
timated at $15,000.
The Littleton Bros. Gin at
Newport was completely de
stroyed by fire early Wednes
day morning, the loss being be
tween* $14,000 and $15,000,
partially covered by insurance.
The blaze was discovered
about 1:15 o’clock and quickly
spread to the cotton on the
ground near the platform. The
gin proper was a mass of
flames in a very short while,
and as East Newport has but a
two-inch water upply pipe, the
department could do nothingto
save the seed house, some dis
tance away, which, with prop
er water protection, could easi
ly have been saved.
The gin plant, valued at $8,
000, was insured for $5,100
and is a total loss.
The insurance of the seed
cotton, about five to eight
bales, was $3,000, which more
than covers the loss in this line.
Littleton Bros, also had $14,
000 insurance on their own and
customer’s cotton on the plat
form and ground adjacent.
There were 170 bales in the
yard, and of this number 70
were either a total loss or badly
burned, entailing a loss of
probably $5,000.
The insurance on the seed
was carried by the oil mill com
pany. How the fire originated
is not known.
WALDRIP HAD BIG
CROWD AT BATESVILLE
Dr. Marion N. Waldrip of
Pine Bluff spoke at the court
house at Batesville last Satur
day on the proposed law to re
peal the state-wide prohibition
law.
A large crowd hwird Dr.
Waldrip who made a telling
speech against Act No. 2. He
made an unanswerable argu
ment showing the benefits of
prohibition and was given close
attention.
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BETTER BABIES CON
TEST AT BATESVILLE
Parents Who Desire to Enter
Babies Should Send Name to
Mrs.Barnett or Mrs.Kennerly
Tlie Federated Clubs, Patri
otic, and Benevolent Societies
of Batesville, have announced
the “Better Babies Health Con
test” to be held in the offices
of Drs. W. B. Lawrence and
M. S. Craig on October 31 and
November 1, during the days
of the Agricultural exhibit to
be held on these dates atBates
ville.
This contest has been held
twice in this county and met
with popular favor. Applica
tions from parents of babies
will be received from now un
til the morning of the first day,
when it is hoped the enroll
ment will be complete. Send
name and state definitely the
age of your child, also the day
on which you expect to be
present, to either Mrs. J. H.
Kennedy or Mrs. I. N. Barnett,
Batesville.
The classification of entries
is given below:
DIVISION A
Class 1.—Boy, 6 months to
12 months of age,
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11,627,000 BALES IS
■ CROP ESTIMATE
Cotton Prices Are the Highest
Since 1872 as Result of Big
Shortage of Yield.
This years cotton crop will
be approximately 11,637,000
bales, according to the depart
ment of agriculture’s forecast
made Monday, basing its esti
mate on the condition of the
crop on September 25. In its
first * forecast of production
made from conditions existing
June 25, the quantity was esti
mated at 14,266,000 bales. The
condition of the crop on Sep
tember 25 was 56 per cent of a
normal, which Is the lowest
condition *on record for that
time of the year.
Cotton this year was planted
on the fourth largest acreage
ever recorded—35,994,000 ac
res. In 1911, when 36,045,000
acres were planted, the crop
was 15,693,000 bales; in 1913,
when there were 37,089,000
acres the crop was 14,156,000
bales, and in 1914, when the
acreage was 36,832,000, the
crop amounted to 16,135,000
bales.
Indications are that this
year’s crop will yield only
156 1-3 pounds per acre, com
pared with 207 3-4 pounds in
1911, 182 pounds in 1913, and
209 pounds in 1914.
The weather during the en
tire fall has been very favorab
le for gathering the crop, and
the high prices prevailing for
both cotton and the seed caus
ed the farmers in all parts of
the South to rush gathering
and ginning,and there has been
a much larger percentage of
the crop put through the gins
than usual at this time of the
year. In Southern Mississippi
and Alabama, where the crop
is practically a failure, one
picking got the crop, the acre
age in many counties being a
bale to the mule, or less. Over
the entire cotton belt the crop
this season has been rapidly
picked, and there is less cotton
remaining in the fields than
usual at this time of the year.
The picking season will aver
age two or three weeks early.
Highest Prices Since 1872
Farmers are receiving for
their cotton at this time higher
prices than have been paid
since 1872. In that year the av
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STATE’S BUSINESS
BREAKS ALL RECORDS
Three Million Paid Out During
Last Quarter but State Has
$185,000 in Treasury.
Little Rock, Oct. 1.—State
business during the quarter
which ended yesterday was the
largest in Arkansas’ history
during a three months’ period,
according to figures compiled
in the skxte treasurer’s office.
Between June 30 and Septem
ber 30 the state treasurer’s of
fice redeemed $3,046,393.64
in warrants and gave receipts
for $3,428,756.97 paid in.There
were 21,642 warrants cashed
during the period and 17,274
receipts issued. The figures did
not include yesterday, when
about $40,000 ‘was paid out.
During the three months
$838,152.33 was paid out of
the general revenue fund and
$780,534.64 out of the Confed
erate pension fund. From the
penitentiary fund $16,483.98
was paid out. All the common
school funds, amounting to $1,
315,157.85, was paid out dur
ing the quarter.
The balance in the general
revenue fund at the close of
yesterday was approximately
$185,000.
WILL EXHIBIT FARM
PRODUCTS OF BOUNTY
Agricultural and School Exhib
its and Better Babies Contest
October 31 and November 1
At last we have decided on
the time for our exhibit, and
since we have,we hope to make
this as good or better than has
ever been held in the county.
To do this it is essential that
every citizen realize that it is
as much his exhibit and his
county as any ones, and to
make it the success that we
hope for, every one should at
least contribute to this some of
the things he has been growing.
All members of the Cflrn,
Cotton, Pig, and Peanuts clubs
will be expected to show their
products, and compete for the
prizes offered to clubmembers.
All record books should be
completed by this time and
turned in to me, so that they
may be shdwn along with their
product.
We do hope that the farm
ers throughout the county will
show their interest by furnish
ing specimens of thoe things
they have been growing at
home. We would like tp have
them bring to this exhibit
speciments of peas, oats,wheat,
clover seeds, sorghum, alfalfa,
red clover, grasses, baled hay
of all varieties, beans, soy
beans, garden products of all
kinds, corn, cotton, sweet po
tatoes, Irish potatoes, millets,
broom corn, canned goods,
good poultry,mule colts,calves,
good livestock of whatever kind
grown in the county shown at
this time.
Let us not forget that this
js our county, and whatever
we do to add to the success of
this exhibit is only helping to
boost our county and in that
way make it what it should be.
Remember that we are expect
ing you to contribute your
part to the success of his ex
hibit.
Prof. Pickens will have a
school exhibit at the same time
and the ladies of the county
will hojd their Better Babies
Contest. I am sure we are all
interested in these things as
well as in what we are grow
ing at home. Then let us all
remember the time, make our
arrangements to come and
bring something to go into this
exhibit.
I hope to have in nextweek’s
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HOLD ELECTION FOR
SELECTION OF SENATOR
Special Primary Will Be Call
ed to Name Candidate to
Succeed Senator J. P. Clarke
little Rock, Oct. 5.—It was
learned from high official
sources last night that Gov.
Hays will probably appoint
Associate Justice W. F. Kirby
United States Senator tempor
arily to succeed Senator Clarke
and name Judge Jeptha H.
Evans of Booneville associate
justice to succeed Justice Kir
by.
From the same source it was
learned that the governor will
issue a call for a special elec
tion and go before the Demo
cratic state committee Friday
and suggest that the primary
election to nominate 'a candi
date for senator be called. The
special election to select the
senator will be held in Decem
ber, it was said.
J. W. House, chairman of
the Democratic state central
committee, has issued a call
for a meeting of the committee
in Little Rock Friday after
noon to consider the filling of
the vacancy caused by the
death of Senator Jas. P.Clarke.
Mr. House said that a ma
jority of the members of the
committee with whom he had
talked favored holding a spec
ial election.
A. C. Remmel, chairman of
the Republican state central
committee, stated that his or
ganization would nominate a
candidate to run in the regular
election Nov. 7. Democratic
leaders said that such proced
ure would be of no avail to the
Republicans—that the spection
election,if called by Gov. Hays,
would hold in case of contest.
H. L. Remmel, it is said,
probably would be the local
nominee.
- Gov. Hays stated that he
will confer with the state Dem
ocrtic meeting Friday.
Associate Justice W. F. Kir
by has announced to friends
that he will seek the nomina
tion if a primary election is
called.
A. 0. U. W. STRONGLY
CONDEMNS ACT NO. 2
Resolution Unanimously Adopt
ed Urges All Members of
Order to Vote Against Bill
At the closing session of the
Arkansas Grand Lodge,*A. O.
U. W. held in Little Rock last
week,the organization went on
record in the strongest possible
way as opposed to the repeal
of the state-wide prohibition
act.
The following resolution, of
fered by Clio Harper, of Capi
tal Lodge, Little Rock, was un
animously adopted, and a copy
of it ordered sent to every
member of the order in the
state:
“Whereas, nine months trial
has proven the beneficent ef
fect of the state-wide prohibit
tion law, and effectually dem
onstrated that the only busi
ness it hurts is that of tne sa
loon, which impoverishe and
degrades ;it has had a tendency
to vacate our jails and county
farms, has increased the earn
ings of legitimate business, has
made labor more efficient and
dependable, has brought hap
piness and plenty to homes
that has been pauperized by
the saloon and its attendant
evils, and is lifting our citizen
ship to a higher plane of self
respect; and,
“Whereas, There is now
pending before the people, to
be submitted at the November
election. Act No. 2, which pro
poses to repeal nof only the
state-wide prohibition act, but
all the salutary anti-liquor
laws, which have been secured,
through persistent effort dur
ing the last forty years, substi
tuting therefor a law, under
the specious guise of local self
government, that w'ould again
deliver the state into the hands
of the Whiskey Ring with all
its pernicious attendant influ
ences; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Grand
Lodge of Arkansas, Ancient
Order of United Workmen,
hereby condemns as wholly
vicious and unworthy of sup
port, Act No. 2, as a deceitful
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