The Newark Journal.
Published In The famous white River Country. Where Alfalfa Is kino
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, December 23, 1910
Vol. 10, No. 37
A. A, BARBER SUICIDES
Shot Himself Through Heart in
Presence of Daughter.
Albert Barber committed sui
cide at his home a few mites north
of Newark Thursday.
So far as known there was not
the slightest cause for the rash
act. He was in the house convers
ing with his family seemingly as
cheerfully as could be. Walking
through another room, he picked
up a shotgun. His little daughter
asked him what he was going to
do with the gun. He walked out
on the porch, the little girl follow
ing him. His only answer was,
“Watch and I'll show you.” Im
mediately cocking the gun he
hung the trigger on a nail in one
of the porch posts, and stepping
up with his breast immediately at
the muzzle of the gun, pulled the
trigger. He fell mortally wound
ed and died almost instantly.
He made an attempt to commit
suicide a short time ago by taking
morphine, but told what he had
done and I)r. A. L. McClard was
summoned in time to save his life
After recovering he expressed his
regrets over the unfortunate occur
rence and nothing more was
thought of it.
He was the youngest son of
Uncle Zibe Barber, one of the old
est residents of this section, and
was a good citizen. He leaves a
wife and four children. The re
mains were buried Friday at the
Edwards graveyard.
SHERflAN HILLER INJURED
Sherman Miller was painfully
injured Sunday night by being
thrown from a wagon. He was
moving a family from some place j
up in the hills and while coming
down tha Haves hill a few miles I
north of town, some of the har
ness broke causing the wagon to j
run otr into a ditch and turn over. 1
Mr. Miller suffered a fractured rib
in the accident. There were
eight other persons in the wagon,
but they escaped uninjured.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
All parties who owe the R C.
Dorr Merc. Co. are hereby notifi
ed that all accounts and notes due j
the company must be paid by .Jan
uary 1, 11*11, and if settlement is ;
not made by that time all unpaid
accounts will be turned over to!
our attorney for collection at the
expense of the debtor, without
further notice.
R. C. Dour Merc. Co.
BATESYILLANS REAPING
Bootleggers Meet the Inevitable in
Uncle Sam’s Court
Several “prominent7, citizens of j
Batesville, who have for some i
time successfully conducted an
illegal liquor business almost with
in the shadow of the county’s j
temple of justice, met the inevit
able in federal court at Batesville
a few days ago.
Herman Welborn was fined
£200 and sentenced to one year
and a day in the federal prison at
Atlanta, and others are in jail
awaiting trial, with prospects
very good for a similar verdict.
A man may successfully violate!
the law for a time, and walk
rough-shod over the principles of
justice and right, but sooner or
later he will reap his reward. No
greater truism was ever uttered
than, “Whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.”
MARES AND HULES FOR SALE
We have 75 head of mares and
mules for sale, ca*h or credit. At
Sulphur Rock every day and at
Frank Wright’s place on Black
River every Tuesday. Griffin &
Wright.
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I). A. Phipps and two little!
sons left Wednesday for Waunita, j
Okla., to make their future home.
Miss Ethel Foote of the l>ota
neighborhood spent last week
here visiting her sister, Mrs.
W. J. Herrington.
Geo. A. Ashley of Sulphur
Rock won second prize for best
White Plymouth Rock hen and
fourth cockerel at the recent
poultry show at Pine Bluff.
The piano recital at the High
School Auditorium Wednesday
night by the pupils of Miss Whit
more and Miss Bandy was a de
cided success, and was thoroughly
enjoyed by a large audience.
The W. B. M. Theater recently
opened in the new Masonic build
ing fills a long felt want in the
way of furnishing light amuse
ment for the people of Newark.
The shows given are all clean, in
teresting and instructive.
G. S. Saylors and sister, Miss
Kate are home to spend the holi
days with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Saylors. Silvey i«
attending medical college at Little
Rock and Miss Kate is a student
in Ouachita at Arkadelphia.
R. L. Conditt, a prominent
citizen of Tuckerman and former
tax assessor of .Jackson county,
spent Tuesday night in town, the
guest of Mayor and Mrs. E. H.
Williamson. Mr Conditt bought
a carload of our famous Rig Bot
tom corn from Moore Bros. Co.
while here.
Cashier E. B. Chesser of the
First National Bank has rented a
suite of looms in the new Masonic
building, where he will tit up
elegant bachelor quarters. He
will have a fine, comfortable and
cozy “home.” But its a shame to
see a thoroughbred like Chesser
“baching.”
A card from Rev. ,Ias. F. Jer
nigan a former pastor of the
Methodist church at this place,
says he has looked over the situa
tion at Marked Tree, his appoint
ment for next year, and is well
pleased with the outlook. He
says: “The town is as good or
; better than Osceola and there is a
fine opening for a great uplift in
church work. They will pay
#1,000 or #1,200. But the great
est thing I hope to see come to
1 pass is a regular Newark old-fash
ioued religious revival,”
J. W. Fetzer returned Sunday
afternoon from points in Polk
county, where he spent a month
with his brother, Charles. He
was in very poor health when he
went away, but is much improved
and looks better than he has in
several years.
Beginning at 1 p. m. Saturday
the W. B. M. Theater will give a
continuous performance until 11
p. m. showing the famous Passion j
Play which is a reproduction of
the life and death of Christ, J
There will also be several musical
numbers, piano, violin and vocal, i
Mrs. .J. K. Travis and daughter J
Miss Minnie, left Tuesday for
Mayfield, Ky., to spend the holi
days with relatives. Luther
Travis and Brevord Arnold accom
panied them as for as Memphis
and will go to Helena to spend
Christmas with Mr. and Mrs.
•James Cargill.
A local organization of the
Mutual Protective League was re
cently perfected in Newark by
Organizer K. L. Fields of Malden,
Mo. There were 116 applications
for membership, but all of them
had not passed the medical exami
nation at the time of organizing.
The following officers were elect
ed: D. 1. Holt, past president;
D. C. Lane, president; ,1. Propes,
vice president; W. L. McAhron,
secretary; W. E. -Jackson, treas
urer; Mrs. Nannie Morgan, chap
lain; ,Jno VV. James, usher; T. J.
Moore, guard; George Shipman,
sentinel; Lee Gray, Dolph Sam
mons and M. F. Bruce, directors;
Dr. A. A. Evans, examining
physician.
R. C. Adams and R R. Reeves,
two promising young citizens of
Oil Trough, were in town Satur
day. The latter is a very remark
able young man and possesses
wonderful ocular powers. He
claims that he can see a chigger
on the opposite side of a white
oak tree four hundred yards away.
Of course we wouldn’t advise any
of our readers to call on him to
demonstrate this feat. He’s a
truthful young man all right, we’ll
vouch for that, but his youthful
exhuberance sometimes becomes
so spontaneously combustible that
he is liable to make slight exag
gerations. Rut he will be more
staid and sedate when he gets a
little older. The other young
^cuiKmau is more discreet.
MAN BURNED TO DEATH
Dave Duly, on Drunken Spree,
fleets Most Horrible Death.
Dave Duly was burned to death
in a barn at the home of Link Os
born in the Dota neighborhood
Saturday night.
Duly and others were having a
pre-Christmas celebration a la
heathen, and Duly being too
drunk to sleep in the house was
sent to the barn and locked up.
Some time during the night the
barn was discovered to be on tire,
supposed to have been started by
Duly in some manner unknown.
He was unable to escape and was
burned to death before assistance
could reach him, the barn and con
tents also being destroyed.
Coroner Flinn held an inquest
Sunday.
Duly was about 55 years old
and came from Missouri some two
years ago. He leaves a wife, but
no children, and he and his wife
had been separated for some time.
NOTICE
All parties indebted to the un
dersigned are hereby notified to
call and settle up before the first
of January, 1911.
M. Drknnkn.
KILLED BY THE TRAIN
Perry Hutchinson Instantly Killed
at Earnheart Wednesday.
Perry Hutchinson, a well known
citizen of Newark, was ran over
and killed by a train at Earnheart
j Wednesday evening.
He had gone up in the morning
and was waiting for a train to re
turn home. He heard a train
coming about dark, and supposing
it was the passenger, started to
cross the track to flag it, that be
ing a flag station. It was not the
passenger, but the Bates vi lie
switch engine, which had been up
the line to do some work and was
backing in, with only a caboose
attached. It was running pretty
fast, and the headlight being in
the wrong direction, he did not
realize that it was so close. The
train struck him, entirely sever
ing the head and one leg and hor
ribly mutilating the body.
The train crew knew nothing of
the accident until they reached
Batesville.
Coroner Flinn held an inquest
yesterday morning.
Mr. Hutchinson was about 45
years old and leaves a wife and
five children, a married daughter,
two grown sons and two small
children.
GROW TWO BALES PER ACRE
D. I). Whisnant, one of Logan
township’s best citizens and most
successful farmers, was in tnwiv
Saturday. Mr. Whisnant informs
us that he is now preparing some
land for cotton next year, on
which he expects to produce two
bales per acre. He believes it
can be done, and The Journal
heartily agrees with him. Mr.
Whisnant is a firm believer in the
future greatness of this section of
Arkansas, and has us send The
Journal regulary to his brother in
North Carolina in order that he
may keep up with the progress of
this part of this great common
wealth.
J. M. WALKER IHPROVINU
The many friends of J. M.
Walker are glad to see him able
to be out again. Mr. Walker was
confined to his bed for several
weeks with a severe carbuncle on
the back of his neck and shoulders.
It was feared for some time that
the aliiiction was of a cancerous
nature, as quite a lot of flesh was
eaten away, and for a time his re
covery was considered very
doubtful. He has not fully re
covered, but is able to be out and
will soon be entirely well again.
Statement of Condition of the
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkansas
AT CLOSE OP BUSINESS DECEMBER i, 1910
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts.$52,952.47
U S Bonds. 25,000.00
Banking house and
fixtures. 1,500.00
Due from other banks 94,705.90
Cash in vault. 11,106.45
Due from U. S. Treas. 1,250.00
■ Total.$186,574.82
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock paid in. $25,<»00.00
Surplus and undivid
ed net profits. 3,857.41
National Bank Notes
outstanding . 25,000.00
Deposits .132,717.41
Total
$186,574.82
The attention of our customers and friends is re
spectfully invited to the foregoing statement, show
ing the confidence placed in our institution, as evi
denced by the deposit account, and justified by our
unusually strong cash reserve,which we always carry
To One and All We Wish a Merry
Christmas and Prosperous 1911
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