The Newark Journal.
Published In the Famous White River Country, where Alfalfa is kino
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, July 14, 1911
Vol. 11, No. 14
COUNTY TAXES ARE IN
Collector W. R. 5helpman Files
Annual Report and Turns
Cash Into Treasury
Tax Collector W. R. Shelpman
has finished the collection of taxes
for the past year and on last Mon
day filed his annual report with
the County Court.
The total amount of State and
County taxes charged against the
collector for the year 1910 is
$133,470.14. The collections made
by him are considerably short of
that amount, but the collections
are considered good, under the
circumstances, owing to the fact
that the collector who was elected
by the people failed to make bond
and Mr. Shelpman was appointed
and got a late start under very
unfavorable conditions. An effort
will be made to collect the out
standing amount and a number of
deputies will be put to work col
lecting the delinquent taxes.
After deducting his commis
sions, the following net amounts
were turned into the county
treasury to the credit of the va
rious funds:
County general_$18,453.23
Schools (all districts) . 28,297.68
Poll tax_ 4,854.00
Batesville corporation 6,296.29
Newark corporation_ 532.96
Sulphur Rock corp’rat’n 232.58
Cushman corporation _ _ _ 72.50
Magness corporation 248.17
Pleasant Plains corp’tion 146.58
Jamestown, no levy_ 00.00
County Roads (all dists.) 16,595.31
County Bridge_ 4,173.70
Special Road_ 2,782.38
Pauper__ 4,173.70
Oil Trough Fence I)ist.
No. 3. 229.36
O. T. Fence Dist. No. 5. 173.40
0. T. Fence Dist. No. 6. 43.66
Big Bottom Fence Dist. 470.94
Cattle tick tax (north of
White river)_ 464.11
Penalty for delinquent
assessing-- 437.00
STATE TAXES COLLECTED
State General_$ 9,215.72
Common School_ 16,694.24
Confederate Pension . 8,347.14
State Capitol_ 2,782.38
CALL CITIZENS HEETINO
A citizens meeting will be held j
at the mayor’s office in Newark
Tuesday night, July 18, for the
purpose of discussing the matter
of holding a picnic.
PERFORM A GOOD DEED
People of SaladoGather and Work
Out Crop For an UnFor
tunate Lady
Salado, July 11.—Last Friday
was appointed for the neighbors of
the community to meet and work
over the cotton crop of Mrs. Jane
Evans, a widow lady of our vicini
ty who has had a sick girl, which
has kept the family out of their
crop for the past two weeks.
Twenty-eight persons responded
to the call with hoes and cultiva
tors and by 4 o’clock in the after
noon the working of 20 acres of
cotton was completed.
Robert Varnell, of our township
died Friday evening of malaria,
after a weeks illness. He leaves a
widow, four children, a father and
many other relatives. He was bur
ied Saturday evening in the Egner
graveyard, Rev. Story conducting
the funeral services.
The recent showers have put
new life in the crops and in vege
tation generally, so much so that
the appearance has almost effected
a permanent cure on all those who
were afflicted with the “Blues” a
few weeks ago.
Mrs. Ida Crabtree, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Fowler, came
in last week from her home in Ok
lahoma, and will visit here several
weeks before returning home.
Mrs. Ann Stewart returned last
week from a months visit to rel
atives in Oklahoma. Mrs. Stewart
is 78 years old, but is hale and
hearty for one of her age.
Mrs. Jessie Griffin returned to
her home at Magness Monday af
ter spending several days here vis
iting her brothers, Henry and Al
len Egner.
Mrs. H. C. YVycough is in Texas,
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Dr.
Butts, and alsotosee Mr. Wycough
who has been down there since
the Reunion at Little Rock.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Rosenbaum
left Saturday for Joplin, Mo., and
Galena, Kan., on a months visit to
Mrs. Rosenbaum’s relatives.
Mrs. Armie Hodges and children
of Batesville were visiting home
folks, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kaneast
er and family last week.
Mrs. Champ Luster and children
of Batesville, are visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Hazelrigg.
The stave-mill which has been
located on Goody creek for quite a
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: while, was removed to the Cap
shaw Spring last week where they
have a good lot of timber to saw.
Mrs. Alpha McGill of Jonesboro
i is visiting her brothers and sisters
here. She has been away 14 years.
Bom.—To Mr. and Mrs. Charley
Taylor, a few days ago, a tine girl.
All doing well, especially Charley.
Mrs. Mary McClendon of Desha,
was here visiting the family of her
! son and other relatives last week.
Robert Ingram, a young man
from Illinois, came in a few days
ago to visit his father.
Born.—To Rev. and Mrs. W. M.
Jones, on last Monday, a fine girl.
All doing well.
Ed Hooper made a flying trip to
Texas and back last week on spe
cial business.
CROP PR0SPECT5 GOOD
Reports from all parts of Arkan
sas continue to bring assurances
that the 1911 cotton crop will be
one of the best ever raised in the
state. In nearly every locality,
good rains have fallen, and in al
most all sections it is stated that a
bumper crop is assured.
Corn has suffered considerably
from the drouth in the early part
of the summer. However, recent
rains have done much good, and
late com especially promises an
abundant yield.
In the northwestern part of the
state, it is said that the drouth
damaged the apple crop consider
ably and the crop will be short.
Wheat is being harvested in
some sections and the crop is re
ported fairly good.
INJURED BY A FALLINQ BRICK
Charlie Herron, a young brick !
mason of Newport employed on
the building going up at Tucker
man, was seriously injured when a
brick fell from the second story of
the building on his head last Fri
day. Herron was standing 15 feet
from the structure and the brick
glanced on the window sill, frac
turing his skull. He was taken to
Newport and given medical atten
tion.
At first, small hopes were enter
tained of his recovery, but late re
ports indicate that he is doing
nicely and will probably recover.
The young man is well known in
Newark and has many friends here.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that there
will be a meeting of Dannelly
Chapter No. 59 R. A. M., at the
Masonic Hall, Sulphur Rock, on
Friday night, July 21, 1911. All
members are requested to be pre
sent VV. J. Ward, H. P.
T. H. Hearing, Secretary.
TO SCHOOL DIRECTORS
The attention of school directors
is called to the fact that the law
requires their annual and enumer
ation reports to be filed with the
county examiner not later than the
20th of July. Sidney Pickens.
County Examiner.
hoy drowned in river
VY illie Tibbs, a boy about twelve
years old. was drowned Friday af
ternoon in White River near Elmo.
The boy was an orphan and had
been making his home with Char
lie Bell. Friday, Mr. Bell and the
boy and some other parties were
fishing in the river, using a net.
The river is very lowT, and at that
point the water is shallow. The
boy had wraded out into the river
some little distance to hold one end
of the net while others were
stretching it out into the water.
In stretching the net, the par
ties at the other end accidentally
pulled too hard for the little fel
low and he was pulled off into
deep water and drowned before as
sistance could reach him.
The body wras recovered Satur
day and an inquest was held by
Squire Pate. The verdict of the
jury was that the boy came to
his death by accidental drown
ing.
HOG CAUSES KILLING
Will Parker, a farmer, was shot
five times by I)r. A. G. Harrison
at Kensett Friday afternoon and
died in a short time as a result of
the wounds. The killing was caus
ed directly by the killing of a hog
of Parker’s by the automobile of
Dr. Harrison on July 4. It it said
that Dr. Harrison paid the value
of the hog to the owner, but claim
ed that he had been insulted by
Parker and a warrant for Park
er’s arrest followed. It was during
the trial of the case on the war
rant Friday afternoon that the
trouble was renewed and resulted
in the killing. Dr. Harrison was
given a prelimnary hearing at
Searcy Tuesday and was held on
bond of $5,0» »0 to await the action
of the grand jury.
THE FARMER S BICYLE
“Don’t you want to buy a bicycle
to ride around your farm on?”
asked the hardware clerk, as he
was wrapping up the nails. “They
are cheap now. I can let you have
a first-class one for $25.”
“I’d rather put the $25 in a cow,” j
replied the farmer.
“But think,” persisted the clerk,
“how foolish you’d look riding
around town on a cow.”
“Oh, I don’t know,” said the
farmer, stroking his chin; “no more
foolish, 1 guess, than I would milk
in’ a bicycle.”—Exchange.
POINSETT GOES DRY
Last Saturday witnessed the ad
dition of Poinsett to the already
long list of dry counties of the
state, the saloons at Harrisburg,
Marked Tree and Fisher closing
as a result of a contest filed in the
courts by the prohibitionists early
in the spring.
FIFTH SUNDAY MEETING
The Baptist Fifth Sunday meet
ing will convene at the Baptist
chure% in Newark on Friday, July
28. The program will be published;
later.
OKLAHOMA IS HARO HIT
Former Independence County Cit
izen Tells of Serious Situa
tion in Sister State
Editor Journal.—Believing that
the people of Newark and com
munity enjoy an occasional bit of
news from various parts of the
country, 1 will endeavor to give
them a short snetch from south
west Oklahoma.
At the present time things here
present a dark view. Crops, sure
enough for once, are a total fail
ure. Not only locally, but over the
greater part of the state, attribut
able to the long continued dry
spell and the excessive hot weath
er.
In the first place it was so dry
during the winter and spring that
wheat was very short, running
from six to twelve bushels per
acre. Then the oats made a com
plete failure for lack of rain at the
proper time. As the drouth con
tinued, corn went to the bad; and
unless it rains in a very few days
there won’t be a tenth part of a
cotton crop made, and but little
feedstuff raised.
Then to cap the whole thing off,
here in Tillman and Comanche
counties, on the evening of June
; the 24th, a destructive wind and
hail storm swept through our
country, covering a territory from
seven to ten miles wide, and sixty
miles long, laying waste every ves
tage of crops, and destroying some
thing near one hundred homes, be
sides blowing away numbers of
barns and other buildings, killing
lots of livestock and poultry. In
fact the storm-swept district was
left in such a destitute condition
that a call had to be made for as
sistance for the people.
Fortunately no lives were lost
and but few were slightly hurt.
With outside help largely con
tributed by cities, and fraternal or
ders, we will manage to live
through the trying time and hope
for the better in the future.
In closing I want to say to my
friends, that while 1 have been
away better that three years with
out a single visit back to the old
homestead, I have in no-wise for
gotten the good people there; and
I am only awaiting an opportunity
to again visit the scenes of my
boyhood days in old Independence
county.
With best wishes to The Journal
and its readers, I remain, very re
spectfully. Allie D. Engles.
Chattanooga, Okla., July 6,1911.
WILL AID SCHOOL WORK
New State Hoard of Education
Preparing Eor Aggressive
Educational Campaign
Governor Donaghey has ap
pointed the first State Board of
Education for Arkansas, as follows:
Hon. C. L. O’Daniel of Marianna;
Hon. Jno. P. Lee of Clarendon;
Prof. J. H. Reynolds of Fayette
ville; Prof. J. VV. Kuykendall of
1*ort Smith; Prof. B. VV. Torreyson
of Little Rock; Rev. F. Hutchin
son of Hot Springs; Hon. I). A.
Bradham of Warren.
State Superintendent Geo. B.
Cook, ex-officio chairman of the
Board, has called the first meeting
for organization at Little Rock
today.
This Board, created by an act of
the last Legislature, will have gen
eral administrative control of the
public school system, and will con
stitute a continuous body, one
member only changing each year,
which is calculated to carry out
progressive policies for developing
the public schools.
Tne Board will formulate cours
es of study, direct the certification
of teachers, grant state-wide li
censes — State, Professional and
First Grade recognize degrees of
colleges both within and without
the state. The State Board will al
so make the annual apportionment
of the common school fund, and is
sue charters to colleges.
One of the most important and
immediate duties of the Board will
be to make operative the recent
act, apportioning $50,000 annually
to be used for State aid to high
schools, and to designate which
schools shall receive this aid.
Superintendent Cook states that
as soon as the Board has formulat
ed its plans, the widest publicity
will be given, explaining fully all
conditions, so that every district
in the State will have equal op
portunity to apply for State aid.
DIED FROM EATING BERRIE5
A small negro boy by the name
of Garrett, whose father is a ten
ant on the Grant farm in Jefferson
township, died very suddenly Mon
day morning. The boy had just
eaten some blackberries and was
taken with violent pains in his
stomach, from which he died thirty
minutes afterward. It is thought
that locusts had been on the ber
ries.— Newport Independent.
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