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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, July 21, 1905.
Vof. 5. No. 30.
CHAPLINE CONVICTED
ON BOODLE CHARGE
Conspired With Others to Bribe
Members of the Legislature.
J&ry Returned Verdict of Guilty, and
Placed Fine at $25 Will Ap
peal to Supreme Court.
Little Hock, July 15. liepre-1
sentative George F. Chapline of
Monroe county was found guilty
last night of conspiracy to bribe
and his punishment was fixed at a
fine of #25.
The jury returned this verdict
at 9:05 o’clock last night, after
about au hour and a half in actual
deliberation/>n the case.
The ease was given to the jury
at 0:30, and after taking one ballot
the jurors were taken out to sup
per. They returned to the jury
room at 7:50 o’clock and ai^Jumr
and il quarter later notified The
sheriff that they had reached a ver
dict.
Judge Winfield and the attor
neys were hurriedly summoned
and reached the court house about
11:30 o’clock. About 15 or 20
others had gathered in the court
room when the jury was ealled in.
Col. A. W. Files, foreman of tin*
jury handed the verdict to the
clerk and the latter read it. The
verdict was a* follows:
“We, the jury, find the defend
* ant guilty anti assess his punish
ment at a tine of twenty-five dol
lars (#25).
“A. W„ Files, Foreman.”
THE VERDICT WAS A SURPRISE
For a moment after the verdict
was read there was absolute quiet
in the courtroom. The crowd was
hardly prepared for the verdict,
as the short time required by the
jury to reach the verdict was re
garded as favorable to the defend
ant. Before entering the court
room, Chapline had apparently
been confident of a verdict of ae
-quittal. When tin* verdict was
was read, his face clouded and he
•sat for several minutes without
moving. The verdict was appar
ently unexpected by him.
Judge Winfield asked the attor
neys for the defendant if they de
sired to poll the jury, but they
said they didn’t, and he thereupon
discharged the jury.
CHAPLINE’S COMMENT.
Mr. Chapline declined to make
any statement in regard to the re
sult of the trial.
“The only thing I care to say,’’
he said, “is that someone had to
be the victim.*’
CHARGE CONVICTED ON.
'Fhe charge upon which Chap
line was convicted was that he
conspired with M. 1). L. Cook to
bribe members of the legislature
to vote for the Cache River levee
bill and they induced A. F. Ma
berry to put up in Oscar Davis’
hands $1,475, the money to be
paid to Cook if the bill became a
law. 'Fhe offense charged is a
misdemeanor, and under the stat
ue the punishment provided is a
fine of not more than $250 or im
prisonment in the county jail for
not more than one year, or both
fine and imprisonment.
The cases against Representa
tive Rison and Senators Toney,
Rison and Gross remain to be tried j
us well us another case against
Chapline.
NO MORE TRIALS AT THIS TERM
There will be no more trials in
the boodle cases at this term of the
court.
The cases against Senators To
ney. Kison and Gross and Repre
sentative Andrews have not been
set, and nothing has been made
public of late indicating that the
accused desire a trial at thi- term
of court.
Should other indictments be re
turned at the present sitting of the
grand jury, the accused would not
have time to prepare for trial, and
while, Judge Lea is ready to give
a trial to anyone who demands it.
he is worn out and ready for the
summer vacation as soon as the
grand jury finishes its work.
MACJNLSS MUSI NOS.
J. B. Bullard is on the sick list
this week.
Constable Clark of Newark was
in our city Monday.
Tom Bullard of Rutherford was
in Magness Wednesday.
John Moore of Sulphur Rock
was in Magness Tuesday.
Mr. Watts, the timber man, was
in Magness a few days ago.
Mr. and Mrs. W. 1). Magness
visited in Batesville Tuesday.
School opened at Magness Mon
day with an enrollment of 35.
S. C. Knight and mother visited
relatives at Newark Wednesday.
Mr. Lewis and Clint Foster now
have the licit for horseshoe pitch
ing.
It is rumored that another big
store will be built in Mag ness
soon.
The Misses Engles of Salado are
visiting Miss Alpli Burnes this
week.
(ieorge Inge who has been sick
for some time is able to beat work
again.
('has. Magness and (i. W. Had
dock went to Calico Rock Tuesday
on business.
Elvin Young of Desha has been
in Magness several days this week
on business.
Miss Ada Mastin of Enid, Okla
homa, is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Will Wald rip.
T. M. Waldrip of Batesville
spent several days here on busi
nese this week.
O. A. Ashley and family of Sul
phur Rock visited relatives at
Magness Sunday.
GEO. F. CHAPLINE.
Represtative From Monroe County,
Convicted of Conspiracy to Bribe.
A good many cattle are dying
in and around Newark, and sever
al of our citizens have lost some
very tine milch cows.
Prof. J. A. Wilkes, of Cushman,
who was formerly principal of the
public school at this place, is teach
ing the summer school at l'osie.
J. T. Sandlin, one of Mag ness
township’s good citizens, was in
town yesterday with a nice load
of peaches and found ready sale
for them.
We can not only show the best
variety, but lower prices, quality
considered, on millinery, dry
goods, clothing etc. Fred 1).
Whiting & Co.
The bell for the new Baptist
church arrived a few days ago. It
is a line 500-pounder and was pre
sented to the church by .lake
Goldman of St. Louis.
The Woodmen will unveil the
monument recently erected at the
grave of O. P. Coe in the Blue
Springs cemetery, next Sunday
afternoon at four o’clock.
Col. E. C. Waterman, editor of
the Newport News, and Miss El
eanor Busch, of Swifton, were
married Wednesday at noon at the
St. Charles hotel in New Orleans.
Newark and Prescott will play a
series of three games of baseball
at this place Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, duly 27th, 28th and
2‘dth. Prescott is said to have the
best amateur team in the state and
there will be “something doing”
when these games are called.
Mrs. Ina Hulsey, wife of T. W.
Hulsey died late Thursday even
ing of last week, at the residence
of Dr. and Mrs. V. L. Pascoe in
this city. The funeral took place
Friday afternoon at three o'clock,
services being conducted by Rev.
C. 11. Newman. The remains
were interred at Blue Springs.
For Sale—One live room one
story house, one five room two
story house and one eight-room
two-story house, a good well,
smoke house, and barn and one
acre of land with each house.
North of school building. Would
sell one or two of them. I also
have other real estate bargains in
Newark property. If you want
to buy do not fail to see me. '1'.
,T. Raney.
(JETTING THE HARNESS ON.
To The Newark Journal.
Please allow me space in your
valuable paj>er to say a few words
along the line of Farmers Unions.
We have thirty-two members at
Scott school house and are getting
the business harness on for a pull
to “Get out of the calf path.”
Our annual election of officers
was held Saturday night, and the
following is the result. John
Riddle, president; J. F. Kackley,
vice president; J. W. Fet/.er sec
retary-treasurer; A. S. Poynor,
chaplain; .John Henderson, door
keeper; J. H. Shipman, conduc
tor. \V. B. Zuber, John Trammel
and A. R. Watts were elected as
an executive committee. We
meet the 1st and 3rd Saturday
nights. All Union members in
vited to come and see us. With
best wishes to The Journal I am,
One of the Boys.
CROP REPORT.
The government crop report
for Arkansas for the week ending
July 17 says, the first of the week
was cool and the latter part seas
onable. Rain fell during most of
the week in the northern portion
of the state, over the remainder,
except for showers on the 10th,
little or no rain fell. Considerable
progress was made in cleaning
fields, but owing to excessive and
continued rains the preceeding
weeks crops are generally grassy
and some land has been abandoned,
j Cotton is making a good growth,
' but it is generally small and not
fruiting well. However, in some
sections there is complaint of it
making too much weed. Early
corn is generally poor and the late
crop is not doing well owing to
lack of cultivation and in some
sections too much moisture. 1\>
tatoes are a fair to good crop.
SAL ADO SKETCHES.
Mrs. Aydelott spent last week
in Oil Trough. .
T. B. Gowers and family went
to Stone county Saturday.
Miss Alice Young of Desha is
visiting friends here this week.
Oscar Burnes and Sam Wheeler
made a business trip to Batesville
Tuesday.
II. E. Padgett was seriously in
jured Monday by a horse falling
with him.
Allen Engles and John Walker,
two of Salado’s prominent young
men, spent Saturday night at De
sha.
Rev. McCord will move to
Batesville when he completes his
crop, where he will be engaged in
carpenter work the rest of the
summer.
CHIPS FROM CORD.
Mrs. I. C. Nuckolls is quite
sick.
Dr. McAdams is getting quite a
lot of practice.
I. C. Nuckolls made a business
trip to Newport Thursday of last
week.
A good many people from this
place attended church at Center
(drove Sunday.
The young folks enjoyed the
party given by Miss Lucy Berry
Wednesday night.
The Hobson show visited us
Wednesday of last week and had a
very good attendance.
Miss Jane Rose of Jackson
county spent the past week visit
ing her father, Henry Rose, at
this place.
A singing was given at the resi
dence of Mr. and Mrs. Mack
Churchill Sunday night. All re
port a nice time.
Miss Lucy Martin, who has been
at Cave City studying music for
the past two weeks, visited home
folks Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Rosa (iilljert of Cushman
; and Miss Myrtle Brown of Wal
' nut (irove began their school at
I Oak Ridge Monday with quite a
number of pupils present.
Uncle Jim Nuckolls, who has
been sick for some time, attempt
ed to walk rcross the room Thurs
day and fell and broke his leg, and
j is now in a serious condition.
SUPREME COURT HOLDS
ANTI-TRUST LAW VALIU
Justices Wood and Battle Deliver
Dissenting Opinions.
Celebrated Measure Construed to Ap
ply to All Trusts and Pools in
Arkansas and Elsewhere.
The Arkansas Supreme Court,
in a majority opinion rendered
last Saturday by Chief Justice
Hill, sustained the King-Davis an
' ti-trust law, passed by the last leg
islature.
In the decision the majority of
the justices of the Supreme Court
hold the law constitutional and val
id and construe it to mean that
any trust, pool or combination
formed in this state or elsewhere
to fix prices in this state or else
where, and doing business in this
state, is subject to the penalty im
posed by the act.
This decision, which was given
in the case of the State vs the
Hartford insurance Company,
falls with greatest force upon the
♦50 or more old-line tire insurance
companies which were forced to
i retire from the state when the law
: became operative March 2Kth last.
All of the large old-line compan
ies, with the exception of the
I Hartford Fire Insurance Company
and the New York Underwriters*
Agency, a branch of the Hartford,
suspended business pending a de
cision by the Supreme Court upon
I the act. and it is now armonneed
positively that none of these com
panies will resume business in
Arkansas.
An appeal will he taken in one
of the cases now pending to the
United State* Supreme Court for
the determination of federal ques
tions which will he raised, but it
i will he impossible to secure a de
cision from that tribunal in less
! than two years, and in the mean
time the companies will remain
I out of Arkansas, and it is said that
the insurance companies will make
a strong effort to have the next
legislature repeal the law.
DEAD NEAR RAILROAD TRACK.
Wynne, July 17.—G. W_
Brooks, a farmer residing about
two and a half miles west of
Wynne, was discovered .yesterday
morning about one and a half mile."*
west of Wynne lying beside the
Iron Mountain railroad track dead.
He was struck by some train dur
ing the night, and all indications
point to the faet that he was in
stantly killed.
Brooks was in Wynne until a
late hour last night, and it was
noticed he was drinking heavily,
and it is supj>osed that he had
started home, and sat down on the
end of the cross ties and gone to>
sleep.
ACCIDNTAL KILLING.
Last Saturday evening Perry
Stand ridge and Pleas Edwards*
were turkey hunting in the north
part of Pope county, and after the
two men had separated, Edwards
saw something behind a tree he
took to be a turkey. He tired ori
it, and when he went to get his
game he found that he had shot
his companion, the ball striking
Standridge in the mouth and pass
ing through his head, killiug him
instantly.