Newark Journal.
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Published In The famous white River Country. Where Alfalfa Is Kino
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, August 23, 1912
Vol. 12, No. 20
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KILLS NEGRO OVER
TWO DOLLAR DEBT
That If Charge Against Jackson
County Han Who Is Now In
Jail at New port
Owen Isom, a white tenant on j
the Bateman farm in Oil Trough,;
is in jail at Newport charged with j
shooting and killing Bee Jones, a j
negro, at Jacksonport, Saturday, j
According to the story of Jones' j
mother her son was killed because;
he would not pay* $2 that he owed |
his slayer.
According to her, Isom and his
brother arrived in Jacksonport
Saturday morning looking for
Jones, but failed to find him until j
night. She says that at night the
two men went to her son’s home
and demanded the money. She
says that her son replied that he
would pay it as soon as his logs
were scaled. She states that her
son made no threats nor insulting
remarks during the conversation,
and had turned to go back in his
house when Isom opened fire with
a pistol. The negro fell fatally
wounded and died a short time
later.
The two Isoms crossed the river
in a boat after the shooting and
went to their homes. Later, Owen
Isom went to Newport and sur
rendered so Sheriff J. I). Neal. He
says the negro had threatened him
and had started into his house
with the avowed intention of get
ting his revolver when the shoot
ing occured.
Coroner Melville held an inquest
over the body of the dead negro
Sunday morning. The jury, which
was composed largely of residents
of Jacksonport, returned a verdict
to the effect that Jones came to his
death from gunshot wounds inflict
by Owen Isom. It was recommend
that Isom be held to the Grand
Jury but that he be allowed bail.
CLEAN UP CEMETEKY
On August 31, there will be a
grave yard cleaning at Liberty
cemetery, in Gainsboro township.
Let all come who have relatives
buried there and bring your din
ner and we will do some good
work. U. P. Kent
James F. Huddleston
Committee.
LIVE LITTLE LOCALS
FROM OIL TROUGH
Weeks Happenings Among Our
Neighbors in Fertile Valley
Across the White
C. M. Meisenheimer is on the
sick list.
H. H. Shipp of Hutson was in
Oil Trough Friday.
Mrs. Mary A. Carlein went to
Batesville Tuesday.
C. B. Kent came in Tuesday
from a visit to Texas.
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Arlie Jackson came in from
Heber Springs Friday.
C. B. Kent made a business trip |
to Batesville Saturday.
Clint Eady found a pearl Mon
day and sold it for $35.
R. A. Hankins returned Satur-;
day from a trip to Helena.
Erwin McGuire of Batesville |
was in Oil Trough Friday.
J. C. Outlaw and Pat Aydelott i
went to Batesville Wednesday.
Mont Aydelott and Boss Ar-J
nold have returned from, a visit to
Searcy.
Mrs. J. C. McGuire of Batesville
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. W.
D. Gray.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wingo came
up Friday from Newport to visit
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. James Pool of Ken
nett, Mo., are visiting relatives in
Oil Trough.
There was quite a nice little
debate Friday night at the upper
school house.
George Fox of Newport was in
town Saturday on his way home
from Hutson.
There was baptising Sunday
afternoon at the ferry, Mrs. Bir
die Vandiver being baptised.
Wednesday, J. C. Outlaw caught
a mammoth fish that tipped the
scales at one-eighth of a pound.
Boas and Claude McClendon of
Jamestown were in Oil Trough
this week visiting W. A. Mayhue.
Rev. B. F. Holford of Bald Knob
failed to fill his appointment here
Sunday, and Rev. Burge of Bates
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hits MUSHY IS Til'll ISASix. Money in the
hank vanities you to earry out your /thins ami
to /ret others to join you in nn enter/irise. / ry
fo /tut throiitrh a deni without some A/0.\/il
If!' YOlH< UWS—you will fail. Try it with
MOST 1' THA I' IS VOTI\S—you will sueeeed.
We shall ijrluilly tulvise you on business mat
ters, anv time, free o) ehnrjte. He* pay lour
/tereent interest on Time lie/iosits.
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GOV. GEO. W.
Who "Will Deliver the Princip
Big Picnic and Old
villc occupied the Baptist pulpit. <
Fie is a brother of our townsman,
Dr. H. G. Burge.
Miss Birdie Hankins returned
Sunday from Heber Springs where
she had been visiting for some
time.
Mrs. Mollie Porter of Newport,
who had been visiting here for
some time returned home Wed
nesday.
Chester Churchill has gone to
Searcy to visit his little son, Guy,
add L. E. Ray and family for a
few days.
Quite a lot of mussell shells are
being hauled to Newport now, the
river being too low for navigation.
They are selling for $21 a ton.
Tom Fife of Newport and
Arthur Brannon of Ingleside were
here Sunday calling on some of
Oil Trough’s beautiful young
ladies.
Mrs. Etta Reeves of Parma, Mo.,
is here visiting her brothers, J. P.
and P. E. Osborn. She will prob
ably make this her home in the
future.
Can you tell as what the Devil
is going to do now, since that con
vention of theologians voted hell
out of the Bible? Look out, good
people, the next thing we know
somebody will be voting Heaven
out of the Bible, then what? One
thing sure, those theological ducks
had better leave our family re
cord, or they may look out for
dynamite, fire and brimstone.
SUE ROAD FOR $104,000
Newport, Aug. 20. Suit has
been filed in the Jackson Circuit
Court by the Railroad Commission
of Arkansas for the state against j
the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pa
cific Railway Company for
j penalities in the sum of $104,000 j
! for alleged failure of the defendant
! company to fix the railroad em
bankment and track between
! Newport and Jacksonport. The
action is brought by Attorney
General Hal Norwood and Prose
cuting Attorney C. M. Erwin.
SHOW 5 DEFECT IN ACT NO. 4
The State Department of Public
Instruction is sending out pam
! phlets pointing out the defects in 1
! Initiative Act No. 4, providing for
uniform text books, to be voted
| on at the general election Septem
j ber 9. It is stated that while the
DONAGHEY
il Address Here Today at the
Sellers Reunion
lepartment.'is in favor of theadop
:ion of a uniform series of text
jooks “Act No. -1 however, is im
possible on its face and aside from
its many vital defects and omis
sions could not be made operative
under any circumstances.” The
bill is quoted in sections and the
fefects pointed out beneath each
quotation. The bill is said to be
eumberson, expensive if put in op
eration, and would leave the door
men for abuse
WANTED MIS CLOTHES
Newport, Aug. 21. Suit has
been tiled in the Jackson Circuit
Court against the Iron Mountain
by Lon N. Campbell asking dam
ages in the sum of $1,025 for the
defendant’s alleged failure to de
liver at Hope in proper time the
trunk containing the baggage of
the plaintiff. The plaintiff’s wed
ding clothes were in the temporar
ily lost trunk and did not reach
Hope until about an hour before
the time set for the wedding.
ROAD BOOSTS ARKANSAS
The August issue of the South
west Trail, published by the Rock
Island lines, is an advertisement
of Arkansas from the first page to
last page. Photographs descriptive
of the Arkansas agricultural re
sources are reproduced, and each
industry is described in full by H.
M. Cottrell agricultural commision
er of the Rock Island. Emphasis
is laid on the raising of live stock
and it is claimed that conditions
are so favorable in Arkansas that
hogs have been placed on the
market at a cost of 2 cents i\
pound.
PROGRESSIVES NOMINATE
The Progressive party conven
tion of Independence county met
at the court house in Batesville
Tuesday. The meeting was called
to order by Geo. F. Crosser. After
some discussion as to the advisabil
ity of putting out a county ticket,
it was decided to place only two
candidates in the field, one for rep
resentative and one for county
judge. Geo. F. Crosser was nomin
ated for representative and Geo.
W. James was nominated for coun
ty judge.
A resolution was offered by
James Huddleston indorsing Roose
velt and the Roosevelt policies,
and the resolution was unanimous
ly adopted.
Dr. W. F. Hall was elected per
manent chairman and Edward R,
Baxter secretary-treasurer.
RAISE MONEY FOR
WILSON CAMPAIGN
Movement Started to Raise Deni*
era tic Campaign fund by
Popular Subscription
A popular subscription campaign
to raise funds for the national
Democratic campaign has been
started in Arkansas. Democrats
are asked to contribute a dollar,
J and the work of gathering the
dollars has been taken up by the
Democratic newspapers of the
state.
The Journal desires to help the
good work along and will receive
and acknowledge all contributions
that may be sent in, and Coward
same to National Committeeman
VV. M. Kavanaugh at Little Rock.
The Journal will receive a lot of
Wilson buttons in a few days and
each contributor will be given a
button.
The following subscriptions
have been received up to date:
The Newark Journal_$1.00
Will Duvall_ 1.00
T. J. Raney_ 1.00
F. C. Hoyt _ 1.00
Geo. L. Green__ 1.00
W. W. Jernigan_1.00
Dr. V'. L. F’ascoe _ 1.00
C. P. Vaughan_ 1.00
PROMINENT COUPLE WED
A most beautiful home wedding
was quietly solemnized at Hie
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mag
ness Wednesday evening a 7:45
o’clock when their oldest daughter
Miss Grade Magness and Prof. J.
C. Wynne were united in marriage
in a most beautiful and impressive
manner by the Rev. A. H. Dulaney,
pastor of the Methodist church.
The bride is one of the most es
timable young ladies of Newark.
She was educated in our home
schools and in Galloway college,
and is a young lady of charming
personality and many lovable
traits of character.
The groom was formerly princi
pal of the Newark High school
and is an excellent Christian gen
tleman.
After spending a few days here
Prof, and Mrs. Wynne will leave
for Texarkana to visit relatives
for a few days and will then go to
Richmond where Prof. Wynne has
been employed as principal of the
Richmond High School.
The Journal most heartily joins
their many friends in extending
heartiest congratulations and sin
cere good wishes.
HAVE TO BORROW
TO MEET EXPENSES
Just ns .State is Recovering Lrom
(Expensive Legislature An
other .Approaches
The question of finances will
again be paramount when the
Legislature meets in January. It
will confront a deficit in the state
treasury of several hundred thou
sand dollars and no prospects of
discharging the debt with a con
tinuation of existing conditions.
There is every reason to believe
that the Turner-Jacobson revenue
law, designed by the Legislature
to provide a more stable system
of assessments and taxation, will
be defeated by the people in the.
September election, and the Gen
eral Assembly will be forced to
devise some other means of in
creasing the revenues of the state
without imposing burdensome tax
rates upon the people.
When the Legislature met in
1911, there was a deficit in the
general revenue fund, and it was
necessary to borrow $90,000 from
the sinking fund to meet the leg
islative pay-rolls. That money was
not paid back until this month
when the state was temporary in
funds by reason of the settlements
with county collectors for the
taxes of the current year. The
Legislature of 1913 will also be
forced to borrow, but there are
several funds that will be, so that
no sympathy need be wasted on
the law-makers, who never fail to
what is coming to them. There
will be something like a quarter of
a million dollars in the state capitol
fund and enough may be borrow
ed from that to meet the mileage
and per diem.
The next session will not be so
expensive as the last, for there is
no doubt whatever about the peo
ple adopting the Norwood short
session Amendment, which makes
it mandatory upon the Legisla
ture to do its work in sixty days
and go home. But a large part of
the amount that will be thus sav
ed will be needed to meet the ex
pense of acts under the Initiative
and Referendum, considered by
the second lawmaking body, the
People. __ _
DEBS IN LITTLE ROCK
Eugene V. Debs, Socialist can
didate for President, will speak in
Little Rock Saturday September
24.
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The E M F and Flanders Cars are
$300 cheaper and $500 better
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