Section I
Pages 1 to 8
The Newark Journal.
All Printed
At Home.
Published in The Famous Big Bottom Country, where Alfalfa Is king.
$1 Per Annum.
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, June 1906.
Vol. 6. No. 23.
TRAGEDY RESULT OF JEALOUSY
^Vill Estes Kills Robert Aycock,
Then Ends Life of Mrs. Es
tes in Lonoke County
Lonoke, Ark, May 2U. — A
double tragedy occurred four miles
south of here on the Chapline
place this afternoon. The victims
are Mrs. William Estes and Rob
ert Aycock. Roth were shot and
killed by Will Estes, husband of
the dead woman, and jealousy
appears to have been the sole
cause of the crime.
The story of the tragedy, as re
ceived here, is that Estes and wife
and Aycock had been working in
the Held, and that Estes, being of
a jealous turn, suspected that Ay
cock was trying to win the affec
tions of Mrs. Estes. He would
not allow her to go to dinner to
day until Aycock returned from
his meal. When about two o’clock
this afternoon, Estes went to the
field he found his wife and Ay
cock working near each other,
fie Hredat Aycock killing him in
stantly. Mrs. Estes started to
lun when the shooting began.
She had not proceeded far when
the enraged man turned his pistol
upon her. At the first shot which
Estes directed at the fleeing wom
an she fell. The bullet had struck
her in the back of the neck, death
resulting instantly.
i lie suuuung was so suaaen ana
■unexpected that it was all over
before others close at hand could
realize what it meant. Estes did
not tarry on the scene. He hur
ried away and was lost to view by
the time those attracted to the
spot by the shooting saw clearly
the result of the shooting. Soon
after Sheriff House and deputies
reached the Chapline place, in re
sponse to notifications of the shoot
ing, a posse was sent out on the
supposed trail of the fugitive, but
up to a late hour tonight Estes
had not been found.
Estes and his wife and Aycock
had been farming or working ns
farm hands in this section for
some time.
CHARLOTTE CHRONICLES.
The farmers are all busy in this
section.
Henry Crigler is on the sick
list this week.
Sam Moore went to Antioch
Sunday as usual.
Charles Moore attended church
at Antioch Saturday night.
Edgar Rogers of Batesville at
tended church here Sunday.
Misses Vela dernigan and Ida
Ward visited Mrs. Blair last week.
Mrs. Yates and little son Ray
tnond went to Batesville Tuesday.
^ Mrs. Churchill and Mrs. Moore
visited friends at Moorefield last
Wednesday.
Several from this place attended
the Children’s Day service at
Newark Sunday. All report a
nice time.
Children’s Day services will be
held at this place the second Sun
day in June. Everybody is in
vited to attend.
Miss Julia Hoover of Sulphur
Rock and James Herrington of
this place were married at the
home of Rev. Jackson last Wed
nesday. We wish them a long
and happy life.
WEEKS DOINGS AT SULPHUR ROCK
Short Items of Interest Picked Up
at the Metropolis of White
River Township.
Mrs. Morris is on the sick list
this week.
Dr. T. A. Bevens went to Bates
ville Monday.
Memorial services at the I. Y).
O. F. Hall June 17th.
J. H. and Theo. Jimerson went
to Batesville Tuesday.
Mrs. Lizzie Vaughan of New
ark was in town Saturday.
J. P. Sink spent several days
last week in Jackson county.
Burt Pascoe of Batesville spent
Sunday here with home folks.
tlack Gibson of Dota spent Sat
urday nigh here with home folks.
Rev. John Best spent Wednes
day and Thursday of last week in
our town.
Mrs. Pleas Wright, who has
been sick several days, is getting
along nicely.
It is getting time that some one
should make a move to have the
cemetery cleaned off.
Ethel Hogan of Batesville vis
ited her cousin, Rena Cunningham
Sunday and Monday.
W. R. Rice and family went to
Newark Sunday to attend the
Children’s Day services.
George Sink of Newport came
up Monday to visit his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. «J. P. Sink.
W. J. Herrington of Dota and
Miss .Julia Hoover of this place
were married last Wednesday.
Messrs. Cabot, Mofatt and
Mesh ley from Memphis are visit
ing the family of A. A. Coving
ton.
E. M. Buck came down from
Cushman Tuesday and engaged
with Gibson in the photo busi
ness.
Mrs. Angie Wilson came down
from Batesvilie Sunday where she
spent several days visiting rela
tives.
Mrs. E. W. Hogan of Bates
ville visited her brother, Dr. Bev
ens and family the first of the
week.
Theo. .Jimerson of Logan town
ship was visiting his brother.!. II.
Jimerson here the first of the
week.
Jim Ashley, who has a railroad
position at Chattanooga, Tenn.,
spent Sunday with his wife at this
place.
The Sulphur Rock baseball
team will play the Arkansas Col
lege team at Batesville Monday.
June 4.
Madison Gossett brought up
some nice fish from the river Sat
urday. Among the lot was a 4t!
pound cat.
John Lindsey and Mrs. Vina
Wtinn were married Sunday even
ing at 2 o'clock at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. John Alderson.
DROWNED IN BLACK RIVER
Fred Kline, a business man of
Pocahontas, was drowned in Black
river near that place Monday. He
and several others were in a gaso
line boat when the gasoline tank
blew up, while the boat was in
midstream, causing them to have
to swim ashore. The others
reached the shore in safety, but
Kline gave out and was drowned.
Orvil Smith who is making a
crop with Eugeue House over in
the bottom on the Arnold farm,
left a fine stalk of cotton at The
Journal office Saturday. It meas
ured nine and a half inches in
heighth, and he says he has six
acres like that.
The attention of our readers is
called to the advertisement of
“The Leader’s’" big opening sale
on page eight, which is now in
progress at Newport. The Leader
was burned out last winter and
they are now resuming busiuess
with an entirely new stock, which
they are selling very cheap dur
ing this opening sale.
Henry Johnson, George Lock
and Perry Hutchinson cut a bee
tree over in the McHenry bend
on White river one day last week,
in which there were two swarms
of bees, and they got a washtub
full of honey. Henry said they
had another swarm treed, but as
it didn't seem to be much of a day
for houey they concluded to wait
until some other time to cut the
other tree.
Mayor Lyman F. Reeder of
Batesviile appeared before the
house committee on rivers and
harbors at Washington Friday in
behalf of the Brundidge bill allow
ing the Batesviile Power Com
pany to use the water power at
the government dam on White
river near Batesviile for business
purposes. It is said that the bill
will be favorably reported by the
committee. This company was
recently granted an electric light
and street car franchise by the
Newark city council and the peo
ple here are very much interested
in the passage of the bill.
HONOR ROLL
The following pupils made the
honor roll for perfect attendance
during second term of Newark
public school.
Fred Eller, Morg Magness, Al
fred Williamson, Nobe Holderby,
Eugene Magness, Susie Rogers,
Van Pascoe, Ruby Poe, Pearl
Long, Hattie Rogers, Pearl Poe.
There were more than one hun
dred who did not miss five days.
The term enrollment was about
225. The number taking exami
nation was 178. Our bad attend
ance comes from just a few fam
ilies. Sometimes this is unavoid
able. But I would urge the par
ents to look more closely to the
matter of their children’s attend
ance and help the teachers to
bring the school work to a higher
degree of efficiency.
S. J. T. Wynn,
Principal.
TEAHS WANTED •
—
We can use an unlimited num
ber of teams for hauling lumber
from our mill near Pleasant Plains
to Newark and Newport. Work
any time you want it. Good
wages. Johnson & Fields.
LOOK HERE
Why don’t you try a pound of
i Littlefield’s new honey* It will
I surprise you both in looks and
| ta*te.
THE CHILDREN’S DAY SERVICES
Excellent Program Rendered By
the Children at the Hetho
dist Church Sunday
Children’s Day services were
held at the Methodist church Sun
day and an unusually large crowd
was in attendance. The program
was well rendered and the chil
dren deserve especial praise for
the excellent manner in which
they acquitted themselves.
The program rendered was as
follows.
Opening Address—Superintend
ent.
Song — I Know He’s Mine—
School.
Scriptural Reading—Pastor.
Prayer—Pastor.
Address of Welcome — Alfred
Williamson and Dick McHenry.
Song—Keep Your Heart Sing
ing—Choir.
First Child’s Speech Virginia
Hall.
My Dollie—Annie Magness.
The Climbers—Billie Barksdale.
Song—You May Have the Joy
Bells—Choir.
Baptism—Jewel Magness.
Daily Work—Maude Magness.
Children’s Day—Class.
Duet—I Belong to the King—
Mrs. Maude Edwards and Mrs.
Ruby Lancaster.
On Children’s Day — Hattie
Rogers.
Composition—Winford Hall.
Flowers of Heaven Class.
Song—Leaning on Jesus—Choir
God Will Understand—Beulah
Clark.
Is Sacrifice So Hard a Thing? —
Winnie Hearing.
Why Did Our Father Make the
Flowers?— Class.
Song—Face to Face Choir.
For the Children -Susie Rogers.
A Helping Hand Birdie Price.
What Would the World Be?—
Class.
Song My Savior is Praying
For Me—Choir.
Two Lives—Herman William
son.
If I Knew Ruby Poe.
God Cares F'or Me—Class.
Song—Hidden Peace—Choir.
Compensation Buford Hall.
Suffer the Little Children to
Come—Lizzie Mayhan.
What We Give and What We
Get—Class.
Song—Give Me Thine Heart—
Choir.
Frightened—Walter Magness.
A Fresh Boquet for Children’s
Day—Florence Moore.
Song—The Day of All the Year.
—Class.
A Mother’s Love—Ona Mor
gan.
The Christ Can Sympathize —
Fleda Pendleton
God Will do the Rest—Willie
Drennen.
bong—V\ hosoever \\ ill—Choir.
Hope—Erie Williamson.
How Prayer Was Answered—
Roxie Wells.
Song—Master, The Tempest is
Raging—Choir.
The Sleep of Death Ida Gil
breath.
Drifted Out to Sea—Addie Mc
Henry.
Song—Let .Jesus Come Into
Your Heart Choir.
The Mother’s Cry Beulah
Wells.
! Lead Me Father Male Quar
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PROBING BOODLE GHARGES AGAIN
Raney and Toney Before Pulaski
Grand Jury in Connection
With Boodle Inquiry
Little Rock, May MO.—The legis
lative boodle investigation which
has been under way at intervals
for the past year is again in full
swing, and the indications are that
some developments will result
from the present line of inquiry
within the near future.
Four indictments were returned
by the grand jury yesterday
against persons not in custody,
and it was reported that at least
two of these were connected with
the boodling inquiry. No arrests
had been made last night, however.
It is expected that there will at
least be several indictments in the
next report made by the jury.
Senator Toney of Jefferson
county, who is now under indict
ment on charges growing out of
alleged boodling in the legislature,
was a witness before the grand
jury yesterday, but nothing is
known as to the nature of the tes
timony which he gave. Repre
sentative Raney of Independence
county was also before the inquis
itors. He was in the city only a
short time, returning to his home
yesterday morning. Representa
tive Chambers of Yell county, and
Representative Witt of Faulkner
county were also in the city, and
were at the court house.
In the investigation up to the
present time the grand jury has
confined its attention chiefly to the
senate, but the presence of so
many members of the lower house
in the city has led to the belief
that the scope of the investigation
is to be extended to include the
circumstances connected with the
passage and defeat of various bills
in the house. 17p to the present
time the only members of the
house who have been indicted are
Representative Chapline of Mon
roe county and Representative An
drews of Nevada county. All of
the other indictments have been
! against members of the senate or
others who were not members of
the legislature.
PLEASANT HILL ITEMS
Plenty of rain this week, and
crops are looking well.
F. M. Fngles and son Charlie
went to the Mountain Gap Fri
day.
Walter Holcombe and Dr. D.
W. Gray went to Sulphur Rock
Friday.
Had a very good crowd out at
the Farmers Union at Oak Hill
Saturday night.
W. d. Bice went to Magnesw
Friday. Will has the finest colt
in this community.
Kev. .lames Best passed through
here Saturday evening enroute
home from the Dota neigh bo r
, hood.
| Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Meriweth
er and Mrs. F. M. Barnett and
' her two little grand daughters
went to Sulphur Rock Friday.
As a result of the school elec
j tion held on the 19th, Oak Hill
will have more seats, a new bell,
and a new well shed. M. P. Hol
comb was re elected director and
i a three mill tax levied.
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