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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCfc COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 27 1922
VOL. 22 NO. 2
TO DISCUSS SCHOOL
AFFAIRS OF COUNTY
County Board, School Directors
and Feathers to Meet al
Batesville May 6
The County Board of Edu
cation, scho"! directors, teach
ers, and business men, will
meet at Batesville on Saturday,
May 6, at 1 o’clock P.M.
This is an important meet
ing and should be attended by
all school dir. - tors in the coun
ty. It is our first attempt to
bring the County Board of
Education and the directors in
v. joint meeting. Questions of
importance will he discussed.
Some, I am sure, you would like
to hear and enjoy.
We realize that this is a
busy time for the farmer, but
we trust that you may find
time to come to this meeting'.
There may be questions you
would like to ask or problems
in your school that need atten
tion so, this will afford the op
portunity to present them.
We most cordially invite
every director to come, and al
so feel free to take part in the
discussion which follows after
the program.
Following is the program:
The Relation of the Board
of Education to the Public
schools,—Q. E. Yeatman and
other members of the Board.
The Relation of the Direc
tors to the Public Schools.—H.
C. Wade, Dr. Hook, W. N. Os
borne, and J. M. Cravens.
The Relation of the Teach
< t; +¥*' Public Schools.—Sitir
*.fe$ Pickens, J. K. Rawlings,
,1. H. Hill, and S. E. Wells
The Relation of the Business
man to the Public School-—W.
P. Jones and Burton Arnold.
Fourteenth Amendment to the
Constitution.—Mr: W E. Hal
brook, Department of Educa-j
tion, Little Rock.
General Discussion.
W- T. JERNIGAN
County Superintendent
Why Cant This Be
True Around Newark
It is said that the farmers
around Judsonia will ship a
bout 225 cars of strawberries
j this season.
A carload of strawberries
I sells for about $1,500.00 This
means that the farmers of the
i Judsonia neighborhood will re
ceive at least $350,000.00 for
their berry crop within the
next 60 days.
Here is something worth
thinking about for the farmers
around Newark.
BONE ANNOUNCES
Will Seek Re-Election to the
Coming Legislature
The announcement of John
C. Bone of Batesville as a can
didate for re-election as repre
sentative appears in today’s
paper.
Mr. Bone needs no introduc
tion to the voters of Independ
ence county, as he has been a
citizen of the county for many
years and has always been
identified with the best in
terests of the county. s
He is a good, substantial citi
zen and a man of good judg
ment, as is fully shown by his
record while in the last legis
lature. Every vote cast by him
as a member of the last legis
lature was on the side of right
and for the best interests of his
county and state.
The people have tried him
and know that he can be de
pended upon in all matters af
fecting the material and moral
welfare and progress of the
state.
He has m a n y friends
througout the county who will
give him their hearty support.
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JURY COMMISSIOENRS
B. F. Adams, J. B. Johnston,
and T. F. Shell were appoint
ed jury commissioners to select
the jurors for the next term of
the Independence Circuit
Court. They met at Batesville
last Saturday and selected the
citizens who will compose the
grand and petit juries.
The man with money keeps it
in iKe Bank where it is safe
from fire or burglars or his
own extravagance.
Wnen you carry your money in your pocket
the temptation to spend it is very great.
Greater than you think, for a few dollars here
•uid there for things you don’t need, soon
melt your pile away.
Put your money in the Bank. It is safe
there. Add to your balance every cent you
can spare. Soon you’ll be “a man with money
first national bank
Newark, Arkansas
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000.00
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SIXTH ATTEMPT TO
BURN WYATT BARN
Firebugs Make Another Un
successful Effort To Burn
Barn at Rosie
Despite the fact that rebel
lion against cattle dipping
south of White river has sub
sided, enemies of Dave Wyatt,
seem determined to burn him
out. At 2 :30 o’clock Sunday
morning they made the sixth
attempt to set his large barn
afire, on his farm near Rosie,
Ren Sandmon, deputy sheriff
employed as a night guard,
and two of Wyatt’s sons were
on guard and frustrated the at
tempt. Sandmon, who was
hidden at one end of the barn
lot, saw the firebug emerge
from a thicket and enter the
main gate of the lot, crawling
around on the opposite side of
the barn toward the two Wyatt
boys, who were hidden on the
opposite side. Sandmon at
tempted to warn the others to
cut off the firebug from the
thicket and keep him in the
open arv*l capture him. But be
fore he could reach the two
boys, the man evidently heard
him moving and ran. Sandmon
then yelled at him to halt,
threatening to shoot, but the|
man ran into the gate, break-1
ing it down, just as Sandmon
fired on him with a revolver.
At the shot the man stumb
led and fell over the broken
gate and left a large portion
of his coat hanging on the wire
and in a few leaps gained the
thicket which borders
a large branch near the barn
lot. Although this thicket
was thoroughly searched, the
would-be firebug was not
found. The bullet from Sand
rnond revolver was found in
the gate post, and evidently
missed the man. In a pocket
of the coat whic hwas partial
ly torn off the man, was found
a shotgun shell and a handful
of matches.
This was the sixth attempt
made to burn the barn in less
than a month, and it has been
necessary to keep armed
guards on watch each night.
Wyatt, who is a successful
farmer and stock raiser, says
that he has no kru*vn personal
enemies. Repeated warnings
posted on his place lead him
to believe that the desire to de
stroy his property comes from
the anti-dipping element, who
are incensed because he main
tains a dipping vat on his farm
and is an ardent believer in
tick eradication.
WOMAN SERIOUSLY
INJURED BY AUTO
Searcy, Apni 24.—Henry j
Wright, an employee of j
Ward’s Grocery Company of j
Searcy; E. A. Murphy and;
John Glover, also of Searcy;
are held in connection with the
running down and injuring of,
Miss Lula Martin on the pike
between Searcy and Judsonia!
Sunday evening when Miss
Martin was struck by a car
driven by Wright.
Miss Martin’s condition is j
critical. Her left arm was
broken between the elbow,!
both legs were broken, and it’
is feared she was injured in-1
ternally. Wright was driving,
the car.
A woman is said to have |
been in the car with the three
men. The accident occurred
about 8 o’clock near the school
house in District 46, about
midway between Searcy and
Judsonia. Miss Martin is said
to have to have stepped off the
road to avoid the car and was
standing beside the road when
the car swerved and struck
her.
The three men are charged
with reckless driving and with
assault with intent to kill. Their
hearing is to be held Saturday.
Judge J. N. Rachels has been
employed to defend the three
men.
CUPID GETS MAN IN
JAIL AND OUT AGAIN
“Murdered” Girl Marries Man
Charged With Crime and
All Ends Well
There’s no getting away
from Dan Cupid.
His court is always in ses
sion and when he sends a sum
mons for you, there is no es
cape—you can’t plead guilty
and have sentence suspended.
Ask Ben Harper. They had
two sheriffs chasing Ben on a
charge of murder, they arrest
ed him and put him in jail, but
Cupid won—and Ben’s happy.
Mr. Harper and Miss Clara
Pinkie of Elmo went to a party
Saturday night, and for some!
reason Miss Pinkie decided to,
go on a visit to relatives in
Stone County. She did not tell
her folks she was going to j
Stone county but she and Ben
went to Magness together j
where she boarded the train, j
and Ben returned home. Sun-1
day afternoon he went to Jack
son county.
Upon failure of the young
lady to return home, her fami
ly became alarmed and the re
port got out that she had been
murdered. Suspicion pointed
to Harper, as he was known to
have taken her to a party Sat
urday night and had left home
himself Sunday.
Officers at Elmo called up
Sheriff Hays at Newport and
the sheriff went out on a man
hunt. Sheriff Hays captured
Harper a few miles east of
Newport and arrested him.
When told that he was wanted
for the murder of Miss Pinkie,
Harper was very much surpris
ed. He told the officers a
plausible story of how he had
taken her to Magness to catch
the train, and that she had
gone to Stone county on a visit.
But plausible stories are often
told when murder has been
committed, so they arrested
Ben and took him to Batesville
and turned him over to Sheriff!
Harris who put him in jail.
Officers telephoned Moun
tain View to see if any trace
of the “murdered girl” could be
found. Friends of the young
lady hunted her up and broke
the news to her that she had
been murdered and her sweet
heart was jail at Batesville
charged with the crime.
Miss Pinkie caught the first
train for Batesville and it does
n’t take a prophet to tell what
happened next.
It was “orange blossom time
in Hixie,” a nr. Squire Holmes
got the nex' summons.
Even the s’.eriff can’t do any
thing with Cupid, and in a fev
moments the happy bride and
groom were ready to leave
for their home at Elmo.
Pearl White at the Royal
Friday night.
HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS
UP VNMD ME DIS MAWNIN’
EN PEN SAY SHE TMJJ
WIP ME, EN AH LL TELL
PE WORL’ AH SUTNY
LOOK S LAIC AHS THU
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PE OLE OMAN MOPPtP
Dipping Opposition is
Gradually Losing Out
W. N. Landreth, govern
ment supervisor of tick eradi
cation for this county, states
that the opposition to cattle
dipping south of White river
is rapidly dying out and that
government offcers who are
now at work dipping cattle in
that section are meeting no
opposition in their work.
Thursday 600 head of cattle
were dipped at McHue vat,
the majority of the cattle be
longing to farmers who live on
the mountain near Hutchinson.
It was in this settlement that
the opposition was the strong
est and the Hutchinson vat,
which was blown up several
months ago, is now being re
built. Several other vats
south of the river also are being
rebuilt.
RAIN AIDS BERRIES
Fruit is Ripening Fast Since
Tuesday Showers
Bald Knob, Apr. 26.—
Strawberry growers through
out this district are jubilant:
over a warm, slow, soaking
rain that commenced Tuesday
night and continued 12 hours.
The strawberry crop has suf-(
fered for moisture. The rain
will hasten the ripening pro
cess, and as soon as the ber
ries are dry enough to handle,!
picking will commence over
the whole district. Several car
loads will be shipped this week.
The season will be in full
swing by next Monday and
work will be plentiful for pick
ers. ,
GALLOWAY GETS $30,000.
Searcy, Apr. 25—Gifts to
the amount of $30,000 have
been received by Galloway
College during the past 30
days, raising the endowment
of this institution to $105,400.
These gifts have come from
various sources, ranging from
$1,000 down to smaller
amounts.
NEW COTTON GIN TO
BE BUILT IN NEWARK
F armers Gin Co. Organized
and W'U Begin Work on
New Gin Soon
The Farmers Gin Company
ol Newark was organized at
a meeting of citizens here Mon
day night.
The new company i scapi
talized at $16,000 and will
erect a new, modern and up
to-date cotton gin here.
Work will be started on a
building for the new gin at an
early date, according to a
statement to The Journal by
the president of the new com
pany.
L. E. W 1 1 s o n vv h o has
the contract to erect the build
ing for the new gin, and C. M.
Edwards, president of the com
pany, went to Diaz Tuesday to
inspect the new Wilmans gin
which is said to be one of the
best equipped and most mod
ern cotton gins in the state.
It is proposed ot equip the
new gin with the latest and
best machinery obtainable.
The equipment will be such
that there will be no delay in
handling all the cotton that
may come in. An electric
light plant will be installed so
that in the event it becomes
necessary to operate at night it
can be done with safety.
It is announced that the new
gin will be ready for operation
in ample time to handle this
year’s crop.
At a meeting of the stock
holders the following directors
were elected : E. R. Moore,
E. E. Allen, L. E. Wilson
J. W. Sisk, G. M. Field s,
C. M. Edwards, W. ,J.
Freeze, J. A. McClure and R.
B. Adams.
C. M. Edwards was elected
president and E. R. Moore sec
retary of the company.
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OIL STOVES
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the Home Lighter by Provid
ing an Easier and Quicker
Way of Doing the Work?
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An Oil stove will do this, and
our stock offers a most desir
able assortment from which to
make a selection.
Come and look at them be
fore you buy an oil stove. We
have both the wick and wick
less kind, and back of them is
our Saurantee of quality.
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Hardware and Furniture
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