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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS. THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1921
VOL. 21 fV9.fl
JACKSON COUNTY MAN
USES GUN ON SELF
Financial Troubles are Said t°
Have Caused Farmer to
Commit Suicide
Newport, April 12.—James
Knight, aged 45 years, a well
known farmer of Jackson
county, living at Swifton,
committed suicide . at 10
o’clock this morning by shoot
ing himself with a double-bar
reled shotgun, blowing the top
of his head off
Financial troubles due to
the business depression, was
thtfjhause of the act., it is
thought. Knight has a wife
and three sons, and with the
two elder boys was in the
field. Knight told his sons he
was going to the house to go
hunting. Immediately after
reaching home he secured his
gun, went to the barn and
blew out his brains.
ESKEW-BONE
L. D. Eskew of Jonesboro
and Miss Lee Bone of thL
place were married at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. O- L.
Ben* last Saturday evening.
Rev. Jas. F. Jernigan officiat
ing.
The bride is one of New
ark’s most popular young la
dies, while the groom is a well
known and successful young
traveling man.
Mr. and Mrs. Eskew will
make their home in Jones
boro
It is so full of good old
fashioned Americanism that
Mark Twain in his palmiest
days would have been proud
to have written the story of
“Fickle Women.” See it at
the Royal Friday night.
STATE MAKES BETTER
SHOWING EDUCATION
The citizens cf Arkansas
have so long been taunted
with the result of some sta
tistical sharks calculation to
the effect that the state is
46th in the scale of education,
that it is gratifying to see a
statement which relieves us of
at least a part of this odium.
The government has just
, made public a statement that
the percentage of illiteracy
in Arkansas droppd from 12.G
in 1910 to 9.4 in 1920. This
same statement shows ihat!
21.8 per cent of the negroes
of Arkansas are illiterate, but
only 4.6 per cent of the whiter.
Each ^division showing a con
siderable decrease for the de
cade. Plans are being made
by the Department of Educa
tion l carry on more effectu
ally th■ • campaign against il
literacy which has already
yielded such good results.
CHAMPION FISHERMAN
Mrs S. C. Knight is the
champion fisherman of the
community, having broken
the local record last Saturday
when she caught four fine
bass at two throws. Mr. aqfl
Mrs. Knight, accompanied by
W, B. Kight of Little Rock,
drove to Rig Creek with the
avowed intention of catching
a mess of fish. The first
throw made was by Mrs.
Knight who brought in two
fine bass. On making the
second throw she brought two
more fine ones, which breaks
the local record, so far as we
have been able to learn.
The others did well, but
were not so successful as Mrs.
Knight. They were at the
creek less than an hour and
brought in 12 fish.
I
Be a Man with
Thenyou can do
duty to .your
Family.
We never know when we start out in the morn
ing what's going to happen to us. An accident or
sickness could overtake us any moment.
But the man with a snug sum tucked safely away
in the bank knows he can tide over without going into
debt or becoming a burden to his family or friends.
It makes a man happy to be independent.
We are at your service. /
We invite YOUR banking business.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkansas
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000.00
?.
ROAD COMM1,
OF NORTH
WAY MAKI
We, as Commissioners of
North Arkansas Highway Im
provement District Number
One of Independence County
desire to make the following
statement.
This is the proposed high
way leading from the town of
Batesville, through Moorefiled
Sulphur Rock, Magness, Ne\y
ark on down through the bot
tom to the Tackson County
line below Elmo.
As there has been more or
less talk concerning this road
district for the past few week's
we want to advise the tax
payers the real status of the
district.
The amendment tnatw’as en
acted by the last legislature:
was to cure a defect in the |
bill, so that the taxes that j
have just been paid could be
collected legally. This tax
was to defray the expenses of
the district up to the present
time.
Two years ago when this
project was put on foot, the
people as a rule thought we
needed the road. We went
ahead to the very best of our
knowledge. The law was such
that in order to secure State
and Federal aid, we had to
follow the steps laid down by
The State Highway Depart
ment. We thought this aid
was what we really needed,
so we followed exactly the
steps laid down b$ the depart
ment. The first thing of im
portance we did, was to em
ploy an engineer. The State
Highway Department furnish
ed us with a form of contract
with the engineer that we
had to use. This was the only
form that the department
would approve. The fees to
be paid the engineer was 5
per cent of the estimate cost
of the construction of the road.
In this contract it was speci
fied that “If for any reason
the construction contract is
not let within ninety days
from the time the engineers
file their final plans and es
timate, the engineers are to
receive forty per cent of their
pay.”
This forty per cent of their
five per cent is two per cent
of their estimate of the cost
ine engineer mane tne esn
mate of the road in the neigh
borhood of $340,000.00. Two
per cent of this amount is $G,-;
800.00. Approximately this
amount is what we hall to set
tle with them for. We made
notes for this amount drawing 1
C> per cent interest from date.;
This note has been drawing
interest over 18 months. In
addition to this expenditures,!
we paid the attorney $500.00,
paid for having books made
around $700.00, and over
$100.00 for books, and not
over $500 00 to all five of the
commissioners. The above
amount with interest added
represent what we have cost
the district.
When the engineers submit
ted their estimate, we as com
missioners balked in a body,
and refused to advertise f<v
bids for construction under
this estimate. The taxes you
5SI0NERS
ARK. HIGH
EST ATEMENT
have paid represent paymf$fit
in full on this district. If we
had gone ahead and let con
tract, you would have had
much more taxes every year
for the next twenty years.
The money we have spent
will be worth a gieat deal to
the district in case the road
is ever built, as we have the
books already made, the maps
of the surveyors etc.
As there has been much
talk about the future of this
road, we will say that this dis
trict is still a legal district.
We are going to let the peo
ple say whether they want
this road built or not. If th<>
people who pay the taxes
wart this road built on a cost
not to exceed $2,500 or $3,
000 per mile we will do our
best.
Hut our idea as to the kind
of road to build is simply to
grade the road, place gravel
on it, and make the smaller
culverts and bridges out of
concrete. We think that a
road of this type can be built
for something like $2,000-00
$2,500.00 per mile. We can
build a road that we would
all feel proud of for this
amount.
If you taxpayrs want a
road of this type built, kindly
let us know by petition or
otherwise showing that a ma
jority of the landowners favoi
the expenditures, then we are
ready to get busy. If the tax
payers do not want this road
built, we can assure you that
the project will not be revived
by us.
In conclusion, will say that
we have neglected our own
individual business in this mat
ter, and have done just what
we thought was best, and
hope that no one will feel of
fended by our actions.
M. M. RUTHERFORD,
Chairman.
WILL DUVALL,
Secretary.
J. W. SISK,
G. E. YEATMAN,
W. P. JONES,
Commissioners.
HODGES WILL RUN AGAIN
W. A. Hodges of Bald
Knob evidently has not for
gotten the old motto in the
copy bocks of his youth, “If
at First You Don’t Succeed,
Try, Try, Again.” Already
and so far in advance he has
annouced his intentionsl Kb
announced that he will be a
candidate for congress again
from the Second District, to
succeed W- A. Oldfield. Mr.
Hodges has made the race be
fore, but the fact that he was
defeated has no detrant influ
ence upon him.
WHO IS RIGHT?
A discussion is going on in
one of the York papers
on why we am here, where
upon an Arkansas paragraph
er remarks that we are here
because we are here, but this
writer thinks we are here be
cause we are not somewhre
else.—Ozark Democrat.
DIRECTORS’ MEETING
For the convenience of the
directors, and others: who are
interested in the schools, di
rectors meetings will be held
at the following places and
on the following dates.
It was thought that on ac
count of the busy season of
the year these meetings could
be better attended at night,
so the schedule has been ar
ranged areordingly.
Pfeiffer, Monday April 18.
Moorefield, Tuesday, April
19.
Hickory Valley, Wednes
day, April 20.
Charlotte, Monday, April
25.
Walnut Grove, Tuesday,
April 26.
Cord, Wednesday, April 27.
Dota, Thursday, April 28.
Newark, Monday, May 2.
Oil Trough, Tuesday,May 3.
Magness, Wednesday, May
4.
Sulphur Rock, Thursday,
May 5.
Salado, Monday, May 9.
Rosie, Tuesday, May 10.
J, a m e s town, Wednesday,
May 11.
Desha, Thursday, May 12.
Locust Grove, Friday May
13.
Convenience, Monday, Mav
16.
Sandtown, Tuesday, May
17.
Cushman, Wednesday, May
18.
Bethesda, Thursday, May
19.
This brings these meetings
in reach of the public in gen
eral. We trust that the at
tendance will be good and
much accomplished by these
meetings.
Meetings have already been
held at Pleasant Plains and at
Floral with good attendance.
W. T. JERNIGAN,
County Superintendent.
CORNING SUFFERS
DISASTROUS! FIRE |
_.
Big Lumber Plant, Church and
Two Residences Destroy
ed Yesterday
Corning, April 13.—Fire of
unknown origin at 4 o’clock
this morning destroyed the J.
W. Black Lumber Company's
plant, the Christian church
and two residences, entailing
a loss estimated at $40,000.
lumber
estimat
$15,000
tn«$ra]\ce on the property to
k%:d about $18,000.
H^rhe loss on the
.i.mpany’s plant was
sd at $25,000, with
insurance.
The\ Christian church was
valued at $2,000. It was not
insured.
The residence of Mrs. W.
R. Brown, valued at $1,500,
was insured for $500.
J. M. HawiTs residence,
valued at $3,000, was insured
for $1,500.
The blaze started in the
lumber company’s plant and
spread quickly over the yard.
It was discovered by a man
who lived near by. He gave
the alarm, and several Hun
dred volunteer firemen aided
in combating the flames. Lack
of water faeilitiesr"However,
made it impossible to extin
guish the blaze.
After consuming the lum
ber plant, the fire spread to
the Christian church, a frame
structure, then ‘Craped to the
two residences. Some of the
household effects in the cot
tages were saved. Several
sheds, bams and other out
houses were slightly damaged.
Olive Thomas’ last picture
at the Royal Wednesday
night.
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TOM MIX
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“THE FUED”
Thrilling Story of the Days
When the West Was “Wild
and Woolly,” When the In
dians Roamed the Plains
and Wild Buffaloes Were
Plentiful. Showing a great
battle with Indians and a
thrilling Buffalo hunt.
ADDED ATTRACTION
CLYDE COOK COMEDY
TWO tREELS OF JOY
FRIDAY, APRIL 22
ROYAL THEATRE
V.
Admission 15c and 30c