JRNAL
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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER.25, 1920
VOL. 20 NO. 34
GIN AND 100 BALES
COTTON DESTROYED
Forty Thousand Dollars Loss
When Big Gin at Lepanto
Burns
Lepanto, Nov. 22.—Nearly
$40,000 loss was caused by fire
at Lepanto Saturday night
which destroyed the gin anil
press of the Portis Mercantile
Company, 100 bales of cotton,
many tons of seed, a Frisco
box car and the pump house
of the Frisco Railroad.
The cotton was owned by
farmers and was not insured.
The gin was valued at $20,000
and was partially insured. It
will be rebuilt in the s r .,
The fire originated in the
press at about 7:30 o’clock
Saturday night, while the
plant was still in operation.
Efforts of employees to smo
ther the flames were unavail
ing. . By heroic work on the
part of volunteers, the ( rig
ger Hotel, which caught fire
two or three times, was saved.
The -mercantile company
owning the plant is composed
of Dan Portis, L. D. Mullen
and J. H. Mills and others, all
residents of L panto.
The cotton destroyed was on
the platform. Practically all
of it hatl been ginned Satur
day. The gin was one of the
most complete in this section.
Mrs. Geo. L. Bevens Jr went
down to Little Rock last nigh/
to spend Thanksgiving with
her husband who is stationed
at Camp Pike.
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THE SAME OLD TALK
There is great talk now all
over the south that the cotton
acreage will be largely de
creased next year. We have
all heard that talk many times
before, without any actual
consummation of the idea. Th
trouble about reducing cotton
acreage seems to be that most
every farmer expects the oth
er man to cut down his acre
age while he adds a few acres
to his crop, hopin r to benefit
by the reduction in acreage
made by the other people. A
reduction in the cotton acre
age and the production of
more things that people must
use at home is what the south
must have in order to bring
about w idespread prosperity,
but it will require a much
more compact organization
than has yet existed to bring
these things about.
BIG YIELD OF CORN
W. D. Magness of Magness
has just completed gathering
a 48 acre field of corn in Big
Bottom that has broken all
rcc >rds for yield reported this
season.
The corn was carefully
weighed as gathered and the
weights show that a total of
3.372 bushels was gathered
from the 48 acres, wihch is an
average of 70 1-4 bushels per
! acre.
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It is common cents that make dollars and enough
dollars make a FORTUNE.
If you ever expect to have “a barrel of money”
you must use COMMON SENSE and bank regularly
a PART of your income.
Nor must you let some peddler of a “fake
scheme” get in his work on you.
Consult your BANKER before you invest.
We arc at your service.
We invite YOUR banking business.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkansas
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000.00
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P&RG&JET ITEMS
a q & u *i » y & o « s*
Paroquet, Nov. 24.—We are
| having fair \v eather. -Lots oi
co,ton being picked and mo •,
i all the corn gathered. Health
is reasonably good. Roads not
i so good.
Sterling Johnson of Logan
township spent Friday night
here with friends.
I). P. Whisnant of Logar
; township spent Saturday here
looking after his farming in
j terest.
D. L. belvidge made a busi
ness trip to Newark Saturday.
Mrs. Bertha Edgar of Mag
ness spent Saturday night anc
Sunday here visiting relative
D. W. Johnson of Logan
j township was a visitor here
1 Saturday and Sunday.
Ernest Wayman spent Sun
: day at Alicia with friends.
Claude Fetzer of Logan
i township passed through oui
i city Monday en route to New
port.
Mr. and Mrs. George Gil
breath of Newark spent Sun
dap here visiting friends.
G W. Yaney made a busi
ness trip to Newark Monday.
L. M .Wayman made a bus:.
jness trip to Diaz Tuesday.
D. C. Selvidge and Jin:
j Sherrill made a business trif
to Moorefield Sunday.
Rev. James of Mobley fillet
his regular appointment hen
! Sunday.
Not much news throug!
this section, everybody work
ing but father.
.
1 ASS THE FLOWERS,
PLEASE!
, When I cash in, and this pooj
race is run,
My chores performed, and a1
my errands done,
Perhaps some folks who mod
my efforts here
Will, weeping, bend above m\
lowly bier—
And bring large garland
worth three bucks a throw
And paw the ground in ecsta
cy of woe—
And friends will wear crerx
knots on their ties.
While I look down tor up) c
million miles,
: And wonder why those peo
pie never knew;
i How square I was before nr,
spirit flew'.
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| When I cash in, I shall not
care a yen
I For all the praise that’s heap
ed upon me then;
j St 'one and silent in my nar
row box,
L shall not heed the praises O'
the knocks,
And all the pomp and all tht
vain display
Wdl be just faith and feather
thrown away.
j So, tell me nowr, while I am or
the earth,
Your estimate of what im
friendship’s worth—
Oh, tell me what a loyal char
I am
And fill me full of taffy ant
of jam;
Spread it good, like honey’?
spread on bread—
Don’t wait to*shoot the bunk
wrherr I am dead.
THE VALLEY OF DOUBT.
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j Charlotte, Nov. 23.—E. L.
IJernigan and M. B. Fallis mo
itored to Batesville Saturday
morning.
C. L. Moore made a business
; trip to Batesville Saturday,
i A. B . Weaver transacted
(business at Batesville Satur
day.
Misses Letha Hurley and
Lillian Moore spent Saturday
at Batesville.
J. D. Moore of Humboldt,
Kans. arrived Friday to visit
his brother, C. L. Moore.
Miss D ovie Henley of
Sharp visited her sister, Mrs.
Ruth Patterson last Wednes
day and Thursday.
Henderson Weaver who is
attending school at Sulphur
Rock spent Saturday and
;'Sunday at home.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Kent of
Sharp spent Saturday night
and Sunday with the lady’s
mother, Mrs. Allie Blair.
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CHANCE TO BUY A
DARN GOOD CAR
For Sale—One Ford car
with piston rings; two rear
wheels, one front spring. Has
no fender, seat or plank;
burns lots of gas; hard to
crank. Carburetor busted,
( half way through; engine
missing, hits on two. Three
years old, four in the spring;
has shock absorbers and ev
erything. Radiator busted,
• sure does . leak; differential’s
dry; you can hear it squeak.
Ten spokes missing, front all
bent; tires blowed out, ain’t
worth a cent. Got lots <
speed, will run like the deuce;
burns either gas or tobacco
juice. Tires all off, been run
on the rim; a darn good fliv
1 ver for the shape its in.
SEND GOV. BROUGH
A SILVER SPOON
Little Rock, Nov. 20.—The
Democrats of Woodbury coun
ty, Iowa, have sent to Gover
nor Brough a beautiful silver
'spoon of Siou City in appre
ciation of his services in that
county in the delivery of eight
campaign addresses prior to
the recent November landslide
The governor in accepting the
I souvenir expressed his appre
ciation of it and said that his
only rggret was that there was
not some political pie to' be
! eaten out of it.
HARDING CARRIED 8
ARKANSAS COUNTIES
Eight Arkansas counties
went over to the Republicans
in the recent landslide. Of
ficial returns show that Hard
ing carried the following
counties by the majorities in
dicated: Arkansas 43, Lin
coln 100, Madison £52, Monroe
78, Nevada 70, Newton 342,
Pike 74, Searcy 476.
L. H. Edwards, one of the
Cord neighborhood’s progress
ive farmers was in town Tues
day on business and made The
Journal office a pleasant call.
Mr. Edwards brought a fine
turkey to town for which he
received $7.20.
OLIVE THOMAS PLAY
SPLENDID PRODUCTION
A play of rare scenic splen
dors, of deep emotional mom
ents, of stirring dramatic in
cidents, finely acted and sup
erbly directed is the new Selz
nick Picture “Out Yonder,’’
starring charming 0 1 i ve
Thomas, which comes to the
Royal Friday night.
The role of “Flotsam,” in
which Miss Thomas is cast, is
totally different from any
which she has thus far essay
ed . Flotsam is a ragged little
sea waif, the daughter of a
lighthouse keeper, whose life
is spent on a lonely reef in
the Atlantic.
Many spectacular incidents
and extraordinary scenic ef
fects are embodied in the
picture and in the matter of
realism the picture goes far
beyond any previous effort.
EXPLOSION INJURES TWO
A premature explosion at
'.he rock quarry of the High
way Construct ion Company,
near Cotter, last Saturday,
seriously but not fatally in Hir
ed John Wilson and Ed Draff
ron, who were employed there
The explosion was laid to s
had fuse, which burned toe
quick. Two shots had beer
loaded and lighted and one
went off before Draffon go:
out of the way. He was
knocked do'W!*airi lay badl>
crippled near * e second shot,
in which the fuse was burning
Wilson saw his danger anr]
ran to his assistance to drag
him away. As Wilson reach
ed him the shot exploded,
Draffron rec ived a deep cut
in the right thigh and was
badly bruised over his entire
body.
THE VALLEY OF DOUBT.
TUPELO MAN BITTEN
BY A MAD MULE
Animal Had to Be Killed Be
fore its Hold on Arm
Could be Released
T. F. Harding a prominent
young farmer, of Jackson
county was bitten by a mad
j mule Thursday at Tupelo.
He was hauling logs and
i when one of the mules in the
log team became unruly Mr.
Harding went to the team to
see what was the trouble.
When he walked up in reach
of the mule, it grabbed his
arm in its mouth, sinking its
teeth into the flesh of his
arm. Mr. Harding called fo**
help and some parties went
to his assistance.
They were unable to release
the mule’s hold upon Mr. Har
ding’s arm, and the animal
had to be killed with a cant
hook. The mule still held a
death grip on Harding’s arm,
even after it was killed, and
after the mule was dead a
cant hook had to be used to
pry the animal’s jaws apart
so Hardings arm could be re
leased.
j Fearing that the mule migut
be affected with hydrophobia,
Mr. Harding was sent to a
hospital at Memphis for treat
ment.
The mule’s head was sent
the Memphis Medical Univer
sity and upon examination the
brain showed the mule to
; have been affected wdth hy
drophobiae.
The pasteur treatment Is
being administered Mr. Har
ding and it is thought that he
will be out of danger within
a few days.
Dutch Kitchenets
Are ovr Most Popular
Cabinets
These cabinets will save lots of time
and trouble and many a step in the
kitchen. There is a place for everything,
and all are in easy reach. Come in and
let us show you our Kitchen Cabinets.
Prices range from $25.00 up.
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