The Newark Journal
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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1919
VOL. 18, NO. 48
PROMINENT FARMER KILLED; BODY THROWN IN RIVER
OLIVER RIDER IN JAIL
CHARGED WITH MURDER
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Lon Hatler Shot Six Times
Body Weighted Down
And Thrown in Black
River Near Cord.
Lon Hatler, a well known
citizen of the Cord neighbor
hood was shot and killed last
Monday and his body dragged
some distance and thrown into
Black river.
Oliver Rider, another well
known citizen of the commun
ity, is in jail at Batesville,
charged with the crime.
A man named Farr known
as “Slim” who has been work
ing for Rider as a farm hand,
is said to have been the only
witness to the killing and help
• d Rider dispose of the body.
Farr later became alarmed ov
er his connection with the af
i
fair and confessed.
It seems that Hatler and
Rider had had a misunder
standing in regard to a mead
ow. Hatler went to the field
where Rider and Farr were
plowing for the purpose f ad
justing the matter. Trouble
followed and Rider shot Hat
ler. According to the alleged
confession of Farr, Rider fired
five shots at Hatler and after
he had fallen prostrate uponthe
ground, Rider walked around
to his head, raised his cap and
deliberately fired another shot
into Haller’s forehead.
Farr says that Rider then
made him help conceal the
body under some logs on the
bank of a slough nearby,
where they left it until night
and after night they went back
to where they had concealed
the body and carried it to
Black river where they tied
an old mower wheel to the
body and sunk it into the river.
Rider is said to have sworn
Farr not to tell of the affair
and threatened to kill him if
he told it.
Hatler’s family became un
easy over his failure to return
home and reported his disap
pearance to the neighbors, who
had instituted search and had
tracked him over the fresh
plowed ground through Rider’s
field to where the killing oc
curred. Rider went to Bates
' ville on the day following the
killing and during his absence
Farr became alarmed over his
connection with the affair and
made a confession. He told
how the killing was done, how
the body was concealed until
night and then thrown into the
river. Following his confes
sion, the river was dragged at
the point where Farr said the
body was thrown in. The body
was recovered and was found
as described by Farr.
Sheriff Harris was called
over the telephone by parties >
at Cqrd and informed of the
killing and of Farr’s confes
sion. Rider was arrested be-,
fore he left Batesville and was
placed in jail. He refuses to
make any statement.
Squire A. J. McDoniel em
paneled a jury and held an in
quest over the body of Hatler.
The jury returned a verdict
that Hatler came to his death
from gunshot wounds at the
hands cf Oliver Rider.
Hatler was a prominent and
well-to-do farmer and was con
sidered one of the best citizens
of Black River township. He
was about 50 years of age and
is survived by his wife and five
children.
Rider is also a well known
farmer and has always been
considered a peaceful and law
abiding citizen. He is about
32 years old and has a wife
and two children. Farr has
been working for Rider about
a month. He is being held
at Cord under guard and will
be taken to Batesville and
placed in jail until after the
preliminary trial which will be
held at Batesville next Mon
day. Farr is about 35 years
; old.
LITTLE JOHN PAUL HOGUE
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hcgue
j have the deepest sympathy of
j their many friends in the death
of their little son, John Paul,
aged eighteen months, who
died at their home in Newport
last Friday, from diptheria
and scarlet fever. The little
fellow was sick only a few
days.
The remains were brought
to Newark fcr burial. Funeral
j services were held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Holder
by Saturday afternon, Rev.
Bowman conducting the servic
es. Burial was made at Blue
Springs.
CHILD BADLY BURNED
l'he two-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Tom
linson was severely burned
when it fell into an open heat
ing stove at their home in the
north part of town Wednes
day. Mrs. Tomlinson had
gone out of the house to get
some wood leaving the chil
dren alone, when the accident
happened.
Its face was burned badly
and one ear burned almost en
tirely off. The child is in a
serious condition, but physi
cians who attended it say there
is a probability of it recover
ing.
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WHO IS SHE TALKING TO?
Fayetteville, Feb. 28.—Just
exactly how much can a girl
say in three minutes?
That’s the question just now
among the 125 young women
in the girl’s dormitory of the
University of Arkansas. It ha*
been proposed to put a three
minute limit on all telephone
conversations. The girls are
up in arms as a protest. They
assert that they can't get
through talking in that time.
The man. with
be^arv by
his first
earnings
in the
Bank.
mone^
some of
It all started with the first deposit. His bank
account grew until he was comfortable. Then the
convenience of paying his bills by check enabled
him to keep his accounts straight and save time and
worry. Happiness was the result of seeing it grow
and all of a sudden he realized he was a man of
wealth. You can accumulate money, too, if you
will only put that money you have in your pocket
RIGHT NOW into the bank and keep adding to it
FIRST NATIONAL RANK
NEWARK* ARKANSAS
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PAY INCOME TAX
BEFORE MAR. 15
U. S. Internal Revenue Office
Warns That Severe Penal
ty Will be Enforced
The time for the payment of
Income Taxes expires March
15.
All payments and returns
due on that date under the
provisions of the new Revenue
Law must be in the hands of
local Internal Revenue Collec
tors before their offices close
that night.
The Income Tax is being col
lected to meet the war expen
ses. Every person whoshouted ■
and tooted his horn on Armis
tice Day is now called upon to
contribute his share of the cost
of winning the war.
The laggards and the dod
gers will face severe fines and
jail sentences. The Internal
Revenue Bureau announces
that its officers will check us
all up to see that every person
who comes within the scope of
the Income Tax law did his
share.
Where to Pay and File
Residents of Arkansas are re
quired to make their returns
and pay their taxes to Jack
Walker, Collector of Internal
Revenue, Litle Rock, Arkansas,
or to any of his deputies who
are now doing free advisory
work on Income Tax.
Payments sent by mail
should be attached to the re
turns and should be in the
form of check, money order or
draft. Cash payments by mail
are sent at the taxpayer’s risk
of loss.
If you arc unable to make
your ret in personally because
of illness, absence, or incapac
ity, an agent cr hgai repre
sentative may make your re
turn.
If there are any doubted
points as to your items of in
come or allowance deductions
you should get in touch with
a Revenue Officer or a bank
er for advice.
Women Pay Tax
Women are subject to all the
requirements of the Income
Tax. Whether single or mar
ried ,a woman’s income from
all sources must be considered.
If unmarried, or if living
apart from her husband, she
must make her return 1 r 1918
if her net income wae ,000
or over.
If married and if liv'-.^ with
her husband, her inct :r.c must
be considered with 1 r hus
band’s in determining the ia
bility for a return. Tl. :r joint
income, less the credits v
ed by law, is subject to normal
tax. The wife’s net income is i
considered separately in c< m
puting any surtax that iftay be
due. Husband and wif . la
jointly, as a rule. If the bus
band does not include his
wife’s income in his return, the
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HIGHWAY BILL IS
PASSED BY HOUSE
Little Objection to Bill to Pro
vide Comprehensive Sys
tem of State Highways
Senate Bill No. 481, by Sen
ator Hester providing a com
prehensive system of state
highways, to be paid for by an
additional tax levy of $15 per
year on automobiles in coun
ties traversed by the roads
passed the Senate Friday by a
vote of 25 to 5. Senators
Vaughan and Owens of Pulas
ki county and Senators Lefler,
Montgomery and Stewart vot
ed against the bill.
the proposed system would
include modern Highways from
Texarkana to Little Rock;from
Little Rock to Fort Smith and
from Fort Smith to Russell
ville, with number of branch
roads, one of the branches to
run from Batesville via New
port to Jonesboro.
The system will take advan
tage of roads already built by
local improvement districts or
under process of construction,
and funds will be given to the
local ditsricts equaling the
amount which the improve
ment would have cost the dis
trict. Local assessments will
be postponed until all funds re
ceived from the state fund
have been applied on the local
indebtedness.
Senators Vaughan and Ow
ens were opposed to the bill
because they regard it as tak
ing a greater proportion of
money out of Pulaski county
BILL IS PASSED FOR
LOCAL ROAD DISTRICT
Provides for Building Good
Road From Cord to New
ark and to Paroquet
A bill creating road im
provement districts Nos. 3 and
4 in Independence county has
passed both houses of the leg
| islature.
The law provides for the
j creation of a road district trom
Newark to Cord to be known
as Road Improvement District
No. 3. G. M. Fields of New
ark, P. S. Frotune of Wycough
township and W. J. Herring
ton of Cord are named as
commissioners, with powers to
make assesments on the real
property of the district to meet
the expense of constructing
the road which is to be built
under plans and specifications
to be furished by the Highway
Department.
District No. 4 runs from
Newark to the county line on
Black river at Paroquet bluff,
where it is proposed to connect
with a road in Jackson county
leading to Newport. The com
missioners for this district are
C. P. Vaughan, W. W. Mag
ness and Cab Selvidge.
than the benefits received, sin
ce most of the roads in the
county affected already have
been constructed, and since
Pulaski county has more auto
mobiles than other counties af
fected.
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