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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, February *9, 1915
Vol. 14, No. 46
NINE MEN ARRESTED FOR
ALLEGED “NIGI1TRIDING”
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arties Arretted Near Magness and
Sulphur Rock Will be Tried at
Batesville Friday
Charley Stephens, Pete Sim
mons, Jack Weaver, Tom Weaver,
John Weaver, and Logan Weav
er, alleged night riders, were ar
rested at their homes near Sul
phur Rock, Friday evening.
The arrests were made by Sheriff
Lawrence Ruddell and Deputy U.
P. Kent.
Bond for each of the parties
was fixed at $1,000, which they
were unable to give, and they
' rere taken to Batesville and plac
( d in the county jail. Late Satur
< ay afternoon, friends of Pete
Simons furnished bond for him
; nd he was released, but the
thers are still in jail.
The accused men will be given
preliminary trial before Jnstic
A. Holmes at Batesville Friday.
Attorney S. C. Knight of this
iace has been retained by the
■ ate to assist in prosecuting the
< .ses.
A number of lawless acts have
■ ecently been committed in the
i jighborhood where these parties
live, and a few days ago unknown
parties stole a lot of chickens from
< eorge Webster, a farmer of that
( immunity. The chicke s were
s .Id to a merchant in Newark,
rad with this clue, efforts were
1 ring made to locate the thief. A
J>'W nights ago a notice was post
td on Webster’s front gate co *
turning dire threats against him if1
' e did not cease his efforts to lo
< te and prosecute the guilty:
parties. Webster did not cease j
1 s efforts, however, and tiie post-1
i ag of this notice resulted in the!
; > rest of the six men above men
tioned.
Three Other Arrests
Made Near Magness
Three other parties charged
with “night-riding” were arrested
by Sheriff Lawrence Ruddell last
Monday at Magness. The parties
are Ernest Ballard, A1 Sparkman
and Winfred Tomlinson.
They are charged with writing
and posting threatening letters for
the purpose of intimidating land
owners and others of that com
munity.
It is said that these parties are
not connected with the alleged of
fense said to have been commit
ted by the six men who were ar
rested on Friday.
Bond was fixed at $1,000 each
wich they readily gave. The ac
cused men will be given a prelim
inary trial before Squire J. A.
Holmes at Batesville Friday. At
torney S. C. Knight of this place
Las been retained for the de
fense.
Coleman Succeds
Judge R.E. Jeffery
Following the resignation of
Judge R. E. Jeffery, Gov. Hays
on last Saturday appointed Hon.
Dene H. Coleman of Batesviile as
ciieuit judge for this judicial dis
trict.
Judge Coleman was sworn in at
Newport Monday and on Tues
day he assui d the duties of his
position a..d took charge of the
circuit court which is now in ses
sion at Newport.
NO! ICE TO PATRONS
OF THE NEWARK GIN
Please bring seed cotton on
Wednesdays and Saturdays during
February, and Saturdays during
March. Newark Gix Co.
First National bank
Newark, Ark.
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $6,500
C. M. EDWARDS, Pres.
G. M. FIELDS, V. Pres.
E. B. CHESSER, Cashier
BUY BANK MONEY ORDERS
When sending money to distant points. The orders are payable
anywhere and are ABSOLUTELY SAFE.
FOR EXAMPLE
Amounts up to $5.00. cost- -.'{ cents
Amounts of $5.00 to $50.00, cost- __ 5 cents
Amounts of $50.00 to $75.00, cost —..10 cents
Amounts of $75.00 to $100.00, cost_15 cents
Don't You Think
the satisfaction of drawing
checks in payment of your
bills, thus enabling you to
have a receipt for every pur
chase, would repay any slight
sacrifice in building up a
bank account during the year?
TRY IT WITH US DURING 1915
THIS BANK.
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Stringent Provisions of National
Law Passed in December Will
Soon Become Effective
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Beginning March 1, the United
States governmet will take up the
tight against the traffic in habit
forming drugs. According to the
provisions of an Act of Congress
on and after that date, all persons
who produce, import, manufac
ture, compound, deal in, dispense,
sell or give away opium or coca
leaves, their salts or derivatives,
will be compelled to register with
the collector of internal revenue
and pay a special tax of $1. It
will also be necessary, whenever
an order is made for any of the
drugs, to use one of the blanks
supplied by the government at a
cost of $1 per 100.
All those who handle any of
these drugs after March 1 will be
required to make application for
registration and pay the special
tax on blanks to be supplied by
the office of internal revenue col
lectors.
PflO net f KmwrUt trv kn n mnifn
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on the part of the government to
cure those addicted to the use of
drugs and to prevent the forming
of the drug habit by cutting off
the supply. None but physicians
veterinarians, druggists or officer;
whose duty requires that he pur
chase or otherwise handle the
drugs for the use in departments
of health, hospitals, army or naval
serv ice.
All dealers in any of the drugs
coming under this act will be re
quired not only to make an order
for the purchase of the drugs on
one of the blanks obtained from
the internal revenue collector’s
office, but must require that ail
orders to them for drugs is writ
ten on one of these blanks and in
all cases a duplicate must be
made and both copies kept on
file for two years, where they
may be inspected by internal rev
enue officers.
Physicians will be required to
keep an accurate account of all
the drugs dispensed by them in
the performance of their duties.
One of the most drastic pro
visions of the act is that if anv
one not registered and licensed
fo handle the drugs is found
in possession of any of them, he
is subject to a fine not to exceed
$2,000 and imprisonment not to
exceed five years. Severe penal
ties are also applicable for other
violations of the act.
JOINT INSTALLATION
The Masons and the Eastern
Star will have a joint installation
of officers at the new lodge hall
Saturday night. /
The Masonic officers to be in
stalled are Jno. D. Witt, W. M.:
W. P. Moore, S. W.; Chas. Hut
chinson, J. W.; T. H. Dearing,
Secretary; H. E. Hawthorne,
Treasurer; B. F. Adams, S. I).;
H. B. Powell, J. IX; W. C. Deal
ing, Tyler.
The Eastern Star will install
the following officers: Mrs. J. I.
Sturdivant, Worthy Matron; Dr.
W. P. Moore, Worthy Patron:
Mrs. Maggie Magness, Past
Matron: Mrs. F. C. Hoyt, Asso
ciate Matron; Mrs. H. E. Haw
thorne, Conductress; B. F.
Adan>.v Setroiary; Mrs. ' J.” T-f.
Porter, Treasurer; Mrs. T. H.
Dearing, Warden; T. H. Dearing.
Sentinel; Mrs. B. F. Adams,
Adah; Mrs. Julia Martin, Ruth;
Mrs. J. B. Roe, Esther; Mrs.
Bettie Moore, Martha; Mrs.
J. W. Adams, Electa; F. C.
Hoyt, Chaplain; J. W. Adams,
Marshal.
SUGGESTIONS FOR
BETTER FARMING
Rev. Josiah Martin Prescribes
Remedy Guaranteed to Pro
duce Prosperity
Editor Journal.—Will you per
mit me to say a few words through
your valuable paper in regard to
some of the causes of the scarcity
of foodstuff in our county, and
the high cost of living?
I am no scientific writer, yet I
may be able to say something that
will cause some one to think. In
the first place, we, the farmers,
are to blame, in that we are all,
bath landlord and tenant, trying
to cultivate too much land per
team. We take for a crop at least
one-third more land than we can
properly cultivate. We plant
large crops of cotton, and calcu
late on how many dollars wre will
have in the fall. As cotton is our
money crop we neglect everything
else and put forth every effort to
keep it clean and make it produce
all it will. Therefore our corn
cribs and smokehouses are in the;
North and West, and we havn’t
got enough cotton money to pay i
our taxes and buy food and cloth
ing. We are on the verge of a
famine, brought on by our system
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living. Something must be done.
To begin with, we should culti
vate less land so we will be able
to cultivate it better. Raise less
cotton and more wheat, corn, oats
and grasses. By reducing our
acreage, we will have more time
to devote to the proper prrpara
tion and cultivation of our land
and we will thereby make more
than we are now making.
Every family should have at
least one acre in truck and vege
tables, and should raise an abun
dant supply of sweet and Irish po
tatoes, peas, beans, and other gar
den vegetables. We could then j
stay out of debt, as we would have i
something to sell and would have
to buy but very little.
All should trv to farm in a more
profitable manner, and should try
to conserve everything that is of
any use or benefit to anyone, and
vve should not waste or destroy
anything.
By a little observation we will
find that almost enough is wasted
every year to support our entire
population. Let’s stop this leak j
and stop it so it will stay stopped, j
Each family should keep one or I
two cows; and remember that one i
cow well fed and cared for is worth
three that are only half fed. Each
family should raise their own
meat and lard.
An abundance of poultry should
be raised by every family. They
should be given proper care and
attention, in order to have plenty
of chickens and eggs for home use
and some to sell.
If possible a colt or two should
be raised every year, as they will
bring in some ready cash, or be
coming on to take the place of the
older teams when these give out,
and thus save you the money that
would have to be paid for more
teams.
Put up an abundant supply of
all kinds of canned fruits and veg
etables. g
Another very important thing is
that whatever we undertake to do
we should give it our time and at
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est; keep out of debt; pay as you
go; do unto others as you would
have others do unto you.
When we learn and observe
; these things, then peace and plen
ty, joy and prosperity will hover
I over our homes, and panics and
hard times will be things of the
past. Josiah Martin.
Batesville, Ark., R. F. D. 2.
Should Elect the
Road Overseer
There are a number of appli
cants for the appointment for road
overseer of Big Bottom township
to till the vacancy caused by the
death of J. P. Lovel, and friends
of the various applicants are busy
circulating petitions.
It occurs to The Journal that
the best and most satisfactory so
lution of this matter would be to
hold an election. The candidates
could select the judges and in this
way the election could be held at
a very small cost. The county
would be put to no expense, and
Judge Waldrip could then appoint
the man who received the highest
vote. Such a course would be a
great deal more fair.we think,than
petitions, and would come nearer
reflecting the sentiment of the
people.
Johnson Pleads
Guilty to Murder
A. J. Johnson, a farmer and
merchant of Shelbyville, who kill
ed Lon Barnett, a blacksmith,
near Shelbyville, about 18 miles
north of Newark and just over in
the line in Sharp county, entered
a plea of guilty to murder in the
second degree in the circuit court
at Evening Shade and was sen
tenced to five years in the peni
t .on fin rtr
The killing occured last spring
and feeling against Johnson ran
so high in the community that he
was taken to the penitentiary at
Little Rock for safe keeping.
Mrs. Barnett, widow of the
sain man had brought suit against
Johnson for $5,000 damages, for
le death of her husband, but
t ter the defendant had entered a
plea of guilty, this suit was com
promised by Johnson paying Mrs.
Barnett $1,000.
OSCAR GIBSON DEAD
Oscar Gibson, son of H. F. Gib-!
s >n, died at his home here Mon
day, after a prolonged illness.
He was 19 years of age. The re
mains were buried Tuesday after
noon at Blue Springs cemetery,
Rev. G. L. Fink conducting funer
al serves.
APPOINTED CONSTABLE
W. L. Fausel of this place has
been appointed constable of Big
Bottom township, to succeed G. I
W. Comer who resigned recently.
WANT EXTENSION OF
RURAL HAIL ROUT i
Would Add Six Miles to Prese t
Route and Serve a Large
Number of Patrons
A movement has been started
by citizens north of town to have
the rural mail route extended, so
as to serve more people in that
section.
The route proposed would leave
the present route at Tom McDor -
iel’s place in Wycough township
and go northwest to Pleasant
Hill church, thence along the
old Military road to the Saylors
place, thence north to the Bates
ville and Elgin road near Center
Grove church, thence northeast
on the Batesville and Elgin road
to the Military road, thence fc
lowing the Military road to tb
.Jacksonport and Smithville roai
thence following this road to tl >
Lane place where the route woul t
again intersect the present route.
The proposed change woul i
cutoff only one family from tl
present route. It would add
about six miles to the length of
the present route and would
serve 35 or 40 more families.
It is said that the change can
easily be ma(|e if the people i
the territory affected will pet
tion for the service. Those in
terested in the matter state tha
a petition will be circulated a
once asking for the additionr
service, which if secured wn
prove a great convenience to tlu
people of that section.
BILL FOR STENOGRAPHER
Senator Edmondson has intro
duced a bill in the legislature t
authorize circuit judge of Third
judicial circuit to employ a stenog .
rapher at $1,800, payment to In
distributed as follows: Jackso;
county $533.33, Lawrence count}
$533.33, Independence count
$533-33 and Stone county $200
The bill was read twice and mad
special order for Thursday.
JUSTICE OF PEACE TO PEI
Mt. Ida, Feb. 15.—At the Feb
ruary term of the circuit cour
just adjourned at this place, on
of the justices of the peace of th
county was convicted of issuin
false affidavits for wolf scalps an
given one year in the penitentiar
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Look over this list and see what
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