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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1921
VOL. 21 NO. 22
MERCHANT SHOT IS
SERIOUSLY INJURED
Hired Upon At Nettleton by
Man Who Says His Home
Was Wrecked
Jonesboro, Sept. 12.—C. R.
Brock, merchant at Nettleton,
three miles from Jonesboro, is
in a hospital in a serious con
dition with three bullet
wounds in his body inflicted
. by Ben Flowers, also of Net
tleton. Flowers is in the
county jail charged with as
sault to kill.
According to inofrmation
i> <1 by officers, Brock
was in his store yesterday
morning when Flowers enter
ed. Lilith out warning, Flow
ers is said to have fired three
shots at Brock, all taking ef
fect. One shot struck the
merchant in his temple, one in
the spine and the other in the
flesnv part of the right arm.
“He has vuined my home,”
Flowers said as he turned and
walked out of the store. “I
did just what I meant to do.”
.At the county jail today
Pl< wers lefusd to make a
statement. Brock m ars an ex
cellent reputation, it is said,
and little credence is given
Flowers’ assertion that
“ruined his home.”
Although he w'as reporteed
tonight to be in a critical con
dition, Brock has a fairchance
t > recover, physicians said.
FAVORS JUDGE TRIEBER
Nev. port, Sept. 12.—Judge
Jacob Trieber of Little Rock
has been endorsed as judge of
the United States Court of
ApDeals of this district by the
Jackson County Bar Associa
te n Copies of the Associa
tion’s resolution were forward
ed. todry to President Harding.
BABY IS KILLED IN
i RUNAWAY ACCIDENT
Baby of Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Til
ley Killed When Horse
Runs Away
One of the saddest acci
dents that ever happened in
this community occurred last
Sunday when a horse ran
away with Mr. and Mrs. Cliff
Tilley, threw them from a
buggy and killed . their two
months old baby.
Mr. and Mrs. Tilley were
driving along the road near
Mount Zion, when something
about the harness broke and
frightened the horse they were
driving, causing it to run
| away.
Mr. Tilley was unable to
j control the frightened ani
mal and it ran some distance.
Mis. Tilley had the baby in
her arms, and when the bug
gy struck a stump all were
i tin own out. The baby’s skull
i was fractured and it lived
■ only a few hours.
, Mr. and Mrs. Tilley were
not injured, except for a few
minor bruises.
The remains were buried
Monday at Blue Springs, Rev.
E. A. Horn conducting the
funeral services.
Mr. and. Mrs. Tilley have
the sincere sympathy of the
entire community in the tragic
death that has removed this
I bright little human blossom
from their home.
If it gave a man a bad
cold to sleep close to an
j empty jug, could you hear
(him sneeze if the moonshine
came in through his bedroom
window? Yes or No?
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Young man! If you will start RIGHT NOW and
. put a part of your earnings in the bank every pay day
there is nothing ean stop you from becoming influen
tial and RICH.
Money breeds .money. _ The man .with money
knows that the young man who can and does take
care of his own money will take care of his money
too. He TRUSTS him. The young man gets oppor
tunities for making more money and a partnership.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkansas
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000.00
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THREE ARE INDICTED
ON MURDER CHARGE
Accused of Being Implicated
in Death of Jackson Coun
ty Farmer
Newport, Sept. 14.—Three
men were indicted yesterday
and three are being held in
jail in connection with the
murder of Jesse Ford here on
the night o^ September 19
last. Otis Harper, about 22,
was indicted by the Grand
Jury for first degree murder
on one count ana witn oeing
accessory before the fact to
murder on a second count.
His father, Mark Harper, one
of the most prosperous and
substantial citizens *of Jack
son county, is held in the
county jail on a charge of
being an accessory to the
crime.
The Grand Jury also re
turned indictments against
Paul Curtis and Claude Hager,
charging them with being ac
cessory before the fact to the
murder of Ford. These two
and young Harper were
bi ought back to Newport to
night by Sheriff George R.
Hays from the penitentiary at
Little Rock. Sheriff Hays had
i taken two prisoners to the
; walk for safe keeping.
Hugh Brown and Lint Os
j borne also are being held in
I jail on charges of being a'
Isories to the murder.
; The murder of Jesse Ford
has attracted much attention
because of the brutality of the
crime and the mystery- sur
rounding it. Officers have
spent much time on the case,
but made little headway until
a few weeks ago, when Sher
iff Hays arrested Paul Curtis,
who is supposed to have di
vulged information which led
to the arrest of Otis Harper,
his father, and the other two.
I
J. W. BARNETT DEAD
J. W. Barnett, one of the
pioneers of this section, died
at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. F. M. Barnes, last Fri
day morning, following an ill
ness of only a few days.
Mr. Barnett wTas taken ill
while visiting friends at Tuck
erman and was brought to the
home of his daughter.
Uncle John Barnett was one
of the community’s best
known and best loved citizens.1
He was everybody’s friend;
and was truly a noble Chris-j
tian character.
He is survived by one dau- j
ghter, Mrs. F. M. Barnes, and
two sons, Sam Barnett of New
port and Dolph Barnett of
Paragould, all of whom were
with him when the end came.
The remains were buried
Saturday afternoon at Blue
Springs cemetery.
Miss Bertie Hankins has re
turned from McHue and has
resumed her position with E.
E. Allen.
A racing car that formerly
belonged to Barney Oldfield
is used by Tom Mix in some
of the scenes in “The Road
Demon” the big Western pic
ture by Tom Mix w'hich
comes to the Royal Friday,
TO INCREASE THE
FARMERS INCOME
Co-Operative Cotton Market
ing Will Solve Big Problem
£ays Mr. Brown
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Hugh T. Brown, of Little
Rock, manager of the Arkan
sas Cotton Growers Market-:
ing Association, has given the'
press the following statement,!
in which he claims that the
Association will go a long way
toward keeping people on the
farms. Mr. Brown’s statement;
follows:
“When we get this co-oper
ative marketing plan into op
eration, I believe that it will
add $25,000,000 a year to the
incomes of Arkansas farmers
at the lowest estimate.
“When you come right
| down to it, you will find that
I the reason so many people
leave the farms and go to the
cities in Arkansas is because
they cannot make a decent
living on the farm. There are
thousands of families that are
eking out a bare existence on
the farms. They have none of
the pleasures or conveniences
or advantages. As a matter
of fact, if such people can
find steady employment in the
city they are really better off.
They don’t have to work so
hard and they are able to
have a few advantages and
enjoyments.
“Statistics show that the av
erage gross income of the Ark
ansas farm family last year
was between $1,000 and $1,
100. It is easy to see that af
ter the expenses are paid, the
family can’t have much left.
And it should be remembered
that the figure given is the
average, which is brought up
by the large planters. There
are thousands of Arkansas
farm families that do not re
ceive anything like $1,000
during the course of a year.
Many of them do not receive
as much as $200 in cash dur
ing the year.
“It is not difficult to imag
ine the immense improvement
in conditions were $25,000,
000 added to the farmers in
comes. They would make
their homes more attractive,
they could have better cloth
ing and food and enjoy a few
of the pleasures of life so that
they would be contented and
glad to remain on the farm.
That, in my opinion, is the only
way to solve this problem—-to
make it possible for the farm
er and his family to make a
decent living.’'
POSTMASTER IS HELD
Tyronza Postmaster Short in
His Accounts, it is Said
Jonesboro, Sept. 13.—W. A.
Beasley, postmaster at Tyron
za, was held to the Federal
Grand Jury this morning by
Usited States Commissioner E.
P. TVlathis on a charge of being
short approximately $1,000 in
his accounts. Postoffice In
spector Floyd Elliot, who au
d ted Beasley’s books, said the
Postmaster was short $998.29
! Beasley waiyed preliminary
'examination and was released
i an bond.
COURT POSTPONES
MINISTER’S TRIAL
Methodist Minister Charged
With Murdering Woman
in Montgomery County
Mount Ida, Sept. 2.—Trial
of the Rev. Harding Hughes,
well known Methodist minister
charged with accessory before
and after the fact to the mur
der of Mrs. Anna McKinnon
at her home near here several
months ago, was postponed
today until October 17. Post
ponement was at the request
of the prosecuting attorney to
permit Sheriff W. N. Crump
to go to Pruitt, Kan., to return
Raymond Cole, said to be un
der arrest there, and who is
wanted in connection with the
death of Mrs. McKinnon.
Mrs. Kate layior has made
a sworn statement implicating
the Rev. Mr. Hughes, and his
trial has been set for October
17 in the Montgomery Circuit
Court.
Mrs. Holteman and Mrs.
Williams of Omaha, Neb., sis
ters of the slain woman are at
Mount Ida to attend the trial.
TO ATTEND REUNION
Jackson County Veterans Ex
pect Big Delegation
Newport, Sept. 13.—Tom
Hindman Camp of Confeder
P.t'.' Veterans is making prep
arations to send a delegation
to the reunion at Chattanooga
October 25, 26 and 27. The
call was made by W. E. Bev
ens, adjutant, and he will
make an effort to get a full
repsesentation of old Com
pany G men, First Arkansas
regiment, recruited from Jack
son port in 1861.
FARMERS SINGING
COTTON CONTRACTS
Association Will Not Be Able
to Handle Marketing of
This Year’s Crop
One hundred and seven
farmers of Independence
County have signed the Ark
ansas Cotton Growers Cooper
ative Mai’keting Association
contract, agreeing to market
all of their cotton through
that association. Joe Keith
of Magness was the first man
in this county to sign. Mrs.
Elizabeth Lindsey of Charlotte
was the first lady to sign and
M. M. Rutherford is the larg
est producer, based on the
1920 production, who has
signed. Many have signed
who only produce one bale.
No man produces so much
cotton that the association '
not benefit him and no man
produces so little, if any at
all, that the association will
not return much more on the
first bale that it handles for
him than he pays as an en
trance fee.
In a letter recently received
from Mr. Hugh T. Brown,
manager of the Association,
he states that the Association
is not prepared to handle this
years crop, and that the mem
bers will continue to dispose
of their cotton under the old
system until further notified.
This statement will be of in
terest to many men who were
under the impression that
this year’s crop would be
handled through the associa
tion.
L. N. Rutherford, J. Rich
and the county agent will be
at Pleasant Plains Tuesday,
(Continued on last page)
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