The Newark Journal.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, April 13, 1916
Vol. 16, No. 2
DR. BROUGH WILL TOUR STATE
FOR 12 MILL TAX ANENDMENT
TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION
BEHIND MOVEMENT
Vigorous Effort Will be Made
to Secure Adoption of
Amendment For Higher Tax
Rate For School Purposes.
Little Ruck, April 10.—The
concluding session of the Av'
ansas Teachers’ Association <
the Little Rock High School
Auditorium Saturday morning
was said by officers and past
officers to bo a fitting finish
to the most successful conven
tion in the history of the asso
ciation.
The feature was the.* address
of Dr. C. II. Brough, former
head of the economics depart
ment of the University or Ark
ansas and Democratic nominee
for governor.
Adresses by Dr. W. L.Tread
way of the United States Pub
lic Health Service and Mrs.
Frank Peel of Bentonville and
the awarding of school im
provement prizes and the
Brough attendance record were
features of the program.
The last action of the as
sociation was to vote a memor-,
ial to the governor and the next
legislature to appropriate for
the salary of state organizer
for school improvement asso
ciations, to be under the direc
tion of the state superintendent
of public instruction. It called
attention to the work done by!'
the associations, of the need
for continuing the work,and the
fact that there has been no
state organizer since the fail
ure of the General Education
Board to appropriate for the
salary of an organizer in 1916.
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Dr. Brough To Tour State
The most important action
of the state convention was the
decision to make an active
campaign for the 12-mil!school
tax amendment to be voted up
on at the general election n.:d
November, under the initi riv
and referendum act. Th
amendment would make i: pos
sible fo school districts io vote
a 12-mill lax for educational
purposes, inst. ad of tlv pr:v nt
seven-mill '■ ax. Dr. Brough in
his addr si .aid that he v uld
campaign th. si ,k in b- ’■ ■ . :
the amendment it ii v ■
id. The committee appointed
to have charge of the e mp°.;gn
at a meeting immediately fol
lowing adjournment of ih ■ -
sion, accepted his offer. T1 •
association appropriated S1 /-Ob
of its funds for use in the c; m
paign and authorized the com
mittee to solicit other funds.
Speakers throughout the con
vention urged the members to
work in the interest of the
amendment. In his address to
the teachers, Dr. Brought said:
“I care not what effect it
may have on my political fu
ture. for constructive states
manship is far greater than any
man’s political future, I shall
join hands with you during the
coming fall anti go wherever
the officers of this association
care to send me and in my hum
ble way I will battle before the
Hectors of Arkansas for the
greatest boon that could pos
sibly come to the people of this
state in conferring upon every
school distnet the right to vote
i maximum of 12 mills for
school purposes.”
New Officers Elected
R. C. Hall, superintendent of
he Little Rock Public Schools,
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People Endorse His
Record as Judge
Judge Dene H. Coleman of
Batesville who was nominated
for circuit judge in the recent
Democratic primary, is strictly
a home product.
lie was born in Batesville,
May 15, 1877.He was educated
in the schools of Batesville,
graduating in 1892. In 1896 he
came to Newark to engage in
mercantile pursuits and was a
citizen of Newark for about
two years. In 1897 he took up
the study of law under his fa
ther, Judge II. S. Coleman of
Batesville, and was admitted
to the bar in 1899.
Having always taken an ac
tive interest in public matters,
Dene made his debut *in poli
tics in 1902 when he was an
unsuccessful candidate for re
presentative, having been de
feated by a very small margin.
In 1904 he was again a candi
date for representative and led
the field, winning by a hand
some majority.
He made a splendid record
while in the legislature and de
spite his youth, won recogni
tion as one of the ablest mem
bers of that body.
After his retirement from
the legislature he resumed the
practice of law at Batesville,
and when Judge R. E. Jeffery
resigned as circuit judge to ac
cept a diplomatic post in South
America, Gov. Hays appointed
Judge (Coleman as circuit
judge. He has made a splendid
judge, and that he is popular
with the people is shown by
the fact that he has overcome
the traditional theory that an
appointee cannot be elected by
the people by defeating one of i
the most populra and able
young attorneys in the entire
district. ;
Will Continue Fight
To Eradicate Ticks
Walnut Ridge, Apr.11.—The
Northeast Arkansas tick eradi
cation commission met here
yesterday. Ihe following direc
tors were present: J. II. Wash
burn. Imboden; Ed Dalton,
Pocahontas; II. T. Mitchell,
! ilton ; P. C. Evans,Clarendon ;
M. M. Rutherford, Batesville;
II. Stevens, Palestine; John
li. Newberry, Paragould; Geo.
Vance, Marvell; J. G. Richard
Walnut Ridge. The fol
lowing counties wHl receiv:
special work from the commis
sion this year: Izard, Indepen
dence, Phillips, St. Francis,
Monroe, Lee, Cross and Wood
ruff.
The following state agents
were placed on the force foi
this season: A. F. Butlerton, R.
C. Stubblefield, J. W. Simpson,
R. Kersey, .1. 1 Maxwell, W. G
Pinnell, A. G. Steadman, W. L
Nelligan, L. I. Wilson, J. S
Grill in, Sam Lay, Sit! Head
stream and George Berner.
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DROWNS NEAR DES ARC
Des Arc, April 11.—A team
belonging to Henry Heavner
became frightened and ran of!
a ferry boat into White rivei
today and was drowned. The
team dragged Mr. Heavner in
to the water, but he escapee
injury.
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Republicans Put Out
Only Two Candidates
The Republican County Con
vention was held at Batesville
last Saturday for the purpose
of nominating a full county
ticket, but being unable to find
sufficient victims willing to of
fer themselves up upon the al
tar of their party, only two
candidates were nominated.
These were E. J. Rogers of
Gainsboro township for county
judge, and Clarence Bruce of
Gainsboro t wnship for sheriff.
The convention was held at ;
the Batesville Business College
and was called to order by H. I
C. Wade, chairman of the ;
county central committee. J. ;
VV. Scott of Salado was elected i
chairman and A. A. Webber
<>1 Batesville was chosen as sec
retary.
The following were selected
as delegates to the state con
vention: Chas. F. Cole Dr. J.
B .Roe, H. C. Wade, J.W.Scott,
and B. Vanenburg, with the
following as alternates: J. S.
Edwards, Sam Tuggle, T. H.
Henderson, II. V. Meriwether,
and J. O. Burnes. The alter
nates were chosen as delegates
to the congressional convention.
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COTTON SEED FOR SALE
High grade cotton seed for
planting purposes for sale at
$1 per bushel.
BEN HAILEY,
; Charlote, Arkansas.
BOOTLEGGER GIVEN
NINE YEARS IN PEN
Mississippi County Man Gets
Heaviest Sentence Ever Im
posed Illegal Sale of Liquor
Blytheville, April 12.—Nine
years in the penitentiary was
the sentence imposed upon
Frank Mavmon after he plead
ed guilty to three charges of
ill galy selling liquor in Circuit
Court here today. Judge Driver
sentenced him to three years
on each charge.
Mavmon was indicted on five
charges. After evidence had
been submitted in one of the
c harges, he asked permission!
to withdraw his plea of not
guilty and to plead guilty to
three of the charges.
11sentencing M aymon,Judge
Driver denounced him severely
end declared that he intends
to make bootlegging an unpop
ular occupation in his district
if such a thing is possible.
NEGRO KILLS NEGRO
WITH BUTCHER KNIFE
Will Knight, said to be a no
torious negro who has been
convicted of various crimes
and misdemeanors, murdered
Frank Vance, another negro,
at Newport Saturday night.
Knight used a butcher knife
and almost beheaded Vance.
The trouble is said to have or
iginated over the payment of
some money Vance had won
from Knight in a crap game.
Knight escaped and at last
account had not been captured.
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“When I said myprayerslast
night did’nt you hear me ask
God to make me a good boy?”
“Yes, Tommy, I did.”
“Well. He ain’t done it.”—
Sydney Bulletin.
CAMPAIGN ON FOR
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
Prominent Women of Little
Rock Now Canvassing State
in Interest of the Movement
Little Rock, Aprilll.—Equal
suffrage is to be placed before
the people of Arkansas in the
most effective manner by
speakers and field workers
best equipped for the task.
It will be one of the import
ant questions to be presented
at the approaching session of
the Legislature. It will be rem
embered that the suffragists
achieved a great victory in the
1916 session, securing t he
adoption of their resolution
submitting a constitutional
amendment, and only the fact
that there were already three
ahed of it prevented a vote be
ing taken on the subject.
This was encouraging to the
women who had been working
against the most effective op
position up to that time. Now
they are going to make a more
strenuous effort than ever, and
will conduct an educational
campaign that will be sure to
attract attention.
Miss Gertrude Watkins and
Miss Josephine Miller left Lit
tle Rock this week on anorgan
iaztion tour of the state, to last
for a month or more, and this
will be followed by other cam
paigns, until the whole state is
covered. They will organize
jsuffrage league and make ar
rangements for Mrs. T. T. Cot
nam, of Little Rock, to follow
about a week later,accompanied
by Mrs. O. F. Ellington, the
state President. Mrs. Cotnam is
acknowledged one of the most
eloquent of the suffrage advo
cates of the country, and took
an active part for several
months in the New York and
New Jerseycampaignslastyear.
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