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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, February 2, 1906.
Vol. 6. No. 6.
WHOLESALE HOOD LI NO
Covington, Butt, Puller and flc
Ferrin Indicted by the
Pulaski Grand Jury.
Little Rock, Jan. 30.—It is now
•definitely known that of the ten
indictments returned by the Ru
lasksi county grand jury Friday,
nine are against members of the
last legislature, as follows:
Three against Senator A- W.
Covinton of Clarksville, two a
gainst F. O. Butt of Eureka
Springs, one against Representa
tive Fuller of Eureka Springs, one
against Senator B. E. McFerrin
of Jasper, Newton bounty, and
two against a state senator now in
New Yoak on his bridal tour.
Senators Covinton, Butt and the
recently married senator were in
dicted jointly on a charge of con
spiracy in entering into an agree
ment for $:250 each to oppose any
measure pending in the legislature
having for its object the re-annex
ation of Argenta to the city of
Little Rock.
Senator Butt and the recently
made groom were also indicted
for bribery, the indictment alleg
ing that each received $250 to vote
against tin* Brooks bill to re-annex
Argenta in Little Hock. This hill
passed the house and was killed in
the senate.
The second indictment against
Senator Covington alleges that he
gave Senator F. (). Butt, as a
bribe, *250 to influence the latter's
vote upon the Argenta-Little
Rock re-annexation bill. The
third indictment against Senator
Covington alleges that he accepted
a bribe in connection with the
same bill. It is charged that
Senator Covington received $1,300
for his vote an influence on that
measure.
Senator McFerrin and Repre
sentative Claude Fuller were in
dicted on the charge of accepting
a 1000-niile mileage book from the
Iron Mountain Railroad Company.
Representative Fuller served in
the lower house of the last two
sessions of the general assembly,
and recently announced his
candidacy for the state senate
to succeed Senator F. (). Butt,
w h o s e term has expired.
The district is composed of Carroll
and Madison counties.
Senator Butt was indicted by
the grand jury last summer on a
charge of giving Senator Adams
of Grant county $100 to vote for
the state capitol $su0,000 appro
priation bill. His trial is set fod
Feb. 13 at Perryvilie, where it
.was sent by Judge Lea on an ap
plication for a change of venue
filed by Senator Butt.
ICOVINGTON FIRST ARRESTED.
Pr^’he first to be arrested was
Senator A. \V. Covington of
Clarksville, president of the senate
and present candidate for repre
sentative of .Johnson county. He
was arrested Saturday afternoon
at his home in Clarkville, by Sher
iti Joe-B. Kim;, to whom the war
rant was sent by Sheriff lvava
naugh. He gave bond in the sum
of $7,000 and was released.
One of the large engines at the
oil mill at Monticello blew to
pieces a few days ago and tore
away a portion of the building,
causing damage estimated at $1,
000. The accident occurred at 9
o’clock at night, when no one was
in the engine room.
YOUTHFUL MURDERER
Sharp County Boy Only Ten Years
Old Shot His Infant Brother
in a Fit of Anger.
The report of a most unusual
crime is brought from Fred, Sharp
county, by the Hardy Herald—a
ten - year - old boy deliberately,
while in a lit of anger over some
trivial childish difference, shoot
ing dead his four year old brother.
The confession is said to have been
made to Alvin (iriHith, an uncle of
the children. It is doubtful if the
case has a parallel in the state.
The tragedy occurred at the
residence of J. C. Stroud, a sub
stantial farmer of the community.
Both parents were away from the
house temporarily. Mr. Stroud j
heard the report of a gun, but
paid no attention to it, thinking it |
had been fired by some hunter.
When he returned he found the
four-year-old boy lying dead in
the middle of the floor, shot
through the head.
He questioned the ten-year old
boy, and his eight-.vear-old daugh
ter, and they told him that a
strange man was riding by the
house and shot the child for no-j
reason whatever, and then rode
away. Search was made for the;
mysterious man, but no trace of j
him could be found, and the futh -!
er was forced to the conclusion
that he was a fiction. He then j
suspected the older boy, and upon i
investigation found his shot gun,
which he had cleaned only a short
time before, had been discharged.!
He remembered that he had put
a shell hi the gun which had snap
ped several times without tiring,
and this shell was found to be
missing. In the ashes of the
stove he found the brass cap of a
No. 10 shell, such as he used in
the gun. Later the girl admitted
to their uncle that the elder broth
er had shot the little one while in
a tit of anger and then they had
made it up to divert suspicion, had
told the story about the myster
ious man, and had burned up the
empty sliPTl.
“BILL BAILEY” JAILED .
Hot Springs, Jan. 30'- George
Wilson, the man who wrote the
song, “Bill Bailey, wont you
please come home,” has been eon
lined in the city holdover for two
days in this city. Wilson, who is
in very poor health, and a physic
al wreck, was locked up on a plain
drunk charge and fined $5 in the
police court, but was in no condi
tion to work out his line, and after
reamining in jail two days, was
ordered released by Chief Shelvin.
He stated that despite the im
mense popularity of the song he
wrote, he only received $50 for it.
He sold it one night for that a
mount, being at the time suffering
from the effects of King Barley
corn. He says he wrote out the
bill of sale for the song on a piece
of paper sack, which he picked up
from the floor of the saloon.
GEN. JOE WHEELER DEAD
Gen. Joseph Wheeler, the fam
ous Confederate cavalry leader
and a brigadier-general of the
United States army since the war
with Spain, died at 5:35 o’clock
Thursday afternoon, the 25th, at
the home of his sister, Mrs. Sterl
ing Smith in Brooklyn. The vet
eran of two wars was 6!) years old.
W. M. Holcomb and Mrs. Lula
Beard were married at the home !
of the bride, Sunday afternoon at '
four o’clock, Scpiire J.T. Tharp |
officiating.
B. G. Sheley, one of the Mag
ness neighborhood’s promising
young farmers, was transacting
business in town Monday, and
called to renew for The Journal.
You can always get something
good to eat at Galloway’s restau
rant. Meals 25 cents. Short or- |
ders at all hours. Also nice clean
beds and up-to-date accommoda
tions.
Kev. C. L. Castleberry, former
ly pastor of the Methodist church
at this place, but who is now lo
cated at Piggot, spent Saturday
and Sunday in town, and preached
at the Methodist church Sunday
night.
E E. Allen has just opened a
nice stock of staple and fancy
groceries in his building on the cor
ner of Main and Front streets, and
extends to his friends a cordial in
vitation to call and see him when
in need of groceries of any kind.
The Security Fire Insurance
Company of Little Rock has been
placed in the hands of a receiver.
The company is said to have had
between $3,000,000, and $4,000,
000 insurance in force in the state.
It had an authorized capital of
$300,000, of which $100,000 was
subscribed and $50,000 paid in.
The company had quite a lot of
insurance in force in this county.
Miss Cordia Richardson, who
ha^ charge of the central telephone
office at Paris, Logan county, op
erating 163 phones, including six
long distant lines, is blind. Miss
Richardson is a graduate of the
Missouri School for the Blind, and
is perhaps the first blind person
to operate a telephone switch
which she does, it is said, with an
alacrity and skill that is surpris
ing- _
CHARLOTTE CHRONICLES.
Ewing Lane of Sulphur Rock,
visited homefolks here Saturday.
Alvord Huggof Newark, visited
homefolks here Saturday and
Sunday.
Owen Walden and Lindley Lane
made a flying trip to Antioch
Sunday evening.
Farris Rice of Sulphur Rock
passed through here Saturday cn
route to Catheytown.
Willie Rogers of Sharp and
i Little Watson of Hope passed
I through here Sunday.
Miss Beulah Crigles, who has
been visiting her brother at Jes
sup, returned home last week.
Miss Wilma Lane has been
i quite sick for a few days, but we
! are glad to say she is better now.
! Rev. W. F. Way naan of Sul
| phur Rock, preached an interesting
| sermon to an attentive audience
here Sunday.
Misses Vela Jernigan rnd Net
Aye Bevens of Sulphur Rock wore
' the guests of Mrs. Avonia Van s
! Saturday evening.
SULPHUR ROCK ITEMS
Short Items of Interest Picked Up
at the Metropolis of White
River Township.
Candidates are getting numer
ous.
Mrs. J. C. (ribson is still on the
sick list.
We are to see Adler Madness
out again.
J. 1). Martin of Moorefield, was
in town Tuesday.
Rev. dames S. Best went to
Batesville Monday.
Rev. C. W. Hively went to
Ratesville Monday.
Clem Howard of Sharp, was on
our streets Tuesday.
Quite a good' many candidates
have been in town this week.
J. (j. Hazzlerig of Salado, was i
in town the first of the week.
•John A. Satfel, of Saffel, was in
our town the first of the week.
Sam Self and his son R. 1)., j
were down from Sharp Tuesday.
Mrs. T. C. Sims died Saturday
Highland was buried here Monday.
Mrs. Ilattie Murphy went to
Newark Tuesday to spend a few
days.
\V. B. Knight was <jmte nick j
with pneumonia the first of the;
week.
Miss Narcie Rice went to Bates
ville Monday to have some dental
work done.
John Magness of Newark was
shaking hands with the people
here Monday.
John Wa.vman and George Gil
breth of Newark, passed through
town Monday.
The young people enjoyed a
party at Mr. and Mrs. W ill North
erns’ Tuesday night.
Rev. G. G. Davidson of Green
wood, preached at the Methodist
church Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. George Young of
Batesville attended the funeral of
Mrs. Sims here Monday.
If you want hear good music
go to Capt. Knox’s; he lias the
only graphophone in town.
Hugh Wright, wh° has
been sick for several days, was
able to be out on the streets Mon
day.
J. T. Powell of Greenbrier
township, was handing out cards
i to the boys here Monday and
i Tuesday.
Mrs. Morrow of Newark and
her daughter, Mrs. Bum pass of
Texas, visited \V. R. Rice’s family
; here Sunday.
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One dollar cash lor both papers.
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S. L. Castleberry will have a
proposition before the Calico Rock
: town council at its next meeting
to put in a system of waterworks,
the water to be piped from his
large spring just east of the cor
porate limits, to a reservoir or
large tanks on the hill in the west
! ern part of town.
MARTIN ON OKLAHOMA
He Likes The Western Country
and Will Move Out There
in the Near Future.
To The Newark Journal:
I returned from the west sever
al days ago and will give your
readers some of my impressions of
the country. In all I have writ*
ten I have been careful to write,
thing's as I saw them, but let it be
remembered, some would see
things different to what 1 have and
of course would write differently.
1 found people there who would
hardly have the whole Territory
of Oklahoma, judging by what
they say. I met a man at VVa
nette who was perfectly disgusted.
1 also found people that would not
leave there to go anywhere, but
this is the condition everywhere I
suppose.
The Yankee's place of heaven and
rest
Is just a little further west.
I would call ali the parts 1 visit
ed a rolliny country, some hills,
some bottoms, some prairies; in
fact there is more prairie than
timber land. There are some
mosquitos and other insects, and
some centipedes, which are very
poisonous insects. There are some
very rich lands, and some as poor
as an Arkansas man said of some
land here, it is so poor it almost
grunts as you walk over it.
The prairies are said not to be
very good for corn, but cotton and
small grain do well. I was told
that in the bottom they have chills
and fevers, but it is healthier on
the prairies, where there is not
too much fresh sod broken. The
decaying sod causes sickness. I
asked a doctor at Stroud what was
the principla sickness, and he said
malaria. The water is usually
drilled wells, and some springs.
The wells are for the most part
mineral water. The springs am
said to afford good wash water,
but the water in them gets warm
in summer.
Land is high to an Arkansas
man, but can be bought on most
any kind of terms. This was my
third visit to Oklahoma at differ
ent seasons of the year, and my
impressions of the country have
not changed, so in February 1 ex
i pect to move my family there and
have arranged to that end, though
I will stay here in the mission
work for the present. 1 will not
sell, but have rented my farm. I
- like that countay better than this
for more than one reason. They
I do not have the rainfall there in
winter we do, but there wa* too
much rain last summer, so they
claim crops were short. My ad
vice to any one who eypects to go
to that country is to go and see
for themselves, but you need not
expect to find money hangiM^cm
trees. I found the people to be
a very sociable, industrious people,
but it is there as here, some good
neighborhoods while there areoth
eJti not so good.
There is more wind there than
here, but it is not so damp and J
think we would have as much hero
if the timber was as scarce a*
there. About Wanette is the best
timbered part I have seen in Ok
lahoma. 1 have been all over
| Arkansas and found friends ami
the same has been true of Okla
homa. If a person will live as lit*
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