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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, April 13, 1906.
Vol. 6. No. 16.
WEEKS DOINGS AT SULPHUR ROCK
Short Items of Interest Picked Up
at the Metropolis of White
# River Township.
John D. Martin was down from
Moorefield Tuesday.
Meyers, the stock man, was on
our streets Tuesday.
Squire C. P. Pickens of Dota
was in town Sunday.
Dr. L. R. Wright has been real
sick for several days.
Squire John Dodd of Moorefield j
was in town Monday.
Miss Erma ^rulers was down
from Batesvlll* Sunday.
Will and Winfield Jernigan of
Charlotte spent Sunday here.
Conn Dean and John Lindsey
were up from Newport Tuesday, i
Leonard Brown was up from!
Newport Sunday visiting friends. I
Herbert Hurley of Newport (
spent Sunday with frienes in our |
city.
Eil Wilson and Wife of Newark
were the guests of G. W. Wilson
Sunday.
Mrs. R. H. Hodges and daugh
ter Nettye went to Batesville
Tuesday.
Mrs. Lizzie Vaughan of New
ark spent Monday here with her
many friends.
Mrs. .Julia Herrington of Bates
ville visited old friends here the
first of the wTeek.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Ilartsfield of
Newark spent Sunday here with
relatives and friends.
Jim Moore went to Batesville
Monday where he is serving as a
member of the grand jury.
Tom Bay gents, who has been
away working on the railroad for
some time, came in Tuesday morn
ing.
Misses Lizzie and Edna 1 lively
left Tuesday for luka where they
will spend several days visiting
relatives.
Mrs E. M. Barnett of the I)ota
neighborhood was visiting at this
place Friday, the guest of Mrs. .1. !
<J. Gibson, ^
\V. ,1. Lon eh an find family i
■came down from Cushman Satur
day to visit relatives, return in/
home Tuesday.
Prof. Sidney Pickens and fam
ily went out to Dot a Sunday to
spend a week with his parents,
JN1 r. and Mrs. C. P. Pie-kens.
Rev. W. F. Way man went to;
New Hope Sunday and preached
to a large congregation andi
preached a good sermon here at j
7:30 p. m.
t). L. Hoover's house camel
near burning Sunday. It caught
from a spark from the kitchen
flue and when discovered by \Ir.
4 Hoover had gained considerable
headway. But by hard work the
bucket brigade succeeded in ex
tinguishing the tire, but not before
the house was pretty badly dam
aged. __ _
ROBERTS THIRD TRIAL.
For the third time Jno. V. Rob
erts of Searcy will be placed on
trial iti the circuit court at Mar
iana April 18 in the cases grow
ing out of the noted Lightle in
surance grave robbery charge of
two years ago.
Roberts lias already been tried
twice on these charges. In the
first trial the jury could not agree
and was discharged.
In the next trial there was a
verdict of acquittal on the charge
of desecrating the grave. The
charges remaining against Roberts
are those of arson and obtaining
money under false pretenses.
It is said that the insurancecom
pnaies concerned in the ca>es have
decided to participate no further
in the prosecution of Roberts.
MET DEATH UNDER CAR WHEELS
Terrible Fate of Unknown Man at
Newport, and Theory is
He Was Murdered
Newport, April 10.— As north
bounh passenger train No. 4, on
the Iron Mountain, entered the j
Newport yards, about 11:30 o’clock
this morning, the body of an un
known man was struck by
the cowcatcher and ground to
pieces beneath the wheels, after
being carried some distance.
Neither the fireman nor the engi
neer saw the body or the man
alive, and whether he committed
suicide or Ijnd been murdered and
his body thrown upon the track
may never be known. It seems i
strange that neither of the men in
the cab, on the lookout while en
tering the local yards, should see
a man on the track.
The head of the dead man was
not badly scarred, but about the
left side of his neck was a deep in
cision thought to have been the j
cut of a knife, and unlike any of
the other wounds. How any part
of an engine could have made
such a slash is not easily
sdlved, and these points led to the
suspicion that the stranger had
suffered foul play.
Upon close examination it de
veloped that the slash in the man’s
neck had been sewed up, bits of
thread being found. Five hoboes j
who told a story of how the man
was morose, and had been walking |
up and down the track when struck
have been arrested and are now in
_ I
From a sale slip found upon the
body it is thought the man may
T. Burgess of Golden City, Mo.
LOGAN LACONICS.
Health is very good in this vi-1
cinity.
Toombs Lotrail is on the puny
list this week.
Clarence Burcher wants to bor
row sonu^ wood.
Charley Wherry had business
out on Dota Sunday.
Our good friend Mastin Long
lias moved back to town.
Ozroe Lane claims that Otter
lake is the only place to boat ride.
Luther Fetzrr visited home
tolks Saturday night and Sunday.
Squire -I. II. Fetzer is long and
slim but if you want your logs
r > h'd send for him.
Frank Lane moved back Thurs
day and gave a dance that night.
He seems glad to get back.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L Lane and
the latter’s sister, Miss Maud Fct
zer, went to Batesville Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hogue of
of White River township visited
W. L. Lane and family Sunday
night.
I
Willie Jirnmerson seems to
think lots of his cousin, Charley;
he goes to see him almost every !
Sunday.
ANOTHER BANK BEING ORGANIZED
New Financial Institution For
Newark With a Paid Up
Capital of $10,000.01)
A new bank to be known as the
Merchants and Planters Bank is
being organized and will be ready
for business in a short time.
The new bank will have a paid
up capital of $10,000, all of which
has been subscribed. The stock
holders are business men of New
ark and merchants and farmers of
the near-by towns and communi
ties. A meeting will be held here
Monday afternoon for the purpose
of electing the officers and direc
tors, and the transaction of other
business necessary to get the in
stitution on its feet and ready for
business.
FIRE AT JAGKSONPORT TUESDAY
Massey’s Store and flasonic Hall
Totally Destroyed - Ori
gin of Fire Unknown
It is reported from .Jacksonport
that about three o’clock Tuesday
morning the night watchman at
Gibson’s mill discovered .1. ,J.
Massey’s store to be in a mass of
flames. He gave the alarm and
the whole town turned out as a
bucket brigade, but too late to
save any of the stock. Fire broke
out in several other places over
town, and vigilance alone saved
many other buildings which were
ignited by flying sparks.
The Masonic building adjoining
Massey’s store, in the lower part
of which some 3()0 or 400 bushels
of corn and some hay had been
stored, was also burned, together
with its entire contents. The loss
on Mr. Massey’s stock is estimat*
ed at $1,000, with $000 insurance.
File building and fixtures were
valued at $600 with $400 insur
ance. The loss on the Masonic
building and contents is not known,
but is said to have been partially
covered by insurance. The ori
gin of the tire is unknown.
STATE TREASURERS REPORT
According to the quarterly re
port of Stale Treasurer Col. II. C.
Tipton, for the quarter ending
April !, the following suras are
now accredited to the several state
funds:
(icnora! fund .$ 86,766.81
Common school fund. 3T.9hO.2I
State capital fund .... IS 1 ,s!5 66
Permanent school. .. 1,951.317 95
Swampland. 51,040.14
Internal improvement <587753 45
Confederate pension 8,51$f 38
Sinking. 131,755.86
Tax due counties.. . . 10,006 61
Tax due cities. 130 74
Penitentiary deposit. 112,482.91
Direct tax. 419.93
State school interest. 958.08
U. of A. endowment
fund. 216,363.75
Teachers fund. 198 00
Total.*2.758,204 7s
KIRBY IS ATTORNEY GENERAL
Hon. W. F. Kirby of Texar
kana will be the Democratic nom
inee for attorney general of Ar
Kansas. What was an apparent
victory for Mr. Pmdail has been
turned into success for Mr. Kirby,
and one of the closest politic,!
contests in the state terminates.
The 12 convention votes of Wash
ington county turned the tide in
j favor of Mr. Kirby. When the
! official canvass of the votes cast in
the Democratic primary in that
| county was made, the announce
ment was that Kirby had carried
| the county by a margin of !>0 over
Pindall, The county had been
conceded to Pindall by 28, but the
official count changed the result in
Kirby’s favor.
CONTEST FOR STATE SENATORSHIP
Three Candidates Still Claim the
Nomination and Contest in
Courts May Follow.
The official returns from the
recent Democratic primary have
at last been secured, and The
Journal gives its readers this week,
in supplement form, an official
tabulated statement of the returns.
A re-count of the entire vote of
the county on state senator was
made Monday, which gave Hinkle
a majority of Ml. Mr. Edmond
j son claims, however, that the of
ficial vote gives him a majority of
17 over Raney and 35 over Hinkle.
The figure's above given include
the total vote of both counties.
Mr. Raney claims that his total
vote from the two counties gives
him a majority of 27. It is not
yet known what the final result
will be, as Mr. Raney has declared
his intention of contesting the
matter both in the senatorial con
vention and in the courts.
OIL TROUGH TINKUNGS.
The river is falling very slowly.
j Dr. K. C. Curtis is in Tennessee
on business.
Charles Wasson went to Bates
ville Sunday.
Mrs. Helton is putting up a
house on her lot.
Jim Davidson spent Saturday at
Newark on business.
The new residence, of Dr. E. C.
Ellis will soon be completed.
W. A. Nichols will paint his
new residense in a few days.
Mrs. C. R Ray, who has been
sick is no better at this writing.
B. F. Trotter went to Bates ville
Wednesday to have his eyes treat
ed.
C. S. Adams of Newark is visit
ing his father and mother at this
place.
C. J. Magness of Newark was
transacting business in our town
Tuesday.
R. M. Davidson, one of our hus
11ling farmers marketed cotton in
Newark Saturday.
hum Hunter, one of our good
citizens went to Newark with a
load of cot^mi Friday.
Our mails have been very ir
regular the past few weeks on ac
count of the high water.
R. B. Hill and 1*. B. Pelley are
preparing to erect buildings on
their lots here this summer.
Some have planted a little corn
but there will be but little cotton
planted before the first of May.
Farmers in this neighborhood
are very badly behind with their
crops and are making good use of
the past lew days of sunshine.
The gin at this place has done a
good business g his season. They
have ginned Hp5 bales of cotton
and there is still considerable cot
ton to be ginned.
THE NEW CITY OFFICERS SWORN IK
Mayor Arnold and Other New Of
ficials Enter Upon Dis
charge of Their Duties
At a special meeting of the
council Wednesday night, the
newly elected city officers were
sworn in and entered upon the
discharge of their duties.
The oath of office was adminis
tered to Mayor Arnold by Justice
Tharp, and the other officers were
then sworn in by the new mayor.
Upon assuming his seat Mayor
Arnold delivered a brief, but very
appropriate address, outlining in.
well-chosen language the policies,
he would pursue. He declared
himself for a strict enforcement of
of the law, hut said that ail offend
ers should be given a fair
and impartial hearing, and that
the laws should be enforced with
equity and justice.
NT. M Magness was re-elected
night marshal and J. I). Seward
street commissioner.
The report of the outgoing
; treasurer, J. T. Tharp, showed a
balance of #649 51 on hand.
The appointment of the various
i committees was announced, after
which the council adjourned to
meet Monday night.
OAK HILL ITEMS.
Several of the farmers are plant
ing corn this week.
Virgil Atchison has been quite
sick for the past few days.
Uncle Joe Turner has been vis
iting friends in this community
this week.
Dr. J. M. Sanders of near Sul
phur Rock visited Squire 1). It.
Reaves Sunday.
Mrs. L. C. Crawford, who has
been quite sick for several days,
is able to be out again.
Rev. F. T. Cossey filled Rev.
K. A. I loi n's regular appoint
ment at Pleasant Hill last Sunday.
Willie Brooks and Richard!
Maxwell of near Magness visited
Walter Reeves Saturday night
and Sunday.
HADE FATAL MISTAKE.
Green Forest, April 8.—It de
velops that Miss Youngblood, re
ported accidentally killed near
Denver, this county, Monday, was
shot by her friend, Miss Seals,
daughter of Dr. Seals, residing in
that community. Miss Seals had
; called to spend the afternoon with
Miss Youngblood, and, after tak
ing otf her wraps, she espied an
old, rusty pistol on a table, and,
being accustomed to seeing it there
before, picked it up and pointed
it at her hostess and to her con
sternation the weapon fired, tak
ing effect in the breast of Miss
Youngblood, killing her almost in
stantly.
DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LOADED
Helena, April 7. B. F. DeSilvi
a carpenter, was shot and acci
dentally killed by Roland McAlex
ander today. McAlexander was
1 snapping a rusty pistol, which he
i did not know was loaded at a pet
clog, and as DeSilvi was passing
the pistol was discharged and -the
bullet struck him. He died with
in a few minutes. DeSilvi is sur
vived by his wife and two ehil
Idren. __
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