The Newark Journal
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OSCAR F. CRAIG, Editor.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1904.
Sulphur? Rock Letter?
J- C. Gibson, Reporter.
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The election Tuesday was very
«juiet.
K. 1). Self of Sharp was in town
Monday.
Pete Young1 of Rosie was in
town Monday.
A. P. Yates of Charlotte was in
town Tuesday.
Gibson has some bargains in
portrait frames.
Mrs. Dr. Vaughn lias been very
sick for some time.
I>r. Lawrence of Batosville was
in our city Tuesday.
Prof. H. *J. Drennen of Salado
was in town I uesday.
Miss .Maude V'.aiighu made a
flying trip to Paroquet Sunday.
Pete Bryrum of Black River
township was in town i uesday.
Rev. C. 11. Newman tilled his
regular appointment here Simda.\
night.
Mrs. Hugh Kyler who has been
visiting her parents here for two
months, left tor Little Rock Sun
day where she wdl meet her bus
band who lintf a position there.
Ed Wilson of Newark was vis
iting here Saturday and Sunday.
James Moore who lias been real
sick tor several days is able to be
out again.
(i. A. Sanders who has been
sick for several weeks is slowly
improving.
Grandma Meriwether, who has
been very sick for some time, is
reported better.
W. R. Rice and family and Mrs.
Angie \\ iison arrived home irom
the Fair last Saturday.
,1 L. Folk of Imboden came
down Sunday to see his mother,
wli > has been quite sick.
Unas. Nelson returned home
Saturday alter a ramble ot several
months in the West and North.
Mr. and Mrs. Swish < iriflin.Mrs.
(Trammer, and Mrs. Pleas Wright
went to Batesville last Tuesday
shopping.
Dr Tibl>le of Calamine who lias
been in Texas for three months
passed through town on his \va.\
home Saturday.
Misses Mae and Kate Hodges
of Newark are spending a few
days here visiting Dr. and Mrs. li.
11. 1 lodges and family.
Mrs 0. B. Mosb.y and daugh
ter, Mi" Gertrude, of Batesville
spent Satunla.v in town, visiting
T v Knox and family.
sirs Dr. Bevens and little
grand daughter, Rena Cunning
’ in i, are \ siting th 'former's son,
George Bevens, of Batesvilie, this
j week'.
\ii" Kha Sanders who was call
! (»d home on the account of the ill
■ in1" of her father two weeks ago,
returned to Newport Monday
i night.
Rev .J. L. Keener who has been
! holding meetings in the Indian
I l'erritor.v and Southwest Arlcan*
i ansas for several weeks returned
! home Monday.
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Batesville, ... Arkansas.
LAST LEGAL EXECUTION
Robert N. Lancaster, Hanged September 12, 1879,
v\ as the Last Man Legally Executed in Inde
pendence County--Review of the Case
and Lancaster’s Statement.
The fact that Robert Crosby has
been sentenced to hang at Bates
vilie the 25th of this month, re
calls the fact that it has been a lit
tle over a quarter of a century
1 since there was a legal execution
in independence county.
The last man legally hanged in
the county was Robert N. Lancas
ter, whose execuiion took place at
Batesville the 12th of September,
1879'
The occurrence is distinctly re
membered by many of the older
citizens, and the follow ing account
of the execuiion, taken from an
old copy of the North Arkansas
Pilot, will be read with interest by
those who r< member the occur
rence:
( rowds of people began to come
in on yesterday*to witness the ex
ecution of Lancaster today until
all (he hotels were full, and num
bers had to camp out. They con
tinued to come this morning until
ii is estimated that 5,000 people
were here to witness the scene.
ROBE it i' tf. LANCASTER,
T ie L ist M in Hanged in This County
PASSENUER WRECK AT MOXIE
North hound Iron Mountain
passe Hirer train No. 4 was wreck
ed at lloxie Sunday afternoon,hut
no one 'riously injured. The
train was two hours late and was
running •><» miles an hour when it
ran into a freight train which was!
coming onto the main line from a
side track. Seven heavy loaded
freight cars were wrecked and
jtheir contents hadly scattered.
The passenger engine was not
seriously damaged, hut the mail
and baggage cars and tin* smoker
were considerably damaged and
the smoker turned over on its
side. The chair cars, dining car
and sleeper did not leave the
THE XKi IIT HEFORE.
The night before the execution
Lancaster retired at one o’clock
and slept as soundly as if there
were nothin# to disturb his repose,
and did not arouse until eight this
morning. He was perfectly cool
and was very cheerful when visit
ed by his spiritual advisers, Revs.
.L ( '. Brown and G. M. Hill.
At 12:M0 the crowd began to
gather around the jail. A few
minutes betore leaving the jail he
went into Joe Kemp’s coll and had
one of the most affecting conver
sations ever heard. He told Kemp
that he must prepare to meet his
•ate, I hat God had given him
grace to sustain him.”
At one o’clock he was carried
tI’oin the jail, surrounded by 40
guards, his attorneys and spiritual
advisers accompanying him. The
wagon arrived at the gallows at
the foot ol Main street at 1:20.
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1. ( . Nuckolls and party who
left here on the local for the
World's Fair were among the pas
sengers on the wrecked train, but
Mr. Nuckolls telephoned that none
of the party were injured.
LOCAL MARKET REPORT.
Carefully corrected every
day afternoon.
Apples, dried, per pound. .
Beans, dried, per bushel...
Butter, per pound.
Fggs, per dozen.
Corn, per bushel.
Cotton, lint, per pound.. ..
Cotton seed, per ton.
Molasses, sorghum, per gal
Potatoes, Irish, per bushel.
Potatoes, sweet, per bushel
Turnips, per bushel.
Thurs
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.15
.40
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12.00
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.75
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL ITEHS.
Mr. and Mrs. II. F. Mayhan of
\\ hito River township were in
town \\ ednesday, and called to
order The Journal sent to the la
dy s lather, \\ . A. Gardner, of
W yrtnewood, l. T.
Mrs. Ruby Lancaster has re
cently taken a position with Fred
Ik W biting as saleswoman, and
Mr. Whiting now lias three lady
clerks; Miss A It ha Latimore, Miss
May Roy and Mrs. Lancaster.
I he Journal has a communica
tion from Rev. J. i. Martin and
another from a member of a near
by Methodist church, both of
which were received too late for
publication in this issue, but will
appear next week.
Invitations have been issued by
Mr. and Mrs. (J. \\ . Landers an
nouncing the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Norma, to Mr.
l)eno II. Coleman, on Wednesday
evening, November 23, 1904, at
•S:J0, at th(> First Methodist ('hureh
of the city.—Batesvilie Ik e.
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