The Newark Journal.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, May 17, 1917
Vol. 17, No. 7
RANDOLPH COUNTY
MAN KILLS FATHER
George Biggers Shoots His Father
Following Slight Difficulty and
Then Committs Suicide
George Biggers, aged 30, shot and
fatally wounded his father, B. F.
Biggers, and then committed suicide
at Biggers, in Randolph county, last
Thursday.
The tragedy occurred in the store
at Biggers, owned by the two men.
The father was wounded in the leg
and through the body and was rush
ed to a Memphis hospital, where he
died from his wounds Wednesday.
The son shot himself through the
heart and died instantly.
The shooting followed an argument,
it is said, which grew out of a misun
derstanding in regard to the manage
ment of one of the farms owned by
the father and managed by the son.
It is said only a few words preceded
the shooting, though the men had
quarreled the night before. It is said
that before the young man went to
the store he had notified tenants on
the farms that he could not be in the
country that day.
The father was bo years old. tie
was born and raised in Randolph coun
ty, and was the wealthiest landowner
of the county. He was president of
the bank of Riggers, and proprietor
of the Ida May hotel at Riggers and
the Riggers hotel at Pocahontas.
George Riggers was married but
leaves no children.
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TO INSTALL DRY PROCESS
CONCENTRATING PLANT
The Cleveland Development Com
pany, which owns 3,000 acres of
manganese land in the Batesville
Cushman District, it is said, will start
the installation of a concentrating
plant shortly. It will be a dry pro
cess, the first of its kind in this
field.
Mr. Atkinson, vice president of the
company is in charge of the work.
Walter Denison and other local men
are intrested in the company.—Rat
esville Guard.
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See The .Journal for good printing.
Can Join the Army Now
Without Being Drafted
Postmaster O. F. Craig has been
notified that there will be an army
recruiting officer in Batesville next
Saturday, May 19, for the purpose
of accepting applicants for enlistment
in the United States Army. The post
master here has been requested by
the government to secure as many
young men for enlistment as possible,
and he authorizes The Journal to say
that he will secure cars and furnish
transportation to Batesville Saturday
for all who desire to meet the recruit
ing officer for the purpose of enlist
ing in the army.
In view of the fact that the selec
tive draft bill will soon become effec
tive, it is thought a majority of the
young men would prefer voluntary
enlistment to being drafted.
All applicants accepted at Bates
vill will be furnished transportation
to Little Rock. If applicants should
be rejected at Little Rock they will
be furnished transportation back
home.
If you want to join the army noti
fy the postmaster at Newark and he
will take you to Batesville Saturday.
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NEWARK HIGH SCHOOL
CLOSES NEXT WEEK
The closing exercises of the public
;ind high schools will begin Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock, in the High
School Auditorium, when the sermon
to the graduating class will be deliv
ered by the Rev. E. O. Brown, Dean
| of Arkansas College and pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church of
Newport, whose subject will be, “A
Vision of Service.”
On Tuesday evening at 8:15 th>
public school exercises will be ren
dered. Wednesday evening Miss Kath
erine Martin will present her pupils
! in a piano recital.
Thursday evening the alumni ban
quet will be held, to which only the
old graduates and the faculty will be
! admitted.
Friday evening the graduating ex
ercises will be held at which time di
plomas will be given to Miss Bertie
Lee Holderby, Messrs. Frank Haynes
Martin, Ernest Edward Crowell, Clar
ence V. Mayhan and Douglass Hall.
Hon. Dene H. Coleman will deliver
the class address.
The CHARACTER of the MEN as well as their
financial responsibility had to be found O. K. be
fore we could become a member of the FEDERAL
RESERVE system of hanks.
Being a Member Bank of this National System
means that our bank is one of a vast, strong chain
of banks linked together for the protection of our
depositors.
When your money is in our bank you can GET
it when you WANT it—because we can take our
securities any time to our Central Reserve Bank and
get MONEY.
Put YOUR money in OUR bank.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
County Superintendency
Will Benefit the Schools
When a county adopts superintei.
dency and elects a Superintendent,
the office of County Examiner is
abolished and the office of Superin
tendent takes its place. It does not
create more offices in the county, nor
does it increase your taxes. Every
other state in the Union has long
since adopted a plan of county sup
erinteridency for its schools. It has
proved eminently successful and has
resulted in greatly increasing the ef
ficiency of the schools, improving the
teaching corps, and increasing the
length of school term. Our greatest
duty is to give our boys and girls the
best school advantages possible, and
if superintendency will increase the
efficiency of the schools, then for the
sake of your boys and girls you
should vote for it Let’s give the boys
and girls in Arkansas just as good
chance to equip themselves for life,
educationally, as any other state in
the Union does. The first great step
toward this end is adequate county
supervision.
Vote for county supervision in the
school election next Saturday.
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PAROQUET ITEMS
Paroquet, May 15.—A. N. Trer
of Batesville spent Saturday morning
here inspecting bolts.
Mrs. Lon Lovejoy of Wycough
township returned to ner home there
Saturday after spending a few days
here with frier.ds and relatives.
Bliss Edna Barber and Coa John
son attended the decoration at Mace
donia Saturday.
Clarence Walls spent Sunday morn
ing aa Diaz.
Lehman Burt was called to his
home at Guion Friday by his wife
and child being sick.
Ralph Lentz spent Saturday and
Sunday at Calico Rock visiting rel
atives.
Mr. and Mrs. Logan Saylors of
Newark were here Monday morning.
G. W. Yaney, John Barber and W.
A. Shanks spent Monday at Bates
ville.
Austin Monroe is spending a few
days at Cushman looking after rail
road business.
Mrs. Edna Gregory spent Tuesday
morning at Newport shopping.
Mrs. T. W. Stubblefield spent Mon
day at Batesville with her sister, Mrs.
Jack Sherman, who underwent an
operation.
J. P, Williams who has the con
tract for building an addition to the
Confederate Home in Little Rock is
spending the week in Little Rock.
The trestle at Black River Bridge
got on fire Monday night about 10:30
o’clock. It is suppossed that the tres
tle caught fire from the Red Ball
as it was the last train through that
night. Three stringers and eight ties
were burned out before it was dis
covered. C. A. Walls and crew were
called at 2 o’clock and worked until
7 o’clock before they pot it repaired
so the trains could go over.
Mrs. Lizzie Styles is still very ill.
C. P. Vaughan of Newark spent
Sunday here with J. P. Williams.
A stranpe younp man came to Mr.
Johnson’s store Monday afternoon
and said he wanted work. Mr. Johnson
pave him a job on the farm. He said
he was 17 years old, and was very
dark complected, dark eyes and dark
hair. He had a bundle with him which
he left here. He asked for some water
and was sent to Mr. Barber’s to pet
it. He passed out of the back way
that was the last seen of him. His
package contains one new coat, one
checked pair of pants, five new neck
ties, and one pair of new hose. It is
thought that the poods he had were
stolen and that he was paid to leave
them anywhere.
On account of the cold weather
quite a lot of cotton has to be planted
over.
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MRS. JNO. W. GLENN
DIES AT BATESVILLE
Mrs. John W. Glenn died at her
home at Batesville last Friday, after
an illness of only a few days of peri
tonitis.
She was 62 years old and was a
splendid Christian lady.
The remains were buried at Bates
ville Sunday afternoon.
The Joys and Sorrows
of Boyhood Recounted
Editor Journal.—I am thinking of
the days of “me” childhood A day
then, to a boy, was a rich inheritance.
Especially if the day was one for fun
—like fishing, hunting,an old-fashion
ed barbecue, the old swimming hole,
with nude boys diving and ducking
each other in the water, a foot race,
jumping “rasseling” and once in a
while “a set to” between two boys.
Oh, the joy of such days—and yet, I
did not know its depths or its full
meaning. To be a boy is to have been
a wonderful thing, for a boy—a real
boyish boy—healthy, strong, active,
playful—is a remarkable being. lie is
good, and he is bad; he is lazy, and
lie is full of energy, when time for
play is on hand. He is all right when
the dinner horn blows, and can hit
the path leading to the table like a
bee line, and he has an india rubber
appetitie.
He eats—yes, he can eat anyiiui.
from green apples to a ginger-cake,
lie is amphibious—he can live in wa
ter or on land. But one of his heavy
crosses is to wash his feet at night
after he has gotten sleepy. Ugh! that
cold water! Sore toe, yarn string
around it, greasy, stone bruise on the
heel. Ouch! my! how it hurts.
“Now, son, don’t cry.”
“Well, papa, if you had one as bad
as this you’d cry too—Oo! hoo! hoo!
how it hurts.”
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stone-bruise, sore toe, stomach ache,
six months colic or cutting teeth. No
nor the luxury of drawing a sawbriar
betwen his toe as he walked through
ihe wheat stubbles after the cows.
No nor chapped hands and feet to
smart and sting as he put them into
the water. But a real boy knows all
these luxuries at first hand.
Well, we are having a great meet
ing at East side church. Up to date,
44 converts and 38 additions; 29 to
the Methodist and 9 to the Baptist.
Great congregations—reminds me of
1907—at Newark. But I have never
taken in as many at one time any
where as I did at Newark when 75
came in at one service. Do you rem
ember it, reader?
What about your new church? War
times got you all scared ? Why, the
South fed herself, her army, and the
last three years of the war she fed
the “feds,” and did not have a fam
ine, nor anything like it. In 1862,
Gen. Curtis camped at Sulphur
Rock for six weeks with thirty thou
sand men; about 10,000 cavalry.
Think what it took to feed that gang
for ONE DAY. And we did it, and
lived, and had three square meals a
day. Rub that grouch off your face
you croaking, narrow, gink, you, and
see plenty and prosperity in spite of
war, high water, or h—1.
Work; work, is the word. Quit
spending money for that which is not
bread and butter and be careful anti
old Germany may go on with her
“bush whacking” war method. Old
Glory will wave herself at last over a
flomnf*rntif wnrlH wra, utohI
or need the world. No, we only want
our own land of the free and home of
the brave, but that all the nations of
the earth may be free, and kings, and
thrones, and monarchs will be known
no more forever. The Germans are
doing some manly, brave work on the
land, but under the sea they are
“bush whackers,” pure and simple.
Then when peace comes, as come it
will, and that before long, may the
King of Kings and Lord of Lords
rule all nations and war will be no
more.
JAS. F. JERNIGAN,
Paragould, Ark., May 15, 1917.
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BATESV'ILLE YOUNG MAN
WILL GO TO FRANCE
Batesville, May IS.—-Ross E. Par
sons, of St. Louis, a former Bates
ville boy, has enlisted as a clerk in
the Red Cross base hospital, Unit No.
21, and will sail for France at once.
He was born in this town, his father,
now dead, having for year straveled
in this state for the shoe hous# of
Roberts, Johnson & Rand, for which
firm the young man was working at
the time of his enlistment.
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LOST
Small, red-back day book, contain
ing names of music pupils and list of
music sales. Finder please return to !
1 Miss Kate Martin and receive reward.
lernigan Elected Cashier
The First National Sank
W. W. Jernigan formerly deputy
;ircuit clerk, has been elected cashier
>f the First National Hank of New
irk, and Mr. Jernigan arrived from
Batesville Wednesday to take charge
of the hank.
M. C. Magness who was tendered
the position last week, wired the di
rectors after returning to his home
at Oak Grove, La., that he could not
accept the position.
Mr. Jernigan, the new cashier, was
employed in the bank here last sum
mer as assistant cashier and book
keeper, and is well ‘acquainted with
the affairs of the bank. He moved
to Batesville last fall after quitting
his position in the bank, to accept the
position as deputy circuit clerk.
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CLOSING EXERCISES FOR
SULPHUR ROCK SCHOOL
The following program has beer
arranged for the Commencement
Exercises of the Sulphur Rock High
School May 25, 1917.
Invocation.—Rev. F. M. Noe.
Salutation.—Noel Chaney.
Class History.—Helen Morris.
Quartette.—O. T. Jernigan, F. M
Noe, Coy Moxley, G. W. Robertson.
O ration.—Ha rvey Hudd leston.
Class Poem.—Van Martin.
Recitation.—Jenette Gilbreath.
Vocal Solo.—Mayre Wright.
Class Prophecy.—Mattie Chaney.
Oration.—Harney Chaney.
Valedictory.—Weaver Wright.
Piano Solo.—Miss Florence Wright
Class Address.—Paul Ward.
Presentation of Diplomas.
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WOMEN CANNOT VOTE
IN SCHOOL ELECTION
Women will not be allowed to vot
in the school election next Saturday
according to a statement given ou
by Attorney General John D. At
buckle at Little Rock this week
Women are permitted to vote ii
primary elections, but the school el
ection is a general election and Mr
Arbuckle holds that they cannot vot
in the school election.
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Miss Orena Long of Sulphur Roci
was the guest of friends in town Fri.
day evening.
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Trade with the merchants who ad
vertise in The Journal.
ATTEMPT TO WRECK
WHITE RIVER BRIDGE
Unknown Man Jumps Into River
When Officers Catch Him on
Ifridge Near Nepwort
Officers guarding the Iron Moun
tain bridge over White River, about
two miles south of Newport, report
an attempt to damage that structure
as having been made Thursday night
by an unknown man, who escaped
from the officers by jumping from the
track level of the structure to the
river below, thus evading arrest, but
probably losing his ifc in the at
tempt to escape capture.
Thursday night, J. W. Halfacre,
one of the men guarding the bridge
noticed a stranger on the middle span
of the railroad bridge and while Mr.
Halfacre approached the span the
man climbed off the bridge struc
ture onto the pier supporting the
pan which swings open to admit the
passage of boats. Mr. Halfacre fol
lowed the man and covered him with
revolver forced the man to climb
upon the bridge but before he could
lie searched the man jumped off the
bridge into the water, 60 feet below,
apparently striking tne water leet
first. Mr. Halfacre saw the man rise
to the surface but stated that he
seemed to float making no attempt to
swim to the bank of the stream. The
guards on the bridge made no at
tempt to shoot the man while he was
in the water, and if he was not drown
ed, he made his escape by landing at
some point down the river and could
not be found. The officers believe
f that the man was attempting to
blow up or damage the bridge and
- believe that rather than submit to
, i search he jumped into the river to
t conceal anything of an incriminating
- nature which he might have had on
his person.
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ARE REBUILDING STORES
BURNED AT BATESVILLE
Batesville, May 16.—C. W. Max
field's buildings on Main street, burn
ed a short time ago, are being re
built. The new block will be modem
and up to date. The Casey Drug Com
pany will move into the new building.
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See The Journal for good printing.
BUGGY TIME
IS ALMOST HERE
If you are going to need a buggy any
time this season, we advise you to come in
and get it now, for buggies are hard to get
and are advancing in price every day.
Come in now, while we have a good
stock to select from and before there is any
further advance in price.
C. W. MAXFIELD CO
THE BEST FOR THE MONEY
BATESVILLE