The Newark Journal
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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS. THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1921
VOL. 21 MO. 14
ARKANSAS JUMPS AHEAD 130
PER CENT IN PAST TEN YEARS
Figures Given Out By Census
Bureau Show Remark
able Growth
The value of all farm prop
erty In Arkansas including
lands, buildings, machinery
and live stock on January 1, j
1920, was $945,790,362. This
was an increase of 136 per
cent in ten years. The value
of all crops harvested in 1919
was $341,565,356, an increase
of 204 per cent over 10 years
before.
These and other figures
taken by Dean Bradford
Knapp, of the College of Ag
riculture, University of Ark
ansas, from the 1920 census
reports, show many interest
ing facts regarding Arkansas
farm life and agriculture.
The total number of farms
in Arkansas in 1920 was 232,
604, an increase of 8.4 per
cent over 10 years ago. The
number of farms operated by
owners is 112.653, by hired
managers, 738, and by tenants
119,213. The number operat
ed by white farmers is 160,
322, "by negro farmers, 72,282.
The average number of
acres per farm is 75.5, of
| which 39.7 is scheduled as im
proved land. This is an in
crease in the relative amount
of improved land per farm.
The value of lands and build
ings was $775,617,226, an in
crease of 150.2 per cent. The
value of implements and m;v
ehinery was $44,320,556, an in
crease of 162.8 per cent,while
the value of livestock is $127.
852,580, or an increase of 72.6
r
per cent.
The average of all farm
property per farm is $4,0(36
as against $1,864 in 1910. The
average value per acre of
land and buildings is given as
$44.04, as compared with $17.
75 ten years before.
Crops harvested in the state
in 1919 were worth $341,565,
356. The acreage in the prin
cipal crops was as follows:
Corn _2,292,119
Wheat _ 256,211
Oats _ 173,317
Rice _•_ 143,211
Hay and forage_l,200,333
Potatoes _ 28,528
Sweet Potatoes. 36,019
Cotton _2,553,811
The total number of poul
try is given as 6,955,122 head.
This is an average of 29 head
per farm, while the hogs show
only a trifle more than five
per farm. The census shows
that Kansas has 92 head of
poultry per farm and 10 head
of hogs, while in Missouri the
number of poultry per farm
is 94 and the number of hogs
14.
FINDS VALUABLE PEARL
Newark Man Finds $200 Pearl
in White River
ft. B. Duck <Jf this place
who is pearling on White
river near the Oil Trough fer
ry found a fine pearl Monday.
Parties who saw the gem say
it is a beauty, being one of
the prettiest and most per
fectly shaped found in this
vicinity. The gem was a lav
ender color and was found
near the old cedar fence be
low the Oil Trough ferry.
Mr. Duck sold the pearl to A.
M. Edgar of Newport for
$200.
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OVER SEAS SOLDIER IS
RETURNED FOR BURIAL
Remains of Charles Waggon
er, Who Was Kille<J in
France Brought Back
The remains of Charles
Waggoner, a former Newark
boy who was killed in France
while in the service of Uncle
Sam wrere brought back here
Tuesday to be interred in
their final resting place near
his old home.
Waggoner met death while
overseas in a train accident,
while on his way to the battle
front. All the details regard
ing the accident were never
learned.
The body was received here
Tuesday and taken to the
home of the young man’s
sister, Mrs. Allen Estes, who
resides east of Newrark, and
who requested that the gov
ernment send him home.
With the bringing back of
the remains of this young
man the pathos of war is
once more brought to our
door, and although three
years since he fell the mem
ory of his deeds and the
glory of his patriotism is as
fresh on the minds of his
friends as though it were but
yesterday.
The desire of his loved ones
that his final resting place
be on his native soil near his
home where he spent many
happy years has been realiz
ed, and this faithful soldier
of Uncle Sam now sleeps in
the friendly soil of America
where the flag of freedom
still wraves as a symbolm of
true patriotism, the cause in
which he died.
Burial was at Mt. Zion
Wednesday afternoon, in the
presence of a large number
of friends of the deceased.
MURDER CASES SET
Heavy Docket Before Circuit
Court at Searcy
Searcy, July 19.—Circuit
court is in session here, with
Judge J. M. Jackson presid
ing and Prosecuting Attor
ney John E. Miller represent
ing the state. The civil dock
et is being disposed of this
week, the criminal cases to
be taken up next week.
Two murder cases will be
tried, the case of State vs.
Lee Woodall, which was car
ried over from last term,
being set for July 28. Wood
all is charged with the mur
der of S. P. Rudisell, a con
stable, who had reprimanded
Woodall’s son for smoking in
church. Woodall’s defense is
insanity.
H. Bonds, who is charged
with the murder of his fish
ing partner, J. H. VanGilder,
a mussle fisherman, found
in White river, near Augusta,
on June 29. The next day
Bonds was arrested. He de
nied any knowledge of the
crime, but circumstantial evi
dence was sufficient to cause
his arrest.
Go to the Royal Friday
night.
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MOTHER AND HER
DAUGHTER KILLED
Their Bodies Found at Old
* Sawmill Near Nettleton
by Hunters
Jonesboro, July 20.—The
most dastardly crime in the
history of Craighead county
was disclosed shortly after
noon today when the decapi
tated bodies of twro women,
mother and daughter, were
found at the rear of an old
sawmill a mile #south of Net
tleton, nine miles east of
Jonesboro. The bodies w^ere
identified as Mrs. Amy In
gram, aged about 35, and her
daughter, Miss Willie Cal
Calhoun, aged about 16.
The discovery was made by
Frank Hough and Hailey
Ward, wdio live near Nettle
ton. They had started hunt
ing. Passing the old mill
there was a sickening odor.
Investigation disclosed the
two bodies. They were lying
close together. The two
heads, apparently severed
with a knife, were found near
by.
a Duuet wound was round
in the girl’s neck. It is be
lieved she was the frst victim
of the murderer. The moth
er apparently was stabbed to
death. Because of the fact
that considerable of her hair
had been pulled from her
head and that marks on the
ground indicated that a
struggle had taken place, offi
cers believe she fought her
assailant before he wielded
the fatal blow.
Coroner 0. C. Powell went
to the scene as soon as he was
notified, and immediately im
paneled a jury. The investi
gation was continued until
tomorrow. A woman living
in the Nettleton vicinity iden
tified the two bodies.
It was brought out at the
inquest that Mrs. Ingram
and her daugher formerly
lived in the vicinity of Net
tleton, moving from there
last March. No one was
found today who had seen
them since the day they re
moved from the community,
it is not known where they
vent from Nettleton.
A money order receipt was
fotind in the pocket of Mrs.
Ingram’s dress. It was is
sued at Paragould on June
29. Thus far the officers
lave been unable to pick up
a clue.
Mrs. Ingram and her hus
aand have been estranged j
for several months and his!
whereabouts are not known
here. Ingram was the wo
man’s second husband.
FIRE DAMAGES JOURNAL
Blaze Causes Paper to Miss
Issue Last Week
Fire in The Journal office
Tuesday afternoon of last
week did considerable dam
age in the engine room, put
ting the power equipment en
tirely out of commission,
which resulted in no paper
being issued last week, as
we were unable to secure an
engine in time to publish a
paper last week.
PROMINENT JACKSON COUNTY
MAN SHOT AND KILLED BY SON
LOCAL MINISTER TO
PUBLISH NEW BOOK
Will He Ready For Delivery
About the First of Oc
tober
The Journal has just made
a contract with Rev. J. L.!
Brown, well konwn Baptist;
minister of this county, to I
print and bind 1000 copies of ;
his new book to be knowm as'
“One Hundred Links in the j
Chain of Thought,” continu-1
ing original poems, sermons j
and sayings by the Rev. Mr.
Brown.
This will be the second book
printed by The Journal for
Rev. Brown, the first being
his “Brown Scraps” a book
of about 260 pages published
by him about five years ago.
His second book will con
tain new' material entirely
and will make a volume of
about 180 pages, neatly and
substantially bound in cloth,
and will sell for $1.50. The
book will be ready for deliv
ery about the first of Octo
ber
REWARD FOR SLAYERS
Offers $200 for Parties Who
Killed Aged Couple
Little Rock, July 18.—Gov.
McRae today offered a re
ward of $200 for the arrest
and conviction of the parties
who murdered Herman Hel
meke and his wife, an aged
couple, near Omaha, Boone
County, June 27.
Altercation Over Whiskey
Leads to Fatal Shooting
of Prominent Man
John M. Grave tte, well
known farmer, politician and
recent candidate for sheriff of
Jackson county, was shot by
his son, 0. T. Gravette, aged
26, at his home near Newport
Thursday,
The son, charged with the
crime was given a preliminary
hearing at Newport Satur
day and was found guilty of
murder in the second degree
His bond was fixed at $5,000.
According to a statement
by the dying man, it is said,
young Gravette was drinking.
A quarrel came up between
the two over some whiskey.
The father struck the son and
told him he was going to kill
him. He entered his house
for a pistol, which he could
not find, he said, and upon
returning to the yard met
his son, who fired three shots,
i the fatal one entering his
right shoulder, penetrating
his spine, which paralyzed
'Gravette senior.
The deceased leaves a wife
i four sons and three daugh
I ters, who are prominent peo
ple of Jackson county. John
M. Gravette and family came
| from Jackson, Tenn., where
one of the sons reside. 0. T.
Gravette served in the world
war and has a splendid rec
ord. He is unmarried.
What makes a man see
red ?
CONSTANCE
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