The Newark Journal.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, September 22, lb I I
Vol. 11, No. 24
WANT NEW TOWNSHIP
Would Divide Big Bottom and Add
51ice From Logan and
Wycough Townships
There is a rumor afloat that the
next session of the county court
will be asked to create a new town
ship from a portion of Bin Bottom
and a number of prominent citi
zens of Newark have expressed
themselves in favor of the scheme.
The plan is to create a new
township of the eastern half of
Big Bottom, dividing the township
on a north and south line, and
give Big Bottom a slice off of Lo
gan and Wycough to make up for
a part of her loss of territory.
The proposed line of division be
gins on White River at the section
line at the southwest comer of
section 26-12-4, and runs north on
the section line to the Logan town
ship line, making a new township
of that portion of Big Bottom now
lying east of this line.
People of Newark whom The
Journal man has interviewed on
the subject say they will offer no
strenuous objections, to the move
ment, provided the petitions for
the change are so amended as to
give Big Bottom a slight exten
sion northward. In order to do
this it is proposed to continue the
division line north another mile,
so far as this township is concern
ed, to the northwest comer of sec
tion 35-13-4; thence westward on
the section line to Magness town
ship. This will cut a small section
about a mile square from Logan
and add it too Big Bottom and will
cut off a strip a mile wide the en
tire length of Wycough and add it
to Big Bottom.
It is argued by those in favor of
the change that it is a movement
solely in the interest of better
roads, and they claim that each
township affected will be benefit
ted by the change.
RESIDENCE FOR SALE
We have three beautiful cottag
es for sale, just two blocks from
Newark public school building; all
lirst classs condition; three to four
rooms each; good water, and most
desirable location in town. Will be
sold at a sacrifice. Henderson Real
Estate Co.
TRIBUTE TO HOT HER
The beauty of woman is never
at its highest and best until she
has experienced the joys and the
pains of motherhood. In bringing
children into the world woman ful
fills her highest duty to nature; in
looking carefully after their bodily
health and promoting their physi-1
cal well being she discharges her
highest duty to man. and in im
planting in their breasts a desire
to live up to the highest ideals she
fiulfills the highest duty which
God has given her. Therefore it
only the mothers of the race who
are complete in the fullest sense
of the word.
KILLED OVER 15 CENTS
Huh Dunn Shot by John Ruddell
in Public Road Near Tuck
erman Monday Morning
Tuckerman, Sept. 18.—A dispute
over fifteen cents culminated in
the death of Hub Dunn and the
arrest of John Ruddell, charged
with murder; near Tuckerman this
morning.
The two men were neighbors
and some time ago Ruddell used
the telephone at the residence of
his neighbor to call a doctor. The
charge for same was fifteen cents
for each message which was charg
ed to the owner of the phone.
When the time came to pay, Dunn
claimed that Ruddell owed him for
four messages. The latter said it
was only three and the matter was
still unsettled.
Thismorning Dunn and his fam
ily were hauling a load of corn in
their wagon when they met Rud
dell on a horse coming from Tuck
erman.
The dispute was renewed when
Dunn is alleged to have threatened
Ruddell and reached for a gun in
the wagon. Ruddell who was arm
ed with a shotgun, fired, emptying
the entire load of shot into the
breast of Dunn killing him almost
instantly.
After the tragedy Ruddell rode
to the home of Constable Ritchie
and surrendered.
MURDER OR SUICIDE?
At Hoxie Sunday morning about
2 o’clock, Claude Lomax, aged 28,
son of a prominent attorney, was
shot and killed, in the baggage
room of the depot. It was reported
to be a case of suicide, hut later
developments indicate that Alfred
Whalen, the night baggageman,
committed the crime. WoodsThom
as of Batesville claims to have wit
I nessed the murder.
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R ESOURC ES
Loans and Discounts.$65,519.97
Overdrafts. none
United States Bonds. 25,000.00
Building and Fixtures. 1,500.00
Five Per Cent Redemption Fund. . .$1,250.00
Due From Other Banks on Demand. 8,251.01
Cash in Vault. 9,041.96 18,546.00
Total.$110,565.97
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L I A B I L I T I E S
Capital Stock, Fully Paid.$25,000.00
Surplus.$5,000.00
Undivided Net Profits. 195.82- 3,495.82
Circulation. 24,600,00
Deposits. 57,472.15
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OLDFIELD ANNOUNCES
Popular Congressman From I his
District Announces his Can
didacy For Re-election
The Journal takes pleasure in
presenting to our readers this week
the announcement of Hon. W. A.
Oldfield of Batesville as a candi
date for re-election to congress.
Mr. Oldfield is now serving his
second term in congress and has
never given the people of the dis
trict the slightest cause to regret
having chosen him as their repre
sentative at the national capitol.
He has made the people an able,
sturdy, conscientious Representa
tive. Not a blemish mars his re
cord and he has never dodged a
vote. He is a man of the people, is
thoroughly familar with the needs
of the people, he is progressive and
is always on the alert for an op
portunity to be of benefit to the
people of the district.
Although quite a young man,
Mr. Oldfield has proven one of the
strongest of the Arkansas delega
tion in congress. His work has
been as effective as that of any
man in the House. This fact is
fully recognized by the party lead
ers, and last summer he did such
effective work that Mr. Byran
strongly commended him in an edi
torial in The Commoner.
It has never been the policy of
the people to retire a man from
congress at the end of his second
term if he has made good, and
that Mr. Oldfield has made good,
not even his opponents will deny.
Speaker Champ Clark has been in
congress eighteen years, and we
might mention many others who
have served from six to twelve
years, but deem it entirely unnec
essary, as the people all know that
congressional terms are measured
by meritorious service rather than
by length of years. They know,
too, that in Billie Oldfield they
have a faithful, honest and able
servant in whom they can place
implicit confidence.
CHARLOTTE CIPHERS
Hon. G. J. Lindsey spent Thurs
day at Batesville on business.
Rev. Hively will begin a pro
tracted meeting at the Methodist
church next Sunday.
Several from here attended the
camp meeting at Gray’s Spring
Saturday and Sunday.
Misses Ella Crigler, Bettie and
Eula Gritin of Pleasant Hill visited
friends here Tuesday.
Mrs. Maud Brady of Batesville
passed through here Tuesday en
route to her farm near Strawberry.
Miss Rachel Stoner and little
niece, Myrtle, visited relatives near
Hazel Grove from Saturday until
Tuesday.
Irma, the little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Lawrence, died
Monday and was buried Tuesday
at Convenience. The family have
the sympathy of the entire com
munity.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Paul Jernigan, son of Rev. Jas.
F. Jernigan, formerly of this place
was accidentally shot in the foot
while out hunting a few days ago
near Mountain View, where he is
attending school. The injury is a
very painful one hut is not consid
ered dangerous.
SINGING CONVENTION
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The north division of the Coun
ty Singing Association will hold
an all-day singing convention at
Pleasant Hill on the second Sun
day in October. All classes are in
vited to participate.
New Sorghum molasses at Her
I rington ic Son’s.
PLAN FOR SIDEWALKS
Outline of Procedure and Route
Over Which Concrete Walk
Will be Built
As a good deal of interest is be
ing taken in the plan to form an
improvement district for the pur
pose of building walks in Newark,
The Journal gives below a brief
: statement of the law covering the
formation of districts.
Section 5664 of Kirby’s Digest
authorizes the formation of a town
into an improvement district to
make any kind of an improvement.
Section 5665 provides that ten
resident property owners may pet
ition the council,and it will be the
duty of the council to pass an or
dinance laying off the district.
Section 5667 provides that with
in 90 days after the ordinance has
been passed, if a majority in value
of the real estate owners petition
the council to make the improve
ment, the council appoints three
real estate owners who shall pro
cure plans and estimates of cost of
the improvement asked for in the
petition. This board serves with
out pay.
Section 5676 provides that when
the board reports cost of improve
ments to the council the council
shall appoint another board of
three to assess the benefit to be
received by each lot or block, and
any one who does not like his as
sessment, as levied by the board,
may appeal to the town council
for relief.
The cost of the improvement is
assessed against the real estate,
and the board has authority to
borrow money and make the pay
ment in ten installments or more.
The above, briefly stated, is the1
law for the formation of districts.
The ten property owners have pe
titioned the council which has in
introduced the ordinance, and it
will likely be passed at the next
council meeting. The people will
then be given an opportunity to
say by petition to the council to
proceed according to law to build
said walks. Should the majority in
value of real estate owners not pe
tition the council within 90 days
to proceed, then the matter would
stop.
The proposed sidewalk runs as
follows: Beginning at the Masonic
hall, it runs north on the west side
of Locust street to the northeast
corner of Mayor Williamson's prop
erty, thence east to .1. W. Adams’
and north to T. H. Bearing’s. Be
ginning at E. J. Magness’ a line of
walk will run east two blocks.
From the Methodist church a line
will run west to the public school
building; thence north by Mrs. Ada
Chamberlain’s and R. T. Herring
ton's; thence west by T. J. Raney’s,
K. R. Hatton’s, J. B. Ketehem’s and
W. W. Jernigan’s; thence north by
the Baptist church, to J. W. Sisk’s
property. Coming back to the
school building for a starting [joint
the walk runs south by Dr. L. 0.
Poe’s to the Christain church;
thence east one block to W. L.
Hall’s, and thence south to Front
street. A line will also run west
from the Christian church to the
Morgan block. A short line will
also be built from each of the
churches to connect with the near
est line of walk.
Cnder the law, each block is as
sessed according to the benefit it
gets, and while the walk does not
run by all the property in town it
does run the most thickly settled
streets to give general service, and
the man who only gets a small
benefit will only have to pay a
small amount, and this pay
ment will be paid annually for
about ten years and we will get
the benefit of the walk as we pay
| for it. This is about two miles of
walk and will cost, after the grade
is made, about $5,000.
By dividing this into ten pay
ments we will not know that we
have been out any money in fact
it means very little to any one.
This will add to the property value
in Newark and show to the people
who come here that we are a live,
wide-a-wake and progressive peo
ple. It will be permanent, and as
soon as this is paid for we can
build other walks and soon have
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FIGHT THE CATTLE TICK
Annual Loss to the Farmers of
Arkansas From These Pests
is $200,000 or More
Commissioner Clay Sloan of the
State Department of Agriculture
in a letter to the farmers, urges
the necessity of getting together
to have a law passed by the next
legislature for the eradication of
the Texas cattle tick.
There is a law now which pro
vides for fighting the tick, but it
is considered inadequate, as it ap
plies to only a small portion of the
state. The present law applies to
a portion of Independence county,
but, strange as it may seem, is op
posed by some farmers, whose
chief objection to it seems to be
the small cattle-tax they are re
el uired to pay.
Mr. Sloan declares that if the
people of Arkansas were to ship
the 700,000 head of cattle now be
low the quarantine line, to Chica
go, they would realize $200,000 less
than if they were in good condi
tion, and that this $200,000 wisely
expended, would kill all the ticks
in Arkansas.
Some interesting information in
regard to the damage inflicted by
the cattle tick is given by M r. Sloan.
He says that it has been estimated
that one tick can draw 200 pounds
of blood from one animal in a sea
son. He says that it is estimated
by the United States Department
of Agriculture that Arkansas lost
eight per cent of its cattle last
year by diseases of all kinds, while
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kansas and
other northern states, even with
their long severe winters, lost only
two per cent.
ARNOLD-DOWNING
Woods Arnold and Mrs. Fannie
Downing were married at the home
of Rev. and Mrs. E. A. Horn Wed
nesday afternoon, Rev. Horn offi
ciating.
HELPING THE FARMERS
Government Demonstration Work
Mas Proven a Dig Success
for Arkansas t amers
The farm demonstration cam
paign inaugurated in this State
five years ago by the federal gov
ernment has proven a big success.
There are now 49 County Demon
strators in the State, and it is hop
ed that another twelve-months
will see one in each county.
Heretofore the work in Arkan
sas has been directed by a general
agent for Arkansas and Louisiana
at Shreveport. The work has
grown so important in this State,
however, that C. W. Watson of
Mississippi has been assigned to
the Arkansas territory, with head
quarters at Little Rock, and all
the county demonstrators and dis
trict agents will report to him.
The government has set apart
for the use of Arkansas in 1912
the sum of $.16,000 and will give
each county $.1.17.50, provided it
pays an equal amount, which the
last legislature authorized the
Quorum Courts to do. In some
counties much more than this is
paid the demonstrators. Sebas
tian county pays $1500 a year.
Thousands of farms are being
worked in the state on the princi
ples laid down by the federal de
partment of agriculture, and the
results have appeared in the in
creased quantity and quality of
the yield. The average per acre
production of corn in the state has
increased from 18 bushels to 2.1
bushels since this work was start
ed five years ago.
CHEAP PATE TO MOT SPRINGS
If you wish to see Arkansas as
she is today—agriculturally shak
ing-visit the Arkansas State Fair
at Hot Springs, Oct. 9 to 14. Spec
ial rates via the Iron Mountain
Route. F. C. Hoyt, agent.
FIELDS-ARNOLD
G. M. Fields and Mrs. Sallie Ar
nold were united in marriage Wed
nesday afternoon at the home of
Rev. J. H. McDoniel in Wycough
township, Rev. McDoniel perform
ing the ceremony.
SUCCESSFUL MEETING
The meeting being conducted at
Magness by Rev. G. L. Fink and
Rev. Walter O’Neal is resulting in
much good, there having been 18
additions to the church.
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