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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JUNE^ 1920
VOL. 20 NO. //
TELEGRAPH PROPERTY
HELD AS REAL ESTATE
Supreme Court Holds That it
Can Be Taxed For Road
Building Purposes
Property belonging to tele
graph companies is real estate
and not personal, according to
an opinion handed down by
the Supreme Court last Mon
day in the case of the Western
Union Telegraph Company vs.
ltoad Improvement District Xo
I, of Cleveland county.
The decision of the c >urs
offsets methods of as. •>•. nu-nt
by the tax commissi* n of the
state, which, according to the
court, has been asse.-dng ih
telegraph lines and propc»t.
lor the past several years as
personal property, and has not
and does not assess any part
of the line and property of the
company as rea* estate.
The Supreme Ourt .n . n
dering its opinion declared
that “the prop, it; ol the tel -
graph company is real estate
and the commissioners of the
load district had a right under
section 5 of Act 012 of th • gen
eral assembly of 1919, to as
sess benefits against it- The
opinion then makes the pr jp
erty of the telegraph cofnpan
iesjiaide to assessments by
road districts for the purpos
of building good road..
The telegraph company in
stituted suit in the Cleveland
county chancery court to set
..side the benefits assessed and
tixed against its property by
the board of commissioners of
the road district, on tin grou; i
J. at the property own d by d
m the district is personal, in
stead of real property. The
load district in its answer de
nied that the property was pci
t nai, but real, and the chan
r\ court held that the prop
el ty was real estate, and dis
missed he suit tor want of
v.jiiity. after which the appeal
to the Supreme Court was tak
en. -
'iiie assessment of the road
c erimissioners amounted to $25
per mile.
LODGE’S CONFESSION
With the necessity confront
i: him to make a statement
c what his party should prom
• ■ in the way of legislation
nefici i to the hundred and
n me miliions of people in the
untry, Senator Lodge, in his
w v deliverance to the Na
ni Republican Convention
nod himself largely with
:w man—Woodrow Wilson,
bitterness and virulence of
.ck upon the president
to- best proof possible of
: ■ fear in which this man is
held by the Republican party
When a great political organi
sm n in the heat of a national
ampaign devotes a greater
part of its attention and streng
to an effort to destroy one
.! . hen surely that man
1 1 the greatest obstacle
to the success of that or
nization.
Lor on wtih the reputation
’< ■ w.iltui ' that Senator Lodge
t- ssi*s we must say that he
> ,.s somewhat loose in the ter
minology with which he de
. need the president. In the
place, he excoriated Pres
o t.i Wilson as being Ihe auto
. .i. of a dynasty that must be
it. strewed in order to preserve
\im Mean institutions, and a lit
tle inter he branded the same
pna out a free trade socialist.
Uea.il., ihe senator is giving the
pri sklent more powers of om
niscience and omnipresence
than has ever been conferred
on any other human.—Com
i • ial Appeal.
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Paroquet, June 16.—We are
having dry, hot weather and
lhe farmers are making good
use of it. Health is good.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wilson of
Newark spent Sunday here vis
ing friend;'.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sherman
o! Magness spent Friday here
-f-iting relatives.
Finas McCaleb made a busi
ness trip to BatesviUe Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs.Willie Sherman
<>i Magness spent Sunday even
ing here visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Garner
of Magness spent Sunday even
ing here visiting relatives,
mil visit with relatives.
Mr. Goodman of Batesville
was a business visitor here Fri
day night.
John Parks made a business
trip to Newport Friday
T. W. Stubblefield made a
business trip tu Newport Fri
day. fll
Walter Bray made a busi
ness trip to .Newport Saturday.
Mrs. Cora Wilson of Logan
township visited friends here
Sunday.
Dewey East of Newport
spent Tuesday night here with
friends.
Roy Duncan left here Mon
day for the harvest fields.
News is scarce. Everyone u
working and not much travel
ing being done.
Jc hn Parks made a business
trip to Newark Tuesday.
COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION MEETS
The County Board of Edu
cation, composed of M- M.
Rutherford, G. E. Yeatrnan, Ed
Owen, E. R. Moore and W. A.
Meyhue met at Batesville last
Saturday and organized by
electing Mr. Yeatrnan presi
dent and Mr. Mayhue secre
tary pro tern.
The board elected W. T.
Jernigan county superintendent
of schools. He will go into of
fice January 1, 1921- Mr. Jer
nigan was the only applicant
for the place.
TRACTOR DEMONSTRA
TION SATURDAY NIGHT
A real tractor demonstra
tion, showing the Cletrac doing
all kinds of farm work, will be
given at the Royal'next Satur
day night.
A full reel of pictures show
ing the Cletrac doing all kinds
of farm work will be shown at
each show Saturday night.
This demonstration will be
of special interest to farmers
who want to increase the out
put of their farms and decrease
expenses, and we invite you
to see it.
MAGNESS & FOWLER.
Cletrac Dealers.
LOST LIFE IN FIRE
Carlisle, June 19.—Roy IIol
field, aged 21, of Pine Bluff,
veteran of the world war, who
saw service overseas, lost his
life in a fire which destroyed
the pumping plant cn a rice
farm near Carlisle early this
morning. Holyfield was in
charge of the plant and was
asleep in it when the fire
broke out.
WHAT ABOUT THE MA
CHINE POLITICIAN
Some of the candidates for
Governor are howling that
Sinead Powell is a machine
politician, that he is a mem
ber of the Gang, undertaking
hereby to camaflouge their
shrewd political manipulations
and deceive a thinking people
i his is done to draw the public
gaze from their misdoings, and
such tactics are only employed
> taint the real situation. This
•ry in reality emulates from a
W' il organized gang cf politi
cal leaches, who have been
sucking the very vitals from
he State Treasury. They have
become desperate in the know
ledge that Powell will be the
next Governor cf Arkansas;
they know their lands will be
snatched from the pockets of
the people; they know I have
the backbone to stand as a
1 arrier between them and the
rights of the Tax Payer; they
know that when 1 am elected
Governor, 1 will go into the
■ o i; c- stay on the job and run
Il.e office,as a business institu
tion. Do you know taxpayers
why they are peeved? It is
because 1 have convictions as
to what is right for the people
and the courage to support
these convictions. I have gone
before the people and exposed
the greatest and most gigantic
system of graft \‘ver imposed
upon a depressed public, and
had back bone enough to state
facts and give names. 1 have
advocated the constitutional
rights of the people, rights
given you by an organized
government; rights which have
been snatched from you by
this very gang who are now
howling “Powell is a Politic
ian.” You can look forward
for the time in this campaign,
when this gang will change
their tune, and it will be “We
are gone boys if Powell wins;
just vote for. anybody to beat
Powell.” Then can never do
it. Fellow citizens the people
are with me, the throbbing
masses who bear the brunt of
taxation know that I am right
and they are determined peo
ple.
Promises and Pledges
My printed speech delivered
at Hamburg, May 1st, 1920,
is regarded by me as a con
tract. 1 have signed it and j
offer it to the people for their s
acceptance. It outlines my
platform and policies and they
will be carried out to the let
ter when the people approve.
I have never made a promise
or pledge to any man effect
ing my conduct as your Gover
nor. 1 have not promised a
job or appointment to any man
or set of men. I am backed
by no ring and men from all
factions and from all sections
of the State are giving me
their hearty support. Those
who support me do so at the
risk of my own determined
convictions after I am elected.
The only promise I shall make
is direct to the people, and
these promises will be made,
and, have been made, publicly.
Politician—What Do They
Mean?
The only reasonable argu
ment my enemies have to offer
when they say I am a politic
al! is tin* fact that 1 am a ean
hdate for Governor, and they
know I am going to win. The
audidate this same bunch are
mp- orting has been a politician
tor more than forty years and
! now about reached his
sec nd childhood. Well may
it he my friends, that this class
he disturbed, because when I
am elected Governor there
will be a reckoning under the
dom ■ of the State Capitol. I
ho not offer myself as a Savior
' f the country, nor do I take
the position of a revolutionist
or a hero—1 am just going to
be a real Governor—the kind
of a Governor necessary to
run the State’s affairs on a
safe, sane, constructive, yet
■ momicl basis, bearing in
mind .it all times the rights of
self government and the con
st lutional privileges of the peo
ple. It is with this purpose in
mind l ask the people to join
ands with me and accept
their part of the responsibility
in bringing Arkansas out of the
muck and mire, bringing back
justice, liberty and constitii
tional rights to her citizenship.
SMEAD POWELL,
Candidate for Governor.
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Lost — Between Batesville
and the Oil Trough ferry Fri
day oUne 11th, one new :>0 x
’’ 1-2 Ci pples Casing with tube
and rim for Maxwell car. Find
11 will receive reward by de
livering to Journal office.
FARMER KILLS WIFE
AND COMMITS SUICIDE
Man’s Body Discovered in
Smokehouse Duritig Inquest
Over Woman’s Body
Dardanelle, June 15.—Al
bert Pidgeon, aged 59, hitherto
a respected and prosperous
farmer in the Bohemian settle
ment. three miles northwest of
Dardanelle, today killed his
wife and later blew out his
jwn brains.
There were no witnesses to
either killing. A son of Mr
and Mrs. Pidgeon discovered
the dead body of his mother
and gave the alarm. Drs.
Sweet and Webb were sent for
and hurried out to the settle
ment. As,, soon as they discov
ered that a crime had been
committed they called for offi
cers and a posse went to the
scene. A large party search
ed the woods for Pidgeon. At
that time it was not known
that he had committed suicide.
The man killed his wife with
a single barreled shotgun. He
killed himself with same weap
on. He took his own life in an
unused loft over an old smoke
house and the body lay there
for hours while the search for
him was going on. It was dis
covered while the inquest over
the body of his wife was being
held.
LOST POCKETBOOK .
A pocket book containing
$20 in bills, and some pennies
was lost somewhere in Newark
Tuesday night. Purse had
name of Citizen’s Bank of
Batesville stamped on it. Find
er please return to Journal of
fice and receive reward.
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are made in 4 1-2 and 5 loot sizes, of the very best
materials, and each machine is carefully built and is
run and tully tested before leaving the factory.
1 he ( rown is a heavier built machine than any
machine we know ot today, but it will run lighter. . It
has an extra heavy wheel, 4 1-2 inches across the rim.
I lie weight ot the machine is more directly over the
axle, giving greater traction and increased cutting
force.
All gears are enclosed in a dust proof box, and
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Batesville, Arkansas