J OURN AL.
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, July 13, 191G
Vol. 16, No. 15
MAKE ARRANGEMENTS
FOR ANNUAL PICNIC
Newark Will Make Merry on
Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday, August 10, 11 and 12
A citizens meeting was held
Friday night for the purpose
of begining preparations for
the annual picnic at Newark.
W. E. Self was chosen as
chairman and O. F. ,Craig sec
retary of the meeting, and the
chairman was instructed to
appoint an executive commit
tee to have charge of the af
fair. The chairman appointed
J. W. Sisk, C. M. Edwards, G.
M. Fields, G. O. Magness and
W. E. Kinman as an executive
committee.
The date set for holding the
picnic is Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, August 10, 11 and
12.
The executive, committee
held a meeting later and sel
ected the following sub-com
mittees to look after the various
matters coming under their
jurisdiction.
Correspondence. — F. C.
Hoyt and O. F. Craig.
Privilege.—J. F. Cossey and
II. T. Magness.
Ground.*.—G. (). Magness
and G. M. Fields.
Finance.—G. O. Magness
and C. M. Edwards.
Reception.—F. M. Martin,C.
P. Vaughan, II. F Hawthorne,
W. A. Isgrig and B. A. Mag
ness.
Gate and Teams.—E. M.
Wilson, N. R. Sisk, R. 1). Self
and E. I) House
E. R. Moore was chosen
treasurer.
It is the intention of those in
charge to make the picnic the
best ever held in Newark. Ar
rangements are being made
for a great variety of attrac
tions, such as steam merry-go
round, ferris wheel and other
carnival attractions of various
kinds. Arrangements will be
made also for barbecued meat
and refreshments of all kinds.
A splendid program will be
arranged for each day and a
number of good speakers will
be invited to address the peo
ple on subjects of interest. Dr.
C. H. Brough, Democratic
nominee for governor, will be
invited to attend and deliver
an address.
—-o
PLAN AUTO SPEEDWAY;
NEWPORT TO TUCKERMAN
Newport, July 12.—New
port and Tuckerman, having
become the home of hundreds
of automobile owners, may
soon have a speedway con
necting the two towns; run
ning parallel with the Iron
Mountain Railroad. Tucker
man lies tee, miles north of this
city, and automobile parties
ply the road nightly between
the two towns, being compel
led to traverse a sandy stretch
of country almost half the dis
tance. To avoid this part of
the drive, petition has been
presented to the county court,
asking for a change in the
highway, which will then be
improved to make it a speed
way for autos and a driveway
for family vehicles.
465 CHILDREN IN
NEWARK SCHOOL DIST.
I). C. Lane has just com
pleted the school enumeration
for the Newark Special Dist
rict, and according to* his re
port there are 465 persons of
school age in this district. His
report shows 225 white males
and 221 white females, mak
ing a total of 446 white per
sons of school age in the dis
trict. There are It) negroes of
school age in the district, 11
females and eight males.
-o
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that
1 hold the books and accounts
of the late ,J. I. Sturdivant, de
ceased, for settlement. All
indebted to said estate, arc
persons knowing themselves
requested to cell and settle.
A. A. HENDERSON,
Agent.
For Mrs. .J. I. Sturdivant, Exe
cutrix.
First National Bank
NEWARK, ARK
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $6,000
C. M. Edwards, Pres
G. M. Fields, V. Pres.
E. B. Chesser, Cashier
WWl
THIS B ANK
'» ORGANIZED
UNDER AND
CONTTROflLLED by
LAWS^gj
ENACMtfD
AT /.iijlii^r /s
ii i i — J
V
THE
TO REACH OLD AGE
Without Something
Of a Competence
Is to Have Passed
Youth and Middle Age
In Frivolity!
Avoid the Accusation of
Old Age by Starting
A BANK ACCOUNT TODAY
_____ __
BUY BANK MONEY ORDERS
When Sending Money to Dis
tant points. They are payable
anywhere and are SAFE.
9
j
iWttWMU
OFFICER FAIR BOUND
OVER TO GRAND JURY
Fourth of July Tragedy at
Cushman Will be Investigat
ed by Grand Jury.
J. M. Fair, who, as a special
officer at a picnic at Cushman
on July 4, shot and killed
Buzz Fleming, 30 years old,
was given a preliminary hear
.ing before Justice Case at
Batesville last Satruday and
was held to the Grand Jury.
He gave bond for $1,000
and was released. Fair is man
ager of the telephone company
at Cushman.
At the hearing Saturday the
defense offered testimony to
show that Fleming was intoxi
cated and in resisting arrest
made a move as if to draw a
gun. After he was shot it was
fouund he had no gun. Fair is
45 years old.
_M_
FORT SMITH CONCERN TO
MAKE WAGONS FOR ARMY
Fort Smith, July 12.—One
thousand wagons for use of
the United States army will
be manufactured by the Fort
Smith Wagon Comany, of this
city. W. H. Johnson, general
manager of the Fort Smith
plant, returned yesterday from
the comany’s headquarters at
Moline, where details of the
contract were closed.
Work on filling the contract
will commence at once. All
parts of the thousand vehicles
with the exception of the
wheels will be manufactured
at the Fort Smith plant. The
wagons are known as escort
wagons and are used for com
missary purposes. They are to
be built of oak, hickory and
poplar, with canvass top.
INSTALL NEW FILLING
STATION IN TOWN
Adams Bros, today installed
a Bowser Filling Station, and
local car owners can get a sup
ply of cold, clean and filtered
gasoline any hour of the day.
Quick service and corrrect
measure. Saesman S. J. Red
ford assisted in the work.
-n
Hi
MT. CARMEL
Mt. Carmel, July 12.—A
shower of rain would be wel
comed by the farmers now.
Crops are suffering from the
dry weather.
Mrs. Ola Marshall visited
her sister, Mrs. Tom McDoniel,
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Tram
mel of Cord spent Saturday
and Sunday at Tom Gibson’s.
The club members of our
community went to Batesville
Saturday.
Mrs. Harve Selvidge is visit
ing relatives here a few days.
Mrs. |Chas. Trammel and
children of Cord are spending
the week with Tom Gibson and
family.
Will Cooper and family
went to Batesville Saturday.
J. H. Marshall and wile
spent Monday night at Mag
ness with the former’s brother.
Henry Marshall,
i Many of our young people
enjoyed the musical and ice
cream supper at Henry Hag
ar’s Saturday night.
Rob Seward and family and
| Mr. and Mrs. Tom Moore of
Newark spent the day very
pleasantly at W. J. Cooper’s
Sunday.
Miss Eulah Henderson was
the guest of Miss Maud Mc
Doniel Saturday night.
Grandma Crawford who has
been very ill is better at this
! time.
-o-—
Miss Mazillah Brown open*
ed the summer term of school
at Akron Monday.
DISTRICT CONFERENCE
HELD AT BATESVILLE
District Conference Being Held
at Batesville this Week is
Most Successful Meeting.
The Batesville District Con
i'' r< nee of the M. E. Church
South, embracing parts of ten
counties in Northeast Arkan
sas is in session at the First
Methodist church in Batesville
ithis week.
The interest manifested in
the meeting is splendid and
reports at the conference show
there have been several hun
dred conversions over the dis
trict this year. The financial
condition of the churches is in
good standing.
Four young men were licen
sed Wednesday to preach.
They are: Roy Blevins and
Tom Evans of Bethesda, Frank
Locke of Tuckerman and Ver
ner Bruce of Salado.
At this session of the con
jference delegates will be elect
ed to the annual conference,
which convenes at Searcy in
November.
Nearly two hundred dele
gates are in attendance.
PRESIDING ELDER’S
DAUGHTER INJURED
Miss Alice Wilford, the ten
year-old daughter of Presiding
Elder and Mrs. P>. L. Wilford,
is at her home in Batesville
suffering from injuries receiv
l Monday when she was
j thrown from a wagon which
was being drawn by a runa
jway team of mules while en
jrjute to Batesville from Floral,
I where Rev. Wiford, accom
panied by his family, had
'spent the past two weeks con
ducting a revival meeting.
A piece of baggage attach
ed to the rear of the vehicle
became loosened and fell,
frihtening the mules. They be
gan to run over a rough strip
of road, and Miss Alice was
thrown to the ground. She sus
tained severe injuries about
the body, but is reported to be
getting along nicely..
None of the other occupants
were injured.
MRS. V. Y. COOK DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Batesville, Juyl 8.—Mrs. V.
Y. Cook, wife of Col. V. Y.
Cook, died at the family resi
dence here early Thursday
morning after an illness of sev
eral weeks. Funeral services
were held yesterday afternoon
from the famliy residence, con
ducted by the Rev. J. B. Ste
venson and the Rev. M. S.
Smith. The following Confed
erate veterans were honorary
pallbearers: James P. Coffin,
Judge S. A. Hail. Theo Max
field, the Rev. F. M. Smith, T.
B. Padgett, Franklin Perrin,
Thomas W. Williams, William
jC. Williams. E. L. Hogan, P.
J. Young, G. R. Martin, the
Rev. Z. T. Griffin. Active, W.
P. Jones, R. A. Dowdy, 1. N.
Barnett, J. W. Ferrili, J. B.
Fitzhugh, Dr. M. C. Weaver,
Judge J. B. McCaleb and Cap
tain Ernest Neill.
-fi
IMPORTANT NOTICE
TO SCHOOL DIRECTORS
The attention of school di
rectors is called to the fact
that the law requires that their
annual and enumeration re
ports be filed with the county
examiner not later than July
20. Directors are requested to
make their reports as complete
and accurate as possible.
SIDNEY PICKENS,
County Examiner.
--o--—
STORM DAMAGE IN
KANSAS IS $2,000,000
Topeka, Kan., July 10.—
Wind, floods and haii caused
a loss of $2,000,000 in Kan
sas during June, according to
monthly estimates issued to
night by the local office of
teh United States weather
bureau. Damage by hail oc
curred in the richest wheat
belt in the western section of
the state and along the Okla
homa line.
-o
YOUNG ATTORNEY WINS
FIRST CASE AT BAR
Winning his first case since
taking up the practice of his
profession was the experience
of Victor Wade, one of Bates
ville’s youngest attorneys, at
Sulphur Rock Tuesday.
Mr. Wade was retained by
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Marcus Bone to assist in the
prosecution of the case against
Virgil Bundy, who was ar
raigned before Esquire Jim
Jimerson for carrying a pistol.
A conviction was accomplish
ed. the defendant being fined
$50 and the costs.
The defendant was repre
sented by Thornberry Gray of
Hickory Valley and Tom Gar
ter of the Sharp section.—
Batesville Guard.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER
NEAR SYLAMORE
Norfolk, July 10.—A i*eport
received here today states that
Charles Stevens, formerly of
this place, was mysteriously
murdered near Sylamore, in
the mountains, on the Fourth
of July, and that his body has
just been found. It was lying
in a lonely spot, with two bul
let holes through the head.One
arrest has been made to date,
| and local authorities at Syla
! mofe are working on the case.
Stevens was formerly employed
here in the Gillihan store, and
went to Guion lately, where he
was employed in a stave mill.
-o
HIS PROFESSION
“Will thinks baby will
make a great politician.”
“Why?”
“Well, he crawls out of
everything so easily.”
-o
Trade with the merchants j
who advertise in The Journal.
FARM CLUB RALLY
LARGELY ATTENDED
Boys and Girls Royally En
tertained by Business Men
of Batesville Last Saturday
Batesville, June 10.—More
than 100 boys and girls,whose
ages range from 10 to 18
years, were royally entertain
ed by the business and profes
sional men of Batesville Sat
urday, the occasion being a
grand rally of the Farm Club
members of Independence
County.
In the forenoon a meeting
was held at the Gem Theater
where talks were given that
had to do with the progress
of-the club work, and a large
crowd attended the rally. W.
J. Jernigan of Little Rock,
who has the club work in Ar
kansas, w'as present and de
livered an able address. Dem
onstrator J. E. McKell, who
has been instrumental in se
curing a large club member
ship in the county, also made
remarks pertaining to the
work here, and was followed
by numerous addresses by
merchants, bankers and other
business men.
At noon luncheon was serv
ed for the boys and girls at a
local hotel, being guests of the
Batesville Board of Trade on
this occasion. In the afternoon
at 3 o’clock a special motion
picture show- was tendered the
honorees at the Gem Theater.
Besides a regular afternoon’s
programme being shown,
there were three reels thrown
on the screen which pertained
to farm club work, and sever
al slides were shown.
An automobile parade
through Main Street followed
the matinee and the boys and
girls were also given a ride
through the rural districts.
A HUMORIST (?)
What did your mother say
when you told her you ac
cepted me?” drawled Char
lie.
“She said she was glad I
could take a joke.”
Style and Comfort in
Studebaker Buggies
VOU want a buggy that is not only good
looking but comfortable—you find this
in a Studebaker.
You want a buggy that will give you service—
Studebaker buggies are built to give the best and
longest service.
With flexible, bent-reach gear; solid corner, plug
less body, double ironed shafts, close fitting shifting
rail, the Studebaker buggy is a marvel of vehicle
construction as well as style.
Come in and see our line. T:
C. W. MAXFIELD CO
“The Best For The Money”
Batesville, Arkansas