The Newark Journal.
$1 Per Annum
Newark, independence County, Arkansas, Friday, May 23, 1913
Vol. 13, No. 7
PLACE LIMIT ON
LAND OWNERSHIP
Writer Thinks This Would Solve
lem of High Cost of Living
and Bring Prosperity
Editor Journal—I take the liber
ty to write you this article on the
high cost of living, its cause and
the remedy.
First to be considered is that
about 30 or 40 years ago land sold
and rented for about one-half the
price it has for the last 15 years
and it produced about twice as
much per acre as it does now. All
things considered, this means a
difference in actual cost of produc
tion of about 150 per cent. This
no doubt, was caused unintention
ally by land speculators and mo
nopolists, and the present farming
system, which makes the land
poorer and at the same time arti
ficially forces prices upward.
According to common sense and
reason, the man that plows and
hoes should receive 100 per cent
more for his produce than he does
at the present time—that is, if he
expects to accumulate money and
property proportionately with the
land speculator and monopolist
and men of other professions, or
else he should have cheaper and
richer land, or limited ownership.
If our state constitution was
amended so as to limit land owner
ship to 160 acres, and giving the
present owners, say, 15 years, to
dispose of their overplus holdings,
it would not work a hardship on
anyone and our people would pros
per as they did 30 or 40 years ago.
Observer.
Gravel Gulch, Ark., May 19.
MAN KILLED BY TRAIN
Hoxie, May 18.—An unidenti
fied white man was killed by an
Iron Mountain train here last
night. He wore a blue serge suit,
tan shoes, soft brown hat. His
underwear had been bought in St.
Paul, Minn. He was seen here
Saturday acting very strangely.
He was either insane or recover
ing from a spree, local officers be
lieve. Bunk Spikes, local under
taker, buried him after the coro
ners jury rendered a verdict.
E. C. JONES KILLED
AT JACKSONPORT
Prominent Timberman Killed by
Nephew Who Claims That
Shot Was Accidental
Jacksonport, May 16.—E. C.
Jones, a prominent and well known
timberman, was killed near here
this morning by his newphew Will
Jones.
Will Jones claims that the kill
ing was accidental, but he and his
uncle had had some trouble over
a settlement of a claim of $5, and
the coroner’s jury who investigat
ed the case, held Jones to the
grand jury on a charge of murder,
and he was taken to Newport and
placed in jail.
According to testimony at the
inquest, E. C. Jones and his son,
Harvey, had gone across the river
to visit a tenant and had then gone
to the houseboat of Will Jones.
The Jones lad said that he and his
father were passing the home of
Ilart Duran near Will Jones’
houseboat when they stopped to
talk to Mrs. Duran. The boy said
he was chopping some wood for
Mrs. Duran to “show her what a
man he was” and that his father
was standing nearby. The boy
said that he heard a shot and his
father staggered a few steps and
fell, dying within a few minutes,
the load from a shotgun having
struck him in the face and chest.
Will Jones said that he was ly
ing on a bed in his houseboat and
was cleaning the shotgun, which
was accidentally discharged, the
load passing through a window
and killing his uncle.
SCHOOL ELECTION
The school election last Satur
day resulted in the re-election of
D. C. Lane and H. E. Hawthorne
for directors. A seven mill tax
was voted, four mills for school
purposes and three mills for the
building fund. The vote on county
superintendency was very close but
supervision carried by two votes.
Every vote cast, except four, was
for a seven mill tax. There was one
vote for a six mill tax, two for five
mills and one for three mills.
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ticks. A comfortable OLD AGP is the ambition
of every man, 'J'he way to have this is to lisivc
.\ION HY to make it coni fort able. ’I'he money that
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gsmees said banking it regtiIsirly wouie grow into
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prepare for the December.
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CAPITAL, AND SURPLUS 030,000.00
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Nuckolls of
Cord were in the city Wednesday.
McSpadden’s breakfast delivery
wagon will start again next Tues
day morning.
Hon. W. J. Caldwell of Oil
Trough was in the city yesterday
in the interest of the Tribe of Ben
Hur.
Miss May Ottinger of Batesville
spent Saturday and Sunday in the
city, the guest of Miss Clara Hen
derson.
J. L. Mayhan who recently en
tered the railway mail service, has
been transfered from Little Rock 1
to Fort Worth, Tex.
Misses Hattie Rogers, Ethel Har
relson and Iva Baker returned Sat
urday from Judsonia where they
spent a few days picking berries.
Childrens ready-to-wear clothes;
also 10c corset waists and 10c
drawers are specialities at the New
Five & Ten Cent Store, Newport.
Mr. Giles, a civil engineer of Lit
tle Rock, was here a day or two
this week, doing some work for
the commissioners of the Mud
Creek Drainage District.
Rev. Harp will preach at Pleas
ant Hill Sunday at 11 a. m. Din
ner will be served on the ground
and in the afternoon Childrens
Day services will be held.
Lost.—bold bar pm set with
brilliants. Lost at school building
or between there and W. T. Mag
ness’ residence. Reward for re
turn of same to Miss Eloise Mims.
Miss Ethel Foot of Dota is
spending the week in the city, vis
iting her sister, Mrs. W. J. Her
rington, and attending the com
mencement exercises of the New
ark High School.
A musical concert is billed to
appear at the Allen hall in New
ark June 12, which will likely be
one of the best entertainments
ever given in Newarx. The ad
mission will be 25 and 50 cents.
Here’s to the meat eaters that
enjoy their meat fine and fresh and
clean. When they eat and know
its clean they go to bed at night
and have a happy dream; and
when they get up next morning
its back to McSpadden’s butcher
shop they go again.
HONOR THEIR DEAD
The local camp of Woodmen of
the World observed their annual
memorial services last Sunday.
The members met at the hall at
1:30 and at 2:30 marched in a body
to the BlueSprings cemetery where
the graves of all deceased mem
bers of the order were decorated
with flowers. A beautiful and
eloquent tribute to Woodcraft and
to the departed members was de
livered by Hon. Farrar Newberry
of Marion, national delegate to the
Sovereign Camp from Arkansas.
A large crowd was present at the
cemetery to witness the ceremonies
SULPHUR ROCK CHURCH
Rev. Giles C. Taylor of Bates
ville preach at the Baptist church
in Sulphur Rock, Thursday night
and Friday night, May 29 and 30.
On the first Sunday in July, Rev.
ikraer tvrttbeghr a re viral niwirrng
at the Baptist church in Sulphur
Rock.
MARRY IN LITTLE ROCK
Dr. S. A. Drennen and Miss
Blanch Crow of this city were
i married in Little Rock at 12:20
I a. m. Thursday of last week.
| Dr. Drennen has been attend
ing the University Medical Col
lege in Little Rock and according
to previous arrangement his bride,
accompanied by his sister, Miss
Willie Drennen, and Geo. L. Green,
met him there to be present at his
graduation.
Upon their arrival in Little
Rock the party was met at the
union station with an auto, and
driven to the home of the Rev. J.
N. Jessup, pastor of the First Chris
tian church, where the ceremony
was performed that united the
lives of these most worthy young
people.
The bridal party arrived home
Friday and Dr. and Mrs. Drennen
have been receiving the hearty
congratulations and sincere good
wishes of their many friends,
among whom The Journal is pleas
ed to be included.
THREE BREAK JAIL
Winfred Tomlinson, Walter Rid
ley and Will Jones escaped from
jail at Batesville Sunday night.
Tomlinson had been fined for
petit larceny, and Will Jones, a
negro, had been fined in the may
or’s court at Batesville for drunk
ness. Ridley was a federal prison
er awaiting trial on a charge of
openig mail belonging to another
person.
All the escaped prisoners ex
cept the negro, Jones, have been
captured. Tomlinson was captur
j ed at his home at Magness by Dep
uty T. W. Hulsey and Ridley was
captured at Paroquet by Marshal
Webber. Jones is still at large.
NOTCE TO TEACHERS
The regular June institute for
Independence county will be held
in the High School building at
Batesville, Ark., during the week
beginning Monday, June, 2, 1913.
I All teachers are required by law
to attend the full time.
The work will be conducted by
: Supt. D. T. Rogers of Jonesboro,
i We want you to help us make
I this the best institute ever held in
S the coutny.
Sidney Pickens,
County Examiner
NEQRO DROWNS IN RIVER
Batesville, May 20.—Henry
Waugh, a negro, fell into White
river at Rutherford’s draw and
was drowned. The negro had been
fishing and at the place where he
; fell was a very swift current. The
j negro was a good swimmer and it
is not known why he drowned un
less he struck something and was
rendered unconscious in the water.
CROPS FAR ADVANCED
The farmers have been making
excellent use of the fine weather
during the past few weeks and as
1 a result crops are in better con
dition than they have been in
many years. All crops are in
; advance of what they were at this
time last year, and the crop pros
pect is better than it has been in
a number of years.
YOUNG flAN INJURED
Newman Jones, a young man of
Batesville, was perhaps fatally in
jured at Kensett Monday. It is
supposed that he fell from or was
struck- by jH-rakfc • It » repeated
that his skull was fractured and
one eye knocked out. The young
man was on his way to Judsonia
to pick strawberries.
If you want to buy or sell prop
erty of any kind it will pay you
to see the Henderson Real Estate
I Co., Newark, Ark.
COUNTY COMMITTEE
MEETING CALLED
Chairman Calls Meeting For Hay
31st to Aarange For Demo
cratic State Primary
Notice is hereby given that the
Democratic County Central Com
mittee of Independence County is
called to meet at the court house in
Batesville, at 11 o’clock, a. m., on
Saturday, May 31, 1913, for the
purpose of perfecting plans to
hold a democratic primary on June
the 21st, in obedience to a call of
the State Central Committe, to se
lect a nominee for Governor of
Arkansas and to make nominations
for such other offices as may be
vacant, if any there should be; and
to transact such other business as
may properly come before said
committee.
J. H. Jimmerson. Chairman.
E. A. Hodges, Secretary.
NEW HOTELCOHPANY
A new company has been or
ganized in Little Hock to take
over the Hazel hotel of Newport.
C. A. Sawyer and Mrs. Alice Saw
yer of Little Rock and L. Mc
Dougal of Newport are the stock
holders and incorporators of the
new company which is capitalized
at $25,000.
LET COURT HOUSE CONTRACT
Heber Springs, May 21—The
contract for the erection of a new
court house for Cleburne county
has been let to a construction firm
of Louisville. The new building
will take the place of the old
frame court house which has be
come inadequate.
A. B. DUFF DEAD
A. B. Duff died at his home here
Saturday night, after an illness of
6nly a few' days. He had been a
familiar character here for many
years, and was jovial, friendly and
familiar with everybody. He was
about 60 years old, and is surviv
ed by one child, Mrs.Elbert Arnold.
ICE CREAM SUPPER
The ladies of the Sulphnr Rock
Baptist church will give an ice
cream supper at Sulphur Rock
Saturday night, May 24, for the
benefit of the church. Everybody
cordially invited.
Tell ’em you saw it in The Journal
CLOSING EXERCISES
OF NEWARK SCHOOL
Successful Years Work Being
Brought to Close With Ap
propriate Ceremonies
This is commencement week at
the Newark IlighSchool and marks
the close of one of the most suc
cessful terms in the History of the
school.
The first of the series of enter
tainments was given by the pupils
of Miss Moore’s music department
on Monday night. Those who
took part in the progam acquitted
themselves in a most creditable
and highly satisfactory manner,
showing marked progress in this
department of the school under
the careful and paistaking super
vision of Miss Eugenia Moore
whose work here has been
eminently successful in developing
and training the musical talent of
the pupils.
Tuesday afternoon the first and
second grade students of Mrs.
Stewart and Mrs. Dodd rendered
an excellent program, showing the
excellent work and painstaking
tutelage being done in these de
partments by these two faithful
and efficient teachers.
Wednesday night the third,
fourth and fifth grade students of
Miss Blalock and Miss Pickens en
tertained with recitations, drills
and songs and all acquitted them
selves in a manner most creditable
to their instructors.
Thursday night the High School
pupils presented a play in three
acts, “The Clergyman’s Court
ship.’’
Tonight (Friday) the final exer
cises will take place, the feature
of which will be the declamation
contest, in which some of the best
talent of the school will partici
pate. Some beautiful and valu
able medals will be awarded the
winners and at the close of the
exercises these will be presented
by the pricipal whose presentation
address will mark the end of a
successful years work in this insti
tution of which all Newark is just
ly proud, and thus the 1912-13
term of the Newark High School
will be fittingly and finally dis
missed.
NO HUNTING ALLOWED
We have posted our pasture
lands, southeast of Newark, and
no hunting will be allowed. All
trespassers will be prosecuted.
Self & Company.
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The old reliable when you are go
ing to buy furnishing for the home
or farm. We have everything you
need and at the right price too.
Look over this list and see what
you want then come in and let us
figure with you:
FURNITURE, SEWING HACHINES1
BUCK STOVES, CARTS, BUGGIES”
SURRIES, WAGONS and AUTOSfj
TENTS and AWNINGS, WAGON
and BUGGY HARNESS.
C. W. MAXFIELD CO.
Batesville, Ark.
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