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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, June 22, 1906.
Vol. 6. No. 26.
WEEKS DOINGS AT SULPHUR ROCK
-Short Items of Interest Picked Up
at the Metropolis of White
River Township.
We had a good rain Monday
evening.
Miss Maud Moore went to Bates
vilie Monday.
George Martin went to Bates
ville Tuesday.
John Sims of Sharp was in our
town Tuesday.
Klder Jas. F. Brown was on our
streets Friday.
W. D. Magness was up from
Magness Friday.
F.d Wilson of Newark attended
lodge here Saturday night.
Miss Vela Jernigan of near
Charlotte spent Sunday in out
city.
Squire W. T. Anderson and Al
len Gossett went to Batesville
Monday.
The young people enjoyed a
nice party at the city hall Satur
day night.
Miss Archie Fetzer of Cushman
visited Miss Sue Braden Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 1\ Sink visited
at Sharp Monday. Ask them if it
rained up there.
Burk Wright and family went
to Batesville Monday to have some
dental work done.
Miss Stella Sernigan of Little
Rock is spending a few weeks
here with home folks.
T. C. Knox left Sunday morn
ing for Bronough, Mo., to visit
his mother and other relatives.
Quite a number of young peo
ple from here attended Children’s
Day services Sunday night at
Moorefield.
Hugh K.\ ler came up from New
port Sunday to visit his w.fe and
children. They accompanied him
home Monday.
Miss Maud Shaver of Shelby
ville came down Monday to take
the train for Little Rock to spend
some time visiting.
Jas. Garner and little son came
up from the Island Friday to have
some blacksmithing done and do
some trading with our merchants.
The ball team went to Batesville
Monday, but did not play on ac
count of the rain. This is the
second time they have been rained
out.
Mr. and Mrs. Berry Best of
Newport came up Friday to visit
the lady’s mother, Mrs. Sarah
Braden. They returned home
Monday.
Rev. C. II. Newman came in
Monday from Cushman where he
had been to hold quarterly confer
ence for Presiding Rider .las. F.
Jernigan.
Cecil Rice and his sister Irene
of Hazel Grove spend Sunday
night with Miss Maud Moore and
went to Batesville Monday morn
ing to attend the Institute.
Mr. and Mrs. George Redman
and Jim Curry of New Mexico
visited Dr. Bevens and family Sat
urday and Sunday and returned
to Newport to visit Mrs. Stephens.
Mrs. Hartstield died very sud
denly here Friday night. Heart
failure is supposed to have been
the cause.* She had been in poor
health for sometime. She was
buried Saturday afternoon at Lib
erty cemetery.
FROM PLEASANT PLAINS.
W. H. Sims has his shop com
pleted.
Don't forget the ice cream sup
per Saturday night.
Rev. Joe Stark filled his regular
appointment here last Sunday.
The outside work is all com
pleted on Pearce Bros.’ new store
building.
The new high school house is
being painted, which adds greatly
to its appearance.
Albert McKaig and Fred Fry
filled their regular appointments
at Alonzo Sunday.
W. A. Cazont and Clarence
Wish made a professional trip to
Jamestown Sunday.
F. E. Torphy and family of
Corner Stone visited the family of j
A. E. Torphy Sunday.
Dr. W. R. Westbrooks and W.
H. Sims had business at Denmark j
last Sunday and the doctor is all
smiles this week.
The boys recently purchased
a s:;5 drum which will be a great
help to the band. The boys have
just receiued a full supply of the
latest music.
Joe Drummond and family of j
near Newport visited his brother I
at this place from Friday till Mon
day. Mr. Drummond reports
crops looking well in the bottoms.
Among those who attended the
I. O. O. F. lodge here Saturday
night were, (i. M. Fields of New
ark, Neatly Davis of Little Red,
Tom and Ed Bailey of Floral and
W. L. Brown of Alonzo.
BRUNDIDGE BILL PASSED
Washington, June ID.—The
house under the suspension of the
rules today passed the two Brun
didge bills providing for a locking
dam in White river to be known
as lock 4, also granting power
■ rights to the Batesville Power
Company at lock No. 1, in the |
same i i ver.
Under the bill authorizing the
! erection of a power plant for com
mercial purposes in the river near
Batesville, J. A. Omberg Jr., pro
poses to have th.e lock and canal
completed within two years from
the date of the beginning of con
struction. Mr. Omberg agrees to
begin actual work on the project
within In months from the passage
of the act or forfeit his rights in
the premises. Tennessee inter
ests are back of the undertaking
and it is said will make good use
of the water power produced by
the dam.
NICE fiOHE H)R SALE
We have one of the most desir
able pieces of residence property
in town for sale at a bargain; lo
cated two blocks from the public
school building. Six room house
with hall and two porches, nearly
new and well finished; finest well
of water in town;good smokehouse,"
barn, small orchard and good gar
den. House painted inside and
out, papered throughout and in
first class condition. Owner wants
to go West reason for selling, and
the place will go at a bargain and
! on easy terms. Apply to Craig
& Moore, Newark, Ark.
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.John Fortune was struck by a
passenger train as Cherry Valley
Saturday night and dangerously
injured, one ieg being broken and
, all one cheek torn off.
The public school will opeu
again next Monday for a three
months term.
Revs. M. M. Lewis and John
Mobley will preach at Macedonia
Saturday night and Sunday.
County Surveyor F. M. Ham
was down from Mooretield Mon
day and Tuesday doing some sur
veying.
T. J. Selvidge who has a rail
road position at Aagenta, came up
Tuesday to spend a few days vis
iting friends.
E. 1*. Tetwiler of the Jackson
County Herald, was up from New
port Tuesday to place The Jour
nal’s new gasoline engine and put
it in running order.
Complaint is made by subscrib
ers at Jacksonport that they have
not received The Journal regular
ly of late. The paper has been
mailed out on time and we are un
able to account for their failure
to receive it.
The Pel ley brothers of Oil
Trough have leased for a period of
five years 500 acres of the Yancey
farm, known as the upper Dun
nington farm, together with the
gin and store, which represents a
transaction of something like $20,
000. The Dunnington farm is one
of the best equipped of any in In
dependence county. It is provid
ed with every modern convenience
including a water works system.
It is owned by Hon. John C. Yan
cey of Batesville.
LITTLE CHILD DROWNED
A two-year-old child o^' Mr. and
Mrs. Will Martin, who live near
Thornsberry, was drowned in Or
ange creek under peculiarly dis
tressing circumstances. The fam
ily had gone to the creek for a
day’s fishing. The child fell
asleep and the parents laid him
down in a cool place in the grass
on the creek bank and continued
their fishing. They moved along
the bank of the creek and in a lit
tle while found themselves some
distance from where the little
child was sleeping. Another child
was sent back to look after the lit
tle sleeper, but it was not where
the mother hud left it. Tracks
were soon found on the creek bank
that led down to the waters edge
and thf parents were hurriedly
notified. The father plunged into
the creek and a little way down
from where the tracks entered the
water the lifeless body of the lit
tle child was found lodged against
a log.
FARMERS UNION NOTICE
The 6th session 'of the Indepen
dence County Union of the F. E.
& C. II. of A. will be held with
Mountain Gap union Friday and
Saturday, .June 29 and :{<), 1906.
It is requested that all local un
ions be represented with full dele
gation. At this meeting dele
gates are to be eleted to the State
Union.
Will open Friday at a. m.
W. l>. lit I K^NCTOV
County Sec.- i..
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CHARLOTTE CHRONICLES.
Health i« very good in this vi-;
cinity.
Joe Patterson went to B&tesville
Monday.
Miss Sallie Nuckolls went to
Batesville Monday.
Mrs. Lizzie •Churchill went to
Sulphur Rock Tuesday.
John Yates made a Hying trip
to Sulphur Rock Friday morn
ing.
Several from this plaoe attended
Children’s Day at Oak Ridge Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoover of Sul
phur Rock passed through here
Tuesday.
Misses Unie and Nellie Church
ill entertained their friends with
a party Saturday night.
Mrs. Lutie McGill and Mrs. E.
J. Palmer have been on the sick
list for the last few days.
Miss Lena Bullington of Sul
phur Rock visited Misses Unie
and Nellie Churchill last week.
Messrs. Clint Northern and
Claire Vaughan of Sulphur Rock
were transacting business here
Friday.
Mrs. Julia Herrington returned
home last week from Sulphur
Rock where she has been visiting
relatives.
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OIL TROUGH TINKLINGS.
Lots of corn laid by in our neigh
borhood.
James Davidson went to New
port Saturday.
Crops are looking fine but a lit
tle rain would help.
James Stephens went to New
port Saturday on business.
Several of our people attended
the street fair at Newark last
week.
There is less sickness in this
neighborhood than there has been
for some time.
J. L. Outlaw and family spent
Saturday and Sunday visiting rel
atives at Newport.
John Taylor says he is going to
buy him a railroad scraper and go
to farming right.
Mrs. Alfred Aydelott and fam
ily of Salado visited relatives here
Saturday and Sunday.
The horseHies are so numerous
that they are causing a great deal
of worry to stock in this vicinity.
This part of the country is over
run i with agents—book agents,
picture agentst, fruit tree agents,
and every other kind of agents.
They hav^g become so numerous
that the dogs have quit barking at
them.
BOLOGNA SAUSAGE KILLS 3
Fort Smith, .June Is.—As a re
sult of ptomaine poisoning J. R.
Barimere, a tent dweller, and his
IS month-old son and 5-year-old
daughter are dead and his seven
year old daughter is critically ill
in the Belle Point hospital.
Mr. Barimere purchased some
bologna sausage, which he and
his children ate heartily. They
were shortly afterward taken-sick
and removed to the hospital, where ,
the three mentioned died as stated, j
Mrs. Barimere ate of the sausage,
but sparingly, so that she did not
become seriously ill.
Wanted Two teams for thirty
days. Good wages; steady work.
N. M. Wilson.
ARGENTA NEWS MAN FINED SI ,000
Was Charged With Libeling At
torney General Rogers Dur
ing Recent Campaign
Little Rock, .Iune Iff. Henry
J. Miller, editor of the Argents,
News, who was recently convicted
of criminal libel in Che first divis
ion of the Pulaski circuit court,
was today sentenced to pay a tine
of $1,000 by Judge K. J. Lea.
Miller’s attorneys filed motion
for a new trial and for an arrest
of judgement, which were over
ruled by the court. The attorneys
then prayed an appeal, which was
granted, and thirty days given the
defendent to file his bill of excep
tions.
Henry J. Miller was indicted
by the Pulaski county grand jury
about two months ago on a charge
of criminal libel. The indictment
charged that Miller published false
sentences to the effect that Attor
ney General Robert L. Rogers of
fered a bribe and committed for
gery. These charges were made
against Rogers during the recent
campaign for the Democratic nom
ination for governor, and Miller
was indicted about ten days be
fore the primary.
According to the testimony in
troduced by the defense at the trial
on May 21 the charge of forgery
against Attorney General Rogers
was based upon the allegation of
Frank Halley of Van Buren, that
Rogers secured his signature to a
statement refuting other charge**
made against Rogers and that cer
tain parts of the statement which
he supposed were erased, were left
in when the statement was pub
lished and circulated through the
state. The charge of offering a.
bribe was based on the allegation
that Rogers offered Alva Smith
$25 and later $50 to secure from
Rey. Leonard Dyer of Van Buren
a statement to the effect that Rog
ers was, morally, a fit man to be
governor of the state.
These charges were all denied
by Rogers when he went on the
stand. The jury was out some
time before a verdict was reached,
the members varying greatly
in their opinions as to the amount
of line that should be assessed. It
was finally left to the court with
the result that today Miller was
fined $1,000.
LOCUSTS DAMAGING COTTON
It is reported that locusts are
doing considerable damage to cot
ton in some parts of the state.
At the state convict farm on the
Arkansas river much damage has
been done, and reports from the
western portion of the state show
the locusts are doing damage ia
that section. Near Morrilton, it
is claimed, great damage has been
done and it is feared many of the
fields will be damaged fully half.
It is claimed that this appear
ance of the locusts on cotton plants
is the first instance on record.
KILLING AT PRESCOTT
(iurdon, June 20.— A negro
named Silas shot and killed Wal
lace Me Gough, also a negro, at
Prescott tonight. Silas claimed
McGough had insulted his daugh
ter. They met tonight at the de
pot and both drew pistols and be
gan "hooting. Met rough is the
negro who killed hi** own >on a
lew da.\ > ago. i?ila> surrendered.