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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, October 2, 1914
Vol. 14, No. 26
NEIGHBORS FIGHT
OVER SETTLEMENT
Pink Williams Fires Two Shots at
Green Shields But Latter
Escapes Uninjured
A difficulty over a settlement
between J. P. Williams and Green
Shields of the Paroquet neighbor
hood led to a fistic encounter and
resulted in Williams taking two
shots at Shields as the latter fled
from Williams’ home where he
had gone with the alleged inten
tion of making Williams pay for
cotton that he claimed Williams
had damaged.
It seems that Williams plowed
some cotton for Shields some time
ago and when Williams asked for
his pay, Shields declared that the
plowing was not done right and
that the cotton was damaged. He
refused to pay for the plowing
and claimed that Williams should
pay him for damaging the cotton.
Friday Shields went to Wil
liams’ home and demanded a set
tlement. The men got into a
fight and Shields shoved Williams
back over a sewing machine,
where he had him choked down
and is alleged to have been at-!
tempting to get his hand into his
pocket to get a knife or other
weapon, when Williams’ daugh
ter, Mrs. Edna Gregory, arrived
upon the scene of battle armed
w'ith a heavy scrub broom. She
planted several severe blows upon
Shields’ head with telling effect
and soon put him to flight, there
by relieving her distressed father
and maintaining the historic rep
utation for danger that woman
bears when armed with a broom.
Immediately upon gaining his
feet Williams procured his gun
and fired two shots at the fleeing
form of Shields but both went
wild and Shields escaped.
Shields swore out a warrant for
Williams for assault with intent
to kill. The case came up before
I Justice Saylors Monday, and after
hearing the evidence the court re
duced the charge to aggrivated
assault. Williams was given a
jury trial and acquitted. When
the parties came to town for trial
Williams and Shields were search
ed, the officers fearing further
trouble. Williams was unarmed
but it was found that Shields had
brought a Winchester rifle to the
trial with him which the officers
procured and took charge of.
Attorney I. J. Matheny prose
cuted the case on behalf of the
State while Attorney J. R. Alex
ander represented Williams.
W. T. MAGNESS DEAD
W. T. Magnessdied at his home
in Newark Monday afternoon,
after an illness of several months.
The cause of bis death was cancer
which first appeared on the side
of his face about two years ago.
Mr. Magness was 60 years old
and was oneof the early settlersand
pioneer business men of Newark.
He did much for the town in a
business way in its early days. Fie
never made any attempt to accum
ulate and hoard money, but it is
very probable that during the j
years of his active business career
here he handled and disbursed
more money than any man in the
town. His acts of charity were
many and it is said that no appeal
for assistance was ever made to
him in vain. He was public!
spirited, broad gauged and liberal
and always took an active interest
in any movement looking to the
progress and advancement of
Newark.
He is survived by his wife and
several grand children, but leaves
no children, having outlived all
his immediate children.
He was one of the charter mem
bers of the Masonic Lodge of this
place, and the remains were buried
with Masonic honors in Blue
Springs cemetery Tuesday after
noon.
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THOSE HAPPY
ROOSEVELT DAYS
Being Merely a Few Interesting
Bits of History During the
Year of 1908
More than 2,000 men march to
City Hall at Detriot and demand
work.—January 28, 1908.
Chicago Federation of Labor es
timates the total number of unem
ployed men in Chicago at 100,000
and issues a warning to all crafts
men to keep away from the city.
—February 11, 1908.
New York City government urg
ed by Central Federated Labor
Union to let subway contracts to
furnish work for 500,000 unem
ployed men.- March 15, 1908
One hundred thousand men
march through the streets of New
York singing the “Marseillaise;”
speakers preach revolution and
demand work; a bomb thrown at
police by anarchists.—March 25,
1908.
More than 200 Bulgarians peti
tion Governor of Colorado for em
ployment or for aid to return to
Bulgaria.—March 20, 1908.
One thousand foreigners march j
toward Philadelphia City Hall, de
manding work; a riot, three police
men shot; fourteen marchers ar-1
rested; hundreds beaten by mount
ed police.—February 20, 1908.
Labor unions report 50,000 idle
men in the Kensington (Pa.) dis-;
trict.—February 10, 1908.
Unemployed in San Francisco I
form a league and demand the
issue of $25,000,000 in bonds to aid I
unemployed. March 23. 1908.
One thousand Hungarians march
through the rain to receive a loat
of bread each at Toledo.—March
23, 1908.
At Camden, N. J., a riot follows
application of 1,500 men for 300
jobs advertised by the Joseph
Campbell Company.—August 10,
1908.
Loan of $9,000,000 to provide
funds for public work asked by
City of Philadelphia for unemploy
ed; race riot followed demonstra
tion of unemployed; Italians at
tacked by other nationalities.—
March 1 5, 1908.
Yes; those were happy Roose
velt days! Have you forgotten
them? The foregoing news items
give only a faint impression of the
breadth and the depth of the de
pression of the business ar.d the
industries of the country during
the last Roosevelt year. And yet
he does not hesitate to voice his
criticism of the “Wilson Policies.”
Johnstown (Pa.) Democrat.
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GINNING FOR 60 CENTS
We are having many inquiries
as to the price of ginning this sea
son, and desire to state that we
will continue to gin at the old
price of 60 cents per hundred for
ginning and wrapping. We will
appreciate your patronage and
give you good service.
(Adv) Newark Gin Co.
SCHOOL OPENS
The Newark High School open
ed Monday with the largest en
rollment of high school students
in its history.
Prof. W. A. Isgrig, formerly of
Lonoke, is principal and he has
taken hold of the work in a man
ner which indicates that, he is
going to make a real sucless of
the school.
U. C. V. MEETING
A meeting of V. V. Cook Camp,
U. C. Y., of Newark, has been
called for Saturday, October 10.
The meeting will be held in the
Hatton hall and all ex-Confeder
ates are urged to attend.
1136,517 VOTE IN
RECENT ELECTION
3 Measures Approved, 2 Killed and
Hays Gets 32,000 More Votes
Than Both Opponents
Complete official returns of the
recent election show a total vote
of 136,517 cast for governor, di
vided as follows: Hays, 94,096;
Kinney, 30,987; Hogan, 10,434.
The complete official vote on
the acts and amendments is as
follows:
Act No. 1, child labor law—For,
72,313; against, 25,300.
Act No. 3, publicity law—For,
55,552; against, 10,728.
Amendment No. 11, for munici
pal bonds—For, 54,782; against,
40,441.
Amendment No. 15, lieutenant
governor — For, 43,919; against,
49,101.
Amendment No. 16, for legisla
tive salaries—For, 46,572; against,
51,778.
The bond amendment did not
receive a majority of the total
vote but it received a majority of
14,341 on that subject, and having
been submitted under the initia
tive and referendum, has carried.
The publicity act, being a stat
ute, required only a majority of
the vote on the subject, and it re
ceived 14,824 majority, running
483 ahead of the bond amendment.
FEED OURSELVES
AND OUR TEAMS
This should he Arkansas’ plan
for 1915. Each year Arkansas
sends out practically all the money
which the cotton brings, for food
stuff for her people and feed for
her livestock.
Winter oats sown immediately
will be ready to cut next May.
This crop is adapted to all the cot
ton districts of Arkansas. The
farmer can feed them in the sheaf
to his work teams and save the
expense of threshing. An acre of
oats sowed with good seed will
furnish the grain and feed needed
for a work mule or horse on the
farm for sixty days. It will take
25 to 30 bushels of corn to feed
an animal for the same length of
time. Corn is now 90 cents a
bushel and the crop is generally
short. It will probably cost the
Arkansas farmer next summer
$1 25 a bushel, or more, so that
each acre of oats which he raises
to feed his team will save him
from buying from $25 to $35
worth of corn. Seed for the oats
will cost about $1.50 an acre and
the labor to put them in
WAR TAX $100,000,000
An effort is being made by Con
gress to levy a war tax of $100,
000,000 to make up the deficit in
imports due to the European war.
It is proposed that the freight
shipments bear $65,000,000 and
beer $35,000,000. The transporta
tion companies are used merely as
a collection agency of the fund
and are to be compensated for
their services. Beer is to bear an
additional tax of fifty cents per
barrel and the manufacturers of
domestic wines also come in for a
share of the tax burden. As an
additional relief for war condi
tions, Senate leaders announce
that the Rivers and Harbors ap
propriation bill will probably be
reduced $25,000,000.;
PROF. B. C. ARNOLD
WINS RECOGNITION
Prof. B. C. Arnold of Newark
who is now principal of the High
School of Afton, Ok la., is winning
recognition and a high mead of
praise in that city for his ability
as a school man.
Leaving Newark late, he arriv
! ed in Afton only a short time be
fore the opening of the school, and
found quite an array of talent on
the program for an elaborate open
ing exercise. He had not been
furnished a copy of the program
and upon his arrival found that
he was on the program for an
address on “The Student as a
Factor in Good Schools.” He was
totally unprepared and surprised
hut it being a part of his motto to
never shirk a duty, he proceeded
to do his best, and his address
seems to have struck a popular
chord and captured his hearers, as
the Afton American, the leading
newspaper of the city, publishes a
very complimentary account of his
address, together with a fine
picture of Prof. Arnold.
As a native son of Newark, the
people of this community are
proud of Prof. Arnold’s rise in the
educational world, and they will
heartily join The Journal in wish
ing for him the continued success
he so richly deserves.
SHOW OUR PRODUCTS
A united effort will be made for
the success of the Independence
County agricultural exhibit which
will be held at Batesville October
23 and 21. The boy’s cotton and
corn clubs and the girls’ canning
clubs are taking an active interest
in the matter and will have a fine
exhibit of products, which will
later be sent to the State Fair at
Hot Springs.
SAWYERS-HARRISON
Wid Sawyers and Miss Jetrue
Harrison were married at the
home of Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Cos
sey at 7:30 Wednesday night, Rev.
Cossey officiating. They are
among Newark’s best and most
worthy young people and The
Journal heartily joins their many
friends in extending sincere good
wishes for their happiness and
prosperity.
A BIG POTATO
R. K. McHenry presented The
Journal with a sweet potato that
measures nine inches in length,
17t inches in circumference and
weighs three pounds. It is of the
Nancy Hall varieiy and was
grown on the poorest land on his
place in the Northeast part of
town.
Big special sale of Ladies’ Suits
and Coats now on at Barnett Bros.
Mer. Co., Batesville, Ark.
WILL REBUILD THE
BURNED BUILDINGS
Contracts For i rection of More
Modern Buildings Will be
Awarded at Early Date
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It has been definitely decided
by all the parties burned out in
the recent lire in Newark, to re
I build the burned buildings, and
contracts will be let in a few davs.
The Newark Improvement
Company, owners of the lower
story of the Masonic building, de
cided some time ago to rebuild
but have been awaiting a decision
from the Masonic and Woodmen
Lodges Doth lodges have agreed
to rebuild, each taking a half in
terest in the upper story. The
Masons held a meeting Monday
night and took final action upon
the matter. T. J. Raney, T. H.
Dearing and Dr. W. P. Moore
were chosen as a committee and in
structed to proceed with the work.
The Woodmen elected J. P. Lovel
E. M. Wilson and W. L. Hall as a
building committee.
Bids have been asked for and it
is probable that the contract will
be let within the next few days.
Adams Bros, have decided to
rebuild also and expect to let the
contract for their building at
once.
All the buildings will be modern
and up-to-date, and the very lat
est and l)est of their kind that
can be built. The next 30 days
will see work on them well under
way and they will all probably be
ready for occupancy by the first
of next year.
TO HOLD REVIVAL
Rev. Sutton of Batesville will,
on Thursday of hext week, resume
the revival meeting started at the
Baptist church some time ago and
which was temporarily suspended
on account of the revival at the
Christian church. The meeting
will continue for ten days or two
weeks.
RETURNED TO HOSPITAL
Miss Grace Sammons who was
recently released from the State
Hospital at Little Rock has been
returned to the hospital, her con
dition becoming such as to neces
sitate her return.
For Sale.—120 acres good hill
land; 60 acres timber. Price $600
Joe Garner, Magness, Ark.
REMEMBER!
The old reliable when you are go
ing to buy furnishing for the home
or farm. VVe 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 HACHINES,
BUCK STOVES, CARTS, BUGGIES,
SURRIES, WAGONS and AUTOS,
TENTS and AWNINGS, WAGON
and BUGGY HARNESS.
C. W. MAXFIELD CO.
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