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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1919
VOL. 18, NO. 52
CORD MEN HELD ON
BRIBERY CHARGE
Accused of Trying to Hire Wit
ness in Rider Murder Case
To Leave Country
T. J. Carter, a lawyer of
Cord, Claude Perkins and F. D.
Williams of the Cord neigh
borhood, were arrested a few
days ago, charged with at
tempted bribery in connection
with the Rider murder case.
Carter is one of .the attor
neys for Oliver Rider of Cord
who is charged with the mur
der of Lon Hatler near Cord
a short time ago.
It is charged that Carter in
duced Perkins and Williams to
go to Sam Farr, the most im
portant witness against Rider,
and offer him a large sum of
money if he would disappear
and not testify at Rider’s trial.
The officers say that Perkins
and Williams have confessed
and declared they approached
Farr at Carter’s request and
offered to get the money for
him if he would leave.
It is said that previous to
this, efforts had been made by
unknown parties to frighten
Farr out of the community. It
is said that shots were fired
into Farr’s house one night not
long before the alleged at
tempt to hire him to leave, but
nothing has developed to throw
any light upon the alleged at
tempt to frighten him from the
community.
Farr and his wife were in
Newark one ciay the past week
going to Batesville where they
will remain until the case can
be taken up by the coming
term of circuit court which
convenes next Monday.
COL. C.D. JAMES MAY
RUN FOR GOVERNOR
Commander of First Arkansas
Infantry Said to be Guber
natorial Prospect
Camp Pike, Apr. 1.—Col.
Charles D. James commander
of the 153rd Infantry, former
ly the old First Arkansas In
fantry, who recently returned
from overseas, where his unit
served with the 39th Division,
which was skeletonized after
reaching France, yesterday af
ternoon announced that he is
considering entering the race
Sr governor in the next Dem
ocratic primary.
Colonel James, whose home
is at EJureka Springs, would not
say whether he had decided
definitely to enter the race, but
said that the matter had been
suggested to him and that he
is considering it.
He is now in the convales
cent ward tor officers at the
Camp Pike base hospital, only
recently having recovered
from a severe attack of in
fluenza. He has not yet been
discharged from the army.
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COL. R. R. POE DEAD
Col. R. R. Poe died at his
home at Clinton last Sunday,
following an illness of influen
za and pneumonia.
He was 76 years old and is
survived by his wife and three
children, Dr. L. G. Poe of this
place, Capt. Fletcher Poe who
is in the military service and a
daughter, Mrs. Brittian of
Morrilton.
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Try me and see if you can’t
buy more fresh groceries than
any place for the money. Jno.
M. Martin, Newark.
The mai\ with
never ^ets laid off
^discharged.
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money
or never
ivioney in the
Bank he is not
worried; he A
works belter. ®
And he is the man who gets promoted. The
tan with money is looking for the man who saves,
knows that the man who can take care of his
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NEWPORT BOOSTING
FARMING CAMPAIGN
Buslhess Men Doing Much to
Assist Movement For Pro
fitable Farming
Newport business men have
gotten into the profitable
farming campaign with vigor
and enthusiasm,’ according to
reports from that city.
H. M. Cottrell, who is at the
head of the profitable farming
campaign in Arkansas visited
Newport during the recent
Bankers meeting in that city
and organized a profitable
framing bureau. Since its or
ganization only a few weeks
ago, here are some of the
things the bureau has done.
One hundred of the leading
business men have signed
pledges to devote at least two
days of each month to the
work.
Have raised the money to
buy 500 high-grade brood sews
to be distributed among the
farmers of Jackson county on
easy terms.
Have ordered 500 pounds of
velvet bean seed, which was all
they could secure, and are in
the market for a large addi
tional quantity.
Have raised the money to
aid the farmers in buying Ipea
nuts and sweet potatoes to be
planted as feed for hogs.
Are in the market for 10,
00 bushels of peanuts for seed.
The farmers will be encourag
ed to plant these peanuts and
to raise them to be crushed
in the cotton oil mill at New
port.
Have appointed a man ^v
ing in each school district of
the county to act as agricul
tural leader for his district.
Have appointed a Newport
man as chairman for each
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YOUNGER-RODMAN
A pretty home wedding was
solemnized yesterday at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. T. N.
Rodman when one of Newark’s
most popular young ladies be
came the bride of a prominent
business man of Mt. Pleasant.
The contracting parties were
Miss Meryle Rodman and A. J.
Younger. Miss Rodman is the
popular and accomplished
daughter of Dr. T. N. Rodman
and is one of Newark’s most
estimable young ladies. The
groom is cashier of the Bank
of Mount Pleasant and comes
from an old and respected fam
ily at that place.
The ceremony was said by
the Rev. W. I. Sade of Mount
Pleasant in the presence of the
immediate families of the con
tracting parties and a few in
timate friends. A dainty four
course luncheon was served di
rectly after the ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Younger left
late yesterday afternoon for
Mount Pleasant where they
trill make their home after an
nded honeymoon trip to
ts in Texas.
e Journal joins their
y friends in extending
ratuiations and sincere
wishes for a long and
married life.
NEWARK MAN ENTERS
FRENCH UNIVERSITY
Ben Arnold Leaves Germany,
Sees Brussels and Paris
and Enters University
Judge and Mrs. M. L. Ar
nold are in receipt of several
cards and letters from their
son. Ben C. Arnold, who is
with the Rainbow^ Division
overseas, stating that his or
ganization has departed from
Germany and that he has been
detached and will enter the
French University at Aix,
France.
He left Coblenz, Germany,
on March 3 and arrived in
Paris, France, March 9, pass
ing through Leige and Brus
sels. He says “Paris and Brus
sels are some cities.”
In a letter w'ritten March 10,
from Marseilles, France he
says:
‘I cam.} here from Paris this
morning. Don’t conclude from
the headlines cf this stationery
that I am about to sail for
home, because there is nothing
doing yet for four months.
“1 am here for the purpose
of entering the French univer
sity at Aix, which is about
twenty kilometers from here.
“The proposition is this: I
am detached from my organi
zation for the length of the
course, which is expected to
end June 30.
I receive my salary, $2 a day
for rations and $1 a day for
room rent. Aix has a famous
French University and the
town itself is very interesting.
Of course, this plan will post
pone the date of my sailing for
home, but still the proposition
is so good that I decided that
even though it does delay me
a month or so, I cannot afford
to miss the opporutnity. I had
planned to go back to the Uni
versity of Oklahoma in Sep
tember so this will save me a
half year there, besides $250
or more.
“Am feeling fine. This is
a perfectly wonderful climate
here. As soon as I get proper
ly situated, will write you a
long letter.”
BEN C. ARNOLD,
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OWEN FETZER ARRIVES
HOME FROM FRANCE
Owen Fetzer who has been
in the military service overseas,
arrived home Friday, having
been discharged Thursday at
Camp Pike. He was probably
in mere of the real, hard fight
ing than any man in the ser
vice from Independecne coun
ty. He was among the first
detachment of Arkansas men
sent overseas, and his organi
zation was sent to the front
soon after their arrival in
France.
He wrent through many hor
rible experiences, went hungry
many times, fought through
mud, slush and rain, and at
times saw many of his com
rades shot down all around
him. He was wounded and
was in the hospital for some
time, but has fully rec vered
and came home looking the
picture of health.
601 NEW LAWS ARE
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
———
Enrolling Committees Finish
and Other Bills Must be
Acted Upon Soon
Little Rock, April 2.—The
last of the bills passed by the
house and senate has been en
rolled and was delivered to
the governor yesterday. This
is one day earlier than the
twenty days allowed. Under
the law, as interpreted by the
attorney general, the governor
has until Saturday to sign the
bills which have not yet receiv
ed his signature. Up to yester
day afternoon there had been
601 bills signed.
Governor Brough has ap
proved 100 road district bills,
and yesterday he vetoed the
first one, for the Mablevale
road district in Pulaski county.
This was done at the request
of the author, Senator Owens,
and in response to the protest
of a large number of property
owners that the bill had been
hastily drawn and would work
an unnecessary hardship upon
many.
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THE CITY ELECTION
The city election in Newark
Tuesday was a very quiet af
fair, only a small vote being
polled.
John T. Tharp was elected
mayor; E. H. Williamson, re
corder ;H. E. Hawthorne, treas
urer; Jas. F. Morgan, marshal.
The following aldermen were
elected: T. H. Bearing, G.
M. Fields, G. O. Magness, W.
G. Moore and A. J. MeSpad
den.
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For Sale.—Five passenger
Ford car in good condition. G.
M. Fields.
DANGER IN GROWING
TOO MUCH COTTON
Official of U. S. Department of
Agriculture Urges Safe
and Sane Farming
“Cotton farmers and busi
ness men are in a critical situ
ation in the spring of 1919,”
said Bradford Knapp of the
United States Department of
Agriculture, in outlining at a
recent meeting of extension
forces some of the difficulties
of farming in the south in 1919
and the importance of safe
farming.
“If the South plants as larg
an acreage to cotton as in 1918
and has a good season result
ing in a large crop, the possible
danger 4o Southern prosperity
can scarcely be overestimated”
says Mr. Mr. Knapp.
“A well-balanced system of
agriculture is the best answer
to this problem, not only in
1919, but in any year in peace
or in war. The safety and se
curity of the Southern people
depend greatly on the produc
tion of the food necessary for
the increasing live stock.”
The home garden, corn as
a basis of Southern food pro
duction, plenty of feed and for
age for live stock, increased
production of meat, milk, and
eggs, with cotton as a strictly
surplus crop, is the program
strongly urged by Mr. Knapp.
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SUNDAY W.Fnn**—
Clay Long and Miss Bessie
Baker, both of the Paroquet
neighborhood, were married at
the home of Rev. and Mrs. G.
L. Fink last Sunday afternoon
at 2:30, Rev. Fink officiating.
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Batesville, Arkansas