Newark
Journal
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SERIOUSSTORM
AT OIL TROUGH
LASTTHURSDAY
Several Persons Injured and
Heavy Loss Result From
Storm Thursday
Late* reports on the storm,
which swept throughout the
Oil Trough bottom about 4 o’
clock Thursday afternoon, in
dicate that at least a dozen
persons were injured, some
seriously, and that the damage
will amount to several thous
and dollars.
The storm, which was of the
nature of a cyclone, first
struck near Oil Tror?“h, but
did not do a great deal of
damage until ft reached the
Dunnington neighborhood
where it wrecked a blacksmith
shop and other buildings for
W. H. Hall.
The greatest damage done
was on the Meadow Lake
farm, owned by Harry West
cott of Hot Springs. The main
residence on this place, occu
pied by Arthur Pate, was
wrecked and every member of
Mr. Pate’s family, five in num
ber were painfully injured.
Jess Melton, a young man,
was driving along the road
with a load of corn, and seeing
the approach of the storm,
drove under a shed. The shed
was blown down, the corn scat
tered and the team injured,
while Melton sustained inter
nal injuries that may prove
serious.
The home of Mrs- Mary
Tucker and her two children
was wrecked and then burned,
NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1921
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catching fire from t'le kitchen
stove.
The home cf Albert Brown
low was lifted and carried
some distance, the floor arm
furnishings, however, remain
ing intact.
Two school buildings were
badly damaged by the storm.
No tornado insurance was
carried on any of the property
with the exception of the home
occupied by the Pates.
BRAKEMAN CRUSHED IN
FALL BETWEEN CARS
Newport, March 23.—Oscar
‘Rainey, aged 40, of Little Rock
brakeman on the Missouri Pa
} cific railroad, was crushed,
probably fatally when he fell
1 from the top of a fast freight
train near Tuckerman about 1
o’cl ck this afternoon. The
train, a through freight, south
bound from St. Louis to Texar
kana, parted near Tuckerman.
Rainey, who is said to have
‘been near where the.break oc
curred, fell between tw-o sec
tions of the train and in some
manner was caught between
the cars.
Rainey’s ribs were cvushed
and partly torn loose,on one
side and he was terribly injur
ed internally. He was brought
to Newport still c \scious, and
cared for by the company phy
sician. Rainey has been in the
employ of the Missouri Pacific
for 13 years.
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NEW BANK APPLIES
FOR CHARTER
Washington, D. ,C- March
19.—The Planters National
bank of Walnut Ridge, Ark.,
through W. R. Lane of that
city, has applied to the comp
troller of the currency for a
.charter, it was announced to
day. If granted, the new in
stitution will be capitalized at
j $25,000.
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We never know when we start, out in the morn
ing what’s going to happen to us. An accident or
sickness could overtake us any moment.
But the man with a snug sum tucked safely away
in the bank knows he can tide over without going into
debt or becoming a burden to his family or friends.
It makes a man happy to be independent.
We are at your service.
We invite YOUR banking business.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkansas
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000.00
TUCKERMAN
MAN IS KILLED
BY FAST TRAIN
Oil Truck Completely Demol
ished and Seto" Fire When ..
_Hit by Fast 'train
One man was fatally injur
ed and three ether a painfully
burned when Missouri Pacific
fast mail train No. 7 from St.
I cui? to Texarkana, struck an
Ml motor truck, on a crossing ;
rear Tuckerman Saturday
•limning about 9, ; • o'clock.
The dead:
Major Moore, aged 4* , sales
man for the Tuckerman Power
and Electric Company.
The injured:
Cal- F. Neice St. Louis en
gineer, painfully burned about
'the body.
jonn Lr. acanuin, iuiv oar
land avenue, Little Rock, fire
man, burned about about the
face and hands.
A Brakeman who was riding
in the cab was also slightly
burned.
When the locomotive, which
was running about 40 miles an
hour, struck the truck the gas
oline tank exploded. Mr.
Moore’s clothing was saturated
with gasoline and caught fire.
He was terribly burned but
lived until 3 o’clock that after
noon. He retained conscious
ness until 1 o’clock. His hair
and fingernails were burned
off, and he suffered terrible
agony.
H lrnirg gasoline was thrown
into the cab of the engine.Both
the engineer and the fire
man’s clothing caught fire
Scantling extinguished the
flames on his clothing, then
picked up the water hose and
turned it en the engineer, who
was so badly burned that he
was unable to assist himself.
Scantlin then stopped the train
which had run between 300
and 400 yards after sriking
the truck.
The train was enveloped in
flames, and it was feared for
a while that it would be des
troyed. However, when the
gasoline fumes died down, the
blaze was automatically en
tinguished. The gasoline
which spilled upon the ground
at the crossing burned for 30
minutes.
i he accident occurred at a
grade crossing about 300 yards
noith of the Tuckeramn pas
senger station, and in full view
of the business section, being
witnessed by over a hundred
person.
Persons who hurried to the
scene found Mr. Moore, driver
of the oil truck, still conscious.
First aid treatment was given
him at once by several local
physicians. The company phy
sician and a Red Cross nurse
from Newport were summoned
and arrived shortly after the
accident, but efforts to save his
life was of no avail.
Mr. Moore talked coherent
ly. He said he realized he was
dying, but said he hoped to re
main conscious to the end.
Moore told several persons
that he failed to see the train
approaching or to hear the
bell or whistle . Four box cars ,
on a side track obscured his
view of the main line. The
truck he was driving was mov
ing with only ordinary speed.
It was demolishe.d by the loco
motive, and Mr. Mcore was
buried underneath the debris.
The explosion of the gaso
line tank frightened several
teams which were hitched near
the sidetrack where rret'gtn
was being unloaded, and- they
ran away. Columbus Sharp,
aged 22, one of the drivers,
suffered a broken arm. . The
teams ran into several automo
biles parked in the business
section of town, and some of
them were badly damaged.
Engineer Neice and Fireman
Scantline were immediately
taken to the Missouri Pacific
ward of the Baptist hospital at
Little Rock, to be given medi
.cal attention.
The funeral of Mr. Moore
was held at Tuckerman Sun
day afternoon conducted by
Rev. Albright, pastor of the
Methodist church, of which
Moore was a member.
BAPTIST MINISTER
LOSES CREDENTIALS
Sherdian, March 19.—W. E.
Sherrill Baptist minister, who
was arrested several weeks ago
at Hoxie with a young woman
giving her name as Miss Smith,
was excluded from the Big
Creek Missionary Baptist
church at a conference held
Thursday night at Sherdian.
Sherrill’s credentials as a "min
ister of the gospel” were also
taken from him by the action
of the church.
This action on the part of
the church created one of the
biggest sensations here in
years. The action followed
the appearance of an article in
the Arkansas Democrat under
date of February 24, which
told the story of the arrest of
Mr. Sherrill, of his putting up
bond for appearance in court
at that place, and of the sub
sequent forfeiture of the bond.
WELL KNOWN IN NEWARK
Sherrill is well known in
Newark, having formerly serv
ed as pastor of the First Bap
dst church of Newark.
DRILLING RESUMED ON
JUDSONIA OIL WELL
| Drilling on the Ken-Ark oil
well at Judsonia was resumed
this week and will be continu
ed with all possible speed until
a gusher is found or a dry hole
develops. Thewell is now
nearly 1,900 feet deep, and it
is said upon good , authority
that none of the several geol
ogists think it will be necessary
to go deeper than 2,300 feet in
order to find oil, but the drill
ers say they will go deeper
than that before abandoning
the well.
J. C. Goldsborry is being
checked out as Missouri Pacif
ic agent at this place. Mr.
Goldsberry has been in poor
health for some time and will
go to Hot Springs to take a
course of baths. Walter Phar
ris will succeed Mr- GoldsBer
ry as agent here until Mr.
Goldsberry is able fo resume
work.
ARKANSAS IS
5th IN COTTON
PRODUCTION
More Than a Million Bales of
Cotton Produced in State
* Last Year
The largest cotton crop since
1914 and the sixth largest in
the history v*Khe country was
grown last year. Ginning
statistics for the 1920-21 sea
son, announced Monday by the
census bureau show a total of
13,365,754 bales comprise the
1920 crop.
j fiat, is about z,/by,uuu
bales less than the record crop
of 1914, and is slightly smaller
than the 1904 crop.
The census bureau’s figures
of cotton actually ginned which
are accepted as the final pro
duction statistics, shew the
crop to be 378,754 bales more
than estimated by the Depart
ment of Agriculture last De
cember in its final forecast of
the year.
Total ginings by states are
as follows:
Alabama _ 670,721
Arizona ___ 104,853
Arkansas_ 1,177,095
California __ 777,443
Florida __ 19,194
Georgia _ 1,446,577
Louisiana ______ __ 388,655
Mississippi__ 987,733
Missouri_ 74,332
North Carolina_ 936,582
Oklahoma 1,287,689
South Carolina_ 1,639,470
Tennessee _ 313,474
Texas___4,130,197
Virginia _ 20,844
All other states_ 12,673
<* CHARLOTTE ITEMS v
il V V uuvv u u
Charlotte, Mch. 23.—Ran
som Weaver spent Saturday at
Batesville.
Several from here attendeci
the road meeting of District
No. 1 at Batesville last Tues
day.
M. B. Fallis made a business
P to Batesivlle Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ball re
turned to their home at Locust
Grove last Tuesday after a
pleasant viist here with rela
tives.
Miss Willie Taylor spent
last Wednesday at Batesville.
Misses Willie and Alice
Nichols visited friends in
Batesville a few days last
week. | " ^
Mrs. A. B. Weaver visited
relatives at Cave Creek from
Friday nutil Sunday.
Mrs. G. J. Lindsey returned
Wednesday from a pleasant
visit with friends at Newport
and Jacksonport.
• EDWARDS-WALBERT
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Edwards
have announced the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Hazel,
to Mr. Dale Delford Walbert,
which took place January 5 at
Searcy.
Mr. and Mrs. Walbert will
be at home after April T at
Batesville, where they will
make their home.
The announcement of Na
than Kinman as a candidate
for city marshal will be found
elsewhere in today’s paper.
Mr. Kinman is_well knowm to
! the voters of Newark and is
wfell qualified in every way to
make a good officer If elcted
| he will no doubt render the
people faithful and efficient
service.
Olive Thomas
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