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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, August 19, 1915
Vol. 15, No. 20
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FRANK IS LYNCHED
BY A GEORGIA MOB
Accused Slayer of Factory Girl
Kidnapped From Prison and
Hanged From a Tree.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 17.—Leo
M. Frank was kidnapped last
midnight from the Milledgeville
prison farm by a mob of twen
ty, who overpowered the
guards. He was whisked away
in one of the eight automobiles
carrying the lynching party and
was hanged from a tree near
Marietta, the birthplace of
. Mary i’hagan, the girl of whose
murder he was convicted.
His body and hands were
manacled in front and the body
was found dangling barefoot
this morning just off the high
way, two miles from Marietta.
A clotted crimson line down
his present garments showed
that the rope broke open the
wound in his neck inflicted by
William Green, fellow prison
er, recently.
The lynching occurred more
more than one hundred miles
from the prison.
The chief of police of Mari
etta today said he was investi
gating. but had no clue so far
as to the identity of the slay
ers.
Frank was evidently dead
several hours when the body
was found.
POSTMASTER ENDS LIFE
Calico Rock, Aug. 12.—R.D.
Mabry, postmaster at McPher
son, 10 miles west of here kill
ed himself at 6 o’clock this
morning by drinking poison.
Financial worries are believed
to have been responsible.
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PROGRAM FOR COUNTY
TEACHERS’ MEETING
The following program has
been arranged for the meeting
ing of the Independence Conn
ty Teachers Association, to be
held at Batesville on Saturday,
'September IS.
Scripture Reading. — Rev.
j Lockhart.
“Just Hoy 1 Organized My
jSchool This Summer.”—J. D.
Ford and Miss Lelah Wood.
“Why I Succeed Myself in
Teaching. If Not, Why Not?”
—R. A. Bell and Miss Otis
M orris.
“My Chief Object in Teach
ing.”—Edgar Holcombe.
“Some Things That May Be
Helpful to the YoungTeacher.”
—R. B. Vick.
Special Music.
“Conducting My Arithmetic
Class Just Beginning in Frac-1
tions.”—J. R. Bullington.
“An Ideal Decorated School-1
room.”— Miss Victoria Pick
ens and Miss Willie May Ma
‘ son.
“What To Do With Visitors
While You Hear a Class Reci
tation.”—Paul Luster, and W.
B. Morris.
General Discussion.
Every teacher in the county
<s urged to attend this meeting.
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REV. J. H. GRIFFIN DEAD
Rev. .J. H. Griffin, formerly
>f thise ounty, but for the past
year, pastor of the First Meth
odist church of Lon# Reach,
Cali., died of pneumonia at his
home in Long Reach on Thurs
day of last week.
Rev. Griffin was a son of
; Rev. Z. T. Griffin, formerly
of Magness, and was born and
reared in Independence coun
ty. He married a daughter of
Allan Keith who lives near
Ratesville. He is survived by
his wife and four children.
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AGED CITIZEN DEAD
Charles M. Newton died at
his home at Floral last Friday,
after a prolonged illness of kid
ney trouble.
He was 70 years old and had
been a citizen of that communi
ty for a number of years. The
remains were buried Saturday
at Cedar Grove cemetery at
Floral.
First National Bank
Newark, Ark.
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $6,500
C. M. t DWARDS, Pres.
G. M. FIELDS, V, Pre*.
E. B. CHESSER, Cashier
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THUS BA N K
•s ORGANIZED
UNDER AND
CONTROilLLED by
LAWS
ENACTED
THE <,lctr-r-Lig».J
ki I! 11! III il
J, v, T-r-r-,-,^
Rather Than Wait
For A Large Amount
With Which
TO START A RANK ACCOUNT
START NOW!
For While You Wait
DOLLARS DISSIPATE
You Hardly Can Tell How
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BUY BANK MONEY ORDERS
When sending money to distant points. The orders are payable
anywhere and are ABSOLUTELY SAFE.
FOR EXAMPLE
Amounts up to $5.00, cost...3 cents
Amounts of $5.00 to $30.00, cost...5 cents
Amounts of $30.00 to $75.00, cost..10 cents
Amounts of $75.00 to $100.00, cost..15 cents
ALLEGED TO HAVE
GIVEN BAD CHECKS
-Stock Dealer of West Plains,
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Mo., is Wanted Here For
Alleged Check Frauds.
A. W. Kinyon, a stpck deal
er of West Plains, Mo., is allcg
led to have issued worthless |
j checks for more than $400 in
payment for stock recently
purchased by him from farm
ers of this community.
The largest loser is T. V. R.
| Dorr who lives a few miles
j north of town, from whom
Kinyon bought a number of
head of cattle and sheep. Dorrj
sold Kinyon $396 worth of j
stock and accepted his check
in payment.
James Barber, living a few
miles north of town took Kin
yon's check for $52 in payment
for stock sold him and the
|check was turned down by the
bank at West Plains because
Kinyon had no funds there
with which to pay the check.
W. L. Hall, the local livery
man, got caught for $15, hav
ing accepted Kinyon’s check
for that amount in payment
j for a livery bill.
The stock bought by Kin-1
jyon, for which he gave the I
alleged worthless checks, had!
reached their destination and
had been disposed of- before
Kinyon’s shortage became
known to the bank here, and!
all efforts to head off the ship-!
ment and tie up the stock,prov
ed futile.
Mr. Hall and Mr. Dorr left;
| Tuesday for West Plains to in-1
stitute proceedings against Kin-j
yon.
Kinyon has been buyingstock :
in this community for some
'time, having bought several
icarloads of stock during the!
past spring and summer.He al
ways gave checks on a West!
Plains bank in payment for
same but no trouble was ex
perienced bv the bank here in
making collections until now.
Kinyon left here about a
week ago with the stock con
signed to Hoxie. It is not known
where he went from that place
’and all efforts to locate him
have proven fruitless.
K E N T- H U D D LESTO N
Sulphur Rcok, Aug. 17.—
Quito a surprise was sprung on
the many friends of Leslie Kent
and Mii-s Pearl Huddleston last
Sunday when it became
known that they had been unit
ed in marriage at Mt. Herrnon
church, a short distance from
this place, by Rev. F. L. C.lis
son, pastor of the Methodist
church here.
The young couple’s marriage
resulted from a romance which
‘culiminated during last term
of high school of which they
were students.
The bride is a very attrue
five young lady and has many
friends here, while the groom
is one of the city's most prom
ising young men.
After the wedding they re
turned to the home of the
groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
U. P. Kent, where a sumptuous
wedding supper was served.
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CALLS REV. FINLEY
Mtn. Home, Aug. 17.—Rev.
R. L. Finley of Sulphur Rock
has been called by the Bap
tist church of Mtn. Home as
pastor for the coming year,but
as yet he has not accepted. The
church here has been without
a pastor for several months.
WANTED TO BUY WALNUT
In logs or trees; highest
leash prices paid, standing or
f. o. b. railway or river. Addres
C. W. IIUNNICUT,
Augusta, Ark. ,
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HOLDS COLLECTOR
IS DUE COUNTY $453
Both Sides Displeased With
Verdict and Appeal Taken
To The Circuit Court.
In the .suit involving the an
nual s ttlement of Tax Collec
tor Burt Arnold, pending in the
iCounty Court at Batesville.the
' ttlement of the iollector was
sonfirmed insofar as the state’s
; part of the settlement is con
cerned. but Judge Wald rip
|held that Collector Arnold is
clue the county the sum of $453
| as interest and penalty.
The court held that the col
lector is due the county the
sum of $225 as interest on
deferred settlements and an
additional sum of $228 as pen
alty.
Attorneys for Mr. Arnold
|and also the atorneys for the
[exceptor gave notice of appeal,
i neither side being satisfied with
the decision of the countycourt
and the case will be taken to1
the circuit court.
Following is the bill of ex
ceptions filed by attorneys for
Mr. Walbert. attacking the i
settlement of the collector.
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In the Independence County
Court.
In the Matter of Exceptions
to Collector's Settlement.
Comes Thos. J. Walbert and
files this, his exceptions to the
[annual settlement of the Coun
ty Collector of Independence
|County, filed in this court on
July 7th, 1915, and for cause
of his exceptions he states:
That he is a citizen and tax
payer of the county of Inde
pendence and State of Arkan-,
sas, and files these exceptions
as such.
That said Collector in his
said settlement has failed to'
charge himself with certain
penalties, interest and differ
ences in value of funds receiv
ed and funds paid to the Coun
ty Treasurer, which are legal
charges against him,and which
accrued as follows:
i. l nat under the Act of I
the General Assembly of the >
State of Arkansas creating
County Depositories, and the;
Act ot May 4th 1911, amenda
tory thereof, it is made the |
duty of the County Collectorj
to pay to the County Treasurer
every fifteen days, and often
er il practicable, all county
funds, including school and
road funds, to the end that!
the same may he, by said I
Treasurer, deposited in said :
depository so that interest may !
accrue to the county thereon,
and it is further provided that
tor any failure to pay any of
such funds to said Treasurer
said collector shall forfeit to
the county the sum of five per
cent penalty for each period
ot litteen days on the amount
delayed, during such delay.
That said report shows that
on January 1st, 1915, there
was charged against said Col
lector as county funds, includ
ing road and school funds, the
sum of $84,953,90, and further
shows that said funds were
not paid over to the County
Treasurer as provided by law
for a period of more than 180
days, or, on the 5th of Julv,
1915.
That under the law mention
ed. said Collector is liable, as
a penalty for such delay, in
the sum of five per cent for
each period of fifteen days,
that during said delay there
were twelve periods of 15 days
each, making the total penalty
for which said Collector is
liable GO per cent, or the sum
of $50,972,34.
2. Your exceptorfurther re
presents to the court that in
addition to said penalty above
mentioned said Collector, by
reason of said delay has de
feated the county of Independ
ence of collecting or realizing
interest on said public funds
from the County Depository
during such period of delay.
That said County Deposi
tory, if said funds had been
turned over to it by the County
Treasurer, as provided by law.
would have paid, and Indepen
dence County would have re
alized interest thereon at the
rate of four and one fourth !
1 er cent annum, or a total of
$1,804.77, during such period
of delay.
That on account of the fail
ure and refusal of said Col
lector or to pay same over at
the time and in the manner pro
vided by law he has become
liable and chargeable with the
full amount of said interest.
3. For further exceptions
to said Collector’s report and
settlement, your Exceptor says:
1 hat under the Statutes of
the State of Arkansas in such
cases made and provided, it is
made the duty of the County
Collector to pay into the Coun
ty Treasury, in kind, all money'
collected by him, and upon
his failure to pay and turn
over said money in kind, he
shall be held liable for the
difference in value between
the funds received by him and
those paid over by him.
that said County Collector
(collected large amounts in
United States currency, nation
al bank notes, silver and gold
certificates and specie, but in
stead of turning over same to
the Treasurer in kind, he pro
cured county warrants and
scrip which had not been used
in the payment of taxes, and |
turned same over to the Treas
urer in payment of $20,000
due on account of United
States currency, national bank |
notes, silver and gold certi-:
iicatees and specie, actually
collected and received by him
in the payment of taxes.
That said county warrants
and scrip so delivered to said
Treasurer were of the value
of 90c on the dollar only, and
that the difference in value
between the funds so received
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I. M. RAILROAD INTO
HANDS OF RECEIVER
Purpose of the Receivership is
to Make Reorganization Pos
sible, it is said.
St.Louis, Aug. 17.—Benjamin
F. Bush, president and chair
man of the boards of the Mis
souri Pacific and of theSt.Louis
Iron Mountain and Southern
railways, today was appointed
receiver of the two lines by Cir
cuit Judge Adams at Wood
stock, Vt.
It developed today that the
purpose of the receivership is
to make possible an early fi
nancial reorganization of the
comany.
Receivers for the two roads
wich form the Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain system of ap
proximately 7,200 miles of
track, was asked in suits filed
by the Commonwealth Steel
Company on two claims L.»
apprrximatelv $200,000.
Iron Mountain Owes $140,000
The petition against the Iron
Mountain alleges that the de
fendant road is indebted to the
petitioner $55,335 for material
supplies and eqipment.andthat
the defendant has refused to
pay. It is alleged that the de
fendant is subject on its pro
perties to mortgages and other
liens, and that certain equip
ment owned by it is subject to
liens and reserved rights of the
vendors, which morgages se
cure indebtedness aggregating
more than $140,000 principal.
It is also charged thattheannu
al interest charges payable on
the indebtedness amounted, in
the fiscal year ending June 30,
1014, to more than $6,700,000.
It also is set forth that the net
income derived by the road
form its operation and all other
sources during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1015, appli
cable to the payment of such
capital expenditures as will be
necessary in the operation of
its lines, and to meet interest
payments, was less by $2,750,
000 than the same period in the
previous year.
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RESPITE FOR JOHNSON
The governor of Mississippi
has granted a respite of30days
to S. L. Johnson, who was con
victed of the brutal murder of
Elston Brewer, formerly of this
place, who was killed about
two years ago.
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REMEMBER!
I he 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 HACHINES,
BUCK STOVES, CARTS, BUGGIES,
SURRIES, WAGONS and AUTOS,
TENTS and AWNINGS, WAGON
and BUGGY'HARNESS.
C. W. MAXFIELD CO.
Batesville, Ark.
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