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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1922
VOL. 22 NO. 7
BRADFORD BOYS
KILLED BY TRAIN
Brothers Meet Instant Death
When Struck by Train at
Hoxie Saturday Night
Hoxie, May 28.—Two broth
ers named Goad, said to have
lived at Bradford, White coun
ty, were struck and instantly
killed by a north-bound pas
senger train at ltoxie about
midnight Saturday night.
rl he accident occurred in the
railroad yards about a mile
south of the passenger station.
It is believed the young men
were asleep on the track. They
were between 16 and 20 years
old it is thought. Both were
horribly mangled.
Engineer Charles W. Led
1 etter of Little Rock, in charge
of the engine which struck the
Goad brothers, is said to have
told officers here that he did
not see the two youths until he
was within a few feet of them.
The train was making about 45
miles an hour it is said.
GALLOWAY CLOSES
1 hree Independence County
Ladies Receive Diplomas
Searcy, May 31.—Fifty di
plomas and certificates were
presented at Galloway College
Monday night, at the close of
the thirty-second annual ses
sion. The address was deliver,
t d to the class by Dr. George
W. Droke, dean of the arts de
partment of the University of
^ ' Arkansas.
Three Independence county
young ladies were among the
graduates to receive the A. B.
deree. They were Miss Doro
thy Tollison, Miss Margaret
Babcock and Miss Clara Mc
Gill, all of Batesville.
Tupelo Minstrels, benefit
Masonic Lodge, at the Royal
Theatre Wednesday, June 7.
! MRS. GALLOWAY DEAD
Mrs. R. M. Galloway died at
I
her home here Thursday night
about midnight, following an
illness of several days from ;;
complication of troubles.
Airs. Galloway had been a
member of the Baptist church
for a number of years and al
ways took an active part in
church affairs.
As a tribute to her untiring
energy and loyality, it must be
said that credit for the erec
tion of the present Baptist
church building in Newark is
due largely to Mrs. Galloway
and Mrs. J. P. Magness who
were among the first members
of the church at this place and
who for a number of years
were among the most active
entergetic and loyal church
workers in the community, and
how much credit is due the in
fluence of those turn good
women in Newark ajf a time
when Christian influences wen
most needed, only/the final
reckoning of eternity can tell.
Among us all, Mrs. Galloway
stood always as a woman oi
culture, refinement and sympa.
thy, r. kind neighbor, a devoted
mother, a true friend, and a
woman of heroic mold whc
bravely met the stern require
ments, realities and dissapoint.
rnents of life.
Gone from the sight of
i neighbors and friends but in
! the home her life and her love
'and influence are stongerr than
j death. She is still the mother
i of the two dear children upon
(whom she doted with such
I motherly fondness and pride,
l And in life or in death, in the
entire category of human ex
perience, there is no word
i thought or deed comparable
with “mother.”
Funeral services were helci
Saturday afternoon at 2:30
Rev. .J. L. Brown and Rev. J. E
I Snell conducting the services
Burial was at Blue Springs.
She is survived by her hus
band, one daughter, Mrs. W
1). Hinson, and one son, F. L
Galloway.
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The man with money keeps it
in the Bank where it is safe
from fire or burglars or his
own extravagance.
When you carry your money in your pocket
the temptation to spend it is very great.
Greater than you think, for a few dollars here
and there for things you don’t need, soon
melt your pile away.
Put your money in the Bank. It is safe
there. Add to your balance every cent you
can spare. Soon you’ll be “a man with mcyiey
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkansas
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000.0Cf'
GETS JUDGMENT FOR
CATTLE SOLD BY TOWN
Gus Blythe Brings Suit *'or
Cattle Impounded And Sold
by City Marshal
Gus Blythe who lives a short
distance west of town brought
suit against the town of New
ark and V. L. Pascoe Jr. and
W. C. Edwards for a cow and
a heifer calf which were im
pounded by the city marshal
some time ago and sold.
The cow and calf were found
running at large on the streets
and were taken up by the mar.
shal and impounded. No own
er being found, the cattle were
sold by the marshal. The cow
was bought by W. C. Edwards
and the heifer was purchased
by V. E. Pascoe Jr.
Mr. Blythe thought the cat
tle had strayed off and it was
not until several days after
they were sold that he learned
that they had been taken up by
the marshal and sold.
He immediately brought suit
for their recovery and the case
was tried in Squire Burt’s court
Wednesday.
Mr. Blythe’s attorney attack-;
ed the legality of he sale ofi
the cattle on the ground that
the sale was not advertised in
a newspaper as provided by j
lawr.
He was awarded judgment j
i for the value of the cattle sold
j and $15 damages. The value
of the heifer was placed at
$17.50, with $5 damages. The
value of the cow was fixed at I
! $30 and he was given judg-j
ment for this amount and $10
damages.
The law provides before
impounded stock can be sold,1
they must be advertised in
some newspaper. It has been:
the custom to post notice of
the sale of impounded stock,1
and the notices were posted in
the case, but the marshal fail-;
ed to publish the notice of sale
in a newspaper.
J. R. Ajexander was attor
ney for Mr. Blythe, while S.
C. Knight represented the
town.
HOOPER ANNOUNCES
Will Make Race For County
and Probate -Judge.
The announcement ol' E. R.
Hooper as a candidate for
county and probate judge ap
pears in today’s paper.
Mr. Hooper is well known to
Iht* people of Independence
c ounty,having served four year
as county clerk, and there are
but few men in the county who
have more friends than Ed
Hooper..
Mr. Hooper, for a number of
years, resided at Salado where
he was engaged in farming
and stock raising. As a man
and a citizen, he has always
been clean, honorable and
square in his dealings with his
fellow man. As an officer, he
was careful, competent and ef
ficient in the discharge of his
official duties, and his genial
lend accommodating disposition
has won for him many friends
throughout the county.
He promises if elected
county judge, to use his best
efforts to give the people an
honorable, upright and busi
ness-like administration.
His past record as a citizen
and an official, are sufficient
assurance that the affairs of
the county will be in safe
hands should the people see
■ fit to elect him.
ALICIA BANK ROBBER
KILLED BY A GUARD
Orvil Reese Tries to Escape
From The Tucker Farm
and is Shot
Little Rock, May 31.—Orvil
Reese, aged 32, serving a life
sentence in the penitentiary for
murder, committed when Rev
W. A. Franks and F. M. Light,
a farmer, were killed by Reese
and his companions when they
attempted to rob the Bank of
Alicia last fall, was shot and
killed at the Tucker Farm
Wednesday morning.
George Duncan, trusty guard
at the farm who shot Reese,
told a coroner’s jury which was
empaneled by Justice James
Ford that the prisoner attempt
ed to attack him, and that he
fired in self defense. Duncan
was ordered held to the Jef
ferson County Grand Jury, and
was taken to Pine Bluff and
jailed.
Reese and another convict
named Sittle, while working
on the farm about 7 o’clock
this morning made a break for
liberty. Guards opened fire
on the two and Reese surrend
ered, Sittle made a circle
around the farm with the
bloodhounds on his trail,
ana .surrendered at the
stockade. Reese it is said was
‘'given the strap,” and put back
to work.
According to Duncan’s tes
timony before the coroner’s
jury, Reese started toward him
in a threatening manner. The
guard said he ordered Reese
to stop, but that the prisoner
continued toward him. Be
lieving the prisoner intended to
attack him, obtain possesion ot
his gun and escape, Duncan
•said he fired.
The nature of Reese's
wounds caused the coroner’s
jury to request that Duncan be
held for the Glrand jury, it is
said. Reese was s h ot
with a shotgun loaded with
buckshot. Sixteen shots are
said to have taken effect in hi.
body. Some of the shots ap
peared to have entered from
the back, while a local under
taker who embalmed the body
thisafternoon, and George Mor
ris, a member of the Honorary
Penitentiary Commission, who
examined it, said that the shots
entered underneath the left arm
some of them passing entirely
through the body.
Reese’s body will be sent to
Kansas City for burial at. the
request of his mother, Mrs.
Emma Burgeley.
Reese and two companions
whose names have never been
learned, attempted a daylight
robbery of the Rank of Alicia
on the 2nd day of last Novem
ber. Rev. W. A. Franks
and F. M. Light were killed
in a battle with the bandits in
the bank All the robbers es
caped, but Reese was so badly
wounded that his companions
abandoned him to his fate and
he was captured in a farm
house where he managed to
drag himself after his compan
ions left him on the roadside.
Reese was taken to Little
Rock and an opeartion was per
formed at the penitentiary hos
pital, where for some time
Reese hovered between life
and death. Upon his recov
ery he was tried in the circuit
court at Walnut Ridge and wa <
found guilty and given a life
sentence in the penitentiary.
He steadfastly refused at
all times to divulge the names
of the other parties who were
TEACHERS INSTITU TE
BE HELD NEXT WEEK
independence Ccunty Teachers
to Meet at Batesville On
Monday June 5.
The Independence County
Teacher’s Institute will he held |
at Batesville, beginning on
Monday June 5th, and closing
Friday the ninth.
Every teacher in the public
schools of the county is requir
ed by law to attend.
It is a busy time for teachers
who farm, but I hope that those
who are enaged in farming will
begin now to plan to be with us
every day during the week.
If we expect to continue in the
work, we cannot afford to miss
it. We hope to make t he work
interesting, pleasant and help
tul to all. When the week is
over we hope you can return
home feeling that it was time
well spent, and that you can
return with new ideas along
the line of teaching that will
be practical and' useful in your
school work.
“How do you do things in
school?” will be our watch
word during the institute.
Come and tell us something
good and new that you have
found helpful. Others would
like to know it.
Visitors and friends of the
public schools are always wel
come.
Very respectfully,
W. T. JERNIGAN
County Supt. of Schools
implicated in the robbery.
Reese’s death at the hands
of a guard probably closes
the case, as there will probab
ly never be any clue discovered
as to the identity of his accom
plices in the crime.
Tom Mix in one of his great
est picture at the Royal Friday
night.
5EASE FOUND GUILTY
SENTENCED TO CHAIR
N Dtorious Moonshiner Who
Killed Baxter County Farm
er Gets Death Sentence
Mtn. Home, May 29.—Her
at rt Seaae, charged with mur
:ler, May 3, in the south part
>f the county, near Buffalo, of
K. H. Davidson, was sentenced
in circuit court this morning
by Judge Pope to death in the
alectric chair. August 15 was
named as the date of excution.
A motion for a new trial was
overruled and an appeal was
taken to the supreme Court.
Sease, whose trial took place
Friday and Saturday of last
week, was found guilty of first
degree murder by the jury,
which made its report at 9:30
Sunday morning. The case
went to the jury early Satur
day night.
The trial of Sease, member
if a well known Baxter county
family, attracted county-wide
nterest. Large crowds at
tended the trial and there was
i great throng in the courtroom
Saturday night up to 11 o’clock
when the jury reported it was
unable to agree and was dis
missed under guard until Sun
day morning. There was an
other crowd in the courtroom
when the verdict was returned.
Sease seemed little perturb
ed by the verdict, which means
death unless his appeal to the
Supreme Court secures him a
reversal. Davidson, the mur
dered man, came to Baxter
county about a year ago from
Lhe North. He was shot from
ambush while at work on his
farm.
Sease is a notorious dispenser
if moonshine liquor, and
lease’s belief that Davidson
Tad given or would give infor
maiton about Sease’s liquor
leals is believed to have been
he motive for the killing.
Mrs. M. Balmaz
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