The Newark Journal
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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1921
VOL. 21 NO. 6
NEWARK HIGH SCHOOL
CLOSES FRIDAY NIGHT
Five Boys and Three Girls Will
Receive Diplomas at End
of This Term
The commencement exer
vises of the Newark i!igh
School will be held at the
high school auditorium Friday
evening, May 20, at eight
o’clock.
The close of this successful
school year brings one of the
largest graduating classes in
the histi ry of the school, and
the largest for several years
past, eight pupils having com
pleted the high school course
and will receive diplomas.
The graduating class s
composed of the following.:
Lawton, McClard, Nelson Fil
ler, Haile Roe, Ben Cox, Al
bert Benish, Alta Witt, Dollye
Byrd and Alma Childress.
B. W. Torreyson, President
of the State Normal School
will deliver the class address
Friday night and the follow
ing program will be rendere ».
Song.—“Come Thou Al
mighty King.”—Audience.
Invocation.—Rev. Jas. F
Jernigan.
Song. — “Commencement”
■—Class.
Salutatory—Alma Childre s
Class History and Prophecy.
—Lawton McClard.
President’s Address.—Haile
Roc.
Valedictory.—Dollye Byrd
Piano* Solo.—Vivan Raw
lings.
Delivery of Diplomas.—-Dr.
J. B. Roe.
So n g.—V a 1 ed i c t or y. ”— Cl ass.
Benediction.
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Charlotte, May 18.—C. L.
Mo; > e made a business trip
to Batesville Tuesday.
Hansom Weaver spent Wed
n< sday at Batesville.
Tax Assessor O. T. Jones
and Ids assistant, S. E. Wells
were here last week.
There will be Children’s
ilay services at the M. E.
Church next Sunday.
Mrs. G. W. Jernigan and
son, Ewell, spent Tuesday at
Batesville.
Rev. J. *F. Jernigan of
Newark preached at the M.
E. Church Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Kent of
Sharp visited Mrs. Allie Blair
Sunday night.
Mrs. Rebecca Moore of
Sulphur Rock visited her
daughter Mrs. Urban Brittain
last Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Rupert Kent of Sharp is
visiting his grandmother, Mrs.
Allie Blair this week.
RA1 ESVILLLE SCHOOL
HAS 31 GRADUATES
There will be 31 students in
the Batesville public school
graduating class, 13 boys and
18 girls, the largest class in the
history of the school.
FIFTH SUNDAY SINGING
There will be an all day
singing at Mountain Gap
church, Sunday, May 20. All
classes in the county have a
cordial invitation to attend.
Come and bring well filled
baskets. An old time singing
for both young and old.
W. A. BISHOP.
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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.
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkansas
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000.00
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WHAT IF SOMEONE
GOT A POT OF GOLD?
Unknown Parties Are Believ
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to Have Unearthed Hid
den Treasure'
The talk of drilling for oil
in this neighborhood, and the
gold fever which was preva
lent in this section of the coun
ty some time ago, and the
talk of people finding great
chunks of platinum in their
wells and going out and dig
ging up various kinds of min
erals right in their own back
arcs, evident/ put someone
to thinking who has a faseina
1; i. lor unewilling buried
t.'ja.a re. An 1 who knows?
Fh.. unknown person might
now have in his possession a
great, heaping pot of gold.
According to reports from
the Paroquet section there
has been for many years ru
mors of buried treasure on
the Scripp land, just north of
Paroquet. No one knew
where thv'se rumors originat
ed, or how many times thev
had been handed down from
person tc person, and no one
apparently cared, as no sig
nificance was attached to a
tale of buried treasure right
at the doer of the people of
that community.
dut evideri :. some person
took a fancy to the story and
believed in it sufficently to
put out a little manual labor
in an effort to locate the
spoils.
According to the rumor, this
treasi re was supposed to have
been hidden some time about
the outbreak of the civil war,
and whether it consisted of
geld or other valuables no
boay seemed to have heard
quite for certain. The loot
was suoposed to have been
hidden in the woods, and ac
cording to tradition surround
ing the story a turtle was
carved on a tree and the val
uables hidden in the immedi
ate vicinity of this tree.
i,asi oaiuruay persons in
the1 Paroquet neighborhood
discovered that quite a bit of
excavating had been done on
the spot mentioned and close
examination revealed that s
number of trees had been cut
i.ov.ii and a bote about four
teen feet square and probably
10 or 12 feet deep had been
dug, the searchers digging up
a number of stumps. That
they were rewarded with
something is evident from the
fact that numrous pieces of
pottery and some large earth
enware vessels were left on.
the scene, some of these being
broken into several pieces.
The only clue left by the
searcher was footprints, and
parties who visited the scene
I are of the belief that there
were two in number.
Who knows whether we
have buried treasure in our
own backyards or not? Did
you ever hear anyone relat'1
abt it valuables being buried
some place? The unknown
parties who believed in this
story about the buried treas
1 ure in the Paroquet neighbor
hood and struck their pick ac
cordingly might have been re
warded with great gobs of
gold, who knows—and they
might not.
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Paroquet, May 18.—We are
having fine weather. Most of
the farmers will finish plant
ing cotton this week.
The rivers are still over the
lowlands.
1). C. Selvidge made a busi
ness trip to Newark Thursday.
C. C. Whisnant made a
business trip to Newpo.t
Thursday.
Mavis Rayburn made a
business trip to Newport
Thursday.
Bud McClain made a visit
to Newport Thursday.
Whit Martin of Newark v as
a business visitor here Thurs
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Martin
spent Friday night at New
port visiting relatives.
Reed Galloway spent Sat
urday evening at Newark.
Roy and Ernest Wayman
made a business trip to New
ark Friday.
John Parks made a busi
ness trip to Newark Satur
day.
rims Me Caleb spent .Satur
day evening at Newark.
Reed Galloway spent Sun
day at Norfork visiting
friends.
Pete Comer of Logan town
ship spent Sunday here with
relatives.
Rev. James filled his regu
lar appointment here Sunday.
M. L. Wayman spent Sun
day at Magness with relatives.
Mrs. G. W. Yaney and
daughter, Etta, spent Sundav
in Logan township visiting rel
atives.
Charles Prather of Bates
ville was looking after his
farming interests here Mon
day.
Mrs. Jennie Owens of New
ark spent Monday here visit
ing relatives.
Jas. Porter made a busi
ness trip to Newport Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Yaney
spent Sunday in Logan town
ship visiting relatives.
FIXING IT UP FOR
NEW POSTMASTERS
There are 52,332 postmast
ers in the country, of whom
39,433 are in the fourth class,
and these are protected by
the civil service. There are
also 700 postmasters in oific >
of the first class; 2,617 of the
second class; and 9,582 of the
third class. President liar 1
inpr has issued an order which
says that “obviously these offi
ces are business agencies of
the government in legal pur
poses and should become so
in fact.” The process of ap
pointment for these places,
upon expiration of the terms
I of those holding offices, “shall
be made rfom one of the three!
highest elgibles,” says the!
President, who also states:
“This order applies to all
present incumbents of post
offices whoso terms have ex
pired and will apply to all
incumbents as their present
terms expire.
There should be plenty of
comfort in that for “the man
who won the election last i
fall.”
See The Journal for good printing.
JACKSON COUNTY
MAN FOUND DEAD
Thought to Have Been Killed
by Train, But Later Indi
cations Point to Murder
Russell Beck, a white man
about 25 years of age, was
found dead beside the Mis
souri Pacific track about a
mile south of White river
Thursday of last week.
It was at first thought that
he had been accidentally kill
ed by one of the early morn
ing fast trains, but at the cor
oner’s inquest, held late Thurs
day afternoon, which did not
finish its work until Friday
noon, a verdict that Russell
Beck came to his death
through the use of a sharp in
strument in the hands of an
unknown person was return
ed.
l he case has caused consid
erable discussion and very few
are new holding to the belief
that death was accidental,
most of them being of the be
lief that Reck was murdered
near his home and the body
placed beside the railroad
track to cover the murder.
The only evidence of an in
jury was a gash on the side
of the head, made, perhaps
with an axe. Reck was mar
ried last February to Mrs.
Will Sutherland. Reek's fun
eral was held Friday after
noon at Newport.
It is generally believed that
Reck was murdered and his
body placed beside the rail
read track in an effort to con
ceal the crime.
Pearl White at the Royal
Friday night in a big sev n
reel feature. She is the star
who played in “The Rlak Se
cret.
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CLUB MEETINGS
The County Agent attended
the meetings cf the Magness
and Cushman clubs last week
and the attendance was good
at both places. The Magness
club will have its next meeting
Thursday, May 2G, at 1:30 p.
m., and the Cushman club Fri
day, May 27, at 2:00 p. m.
Articles will be prepared on
the following subjects by club
members: “How I make my
pig gain a pound a day.” “How
often, how deep, and how late
to cultivate corn.” “Varieties
of Chickens” “Feed for chicks”
“Lice and Mites” and “Chicken
houses and coops.” We will be
glad to have the parents meet
with us at any time.
TERRACING
The County Agent has no
ticed in going over the county
that there are many farms
that need terracing badly.
Erosion not only forms deep
gullies causing a direct loss of
land for cultivation, but wash
es away the upper part of the
soil which is the most fertile
rarL It is nor necessary in
terracing to lose any part of
the land for cultivation ex
cept where the slope is unus
ually steep. On moderate
slopes the rows can be run
across the terrace, or better
still, can be run parrellel to
the terrace with one row on
top of it. If your field is
washing figure on putting in
some terraces. The County
Agent will gladly help you in
every way possible.
REPLANT YOUR CORN
If you did not get a good
stand of corn be sure to re
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PEARL WHITE
Darling of Thrills
In Her First Big
Special Feature
Big Seven Reel Super Pro
duction with an amazing
Spiritual twist. The story
of a plucky girl who fought
her way back against the
m o s t tremendous odds
Sounds the Uttermost Depths of
the Human Emotions
FRIDAY, MAY 20
Snub and Sambo Comedy
ROYAL THEATRE
Admission 15c and 30c