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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, August 12, IMI5
Vol. 15, No. 19
* CONLEY STILL AFTER
ALLEGED KIDNAPER
Man Who Caused Arrest of
Horse Trader Here Stiii in
Pursuit of Imaginary Villain
* L. L. Conley, the old man
who caused the arrest of Jim
Ersher, a horse trader, here
about a month ago, is in the
limelight again.
Conley walked into Van Bu
ren last Sunday and put the
officers wise to the fact that he
had walked all the way from
Newport in search of a man
who had kidnapped his daugh
ter.
uomey is now telling a cm
ferent story to the one he told
here when he caused the ar
rest of Ersher, the alleged kid-;
naper. He now says that while ;
he and his daughter were liv
ing oh their little farm, a
stranger drove in one night
near his place and camped.
The next morning Conley went
to town to attend to some busi
ness. and when he returned his
16-year old daughter, Anna,
was gone. He made an investi
gation and found that his
daughter had been persuaded
to leave with the stranger. Con
lev at once set out afoot hunt
ing for the man and his daugh
ter. I
When Ersher was arrested
here by Deputy Sheriff James
Vaughan, he declared that he
was guilty of no crime and had
made no attempts to kidnap
the girl or mistreat her in any
way. The girl corroborated
his statement, and when the
case was tried at Batesville
Ersher was released there be-1
ing no evidence on which to
hold him. After his release Er
sher went to Joplin. Mo., and
the girl went to the Hutchin
son neighborhood in the south
western part of the county j
where it is said that she has;
relatives, and it is supposed
she is still in that community, i
75 Tons of Gold is
Shipped to America
\ New York, Aug. 11.—A spe
Icial train carrying $52,000,000
I worth of gold and securities
which had been shipped by
Bank of England from London
by the way of Halifax, N. S.,
to this city, arrived here to
day.
i The train was composed of
jseveral steel cars and was
(guarded by 40 armed men.
■ Of the total shipment $35,
000,000 was believed to be in
the form of American double
eagles. The weight of the gold
|shipment was 75 tons. It is
said to be the largest ship
ment of gold ever sent across
i the Atlantic Ocean in one
vessel.
It was brought over in a
(British battleship, which was
(convoyed through the war!
zone and across the ocean by
a cruiser and a flotilla of tor
pedo boat destroyers to guard
against an attack of German
submarines. The cost of trans
ferring it from London to New
York was estimated today to
have been $250,000.
Robert E. M. Cowie, vice
president and general manager
of the American Express Com
any, said that the transfer was
the greatst risk ever taken by
an express company.
Eight policemen were sent
to meet the train here and
guarded the gold until it was
delivered at the sub-treasury.
,1. P. Morgan & Co., were
the exchange situation as the
the consignees. The purpose
; of the transfer of the gold was
understood to be to reinforce
British credit and to improve
English pound sterling has
. has depreciated of late. The
securitities are presumed to
be the basis for further ad
i vances to the British govern
ment.
If you have property for
sale, list it with the Newark
Real Estate Co.
First National Bank
Newark, Ark.
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $6,500
C. M. EDWARDS, Pres.
G. M. FIELDS, V. Pres.
E. B. CHESSER, Cashier
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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.
FOE EXAMPLE
Amounts up to $f>.0(), 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
FILE EXCEPTIONS TO
ANNUAL SETTLEMENT
Alleged That Collector Arnold
Handled Scrip Illegally and
Is Due County Big Sum.
Exceptions to the annual
settlement of county collector,
Burton Arnold, have been filed
in the County Court of Inde
pendence County by T. J.
Walbert, of Batesville, as a
tax-payer of Independence
County, in which it is alleged
that on the face of his settle
ment he held the county funds
for a period of more than one
hundred and eighty days, and
seeking to charge him, in his
settlement, for the statutory
penalty of five per cent for
each period of fifteen days
same were withheld from the
County Treasurer and the coun
ty depositary, and also for in
terest lost to the county by
reason of same being with
held. It is also alleged that Mr.
Arnold paid large amounts to
the treasurer in county scrip and
warrants, whereas he collect
ed said amounts in currency,
procuring county warrants at
a depreciated price and turn
ing same in on his settlement,
although the law rovides that
he shall settle “in kind.” and
seeking to hold him liable for
the difference jn value between
the currency received and the
warrants which he settled.
It is alleged that he collected
$84,953.34 and held same for
twelve periods of fifteen days
each, whereby he has become
liable for a penalty of 60 per
cent, or $52,777.11; that he
has defeated the county of in
terest on the same amount for
the same period of time, aggre
gating $1,804.77; and that he
discharged $20,000 of his in
debtedness to the county in
county scrip of the value of
90c on the dollar, or at a loss
to the county of $20,000
Attorneys tor the exceptors
say that there can be no such
liability as is sued for, as a
great deal of funds collected
by Mr. Arnold were paid dur
ing the latter part of the 180
day period, but since his re
port shows this liability, he
should be required to show that
he is not in default.
The treasurer’s settlement
shows that nothing was turned i
over to him by Mr.Arnold until
February 20th, or some 47 j
days after he commenced col-;
lecting; that the next payment I
I was made to him on March I
125th, after which payments
were made at intervals until j
May 27th, after which no pay
ments were made until July 6,
when something like $19,000
I was turned over.
| The case is being tried in
j County Court before Judge
[Waldrip at Batesville today.
The case had not been finish
ed when The Journal went to
j press at 4:30 p. m. and it is
|not likely that a decision will
be reached before Fridav.
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SANITARIUM FULL
The report of Dr. John Stew
jart, superintendent of the Ar
kansas Tuberculosis Sanita
rium at Booneville, for July,
j shows the institution as having
within two of its capacity,
i During the month there was an
j average of 108 patients in the
(institution. The capacity is 110.
[There was one death in the sani
tarium during the month.
EQUALIZATION BOARD
Gov. Hays has appointed
the following named citizens
as the equalization board for
Independence county.
W. W. Magner.s of Newark;
Geo. L. Bevens of Batesville,
and W. J. Caldwell of Oil
Trough.
DOCUMENTS THAT
ARE 141 YEARS OLD
Newark Man Has Documents
That are Probably the Old
est in the County.
J. D. Sturdivant of this place
Pus in his possesion some re
ceipts and other documents
that are probably the oldest
pap. rs of this kind in existence
ir: Independence county.
The oldest is a receipt bear
ing date of June 6, 1774, and
is therefore 141 years old.The
receipt was given by Samuel
Forgey to Wm, Sharp, who was
a r dative of Mr. Sturdivant’s
father, and is for the sum of
seven pounds, sixteen shillings
and ten pence, which was Mr.
Forgey’s share of an estate of
which Mr. Sharp was adminis
trator.
lie also has an order issued
by the court of Franklin coun
ty, Tennessee, dated in 1818.
The order was issued to .John
Sturdivant authorizing him to
take a list of the poll tax pay-1
ers and the taxable property in 1
a* certain portion of Franklin
county, and is signed by Abra
ham Rupell, clerk of the court.
Another is a tax receipt is
sued in 1822. It is written on
plain blank paper and contains
only the following wording,
which is quite different from
the present-day tax receipts:
“Received of John Sturdivant
in full of his State and County
Taxes for the year 1822,$7.97.”
SAMUEL HANDLY.
He also has a list of road
hands apportioned to his fath
er, John C. Sturdivant, as road
overseer of Road District No. 5
of White River township in
this county for the year 1861.
The list was issued by James
Rutherford, justice of the peace,
and contains the following
names: Thomas J. Eaves, R.M.
Mullin, J. Huff, George Hale,
John Clark, John Arbrough,
Wash Sturch, James Hender
son, Frank Cash, John Fetzer,
Sameul Fetzer, Benjamin Mag
ness, Wesley Sturch, Albert
Lock, William Brittain. Ewin
Clark and John Sturdivant.
MANY ARE DELINQUENT
Tax Assessor S. I). Lindsey
completed the work of assess
ing taxes last Saturday, having
closed his office at the court
house ami lefi Saturday night
for his home at Floral.
The total number of persons
who had assessed when he
closed his office Saturday night
was 4,815, as compared with
5,272 when he closed his otlice
last year. This shows a de
crease of 457 from last year,
and indicates an unusually
large delinquent list. Mr. Lind
sey will appoint deputies to
take the delinquent assessments
in the various townships at an
early date and a penalty will
be added to the assessment of
those who failed to assess dur
ing the legal assessing period.
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BURNS CALABOOSE
A few days ago officers at
Tuckerman laid a trap for a
blind tiger they had suspected.
They caught the offender, who
proved to be a stranger. The
jofiender being unable to pay
his fine, was locked up in the
town calaboose, a wooden
structure. Next morning the
I town found its bastile a heap
| of ashes, but failed to find any
indications that the prisoner
had been reduced to a like
state.
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iWANTED TO BUY WALNUT
In logs or trees; highest
cash price, paid, standing or
f. o. b. railway or river. Addres
C. W. HUNNICUT,
Augusta, Ark.
Supreme Court Clerk
Pays $1300 Shortage
Little Rock, Aug. 7.—More
than $1300 was paid into the
state treasury by l). P. English
clerk of the Supreme Court, as
a result of errors discovered
in his accounts by the legisla-1
tive investigating committee,
according to the report of the!
committee filed with Gov.
Hays yesterday. The report
includes a letter written to
Gov. Hays by Mr. English
August 2, in which Mr. Eng
lish admitted the errors and
indicated he would like to set
tle all of his indebtedness be
fore the report of the com
mittee should be published.
The report says that until 1915
no excess fees had been paid
into the treasury by the court
clerk for four years. Mr. Eng
lish explained this to the com
mittee by saying that “the
business, in the way of fees,
has been better during the last
two quarters than at any time
during the four years.
1,722 NEW PENSIONERS
A report from the State Au
ditor’s office shows that there
are 10,278'applieations forCon
federate pensions this year.
Last year there were approxi
mately 9,000. Of the applica
tions filed, 8,556 are from for
mer pensioners and 1.722 are
new applicants.
There is an increase of 21 in
the number of pensioners in
Independence county. There
were 167 pensioners last year
and there were 34 new appli
cants this year. There were 13
deaths, leaving a gain of 21 for
the year.
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WHITE SCHOOLS GAIN
Searcy, Aug. 10.—The an
nual report of County Superin
tendent of Schools J. F. Boggs
shows a gratifying gain in edu
cational progress in White
County. Statistics complied
from reports of enumerators
over the county show a total
of 11,869 white children of j
school age, and 773 negroes.1
an aggregate of 12,462 or a
gain of 403 over 1914.
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BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
The Independence Mission
ary Association will convene at
Magness onF riday, September
10. Rev. D. A. Allen of Cush
man is moderator apd Rev. G.
L. Fink of this place is clerk of
the- association.
FACTORY WILL BUY
NO MORE PEACHES
Has Put Up About 15 Cars and
Will be Busy Balance of
Season on Tomatoes.
The Newark Canning Com
pany has canned about 15 car
loads of peaches and the
better part of the crop being
practically all taken care of,
the company has decided to
handle no more peaches this
season and has notified the
farmers that no more peaches
will he bought after today.
The tomato crop is produc
ing well and the factory will
be kept pretty busy for the
next three weeks taking care
of tomatoes.
A little later the company
expects to handle a large
quanitity of sw%et potatoes
and pumpkins.
The factory is making a
slendid showing both in the
quanitity and quality of the
-output and the officials of
the company express themsel
ves as well pleased with the
season’s business so far.
HUDDLESTON-PELLEY
Sulphur Rock. Aug. 12.—
Clyde Huddleston of this
place and Miss Fannie Pel
ley of Elmo, were quietly mar
ried Monday at Newport.The
groom is a prominent young
man and is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. ,J. C. Huddleston. The
bride is an attractive young
lady and has many friends
here. They will reside in
Sulphur Rock.
LOST WATCH
On August 4, I lost between
the Galloway Hotel and the
bridge over Mud Creek, on the
road to Oil Trough, an Elgin
watch in open face, silver, dust
proof case, with one gold
hinge. Finder please return to
The Journal office and receive
reward. FRANKLIN PERRIN
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YOUNG-WALKER
.lames Young and Miss
Blanche Walker were united in
marriage at the home of Rev.
and Mrs. C. L. Fink last Sun
day at 3 p. m., Rev. G. L. Fink
officiating.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE
Good residence property in
[Newark for upland farm five
or six miles from town.
G. M. FIELDS.
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mg 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 flACMINES,
BUCK STOVES, CARTS, BUGGIES,
SURRIES, WAGONS and AUTOS,
TENTS and AWNINGS, WAGON
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