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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1918
VOL. 18, NO. 38
NEGRO LYNCHED
BY MOB AT
NEWPORT LAST
Enraged Citizens Hang Black
Who Murdered Popular
Police Official
Newport, Dee. 19.—Follow
ing a pistol duel on the streets
here last night in which Chas.
Williams light police for the
last two years, was killed in
stantly and Chief of Police
Gus C. Martin was wounded
a mob forced its way into the
county .jail, seized the negro
who did the shooting and
strung him to a tree in the
railroad park near the depot.
While the mob was sawing
the bars of his cell the negro
wrote a note addressed to his
wife at lv>03 Jones street.
Little Rock, and signed Willie
Robinson, in which he told her
he was going to be hanged and
asked her to meet him in hea
ven. Another report was that
he was Fred Jones and thal he
lived in North Little Rock. A
card was found on him bearing
the name of Rev. C. <C. Chur
chill.
The negro arrived at New
port on local passenger train
No. 33 at H p. m. last night.
It is said Chief Martin and
Officer Williams had a circu
lar describing the negro and
asking that he be apprehend
ed, and that the negro also
carried a suitcase filled with
whiskey. When the officers
called on him to surrender he
| began firing. Patrolman Wil
liams fell at the first shot, kill
ed instantly. Chief Martin
was shot in the shoulder and
face, but his wounds are slight.
The negro was captured by
other officers and taken to the
county jail. The sheriff lock
ed him in his cell and then
left the jail, taking the keys
with him.
A mob quickly formed at
the jail. A key to the building
was found in the sheriff’s of
fice,'but the mob was forced
to saw through the bars to
the negro’s cell. It was while
they were sawing the bars
that the negro wrote the note
addressed to his wife in which
he told her goodbye. He gave
the note to someone in the mob
I who agreed to mail it.
Having secured the prison
er the mob marched silently
to te little railroad park near
the depot, secured a rope and
strung him up. This was at
10:15 p. m. Women and
children were in the mob and
witnessed the hanging and the
whole town was in a great
state of excitement.
The negro is middleaged, of
large build, weighing about
240 pounds. He told the
mob he procured the Whiskey i
from a man who lives at Ten
th and Railroad Streets in
Little Rock.
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or a nice outfit for your boy, it will
pay you to go or send to J. B. Fitz
hugh & Brother, Batesville, Arkansas
We Still Have a Big Stock to Select
From as we Keep New Goods
Coming in Constantly
For a nice Christmas present give him
a Mack an w, a pair of Corduroy Pants,
a Silk Shirt, a pair of Gloves or a nice
Rain Coat. You will find the largest
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MRS. W. L. HALL DEAD
Mrs. Emogene Boyce Hall,
wife of W. L. Hall, died at \
the family residence in the j
north part of town Wednes-j
day afternoon about 2 o’clock, j
following an attack of influ-!
enza and pneumonia.
Mrs. Hall was 32 years old. j
She was a member of the
Methodist church and was a
most estimable Christian lady,
'-'he is survived by her husband
and three children, Georgia,
Boyce and Stanley, also three
step-children, B. A. Hall, W. 1
L. Hall, Jr. and Miss Virginia ‘
Hall; her father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Boyce and
several sisters.
Funeral services were con- 1
ducted at the residence by
Rev. J. E. Snell this afternoon !
at 1 :30 and the remains were 1
buried at Blue Springs at 1
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MRS. G. A. MAYHAN DEAD
Mrs. G. A. Mayhan died
last Friday night about 11
Tclock at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. E.
-lark, following an illness, of
nfluenza and pneumonia.
She was 18 years old and
s survived by her husband,
ler lather and mother, five
listers and three brothers.
The remains were buried
Saturday at Mt Zion, Rev.
icbert Bowman conducting
uneral services.
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WILLI AMSON-HOLDERBY
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Herman Williamson and
diss Bertie Lee Holderby were
narried at the home of Rev.
ind Mrs. E. A. Horn on Tues
lay evening at 7 o’clock. Rev.
lorn foficiating.
They are splendid young
>eople and The Journal most
leartily joins their many
riends in extending congratu
ations and sincere good W’ish
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DR. W. P. MOORE WILL
RETURN TO LITTLE ROCK
Dr. W. P. Moore of this
place who was formerly on
the staff of the State Hospital
alt Little Rock, has been re
elected to his former position.
Dr. Moore resigned some time
ago to enter the medical corps
of the U. S. Army, but was
recently discharged from the
ai my.
He was this week offered
bis former position on the
nedical staff of the State Hos
pital and has accepted. He
»vill go to Little Rock to re
sume his duties on December
17.
CONSTITUTION DEFEATED
The proposed new consti
ution for Arkansas was re
jected by the people in the
special election held last Sat
urday. Complete official re
urns are not in for all coun
ies, but latest returns show a
najority of about 3,000 again
t the constitution. A very
ight vote was polled through
>ut the state.
Independence county gave
i majority of more than 4 to
against the constitution.
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'ROMINENT NEWPORT
ATTORNEY DEAD
Silas D. Campbell, one of
he best known la wyers in
lorth Arkansas died at his
tome in Newport last Satur
lay night following a brief
llness.
He was 51 years old and is
urvived by his wife and two
hildren.
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T. L. HENDERSON DEAD
Thos. L Henderson died at
is home in Wycough town
hip la3t night about 11 o’
lock following an illness of
everal weeks of kidney trou
le.
He was about 60 years old
nd is survived by his wife and
ne brother, A. A. Henderson
f Whitney. Fla.
CONTINUE SALE OF
W.S.S. DURING 1919
New Series of War Stamps Of
fered Next Year Will Ma
ture in 1924
The program for sale of war
savings stamps in 1919, an
nounced by the U. S. Treasury
Department at Washington, is
almost identical with that fol
lowed this year relating to
cost of the stamps in various
months. In January the
stamps worth $5 face value
will be sold for $4.12 and will
increase one cent a month un
til next December. They will
not mature until January 1,
1924 or one year later than
the stamps now on sale.
Thrift stamps costing 25
cents each will be sold throu
ghout the year. They will oe
identical in design and size
with the present thrift stamps
but will be blue instead of
green. The war savings
stamps also blue, are conrid
erably smaller than the pres
ent isue.
iNew card on which stamps
arc to be atached will be is
sued and 1919 stamps should
not be attached to old cards.
If a war savings certificate has
been only partly filled with
this year’s war savings stamps
it will be valid and redeemed
at the maturity value of the
stamps it bears. The new
stamps will go on sale January
1.
Indication-now are that the
sale of war savings stamps this
year will b<> about $1,000,000,
000.
BUY BIG PLANTATION
IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
Jake and Hugh Magness Buy
Fine Plantationn and Will
Move Soon
One of the biggest real es
tate deals ever consumated in
this section of the state was
made last week when T. J.
Raney of this place closed a
deal wtih ,1. P. Magness of
Little Rock and H. T. Magness
of this place for the sale of
the Frank Sloan plantation
near Marked Tree.
The plantation was owned
by Frank Sloan of Imboden,
and consists of about 1800
acres, lying in a body on the
Tyronza river in Poinsett and
Mississippi counties. It is said
to be one of the finest and
most productive plantations in
eastern Arkansas.
'Fhe plantation contains a
fine brick residence with all
modern c< nveniences, includ
ing an electric light plant and
a system of waterworks.
There are also 30 tenant hous
es on the plantation. The
price paid for the plantation
is $175,000.
J. P. Magness who moved
from here to Little Rock a few
years ago has recently sold
his Arkansas river plantation
near Woodson. He will move
from Little Rock to his east
ern Arkansas plantation about
the first of the year. H. T.
Magness of this place will al
so move to the Eastern Ark
ansas plantation in the near
future.
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Begins With The ArrivaiofTEc^tocR|
When material is received at the immense StudebaKer
lumber yards it is inspected piece by piece as it is being un
loaded from cars—every piece must be up to specifications—no
brashness, windshaKen or worm holes in StudebaKer materials'
The StudebaKer lumber yards cover almost 80 acres and
every piece of woodstocKin
them is carefully inspected
before being piled for air
drying.
Come in and see the
StudebaKer. Let us show
why it's the best wagon
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We Have Handled 1
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Studebakers 1
For Over Forty Years and Know There 1
are None to Compare With Them 1
C. W. MAXFIELD CO
Batesville, Arkansas ’