The Newark Journal.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, September 14, 1916
Vol. 16, No. 24
YOUNG LADY DROWNS
IN RIVER THURSDAY
Miss Eloise Mims Loses Her
Life While in ^Bathing With
Party of Young Friends.
The entire community was
profoundly shocked last Thurs
day evening when it became
known that Miss Eloise Mims
had drowned while in bathing
with a party of friends in
White river near Oil Trough.
The tragic accident which
removes one of Newark’s most
estimable young ladies who
was just budding into young
womanhood, cast a shadow of
gloom over the entire commun
ity.
The accident occurred about
5 o’clock Thursday afternoon,
and the body was immediately
rescued and brought to hei
home in Newark.
Thursday afternoon a party
of friends consisting of Mrs.
Kate Magness.Mrs. H. A. (lire,
and little daughter, Lorene,
Miss Eloiso Mims, Miss Minnie
McMillan, Miss Vane Drennen,
M. L. Arnold. Jr., and little T.
J. Mims drove to the river in
Mrs. Magness’ car to go in
bathing.
A place on the river known
as the “Ray,” about a half
mile below the Oil Trough fer
ry, affords a splendid place
for bathing parties and this
sport has been freely indulged |
in there by the people of New
ark during the past few
months.
Arriving at the river, all the .
party except Mrs. Magness had \
donned-their bathing suits and
were enjoying the water. None
of the party were good swim
mers, and little T. J. Mims roll
ed a log of considerable size
into the water for Mrs. Giro1
who used it for some time in !
assisting herself to swim. Tir
ing of it, she gave the log to
the girls. Eloise and Vane
Drennen got on the log and
young Arnold was pushing
them out into deep water,when j
the log suddenly turned and
both young ladies lost their j
hold on the log and it gotaway j
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TAX ASSESSMENTS
SHOW AN INCREASE
Personal Assessment For Inde
pendence County ShowsGain
of $36,560 Over Last Year.
Tho report of Tax Assessor
S. I). Lindsey, filed with the
county clerk a few days ago,
shows the following assess
ments for independence coun
ty for 1916:
\Vhit£ poll tax payers, 5,
712; colored poll taxpayers,
256; total 5,368.
5,040 horses_$187,250
14.822 cattle_151,830
4.822 mules_214,735
3,113 sheep and goats 3,005
22,072 hogs_ 34,345
3,605 vehicles __ 72,240
814 watches and .jew
elry _ 10,500
851 musical instru
ments _ 33,605
Goods and merchan
dise _ 258,406
Bank stock_141,390
Machinery and manu
factured articles-- 123,090
Money, notes and ac
counts__ _ 377,110
Money invested in joint
stock companies __ 35,590
Money in bonds_ 4,115
Silverware and cut
glass _ 1,815
Office fixtures, etc__ 13,515
Household goods_210,155
The total personal assess
ment is $1,874,280, which is an
increase of $36,560 over last
year.
MILLING COMPANY TO
BUILD GRAIN ELEVATOR
Arkadelphia, Sept. 11.—
The Arkadelphia Milling.Com
pany will soon let the contract
for the construction of a huge
grain elevator. The elevator
will be modern, with concrete
cylindrical bins. There will be
11 elevators, each 100 feet
high, and a total capacity of
150,000 bushels of wheat. The
mill has been straining its ca
pacity for many months, and
has been forced to store large
quantities of wheat in eleva
tors at Little Rock.
j First National Bank
NEWARK, ARK
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $6,000
C. M. Edwards, Pros
G. M. Fields, V. Pros.
E. B. Chesser, Cnshier
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PROHIBITION RALLY
HELD IN LITTLE ROCK
Mayor of Capital City Makes
Strong Argument in Favor of
Present Prohibition Law
Little Rock, Sept. 1,3.—Many
out of town people were in at
tendance at the ail-day prohi
tion rally, held in Little Rock
yesterday,and a resolution pro
viding for an injunction suit
to prevent a vote on Act No. 2,
to repeal the state wide law,
was unanimously endorsed, the
suit to be instituted on the
ground that the petition con
tained a large per cent of ille
gal signatures.
One of the features of the
rally was an address by Mayor
Taylor of Little Rock, who cit
ed many proofs oi the salutary
influence of the prohibition
law.
The mayor declared the of
ficers of Little Rock had met
with such success in an earnest
effort to enforce the law, and
that the evils from liquor have
been reduced even greaterthan
was expected.
Below are given some of the
testimony offered of the bene
ficial influences of the prohibi
tory law:
In eight months of 191b
there were 2,967 cases in the
Little Rock municipal court,and
the corresponding six months
this year there were only 1,
592.
The Pulaski county grand
jury reported that “it returned
fewer indictments and incurred
less expense than any preced
ing for many years.”
The first eight months of
1915 there were 975 colored
and 451 white prisoners in the
county jail, and for the same
months this year there were
404 colored and 204 whites.
The Fort Smith records for
the first twelve months when
there were no saloons show a
total of 2,226 arrests, for all
offenses, against 5,697 for the
preceding twelve months of sa
loons.
The first six months of this
year there were 554 arrests in
Argenta, against 1,964 for the
same period last year.
It is estimated that 150
packages of liquor are receiv
ed daily in Little Rock and 50
in Argenta, averaging four
quarts to the package. This
gives an average annual con
sumption per capita under the
present law of four quarts,
compared with an average an
nual consumption for the
whole country, according to
the United States revenue sta
tistics, of 99 quarts.
There had been an increase
of 10 per cent in the number
of real estate transfers in Little
Rock.
There has been an increase
of 456 telephones in use. and
merchants in ten lines of busi
ness consulted testify that col
lections have been much better
and that sales show a steady
increase.
There whs a gain of 2,702
car loads of freight received
over the various railroads, and
of 3,949 car loads in outward
bound shipments.
The postal receipts at the
Little Rock postoffice, for the
twelve months ending June 30,
show an increase of $360,543.
63. The bank deposits for eight
months under prohibition show
an increase of $3,500,000 and
the bank clearings a gain of
$11,000,000 while there has
been an increase of 25 per cent
in the number of patrons of the
building and loan associations,
showing many more people are
paying for new homes.
Statistics from other cities
where saloons existed were
presented, showing the good
results from prohibition.
FARM MEETINGS TO
BE HELD NEXT WEEK
County Agent Announces Com
mittees to Have Charge of
Arranging Local Details
I wish to call attention to the
farmers, and all interested in
farming throughout the county
to the meetings to be held Sep
tember 18 to 22 inclusive.
In arranging the places for
meetings, I have, as nearly as
possible, placed them over the
County so that any one desir
ing may attend at least one of
these meetings. I do hope that
all will help with their pres
ence, for to have visitors come
to help us in this work, and
have to talk to empty benches
is a most discouraging feature.
Surely we, in this county are
interested in BETTER ^ARM
ING METHODS. Then let us
show our interest by hearing
what those who know have to
say.
We are fortunate in having
assigned to the work in this
county Messrs. W. C. Lassetter,
J. S. Knox, Dean J. II. Miller,
and Miss Marcella Arthur.
Knowing the speakers person
ally, I can assure all that they
will be well entertained and in
structed in lines that should in
terest all.
I have suggested to commit
tees appointed at each meet
ing place, that perhaps a picnic
luncheon might add much to
the occasion, as it would give a
social feature that: would other
erwise be lost, however, this
we are leaving with the com
mittees.
Noting th#» fact that we have
a lady speaker on the program
goes to extend to the ladies, as
well as the men an invitation
to attend the meetings. We
want all who are interested in
progressive Agriculture.
The Committees asked to
look after this work for the
different places are as follows:
Newark. Sept. 18.—Judge
F. C. Hoyt, C. P. Vaughan, W.
E. Self.
Charlotte, Sept. 19.—E. L.
.Jemigan, C. L. Moore, G. W.
Purcelly.
Rosie, S ept. 20.—Henry
Hooper, George Wyatt, G. L.
Krammer.
Hickory Valley, Sept. 21.—
Wilbur Jackson, J. R. Gray,
Henry Burrow.
Batesville, Sept. 22.—C. D.
Metcalf, J. Q. Wolf, R. A.
Dowdy.
I had expected to visit each
member of these committees
this week, and talk over these
matters with them, but having
been called on to help out in
some work in Jackson county,
this will be impossible. Let me
then in this way, urge commit
tees and individuals through
out the County to do all you
can to make as much success
of these as is possible. Show
your interest in Progressive
Agriculture by attending these
meetings. We want not the
men only; but the entire fami
lies.Bear in mind the dates and
places and be with us at as
many meetings as possible.
J. E. McKELL,
County Agent.
COMMISSIONERS FOR
GOOD ROAD NAMED
Judge F. C. Hoyt has ap
pointed Dr. V L. Pascoe, W. E.
Self and C. M'. Edwards as
commissioners for the propos
ed Newark-Cord good road
which local business men and
others are promoting. It is an
nounced that the new7 tractor
will be here tomorrow and will
be put to work on the road im
Ynediately.
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Cotton is up a little today
and is selling at 1514. A total
of 260 bales had been sold
here this season up to noon to
day. Seed are now7 worth $40
a ton on the local market.
FEVER TICK WAR IS
PUSHED VIGOROUSLY
—
Eight Counties During August
Operated 391 Vats and Dip
ped 84,184 Head of Cattle
Cattle tick eradication work
was prosecuted vigorously in
Baxter, Franklin, Independ
ence, Izard, Johnson, Logan,
Searcy and Sebastain counties
during August, according to
the monthly summary compil
ed by the bureau of animal
industry with the United States
department of agriculture.Dur
ing the month 84,184 head of
cattle,comprising 10,809 herds,
were dipped. Of the total num
ber dipped 24,525 cattle were
infected with ticks when dip
lied.
A table showing the number
of cattle dipped in the eight
counties during August, fol
lows: t 1
County Cattle
Baxter _3,408
Franklin _14,361
Independence_11,431
Izard_4.218
Johnson _17,104
Logan _11.194
Searcy _10,390
Sebastian_12,058
Total_84,184
Searcy County led in the
number of dipping vats in op
eration, with a total of 75.
Johnson was second, with 70,
while Baxter county had the
least number, eight, in the
eight counties there were 391
vats in operation.
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NEWPORT BAKERY
BEING ENLARGED
Newport, Sept. 13.—H. E.
Sullivan of this city, who has
installed one of the largest
power-mixing plants ofEastem
Arkansas in his bakery here,
has just completed a modern
baking oven that will increase
the capacity of his plant more
than 100 per cent, the increas
ed capacity being made imper
ative by increased business
since the town has taken a new
start to grow after overflow re
verses.
BAPTISTS ORGANIZE
NEW ASSOCIATION
Rev. J. L. Brown Head of New
Association,Which will Meet
Again on October 27.
A meeting was held at Ma
cedonia last Tuesday for the
purpose of organizing an asso
ciation of the Landmark Bap
tist churches of Independence
county.
The attendance was not as
large as had been hoped for,
but a goodly number were
present and an organization
was effected by the election of
Rev. J. L. Brown as moderator
and W. D.Bullington clerk and
treasurer.
Messengers were present re
presenting a number of the
Landmark Baptist churches of
the county and it is expected
that all the churches of this
branch of the Baptist church
will in a short time become af
filiated with the newly organ
ized association.
The chief difference that has
arisen to cause a division among
the members of the Baptist de
nomination seems to be the
manner or method of doing
mission work. This division has
recently become so marked as
to cause an alignment of the
churches either with the Land
mark wing or the Convention
branch of the organization.
Another meeting of the new
ly organized association will be
held at Maple Springs on Fri
day night before the fifth Sun
day in October. Rev. J. I. Mar
tin of Cord was chosen to
preach the introductory ser
mon, with Rev. J. F. Cossey of
Newark as alternate. At this
meeting, further details of the
organization will be perfected.
Invitations have been extended
to all Raptist churches in sym
pathy with the principles ad
vocated by the Landmark ele
ment to send messengers tothis
meeting, and a large attend
ance is expected.
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