The Newark Journal.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, February 10, IP 16
Vol 15, No. 45
AGED LADY FOUND
DEAD IN WOODS
Lawrence County Woman,Miss
ing Since December, Found
by Men Hunting Hogs.
Walnut Ridge, Feb. 8.—The
body of Mrs. Alice Lupkin, 70
years old, who disappeared
December 27, was found‘today
in the woods in a sitting pos
ture, leaning against a tree.
She lived with her husband
and stepson about 10 miles
north of Walnut Ridge, in the
Fender community. December
27 she visited a Mrs. Latham,
a half mile from her home.
W hen she It it Mrs. Latham she
said she was going home, but
she was not seen again. It is
supposed she Jost her way and
died of exhaustion and expos
sure.
It is said that inquires by
neighbors were met with con
flicting stories, and that such
indifference was displayed that
neighbors organized a search
ing party end about 40 men
went, but failed to find her.The
body was accidentally found by
some men who were hunting
hogs.
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3 DROWN IN FLOOD
Helena, Feb. 3.—The first
loss of life on account of the
floods and bitter cold were re
ported here this morning by
persons arriving from the vi
cinity of Melwood.At that place
a negro man, his wife and child
were drowned when their boat
capsized in the overflow. At
Elaine a negro man was found
dead in the edge of the water
on the railroad dump. He had
frozen to death during the
night.
447,726 PUPILS ARE
ENROLLED IN SCHOOL
Number of Students in the
Schools of Arkansas Show a
Substantial Increase
Of 6 19,689 persons of school
age in Arkansas in 1915, there
were 447,726 enrolled in school
according to statistics just com
piled by the state superintend
ent of public instruction.
Of the total number ofschool
age, 460,1 15 represented the
white school population and
189,554 the negro school popu
lation. Of those enrolled, 332,
914 were white pupils and 114,
812 were negroes. The total en
rollment was increased 8,102
over the previous year.
During the school term 8,
530 white teachers and 2,132
negro teachers were employed
in Arkansas, a total increase
over the previous term, of 301.
The average length of the
school term was 134 days, an
increase of 5 days over the pre
vious term.
There were erected 321 new
school buildings at a total cost
of $632,969. The new schools
made a total of 6,548 in the
state, of a total value of $12,
660,849.
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FIRE DESTROYS STORE
AT MAGNESS
Snapp & Smith's store at
Magness was totally destroyed
by fire about 2 o’clock last Sun
,day morning.
it is not known how the fire
originated, as the flames had
gained considerable headway
before being discovered.
The loss on building and con
tents is estimated at about $4,
500. with $3,000 insurance.
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First National Bank
NEWARK, ARK
CAPITAL. $25,000
SURPLUS $6,000
C. M. Edwards, Pres
G. M. Fields, V. Pres.
E. B. Chesser, Cashier
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Even with One Dollar
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Because It Starts the Saving
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When Sending Money to Dis-V
tant points. They are payable
anywhere and are SAFE.
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OFFICIAL RETURNS
OF OLD ELECTION
Interesting Figures Taken From
Returns of Democratic Pri
mary in This County in 1894
At this time,when everybody
is more or less interested in pol
itics, we believe it will be of in
terest to the readers of The
Journal to read again the re
turns of an election held more
than 20 years ago, when a num
ber of Newark citizens were
candidates for office.
Through the courtesy of a
friend who preserved a copy of
the official returns of the Dem
ocratic primary held July 14,
1894, nearlv 22 years ago, we
publish he following, showing
the total vote received by the
various county candidates:
For State Senator.—T. b,
Padgett, 469; A. G. Gray, 904;
J. C. Yance'y 692.
For Representative.—F. M.
Martin. 1,070; G. W. McCaul
ey, 905; A. M. Hitchcock, 1.
187; E. D. Farish, 665.
1 For County Judge.—J. f.
Bone, 377; W. B. McClendon.
445; W. G. Wilson, 537; M. L.
Arnold, 840.
For Circuit Clerk.—Clint
Jackson. 454;George Case,525;
George Moore, 536 ;T. H. Bear
ing. 666.
1 for County ,Clerk.—W. E.
Bevens, 557; George Young,
851; Byers Smith, 228; C. D.
Churchill, 522.
For Sheriff.—C. M. Flinn.l.
237; J. T. Warner, 103; J. A.
Hardy, 022; O. M. Pennington.
230.
For Tax Collector.—M. Mc
Clure, 404; R. M. Desha, 1,055.
For Treasurer.—R. J. Scott,
182; S. B. Earnheart, 707; E.
F. Matheny, 828; Franklin Per
rin. 408.
For Tax Assessor.—J. W.
Miller, 420, D. L. Baker. 248;
S. K. Childress, 184; E. W.Pas
coe. 529; C. C. Kirkland, 92;
A. C. Baker, 209; John Austin,
182; G. O. Magness, 327.
For Coroner.—J. S. Parsons,
327; Jeff Egner, 435; C. A.
Bandy. 342
For Surveyor.—A. A. Hen
derson. 1,393; G. B. Wilson,
003.
It will be noted that Father
Fime has taken heavy toll of
those whose names appear in
the list of candidates, 20 of the
number having answered the
final summons.
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IS SIXTEENTH VICTIM
OF FLOOD IN ARKANSAS
Augusta, Feb. 7.—The body
of a companion of Christy Tay
lor. who was drowned last
"Wednesday while endeavoring
to rescue marooned stock in the
W hite river bottoms, was found
today. Taylor and his compan
ion. a man of Kentucky, whose
name is not known, were sent
with Emmet Buford to rescue
stock belonging to William
Gurthy. Taylor and his com
panion were in a motor boat
towing Buford in a ferry boat.
Buford was found in the ferry
boat Thursday afternon nearly
trozen and speechlessfromcall
ing for helm The motor boat
has not been found.
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NOT CROWDED
Willie—“Mamma, do people
that lie ever go to heaven?”
Mother—“Why, of course
not, Willie.”,
Willie—“Gee! I bet it’s lone
some up in heaven with only
*Gad and George Washington.
TRACES OF SILVER
NEAR SULPHUR ROCK
Discovery Made few Days Ago
and Efforts Being Made To
Ascertain Extent of its Value
Sulphur Rock, Feb. 9.—Par
ticles of silver were found near
this place and upon investiga
tion a vein cf silver of the very
best quality was unearthed. It
is also claimed by the prospect
ors that the district rests upon
a foundation of oil and silver.
If this be true, machinery will
soon be installed and mining
will be done by modern
methods. Recently the discov
ery of ore which contains zinc j
near this place shows that the
hills of this section are lined
with valuable treasures. The
ore has been seen by the peo
ple of this community for a
number of wars, but they were
not aware of its value until re
cently. when a Geologist visit-,
ed this dictrict and made known
its contents. The land in the
(community has been leased and
work is in progress at present
to find out +he quanitity of the
mineral deposits. If found in
paying quanitities effective
jwork will be started at once.
Sulphur Rock Local Items
;C. A. Harmon was a business
\ isitor to Newark Tuesday.
I Mrs. Sue Simpson of Bates
ville is spending a few days
here the guest of relatives and
friends.
Burk Wright of Batesville
was in this city Tuesday on
business.
Mr. and Mrs. McLoth have
returned to their home in Dal
1 s. Tex., after a delightful vis
it here with Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Saffold
of Lawrence county were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. U. P.
Kent Sunday.
Sam Sevens spent Monday at
Batesville on business.
Roy Craig of Newark spent
a few hours in town Monday.
Word of the death of J. M.
Gossett, aged .*57. at Shoal,
Ark., has been received here.
He is survived by his father, A.
Gossett of Murfreesboro, three
brothers, R M., Will and John
Gossett of this place, two sis
ters, Mrs. Fannie Adler of
Farmington. Mo., and Mrs.
Florence Burton of Murfrees
boro, Ark. He also leaves a wife
and three children. Burial took
place at Shoal.
W. S. Moore and family are
removing to Newport where
they will make their home.
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GIRL CHARGED WITH
MISUSE OF MAILS
Lillie Hunter, alias Inez Gor
don, member of a well-to-do1
family at Bradford, was arrest-:
ed a few days ago, charged j
with using the mails to de
fraud. It is alleged the girl re
presented herself to Miss Pearl
Roberts of Phoenix, Ariz., as
Miss Roberts’ missing sister,
Bertie. It is alleged she wrote
Miss Roberts letters In which
she asked for $50 to pay her!
transportation to Phoenix. Gov
ernment authorities say they
lfound in the girl’s possession a
large number of newspaper
jclippings giving accounts of I
train and bank robberies.
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J. E. Hobbs, a prominent citi
zen of Cord, was transacting!
;bu-int . in town toduv, .
I. M. ROAD HEAVY
LOSER FROM FLOOD
One Thousand Miles of Road
bed Damaged and Loss is
Placed at Million Dollars.
The Iron Mountain railroad
company has sustained a great
er loss than any company or
individual, as a result of the
recent flood* in Arkansas.
The total loss to the railroad
company will exceed a million
dollars.
The loss in and around New
port is estimated by local rail
road men to be at least$30,000.
Beginning at a point a short
distance south of the depot at
Newport, more than 10 miles
of track was washed out, near
ly all the track being washed
out the entire distance toGrand
Glaize excent for a small dis
tance at each end of the White
river bridge.
Vice President Robinson of
St .Louis who has been in Ark
ansas since the flood personally
overseeing the work of repair
ing the Iron Mountain lines,
gave out the following state
ment :
it is impossible to estimate
the loss to the road through the
floods until they are over, at
least,” “but I would estimate
$1,000,000 as the minimum.Our
through service has been inter
rupted on 1,000 milesandmany
miles of track has been washed
out or disabled. In addition to
our cost of repairing the track
we have lost many thousands of
dollars’ worth of business be
cause of interrupted traffic.
Officials of the road have
been instructed to give first
thought to relief work in the
flooded area. Our equipment
is at the disposal of people
made homeless and in need of
relief by the flood. We are
working on our lines wherever
th water will permit, and hope
to resume service over most of
them in the next week. This is
the worst flood in the history
of the Iron Mountain in Arkan
sas.”
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List your farm with F. O. El
ler, Newark, Ark.
WHEAT CROP IS NOT
SERIOUSLY DAMAGED
Reports Indicate Total Loss to
Crop in This Section Will
Not Exceed 10 per cent.
Nearly all those who have
examined the condition of the
wheat crop in Big Bottom since
the recent overflow seem to
think the wheat is not seriously
damaged. In some few places
the land is washed considerab
ly and in some places there is
considerable sediment, and the
wheat on this land is damaged
to some extent. From the best
information obtainable, The
Journal believes that the total
damage to the wheat crop as a
whole will not exceed 10 per
cent.
Uncle Nat Wilson who is
probably the oldest and most
experienced wheat grower in
this section of the county, stat
ed to The Journal yesterday
that wheat ir. not damaged in
th“ least from being covered by
the water, this being no detri
ment whatever to growing
wheat at this season of the year.
The only damage resulting from
the overflow, he says, is where
the land is washed or where
the wheat is completely cover
ed up bv sediment.
According to the best infor
mation obtainable, there is
something like 3,000 acres of
wheat in the overflowed dis
triee in this immediate commu
nity. The estimated yield for
the coming season is placed at
60,000 bushels and it isthought
by most of those who are best
informed on the subject that
the total loss in the yield as a re
sult of the overflow will not ex
ceed ten per cent ofthisamount
or about 6,000 bushels.
NEWPORT ALMOST
CLEAR OF WATER
Newport, Feb.9.—White riv
t • h1 s only ialien a little more
than a loot in the last two days
registering a little more than
27.1 feet on the local gauge
this morning. The water has re
ceded from 90 per cent of the
sidewalks in the city, and only
the very low places still hold
water.
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