The Newark Journal.
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Published In The Famous Bio Bottom Country. Where Alfalfa is King.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, September 15, 1905.
Vol. 5. No. 38.
THE WEEKS DOINGS
AT SULPHUR ROCK
Short Local Items of Interest Picked
Up at the Metropolis ofWhite
River Township.
Dr. L. R. Wright is still im
proving.
M. M. Moore of Magness was in
town Tuesday.
Wesley Hugg of Charlotte spent
Saturday night in our town.
Will Crow and bride took supper
Thursday night in our town.
Miss Dollie Wainwright left
Tuesday night for Calvin, I. T.
Hugh K.yler of Newport visited
his wife and babies here Sunday.
There have been several milch
cows died around here this week.
Wash Wilson made a trip to the
Shelbyville neighborhood Tues
day.
Misses Erma and Ella Sanders
■were visiting home folks here Sun
day.
F. M. Ham and Malcome Moore
were down from Mooretield Mon
day.
F. M. Harnett of the Dota
neighliorhood was in town Thurs
day.
Orval Raker and W. S. Hol
combe of Dota were in town Fri
day.
Hub Kennerly of Batesville was
in town the latter part of last
week.
Dr. M. B. Owens of Magness
attended church here Monday
night.
Coroner Mack Stewart of Bates
ville was in town on business Sat
urday.
Mrs. Young McPherson and
children of Newark were in town
Saturday.
Estus Rice has accepted a posi
tion with Meyers Grand Leader at
Batesville.
Kev. Ji. .xewmaii is conduct
ing a revival meeting at Lebenon
this week.
Rev. \Y F. Wayman spent part
of last week in Oil Trough in a re
vival meeting.
Paul Kyler came up from Little
Rock Friday to spend a few days
with home folks.
Mrs. Florence Kinman and chil
dren of Newark came up Monday
to visit relatives.
Judge Witson is still improving
And was able to be on the streets
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Lee Hogan of Magness
wyas visiting her daughter, Mrs.
'Dan Moore Tuesday.
Mrs. Dunnington and Mrs.
Bradshaw of liatesville visited rel
atives here last week.
Quite a large crowd attended
the baptising Sunday evening near
Vicks mill on Rig Creek.
Several of our people had noth
ing else to do Tuesday and went
to the ball game at Newark.
E. F. Revens returned to his
home near Newport Monday, ac
companied by his sister, Miss
Vonnye.
Mrs. Julia Herrington has re
turned from Ratesville where she
spent a few days looking after her
property.
Talk about your pumpkin rais
ing but George Jernigan is it. He
has raised some very tine ones
right here in town. The largest
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one weighed t>3 pounds and sever
al weighed over 40 pounds each.
Robert Sanders from Kentucky,
is visiting his uncle, Dr. J. M.
Sanders, and other relatives at
111is place.
Quite a number of people from
different parts of the country at
tended the Baptist Association
here this week.
Miss Nobe Wilson of Brinkley,
who has been visiting her sister,
Mrs. Pleas Wright, returned to
her home Monday.
Miss Hula Moore, who is work
ing for the Weaver-Dowdy Com
pany at Batesville, spent Sunday
here with home folks.
Squire Geo. Martin's house was
discovered to be on fire Monday,
but the tire was extinguished be
fore much damage was done.
W. I). Gregory died very sud
denly at his home Friday evening
and was buried Saturday at the
Dugger graveyard with Masonic
honors.
Prof. W. .1. Linehan closed his
school at Magness last Friday and
moved to Cushman this week
where he will take charge of the
school at that place.
Among the attendants at the
Baptist Association we noticed
Rev. G. L. Fink, Frank Hoyt,
Mrs. R. M. Galloway and daugh
ter, Miss Anise Barnes, of New
ark.
The high school at this place
will open Tuesday, the 19th.
Prof. W. J. Jernigan has charge
of the school for another year and
anticipates a much better school
than last year although the school
last year was a success. But he is
going to try to accomplish more.
VERNON flYERS CONVICTED.
Black Hock, Sept. 9.—Circuit
court, which has been in session
at Powhattan since Aug. 2S, ad
journed yesterday afternoon. The
last five days were occupied by
the trial of Vernon Myers for the
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killing of Bill Payne last spring.
The attorneys for the defense were
|.Judge T. B. Poindexter, .1. B.
.Judkins and Col. Robert Maxey,
who made a hard fight to clear the
young man, and Prosecuting At
torney (Mdtield and .Judge .1. H.
Townsend made equally as hard a
fight for the State.
After the jury had been out for
eighteen hours they returned a
verdict of manslaughter, fixing
the punishment at three years in
the penitentiary. Appeal to the
supreme court was taken and the
young man is out on bail.
NOTICE TO TEACHERS.
Notice is hereby given that there
will be a public examination at
Batesville, Ark., on Thursday and
Friday, the 21st 22nd days of Sep
tember, 1905, to ascertain the pro
fessional qualifications of all per
sons desiring to teach in the public
schools of Arkansas within the
; limits of Independence county.
The examination will begin
promptly at 8:130 a. m. and each
! applicant is requested to be pres
! ent at that hour.
All who do not hold certificates
and who expect to teach in the
I county this winter should attend
the examination. It is the pur
i pose of the law to do away with
j private examinations.
Given under my hand this the
; ‘28th day of August, 1905.
Sionky Pickens.
County Examiner.
\V. K. Lee has opened a skating
rink in the Hatton Hall and in
vites the .young people to come
out and try their skill at skating.
You can buy any yard of calico
in our house for five cent*, and
line laces at 3, 4 and 5 cents a
yard that are worth twice the
price. Fred D. Whiting Co.
Postmaster T. M. Harrelson
went to Caldwell, St. Francis
county, Saturday to visit friends,
returning Monday. A. II Say
lors had charge of the mails dur
ing his absence.
C. L. Love and Mrs. Ruby Lanc
aster arrived home Tuesday from
St. Louis where they spent sever
al days buying the fall and winter
stock of dry goods and millinery
for Whiting & Co.
L. Foot, one of the Dota neigh
borhood’s good citizens, was in
town Tuesday, and says the Far
mers’ Union picnic today at the
Eaves Spring will likely be a big
success if the weather is favora
ble.
The Arkansas Gazette says:
“The officers of the Farmers’ Uni
on in Arkansas are putting much
life into the organization, and the
union, with its 65,000 members in
this state, should be a great agent
cy for good. ”
The Newport News of Tuesday
says: “Hon. Gip Gray, who was
severely injured last week by fall
ing from the second story window
of the Grand Central Hotel, is im
proving and will be able to get
out in a few days,
Will Crow and Miss Maude Ed
gar were quietly married Thurs
day evening of last week at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Williamson, Squire J. T. Tharp
officiating. They are prominent
and well known young people nnd
have the best wishes of a large
circle of friends.
For a superior quality of honey,
see Littlefield. This is superior to
the ordinary honey and the differ
ence will surprise you. Mr. Lit
tlefield will gladly explain to you
how to produce such honey that
always brings a handsome price;
and would also like to show you
his apiary and method of handling
bees for profit. He will pay the
highest market price for all your
beeswax.
For Sale—One five room one
story house, one five room two
story house and one eight-room
two-story house, a good well,
smoko house, and barn and one
acre of land with each house.
North of school building. Would
sell one or two of them. 1 also
have other real estate bargains in
Newark property. If you want
to buy do not fail to see me. T.
J. Haney. _
HON. GIP GRAY INJURED.
The Newport Evening News of
Friday published the following ac
count of how ex-Senator A. G.
Gray of this county narrowly es
| caped death in that city Thursday
night of last week,
j “As reported in the News of
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Thursday, Kx-Senator Gray of
Independence county spent the
| day in the city.
“At his usual bed time he went
to Ins room in the Grand Central
Hotel and retired for the night.
There was nothing about his ac
tions that would indicate that there
was anything wrong with him
mentally, and no further attention
was paid to him by the hotel man
agement, but at about 2 o'clock
Friday morning the alarm was
given that a man had either jump
ed or fallen from the second story
window into the alley. An inves
tigation found that the report was
true, and that it was Hon. Gip
Gray.
“He was carried back to his
room, and Dr. Oscar Jones sum
moned. An investigation showed
that while he was badly bruised
no bones were broken and that his
in juries were not necessarily fatal.
But just how he could have fallen
from the window of his room to;
the rock alley below without be
ing killed is a mystery to the pub
lic and to his attending physician
as well.
“As we go to press he is rest
ing very nicely and we hope for
his speedy recovery.”
FOR SALE.
I have for sale the following |>er
sonal property: A very fine jack
(the J. T. Gray jack;) one very'
.fine black mare, coming six years I
old (the Gross Qualls mare;) one
splendid bay til ley, coming three
years old; one dry cow about six
years old: two 2-year-old fat steers;
one-year-old Holstein heifer; one
milch cow, about six years old,
with 4-months-old heifer calf. All
this stock is very fine and will be
sold cheap, for cash or on credit
of 3 to 12 months with good and
approved security at 10 per cent
interest. Also have two buggies
almost as good as new, with single j
harness for one: also a Kimball or- i
gan and a second hand cooking1
stove, which J will sell at a bar- i
gain. R. K. MoHknky. i
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NEWARK’S FIRST BALE.
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Irvin Pelley of Oil Trough
brought in the first bale of cotton
for the season Thursday evening
of last week, the 7th.
The bale weighed 540 pounds,
classed middling, and was bought
by C. M. Edwards at 111 cents a
pound.
This is just a week later than
the first bale last year. W. A.
Brightwell brought in the first
bale last year on the first day of
September. It weighed 608 pounds
and sold for 12 cents. C. M. Ed
wards was the purchaser of the
first bale last season, also.
GREAT FACTOR FOR GOOD.
President J. T. Batten of the
Farmers’ Union of Arkansas sa.ys:
“Let no politics enter the union,
brethren, for I charge you, if the
union falls through, the generation
of farmers to come will be serfs
and slaves.” Acting upon that
advice, the 05,000 members of the
union in this state will be a power
ful factor in bringing prosperity
to themselves and, through them,
j to all the people of Arkansas.—
j Arkansas Gazette.
FOR SALE—Two corner lots,
j Nos. 3 and 4. in block 4 Arnold's
’addition to east Newark. Price
i $100; easy terms. See Craig &
| Henderson,
BLOODY CRIME OF A
DRUNKEN LIBERTINE!
Infatuated With Scarlet Woman, Sam.
Burroughs Kills Her, Shoots a
Man, Then Kills Himself.
Jonesboro, Sept. 12. —Crazed
by drink and jealously, Sam Bur
roughs this morning killed Daisy
Williams, probably fatally shot
William Elder, then turned the
weapon on himself and blew his
own brains out.
Only four shots were fired and
three claimed a victim each.
Burroughs was a salesman in
Alex Berger’s furniture store.
Daisy Williams was an inmate of
a resort here and Burroughs was
deeply infatuated with her. Yes
terday he was drinking and visited,
the house several times. His last
visit was late at night and he then,
heard that a man of whose atten
tions to Daisy Williams he was
jealous had shortly before visited
her.
There were no witnesses to the
shooting outside of the victims.
Two of them are dead and Elder
lias not been able to make a state
ment.
The place immediately after the
tragedy presented a grewsome af>
pearance. Burroughs’ brains were
scattered over the floor and the
blood of the woman and Elder
smeared their clothing and the
carpet. The ball that crushed
through Burroughs’ head was
found imbedded in a plank with,
hair adherring to it.
Elder has been in trouble sever
al times and was at one time con
victed in Memphis for bigamy and
served a term in the penitentiary.
Daisy Williams was 21 years
old. She and her sister Katie, al
so an inmate of the resort, came
from Gallipolis, Ohio. They had
been in Jonesboro about three
months.
Burroughs was married and liv
ed here with his wife and two
children, one 3 years and the oth
er but 4 weeks old. He resided
on Krewson avenue and the fu
neral will be held from the home
at 9:30 tomorrow morning.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL ITEHS
The Journal has an article from
Rev. J. I. Martin on prohibition
in reply to Friend Hindman’s ar
ticle but we are compelled to lay
it over until next week.
The Cleveland Bloomer Cirls,
advertised as the only female base
ball team on the road, played the
locals at the Baseball Park here
Tuesday. The team contained on
ly four women, but the announce
ment that it was a “female team’*
served to draw a crowd, and one
of the largest crowds of the sea
son witnessed the game. The lo
cals easily won the game, the score
being five to two in favor of New
ark.
Richard Blalock, wanted in.
Jackson county for the murder of
an 18-year-old white boy named.
Harris at Ben Simmons’ gin at
Tupelo, in the fall of 1903, was ar
rested in Little Rock Thursday by
Chief of Police J. J. Hawkins,
who wired Sheriff Simmons of 1 is
capture. Blalock was taken to
Newport Saturday and placed in.
jail. He confessed his guiJt. The
regular term of the circuit court
convened Monday and he will be
given a speedy trial.