Newark
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A Man May Lose a Dollar or He May Lose a Millon, but INone Has Lost so Much as the Man Who Loses His Courage
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, September 23, Id 15
Vol. 15, No. 25
CANNING COMPANY SELLS
ENTIRE TOMATO OUTPUT
Little Rock Brokerage Firm
Buys Season’s Pack Consist
ing of Several Cars.
Secretary W. A. Isgrig of
the Newark Canning Company
closed a deal Tuesday for the
sale of the entire stock of to
matoes put up by the company
this season.
Bosley and Johnson, brokers
and commission agents, of Lit
tie Rock, are the purchasers.
The Newark Canning Co.,
has put up several carloads of
high grade tomatoes this sea
son. However, the season’s out
put will be much lighter than
was anticipated, as a number
of farmers who contracted to
grow’ tomatoes became dis
couraged last spring and failed
to plant tomatoes and a fewr
plowed them up after planting.
The canning factory, being a
new' industry for this communi
ty, a few' of the pessimistic
ones seemed to take a special
pride last spring in pointing
out why it would be unprofit
able to grow tomatoes and why
the factory would not be built,
and why it w'ould be a failure
if it should be built, and vari
ousother whys and wherefores
that are usually handed out by
people who seem to delight in
knocking. This had a discour
aging effect upon many farm
ers who w'ould have grown to
matoes, and the acreage w'as
only about one-half what the
canning company expected to
secure.
The recent flood destroyed
considerable acreage of toma
toes on the low’ lands and the
heavy rains damaged the crops
on the uplands, resulting in a
heavy loss.
As a result of these hindran
ces, the season’s output of to
matoes will not be one-fourth
of what the canning company
hoped to secure for this year.
However, a reasonably good
start has been made, consider
ing the enormous peach crop,
and the canning company ex
pects to close the season with
a profitable year’s business.
The tomatoes put up by the
company this season have been
inspected and graded and will
go on the market as choice
high grade tomatoes.They were
sold at a good price f. o. b.
Newark and will probably be
loaded out and hipped within
the next fev days.
Seeretaw Ixgrig is negotiat
ing with other brokerage firms
and wholesale dealers for th'»
sale of the company’s entire
output of pt aches and it now
seems probable that the entire
product of the factory will be
disposed oi at a profitable fig
ure within the next few weeks.
The canning factory has pro
ven a profitable and helpful
enterprise for Newark and the
entire community this year, as
it has furnished employment
to a number of people and has
afforded a ready cash market
for the peach crop which was
•mormous and would have been
almost a total loss had it not
lea for the canning factory,
as th^-e was virtually no out
side market for peaches owing
to the enormous yield of fruit
all over the entire country.
The canning factory having
proven a wiluable* asset to the
commum % end with every
evidence that it will pay a fair
divid-nd this year, the com
pany is planning to operate on
a r i.cii larger scale next year.
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Did you ever ask a mail or
der house to sell you a bill of
goods on a credit? Try it once
and you will learn your true
rating with him.
First National Sank
NEWARK, ARK
CAPITAL $25,OCO
SURPLUS $6,500
C. M. Edwards, Pres
G. M. Fields, V. Pres.
E. B. Chesser, Cashier
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THUS BANK
IS ORGANIZED
UNDER AND
CON TROWELED by
LAWS
EN AC D>
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YOU CAN HAVE
A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
Even With Your Present Income
You can open it with a small
amount, and by adding to it
each pay day, thedollarsthat
usually ar espent needlessly,
you will soon be gratified
with the increasing accumu
lations.
THE MAIN THING
IS The
START
BUY BANK MONEY ORDERS
When Sending Money to Dis
tant points. They are payable
anywhere and are SAFE.
WILL IMPROVE THE
WHITE RIVER ROAD
Railroad Company Will Spend
Half Million in Improvements
On This Line, It is Said.
It is announced by railroad
officials that about $500,000
will be expended in repairs and
improvements on the White
River road within the next few
months. It is said that about
$150,000 will be spent in grad
ing work. New and heavier
steel will be laid where the
present steel is not of sufficient
weight to withstand the de
mands of the heavy traffic
that is expected to be hand -
led overt his road. Commenc
ing at a point near Magness
new and heavier steel will be
laid to Batesville, This work
now being well under way.
While the high water dam
age is responsible for some of
the work now going on, the
railroad probably will spend
more than half a million dol
lars on this division. The im
i provements will be necessary
to handle the heavy traffic in
cident to the development of
the White river valley.
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LU1>I IIU1N
The New Salem singing con
vention met at Mt. Carmel
church on the third Sunday in
September, with four classes
present.
Mt. Carmel class, Charles
Trammel leader, singing Nos.
143, 137 and 79 in Ideal Vocal
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Moorefield class, Reason
Wells leader, singing Nos. 68,
j 62, and 54 in Sparkling Jewels.
Macedonia class, Thomas
Travis leader, singing Nos. 22,
25, and 23 in The Song of the
Harvest.
Mountain Gap class, Chas.
Heflin leader, singing Nos. 94,
i 120 and 42 in Praise to the
Prince of Peace.
Mount Carmel class was
1 awarded the banner.
Mount Zion class with B. F.
j Cash leader sang Nos. 30, 66
and 58 in The Gospel of Christ
in Song.
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PICKENS APPOINTED
COURT STENOGRAPHER
Court Stenographer E. T.
j Evans resigned his position last
j Monday while circuit court
was in session at Newport.
Judge Coleman at once ap
pointed Ira J. Pickens of Wal
nut Ridge and he went to
|Newport and assumed the du
ties.
ivir. ricKens was tormeriy
court stenographer for this dis
trict but for the past two year*
has been practicing law at
I Walnut Ridge. He was born
land reared in the Dota neigh
borhood in this county and ha >
many friends here.
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JOHN MAYHAN STRICKEN
John Mayhan who conducts
a short order stand in a tent
on Front street here, was
stricken unconscious with some
peculiar trouble of the head
late Wednesday afternoon. He
was found lying on the floor of
his tent in an unconscious con
dition and it was feared for
some time that he would not
recover. A physician was sum
moned and after being given
medical attention he rallied
somewhat and it wras reported
this morning that he was rest
ing well and is thought to be
some better.
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MEETING CLOSES
The revival meeting which
had been in progress at the
Christian church for some timt
came to a close Monday night
The meeting resulted in 1
additions and three r *torn
. tion to the church.
NOVEL PROCEDURE
IN CIRCUIT COURT
Judge Coleman Sentences Man
to Pen and Ten Minutes La
terPresents Hun WithPardon
Newport,Sept.21.—Ten min
utes after he was sentenced
to three month’s imprisonment
in the penitentiary for involun
tary manslaughter, W. C. Mc
Dougal, former policeman,was
a free man. A pardon was
g: sited him Monday by Gov.
Hays, effective at noon today.
Sentence was passed by Cir
cuit Judge Coleman at 11:50
his morning. Immediately af
terward the judge presented
McDougal with the pardon.
McDougal was a policeman
here. On May 10, 1914, he
shot and killed Will Langston
whom he had arrested for vio
lation of a city ordinance. 1
is said that when McDougal
was placing Langston in jail
the latter attacked him and
ran. The officer fired, he said,
to frighten Langston, without
intending to hit him. The bullet
struck Langston in the back and
killed him. McDougal is 75
and a Confederate veteran.
linediately after his convic
tion, several days ago, McDou
gal circulated a petition for a
pardon, which was signed by
almost every business and pro
fessional man in the city and
by many farmers. The United
Daughters of the Confederacy
circulated similiar petitionsand
obtained the signatures of sev
eral hundred women. The pe
titions were presented to the
governor Monday by M. M.
Stuckey and McDougal.
The granting of the pardon
to McDougal was not announc
ed from the office of the gov
ernor until noon yesterday.
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SCHOOL OPENS NEXT
MONDAY, SEPT. 27
The Newark High School
will open Monday for the 1915
16 session, with the following
teachers in charge.
Prof. W. A. Isgrig, principal
and instructor in mathematics
and Latin.
Mrs. W. A. Isgrig, eighth
grade and high school English.
J. L. Mayhan, seventh grade
and high school history.
Miss Pearl Miller, fifth and
sixth grades.
Miss Pearl Poe, third and
fourth grades.
Miss Minnie Lynn Martin,
first and second grades.
The music and voice depart
ment will be in charge of Miss
Carie Belle Bond of Monticello.
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FARMER DROWNS
Pocahontas, Sept. 21.—The
body of John S. Campbell, a
prominent farmer who has
been missing since Thursday,
was found in the Eleven Points
river, near Pocahontas, late
yesterday afternoon. When he
failed to return home, his fam
ily instituted a search and his
team was found drowned near
where he had attempted to ford
the swollen stream. Three days
later Mr. Campbell’s body was
found by men dragging the
river.
TEST MINIMUM WAGE LAW
Little Rock, Sept. 21.—
Briefs in the case to test the
minimum wage law have been
filed in the supreme court and
the case probably will be sub
mitted Monday, it was announ
ced today by Deputy Comrnis
missioner LaborE.I. McKinley.
The test case was brought by
J. B. Crowe, a Fort Smith
laundry owner* The Sebastian
Circuit Court held the law is
unconstitutional and the mini
mum wage commission append
ed.
Noah Harris Candi
date For Sherifi
Noah Harris, of Oil Trough
one of the county’s best knowr
citizens, announces in today’s
paper as a candidate for sheriff
Mr. Harris has been a citi
zen of this county for a num
her of years and has always
acquitted himself in such i
manner as to hold the confi
dence and esteem of all wh(
know him.
He has been a successful far
mer of the Oil Trough sectior
for several years and has serv
ed as constable and deputj
sheriff for his townhip,in which
positions his official conduct
was such as to merit the high
ost commendation.
Mr. Harris made the race
for sheriff two years ago am
although that was his firsl
race for a county office, he
made a splendid showing anc
was beaten by only a few votes
He is well qualified for the
position he seeks and his past
conduct while in office affords
ample proof that if elected he
will discharge the duties of the
office in a faithful andefficienl
manner.
He expects to make a dost
personal canvass of the coun
tv and will see every voter ir
the county between now anc
the date of the Democratic
primary.
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BUILDING NEW HOME
W. J. Waldrip is having i
new residence built at Mag
ness. The building is beinj,
erected on the site of the om
destroyed by fire some firm
ago. It will be a substantia
and handsome structure wher
completed and will be one o:
the nicest homes in this part o:
the county. Whorton Mag
ness has the contract for tht
erection of the ouilding.
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SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL
The most successful reviva
meeting reported in Indepen
dence county this year has jus1
come to a close at Cushman
The meeting was held by Pre
siding Elder B. L.Williford anc
others, and resulted in mor<
than 200 conversions.
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$75 FOR A ROOSTER
W. F. Kilman of Bald Knol
recently sold a Rhode Islam
Red rooster, hatched las
March, to John W. Sears o
Little Rock, for $75.
CRAIG APPOINTED
r AS CIRCUIT CLERK
Alleged Shortage Results in
Resignation of Mr. Evans and
Former Judge Appointed.
Circuit Clerk Jas. T. Evans
whose alleged shortage was
mentioned in The Journal last
( week, tendered his resigna
tion to Governor Hays last
Monday and on Tuesday Gov
[ ernor Hays appointed Judge A.
J. Craig of Batesville as clerk
to fill out the unexpired term
of Mr. Evans.
It is said that Judge Craig
was one of Mr. Evans’ bonds
men and that an agreement
was reached between the bonds
men for Judge Craig to secure
the appointment and conduct
the office so as to recoup as
much of the alleged shortage
as possible and thereby reim
burse the bondsmen for any
loss they might sustain as a
result of the alleged shortage.
I Judge Craig assumed the du
ties of the office yesterday.
Judge Craig is well and fav
lorably known throughout the
'county and his appointment is
l very gratifying to his many
I friends.
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SPLENDID MEETINGS
Rev. E. A. Horn of this place
who is engaged in revival work
on his pastoral charge in Law
rence county, writes that he
has just closed a succesfu!
i meeting at Strangers Home
j which resulted in 80 conver
sions and 74 additions to the
! church, 50 of this number be
1 ing men. He is now engaged in
[ a meeting at Lauratown.
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COTTON BAGGING
AND TIES FOR SALE
Having bought an unusually
large amount of bagging, we
have more than we can use on
j account of the overflow and
can make closer price than it
' can be bought for now in the
open market.
NEWARK GIN CO.
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McCAIN FOR AUDITOR
Little Rock. Sept. 22.—Hen
ry C. McCain of Little Rock,
who made the race for auditor
of state more than three years
) ago against John H. Oathout,
I stated today that he had decid
: ed to again enter the race for
the same position in the pri
maries to be held next March
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REMEMBER!
The old reliable when you are go
ing 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 HACHINES,
BUCK STOVES, CARTS, BUGGIES,
SURRIES, WAGONS and AUTOS,
TENTS and AWNINGS, WAGON
and BUGGY HARNESS.
| C. W. MAXFIELD CO.
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Batesville, Ark.
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