The Newark Journal.
$1 Per Annum.
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday August 26, 1604.
Vol. 4, No. 35
' ROBERTS ARRESTED
John V. Roberts and Walter Greg
ory Taken Into Custody.
ROBERTS IS OUT ON BOND
Gregory Has as Yet Failed to Make
Bond in the Required Sum
and is in County Jail.
Searcy, Ark., Aug. ‘2:’.. John
V. Roberts, formerly nominee for
the house of representatives, and
Walter Gregory, a well-known
young man of this place, were ar
rested at 4 o'clock this afternoon,
charged with conspiracy to defraud
and with grata; robbery and arson.
This new phase of the now fam
ous Lightle case was not unexpect
ed. It was merely the fulfillment
of popular prediction and did not,
owing to the many wheels within
wheels which the ease contains,
attract the attention that such an
event would otherwise have called
forth.
Shortly after the two men were
arrested their bonds were fixed at
$2,7oOeach. Roberts was released
from custody about o'clock. The
following signed Ids bond: .Judge
M. M. Stuckey of Newport, .1. T.
Shumate of Searcy. Steve. Bord
man of (‘iarendon and Gus Jones
of Xewpor:. It is understood that
Judge Stuckey and Mr. Jones will
represent Roberts when the case is
called Saturday.
I’p to a late hour Gregory had
not succeeded in making bond,and
was committed to the county jail.
Both men took the matter with
apparent indifference and refused
absolutely to talk. Gregory has
been under suspicion for some
time, but he has never discussed
any angle of the many-sided case
at all. He is the son of a well
known minister ;uid is only about
■21 years of age. For some time
past lie has no' been working, al
though lie seemed well supplied
with money.
It i* generally understood tliat
tiro insurance companies will fight
the matter to the hitter end and
are prepared to spend, a good sized
amount of money to bring about a
conviction of the guilty parties.
Other arrest- are expected.
There are said to be two well
known young men who witnessed
the. robbing of the Pitts grave,and
who afterwards demanded $1,000
as hush money. They are being
watched and will not be allowed to
escape should they attempt to do
so.
Deputy Sheriff AI Chichester of
Pulaski county is here in the inter
ests of the insurance companies,
lie will doubtless prove an impor
tant witness for the prosecution,
as lie has followed the ease from
its beginning.
LKIHTLK STILL IN JAIL.
Dr. Lightle is still in jail, and
all efforts to maket he ijvD.OOo bond
required of him have failed. 11 is
relatives are perfectly willing to
aid him, provided lie will talk, but j
this he refuses to do. How long |
he will hold out is a question.
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Roberts and the Lightle Case.
Searcy, Ark., Aug. 22. lion.
John V. Roberts, democratic nom-1
ince for representative, has re
signed from the race and his name
has been taken off of the ticket.
Mr. Robberts’ resignation was!
due to the fact that his name has!
been prominently mentioned in j
connection with the Lightle case, 1
and it was rumored that lie knew
more about the ease than he cared
to tell. There was considerable i
feeling in Searcy over the matter.
Mr. Roberts maintains his in
nocence of the Lightle case and
says that he knows absolutely
nothing of it, save in his capacity
as attorney for Mrs. Lightle.
All eyes are now centered on
the preliminary trial, which will
take place next Saturday.
Dr. Lightle is still in jail, lie
has made repeated efforts to secure
bond, but failed. His relatives,
it is stated, would he willing to
make bond for him, provided he
make a statement of the whole af
fair and gave the names of those
who were connected with him in
the matter, and this he has declin
ed to do.
PLANS FOR ARKANSAS DAY
Commissioners Issue a Statement Re
garding the Change of Arkan
sas Day at the Fair.
Notices have been sent out by
the Arkansas World's Fair com
missioners that Thursday. Septem
ber 'll, A the date set apart for
this state at the fair, and will be
known as Arkansas day- The
board of commissioners has found
that there seems to be a general
misunderstanding as to what is the
exact date, the confusion arising,
probably, from the published re
ports that Illinois and Arkansas
would unite and celebrate togeth
! er.
Assurance has been given the
commissioners that the railroads
will grant an extremely low rate
from all parts of the state, which
will have the effect of sending
large crowds from Arkansas to
St. Louis on that day.
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SENT TO THE PEN AT 80.
An ex-slave, so years of age,
was convicted at Center Point,
Howard county, a few days ago
on a charge of bigamy, and sen
tenced to a term of three years in
the penitentiary.
The negro i- Dan Stuart, and he
and his first wife were married be
fore the war. Recently his wife
went to iexas with a son-in-law
and refused to return. An attorn
ey advised him that as he was
married in slav ery times, a divorce
was unnecessary, and upon this
advice he re-married. He was
then tried in the circuit court and
convicted, but an effort will be
made to secure a pardon.
notice of examination.
Notice is hereby given that there
will be a public examination of
teachers at Batosville, Arkansas,
on Thursday and Friday, the lath
and 10th days of September, 1004,
to ascertain the professional quali
fications ot ali persons desiring to
teach in the public schools of In
dependence County.
Albert Sims, Co. Examiner
August, ‘idrd, 1004.
A FISHING PARTY.
A fishing party composed of \\\
T. Magness, N. M. Wilson, Perry
Hutchinson. Tilman Tate, Geo. F.
Grosser and Button Crimes spent a 1
day down on Walls lake a few1
days ago. They caught about HO !
pounds of fish, besides other game, i
which was barbecued the next day ■
when about To or 100 of our towns
people came down and the crowd
enjoyed a feast. It was given up
by Uncle John Tomlinson to be
the best he ever attended.
One of the Boys.
A PLEA FOR REFORM
People Urged to Vote Against Li
cense at Coming Election.
POWER IS WITH THE VOTER
Rev. J. I. Martin, of Cord. Says the
W hisky Traffic is a Curse, and
Should Be Voted Out.
Editor rise Journal
1 lie time i- near at hand for the ;
citizens ot Arkansas to assert their
right-* as freemen at the polls.
I think there is one question that
's paramount to all others. It is
the question of "License or no li
cense. \\ e, as (‘hrist ians, have
the ascendency in the* county and
can vote “Xo license.1’ 1'hc. ques
tion is. will we do it? If we do
not we. will be to blame for the
curse. How any good citizen can
support the liquor traffic is more
than 1 can understand. (-raighead
county is holding temperance ral
lies -ill over the county. Must we,
as good citizens, remain still and
permit this that hasn’t a single
commendable t rait prevail
Hie government report shows
that Arkansas consumed for the
year ending June Jo. I'jo-f, 350.
()00 gallons of home produced in
toxicants. not counting that im
ported. Among the items men
tioned are the following: 8,750
barrels of beer, containing 271,
2nO gallons were made in the state.
Tax was paid on 8,012 barrels,
amounting to 8s dll 2. The amount
of tax paid on liquors distilled
from grain was 844,757, represent
ing 40,0ss gallons. During the
past year 13,110 gallons of spirits
made from fruits, produced a tax
j of 814.430. On June 30, 1904,
; there were remaining in bonded
warehouses 3S0,057 gallons of
spirits distilled from grain, against
51,50*1 for the previous year. At
the same date there were 18,611
gallons of fruit brandy, against
31.450 for the year before.
Isn’t it enormous bow many
lives have been blightedFair
and lovely wives, mothers, sisters
and children crushed and made
| desolate. A once fair and happy
woman with great hopes of a hap
py future i> now reduced to want,
| because of this curse.
1 come to you all, without re
gard to your party affiliation, and
ask you to rise in your Christian
manhood and vote tins demon and
enemy to good government out of
our country. Xo Christian can
give their encouragement to this
traffic and obey the Divine injunc
tion, “Keep yourself unspotted
from the world."
1 beg one and all, for the love
and purity of our homes, church
and state, to cast your ballot
against license. I ask every Chris
tian to pray and work and vote
against this nefarious business.
J. I. Martin.
Cord, Ark., Aug. 23.
NEWARK VS. YELLVILLE.
Another series of ball games has
been arranged between 'l ellville
and Newark, to take place at the
Baseball Bark in Newark on Mon
day, Tuesday and M ednesday,
August 2b, 30 and 31.
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MINSTRELS CO.'tING.
Allen, Quine <£Oakes New Or-j
leans Minstrels gave a performance
at the corners of loth and Ringo
streets last night to a crowd that
Idled the large Bavillian theater to ,
its utmost capacity. The perfor
mance was clean and free from
any objectionable features. The
stage setting was very pretty, be
ing tastily arranged and the entire
back of the stage masked in by
two large United States (lags. The
singing and dancing was far above
the average. The performance
was brought to a close by a rip
roaring negro farce, which brought
forth a storm of applause and sent
everybody home laughing. The
New Orleans Minstrels have paid
Little Rock a visit every year for
a number of yeara, but they have
never disappointed an audience.
Gazette, Little Rock, Ark.
This company will show in New
ark August 27th. They were here
last year and gave general satisfac
tion.
A REPUBLICAN WITH GALL
Ulysses S. Bratton Wants Democrats
to Get Out and Work For My
ers on Election Day.
We have heard of men who ‘"car
ried their gall with them.''' hut a
bout the greatest exhibition of gall
that ever came under of notice is
being displayed by one Ulysses S.
Rratton, a member of the republi
can state campaign committee.
This pie-hungry radical sent a
letter to W. T. Magness, of this
place, who, by the way, is one of
the staunchest democrats in the
county, urging him to get out on
election day and work for Myers.
He says, among other things,
that “the prospect for the election
of Mr. Myers is very bright. The
enthusiasm of our party was never
greater and we have the support
of many democrats. Have the
boys vote early, and come to the
inaugeration of Myers in Janu
ary."
Now wouldn't that jar you?
This is not only a direct insult to
Mr. Magness, but to the entire
i democracy of this township, and
tin* democratic voters should turn
lout on election day and show Mr.
Bratton that the spirit of demoera
j cy is neither dead or sleeping in
ihi* township, but that we are
wide awake and resent such open
faced insults as this.
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COTTON BROUGHT 31 CENTS.
The first bale of cotton for the
eason sold at Pine Bluff Wednes
day for 31 cents a pound.
MILITIA FOR THE FAIR.
By order of Maj.-Gen. Haynes
the following members of the local
military company will go to the
Worlds Fair, as re-inforeements
to Co. B. of Beebe:
J. T. Cash, Dave Calloway, 1).
R. Barnett, .lack Bowman, Ernest
Bowman, Mack Black, Will Lane,
N. B. Lane, 11. A. (lire, L. F.
Walker, Geo. W. Witt, John 1).
Witt, O. 1*. Coe, James Cargil,
Carl Young, Lee Davidson, W. 11.
Fortune, Eugene House, J. E.
Porter and W. V. Scribner.
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SEVERE STORHS.
Severe storms have been sweep
ing over various parts of the coun
try the last week. North St. Louis
suffered almost a cyclone last Fri
day: a small town in Texas was
nearly washed away by a cloud
burst; 230 people were killed at
Minneapolis, and much damage
was done both at Minneapolis and
St. Paul on Sunday by a terrible
wind storm.
IS NOT BOLL WEEVIL
Bugs Pound in Hempstead County
Are Not Boll Weevils.
UNCLE SAM SO DECLARES
But Many Planters in Hempstead
County Still Believe the Bugs
Are Genuine Weevils.
(Government experts, to whom
were sent the insects from Hemp
stead county, which were believed
to be the genuine Mexican boll
weevil, have reported that that the
insects are not boll weevils.
The announcement of the gov
ernment official that the suspected
insects are not the dreaded wee
\ ils will relieve the fears of great
numbers of cotton growers in the
state, who have been expecting
the announcement that the genuine
weevil had reached Arkansas, and
were convinced that they had fin
ally arrived, when the reports of
tin* tindiug of the insects in Hemp
stead county were received.
The discovery of the genuine
boll weevil in Arkansas would
prove a heavy blow to the cotton
growing industry of the state, as
it is feared the pest would spread
rapidly, and soon infest the entire
>-tate.
Insects were discovered in
Woodruff county last, year, early
in September, which were believ
ed to be boll weevils, but the gov
ernment ofiieials, after an investi
gation, reported that the supposed
boll weevils were sharp-shooters.
The insects found in Hempstead
county were identified as the gen
uine boll weevils by a number of
cotton growers, who had formerly
resided in Texas and were familiar
with the weevil. They were con
fident that there could be no doubt
that the weevils laid crossed tbe
Texas line into Arkansas. The in
sects were found in great numbers
on the farm of Allen Kllis, 5 miles
east of Hope, and some of them
were sent to the Department of
Agricultural at Washington for a
report.
(Great numbers of them are said
to infest cotton fields in the vicini
ty of Hope, and many farmers
there who claim to be familiar
with the weevil, still maintain that
the insects are the genuine boll
weevil, despite the entomologist’s
report to the contrary.
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DANIELS STILL IN JAIL
Mena, Ark. Aug. ‘2'2. The pre
liminary trial of Harry Daniels,
the freight engineer, who .shot Dr.
. L. Magness to death last Fri
day, was called at 10 o’clock this
morning.
Upon being arraigned before
Justice Sam Smith, Daniels stated
that he desired to await the action
of the grand jury. He was taken
back to jail.
In reply to a question as to
whether he had any statement to
make, Daniels told the Gaaette
correspondent that he had nothing
to say now, except that the re
ports and rumors as to why he did
the shooting were all false. Many
of these rumors are afloat, but
their truth or untruth will not
likely be established until the trial
in September before tin* circuit
cou rt.
Dr. Magness' funeral was held
this afternoon, and was attended
by a large crowd of friends and
acquaintances. All the business
houses were closed.