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Newark Journal.
Published In The Famous Big bottom Country, Where Alfalfa Is King.
' ^ $1 Per Annum.
Newark, independence County, Arkansas, Frida}', Au^u^t 16, 1907.
Vol. 7. No. 34.
WEEKS DOINGS AT SULPHUR ROCK
Short Ittffns of Interest Picked Up
at the rietropolis of White
River Township.
Sulphur Rock, Aug. 13.—The
revival meeting conducted by
Revs. Dye and Jernigan closed
Monday afternoon. It was indeed
a good meeting, from start to
finish, and much and lasting good
has been accomplished. There
were forty-four additions to the
Methodist church, as follows:
Owen Wayman, Mary Grooms,
Julia Hughes, Kate Hodges, May
Haskins, Mary Lee, Mollie Moore,
Ella Martin, Minnie Waldrip,
Maude Hodges, Nora Lindsey,
Rena Cunningham, ,T. K. Rawl
ings, Chas. McCurday, W. E.
Rice, Robt. Hively, I. Sidney
Pickens, I)r. ,T. W. Hodges, Niel
Wilson, Walter Murphy, Leona
Murphy, Lochie Northern, Boon
Tulley, May Hodges, Ella Gibson,
Fannie Gibson, Lutie Huddleston,
E. A. Owens, Ada Bruce, T. G.
Hardin, Ula Owens, Beula Owens,
Ela Nelson, Minnie Ashley, Erie
Latimer, J. S. Griffin. W. .7.
Waldrip, J. D. Moore, Aubrey
Rawlings, John Ashley, Blanche
Sink, Sarah G:bson,Pearlie Gilley,
Ike Martin.
Kersey Sutterfield and family
of Augusta and Mrs. Holmes of
Magness came in Tuesday to visit
relatives and old friends for a few
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Berry Best came
up from Newport Friday to
visit the lady’s mother, Mrs.
Sarah Braden.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Jackson of
Little Rock spent Friday in our
city, the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Burk Wright.
Grimp Reeves was down from
Lawrence county the first of the
week to visit his brother, W. C.
Reeves.
Mrs. Ellen Olive of Paris, Tenn ,
is visiting her brother, J. H.
Moore, and sister, Mrs. Dr. Bev
ens.
Rev. W. F. Wayman came in
borne last week from Elgin where
he has been conducting a meeting.
Charlie Bone, Armie Hodges
and Hu bard Kenerl.y, of Bntes
ville, spent Sunday in our city.
Oscar Owens and Miss Ethel
Griffin who are teaching near
Elmo, spent Sunday at home.
Johnson Moore of Malvern is
snendinjr a few dava here with his
parents, and visiting friends.
Mrs. W. F. Wayraan and chil
dren are visiting,Mrs. Churchill
of Charlotte, this week.
"—Miss Vela Jeruigan of near
Charlotte spent, several days here
attending the meeting.
E. M. Gibson and family of
Magness visited his brother, J. C.
Gibson, here Sunday.
Mrs. Petty of Searcy spent last
week here visiting her cousin,
$ Mrs. Dan Morris. ‘
Ed Martin who is teaching near
Augusta came home Saturday, re
turning Sunday.
T. A. Bullington of Dota was
in town Tuesday with a load of
melons.
Will Jernigan and Ewing Lane
of Charlotte were in our city Sun
day.
John Qualls should have seen a
pig brought to town last week by
Ed Travis. It was a perfectly
formed pig except that it had no
legs, not even a sign of a leg.
For Sale—Good family horse:
gentle, safe and good driver, ap
ply to J. C. Gibson.
Miss Maud Kaneaster of Bates
ville is visiting Mrs. J. S. Griffin
for a few days.
Mrs. Julia Herrington of Bates
ville attended the meeting here
last week.
Mrs. Hugh Parks and children
are visiting in Hot Springs for a
few days.
Mrs. Angie Wilson went to
Magness Tuesday to visit Mrs.
Waldrip.
Several people were up from
Newark to attend the meeting
Sunday.
Miss Nellie Churchill of Char
lotte visited Miss JVlyrtle Sink last
week.
W. T. Jernigan who is teaching
at Cord spent Sunday at home.
Mrs. W. R. Rice has been on
the sick list for a few days.
Prof. Sidney Pickens went to
Batesville Saturday.
Dr. Bevens is on the sick list
this week.
FARMER KILLED NEAR TUCKERMAN
Walter hunter Shot and Killed
by John Yelverton at the
Latter’s Store
Tnckerman, Aug. 11.—John R.
Yelverton, a planter and merchant
residing three miles north of this
place, today shot and fatally
wounded Walter L. Hunter, an
other planter. Ill feeling has ex
isted between the two men for
some time. This morning both
men were drinking, and Hunter
went into Yelverton’s store, and
they engaged in a fight. Hunter
returned home and secured a gun,
! and returning, fired into the store,
but failed to hit Yelverton. While
! Hunter was reloading his gun,
j Yelverton shot him twice, using a
shotgun. Hunter died this after
noon.
Yelverton is in the county jail
at Newport.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
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The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Magness Warehouse
Co., will be held at the warehouse
in Magness, Ark., on Saturday,
August 31, 1007, at 10 o’clock a.
| m., for the purpose of electing
; twelve directors for one year, and
for the transaction of such other
! business as may legally come be
; fore the meeting. Each share
holder is requested to be repre
sentea. v\ . oanders, rres.
W. D. Bullixgton, Sect’y-Treas.
GRAVEL FOR RAILROAD
It is reported that the railroad
company will probably open the
! Magness gravel pit down on
I White river again in a short time.
I The pit was abandoned a few years
| ago and the track taken up, but it
! is said that there is now a fine lot
of gravel there again, having
! been-brought down and deposited
by the several overflows in the
river since the pit was abandoned,
SCHOOL CLOSES FRIDAY
The public school will close next
Friday, the 23rd, and the closing
| exercises will be held at the
Methodist church Friday night.
Dr. E. R. Long, president of Ar
kansas College of Batesville. will
deliver the closing address.
Twelve students will finish the
course pf study and graduate at
the close of the school.
THE ALLEGED RIOTERS ACQUITTED
Parties Charged With Precipitat
ing the Riot at Hagness, Dis
charged by Justice Six
As a result of the disturbance
at Magness on Wednesday night
of last week, Winfred Tomlinson,
Jeff Bujrns, Boss Burns, Jim Troy,
Rube Cleghorn, Alf Hogan, Em
mett McDuncan and Alf Garner
were arrested, charged with as
sault with intent to kill.
The cases came up for trial be
fore Jusice Six at Batesville last
Monday, the case against Winfred
Tomlinson being the first one
called. The trial resulted in the
acquittal of Tomlinson and tlie
other cases were then dismissed.
The cases were the result of the
alleged attempt of parties at Mag
ness to frighten away the negroes
who have been employed in the
gravel pit near town. No other
attempts have been made to run
the negroes away, and no further
trouble is anticipated.
CONVICTED OF SOLICITING BRIBE
Senator A. T. Gross of Crawford
County Convicted of Boodling
0 and Fined $10
Perryville, Aug. 11.—Senator
A. T. Gross of Crawford county
was last night at 8:40 o’clock
found guilty of soliciting a bribe
and fined $10 and cost. Under the
law he could have been fined $100
and imprisoned in the county fail
or on the county farm for a period
not exceeding three months.
It is understood that the jury,
which was out for about four
hours, was overwhelmingly for
conviction from the first.
As soon as the verdict was made
a matter of record, a motion for a
new trial was filed.
Although the defense insisted
that it could not go to trial with
out Witnesses Chapline and Mc
Call, these men were not called.
Covington was here until the trial
began, and then left. His name
was not called.
^The state depended in the main
on C. S. Truitt, of St. Louis. He
was at one time employed in the
investigations started by Governor
Folk of Missouri. He came to
Little Rock in lfiOo as a supposed
lobbyist for the Layton Pure
Food Company, The defense de
pended on the testimony of Gross
himself.
Numerous witnesses summoned i
by both state and defense were i
not called.
The trial was a record-breaker
for speed. The taking of testi
mony began at 8 o’clock yesterday
morning, by noon it was completed j
and by -A o’clock the jury was de- j
liberating.
No other boodle case will be tried !
at this term of court. The other '
charges against Senator Otoss is j
expected to be continued for the ■
term, and case of F. O. Butt has 1
gone over till February.
CELEBRATES 75TH BIRTHDAY ;
Dr. W. P. Lawton celebrated '
his 75th birthday last Sunday.
There were no invited guests ex
cept the family, but all his chil
dren and grand children were
present, and the occasion was a
very pleasant one. Those present
, were Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Lawton
and little daughter of Judsonia,
T. P. Lawton of Bicknell, Ind.,
Mrs. George Collura and little son
of Judsonia, Dr. and Mrs. A. L.
McClard and little son, and Miss
Lucy Lawton. Dr. Lawton and
his estimable lady have lived to a
ripe old age, have been and are
yet useful people, despite their de
clining years. The Journal is
triad to number them among its
friends, and hopes they may both
live to celebrate many, many
more happy birthdays.
GOOD HOME FOR SALE
For Sale.— Mice home of ten
acres, between Newark and Mag
ness; good five-room house, good
large log barn, fine well of water,
good smokehouse and small orch
ard. Will be sold at a bargain.
Apply to Henderson Real Estate
Company.
nULES WANTED
I want sixty head, good full
made young mules, clear of any
blemishes 4 to 7 years old, 14 to
loi hands high; will also buy a
few 12 to 124 hands high. Will
buy at my barn every day in the
week. A. M. Edgar, Newark,
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WEEKS HAPPENINGS IN OIL TROUGH
Some Newsy Items of Interest
From the Fertile Valley
Across the White
Oil Trough, Aug. 13.—Well, we
got a line rain at last, but it was
entirely to late too be of any bene
fit to corn, except some of the
very latest planting on the low
land. As to cotton, we think it
will help some, but others think it
will not.
Saturday night, August 24th, is
the Odd Fellows’ regular meeting
night, and every member is urged
to be present, as there is some
important business to attend to.
Mrs. R. M. Davidson and chil
dren arrived home Saturday from
a visit to the lady’s sister, Mrs.
Mollie Porter, at Piedmont, Mo.
W. O. Moore, who has spent the
past three months visiting in Vir
ginia, is expected home now at
any time.
Mrs. Joe Outlaw returned home
Saturday from Salado where she
has been visiting .for the past
week.
Owing to the illness of Prof.
Mayhan's wife, our public school
has been closed since last Thurs
day.
Laborn Nichols of Cave City is
here visiting his brother, Albert,
and doing some gin repairing.
Tt.ftv. PiiivpIIv ia linlrlinirn nrn
tracted meeting this week at an
arbor near fium Chapel.
M. M. Steward has moved his
pearling camp up on Black river.
Dr. C. C. Curtis left last week
to visit relatives in Tennessee.
dames Stevens had business at
the county capital Saturday.
R. C. Adams went to Newark
on business Thursday.
C. S. Adams is visiting home
folks here this week.
A. M. Edgar of Newark was in
town Sunday.
A NICE HOMEJ^OR 5ALE
For Sale—The Mayhan resi
dence on Main street: a good new
four room frame house with half
block of land; house nearly new,
well finished and painted; fine well
of water. Price $800; $300 cash,
balance easy terms. Apply to
Henderson Real Estate Co.
Howards writes of the WEsr
California is a Fine Country But
if You Have a Home Better
Stay in Newark
Los Angles, Cali., Aug. 7.
Please allow me space to say to
ray friends of Newark and sur
rounding country that myself,
Claud, Clide and Charley Seward,' .
left Newark July 5 for Los An
geles, and arrived here safe and
sound. We arrived at Kansas
City J p. m. on the 7th and laid
over there one day. Next stop
was Pueblo, where we stopped one
day and night. Next stop was
Salt Lake City. There we all went
out bathing in the fine Salt Lake,
which is certainly grand. Then wo
started on our journey for Los
Angeles and arrived here o. k.,
July 13. Then we all lit out for
the grand old Pacific, where we
had another delightful time bath
ing and lounging around on the
beach. Then back home and took
in all the sights of the city. Then
we started out to get work.
Claude and Charley got a job a»
street car counductors but did not
like it and quit. Then I gotCaude
a job as fireman on the railroad
and they sent him out to Winslow,
ivriz., ana ne says ne lines it line.
They pay from $125 to $100 per
month. I got Clide a job from
the same company. The sent him.
to Sanhardena, Cali. ’He gets $2
per day and is learning the trada
as car builder. I got a job at $4:
per day and board attending bar*
but for myself I think 1 will go to
Goldfield and do better. Wages,
range here something like this:
Street car work, 24 cts per hour;
grocery clerk, $60 to $90 a month;
dry goods clerk, $60 to $125. Any
laborer can get from $2 to $5 per
day. Carpenters $3.50 to $6.00,
bricklayers $6 to $8. Board and
room range from $20 up per
month. Claude pays $30 and
Clide $25.
We would be better contented
if we had Newark or our friends
out here with us, but we don't
want any more malaria oft of tho
beautiful old Swan Pond. W»
are all in better health than when,
we left. If any of our friends
want to ask anything of the west
you can write me at 746 Mapla
avenue and 1 will answer and tell
you all I can. And if you conio
out here I will do all I can for
you, but if you have a home and
are enjoying good health, my ad
vice is to stay there.
I expect to make ray home soma
where in the West, but I am coin
ing back occasionally to see my
friends. I am glad to hear of the*
good resutls of the protracted
meeting at Newark. I want to say
to all who have taken up the good
work, to stick to it, and try and
get more to join in with you. It
fits you for better husbands and
better wives. May God bless yea
all.
TO SCHOOL DIRECTORS
If your district needs desks,
blackboards or school furniture of
any kind, call and get my prices.
I handle the best desk made and
can make prices as low as tho
lowest. A. A. Henderson. New
ark, Ark.
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MULES WANTED
Maues the mule buyer wants
your mules, will pay highest chasfca
price, Wednesday the 21at.