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The Newark Journal.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, February 24, 19(6
Vol 15, No. 47
POLL TAX BLANKS
FOUND IN OFFICE
None Missing From State Aud
itors Office, According to
Report of Committee.
Little Rck, Feb.23.—No poll
tax receipts are missing from
the office of M. F. Dickinson,
state auditor, according to a re
port of the committee that aud
ited the blank receipts returned
1 the auditor by sheriffs of the
State, submitted to Mr. Dickin
son Saturday night. On thecon
trary, the report recites 1,934
more poll tax receipts are in
the office than the number
shown to have been returned
by collectors.
Seventy-four sheriffs of the
State reported to the commit
tee that they received no blank
receipts, although one, Thomas
Edwards of Sevier cunty, told
the committee he had been of
i red some receipts by William
Stoddard, deputy state auditor.
Mr. Stoddard, in answer, said
Mr. Edwards apparently took
a jocular r mark seriously.
Mr. Dickinson, commenting
on the report, declared that if
Hogan Oliver, his opponent,
who preferred the charges con
cwning missing polltax receipts
could prove his charge he, Mr.
Dickinson, would withdraw
from the race.
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AGED WOMAN BURNED
Marshall, Feb. 22.—Mrs.
Mary Jane Watts, aged 72, liv
ing near (Libert, was burned
to death at Per home Saturday
tternoon while washing. She
had gone to Hie pot toget some
clothes when her clothescaught
lire and he was burned to
death before aid could reach
her.
ARKANSAS CATTLE
BRING FANCY PRICE
Independence County ManGets
Record Price For Cattle in
St. Louis Market.
The following item is clipped
from the St. Louis Daily 'Stock
Reporter for February 17.
Arkansas steers averaging
1269 pounds sold as this mar
ket today at $7.70, a new state
high mark for the present year.
They were shipped by M. M.
Rutherford of Independence
county, that state, who raised
land fed the beeves. Mr. Ruth
'erford also had the distinction
of getting within five cents of
the top of the hog market with
a drove of swine that sold at
!$8.50, equalling the day’s best
price in Chicago and 20 cents
per 100 above either Kansas
City or St. Joe. This’s surely
going some for Arkansas hags,
but it must be acknowledged
that they were some hogs.
Another load of swine con
signed by Mr. Rutherford av
eraged 197 pounds and brought
$8.30
“My steers were high grade
shorthorns, remarked Mr. Ru
therford to a repesentative of
the Reporter.” “I fed them a
ration comprised of ensilage,
some dry corn, alfalfa hay and
oat straw. To put on a sleek
finish I then fed them cotton
seed meal for the last thirty
days. Naturally 1 am pleased
at making a new mark here for
Arkansas beeves the present
year, and also appreciate hav
ing hogs close to the day’s top.
My cattle went to the native
division of the yards upon cer
tificate. We are actively en
gaged in tick eradication in our
part of the state and soon hope
First National Bank
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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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THE STARTING OF
A BANK ACCOUNT
Even with One Dollar
Is an Act Which
One May Wisely Count an
ACT OF COMMON SENSE
The First Dollar Is the Big One
Because It Starts the Saving
BUY BANK MONEY ORDERS
When Sending Money to Dis
tant points. They are payable
anywhere and are SAFE.
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The Journal Installs New Press
The above is a picture of the
fine new Babcock Standard
press just installed by The
Journal.
This is one of the best and
fastest presses in any newspa
per office in North Arkansas.
It will handle any kind of print
ing, from ordinary newspaper
work up to high class book and
commercial printing, and has a
capacity of 3,000 an hour.
Our friends are rordially in
vited to drop in and see this
new press in operation.
to have the county free.”
Mr. Rutherford is an exten
sive land < wner and planter
and raises much cotton. How
ever. he is of the progressive
type that realizes that it pays
best to supplement cotton with
live stock. He left for Central
lllnois today to inspect some
up-to-date concrete feeding
plants, as he proposes to install
something of this character on
his own plantation.
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W. M. SOCIETY
The Woman’s Missionary So
ciety met in regular session
Tuesday with Mrs. L. .1? Han
kins. The following program
was rendered:
Subject—New Light and Life
for 400,000,000 People—China
and New Americans.
Leader—Mrs. B. F. Adams.
Bible Lesson—Jesus the Life,
John III, 14-17; John X, 24-26;
John 10; John V. 11-12;
Comment on Lesson—Mrs. L.
B. Hankins.
Hymns—279, 243.
Prayer—Mrs. F. M. Martin.
What Sh.Jl We do For the
Imigrant?—Mrs. H. E. Haw
thorne.
Our Work Among the Imi
grant—Mrs. B. A. Baker.
New Am,"deans- Mr.s E. R
Moore.
I am the Imigrant—Mrs.
Leone Magness.
Excuses Mrs. W .W. Jerni
gam
After the society adjourn
ed to jneet with Mrs. E. R.
Moore two weeks later, the in
mates at the parsonage were
remembered, with a Kitchen
Shower, which was greatly ap
preciated.
We give you a cordial invitation
to meet with us again
Corresponding Sec.
KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE
Paragon'd. Feb. 22.—Daniel
Hardy, lab. rer 5], died at the
Paragould Sanitarium at 10
o'clock this morning from the
effects of injuries rereived late
yesterday afternoon, when he
was run down by automobile
driven by Miss Alma Hickson.
WANTED TO RENT
Good small upland farm with
25 to 40 acres in cultivation.
Must be good hill land and not
too far from town. For further
information apply at The Jour
nal office.
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Woven wire farm fencing in
all the best styles; also barbed
wire, nails and staples. A fresh
carload just received at the
Newark Lumber Co.
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EARLE BEST
The Journal presents here
with an excellent likeness of
our young friend, Earle Best,
of Dota,who won the first state
■ prize in the Arkansas Boys
Corn Club contest the past sea
son.
Earle is i hustling and ener
getic young man and The Jour
nal is as proud of his success as
Earle can possibly be himself.
We hope bis good work in the
Corn Club will encourage other
Independence county boys to
enter this good work.
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SEEKING REMOVAL
OF COUNTY SEAT
Newport, Feb.2J.—Since the
recent disasrtous overflow of
White river, which flooded
Newport to a depth of form
two to twelve feet, a movement
has been launched by Tucker
man business men, a town ten
miles north of this city, on th
main line of the Iron Mountain
line, to have the county seat of
Jacksoii county removed from
Newport to that town. It is
pointed out that the recent ov
erflow made it impossible to
hold the winter term of th >
Circuit Court for two weeks
and that Tucktrman is above
the oveflow mark. '
CANDIDATES WILL
HAVE TO HURRY
Next Wednesday, March 1.
is the last day on which candi
date's for county offices can got
their name on the ticket. If
there are any who have not paid
their fee and filed the required
pledge with the secretary,E. A.
Hodges, they should lose no
time in doing so. This rule ap
plies to township candidates
also.
COUNTY CAMPAIGN
OPENS NEXT WEEK
Beginning Next Tuesday at
Brewer School House Cam
paign Continues to Primary
: he county campaign will
op n next Tuesday at the Brew
er school house, and the candi
d tes will be a busy bunch from
that time until the polls close
on the 29th of March,
Following is the list ofspeak
ing appointments:
Brewer school house, Tues
day, March 29.
Hickory Valley, Wednesday,
March 1.
Sandtown. Thursday, March
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Cushman, Friday, March 3.
Bethesda, Saturday, March
4.
Ham School House, Monday,
March 6.
Charlotte, Tuesday, Mar. 7.
Cord, Wednesday, Mar. X.
Logan School House, Thurs
day, Mar. 9.
Fitch's Store. Wycough town
shim Friday, Mar. 10.*
Sulphur Rock, Satuday,
Mar. 11.
Oil Trough,Monday, Mar. 13.
Elmo, Tuesday, Mar. 14.
Bailey. Wednesday. Mar. 15.
Pleasant Plains, .Thursday,
Mar. 16.
Floral, Friday, Mar. 17.
Jamestown, Saturday. Mar.
18.
Desha, Monday, Mar. 20.
Relief, at Coverston School
House, Tuesday, Mar. 21.
Salado, Wednesday, Mar.22.
Rosie, Thursday, Mar. 23.
Craig. Fsulay, Mar. 24.
Magness, Saturday. Mar. 25.
Newark, Monday, Mar. 27.
.B ttesvillo. Tuesday. Mar. 28.
< ounty Clerk E. R. Hooper
was elected to .act as perman
ent chairman during the cam
paign.
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FOR SALE
Forty acres cut-over bottom
and near Cord. On public road
near .highland, can be cleared
chin,p and will make good farm.
Some .good timber on land
!YCe $250. Newark Real Es
at' Company.
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NEW PRESIDENT FOR
| ARKANSAS COLLEGE
Board Also Starts Campaign to
Raise Endowment Fund of
$100,000
| At a meeting of the Board of
Trustees of Arkansas College
of Batesville, held in Little
Rock Tuesday afternoon, Dr.
W. S. Lacey, D. I)., was elected
president; Dr. E. R. Long was
elected to the chair of English
Bible and Political Science,and
a campaign to raise an endow
ment fund of $100,000 was de
cided upon by the board.
The college now has an en
dowment of $40,000, but it is
the desire of the board to in
crease this amount. The raising
of the $100,000 is conditional
upon Batesville raising $25,000
additional. Dr. Lacey, the new
president,formerly was finance
agent for the college, and now
is connected with the Peace In
stitute at Raleigh, N. C.
If Dr. Lacey accepts the
presidency lie will have active
charge of the endowment fund
and will be relieved of teaching
during the time he is on the
campaign. Dr. Lacey was re
sponsible' for the raising of most
of the present endowmnet. He
is a native of Union county and
received his education at the
college. Dr. Lacey has just end
ed successfully a $200,000 cam
paign for Union Theological
Seminary, in Virginia.
Dr. Eugene R. Long is a son
ofthe found 'r of Arkansas Col
lege, and was president until
two years ago, when he resigned
lege, Sherman, Tex. Both the
legt. Sherman, Tex. Both the
election of Dr. Lacey and Dr.
Long were unanimous. The
board expressed the hope both
would accept the offers and as
sume their duties on June 1.
The Rev. J. H. Morrison was
instructed by the board to con
tinue his efforts to raise cash
for the institution. The canvass
being made by the Rev. Mr.
Morrison is separate from the
endowment fund plan.
Arkansas College was found
ed in 1872 by Dr. Isaac J. Long
and is the oldest Presbyterian
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