The Newark Journal.
Published in The famous White River Country. Where Alfalfa Is King
$1 Per Annum
Newark, independence County, Arkansas, Friday, December 2, 1910
Vol. 10, No. 34
CHARLOTTE CHRONICLES
Happenings of the Week in Dota
Township Briefly Told.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Fink spent
Sunday at Cord with relatives.
M'ss Vela Jernigan visited rel
atives at Batesville a few days last
week.
R. H. Brogdon and children
made a business trip to Sulphur
Rock Saturday.
Miss Beryl Ward of Batesville
visited relatives here from Satur
day till Monday.
Rev. C. F. Hively filled his
regular appointment at the Meth
odist church Sunday.
Mrs. Ella Walden and children
of Hazel Grove visited relatives
here from Saturday until Monday.
Mr. and Mrs J. W. Criglerand
little daughter, Mattie, of Cord
visited relatives here a few days
this week.
Hon. and Mrs. G. J. Lindsey
returned Friday from a pleasant
visit with relatives near Floral and
Pleasant Plains.
J. C. McGill and daughters,
Clara and May, and Miss Agnes
Blair made a business trip to
Batesville Saturday.
Misses Una Cnurchill and Rena
Crigler, and George Brittan at
tended Thanksgiving services at
Sulphur Rock Thursday night.
Mrs. Mary Sorrels and little
grand-son, Ernest Mimms, of New
ark, are visiting the former’s j
daughter, Mrs. E. L. .Jernigam
Frank Jackson and Miss Nettie j
Harrelson were married Sunday
at the home of the bride’s mother,
Mrs. Mattie Bishop, Rev. J. L.
Brown officiating.
Hon. and Mrs. W. 1). Baker
and little son, Emmett, of Sul- j
phur Rock spent Saturday night
and Sunday here with the lady’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Sane.
FAMILY RE-UNION
Sulphur Rock, Nov. 28.—A fam
ily re-union was held at Dennis
Lindsey’s Sunday, November 27,
at which a fine dinner was given
in honor of Tom Morris and fam
ily, who will leave for Texas in a
few days. There were present
Tom Morris and family, Will
Morris and family, John Thomp
son and family, James Ashley
and family. Tom D. Lindsey and
family, and others, representing
four generations. Among the
guests was grandma West, who is
nearly 90 years old.
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SKETCHES FROM SALADO
Weeks happenings Timely and
Tersely Related
J. W. Scott and mother went to
Batesville Friday shopping.
The heaviest hail storm we have
had for years fell here Sunday af
ternoon.
.1. G. Hazelrigg will soon em
bark in the merchantile business
at this place.
N. W. Ulrich of Pomona, Mo.,
was here last week delivering
fruit trees and berry plants.
R. P. Gatling of Oil Trough at
tended the Masonic Lodge here
Saturday, returning home Sunday.
H. F. Vickers left Monday for
Kentucky to visit his daughters
whom he has not seen for several
years.
J. Strouble and son of West
Plains, Mo., came in Friday on a
few days visit to Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Yarbrough.
Mrs. Mary E. Billington, a
widow lady, left Thursday for St.
Louis where she has gone to make
her home with her grandson,
Hugh Billington.
J. I). Rutledge, O. A. Gould
and Prior Gordon of the Cave
Springs neighborhood attended
Thanksgiving services here Thurs
day. The day was observed in a
very appropriate manner, the ser
vices being well attended.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brown left
yesterday morning for St. Peters
burg, Fla., where they will spend
the winter.
S. W. Clark went to Tucker
man Wednesday to spend a day or
two with Albert Galloway, who
was accidentally shot Tuesday af
ter noon.
Strayed.—From Newark, one
bay mare about ten years old,
branded with small S on left hip. i
Rewaad for information leading]
to her recovery. Joe Clark, New
ark, Ark.
Fire originating in Dr. Thiol
lier’s drug store at Pleasant Plains |
Monday night destroyed two or
three buildings. Telephone con
nection was cut otl by the fire and
| the extent of the loss has not been
ascertained.
The Newark Lumber Company
sold a bill of goods a few days
ago to be shipped to New Mexico.
The purchaser said the sale was
the result of advertising in The
Journal. Who said it didn’t pay
to advertise!
County Demonstrator J. K
Taylor is mailing out cards to all
the farmers who were on his list
this year. He is closing up the
year’s work and very much de
sires that all who receive one of
the cards till it out in full and
mail to him at once.
All members of Newark Grove
Woodmen Circle are urgently re
quested to be present at the next
regular meeting, Tuesday night,
December 0. Officers for the en
suing year are to be elected at
this meeting and a full attendance
is desired. E. W. Magness, Clerk.
The .Journal has often said that
we have the best paying list of
subscribers of any paper in Ar
kansas, and we believe it is so.
Our prompt paying subscribers
are our main stay and we sincere
ly appreciate their promptness.
There are only a few on our en
j tire list who have not paid and we
would appreciate it very much if
[they would pay up at once. State
ments will be mailed to all who
are in arrears within a few days.
We hope all will settle up by the
[ first of the year and then we can
all spit on our hands and take a
new hold.
The Royal Neighbors gave u
Thanksgiving supper at the lodge
hall Thursday night, which was
well patronised. It was a very
pleasant affair socially, as well as
a success financially. It was got
ten up entirely by the ladies
without any assistance, and they
are to be congratulated upon their
success.
P. G. Maguess expects to leave
tomorrow for Clovis, N. M. Mr.
Magness bought property and
moved out there some three years
ago, but has spent the past year
here and his many friends hoped
that he had decided to remain here
permanently. He is a good man
and a valuable addition to the
citizenship of any community.
The remains of Mrs. D. A.
Phipps, who died at Gallup, N. M ,
on the 20th of last month, arrived
here Friday night, accompanied
by h{jr husband and two small
children. Funeral services were
conducted by Rev. J. H. McDon
iel at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Walker, Sat
urday afternoon, and the remains
were taken to the Buck graveyard
in Logan township for burial.
The supreme court handed down
a decision Monday in the case of
T. J. Raney vs. F. M. Brannon,
appealed from this county. As
executor of the estate of Ben j
Brannon, deceased, Raney sought
to secure the cancellation of a deed
to certain lands in Big Bottom, j
which he alleged had been fraudu
lently secured by F. M. Brannon
from Ben Brannon. The trial of
the case in the Chancery court in
this county resulted in a verdict
in favor of F. M. Brannon. Ran
ey appealed to the supreme court,
and the supreme court affirmed
the decision of the lower court.
STANGE IS COMING
Stange’s moving picture exhib
ition will be in Newark soon. He
will represent the Passion Play,
the most wonderful moving pic
ture in the world. The pictures
give a clean synopsis of the birth,
childhood, miracles, passion and
death of Christ. Everyone who
can should see this grand exhibi
tion. Stange is well known here
as well as in various other places,
and his popular entertainments
always get the crowds, so don't
let this opportunity pass.
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING
Program For Convention at Black
River Academy Dec. 17.
The Black River, Dota and
Logan township Sunday School
convention will be held at Black
River Academy Saturday, Decem
ber 17, beginning at 10 a. m. The
following program has been ar
ranged.
Song and prayer service led by
A. T. Best.
Qualifications of the Teacher.—
C. P. Pickens.
Duties of the Sunday School
Teacher.—George Forester.
Opportunities of the Sunday
School Teacher.—«J. J. Forester.
Keeping up the interest and en
thusiasm in the Sunday school.—
Rev. C. F. Hively.
Trained in a high school.—Pap
er by Miss Addie Page.
The church and the great com
mission.—Miss Ruth Pickens.
Intermission, Dinner to be serv
ed on the ground.
Song and prayer service led by
Mack Hensley.
How the church and the Sunday
school may be mutually helpful. —
Rev. K \V. James.
A Sunday school in India.—Miss
Victoria Pickens.
A Beacon from the Berkshire
hills.—Miss Nora Best.
Querry Box. Adjournment.
Condensed From Report to Comptroller of Currency, November 10, 1910
Statement of Condition of the
First National Bank of Newark
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts.$38,891.02
U. S Bonds. 25,000.00
Banking house and
fixtures. 1,500.00
Due from other banks 75,778.26
Cash in vault.. 8,511.58
Due from U. S. Treas. 1,250.00
Total.$150,930.86 j
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock paid in. $25,o00.00
Surplus and undivid
ed net profits. 3,082.45
National Bank Notes
outstanding . 25,000.00
Deposits. 97,848.41
Total
$150,930.86
The foregoing statement is correct, and is respectfully sub
mitted to the customers of this Bank as showing its strength and j
its ability to serve them. E. B. CHESSER, Cashier.
OIL TROUGH TINKLINGS
Doings of the Week Among Our
Neighbors Across the White
Mrs. E. C. Lam burton was
shopping at Newport Friday.
W. I). Johnson was down at
tending justice court this week.
A fine son was born uuto Mr.
and Mrs. B. F. Pridmore Satur
day.
B. (). Trotter spent several
days this week on his farm below
Newport.
John Britt passed through town
Monday on his way home to
Mooretield.
C. M. Meisenheimer has moved
out on Departee creek to spend a
while trapping.
C. W. Wasson was down from
Batesville Saturday looking after
business matters.
J. C. Outlaw, Ernest Palmer,
Clint and James Davidson spent
Friday in Newport.
Mark Owens has homesteaded
the island just above the ferry
and moved on it Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Kent
left Thursday for Lonoke and
Little Rock to visit relatives.
B. F. Trotter, Iienry Shipp and
Henry Hawkins have lost several
fine hogs recently from cholera.
The W. O W. elected seven
candidates Thursday for initiation
in the 5000 class at Little Rock
Saturday.
Mrs. Etta Wood has returned to
her home at Sulphur, Okla., after
an extended visit here with her
brother, John Taylor.
J. L. Outlaw is still suffering
considerably from the injuries re
ceived in a streetcar wreck while
attending the State Fair at Hot
Springs some time ago. He is
worse now than when he returned
home.
CHAMPION COTTON PICKERS
Randoph county claims the
champion cotton picking family of
the state. M. J. Burris, a farmer
living near Keyno, and his two
sons picked 1450 pouuds of cotton
in one day last week.
MARES AND HULES POR SALE
We have 75 head of mares and
mules for sale, cash or credit. At
Sulphur Rock every day and at
Frank Wright’s plaee on Black
River every Tuesday. (iTiffin &
Wright.