The Newark Journal.
Published In The Famous White River Country, Where Alfalfa Is King
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, /larch 12, 1909
Vol. 8. No. 48
KILLED BY HIS NEPHEW
rJVlatt Cox Shot and instantly Killed
.Tuesday by Tom Brown
Matt Cox, a farmer, who lived a
short distance north of town, was shot
and almost instantly killed Tuesday
al>Out noon by Tom Brown, who lives
over in the bottom, about a mile and
a half south of town.
The killing occurred near Brown's
norae. Cox’s wife and two small
children witnessed the tragedy, as did
Brown’s wife also. Brown’s wife’s
sister, Mrs. Dave Brown, and Dave
Dugan, a ne^ro, were also eye wit
nesses.
The weapon used was a single-bar
rel shot gun. Only one shot was fired,
the entire load taking effect in Cox’s
abdomen and producing almost in
stant death.
Brown came to town and surrender
ed, claiming that he acted self-defense.
Coroner Flinn was notified of the
killing and came down and held aa
inquest. There had been bad feelings
between the men for some time. From
the evidence brought out at the inquest
it appears that Cox and his wife had
gone to Brown's after Mrs. Dave
Brown who had been staying with Tom
Brown and his wife, but who had
written Cox to come after her. Brown,
it seems, objected to her leaving.
When Cox and his wife drove up to
Brown's house and spoke, Brown
came to the door with his gun. After
passing a few words, Cox was ordered
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to leave. He drove off, but stopped a
sl>oit distance from the house. He
was again ordered to go on, and drove
about 150 yards down the road when
he stopped and got out to fix some
thing about the harness. When he
stopped, Mrs. Dave Brown came fol
lowing them. They waited and she
aud into the wagon.
Brown and his wife came, also, Brown
carrying his gun. A few words were
passed and Brown leveled his gun on
Cox and shot him. Brown claims
that Cox cursed him and was advanc
ing <»n him and made a motion toward
his pocket as if to draw a gun when :
he shot Cox. All the witnesses do not
agree, however, on this point. A re-i
Yolver with five chambers loaded, and
two pocket knives, one a very large
knife, were taken from Cox's pockets
by onstable W. L. Hall, after the
killing.
Cox was Brown's uncle, and the
trouble between them, which dates
buck several months, seems to have
originated over Mrs. Dave Brown, a
rather young and girlish looking lit- j
tie woman about 1!) years of age, who
is a sister of Tom Brown’s wife.
Tlie coroner’s jury was composed of
the following citizens: Ad Brightwell, '
T. li. Bearing, Henry Johnson, C. J.
Drenneu, G. M. Fields, R. T. Herring
ton, W. C, Mims, Price Kellet, II. A.
Gir,;. If. E. Hawthorne, F. M. Barnes
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and l*. \V. Peyton. They returned
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the iollowiug verdict: “We, the jury,
find that the said Matt Cox came to
his heath by a gun-shot wound, fired
by *ne Tom Brown, and not in abso
lut self defense.”
Brown was takeu to Batesville and
pla • d in jail. Ho has retained At
torney J. B. Alexander as counsel,
4>IIU 'till WU Clt « I'lMUlUlUM T
here Monday before Squire Wilson.
BIG BOTTOM FARM FOR SALE
We have for serle one of the finest
farms in the famous Big Bottom, only
31 miles from Newark, consisting’ of
342 acres, 250 acres of which is in culti
vation, and produces 50 to 75 bushels
of corn or a bale of cotton per acre.
This is one of the finest farms in
Big Bottom which is noted for its
immense yields of cotton, corn and
alfalfa.
There are five tenant houses on the
farm, of two to four rooms each and
two good large box barns.
A genuine bargain if taken at once.
Henderson Real Estate Co., Newark,
.Ark.
TO SCHOOL DIRECTORS
If your district needs desks, black
boards or school furniture of any kind,
call ami get my prices. I handle the
best uesk made and can make prices
as iov, us the lowest. A. A. Hender
son, Newark, Ark.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL ITEMS
A. T. Best, a successful farmer and
j good citizen of the Dota neighborhood,
was transacting business in town Fri
day, and dropped a dollar in The
Journal's empty cash drawer.
For Sale—One buggy and harness
for $15, worth $25; one folding bed for
$15, worth $20; two bedsteads, four
mattresses, two chairs and one dresser.
Will sell by the piece or all together.
Apply to Mrs. J. P. Magness.
Are you taking the interest in your
school you ought to? This is some
thing that you should not overlook.
Remember the boys of today are the
men of tomorrow and they should be
encouraged in their school work.
There was a considerable washout
at Norfolk on the White River road
Monday, and traffic was delayed sev
eral hours. The east-bound passenger
due here at 6:48 Monday evening did
not arrive until noon Tuesday.
We failed to note this item last week
being sick at the time. W. M. Jerni
gan, one of Black River township’s
best farmers was on our streets selling'
some hogs and left a substantial token
of his appreciation of The Journal.
I). M. Troy of Magness township
has sold five hundred bushels of corn
to the Newark Lumber Co. and has
been delivering it this week. The farm
er who has corn to sell now at seven
ty-five cents a bushel has money in
every pocket.
Ml’. HTlfl M F. W \f
Sunday night for Fort Smith to at
tend the meeting of Head Camp F,
Woodmen of the World. They went
by way of Little Rock to visit Mrs.
Magness’ son, Pink Moore, who is at
tending medical college.
Mrs. Martha E. Mathews died at her
home in the Point neighborhood Sat
urday and was buried Sunday after
noon at Macedonia. Rev. Jas. F. Jer
nigan conducting the funeral services.
A son of the deceased was buried at
the same place on Friday, both being
victims of pneumonia.
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ark to look after expiring subscrip
tions and to secure new business by
means of special methods unusually
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one with experience, but would consid
er any applicant with good natural
qualifications: salary $1.50 per day,
with commission option. Address,
with references. R. C. Peacock, Room
102, Success Magazine Bldg., New
York.
Jason Holcomb, the five-year-old
son of L. P. Holcomb who lives in the
Dota neighborhood, swallowed a
small fence staple a few days ago,
which caused the family considerable
uneasiness. On the ah vice of a friend,
the boy was given slippery elm bark,
which he chewed and swallowed in
large quantities, and in due time the
staple passed from him enveloped in
the bark, doing no harm and causing
him no pain. The staple was in the
~ kw in in. it bill ■ uu > e.
The Man That Knew.
I had been told that I would find
good summer board at a certain farm
house In Nassau county, L. I., and I
was about setting out from the coun
try railroad station to find the place. |
when I ran across a man that looked
** If he could tell me all about it.
When 1 asked if he knew Farmer
Green he replied:
"Yep. Known him ever since h<
was a boy.”
“Does he take summer b'-ttrders?''
“Yep.”
“Got a comfortable place?*-'
“Poorest on the island.”
"Doesn’t he set a good table?”
‘‘It couldn't be wotse.”
"I have been told that it was a hang
up place to vacate in for a couple of
weeks.”
“Retter go anywnere else His
boarders leave after one meal.”
“Rut do you really know Green?" I
asked, thinking 1 might have made a
mistalM.
“Why, I’m the fellei himself!" he
replied.
“And yet you say that—that—”
“I say that the bedr arc so blamed
poor and the frdder so durned mean
that 1 left the place myself this moru
tug! So long.”
SULPHUR ROCK SKETCHES
Items of Interest Picked up at the Hub
of White River Township
Sulphur Rock, March 10. — R. I.
Moore was seen on the street early
Monday morning- with a post-hole dig
ger. He said he and Charley Nelson
were going to make a garden. The
next we heard of them, they were hunt
ing an old well to saw up for post
holes.
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Smith, who live just south of
town, died Monday night of croup,
and was buried at the cemetery here
Tuesday.
Ben Jernigan, Oscar Owen and Jud
Bullington. all of whom closed their
terms of school last week, entered
school here Monday. •
Miss Nannie Morgan attended the
funeral of her uncle, Rev. E. L. Mas
sey, near Moorefield, Monday.
I)r. H. W. Vaughan is spending a
few days with his daughter, Mrs. G.
W. Meriwether, near Dota.
J. H. Moore has been dangerously
sick for several days, but is thought
to be some better.
Boone Tally sj>ent Sunday and Mon
day at Batesville visiting friends and
relatives.
Mrs. J. C. Gibson, who has l>een
quite sick for some time, is still no
better.
R. H. Buchanan left Monday for
Swifton and Walnut Ridge for a few
days.
T nnn \! n l-oov I 'nlhniontn •• i 1
friends and relatives here last week.
Mrs. F. M. Barnett of Dota visited
Mrs. J. t’. Gibson here Saturday.
Rev. C. F. Hively tilled his regular
appointment here Sunday night.
George Saphro of Newport spent a
few hours in our city Sunday.
Rev. E. L. Massey died Sunday at
his home near Mooretield.
J. H. Jimerson made a business trip
to Newport Tuesday.
CHARLOTTE CHRONICLES
Charlotte, March !t.—Misses Ethel.
Byrum and Laura Nuckolls, who are
attending school at Sulphur Rock,
visited the former’s parents here
Sunday.
Misses Maggie Baker, Lola Horn
and Beulah Chaney of Cave City vis
ited the Misses Churchill Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Jernigan and
Miss Robbie Meachem of Newark vis
ited friends and relatives here Friday
night.
The young people enjoyed an enter
tainment at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Curt Stoner Saturday night.
Harrison Crigler who is attending
school at Cave City visited home folks
here Saturday and Sunday.
l’rof. Oscar Owens and Miss Vic
toria Pickens closed a successful term
of school here Friday.
Cave City visited friends here Satur
day and Sunday.
A large crowd attended the closing
exercises of the school here Friday
night.
Misses Esther Churchill and Elsie
Moore went to Batesville Monday.
Wash Herrington of Newark visited
friends here a few days last week.
A. P. Yates returned Friday from a
business trip to Spring-held, Mo.
John Yates made a business trip to
Cave City Friday.
Owen Walden visited friends at Cave
City Sunday.
Several are on the sick list this
week.
SPEAK WELL OF THE DEAD
Speak nothing- but good of the dead
says a Roman poet. Let nothing but
praises be said of the merchant who
won’t advertise. Let him rest in the
gloom of his store, and sleep on his
cobwebby bed, while customers pass
by his door, and say nothing hut good
of the dead! The man who is content
to rot, while the world keeps moving
ahead, is lit for the burial spot, so
speak nothing hut good of the dead.
—Exchange.
UTILITIES OF COTTON
The following is the report of the
committee on cotton bags being sent
out by the Southern Wholesale Grow
ers Association, of which Mr. J. A.
Van Hoose, of Birmingham, Ala., ii
president:
"We, your Committee on cotton
bags, recognizing the importance to
the southern merchants of a fair and
equitable price for cotton to our farm
ers, which affects all lines of trade
and professions of our people
and desiring that as much as possible
of the raw cotton grown in the South
be manufactured in our country to
maintain the price, and realizing that
a good cotton sack can be re-used for
many purposes, recommend that the
Southern Wholesale Grocers give pre
ference to goods packed in cotton
sacks and that we ask the manu
facturers, packers and dealers using
jute and burlap and other covering to
use cotton whenever possible.
"We recommend that a copy be sent
to each manufacturer listed with us
and that the various flour, grits an i
rice mil's, sugar and salt matlufact
urers be sent a copy and that differ
ent Fertilizer Factories he also in
formed. We recommend that the
National Wholesale Grocers Assoeia
tion be asked to co-operate with us
to get the Wholesale Grocers In their
territory to further t lie use of cotton
bags and covering.
“We recommend that the new
I apers be requested to give this
resolution as much publicity as possi
ble.”
Each and every one is urg^d to send
a copy to every manufacturer in;er
ested whose goods you are purchasing.
Each is also asked to give this resolu
tion as much publicity as possible
through every local paper published in
vnur tmvn or pmmtv
TT.vprv' fnrmfir.
merchant ami citizen In the cotton
producing States should be Intensely
interested in doing everything within
power to further the object of the
above resolution.
Very respectfully,
J. A. Van Hoose, President.
Birmingham, Ala.
MORE COTTON NEEDED
The world's production of cotton, for
mill consumption, during the year end
ed Aug. 31, 1908, exceeded by 2,340.000
bales the previous year, according to
the Census Bureau’s report on the sup
ply and distribution of cotton. The
report shows that fluctuations in the
word's supply of cotton is measured
practically by the variations in the
annual product in the United States.
If the consumption of cotton in 1909
equals that of 1908, the United States,
it is declared, must contribute about
12,500,000 bales to prevent further de
crease in stocks. The number of cot
ton spindles in this country is 27.904,
487, the distribution among the states
giving Massachusetts 34 per cent,
South Carolina 13 per cent and North
Carolina 11 per cent. Rhode Island
ranks fourth in the list. The number
of spindles has increased 23 per cent
in the last eight years and the con
sumption of cotton 24 per cent.
The annual export of manufactur
ers of cotton are declared to be sub
ject to wide fluctations. those for
1908 amounting to $25,177,758, or less
I 1 ict 11 lita.l v aiuc: cAjjui ivri
1906, which aggregated in value more
than $00,000,000. This reduction is
due to the falling off of the exports
to China. An interesting fact 4o the
producers is that of the total cotton
amounting to 4.459,300 hales, 34 per
cent was consumed in the United
States.
Kaffir Corn in the South.
That Kaffir corn and niilo maizeare
not properly appreciated in theflBd
trade is the conclusion of the
station in a feeding test. These g" 'tps
! contain considerably less fat os' oil
than Indian corn and in other constit
uents the differences are not import
ant. The protein and fat of Kaffir
corn are much less easily digested
than the some constituents in Indian
corn. In a feeding test the Kaffir corn
produced greater gains than mile
maize, with Indian corn in third place
Study at Home.
"Maud graduated from your cooking
school last spring, didn’t she?”
"Yes, but site’s going to take a post
graduate course next fall.”
"Going back to the same school
again?”
“Oh, no; she’s to he married to a
poor young man.”—Catholic Standard
and Times.
ELISHA GRAY IS SANE
Sons Attack His Sanity But Jury Finds
Old Gentleman Mentally Sound
A rather unique ease was concluded
in the Probate Court at Batesville late
Friday afternoon, when a jury of
twelve men returned a verdict finding'
Elisha Gray to be sane.
The case was an effort upon the part
of Mr. Gray’s children to have him
adjudged insane and a guardian ap
pointed for him, alleging that he was
giving away his property and wasting
the same.
Elisha Gray is one of the oldest and
most prominent citizens of the county.
He is 78 years old and is parliallv
paralyzed. He has been prominent in
the politics of the county, having rep
resented the county in the legislature,
and has accumulated considerable
property. He has seventeen children,
thirteen of whom are living. One of
his sons, A G. Gray, is an ex-senator
and an ex-representative from this
county, and all are more or less prom
inent socially or politically.
These children, with the exception of
one, united in an effort to have the
father adjudged insane. They claimed
that he was making way with his prop
erty by deeding it to a married daugh
ter who lives with the old man. On
the other hand, the old gentleman
answered by saying that his sons, or
a portion of them, including Senator
A. G. Gray and J. B. Gray, a mer
chant of Batesville, and son, T. A.
Gray, were indebted to him in a large
sum of money lent them, for which he
has notes and haw brought suit upon
them.
Many experts testified in the case.
The old gentleman was brought into
court in an invalid’s chair, and, while
weak in body, it is said he made an
exceptionally good witness for one of
his age. At any rate the jury ren
dered a verdict that he was sane.
REV. E. A. MASSEY DEAD
This sad event occured last Sunday
at 10 a. m. at his home near Moore
field. He was a son of the late Col.
(J. L. Massey and a grand-son of Ja
son Massey. The family lias been in
the county for more than half a cen
tury, and is one of the first as to good
citizenship, and was prominent in
church and Masonic circles.
Rev. E. L. Massey was one of the
strong preachers in the Methodist
church. He was granted license to
j preach in 1881, and joined the Arkan
sas conference in 1883, serving there
| on circuits, stations and districts"for
■ seventeen years, transferring to the
! Oklahoma conference where he served
seven years. In 1907 he took a sujier
annu&te relation on account of ill
health, and last June came back to
his home near Moorefield to build up
his health. He never regained his
health, but declined steadily until last
Sunday at 10 a. in. when his earthly
! career came to a close.
He was a good man, a kind hus
band, a loving father and a good citi
zen. The end came peacefully and ho
died on Sunday, as he had often said
lie wished to die.
He leaves a wife and four children,
three sons and one daughter, all
I grown, and excellent young people.
Rev. C. F. Hively of Sulphur Rock
! and Rev. Jas. F. Jernigan of Newark
held the funeral services at Lee’s
Chapel Monday in the presence of a
large congregation of sympathetic
friends.
There is only one left of his father’s
family, Mrs. Ida Leggett, widow of
the late Frank Leggett.
Servant of God. well done,
Rest from thy Lord’s employ.
The battle fought, the victory won,
Enter thy Master’s joy.
A Friend!
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the good people
of Newark and vicinity for their as
| sistanee and sympathy during the try
ing hours of the killing of our son
and brother, George.
Hoping that none will experience
the same, Geo. F. Grosser
and family.
Telephone the news to The Journal.
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