The Newark Journal.
Published In The famous Big Bottom Country. Where Alfalfa is king.
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, October 18, 1907
Vol. 7. No. 43
COURT CONVENES MONDAY
Fall Term of the Circuit Court Be
gins at Batesville the 21st
Synopsis of Cases Appearing on the
Docket and List of the Grand
and Petit Jurors
The fall term of the Circuit Court
convenes at Batesville next Monday,
and the docket is an unusually heavy
one. The criminal docket, however,
is lighter than usual, there l>eing only
84 cases in all, eight felonies and "<>
misdemeanors.
The felonies are: Don. J. Casey,
embezzlement; Lee Musick, seduction;
Alfred Hogan, seduction; Will Mag
ness.(col) murder in first, degree: Riley
Sherrill, (col.,) carnal abuse; P. L.
Kinkaid, embezzlement ; Lewis Pearey,
removing property under lien; and
Calvin Chastain, perjury.
The misdemeanors consist of .‘56 vio
lations of the liquor law; two disturb
ing the peace: five disturbing public
worship; six breach of peace: eight
carrying a pistol: two malicious mis
chief: one against the railroad com
pany for failing to sound a whistle or
ring a bell; one carrying knucks: one I
non-feasance in office: four gaming:
one resisting an officer; one unlawful
seining: one practising dentistry with
out license: one contempt of court, and
one breaking the sabbath.
the following parties are under
bond or 1\ing in jail awaiting an in
vestigation, for the following offenses t
Diek Bailey, grand larceny; R. B.
"Woodyard, false pretense: Andy and
Emma Minard, removing mortgaged
property; Billie Long, burglary: J.
' "W. Miller, slander: .Tohn Adams,
embezzlement: Barrett Morrow, seduc
tion: Red Sherrill, (col.,) carnal
abuse: and Frank Helms, murder in
the first degree. There are also live
inquisitions reported for investigation
by the Grand Jury, other than that
upon the body of Mrs. Sarah Helms
in which the Coroner's Jury, charged
her husband with the crime. The live
above m< ntioned seem to be of purely
known can- ■> and will doubtless be
passed without much investigation.
The civil docket is almost, twice as
large sis usual, there being peases in
all to he disposed of at this terra.
Thirty-nine of the above cases are
against the railroad company, and
range in amounts from $<>.50 to $11,
925.00, and aggregate over $69,000.00.
Doubtless less than half of this num
ber of cases will be disposed of at this
term: and. as a rule, the amounts ob
tained m judgments do not come up
to on -third the amount sued for.
The first three days of the court are
devoted to misdemeanors, the next
three days are devoted to felonies,
and the second week is devoted to civil
■cases, the first three days thereof be
ing devoted to the cases against the
railroads.
The following- cases are docketed
against the railroad company, with
the following named plaintiffs, and
set for hearing on Monday of the sec
ond week:
No. ').n, W. H. Tomlinson: 5J2, Ed
Tomlinson: 500, j. j. Caldwell; 574
White River Grocer (’<>.; 70(5. G. L.
■Green; 794, Mary E. Hammond: 707, j
Karl Liehr, Admr.; 850, Hinkle Live
Stock Company; 871 to 870, Weaver
Dowdy Co. (nine cases:) 882, Mary
Kitchens, et. al.: 883, Montgomery -
Hardister Co.; 884, Weaver Merc. Co.;
800, A. P. Bone: 802, A. M. Edgar:
80.4, State of Arkansas, civil action
for violation of the eight hour tele
graph operator’s law, by R. E. Jeff
ery, Prosecuting Attorney; 807, Mrs.
Smith; 898, J. .T. Davis, suit for $10,
000 for the killing of Brakeman W.
F. Davis, son of the plaintiff, who was
killed near Arkadelphia, and is
brought under fellow servants law, as
it is alleged that he was killed by
carelessness upon the part of the en
gineer in ignoring signals; 004, W. T.
Magness, for $11,925 damages, for
running Thomas Creek onto certain
lands west of Newark; Oil, Etta Wil
liams, et. al.; 012, Hopper & Franklin;
014, Rice Merc. Co., damage done to
cotton in shipment; 015, W. A. Ed
wards, same; 910, M. C. Weaver, same;
017, A. <4ook; 920, Oil Trough Merc.
Co.: 921, Geo. W. Young; 022, John
Johnson: 92J, F. Wv Brewer: 814,
Madness & Mims, Tuesday of second
week; 847, Arch Garner, Admr., suit
for $10,000 for the killing of T. E. Jett,
at Judsonia, while loading some cattle
for shipment, in 1900: his parents, wife
and children live in Izard county, set
for Wednesday of 2nd week: 814, Paul
A. Holmes, suit for $10,000 for injuries
received by falling from a boxcar be
tween Magness and Newark, in 1960,
caused l»y a grab-iron giving wav
while the train was in motion, set for
Wednesday of second week.
Any of the cases above set out may
be re-set. at the discretion of the court,
or upon agreement by counsel: but if
not changed will be called in rotation.
The remainder of the ( ivil Docket
is as follows:
No. 007, Batesville Real Estate Co.
vs L. E. Moore, et. al., Monday of
second week.
099, Frank Hindman vs M. C. Bur
row. Admr., Tuesday of second week.
780. T. W. Hulsey, guardian, vs .T.
W. Littlefield, et al, Tuesday of se#
ond week.
809, Churchill & Yates vs James
Summers, Tuesday of second week.
810. C. H. Walden vs W. F. Gire,
Tuesday of second week.
(Continued on page 4)
PUBLIC SCHOOL OPENS
Good Attendance and Much Interest
Shown at the Opening Monday
The public school opened Monday,
with all the teachers at their post of
duty and 130 pupils present.
Several patrons of the school were
present to assist in the opening exer
cises. and the new principal. Prof. .T. B.
Stewart, was introduced to the school
in a few well chosen words by 1*1. H.
Williamson, the untiring and efficient
secretary of the board of directors.
A fervent prayer was ottered by Rev.
•Tas. FI. .Ternigan, after which Director
E. H. Williamson addressed the school
at some length, along educational
lines, and The Journal is informed
that he made one of tlie most practical
and helpful talks along this line ever
heard in Newark. Director Wilson
also made a good talk along the same
line.
Besides a number of patrons, the
following directors were present at the
opening: .1. E. Henderson, N. M.
Wilson, E. if. Williamson and M. R.
Arnold.
The faculty this year is as follows:
Prof. .T. B. Stewart, principal: Miss
Fannie Blalock, intermediate depart
ment: Miss Maud Griffin, second and
third grades: Miss Gertrude Hulsey,
primary department.
The school opens with the most
favorable prospects in its history,
and with its able corps of instructors,
will be the best school in the history
of Newark if gi-ven the proper support
and encouragment by the patrons and
citizens.
COTTON RECEIPTS
The total cotton receipts up to noon
yesterday were 103 bales, and it was
selling at lli cents. The total re
ceipt to the same date last year were
344 bales, and the price at that time
was 11 cents.
BLOODLESS.
Bill Skeeter—Say, old man, you’re
looking awfully wan and peaked. Been
sick?
Peaked One—Nope; been hanging
round one of these all-the-comforts-of
home rural resorts all summer—and
say, but It was awful poor picking!—
Chicago Dally News. .
STATE NEWS ITEMS
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Short Items of Interest Gathered Fresh
From the Daily Papers
Sharp county scrip is worth only (50
cents on the dollar.
A hank has been organized at Ra
venden Springs, with $.1,000 capital.
The payroll of the Iron Mountain
railroad at Hoxie is $18,000 a month.
The oil mill at Walnut Ridge start
ed Monday and is running night and
day.
Contracts have been awarded for
two drainage canals in Lawrence
county.
Newspaper reports indicate that
Sunday morning’s frost was general
all over the state.
W. W. Ellis, a farmer living near
Foreman, recently sold a bale of cot
ton for 20 cents a pound.
Heber is enjoying a building boom,
about 20 new buildings being in course
of construction there now.
Robert Thomas, a Cotton Belt en
gineer, was run over by a street car at
Pine Bluff Thursday and instantly
killed.
The Randolph County Farmers Un
ion. in session last week, spoke strong
ly against politics being brought into
the order.
A bonus of $15,000 is asked for the
proposed electric car line between Im
boden and Smithville, and $15,(500 has
been subscribed.
The Gassville canning factory, in
spite of an unfavorable season, has
packed three cars of tomatoes, and
will easily get another.
Lehman Eaton, ten years old, was
kicked in the head by a mule, recently
near Elm Store, Randolph county,
and died a few days later.
Walter Dickerson's leg was caught
in the machinery of the Stanley saw
mill near Redding, Tuesday, and was
cut off just below the knee.
G. W. Wright, quite a prominent
citizen of Northwest Arkansas, was
found dead in his bed at his home
near Eureka Springs Saturday morn
ing.
The four-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Warren Rogers, of Ebenezer,
was smothered to death while playing
at digging wells in a pile of cotton
seed Friday.
Scott Williamson, a negro, was shot
and instantly killed in a restaurant in
Argenta by Tom Torrence, another
negro, because Williamson refused to
loan him a dollar.
James Taylor, mill boss for the
Grant Lumber Romany at Grapevine,
was run over and killed by a car on
the tram Thursday night. Mr. Taylor
was thrown under the car and horribly
mangled.
Hon. J. IT. Ard’s" handsome two
story residence at Tupelo was destroy
ed by tire Sunday. The loss is about
$3,000; insurance $1,000. Mr. Ard was
Jackson county's representative in the
last legislature.
Tom Bell, a farmer living near
Searcy, was running a mower cutting
hay when his fine colt in some manner
got in front of the sickle, and before
he could stop the machine both the
bind feet of the colt were cut entirely
off above the fetlocks. The colt had
to be killed.
Six business blocks were destroyed
by tire in Huntington Saturday, and
it was only through the heoric efforts
of citizens that the entire town was
prevented from being wiped out. The
buildings destroyed were frame and
valued at $115,(KM). There was only
$3,500 insurance. Origin not known.
BOLL WEEVIL IN HEMPSTEAD
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Hope, Oct. 12.—Judge J. M. Hane
gan selected a full cotton stalk from
his Red river farm, and on cutting
open Hi bolls he found a boll weevil in
14 of them. The specimens were con
' tinned as true boll weevils by J. J.
Moore, government expert.
STATE FAIR CLOSES
Hot Springs, Oct. 111.—The second
annual Arkansas state fair closed
here at midnight last night, after ten
i
i days of successful operation. It was
practically assured, so say the offi
I cials, that the fair is now established
as a permanent institution. It has had
strong support from the business men
of Hot Springs and Little Rock from
| the point of exhibits, and has had the
support of every section of the state
in point of attendance. There has
been a lack of exhibits, tending to
show the vast mineral and timlter re
sources of the state and there was no
educational exhibit this year. It is up
to the farmers, stock raisers, lumber
men and miners of Arkansas to make
the state fair a greater success next
year. But there has been no com
plaint that visitors this year have not
secured their money’s worth.
SHOT HIS FATHER
Newport, Oct. Iff. .Toe Utley, a
younjf ne<rro, was arrested and jailed
last evening by Constable Abe Ballew,
on the charge of attempted murder.
Joe's father had been whipping the
children severely and picking tip a
mallet, threatend the life of his daugh
ter, when the son grabbed a *>un and
emptied the contents into the rijfht.
shoulder of his father, inflictin'*- a
serious wound.
SHERIFF’S REPORT
Fines Assessed and Collected, Num
ber of Prisoners in Jail, Etc
The report of Sheriff Dunlap sub
mitted to the Quorum Court shows in
detail all the transactions of his office
in revenue collected and management
of the jail. From November 1, 11)00,
to October 1. 11)07, lifty-two prisoners
were confined in the tail, for a total of
i
1.120 days. A detailed statement is
submitted, showing the numbur of
days served by each prisoner. The
cost of keeping the prisoners for that
time was $700.75.
During tiie time mentioned, the
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sheriff was charged with fines, forfeit
j ures, jury tax and stenographer’s tax
[to the amount of $1,203. Of that
! amount, $870.50 has been collected in
| cash: $112.25 has been served out in
| jail; $12 cannot be collected; $18 is
tied up in appeals to the Supreme
Court; $30 is unpollected, but collect
able; $275.80 wa s released by the coun
ty judge, and notes have been taken,
on the order of the County Judge, for
$104.45.
The sum of $1)3.75 was collected from
ferry license. The highest license,
$15, was paid by Ramsey's ferry here
at Batesville, and the lowest, $5, by
Rutherford’s ferry, on White river,
! and Lockhart’s ferry, on Black river,
j There are ten licensed ferries in the
| county.
The sheriff’s report was approved
by the Court, and very highly com
mended for its accuracy and the com
pleteness of its detail.—Batesville
Guard.
NOTARY..PUBLIC
Notary work *>f all kinds done in a
careful and correct manner by A. A.
Henderson at the Merchants and
Planters Bank.
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THE HUGGER.
Tom—Jack seems very popular
around here. All the girls want to
take a ride in his new canoe.
Bessie—Yes, you know he can pad*
die it with one hand.
FOUND DEAD IN THE ROAD
M. H. Gilliam Killed Monday by
His Team Running Away
Dead Body Found Lying in Road on
Fairview Mountain, and Wagon
and Team Nearby
M. M. Gilliam, a prosperous farmer
who lives near Elmo, was killed by
his team running away while coming'
down the Fairview mountain with a*
load of lumber Monday afternoon.
Mr. Gilliam was hauling lumber to
build a new house on his place near
Elmo, and was alone at the time the
accident oecured, but it was evident
from the surroundings that the team
liecame unmanagable, as the wagon
had struck a stump by the roadside
and-was still standing there, with the
team only a short distance away when
found by some parties passing along
the road.
Several of the unfortunate man’s
ribs were broken, his back badly
bruised and the body almost cut in
two. It is supposed that he was
thrown from the wagon and one of the
wheels of the heavily loaded wagon
passed over his body.
Coroner Flinn held an inquest and.
the jury rendered a verdict in accor
dance with the above facts.
Mr. Gilliam was about .‘to years old.
and leaves a widow and four children.
Mr. Gilliam's family were in New
port at the time the accident occured,
visiting at the home of Joe Leonard,
a brother-in-law. Upon receipt of the
news by phone, Mr. Leonard hitched a
team to his surrey and started to the
scene of the accident with Mr. Gilliam’s,
family. On the way this team also
ran away and smashed the surrey to
pieces, but fortunately none of the
occupants were much injured.
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RESOLUTION OF RESPECT
Whereas. It has pleased God to call
Miss Jennie Sueberth from our midst
and from the walks of this life to hep
beautiful home beyond, where all is
joy and peace, therefore be it
Resolved. That the F. E. and C. IT.
of A., Lone Oak Local. No. 1589 has
lost a faithful and affectionate mem hep
Resolved further. That we extend to
her bereaved family our profoundesfc
sympathy and commend them to the
care of the great creator who alone
can give comfort and rest to the weary,
and to the faithful a home in heaven.
Also that we furnish a copy of these
Resolutions to the Tribune, Newark:
Journal, Batesville Guard and a copy
be spread on our minutes,
H. A. BLACK,
G. W. Garner,
W. E. Stamper.
< 'ommittee.
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WANT MONEY BACK
According to the Cotter Courier, the
commercial club of Carthage, Mo.,
has entered suit against the White
River Railway Company to recover
$37,000 given by the people ox Carth
age to the company, in connection
with the building of the White River
line, the allegation being that the peo
ple of the city made the donation on
an understanding with the engineers
that the division headquarters, round
house, yards, etc., should be located
at Carthage, whereas they have gone
to Cotter. The Courier thinks the
people of Carthage ought not to be
raising a row. as it declares, they are
getting the benefits of the road any
way.
THE FIRST FROST
The first frost of the season was seen
on the ground Sunday morning, and
was followed by a heavier frost Mon
day morning. This is three days later
than the first frost last year. The first
frost last year was seen on the morn
ing of October 10th, while it was on
the 13th this year.
TO SCHOOL DIRECTORS
If your district needs desks, black
boards or school furniture of any kind,
call and get my prices. I handle tfto
best desk made and can make prices
as low as the lowest. A. A. Hender
son, Newark, Ark.