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Published In The famous Big Bottom country. Where Alfalfa !s king.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, October 12, 1906.
Vol. 6. No. 42.
killing results in lynching
Argenta the Scene of riurder and
Lynching Sunday in Quick
Succession
Argent a, Oct. 8.—As a sequel
to the killing of John Lindsay and
"wounding of his son, Policeman
Milton Lindsay, here Saturday
night, presumably by Garret and
Charles Colum, negroes, H. Black
burn, a negro, was lynched last
night at 10 o'clock at the corner
of Sixth and Main streets.
The trouble originated on Sept.
l-\ when a white man named R.
H McDonald killed a negro mu
'ician named Wiley Shelby. Next
day at the inquest held at the
Column’ undertaking rooms a dif
ficulty arose in which Robert <’ol
um was killed and Deputy Con
stable Ed Lindsay and Garret Col
um severely wounded, the latter
emerging from the hospital only
yesterday. Policeman Milton!
Lindsay, a brother of Ed Lindsay,
was also hurt at the time.
Last night Policeman Milton
Lindsay and his father were walk
ing past the Colum store when
they were tired on from ambush.
John Lindsay was killed on the ■
spot. His son was severely wound
ed but managed to crawl out of j
range. When the police and citi
zens attempted to enter the store
they were di ed on. It is supposed
that C. C. and Garrett Colum did
the shooting. Later in the night,
thinking the Colum brothers were
"still lucked in the rear rooms of
their store, the place was dyna
mited, but the negroes had escap
ed unseen in the darkness in the
early part of the trouble. They
are -till at large.
The lynching was quietly put
through in a business-like way.
Shortly bei re 10 o’clock four
masked men entered th police
station from the rear, and one cov
ered the turnkey with a pistol
while the others got his keys,
quickly unlocked Blackburn’s cell
and took him out the back way.
Not a shot was tired and there was
no loud talking.
The whole affair, it is said, is
the outgrowth of some trouble be
tween a white man and a negro
over a negro woman several weeks
which caused bad feeling
ago
among the negroes of Argenta to
ward the whites, as shown at the
inquest the day after, when Rob
ert Colum was killed, and the in
cidents of the last thirty-six hours
are the result.
more trouble at argenta
Argenta, Oct. —Alex Cham
pion, a negro, was killed in the
bridge saloon in Argenta this
'morning, and it is believed his
death is another result of the re
cent race troubles. Early in the
4 day Champion, who was a bar
tender for Adolph Ivahn, near the
Fort Smith crossing, was arrest- !
on a charge of carrying concealed
weapons. He was released about
noon on payment of a fine, and
went to the Bridge saloon, looking,
it is said, for Tuck Yarbrough,
the bartender there. It is said
that no one was in the saloon when
he entered, but he was followed i
inside by about half a dozen men.
He asked for Yarbrough, and al
most immediately, a shot rang out
and the negro fell, shot dead. All
those in the room made a rush for
the door, and it has not yet been (
ascertained who fired the fatal
shot.
MANY NEGROES LEAVE
Over -‘>00 negroes, men, women
and children, left Argenta tonight.
The report had been circulated
that a mob would burn the houses
in the negro quarter of the city,
and there was much excitement
among the ignorant for awhile.
Some left on every train going to
the neighboring towns where they
have friends and as far as their
money would take them.
THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT
Petition Amended and Final Action
Postponed to November 9
Last Saturday was the day set
by the county court for the hear- ;
ing of the petition for the creation
of the drainage district in this and
Magness townships, and a large
number of people from here went
up to attend the hearing.
When the case was called in
court, the petitioners moved cer
tain changes in the original plans,
and were required to tile a new)
bond. The bond was tiled with
James and W. A. Rutherford as
signers, the Messrs. Magness re
fusing to sign the new bond.
The remonstrators were also re
el ui red to tile a bond, which was
done, and the case was then post
poned to Friday, November 9.
The amended petition proposes
to dismiss and relieve from the as
sessments all that portion of the
town of Newark lying north of
the railroad tracks, and all lands
lying north of the railroad from
the section house up to and in
cluding the town of Magness.
There has been no effort made
towards a compromise, us was
thought probable a few days ago,
when the report gained circulation
that those opposed to the 'ditch
might agree to compromise if the
route should be changed, so as to
continue eastward into Black river
instead of running into Mud creek.
OIL TROUGH TINKLINQS*.
Oil Trough, Oct. 9. And.v Cot
ton of lower Oil Trough happened
to the misfortune to get his leg
broke while hauling logs a few
days ago.
Mrs. N. A. York and daughter
have returned to their home at
Jamestown after a pleasant visit
here with relatives.
The gin here has not put out as
much cotton as at this time last
year by more than a hundred
bales.
It is reported that Charley Was
son says he is going to eat three ,
meals a day even if it rains all
fall.
Mrs. Mollie Porter of Piedmont,
Mo., is here with her father, W. :
It. Fife, who is very sick.
Miss Willie Griffith of Cincin
nati, Ohio, is here visiting Mr.
and Mrs. W. (). Moore.
Walter Fife of Batesville is here
attending the bedside of his father
who is very sick.
The recent rise in the river de- j
stroyed some corn in the low j
lands.
W. O. Moore sold 42 pairs of '
rubber bouts in two days last week.
There is lots of mud and plenty
of sickness in this community.
Rube Hill will soon be ready to!
move into his new dwelling.
THINKS PRESENT SYSTEM UNJUST
Sam Curtis Points Out Some De
ficiencies in Present Way
of Doing Things
To The Newark Journal
The present system no longer
serves its purpose the public lias
lost confidence in it. A system
which sends a negro to the chain
gang for betting a few cents on a
game of craps and finds itself pow
erless to punish the cotton gam
bler, is weak unto rottenness, and
there is no use denying it. A sys
tem which tears a poor renter
from his family and puts him in
stripes because he sells his cotton
for something to eat and leaves
his rent unpaid, and which at the
same time can’t punish its railroad
kings who shamelessly violate the
penal statutes, is a system which
no honest man can respect.
A few years ago some money
kings out West stole three million
lores of laud which belonged to j
the government, had it fenced
with a barbed wire tience and were
grazing cattle on it. The law took
hold of those lawless men in a
most terrifying manner and a
dreadful punishment came down
ike an avalanche upon those men
who had stolen public land. They
were actually compelled to give
up the stolen property, and doom
ed to remain in custody of a U. S.
marshal for *! hours. Wouldn’t
that he fearful to have the law get
after a man like that? dust think
of having to surrender to a U. S.
marshal H or s hours for such sn
offense as this! Who knows what
punishment it may have been to
keep company with this marshal;
his breath may have smelled bad j
or his feet may have been sour.
i'iie last thing heard about this
:-.ise was that the marshal said :
there wasn’t any use in his keep
mg the criminals so long, so he
turned them loose.
Let s look at the farmer the |
past few years. Where are all
:he old familiar faces gone from j
he farm' There was a mortgage;
here was a lawsuit, and then a
sheriff’s sale. '1'his is a short and I
simple story of farm life in Ark
msas and other states. The fam
ly broke up and moved to town.
What drove them to town? It was
impossible, as they thought, to!
prosper in the country. This bur
den of unequal taxation, or buy
ng and selling only at other peo
ples’ prices.
I would ask the legislators to
study the condition of these peo
ple and out of sheer mercy try to
7 rant them justice. For this state
A atiairs must be found a remedy. |
•V trial in a court room must be j
nade more a judicial examination
py the judge and jury and less like
t prize tight between lawyers.
I'he public has lost confidence in
die present system and the poor
farmer has lost confidence in cheap
lotton and now he is trying to get
he other fellow to let him have
iftlf the say in selling what he
produces. Newt Gresham, who
was a newspaper man, has given
iu account of the Farmers Union j
is to the education of the farmers,
lie was the founder of the Union;
ne and a neighbor laid the plan
ind foundation in 1902, got others
interested and went to work to or
ganize the farmers of the South so
they could do business in a more
business like way than they
had been doing. There are al
ways those to question motives,
even some of the business men re
tard the e(forts of farmers and
workers to better their own con
dition, yet those business men
have failed to see the suicidal na
ture of their course—that one can
permanently prosper in the pros
perity of all and that he who op
poses the general good, in the end
opposes his own good. The Farm
ers Union encountered the fault
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SANDBAGGED AND ROBBED
Newark Citizen Has Unpleasant Ex
perience at Hot Springs
W. M. Magness was knocked
down and robbed by some un
known parties Thursday night at
Hot Springs where he went sever
al days ago to attend the state
fair.
The attack on Mr. Magness oc
curred on one of the principal
streets: of the city between eight
and nine o'clock at night lie
« a- struck on the side of the head,
presumably with a sand bag and
rendered unconscious, and his
money, about $35, and a gold!
watch taken from him. He was
struck from behind and has no
idea who struck him.
He was taken to St. Joseph’s
Infirmary and his wounds dressed.
He was unconscious for some time,
but was identified at the Infirmary
by his railroad ticket, which the
foot pads failed to get, and his rel
atives were notified.
Mr. Magness was not able to
get out for some time, but had
sufficiently recovered Monday to
start for home and arrived here
Tuesday, looking somewhat the
worse for his experience, but is
now able to be out on the streets.
CHARLOTTE CHRONICLES
Charlotte, Oct. 9.—Mrs. Lizzie
Churchill and little daughters,
Esther and Jimmie, attended the
wedding of Miss Bertha Chuichill
to Mr. Clark Hall at Cord Sunday, j
Miss Laura Nuckolls who is at-j
tending school at Sulphur Rock
spent Saturday and Sunday here
with home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Pickens of
Dota visited Mrs. Pickens parents,
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Lane, at this
place Sunday.
Miss Myrtle Jackson of Center
Grove was the guest of Misses
Julia and Esther Churchill Satur
day night.
Jose Haddock and Miss Martha
Crigler were quietly married at
the home of E. J. Rogers Sun
day.
Mrs. Lutie McGill and children
visited Mrs. MeGill’smother, Mrs.
Fallis, Thursday night.
Mi-". Nora Crigler spent Sunday!
with Misses Nettie and Ethel By
rum.
The farmers in this neighbor
hood are beginning to pick cot
ton.
A P. Yates made a business
trip to Batesville Tuesday.
THE FIRST FROST
There was a light frost on the
ground Wednesday morning, the |
first of the season. Yesterday j
morning the frost was consider
ably heavier, enough perhaps to
kill vegetation, especially on the!
low lands.
WEEKS DOINGS AT SULPHUR ROCIC
Short Items of Interest Picked Up
at the Metropolis of White
River Township.
Sulphur Rock, Oct. 9.—Who
noticed the swarm of butterflies
last week? The two first days af
ter it cleared up there were thous
ands passed over this place going
west. Who knows where they
came from and where they were
going? They were a big brown
fly.
James Ashley, formerly of this
place but now of Chattanooga,
Tenn., crrne in Monday after his
mother and sister. They will
leave the last of the week for that
place.
Hugh Moore and Mrs. T. A.
Bevens left last Thursday for Mc
Kenzie, Tenn., to attend the bed
side of their brother, Dr. Charlie
Moore, who is very sick.
Will Baker, the county lecturer
for the Farmers Union, will speak
here Saturday night, Oct. 1M, at
the city hall. Everybody invited.
Mrs. Smith of Melbourne came
down Monday night to visit her
daughter, Mrs. James F. Jernigaa
for a few days.
Mrs. O. K. Bishop of Dota is
visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Jessie Bullington, this week.
Dr. and Mrs. R. II. Hodges
spent a few days last week at Hope,
looking out a location.
Chas. Nelson came in last week
from Louisiana to spend a few
days with home folks.
Mrs. Paul Kyler came up from
Newport Tuesday to visit for a.
few days.
W. T. Jernigan and family of
Magness were visiting here Sun
day.
Kas Baker and W. S. Holcombe
of Dota were in town Tuesday.
Jno. D. Martin was down from.
Moorefield Tuesday.
J. P. Sink and son, Ralph, spent
Sunday at Newport.
T. C. Knox left Sunday for St.
Louis to buy goods.
Uncle Morg Moore was up from
Magness Sunday.
Will Grisham was up from Mag
ness Tuesday.
A NICE: HOME FOR SALE
We have one of the nicest pieces
of residence property in Newark:
for sale at a bargain. Two-story
eight room house with good barn,
smokehouse and good well of wa
ter. An_ entire block goes with,
the property including two small
houses which rent for $5 per
month each. Also tine garden and
young orchard. Buildings all
nearly new and well finished, paint
ed inside and out and papered
throughout. The houses would
cost what we ask for the property
to say nothing of the lots, barn,
fencing and other improvements.
Chap; & Moore
FURNITURE FOR SALE
I have a nice lot of furniture,
such as bedsteads, beds, springs,
tables, dressers, etc., consisting of
the entire furnishings of the Ho
tel Magness, which I will offer for
sale at reduced prices, and will be
at the hotel on Saturdays for the
purpose of selling the same.
I Mrs. J. P. Magness.
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