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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, October 16, 1914
Vol. 14, No. 28
ROBBER HOLDS UP
HAZEL HOTEL CLERK
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Masked Man Holds Gun on Night
Clerk and Gets Away With
About $30 In Cash
Newport, Oct 13. The boldest
hold-up that ever occured in New
port was successfully accomplish
ed Sunday night about 11 o’clock,
when Night Clerk Chester Ward
of the Hazel Hotel, while alone in
the office, was attracted by a
slight rapping on the door casing
that leads to the rear hallway. He
turned to confront a man wearing
a night-rider mask of solid black
over his face, head and shoulders,
and his hands were gloved. He
demanded that Ward throw up
his hands, but the latter began
arguing the matter, and being
near the front door, gave several
light taps on the glass, bringing
into the lobby George Hawthorne,
a negro porter. When the por
ter entered, the robber's pistol
went in the direction of the negro,
and two other negroes on the out
side were too much alarmed to
act quickly or the hold-up man
might have been caught.
The masked man, whom the
clerk is sure was a white man,
then proceeded to the cash register
from which he took $25 or $30 in
eluding a $10 bill, some smaller
currency and all the silver dollars
and half dollars but left the small
change and checks. He next back
ed out of the lobby into the rear
hall and took to heels and escaped.
BREAKS PICKING RECORD
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Pocahontas, Oct. 10.—Claud
Rice, 17 years old, of near Biggers
established a record Thursday
when he picked 1,183 pounds ot
cotton in 12 hours and 35 minutes.
It is claimed the record is 6 pounds
above the best mark yet recorded
in the cotton belt.
Tell ’em you saw’ it in The Journal
WILLIAMS GETS CONTRACT
FOR MASONIC BUILDING
A difference arose between Con
tractor Young and the parties
having the new Masonic building
constructed, which resulted in the
contract being awarded to J. P.
Williams, whose bid was only a
few dollars above that submitted
by Mr. Young.
Mr. Young’s bid was the lowest
of the several bids submitted and
it was announced last week when
the bids were opened that the con
tract would be given him. How
ever, in drawing up the contract
Monday, the owners contended for
a clause providing for the comple
tion of the building by Jan. 1. Mr.
Young would not agree to this,
and the contract was then award
ed to Mr. Williams, who agrees to
finish the lower story of the build
ing by Jan. 1, and the upper story
by Feb. 1, 1915. Mr. Williams im
mediately put a large number of.
hands to work clearing away the
old walls, and in a few days he I
will l»e ready to begin the con
struction of the new building.
NO HUNTING
I have posted my land near Par
oquet Bluff, on Black river, and
will permit no hunting, fishing,!
driving over, or gathering nuts of
any kind on my land. All verbal
permission heretofore given to |
anyone to hunt or drive over my
place is hereby revoked and notice
given that anyone trespassin on
my land will be prosecuted.
1'. P. Vaughan.
WIN POULTRY PRIZES
Poultrymen of Arkansas are
elated over the fine showing made
by them at the recent Tri State
Fair at Memphis, the awards show-!
ing that Arkansas took 65 percent
of the premium money at the fair
and 70 percent of the prizes on
poultry. The Arkansas Poultry!
Association is now preparing to:
hold its annual exhibition which
will this year be held in Little
Rock in December.
First National Bank
Newark, Ark.
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $6,250
C. M. EDWARDS, Pres.
G. M. FIELDS, V. Pres.
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PASS UP THE CALAMITY HOWL;
GRUNTING NEVER CURED A PAIN
The Building and Construction'
News, which keeps close tab on
the industrial situation, says the
country has already started on the
up grade from the slump in busi
ness due to the early war stages.
People are beginning to adjust
themselves to the disturbed state
of affairs in Europe and have
about made up their mind if the
European countries want to ham
mer each other they will have to
do so without anything more sut
stantial from thfs side of the water
than a bunch or regrets. We are
sorry for a set of nations who
haven’t better gumption than to
fight when they ought to be gath
ering grapes, making saner kraut,
weaving cloth or cutting their
whiskers. But that’s all we can
do for them. We can’t afford to
mope around just because some
body is raising Cain in a remote
corner of the world.
Americans, with the characteris
tic buoyancy, have tightened the
family belt a few notches, shoul
dered a few additional burdens
and started straightahead for reg
ular resumption of business. It is
everywhere present—this sign of
business recovery,and the man with
the cry of “hard times” is begin
ning to be looked upon as a fellow'
who is either incapacitated for
making good or else he is consti
tutionally a drone.
In the building field this is be
coming apparrent. Within a few
weeks there will be between $4,
000,000 and $5,000,000 available
for levee and general river im
provement work in the Mississippi i
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Valley. The railroads arc plan
ning considerable improvement
such as minor extensions, track
improvement, etc , and even some
new lines are being projected in
the South. The lumber mills are
running on nearly full time, and
some of them, such as the Clark
Lumber Company in Southern
Arkansas, are developing large
new belts of timber.
Bank clearings show a healthy
maximum for the current week,
farmers generally throughout the
South are becoming enthsiastic
over the possibilities of diversified
farming and home interests have
gone systematically and earnestly
at the business of planting
cotton mills, along with the
cotton, in the South
Bankers, merchants, profession
al men, farmers—even politicians
—are joining in the cooperative
scheme for the general welfare,
and out of it all Southern busi
ness will emerge with a keener
edge, a more pronounced spirit of
s^lf dependence and an impetus
that it will take more than a Eu
ropean stomp fest to overcome.
The nightmare of “business stag
nation" has been given its number
and told to vamoose. If the chronic
howlers will only take a dose of
laudanum and the idlers get down
to the business in sight, there
there won’t be half as much occa
sion to importune the president,
Providence, or anybody else as
many have been trying to make
us believe.
Let’s pass up the calamity howl.
SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL
Paroijuet, Oct. 13. Miss Mat 1
Galloway closed a very successful
term of school at the Talley school
house Friday.
Pupils who were not absent a
day during the first month were:
Addie Stone, Lelita Stone, Hattie
Donaha, Harvey Bailey, Reed Gal
loway, George Estes, Pearl Estes
and Henry Thomas.
The second month those present
every day were: George Estes,
Pearl Estes, Henry Thomas, Hat
tie Donaha, Reed Galloway, Gus
Yaney, Addie Stone, Ross Stone
and Lelita Stone.
Third month: Gus Yaney, Wiley
Bryant, Harvey Bailey, Lelita
Stone, Ross Stone and Addie Stone.
Fourth month: Etta Yaney and
Gus Yaney.
The enrollment was larger and
the attendance better this year
than for several terms, the aver
age attendance being about fif
teen, while the average for the
past few years has been only
about six. The subject of the
program Friday was, “What We
Have Learned.” The pupils re
viewed many things they had
learned during the term. Miss
Mabel is a very energetic young
teacher and her work here has
given entire satisfaction. Her
many friends here join in wishing
her much success.
REVIVAL AT ELMO
Rev. W. A. Franks and Rev. .1.
M. Harrison closed a successful
revival meeting at Elmo Wednes
day night. The meeting was one
of the best ever held at that place
and resulted in 82 conversions and
about 40 additions to the Metho
dist church.
Rev. Franks left yesterday for
Cornerstone where he will begin a
meeting.
Regular $20 Suits now on
special sale for $15 at Barnett
Bros. Mer. Co., Batesville, Ark.
NOTICE TO PARENSS
As required in Section Six of
Act 2.U, approved May 28, 1911.
An act to regulate and enforce
attendance at the schools of the
State of Arkansas, effective in In
dependence county:
First. Every child between
eight and sixteen years old and
between sixteen and twenty years
not regularly employed, must at
tend some day school at least half
of the term each year —three or
four months.
Second. No child can be ex
cused on promise to attend; he,
must attend First half of term, be-!
ing excused on that account.
Third. Courts having jurisdic
tion or school board may excuse
children from attending school i
for the following reasons:
(a) Parents can not supply prop
er clothing. ( b) Child mentally or
physically unable to attend, (c) (
No public school within two and j
one half miles of the home, (d)
Labor of the child is necessary to
support the family, (e) Child has
completed the common school
course.
Fourth. It is the duty of the
attendance officer to notify par
ents and guardians when children
fail to comply with the provisions
of the law.
Fifth. The penalty for non-at
tendance falls on parents or guar
dians and its maximum fine is
twenty-five dollars.
Sixth. Every school board
shall publish this synopsis in a
newspaper of the district, or post
in five public places ten days be
fore public school opens each year.
Published by order of the
School Board of Newark Special
School District.
C. M. Edwards, Pres.
F. C. Hoyt, Sec.
NO HUNTING ALLOWED
I have posted the Magness cane
pasture on the Padgett Island.
Hunting or gathering nuts of any
kind is forbidden and all trespass
i ers will be prosecuted. J.D. Moore
DOCTOR CANNOT EXCUSE
MAN FROM ROAD DUTY
Attorney General Moose in an
opinion written for Frank Erwin
of Oxford states that a physician’s
certificate showing a man unable
i to perform manual labor is not
conclusive proof that the man is
unable to work the public roads,
and would not exempt a man from
such road work. “Sometimes
such a certificate may be accepted
and the person furnishing it may
be excused from labor on the
highways,” Judge Moose states.
“But the^ertificate is not conclu
sive. It does not prove that the
person is unable to perform labor
by reason of physical disability.”
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PUBLICITY LAW EFEECTIVE
Little Rock, Oct. 14—The new
! publicity law became effective to
j 'lay as the result ot the proclama
tion issued by Gov. Hays declaring
it and the child labor law to have
been adopted at the election Sept.
14. The child labor law has a re
strictive provision making it effec
tive Jan. 1, 1915.
The first item to be published
throughout the State will be an
order of the Arkansas Railroad
Commission, deciding a reduction
of the express rate on newspapers.
The order was agreed upon by the
Railroad Commission today but
will not be formally issued until
Wednesday. Being in the nature
of a general order, the new law
requires that it be published in
every county in the State.
ORGANIZE BOY SCOUTS
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A meeting was held at the
Methodist church Tuesday night
for the purpose of organizing a
company of Boy Scouts.
Fourteen members were enroll
ed and Prof. W. A. Isgrig was
chosen as Scout Master. Perma
nent organization was deferred
until a later date and another
meeting was called for Thursday
night.
BARBER SHOP BURNS
Newport, Oct. 11.—The Mont
gomery barber shop, located in
the center of the business district,
burned this morning. The loss is
about $2,000 and is about half
covered by insurance.
Miss Verhoff will carry a com
plete line ofofall and winter hats.
Come and see them before buying.
IS CHAMPION CORN
CROWER OF STATE
Washington County Boy Grows 142
Bushels of Corn on One Acre
This Season
Up to the present time, the lead
er in the Boys Corn Clubs of the
State is Joe Reed of Washington
county, who reports a yield of 142
bushels of corn on one acre. Last
year he raided 104 ^ bushels.
The second best is Donald Jones
of Wyman, who reports 1261
bushels from one acre.
There are about 2100 members
of the Boys Corn Clubs in the
State this year.
Prof. W. J. Jernigan is super
visor of the work and he announ
ces that all the reports will be in
and the winners officially announ
ced and the prizes awarded at the
State Fair at Hot Springs in No
vember. The reports already re
ceived by Prof. Jernigan indicate
some splendid results. At Van
Buren 14 members reported at the
county fair an average yield of 52
bushels per acre, against an aver
age of 40 bushels last year.
Prof. Jernigan has announced
as his motto for next year, “Pigs,
Peanuts and Corn.” He will do
nothing to encourage the Cotton
Clubs, a course which he adopted
last year, and will add peanuts to
his curriculum.
TWO PRISONERS ESCAPE
Grover Garrett and Grover
Clark escaped from the county
convict camp near Batesville last
Saturday night.
Clark was serving out a fine as
sessed against him for the illegal
sale of whiskey.
Garrett was serving a five year
sentence for killing Clem Wacker
ly near Jamestown about three
years ago. He was convicted in
the circuit court at Batesville and
was sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary but has been serving
his sentence on the road with the
other county prisoners.
Garrett *was allowed the privi
leges of a trusty and had been
going to his home near James
town almost every Saturday night
to spend Sunday with his family.
FOR SALE
Small stock of men’s clothing,
ladies’ coats and notions; will be
sold at a bargain. For particulars
apply at The Journal office.
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