The Newark Journal
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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1919
VOL. 19 NO. 10
SUCCUMBS TO IN.Il UIKS S\ii) TO
HAVE BEEN INFLICTED BY
HER TEACHER
Miss Bessie Moddin cf Kensett,
died Friday nijjrht from injuries said
to have been inflicted by Miss Dale
a teacher in the High School of Ken
sett.
It was said that Miss Moddin was
a sufferer from heart trouble and
that her parents hid requested the
teachers of the Kensett school that
should the occassion arise where it
was deemed necessary to reprimand
her, or that any form of punishment
was required, to report the matter
f ully to them and that they woul i
take the necessary steps, that it was
dangerous to excite the girl in any
way because of her affliction.
it is alleged that a short time ago
Miss Dale, the teacher in the room
attended by Miss Moddin, became in
censed becaUi c the girl had referred
to other children in the room as
“teachers pets" and attempted to
chasti " her. It is also charged that
the principal of the school shut the
door and stocl by while Miss Dale
knocked Mis.- Moddin down and beat
her with her fists. The girl w is tak
en home after the trouble and a physi
cian calk,1, who stated that three rib ■
were broker and that other injurii
were infla ted. She liv.-d until I ri
day, when she died.
Miss Dale was given .> preliminary
hearing sir 1 ly after the trouble
came tip and placed under a S2.70
bond tor her apn ranee in court.
Since the death of Mis. Moddin.
warrants have been issued for (’. W.
Aldridge, principal of tie school, 1
Miss Dale, elr rging them with man
laughter.
Miss Moddin w 17 years old a: 1
v.as the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ,7.
F. Moddin. respected citizens of Ken
sett.
The Journal ha- lit , ie- !
to announce that a m ctim will be
held at the Mayo ' office Tuesday
night for the purpose of seleeMtig
committee- and fixing tin date for
Newark's big Victory cel bration.
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CH&RLOTYE ITEMS »
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Charlotte, June 11.—C. L. Moorr
made a business tiip to Batesvilk
Tuesday.
Tax Assessor Geo. W. Wyatt was
here Monday.
C. M. Ball and J. L. Haddock madt
a business trip to Batesville Tuesday
Several from here attended the
W. O. W. unveiling at Cord Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tobe Paterson visite
relatives near Batesville Sunday.
The two year old daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Buster Williamson died last
Tuesday and was buried here Wednes
day.
Miss Virgina Weaver who has beer
teaching in the Masonic Home at
Batesville returned home last week.
Mrs. Allie Blair and daughter, Thel
ma and Mrs. Minnie Jernigan visited
relative near Batesville Wednesday
and Thursday.
Everett Lane who recently returnei
; from military service in France sper.1
j wi-ral days here last week witl
friends and relatives.
A. B. Weaver who has a positioi
i - foreman with the Pekin Stave Co.
at Aubrey spent Sunday and Mondaj
with his family.
STORM DAMAGES CROPS
.Mountain iiomc*, .June U.—A violent
hail, rain and windstorm swept ovei
this Section Saturday doing a bij
damage to crops. Gardens at the
plan* were beaten tpto the grount
* a! detsroyed, leaves were strippei
from the t: ees and all crops strucl
by he hail were mnined . The are;
covered by the hail, however, we
-mall. It seemed to fall in strip
rather than generally. The storn
v • accompanied by a hard wind an<
a torrential downpour. Reports com
it . from Zinc, in Boone county, ar
to the < ffect that that section sufFerei
in a like manner.
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i'O IN ST A I,L FLOUR MILL
Crineo Rock, June 7.—A local com
I ny, km. vn as the White River Mil
ling Ci mpany, has been organized fo
C i»uti i ,-e of installing a small flou
niil! t Calico Rock. They have pur
cm ( a Midget mill and will star
■instruction on their building in ;
■liort time.
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i’athe News, the World before youi
yes, shown at the Skydome Satur
day night.
The rv\ai\ wiiK
never
money
or never
If he has
n\o)\ev in
Bank he is i\ot
worried; he
works belter.
And he is the man who gets promoted. The
man with money is looking for the man who saves.
He knows that the man who can take care of his
own money it' the man to trust. Saving money is
the true test of reliability. It is good common #
sense, too. Be wise today. Open an account
with the money you have and make your account
grow. Don’t wait—start today.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
MONSTER CELEBRATION
FOR RETURNED SOLDIERSj
Newark Will Honor Returned Heroes of
Independence County With Big
Victory Celebration
The people of Newark will mak*
the annual picnic this year a gener,
home-coming celebration in honor >i
the Independence county men whc
were in the military service.
The celebration will be held in Aug
ust, probably the 14th, 15th and 16th
and an elaborate program will In
prepared for the occassion.
It is probable that all the Inde
pendence county men who were in tin
seivice will have returned home bj
August 1 or shortly thereafter, am
a special effort will be made to hav<.
every man who was in the service
from this county attend the celebra
tion.
Some of the best speakers in tin
SYNOPSIS 3RD EPISODE
OF “HOUSE OF HATE’
! Suppose you had been .summoned
by the girl you love on a mater o'
life and death and were preventer
from entering her home by r.rme<
t guards placed around it?
! That is the situation confrontin'
. handsome Antonio Moreno as Harvej
• Gresham at the opening of the thin
! chapter of the “House of Hate” a
the Skydome Saturday night.
Gresham, summoned to the Waldoi
home by Pearl, and prevented fron
entering by the guard plaeejd, aro»n<
it finally overcomes them and pushei
in in time to rescue Pearl from th«
Hooded Terror who has just succeed
HI ill I»I t'itlMIjJ' Lilt* Wind
would reveal his identity. He escap
es and when Pearl shows gratitude
to Gresham for having rescued hei
she is warned by her cousin, Naoni
that Gresham is not what he seems t<
be. The next day the Waldon fam
ily, each member of which is seeking
to control the Waldon War Works
which they own in common, start ou(
1 to visit the plant. Naomi does noi
go with the other members of the
j family, pretending to be ill. On tht
| way to the works their motor cai
stalls and Peair- uncle, Ezra, sug
gests that they call on Gresham
whose apartment is nearby.
Gresham lives in an expensivt
apartment and that morning Naom
called on him to tell him that his af
fair with Pearl was useless. Whih
she is talking to Gresham there is !
knock at the door and she hides in i
closet, purposely leaving a new fu
neckpiece where it will be found
Gresham opens the door and find:
Pcai I, her cousin Haynes and her un
cle, Ezra.
She is surprised at the furnishings
of the apartment. Pearl is suspicious
of Gresham, as he had stated that In
depended upon the salary he ieceive<
from Waldon for support. Ezra dis
I c vers Naomi’s neckpiece and show;
1 to Peail, who, when Gresham re
; fuses to explain about the apartment
\ and ether things, tells him that sht
wishes never to see him again. Pear
and her relatives leave and Gresham
tells Naomi to leave his apartment.
Nat mi hastens to the Waldon home
j Haynes pleads with Pearl to marry
i him at once, threatening he will kil
!-himself it she does not. Haynes
threat worried Pearl until she hear<
! him say the word “myself.” Then
she told him she could never marry
; him, as she did not love him.
Pearl confides in Naomi that the
| man she trusted has deceived her and
! asks Naomi to be kind to her. Naomi
suggests that Pearl run the war
works with her assistance.
While Pearl and Naomi are talk
ing they discover the Hooded Terror
in the Armor Hall who, when Pearl
seizes a revolver from the wall, use?
Naomi as a shield and manages to es
cape to the upper floor of the house
Pearl follows after him and is thrown
from one of the windows to a roid
State will be invited to deliver ad
dresses, and an effort will be made to
get Maj. Gen. Peter Traub, cormnar.
| der of Gamp Pike, to deliver an ad
dress.
No pains will be snared to make
the celebration the greatest event of
j its kind eve rheld in Independence
Comity.
Definite annuouncement as to the
date and the program will be made r.s
soon as the necessary committees are
ichosen.
An effort will be made to h :ve a
number of government airplanes vis
it Newark during the celebration, as
an ample landing field can be ar
| ranged on one of the alfalfa fields
| near town.
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below. The terror escapes but Pearl
pursuing, finds a figure in a black
icbe lying on the ground. The man
arises and is-Who ?
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MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION
To Whom it May Concern:
Cleanliness being essential to main
; taining the healthfulness of a town
and community, it is my orders as
1 Mayor of the Incorporated Town of
: Newark, Arkansas, that the following
orders pertaining to sanitation be
i strictly observed.
First. That the business firms of
1 Newark rein, ve from any of the
i streets or sidewalks adjacent to their
respective places of business all box
es, barrels, implements, and all other
Second. The citizens of the town
at large are hereby warned that im
plements, vehicles or other obstruc
tions will not be permitted to be
parked in any street or alley of the
town during the night time nor dur
ing the day time longer that it is
reasonable to leave same.
Third. The business firms of the
town will see that their respective
places of business are at all times
kept in a sanitary condition, that no
■ vegetables be allowed to decay, that
all chicken coops and houses be kept
, clean, that no waste (bananna peel
ings, stalks, ice sacks, saw dust or
. any other kind of filfth) be allowed
i to accumulate in front of or near
. their places of business.
Fourth. Owners of animals are
. warned that they will not be permit
i ted to hitch same to any post or
■ railing on Front street or in front
of any business house in the town;
; neither will they be permitted to
• leave any animals standing near the
front of any business house.
Fifth. The citizens of the town
must refrain from placing tin cans,
old buckets and ttash of any kind,
in the drains and tiles of the town;
that they must keep their premises
and in front thereof clear of weeds
and other trash, that they must keep
closets, hog pens and other out-build
in gs and lots in a sanitary condition.
If you have watei pools or barrels
about your premises, where flies and
mosquitoes may breed, empty or drain
same, else spread oil upon the me
Owing to the excessive rain.- and
prolific growth of all vegetation and
from the standpoint of cleanliness and
pride and to protect the health of the
town, it is necessary that this order
be observed. It is therefore my or
der that the same be effective at on
ce.
Given under my hand as such may
or this the 5th day of June, 1919
JOHN T. TIIARP,
Mayor.
FOR SALK
One good cane mill, engine and
pan; $125.00. This otufit is as good
as new. Would cost $200.00 on the
present market. J. T. JONES,
Magness, Arkansas.
NO-ACCIDENT MONTH
SHOWS GOOD RESLUTS
Regional Director B. F. Bush, an
nounces results obtained in campaign
against personal injuries to employ
ees being conducted on Southwestern
Region railroads during May are a
surprise to everyone as indicated by
returns for the first twenty days.
During the first twenty days of May,
1918, 990 employees were injured,
while during the corresponding peri
od this year, 400 employees were in
jured, a decrease of 590 or 56 per
cent. Duiing the first twenty days
of May, 1918, Nine emloyees were
killed and during the same period this
year four employees were killed, a
decrease of five, or fifty five per
cent. The total number of casualties
during the first twenty days of May
1918 was 999 while this year the
number is 404, a decrease of 595 or
60 per ecnt.
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RED(ROSS OFFERS
TRAINING FOR WOMEN
Women of our homes, do you
knorv—
When your child is ill?
How to avoid contagion?
How' to care for the sick.
Because you and many women like
you did not know these fundamentals
of nursing the influenza epidemic
claimed 400,000 lives.
From this calamity we have learn
ed that some knowledge of nursing,
some practice in bedside duties are
necessary to ease pain and restore
health.
Protect your homes. Protect yom
family. Take a Red Cross course
in Home Hygiene and Care of the
sick.
NEW DAIRY OPENS
Newport, June 10.—The Newport
Dairy Company is a newly organizer
business institution for Newport. The
company will spend $10,000 in outfit
ting the business. Officers are Jot
L. Sevens, president; George R. Hay.
secretary and Carlisle Heard, manag
er. The company has leased thi
Remmirt farm and pasture near Rem
me! avenue. The big barn on this site
is to be overhauled.
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BUILDING BOOM AT SWIFTON
Swifton, June 7.—The buildine
boom nas struck Swifton and the lar
ge two-story brick business house be
longing to Joe Bush is near comple
tion. One of the buildings will bf
used for a. picture show and the othej
for a store. •
ROAD DISTRICT LAW
UPHELD BY COURT
DECISION OF SUPREME COURT
ON PULASKI DISTRICT OF IN
TEREST TO STATE
Little Rock, June 9.—The supremo
court today sustained the validity of
the five road improvement districts
created for Pulaski County by the last
Legislature. Associate Justice Hart
handed down a dissenting opinion.
The act creating the district was at
tacked on seveial grounds, chief
among which was that the district
was an invasion on the rights of the
county court, that it was discriminat
ing against the city of Little Rock,
and that though the common charge
of costs and expenses of all of the
five roads in the district to the gener
al district, an injustice might be
worked on individual owners affected
by only one of the roads.
Another objection was that certain
Lonoke County lands not included in
the district would be benefitted by
the proposed improvement. The su
preme court held that the boundaries
of the district had to be made some
where, and that the Legislature could
not be said to have acted arbitrarily
in fnili-ntr oYtnnil tVi*» Hictriot Jntn
a county which the road does not
penetrate.
The opinion is of great interest to
the entire state, as several other road
districts created by the last Legisla
ture will be affected by the decision.
It also means that with the Hot
Springs road being pushed in a sep
arate district Little Rock will have
six of the principal roads leading out
of the city improved, according to the
most modern methods.
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TEACHERS INSTITUTE CLOSES
The teachers Institute closed at
Batesville last Friday. The total en
rollment for the session was 115.
The Institute adopted a resolution
asking Congress to maintain the pres
ent war time prohibiiton law.
A committee composed of J. K.
Rawlings of Newark, S. E. We'ls of
Sulphur Rock and Ben R. Williams of
Batesville was chosen to formulate
plans for securing a summer normal
for Independence county in place of
the Institute.
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THE THOMAS CROWN
MOWER
ONE OF THE BEST MOWING MACHINES ON THE MARKET
It has an extra heavy frame, with large wheels.
Is roller bearing and is very light running.
Has two speeds, slow' and fast, and the gears are
all enclosed in a dust proof box and run in oil like
the gears on an automobile.
Come in let us show you some of the many advan
tages this mower has over others, and after we
have showed it to you and you do not think it is
the best mower made, we do not ask you to buy.
Come in next time you are in town or write for
circular.
C. W. MAXFIELD CO
Batesville, Arkansas
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