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The Newark Journal
$1.00 PER ANNUM NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1922 VOL. 22 NO. 8
IKOPS LOOKING GOOD
OUTLOOK ENCOURAGING
Indications Point to a Bumper
Cotton Crop in Section
Around Newark
A trip through the country
around Newark reveals the
*;*et that the farmers have their
^rops in better shape, perhaps,
than they have ever been in
at this season of the year.
Crops are clean and in good
condition and it appears that
the stands, as a rule, are bet
ter than the average.
Some corn has been “laid
by,” others are giving their
early corn the finishing touch
this week, and within the next
week or ten days practically
all the early corn will hav*
been laid-by.
There has been a marked de
crease in the corn acreage, es
pecially in Big Bottom and
Oil Trough. The same is true
of alfalfa, the alfalfa acreage
having been reduced more in
proportion than a n y other
crop grown by the farmers of
this section.
The Journal fears that this
heavy reduction of feed crops
is a bad omen. There is also
a distressing absence of wheat
in the territory surrounding
Newark.
While no effort has been
made by The Journal to get
exact data on the acreage, it
is apparent that the cotton
acreage has been more than
doubled, in this section, and if
'•weather conditions should be
favorably and we have no boll
weevil, it is predicted that in
the territory surrounding New
ark the cotton production will
be throe time greater than the
production last year.
In view of these conditions,
it seems very fortunate that a
new- gin is going up in New
ark, and will be ready for op
oration in time to take care
of the cotton crop.
With crop conditions so fav
orable at this time, and with
fair promise of cotton being;
i good price this fall, the indi-'
cations are that an era of pros
perity is headed this way.
RESIDENCE DESTROYED
Liberty Bonds and War Stamps
Go up in Smoke
Tonk Galloway’s residence
at the Black river bridge was
totally destroyed by fire Sun
day night.
The fire was not discovered
until the building was almost
ready to collapse and it was
impossible to save anything of
any value from the burning
building.
In addition to his household
goods, Mr. Galloway lost $600
worth of Liberty Bonds and
about $500 worth of War Sav
ings Stamps, which were de
stroyed in the fire.
His loss on the house and
contents is about $3,000, with
only $1,300 insurance.
It is not known how the fire
originated, as they were all
asleep and knew nothing of
the fire until awakened by th ;
roar of the flames.
START WORK ON GIN
Ground Broken Monday And
Work to be Pushed Rapidly
Contractor L. E. Wilson has
a force of men busy this week
putting in the foundation for
the plant and building of the
new gin being established here
by the Farmers Gin Company,
composed of local fanners and
business men. According to C.
M. Edwards president of the
new concern the work on the
ei action of the building and in
stal’ation of the machinery will
lie carried on as rapidly as
possible and says that every
thing will be in readiness to
take care of the cotton crop
this fall.
When you carry your money in your pocket
the temptation to spend it is very great.
Greater than you think, for a few dollars here
and there for things you don’t need, soon
melt your pile away.
Put your money in the Bank. It is safe
there. Add to your balance every cent you
can spare. Soon you’ll be “a man with money
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkansas
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000.00
TKe roan with money keeps it
in the Bank where it is safe
from fire or burglars or his
own extravagance.
AGED MOONSHINER SAYS HE
COULD HAVE KILLED MARSHAL
Sam Branscumb, Noted Stone County Character, Tells
Story of Life Says He Has Been Misrepresented
By Stories About His Moonshining Activities
Sam Branscum, a picturesqu ,
mountain character from Stone
county, who is 60 years old ami
is said to be the oldest moon
shiner in Arkansas, surrender
ed to H. K. Sutterfield, U. S.
Reevnue Agent Monday at
Calico Rock and was brought
to Batesville on the evening
train Monday to be held for
the action of the Federal
Grand Jury which convenes
at Batesville next Tuesday.
A Journal representative
was at the depot in Batesville
when officer Sutterfield came
in with his so-called bad man,
and was somehat surprised to
see such a mild mannered,
peaceable looking, gray head
ed old gentleman with flowing
beard, and rather small of
btature, alight from the train
and walk away with no more
concern than if he were going1:
on a visit.
The aged moonshiner has
been held up before the world
as a dangerous and blood
thirsty character, but first im
pressions of this picturesque
mountaineer are rater te re
verse and leads one to wonder
if the old man has been some
what misrepresented.
When the old man went to
Calico Rock and surrendered
Monday, he made a statement
that has a token of sincerity,
t.nd The Journal is publishing
his statement merely that our
readers may see the old man’s
side of the matter. His state
ment fillows:
BRANSCUM’S STATEMENT
“I am 60 years old; have
never been married, and live
about seven miles southwest
of Calico Rock in Stone coun
ty, where I have lived all my
life.
“About a year ago I got in
to trouble with the state courts
and the town courts of Calico
Rock on charges of moonshin
ing and selling whiskey, and I
promised to never engage in
it again, and I brought
m my distilling outfit and sur
rendered it to the officers, and
the good people believing in
my sincerity petitioned the
courts to be linient with me anil
1 have never violated my agree,
merit.
“I have been informed that
a certain party appeared before
revenue officers and made a
sworn statment that they had
bought whiskey from me near
Calico Rock only a short time
ago, but this statement is false
and 1 will be able to prove that
it is false.
“Some time ago I made a
statement to some parties that
I learned to make whiskey
about 40 years ago and the
newspapers got hold of it and
quoted me saying that 1 had
been making moonshine whis
key for 40 years, which is false.
The truth of the businesss
is, I did own a moonshine still
about 40 years ago and 1 made
a little whiskey and then I dis
posed of my outfit and com
menced rafting cedars on the
river, and 1 followed that for
about 15 years, lost my health
'and quit.
“Then I bought a GO-acre
ranch in the mountains of Stone
county and have been raising
stock since. And as to the
whiskey business I have never
had as much to do w ith it as I
have been accused of. For
many years there have been a
few “Tigers’ running in those
mouutains, and J have heard
of men selling whiskey, saying
t ‘this is Uncle Sam’s best/
when at the time I was not
even making whiskey and not
having anything to do wiWi it.
“A few weeks ago John
Alexander, deputy United
States marshal, came to my
house when 1 was away, and
when he inquired for me and
was told by Mrs. Seph Wallace
that she did not know where I
was, he abused her and also
made threats against me, and a
lew days ago Alexander re
turned to my house and talked
to Mrs. Wallace, and she told
him her husband was down in
the field at work and he went
down where Seph was at
work.
“Mrs. Wallace woke me up
and told me that Alexander
was there and I told her to go
to the field and tell him that 1
was at the house and to come
back to the house, which she
did.
in a tew minutes Alexan
j der came to the house and
when he came up he drew his
torn and held it in shooting po
sition.
“I said ‘Howdy, Big John’
and I told him to lower his gun
and come in and have a seat
and let’s talk this matter over,
and Alexander said ‘Put up
your hands,' and I told him to
put up his gun and come in
and treat me like 1 was some
body, and Alexander said ‘Put
up your hands,’ and I told him
I would not do it, and he com
menced shooting at me.
“He fired two shots at me
and I stepped around the corn
er of the house in the hallway
and Alexander ran around the
house and I thought I had bet
ter step in the house, and by
this time Alexander was in
about lour or five feet of me,
and he fired two or three more
shots at me, and I put my gun
out to shoot and about this
time he shot me through the
leg, and then I shot at him, but
1 shot too high to get him, and
just after I shot Alexander shot
again and ran off.
“Had I wanted to kill Alex
ander J could have done so
easy enough when he was coni
ng to the house from the field.
He had to come through an
open field for over a hundred
yards before he got back to the
house, and I had my 30-30
Remington rifle and could haw
killed him before he reached
the house.
“In fact, there would have
been no trouble had Alexander
come to me in the right way.
I have been arrested several
times in my life but this is the
first time I have ever had any
trouble with an officer. And
when my brother, Cal Brans
cum, came to me in the moun
tains and told me that revenue
officers were after me i sent
them word by my brother that
I would meet them at Calico
Rock June 5 and I am here.
“My house, together with all
the contents, was burned down
but I don’t know the cause of
the fire. I was about GOO
yards from the house when it
burned. I heard some 40 or
50 shots and I saw the smoke
and saw the house burn.”
WYNNE ANNOUNCES
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
J. C. Wynne of Big Bv>ttom
township announces in toda; ' •
paper as a candidate for Rep
resentative lrom Independence
county.
Mr. Wynne’s aspirations to
represent the people of this
ection in the house of the next
General Assembly were not
brought about by purely per
sonal reasons, but largely
ihrough the influence of hi.-;
many friends, who believe that
he is a man in whom the peo
ple of the county can put theix
trust, a man who will put the
interests of the taxpayers
above everyhing else and do
all in his power to bring about
better conditions in all matters
affecting the people at large.
Mr. Wynne is well and fav
orably known over the county
and is well qualified to hold
this important position, and is
a conscientious Christian gen
tleman. He has served as prin
cipal of the Newark High
School and is held in high es
teem by the patrons of this
district. Mr. Wynne has been
a life-long democrat and says
lie expects to make the race
on his merits and asks the con
sideration of every voter in the
county.
WELBORN^ROGERS
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Miss Nell Welborn of this
place and Clyde Rogers of
Batesville were married at the
home of the bride’s mother,
last Thursday afternoon about
4 o’clock, Rev. J. E. Snell per
forming the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of
Mrs. Laura Welborn of this
place and for the past several
years has been employed by
a wholesale firm in Jonesboro.
Mr. Rogers is a young man
of sterling worth and has many
friends here. He has been
connected with the U. S. Inter
nal Revenue forces for some
time, assisting in suppressing
the illegal manufacture of
whiskey in Arkansas.
After the ceremony the
newlyweds left for Hot Springs
BERRY SHIPMENTS AT
BALD KNOB 220 CARS
1 rices Lower Than 1921 But
Above Figures Previous to
Those of 1916
Bald Knob, June 4.— the
strawberry season at Bald
Knob has ended, so far as car
load shipments are concerned,
and while shipments were not
as heavy as expected, Bald
Knob shipped a larger number
of cars than in 1921.
The Bald Knob Fruit Grow
ers’ Association, J. A. Adkins,
president, shipped 133 cars.
The Bald Knob Fruit Exchange
J. YV. Coombe, president, ship
ped 87 cars, a total of 220 cars
from the Bald Knob treritory. ■
Returns from shipments are
not complete and the average
price received per case is not
known, but shippers here con
sider that, as was the case in
l‘.J?V, better prices were re
ceived here than at any other
shipping point in this district.
Price is governed by the quali
ty of the berries and the ability
of the salesman.
While, owing to bad weather
conditions which caused the
fruit not to be in first-class con
dition for long-distance ship
ments, the average price will
be considered under that re
ceived in 1921, it will be far
above prices received previous
to 191G, when war-time prices
began to take effect in the
berry market.
BRIDGE IS AUTHORIZED
Washipgton. June 5.—The
House today passed a bill in
troduced by Representative
Oldfield of Arkansas, author
izing Independence county,
Arkansas, to construct, main
tain and operate a bridge
across White river at a point
suitable to the interests of navi
gation at or in the immediate
vicinity of Batesville.
Mrs. M. Balmaz
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