Newark
Journal
$1.50 PER ANNUM
NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1921
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VOL. 20 NO. 51
SHARP COUNTY FARMER
TORTURED AND ROBBED
Three Marked Men Enter
House and Rob Aged Man
of Money and Bonds
Andrew McConnell, an aged
farmer living near Ash Flat.
in> Sharp county, was robbed
by three disguised men Friday
night about 11 o’clock. The
old man who lives with a sistei
near his age, was aroused by
the entrace of the men, whc
demanded that he open hb
safe ajad hand over the cash.
On beiDg refused, the rob
bers beat the old man over the
head, and again being refused
the money, heated a fire pokei
with which they tortured him
They also led him about hb
room with pieces fastened tc
his nose.
The robbers secured aboul
$600 in money and $3,000 in
^noerty Bonds and made the»i
escape.
A man named Collins, aged
about 40, who resided in the
community, was arrested Tues
day on suspicion and was tak
en to Batesville1' and placed ir
jail.
Although the evidence
against Collins is said to in
only of a circumstantial nature
feeling against him is bitte;
in the Ash Flat neighborhood
and it is reported that a mol
quickly formed afd??nls arrow
with the intention of lynching
Collins. He was spirited awaj
by officers who took LMm tc
Batesville and placed him ir
jail
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POULTRY RAISING
REQUIRES LABOR
Poultry keeping although a
comparatively simple under
taking will be successful In st
reet proportion to the study
and labor which are expended
upon it.
There is an abundance of
good material written on poul- j
try raising but “Back Yard
Poultry Keeping’’ bulletin No.
889, published by the United
States Department of Agricul
ture contains all The general
directions needed to make a
start in the business. This
bulletin tells how to overcome
objections to keeping poultry
in the city or town, what
breeds of poultry to raise, anti
the size of the flock computed
according to the size of the
jyard.
ine bulletin also gives aen
nite instructions as \o the best
kind of chicken houses to
build, the materials needed for
building, directions as to feed
ing the fowls, hatching and
raising chicks, prevention of
diseases and pests and many
other matters essential to the
success of the undertaking.
This bulletin can be obtained
• from county farm or home
. demonstration agents or by ap
plying to the Agricultural Ex
tension Division of the Univer
sity of Arkansas, Little Rock.
DISTRICT CpNFERENCE
Calico Rock, March 28—The
. Batesville District conference
i of the M- E. church, South,will
be held at Calico Rock on April
. 5, 6 and 7. Preparations are
already started to take care of
a large number of delegates.
1 A program has been prepared
and distributed among the
churches in the district
Be a Man with
Then you can
duty lo your
Family,
We never know when we start out in the morn
ing what’s going to happen to us. An accident or
sickness could overtake us any moment. *
But the man with a snug sum tucked safely away
in the bank knows he can tide over without going into
debt or becoming a burden to his family or friends.
It makes a man happy to be independent.
We are at your service.
We invite YOUR banking business.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkansas
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000.00
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COMPANY MAY BE OR
GANIZED TO DRILL FOR
OIL NEAR NEWARK
lu't provisions.
CONTRACT AGREEMENT
“We, the undersigned, agree
to lease our lands for oil and
gas upon the following terms:
'‘Each agrees to execute a
lease, same to be held in trust
by the Trustee until such time
as sufficient acreage is blocked
to interest a drilling company,
and at that time the Trustee
shall give written notice to all
landowners in the proposed
district, who have executed
such lease, of the place and
time for such meeting, which
is to be held for the purpose
of electing two more trustees,
giving these three trustees au
thority to make contract with
a drilling company to put down
a well upon acreage basis, and
the joint landowners ^re to re
tain at least 10 per cent of the
acreage in addition to four
forty acre tracts which shall
be offsets to the 160 acres upon
which each well is drilled.
“It is further agreed and
understood that no leases are
to be made a matter of record
until contract has been let and
machinery on the ground.
“The pool’s acreage to be
disposed of at such time and
for such prices as Trustees
deem best, and each landown
er is to receive his proportion
ate amount of such sales ac
cording to the acreage they j
have under lease with the pool, j
“Ten per cent of the pro-;
ceeds from sale or exchange of
such acreage in the pool to be;
[assigned by the Trustees to the
party who shall perfect the or
ganization and financing of j
the well.
“It is further agreed that i
the landowner is not to assume j
[any responsibility or be liable fo
my money expended by Trus
tees or any one connected with
iproposed well.
__Signature_acres
The above appears to The
Journal to be the fairest oil
leasing proposition we have
ever seefu The land owners
have everything to gain and
nothing to lose under this plan,
as they are in reality leasing
the land to themselves and will
share in whatever profits may
accrue
""There are good reasons to
believe that there is oil in this
commuity. Mr. Murphy has a
letter from Dr. J. M. Gregory
of Little Rock, in which Dr.
Gregory states that he has
gone over the land here and
believes there are good pros
pects for oil. Dr. Gregory in
forms Mr. Murphy that he will
be glad to come to Newark and
make a more critical examina
tion of the land with the view
of making a final report on it,
and says that if this report iv
favorable he will be m position
to place Mr. Murphy in con
nection with reliable parties
who will sink a well ott a rotffct
ty basis, provided the acreage
under lease is sufficiently large
to justify it.
The Journal would not ad
vise anyone to lease their land
without taking due precautions
to safeguard their own inter
ests, but we believe this leasing
proposition is worth invstigat
ing- It looks good to us and
we hope our people will look
into the matter and if they
find it satisfactory, lease their
lands and let a test be made.
Oil is liquid geld, and it is
not necessary to discuss what
it would be worth to our people
if oil should be found in this
; community. Oil does not
speak in dollars—it speaks in
millions—but it never comes to
us. We have to go dowm after
it, and in order to do this, cer
tain conditions must be met—
are wre willing to meet the con
ditions?
RUN DOWN BY AUTO
Batesville, March 29—G.
W. Regers, aged about 40
years, was run down by an au
tomobile Saturday night at a
very late hour while he was re
turning to his home from busi
ness in town and very seriously
injured about the face, and he
also sustained a fracture of the
skull, which rendered him un
conscious for several hours.
The parties driving the car
were speeding and did not
stop to attend the injured man.
at the spring it v,n,it,beg anti
SUPERINTENDENT to
HOLD MEETINGS
Many attempts have been
made to bring the school direc
tors together in a meeting at
Batesville for the purpose of
discussing school problems that
confront every director in the
county, but on account of the
great distance some of them
were required to travel, it
seems that they did not result
in success.
County Superintendent Jern
igam has a plan which he ex
pects to carry out in the near
future. It is his purpose to
take the meeting in reach of
every director in the county. A
schedule of dates and places or
holding these meetings will be
planned and published later,
so that each director will know
just when these meetings will
be in his community.
It is hoped that the attend
ance will be good, and it is
urged that each director will
make a special effort to be
present. Much good may come
from such meetings in the way
of co-operation and interest
At the request of the peo
ple of Pleasant Plains, Mr. Jer
nigan will conduct a special
teachers examination there on
April 5 and 6.
TIMBER ACCUMULATES _
AT CALICO ROCK
Calico Rockj March 26.—
There is probably more timber
stacked on the tracks at this
point now awaiting shipment
than there ever was at any pre
vious time. Besides 10.000 ties
that are on the yard here,
there are about 20 cars of pine
and cedar posts, in addition
to several cars of lumber.stave
and bracket timber. The ties
and lumber are being disposed
of rapidly, but the post market
is not reported very brisk and
but few shipments are being
made. All posts shipped from
here are sent to Northern
markets.
FARMER IS KILLED
BY HIS NEIGHBOR
Dispute Over Ownership of
Hogs_ Leads _to -Killing
Near Batesville
William Britt, a young
farmer who resided about four
miles north of Batesville on the
Cushman road, was shot and
killed by Toler Brown, a neigh
bor, about 1 o’clock Tuesday
afternoon.
The tragedy occurred in the
highway following a quarrel
over ownership of two hogs.
Britt and his brother, Elisha,
and two young men named
Cook, started jnto the woods
about noon to vhunt for some
hogs said to have been owned
by William Britt. They found
several, but caught only two,
which they loaded in their
wagon and started for home.
Meeting Brown, a dispute
arose over the ownership of
tha hogs, with the result that
Brown who was carrying a
shotgun, fired on Britt, the
load taking effect in Britt’s
chest and causing his death in
a few minutes.
Brown surrendered to offi
cers and was taken to Bates
ville and placed in jail to
await a preliminary hearing.
Brown has always been a
peaceable and law-abiding cit
izen. He is a brother of Romas
Brown of this place.
HOG CHOLERA
CAUSES LOSSES
Farmers of the United States
; lost about $35,000 last year as
a result of hog cholera, accord
ing to a statement just issued
;by the U. S. Department of
i Agriculure.
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