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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTV', ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL
VOL. 20 NO<5p
DISASTROUS FIRE WIPES
OUT FINEST RESIDENCE
SECTION OF BATESVILLE
High Winds VSske Flames
UncontroiabSe—ivlany
Homes Burn
Fire which broke out shortly after
2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the
residence section of Batesville des
troyed about 1.00 homes and caused
loss estimated at approximately $r>0<),
000.
The fire rayed for three hour:- and
fanned by a -tilf wind about < ..vet'd
an area of 10 blocks.
The blaze originated in the resi
dence of Si. t arpentei fiom the
■‘burniny out" of an electric fuse.
Several children wen in the house
but they escaped. The build hey wa
in flames before the alatm was
sounded. The fire soon began spread
ing, and before it could be checked,
a vast area had been covered.
Arkansas College escaped iamage
although fires raged on all sides of
the campus. The public scho-d also
in the area destroyed, was m t 1 imag
ed. The Masonic Home, <n.e of the
largest institutions of the k ad m tin
South, wa not in the diva-ta' d dis
trict.
Business men, lain rers. students,
and others joined the Fire Depart -
ment in cum bat tiny the conflagration
All business houses were closed. The
Newport l ire Department wa- called
upon for assistance, and arrived short
)y after 5 o’clock on a -ptcial tra t
The blaze was under . ntrol howevet
when it arrived.
As a result of the fire more tluu:
300 persons are homeless Thousands
of dollars worth of household good
were destroyed. Practically no effort
was made to carry furniture from
the burning buildings. Att< nti n was
directed to checking the fire, which
for a time threatened to de tr y hhe
entire residence section on the east
side of the city.
dust before tin Newport Fire Do
partment was ready to entrain for
home, fire broke out in the business'
section of the city, but it was quick-1
ly extinguished by the visiting fire
men. With the stiff wind blowing, a
fire in the business district would
have endangered the entire city.
Although hundreds of persons aid
ed in fighting the fire, some of
whom took desperate chances, there!
wt re no casualties.
An estimate of the amount of in- j
-;ranee carried by property owners
in the burned district could not be
' tained. It was said that the loss
was mon than 50 per cent covered.
Until representatives of insurance
companies make an investigation,
In wever, definite figures cannot be
obtained.
Among the heaviest losers in the
flagration were H. Carpenter, Ed
win Carpenter, Mrs. R. L. Smith, J.
X t'yptrt, Charles IU McClure, Chas.
W lie Mrs. Allie Wood, Mrs. Sco
field. W. A. Edwards, Lloyd Moseley,
■ i.’11 :.,s Hone, Mrs. Willie Hinkle, Mrs.
Addle Crow, J. O. Burns (business
house and residence), Albert Casey,
Mr McMahon, Tom Shell, Wr. A.
Rutherford (several residences), Mrs.
Talley, J. S. Johnston, Rev. A. F.
Cayle, Mrs. T. J Brannon, Charles
Prather (residence in course of Don
't .tin) Simon Ball and Paul But
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S\! , SMI N \ R E ROBBED OF $150
Newport, April 19.—A. L. Love, a
., !ivg salesman from St. Louis,
i Col. Tom B. Davidson, the well
... \\ representative of the Interna- I
t bund Harvi ter Company, were los
ej f mo: ' y and valuable papers
h, ,i rooms at a local hotel were
robbed Friday night. The men oc
: ; separate rooms. The robber
uieil a pole about ten feet long, to
which he attached a hook from a coat
, , and placing a table under the
transom in the hallway, lifted the
ti usi rs of both men through the
i •: in making his escape unmolest
ed. He secured more than $100 in
cash. Mr. Love's trousers contained
$;tO ; money, but bis coat, in which
then were $300 and two handsome
diamonds, was overlooked. From Da
vidson $15 was taken, as were very
valuable papers and a fine overcoat,
hut a check for $300 with the cloth
in-.: was left in the hall.
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N,• . I -’i twenty wli be the great
■ -t y.-ar of tin great South!
Tin ri will be such a wave of busi
•ii , of pro-parity as has never been
,Inane 1 of for tin Southern farmer,
the merchant, the banker.
Th ■ (Jay of cotton is at hand! NTo
h age." wi'l tile cotton farmer feed
himself out ^ the .-cjiply man's tin
cans and pmk barrel entil at the end
, f thi year lie owe ids whole crop.
Instead, he will irrow better cotton
on less acreage, and on the rest of
Ids form he will raise his own fruit,
h's own vegetables, bis own meat.
Then, when his eotton is picked and
haled he will get a good price and
will have some surplus money.
This bank stands for that kind of
farmine T cause that kind of farm
ers wil have money to put into the
bank at the end of the year.
The Southern farmer who grows
c , ton and food and feed is the farm
er who will have a bank account this
vear!
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t CHARLOTTE ITEMS
Charlotte, April 21.— Born—To Mr.
and Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Fallis last
Tuesday, a ten pound boy.
M. B, Fallis made a business trip
to Batesville Monday.
J. A. Weaver made a business trip
to Sulphur Rock Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Moore spent Fri
day at Batesville.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Kent of Sharp
visited relatives here Sunday.
J. D. Moore is recovering from a
light attack of pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Baker of Anti
och spent Saturday night with their
daughter, Mrs. S. J. Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Haddock and
Mrs Rachel Crigler visited relatives
in the Sharp neighborhood Sunday.
IN APPRECIATION OF MANY
YEARS FAITHFUL SERVICE
The following letter was prompted
by a recent article in The Journal by
Prof. B. F. Cash on the “Last Roll
Call.”
Newark, Ark., April 8, 1920.
Mr. B .F. Cash, Retired Teacher,
Newark, R. F. D. 1.,
Dear Mr. Cash.—When 1 got my Jour
nal this afternoon, the first thing to
hold my eye was “The Last Roll Call'1
Before I had read the first paragraph
something seemed to tell me that you
had written it. When 1 had read it
through, following you in my imagin
ation down the long vista of years
of faithful and effective service in the
school room, 1 could not help wanting
to tell you that somehow, someway 1
felt a persnal loss in the fact that
you are retiring from active service
in the classroom. Mr. Cash, what is
to be the fate of our future genera
tion if we lose such faithful m^n as
yourself and fail to induce another
bright mind to accept your mantle of
service with all its vicissitudes of
trials and joys? We can’t attract
many such minds to the profession
when those who have devoted a life
time to it must retire in poverty so
far as savings from their salaries are
concerned.
Your efforts spent in vain! The
Ir.any men and women who tonight
are loyal and happy citizens in our
land, basking in the sunshine of love
around the family hearth, and who
uwt their prosperity and happiness to
your untiring efforts in the school
room and to the leaven of your influ
ence which followed them out into
the highways and hedges of life, are
living examples of the fruits of your
successful labor. Surely you have left
indelible “footprints in the sands of
time."
just mins: a mue more man as
much again teaching for me and I'll
be casting retrospective views thru
the telescope of time back over the
rugged hills and peaceful valleys of
my own life spent in behalf of boys
•nd girls. What a privilege to have
a pait in the shaping destinies! And
what an awful responsibility! Yet it
is, to my mind, the gripping fascina
tion of just such intangible things as
love of the work and a submissive to
the sense of duty to humanity that
compel men to devote their lives to
teaching. Certainly it is not the
"Root of all evil” that holds anybody
in r. classroom.
But, tho money is a very essential
element to happiness, it is by no
means the crowning glory of a beau
tiful and successful life. It seems
to me that the consciousness of a life
spent in loving service in a meritor
ious work should be conductive to
peaceful meditation to the aged.
Very often when 1 get somewhat
despondent on account of the teach
ers' poor remuneration in material
things, I turn to a little book bv Hr.
J. R. Miller, “The Everyday of Life”
Therein 1 find consolation and inspir
ation. He says: “There are men
who are never heard of on the street,
whose names never appear in the
newspapers, who do no conspicuous
things, whose lives have no glittering
peaks towering high, and yet the lev
el plain of their years is rich with
in its beauty and its fruitfulness of
love.” 1 could pay you no better
homage than to say 1 believe that
sentence is a characteristic summary
of your faithful life in the school
room.
As a consoling thought for earned
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» PAR0Q8ET ITEMS «
Paroquet, April 21. -Some cold and
j hot weather and rain through this
! good use of every day and lota of
| section. The farmers are making
! work is being done. Some farmers are
preparing for cotton planting the last
of this week, and lots of corn is al
j ready planted.
P>. R. Clark made a business trip to
N e w | »ort Thursday.
Postmaster T. W. Stubblefield made
a business trip to Newport Thursday.
John Parks made a business trip to
Newport Friday.
C. C. Whisnant shipped one thous
and baby chicks Friday. Mr. VVhis
iiant's incubators hatched out over
thirteen hundred Friday.
Crover Daily made a business trip
to Batesville Saturday.
Etta Yaney spent Saturday morn
ing at Newark shopping.
Jessie Sullivan made a business trip
to Batesville Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter William- of
Doniphan, Mo., are spending a few
days here visiting Mr. and Mrs. John
L. Smith.
Miss Ida Lee Stubblefield left Sun
day for Alicia to spend a month with
eiatives.
Mr, and Mrs. B. R. Clark spent
Saturday a: Newport visiting friends.
Logan Uandcock spent Sunday at
Newport visiting relatives.
Chas. Holt of Batesville was a busi
ness visitor here Monday.
J. A. Jones made a business trip to
Newport Monday.
Mrs. Yirgie Erwin >f Newark spent
Saturday night and Sunday here visit
ing her daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Whisnant.
Harris Thompson of Moorefield
spent Saturday night and Sunday hero
with relatives and friends.
Miss Grace Wayman spent Monday
morning at Newark shopping.
John Parks made a business trip
to Newark Tuesday.
A. N. Trent of Batesville was a
business visitor here Monday.
Clay Showns made a business trip
to Newport Saturday.
Sterling Johnsjm of Logan township
is farming here this wek.
Roy Wayman made a business trip
to Newark Monday.
Tonk Galloway made a business
trip to Newark Monday.
B. R. Clark made a business trip
to Newark Tuesday.
Luther Wayman made a business
trip to Newark Monday.
Mrs. Lee Brannon of Newark spent
Tuesday here visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Luther Waymanu.
Mrs. Jim Langston of Newark spent
Tuesday here visiting relatives.
Dr. A. L. McClard made a profes
sional call here Tuesday.
yet withheld fame, a teacher of ripe
years of experience could aptly say
with Dr. Miller:
“Speak history! Who are lifes victors?
Unroll thy long annals and say—
Are they those whom the world calls
the victors, who won the success
of a day'/
The Martyrs, or Nero? The Spartans
who fell at Thermopylas’ tryst,
Or the Persians and Xerxes? His
judges, or Socrates?
Pilate, or Christ?”
Again, let me say 1 regret to see
you quit the profession. You seem
almost like a father to me in it.
Your friend,
EDGAR HOLCOMBE,
MRS. T. 15. KEENEY
I.udie Elizabeth McArthur was born
August the 4th, 1870, departed this
life April the 16th, 1920. Age 49
years, eight months and 12 days.
She professed faith in Christ at
tho age of 19 years and joined the
M. 1*. Church the same year and lived
a consistent Christian life until God
called her home.
She was happily married to Thomas
I!. Keeney July the 26th, 1903. She
leaves a husband, two boys age 9 and
11, an old mother, two brothers and
one sister to mourn her departure.
May the good Lord give grace and
mercy to those left here and may we
live so as to meet her some sweet
day, in the home where death will
never come.
Services weer held by brother Mar
lar and myself at Macedonia, where
a large number of friends gathered to
pay respects.
E. A. HORN.
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( enter Grove, April 20.—Rev. Geo.
lames preached quite an interesting
'< rmon here Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Rest of Dota
qietit Sunday here visiting their dau
ghter, Mrs. Ben Haley.
Misses Mamie Rainwater and Hazel
Creer spent Sunday the guests of:
Misses Lida and Vida Harrelson.
J. C. Brown made a business trip
to Newark Monday.
-Mis. I. M. Walden, Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis Walden and Miss Laura Mc
Doniel went to Tuckerman Monday to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Grace
Clark.
Mrs. J. E. Harrelson spent Tuesday
it Newport visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Danie Williamson
spent Sunday visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis Walden.
Miss Laura McDoniel spent Sunday
the guest of Miss Maude Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Reaves of Dota
spent Sunday visiting Mr. and Mrs.
F. A. Bullington.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Saylor? of
Newark spent Sunday here visiting
their daughter, Mrs. ,1. E. Harrelson.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Burge and
•hildren spent Sunday at Dota vis it -
ng Mr. and Mrs. D. (’. Robertson.
Miss Ola Bullington spent Saturday
light the guest of Miss Gertrude Gip
son.
( ALL ANOTHER WITNESS
Birmingam, Ala., April 11.—While
Birmingham’s “overall club," organiz
ed to combat the high cost of cloth
ing, was working overtime yesterday
enlisting members, dealers advanced
the overall price from $2 to $6 a
pair.
You have often read the statement
lately from manufacturers, wholesal
ers and dealers that the public is to
blame for the present high cost of
living. They say the public is living
extravagently and in demanding noth
ing but high-priced goods is creating
both a scarcity and a demand for the
better articles, which results in great
er prices. However the incident re
ported from Birmingham does not
seem to substantiate that theory.
And that is about the way the thing
goes between the profiteers and the
public. When you try to stick a
hook in the profiteer he simply
Wicks a pair of hooks into you.—
Hardy Herald.
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MR. CARAWAY MAKES
MANY FRIENDS HERE
SPBEC H HERE THURSDAY NIGHT
MADE FAVORABLE IMPRES
SION ON LARGE CROWD
Congressman T. H. Caraway of
Jonesboro, candidate for United
States Senator, spent last Thursday
in town, end addressed the voters of
Newark at the High School Auditor
ial Thursday night.
Congressman Caraway has an un
parailed personality and his ability as
an orator, together with his store of
wit and humor, made for him one of
the most attentive and delighted au
diences ever assembled in the school
auditorium.
Mr. Caraway was one of the num
ber of representatives who went to
France during the world conflict and
saw the American boys engaged in
battle, and to the sons of America
who fought and died in the struggle
for right with such a wonderful and
heroic spirit Mr. Caraway paid a
beautiful tribute.
Mr. Caraway was born on a farm
and for years was a day laborer on
the section, and later by his own ef
forts was able to educate himself and
enter law school, and is today an able
and talented member of that profes
sion. He has been a member of Con
gress from the first district for eight
years and is regarded as one of the
ablest Congressmen in the Arkansas
delegation.
Mr. Caraway made many friends
in Newaik during his short stay
here.
FIRST STRAWBERRIES PICKED
Judsonia, April 20.—The first case
of strawberries grown in White coun
ty this season were sold here yester
day by the Shippers’ Union for $2».
The berries -were grown by Jim
Toms.
FERRELL-PRITCHARD
Sam Ferrell and Miss Mabel Pritch
ard were married at the home of
Squire and Mrs. M. E. Burt last Sat
urday evening at 8 o’clock, Squire
Burt officiating.
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IN LESS TIME
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Batesville, Arkansas
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