The Newark Journal.
Published In The famous Big Bottom Country, Where Alfalfa Is king.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, June 9, 1905.
Vol. 5. No. 24.
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SIX LEGISLATORS INDICTED
Pulaski County Grand Jury Has In
dicted Six Members of the
Legislature for Bribery.
Following is a complete list of
the members of the last legislature
who have been indicted by the
Pulaski county grand jury.
Senator A. W. Covington, pres
ident of the senate, indicted on
charge of accepting bribes of S'i,
000 on state capitol bill and $l,0oo
on Felsenthal bill; released on *10
<•00 bond.
Senator A. T. Gross of Craw
ford county, indicted for soliciting
a bribe of $1,800 on the pure food
bill. and for perjury before the
grand jury, released on s.\oim
bond.
Senator A. W. Kison of Perry
■county, indicted for attempt to
bribe Representative Wilson of
Perry county, by offering him
Sit'd to influence his vote on the
Killough levee bill.
Senator II. K. Toney of Jeffer
son count,indicted for soliciting
a bribe of^OOO from W. P. Ritch
ie of Camden for vote on telephone
bill; released on $d,00t> bond.
Representative Geo. F. Chap
line of .Monroe county indicted on
■chargeof offering a bribe of $12."»
to Representative Wilson of Perry
county, to influence bis vote on
Killough bill, and on charge of
conspiracy, bond being fixed at
•$4,000 and $l,(K>0, respectively,
which have been given.
Representative C. 1C Andrews
of Nevada county, indicted for
briljery in connection with the
Killough levee hill; released on
*8,000 bond.
The grand jury has adjourned
to dune 10, when it will reconvene
and resume the investigation, and
it is stated that another batch of
indictments are expected to be
found when the investigation is
again taken up.
It is probable that the trials of
the legislators under indictment
will begin about dune grt. The
Little Rock papers state that no
formal conference has been held
by Prosecuting Attorney Rhoton
and the accused legislators in re
gard to the setting of the cases,
but Mr. Rhoton has intimated to
some of the attorneys for the de
fendants that he is not disposed
to put any obstacle in the way of
a speedy trial for all the men now
under indictment. Mr. Rhoton
believes that the grand jury will
be able to conclude its work with
in a week after it reconvenes,
June 19, and he is willing to be
gin the trial of the cases on the
following Monday.
PLOWING WITH STEATl.
Lonoke, Ark. June 6- An un
usual sight to Lonoke citizens and
an interesting example of twentieth
century progress is the large “iron
horse’’ now running at Mr. Bern
stein's, one-half mile west of town.
The machine is pulling six twelve
inch plows, with a harrow attach
ed behind these, and the work is
done better than in the old way.
Mr. Branstem, who ha- traveled a
great deal, is a'close observer, and
has always been among the first to
adoptnew and labor savingdeviees.
lie will grow rice this year, hav
ing planted 100 acres.
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Eller Brothers have some good
corn for sale.
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS
Items of General Interest Gathered
Fresh From the Columns of
the Daily Papers.
I Im bunk of Des Arc is prepar
ing to erect a two-story concrete
building.
John Aiken was drowned at
Shipp's ferry on White river last
Saturday.
The Piggott authorities are tig
ering on putting in a municipal
light plant.
Plans are being matured at Hope
to erect a new school building at
a c.jst of *25,000.
A $5,000 school house of brick
or stone will be built this summer
at .Mountain Home.
The citizens of Atkins have rais
ed >1,005 as a fund for securing
the state reform school.
Zinc nuggets weighing as much
as 1,000 pounds have been extract
ed from the Iola mine in Marion
county.
It is said that an average of two
carloads of hogs a week are ship
ped from Jonesboro to the North
ern markets.
A two story brick school build
im^will probably be erected at
Tuckerman some time during the
coming fall.
Swithly Lowrev, a Cherokee
Indian said to have been 110 years
old died near Siloam Springs a
few days ago.
.V. \ /IUh, uo, \\£t^UUU»Il
from a wagon near Wynne and
Id- left leg so badly crushed that
it had to be amputated.
In most of the towns and cities
of the state the merchants and
other business men have adopted
the rule of closing their doors at 7
o'clock every day except Satur
day.
It is said that during the past
six months 50 families of people
from near Chicago have settled in
Newton county, and a majority of
them have bought land and are im
proving it.
Vasco Jeffries, while eating imp
corn at Berry ville, fell as if shot,
and for awhile it seemed as if he
would die. The doctors were un
able to determine what was the
cause of his serious illness.
Joe Beavers was killed near
Winerva, Baxter county by a man
named Anderson. The two men
had a difficulty Saturday, and
Beavers was struck with a rock by
Anderson. Beavers died at four
o’clock Sunday evening.
Arthur Zelwick was arrested at
Melbourne last week on a charge
of burning a barn containing
twelve wagons and fourteen head
of horses, on the Olden fruit farm
in Howell county, Mo., on April
10th.
$14,000 FIRE AT POCAHONTAS.
Pocahontas, June 5.- The large
i.irdware and furniture store of
L. K. Williams burned this morn
ing at l:3o o’clock. The wind was
still and the bucket brigade man
aged to keep the tire from spread
ing^
The origin of the fire is unknown
as tlfere had been no one in the
building since early Saturday
night. The value of the stock is
estimated at §10,000. There was
§5,000 insurance. The building
cost st,000 and was insured for
■So,000.
(ieo. II. Trevathan and wife of
Little Hock were in this city
Thursday evening on their way to
Batesville, where Mr. Trevatlian
[expects to puachase the Batesville
I Bee Newport Herald.
W. ,L Herrington of Charlotte
was in town Wednesday to meet
his sister, Miss Bettie, who arriv
ed from Little Rock Wednesday
morning, where she has been at
tending the Deaf Mute Institute.
The city council held its regular
monthly meeting Monday night.
Will Seward was elected sexton
for the Blue Springs cemetery and
a number of bills allowed, but no
other matters of importance were
■ transacted.
Two or three frame buildings
occupied by a negro restaurant, a
grocery store and a negro doctor’s
oflice, located on lower Front
street near the water tower, at
Newport, were destroyed by tire
early Friday morning. The loss
S is light.
A house on Willis Brewer's
place just west of town occupied
by Jasper Bowman was struck by
lightning during the storm Tues
day. The building caught tire
from the lightning and the house
and its entire contents were de
stroyed by the flames. Mr. Bow
man and his wife were at work
over in the bottom at the time.
At the meeting of the Farmers
Fnion Saturday night the follow
ing delegates were elected to the
county convention which meets at
Oak Ridge in Black River town
ship on the doth of June: ,1. W.
Barnett, A. II. Saylors, J. II.
Murphy, Ollie Vickers and Lee
Foster; the alternates are J. A.
i Anchultz, Bud Foster, I). Lane,
J. X. Black and A. Hammonds.
j Next Sunday, June 11, Kearney
A Coffin will run another person
ally conducted excursion to Ore
gon Flats. There will absolutely
I nothing to mar the pleasure of the
| day's enjoyment. They wish to
impress on the minds of all that no
rowdyism will be tolerated. The
upper country will be at its l>est
and nothing will be left undone to
make the occasion one of great
pleasure.
For Sale—One live room one
story house, one live room two
story house and one eight-room
two-story house, a good well,
: smoke house, and barn and one
| acre of land with -each house.
North of school building. Would
sell one or two of them. I also
have other real estate bargains in
Newark property. If you want
to buy do not fail to see me. T.
J. Raney.
A story is being told of a man
who went to work for a stingy
farmer. At 3 o’clock the next
morning the fanner called him t<
begin the day's labors. A few
minutes later the hired man went
down stairs with his grip. “You
ain't going to take that grip tc
work, are yon?" asked the farmer.
"Nuw,” replied the, man scornful
ly, “but 1 am going to find some
place to stay all night.”
FARMERS UNION MEETING
j State Convention of Farmers Union
Will be Held at Little Rock
August 1st to 4th
The Little Rock Gazette says
j that arrangements were complet
jed Wednesday by Secretary
George K. Brown of the Board of
j Trade for the holding of the an
nual convention of State Union of
the Farmers' Educational and Co
Operative Union of America,
August 1. The convention will
last four days, and the sessions
| will be held in the hall of the house
of representativs in the state house.
The arrangements for the meeting
were made with H. M. Bulgier of
Nashville, chairman of the execu
tive committee. The officers of
the union are as follows: ,1. T.
I Batten, president; C. M. Norwood,
| vice president; Ben L. Griffin,
j secretary and treasurer; W. B.
Mason, chaplain; d. A. Blackford,
conductor: G. I. Vandyke, door
! keeper.
It is expected that there will be
I about 400 delegates in attendance,
representing nearly every county
in the state. Mayor Lenon has
| been co operating with the Board
of Trade in making the arrange
ments.
A STATEMENT.
j To The Newark Journal:
W. X. Osborne wrote a -very
( personal letter in The Journal of
May 10, in answer to my reply to
“Observer.” I replied to this let
ter, but the editor returned my
reply claiming that it was too per
sonal.
I confess I do not know how to
make a reply to a personal attack
without being personal. Mr. Os
borne says that he does not know
who ‘‘Observer” is. Then why
should he think my stricture in
reply to “Observer” applies to
him? There are other men who
I are not natives of Arkansas. 1
! felt it was justice to myself to re
ply to Mr. Osborne, but the editor
^thought 1 was too personal so he
turned it down.
1 have been referred to more
than once in The Journal, in a not
altogether complimentary way,
but 1 am too well known in Arkan
sas for the public to think 1 wear
a mask. 1 am always ready to de
fend myself or a position 1 take,
either through the press or orally,
and I entertain no fears as to the
verdict of the public.
From Mr. Osborne’s reply the
public might conclude that there
is something of a personal charac
ter between us. If there is, it is
all with him, for I confess I have
not bottled up a vial of wrath.
1 see in the Batesville (iuard a
writer from Newark says that I
attacked Mr. Osborne. I wonder
if all the public will say that Mr.
Osborne is “Observer,” when he
I and The Journal editor both say
' positively that he is not. Can’t
' you believe what t hey say about it?
Now to “Observer” I will say if
| you want to discuss the main issue
through the columns of The Jour
nal, leaving out all personalities
and sign your name, I would be
glad of such a privilege, that is if
I tin* editor will allow us to use his
columns. But 1 don't believe in
non de plumes, as very often the
wrong person is accused, ll you
have something to say, say it and
i do not be ashamed for the public
to know who you are. i admire
) boldness or frankness in any one
or anywhere. Respectfully
J. I. Maktin.
DEENER IN TROUBLE AGAIN
Ex-Convict Rev. Dr. R. S. Deen&r*
Former Batesville Pastor, at
His Old Tricks.
i >r. R. S. Deener, a former con
vict in the Arkansas State Peni
tentiary, who gave sensational tes
timony before the Penitentiary
Committee of the last legislature
on the condition a# the convict*
farm, was arrested Saturday at hi*
home in Searcy by Deputy United
States Marshal Burris on a charge
| of using the mails to defraud. The
arrest was made on a warrant
I sworn out by I >istrict Attorney
W. (x. Whipple.
Deener is charged in the war
rant with devising a scheme to de
fraud Mrs. Rosa Mallory of Fort
: Smith by obtaining from her
$20 upon the false pretension that
he could secure the release of her
husband, Henry Mallory, from
■the Arkansas penitentiary by fur
nishing a health certificate repre
senting that Mallory’s condition
required his release. It. is alleged
that Deener wrote a letter to Mrs.
Mallory agreeing to give the cer
tificate and directing her to send
him a cheek for $20. It is upon
tins that the charge of using the
mails to defraud is based.
1 )r. 1 )eener has had a checkered
career since about fifteen years
ago, when he was the pastor of a.
church at Batesville. He was ac
cused of certain forgeries and tied
from the country. He practiced,
medicine in Mexico for some time
i and then returned to Arkansas.
i *
I Upon his return to this state he
was arrested and convicted on the
charge of forgery and sentenced
to a term in the penitentiary. He
was pardoned December 2-1, 1903.
While in the penitentiary he assis
ted the physician in caring for tlws
convicts and after his release*ha
was retained for some time in the
capacity of assistant physician. It
was while serving in this capacity
that he is charged with -having"
committed the offense against the
postal laws.
Dr. Deener was arraigned before
Commissioner O’Hair in Little
Rock Saturday, but waived exami
nation. He was released under
$500 bond.
THE CROP REPORT.
The government bureau crpp re
port for Arkansan for the week
eding June 5 says: “The temper
ature was seasonable, with light
showers the first of the week.
Considerable progress was made
in cleaning fields of weeds and
grass and in completing planting.
Cotton is not all planted in some
sections; the stand is generally
good but the plant is small and
needs cultivation and sunshine;
i chopping is general and has been
completed for the first time in
some sections. Corn has made lit
tle progress as the crop is very
badly in need of cultivation; the
late planted is a poor stand, Oats
are a good crop and doing well,
but wheat is poor in some sections.
Potatoes are a fair crop. Apples
are still dropping, and will be a
poor crop in many sections; peach
es are doing fairly well and are
being marketed in the southern
portion of the state; other fruits
are good.”
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