The
Newark
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$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, August 10, 1916
Vol. 16, No. 19
PENSION FUND IS
$8000,000 THIS YEAR
Increase in Levy Will Give
Confederate Pensioners 80
Cents on Dollar This Year.
Arkansas Confederate pen
sioners will fare better this
year than any year in the past
decade, if not better than any
year since the first pension tax
was levied according to a state
ment given out by the State
Pension Board at Little Rock.
It is believed that the pro
rato of the pension money will
give the pensioners SO cents on
the dollar. Last year they
received 02 cents on the dollar
• and in 1914 70 cents.
The State Pension Board,
comprised of Earle W.- Hod
ges, secretary of state; M. F.
Dickinson, state auditor; and
Gen. Jonathan Kellog, began
work on the pension rolls Mon
day morning. It will be sev
eral days before the board can
conclude its work and before
it can determine what amount
of money would be paid on
warrants.
Revenue from the bill pas
sed by the 11)15 legislature in
creasing the Confederate pen
sion tax from one and one
h&lf mills to two mills, now is
being collected for the first
time. The increase was in
cluded in taxes collected dur
ing the last few months. The
increase in taxation, it is es
timated, increased the total
pension tax money from ap
proximately $000,000 to more
than $800,000.
The first pension tax bill
was enacted in 1891, when the
legislature levied a one-quarter
ot a mill and in 1905 it was
increased to one mill. Two
years later, it was again in
creased, going to one and one
half mills, and last year the
legislature increased it to two
mills.
Applications from 9, 1 1 1 old
pensioners and 1,1(55 new ap
plicants were certified to the
state board by the county
boards. All tin* applications
must be passed upon by the
state board.
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SAFETY FIRST FOR
THE COTTON CROP
Arkansas Spending Quarter
Million Dollars on Fire-Re
sistive Modern Compresses
This year’s cotton crop in
Arkansas will receive better
protection as to fire hazard
than any preceding crop. Quite
a remarkable record is being
made by this state in the build
ing of modern; fire-resistive
improvements in cotton com
presses and warehouses, near
ly a quarter million dollars is
now being . invested, or has
been contracted for, dlining the
past three months for such im
provements. says the Southern
Construction News of Little
Rock.
These figures are from the
records of the Arkansas Ac
tuarial Buiau, which is pass
ing on the plans and specifica
tions for the improvements
without‘cost to the owners of
the improvements.
That this character of im
provements has a far-reaching
effect is evidenced by the fact
that il lesults in a great sav
ing to all who are interested in
the cotton business, extending
back even to the growers,who
may desire to store their cot
ton for higher prices. This sav
ing is effected by \drtue of the
fact that the great o^proteetion
afforded by the improvements
will reduce the fire insurance
rate very materially and en
able the small farmer to hold
his cotton at considerably less
expense. It may not be gener
ally known hut the Arkansas
Actuarial Bureau, which is an
institution authorized by the
Arkansas Legislature, does all
that it can to cut down the fire
hazard and while its principal
activities are in connection with
the measurement of fire haz
ards, as affecting insurance
rates, il constantly spreads the
gospel of fi: ('-prevention and
maintains a staff of engineers
and experts, whose experience,
advice and services are at the
disposal of the general public
without any cost whatever.
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RELATES INTERESTING
STORY OF CIVIL WAR
R. C. Adams One of Three Sur
vivors Who Left Jackson
port 55 Years Ago Friday
Uncle Bob Adams of Oil
Trough who has resided in In
dependence county 71 years,
can relate some interesting in
cidents in connection with the
early history of this section.
Uncle Bob is one of the few
remaining Confederate veter
ans who enlisted from this
county and saw service on the
field of carnage during the
Civil war. He relates an inter
esting story of the enlistment
of his company at old Jackson
port and their departure for
the front.
It was 55 years ago last Fri
Friday, August 4, 1861, that
Company B, Eighth Arkansas,
left Jaeksonport aboard the
steamer Mary Patterson, Capt.
Morg Bateman, bound for
Pocahontas. On the trip up
Black River, Eph Comer, a
member of the company, fell
overboard somewhere near El
Kin and it is not known wheth
er his body was ever recovered
or not. From Pocahontas his
regiment went to City Point on
the Mississippi river and from
there by boat to Columbus,Ky.,
where they shipped by rail to
Bowling Green, Ky., going by
way of Humboldt, Tenn., They
were stationed at Bowling
Green until about the time of
the fall of Fort Donaldson,
when they were transported
by rail to Nashville, Tenn., and
then to Murphreesboro.
Uncle Bob was in a number
of the worst battles of the Civ
il war but went through the
entire cinfliet and sustained
only one wound of any conse
quence, having been shot in
the leg. He was taken prisoner
on Jan. 1, 1863, but in the fol
lowing April was exchanged
and was permitted to join his
regiment at Bellbuckle, Tenn.
During the battle of Mur
phreesboro, Col. John G. Flet
cher, late of Little Rock, who
was in command of the Sixth
Arkansas, was wounded in the
leg and Capt. Ritchie lost an
arm, and Uncle Bob was de
tailed to nurse them.
When Company B left Jack
son port it contained 106 men
including captain, but of this
number only three ai*e now liv
ing. these being Uncle Bob
Adams, Rev. J. S. Covey, who
now resides at Sandtown in
this county, and W. J. Sherrill
of Russellville.
Capt. W. S. Smalley
of lower Oil Trough was
m cornu and of the company.
Tom Bateman was first lieut
enant and M. 1). Hulsey was
second lieutenant.
Among those from this im
mediate vicinity who were
m.-mbers of the company were
Bud Humes, Ceph Drennen,
Dick and Tom Stephens, Louis
\ilvhite, Marion Mann, Hen-j
Vy Fortenberry, John Arnold,
Dick McHenry and Tom Wal
lace.
LITTLE ROCK MERCHANTS
FAVOR PROHIBITION
Little Rock, Aug. 9.—Little
Rock merchants did not sign
the petition for the repeal of
the state-wide prohibition act.
Six months of prohibition has
demonstrated that it is the
greatest economic force that
could be introduced among the
people. The big merchants of
the city who formerly contend
ed that it would“kill the town”
to take away the saloons, are
now the most ardent support
ers of the prohibitory laws.
I rade is better, collections are
better, and old accounts have
been paid up. The Ohio law,
with its supposed rigid restric
tions, does not appeal to them
as a substitute for a law that
has demonstrated itsefficiency.
‘‘We do not want the saloon
again,” is the testimony of the
Little Rock business men.
WILL EDWARDS
DROWNS IN RIVER
Disappeared Friday at New
port and Body Found Mon
day near Railroad Bridge.
Will Edwards, a well known
citizen of Newark, was drown
ed in White river at Newport
last Friday.
Whether he met foul play or
accidentally fell into the river
and was unable to save him
self will probably never be
known. It is thought, however,
that the drowning was acci
dental.
He was last seen about 6
o’clock Friday evening when
he left Newport accompanied
by a negro who has worked for
him at various times. It is said
that he and the negro got into
his gasoline launch and started
up the river to his camp near
Walls Lake. It is said that he
had trouble with the engine on
his boat and tied up near old
Elizabeth, where the boat was
found later.
Monday morning a pearler
found the body in White river
some distance below the rail
road bridge. Sheriff McCuis
tion was notified and he secur
ed George Holderby’s boat and
went down after the body. The
body was badly decomposed
from being in the water so
long, and no one suspected that
it was the body of Will Ed
wards until after a close exam
ination which revealed some
old marks and scars on the
body. These, together with a
bank deposit slip made out to
Edwards, which was found in
his clothing, led to a complete
identification of the body.
It was at first reported that
foul play was suspected but a
close examination of the body
by Dr. Willis revealed no
bruises or wounds to indicate
foul play.
Coroner W. H. Nolen held
an inquest but nothing was
brought out at the inquest to
throw any additional light up
on the matter, and it is gener
ally believed that Edwards ac
cidentally fell into the river
and was unable to save himself.
Deceased was 48 years old
and is survived by one son,
Jack Edwards of this place,
and one daughter, Mrs. Ruth
Hughes of Vian, Okla. He is
also survived by three broth
ers, jC. M. Edwards and J. G.
Edwards of this place and W.
A. Edwards of Sawtelle, Cali.,
and one sister, Mrs. W. W.
Alagness of this place.
The remains .were brought
here for burial and wereburied
Tuesday afternoon at the Ed
wards graveyard, at the old
home, a few miles north of
town.
NEW TIME CARD
GIVES BETTER SERVICE
Beginning last Sunday morn
ing a new schedule went into
effect on the White River road,
hut only one train is affected
by the change, that being the
westbound morning passen
ger.
Under the new schedule, No.
210 leaves Newport at 7:15 a.
m., arriving at Newark at 7 :55
instead of at 8:4.‘> as under the
tormer schedule. The change
meets with the hearty approval
ot everybody, as the old sched
ule had never given satisfac
tion because of the late arrival
of No. 210. All the other trains
run on their old schedule.
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STONE COUNTY CROPS
ARE REPORTED GOOD
Mtn. View, Aug.7.—Andrew
Bangs, a farmer residing near
here, has a stalk of cotton in
his field with 270 bolls and
squares. Another has 210. The
cotton crop in Stone county is
in splendid condition, and the
acreage is much larger than
last year.
ENORMOUS COST OF
AUTOS IN ARKANSAS
There are approximately
15,000 automobiles in Arkan
sas. At an average of $1,000
each, that represents an orig
inal outlay of $15,000,000, in
creasing so rapidly every day
that some dealers find it diffi
cult To secure enough cars to
meet the dmand. But that is
not all. It is estimated that de
preciation is about 25 per cent
annually, or another $3,750,
000 on the cost of cars now in
use. Add to this $3,000,000 per
year for the upkeep, and we
have a grand total of $6,750,
000 annually, not counting ori
ginal cost, or more than three
times the total revenue of the
state government. The auto
mobile business has become
one of the lour or five big in
dustries in the world, and Ar
kansas is contributing its
share toward it.
ARREST MAN CHARGED
WITH STEALING MULE
Deputy Sheriff Hill Hays re
turned Tuesday from Hebei
Springs, having in custody Paul
Curtis, who is charged with
having stolen a mule in Jack
son county several days ago
and bringing the animal to his
former home at Hutchinson,
where he disposed of it. Sher
iff Ruddell and his deputies
had been working diligently
on the case, notifying officers
of neighboring counties, Curtis
was arrested a few miles west
of Heber Springs, while at
tempting to make his escape,
it is said. When arrested Cur
tis had a mule in his possession
which is said to be the proper
ty of a man named Stafford,
who resides at Hutchinson.—
Batesville Guard.
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EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
DAMAGES COTTON
Ashdown, Aug. 7.—Exces
sive rainfall in this section is
damaging cotton and the boll
weevils are also damaging the
crop. The corn crop is better
than in years. All other crops
are above the average.
BIG PICNIC OPENS
THURSDAY MORNING
Many Amusement Features
and Attendance Bids Fair to
Break all Frevious Records.
Everything is in readiness
for Newark’s Annual Picnic
and Old Settlers Re-union and
the town will fco turned over to
the merry-makers early this
morning.
A number of prominent
speakers will deliver address
es, among the number being
Gov. Geo. W. Hays, who will
speak Friday.
The formal program had
not been arranged when The
Journal went to press at 7
o’clock this (Thursday) morn
ing. The welcome address will
be delivered by W. G. Moore,
and it is expected that Attor
ney L. L. Campbell of Newport
will speak in the afternoon.
A feature ot today’s pro
gram will be the singing ot
“Arkansas,” by about thirty
small children, under the dir
ection of Mrs. W. W. Jernigan.
Speakers on the program
for Friday are Gov. Geo. W.
Hays, Rev. H. F. Vermillion of
Mtn. Home, and Prof. W. B.
Toncyson of Little Rock.
The speakers for Saturday
will be Dr. Jno. H. Dye of
Searcy and Jno. H. Page, state
commissioner of agriculture,
of Little Rock.
Dr. C. H. Brough, Democrat
ic nominee for governor, who
was invited to deliver an ad
dress, has written the commit
tee that he will be unable to
come owing to other engag
ments.
A band has been engaged to
furnish music the entire three
'days of the picnic.
About 25 concessions for re
freshment stands,lunch stands,
amusement features, etc., have
been Sold. The merry-go-round
and a moving picture show
have been on the ground sev
eral days.
The picnic opens under the
most favorable auspices and
bids fair to be the best and
most largely attended picnic
ever held in Newark.
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