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The Newark journal., 1919-10-02
TRAIN HITS AUTO
 WOMAN IS KILLED
TO CROSS TRACK IN FRONT OF A FAST TRAIN
 COSTS ANOTHER LIFE

Carlisle, Sept. 26.-Mrs. D. E: Cur ry of this city was struck and in- stantly killed at o'clock this after noon by Rock Island Passenger train No. 36, when her son, Lee Curry, at tempted to drive an automobile across the track ahead of the train. The train crashed into the rear end of the car, throwing it end over end and throwing Mrs. Curry 30 feeet or more, causing instant death.
 Lee Curry was seriously, but not fatally hurt. His injuries consist of cuts and bruises about his chest and shoulders. He was taken home and soon regained consciousness.
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02
4f . ' Y ' ' u ss y v R ' PAROQUET ITEMS Y v U ' E U ' ' V ' y N

Paroquet, Oct. I've are having hot, dry weather through this sec tion. Health is good.
 J. W. Freeman made a business trip to Newark Friday.
 Ms. c. c. Whisnant and daughter. Geneva, spent Saturday evening at Newark shopping.
 Mir. and Mrs. Luther Wayman of Newark spent Saturday night and Sunday here visiting relatives.
 Lon Lovejoy made a business trip to Newport Saturday.
 Mrs. Lizzie Styles spent Saturday evening at Newark shopping.
 Mrs. Virgie Erwin and son, Finas, spent Saturday evening at Newarl: shopping.
 Mrs. Nora Wayman and son, Paul, of Newark spent Sunday here visit ing relatives.
 G. W. Yaney made business trip to Newark Tuesday.
 B. R. Clark spent Saturday at Lit tie Rock.
 Mrs. Lon Lovejoy and daughter, Blanche, spent Saturday evening at Newark shopping
 Jack Miller who has been in Fran- ce and Germany for the past year arrived here Saturday, having been discharged from the service at Camp Pike Friday.
 A. c. Atom of Newport spent Fri day night here visiting relatives.
 Mr and Mrs. J. A. Sherman of Magness spent Saturday night and Sunday here visiting relatives.
 Mrs. Henry Linebough of Logan township spent Friday here.
 G. w. Yaney made business trip to Newark Tuesday
 J. w. Burton made a business trip to Newport Tuesday.
 Estes Kinman of Newark was a business visitor here Monday.
 J. P. Williams made business trip to Newark Friday.
 Mrs. Virgie Erwin and son, Finas, spent Monday at Newport.
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02
THINKS ROAD LAW , NOT PROPERLY DRAWN
CORE MAN FAVORS GOOD ROADS
  BUT SAYS FARMERS ARE TAXED TOO MUCH

Editor Journal.-In regard to your article last week, What is the matter with Independence County" ask you to find out what is the matter with the road laws enacted by the last Legislature ]?
 l for one am in favor of the hard surfaced, road but I don't think the laws creating the same are equitable and fair to the farmer.
 In one of our leading grain belt states, they have road law like the following: Of the total cost applied to the construction of Public High ways the Federal Government COIL tributes 50 per cent, as in other stat es, while % per cent comes from the automobile tax and 25 per cent is raised by taxation.
 Now are the farmers and their families to labor in the fields by the roadside and be taxed to build the road while the man with the automo- bile rides by and pays no tax, com paratively speaking?
 Evidently the State mentioned, is more fortunate than is Arkansas in the selection of the men it sends to the legislature or else it would not have better laws.
 If we had law as equitable as the one referred to, 1 don't think there would be so much wrong with the people, or with the farmers, anyway.
 Now Editor in regard to the law of the hard-surfaced road from Cord to Newark being amended, limiting the assessment to 30 per cent, do you think. that the road can be built for $3,000 or S4,000 a mile when it is costing from $6,0O0 to $1OOoo to build similar roads in other parts of the State?
 Again, it $ said that the road law is amended for the County Judge to appoint the Commissioners. l for one want to tender my thanks to Messrs. Fields, Fortune, and Herring ton for the stand they took to do their duty in the face of strong op- position. It is easy to say be bold be brave, defy intimidation; but it is the man that can do his duty, regard
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02
WHITE COUNTY WINS
 FIRST PRIZE AT FAIR
NEIGHBOR COUNTY MAKES GOOD SHOWING AT TRI-STATE FAIR
 HELD AT MEMPHIS

White county, Arkansas, was awar- ded first prize on it's exhibit of home demonstration work at the Tri-State Fair at Memphis last week. The ex- hibit was arranged from White cour- ty products prepared by club mem- bers who are cooperating with Miss Roxy Hobbs, county home demonstra- tion agent.
 The exhibit was a special point of interest to visitors who regarded it as model of neatness and original suggestions. The dairy section of the exhibit consisted of an exhaustive variety of dairy products placed side by side with other foods in order to illustrate comparatively food values.
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02
CENSUS ENUMERATORS

Persons desiring to serve as towr. ship enumerators in the coming fed eral census should make application before October 15, to Lester L. Gib- son, supervisor for the second district Walnut Ridge, Ark.
 Actual work will begin on January 2, 1920, but applicants will be requir- ed to take the civil service examina- tion, and it is necessary that appli- cations be filed with the supervisor at once.
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02
S63,93O ROAD FUNDS
 GIVEN THIS COUNTY
FOUR ROAD DISTRICTS IN INDE- PENDENCE COUNTY SHARE
 IN ROAD FUNDS

The Advisory Board of the State Highway Commission, at a meeting held in Little Rock yesterday, made the following apportionment of State and Federal aid road funds for the various road improvement districts of Independence County.
 Road Improvement District Nc. 3. Independence County, $7,3S0.
 Road Improvement District No. 1, Independence county, $15,000.
 Road Improvement District No. ?, Independence county, 1900.
 North Arkansas Road Improvement District No. 1, Independence county, $20,250.
 The Commissioners of District No. (Paroquet) were unable to agree upon certain points of procedure and did not file an application for State and Federal aid.
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02
FARMERS SHOW THEIR
 APPRECIATION OF SERVICE

The Newark Gin Go has ginned 400 bales of cotton and is handling the ginning in a way that seems to give general satisfaction. B. A. Magness manager of the gin, says they are handling all cotton as rapidly as it comes to the gin, and the farmers don't have to wait to get their cot ton ginned when they bring it to him. He is paying the top price for seed and judging from the large amount of cotton ginned it seems that the farmers appreciate the good service given them this year by the Newark Gin Company.
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02
MANY LAWS PASSED
 BY SPECIAL SESSION
MADE IN LAWS GOV. ERNING RACQUET AND
 CORD ROAD DISTRICTS

The second special session of the Arkansas Legislature adjourned sire die at noon yesterday.
 About 300 new laws were passed, most of which are laws creating new road improvement districts in various parts of the state, about 1,500 miles of new road being provided for.
 Legislation enacted affecting Inde- pendence County is bill by Senator Bone which provides for the removal of the Commissioners of Road Dis tricts Nos. 3 and 1, and to make the Commissioners appointive by the county judge. The law also provides that the roads to be constructed in these districts shall be built at a cost not to exceed 30 per cent of the aa- sessed value of the property in the district. Provision is also made for bringing the Paroquet road into town, starting at the intersection of Mair and Front streets, in Newark and running to the White school house, instead of to Paroquet Bluff on Black river, as was provided for in the or iginal law.
 The law has not been signed by the Governor, and it is not known who Judge Jimerson will appoint as Con- for the districts.
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02
RIDER MUST SERVE
 q YEAR SENTENCE
WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING
 LON HATLER NEAR CORD LAST MARCH

The Arkansas Supreme Court in a decision handed down last Monday, sustained the conviction of Oliver Rider who was convicted in the Inde- pendenee Circuit Court of murder in the second degree and sentenced to 21 years in the penitentiary for kill ing Lon Hatler on the 3rd of last March.
 The killing grew out of a dispute as to whether Halter had the right to occupy for another year a piece of ground which he had subrented from Rider. According to Riders testimony Hatler first struck him on the temple and then stepped back and reached his hand into his pocket, whereupon Rider drew his pistol, which Hatler grabbed, but which Rid CT managed to fire until Halter fell mortally wounded.
 A witness named Farr said that af- ter Halter fell, Rider walked up to him and pulled his cap aside and fired the last shot into his forehead.
 The body was removed to a hiding place in the bed of a dry slough and subsequently, thrown into the river. Rider testified that Farr assisted him in the disposition of the body, which Farr denied.
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02
Dota Doings

Dota, Oct. 1.-Clarenee Page, who is attending school at Sulphur Rock, spent Saturday and Sunday here with his parents, Mr and Mrs. J. A. Page
 Prof. J. w. Best an son of Hardy, spent Saturday night here with MT. and Mrs. A. T. Best.
 Mrs Victoria Saylors who is teach ing at Newport, Miss Willie Tunstall and Mrs. A. H. Saylors of Newark were visiting in our neighborhood Saturday, the guests of MT. and Mrs. C. P. Piekens
 Miss Mae Page returned to her home Friday after closing a success ful term of school at Young.
 MT. and Mrs. D. Churchill and family, MT and Mrs c A Foster and son, Thomas, spent Sunday with the ladies parents, MT. and Mrs. A. T. Best.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. A. Reaves and family spent sunday Tn Walnut Grove visiting Mir. and Mrs. Will Tay- Tor and family.
 MT. and Mrs. T. A. Burlington and family were visiting Mrs Bettie Greer and family Sunday.
 Mrs. Lula Baker and children spent Saturday night in Magness visiting her father.
 Miss Vida Harrelson of Center Grove, was the guest of Miss Hazel Greer Sunday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Lee Martin and ehil- dren were visiting the lady's par ents, Mir. and Mrs. J. A. Page Sun day.
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION

An examination for post office clerks and carriers will be held at the post office in Batesville on October 25, 1919, age limit, IS to 45 years on the date of examination, married wo- men will not be admitted to the exam nation. Applicants must be physi- cally sound, and male applicants, must be not less than feet inches in heighth in bare feet, and weigh not less than 125 pounds without ov- ereoat or hat.
 For application blanks and for full information relative to the examina- ton, qualifications, duties, salaries. vacations, promotions, etc, address immediately
 WILLIAM H. JONES,
 Secretary, Board of Civil Service Examiners, Batesville, Ark.
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02
ANTI-STRIkE LAW IS
 PASSED IN ALABAMA A

On September 27th in the Legisla- ture of Alabama was enacted a state anti-strike law when the House pass ed the Senate bill providing fine of not more than $1,000 and prison santance for persons found guilty uf entering into combinations or agree ments to impede industry in the State. The bill now goes to the gov ernor of that State for his signature.
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02

lesss of public opinion that is worth while.
 I hope our commissioners, Messrs. Fields, Fortune, and Harrington have ever felt they had the resources and silent cooperation of all good road boosters behind them.
 Our free school laws, our Federal Constitution and many of the best laws we have were adopted in the face of an agitated opposition, and we will have to get our hard surfaced road the same way.
 A GOOD ROADS BOOSTER.
 Cord, Ark, Sept 29, 1919.
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02
SELL COTTON FOR 39 CENTS

John Austin sold two bales of cot ton in Newark today for 39 cents a pound, which tops the market for cot.
 ton sold in Newark this season. The cotton was bought by J. w. Sisk, who paid MT. Austin $416.77 for the two bales This does not include the seed.
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02
COTTON COMING IN RAPIDLY

Up to noon today there had been 392 bales of cotton sold in Newark this season. The price this week has ranged from B to 39 cents. Seed are selling for $62 per ton.
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02
FALLS AND
 RIDER IS KILLED

Jonesboro, Sept. 29.-George Car ter, of the firm of Carter and Will Hams, while driving some horses to the pasture today was killed. The horse he was riding fell when near a ditch crushing the face of Carter al- most to a pulp, and before he could reach the hospital he died. He was 31 years of age and unmarried.
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02
KILLED BY FALLING TREE

Harrisburg, Sept. 26.-Rof Barnes was killed by a falling tree in the woods near Pickett's mill Wednesday afternoon, while cutting saw logs for the mill.
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02
NOTICE.

We are ready to gin your cotton. We have our machinery up in first class condition and a first class gin crew to give you the best service, and pay you the market price for your seed. We appreciate your pat ronage.
 Newark Gin Company.
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02

Goldman Miacheals, who has been in the military service for the past several months in France and Ger many, arrived home Tueyday, having been discharged at Camp Pike Mon day
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02
ANNUAL FAIR IS SUCCESS

Calico Rock, Sept. 29.-The annual Calico Rock fair, which closed here Saturday, was one of the most sue
 cessful shows ever held by the fair association. Receipts showed tetal attendance of 5000 and exhibits were larger than usual in all departments.
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02
SINGING CONVENTION

The Singing Convention will be held at Moorefield on the second Sur, day in October. Everybody invited.
The Newark journal., 1919-10-02

Newark Gin Company.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-29
HIT $4,000 VOLT WIRE
Earl Young Saved by Heroic Efforts
Is Minutes before He Showed
signs Of Life

Montpelier. May 25.-Earl Young,
employed by the Montpelier & Barre
Light g. Power company, had a mar
row escape from death at the COM
pany's plant in Bolton Saturday morn
ing, when he struck his head against
33,~O00-volt wires, under which the men
were working in the new switch house
near the plant. Just how the accident
happened will not he known until Mr..
Young is able to tell II himself. for
no one saw it. 1t was IS mute
before life was shown in his body.
Those with him Immediately commenced
working In resuscitation Speed limits
were broken by c. f. Cookson, who
carried "A pulmotor from this city to
the plant, about II miles, in 23 min
utes. Physicians were rushed from
Waterbury. also DIR. c. Il. Hunt from
Montpelier. They worked over the
young man, who gave evidence that
he would live, although he is badly
burned on the head and feet.
If there had been n good ground
ing he would have been killed How
he escaped being killed by such a
high voltage is unexplainable at pres
ent. A big arc took place when Young
head came in contact with the live
wires. 1t was this that attracted the
attention of the men.
He was taken to Heater hospital
where 1t will be several days before
he VIII be out of danger.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-29
INVESTIGATING LONGS CAREER
cannot Connect Man Charged with
Killing Mrs. BrOadwcll with Murd-
or of Aged John Hobart

Montpelier, May 23.-The last eff
forts to connect George Long, who is
in Jail on the charge of numbering
Mrs. Harry L. Broadwell. with the
murder of John Hobart in Middlesex
seem to be without avail for the rec
ords of the State probation office show
that Long was in the House of Cor
rection at the time Hobart was MUIR
dered. The crime was committed in
April, 1918, while Long was committed
to the House of Correction in October,
1917, some six months before the muir
der of Hobart and Long was not re-
leased from the institution until
October ., 1918, which was about six
months after the murder occurred.
The public in general in this locality
are not of the opinion that Long had
much to do with the murder although
he admits hat he saw the Broadwell
woman at the Parker house the night
of the murder.
The career Of Long since he left the
House of Correction last fall has been
closely investigated by the officers
who are working on the case and eff
forts are being made to connect him
with some of the petit crimes which
have taken place in and about Barre
in the last six months.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-29
TAKE TRAINING COURSE
War Savings Committee Workers At
tend State Conference at Boston

Waterbury, May 25.-Mrs. d. c. Jones,
pf this place, State Manager of War
Savings for Vermont, and Miss Lena
h. Hamilton of st. Adams, State pub
lefty director, have returned from Bos-
on. where last week they attended a con-
ference of the State directors and man
hgers of New England and a similar
publicity meeting. They also attended
connection with n four weeks course ar
ranged for the field secretaries who are
O work in the various New England
States. Mrs, Edward c. Smith, State di-
rector of War Savings for Vermont, was
present at the meeting in Boston.
The Vermont secretaries, all of whom
fook the training in Boston, are John
IA. Gordon of Barre, Joel J. Lamere of
Ludlow and Charles s. Parker of Mont
gomery. They will return to Vermont
early next week and will take up active
work June /. Mr.. Gordon will speak at
he annual meeting of the Vermont State
Letter Carriers Association to be held
n Montpelier May 30. Mr.. Gordon will
work in Washington, Essex, Orange
caledonia n part of Addison county
MIR. Lamere viii have as his territor,
Rutland, Bennington. Windham, Wind
Parker has been assigned to C%hittenden
Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille and Or.
cans counties.
The course which the young men took
at Boston University included lectures
Dn craftsmanship. simple economics, gov.
ernment finance and public speaking,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-29
FUTURE AVIATION MUST
BE ABOVE STORM LIMIT

Atlantic City. ~. j.. May 25.-Ad-
Dire sstn to-night's session Of the Pan
American aeronautical convention
Samuel D.. Mott declared that the flu
ture Of commercial aviation is six
miles above the earth's surface. The
aviator, he said. must get above the
storm limit.
"The problem a Mr.. Mott. 'is
evidently one of equipment of our
planes to function in rarified air and
protection Of navigators against its
tenuity; likewise protection of their
body warmth and comfort in extremes
OF temperature How high we may go
no one may know until tested. Per-
sonally, | believe it possible to go
Is or 20 miles aloft, If necessary. 1t
is obviously a matter of equipment
plus climbing ability Of aircraft de-
signed for the purpose"
News of the rescue of Hawker and
Grieve caused great Joy among the
officials of the Aero Clu of America
here.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-29
GAVE WORTHLESS CHECK
II. Bill Arrested mt Wells
River-Said to Have Confessed
to Using Several

Wells River, May 25.-Raymond II
Bill of Hartford, Conn, has been ar
Tested here, charged with trying to
bass a check for $40. drawn on the
Nelden National bank of st. Adams,
where he had no funds. He probably
will be taken to the county Jail at
Chelsea to be tried at Orange county
fourt.
Worthless checks drawn on banks in
Hartford and in St. Johnsbury and st.
Adams have been in circulation for
several weeks, all but one signed by
George r. Wright, the other signed
by Myron G. Baldwin.
Bill is alleged to nave confessed to
Sheriff Worthen OF st. Johnsbury that
these checks were all written by him
Ind that he used a Hartford bank
theck in st. Johnsbury, several of st.
bohnsbury bank checks in st. Adams,
b St. Adams check in Montreal n
another in Wells River.
He told Sheriff Worthen he left his
wife and little baby in Hartford some
three months after the tragedy in his
parents home, when his father was
killed by a boarder, who had been ac-
FUSED of paying attention to Raymond
Bits mother, the boarder committing
suicide. Bill had $500 when he left
home.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-29
ARREST TWO FOR BURGLARY
Burt and Henry Ap~prchcnded after
Series OF Thefts-Attcmpted
to Self Watch

st. AlbanF, May 25-As a result of some
good detective work on the part Of Chief
Of Police J. f. Mahoney, two men, STAN
ley Burt and William Henry. alias
Frank Garron. are behind the bars in
the Franklin county Jail on a charge of
burglary and larceny.
These men nave been under the sur
veillance of the police since May 10 when
Officer Patrick fitzgerald arrested T..
Montiguy on a charge of intoXication.
On the morning after" the night spent
in Jail Montiguy discovered that he had
lost $50 and a 17-jeweled Waltham watch.
All he could remember of the previous
nights happenings was that two men
started to help him home.
Chief Mahoney was suspicious of two
men. who had been rooming at the Am
erican house and who had the habit of
staying out late at night or all night.
One of these all night occurrences was
the evening the store of William Doolin
Il company was entered.
After this store was entered the men
disappeared, but soon returned. The
next complaint to the police was from
a woman, who claimed that while she
was in the F. w. Woolworth store, her
handbag containing ST and some valuable
army papers mysteriously disappeared
from her wrist. The men absented them
selves last Tuesday and remained away
for two days. During the noon hour on
Tuesday the ticket Office of the Centra
Vermont railroad was entered and a
small amount of change taken.
The following Friday the men under
surveillance attempted to sell a watch
to A. r. Thibault, NJ. b. Linindoll and o.
|. Sweet, proprietors of second hand
stores. These men were not interested.
Chief Mahoney, h had secured the
number of the watch from Montiguy,
heard of the attempted sale and asked
Thibault to get the number of the watch
If the men returned.
The men returned. Garron, it is said,
attempting to do the selling. 1t was the
same Montiguy had given him. An i'm.
mediate search was instituted and the
men were found in front of the st. AL
bans house trying to sell the watch
to Fonda Corrigan. The men were ar
rested and will probably be arraigned in
the city court early this week.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-29
FEDERATION CONVENTION
" omcn's Clubs in session nj Montpelier
on June ., :, and 5~--Prominent
speakers

Barre, May &.-Tnc oath annual con-
vention Of the Vermont Federation of
Womcn's Clubs will be held in this city
on June 3. 4 and !. Among the speakers
will he Mrs. II. Parker Wilmington of
the first federal reserve district, Miss
Marion Gary, field secretary, John F.
Scully, a noted Boston educator, Prof.
Bertha NJ. 'rerrill of the University OF
Vermont, Mrs. Anna Hawkes. Putnam,
State chairman. and Mrs. Woodallen
Chapman of the public health depart
mcnt, G. T.. w. c.
The Burlington delegates from the
Athena club will be; Mrs. j. A. Water
man, president, Mrs. r.. II. Stone, Mrs,
r. y. Lewis, Mrs. S. r.. Moulton, Mrs.
+. Dan Huntley. Miss Julia f. Garvey;
a~lternates. Mrs. w. +. Aiken. Mrs. f. p.
Lord, Mrs. +. C. Lyon, Mrs. Thomas
Magncr and Miss II. NJ. Wood.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-29
GETS $4,000 VERDICT
Frank Seaman Wins Suit In 4. =. Cour,
Against Mrs. Whitncy-ResuIt
Of Auto Accident

Windsor, May ga verdict of $1,000
damages was awarded Frank Seaman OF
Cortland, n. v. in L. S. court to-day
against Mrs. George IL. Whitney of Bur.
.lington. The plaintiff sought So, 900 dam
ages for injuries alleged to have been re.
ccived when the defendants automobile,
in which, however. she was not "a passen-
ger, hit, It was claimed the machine in
which Seaman was riding on July IA, 1917
at MONTPELIER.
The case occupied the entire day, the
closing arguments taking the morning
The jury had the case four hours and a
half.
When asked If any appeal would be
made by Mrs. Whitney, one of her coun.
sci. said he could not give any inforina-
ton on that point.