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The Newark Journal.
$1 Per Annum
Published In The Famous White River Country. Where Alfalfa Is King
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, May 21, 1909
Vol. 9. No. 6
PROFIT IN STRAWBERRIES
Judsonia Will Get $125,000 For
This Season’s Crop
Editor The Journal:—1 don’t
hear enough talk about strawber
ries. Perhaps the people who have
put out strawberries this spring
are working and not talking,which,
as a rule, is a mighty good plan.
But there are some things that
ought to be talked, as well as work
ed, and the fruit growing industry
here at Newark is one of those
things, because it is yet more or
less of an experiment with the peo
ple of this community, and every
one, business and professional
men included, should do and eay
everything possible to encourage
and advertise every move to the
advancement of this industry.
As for myself, it is no experi
ment—I know what it will do.
I have heard it suggested by one
or two that if so many people go
to raising strawberries they would
not be worth anything. Don’t
get that idea into your head, for
the demand for strawberries, as
well as other small fruits, is in
creasing much faster than the pro
duction. This is proven by the
fact that ten years ago, when there
were not one-half the berries
grown there is now, the grow
ers thought they were doing pretty
well if they received an average of
if 1 a crate for their berries, while
now, and for the past two or three
years, they have been getting an
average of $2 per crate. That
doesn’t look much like over pro
duction, does it t I should say not.
You will always find a market
for your berries. Or, rather, the
market will find you, when it is
once established that berries are
being raised here. And you need
not be afraid of raising too many.
Judsonia will ship this this sea
son somewhere between 125 and
150 cars. Say they ship only 125
cars; 500 cases to the car would be
62,500 cases, and at $2 per case
they will bring $125,000 into that
community.
The growers pay +8 cents a case
for picking these berries, which,
on this 02,500 cases, will amount
to $30,000 paid out to people who,
as a rule, are not making anything
at this season of the year, as most
of the berries are picked by wom
en and children.
These berries are being produc
ed on 1,000 acres of land, so you
see they are averaging $125 per
acre, and on poor land, too.
I see that Van Buren, which isj
the largest berry center in the
state, shipped 21 cars in one day
recently.
These facts certainly ought tc
be encouraging to the Associatior
at this place, and not only to the
Association but to everyone whe
feels an interest in the welfare ol
their home town and community.
K. L. Goad.
NEWARK DEFEATS MAGNESf
Last Saturday the Newark High
School defeated Magness by a
score of 30 to 11.
At first it seemed as if the Mag
ness boys were going to give New
ark aclosegame, as they made four
scores in the first inning. This
was somewhat discouraging to the
Newark boys, but when they went
to the bat they made five scores,
almost putting the big pitcher
Brooks up in the air. The balance
of the game was a walkover for
Newark. The line up was:
Newark
Arnold, B
F reeze
Edwards
Arnold, J
Richardson
Martin
Sturdivant
Jernigan
Herrington
Score
Newark 0 fi
Magness 4 0
Magness
lb Cleghorn
cc McDoniel
p Brooks
3b Burns, B
cf Burt, L
2b Burns, ,1
If Burt, S
ss Grisham
rf Phillips
by innings:
1 3 3 3 11 3—30
0 0 3 1 3 0—11
DOTA DOINGS
Some few went from here to the
Mansonic dinner at Batesville last
Sunday.
Health is reasonably good ex
cept some few chills around over
the community.
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Greer
of Cord visited Mr. and Mrs. T.
A. Bullington Sunday.
Alex Cason of Tuckerman visit
ed his parents Friday and Satur
day returning Sunday.
Most all of our people are done
planting and are grumbling about
such poor stands of cotton and
corn.
Sunday school at the aeamed.v is
progressing nicely. Lets all come
out Sunday evenings and help in
this good work.
Quite a crowd from this place
attended church at Center Grove
Sanday and heard an able sermon
by Rev. James.
We are having some beautiful
weather now and the farmers are
making good use of it. Crops
that have been worked out are
looking fine.
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Co-operation in
Banking
No Bank more fully appreciates the ne
cessity of co-operation of depositors and
banker than does this bank.
And realizing this, the aim of this insti
tution has ever been to promote that
feature by giving its patrons the most per
fect banking service it is possible to obtain.
Promptness, careful attention to details,
liberal policy and courteous treatment
comprises the system that has governed
this bank ever since it opened its doors for
business.
MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS BANK
W. D. Magness, President
A. A. Henderson, Cashier
K.
Happenings of Local Interest
—
Childrens Day services will be
held at the Methodist church Sun
day night.
Dr. Alexander, the dentist, will
be in Newark May 24th to 29th at
Galloway’s.
The Childrens Day services will
j be held at the Christian church
Sunday, June 8.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Lawton of
Judsonia are the guests of Dr. and
Mrs. W. P. Lawton.
W. J. Caldwell one of Oil
Trough’s best citizens,was in town
on business Wednesday.
Miss Gracie Adams of Hates
ville is spending a few days here
the guest of Mrs. Lawrence Rud
dell.
Take care of your teeth and they
will take care of you. See Dr.
Alexander, at Galloway’s, May
24th to 29th.
Its an ill wind that blows nobody
good. If this line May rain does
not make hay it will go far towards
making corn and cotton.
Rev. Jas. F. Jernigan returned
Friday evening from Mountain
Home where he spent two weeks
! assisting in a revival meeting.
Mrs. W. K. Ruddell returned
to her home at Batesville Friday,
after a pleasant visit here with
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ruddell.
When a man, by energy and
perseverance,succeeds in any good
■ or noble cause, he disappoints all
his enemies and gratifies all his
j friends.
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At the Methodist church next
j Sunday at 11 o'clock the pastor
will deliver a sermon from James
3:3-12 on “The Tongue.” All
| invited.
Dr. Alexander will visit Newark
every month. All work guaran
teed. If it isn’t right, I will make
it right. Office at Galloway’s
| May 24th to 29th.
All parties interested are re
quested to meet at the Tunstall
graveyard on Saturday, May 29,
for the purpose of cleaning up
and beautifying the grounds.
Rev. J. F. Jernigan has been
invited to preach the commence
ment sermon for the Cave City
school on the fifth Sunday in May
and has accepted the invitation.
niaut'
i limes ueeuiuK teem
should have their old ones extract
ed now, so gums will be shrunk
and ready for plates this fall. Only
a small charge for extracting. See
Dr. Alexander, at Galloway’s,
May 24th to 29th.
Ozro Lane returned Wednesday
from Paris, Texas, where he
spent three weeks. This is his
i second trip to Texas, he having
| spent about two months out there
last fall. lie says he likes Arkan
sas better than Texas,
The recent rains caught quite a
lot of hay down in the alfalfa
fields. C. P. Vaughan had just
mowed about 50 acres. It will
probably not be damaged very
badly, however, if the damp weath
! er does not continue too long.
What is Newark going to do for
a bone-yard' The development
of the surrounding country is go
ing to make this a question that
must considered. East of town
has been a dumping ground for
dead animals and other refuse, but
that territory is being fenced and
will soon be put in cultivation and
' become the scene of daily toil, and
then the town must look elsewhere
for a dumping ground.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Q Wolf and
Mr. and Mrs. Paxton Thomas of
Batesville were passengers up the
road Saturday night en route
home from Little Rock where they
attended the meeting of the State
Hankers Association.
(t. B. Hogan of Mountain Home
lias sold his farming interests in
Baxter county and contemplates
coming back to Independence, his
native county. lie has an eye on
! Newark as a good place to live
and his many friends would be
pleased to have him locate here.
Congressman W. A. Oldfield,
who has been at home for
several days attending to private
matters left last Sunday night to
return to his duties in Washington.
Mrs. Oldfield accompanied her
husband and will remain with him
until his return here at the end of
the session.—Batesville Guard.
Rev. S. L. Cochran, a prom
inent Methodist mioinster of the
White River conference died very
suddenly Wednesday morning at
his home in Argenta where he was
pastor of Gardener Memorial
church. Rev. Cochran was well
known and had many friends in
Newark, having served as pastor
of the church here several years
ago.
At a meeting of the executive
board of the Mansonic Home of
the grand lodge of Arkansas held
Saturday afternoon at Little Rock
grand master E. A. McCulloch
was instructed to call an emergen
cy session of the grand lodge to
meet at Batesville, September 1st,
for the purpose of dedicating the
Orphans Home.
Speaking of the revival meeting
at Mountain Home, the Baxter
Citizen says: “The services were
under the management of Rev. .1.
F. Jernigan of Newark, one of the
best preachers in North Arkansas
and also one of the best singers in
the state, Rev. W. T. Thompson,
presiding elder of this district and
Rev. A. Li. Cline, pastor of the
Methodist church here all of whom
are earnest workers in the cause
they represent.”
looes advertising pas' \\ ell we
should say it does! A couple of
weeks ago a merchant in a nearby
town advertised fresh dairy butter
for sale. The printer uninten
tionally substituted an “h” for a
“d” and the ad read “Fresh hairy
butter for sale.” A smart bar
ber called up the grocer and offer
ed to shave the butter at standard
rates. The grocer got mad and
licked the barber, breaking his
nose and otherwise disfiguring him
do that he was compelled to call
upon the doctor, who charged him
a ten for the services rendered.
The next day the barber met the
editor on the street and threw a
brick at him, giving him a close
shave. In this effort to get away
the pencil pusher fell down, tear
ing his trousers on the west side
so badly that he had to buy a new
pair; and the editorial shears that
were in his hip pocket penetraten
his anatomy so that the services
of a surgeon were required. And
all the result of one little ad.
Who says it don’t pay to advertisef
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LITERARY SOCIETY PROGRAM
Following is the program for
the Newark High School ^iterary
Society for Saturday night,
Miscellaneous quotations.
Rec.Lola Ward
Essay.Willie Drennen
Reading .Morgan Tuggle
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Song.Eugene Magness Ruth
Crow and Ona Moran
R<c.Thomas Brown
Reading.Blanche Crow
Debate, “Resolved that we should
have state uniformity of text
books." Affirmative, Dye Martin,
Eugene Magness and Earl Nash.
Negative, Roy Hawthorne, Oran
Brown and Porter Crow.
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THE SCHOOL ELECTION
Newark Votes Seven Mill Tax and
For County Supervision
A larger vote than usual was
polled in the school election last
Saturday. There was consider
able opposition to the seven mill
tax, but the seven mill men were
in the majority and won by forty
nine votes.
Three directors were elected,
two for a term of three years and
one for two years to fill out the
unexpired term of E. II. William
son who was elected a year ago
and resigned shortly afterwards,
There were four candidates in the
field, one of them, Morg Drennen,
being an avowed five mill man,
while the others favored seven
mills.
The vote was as follows: F. C.
Hoyt, 1 16; C. M. Edwards, 112;
-I. P. Magness, 95; Morg Dren
■ nen, 47.
For seven mill tax, 86; for five
mill tax, 37; against tax, 1.
For county supervision, 76;
against county supervision, 17; for
county uniformity, 89; against
county uniformity, 7.
CHARLOTTE ITEMS
Mrs. E. L. Jernigan is on the
puny list this week.
Miss Reba Moore visited friends
at Moorefield Saturday und Sun
day.
Judge Lindsey is on the south
side of the river this week on busi
ness.
Misses Esther Churchill ar.d
Clara McGill are visiting at Lock
hart this week.
Miss Delia Lane is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Luther Pickens, at
Dota, this week.
Miss Ethel Byrum of Sulphur
Rock visited home folks here from
Friday to Sunday.
Sam Moore and Harrison Crig
ler, who are attending school at
Cave City, visited home folks here
from Friday to Sunday.
See The Journal for job printing.
SULPHUR ROCK SKETCHES
Items of Interest From the hub
of White River Township
Tom Simpson was down from
Batesville Sunday.
Tom Owens of Newport came
up Sunday to visit home folks.
Mrs. Lizzie Waldrip of Madness
is visititag in our city for a few
days.
Mrs. W. T. Huddleston visited
her mother, Mrs. Fallis, at Dota,
Monday.
Mrs. Ella Pascoe and Mrs. Julia
Herrington of Batesville were vis
itors here Sunday.
Ed Yateman and wife, of Bates
villo, spent Sunday here with Mr.
and Mrs. Doc Maxwell.
Joe Tremble of Memphis is vis
iting here for a few days and
drinking sulphur water.
Mrs. J. H. Moore and Mrs. T.
A. Ilevens spent a few hours in
Newark Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Vela Jernigan of Bates
ville spent Sunday night here, the
guest of Miss Nettie Bevens.
Quite a number of Moorefield
people were down Sunday night
to attend the Childrens Day ser
vices.
Carter Gibbs left Monday night
for St. Louis to join his mother,
Mrs. W. Y. Gibbs, who has been
there for three weeks.
Mrs. E. E. Allen and little son,
Ed, and Miss Nora Lendon, of
Newark, attended the Childrens
Day services here Sunday.
The Eastern Star Lodge of this
place will give an ice m sup
per on Friday '^4 May fcti, iur
the benefit of in, chapter. Every
body cordially invi&d to attend.
The supper will be given at the
city hall, and all necessary accom
modations will be furnished.
The Childrens Day services were
well attended at the Methodist
church last Sunday. A very in
teresting program was rendered
in the forenoon by the small child
ren, and at night a tine program
was rendered by the larger mem
bers of the Sunday school. The
singing by the choir was fine.
The Ladies Improvement Club
met Thursday with Mrs. Cora
Sanders. The program was varied,
but was highly entertaining. Miss
es Martin, Rice, Hodges and Ow
ens, assisted by Mesdames Hodges,
Covington and Bullington, read
papers and recitations that were
tilled with much practical and help
ful information on various sub
jects. Miss Mattie Martin will
entertain the next meeting.
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