The
Newark
$1.50 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, December 5, 1918
Vol. 18, No. 3G
SAYS JOY OF
FRENCH WAS
INDESCRIBALE
Combination July 4 and Christ
mas l ame in Comparison
to French Celebration
The Journal has received
the following letter from Dr.
S. A. Drennen, Captain Medi
cal Reser\e Corps, written on
November 11, immediately
following the cessation of hos
tilities.
France, Nov. 11, 1918.
Dear friend.—Perhaps it
will interest your readers to
know the feeling which exists
in this country of P'rance to
night, November 11, 1918, a
date ever to be remembered.
We weie on our way to an
evacuation hospital, near the
front, for a load of wounded,
having learned earlier, from
an unofficial report, that the
‘‘end” had come.
We had just reached a
stretch of road operated by
the Americans where one
hears the clang of bells and
the deep throated whistle of
the engines which is music to
the ears of an American.
While lying in the yards
awaiting the change of en
gines, such a noise broke loose
—almost -deafening—coming
from the American and French
engines, the firing of guns and
shouting ot soldiers.
A combination of Christmas,
New Year and the Fourth of
July in the States is a tv me
affair compared to this.
The French embraced each
other, throwing their hats in
the air and shouting Vive la
France—Vive L’Amerique.
It was a feeling indescrib
able to look upon those? poor
French people, who for four
long “years endured untold
hardships and suffering, and
know that the end was reach
ed at last.
Hut it 1 an, there is another
picture; that is the homecom
ing of these men, the sachiest
of all. In the Northern part
of this country there will be
no homes, only remains and
ruins, and the remnant of
families to greet them. Some
will have no families to greet,
no homes to welcome them.
To quote the remark of Gen
eral Focli, who lost his only
son, “After four years I shall
return to my home to look in
to the faces of little ones who
will never know the love < f a
father.”
There are only a few in
America who realize or under
stand these conditions and
those *are the grand old vet
erans of ihe South who so
nobly defeneied a cause
thought to be right.
Tis a grand and glorious
victory whose outer gai'ments
are of joy and gladness but
whose inner garments are sor
row and sadness.
We are now on our way to
a base port with a load of
wounded hoys. Thank God
there will be only a few more.
Your friend,
SHEROD A. DRENNEN.
The Journal has received
another leter from Captain
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I
INDEPENDENCE COUNTY MEN
IN THE ARMIES OF FREEDOM
EXPRESSES OPINION
ON NEW CONSTITUTION
Mr. Rutherford Says New
Constitution is Great Im"
provement Over Old
Editor Newark Journal.—
On December 14, a special
election will be held for the
purpose of voting upon tie
New Constitution.
An effort has been made to
get a copy in the hands of ev
ery voter. It will be remem
bered that when the question
came before the convention, 1
voted to postpone the conven- j
tion until next year. T thougnt |
that with the country engaged
in war, the people would not
give that careful considera
tion that a new Constitution of
the State deserved. However,
the convention voted to eon
plete the Constitution and sub
mit same to the voters this
year.
The old Constituion has serv
ed the state long and well. It
was a strong instrument and
we all revere it and the mem
ory of those men who gave it J
to the state Judge Butler and
my father were the delegates
to that Convention from this
|
county and I have often felt
that my election was due to
the fact that my father had a
part in this great work.
During those 44 years the
State has made wonderful
progress and her population
has greatly increased and for
a number of years there has
been a growing opinion that
the Constitution should be re
vised so as to meet the chang
ed conditions, and to let the
moral and material upbuilding
of the state go on unhamper
ed.
I hold to that opinion. I
believe that some moderate
changes and new provisions
were needed, and that those
changes are found in the new
Constitution to be submitted.
There were wide differences
of opinion among the members
of the coi vention, as will al
ways be found in a delibera
tive body of 114 men, and
some provisions must neces
sarily be in the nature of a
compromise. But compromis
es are most often the result of
the best judgment of men.
I have great faith in the fu
ture of our state. She is but a
little more than in her infancy
in many respects, but her fu
ture' depends entirely on the
moral and intellectual advance
ment of her people.
The adoption of the lew
Constitution will forever make 1
secure the question of prohi
bition and will do much to cn-j
couarge education—and edu
cation is the “bulwark of our
Liberty” yet Arkansas stands
4‘2nd among the states in edu
cational matters.
I trust that each voter will
give the matter careful consid
eration. A matter of such im
portance shquld have very
caieful consideration. 1 hope
to see the new Constitution
adopted. I kno*/ that it is a
great improvement over the
old. M. M. RUTHERFORD.
Official List of Men Who Answered
the Call of Their Country
Following is a complete list of the men inducted into
military service (all branches) by the Local Board for Inde
pendence county. The list was prepared for The Journal
by A. A. Webber, secretary of the board, who says there
are probably others of whom the board has no record.
A number of Independence county men volunteered
for enlistment in Co. E, organized at Newport and these
are not included in the following list.
Many of the men have been discharged for various
reasons and did not see service. However, the following
are the men who patriotically offered themselves for the
freedom of humanity, and they deserve credit therefor.
Dave Pi pe, (col.)
F. Marion Brannon
Clarence E. Apple
William Bryan Welborn
Ernest Clyde James
Clark Pugh Nevil
Walter Wilson
William D. jC. Huddleston
J. Reed Dennison
Ernest Bruce
Franklin Clyde Rogers
Milton J. Sellers
Charles Grimes
Josiah Wesley, (col.)
John M. Smith (col.)
Arch L. Scribner
Chas. Edward Owens
James McClure
John Thomas Offerle
Henry Leslie Raker
Frank S. D. Snyder
Walter Haynie
Gus Blythe
Porter E. Crow
Wallace J. Presley
Chas. Owen Taylor
William Walbert
Charles Bullard
Buster Wiliiams
Charles F Brokaw
Harry Caplener
William Hall #•
Sam. Brown Farrier
J. Arthur Porter ,
Albert F Wiggins
Frank Harbin
John E. Wright
Claud Monroe Gray
Hugh A Stewart
Edgar Eric Cleveland
Thurtson B. Alexander
Wilson M. Brown
Tobe Willias (col.)
Fred L. Rutledge
Bentley Collom
Hugh W. Vaughan
William Urban Brittain
Robert Calvin Johnson
William C. Tilley
Luther Edward Fox
Harvey Arms
Oscar O. Wright
Robert Ozier
Omer A. Allbright
William A. Ballard
Charles Clifton Petty
Ben Hopkins
Elmer R Carter
Coy A. Blackburn jj|
Alexander Hively
Dewit T. Allen __
James Prentice
William E. Finney
William A. Bishop
James W. Driskell
John Woods (col.)
Thomas Jefferson Owens
Albert Wright
Thomas Jefferson Welch
Chas. C. Bradley
Geo. W. Painter
Clara B. Brannon
Arthur Moore
George Luther Britain
Cason C. Hudleston
William Grady
Robert R Wiliams
Grover Clark
Otto L. Guenzel
Sam Ferril
Ernest Bay Collard
Isaac L. Grisham
James W. Richardson
Luther W. Simpson
Fred Barret
William H. Barnes
John Henderson Shipp
William C. Todd
Claude Carl Walbert
Joseph T. Dixon
Riley Nolen Donoho
James S. Stewart
Ewin Harris (col.)
Charles Estes
Edward Lee Anderson
Price W. Walford
Jodie Brown (col.)
Dan Owen Patterson
Ethan W. Johnson
Luther Wolford
Ray Richard Reeves
Marion Elden Latham
Jay Lawrence Grover
Ross Arnold
William G. Rodgers
Joe Hugh Kennard
Lucien Bracy
Ernest F. Akins
William Harry Akins
Lee Boyce
Carl Lueary
Oscar W. Boutwell
Monte Dicus (col)
John Walker Taylor
W'eaver Wright
Walter W. Reding
David E. Medlock
Samuel Joseph Liles
Walter McCurrin (col)
Earl Dodd
George D Simpson
Butler N. Harrison
David Tucker
Leonard A. Griffin
William Arley Jackson
Ruby H. Hughes
Sherman Duty
Kilby Hughes
Columbus Haddock
Vernon S. Weaver
John Dorris rord
George A. Boswell
Frank Huff
James William Young
Andrew N. Hall
Chas H. Burrow
Tea Green (col.)
William E. Talley
Richard Wilkerson (col)
Andrew J Adair
Clyde Lexion (col)
Virgil Lee Lewis
Oscar Forrill
John A. Broadwater
Jacob Jackson Carter
RolanS Green Izard
Groveh C. Garrett
Sam Kimmer
James 0. Luttrell
Edmond H. Carpenter
Jeferson Hamilton Browning
William O. Pence
John Franks
Marshall A. Gosset
Ed Walker
William G. Spraggins
Andy A. Melton
George Weathermen
William Hogan Keeney
Mart H.- McMahan
Allie Josley
Edgar E Bridgman
Burt Wesley
Chas. I . Frazier
Clinton Trent
George Raymond Sinilie
Harrison Tucker (col)
Madison P. Aydelott
Estel Carpenter
Chester A. Winston
William A. Clark
Alph E. Huddleston
Stanley J. Garbaz
Roland W'iltrout
Clayton Watkins
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LARGE REDUCTION IN
GOVERNMENT EXPENSE
Cessastion of War Will Result
in Big Cut, According to
Secretary McAdoo
Cessation of war will result
in a reduction of government
expenses for the fiscal year
1920, starting next July 1. to
$7,443,415,838 from the $24,
599,000,000 appropriated for
the current year, according to
tentative estimates submitted
to Congress by Secretary Mc
Adoo transmitting the reports
of the various departments.
The principal reduction was
for the military establishment
which estimates its needs at
$1,922,000,000 in 1920, as
compared with the $12,274,
000,000 appropriated for the
past year. Before the signing
of the armistice with Germany
it had been figured that the
army alone would need more
than $19,000,000 for 1920.
The navy’s estimates for
1920 are $2,595,000,000 as
compared with $1,591,000,000
appropriated for the current
year, an increase of a billion
dollars, despite the closing of
the war.
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Mrs. V. G. Richardson of
Batesville and R. M. Traylor
of Little Rock were married
at Batesville last Sunday ev
ening, Justice J. A. Holmes
officiating. They have gone
to Little Rock to make their
home,
a**-*'
ARKANSAS HAD
A BIG PART IN
WINNING WAR
Approximately 42,000 Arkan
sas Soldiers Were Engag
ed »n Actual Fighting
Camp I'ike, Dec*. 2.—Of the
Ik?,000 officers and soldiers
given by Arkansas to the Am
erican army, 42,000 partiei
j pated in the bloody battles of
France and Flanders.
This probably was the ree
jord for any state in the Union
according to the statement
by Governor Charles H. Brou
:h made Thanksgiving Day
at the Camp Pike union pray
er meeting and praise service
which was the official victory
celebration of the cantonment.
More than .‘?,500 officers
and enlisted men participated
in the services and speeches
were made by Governor
Brough and Colonel Charles
Miller, commanding officer.
Col. Miller told of the effect
of the disciplinary, athletic
and educational training of
the soldier upon his prepara
tion for peace and adiured
the men who are so soon to
enter civil life anew to carrj
back home the lessons they
have learned so as to be lead
ers for welfare in their com
munities '
Governor Brough sounded a./
warning against the menace'm
Bolshevism and said thaif the
sound morale built up for
Camp Pike soldiers would be
a bulwark protecting Arkan
sas against its spread. The
I big gathering was held at the
Y M C A auditorium which
was appropriately decorated
for the occassion, and every
camp activity participated
without regard to sect cr creed
anc
Begins With The Arrival of The 5 toe ft
When material is received at the immense StudebaKor
lumber yards it is inspected piece by piece as it is being un
loaded from cars - every piece must be up to specifications—no
brashness, windshaKen or worm holes in StudebaKer materials
i The StudebaKer lumber yards cover almost 80 acres and
| every piece of wood stocR in
them is carefully Inspected
before being piled for air
drying.
Come tn and see the
SiudebaKer. Let us show
why it's the best wagon
on the market
We Have Handled "j
Studebakers
For Over Forty Years and Know There
are None to Compare With Them
C. W. MAXFIELD CO
Batesville, Arkansas