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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, October 19, 1916
Vol. 16, No. 29
WAVE OF PROSPERITY
AFFECTS EVERYBODY
American People Enjoying
Greatest Measure of Pros
perity Ever Known.
There is no doubt in the
minds of teh American peoplt
that we are having the most
prosperous times in the history
of our land. Almost the rest of
the world is at war and destroy
ing each o+her while Americans
are at peace enjoying the
greatest prosperity ever wit
nessed in our history. The
banks are full of money; the
farmers have plenty of food
that was grown at home; the
factories are running on full
time schedule; the merchants
have collected what was due
them, and in fact we are living
at such rapid speed in such
prosperous times until we have
no time to think of nothing but
“more money.” The streets of
Little Rock, in our own state,
are full of people shopping ev
ery day, and every town in the
State are full of people going
to and fro shopping with the
bright dollars that are rapidlv
falling into their hands. It
seems that America is a bank
within itself. We are all hap
py and marching along with
the great wealth of this coun
try. There are men that can
borrow twenty-five dollars on
a note that heretofre could not
secure one dollar at the bank.
What is all this prosperity
beaming from? Fronfthe good
management at the head of
our great government—Wood
row Wilson, the great presi
dent who has so well kept us
out of the horrors of the miser
able war in Europe. He has
kept faith with the American
people and given them more
constructive legislation than
any one president since the
foundation of our government.
The American people are going
to return Woodrow Wilson to
the White House on November
7th together with a congress
that is in sympathy with his
great ideas. There can be no
more panics in the history of
our government because Presi
dent Wilson has advanced and
had passed a law that prevents
the money kings from preying
upon the citizenship of these
United States. His legislation
along the currency line is a
great piece of legislation, and
his other legislation is equally
as great. He has the courage
to stand up and do that which
is right and it shall receive the
! support of the people of the
United States.
The Democratic party has
before the people of Arkansas,
good men for office from Gov
ernor down to township offi
cers, and the voters of the
state are going to enter teh
polling places marching along
not with heads bowed down in
sorrow as to what to do, but
with proud heads proclaiming
for the democratic ticket from
president down. You are going
to see the greatest sweep of
things you have never seen be
fore. There has never been a
time before the people having
in their hands the offices taht
rightfully belong to them.They
want honest legislation and
they have secured it—they are
satisfied.
HEBREW PEDDLER IS
CRUSHED BY AUTO
Luxora, Oct. 15.—Last night
about 8 o'clock while Joe
Grossman. 80 years old. a He
brew peddler of Blytheville,
with a friend, W. E. Allison,
hotel proprietor of Luxora,
were crossing the levee here,
Grossman’s car “went dead”
just before reaching the top of
the inside approach and back
ed down and off the approach,
turning over and wedging the
two men under the car. Gross
man was killed and Mr. Alli
son badly hurt, but will recov
er. The two men were found
about two hours later by a boy,
Charles Evans, who made the
alarm. Grossman leaves a wife
and two children.
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HAUL 19 BALES
ON ONE WAGON
Nineteen bales of cotton,
weighing 9,775 pounds, were
hauled to Forrest City from the
L. J. Pugh plantation on one
wagon. It required six mules
to pull the big load.
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First National Bank I
NEWARK, ARK
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $6,000
C. M. Edwards, Pres
G. M. Fields, V. Pres.
E. B. Chesser, Cashier
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SOME LOSE THRU FIRE
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BUT
A BANK ACCOUNT
WITH THIS STRONG BANK
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BUY BANK MONEY ORDERS
When Sending Money to Dis
tant points. They are payable
anywhere and are SAFE.
WANT PRODUCTS FOR
THE COUNTY EXHIBIT
Farmers Urged to Assist in
Making County Agricultural
Exhibit a Great Success.
County Agent J. E. Me Kell
is working hard to make a suc
cess of the County Agricultural
Exhibit, to be held at Batesville
on Tuesday and Wednesday,
October 31 and November 1.
He is very desirous of hav
ing a good display of the farm
products of the county and ur
ges all farmers to send in
something for the exhibit. Mr.
McKell has given The Journal
the following statement in re
gard to the matter:
“As circuit court will be in
session at the time appointed
for the County Exhibit, it will
■be impossible to hold this ex
hibit in the court house,as here
tofore. Chas. Mosby has kindly
donated the use of the building
formerly occupied by the Bates
ville Business College for the
time given to this exhibit, and
we will be glad for all to rem
ember the time and place and
come with what they can fur
nish us for this display of
things grown in the county. As
there will be no special pre
parations made for handling
the livestock, it is thought best
to have a special day, Wednes
day, November 1, for all these
to be brought in; and at the
this time we will also have the
exhibit of pigs and otehr live
stock grown by members of the
Pig Club.
“Again, I would urge all
who can do so, to furnish some
thing to this display and help
show what Independence
County is doing.To me it seems
that the time has come when
we should get busy and organ
ize a County Fair and keep
abreast with our sister coun
ties along this line of develop
ing our county. Then let us in
this way show that we are in
terested and I am sure good
Will come from our effort.” »
AUDITORS WORKING
ON COUNTY BOOKS
J. A. Mathews and S. A.
Comer, members of the ac
counting firm of E. F. Latham
& Co., of Memphis, who were
employed some time ago to
audit the county’s books, have
resumed work on the books, af
ter having been laid off for
some time on account of the
necessity of calling in all out
standing county scrip for re-is
sue.
All outstanding scrip was
presented to the county court
at its recent October term for
registration and re-issue.
The accountants are push
ing the work of auditing the
books and it is said that they
will be able to complete the
work and submit their report
within a few days.
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HOLD-UP MEN DO
THRIVING BUSINESS
The prosperity of the indus
trious farmers and the large
amount of money in circulation
has brough about much activi
ty among the crooks, and many
robberies are reported. Sunday
two trainmen were held up at
Swifton and Alicia by hobos,
who were riding in a freight
car.
C. D. Ramsey, a brakeman,
entered a boxcar to look for
tramps, when he found two big
guns stuck in his face, and the
four men in the car relieved
him of $18 in cash, an auto
matic revolver and his watch,
but the watch was returned.
Later another brakeman was
held up in a similar manner at
Alicia.
MOTOR CAR COLLIDES
WITH FREIGHT TRAIN
Claim Agent Fitzhugh has Nar
row Escape from Death
When Local Strikes his Car
Claim Agent Fitzhugh had
a narrow escape from death
Tuesday when the southbound
Cotter local collided with his
motor car at a point several
miles northwest of Batesville.
Mr. Fitzhugh was going up
the road on his motor car when
he unexpectedly saw the Cotter
local round a sharp curve only
a short distance ahead of him,
and he barely had time to ap
ply the brake to his car and
slow up enough to permit him
self to jump, which he did
barely in time to save himself.
Mr. Fitzhugh was painfully in
jured by striking a rock but
his injuries are not thought to
be of a serious nature. He was
taken to the hospital at Little
Rock Tuesday night.
Mr. Fitzhugh’s car was com
pletely demolished and his life
was only saved by his timely
leap.
He was picked up by the lo
cal crew and taken to Bates
ville where he was given medi
cal attention and was later
sent to the hospital at Little
Rock.
FORMER CITIZEN IN
BAD CUTTING AFFRAY
News has just reached here
of a serious cutting affray
which took place near Shirley
a few days ago 'between Har
vey Scott, a former citizen of
this county, and Will Hackett.
Scott and Hackett are broth
ers-in-law, having married sis
ters, their wives being daugh
ters of Uncle Johnnie Jimerson
of Logan township.
Trouble arose between them
over remarks alleged to have
been made by Scott concerning
the manner Hackett treated
his wife.
Scott is said to have gone to
Hackett’s house and called
him out. Scott is said to have
been armed with a shotgun and
Hackett, fearing trouble,would
not go out until Scott had put
down his gun. When Hackett
went out. he and Scott passed
some heated words with the
result that Scott is said to have
stabbed Hackett several times
in the breast and side and one
arm, one of the wounds being
very deep and of a serious na
ture. It is not thought, how
ever, that Hackett’s wounds
will prove fatal.
PROMINENT YOUNG
COUPLE MARRY
Farley Cash and Miss Ida
MeDoniel of Wycough town
ship were united in marriage
Sunday at the home of Squire
and Mrs. .J. H. Fetzer, Squire
Fetzer officiating.
The bride is a daughter of
Rev. J. H. MeDoniel and is a
splendid young lady, while the
groom is one of the county’s
most promising young teach
ers.
The Journal joins their many
friends in extending congratu
lations.
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BLOW SAFE BU I
FIND IT EMPTY
Clover Bend, Oct. 16.—
Burglars last night dynamited
the safe in the F. W. Tucker &
Co., store here,but failed to get
any money. Nothing of value
was taken. Deputy sheriffs
started on the trail with blood
hounds this morning but failed
to capture the robbers.
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BETTER BABIES
HEALTH CONTEST
Plans for the Better Babies
Health contest, to be held at
Drs. Lawrence and Craig’s of
fice, at Batesville, October 31
and November 1, are being ra
pidly completed and we are
expecting the largest attend
ance in the history of the move
ment.
Names of several babies have
already been enrolled and we
hope before the Contest closes
to have every child’s names
from six months of age to five
years of age on our register.
Parents this is a wonderful
opportunity for you to find out
things about your child that
might otherwise be overlooked
until more patience and medi
cal treatemnt would be requir
ed to restore your child to a
normal condition.
Every man interested in live
stock grasps the idea of phy
sical prrfection in the hog.cow,
horse or sheep, and why not
grasp the same idea in our own
little human animals? Let ev
erybody cooperate to help the
health conditions of our child
ren, thereby having strong men
and women to manage the
great enterprises of this great
county. Bring something to the
agricultural exhibit to help
show what has been done by
men, women and children dur
ing the past year, and above
all bring the children under
five years of age to the Better
Babies Contest.
MRS. I. N. BARNETT.
Chairman Executive Com
mittee Better Babies Health
Contest.
BALE OF COTTON
SELLS FOR $138.84
W. C. Sanders of Wycough
township sold a bale of cotton
in town Tuesday which brought
him $138.84. The seed sold for
$29.13 and the lint $109.71.
J. W. Sisk who purchased the
cotton states that so far as he
knows this is the largest sum
of money ever paid for one
bale of cotton in Newark.
PICK 608 POUNDS
COTTON IN ONE DAY
Newport. Oct. 16.—In a cot
ton-picking contest'last week,
near Tuckerman, William Her
man, a farmer living near here,
defeated Henry Stewart, living
near Newark, by four pounds.
Herman picked 608 pounds in
10 hours.
MONEY GROWS ON
TREES IN NEWARK
Long-Overlooked Value Dis
covered in the Autumn Leav
es All Over the Country
Money grows on trees, the
old saying to the contrary, not
withstanding.
Autumn leaves have been
discovered to have an excellent
use which Nature has long
known about, but man neglect
ed. The lichest soil is the
woodland mould that poets
write about but hate to step in.
The farmer however, for more
practical reasons, thinks high
ly of it—this soil that is the
product of decayed vegetation.
So bury your leaves this fall
—don’t burn ’e*n. This is the
gospel that is being spread by
the fire .prevention authorities
who say that fall bonfires
cause many bad fires and
thousands of dollars worth of
property to be destroyed each
year about this time.
Try the plan this fall of
burying the leaves and then in
stead of wondering, nextspring
where to get some first-class
fertilizer for your garden or
lawn, simply go out and dig up
the rotted leaves. The late
Capt. Kidd, of buried-treasure
fame or Fido with a resurrect
ed bone,in their proudest mom
ents, are not to be compared
with the thrifty householders
who buries his leaves in the
fall and digs up fertilizerthere
from when it’s apple blossom
time in Newark,
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THREE BALES COTTON
BRING RECORD PRICE
Batesville, Oct. 18.—Frank
Fonville, a cotton buyer here,
yesterday purcnased three
bales of cotton from J. M. Gar
ret, paying for tnem, together
with the seed, $628.89. The
cotton alone brought $543.One
bale weighed 695 pounds. This
is the heaviest bale marketed
so far this season.
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