THE NEWARK JOURNAL
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This Is Our Winter
of Test
SERVING food Is r lo
cal problem for each
i community. Prices
' and definite rules for
every one cannot be
formulated. It
is a duty for
each one to
eat only »o
much as Is
necessary to
maintain the
human body
nealthy and strong. This winter
of 1918 Is the period when Is to
be tested here In America wheth
er our people are capable of vol
untary Individual sacrifice to
save the world. That Is the pur
pose of the organisation of the
United States Food Administra
tion—by voluntary effort to pro
vide the food that the world
t*eeds.
U. 8. FOOD ADMINISTRATION
THE STRUGGLE FOR
THE RIGHT.
The worst citizen of a com
munity in potential evil is not
the man who sells beer against
the law, or fights, or gets
drunk. His sphere of activity is
small. His personal influence
is slight
The worst man in a commun
ity is the man who knows and
refuses to act. A man woh has
full knowledge of things as
they are and refuses to co-oper
ate in making things better, is
a bad citizen.
The man who goes through
life and says he does not care
what happens so it doesn’t hap
pen to him, is not worthy of
the protection of the flag of
any country.
The man who says there is
no use attempting to do any
thing towards better living or
better citizenship becauses
abuses have always existed, is
exceedingly selfish.
The man who says there will
always be ballot box stuffing
because there has been ballot
box stuffing for 25 years, does
not grasp the fundamental
principles of this government.
The oldest monotheistic |,,ult
in the world is .Judiasm. If
Jewish law givers, teachers
and preachers had given up
their work 2,500 yeras ago as
a hopeless task, civilization
jiugiii nave ueeii tiixuwii uacn
5,000 years in progress. Yet
unselfish Judiasm strives to
day to have better things to
morrow than w7ere yesterday.
In the second century of the
Christian era, the members of
this cult were driven into cav
es. They were throwm to Lions
and boiled in oil . They were
struggling for a priciple which
is imperishable. They were*
preaching a doctrine of service
to neighbors- They were not
content with things that exist
ed They wTere determined to
struggle to make an ideal a
reality.
In view of the fighting frame
of mind of the world both the
cults of Judiasm and Christian
ity just now are charged with
failure. The struggle for the
right and truth may be halted;
it may look at times to be hope
lessly beaten, but it always
wins. It may win in a day, or
it may take a century or a
thousand years to win.
This effort can be applied
in our own neighbrohood. A
city that does not go forward
toward better things goes
backward. It is equally true
of a city or of a country. It is
equally true of a school dis
trict or a neighborhood.
The character of a city’s citi
zenship declines just in the
proportion that the effort to
improve it fails.
If everybody accepted the
philosophy of letting- tlr'ngs
drift, nations, cities, counties,
and towns would perish. If the
the individual himelf looked
no further than his feet, he,
too, would sink into degener
acy because of his own worth
lessness.
__It is the duty of every man
to improve conditions in his
own neighborhood. It, is the
duty of every member of a mu
nicipality not to stand idle in
the market place, but to be
vigorous in those things which
he conceives to be right.
A man who realizes the nec
essity of an everlasting strug
gle for better things is some
times called a reformer. Those
who would slave their owi,
conscience because of their in
difference, delight to call him
a fake reformer. It delights
others, who have a scriptural
knowledge to denounce him as
a Pharisee. They more kind
ly call him a crank and let it
go at that.
And yet the stuggle for the
forces of order must be unceas
ingly pressed. If it ceased the
force of disorder would trium
ph. There would be a disin
tegration of organized society.
Accepting things as they are
is a dangerous thing for the
life of any community.
In the past years we have
heard much about hardships
of winter in the country. This
winter the shoe is pinching the
other foot. Now its the fellow
in town who can’t get coal to
keep the furnace going—and
you can’t burn cord wood in a
steam radiator.
Anybody that is looking for
the collapse of the German
people on the food question
had better turn around and
look at the moon, because the
results will be the same. Ger
many is in no more danger of
collapsing on that score than
we are, if as mch.
The Tin Lizzies are very
much out of date now. The
only fellow who is strictly up
to-date now is the fellow who
owns a sleigh.
In the War Savings Starn^.
Campaign you can’t CONTRI
BUTE anything. Every cent
you put into War Savings
Stamps is returned by the Unit
ed States Government with in
terest at the rate of 4 per
cent compounded quarterly.
You are helping to win the war
when you buy them.
Another big establishment
containing food and stock was
burned in Arkansas this week.
W’hen will those in charge of
such places realize necessity
for guards? Remember, the
enemy is within our gates.
“Don’t talk any louder than
you live,” said a Southern
bishop in addressing an assem
bly of young men. If all of us
would live up to this motto,
there would be much less un
necessary noise in the world.
The best way to keep your
boy on the farm is to prove to
him that there is money in it.
Make him your partner, and
let him share some of the pro
fits as wrell as the hard work.
—Homo and Farm.
Do meatless and wheatless
days mean anything to you?
Don’t forget to buy a thrift
stamp.
A TIMELY WARNING
The Journal warned the pub
lic months ago against the war
time fire bug. This warning
was well grounded as subse
quent events have proved.
Thousands, possibly mililons,
of dollars worth of property
has been destroyed by enemy
incendiaries since then. The
reason for mentioning this at
this time is not to say “I told
you so” but to remind the read
er that much remains to be
done to prevent further ravag
es of the fire-bug. The pub
lic—you and I—must be on
the alert constantly to thwart
jsuch attempts, particularly
those against gins, compre sses,
oil mills, food warehouses and
industrial plants contributing
directly or indirectly to the
manufacture of war supplies
or to the production of food
products. 0
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See The Journal for good printing.
Why Best for Babies?
Granny Chamberlain j am Qften J why Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy is best for babies. Well, there are several reasons:
First: It is perfectly harmless and can be given with cyery
confidence to the youngest or most delicate child.
Secondly: It contains no alcohol, opium, chloroform, mor
phine or any other narcotic.
Thirdly: Children like it, and no persuasion is needed to
get them to take it
For the above reasons alone it is impossible to get a better
medicine for babies than
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
But aside from its safety it relieves coughs and colds, is the
best remedy known for croup, and when given as soon as the
croupy cough appears it will even prevent the attack."
EVERY THRIFT STAMP YOU BUY
HELPS TO WIN THE WAR
HOG SELLS FOR SI00
Tom Ratton Gets Fancy Price
For Young Sow
Tom Ratton, a successful
young farmer of this place,sold
i a fifteen months old Poland |
China gilt a few days ago for
the highest price ever paid for
a hog in Newark.
The young sow is a register
ed Poland-China. She was
isold for breeding purposes and
brought Mr. Ratton one hun
dred dollars.
Nothing grows into money
for the farmer faster than hogs
and the fact that good hogs
are bringing such fancy prices
furnishes undisputable evi
dence that it pays to raise the
best.
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The Quinine That Does Not Affect the Heart
Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA
TIVE BROMO QUININE is betterthan ordinary
Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing in head. Remember the full name and
look lor the signature of E- W. GROVE. 30c.
REASONABLE SOBRIETY j
A small, henpecked little j
man was about to take an ex
amination for life insurance.
“You don’t dissipate, do
you?” asked the physician, as1
he made ready for tests. “Not
a fast liver or anything of that
sort?”
The little man hesitated a
moment, looked a bit frighten
ed, then replied in a small pip
ing voice, “I sometimes chew
a little gum.”
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BOTTOM LAND FOR LEASE
I have 200 acres of fine cot
ton land above overflow, near
Paroquet, I am offering the
use of this land three years for
clearing and cultivating, see G.
J. Daily on the land.
Theodore Maxfield,
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Patronize the merchants who ad
vertise in The Journal.
WOUNDS ARE FATAL
Vlan Dies at Jonesboro as Re
sult of Shooting
Jonesboro, Jan. 22.—Ed
Fisher, formerly of Jonesboro,
later of Little Rock, was shot
by Herbert Rosecrans yester
day while Fisher was attempt
ing to enter the slayer’s home,
.1 today from his wounds at.
St. Bernard’s hospital.
Fisher’s mother, three sisters
and a brother all of Little Rock
who had been notified of the
shooting, arrived in time to
see him before he died.
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32 INCHES OF SNOW
__Railroad men report that the
snow had reached a depth of
32 inches at Mount Olive last
Monday. This is the deepest
snow' reported from any sec
tion of North Arkansas.
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Independence County
The Journal has just issued a splendid new combina- jj
tion map of Arkansas and Independence county, a copy ;;
of which should be in every home in Independence ::
county. The map of Independence county is revised j|
right up to the minute, and shows each postoffice in ;;
the county with correct location, as given in the latest ij
U. S. Postal Guide. \\
All the important county roads are shown and correct- \\
ly located, which is a very valuable feature. \\
All the new townships are given, with township lines \\
correctly shown, according to the official records. ij
Section, township and range lines are correctly it
shown, which is a valuable feature, making it easy to <[
locate any particular tract of land in the county.
The map of Arkansas is one of the latest issued, and if
in addition to the regular features, it shows all the if
princip I public roads of the state, a feature that can- j[
not be found in the ordinary state mop. All towns \\
are shown and population given from the latest official ij
census, J
Map is both valuable and education
al and should be in every home in
Independence County,
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NEWARK, ARKANSAS