SAYS GERMANY IS
FAR BEHIND TIMES
Newark Boy Says German
Farmer Still Follows Crude
Methods in Many Ways
Clarence Fields has received
the following interesting letter
from Fred Herrington, Newark
young man who is now' with
the Army of Occupation in
Germany.
Weis, Germany, Mch. 1.
Dear Friend.—How are you
coming old sport? I am doing
fine. We have been in Ger
many since December 1. We
crossed over into Germany De
cember l, and are on the Rhine
river now. Have been in this
tow'n two months.
This country is hard hit. The
people are short of food and
clothing is scarce. I see a good
many of the women wear
wooden shoes, also a good
many of the kids. Lots of the
shoes are made with cloth tops
and wooden soles. Most of
the country I have seen is roll
ing but the soil is fertile. They
spray the land with drainage
from manure piles. They plow
oxen more than horses. I don’t
see very many horses; guess
they have been killed in the
war. I saw' many dead horses
at the front. They used horses
more than trucks for hauling
ammunition. The trucks that
1 have seen have steel tires and
are low glared, from the way
they sound going down the
street, I think would ride pret
ty rough.
The houses are all built of
cement or stone. The house
and barn are built together.
The family sleeps in one end
and the horses and cows in the
other.
The streets are narrow; no
sidewalks and most of the
houses joined together. They
use the gutters for sewers.
Most of the streets are paved.
You don’t see farm houses
scattered out through the
country like you do in the
states. The people all live in
villages and towns. The farm
ing implements they use are 50
years behind ours. They don’t
have many threshing machines.
I saw some of the farmers
beating the grain out of the
straw with clubs. I saw a guy
driving a cow and horse hitch
ed to the same wagon—horse
on one side and cow on the
other.
These Boche people pull
some funny stunts. The wom
en do most of the work. I see
them carrying poles for wood
on top of their heads. They
tie them together and have a
pad on their heads so it wont
rub the skin off.
We stay in the house with a
Orman family and they treat
us fine.
I was in the Muese-Argonne
battle. 1 guess you read about
this battle. Part of our divi
sion were inside the lines when
the armistice was signed. 1
; heard some of the last guns of
the war. We had a hard bat
tle in the Muese-Argonne drive
but we put the Germans to
flight.
1 came out without getting
scratched—well, I did tear the
_ _
knee out of my pants going!
through a barbed wire entang-!
lement but 1 got through O. K.
Well, I just throught of you
and I had a little time off and
decided I would write you. Has
old Porter Crow got home yet?
The 39th Division has gone j
home. He was with the 39th.
I saw in the paper the other
day that we would go home in
May. I am ready to go. I
have seen all of this country 11
care to see. It is about the
same all over. We have shows
two or three times a week, put
on by boys of the different
Divisions of the Army of Oc
cupation. I am in the 3‘2nd
Division.
Write me when you have
time. I am always glad to get
a letter from home.
Private Fred W. Herrington.
Co. K. 126th Inf. A. E. F.
A. P. O. 734.
ATTEMPT TO WRECK
WHITE RIVER TRAIN
Special Agent W. N. Weaver
for the White river division,
reports an attempt made to
wreck the northbound local in
a big cut near Myrtle. J. W.
Williams, bridge foreman,
passed through the cut on a
speeder and found a boulder,
which weighed several hun
dred pounds, lying on the
track. He removed it. Com
ing back again in 40 minutes
he found the same boulder ly
ing on the track again, and re
moved it again. About 30
minutes later the local came
along and struck it, the miscre
ants having put it back after
he had removed it twice. The
engineer saw it in time to re
duce speed and there was no
derailment.
CAMP PIKE TO BE
RETAINED PERMANENTLY
(Camp Pike, Meh. 24—Camp
Pike has been designated as
the demobilization center for
soldiers from ten states. This
is interpreted to mean that the
camp will eventually be declar
ed a permanent post. No oth
er camp serves more than two
states. As a result of the or
der received here, there will
continue the steady flow of
men into the camp for dischar
ge. The states served are Ark
ansas, Oklahoma, Louisana,
Missouri, Alabama, Tennessee,
Mississippi, Kansas, Kentucky,
Texas and Illinois. All welfare
organizations are prepared to
continue to make things lively
for the boys during their stay
in camp. The Y.M.C.A. is op
erating ten buildings, with mu
sical or dramatic entertain
ments, educational lectures,
movies or religious services in
each every night.
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DEVISING MEANS TO
AVRET SCRIP BASIS
Little Rock, Mch. 22.—Ark
ansas is rapidly moving toward
a scrip basis and it is estimated
by State Auditor Hogan Oliver
that this condition will arrive
about June 1, unless something
can be done to avert it. The
state auditorial department,
working with the governor, is
endeavoring to devise some
means of averting the threat
ened deficit in the general rev
enue but they admit that, at
best, it can be nothing more
than a subterfuge. An extra
session of the legislature daily
looms larger.
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Habitual Constipation Cured
in 14 to 21 Days
"LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN is a specially
prepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative for Habitual
Constipation. It relieves promptly but
should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days
to induce regular action. It Stimulates and
Regulates. Very Pleasant tc Take. 60c
per bottle.
Hayes”
HeaSsng Honey
Stops
The
Tickle
Heals The Throat
Cures The Cough
Price 35c.
A FREE BOX OF
GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATE SALVE
(Opens the Pores and Penetrates)
For Chest Colds, Head Colds and
Croup, is enclosed with every bot
tle of HAYES’ HEALING HONEY
You get the Cough Syrup and the Salve
for one price, 35c.
Made, Recommended and Guaranteed to
the Public by
Paris Medicine Company
Manufacturers of
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic
WATCH YOUR HENS
Hens that do not lay do not
pay. You can make these non
layers pay for the feed they
eat by giving them R. A.
Thomas’ Poultry Remedy ev
ery day. Tonic, egg producer,
and used for gapes, bowel trou
ble and other diseases inciden
tal to poultry. Hoyt & Co.
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No Worms In s healthy Child
All children troubled with worms have an un
' healthy color, which Indicates poor blood, and as a
i rtile, there Is more or less stomach disturbance
| GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly
| for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, im
j prove the digestion, and act a.1 a General Strength
ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then
throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be
In perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle
We Have Been Very Dis
criminating in the Selection
of Pianos to Sell to YOU
Ever since 1853 we have been
buying and selling pianos. The
grandparents and great-grand
parents of many present-day
Little Rock citizens bought mu
sical instruments from us back
in the “fifties and sixties.”
The experience we have gained
proves to us that these pianos
are \rifsurpassed—Kimball Hol
lenberg, Hallet & Davis, Apol
lo, Hinze and Whitney—and so
_ ... . we offer them to you with the
Established knowledge that they cannot
fail to please.
1853
HOLLENBERG MUSIC Co
The Oldest, the Largest, the Best Piano and
Organ House in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
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a CHARLOTTE ITEMS
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Charlotte, Mch. 25.—R. H.
Brogdon made a business trip
to Batesville Thursday.
G. W. Purcelley of Bates
ville was here on business
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Weaver
spent Tuesday and Wednesday
at Batesville.
Clyde Lane of Elgin visited
friends here the latter part of
last week.
Wm, Lucas and children vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Rogers
near Sharp Sunday.
Miss Ella Fallis spent Thurs
day and Friady at Batesville
taking the teacher’s examina
tion.
Rev. and Mrs. Eric Reeves
visited the lady’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Brooks at Bates
ville Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Miss Italene Walden who
has been attending business
college at Chillieothe, Mo.,
passed through here Thursday
en route to her home at Haze)
Grove.
W. J. Jernigan of Little
Rock and county agent Leland
Bunch spent a few hours here
Thursday lecturing to the boys
and girls clubs.
Perry Lucas who was
wounded while in service with
the A. E. F. in France arrived
last week to spend a short time
with his father, when he will
return to the hospital at Camp
Dix, N. J.
ELECTION PROCLAMATION
Notice is hereby given that
an election will be held in the
Incorporated Town of Newark,
Arkansas, on Teusday, April
I, 1919, lor the purpose of el
ecting the following officers to
serve for the ensuing year:
One mayor, one recorder
one treasurer, one marshall
and five aldermen.
Given under my hand as
mayor this 10th day of March,
1919.
J. P>. KETCHEM, Mayor.
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We pay cash for Liberty
Ronds. E. G. Magness & Co.
4651 MILES OF ROAD
Little Rock, March 22.—The
advisory hoard of the highway
commission was in session yes
terday trying to determine
what had been done by the
last legislature. While it is not
possible to make a definite cal- j
culation of the mileage of the!
road districts provided for by 1
special act, the board has ap
proximated 111 distrcits in
which there are 4651 miles of
road provided for. There are
a large number of districts not
included in this estimate. It j1
was found impracticable to
make the allotments of govern-1
rnent aid on the basis of infor
J
matron at hand, and it is prob- i
able that it will require thirty
or forty days to arrive at any
thing like a definite statement.
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SHE’S A “BIRD”
Mrs. Elizabeth Martin start
ed out early in ilfe to feather
her nest, and has always had
her eye on the main chance.
She began as Elizabeth Bird,
of Harrison county, Ky. Her
first venture outside of the
home nest was when she mar
ried Bud Martin. When Mr.
Martin died she married Ed
Crow, a farmer. When the
time came to change nests!
again she allied herself with I
David Buzzard. To the Buz-!
ard Roost she carried one little
Martin and two little Crows, i
One little Buzzard was already
there to welcome the other
birds.—Snelbyville (Ky.) Ga
zette.
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VELVET BEANS
Velvet beans should be plan
ted the early part of April.
Dont plant the seed more than
one and one-half inches deep.
Plant on»> bean every twenty
four inches apart in each row
of corn. Purchase beans from
local merchants if possible.
Consult your county agent as
to the best place to buy seed.
The Early Speckled is well
adapted to Arkansas. Let ev
ery farmer plant some velvet
beans.
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Trade with the merchants
who advertise in the Journal.
WOMAN KILLED IN
FAMILY ROW
Mc^Crory, March 21.—Mrs.
Joe Cook was said to have
been instantly killed by Will
McKa, in a family row, which
occured at the Henry Wrape
Company’s mill, 10 miles north
of here, Wednesday. Mrs.
Cook, it was said, was advanc
ing on McKa and firing at him,
and he returned the fire, using
his shotgun.
Joe Cook, husband of the
dead woman, also engaged in
the fight. McKa is still at lar
ge.
Pirate
“—Sh! What would happen
to me if I were your kid?
Well, if you’re not acquainted
with Calumet Bakings you
don't know what a good ex
cuse I have. / Can’t Help
Helping Myself— they’re so
good! Good for me too, be
cause Calumet Bakings are
wholesome and easily digested.
Millions of mothers use
CALUMET
BAKING POWDER
because of its purity—because
it always Rives best results and is
economical in cost and use.”
Calumet contains only euch
ingrediente at have been ap
proved officially by the V. S.
Food Authoritiee.
You save when you buy It.
You save when you use It.
TICE
To Telephone Subscribers
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Our plant covers completely all the east part
of Independence county and a part of Jack
son. This is the most valuable telephone
service in North Ark. and our service is as
good as it is possible to make it. It is as good
as it is at Batesville or Newport where they
charge more money for less service. It takes
$100 worth of material per month to keep it
from falling down. We pay our employees
monthly and must collect our rentals month
or the phones will be removed promptly.
We want to serve you but you must
pay as so that we can.
White River Telephone Co
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