Newark
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, January 6, 1916
Vol 15, No. 40
SEVEN STATES GO
DRY LAST SATURDAY
More Than 3,000 Saloons Put
Out of Business in States of
South and West.
The open saloons of Arkan
sas closed their doors for the
last time at midnight last Fri
day.
The new state-wide prohibi
tion law became effective on
that date, and as the new law
is very drastic it is not probable
that thert- will be very many
attempts to violate it.
On the same date, six other
states went “dry” through the
operation of state-wide prohi
bition laws which became ef
fective on that date.
More than 3,000 saloons and
a large number of breweries,
wholesale houses and dstilleries
were put out ot business.
The other states besides Ar
kansas that went dry January
1 are Iowa, Colorado, Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and South
Carolina.
The list of states now dry
comprises Alabama, Arizona,
Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia,
Idaho, Iowa, Oklahoma, Oreg
on, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi,
North Carolina, North Dakota,
Tennessee, South Carolina, Vir
ginia, West Virginia, Washing
ton.
In Colorado district attorneys
agreed that, technically, Colo
rado’s constitutional prohibi
tion amendment and the en
forcing statute do not become
effective until midnight, Janu
ary 1, but it also was decided
that the expiration of all liquor
licenses at midnight Dec. 31
will render liquor sales on New
Year’s day unlawful. Between
$2,000,000 and $3,000,000 has
been expended forliquorwithin
the last week
In Iowa “bargain day sales,”
in the 502 saloons of the state
preceded the final closing. Un
tier the mulct act passed by the
last legislature, statutory pro
hibition is restored pending the
action of the next legislature
and the people on the proposed
constitutional amendment for
prohibition which is to be dis
pensed of wthin the next two
years.
' In Oregon the sale of any
kind of intoxicating liquor is
prohibited by constitutional a
mendment. Drug stores are not
permitted to sell liquor for any
purpose with or without a doc
tor’s prescription. Each family
may import, for personal use, a
maximum of either two quarts
of spirituous or vinous liquors
or 24 quarts of malt liquors in
any period of four consecutive
weeks. No person, other than a
|common carrier, may make de
liveries of liquor and the pur
chaser of liquor illegally ismade
jequaly culpable with the seller.
In the state of Washington
the initiative prohibition law,
ratnied in rsovemoer,mid,per
mits resident? to purchase from
dealers outside the state two
quarts of spirituous liqor or 12
I quarts of beer each 20 days.
! Idaho went dry by virtue ot
■ statutory prohibition. Most oi
the state has been dry undei
I local option and only about 15C
saloons will be put out of busi
ness. Idaho’s prohibition law if
said to be the most drastic oi
any in the Union It not onlj
closes the saloons and make.6
i possession of any kind of mall
or spirituous liquor a crime, ex
cepting wine for sacremental
purposes and pure alcohol foi
medicinal uses, which isprocur
jable only on an order in pro
:bate court.
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B. G. SHELEY FOR
ROAD OVERSEEF
B. G. Sheley announces in
today’s paper as a candidate
for road overseer of Magnesf
township. Mr. Sheley made the
race two years ago and made
a splendid showing, being de
! feated by only a few votes. Ii
elected he will nodoubtrendei
|the people good service.
First National Bank
NEWARK, ARK
53
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $6,500
§ C. M. Edwards, Pres
: G. M. Fields, V. Pres.
E. B. Chesser, Cashier
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THE SIGNS
Of the Times Suggest Saving
Your Dollars
YOU CAN’T
Commence Too Soon
The morning of Life
Is quickly passed.
And old age
Follows after Noon.
START A BANK ACCOUNT
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BUY BANK MONEY ORDERS
When Sending Money to Dis
tant points. They are payable
anywhere and are SAFE.
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SAVE $4,555 FOR
STATE IN 8 MONTHS
Official Figures From Deaf
Mute Institute Show Big Sav
ing in Cost of Maintenance.
The Journal is in receipt of a
statement from Walker Blagg.
stewart of the Arkansas Deaf
Mute Institute at Little Rock,
showing the cost, by items, of
maintenance of that institution
for the past eight months. *
The statement shows a €otal
saving of $4,555.99 over the
same eight-months period dur
ing 1914.
The average daily cost of
provisions for that institution
)was reduced from $88.74 to
$47.43, a net saving of $41.31
per month for provisions.
The average cost per person
per day was reduced from
25 4-5 cents to 14 85-100ths
I cents, reducing the cost per
meal from 8 3-5 cents to
14 95-100th cents.
Mr. Blagg states that the
cradit for this great saving is
du^to the good management of
Gov. Hays and the State Char
ity Board, composed of T. J.
! Raney, J. H. Hall the late
James Surridge and Ohmaer
i Burnsides.
j* The following figures show
the total cost of the various
items of maintenance for the
Deaf Mute Institute since the
new board took charge and for
corresponding months the pre
vious year.
Provisions 1914
May $2,‘>63.02; June $615.
10; July $393.91; Aug. $452.
21; Sept. $496.81; Oct.$l,757.
29; Nov. $2,387.57; Dec. $2,
671.20.—'Total $11,637.11.
Provisions 1915
May, $1,465.66; June $374.
45; July $253.15; Aug. $278.
01; Sept. 281.38; Oct. $1,284.
09; Nov. $1,514.43; Dec. $1,
' 460.18.—Total $6,921.65. Net
Saving $4,115.46.
The ice bill for the eight
months,May to December,1914,
was $441.50. The ice bill for
the same period of 1915 was
$347.70, a net saving of $93.80.
i The water bill for the same
period of 1914 was$981.88,and
I for 1915 it was $633.15, a net
saving of $343.73.
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PROHIBITION REALITY
IN LITTLE ROCK
Little Rock, Jan. 1.—That
prohibition in Arkansas is a
reality was thoroughly demon
strated today when many ofthe
places formerly occupied by
saloons were undergoing com
plete changes by the tearing a
; way of fixtures to make room
for new tenants. Mechanics be
gan tearing away the parapher
nalia in the grill room of the
■ Hotel Marion at 7 o'clock this
morning in order that the popu
lar price cafe could be installed
at the earliest possible moment.
Similiar scenes are being enact
] ed in several other hotels and
(buildings on Main and Mark
ham Streets. Everybody seems
I ] to realize the saloon has gone
| never to return, and many of
the most prominent citizens
who heretofore fought prohibi
tion with all the zeal in their
power were heard to express
satisfaction over the change.
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NOTICE TO LANDOWNERS
Big Bottom Fencing District
j On January 8th, 1916 there
; will be a meeting of the land
iowners of Rig Bottom Fencing
District at the Mayor’s office
in Newark, Arkansas for the
f purpose of electing three Com
missioners for a period of two
years and attending to such
' other business as the taxpayers
: may wish to bring up.
F. C. HOYT, Secretary
ARKANSAS STOCK
GROWERS MEETING
Program For Annual Conven
tion to be Held in Little Rock
January 11, 12 and 13.
' The annual meeting of the
stock growers will be held in
Little Rock on January 11, 12
and 13.
M. M. Rutherford of Ruther
ford is president of the state
association and will be present
and preside over the convention.
Mr. Rutherford is very anxious
to have a good representation
from this county.
It wSl be a great education
al event in which some of the
nation’s leading men will dis
cuss the things vital to our far
mers, merchants and bankers.
In connet'on with this meet
ing there will be a great stock
exhibit and sale.
Reduced rates will be in ef
fect on all railroads for those
who wish to attend, and for the
shipment T)f stock for exhibi
tion at this meeting. This is a
grand chance to exhibit and
sell your surplus stock and also
.'a great opportunity to buy
breeding stock. ,
Diversified farming and
stock raising has made the
North rich. It will make usrich.
Every man interested in more
profitable farming should at
tend this meeting.
> Following is the program for
the convention:
I uesday, January 11
' Invocaton — Rev. Forney
Hutchinson,'Little Rock.
Address of Welcome—H. F.
Auten, Little Rock.
Response — Love Banks,
Smithdale.
President’s Annual Address
■—M. M. Rutherford, Sulphur
Rock.
“Relation of Arkansas Cattle
to the Cattle Market”—Wirt
Wright, St. Louis.
“Care and Management of
Swine—Feeding for Show”—
H. J. Sanders, State Agent in
charge of Roys’ Pig Club.
Discussion by E. E. Austin,
Principal Third District Agri
cultural School, Magnolia;
Frank Horsfall,Principal Fourth
District Agricultural School,
Monticello, H. H. Holtzclaw
Principal Second District Agri
cultural School, Russellville.
; “Hog Pastures and Rations”
—W. R. Beattie, Agricultural
Commissioner, Cotton Belt R.
R., St. Louis.
Discussion by D. C. Welty,
Agricultural Commissioner St.
L. I. M. & S. Ry.; A. D.McNair,
Farm Manager, U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture; C. W.
I Watson, State Agent, U. S. De
partment of Agriculture; J. R.
| Alexander, Scotts.
“Safe Farming”—Bradford
Knapp, Chief Farm Dmonstra
jtion Agent, U. S. Department
of Agriculture, Washington, D.
|C.
! “Rural Education”—C. H.
Lane, U. S. Bureau of Educa
tion, Washington, D. C.
Discussion by Prof.WE.Hall
| brook of Shirley.
Wednesday, January 12
“Shorthorns in the South”—
! H. C. Lookabough, Watonga,
Okla.
“Rations for Beef and Diary
Cattle”—H. E. Dvorachek, U.
of A., Fayetteville.
“Community Cattle Breed
ing”—J. H. McLeod, Animal
Husbandry Specialist, Exten
sion Department, Little Rock.
' “The Cattle Industry in the
South”—Dr. G. E. Nesom, .U.
S. Department of Agriculture.
“Beef Cattle Industry”—S.
C. Dowell, Walnut Ridge,
general Dtscussicn—Filmore
Sloan, Black Rock.
“The State Fair and the Live
Stock Industry”—L. N. Brueg
gerhoff. Secretary Louisianna
State Fair, Shreveport, La.
“Fitting Cattle for the Shows”
—E. K. Middleton, Pocahontas,
Miss.
“Opportunities of the Farm
er to Control Infectious and
Contagious Animal Diseases”
—Dr. R. M. Gow, State Veteri
narian, Little Rock.
“Marketing Problem”—C.J.!
Brand. Chief Office of Markets,
U. S. Department of Agricul-I
ture, Washington, D. C.
“Tick Problem”—Dr. J. A.!
Kiernan and Dr. A .E. Wight.
Special Agents in charge oftick
eradication.
Illustrated Lecture on Hog
Cholera.
Thursday, January 13.
' “Sheep and Their Possibili
ties in Arkansas.”—Geo.H.Ely,
A. H. Department First District
Agricultural School, Jonesboro.
“Grasses and Pastures”—
Prof. W. C. Lasseter, Extension
Division, University of Arkan-1
sas.
“Live Stock Freight Rates”—
Judge W. H. Arnold, Texar
kana.
“More and Better Mules for
Arkansas”—John H.Page.State
j Commissioner of Mines, Manu
jfactures and Agriculture, Little
Rock.
“Horse Production and Mar
keting”—Lee H. Ingram, Fort
Smith.
“Animal Nutrition”—Presi
dent H. J. Waters. Kansas A.
& M. College. Manhattan, Kan.
Report of Committees.
^"oHon rf officers.
“Animal Husbandry Exten
sion Work in the South”—G.
E. Nesom, U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
MRS. WALKER DEAD
Mrs. James Walker died at
the home of her father. Wm.
Bradley, in Logan township,
Friday evening. Mrs. Walker
was a splendid young lady and
was married only a few months
>">■0. Her untimely death cast a
gloom over the entire commu
nity where she was reared. She
"‘s survived by her young hus
band, a number of other rel
tives and a host of friends. The
remains were buried Sunday at
the Edwards cemetery.
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For Sale.—Three lots on
Main Street. Good business
location, and will be sold at a
bargain. Newark Real Estate
Company.
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TO ALL OUR FRIENDS |
We Wish a Happy and
Prosperous New Year
We Appreciate what you have done for us and we
want to serve you better in the future than in years
gone. We feel sure that we can and will do so. We
will cafry the best in our lines, you can depend always
on “the best for the money.” Don’t foget that “Max
field’s IS THE RIGHT PLACE”. Come to See us when
in town, whether you want to buy or not, will be glad
to meet you at any time.
-REMEMBER
MAXFIELD’S
Is the Right Place For Furniture, Wagons, Buggies,Autos
Lime, Cement, Paint, Harness, Hardware and
Heavy Farm Implements
CIVIL ENGINEER IS
KILLED BY TRAIN
Meets Instant Death Tuesday
When White River Passenger
Crashed Into Motor Car.
S. W. Weyer,a civil engineer,
whose home is Aurora, Mo.,
was instantly killed Tuesday
afternoon when White River
passenger No. 209 crashed into
a motor car near Handford,
about 65 miles west of Newark.
Mr. Weyer was coming this
way on his motor car when
something is supposed to have
gotten out of order about the
car and he stopped to repair
the trouble. He apparently had
overlooked the fact that the
passenger train was due in a
short time, and he had crawl
ed under his car and was at
work on it when the passenger
rounded a sharp curve and
crushed intv) the motor car.
Weyer was instantly killed,
his face and head being mashed
into a pulp, one leg was broken
and both arms and the entire
body fearfully mangled.
Weyer was about 35 years
old was married but had no
children. He had been in the
employ .of the railroad for a
number of years and was popu
lar among the railroad men and
officials. He was making a tour
of inspection of this part of the
White River Division, when the
accident occurred.
The remains were carried to
Batesville and prepared for
shipment to his home at Auro
ra for burial.
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BEGIN COLLECTION
OF TAXES FOR 1915
J. A. Kennard and A. L.Dun
lap, who are assisting Collector
Burt Arnold in the collection of
taxes, started on the annual col
lecting tour of the county last
Monday, beginning at Pleasant
Plains. Mr. Arnold will remain
in his office at Batesville while
Deputies Kennard and Dunlap
make the rounds of the county.
A full list of the collector’s ap
pointments will be found in an
other column of today’s paper.
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Knox mends shoes cheap.
Ill Walnut Street, Newport.
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