The Newark Journal.
£1 Per Annum
. Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, Octobei 4, 1917
Vol. 17, No. 27
PRIZES TO BE GIVEN
TO CLUB MEMBERS
List of Prizes for Boys and
Girls Club Exhibit to be
Held at Batesville
County Agent Leland Bunch
announces the following list
of prizes for the Boy’s and
Girls Club exhibit to be held at
Batesville Friday and Satur
day October 19 and 20
Pig Club
Best Registered Boar—First
prize, $4; second, $2.50; third
$1; fourth, 50 cents.
Best Registered Sow
prize, $4; sceond $1.50
$1; fourth 50 cents
Best Daily Gain on
First prize, $4; second
-First
third
third, $1.
Best Pig
pose it is to
$4; second,
Cheapest
—First prize, $4 ;
50; third. $1.
Best kept record
Pigs—
$2.50;
in Respect to pur
serve—First prize,
$2; third, $1.
cost of production
second, $2.
book
Fi,
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rl
third, 50 cents.
Peanut Club
Largest yield on one acre—
First prize, $4; second, $2;
third, $1
Best exhibit—First prize,
$4; second, $2; third, $1; and
fourth, 50 cents.
Best Kept Record Book—
First prize, $1.50; second, $1;
third, 50 cents.
Com Club
Best yield—First prize, $5;
second, $3 ; third. $2-50 ; fourth
$2; fifth, $1.
Best Ten Ears—First prize.
$5; second, $3.50; third. S3;
fourth, $2.50; fifth, $2; sixth,
$1.50; seventh, $1; eigth, 50
cents.
Best record book—First
prize, $1.50; second, $>; third,
50 cents.
Cotton Club
Best Yield—First prize, $4:
second, $2; third, $150; four
th, $1; fifth, 50 cents.
Best Kept Record Book—
j First prize. $1.50; second $1;
third, 50 cents.
Potato Club
Rest peck of potatoes—First
prize, $2; second $1; third, 50
cents.
Best Yield—First prize, $2;
second, $1 ; third, 50 cents
Rest Kept Record Book—
First prize, $1; second 50
cents.
Girls’ Canning Club
Largest and Hjest display of
Canned goods—First prize, $5;
second, $3; third, $1.50;fourth
$1.
Best White Cake—First
prize, menu book given by the
Casey Drug Co., $1.50; second,
$1 ; third, 50 ecnts.
Best Plain Apron—First
prize, $1; second, 75 cents;
third, 50 cents; fourth, 25
cents.
Best Dozen Biscuits—First
prize, toilet articles given by
Terry Drug Company, value
$1-50; second, 75 cents; third
50 cetns; fourth 25 cents.
Best Crochet—First prize,
75 cents; second, 50 cents
third, 25 cents.
Rest kept Record Book
First prize, $1 ; second, 50
cents, third, 25 cents.
ijvTo i uispiav oi pouurv —
First prize, $3; second, $1.50;
third ,$1 ; fourth, 50 cents.
Re^st kept record book—
First prize, $1; second, 75
cents; third, 50 cents.
Rest Display of Cooking and
Sewing (Open to Girls)—First
prize, $2; second, $1.50; third
$1 ; fourth, 75 cents; fifth. 50
cents.
Rest Home Display of Can
ned Goods (Open to everyone)
—First prize, $4; second, $2;
third. $1.60; fourth, $1; fifth.
50 cents.
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MORE ORCHARDS ARE
NEEDED IN COUNTY
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It is to be regretted that more
commercial apple orchards are
not being plonted in the hill
sections of this county. They
will not be planted, however,
until the farmers of this sec
tion organize and co-operate in
both production and marketing
The neglect cf the home apple
orchard, too, is becoming a
serious thing in many sections.
Sickness is bad; to lose your iob
is worse; but poverty is the
worst calamity of all.
“It never rains but it pours.” It seems that
everything happens to a man when he is BROKE.
“Troubles never come singly.”
Guard against poverty by putting some of
your spare money in the Bank. Of all the worries
and care the worst is poverty and debt. You can
prevent them by the money you can well afford to
put into the Bank now.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Put YOUR money in OUR bank.
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
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Newark Young Man Soon on
Way to European War Front
Dear Editor:
I've just been wondering i1
you people would be interestec
at all in knowing somethin},
about the Rainbow Division
I which I am a part of?
1 expect at this particulai
time when the boys selected tc
go with the national army art
leaving home you have lots o1
news of a military nature righ
at home, but since this is the
next division to go to France
everyody is more or less inter
ested in it.
This division is composed o1
j what the War Departmeni
thinks is one of the best equip
ped units in the Nationa
(Guard Service.
The service on the Mexicai
border gave the War Depart
ment an opportunity to note
the organization and efficiency
of the different national guarc
units, and from this informa
tion, the Department has pick
led out about 27,000 of the
(most efficient of the Guarc
and classified them as teh rain
bow division. The division was
to leave here, the selectee
place of mobizilation Septem
her 15. All the organfza
lions are here, and with the ex
(ceptions of one or two regi
ments they are all fully equip
ped and anxious to start. -Tusl
yesterday Secretory of Wai
Baker and Major Genera
: Bliss reviewed the divisior
and pronounced it in fine shape
i So far as we know, (and wt
are not expected to know
(much) we will probably soor
: be on our woy to France t(
help pay the debt we owe hei
in the world war for liberty
(and democracy- It wil
very likely be time.for spring
| to arrive before this divisor
I will be ready for actual ser
vice for they have to be train
led in methods that are entirely
new to fighting forces of the
(nations that have not yet taker
I part in the war It takes aboul
as loner to iret the evlras ii
'does to get the fundamental?
, ever here. Our camp is to be
in North Central France
The unit that I belong to i?
composed of men of a very fine
type- Tulsa is the home of the
company and most of its per
sonel came from Tulsa.There
ion representing near
ly every walk oT life; about 5(
college graduates and practi
: rally all of them successfu
men of character and integri
ty while in civil life. The or
ganization made a very fine
record on the border with it:
olel personel and teh nev
personel is much better thar
it was at that time, so there i:
no reason why we should no
have a brilliant record behim
us when the war is over anc
won for civizilation, liberty anc
democracy—Prussianism, mili
Tarism and autocracy having
been dethroned foi^ver.
Our company is fully equip
ped with the exception of i
few things which we will re
eeive in France, such as helme
etc., so I am going to tell yoi
what yve have in the way o1
personal equipment. Bunt
with bed sack and three blan
kets, which will be increased i1
I necessary; one shelter half 01
pup tent; harversack and bell
—the harvesack contains om
eating utensils and the belt
has all the equipment necessary
for first aid work—two pair.'
of shoes, one hob nail, the oth
er the regular service shoe, one
hat, two shirts, three suits ot
wool underwear, six pairs soxs,
one pair leggins, one overcoat
one swearet, one pair hip rub
ber boots, housewife (don’t be
surprised its neuter gender)
two blouses and two pairs ot
trousers, all O. D. wool; last
but not least one suit of blue
denim or fatigue clothes which
we wear when doing extra fa
tigue tor officers too numerous
to mention. Such things a
J soap, comb, brush, etc., and if
iwe don’t have them they give
them to us. Yes, there’s a ^
■ raincoat too
, Our motor ambulances will
be furnished us when we de-j
• bark in France, So will our
side arms
Our trip from Fort Sill, Okla
' to Long Island was wonderful.
We had the conveniences of
pullman cars and were routed
through some of the biggest i
. cities of the U. S. winding up j
with New York city which is
' now the largest city in the
world, and I suppose, the most
wonderfu.l Since we've been
here I have seer some great
sights for a country boy like
me without much experience.
The most interesting rides I
have taken have been on the
aeroplanes which fly over our
parade ground as thick as
. sparrows in Nwark (nearly)
. and in the tube at the rate of
GO'to 100 miles per hour. Such
things as sub-ways, elevated
car lines as high as five story
buildings, aeroplanes and all
the other destructive modes of
travel are very common to me
now-a-days. The interesting
things of historic, artistic and
scientific nature, which I have
seen are too numerous to men
tion, much less describe them,
even if I had the vocabulary
to do so.
Broadway, with her much
spoken of bright lights in real
, ity is just as conspicuous as
she is in print. Between the
, commands “watch your step”
| and “move lively” 1 just rested
. my self in a very unsoldierly
. manner and took in old Broad
way that I had read so much
' about, and asked myself this
question; “does this fill the de
scription; is this the crowd, the
bright lights' and the hub
bub?”
I answered my own question
in the affirmative, fully con
vinced that the description, no
iimuei nu w triiiuuicitt* whs uui
exaggerated in the least
The famous races at Sheep*
Head Bay are now on. Teddy
flew over us a day or so ago in
a machine propelled by that
wonderful new engine which is
a marked improvement over
anything used at the front to
day. Coney Island furnishes
i lots of fun for teh soldiers and
ailors and is truly a great place
I of amusement the madri eras
performance closed there a
week ago. The famous shows
, of the city, which have the
. world beaten are in full blast.
. Rill Rogers, the famous trick
, roper, and comedian of inter
. national fame from Claremore,
Okla., invited the Claremore
and Afton boys to be his guests
at Siegfeld-Follis. He is play
i ing there this year at the sum
’ of $750 per week. We went.
If I knew what you peo
ple were most interested in. I
might make this instructive.
Not knowing this, however, I
. have just taken a general shot
and talked about everything in
general and nothing in particu
1 lar. If you are interested in
particular let me know what it
. is and I’ll try to find out some
■ thing about it and write and let
you know. Now since I start
ed to write until “taps” which
means all lights out and every
body in bed and it is now near
ly that time. I’m going to close
Wishing all of you the very i
best of luck. Sincerely,
BEN C. ARNOLD, i
Long Island, N. Y.
REV. VERMILLION TO
HOLD MEETING HERE
Rev .H- F. Vermillion, pres
ident of Mountain Home Bap
tist College will begin a reviv-j
al meeting at Newark, on Sun
day, October 14. The weath
er permitting, the meeting will
5 be held under a large tent
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
HAS GOOD MEETING
Association Held at Jamestown
is Lagrely Attended
The second annual meeting
of the Macedonia Baptist As
sociation was held last Friday
and Saturday at Jamestown.
Rev. J. L. Brown was elected
Moderator and W. D. Bulling
ton clerk.
The meeting was largely at
tended and was a very pleas
ant and harmonious one. Three
new churches affiliated with
the association, making its pres
ent total membership about
800.
The messengers pledged
$2G5 for associational mission
work for the coming year and
it was decided to put a mission
ary in the field for half time
during the year.
All who attended expressed
themselves as being greatly
benefitted by the able sermons
and by the Christian spirit of j
good fellowship that predom-1
inated the entire meeting.
The association will meet |
next year with Center Grove
Church on Friday before the
fifth Sundav in Spntpmhpr
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SCHOOL OPENED
LAST MONDAY
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The Newark public and high !
school opened Monday morn
ing. Many pupils were enroll
ed and several patrons and di
rectors were present at the
opening exercises. Talks were
made by Rev. A. B. Haltom
and F. C. Hoyt.
The prospects for a succes
tul term are very promising.
Many out of town pupils have
entered and several more will
enroll next week.
Prof. W. A. Hawthorne was
elected to succeed Rev. C. W.
McDonald as principal- Miss
Tommie Simpson has assumed
charge of the Music depart
ment.
Superintendent W. A. Isgrig
announced that an effort was
being made to have the school
made a normal training School
which would entitle the grad
uates of the four year course ;
to a license to teach without
examination.
12,047,000 BALES
1917 COTTON CROP
Unfavorable Weather During
September Has Damaged
Crop Over Cotton Belt
Deterioration during Septem
ber over almist the entire cot
tin belt, caused a loss of 452,
000 bales in the prospective
production of cotton and leaves
the 19170 crop at y2,0447,000
bales according to a report is
sued Tuesday.
The Department of Agricul
ture in its report announced a
decline of 7.4 points in cot
ton’s condition during the
month of September, caused
pricipally by boll worms and
weevils.
Cool weather, drouth, shed
ding, wilt, blight, lack of potash
in fertiliers, and in the extreme
Eastern belt storm damage also
caused loss. Damage from the
recent West Indian hurricane
was small,, the area affected
being comparatively small the
producing territory and the
crop there being largely pick
ed.
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SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL
NEAR OIL TROUGH
Rev. G. L. Fink and Rev. A
D. Hicks are engaged in a suc
cessful revival meeting at Oil
Trough, near the Meadow Lake
Farm. There have been a
number of conversions and ad
ditions to the church and the
converts will be baptised next
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock
at the Chamberlain FerrrrThe
baptismal sendees will be held
on this side of the river.
NEGRO WOMAN IS
KILLED AT NEWPORT
Saturday night at Newport,
Roy Shelton, a negro, aged 32,
forced his way into the rocm
of Lula Stewart, a negress, ag
ed 25, and shot the woman to
death, using a single-barreled
shotgun. Jealousy was the
cause of the killing. At lost ac
counts, Shelton had not been
annrehended.
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