The Newark Journal
$1.50 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, September 5, 1918
Vol. 18, No. 23
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. ALL MEN BETWEEN THE
AGES OF 18 AND 45
MOST REGISTER SEPT.12
Estimate of New Draft is
12,778,758 Men
Estimated That 198,746 Men
Will Register in Arkan
sas Next Thursday
All *nen from IS to 45 years
of iige in the United States,
except those in the army or
.navy or already registered,
were summoned by President
^ Wilson in a proclamation issu
ed at Washington iast Satur
day to regster for military ser
vice on Thursday, September
12. .
Machinery of the provost
marshal general’s office was
set in motion to carry out the
second great enrollment under
a presidential proclamation is
sued soon after life president
had signed the new man pow
er act extending the draft ages.
' The bill, completed in Congress
Friday, had been sent to the
White House for the presi
dent’s signature Saturday soon
after the Mouse and Senate
convened.
It is estimated that at least
12,778,758 men will register
ths time, compared with nearly
10,000,000 on the first regis
tration of men from 21 to 31
on June 5, 1017. Of those who
enroll now it is estimated that
2,300,000 will be called for
general military service, prob
ably two-thirds of the number
coming from among the 3,500,
000 or more between the ages
of 18 and 21.
General March has said all
registrants called into the ar
my will be in France before
next June 30, swelling the Am
erican expeditionary force to
more than 4,000,000 men ex
pected to win the war in 1019.
The last to be called will be
the youths in their eighteenth
year, but those of that age
who desire and who have the
necessary qualifications may
be inducted into service on Oc
tober 1 for special technical or
vocational training.
Registration this time will
be conducted as heretofore by
the Real draft boards. All fed
eral, state county and munici
pal officers are called upon to
aid the boards in their work,
to preserve order and to round
up slackers. All registrants will
j be classified as quickly as pos
sible under the1 questionaire
system and a, drawing will be
held at the capitol to fix the
--rder of registrants in their
respective classes.
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FIRST COTTON SOLD
The first cotton of the sea
son was sold in Newark last
Saturday, three bales being
brought in at about the same
time by different parties.
Joe Chamberlain, George
Price and Dick Tilley each
brought in a bale. Joe Cham
berlain’s bale sold for 31 1-2
cents a pound and the > 'her
two bales sold for 33 cents
The cotton was bought by
R. B. Adams.
The Man with Money keeps
his money safe ii\ the
Bank.
That’s whv he
money
A.
All the regret* in the world won’t bring back J |
your money if you invest it foolishly in some wild- j |
cat scheme and lose it—for lose it you surely will.
The one sure way to take care of your money < ►
is to put it in our Bank where it is SAFE, and let it JI
pile up. Then you and yours, who are entitled to j [
it, will have it safe at your command at any time.
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Put YOUR money in OUR bank. «>
FIRST NATIONAL BANK |
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
CAPT. L. S. ARNOLD
WRITES FROM CAMP
The following letter has
been received by Miss Jimmie
Church of Newport from her
uncle, Capt. L. S. Arnold, who
is at Camp Jackson, (Columbia,
S. C. ,
Capt. Arnold was bcrn and
reared in Newark and his le
gion of friends here will enjoy
his splendid letter.
Dear Jimmie: Your very nice
letter was received the 18th.
It was very kind of you to
write me. I surely do appre
ciate it.
You asked me if I expected
to go overseas. Yes, I do, but
no one knows when. They are
organizing a lot of new briga
des; in fact, sixteen of them,
and that will call for more than
600 officers of my grade and
maybe more. If I am sent to
one of these outfits I will not (
leave this country under three
or four months, but one never
knows.
They are enlarging the camp
quite a lot; they have a “sau
sage" and twenty-one planes.
Not all the planes have been
up yet, but there are some of
them “upstairs" most all the
time. Then there is the artil
lery of 72 guns working on the
target range, which with other
activities here make quite a
show.
I have only run onto one man
whom I knew in Arkansas. He
was Ben Burchfield.
Give my regards to Mr.
Jones, and tell him he should
not be discouraged because he
cannot get into service. There
is so much to do at home, lib
erty bond sales, food conser
vation and many other things
that he is well fitted for. Take
my case—1 have been training
men for the other fellow to
command in battle, and I sup
pose I will have to tell people
that I was a veteran of Camp
Jackson, but there is consola
tion in the fact that I have sent
over soldiers, not men in uni
form. You cannot imagine how
badly 1 hate to see each lot go.
You wrote something in your
letter about “poor boys”—
forget it—if you have any sym
pathy use it for us who are
left behind. 1 wish you could
see and understand the spirit
of these men; it is grand.
I see they are going to get
the boys up to 45. Great stuff!
I know a few birds that the
quartermaster will be delight
ed to fit out with a new suit.
1 would like to get about thir
ty or forty I know and let them
do some real men’s work. Of I
course I will not get the chance I
to get them, but may be they 1
will be placed under some man
who is interested in them and
will see that they sweat the
beer and booze out of their
systems and learn what is in
side of their potato skins by
actual experience, and teach
them what it takes to keep a
horse fit for army service.
Regards to the folks,
L. S. ARNOLD,
Captain 16th Br. F. A. R. D. i
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WARNING! WARNING!
If you cant laugh, don’t go
to the Skydome Saturday
night, for you will have to
laugh when you see “The Big
Idea.”
STATE SCHOOL FUND
SHOWS BIG INCREASE
Million and Half Dollars Ap
portioned on Basis of $2.
32 for Each Child
The state common school
fund amounting to $1,527,285
was apportioned out among
the various counties of the
state at a meeting of the State
School Board in Little Rock
last Monday. The per capita
this year is $2.32, an increase
of 20 cents over last year.
Independence county has a
school population of 8,892 and
will receive $20,629.44 from
the state fund.
The total apportionment for
a number of counties in this
section of the state follows:
Clay _
Cleburne _
Crittenden
Cross _
Greene _
Pulton_
Independence
Izard _
Jackson _
Sharp _
Lawrence
White _
Woodruff
23,165.20
11.323.92
27.389.92
17,884.88
22,042.32
10,238.16
20.629.44
12.394.44
21,961.12
10.177.84
18.819.84
29,981.36
.20,070.82
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STUDENTS MUST
BE VACCINATED
In a letter sent out by the
Arkansas Board of Health Sat
urday morning, Dr. C. W. Gar
rison State Health Officer, em
phasizes the importance of vac
cination of all pupils, teachers,
and employees of of the public
schools. The law will be rigid
ly enforced this year, and the
county health officer will be
authorized to compel school
children to be vaccinated.
fhe law provides that all
pupils who have not previously
had cases of smallpox must be
vaccinated. If the vaccina
tion is unsuccessful a doctor’s
statement of thp fact must be
presented to the school author
ities.
Parents are urged to attend
to this matter before the open
ing of the schools to avoid any
delay which may be occassion
ed at that time.
CONFEDERATE PENSIONS
AT PAR THIS YEAR
Little Rock, Sept 2.—An
nouncement was made by State
Auditor Oliver today for the
first time in years Confederate
pensioners will be $100 per
capita. Last year they receiv
ed $79.25. The pension rolls
this year .-ontain 870 fewer
names than it did last year.
The decrease being caused by
death and the failure of the
veterans to avail themselves of
the state’s bounty. There are
approximately 10,300 pension
ers in Arkansas and the sum to
be divided during the present
month will amount to $1,035,
000. The pension board will
meet tomorrow to canvass the
situation.
Rev. J. E. Snell is conduct
ing a revival meeting at the
Methodist church this week. A
great deal of interest is being
manifested.
COUNCILS OF DEFENSE
JOIN FORCES AGAINST
WAR SAVINGS SLACKER
County Chairman and School
Directors should make up a list
of all persons in the county or
district who have underpledg
ed or refused to support the
War Savings work, and also
the names of any disloyal per
sons in their communities. The
lists should be sent to State
headquarters, where they will
be followed up.
Councils of Defense in each
county of the State in the fu
ture will be closely associated
with the War Savings organi
zation, and their officers
should be put on the County
War Savings .Committees. It
is one of the purposes of the
Councils of Defense, State and
county, to investigate cases of
insufficient subscriptons or dis
loyalty and to call upon the of
fenders and set them right. In
difference to War Savings is
sometimes due to a lack of in
formation and patient expla
nations are necessary. Instan
ces of absolute disloyalty must
be treated by sterner measur
es.
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HOLDING REVIVAL
AT JACKSONPORT
Rev. E. A. Horn of this place
is holding a great revival at
Jackscnport. Over thirty con
versions since last Saturday
night, with twelve accessions to
the church and many more ex
pected. Rev. W. B. Hays of
Newport preached two excel
lent sermons, one Sunday after
noon and one Monday night.
This is already the greatest
meeting ever held in old Jack
sonport in a number of years
and greater things are expect
ed to be accomplished before
the meeting closes.
AUTO WRECKS KILL
TWO AT SAME SPOT
Two Cars Wreck at Same Place
and One Killed in Each
Wreck at Little Rock
Little Rock, Sept. 2.—Miss
Vera McClanahan, 16-year-old
daughter of F. C. McClanahan
superintended t the Picri Ac
id Plant, was killed suddenly
on Pulaski Heights today by
being thrown from an automo
bile in which she and three
other young people were rid
ing.
Roy Moses, aged 35, was in
jured at the identical spot Wist
night and died this afternoon.
The car in whch he was riding
ran into a telephone pole and
breaking it off parallel to the
ground. The pole fell on top
of the car striking Moses on
the head.
Moses, a cousin of Hamilton
Moses, private secretary of
Governor Rrough, was an ac
countant for the warehouse
and marketing bureau of the
State Department of Agricul
ture. He came to Little Rock
several years ago from Hamp
ton, Calhoun county.
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CROSSER-POFF
George F. Grosser of this
place and Miss Martha L. Poff
of Mountain View were mar
ried at Mountain View at 3 r*.
m., on Thursday of last week.
Rev. Joe Gardner officiating.
The Journal joins their many
friends in extending congratu
lations and good wishes.
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.Everyone of . us like to know
what is going on both in war
and peace—and it’s shown ev
ery week in pictures at the
Skydome.
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