The Newark Journal
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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1921
VOL- 21 NO. 8
BALD KNOB BERRIES
FAY FOR NEW AUTOS
Season Proves Highly Profit
able With 175 Carloads
Shipped Out
Bald Knob, June 1.—The
strawberry season is practi
cally over with about 175
cars shipped, besides several
hundred cases by express. A
lew fields are still being
picked and the berries are
bein'1 handled locally.
This season has proved a
very profitable one. At first
all expected the crop to be a
failure, but many have clear
ed as high as $1,000 per acre.
Several new autorm biles al
ready have appeared as a re
sult of the good prices receiv
ed for berries.
CIVILIZATION FROM SOIL
Civilization grows out of
the soil. The- man that man
ages his farm in such a way
that >1 is soil produce.- crops to
sustain animals and afford a
competence with which to
improve society is contribut
ing to citizenship. He is a
factor in the life and develop
ment of the nation.
The soil then is the life of
the Nation. It affords susten
ance for the people. Progress
of civilization will be in pro
portion to the yield of crops
and the compensation men
who till it receive for their ser
vices. The Nation will never
rise higher than its agricu!
ture.
Mary Pickford is coming to
Newark. Watch for dates in
next week’s paper.
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nm BUREAU HEWS <1
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Since the first of the year
the co-operative shipment of
hogs has'been under the man
agement of the Farm Bureau,
jit will continue to be handled
! Ir, the Farm Bureau and the
i County Agent will devote
whatever time he can in as
sisting the Farm Bureau in
.this matter, and for the con
venience of the farmers aU
hogs can be listed with him.
The Farm Bureau has been
shipping hogs up to the pres
i ent time for non-members as
well as for members and we
I think that all who have ship
ped with us have been well
I pleased with the results. It
‘ was decided by the Farm Bu
ieau at its last' meeting that
hereatter shipments will be
mad< for members only. Be
it understood, however, that
1 every farmer in the county is
I cordially invited to join the
Farm Bureau, and as the dues
are only $2.00 per year we
l eel sore that after thinking
the matter over, each man
who has profited from these
shipments will come to the
; conclusion that it is due the
Bureau that he become
a member and send in his
i $2.00 to help pay expenses
that are necessary in carrying
on its work. We ask the
farmers to bear in mind that
; there are many other ways
: la sides the cooperative ship
ment of hogs in which the
membership in the Farm Bu
reau will return to him more
I than the •$2.00 membership
j fee.
If you haven’t the $2.00
and want to ship your hogs
bring them in arid request
that it be taken out of your
check when the returns are
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Member of tic
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM »f BANES,
We ask you to bank with us because we give you
a SAFE place to put your money.
Progressive MEN of high character and known
financial responsibility conduct our National Hank,
and we are a member o£ the FDERAL RESERVE
system of banks, which land together like one vast
army £i>r the PROTECTION of our depositors.
We can get mokey when we want it on our secur
ities. t \ ou can get your money when YOU w ant it
when it is in our bank.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkansas
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000.00
First Bale Cotton
Brings Big Price
Reports from Houston, Tex.,
say the first bale of the 1921
cotton crop was sold at au
ction in Houston last Friday
and brought $2.60 a pound.
The bale weighed 500 pounds
and sold for $1,300. It was
grown in the Rio Grande val
ley.
BREAKS RECORD
Little Rock, May 30.—Par
ticipants in the Memorial Day
Parade here, today marched
through the streets during the
highest temperature ever re
corded in May during the 42
years the local weather bu
reau has functioned. At 3
o’clock this afternoon the tem
perature was 95 degress. The
highest previous record dur
ing a corresponding month
was on May 29, 1911, when
the mercury reached 94 de
grees.
FARMER DROWNS SELF
IN CREEK NEAR HOME
Searcy, May 30—Willis Vess
aged 27 of Armstrong Springs,
walked into a creek near his
home Sunday morning, tied a
large rock to his neck and
drowned himself. He is said
to have been despondent for
some time, but aside from th; ■
no reason for the act is known.
Vess arose and left the house
about 5:30 in the morning.
Later members of the family
discovered that he had gone!
and that he had taken no hat.
About 9 o’clock his body was!
found in the creek with the
stone attached to his neck with
a rope. The water was only
waist deep and Vess used the
stone to hold his body under
the water, lie was not married.
The coroner rendered a ver
dict to the effect that Vess
took his own life
URGES MOVIES EDUCATION
Thomas A. Edison is advo
cating the substitution of
motion pictures for books in
the elementary schools and
says the change would result
in a marked advancement in
education.
The scientist declared pres
ent primary school systems
were poor and unattractive to
children. “The remedy,” he
said, “is to eliminate boresomo
books and teach with motion
pictures. This is a more vivid,
more compelling method of
holding a child’s attention.”
Mr. Edison’s criticism of pri
mary schools was given to
qualify a previous statement
that after a series of examina
tions of college men, appli
cants for positions in his plant,
he had found them amazing
ly ignorant, the fault, he said,
was not in the colleges, nor the
men ; their early education had
I been poor.
SAWMILL BURNS
A lumber mill at the site of
the hydroelectric dam being
constructed seven miles north
of Searcy for the Arkansas
I Hydroelectric Company, was
| burned I hursday morning. A
! bout 1,500 feet of lumber also
was burned.
U PAROQUET ITEMS u
Paroquet, June 1.—We are
having hot dry weather and
the farmers need a rain bad.
Some sickness through this
section.
Miss Ida Lee Stubblefield
of Magness spent a few days
here this week visiting friends.
J. A. Jones made a business
trip to Newport Thursday.
S. B. Williams made a busi
ness trip to Newark Thurs
day.
Mr. and Mrs. James Ship
man of Newark spent Sunday
here visiting relatives.
Ralph and Cecil Gibbons
and John Phelan returned
here from Judsonia and will
spend a few days before re
turing to their home in Iowa.
Quite a crowd from Mag
ness attended the closing ex
ercises of school here Friday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Yaney
spent Monday mornig at New
ark shopping.
Mrs. J. O. Phillips returned
to her heme at Little Rock
Tuesday.
W. R. Hunter made a busi
ness trip to Newark Tuesday.
1. J. McDoniel of Wycough
was a business visitor here
Tuesday.
NEGRO POPULATION IN
STATE OF ARKANSAS
The population of the state
of Arkansas, as recently an
nounced by the bureau of the
census, department of commer
ce, is 73 per cent white and
27 per cent negro. In 1910
the percentage negro was 28.
The negro population, which
was 442,891 in 1910, increas
ed to 472,220 in 1920, an in
crease of G.G percent. The
white population in the same
period increased from 1,131,026
to 1,279,757 or 13.1 per cenl.
The white poplation of the
state consists almost entirely
of native bom Americans born |
of native American parents,
the total native white of native
parentage being 1,226,692
while the foreign element
represented by 13,975 foreign
born whites, 19,030 native
whites who had foreign born
parents, and 20,060 who had
one parent foreign born, the
other being native. The total
population includes also 106
Indians, 113 Chinese, 5 Jap
anese, 1 Filipino 1 Hindu and
1 Korean.
THE HOPE OF AMERICA
j
Men as a rule are about as1
prosperous as they consider
themselves. Many farmers
are in better condition finan
cially and socially than they
realize. Those who have feed
tor their livestock, food for
the family table, books, pa
pers, and magazines to read
may enjoy life at home while
the unemployed are walking
the streets of cities seeking
tcod and shelter. The securi
ty of the rural community is
with the neighbors who trust
each other and do their duty
as citizens. Trijly the hope
(of America is in the open
j country, the homes of content
ed farmers.
U. of A. Students
Honor Newark Boy
Fayetteville May 27—Rich
ard Hoi derby of Newark was
elected president of next year’s
senior class, member of the
athletic board of control and
student concil member at the
University of Arkansas in the
annual class elections held
Thursday. The officers elect
ed at this time will serve dur
ing 1921-1922.
SHIPS BERRIES
McRae, May 31.—McRae
has shipped 158 cars of
strawberries and will ship sev
eral more. The Aromas are
yielding much better than
was expected. Many grow
ers say that they will have
good berries for a week yet
and that after the car ship
ments are ever they will con
tinue to ship by express. Mc
Rae has more money than ev
er before in its history.
WALNUT RIDGE MAN
DIES FROM POISON
Walnut Ridge, May 30.—
Perry Shipman, 52, wealthy
planter of Lawrence county,
committed suicide here early
today by drinking poison. Mr.
Shipman filed suit for divorce
from his wife last week, and
yesterday, according to his
brother, annonced his inten
tion of taking his own life.
WOMAN NAMED J. P.
Governor McRae Tuesday
afternoon named Mrs.Blanche
Butler of Malvern a justice of
the peace of Fenter township
Hot Spring county. Mrs. But
ler is said to be the first wo
man that has ever served in
the state as a justice of the
peace.
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I CRAIGHEAD FARMER
SHOT FROM AMBUSH
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Moonshine Operator Thought
to Have Killed Man Who
Knew Too Much
Jonesboro, May 30.—J. P.
Stonebreaker, a well known
farmer and timber man, aged
about 50 years, who resides
near Bay was assissinated yes
terday morning about 10 o’
clock while fishing on Little
Bay drainage ditch, a few
miles below Bay.
The murdered man, with J.
T. Downs and a little* daugh
ter of Downs and a man by
the name of J. O. Carpenter
were on the ditch fishing. It
is alleged that Stonebreaker
caght a large fish and as he
threw it out of the water it
frightened the child, who
cried. Stonebreaker turned
to see what was the matter
act! as he did so someone fired
niii^ buckshot into the face of
Stonebraker, both eyes being
shot out and his brain filled
with bullets, eight of the
bullets taking effect. The man
who did the shooting was
hidden behind some bushes
and after the shooting he
loaded his gun and ran away.
About two weeks ago Stone
braker came upon a man in
the woods making whiskey
and it is said that the man told
Stonebreaker that if he ever
reported him he would be
killed.
20-CENT COTTON __
HIS PREDICTION
Texarkana May 28—N. A.
Shaw well kownn local planter
and considered an authority
on cotton, today predicted 20
cent cotton for this fall, with
the crop estimated at 8,327,
000 bales.
T omMix
“The Untamed”
Lightning is plum slow com
pared to the way Mix can pull
a gun. And , the bad men and
bandits always deserved what
they got at his hands.
A Thrilling Story of Life in the
Great Western Country
FRIDAY, JUNE 3
Snub and Sambo Comedy
ROYAL THEATRE
Admission 15c and 30c
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