The Newark Journal.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, November 1, 1912
Vol. 12, No. 30
The Question for Each Man to Settle is Not What he Would do if he Had So and So, But What he Will Do with the Things He Has
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PROSPERITY HAS
ELECTRICAL EFFCT
Says Preachers Get Frisky and
Editors Smile When Farm
ers flake Big Crops
Howdy do, Mr. Editor, and Jour
nal family, including your long
list of patrons. I see from reports
that you are enjoying a bit of
prosperity. We are doing a little
of that stunt over here—ate the
last of our snap beans and roast
ingears for dinner a few days ago.
We came back home on the 23rd
of May and have raised two crops
of “hoss corn” since that time.
This land will grow anything—
except broomsage. But the over
flow is a serious thing when it
comes, and when it will come, few,
if any, can tell. The crop here is
fully three weeks late, and the
long delayed frost has been quite
a help to the farmers. And as you
know, when old Brother John
Plowman is doing something, it
makes everthing else pick up its
ears and move. Even the preach
ers get frisky, and the editor
smiles as if he were in love. To
tell the truth, old Brother John
nie is the power behind the throne,
and Sister Johnnie is the power
behind him.
I like hens to cackle and roosters to
crow,
Pig> to squeal and cows to low,
Churns to have dashes going flipetj -
flap.
And round balls of butter like the
crown of a hat.
Thats what I like, I do.
Our annual conference will soon
be here, and is to be held near you
folks. I want to say now, let New
ark avail herself on the opportun
ity and go, especially on Sunday
to hear Bishop Chandler, who is
one of the greatest pulpit men in
the world. This will be the fourth
conference for Newport, 1883,
1891,1897 and 1912. Our church
was organized in Newport in 1874.
Newark may come in for such
honors in the near future.
I am closing out my second year
at Marked Tree. Have had some
advancement in church life, but
not as much as I have desired.
With best wishes to all my old
friends and kindred, I am,
Jas. F. Jernigan.
Marked Tree, Arkansas.
FAIR SCHOOL FOR
BOYS AND GIRLS
Club Hembers Will be Given In
struction and Entertain
ment at State Fair
The programs for the State
Fair school for boys and girls have
1 been issued. Two boys and one
girl who are members of the Dem
onstration clubs in each county
are entitled to attend this school
during State Fair week at Hot
Springs. The railroads will fur
nish free transportation to these
persons. The State Fair will grant
free admission. The only expense
will be meals. The program-shows
that boys will receive daily in
struction in such subjects as farm
crops, live stock, farm dairying,
poultry, corn and live stock judg
ing. The girls will receive daily
instruction in cooking, including
cereals, meats, vegetables, breads,
beverages, left overs, invalid cook
ing and candy making. Each day
the boys and girls will be divided
into groups of about thirty. Each
group will be pjaced in charge of
a professor for the purpose of
studying some special feature of
the Fair. Illustrated lectures will
be given at night.
The rules provide for strict dis
cipline. Girls willl be chaperoned
at all times. Boys will not be per
mitted to leave the fair grounds
unless accompanied by a profes
sor.
These boys and girls will be
shown everything of interest in
; Hot Springs, including the won
derful bath houses, the ostrich
farm, the Government Park, and
the big hotels. It will prove an
eventful week in the lives of
these young people.
WyiTE RIVER CONFERENCE
Newport Oct. 29.—The White
River conference of the M. E.
Church, South, will convene in
Newport December 11, and be in
session until December 16, and
the city is making arrangements
to entertain about 200 members.
The conference will be presided
over by Bishop Chandler of At
lanta, Ga.
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ily is n Hunk Account.' The best pi'oteotion you
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fortify your home uii'a inst mis fort u ne, unit you
will not hnve to morttgu^gv it il untortunute cir
cu instances a rise, because you will he prepureil
with a hank uccount.
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UXITUD STATUS DUrOSlTARY
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Pruitt spent
Monday in Batesville.
Rev. and Mrs. G. L. Fink spent
Wednesday in Newport.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Henderson
spent Wednesday in Newport.
W. J. Waldrip was down from
Magness on business yesterday.
Dr. and Mrs. A. L. McClard and
little son, Lawton, spent Wednes
day in Newport.
Mrs. Herbert Benson of Swifton
is in the city visiting her parents,
Dr. and Mrs. V. L. Pascoe.
Rev. W. F. Wavman will preach
at Aydelott Chapel next Sunday
at 11 a. m. and at Oil Trought at
3 p. m.
Mrs. Birdie Holloway and little
Miss Floy Barnes returned Wed
nesday from a pleasant visit with
relatives and friends near Elgin.
D. P. Churchill a good citizen of
the Dota neighborhood, was in
town on business yesterday and
remembered The Journal in a
pleasant and substantial manner.
Jacob Krone and Mrs. Mattie
Myers, were married at Black
Rock Sunday evening. The bride
is a sister of Mrs. E. W. Magness
and Mrs. J. M. Martin of this city,
and the groom is a prominent
business man and capitalist of
Black Rock and is a relative of E.
Krone who was formerly in busi
ness at this place.
Dr. and Mrs. V. L. Pascoe arriv
ed home Wednesday night from
Nashville, Tenn., where they spent
a few weeks. Dr. Pascoe took a
post-graduate course in Vander
bilt University, and Mrs. Pascoe
who has been in poor health for
some time, underwent an opera
tion. The many friends of the
family are glad to learn that she
is improving nicely.
A meeting of the citizens of the
county will be held at the court
house in Batesville on Wednesday,
November 20, for the purpose of
organizing a County Fair Associa
tion. This is a good movement
and The Journal hopes the people
will take hold of it in earnest.
There is no reason why Indepen
dence county should not have one
of the best county fairs in the
state.
Frank Durivage of Sulphur
Rock and Mrs. Rachel Aldeison of
this place were married Monday
at Batesville.
W. M. Churchill and little
daughter, Susie, of the Cord
neighborhood were trading in
town yesterday.
J. H. Murphy of Shoffner was a
passenger down the road yester
day morning en route home from
a visit with his son, W. D. Mur
phy, of Batesville.
The Missionary Society will
meet Tuesday, the 5th, with Mrs.
E. R. Moore. A special missionary
program will be rendered. All
members are urged to be present
and visitors cordially invited.
Mrs. J. B. West, representing
the Old Peoples’ Home, of Rod
gers, was in town yesterday in the
interest of that institution. This
home, which was founded by Mrs.
West is doing a good work in
caring for aged people who are
homeless. It is supported entirely
by charitably inclined people, but
Mrs. West hopes to induce the
next legislature to make a small
appropriation for its benefit.
T. J. Welborn who is farming
on C. P. Vaughan’s place in the
bottom, has already gathered 27
bales of cotton from 52 acres and
will get enough more to make his
crop average about three-fourths
of a bale per acre. This is a pret
ty fair crop, considering the un
favorable season. We hear of
many others whose crops are mak
ing about the same yield, and it is
generally conceded that the crop
will be considerably better than
was expected.
Rev. E. A. Horn returned Wed
nesday night from a trip to points
in Lawrence and Jackson counties.
He brought a large bunch of rice,
which he gathered from the field
of C. S. Counts near Swifton. It is
fine and compares favorably with
any we have every seen. Mr.
Counts has 50 acres in rice and it
is estimated that his crop will
yield 60 to 90 bushels per acre.
There is quite a lot of fine rice
land around Newark and we hope
to see rice-growing taken up by
some of our people in the not far
distant future.
EPWORTH LEAGUE PROGRAH
Following is the missionary pro
gram for the Epworth League
meeting, Sunday, November 3, at
7:15 p. m.
Song No. 110—“Revival Praise.”
Devotional—J. L. Mayhan.
“China and Opium”—Otis Edgar.
“One Impression”—Miss Iva Bak
er.
Song No. Ill—“Praise and Service”
“The Picture of a Transformed
Life”—Miss Nellie Welborn.
“A Missionary Prayer”—Miss Allie
Propes.
Song No. 209—“Revival Praise.”
“Changing China”—Miss Mabel
Galloway.
Song No. 93—“Revival Praise.”
“Girls in Shanghai China”—Miss
Minnie Lynn Martin.
“China’s Long Sleep”—Herman
Welborn.
“The Chinese Child in School; the
Old; the New”—Mrs. J. B. Stew
art.
Song No. 697—“Methodist Hym
nal”
“A New Force in Old China”—J
L. Mayhan.
i Song No. 633—“Methodist Hym
nal.”
League Benediction.
The Journal for Job Printing.
USEFUL HOUSEHOLD ARTICLE
It is claimed on good authority,
' says an exchange, that next to a
monkey wrench a hair pin is the
most useful invention. A woman
can open a time lock, burglarproof
safe with a measly little hair pin.
They use them to scratch their
heads, button their shoes, pick
their teeth, punch bed bugs out of
cracks, run into cakes to see if
they are sufficiently baked, clean
finger nails, fasten up stray bangs,
pick out nuts, lift stove lids, clean
their eas and many other things.
BEEBE HOTEL IS BURNED
Beebe Oct. 29.—The Gibson ho
j tel,25 years the leading hostelry of
; Beebe, was destroyed by fire at 3
• o’clock this afternoon. The build
] ing was owned by James Wynne,
I who estimates his loss at $3,000.
: The hotel equipment is the prop
! erty of T. B. Chaney and was
‘; valued at $2,500. There was no in
surance on the building or fumish
• ings.
NO TRESPASSING
Notice is hereby given that
hunting, fishing, gathering nuts,
or otherwise trespassing on my
pasture lands along Black river at
Paroquet Bluff, is forbidden and
all violators will be prosecuted.
C. P. Vaughan.
BOOST MOVEMENT
FOR BETTER TOWN
Citizens and Officials Pledge Sup
port to Recently Organized
Improvement Club
The Newark Civic Improvement
League held a big rally at the
High School Auditorium last Fri
day night. Some stirring speeches
along the lines of progress and the
uplift of our town and communi
ty were made. After the sing
ing of “America” by the audience
and prayer by Rev. E. A. Horn,
Mrs. J. B. Stewart, a member of
the league, made a very interest
ing address, setting forth the ob
ject of the organization and out
lining briefly some of the things
it hoped to accomplished in the
near future and urging the co-op
eration of all in helping to bring
about conditions to make Newark
one among the best towns in the
state.
Mayor E. H. Williamson then
spoke at length on the moral and
the sanitary conditions of the town
showing where an improvement
could be made along these lines
and made a strong appeal to the
citizens to take a stand for the
better things in our communnity.
Miss Eugenia Moore, president
of the organization, read a very
interesting paper on the question
of sanitation.
Rev. A. H. Dulaney addressed
the meeting on the “Battlement
of the Home” and in his forceful,
and logical way of presenting
thoughts, showed the four walls
of this “battlement,” to be built
around the home, were the educa
tional wall, the social wall, the
sanitary wall and the religious
wall.
Hon. J. L. Brown was present
and was called on for a speech,
and in his unique, entertaining
style, made a brief talk, heartily
commending the people for their
spirit of progress and praising the
good women for taking the lead
in these things.
J. P. Magness and others spoke
on school sanitation and brought
out the moral and educational
effect of beautifying the school
grounds and keeping the building
in the very best of sanitary con
dition. Mr. Magness represented
the school board and said the
board stands ready to help the
teachers to make our school the
TWO INDICTED FOR
WACKERLY KILLING
Grover Garrett and Arthur Good*
win Charged With Execut
ing Plot to riurder
As a result of the grand jury’s
investigations into the murder of
Clem Wackerly near Jamestown a
few weeks ago, indictments charg
ing first degree murder have been
found against Grover Garrett and
Arthur Goodwin. The latter was
arrested at the time of the mur
der but was discharged at the pre
liminary trial.
Garrett claims the killing was
done in self defense, and at the
preliminary trial was corroborated
by Goodwin, who was the only
eye witness.
The state will contend that a
conspiracy to murder Wackerly
was planned and that both men
were implicated.
Wackerly’s daughter is said to
have abondoned Garrett. She was
summoned as a witness for the
defense in the preliminary trial,
but was not used. It is not be
leived that she will testify for
Garrett.
LEAGUE ELECTS OFFICERS
At the Business meeting of the
Epworth League Saturday night
the following officers were elected.
J. L. Mayhan, president; Otis
Edgar, first vice president; Miss
Iva Baker, second vice president;
Miss Mabel Galloway, third vice
president; Miss Susie Rodgers,
fourth vice president; Miss Nellie
Welborn, treasurer; Miss Lizzie
Mayhan, secretary; Miss Minnie
Lynn Martin, Era agent.
Since the League was organized,
one year ago, the membership has
grown from ten to forty-four.
best in the country.
Rev. E. A. Horn made a short
talk, addressed principally to the
young people, and told of the su
perior advantages that the boys
and girls of today have over those
of his own boyhood days, and told
of some boys and girls who had
“made good” in the race of life,
notwithstanding the fact that their
early life was handicapped by pov
erty and lack of opportunity.
Some of the girls from Miss
Moore’s music class rendered ex
cellent music for the occasion.
Everyone present seemed to enjoy
the meeting and were very en
thusiastic in helping to boost the
new movement.
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