THE NEWARK JOURNAL
Published Every Friday
0. F. CRAIG, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Entered at the post office at Newark,
Ark., as second class mail.
PROHIBITION MAKES
GREAT GAINS
There has been a phenominal
gain in prohibition sentiment
throughout the United States
during the past few years, and
a review of thesituation shows
that the year 1 9 1 5 promises to
break all previous records in
this respect.
l! is said that national prohi
bition may be one of the issues
in the next Presidential elec
tion. and vigorous campaigns
are now being conducted in
many states for the purpose of
arousing public sentiment in
fa\or of nation-wide prohibi
tion.
It is beteived that the ques
tion will be definitely settled
at the convention of the Anti
Saloon League of America to
be held at Atlantic City, July
(j to 9. It is expected that 25,
000 people, representing every
state in the Union, will attend
this meeting.
Since January 1 ol this year
the following results have been
accmplished toward nation
wide prohibition.
Arkansas, Alabama and
Idaho have enacted state-wide
prohibition laws.
The legislaure of Iowa has
voted to submit a constitution
al statewide amendment, to be
voted on at the general elec
tin in 1917.
The Montana legislature has
voted to submit tothe people in
November, 191(5, a statutory
measure making Montana a
prohibition state December 51,
1918, provided the measure is
adopted.
The South Carolina legisla
ture has voted to submit to the
people of that state September
9 of this year a statue which,
if adopted, will make the com
monwealth dry December Ml,
1915.
J'he I’tah legislature voted
to submit to popular vote in No
vember 191(5, a constitutional
prohibition measure which, it
adopted will make the state
d ry J a nuary I 1917.
The Vermont legislature
voted I he 71 h »>t M arch I 9 I 5
to submit a prohibit ion amend
ment. which if adopted, will
make that state dry May 1,
191 (5.
The- South Dakota legisla
ture has voted to submit a pro
hibition amendment to be vot
ed on at the Novemberelection
If adopted that state will be
dry January 1. 1 *.M 7.
Virginia. Colorado, Arizona,
Oregon and Washington will
be dry in lhi6, the voters of
those staes having recently vot
ed upon and adopted state
wide prohibition. Six other
states will vote on the question
during lb In and I‘Mb. and if
adopted in those states, then
a toal f 2n. or praeicall.v half
the states in the union will
have state-wide prohibition.
SAFETY FIRST;
DIVERSIFY
With the advance in cotton
and the fine weather the tem
ptation will be great to increase
the cotton acreage.
Hut even if we knew that
cotton would be worth 10
cents a pound tin acreage
should be reduced and the
farmershould plantall ihecorn
and hay crop po; ildc.
Cotton may In low and \ < >\
probably will be low and tin
prospect .'houbl influence
for diversification. Another
large crop of cooton alone at a
low price would be most hurt
ful. Do not be lured into cum
crop by the recent rL. in the
price of cotton. If you grow
corn and hogs and ha r you an
have food for man and beast,
toll IS.
Sa f e ty 1 i rst—i live rs i f v—
should be the motto of every
farmer yj, liuL.-i»-ndenc.<> coun
ty.
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THE INTERESTS OF ALL
ARE INDENTICAL.
There should be no conflict
of interest between the farmer
and business man of this com
munity.
Each has his own particular
work and bends his energies
in uis own way toward carry
ing it on. But the work of the
one will prosper most when
the1 other is meeting with a
fair measure ofsuccess. There
fore the merchant should have
an active interest in the wel
fare of the farmer and the
farmer in the business of the1
merchant.
lint it is in the life of the
community that their interests
actually merge. Each wants
the community to be the best
possible place to live in. Ade
quate church and school ad
vantages, wholesome social
life and entertainment, and
good roads are essential. The
need of one in this respect is
no greater than the need of
the other.
How are the essentials of a
full satisfying community to
be had? By all the people of
the community working to
g< ther for them. There is no
other way and the- moment all
of the people in the communi
ty got together in a common
< ll'cwt, that monmnt the !ivo ■
all begin to grow fuller and
richer. The possibilities along
this line are unlimited in any
community when all the peo
ple work together in unity and
harmonv.
Leading financial authori
ties of England have given out
a statement containing some
appaling figures on the co>t
of the present European war.
It is estimated that the di
rect and indirect cost of the war
up to July 1915, one year from
the date it began, will be, for
tin- Allies 2 1 billion dollars
and for Germany and Austria,
21 billion dollars. These fig
ures included the direct ex
penditures bv the government,
the destruction of property,
the loss of production and
the capitalized value of the
lives lost, counting lives
at an average value of $2,000.
This makes the total cost of
the war lo billion dollars -a
sum that is absolutely beyond
the comprehension of the av
erage man. It is said that the
exhaustin of men and war ma
terial will make it impossible
for the war to eonlinue much
longer.
( hump < lark - opt imism im
pressed those u ho heard h's
speech before the State Teat h
! r’s Association in Little Rock
i-Vir 1 :i v ni'.rht hnt
cannot ho said of his regard
for sober consistency. It ap
pears 1 hat Champ had partaken
too freely of the stuli' so liber
sas Gazette. About sd percent
ally advertised in the Arkan
of the teachers of Arkansas
arc prohi’s and Champ's con
duct was not exactly consist
ent with their idea of the man
ner in which a great man
should conduct himself before
a body of this kind.
You have to he a citizen in
order to vote, hut yu have
got to do a good deal more
than vote to be a real citizen
Don’t look for soft snaps;
the hard snaps are the ones
that have th- ping i in C1» ir.
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AGED FARMER IS
DRAGGED TO DEATH
Thrown From Horse, . Foot
Hangs in Stirrup and Brains
Battered Out on Rocks
Marshall, Apr. 11.—Louis
Bolen, an aged farmer who liv
ed near Snowball in Searcy
county, met a horrible death
I yesterday. his brains being lit
i orally battered out ad scatter
ed along the road. He was
filling his horse between his
home and the town of Gilbert,
when the animal suddenly
shied and bolted.
The unexpected swerving of
'he horse caused Mr. Bolen to
lose his seat, but unfortunaely
his foot hung in the stirrup
and he was dragged along, his
head bumping the rock strew
ed road at evev jump the fri
ghtened horse made. After
being dragged about two hun
dred yards, the stirrup gave
way and the body was releas
ed.
When found, lifewasextinct
the head being terribly mang
led and I lie brain maatter ex
po ml and a part of it scattered
i'll t he road.
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RAILWAY FIGURES
FOR THE YEAR 1914
Ro-uls Suffer Loss in Freight
But Passenger Traffic Shows
Good Gain for the Year
The total net revenue of all
.-team railroads of the Unit
ed States, for the fiscal year
ended .June 30, 101 1, was giv
en at $8 15,21 (>,05 1 in a report
just made public by the In
terstate Commerce Commision
at Washington.
Operating revenues for the
'Uine period were $3,017,019,
J<>8, and operating expenses,
$2,200,3 1 3, 1 59.
Operating revenues for the
same period in 1913 were $3,
125,135,798 with operatingex
pense of $2,109,908,9 12. The
investment <>f the* roads to
.June 30, 191 I. was $16,936,
• >1*7,8-10, or $215,338,326 more
'than on June 30, 1913.
There were 1,695,483 per
sons on the payroll of the rail
roads at theejnl of last June, a
j decrea. •' compared w it li I In*
.-■a on da \ m JII13 of 11 9,730
persons. The wages paid last
wear amounted to $1,373,422,
172.
On June 30, 191 1. the roads
had a total mileage of 247,397,
59 or 7,522 miles more than
the >ear previous,
Ilie railroads carried 1,053,
vf '.»**) ft&E y v
,038 more than in 1913, and
carried 1,976,138,155 tons of
freight, a decrease of 81,897,
.332 tons in the year.
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Who Has Lived
Here the Longest?
We would like to know who
jhas lived longest in Independ
jence county. Write us a loi
ter. if you are an old resident,
and tell us some facts about
your early days. We will pub
dish the letters from the oldest
i residents. We wish. t<> secure
| as many interesting facts as
possible. The publication of
one incident will remind other
!old timers of other incidents,
iso let the letters come
To the person showing the
longest continuous residence
: ia the county, absence of less
|than one year, or service in
; 'die army not counted against
the pioneer, we will send the
,.lournal free for the romaind-j
■ r of his or her life. To the
con cl oldest pionerr we will
nd the paper for five year,
free, and to the third, one
. Ml' fr*>n
COPY ELECTRIC CHAIR
The electric (’hair at thr
! rl.aii .as penitentiary at Lit
:'i • f-R (k will be wed as a
je udel fo * ne one to he in-*.; II
!o,l in the Oklahoma peiuten
| t.ary at South Me A Jester, ac
ording to W. A. Knott, el-, -
I i. ician of the ins 1 ’ ition. lie
has been at the Arkansas pen•
jiientiai'y the past four days in
jspecti the . nair and fn.e
I dectra r.l equimo ' .
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COOD PASTURE
We have the finest cane
; pasture in the county and are
j p repared to take stock for
j pasturage at $1 a head per
| month. Man on place to look
i alter stock.
H. E. HAWTHORNE.
i'HE NEWARK JOURNAL
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DOCTOR SENT TO JAIL
Little Rock,. Apr. 1-‘l. bh\J.
H. Harrod, druggist, was sen
tenced to six months in the
county jail yesterday by l nit
ed .States District Judge Jacob
Trieber upon a plea ol guilty
to violation of the federal anti
drug act. Dr. liarrod’s is the
first case in this court since I he
new law became etfective,
March 1.
NEWARK DRUG COMPANY
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TOMATO GR0WLIO
he Newark Canning Com
, , :M ires to contract with
farm rs for growing tomatoes
for our canning tactor> foi
on- Those who
do ire 1" grow tomatoes
should call and sign contracts
F C. Hoyt.
at once.. ,,.
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Lumber ( ompany.
of all
Newark
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Builders Hardware, Sash, Doors, Brick,
Lime, Nails, Wire Fencing, Pumps, Pipe,
Farm Implements, Coal, Hay and Brain.
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