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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, January 17, 1918
Vol. 17, No. 42
BIG YIELDS OF CORN
MADE BY OUR BOYS
Independence Boys Lead State
in Production of Corn for
Past Three Years
County Agent Leland Bunch
reports a most remarkable and
gratifying yield^f corn pro
duced in this county by mem
bers of the Independence Coun
ty Boys |Cora Club.
The state record for 1917
was made by Adler Carpenter
of Magness who produced 131
bushels and 33 pounds of corn
on one acre.
This makes the third year
in succession that the state rec
ord for corn yield has been
made bv the boys of Indepen
dence county.
In 1915 Earle Best of Dota
won the state championship
when he produced 103 3-4
bushels of corn on one acre.
In 191G Dillard Wyatt of
Rosie carried off the honors
with a production of 117 bush
els from one acre
Adler Carpenter of Magr.ess
produced a new high record
last year by making a yield of
131 bushels of corn on pne
acre.
These splendid yields of
corn speak well for the boys
of Independence county, and
showr what can be produced
on Independence county soil
under proper methods of cul
tivation.
Every farmer boy in the
county ought to get in the Boys
Corn Club this year and help
boost the production of corn in
our county.
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HAYS RE-APPOINTED
President Wilson has nomi
nated Geo. R. Hays for re-ap
pointment as postmaster at
Newport for a second term.
CLOSE ALL FACTORIES
Government Makes Drastic Or
der to Relieve Fuel Famine
American manufacturing
enterprises with but few ex-1
ceptions, in all states east of
the Mississippi river, also all
of Louisana and Minnesota
were ordered by the govern
ment Wednesday to suspend
operations for five days, be
ginning Friday morning, as a
drastic measure for relieving
the fuel famine, which is caus
ing widespread suffering as a
result of the blizzard.
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WALTER PASCOE DEAD
Walter Pascoe died at his
home in Newark Monday, after
a short illness of pneumonia.
He was born in Indepen
dence county January 21, 1869.
and had been a citizen of the
county practically all his life.
He is survived by his wife
and three daughters, Mrs. Ben
Cole. Mrs. Cedi Norris, and
Miss Addie Pascoe. He leaves
one brother. Dr. V. L. Pascoe.
He was a member of the
Methodist church and was also
a member of the Modern
Woodmen and the Knights and
Laches of Honor.
Funeral services were held
at the Methodist church yester
day afternoon at 2 o’clock, the
services being conducted by the
pastor, Rev. J. E. Snell.
The active pall bearers were
W. M. McKinney, Nathan Kin
man, Frank Divers, Wilson
Tomlinson, Clifton Edwards,
and Hngh Vaughan. Honorary
pall bearers were the follow
ing members of the M. W. A.
Lodge: John Austin, John W.
Adams, W. L. Hall, W. W.
Magness, R. M. Galloway, and
John Lane. The remains were
buried at Blue Springs ceme
tery.
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NEWARK GETS FULL
SHARE OF BLIZZARD
16 Below Zero Causes Many to
Believe North Pole is Mov
ing This Way
Newark, along with the bal
ance of the country “enjoyed”
some real old-fashioned win
ter weather during the past
week.
Some of the thermometers
around town were not equal to
the occasion and Friday night
when Old King Winter blew
his icy breath upon them their
countenance sank, they turn
ed pale and refused to even
make a guess as to how cold it
was. It took a thermometer
with a mercury tube like a
telephone pole to be of any
value. There happened to be
a few of these in town and
they registered from 16 to 20
degress below zero.
This was followed by slight
ly warmer weather Sunday
night and a heavy pecipitation
of rain and sleet which froze
as it fell, leaving everything
covered with a coat of ice
such as has not been witnessed
here since 1892.
The rain and slush caused
considerable loss to the busi
ness men, as practically every
roof in town leaked, resulting
in much damage to the stocks
of goods carried by the busi
ness men.
I he White River Telephone
Company is perhaps the heavi
est loser as many of their poles
broke down under the load of
ice, and tangled and broken
wires were scattered every
where. The loss to the tele
phone company will probably
reach $1,000.
Train service has been de
moralized all week and the
towm has been practically cut
off from communication with
the outside w'oiid.
East bound passenger train
due here at 6:47 Wednesday
evening did not arrive until
noon yesterday, being 18 hours
late. When it arrived at Newr
port the crew claimed their
eight hour’s rest, the train was
tied up and there was no pas
senger train west over the
White River Road yesterday.
White river is frozen over at
many points and it is. said that
in the eddy above the govern
men dam at Batesville the riv
er is frozen over to a depth of
8 to 10 inches. People are
walking across the river on the
ice at many places, and at
Newport it is reported that
people are driving wagons and
teams across the river on the
ice.
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OUR STOCK OF GOLD
The gold monetary stock
(coin and bullion used as mon
ey) in the United States on
November 1, 1917, is estimat
ed in Secretary McAdoo’s an
nual report at $3,041,500,000.
The increase in the past ten
months has been $174,500,000,
and in the past three years
$1,236,500,000. In five years
the portion of the world’s gold
monetary stock held „by the
United States has increased
from approximately one-fifth
to more than one-third.
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See The Journal for good printing.
FUEL FAMINE HERE
Coal S^ipply Exhausted and No
Wood on the Market
Along with the other incon
veniences of the blizzard, New
ark has a fuel famine. There
has been no coal to be had in
town all this week and those
who depend on coal for fuel
have been forced to burn wood
Those whose supply of wood
ran short were compelled to
get out and cut it themselves,
as it has been impossible to
buy wood.
The Journal, along with
many others, ran out of coal
Saturday and this issue of the
paper has been gotten out be
n shivers.
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» PAROQUET ITEMS »
Paroquet, Jan. 16.—F. C.
Hoyt and Company of Newark
shipped out two cars of corn
from here this week.
W. E. Self is shipping out a
car of corn from here this
week.
School is progressing nicely.
There are 103 scholars enroll
ed. Prof. T. D. Lindsey is prin
cipal and Miss Ella Grisham as
sistant.
Reed Galloway has been ser
iously sick for the past week
but is reported better at this
writing.
Jack Miller and Lon Love
joy made a business trip to
Batesville Tuesday.
John Hardin was a visitor
here Sunday evening, en route
to Newport.
Miss Gracie Wayman is
spending a few days at New
ark visiting relatives.
Mrs. T. D. Lindsey and chil
dren of Magness came down
Sunday to make this their
home while Mr. Lindsey teach
es here.
Joe East of Newport is
spending a few here with his
family.
We still have plenty of snow
here. Lots of the timber is
breaking.
Black river is frozen over at
this place. Several of the boys
walked across it Tuesday.
W. A. Shanks made a busi
ness trip to Newport Monday.
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MUUrtK I*UK SHfcKIt-t
In the proper column of to
day’s paper appears the an
nouncement of E. R. Hooper as
a candidate for Sheriff.
Mr. Hooper is well-known
to the voters of Independence
county and is now serving his
second term as county and
probate clerk
His record as clerk speaks
well for his ability as a public
servant .having kept the af
fairs of this office in an admir
able manner.
If the people of Indepen
dence county elect Mr. Hoop
er sheriff they are promised
the same fair and square
dealings and courtesy as were
shown while he has been
(Clerk.
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Stamps is evidence of patriot
ism and good business judge
ment. Encourage your child
ren to save their nickels and
dimes and buy Thrift Stamps.
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Buy a thrift stamp today.
CAPITAL CITY IS
HIT BY BLIZZARD
Business Demoralized and City
Suffers From Shortage of
Gas and Coal
Little Rock, Jan. 15.—Ark
ansas is experiencing the most
severe winter since 1899, ac
cording to the record of the
Weather Bureau.
Add to this the discomfort
in many localities of a fuel
shortage that is unusual, and
the conditions are not conduc
tive to pleasureable memor
ies.
There was eight inches of
snow’ on Jan. 11, and that night
the temperature fell to eight
degress below’ zero—the low’
est on record at the Little Rock
office is 12 below on Feb. 12,
1899.
January 17, 1907 there was
14 inches of snow but it w'as
not so cold. The normal snow
fall for the season in Arkan
sas is only 5 inches, and many
w’intres pass with scarcely any
at all
For the first time since the
oldest resident could remem
ber the street railway system
was tied up for three or four
days. Ice had formed on the
tracks, sleet having preceeded
the snow and snow plows and
road scrapers could make no
impression upon it.
The second day a part of
Markham and Main streets was
ppened but the rest of the city
walked—and everybody wish
ed and longed for the street
cars to come back, even if they
were crowded a bit in rush
hours and get off their sched
ules occassionally.
Business was demoralized.
Schools were closed. Many
stores were closed early, if
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NEWPORT WITHOUT LIGHT
Blizzard Puts the Light Plant
Out of Business
Newport, Jan. 16.—Newport
is in the grasp of the worst
storm since the Civil War. Ic
began snowing here Thursday
night, and before it stopped the
snow was six inches on the lev
el. A zero temperature fol
lowed, causing great suffering
among the poor of the city.
White River wras frozen over to
a depth of eight inches and
w agons and teams drove across
at the Front street ferry.
Newport is without electric
power, the Arkansas Light and
Power Company’s plant having
been put out of commission by
wires that are down, and Man
ager Moss says he cannot give
out any definite statement as
to when they will be able to
furnish any juice. Both the
newspapers, the Citizen and
Independent, have been forced
to close down on account of
not having powrer to run their
linotypes and presses. Picture
shows, factories and in fact
everything that requires elec
tric pow'er has closed down,
and the probability is the city
will be in total darkness for
several nights.
LOCAL SNOWBOUND
The Cushman local has been
snowbound between Batesville !
and Cushman for the past three
days and in an effort to dig the
train out, three other engines
have been tied up on the road
A crewr was sent|to Cushman
Tuesday to pull the local out.
but the snow was so deep th$t
they could do no good. Anoth
er crew was sent to give assist
ance, and it, too, was tied up.
The local was running today
but was about three hors late.
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Trade with the merchants
who advertise in the Journal.
ROCKING CHAIRS
We have a large assortment
of Rockers ranging in price
from $2.00 up.
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Have an extra good, curved
arm, cobble or saddle seat
rocker, with a high back
that we are offering while
they last at $3.50 each.
If you are in need of anything
in the furniture ine come in
and look through our stock.
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THE BEST FOR THE MONEY
BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS
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