The Newark Journal
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, August 8, 1918
Vol. 18, No. 19
BATESVILLE MAN GETS
20 YEARS IN PRISON
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Refused to Report For Army
Duty and Refused to Put
on Uniform
Albert Duane Swift of Bates
ville, who has refused to take
any part in the war on the
grounds of his conscientious
objections, and who was ar
rested as a deserter several
weeks ago, has been sentenced
to 20 years iu/*5t military prison
according to court-martial pro
ceedngs announced Frday at
Camp Pike.
Swift formerly was a school
teacher and has also preached
in the vicinity of Guion, where
he was arrested after his re
fusal t|> report when called by
the local board.
Upon his arrival at Camp
Pike, Swift also refused to ac
cept his uniform and announc
ed that he has no intention of
taking part in the war in any
capacity.
His religion has no written
creed which forbids its believ
ers to take part jn war, and
fAr this reason it was held that
he had no authorized grounds
for conscientious objection.
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GOOD MUSIC
The proprietors of the Sky
dome theater have seured the
services of Joe Powell’s string
band to furnish music at the
regular weekly programs and
hereafter you will not only see
the best of pictures at the Sky
dome, but hear the best of mu
sic as well. This added fea
ture to the Skydome programs
assures you of the best possible
amusement for your money. 10
and 20 cents.
DANGER IN THE ARMY
Great as the danger and
large as the losses in the aggre
gate, the individual soldier has
plenty of chances of coming j
out of the war unscathed, or
at least not badly injured.
Based on the mortality sta
tistics of the allied armies, a
soldier’s chances are as fol
lows :
Twenty-nine chances of com
ing home to one chance of
being killed.
Forty-nine chances of recov
1 ering from wounds to one
; chance of dying from them.
One chance in 500 of losing
i a limb.
Will live five years longer
because of physical training, is
I freer from disease in the army
than in the civil life, and has
better medical care at the
front; than at home.
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PUT THE LID ON
At the .meeting of the coun
, oil last Monday night, the city
dads decided that Newark is
getting entirely too wicked and
they ordered the lid put on.
It is announced that hereaf
ter no more cold drinks may
! be sold on Sunday, all garages
must close up and that gasoline
; filling stations must not dispen
se any more juice, on Sunday.
It is announced that the
“blue laws” are to be enforced
strictly, beginning next Sun
day.
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NEWPORT NEGRO KILLED
IN EREAD MIXER
Theo. Simpson, a young ne
gro in the employ of the City
Bakery at Newport was caught
in the machinery of an electric
dough mixer last Monday and
was so badly injured that he
died in a short time. Both arms
were broken, one leg broken,
and the negro was internally
injured.
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The Man with Money keeps
his money safe ii\ [\\e
Bank,
$ That’s why he
mono)/;
All the regrets in the world won’t bring back
your money if you invest it foolishly in some wild
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
pile up. Then you and yours, who are entitled to
it, will have it safe at your command at any time.
Put YOUR money in OUR bank.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
SCHOOL STATISTICS
FOR THIS COUNTY
Amount Expended For School
ing for Each Child Only
$7.75 For Year
County Examiner Sidney
Pickens furnishes The Journal
the following report on the
schools of Indpendence county
for the past year, the figures
being taken from the annual
report to the State Department
of Education.
Children of school age, 8892.
Children enrolled in school
last year, 7254.
Average daily attendance of
children last year, 5053.
Number of teachers employ
ed, 148.
Average length of school
term, 123 days.
Number of school buildings
in county, 116.
Value of school property in
the county, $170,925.00
Amount expended for
schools last year, $68,871.00
Amount expended per child
for schooling last year, $7.75.
Average annual salary for
teachers, $352.00.
There were 2648 children of
school age who were not en
rolled in the schools last year,
and 3849 who were not in at
tendance. It is no wonder an
illiteracy commission finds
something to do in Arkansas.
If teachers, school directors
and other officers will see that
our compulsory school law is
enforced, we shall not only
save hundreds of dollars of
school money but will be able
to wipe out illiteracy in this
county.
The government is asking
that the schools be kept at the
highest point of efficiency dur
ing the war. This is not being
done when less than 60 per
cent of the children are in
the schools. The prosecuting
attorney will be asked to inves
tigate all cases of violation of
the compulsory school law
when circuit court convenes in
October.
1'he children of the county
were offered G months and
three days schooling last year
at a cost of $7.75 per child.
Teachers were paid on an av
erage of not quite $30 per cal
endar month. Is it any won
der that many of them are
finding other work? We act
as if our money, our stock and
other material posessions were
worth more than our children.
The figures given above
show some improvement over
those given a year ago, but
there is nothing given in the
figures above in which we can
take very much pride. If our
county keeps up with the rest
of the state and Arkansas
keeps up with the rest of the
nation, we are going to have to
give more attention and more
money to our schools than we
have ever done.
We have allowed young
men who are now in our army
to grow up in this county with
out learning how to read and
write. Someone must write
their letters home for them and
read to them those they re
ceive from home. The ability
to read “understanding^ “over
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OWEN FETZER WRITES
FROM “OVER THERE”
Newark Man Says Fighting
Americans Win Admira
tion of the World
Squire and Mrs. J. H. Fetzer
have received the following
three letters from their son.
Owen, who is with the Ameri
can fighting forces in France.
The first is dated June 28
and is as follows:
My Dear Parents.—I will
write just a few lines to let you
know I am O. K. We have
moved from where we landed,
and I don’t know how long we
will stay here, but not long, I
expect.
I think the Germans have be
gun to realize what it means
for the Sammies to come over.
I have just been talking with a
man from the front and he
said the Americans had killed
ten Germans for every Amer
ican killed. The Americans
have certainly won fame in
this war, just as they have in
all wars. If they keep up the
good work the war will not
last long, for they are dealing
the Huns some misery, from
what I am told.
Where we are now the peo
ple live in dug-outs along the
sides of the mountains. They
don’t raise anything here but
grapes, hay and small grain,
but this certainly is a nice coun
try' from here back where we
first landed. The farms are all
small and are very pretty. All
the houses we see are very old.
Some of them look as if they
were 300 years old.
OWEN.
The next letter is dated
Somewhere in France, July 3,
is very brief, and is as follows:
Dear Mother.—This leaves me
O. K. and having a good time.
This is a very pleasant climate
and reminds one of our Octob
er weather in America.
I sure do like this place. The
women do most of the work
here, except for a few old men
and boys. They have some of
the most beautiful cemeteries
here I ever saw in my life.
They certainly do honor their
dead over here.
Tell papa he ought to see the
Frenchmen plow. It would
make him laugh.
Write and tell me all the
news.
OWEN.
The last letter is dated July
8 and is as follows.
Dear Mother.—This leaves
me doing well. I am now
near the battle front. I watch-!
ed an air-fight yesterday and
they sure did go around some.
We have had several shells
from the big guns to pass over
our heads, but we soon become
accustomed to them.
It isn’t so bad over here as
one might think, and we are
fed better than we were in the
states.
Mother you can tell the
folks at home that the Ameri
cans over here are fighters.
One young American captured
a German captain and about
40 of his men. The American
is only 19 years old. I claim
that was some fighting stunt.
I am now the only man in
my company out of the 27 men I
who left Batesville with me.
The rest of them are in other
companies, scattered from here
to Camp Pike.
I am not allowed to write
much but when I come home I
will be able to tell you many
interesting things. Tell all the
folks that I haven’t time to
write to all of them—I do well
to write to you. I must close.
Write me a long letter.
Your loving son,,
THOS. O. FETZER,
Co. C. Seventh Inft. American
Expeditionary Forces, France.
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44 INDEPENDENCE
MEN TO FUNSTUN
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A call has been made upon
Arkansas for 2.000 white men
to be sent to Camp Funstun,
Kan.,for army service, Aug. 26.
Independence county’s quota
under this call will be 44 men,
and calls are now being sent
out by the local board for men
to appear at Batesville for in
duction into the service under
this call.
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SAFE REFUSES TO OPEN
For several weeks the large
safe used by the Bank of Mel
bourne has obstinately refused
to be opened, even defying the
efforts of an expert who came
from the factory. The safe
contains $6,000, and it is said
it will have to be returned to
the factory before it can be
opened.
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OPTOMETRIST COMING
Dr. W. D. Hinson, Optome
trist, of Newport, will be in
Newark, Aug. 10th to 13th.
If you need glasses or opti
cal repiaring, you should see
him while he is here.
See how a submarine attacks
and sinks big ships. It will be
shown at the Skydome Satur
day night.
GOOD ROADS DAYS
AUGUST 22 AND 23
County Judge Urges People of
County to Devote 2 Days
to Road Work
To the People of Independence
County:
A great many men subject to
road duty are in the army and
owing to the scarcity of labor
others are paying a dollar a
day instead of a day’s labor on
the roads.
Notwithstanding war condi
tions we must keep the home
fires burning and one of the
ways to do that is to keep up
our roads.
In order to keep up interest
in the roads and in order to
get some very much needed
work done, I hereby designate
Thursday and Friday, August
22 and 23, as good roads day
in Independence county.
The people of each township
are requested to meet on these
iays and under direction of the
overseers of the differnt town
snips give these two days to
work on the public roads.
It is suggested that the la
dies prepare dinner and that
the occassion be made an im
portant one. The overseers are
requested to appoint commit
tees in their townships to assist
them in preparing for this
work, and they are hereby di
rected to take charge of the
work in their respective town
ships.
I shall be glad to have the
names of the committees ap
pointed in each township and
to advise with them and the
overseers as to what shall be
ittempted on these days. Let
as all strive to make these two
lays mean much to the roads
af our county,
J. H. JIMERSON,
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