The Newark Journal
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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1919
VOL. 18, NO. 45
CIGARETTE BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
Another Bill Would Make it
Felony if Person Burns
His Own Property
By a vote of 23 to eight, the
Arkansas Senate passed the
Johnston cigarette bill, under
which the sale of cigarettes
would be licensed in the state
and the proceeds of the license
tax turned into the common
school fund.
Proponents of the measure,
which is similar to the Collins
bill which was defeated in the
house two years ago after pas
sage by the Senate, urge that
cigarettes are being sold ev
ery where in spite of the pres
ent law prohibiting sueh sale,
and that the common school
tund might as well benefit
from the trade. The present
anti-cigarette law would be
repealed by the proposed law,
which now goes to the house.
It contains a section placing a
penalty of from $100 to $500
on sales to persons under 18
years of age.
President Ponder’s measure
appropriating $100,000 for vo
cational training in the schools
of the state, to meet a like ap
propriation from the federal
government under the Smith
Hughes Act, passed the senate
yesterday by unanimous vote,
after (Senator Ponder had made
a personal appeal from the
floor for its passage. The ap
propriation would be provided
for by a levy of one-tenth of a
mill, and none of the fund cre
ated would be taken out of the
common school fund, it was
explained. The measure was
’ sent to the house, where it was
i read twice, and slated for
early passage.
Among the bills passed by
the senate yesterday were the
Emory bill taxing clairvoyants
$100 per year; and Represen
tative Carson’s House bill No.
60 permitting soldiers and
sailors to vote while in the ser
vice. The latter bill now a
waits the signature of the gov
ernor to become a law.
By Evans—To provide for
a State Defense Fund for the
support cf the National Guard.
By Moncrief and Brown—
Requiring life insurance com
panies to deposit at least 75
per cent of their Arkansas re
serves in the state.
Among the bills passed by
the house are:
By McFarlin—To make the
burning of one’s property a
felony.
By Greathouse—To pay the
interest on the University En
dowment.
By Woods—To appropriate
$241,323.23, to pay peniten
tiary deficiencies.
By Ponder—To purchase a
farm for the State Hospital for
Nervous Diseases.
ELECT SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
At a meeting of the school
board last Saturday, Prof. J.
K. Rawlings was elected prin
cipal of the Newark High
School for the coming year.
Prof. Rawlings was former
ly connected with the school
at Sulphur Rock, going from
there to Judsonia where he
was principal for two terms.
He has been principal of the
Bald Knob High School for
the past three years.
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Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Magness
and fanrly left last night for
their farm near Marked Tree
where they will make their
future home.
The man with
be£an by
his first
earnings
in the
Bank.
mone^
some of
It all started with the first deposit. His bank
account grew until he was comfortable. Then the
convenience of paying his bills by check enabled
him to keep his accounts straight and save time and
worry. Happiness was the result of seeing it grow
and all of a sudden he realized he was a man of
wealth. You can accumulate money, too, if you
will only put that money you have in your pocket
RIGHT NOW into the banks and keep adding to it
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
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WILL SLOW UP THE
DISCHARGE OF MEN
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Army Officer Says Discharge
of Men Will be Slowed up
Pending Developments
Col. J. R. McAndrews of
the army general staff has giv
en out the statement that there
will be no further discharges
of soldiers in the service of the
United States.
Colonel McAndrews, stated
that the number of soldiers
serving in the United States
has been reduced to the mini
mum needed for the mainten
ance of the military establish
ment and that discharges for
the next few months at least
would be confined to men re
turning from overseas.
During February it was said
not more than 160,000 over
seas troops would be returned
for demobilization and not
more than 200,000 would be
returned in March. The offi
cers said that 300,000 would
be the maximum for any one
month thereafter, and that this
figure would be reached in
few, if any, months.
INCOME TAX MUST BE
PAID BY MARCH 15TH
Collector Jack Walker Says
Deputies Will be Sent to
Convenient Points
Little Rock, Feb. 10.—That
there will be no general exten
sion of time beyond March 15,
for the filing of returns and
for the payment of income and
excess profits taxes due on that
date, is the decision of Daniel
C. Roper, ,Commisioner of In
ternal Revenue.This announce
was made today by Collector
Jack Walker immediately fol
lowing the approval by the
Senate and House of the re
port of the conferees on the
new Revenue Bill.
Every taxpayer who can do
so is urged to make full pay
ment of his income tax on or
before March 15th.
The Bureau has arranged to
send an advisory force of sev
eral thousand of deputies and
agents to assist taxpayers.
These officers will be station
ed at convenient points where
they may be consulted without
charge. Taxpayers should take
the initiative and get in touch
with these revenue men for
any needed advice and assist
ance in preparing returns.
The forms for the tax re
turns are being printed and all
forms will be in the hands of
Collectors between February
15th and March 1.
Compromise Suit on Sale of Land
A deal was consumated this
week whereby W. W. Ed
mondson, and his son, W. O,
Edmondson, of Stone county
become the owners of the Pink
Williams farm near Paroquet.
Mr. Edmondson made an
effort to buy the place more
than a year ago through T. J.
Raney a local real estate a
gent.A misunderstanding arose
between the parties to the deal
resulting in the matter getting
into the courts. The case was
tried at the recent term of the
circuit court, resulting in a
hung jury. Recently efforts
were made to compromise the
matter, and the parties finally
reached an agreement, Mr.
Edmondson paying an addi
tional .$3,000 which Mr. Wil
liams claimed on account of
improvements made on the
place.
Mr. Williams will remain on
the place this year.
NEWARK BOY RE
TURNS FROM FRANCE
Ernest Akins who has been
in the service overseas, arrived
heme this morning from Camp
Pike where he was discharged
from the service.
He was on the battle front
in France and saw active ser
vice, having been sent to the
front in a short time after his
arrival in France.
He was wounded and gassed
but has entirely recovered, his
wounds not having been of a
serious nature.
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LANGSTON-DUNCAN
Russell Langston of Newark
and Miss Pearl Duncan of Sul
phur Rock were united in mar
riage this morning at the home
of the groom’s father, J. H.
Langston.
Rev. G. L. Fink performed
the ceremony.
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WILL PAY CASH
FOR LIBERTY BONDS
We pay highest market price
in cash for Liberty Bonds. See
us before you sell your bonds.
E. G. MAGNESS & CO.
FOR CITY MARSHAL
Jas. F. Morgan announces
in today’s paper as a candi
date for re-election as city
marshal. Mr. Morgan has held
this position for a number of
years and has served the peo
ple faitfully and well, endeav
oring at all times to be govern
ed by the law and good com
mon sense in the discharge of
his duties.
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GIVEN FIVE YEARS
FOR CARNAL ABUSE
In circuit court at Newport
Tuesday, Jeff Thomas, a white
man, was convicted on the
charge of caranl abuse and
sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary. Thomas’ step
daughter was the prosecuting
witness in the case.
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MULES FOR SALE
We have for sale 30 head
of good young mules, three to
six years old. T. D. Lindsey &
Co., Newark, Ark.
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A PROGRESSIVE COMPANY
R. G. Thomas recently at
tended a get-together meeting
cf the agents of the Jefferson
Standard Life Insurance Co.,
held at Memphis, and has be
come a more ardent and en
thusiastic booster for this great
company.
The first and greatest aim
of this company is service to
its policy holders. Reports sub
mitted at the Memphis meet
ing indicate that the people
fully appreciate the progres
sive policy of the company, as
it is enjoying a most phenom
inal increases in business
throughout the entire country.
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DISCHARGED FROM ARMY
Walter Hall was in town
today en route to his home at
Cord, having been discharged
from the army. He was in
France for a short time, but
did not get to the battle front,
the armistice having ben sign
ed a short time after his arrival
in France. He saw Paris and
quite a good deal of France,
but was not very favorably im
pressed with that country.
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INDICTED FOR MURDER
Will H. Davis, whose home
is near Amagon in Jackson
county, and who shot and kill
ed. J. H. Burton near Amagon
a few weeks ago, has been in
dicted by the Jackson county
grand jury for murder in the
first degree.
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COTTON SEED $62
Effective Monday, February
10, the official price for cot
ton seed has been fixed by the
government at $65 per ton in
car lots and $62 per ton in wa
gon lots. This price will govern
during the remainder of the
present season.
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Burk Wright was down from
Batesville today looking after
some business matters.
ROBBERS MAKE RICH
HAUL AT HARTFORD
Registered Package Containing
$13,000 in Currency Is
Stolen From Mail
Hartford, Feb. 10.—A mail
i pouch containing a registered
| package of $13,000 in curren
cy was stolen at Hartford Fri
day evening.
A package containing $13,
000 in currency was sent in re
gistered mail by a Fort Smith
bank to the bank of Hartford
to be used in paying the min
ers of the Central Coal and
Coke Company Saturday, the
miners’ payday.When the mail
was delivered at the postoffice
Friday night by the carrier, Ed
Iiush, there was no registered
mail pouch. He stated none
had been put off the train. An
hour later the pouch was found
100 yards east of the depot,
cut open and the contents miss
ing. Whether there was other
valuable mail besides the pay
roll in the registered pouch is
not known. The package was
insured, and neither the coal
company nor the banks will
lose.
Apparently someone fami
liar with the manner in which
the payroll money is transmit
ted committed the robbery.Xhe
train arrived at 6:15 Friday
evening. There was the usual
small town crowd at the sta
tion, but no strangers were
noted. It is supposed the rob
ber was cither on the train or
had been a resident of Hart
ford long enough to attract no
attention.
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Roy Craig returned home
this morning from a business
trip to New Orleans.
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IMPLEMENTS!
Now is the time to commence get
ting ready for next season’s crop and nothing will
help you make a bumper crop like modern farming
tools.
We have the B. F. Avery line of
plows, planters, cultivators, harrows, etc., and it
makes no difference if you want a one-horse gar
den plow or a four-mule middle buster, we have it
and would like to show you some of the lines strong
points.
If you cannot come in and see the
tools you want, write us and we will send literature
describing it. If you are going to need a cultivator
be sure and see our Southern Queen, in the walker
and the pivot axle in the rider.
A Trial Will Convince You
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THEY CANT BE BEAT AT ANY PRICE
C. W. MAXFIELD CO
Batesville, Arkansas
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