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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1919
VOL. 19, NO. 2
SAYS AMERICAN BOYS IN FRANCE
ARE GETTING AWFULLY HOME-SICK
NEWARK BOY IN FRANCE TIRES
OF GUN AND LONGS FOR
HOME AGAIN
Mrs. Millie Rutledge has received
the f&llowing letter from her son,
Odell Rutledge, who is in the militarv
service in F rance.
France, March 9, 1919.
Dear Mother.—As today is Sunday,
I will write you a few linese to let
you know I am still alive and doing
well. But I can’t say that I am not
homesick, for I am, and the worst you
ever saw. You know, when Sunday
comes I sure do begin thinking of
being at home. I never got very tired
of this place until the war was over,
and now that it is over, I feel like I
have done my part and I want to go
home. I want to get back to a civ
ilized country and I am sure not by
myself either, for all the boys are in
the same frame of mind.
I received your letter the other
day. It came through in about 15
days. I sure was glad to hear from
you all, and so glad to hear that you
are alive and well. I sure was
shocked when I read the names of
the deaths that had occurred since I
left. I sure did hate to read it, but
they all died at home and there was
a great many poor boys who were*
killed over here' and also many who
died from sickness and couldn't even
be buried at home, but had to be
buried any old place. But you see it
can’t be helped and we just have to
get by the Lest way we can while we
live in this old world.
I want you to find out what Vird’s
address is and be sure and write me
where he is. I guess Arnim is at
home by now; I hope so anyway.
I suppose crops will be layed by
time I get home, but I am still hop
ing to get back some time.
We have to go to the rifle range
tomorrow and practice shooting. 1
sure am getting tired of my old gun
and am tired of doing “right” and
“left," but we either have to be drill
ing or shooMng on the range or work
ing the roads. We are doing some
thing all the time.
We don’t expect very nice *reat
jment in the army, and, believe me,
we sure don’t get disappointed.
Tell everybody hello for me. Here’s
hoping these few lines will find you
all well, so I will close for this time.
Write me soon.
Your son,
ODELL RUTLEDGE,
Co. M, 141 Inf. A. P. O. 796 A. E F.
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RAISE FEED TO FIGHT
COTTON SPECULATORS
THIS IS ADVICE OF JIM FERGU
SON, STATE AGRICULTURAL
COMMISSIONER
Reduction of cotton acreage and the
substitution of feedstuffs which will
make the farmers and planters of the
State independent of the supplies for
merly purchased outside the State, is
the big weapon with which the South
must fight the cotton manipulators,
in the opinion of Jim G. Ferguson,
state commissioner of mines, manu
factures and agriculture.
“It is a well known fact,” Mr. Fer
guson said, “that American spinners
and operatives have only a limited
stock of cotton on hand, and foreign
mills are said to be virtually without
a supply. With this information, we
can fight the big cotton interests,
who would seek to buy the planters
crop at less than it cost to produce,
by holding onto the cotton we now
have and reducing the acreage at
least 25 per cent for the coming
crop,” he said.
“It has always been the rule that
the less cotton, the better the price.
Why, then, should we grow 14,000
! 000 bales when 10,000,000 tales will
i bring the same money? Why not
j use the energy spent in producing
j the 4,000,000 extra bales in raising
| foodstuffs that can easily be grown
iin Arkansas that are now being -.hip
ped from other States at a fancy pro
fit to the growers in other States.”
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If you have property of any kind
for sale, list it with E. G. Magness
|& Co.
The man with
never ^ets laid off
money
or never
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If he lias ,
money m ine
Bank he is not
worried; he
works belter.
And he is the man who gets promoted. The
man with money is looking for the man who saves.
He knows that the man who can take care of his
own money if the man to trust. Saving money is
the true test of reliability. It is good common
sense, too. Be wise today. Open an account
with the money you have and make your account
grow. Don’t wait—start today.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS *]
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AUGUSTA IS VISITED
BY SECOND BIG FIRE
$20,000 LOSS INCURRED WHEN
THREE STORES AND RESI
DENCE BURN
Augusta, April 15.—A loss of $20,
000 was incurred, when Augusta was
visited by a second disastrous fire
within the past month, Monday.
Three business houses and one
large residence were destroyed, and
if was thought for a while that the
entire town was doomed. The volun
teer department fought frantically
for about two hours before the flames
were under control.
The losers were C. L. Adamson,
jeweler; F. E. Broaugh, grocer, a ne
gro barber shop, and a large two
story residence owned by Mrs. Oak
Icy. Mr. Adamson who was the
heaviest loser, suffered a loss in the
last fire in Maich amounting to $25,
000. No insurance was carried by
him at either time. None of the
others carried insurance.
It was stated that the fire orig
ina'ed from a trash fire in the rear
of the Adamson store.
$4,500,000,000 IS
AMOUNT OF LOAN
VICTORY LOAN TO MATURE IN
FOUR YEARS AND BEAR
HIGHER INTEREST
The terms of the Victory Liberty
Loan have been announced by Secre
tary of the Treasury, Carter Glass.
The aomunt of the loan is to be
$4,500,000,000, instead of the six bil
lion that had been expected, and no
oversubscription will be accepted
The Victory Bonds will bear 4 3-4
per cent interest, which is a better
rate of interest than any of the gov
ernment securities, and they are also
non-taxable. The bonds will mature
in four years.
The size of the loan is much small
er than had been anticipated by most
financial observers who looked for an
issue of about six billion dollars.
This will be the last Liberty Loan,
it is said, although there will be other
issues of government securities to
finance belated war expenses but
these will not be floated by popular
campaigns.
JURY COMMENDS
JUDGE, SHERIFF
FIND THESE OFFICERS ACTIVE
AND PROGRESSIVE IN DIS
CHARGE OF DUTIES
The grand jury completed its la
bors and adjourned Tuesday, when
the following ieport of its work was
filed with the court.
Having been empaneled as a grand
jury for the Spring term of the In
dependence County Circuit Court on
the Tth day of April, 1919, our duty
as such grand jurors was taken up at
once.
We have diligently and carefully
inquired into all violations of the law
of which we had knowledge or infor
mation and returned true bills in such
cases as we believed the facts war
ranted.
We examined 101 witnesses and
have returned 33 true bills of indict
ment.
J3y special committee the Poor
farm was visited and following is
their report:
‘1We, your committee appointed to
visit the Poor Farm beg leave to sub
mit the following: We found twenty
inmates, eleven females and nine
males; of which there were two col
ored females and one colored male.
We found the conidtions good; the
inmates well fed an caied for; the
wards all clean and in a sanitary con
dition. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan are to
be commended for their excellent
work. The fencing on the farm is
in good condition except two inside
lines which will be repairedat at
once.
We recommend that lumber he
bought to build six sets of steps to
the house; also, that' a sufficient
amount of paint be bought to paint
ceiling on part of the south porch
Also, some kind of power pump be
provided to get water out of the well
for the well is 305 feet deep and in
summer it is veiy inconvenient for
the inmates to get water.
(Signed) J. E. Snell, W. R. Parks,
Z. T. Griffin, Committee.
The various justices of the peace
for Independence county have made
and filed their reports as required by
law, except two.
lhe accounts of the Coonty officers
were not rxamined for the reason the
Commissioners of Acccounts do not
make their report until the Fall
term of court.
The County Jail was visited in a
i body and we found four prisoners;
one white and three colored men, all
of whom seemed comfortably situat
ed with no complaints to make. The
jail was found to be in good sanitary
condition.
We have examined the Court House
and find it to be in reasonably good
repair and recommend the Court
room be painted and finished in har
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BATESVILLE MAN
JUMPSJN RIVER
CLUTE CANNON SAID TO HAVE
COMMITTED SUICIDE AT LIT
TLE ROCK TUESDAY
Temporarily deraigned as a result
of ill health, a white man, 50 years
, old, thought to have been Clute Can
' non of Batesville, jumped into the
Arkansas River from a sand barge
back of the Hotel Marion at Little
Rock, at 1:50 Tuesday afternoon and
was drowned.
River men and police who were
Working on the case had been suoces
ful in finding the body late Wednes
day afternoon.
Some negroes who were working at
the plant of the Southern Sand Com
: pany below the Hotel Marion were
the only witneses to the act it is said
but from descriptions furnished them
Dr. W. F. Ball, physician, with offices
in the Bolye Building, identified the
man as Camion.
According to Dr. Ball, Cannon went
to his office Monday for treatment,
and was given some medicine in a
bottle which the drowned man is said
to have dropped just before taking
the leap into the river. From the bot
tle and from the description of the
man given by the negroes Dr. Ball
is sure of his identity. Cannon is said
to have been returning to his home
at Batesville from Hot Springs, where
he had gone for medical treatment.
He is said to have been in a despon
dent mood when he visited Dr. Ball’s
offices on Monday.
Negroes working near the scene of
the action say Cannon stepped up on
the barge, struck a bottle or some
other article against a piece of metal
on the barge, as if to attract atten
tion, and jumped into the river, strug
gling for some time before finally
going down.
EARLE ROAD BONDS SOLD
Earle, April 16.—The $700,000 six
per cent bonus for Improvement Dis
trict No. 6 were sold to the highest
bidder here yesterday. The bonds
sold at 106.6 and accrued interest.
The contractors are on the ground
and it is expected that the 62 miles
of hard roads radiating from Earle
will have been completed by Decem
ber 1.
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QUITE SO
Little Mary, on being asked if she
liked to go to school, said “Oh yes,
I like to go and come back. Staying
there between times is what I don’t
like.”
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ACT AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS
Before a schol board in Arkansas
can complete a contract with a teach
er for his services, the instructor will
*be required to furnish the secretary
BIG CONTRACT ST/
IS BEING HAI
of the board with a certificate of
health from a licensed physician or
a regular constituted health officer,
showing that the teacher is free
from tuberculosis.
This law became effective last week
when Governor Brough signed House
Bill No. 384, introduced by Represen
tative F. F. Carter of Pike county.
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NEW OFFICERS TAKE
CHARGE CITY AFFAIRS
REPORTS SHOW EXPENDITURES
FOR LAST YEAR GREATER
THAN RECEIPTS
A meeting of the city council was
held Monday night and the out-going
administration handed over the reins
of the city government to the new
mayor and aldermen.
Before going out of business, the
outgoing council heard reports and
paid all outstanding accounts.
The report o f the treasurer show
ed that there was a total of $811.83
in the treasury when the retiring
administration took charge on April
22, 1918. The total receipts from
all sources during the year was $2,
332.20, and the total expenditures
were $3,114.03, leaving a balance of
$33.44 in che treasury.
After having first taken the oath
of office, Mayor Tharp administered
the oath to the new aldermen, as fol
lows: T. H. Dearing, W. G. Moore,
G. O. Magness, A. J. MeSpadden and
G. M. Fields.
Mayor Tharp announced the ap
pointment of the following commit
tees:
Ordinance.—T. H. Dearing, W. G.
Moore, A. J. MeSpadden.
Finance.—A. J. McSuadden, G. O.
Magness, G. M. Fields.
Street and Alley.—G. M. Fields,
T. H. Dearing, W. G. Moore.
Cemetery.—G. O. Magness, A. J.
MeSpadden, T. H. Dearing.
Sanitary.—(W. G. Moore, G. 0.
Magness, G. M. Fields.
G. M. Fields, W. G. Moore and A.
J. MeSpadden were appointed a spec
ial committee to investigate and
ITE PRINTING
MLED IN NEWARK
HOUSE AND SENATE JOURNALS
OF LAST LEGISLATURE WILL
BE PRINTED HERE
The Journal this week starts the
work of printing the House and Sen
ate Journals for the recent session of
the Arkansas Legislature. The Jour
nals will be printed in separate vol
umes, one for the House and one for
the Senate. The Journals will be
larger than usual, owing to the large
number of bills passed by the legisla
ture. The House Journal will prob
ably make a volume of nearly 1,500
pages while the Senate Journal will
make a volume of probably 1,000
pages.
This is quite a big job for a coun
try shop and is seldom given to
shops outside the cities. It entails
an enormous amount of typesetting
and will keep our Linotype busy day
fand night for the next several weeks.
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BORN AT A LUCKY TIME
“To what do you attribute your re
i markable age and your wonderful
health?” asked the summer boarder
of the aged farmer.
“Wal,” answered the bucolic one,
I “I reckon I got a pretty good start
I on omst people by bein born afore
germs was discovered, an’ so I have
had less to worry about.”
GOOD PASTURE
I have a good pasture of more than
'400 acrees, with abundance of run
ning water, and am prepared to ‘ake
care of large numbers of stock. Man
jvill visit pasture and salt stock twice
feaeh week.
C. P. VAUGHAN Sr.
make readjustments of the occupa
tion tax.
The bonds of H. E. Hawthorne as
treasurer and Jas. F. Morgan as
marshal were approved:
W. M. Magness was re-elected
night marshal an W. M. Sammons
was re-elected cometery sexton.
The election of a street commis
sioner was postponed until the next
meeting of the council.
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THE FAVORITE PLANTER
Of BIGCOTTON GROWERS
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Is the one shown here. Men who have made the
economical production of the South’s great staple
the study of their lives, know it pays to use the
best planters their money can buy. That’s why
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outsells every other corn
and cotton planter made.
It plants accurately and
keeps on doing it year
after year.
It is equally efficient for
com or cotton. For plant
ing peanuts, or when you
want to plant two kinds of
seed in the same row, or
alternate rows, we fur
nish the famous . Avery
Duplex Hopper—the most
v a lu a ble improvement
made in planters in many
years.
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Shall we save one of these planters for you?
C. W. MAXFIELD
Batesville, Arkansas