The Newark Journal.
A Man May Lose a Dollar or He May Lose a Millon, But None Has Lost so Much as the Man Who Loses His Courage
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, September 9, 1915
Vo!. 15, No. 23
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
GET $1,384,861
STATE APPORTIONMENT IS
LARGEST IN HISORY
Independence County Schools
Get $18,609.36 From State
Apportionment, . Which n
The Arkansas State Board
of Education met in the office
of State Superintendent Geo.
B. Cook at Little Rock last
Monday and apportioned the
common school fund.
The total sum apportioned
was $1,384,861.29, amounting
to $2.12 for each person of
school age in the state.
The money will be available
for the school directors of the
various counties immediately.
Upon filing of certificates
showing the correct apportion
ment with the State Auditor
county treasurers can call on
the State for their respective
county’s share of the fund.The
money is then sent to the coun
ty treasuries and paid out on
warrants issued by the school
officals.
The scholastic population of
the state is 649,689 and it was
upon this number that the ap
portionment was made.
Newark Gets $998.52
The scholastic population of j
tho Newark special district is
'171 and this district's share of
tho state’s apportionment
amounts to $998.52.
Pulaski’s Share Largest.
Pulaski County got the larg
est apportionment from the
school fund, drawing $7G,
311.52. The county’s school
age population is 35,996.
Jefferson County got the
second largest apportionment
with Sebastain County third.
Jefferson County s apportion
ment was $49,552.88, while Se
bastain County was apportion
ed $41,437.52. Stone County
got the smallest apportionment
its share being $7,852.48. The
school age population of Stone
County is 3,704.
The following table shows
the scholastic population and
the amount received by a num
ber of the surrounding coun
ties.
County Pop. Amt.
Cleburne_5,328 $11,104.56
Craighead—12,080__25,609.60
Fulton_4,482__ 9,501.84
Independences,778—18,609.36
lizard _5,314 — 11,265.68
Jackson_8,801 — 18,658.12
! Lawrence —7,704—18,332.48
I Randolph —6,954 — 14,742.48
'Sharp_4,684— 9,930.08
Stone _3,704— 7,852.48
White _12,662—26,843.44
! Woodruff —8,007—16,974.84
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461,538 Bales Ginned
Up to September 1st
The government cotton re
port issued at Washington yes
terday shows a total of 461,
537 hales of this year’s crop
ginned up to September 1. Of
this number, 320 bales had
been ginned in Arkansas, as
against 521 to the same date
last year.
REVIVAL MEETING AT
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Rev. Bynum Black who has
been engaged in a successful
revival at Batesville, arrived
Tuesday morning and is con
ducting a revival meeting at
the Christian church here. Rev.
Black is an able and forceful
preacher and is deliveringsome
fine sermons. The meeting will
probably continue for several
days.
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LET CONTRACT FOR
NEW STEEL BRIDGE
Judge T. M. Waldrip has]
awarded the contract to W. C.
Mcachem for the erection of
a steel bridge acros Departee
creek in Oil Trough.The bridge
will cost $975.
First National Bank
;
Newark, Ark.
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $6,500
C. M. EDWARDS, Pres.
G. M. FIELDS, V. Pres.
E. B. CHESSER, Cashier
Rather Than Wait
For A Large Amount
With Which
TO START A BANK ACCOUNT
<s ORGANIZED
UNDER AND
CONTROLLED by
LAW S
ENAC]»D
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START NOW!
For While You Wait
DOLLARS DISSIPATE
You Hardly Can Tell How
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BUY BANK MONEY ORDERS
When sending money to distant points. The orders are payable
anywhere and are ABSOLUTELY SAFE.
FOR EXAMPLE
Amounts up to $5.00, cost__ - 3 cents
Amounts of $5.00 to $30.00, cost_ <5 cents
Amounts of $30.00 to $75.00, cost_10 cents
Amounts of $75.00 to $100.00, cost.15 cents
Cut Out the Calamity Howl;
This Country is Not Ruined
Let’s cut out the calamity howl, straighten up our faces,
take a fresh grip on our courage, inject a little optimisim into
the situation and see if we don’t feel better.
True we have had the worst overflow in the history of
Independence county, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that
Independence county, or any partof it, isgoingto the bow-wows.
And remember this: The world has the supremest con
tempt for the poor deluded cuss, who issuch a gross imitation of a
man that he cannot play the game of life and take his losses
without whining like a sick puppy.
That sickly whine is catching. CUT IT OUT.
There is nothing in the world that is so destructive of real
manhood, or that w ill go so far toward transforming aman into
a mere wuiggling atom as self-pity.
Sympathy is one of the finest things a man can possess—
provided he uses it on the other fellow. But the very instant a
man begins to use it on himself he begins his own destruction.
Self-pity is a deadly poison and will kill the elements of real
manhood as surely as strychnine will kill the physical man.
No man ever lived who did not meet reverses, difficulties
and financial losses, and the man who thinks he can do so is a
fool.
And the same is true of counties, towns or communities.
And when these come it does no good to put on a long face
and a sickening whine.
CUT OUT THE CALAMITY HOWL!
Iii the first place there is no cause for it. And, even if there
were, it does no good.
INDEPENDENCE COUNTY IS GOING TO HARVEST A
GREATER. YIELD OF ALL KINDS OF CROPS THAN SHE
DID LAST YEAR.
EVEN RIG BOTTOM WILL MAKE MORE STUFF THAN
IT DID LAST YEAR.
This is not a mere guess, either. The editor of The Journal
has made a pretty close personal investigation of the crops
over a large portion of Rig Bottom. As a result we are thorough
ly convinced that there is more good cotton and corn in Big
Bottom then there was at this time last year. We say this, too,
fully aware of the fact that some farmers in Rig Bottom lost
everything.
And the fine alfalfa meadows that we all shed great gobs
of tears over a week or ten days ago, have refused to remain
dead, even with the help of our tears, and are now so green
and thrifty that it actually does your soul good to look at them.
Right after the big flood everybody thought the crops
in Rig Bottom were absolutely a total loss; which was only
natural. But any man who will make a close investigation will
find that conditions in Big Bottom are not near so bad as was
thought.
And here’s another thing to remember; The hill lands of
Independence County never produced such an enormous crop
as they have this year.
Had it not been for the overflow, Independence county
would have been rolling in wealth by the first of January
Three threshing machines operating in a territory within
a radius of ten miles of Newark have threshed more than 51,
000 bushels of wheat and oats this season. Here are the figures:
J. U. Martin 23,000 bushels; N. M. Wilson 13,377 bushels; and
Anderson & Selvidge 15,000 bushels.
The fellow who tells you that Independence county is
ruined is suffering from a bad case of the calamity colic.
Cut out the calamity howl. There’s no need for it, and it
is so rotten it stinks.
Pensioners Will Get
Only 62 Per Cent
Confederate pensioners will
receive 62 per cent of the
amounts granted them, accord
ing to a report lust given out
b> the : uite Per. v n Board •• t
i Little Rock.
The decrease was caused by
rge increase in the numbei
of pensions granted through
the changing of requirements
j by the last legislature. The
| legislature also Increased the
pension tax levy, but the in
crease will not be shown in the
pension fund until the 1915
taxes are collected. The fund
this year amounted to $634,
1554.30. There were 10,502 ap
plications this year and 9,500
last year. Warrants to pensioners
will be mailed out to the county
clerks about September 15.
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Remember the merchant
who edv' rtises. He has some
thing to advertise.
Like Free Rations
But Oh You Work
Newport, Sept. 6.—The city
authorities have taken over the
clean-up of the city, the state
militia being relieved Saturday
night.
The offer of $3 per day for
jteams and $1 per day for la
borers brought plenty of teams
to the city Monday morning,
[over 40 being engaged in haul
ing the refuse from the streets
-and alleys, but workmen at $1
per day were not to be found,
less than half a dozen respond
ing.
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RETURN FROM TRIP
TO PACIFIC COAST
Mr. and Mrs.J. I. Sturdivant,
.1. E. Henderson and Mrs. Mag
gie Tuggle arrived home Friday
from a delightful trip to Cali
fornia. Mrs. Sturdivant and
Mrs. Tuggle spent the summei
in California, Mrs. Sturdivant
[visiting her sons, C larles and
Claude Edwardsand her nieces:
Miss Ona Morgan and Mrs.
iWhorton Arnold; and Mrs.
i Tuggle visiting her daughter,
[Mrs. Claude Edwards. They
were joined a few weeks ago
at Los Angeles by Mr. Sturdi
vant and J. E. Henderson, the
|latter visiting his daughters,)
|Miss Clara and Mrs. II. L.'
Burnes, both of whom reside j
at Sawtelle. The party visited
many points of interest, spent
a few days at the Exposition at
San Francisco and stopped over
at many places of interest en
route.
The trip was a most delight
ful one but the entire party
| were glad to get home and al
though they are loud in their
| praises of California they are
greed that, all things consid
ered, there is no place equal to
Arkansas.
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Newark High School
Will Open Sept. 27
The Newark High School
will open Monday, September
27. This was decided upon at
a meeting of the school board
held last Monday night. The
board decided also to have an
eight months term.
All the teachers were elected
some time ago and the faculty
for the coming term will be as
follows:W. A. Isgrig, principal,
Mrs. W. A. Isgrig, Miss Pearl
Poe, J. L. Mayhan, Miss Minnie
Lynn Martin and Miss Pearl
Miller.
The music and voice depart
ment will be in charge of Miss
Carrie Belle Bond of Monticello.
Uncle Lou Robinson has been
elected janitor.
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EQUALIZATION BOARD
The County Equalization
Board, composed of W.W.Mag
ness of this place, W. J. Cald
well of Oil Trough and Geo.
L. Bevens of Batesville, met at
Batesville last Monday for the i
purpose of going over the
tax valuations of the county.
The tax books were not quite
.ready for them, however, and*
the board adjourned until Viext1
Monday.
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BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
CONVENES AT MAGNESS
| The Independence Mission
ary Baptist Association will!
convene at Magness tomorrow
(Friday) and be in session un
til Sunday. Rev. I). A. Allen of
Cushman is moderator and
Rev. G. L. Fink of this place’
is clerk of the Association.
HANG MAN WHO
KILLED BREWER
DEATH NOOSE SLIPS AND
VICTIM LIVES HOUR
S. L. Johnson Who Slew Cave
City Young Man Pays Pen
alty on Gallows
Port Gibson, Miss., Sept. 6.—
S. L. Johnson, alias PeterErick
son, slayer of Elston Brewer of
Cave City, Ark., who was
hanged here this morning, liv
ed for an hour after the trap
was sprung at 11 o’clock by
Sheriff S. H. Bagnell. The
noose slipped and the knot
twisted from behind one of the
condemned man’s ears to a
point behind his head. John
son choked to death.
in ms ceil at tne county jhii
early this morning he told the
Rev. T. C. Summers that he
had made peace with his God
and was ready to die. He said
he regretted the life he had
led and the trouble he had
brought upon his parents.When
the time for execution arrived
Johnson mounted the scaffold
unaided and stood erect. He
refused to make a statement.
At 11 o’clock the trap was
sprung. Physicians pronounced
Johnsaon dead at 12 o’clock.
Johnson was convicted in
Warren County, Mississippi.
He was charged with killing
Brewer to obtain possession of
a houseboat on which the men
had traveled down the Mississ
ippi river. The evidence showed
that he put the body in a sack
weighted down with stones and
threw it into the river, and that
shortly after Brewer’s death
Johnson telegraphed Brewer’s
father for $50, signing Brew
er’s name to the message. Be
fore he received an answer the
body had been found floating
in the river and Johnson was
arrested, charged with the
crime.
On a change of venue John
son was again convicted ir. the
Warren County Court after
his conviction in the Claiborne
County Court had been revers
ed on the ground that incom
petent testimony had been ad
mitted. An appeal was made
to Governor Brewer after the
second conviction. He granted
a 30-day stay of execution, but
would not comute the sentence.
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REMEMBER!
The old reliable when you are go
ing to buy furnishing for the home
or farm. We have everything you
need and at the right price too.
Look over this list and see what
you want then come in and let us
figure with you:
FURNITURE, SEWING nACHINES,
BUCK STOVES, CARTS, BUGGIES,
SURRIES, WAGONS and AUTOS,
TENTS and AWNINGS, WAGON
and BUGGY HARNESS.
C. W. MAXFIELD CO.
Batesville, Ark.
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