The Newark Journal
PU HUSH ED EVEI1\* FRIDAY
O. F. Craig. Editor
Entered at the post office at Newark, j
Arkansas, as second class mail matter i
If a man is afraid to say it him
self he usually drops around and
asks the newspaper to say it.
Aunt Hetty Green, aged 78, re
puted to be the richest woman in
the world, recently joined the
church. Is this an exemplification
of “while the lamp holds out to
burn,” or merely a case of “better
late than never?”
Death’s annual harvest from the
excessive heat is being reported
from nearly all sections of the
country. Arkansas is peculiarly
fortunate in this respect, and there
are very few deaths from excessive
heat in Arkansas.
Statistics show that during the
year 1911, new churches were;
established in the United States at
the rate of eight each day, and i
that saloons went out of business I
at the rate of thirty a day. This
is pretty fair progress.
A carload of Arkansas’ famous
Elberta peaches went north on the
Iron Mountain’s fast train No. 4
Monday consigned to a firm in
London, England. We cannot
“bring the world to Arkansas,”
but we can feed the world on
Arkansas products.
Keep an eye on some of the
choice products of your garden,'
farm or orchard, and send them i
to the State Fair this fall. Even if
you do not win a prize it will help
to make better and larger exhibits
for the fair and will be a good ad
vertisment for Independence coun
ty. __
The report has gone out that if
the state-wide prohibition bill is
defeated in the September election
the local option laws become hull
and void. If the state-wide bill is
defeated it will not affect any of
the local option law's. As a matter
of fact every county will vote on
both local option and state-wide.
There are now only nine wet
counties in the state, and the peo
ple wrho favor moral progress hope
to make a clean sweep of the state
this time and put Arkansas in the
dry column.
The winner in the Boys Corn
Club Contest in Arkansas this year
will receive prizes aggregating
$465 in cash in addition to a $300
scholarship in a reputable agricul
tural college, a free trip to Wash
ington and the National Corn Ex
position at Columbia, S. C., and a
free trip to the Arkansas State
Fair at Hot Springs. It is quite an
honor to win the first prize, or
any other prize, in this great con
test, and, in addition to this, the
winner has learned a lesson in
practical farming, the value of
W'hich cannot be estimated.
COUNTRY SCHOOLS ARE
REVERSING THE ORDER
—
Conditions Demand That We Quit
Educating Boys and Girls
Away From the Farm
An educational revolution is un
der way in the rural schools of
the United States. The country
life uplift forward movement has!
focused attention on the country
schools and made their multitu
dinous defects glaringly evident. |
As a result, the rural school of to
morrow will be a very different in
stitution from the rural school of
today. In the past, the tendency
of rural schools has been to educate
boys and girls away from the farm.!
The new kind of school is going to
educate them for the farm and '
teach them how to make life in !
the country the fullest, freest, hap-1
piest life which it is possible for a
man or woman to live.
Already the new movement has
taken tangible shape. Over 600
consolidated rural schools have
been established, while agricultur
al high schools are coming into ex-1
istence all over the country and
the normal schools in which rural
teachers receive their training are 1
devoting special attention to the
development of agricultural
courses.
I ne nine rea scnooi nouse may
be a pleasant memory, but it has
served its purpose. The average
pay of the teachers in these schools
of which there are yet some 30,000
is under $300 a year. In many in
stances the teachers are mere slips
of girls who have no heart in their
work and little aptitude for it. To
them, city life represents all that
is desirable and their pupils natur
ally acquire the same point of
view.
The fault lies not with the
teachers, but with the system.
They are hired to teach the three
r’s in the good, old-fashioned way.
That accomplished, their know
ledge is exhausted.
In districts where the old type of
school exists many bright boys and
girls leave school at an early age
because they have no incentive to
continue their studies. Parental en
couragement is lacking. Some
farmers place so little value on ed
ucation that they keep their child
ren away from school much of the !
time, so that they may work in the
fields. In many communities school
rooms are often almost vacated at
harvest time, even tots of eight be
ing kept away to work. If the
child does hunger and thirst after
knowledge he goes away to a town
high school, where he is weaned
completely from the farm.
The rural school of tomorrow j
will be something quite different; |
the change will be startling. De
spite the opposition of ultra-con
servative farmers, and close fisted
ones who scent a possible increase
in taxes, the new movement has
progressed far enough to show its
wonderful possibilities.
The greatest problem is the
teachers. The teachers of the
country schools of tomorrow must
be country life enthusiasts. They
must know how to make the life
The Hot Springs
Or ARKANSAS
More than a mountain resort; more than a fashionable
playground—these wonderful springs, with their mys
terious health-giving waters, have become famous as
Nature's Greatest Sanitarium
The waters of the Hot Springs of Arkansas are the
greatest waters known to mankind. There is no sub
stitute for the Hot Springs baths. Their marvelous
cures cannot be exaggerated. No one can afford to
deprive himself of the quiet rest, the exhilarating joy
and the wonderful toning up that comes from a course
of these baths, coupled with the rehabilitating influ
ence of the mountain ozone and beautiful landscapes
BEST REACHED VIA THE
IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE
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af the farm interesting and pleas- j
ant. They must insist upon well-!
kept school buildings, cheerful de-!
corations, flowers, up-to-date
books. They must know the val
ue of environment.
In order to secure the right kind
of teachers, fair salaries must be !
paid. In some progressive commu
nities this has been made possible
by uniting a number of single
room schools into a consolidated j
school. The consolidated school'
is the crowning achievement, so |
far of this movement for better j
rural education. It gives country
children practically all the advant
ages of city schools, for the classes
are graded and the equipment is
strictly modern and adequate.
A girl who had taught in a city
school was hired to teach in a
country school. She spent weeks
in reading upon agricultural sub-!
jects, only to find that they were!
not included in the curriculum.'
lust the same she went to teach-:
ing them only to discover, as many ’
others have, that city-trained boys
and girls often know more about
botany and kindred subjects than
those who live in constant associa-!
tion with plants and flowers, Un- !
der her direction the boys made a j
careful and scientific study of corn. [
They tested seed and planted plots
of their own. When fall came they
went the fair and took the prizes
away from their own fathers. Re-j
spect for that girl grew and when
another school tried to get her.
away, her salary was raised, and i
she remained.
It would be impossible to esti
mate the value of this movement j
for better schools, not only to the J
young people, but to their parents;
as well. It has vitalized all the
school work and bridged over the
gulf between home life and school ■
life. It has caused the fathers to
study scientific farming, for their
boys have grown better crops than
they produce. It has brought par
ents and children together by cre
ating bonds of mutal interest. It
has kept boys and girls on the
farm. And this is the mission of the j
rural school of tomorrow.—Farm
and Ranch. 1
LODGE MEETINGS
Newark Eastern Star Lodjee meets
on the first Thursday in each month
at 3 o’clock p. rn. Visiting- members
cordially welcome.
Mrs. J. 1. Sturdivant, Worthy Matron
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO TM
CONSTITUTION OF THE ITAT1
OF ARKANSAS.
Notice la hereby given that the fel
low. ng Joint resolution proposing an
Amendment to tho State Constitution,
was passed by the General Assembly at
Its regular session of 1811, and that
the same will be submitted to the
electors of the State at the next
general election, to be held Monday.
September 9. 1912, for adoption or re
jection.
Proposed Amendment No. 11.
That the following article shall be
proposed as an amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas,
which, when agreed to by a majority of
all the members elected to each House
and adopted by a majority of the elec
tors of the btiito vutlng at the next
general election for senators and rep
resentatives, shall become a part of the
Constitution of Arkansas.
’livery mule citizen of the United
States, or every male person who hus
declared his intention of becoming a
citizen of the same, of the age of
twenty-one years or upward, who has
resided in tho State twelve months. In
the county six months, and in the pre
cinct. town or ward one month next
preceding any election at which he may
propose to vote, and who is able to read
and Interpret, or interpret when read
to him, If he Is prevented from read
ing the same by reason of any physi
cal disability, any section of the Consti
tution of the State of Arkansas, except
such persons as may, for the commls
shin of some felony, t>« deprived of the
right to vote by law passed by the Gen
eral Assembly, and who shall exhibit a
poll tax recoipt or other evidence that
lie has paid his poll tax at the time of
collecting taxes next preceding such
election, shall be allowed to vote at any
election held In the State of Arkansas
but no person who was, on .January 1,
IS',6, or at any time prior thereto, en
titled to vote under the Constitution or
statutes of any State in the United
States, wherein he then resided, and no
male person of foreign birth who was
naturalized prior to the adoption of
this amendment, and no lineal descend
ant of such person, who shall possess
the other qualifications described In this
article, shall be denied the right to
vote because of his inability to so read
and Interpret sections of the Constl
tution of this State; provided, that male
persons who make satisfactory proof
that they have attained the age of
twenty-one years since the time
for assessing the taxes for the
year next preceding the year In
which the election at which he
may propose to vote Is held, and pos
sesses the other qualification* required
by this article shall tie permitted to
vote; and, provided, further, that the
•all tax receipt shall be so marked by
dated stamp or other written endorse
merit by the Judges of election to whom
It may first be presented, as to pre
vent the holder thereof from voting
more than once at any election
The Judges of election shall enforce
the provisions of this article and shall
be the Judges of the qualification* of
electors."
The above resolution was filed In the
office of the .Secretary of State on
March 16. 1911
i ach elector may vote for a, against
the .-.hove amendment.
Witness mv qffirUl signature this
llth day ol February, 1912
KAIlhH \V. HODGES.
Secretary of State.
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WRITE TODAY
AND ORDER THE
PIANO OR ORGAN
NO EXPERT JUDGMENT NECESSARY TO BUY FROM US
Every instrument sold by us is guaranteed to
be the best at any price obtainable: whether
vou want a new piano for $140 or $>'>00, or a
organ for $25 or $75, send us your order and we
will give you the best possible for your mono.
GOODS SHIPPED ON APPROVAL
We will gladly ship you any instrument desired
—letting you be judge and jury on arrival and
examinetion of the instrument. 11 it is not en
tirely satisfactory, return it at our expense.
TERMS OF PAYMENT
Can be arranged to your liking. We offer an ex
tremely liberal flexible payment plan, making
the buying of an instrument easy and pleasant.
HOLLENBERG MUSIC CO
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You don’t buy a wagon often,
and when you buy you want
one that will give you full val
ue for the money you invest.
The Birdsell Wagons
are the best made. They are
made for hard service and are
worth the money. Come and
look them over and get prices.
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FRESH MEATS AND ICE
Chops, Bran and Oats
Highest Market Price Paid for All Kind
of Country Produce
ADAMS BROS.
Cotton aod Corn Buyers
And Dealers in General Merchandise.
To the Farmers -We want your produce, and will pay
)ou the highest market price in cash op trade.
t Newark,
Arkansas
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