Christmas Dumber
Newark
$1.50 PER ANNUM
NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1919
VOL. 19 NO. 36
BUY RED CROSS
CHRISTMAS SEALS
A WORTHY CAUSETHAT SHOULD
BE REMEMBERED IN YOUR
CHRISTMAS BUYING
In the midst of drives for various
purposes, the remark is frequently
heard that the people are becoming
weary of being asked for money.
However, there is one campaign now
in progress, which should make a di
rect appeal to every man, woman and
child of the entire country. There
is nothing more highly prized than
good health and there is no disease
more distinctive than tuberculosis.
It is an amazing fate that one-third
of all deaths between 18 and 45 are
due to consumption, one death out of
seven in rural communities and one
in nine in cities where better sani
tary conditions prevail.
It is estimated that there were 27,
000 cases and 3,000 deaths in Arkan
sas last year. There were 326 lives
for the entire state in the world war.
To provide means for combating
this awful disease, the Arkansas
Public Health Association has under
taken to raise a fund of $150,000 in
Arkansas through the sale of Christ
mas Seals. A state convention was
recently held in Little Rock, county
chairmen appointed, and a system
atic campaign inaugurated to be held
December 1st to 10th. Strong teams
of representative men have been se- j
cured throughout the state to solicit j
funds.
‘•Tuberculosis is spread through
ignorance and neglecf'said Miss Earle
Chambers, who is conducting the
campaign. “The \Vhite Plague pro
duces an enormous economic loss in
Arkansas that can be readily pre
vented by proper sanitation, educa
tion and preventative measures. In
In the state last year it is estimated
that there were 3000 deaths out of
27,000 active cases. Calculating the
daily wage at the very low figure of
$3 per day, this means a daily wage
loss of $81,000 or an annual loss of
$43,272,000.
“Funds to be raised for the tuber
culosis movement, will be spent, first
of all in a state-wide educational
campaign, directed and carried on by
experts. There are our trained health
officers and agencies safeguarding
the lives of our children. The Modem
Health Crusade, which is the project .
of the National Tuberculosis Asso
ciation, will constitute one of the first ‘
claims on the tuberculosis funds.
Other agencies have assited with this
work, but when we have to wait until
the funds are raised outside of our
own organization, teachers and pupils
lose interest and our oppotrunity is
lost.
“Lectures, moving-pictures and the
press al will be used in this educa
tional work.”
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Paroquet, Dec. 10.—We are having
lots of rain and cold weather through
this section.
Ben James made a business trip to
Newport Friday.
Mrs. C. C. Whisnant and daughter,
Geneva, spent Friday at Newport
shopping.
Etta Yaney spent Friday morning
at Newark shopping.
W. K. Hunter made a business trip
to Newark Friday.
Bom.—To Mr. and Mrs. Logan
Hancock on the 6th, a fine boy.
Walker Barnett of Tuckerman is
spending a few days here visiting
relatives and friends.
' J. P. Williams made a business
trip to Newark Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Johnson spent
Sunday and Monday at Newark vis
iting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jones spent Sun
day at Kearney visiting relatives.
Joe Freeze of Newark was a busi
ness visitor here Monday.
Sterling Johnson of Logan Town
ship is Is loading a car of com here
today.
Little Tom Selvidge who has been
seriously il with pneumonia is im
proving nicely.
John Parks made a business trip to
Newport Monday.
Uncle Billie Long spent Monday
and Tuesday at Newport visiting
friends.
Will Hodge made a business trip to
Newport Monday.
John Smith made a business trip
to New’port Monday.
Ed Rousel is seriously sick with
Pneumonia
J. A. Headrick of Almond, spent
Monday night and Tuesday here and
in W’yoeugh township with relatives.
B. R. Clark made a business trip
to Newport Tuesday.
Gus Yaney spent Saturday night
and Sunday in Wycough and Logan
township visiting friends and relativ
es.
Frank Clemons spent Monday night
at Newport visiting relatives.
Talmadge Allen of Newport spent
Sunday here with friendc.
School is progressing nicely. Sev
eral are out on account of the rains
and bad roads.
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BATESVILLE. ARKANSAS
The American
Legion and U.
S. Politics
By Samuel W. McCall, Former Gov
ernor of Massachusetts
IN the political campaign which
has just ended, the members of
the American Legion do not ap
pear to have shown any undue
haste to utilize their military sq^vice
as a political asset and get themselv
es elected to public office. It wras
inevitable that from so large a num- 1
ber of men here and there should be
drafted by the locality in which he
lived. Col. Roosevelt, for instance,
was urged to accept a nomination to
the assembly in New York and was
elected. The few speeches he has just
made upon public questions justify
the hope that he will prove successful
in his new career.
In Massachusetts it was believed by
the Republican manager that the sol
dier element should be represented on
the state ticket and accordingly an
excellent soldier and man of business
was made a candidate in the primar
ies for a state office, but he was beat
en largely because his victorious an
tagonist had a more advantgeous
place upon the ballot. Another very
good soldier was nominated for lieu
tenant governor by the Democrats,
but he went down to defeat at the
polls along W’ith the rest of his tick
et in the landslide against his party.
In looking over the field it can fairly
be said that the members of the leg
ion avoided the appearance of rushing
from the field of battle to the politi
cal caucus and of seeking to convert
into office the people’s gratitude for
their patriotic serviee.
A good beginning has been made by
the legion in carrying out its avowed
purpose to keep it out of politics.
But w’hile as an organization it
should not enter politics, it is em
phatically the duty of its members in
their individual capacity to do other
wise. Not to do this would be in vio
lation of the principles of the order
and of the duty of the members as
citizens.
It is inevitable that the three mil
lions and more of men who served
their country in the great .war will
have an important, if not a controling I
influence upon the government of the
country during the next generation.
These men are soldiers in peace as
much as they were soldiers in war.
Their service has tested and proved
their patriotism and developed a ser
iousness and public mindedness which
are such essential qualities of good
citizenship.
If each man carries into his own
party the determination to make it
stand for the best things, both of
the great parties of the country will
be put upon higher levels and they
vill become more and more likely to
choose members of the legion to rep
resent them, not merely because of
their real fitness for office but on ac
count of their political availability.
When the Grand Army was organ- j
ized after the war for the Union, it i
was natural that the large majority
of its members should become attach
ed to the party which had conducted
the government during the war and
thus its members generally were
found in the Republican ranks. On
the other hand, it was even more
natural that the Confederate soldiers
should attach themselves to the only
party in their own section, and they
became members of the Democratic
party. But there was no sectional
line dividing our armies in Europe,
and no alignment which would oper
ate to put the men of the American
Legion into one party or the other.
This is much better than that thos'*
in one patr of the union snould belong
to one party and those in another
part should belong to the opposing
party. Such a division would only
accentuate and sterngthen sectional
ism. The Grand Army was a very j
potent force in the government of the
country during the generation atfer
the Civil War. It was made up of a
fine type of men, who were fitted for
the responsibilities of politics by their
heroic service. No country ever had
better ctizens. The Republican party
chose its candidates very regularly
from the ranks of the former sol
diers. Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Har
rison and McKinley were the four
victorious contestants for the presi
dency, and the only candidate who
was not elected was Mr. Blaine, who
had not seen service in the war. On
the other hand, the Democratic party
had two conspicuous soldiers as can
didates for the presidency, McClellan
and Hancock.
The era following the civil war was
one of astonishing industrial develop
ment. A vast mileage of railroads
was built, new manufacturing estab
lishments were constantly appearing,
great areas were opened up to agri
culture, and, making allowance for
the new questions that arose and for
the inevitable abuse# that would
creep in before those questions were
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CALLS LEGISLATORS
FOR FOURTH SESSION
COURT N U LI FI ES WORK OF LAST
SESSION VXD GOVERNOR
CALLS SOLONS AGAIN
The Akansas Supreme Court in
decision handed down last Monday,
i ullified the entire w'ork of the last
special session of the legislature.
There were 282 laws enacted by
the last special session af the legis
lature and they are all rendered null
and void by the decision of the Su
preme Court.
Governor Brough has issued a proc
lamation calling another special ses
sion of the legislature to convene at
Little Rock on Monday, January 20,
1920.
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RETURN FROM CAMP HUNT
Dr. A. A. Evans, H. A. Gire, D. P
YVhisnant and son, Dave, and Albert
Nichols returned Monday from a
week’s camp hunt in the St. Francis
bottoms ' in Cross county. They
found plenty of game and had an
enjoyable trip except for the rainy
weather which prevalied most of the
time. They had splendid luck, hav
ing killed three deers. H. A. Gire
proved the champion hunter of the
party, killing all three of the deers.
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SECTION MAN KILLED
Black Rock, Dec. 9.—Chas. Dodson,
a section hand of the Frisco Rail
way, was killed one mile north of
Black Rock by an extra freight train
today. He was on a handcar with
the section crew coming south anti
was met in Cedar Cut by the train.
In trying to remove the car he was
struck and instantly killed.
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STRAYED.—From C. P. Vaughan’s
pasture below Paroquet, one sorrell
filley colt, with blaze face, coming
two years old. Will pay $5 reward
for information leading to the recov
ery of same. Ollie Sanders, Newark,
Ark.
Say! Do your rubber boots leak?
Take ’em to Pridmore Bros. Store,
where they patch ’em and guarantee
them to stay patched.
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Statement of the Condition of
Citizens Bank and Trust Co
BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS
At close of business November 17, 1919
Loans and Discounts_$361,664.93
U. S. Bonds Sertificates, etc. 72,493.89
Other Bonds and Securities 23,059.54
Stock in Federal Res. Bank- 1,900.00
Furniture and Fixtures_ 800.00
Cash and Exchange_ 137,647.54
TOTAL__ _$597,565.00
Capital _$ 50,000.00
Surplus and Profits_ 22,321.98
Reserved for Taxes_ 350.00
Re - Discounts_ 19,500.00
Bills Payable_ 30,000.00
Deposits _ 475,393.02
TOTAL_$597,565.00
The above Statement is Correct.
H. M. KENNERLY, CASHIER.
This shows our steady growth
DEPOSITS
November 17, 1916_$173,306.42
November 17, 1917 _ 231,306.42
November 17, 1918_310,510.42
November 17, 1919_ 475,393.02
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