The Newark Journal.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, June 7, 1917
Vol. 17, No. 10
2030 ARE SUBJECT10
U.S. ARMY IN COUNTY
No Attempts Made to Evade Regis
tration and All Men Eligible
Respond Promptly
Citizens of Big Bottom township
subject to the provisions of the new
army draft law, turned out to a man
and registered last Tuesday, a total
of 179 registering in this township.
T. H. Dearing and G. O. Magness
who conducted the registration, state
that so far as they are able to as
certain, not a single man in the
township failed to register.
The total number who registered
in the county is 2,030, the number
registering in each township being
follows:
Ashley Township- 78
Barren_ 67
Black River _ 97
Big Bottom -177
Christian - 51
Craig _ 10
Cushman _ 80
Dota _ 81
Fairview _ 58
Gainsboro _ 86
Greenbriar _ 117
Hill _ 26
Jefferson _ 49
Logan _ 30
Liberty _ 46
Magness _ 75
Oil Trough _ 79
Ruddell _399
Relief _ 24
Rosie _ 67
Union _ 73
Washington _ 86
White _ 46
Wycough _ 30
It is thought practically every citi
zen in the county subject to war
duty has registered, as there have
been no reports received from any
townships of anyone attempting to
evade registration.
Report from over the State indi
cate that the number of men of mili
tary age registering Tuesday will ex
ceed advance estimates.
In some few sections reports come
that a few negroes failed to regis
ter, aijjl it is probable that a white
man here and there failed to comply
with the law', but there was no or
ganized opposition.
The only exceptions reported came
from Newton and Madison counties,
and in these cases the outbreaks were
, sporadic and of no apparetn conse
i quence. It was reported that five
young men in Newton county haa
planed to evade registering and that
one in Madison county was gulity of
alleged sedition.
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A COLUMN OF TYPE
3,500 FEET HIGH
For the past few weeks we have
been compelled to neglect the news
features of The Journal to some ex
tent because of the heavy demands
made upon the office force in the
printing of the journals of the House
and Senate of the recent session of
the legislature.
There are perhaps very few of
our readers who realize what a big
job this is for a small office having
ony one linotype machine.
The amount of typesetting that
must be done in order to complete
the job is equal to about 1,900 col
umns of type the full length of the
Journal, which if placed in one col
umn, would make a column exceeding
3,500 feet in length.
This involve.- an enormous amount
of labor, and means that the office
force must be kept hustling almost
day and night in order to handle this
big iob and keen the oaoer going.
But we are making good progress
on the job and it will be completed
in a few more weeks and then we
will be able to devote more time
and attention to the paper.
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GOOD HOME FOR SALE
Five room frame house and 30
acres of land, 1 mile north of public
school building in Newark, 15 acres
cleared. Will produce fine straw
berries, fruit and vegetables. Price
$1200. One-half cash and balance
easy payments or will take first half
in stock or real estate at the rgiht
price. This a bargain and will make
a fine home.
T. J. RANEY,
Newark, Ark.
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WANT TO BUY 300
CORDS OF 1 FT WOOD
We want to buy 300 cords of 4
foot oak wood and will pay $2.25 per
cord for same delivered on the gin
yard in Newark. Will buy in any
quantities, from one cord to 100 cords.
NEWARK GIN CO.
pjjfir i'lTT1 f T If
The man with money whofputs it
safe in the Bank can some day buy
that home. Be a man with money
Don’t build “Castles in the air.” It isn’t
fair to the girl. Get right down to “brass
tacks” and BANK YOUR MONEY.
Then when you find a bargain in a
home, you can buy it.
Money in the bank makes a happier
home. Ask any married man.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Put YOUR money in OUR bank.
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
Sweet Potatoes Make
Valuable Food Crop
If the war continues for another
year the production of human food
crops will be a serious problem not
only in the South but throughout the
world. The Northwest has annually
been supplying the South with hun
dreds of millions of dollars worth of
food necessities to feed the peple of
the South. The enormous quantities
of food that the United States have
been shipping to Europe must con
tinue, and hardships are inevitably
coming if the war continues six
months longer. There is no crop
grown in the South that will furnish
as much food value per acre or so
cheaply as the sweet potato. A
dollar’s worth of sweet potatoes as
human food has practically double
the food value of a dollars worth of
wheat or corn. An acre of average
land in sweet potatoes will produce
more food than two acres of corn
and more than four acres of wheat.
Sweet potatoes may be planted as
late as July and yield twice as much
human food asj corn on land of aver
age fertility. It is the most import
ant crop that the South can now
grow and there remains all of June
and a part of July in which this crop
may be planted.
The sweet potato has a higher
food value than the Irish potato, and
it is now too late to plant the lat
ter with any assurance of success,
and there is practically no seed avail
An Acre of land that wlil produce
15 or, 20 bushels of corn, will pro
duce 50, and may produce 80 or 100
bushels of sweet potatoes depending
upon the gdod preparation and good
fertilizers. No corp will yield so
much per acre of so high a food
value on so poor land as will this
highly nutritious crop.
Every family should grow some
sweet potatotes.
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NOTICE TO TEACHERS
The Independence County Teachers
Institute will be held in Batesville
during the week beginning June 18,
All teachers are required by law to
attend.
Miss Latkin, a primary specialist
has been secured to help with the
work during the week. Her work
will prove very helpful to teachers of
the lower grades.
Special attention will be given to
agriculture, both in the production
and in the conservation of food.
Teachers must be prepared to serve
in the present crisis. The govern
ment agents will be with us to assist
in the work.
A copy of the manual may be had
upon request. Teachers are asked to
give this study, to mark topics they
may wish discussed, and to bring
the manual to the institute.
To meet the expenses of the In
stitute an enrollment fee of fifty
cents will be asked.
The regular quarterly examination
will be held on Thursday and Friday,
June 21 and 22.
SIDNEY PICKENS,
County Examiner.
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LITTLE It. C. Me DON I EL
The death angel visited the home
of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. McDoniel and
claimed for its victim, their precious
darling, S. C. lie was 22 months old
and was the sunshine of the home.
Weep not dear father and mother
for little S. C. is only sleeping and
some day we will meet our little dar
ling where we will never have to say
good by any more..
“A precious one from us is gone,
A voice we loved is still,
A place is vacant in our home
That never can be filled.”
AUNT CORA.
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WORTH THE RISK
For three successive nights the
new and proud father had walked the
floor with the baby. On the fourth
night he became desperate, and on
arriving home from the office un
wrapt a bottle of soothing syrup.
“Oh, James," elxcaimed his wife,
when she saw the label, “whar did
you buy that for? Don’t you kn r.v
that it is very dangerous to gn
child anything like that?”
“Don’t worry,” was the husband’s
| tired reply; “I'm going to take it
myslef!”
Independence County
Boy Serves Uncle Sam
Mr.Editor—Allow me a little space
in the paper. I take the Journal and
enjoy reading the many lines of good
lines from that country which is my
home. I have been here almost a year
and like Virginia fine but there is no
place like old Arkansas.
As June 5 is registration day there
is likely to be several of the boys
have to leave home to be called to
the colors later and maybe see service
in France. The army is not a bad
place, but there will likely be some
read hardships to bear during the
war. But as we have always, and al
ways will, stand by our President, let
us get together and stand up for our
rights and make Germany hard to
catch.
I am very proud of my service in
the army. If they call for me I am
ready and willing to go and hope the
rest of the boys from home and else
where feel the same way. Dopjt fail
to register boys, the country needs
you.
Well, Mr. Editor, if this happens
to miss the wastebasket I will try to
do better next time.
Please change my adress from Gth
Co., to C. A. S. D.
BEN MAYHUE,
C. A. S. D. Ft. Monroe. Virginia.
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PAROQUET ITEMS
'Paroqet, June 6.—Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Gregory, spent Friday and Saturday
at Newark visiting friends and rel
atives.
Quite a crowd from here atended
the show at Newark Friday an5
Saturday night.
Roy Freeman, Dewey East and
Beach Alen went to Newport Friday
and enlisted in the Navy.
Mrs. T. W. Stubblefield and dau
ghter Miss Kirk Walker, and Miss
Mollie Altom spent Saturday at
Magness visiting relatives.
Mrs. Ohas. Dry spent Saturday
and Sunday at Magness visiting rel
atives.
W. A. Shanks made a business trip
to Newark Saturday.
Miss Cora Linebough spent Mon
day at Batesville.
C. A. Walls spent Sunday at Mag
ness.
Willie Searcy went to Newpon
Friday to enlist.
Oscar Lineboguh spent Wednesday
at Batesville.
Quite a lot of the boys went to
Newport Tuesday to register.
Paroquet is still improving. \
ticket office is now up and tickets on
sale to any point you want to go.
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HAS DRUM AND BUGLE
THAT ARE 81 YEARS OLD
WT. A. Studdar a farmer liivng
north of Mountain Home has an old
snare drum that was made in 1835.
It went through the civil war and
numerous Indian battles. He was a
bugler during the war and also has
his old bugle. While he is past 70,
he can still blow the bugle calls as
clearly as he could when he was in
the army. He says that there is not
a day passes but that he gives the
old horn a few toots every morn
ing before breakfast. No one would
have weak lungs, he saysj, if they
would practice a little on the bugle
tin.
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BEING HELD ON
' TREASON CHARGE
Newport, June 6.—B. V. McGuire,
aged 26, was placed in jail here to
day to await the action of the Fed- J
eral grand pury on a charge of treas
on. He was arrested at Swifton yes
terday and is alleged to have uttered
slanderous remarks against Presi
dent Wilson and the United States
government during the progress of
registration.
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SOUTHERN TROOPS
TO FRENCH FRONT
Gen. Leonard Wood, commander of
the Southeastern department of the
United States army, in an address at
Birmingham, Ala., Tuesday predict
ed that southern soldiers would be
among the first troops to be sent to
Europe.
“Very likely we will have to send a
million men, or two million men,
across the sea,” Gen. Wood said,“and
perhaps leave many thousands of
them there, so the thins for us to do
in America is to make munitions,
raise big crops and train our men
well. 1 expect that our southern men
will be among the first to go.”
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SAVE EARLY POTATOES;
PLANT A FALL CROP
Save the early crop of Irish pota
toes and grow a fall crop or Arkan
sas will face a serious shortage and
prohibitive prices. The experience of
the best farmers in the state tends
to prove that the spring crop can be
saved and that a very good stand can
be secured for a fall crop by the
proper preparation of the seedbed, by
the proper care of potatoes to be
used, and by using only mature po
tatoes for seed. Do not forget with
the present high price of potatoes
the shortage of acreage on account
of the cost of seed and the great de
mand that will probably increase
rather than diminsh. Every farmer
should provide for his own use and
be certain to have his own seed next
spring.
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CHARLOTTE ITEMS
Charlotte, June 6.—J. A. Wright
went to Batesville on business Fri
G. J. Lindsey spent last week with
relatives at Floral.
J. C. McGill and Herbert Blair
spent Thursday at Batesville.
Miss Iioe Chisam of Salado was
the guest of Miss Ollie Purcelly
a few days last week.
There will be a children’s day ■
service at the Methodist church
next Sunday morning.
Miss \ ergia Weaver arrived home
last Thursday morning from Con
way where she has been attending
the State Normal.
Miss Vela Jernigan left last Fri
day for Conway where she wil take
a course in domestic science at the
State Normal.
Ralph McGil and sister, Miss Clara
arrived home from Batesvile last
week where they had been attending
Arkansas College.
G. W. Bradly died at his home n
few miles north of here last Wed
nesday night and was buried Thurs
day.
G. W. Purcely and daughter, Miss
Olhe spent Sunday with homefolks at
Me Hue. They were accompanied by
Misses Jimmie Churchill and Ella
Fallis.
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CHANCE TO SECURE
SECOND MAIL ROUTE
Present Route to be (’hanged June
lt>, .Making Opportunity For Se
curing Another Route
Postmaster O. F. Craig has been
notified by the postoffice department
it Washington that Rural Route No.
L will be changed, effective June 16,
so as to avoid having to ford Dota
■reek at the old Galloway place. The
route will leave the present route
near the residence of R. T. Magness
n Logan township and wil go west
•rossing Dota creek over the steel
midge and following that road into
;own instead of the road by the Gal
oway farm.
The change will cut off about six
'amilies that are now served by the
iresent route but will add about
.welve new ones.
It has been suggested that another
'oute can be secured out of Newark
rovering this part of the old route,
hence into Paroquet and back into
own by the White school house.
3uch a route would serve a large
lumber of families and can be secur
'(1 if t hP npnlilrk urlll nut tlin mo /I o in
iroper condition and ask the estab
ishment of the route. The postmaster
las already taken the matter up with
Congressman Oldfield and Mr. Old
ield has promised to help secure the
route if the people want ti.
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CHANCERY COURT GRANTS
SEVERAL DIVORCE DECREES
Chancery court has been in session
it Batesville this week, and a num
ber of cases of minor importance
have been disposed of.
The following divorces were grant
ed by the court.
Grace Langford vs. Will Langford. \
Pheoba King vs. Tom King.
Nellie Seward vs. Jesse Seward.
Willie Mayfield vs. Luther May
field.
Maggie Barnes vs. Roy Barnes.
Lula Snellgrove vs. Thos. Snell
?rove.
Hester Gowans vs. Dave Gowans.
Fredie Dardene vs. L. B. Dardene.
Chas. A. Pence vs. Lena Pence.
Clara Hance vs. C. C. Hance.
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BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS