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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, October 14, 1915
Vol 15, No. 28
JACKSON COUNTY FAIR
BEGINS AT NEWPORT
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20
Many Entries Now Booked and
Manager H. C. Sanders Says
Fair Will be Most Successful
Ever Held in Jackson County
Jackson county’s second an
nual fair will be held at New
port next week, opening on
Wednesday, the 20th, and con
tinuing up to and includingSat
uray, the 23rd.
A premium list aggregating
$5,000 has been prepared. The
list covers a wide range and
shows that the management
have spared no pains or ex
pense in their efforts to make
the fair a successful one
In conducting the fair it has
been the aim of the manage
ment to give prominence to
those features that would prove
not only educational, but be an
incentive to the introduction
and growing of more and better
live stock and aid in teaching
the importance of thorough soil
preparation, proper seed selec
tion and the various other steps
in progressive agriculture.
The fair will be the mostsuc
cessful one ever held in Jack
son county now seems anasuur
ed fact. Manager H. C. Sand
ers states that there will be an
unusually large list of entries,
and that there will be the best
agricultural, horticultural and
live stock exhibit ever shown at
any fair in North Arkansas.
Mr. Sanders states that all
the buildings and grounds have
been put in first class shape for
fair and that nothing is being
left undone to make the fair a
success. The farmers are tak
iing an active interest in thefair
and everything indicates a re
cord breaking attendance.
Through this issue of The
Journal a special invitation is
being extended the people of
I Newark and Independence
t county to attend the fair.
A cordial welcome will be giv
en them, and Mr. Sanders as
sures The Journal that if our
citizens come to Newport ex
pecting to see a first class, live,
up-to-date fair, they will cer
tainly not be Tfisappointed.
EDUCATORS TAKE
PART IN FAIR
| The Jackson County depart
ment of education this vearwill
participate in the Jackson
| County Fair, to be held atNew
port the coming week. Prizes
will be offered in composition,
letter writing and map draw
ing, by County Superintendent
E. H. Bowman. In addition to
these, prizes will lie offered for
the best exhibit of school work |
and for free hand drawing.
Miss Sallie Chamberlain, in
charge of the girls’ canning
jclubs, and David C. Thibault of
the farm demonstration work,
will also have exhibits by boys
and girls who are members of
their clubs.
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COTTON BAGGING
AND TIES FOR SALE
Having bought an unusually
large amount of bagging, we
have more than we can use on
account of the overflow and
can make closer price than it
lean be bought for now in the
i open market.
NEWARK GIN CO.
First National Bank
NEWARK, ARK
CAPITAL $25,OCO
SURPLUS $6,500
C. M. Edwards, Pres
i G. M. Fields, V. Pres.
E. B. Chesser, Cashier
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THIS BANK
is ORGANIZED
UNDER AND
CONTROLLED
LAWS
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Life is what
You MAKE IT
hake it
A SUCCESS
A BANK ACCOUNT
NOT ONLY PROVIDES AN
EMERGENCY FUND
Enabling you to grasp good op
opportunities when presented,
but has an educational value a
long the lines of approved busi
ness practice, which makes
for
Success In Life
DON’T OVERLOOK IT’S
IMPORTANCE
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BUY BANK MONEY ORDERS
When Sending Money to
tant points. They are payable
anywhere and are SAFE.
DEMONSTRATION
WORK VALUABLE
Goverment Reports Show Mon
ey Spent For This Work in
Arkansas Gets Good Results.
Independence county has re
ceived a proposition from the
U. S. Government and College
of Agriculture, co-operating,of
fering to contribute from $450
to $600 fort he improvement of
farming and stock raising in
the county during the coming
year. This money would help
defray the expense of maintain
ing a farm demontration agent
in the work of demonstrating
profitable farming methods.
This is the class of work that
enabled farmers working under
the direction of these agents in
the State to grow an average of
28 bushels of corn while the
Arkansas farmer’s average corn
yield is only 18 bushels to the
acre. The cotton yield was 524
pounds, State average, but far
mers following the advice of
the farm demonstration agents
raised an average of 1,128
punds to the acre.
County Judge Waldrip has
received a proposition from C.
W. Watson, State Agent, farm
demonstration work for Arkan
sas to be submitted to the Quo
rum Court that meets on Octo
ber 27.
i ne wors costs more man me
amount contributedto the Coun
ty by the Government andState
College of Agriculture, and the
difference, of course, has to be
borne by the county where the
work is done. For instance if
the court will levy, in cash,$750
the College and Government
will contribute $450 cash, and
if the county will increase the
amount by $150, the Govern
ment and College will increase
its gift by the same amount, or
$900 to $600.There is a regular
scale of increase for larger a
! mounts.
That most of the counties in
Arkansas have snapped up
these offers of free aid for sev
eral years past is shown by the
fact that in 1913 Government
aid amounted to $40,000 while
local appropriations amounted
to $53,000 including $2,780
contributed by the railroads in
transportation to the farm dem
onstation agents.
This amount was greatly in
creased in 1914 when a total of
nearly $112,000 was spent for
farm demonstration work in the
State. It is expected that a still
larger increase will be seen this
year, particularly in view of
the geat interest shown in im
proved and profitable farming
methods, and the remarkable
awakening shown by bankers,
business men and the public
generally.
With increased crop produc
tion absolutley shown by farm
demonstration methods it is
plain that money spent to main
tain an agent in a county, with
the Government and College
contributing nearly half of the
amount expended, is brought
back into the county and spent
among local business men
through the increased value of
crops produced. In addition to
this the farm demonstration
agents are instrumental in mak
ing farm life easier and more
satisfactory and therefore hap
pier. A phase of this is seen in
the boys’ corn, pig and poultry
club work and in the girls’can
ning club work, in demonstra
ting good roads, and other
forms of constructive and in
structive methods.
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JUSTICE RESIGNS
i Squire S. W. Williams of Ro
teie township has tendered his
resignation to County Clerk E.
R. Hooper, who has notified
Gov. Hays of the vacancy and
an appointment will be made
to fill the place.
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COURT NEXT MONDAY
The fall term of the Indepen
dence Circuit Court will con
vene at Batesville nextMonday.
| POCAHONTAS FIRE
CAUSES HEAVY LOSS
Six Brick Buildings Destroyed
By Fire Which Started in Ho
tel Early Tuesday Morning. .
Pocahontas, Oct. 12.—Fire
originated in the Court Square
Hotel at 2:30 o’clock thismorn
ing, completely destroyed every
building on the south side of
ithe court square. n
Inadequate fire fighting ap
paratus furnished no protection
and the people were unable to
prevent the fire from spreading
in both directions. Six brick
bindings were destroyed and
the Pringle Drug Company’s
building on the east end of the
row, was destroyed by an ex
plosion caused by the heat from
the adjacent buildings. The
shock of the explosion was felt
over the entire town. The plate
glass windows in the Randolph
Coutny Rank building across
the street from the Pringle
building were broken by the
force of the explosion.
The loseres in the fire were
as follows: Pringle Drug Com
pany, building and stock of
drugs; Wall Bros. Mercantile
Company, stock of dry goods
and clothing; George Lewallen
Grocer Company, stock of gro
ceries and feed ; M. S.Vermilye,
hotel an furnishings; E.N.Ellis,
law office fixtures and library;
Shannon Mercantile Company,
the stock of dry goods and cloth
ing; William DeClerk, two va
cant bouses. Editor W. F. Dick
inson of the Pocahontas Times
sustained a total loss of $1,500
with $750 insurance.
The total loss, estimated at
$50,000, which may exceed that
sum, is partly covered by insur
ance.
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TO GIVE SILVER TEA
A Silver Tea will be given by
the ladies of the Methodist .
Home Mission Society at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. T. H.
Dearing on tomorrow (Friday)
evening from 5 to 10 o’clock.
Tea will be served to all
guests, and everybody is cord
tlially invited to attend.All who
attend are requested to bring a
silver coin of any denomination
from a dime to a dollar, and a
special invitation is extended
the gentlemen to attend. The
proceeds of the evening are to
be used by the Society for
church purposes.
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SART ANOTHER
BUTTON FACTORY ,
Newport, Oct. 12.— The !
manufacture of pearl button
blanks is becoming an import- ,
ant industry here.The Rock port j
Pearl Button Company, which |
has a large plant on the north ;
side, is working almost a full I
force of .men on steady time !
and another plant began opera
tion this week.
The White River Pearl But- ]
ton Company, under the man
agement of W. B. Holt and Roy
Mauldin, has a force of cutters I
at work in its new factory near
11he lake front.
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BEVENS A CANDIDATE
George Bevens.who is engag
ed in the mercantile businessat
j Magness, was meeting hismany
j friend here today and visiting ;
homefolks. Mr. Bevens will be
Jin the race for circuit clerk at
| the coming primaries and his
formal announcement will oc
cur within a short time.—Bates
ville Guard.
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REBUILD BRIDGES
Sharp county has let con
tracts for the r building of
three bridges which \. --re w h
!ed away by the big floods of a
few weeks ago.
PAIR PASS NEWARK ON
LONG-DISTANCE HIKE
Man and Wife Making 7,000
Mile Trip on Foot Spend Sun
day Night in Newark.
W.H. Watkins and wife who
are making a cross country hike
from Beaumont, Tex., to Nor
folk, Va., were in Newark Mon
day morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Watkins left
Beaumont on the 27th of last
January. They walked north
through Texas, Oklahoma and
into Kansas before turningeast
ward, and coming down through
the Ozarks by way of Spring
field, Mo. After passing Bakers
field, Mo., they kept near the
White river, but have not fol
lowed the railroad, preferring
the dirt roads for walking.
Mr. Watkins, whose home is
in Cleveland, Ohio, is a maga
zine writer of some note, and
on the trip he is gathering ma
terial for a book which he in
tends to prepare for publication
the coming spring.
Mr. Watkins is a long-dis
tance walker and has made a
number of cross country hikes.
The present trip jp being made
on a wager, parties in Beau
mont having offered to bet that
a woman could not walk from
that place to Norfolk, Va., in a
year, and Watkins says he
promptly took them up on be
half of his wife. He and
his wife left Beaumont on Jan
uary 27 on the trip and he says
they have merely been playing
along most of the time so far,
but that they expect to get down
to business and cover 30 to 35
miles a day from now until the
trip is completed.
They left Beaumont with on
ly 28 cents and are making the
money to defray all necessary
expenses of the trip as they go
along.
They spent Sunday night at
the home of Uncle Nat Wilson,
near town, and after spending
a few minutes in Newark Mon
day morning, they continued
their journey.
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COTTON SHORT
The tabulation of the reports
from the ginners of Indepen
dence County shows that there
were 47 bales of cotton ginned
in Independence county this
year prior to September 25, as
compared with 474 bales gin
ned prior to Sept. 25, 1914.
FOUR CARS TOMATOES
READY FOR SHIPMENT
Newark Canning Co., has Cars
Loaded and Will Ship Friday
With Streamers Flying
The Newark Canning Com
pany yesterday completed the
jcrating and loading of fourcars
of tomatoes, and the four cars
will he shipped to Little Rock
tomorrow.
The four cars are now stand
ing on the siding awaiting the
completion of a large streamer,
which is being painted and will
be attached across the full
length of the four cars. The
streamer will bear an inscrip
tion in large letters stating that
the four cars contain choice
high grade tomatoes put up by
the Newark Canning Company
of Newark and consigned to
Boz ley & J ohnson of Little Roc k.
Manager Baucum has made
a splendid record in the small
amount of cans lost from spoil
ing. His losses from this source
are reduced to a minimum, asis
shown by the fact that when in
specting and labelling the four
cars of tomatoes for shipment,
an average of only three spoil
ed cans were found to each car
loaded out.
The factory is now canning
sw'eet potatoes and some splen
did high grade potatoes are be
ing put up.
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LOST OR STRAYED
One sorrel mare colt, one
year old last May; has small
white spot in forehead, and is
heavily built. Will pay reward
for information leading to her
recovery. C.M. EDWARDS,
Newark, Arkansas.
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KEEP OUT
My pasture, known as the
Magness cane pasture on Pad
gett Island is posted, and hunt
ing or gathering pecans, or
nuts of any kind or otherwise
trespassing on the same is
forbidden.
J. D. MOORE.
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FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE
Good residence property in
Newark for upland farm five
or six miles from town.
G. M. FIELDS.
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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 HACHINES,
BUCK STOVES, CARTS, BUGGIES,
SURRIES, WAGONS and AUTOS,
TENTS and AWNINGS, WAGON
and BUGGY HARNESS.
W. MAXFIELD CO.
Batesville, Ark.
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