Newark
Journal
$1.50 PER ANNUM
NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1919
VOL. 18, NO. 44
ALLEGED INCOME
TAX EXPERTS BUSY
Collector Jack Walker Issues
Warning Against Paying
For Expert Advice
“Taxpayers should not allow
themselves to be imposed upon
by persons who claim to be in
come tax experts,’’says a state
ment issued in Little Rock last
Saturday by Jack Walker, in
come tax collector for Arkan
sas.
it has been called to the at
tention of the internal revenue
bureau that business houses
and individual taxpayers are
being canvassed this year by
numerous “so-called income
tax experts,” who offer to re
lieve the busy taxpayer from
all worries about his tax re
sponsibilities. Some of these
“experts” are said formerly to
have been temporary employ
es of the government and to
be attempting to capitalize this
fact regardless of thier person
al knowledge of the revenue
laws and regulations. Others
are soliciting clients on the
'trength of diplomas as income
tax experts obtained after tak
ing correspondence courses of
doubtful value.
A free advisory service that
will be absolutely authorative
is being planned by the inter
nal revenue bureau in every
city and town. At the offices of
collectors and deputies and at
other central points free infor
mation and advice will be giv
en concerning the filing of the
returns under the new revenue
bill. There will be abolutely no
need, according to Mr. Wralker
for taxpayers to pay for the
services <f so-called exr "*t°
to whom the unraveling of the
income tax has become a new
calling.
GROW LESS COTTON
Mass Meeting at Forrest City
Approve* Movement
Forrest City, Feb. 1.—The
indorsement of the movement
for a reduction of the 1919 cot
ton acreage and the growing of
larger crops of food and feed,
which is just now sweeping ov
er the entire cotton belt of the
south, found expression at a
meeting composed of merch
ants, farmers, bankers and pro
fessional men, held at the St.
Francis County Courthouse
here this afternoon.
The meeting was organized
by the election of County
Judge E. A. Rolfe as Chairman
and Charles R. Izard as secre
tary
A resolution was adopted
calling upon Gov. Charles H.
Brough to set aside and desig
nate Saturday, Feb. 15, as
“Cotton Day” and through ex
ecutive order proclaim the said
Saturday, Feb. 15, a special
holiday, upon which every far
mer and country merchant
throughout the cotton growing
counties of the state shall meet
at their respective county seats
for the purpose of taking the
necessary steps to reduce the
1919 cotton acreage, the per
centage of such reduction to be
decided and agreed upon on
that date.
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IN HIS MOTHER’S TOWN
Paragould, Feb. 1.—Mrs.
Mattie Koerner, residing east
of Paragould, has received a
letter from her son, G. F. Koer
ner, who is with the American
Army of Occupation in Ger
many. Young Koerner is locat
ed at Bam’oach, where his mo
ther was born. He was in the
battle at Argonne Forest and
went over the top several
times.
The man with
began by putting,
his first 7
earn i ngs
in the
Bank. /J&Q
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some of
It all started with the first deposit. His bank
account grew until he was comfortable. Then the
convenience of paying his bills by check enabled
him to keep his accounts straight and save time and
worry. Happiness was the result of seeing it grow
and all of a sudden he realized he was a man of
wealth. You can accumulate money, too, if you
will only put that money you have in your pocket
RIGHT NOW into the bank and keep adding to it
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS 1
MISSED THE FIGHTING
ONLY A FEW HOURS
Odell Rutledge Was On Way
To Battle Front When
The War Closed
Mrs. Millie Rutledge has re
ceived the following letter
from her son in France, Odell
Rutledge, who says he missed
the actual fighting only a few
hours.
Dear Mother.—I will write
you a few- lines to let you know
I am still well, and hope this
letter will find you all well.
We are now’ in France. I
have not heard from you since
I left the U. S. and you know
that seems like it has been a
long time. We left the U. S. A.
Oct. 4; got on the boat at Mon
treal Canal and sailed down
the St. Lawrence river until we
struck the Atlantic. We landed
at Liverpool Oct. 19. The name
of our ship was Northland. I
came over with the 38th divi
sion, but they busted it all up
and sent us out as replacement
troops; that is, they sent us
everywhere filling up the divi
sions that had been killed.
They sent part of us to the86th
Div. Co. M. 141st Inf. and we
had just got to the firing line
about the time the war was
over. So you see we didn’t get
much fighting, and I guess we
wrere lucky.
I think the Germans saw us
coming and decided that they
had better stop while they
could; and I am glad they did,
for I think war is what Sher
man said it was.
I have seen Amcriean boys
| blown all to pieces. Arms off,
legs off, heads off, and in all
' kinds of shapes. But never yet,
i have I seen an American go
unwillingly.
I hope the rulers of the coun
tries fix things so there will
never be any more wars, for if
everybody knew war as we
boys do, I think they would
beat the swords into plowshar
es and pruning knives.
I will wait until I get home
to tell you all about my round,
as it w'ould take six months to
write it all.
I forgot to tell you, the 36th
Division which I am with, is
from Texas, and you know I
like that pretty well. I have
seen a few boys from Gilmer.
I saw' Authur Mitchem the
other day and he knewr me.. I
didn’t have much of a good
itime Christmas. Sunday is my
birthday and I guess I will miss
my cake, but I want you to
have me one made when I get
home. I think we will start to
the dear old U. S. A. some
time next month, so I think I
will get home by March.
Tell everybody hello for me.
Your son,
ODELL RUTLEDGE.
Co. M. 141 Inf. A. E. F. A. P.
O. 796.
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TOWN HAS NO MONEY
Mtn. Home, Feb. 5.—Moun
tain Home w'ill pay no city tax
this year because of the for
getfulness of the mayor and
council. They failed to meet
and levy a tax before the Quo
rum (Court met last fall. It is
expected that a collecion will
be taken up with which to meet
the running expenses of the
towrn.
ARMY DISCHARGES
OVER MILLIOM MEN
Demobilization of U. S. Army
Is Proceeding at Very
Rapid Rate
A statement from the War
Department at Washington an
nounces that demobilization of
the army passed the million
mark during the past week,
with 61,237 officers and 952,
411 men actually discharged.
Of the officers mustered out,2,
444 were on duty in Washing
ton.
The demobilization has pro
ceeded to such a point that
general officers are being dis
charged from the war organ
iatizon. Gen. March announced
the honorable discharge of 33
generals, all except four of
them being regulars, who re
turned to their rank in the reg
ular establishment.
The total number of men or
dered for early discharge has
reached 1,396,000 including
153,000 returning from over
seas.
FAVOR RESTRICTION
ON IMMIGRATION
The local board for Inde
pendence county, composed of
J. E. Rosebrough, A. A. Web
ber and Dr. W. B. Lawrence,
at a meeting held at Batesville
a few days ago, unanimously
adopted the following resolu
tion :
“Whereas, At the very first
test, when this Nation faced a
crisis, the aliens, both declar
ant and non-declarant, were
not willing to bear any of the
burdens of citizenship, and
“Whereas, The action of
these aliens, both declarant
and non-declarant, who claim
ed exemption from military
service on the mere ground of
non-citizenship, was cowardly,
disgraceful and unpatriotic,
and
“Whereas, For every alien
exempted a good AMERICAN
boy had to shoulder his gun
and go to the front while these
aliens remained at home in
ease and safety,with good jobs
which they still retain, to the
exclusion of our returned sol
diers, and
“Whereas, The members of
this local board can see no dif
ference between the alien who
surrendered his first papers
and a non-declarant claiming
exempion both of them are the
same kind of parasites, and
would certainly not make de
sirable citizens; and
“Whereas, Congress is now
considering a Bill to restrict
immigration, therefore,
“Be it resolved, That our
Senators and Representatives
in Congress be requested and
urged to support such a meas
ure as will have a tendency to
prohibit all general immigra
tion for at least a period of
years.”
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WILL PAY CASH
FOR LIBERTY BONDS
We pay highest market price
in cash for Liberty Bonds. See
us before you sell your bonds.
E. G. MAGNESS & CO.
BETTER TRAIN SERVICE
People Should Ask For Restor
ation of Hot Shot
The Arkansas Railroad Com
mission has recently acted fav
orably upon a number of peti
tions from the people of differ
ent sections of the state asking
for better passenger service.
Before the war conditions
do not govern passenger ser
vice now, and the people along
this end of the White River
road should ask for the restor
ation of the Batesville-Newport
train which was taken off some
time ago as a part of the re
trenchment program of the
railroads.
The railroad commission will
in all probability order this
train restored if the people
will ask for it. Let’s start some
petitions and get this train put
into service again.
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KILLED BY FALLING ROOF
Conway, Feb. 5.—As the re
sult of an accident at Cadron
Valley school house Monday
morning, J. T. Allinder, aged
55 is dead and Sherman Bless
ing, aged 19, is seriously injur
ed. The two men were attempt
ing to move the roof cf the
building and it caved in. A nail
protruding from the roof enter
ed the forehead of Allinder,
killing him instantly. Blessing’s
injuries are not expected to
prive fatal.
FARMER TAKES OWN LIFE
Hot S prings, Feb.—Placing
a single-barreled shotgun
against his forehead, W. F.
Overby, a farmer living ten
miles south of Hot Springs,
shot and killed himself at his
home Tuesday, after he had
sent his wife to the bam on an
errand.
2 SOLDIERS AT CAMP
PIKE COMMIT SUICIDE
Lieutenant Shoots Himself and
Private Slashes Throat
With Razor
Little Rock, Jan. 31.—Pri
vate Enoth L. Meeks of Green
Forest, Ark., committed suicide
at 10 o’clock last night at
Camp Pike.
He returned from France re
cently suffering from a wound
he received at the front. He
was 29 years old. No cause is
assigned for his act.
Lieut. R. T. Sims of the
Fourth Battalion committed
suicide at Camp Pike late this
afternoon by shooting himself
in the head with a revolver. It
was stated that charges of a
minor character had been pre
ferred against him, and fearing
disgrace caused him to take his
life.
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WARNS AGAINST SALE
OF WAR STAMPS
Secretary of the Treasury
Carter Glass has issued an of
ficial statement calling atten
tion to the unlawful traffic in
War Savings Stamps that is
being carried on in different
parts of the country by various
individuals and firms, and has
issued a strong warningagainst
the unlawful practice. In con
nection with this statement,
Postmaster General Burleson
has issued a bulletin instruct
ing postmasters throughout the
country to avoid payment of
war stamps to anyone except
the original holders thereof.
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For Sale.—Good piece of
residence property; five room
house and two lots located in
best residence section of town.
Price $900. E. G. Magness
& Co.
Jillill
IMPLEMENTS!
Now is the time to commence get
ting ready for next season’s crop and nothing will
help you make a bumper crop like modern farming
tools.
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We have the B. F. Avery line of %
plows, planters, cultivators, harrows, etc., and it
makes no difference if you want a one-horse gar
den plow or a four-mule middle buster, we have it
and would like to show you some of the lines strong
points.
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It you cannot come in and see the
tools you want, write us and we will send literature
describing it. If you are going to need a cultivator
be sure and see our Southern Queen, in the walker
and the pivot axle in the rider.
THEY CANT BE BEAT AT ANY PRICE
C. W. MAXFIELD CO
Batesville, Arkansas
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