Newark
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$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, August 23, 1917
Vol. 17, If*. 21
FINE PROGRAM FOR
FARM CHAUTAUQUA
Some of the Most Talented Speakers
in State Will Address Meeting at
Ratesville Next Week
A big three day’s farmer’s picnic
aiui Chautauqua will be held in the
grove at the Masonic Orphanage at
Batesville cn August 30, 31, and
September 1.
B. C. Riley Chautauqua manager
for the extension division of the
University of Arkansas who has
charge of the meeting says that the
extension division of the United
States Dpartment of Agriculture have
{ planned to make this the best farm
er’s program ever put' on in this
part of the State.
Some of the best talent that the
State and national Government can
supply will be on band. Some of
the subjects which will be discussed
follow:
The purchase care and use of farm
machinery by V. H. Kern, Special
ist.
Small Grains, the use of the fan
ning mill, treating oats for smut, etc.
by L. W. Osborne Agronomist.
Judging Beef Cattle How to know
a good Daily cow, points to look for
in buying hogs.
How Serum and Virus are made,
sanitary precautions in vaccinating
hogs, by R. M. Gow, State Veteri
narian.
Marketing, by J. H. Nicholson,
Specialist.
Rural Credit. How to borrow mon
ey, by E. G. Norse.
The armer and the futuer of Ark
ansas, by C. W. Watson, State Agent.
The necessity of Community Or
ganization by W. C. Lasseter Di
rector of the Agricultural Exten
sion Division.
in addition to these other subjects
which should be of great interet t*,
every farmer in the county, there will
be special meetings for the women.
Tor these meetings Miss Erie Cham
bers, Secretary of the Arkansas Pub
lic Health Association will be present
>. to talk on perventable diseases, mo
thers’ problems and etc; Miss Isabelle
Thursby will talk on home .economics
and Miss Emma Archer State Home
Demonstration agent, on home con
veniences, etc.
The children will be taken caer of
foims of entertainment,
with special games stories and other
Every farmer in the county is ur
ged to make plans now to attend the
full three days. There will be some
thing for-everyone and you can’t af
ford to miss this meeting.
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HELP BUILD BRIDGE
ACROSS BLUE CREEK
A subscription has been started in
Newark to assist in erecting a bridge
across Blue Creek on the Newark
and Batesville road. Those who have
driven cars across this creek know
how bad it is and know how badly
a bridge is needed. Material for a
steel bridge has been bought and the
fund being raised for the purpose
erecting the bridge.
.n Luuaiucxciuic aum lias Uft'Il ittiS
ed at Batesville and the people of
Newark should contribute something.
•The subscription list can be found
at the Newark Drug Company’s place
of business where all who wish to
do so are asked to call and give
something.
Following is a list of donations a-1
xeady made to the fund.
J. B. Ketchem_ $2.50
Dr. V. L. Pascoe_1.00
J. G. Edwards_ 1.00
F. C. Hoyt_-_2.50
W. G. Moore_ 1.00
O. F. Craig_2.00
T. J. Raney_ 2.00
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JOHN IKE MOORE FOR
CONVENTION PRESIDENT
Yielding to the solicitations of a
number of promnent men who will
occupy seats in the constiutional con
vention to convene in Little Rocy next
November John Ike Moore of Helena
has decided to become a candidatt
for president of the convention. Mr.
Moore has served as a representa
tive and state senator a number of
times has been speaker of the house
and president of the senate and acr
ing governor of the state.
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NEWPORT YOUNG MAN
JOIN'S AVIATION CORPS
Wiley McMinn, of Newport, has
successfully passed the examination
for entrance to the avation schol at
San Antonio, Texas. McMinn is only
ro years of age and is the only Ark
ansas man who passed the recent
examination.
Sickness is bad; to lose your job :
is worse; but poverty is the ii
worst calamity of all. •:
The Man with Money
has hi5 money safe
m the Bank,so when
adversity comes lie is
prepared jor itr*
“It never rains but it pours.” It seems that
everything happens to a man when he is BROKE.
“Troubles never come singly.”
Guard against poverty by putting some of
your spare money in the Bank. Of all the worries
and care the worst is poverty and debt. You can
prevent them by the money you can well afford to
put into the Bank now.
Put YOUR money in OUR bank.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
'Cheap Teed for hogs
AN IMPORTANT ITK.V
During August and September thi
farmer shoud find time to provid
feed for the late fall and winte
rn on ths„ Many farmers have a fev
hogs for killing purposes. Store feet
is so high priced that it is almos
prohibitive. The only cheap feed tha
can be had this year is pasture, am
it cannot be had in most instance:
unless planting is done this month o
next.
Nothing will make more hog pa?
ture than rape, if it is seeded or
good soil and especially an soil tha
is inelinde to be a little moist. At
acre of rape ought to furnish one
half the pastuer for five or six one
hundred pound shoats during the win
ter. The seed of rape is compara
lively cheap, which is a big item thn
season. Rape makes a splendd mix
ture with red rust proof oats or win
ter wheat as a winter grazing crop.
J. H. PAGE.
KILL THE TICK AND
BOOST FOOD SUI'I’LY'
Tick eradication should be given an
important place among the measures
to be taken up by Arkansas commit
ties to meet rising food conditions.
An increased supply of meat is one
of the country’s most urgent needs;
and the south cannot do its share
toward furnishing this incrqgsed meat
supply until the tick has been put out
of the way.
It is proved every day in the south
that beef cattle that are being rob
bed of blood by ticks will not grow
and fatten properly and that milch
cows subject to the same drain give
only scanty supplies of milk. They
cannot efficiently turn into food for
soldiers and civilians the hundreds of
pounds of grass, hay and grain which
they consume.
They are wasters made so by the
ticks that feed on them.
Now that each pound of meat and
each glass of milk takes on an added
value among the nation’s resources,
more cattle must be raised and each
animal must be made to put on as
treat a weight ol*%ieat or yield as
mueji milk, as is economically prac
ticable. If this is to be accomplished
in the South the first step must be
a drive against ticks. The methods
for getting rid of these expensive
pests are well known and are already
being made efficient use of in many
southern communities. Dipping vats
filled with solutions that will destroy
the ticks on cattle, and public in
terest which will insist that all cattle
be dipped are the essentials; and
when these have been acquired in a
community a new day for cattle pro
dttctjon is sure to dawn. Cattle that
have been freed from ticks and kept
free—as they may be at small cost —
put on weight rapidly and make cat
tle raising among the aboundant feed
supplies of the south a truly profit
able enterprise.
CHARLOTTE ITEMS
Charlotte, Aug. 21,—A. N. Hayes
made a business trip to Batesville
Saturday.
Several' from, here attended the
picnic at Sulphur Rock Saturday.
Rev. Wilkerson began a series of
revival meetings at the Christian
church Friday night.
M. B. Fallis returned Wednesday
from Konowa, Okla., where he spent
a few weeks with relatives.
Miss Grace Blair of Cord spent
the latter part of last week here
with relatives.
Miss Julia Churchill left last week
for Wanette Okla., where she wll
spend several weks with relatives.
Miss Ollie Pureelly spent the lat
ter part of last week from a pleasant
er, at McHue.
Hubert Stoery and sister Miss
Alma of Alicia spent last week here
visiting friends.
Mrs. A. N. Hayes and children
returned last week rfom a pleasant
visit with her mother, Mrs. (Warnell
of Salado.
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Herman Lane of this place who
enlisted in Co E, Third Akarnsas, at
Newport has received notice of his
promotion as officer and he will leave
Saturday for Lenon Springs, Tex., to
enter the officers training camp. Mr.
Lane is a fine young fellow and his
many riends in Newark are pleased
to learn of his promotion.
IMPORTANT TO SAVE
THE FARM MACHINERY
Only reecntly, a manufacturer of
; farm implements stated that pig-iror.
which foremrly sold for $8 per ton
’ is now selling ofr more than $58 a
l ton, and that this increase in price
; will practicaly prohibit the manufac
: ture of a great number of cheapre
I grades of farm implements next year.
, Consequently it will pay to take good
■ care of those which you now possess.
Don't forget that the open-air ma
■ chinery shed offers very little pro
i tection and that rust costs the av»..
. age land owner in this state as much
i as he wear and tear necessitated by
actual work. Keep the machinery
greased and under shetler if you
expect to have anything to work with
in the next two or three years. It
; probably will not be a question of
price altogether since, if pig-iron is
not available the manufactuerr can
not make machinery regardless of
what the farmer is able and willing
to pay for it.
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COST OF EQUIPMENT FOR
AMERICAN SOLDIER
It costs the United States 156.45
to equip an infantryman for service
in France. Clothing represents $101
-1; fighting equipments $47.36, anu
eating utensils $7.73. The soldiers
gas mask costs $12; his steel helmet
$3 and his rifle $19.50.
The first 600,000 to 800,000 of Am
erica’s fighting men will be equipped
with the present Springfield arry
ritle, those to follw will carry the
Enfield, used by the English troops.
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CORD NEWS ITEMS
Cord, Aug. 22.—A light shower
fell Monday night but more rain is
needed very badly.
Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Coleman and
children spent Monday in Jackson
county.
Charles and Maurice Osborne made
a business trip _to Batesville Wed
nesday.
R. E. Sorerlls and son Roy, of
Tuckerman weer the guests of Mr.
and Mrs T. N. Blair and family Sun
day night.
Charle McClain entertained many
of his friends at a birthday party at
his home Friday night.
Nat Hardister of Cushman was
here Saturday on business.
Mrs. ,J. J. T McAdams returned to
he rhome at Batesville after visiting
for some time with her son, Dr. V.
D. McAdams and family of this place.
Oscar Grace and Payne Hensley
made a business trip to Bateville
Monday.
Mrs. Ola Roberts and brother of
Alicia, drov over in the latters new
car and visited Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Anderson Wednesday.
I. C. Nuckolls and son Earle went
to Newport on business Wednesday.
Grandpa Rose of Elgin is spending
the week visiting friends at this
ula»e.
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MRS. T. A. BULLINGTON
DIES NEAR CHARLOTTE
Mrs. T. A. Bullington died at her
home near Charlotte Wednesday ev
ening, following an illness of several
days of typhoid fever.
Deceased was a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. F. M. Barnett and had
many friends throughout this part
of the county.
She is survived by her husband and
-'ight children.
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FINE RESIDENCE
PROPERTY FOR SALE
I have for sale one of the nicest
residence proyerties in Newark, con
sisting of 8-room, 2-story house, 2
halls, 90 feet of porches, good well
of water in hall good barn, fine gar
den, with 4 lots 75x150 feet, good
double decked smokehouse in fact one
of the most desirable places in Newr
ark, and only two blocks from public
school building. I will take $1600
for this property with one-half cash
and the balance in 1 ai^l 2 years at
8 per cent. You will never get a
better offer in Newark again.
A. A. HENDERSON.
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E. G. Magness of this place who is
stewart of the Arkansas Deaf Mute
Intitute at Little Rock, has been call
ed oor army service in the second
draft issued at Little Rock this week.
COLUMBIA WOODMEN
ORGANIZER IN TOWN
J. 0. Wasson special field represen
tative of the ColumbianWoodment ar
rived in Newark Wednesday and ex
pects to remain in town several days
for the purpose of organizing a
lodge here.
The Columbian Wroodmen stands
well up towards the top among the
fraternal insurance companies doing
business in the United States. The
home office of the society is in Atlan
ta, Georgia, where it was organized
fifteen years ago. It operates in
twenty-three states of the Union, and
has 154 lodges in Arkansas with an
approximate membership of 6,000.
Mr. C. N. Wilhoite, with headquart
ers at Little Rock, is state manager
of the order and he is placing some
of the best known insurance men in
the state in the field in a campaign
for new members. Hon. Earle W.
Hodges was recently appointed Emi
nent Lecturer for Arkansas, and his
wide acquaintance and well known
ability make him an ideal man for
the place. Mr. Wasson says he is
already meeting with considerable
encouragement and hopes to organ
ize a good strong lodge here. He
was formerly in the newspaper busi
ness at different places in this section
of the state, and can tell you all
about the merits of the Columbian
Woodmen.
REVIVAL MEETING AT
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Evangelist Warlick of Dallas Tex.,
will disucss the following subjects at
the “Big Tent’’ beginning to-night
(Thursday.)
1. “Heartfelt religion."
2. “What is man.”
3. “Who wrote the Bible.”
4. “Sect everywhere spoker again
st.”
6. “The two books.—Lecture
against infidelity.”
These sermons bring the meetings
up to Sunday night. Congregational
singing led by Bro. Croom. The pub
lic is invited.
(No collections.)
PRINTER WANTED
Wanted at once, all round printer
who can opearte linotype part of
time. _THE JOURNAL, Newark Ark.
CROP CONDITIONS
VERY FAVORABLE
U. S. Depatrment of Agriculture says
Crop Outlook in Arkansas is
Unusually Good
According to a report issued yes
terady by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, conditiens are
excellent for all corps in Arkansas
excepting that there was too much
rain for cotton in a few places. Cot
ton is still improving in the northern
part of the state. In the southern
half it is good in most places; but
reports from several districts say
that moisture is excessive; that cot
ton is shedding and that the boll we
vil is doing considerable damage.
Com is excellent in north and
northwest portions and very good
elsewhere.
Rice is in excellent condition eb
cept in some portions it is late be
cause of late flooding, making it a
little doubtful whether all of it will
ripen before frost. Rice harvest is
expected to begin in about 30 days.
Meadows, sweet potatoes truck, mel
ons, peanuts and sorghum are in fine
condition. Late potatoes are coming
up nicely due to# rains. Peaches
are about gathered and apples ai*e
fairly good, the latter being inferior
in several localities because of tlu.
injury by hail.
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SCHOOL DIRECTORS TO
MEET SEPTEMBER 1
A meeting of school directors of
Independence county will be held at
the Coutr House at Batesville at one
oclock Saturday afternoon September
one.
We want to discuss especially the
uniform text book law, the compui
sory school law, the vaccinatin or
I der of the State Board of Health.
All of which go into effect Sept
ember 1. State Superintendent J.
L. Bond has promised to be with us
and will explain these matters.
You will doubtless attend the farm
ers Chautaqua which will close Sae
urday morning so we can have the
directors meeting in the atfemoon.
Please have your entire board pres
ent and ask your teachers to come.
SIDNEY PICKENS,
County Examiner
On account of unavoidable circumstances
Farmers' Chautauqua
AT BATESVILLE
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had to be postponed until
Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday, August 30th and
31st and September 1st.
While at Batesville attending this Chau
tauqua, you are invited to come and
see our line of
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BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS