^MNEWARK JOURNAL
Published 1 eekly
0. F. CRAIG, EDITOR / D PUBLISHER
Entered at the post office at Newark,
Ark., as second c’ess mail.
Do We Want Gr jd Roads
in IndepenJence
County?
Is there any good reason
why the people should not or
ganize a number of road im
provement districts under the
Alexander road law, and build
some good roads in Indepen
dence County this year?
The way is now open and
The Journa 1 sees no reason
why the farmers and all others
who favor good roads should
not get busy and build them.
The cost should not be very
great for we have road build
ing material lying all around
us, which can be made avail
able for this purpose at very
small expense.
Under the new law, the rail
roads and all foreign land
owners who own land in any
raod district will have to bear
their share of the expenses.
The cost, however, is a very
small item, when it isconsider
ed that we have 20 to 30 years
time in which to pay it..
Of course our grandfathers
. lived without good roads, and
we can live without good roads
if we choose to do so. But our
grandfathers were compelled
live without good roads, and a
good many other things BE
CAUSE THEY COULD NOT
GET THEM. Our grand
fathers made and harvested
their crops with very crude
tools, used tallow candles and
grease lamps, and grew up
with practically no schooling.
Our grandfathers robablydid
the best thing the could with
the means they h d, and be
cause the force ol circumstan
ces compelled thei to do with
out many of the ( mforts and
conveniences of lib . is no reas
on why we should io the same
thing.
Every sane man knows
there is nothing of more value
to a community Mian good
roads.
Y'ou cannot spend a dollar
for a permanent public im
provement of any Kind in In
dependence coup y without
benefiting every man in the
county to a certain extent.
Every good, live, progress
ive farmer that we induce to
come to Independence county,
regrdless of where he locates,
benefits the whole county.
And more of this class of farm
ers will come when they know
that we are building good
roads.
We could organize a number
road improvement districts in
the county float the bonds and
be ready to begin work on the
roads in a few months. Prac
tically all the money spent
in building the roads would
be paid out to farmers for la
bor, team hire, and material
sold the contractor who does
the work. It would put several
thousand dollars in circulation
in the county at a time when
the people need money. The
roads would be paid for by the
people while they are getting
the benefits, and in 30 annual
installments of such sums that
no one would ever realize that
the roads had ever cost them
anything.
Arkansas was awarded the
flag of merit for having done
more toward civic improve
ment last year than any other
Southern state. The flag was
awarded by the Y\ unan’sAux
iliary to Southern Commercial
Congress in session at Mus
kogee last week Te work of
improvement wa.- in rural
schools, road ando sanitation.
Akansas! Now laugh, if you
have any laugh coming. Bon
‘T ■ .. > N<
An exchange 1 larks that
the way some peo; Town all
the time, you can blame for
tune for not smiling on them.
(Copyright, by MoCluro (Syndicate.)
OLDFIELD IN LINE
FOR SPEAKER
The Journal publishes in
today’s paper an article from
the Stone County Record and
[also one fromtheWalnutRidge
Blade, both of which speak
!in the highest terms of Con
gressman W A. Oldfield of
this district.
These artick s are published
j by The Journal to show the
| sentiment of the press of the
district toward Air. Oldfield.
The Blade and the Record are
re prese ntati ve n e ws p a p e rs,
and both are edited by well-in
formed and capable men, who
are able to recognize the real
'worth of men in public life.
It is a recognized fact
among all who are well inform
ed in public affairs that Mr.
Oldfield has attained higher
honors in Congress than any
man who ever represented the
Second Congressional district.
In national affairs, these hon
ors are not thrust upon men
simply because they are mem
bers of Congress. A man
must possess some real abili
ty to win the recognition that
! Congressman Oldfield has
won in a body that is recog
nized as one fo the ablest par
limentary assemblies in the
world.
Congressma Onldfield is in
line for the speakership of the
national house of represenla
tives, and his ability to fill the
position is recognized by his
colleagues. If he remains in
Congress long enough and The
Journal can see no reason why
the people should retire him,
there is good reason to believe
that Oldfield may become
Speaker of the House, and
|thereby bring more honor to
i Arkansas than any man who
ever represented this state in
j Congress.
ARMIES OF PEACE VS.
ARMIES OF WAR
When a general wants to
demolish a city in time of war,
he sends an army oi men to
do it:
When the people desire to
build up a town in times of
peace, it takes the united ef
forts of an army of workers to
accomplish results.
We can’t make Newark a
better town by merely wish
ing it were better. We have
got to work to make it better,
and we have got to work with
somebody else.
No one man can accomplish
very much alone. For this
reason, petty personal prejud
ices and animosities should be
buried and forgotten, and our
people must work tgether in
unity and harmony if we ex
pect to get very far on the
road to success.
You would enlist quickly to
prevent the army of an enemy
from destroying Newark. Not
a one of us would stand back
on account of our personal likes
or dislikes and refuse to join
in a movement of this kind.
W hy not lay aside our pet
ty personal prejudices and dis
likes and get together unani
mously in a movement to
BUILD UP the town?
Is there any more reason
why we should not get togther
to build up Newark than there
is why we should get together
to prevent is destruction.
_
The strawberry crop this
'•ear will bring a million dol
lars into White County. Straw
berries means pn parity for
any community. The farmers
ought to get busy and start
berry growing in this com
munity.
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O ALCOHOL VS. WATER 0
O O
O The world is aroused O
O to the menace of alcohol O
O —war has been declared O
O against it in everyciviliz- O
O ed land and there is no O
O neutral ground. I call O
O you to the colors—to the O
C) standard raised by the O
O National Abstainers Un- O
jo ion for “Health and O
10 Home and Humanity.” O
IQ I^t us pledge onrsupport O
TT"to the cause fn water, 6
a) the daily need of every O
ID living thing. It ascends O
O frm the seas, obidient to O
O the summons of the sun, O
(0 and, descending, show- O
O ers blessings upon the O
O earth; it gives of its O
O sparkling beauty to the O
O fragrant flower; its al- O
O chemy transmutes base O
0 clay into golden grain; it O
O is the canvas upon which O
() the linger of the Infinite O
O trace the radiant bow ()
O of promise. It is the O
O drink that refreshes and O
O adds no sorrow with it— O
O Jehova looked upon it at O
() Creation’s dawn and said O
O —‘‘It is good.”—Extract O
O from a recent speech by O
O Wm. J. Bryan. O
O * O
O O O OOOOOOOO
VALUE OF THE COUNTRY
NEWSPAPER
The Arkansas Democrat,
discussing the country news
papers in a recent editorial
says:
“Comparatively speaking,
few realize the asset to the
|State of the so-called country
press—the home paper. The
country newspaper man gives
more of his energy, his work
and his money, toward the up
building of hiscommunitythan
any other citizen. He give his
lifeblood. Where the popular
novel and the works of great
|and noted writers are absent
■in the rural home, the news
paper finds its way, to spread
information, education, and
'enlightment.
“The editor is found morn
ing. noon and night working to
I reach a solution of the needed
civic and moral improvement.
He is laboring to reach conclu
sions that he may submit them
to the readers of his paper
with assurance that they are
|for the best interests of the
people. A n “up-to-date” news
paper means an “upt-o-date”
town, anti what would a town
|or city be without a newspap
er?”
The most successful farmer
may not be the farmer who
raises the most cotton or has
the larges number of acres un
der fence. He may be the the
man who has the happiest
home, a contented family, and
whose citizenship is an exam
ple for his neighbors.—Farm
and Ranch.
If folks would do right
themselves and not put in so
much time telling others how
to do right, the world would
be a great deal better.
j American citizens can very
easily keep themselves and
j their country out of trouble by
j just staying on their own side
of the pond.
When Teddy comes march
ing back into the G. O. P.
camp will they make him sa
lute the elephant?
Perhaps you have noticed
that the doctrine of “Turn the
other cheek” was written for
the other fellow.
When a citizen of Newark
knorks on the town he injuries
himself and everyone of his
neighbors.
GOOD PASTURE
We have the finest cane
pasture in the county and are
pr pared to -. ke stock for
pastui ge a la head p<'r
i month. Man on place to loo .
alter stock.
H. E. HAWTHORNE.
Who Has Lived
Here the Longest?
We would like to know who
has lived longest in Independ
ence county. Write us a let
ter. if you are an old resident,
land tell us some facts about
your early days. We will pub
lish the letters from the oldest
residents. We wish to secure
as many interesting facts as
possible. The publi ratio.!?,.of
one incident will remind other
old timers of other incidents,
so let the letters come.
To the person showing the
longest continuous residence
in the county, absence of less
than one year, or service in
the army not counted against
the pioneer, we will send the
Journal free for the remaind
er of his or her life. To the
second oldest pionerr we will
send the paper for five years
free, and to the third, one
year free.
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BIG FIRE AT CONWAY
Conway, May 15.—Fire of
unknown origin dicovered at
1 :30 last night in the princi
pal business section of Con
way destroyed the furniture
store of W. W. Westmoreland,
and the dry goods store of H.
Rephan, causing a loss esti
mated at $25,000.
The Cole & Co., grocery and
The Fair store were threaten
ed but little damage resulted.
The losses were: Wi ,
moreland, stock and fixtures,
$5,000, insurance, $2,000;
New York Bargain Store,
stock, $9,000, insurance $1,
500; buildings owned by Cole
& Co., valued at $10,000, in
surance, $8,000.
CAN’T .iCK IT
Two small hildren were
playig in the > rd.
Bobby, who was an Ameri
can, ran in th^ house to get
his flag.
Elsie, who w, s born in Eng
land. said “Bobby, I don t
like the American flag,
looks too mucl like a stick of
peppermint candy.”
“Well,” replied the small
hero,, “if it does look like a
stick of peppermint candy,
there is no nation that can lick
FOSTMASTER K'LLED
Osceola. May 1>- ^
Baynes postmaste at KO,
"r^'kUW'iS night and
oui, "‘lh i i,. thrown in
Z river. Stubblefield
and others have gone up there
to investigate the case. It
he body
thrown in the M.ssnss.ppi river
is
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Lime, Nails, Wire Fencing, Pumps, * ipe*
Farm Implements, Coal, Hay and Grain.
We Want Your Patronage
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to trade with us. Your money’s
worth oil every purchase made
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ark Journal
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OF AND FOR THE PEOPLE
Representing no Interests but Theirs; Speaking Honest Sentiment
and Conviction; Nobody’s “Wagon Dog” and tin Or an of No
Man or Set of Men. The Journal is a paper of progress, standing
for clean government and morality, for schools, for churches, for
education, and the general uplift all along the line as well as the
material welfare and development of Newark and this section of
Independence county. The Journal is a paper that tries to merit
your support, whether we get it or not.
THE JOURNAL
Came when Newark was a village, and has labored unceasingly
for the progress and advancement of Newark and this community
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