The Newark Journal.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, March 8, 1917
Vol. 16, No. 49
TWO DAYS SCHOOL
IN HOME ECONOMICS
County Demonstration Agent
Announces Home Economics
School For Newark
A two-day’s school in Home
Economics will be held at New
ark, in the High School Audi
torium, beginning March 13,
and ending March 14, and at
Batesville March 15 and 16.
While we realize that every
woman knows how to cook,
still the women of Arkansas
are fast awakenign to the fact
that problems as successful
household managmeent are as
numerous and as complex as
those of successful farm man
agement. The two-days school
in Home Economics is planned
to bring together the good
housekeepers in each communi
ty that they may discuss their
own household problems.
Miss Isabel Thursby will be
in charge of the two-day's
school and will give demonstra
tions during the morning and
afternoon of each day. To get
full benefit it will be necessary
for you to attend each session.
I trust that you will find this
school to be very helpful in
working out your plans for the
management of the home.Don’t
forget the first day.
For a few weeks last sum
mer I was fortunate in being
associated with Miss Thursby
in the work she is doing, and I
feel that we are to be congra
tulated on securing her services
in this county for the four days
she is to be with us. Those at
tending will find in MissThurs
by those traits of character and
a general understanding of the
things she represents which
makes her Demonstration both
interesting and instructive.
We want women from both
the towns and the country to
attend these meetings and we
would appreciate any effort
made by those who can come
and bring with you some one
to enjoy the things you will
learn there.
J. E. McKELL,
County Agent.
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Dr. G. W. Young
FAMOUS LECTURER WILL
ADDRESS PEOPLE HERE
Dr. G. W. Young, Prohibition
Leader, to Lecture at the
Methodist Church
Dr. G. W. Young, one of the
foremost leaders in the fight
for National Prohibition will
deliver an address to the peo
ple of Newark at the Method
ist Church next Tuesday night.
Dr. Young is a most forceful
lecturer and this is one of the
many meetings that are being
held throughout the United
States in the interest of a “Dry
America.”
Speakers have been cam
paigning the country the last
two years in the interest of Na
tional prohibition and Newark
should feel honored to have
this distinguished speaker in
iier midst.
Everyone is cordially invited
to hear him and the lecture
will be both interesting and in
structive to all who attend.
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DEFENSE MEASURE IS
BLOCKED IN SENATE
Kirby Join* in Opposotion to
Armed Neutrality Measure
Asked by Wilson
Washington, March 4.—Sev
eral senators, led by Senator
LaFollette and encouraged by
; Senator Stone, Democratic
chairman of the Foreign Rela
j tions Committee, in a filibuster,
; denounced by President Wil
: son’s spokesman as the most
reprehensible in the history of
any civilized nation, defied the
will of an overwhelming ma
jority in Congress up to the
last minute today and denied
to the president a law author
izing him to arm American
■ merchant ships to meet the
German submarine menace.
Unyielding throughout 26
hours of continuous session to
appeals that their defiance of
the president would be humili
ating to the country; uncom
promising in a crisis described
as the most serious to the na
i tion since the Civil war, LaFol
: lette and his supporters refus
■ ed a majority of their colleag
I ues an opportunity to vote on
the armed neutrality bill, and
: it. died with the Sixty-fourth
Congress at noon.
To fix responsibility before
the country, 76 senators, 30
Republicans and 46 Democrats,
| signed a manifesto proclaiming
to the world that they favored
passage of ,he measure.
This declaration was embod
I ied in the record of the Senate.
The Manifesto
The text of the manifesto
| follows:
“The majority of the United
States senators favored the pas
sage of the Senate bill author
izing the president of the Unit
ed States to arm American mer
chant vessels,a similar bill hav
ing already passed the house
by a vote of 403 to 13. Under
the rules of the Senate allow
ing unlimited debate, it ap
pears to be impossible to obtain
a vote previous to noon March
4, 1917, when this session of
Congress expires.We desire the
statement entered on the rec
ord to establish the fact that
the Senate favored the legisla
tion and would pass it if a vote
could be obtained.”
Thirteen senators declined to
sign the statement, but one of
them, Senator Penrose of
Pennsylvania, said that he
would have voted for the bill
had an opportunity been af
forded him.
The Twelve Opponents
The 12 who went on record
with the 13 members of the
house against granting to Pres
ident Wilson the authority he
asked for in the crisis are:
Republicans—Clapp, Minne
sota; Cummins, Iowa; Granna
North Dakota; Kenyon, Iowa;
LaFollette, Wisconsin; Norris,
Nebraska; Works, California.
Democrats—Kirby, Arkan
sas; Lane, Oregon; O’Gorman.
New York; Stone, Missouri;
Vardaman, Mississippi.
Associated with them in op
position to ;he armed neutrali
ty bill were the following rep
resentatives who voted against
the house bill Thursday night.
Republicans.—Benedict,Cali
fornia; Cary, Wisconsin; Coop
er, Wisconsin; Davis, Minne
sota; Helgesen, North Dakota;
Linbergh, Minnesota; Nelson,
Wisconsin; Stafford, Wiscon
sin ; Wilson, Illinois.
Democrats—Decker, Mis
souri; Shackelford, Missouri;
Sherwood, Ohio.
Socialist — London, New
York.
CANDIDATE FROM
BAXTER COUNTY
B. A. Spradlin of Cotter, has !
announced as a candidate to
the constitutional convention
from Baxter county.
Mr. Spradlin has served Bax
ter county several years as
county examiner.
DEATH CLAIMS
AGED PIONEER
Dr. W. P. Lawton, One of the
County’s Oldest Citizens
Passes to His Reward
Dr. W. P. Lawton, aged 85
years, died at the family resi
dence here this morning at 8
o’clock after an illness of only
a few days.
Dr. Lawton was one of the
oldest residents of this county,
and had been a resident of
Newark for about 14 years,
having come here from White
county.
Dr. Lawton served during a
portion of the Civil War as sur
geon in the Confederate Army,
and had only a few days ago
been granted a pension by the
Arkansas Legislature.
He was a devout Christian
man and had been a member
of the Methodist church from
childhood. Ther are no
words at our command by
which we can fittingly portray
the sincereity of his Christian
character. He was strictly hon
est in the service he rendered.
In short, he was not only a
model Christian, but he was an
honorable gentleman in the
highest sense that term implies.
To man, woman, or child, he
always extended a cordial greet
ing, that lent a ray of light to
brighten their pathway in the
journey of life. But, all is over
now, and while the silence of
death wraps and chills us at
this moment, memories, sweet
and precious, come crowding
in. Truly a righteous man has
gone from our community.
He leaves five children, two
sons, Perkins and Sidney Law
ton, of Kensett, and three
daughters. Mrs. G. W. Collum,
Mrs. A. L. McClard and Miss
Lucy Lawton of this place, be
side a number of grandchild
ren, other relatives and a host
of friends to mourn his sad de
parture.
The funeral services will be
held at the family residence
Friday morning, by'Revs. A. D.
Collum and A. B. Haltom. Bur
ial at Blue Springs cemetery.
To the bereaved ones we
extend our heartfelt sympathy.
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WOMAN DROWNS
IN BLACK RIVER
Mrs. Della Hansen is Believed
to Have Walked off House
Boat Into River
Mrs. Della Hansen was
drowned in Black river at a
point near the railroad bridge,
Thursday morning of lastweek.
She was living with her hus
band on a house boat near the
bridge, and Hansen was engag
ed in the government rip-rap
work on the river bank.
It is said that early Thurs
day morning Hansen awoke
and found his wife missing.Her
body was later found floating
in the river among some bar
ges.
Evidence at the coroner’s in
vestigation showed that Mrs.
Hansen was in ill health and
that her mind was partially
unbalanced. The coroner’s jury
returned a verdict of drowning
from an unknown cause.
The remains were sent to
her former home at Coboden,
111., for burial.
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GEORGE WITT A CAN
DIDATE FOR MARSHAL
Elsewhere in this issue of
The Journal appears the an
nouncement of George Witt
for city marshal. Mr. Witt is
an able-bodied man, and al
though he has never served the
city in this capacity, his many
friends believe he will make
an able and efficient officer
should the people elect him.
JUDGE COLEMAN GIVES
OPINION ON DRY LAW
In Charge to Grand Jury Says
Man Can’t Bring Bottle
In Pocket
Walnut Ridge, Mch. 5.—Cir
cuit Court for the eastern dis
trict of Lawrence county con
vened in Walnut Ridge today,
with Judge Dene II. Coleman
presiding. The docket is light,
only 23 cases on the civil dock
et and 3G on the common law
docket. F. F. Sloan of Portia
was made foreman of the
Grand Jury.
Judge Coleman in instruct
ing the jury put a rigid con
struction on the bone dry law.
He took the position that the
intention of the legislature was
to make the state perfectly dry,
and that no man could bring
liquor into the state either in
his pocket, by auto or in any
other way, and that when
priests or ministers have wine
shipped into the state for sac
remental purposes the burden
of proof is on them to show
that it was intended for that
purpose. The Grand Jury will
investigate the case of Sam
Payne the city marshal of Wal
nut Ridge, who is alleged to
have killed Dan Tolson Octo
ber last.
MRS. WHORT MAGNESS
DIES AT BATESVILLE
Mrs. Whort Magness died at
her home in Batesville last
night at 9 o’clock, after a lin
gering illness from paralysis.
She was 35 years old and
leaves a husband and four
children, beside a host of rel-;
atives and friends to mourn I
her death.
Mrs. Magness was a member
of the Methodist church and
was a devout and consecrated j
Christian woman. She was for- i
merlv a resident of ths town
and had many friends here who
regret to learn of her death.
Burial took place at the
Crow cemetery near Magness,
this afternoon at 4 o’clock.Rev.
J. T. Goldsmith of Magness
conducting the burial services.
UNIVERSITY REMOVAL
BILL DIES IN SENATE
Advocates of Removal Will
Submit Bill to Voters Un
der the I. and R. Law
Little Rock, March 6.—The
Alexander-Edmondson bill to
submit to the people of Arkan
sas the question of accepting
from Pulaski county$l,000,000
for the purpose of erecting a
University in Little Rock, will
not get out of the Senate. It has
lost ground for several weeks,
but the advocates of the meas
ure state that they will now
j initiate an act, and go before
the people in the next election.
The residents of Fayetteville
while they do not appreciate
the fight this will produce, nor
the expense, yet they realize
that such a course will finally
settle the agitation which comes
up with each session of the As
sembly, and will be ready to
meet the proposition when it
comes.
It is said that Gov. Brough
has made a quiet but deter
mined fight against the bill,
and that its default is due to
his influence.
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TEACHERS WILL MEET
AT NEWARK SATURDAY
Next Saturday, March 10,
the Independence County
Teacher’s Association will meet
in Newark. The teachers have
prepared an interesting and in
structive program for this meet
ing and everyone is cordially
invited to attend the meeting.
The people of Newark will be
expected to entertain the visit
ing teachers during their stay
here.
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HENRY BROWN BOUND
OVER TO GRAND JURY
In the preliminary trial Mon
day of Henry Rrown, charged
with arson and grand larceny,
Brown’s bond was placed at
.$1,000, which he was unable to
make. It was alleged that
Brown was implicated in the
burning of Nelson Fitch’s store
early last spring.
BUGGY TIME
IS ALMOST HERE
If you are going to need a buggy any
time this season, we advise you to come in
and get it now, for buggies are hard to get
and are advancing in price every day.
Come in now, while we have a good
stock to select from and before there is any
urther advance in price.
C. W. MAXFIELD CO
THE BEST FOR THE MONEY
BATES VILLE