THE NEWARK JOURNAL
Published Every Friday
0. r. CRAIG, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Entered at the post office at Newark,
Ark., as second class mail.
BERRIES PROFITABLE TO
ENTIRE COMMUNITY
At this particular time Jud
sonia affords a fine object les
son for the farmers around
Newark.
The strawberry crop around
Judsonia is ready t gather and
a large number of people from
this vicinity have gone and are
going to Judsonia to pick ber
ries.
It is estimated that 500
carloads of berries will be
shipped from Judsonia this
season.
There are many crops that
the successful growing and
marketing of in any communi
ty will put money In circula
tion among others than the
growers but there is no crop
that puts as much money in
circulation among all class and
creates as much stimulus in a
town or community as straw
berries, and there is al
ways a noticable air of hustle,
progressiveness and prosperi
ty about a strawberry growing
center. It is good for every
one and all feel the effects of
the marketing of the crop.
It is not only the growerwho
has his net returns to spend 01
deposit in the bank,there are
those employed in making the
crates and boxes, the employ
es of the ice factory and the
great army of pickers and
others employed in caring for
the crop and allthese puttheii
money in circulation so that it
stimulates any kind of busi
ness in a town. The mer
chants of all kinds, the bankei
a nd even the peanut peddlei
feel the effects of it. The
amount paid for picking alone
is an enormus thing. In many
of the strawberry growing cen
ters it is often that $2,000 or
more per day is paid just for
picking the berries and the
people who pick the berries
spend it among the business
men of their own town for the
necessities and luxuries of life.
It does nottakeskilled work
men to pick the berries but
every one can help who is old
enough to realize the impor
tance of doing their work
right, thus men. women nnd
children share alike in the op
portunity of earning their part
of the harvest.
The stimulus -re a ted by the
strawberry season is felt
throughout the year until the
next crop is ready to market. It
The Journal were to enumerate
all the classes who direct !y or
indirectly are benefited by
the strawberry crop, it would
include every every business
in the town, therefore it is an
industry that all business men
should encourage.
There is no reason why we
should not be shipping straw
berries from Newark and en
joying some of the prosperity
that comes to berry growers.
Neighbors should be chari
table to each other in allowing
every man to have his own
opinions regarding politics, re
l.gion and social convictions.
All can agree upon the funda
mental questions of morality,
educational and community
advancement and yet each
may have his own peculiar
views with referencetotheway
things should be done. The
most important consideration
is to build up the community
morally, socially and educa
tionally; individual viewi
amount to very little. Lei
each keep his own view to him
self and work for larger
things.—Farm and Ranch.
Indications point to a con
cb. : .of t] E
within the next lew months
at least before tht t nd of the
summer, mid the * "tire world
hopes for peace at an early
date. Peace nov would .tart
the biggest boom in "u Unit
ed States that this country ha;
ever Experienced.
(Copyright, by McClure Syndicate.)
THERE’S GOOD REASON
FOR OPTIMISM
There are unmistakable
signs of the return of general
prosperity throughout the
South.
The clouds that hung so
heavy overSouthern commerce
and industry are disappearing
business is resuming its nor
mal condition; cotton has ad
vanced t 10 cents, and the
outlook for the present crop is
excellent.
The farmers have learned
the value of crop diversifica
tion and instead of having to
wait until next September to
begin to realize upon their
I crops, as was formerly the
case, they have a splendid
wheat crop coming on that
will soon be ready for harvest.
The acreage of hay crops is
larger than it has been in
many years, and the hay crop
is practically ready to begin
harvesting now.
Roth wheat and hay are
selling for big prices and if
there is any surplus of either
of these crops.it will put*ready
money into circulation at a
time when it is badly needed.
There is a bumper fruit crop
in sight, and the value of this
item alone can hardly be esti
mated.
A canning factory is going
up to take care of the local to
mato crop which the farmers
are planting. This .crop will
begin to bring returns during
the latter part of the summer
and early fall. This is a very
profitable crop and will put a
good deal of money into cir
culation.
So, taken both generally
and locally, The Journal sees
no reason why the people
should not be optimistic.
With splendid prospects for
good crops of all kinds, and
every indication of a general
revivial of business conditions
all over the country, there is
every reason to believe that
this will be the most prosper
ous year in the history of the
I South.
SULLIVAN’S LESSON
FROM THE FIGHT
Here is something every boy
should read. It was said by
John L. Sullivan, the great
prize fighter, in speaking of
the Johnson-Willard fight in
Cuba. Sullivan said: “Will
ard proved the better man. it
was a case of clean youth
against dissipated age. John
son hit the pace that kills in
Paris. Booze and white light,s
will get the best of them.
Johnson’s downwardfallshuld
be a lesson to young aspirants
in athletics to keep away from
the white lights. To be a win
ner, you must be regular in
your habits and careful of
your physical powers. Wil
lard is a young fellow and
showed he had the punch in
him. He proved the better
man.”
Willard is a tetotaler. He
never drank any liquor of any
kind in his life.. As Sullivan
says, and Sullivan ought to
know, here is a lesson for ev
ery young man with gray mat
ter enough in his think tank to
get it, for the lesson applies
to every walk of life—it is the
clean and moral man who wins
the battle.—Heber Headlight.
Though we know that the
■ hi ' nis take a mui h of
the time, yof we believe him;
and though we know that the
pes.-'iri'-t is often right, yet we
doubt him.
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Genuine courage was never
knocked out in one round.
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There are few publisher
who do not strive earnestly t
promote the best interests o
every interprise of industry ii
the community. They ean
ever cent they get and thei
service is worth much more t<
the community. The best ad
vertisement any town can hav
is a real live newspaper wel
patronizd by local people an<
don’t make the mistake of ex
pectin too much for a nicklt
—Exchane.
It is estimated that nearl;
a million dollars worth o
strawberries will be shippei
from the various towns ii
White county this year. Thi
is more than our cotton cro]
|brings in Independence coun
ty. When are the Independ
ence county farmers going t
wake up and see the great possi
biiities for them in berry grow
ing?
Pen Griffin, who wa>
member of the recent legida
ture from Pulaski county, ha
resigned his office and ha
been to pointed su.te organic
er for the Farmers Union. Th
leaders of the Union must b
tied up on nw-fully importan
I,jobs, or else good men are gel
I ting tolerably scarce in th
I Farmers Union in Arkansas.
It is said that right alway
triumphs. But you have prof
ably noticed that a whole lo
of people who think they al
right, very often get it in th
neck.
Some people, no matte
which wav they are pushed
are always pushed the wron;
way.
ADVERTISED LETTERS
Follow ing is a list of letter
remaining uncalled for in th
Newark Postoffice May 1, 101
Rev. John Malon
Mathlie Chun Co
Myrtle Martin
Addie B. Parnell
Clyde Rodgers
Omer Waker
Carl Wynne
If not called for in 30 day
will be sent to the dead lette
office at Washington, D. C. Ii
calling for above letters sa;
“advertised.”
Jno. T. Tharp, P. M.
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LITTLE ROCK CHOSEN
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iexecutive comniitte of the Ark
ansas Teachers’ Associatioi
met h* re today and selectee
Litth Ruck for the 101b stab
convention. April 6, 7 and 1
were he dates agreed upon.
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The Jounal for Job Printing
| Who Has Lived
1 j
J Here the Longest?
j We would like to know who
j has lived longest in Independ
) ence county. Write us a let-:
) ter, if you are an old resident,!
> and tell us some facts about j
) your early days. We will pub
| lish the letters from the oldest ■
. residents. We wish to secure
> as many interesting facts as |
) possible. The publication, of
1 one incident will remind other
| old timers of other incidents,
j so let the letters come.
) To the person showing the j
) longest continuous residence
) in the county, absence of loss
j than one year, or service in
) the army not counted against
j the pioneer, we will send the j
) Journal free for the remaind
) er of his or her life. To the !
j second oldest pionerr wre will
) send the paper for five years |
) free, and to the third, one
> vear free.
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) DIG MAY APPLE ROOT
’ Batesville, May 1.—At Gidd
* Izard count> a new enterprise
* has been established. Families
1 in that community who have
) been made to feel the sting of
* the high cost of living during
* the past period of depression,
) are engaged in digging May
) Apple roots, which are mar
* keted in Batesville for three
) cents per pound. Several
thousand pounds of the pro- j
s duct have been marketed here
) reaping quite a neat sum for
f the gathers. These roots are
i shipped to the large concerns
i of the east, where theires
r sence is used in the manufac
) tur of certain exensive drugs.
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The Journal for Job Printing
KILLED IN RUNAWAY
Hardy, May 1.—C. S. Sit/,
one of Sharp county's best
young farmers, was killed in
a runaway yesterday when his
team became frightened as he
was returning home. He was
alone and when found by mem
bers of his family he was ly
ing unconscious by the road
side with his skull crushed. H<
never regained consciousness
and died before the doctor ar
rived. He leaves a widow and
five small cildren.
tomato grow*.
The Newark Canning Com
panv desires to contract w.th
farmers for growing tomatoes
for our canning factory for
Those who
the this season, a no:
• prow tomatoes
desre to
‘ . . ,, „nii cjjjrn contracts
should call and sign ^
at once.. President.
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Newark Journal
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and Conviction; Nobody’s “Wagon Dog” and the Organ 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
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