INCOME TAX MAN IS
COMING THIS MON TH
Will Be at Batesville Latter
Part of Month to Make
Collection of Taxes
The Journal is in receipt of
a communication from Collec
tor of Internal Revenue, Jack
Walker in which he announces
that a federal income tax of
ficer will be sent to this coun
ty on January 16, and will be
here until Feb. 9. He will 1
have his office at the postoffice
building in Batesville, and will
e tlv»*e every day ready and
willing to help persons subject
to tl < income tax make out
their returns without any cost
to them for his services.
How many income tax pay
ers will there be in Indepen
donee county? It you can
gu<‘-; tt'e number of married
persons living with wife or hus
band who have net incomes of
$2,000 or over and how many
unmarried persons will have
net incomes of $1,000 or over 1
this year, then you know. The '
collector of Internal Revenue !
estimates that there will be 1
824 taxpayers in this county.
Returns of income for the '
year 1917 must be made on 1
forms provided for the purpose
before March 1, 1918. Because
a good many of the people 1
don’t understant the law and
won’t know how to make out 1
their returns, the Government 1
is sending in this expert to do 1
it for them. But the duty is
on the taxpayer to make him
self known to the Government.
If he doesn’t make return as
required before March 1, he
may have to pay a penalty
ranging from $20 to $1,000,
pay a fine or go to .jail. So if
you don’t want to take chances
on going to jail, you better calf
on the income tax man. If you
are not sure about being sub
ject to tax better ask him and |
make sure. Whether you see .
the income tax man or not, |
you must make your return if ,
subject to tax. {
The Colletcor suggests that {
< v rybody start figuring up j
his income and expenses now (
so as to be ready with the fig- j
ures when the expert arrives. t
Expenses, however, don’t mean t
family expenses, money used to |
pay off the principal of a debt, (
new machinery, buildings or (
anything like that. They mean
whut you spend in making your t
money—interest, taxes paid, (
hired help, amount paid for ■
goods sold, seed, stock bought
for feeding, rent (except for
your dwelling) etc. Income
i» i hides about every dollar you
get.
STOP THIS WASTE
During the year 1917, the
railroads of Arkansas killed
enough meat animals on their'
right of way to feed an army
of 433,300 for one week. In
the last three years, the rail
roads of Arkansas, Missouri,
and Louisiana killed a total of
121,596 head of live stock, in
cluding enough meat animals
to furnish meat for an army of
1,500,000 men for one month.
If we should read in the daily
papers that an alien enemy
had destroyed at some of our
large stock yards enough meat
supply to care for half a mil
lion of our troops for one week,
our anger would know no
bounds. Yet such a loss is
going on in Arkansas and in
other states every year, and up
to the present time has been
practically unheeded and but
little effort has been made to
reduce it.
-0
Buy a thrift stafp today.
FIX COAL PRICES
The United States Fuel Ad
ministrator for Arkansas upon
the recommendation of the lo
?al committee at Batesville an
nounces and fixes the retail
price for the sale of Arkansas
and Illinois Bituminous coal to
consumers at Batesville, Cush
man, and Newark, Arkansas.
These prices effective De
cember 22nd, 1917 as follows:
ro be sold at prices not to ex
ceed
Illinois_$6.40 per ton
Arkansas __ 7.15 per ton
Provided, further, that a
charge may be added for deliv
'ries as follows: 15 cents for
:he second zone and 40 cents
for the third Zone.
II. C. COUCH,
LI. S. Fuel Adm’r. for Arkansas
JNO. W. GLEEN,
A. i\. GOODNIGHT,
,J. iC. FITZHUGH.
Local Committee for Indepen
dence county.
-O-—
HAVE THINGS HANDY
“A place for everything and
everything in its place” is a
naxim that is well worth every
jersons time to memorize and
>ractice. In addition, however,
here is a sequel that is of
>aralell value. It is this: Se
ect the place that will be the
nost convenient to reach, or
vill operate to save needless
iteps. Invariably there is a
)lace seemingly just intended
'or every particular article or
ltensil- A little meditation
nay be required to locate the
dace but the time thus spent
s alwyas time well spent. To
)e able to reach a desired ar
icle without going ‘‘miles out
)f the way” ultimately becom
es a source of much satisfac
ion. At least this is the tes
imony of those who give care
*ul consideration to this matter
)f location.
SHORTS FOR FLOUR
Shorts may be used in com
pilation with white flour in
tnv proportion up to three
ourths shorts and one fourth
vhite flour. It produces a
lark bread somewhat heavy in
exture, but of a pleasam nutty
lavor. Shorts can be used in
ombination with white flour
n griddle cakes, muffins, and
ake, and in combination with
orn meal in Boston brown
iread. Cookies may be made
if shorts without the addition
if white flour. In substituting
horts forwhite flour use seven
■igths cup of shorts in place of
■ach cup of white flour.
SIX BILLION POUNDS
OF MEAT FOR FOOD
What City and Country Can
Produce in the Form of
Poultry and Eggs
If poultry production is
doubled next year, as is readily
possible with this city and
! country cooperation, we will
| have 6,500,000,000 pounds of
meat food in the form of poul
try and eggs. This will re
lea.se almost that many pounds
of other meats—pork and beef
—for our Armies in Europe,
and for the armies and civilians
of the Allies.
It we do not produce this
amount of poultry we may find
ourselves short of meat food to
just that extent.
It is a patriotic duty of the
utmost importance that every
farmer and every person in
town do his part in producing
this increase in poultry, which
will help to win the war. It is
also a profitable proposition
for the average individual.
Both town and farm families
will produce, at its lowest cost,
mrat food for their own use,
and by putting up eggs for
winter use will further reduce
living expenses.
The poultry will be handled
as a by-product of the farm
and backyard; each flock
being large enough in numbers
to utilize the scraps and waste j
from the kitchen and the pick
ups around the place, supple
mented by some feed. But no
flock should be out of propor
tion to the ground space and
kitchen wastage—not so large
that feed will become, relative
ly, too costly an item. The
idea is not only to increase our
poultry production, but to do it
economically; to do it at very |
little cost, by turning the '
vaste of kitchens and back
yards all over the United State
into chickens and eggs. Fowls
are the only medium through j
which a good deal of this j
waste can be transformed into
a w luable food product.
APPRECIATE COMPLIMENT !
Among the handsome Christ- j
mas editions of Arkansas news
papers that have come to our
exchange table, none are better
than the Christmas edition of
the Newark Journal which F
neatly printed on a good qual
ity of pink paper, and full of
attractive advertising and in
reading matter.
Brinkley Citizen.
HclCking CoUghS "Cranny” Chamberlain
“ For Hacking Coughs that rob you of your sleep till your sys
tem becomes so run down that you are in grave danger of Pneu
monia or Consumption, the kind that almost tear you to pieces,
that make your head ache, your throat sore and inflamed, take
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
It soothes and heals the inflamed air passages, stops the tick
ling in the throat, and by its tonic effect enables you to throw
off the disease. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is quite different
from the ordinary cough medicine, for it not only soothes but
also heals, so that the effected parts are restored to a healthy
condition and the danger of a future attack is removed. I firmly
believe that it is the best and most reliable preparation ever pro
duced for coughs and colds.”
\
7
W. R WILLIAMSON DEAD
W. R. Williamson, a lormer
citizen of Newark, died at his
home in Batesville last Thurs
day about 0 P- m., following a
prolonged illness of pellagra.
Mr. Williafson was born on
v t ft is now known as the
Hodges farm near Batesville,
in 1859. lie was reared near
Newark and spent most of his
life in Independence county.
He is survived by five children,
his wife having died only a
short time age- He was a
member of the Methodist
church.
The remains were brought to
Newark for burial. Funeral
services were conducted by
Rev. Albright and burial was
under the auspices of the Ma
sonic Lodg., of which he had
been a member for a number
of years.
STATE RANKS THIRD
IN 1917 LYNCH1NGS
Four of 38 Persons Unlawfully
Executed Last Year Were
in Arkansas
Four of 38 persons lynched
in ’minus parts of the United
State • < uring 1917 were from
Arkansas, according to the
yearly report compiled by the
Division of Records and Re
se; n !> of the Tuskegee insti
tute. Of the entire number, 36
were negroes and two white.
Twelve, or a little less than
one-third were charged with
criminal assault. Thirty-seven
were men and one was a wo
man.
The offenses charged again
■it the whites were: Rape and
murder, 1; ft t nting strikes,
1.
The states in which lynch
ings oceoured and number in
each State were follows: Al
abama, : Arkansas, 4; Ari
zona, 1; Florida, 1; Georgia,
6; Kentucky, 2; Louisana 5;
Mississippi, 1 ; Montana, 1 ; Ok
lahoma, 1; South ( molina, 1;
Ten essee. 3; Texas, (3; Vir
ginia, 1 ; Wyoming. 1.
A GENTLEMAN
A man that is clean inside
and out, who neither looks up
to the rich or down on the poor,
who can lose without squeal
ing. and can win without brag
ging; who is considerate of wo
men. children and old people;
who is too brave to lie, too gen
erous to cheat, and lets oth r
-people have theirs.
N EW
County Map
Independence County
The Journal has just Issued a splendid new combina
tion map of Arkansas and independence county, a copy
of whic should be in every home in Independence
county. The map of Independence county is revised
right up to the minute, and shows each postoffice in
the county with correct location, as given in the latest
U. S. Postal Guide.
All the important county roads are shown and correct
ly located, which is a very valuable feature.
All the new townships are given, with township lines
correctly shown, according to the official records.
Section, township and range lines are co rectly
shown, which is a valuable feature, making it easy to
locate any particular tract of land in the county.
The map of Arkansas is one of the latest issued, and
in addition to the regular features, it shows all the
principal public roads of the state, a feature that can
not be found in the ordinary state mop. All towns
are shown and population given from the latest official
census.
This Combination State and County
- , , , i -mn - - ----- - --- ---
Map is both valuable and education
al and shqidd be in_every home in
Independence County.
<■
♦
«!•
V
-v
i
♦
*
♦
♦
♦
❖
They Are Going Fast! Don’t Delay or You
May Not Be Able to Get Yours
SENT PREPAID TO ANY ADDRESS UPON RECEIPT OF $1.50
! The Newark Journal one year AA
j and a copy of the map, only ..
♦
4*
{ THE NEWARK JOURNAL
j NEWARK, ARKANSAS