The Newark Journal
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, March 14, 1918
Vol. 17, No. BO
MORE MINE WORKERS
NEEDED AT CUSHMAN
Mining Operations in Manga
nese Field Hampered Be
cause of Lack of Labor
Cushman, Mch. 11.—Labor
shortage in the Independence
county manganese field is hold
ing down the production of
this much needed ore. Freight
embargoes are also hampering
shipments to some extent. Stan
ley Handford says that this
month’s shipmens will be ap
proximate 1,000 tons, which
will leave a big surplus. A
lai-ge part of the ore is nrned
by faimers, and many of these
are deserting the pits for the
plow. The field could use sev
eral thousand men at good
wages and hundreds of teams.
However, development work
is being pushed. J. C- Shep
herd of Rush last week start
ed operations on the Weaver
Dowdy tract on Polk bayou.
He will send other crews from
the north Arkansas zinc field.
Stanley Handford, operating
on a 1,000 acre tract on Laf
ferty creek, is opening up a
large number of new pits and
is making a heavy production.
The Eureka Mining Com
pany, operating a big washing
plant on the Polk Bayou, is in
creasing the capacity of its
plant.
E1 r McCombs of the Inde
pendence Mining Company has
installed a washing plant at the
Ball mine and is making a good
production. He is also opening
up a series of new pits at ren
ter’s Bluff, and is taking out
quite a tonnage of high-grade
ore.
Each month from now on
will show an increase in devel
opment work and production
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
The announcement of W. M.
Thompson as a candidate for
representative appears in to
day? paper.
Mr- Thompson is one of the
best known citizens of the
county, having a few years ago
served the county for two
terms in the lower house of the
Geneial Assembly.
He made a splendid record
in the House, both in point of
attendance and in support of
those measures looking to the
moral and material progress of
the state. He always proved
himself a safe and sane repre
sentative of the best interests
of the people.
If again honored by an elec
tion to this important position
he will no doubt render the
people the same faithful and
efficient service that has char
acterized his former efforts in
their behalf while a member
of the House of Representa
tive?.
SANITARIUM REPORT
The report of the State Tu
berculosis Sanitarium at Boone
vine tor February shows that a
total cost of maintenance for
the month was $6,451-63, and
the expenditures $6,562.43.
There were at the institution
on March 1, 136 patients., 69
of whom were men and 66 of
whom were women. Eleven
men and eight women were
received during the month and
10 men and 10 women were
discharged or left the instiu
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Ross Hoyt, a brother of F. C.
Hoyt of this place, who is in
the U. S. Army, was a few days
ago promoted to captain. Men
tion was made in The Journal
some time ago of the fact that
he was in line for this promo
tion. Captain Hoyt is in the
Coast Artillery Corps and is
stationed at Ft. Monroe, Va
Every man, that is worth calling a MAN has a
home for his family and himself. But some men
are thoughtless and have not protected their home
Is your home protected against adversity?
A BANK ACCOUNT is the best safeguard for
your home. Start one today.
Put YOUR money in OUR bank.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
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The Flag of the U. S.
BY E. A. BRININSTOOL
Against the sky it is fluttering high,
In the winds of a tropic breeze;
It swings and dips from the great gray ships
That buffet the foaming seas.
It backs the guns of the Yankee sons,
As its rippling colors sway
To the marching feet down the dusty street—
The Flag of the U. S. A.
It flutters free on lard and sea,
With its Red and its White and Blue;
Wherever it goes against its foes
’Tis followed by soldiers true.
To the rattling thrum of the trobbing drum,
It gleams in the battle fray
And never as yet, has its match been met—
The Flag of the U. S. A.
It waves and runs with the frowning guns,
No matter in war or peace;
Midst the cannon’s cry it will bravely fly
Till the sounds of conflict cease.
With its filmy stars and its blood bought bars,
Men follow it day by day,
And die to defend to the final end—
The Flag of the U. S. A
j | Happenings of Local Interest
Squire F. Rawlings of Paro
quet was in town today on
business.
Attend the sale of purebred
chicks at F. C. Hoyt & Co. next
Monday and Tuesday
Attorney S. C. Knight was
looking after business at Sul
phur Rock Monday and Tues
day.
M. M. Rutherford, one of the
county’s best citizens, was
down from Rutherford on busi
ness Friday.
Purebred barred Plymouth
Rock eggs for hatching, for
sale at $1 per setting. Her
bert Benson, Newark, Ark.
ThoroughbredWhite Leghorn
and White Plymouth Rock
chicks for sale. Will be ready
for delivery next Monday and
Tuesday. F. C. Hoyt & Co.
For rent.—80 acres of bot
tom land near Lockhart; new
house and barn. Good propo
sition for right parties. Phone
or write, Frank A. Gray, Bates
ville, Ark.
Kirk Vaughan, who is in the
U. S. Army, spent Saturday
and Sunday here with his
mother, Mrs. E. L. Vaughan,
returning to Camp Beauregard
Sunday night.
Owen Fetzer who is in the
U- S. Army has returned to
Camp Beauregard after a
pleasant visit with his parents
Squire and Mrs. J. H. Fetzer of
Logan township.
W. A. Tugwell has purchas
ed Will McArthur’s fine Jack
and will keep the animal for
service this1 season at his place
near Nelson Fitch’s tore in '
Wycough township. (adv) '
Eggs for hatching, from
purebred barred Plymouth
Rocks; $1 per setting. Her
bert Benson, Newark, Ark.
Mr- and Mrs. Alfred Wil
liamson left Monday for their
home at Joplin, Mo., after a
pleasant visit here with the
gentleman’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. H. Williamson.
A. C. Martin of Pine Bluff
spent Saturday here on busi
ness and visiting his father F.
M. Martin. He returned Sun
day to Pine Bluff where he
has accepted a position as
bookkeeper for the Pine Bluff
Water & Light Co.
Roy Robinson of Newport
spent Sunday here with friends
He has resigned his position
as pharmacist with the Brown
Drug Co., and will leave about
March 15 for Sapulpa, Okla.,
where he will take a similar
nnsifinn wifVl Hlo Inn.Iiniy A ....
firm of Sapulpa.
All persons or firms engaged
in importing, manufacturing,
storing or distributing ferti
lizers or fertilizer ingredients
must secure license on or be
fore March 20. Applications
must be made to the Law De
partment, License Division,
United States Food Administra
tion, Washington, D. C.
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ROSIE TO THE FRONT
It is reported that Postmast
er S. W. Williams of Rosie has
sold a total of $5,174 worth of
War Savings Stamps and thrift
Stamps since the stamps were
placed on sale the first of the
present year.
The people of Rosie are
showing their loyalty to Uncle
sam in a manner that the peo
ple of some other communities
would do well to emulate.
BROUGH PARDONS WOMAN
Mrs- Minnie Willard of
Swifton who was sentenced to
five years in the pen at the re
cent term of the Jackson Cir
cuit Court at Newport, was
pardoned Wednesday by Gov.
Brough.
Mrs. Willard shot and killed
Grover Osborne last Summer,
near Swifton, because, she
claimed, he had slandered her.
She was indicted for murder in
the first degree and when the
case came up for trial she
pleaded guilty to second degree
murder and was sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary.
She had not begun her prison
sentence when pardoned by the
governor.
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CLOSE SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL
Farley Cash and Miss Van
Martin closed a successful term
of school last, Friday at the
Scott school house. Closing
exercises were held Friday
night when a splendid pro
gram was rendered. All of
those who narticinatod in the
closing- exercises acquitted
themselves in a most creditable
manner. A large crowd was
present many being unable to
get in the house. The splen
did closing exercises reflects
credit upon the teachers and
the entire student body of the
Scott school.
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ELECTION PROCLAMATION
Notice is hereby given that
an election will be held in the
towm of Newark on Tuesday,
April 2, 1918, for the purpose
of electing the following offi
cers to serve for one year to
wit:
One mayor, one recorder,
one treasurer, one marshal,
and five aldermen.
Given under my hand as
mayor of the Incorporated
Town of Newark, this 11th day
of March, 1918.
JAS. B. KETCHEM,
PLEADS GUILTY TO
HOLDING UP BANK
Cotton Plant Bank Robber Im
plicates Former Newark
Man in Planning Deed
Cotton Plant, Mch. 8.—Ben
Crews, a young mill worker of
Kensett, confessed robber of
the Bank of Cotton Plant Jan
uary 9 last, pleaded guilty to
the charges in circuit court at
Cotton Plant today.
Sentence was deferred
Blacky Blackstone and Trigger
Brewer, accused as accesscries
to the robbery will be tried
at the April term.
Crews held up the bank ear
ly in the afternoon and after
locking the cashier in the vault
escaped with about $3,500. He
was arrested a day later ami
admitted that he committed the
robbery. He implicated Brew
er and Blackstone, charging
that they planned the affair.
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RED CROSS WORKERS
OPEN SEWING ROOM
The local Red Cross organi
zation has opened a sewing
room in the Masonic Hall and
will sew each Thursday after
noon fi*om 2 to 5 o’clock.
Mite boxes have been plac
ed in the post office and the
bank where any one desiring
to give small sums may do so
by depositing same in the mite
box.
The officers of the local or
ganization are as follows: Mrs.
W. W. Jemgan, chairman;
Mrs. F. C- Hoyt secretary; Mrs.
C. D. Atkinson, treasurer. The
finance committee is composed1
of C. M. Edwards, J. B. Ketch
em and F- C. Hoyt.
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Trade with the merchants
who advertise in the Journal.
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BE PREPARED
To Gather all Your Wheat
Crop Next Summer
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To do this you have to have a binder of your own
for nine times out of ten when you are going to use
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jj someone else’s binder, you cannot always get it and
p you may lose your whole cripbecause you are un
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1 able to borrow or rent a binder.
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To some folks it may seem early to talk about
buying Wheat Binders this time of year, but on
account of the fact that binders are scarce and hard
| to get, it will pay any one interested in binders, to
§1 come in and see us or write us at once. If you are
| going to need anything in this line, do not wait, but
I come in NOW.
C. W. Maxfield Co
BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS