The
Newark
Journal.
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, August 3, 1916
Voi. 16, No. IS
8,721 OF SCHOOL AGE
NOW IN THIS COUNTY
Annual Report of County Ex
aminer Shows Progress in
School Work in County
The annual report of County
Examiner Sidney Pickens of
Batesville, which has just been
completed from the reports of
the directors of the various dis
tricts of Independence county,
shows that there are 8,721 per
sons of school age in this coun
ty.
There are 99 districts and
113 school houses in the coun
ty.
During the past year, 156
schools were taught in the
county, the average length of
term being 122 days, or six
months and two days.
Three new school houses
were built during the year, at
a total cost of $15,400. The to
tal value of school property in
the county is now $132,600.
Of the 8,721 children in the
county, 6,623 were enrolled in
the schools. The average daily
attendance was 4,532.
There is a total of 400 negro
children in the county and sev
en negro teachers.
White teachers employed
during the year numbered 153,
and a total of $51,179.42 was!
paid for teachers salaries. Of
the teachers employed, 18 ■
hold state license; 46 hold first
grade certificates; 64 hold sec
ond grade; and 25 hold third
grade certificates.
The teachers receive an av
erage annual salary of $334
each.
The report says that a great
many of the school buildings
are in need of repairs and ad
ditional equipment. However,
the report shows progress
along all lines.
ICE CREAM SUPPER
AT MOUNT CARMEL
There will be an ice cream
supper at Alt. Carmel church,
north of town, next Tuesday
night. Everybody invited to at
tend. The proceeds are to be
used for the benefit of the !
church.
GOVERNOR HAYS WILL
SPEAK AT PICNIC HERE
Arrangements Made For Num
ber other Speakers and Num
erous Other Attractions
Gov. Geo. W. Hays has ac
cepted an invitation to address
the people of Independence
county at the Annual Picnic
and Old Settlers Re-union to
he held at Newark next week.
Gov. Hays has not as yet de
signated the day on which he
will speak but he will be here
one day during the picnic, the
exact date to be announced la
ter.
Other speakers who have ac
cepted invitations to speak are
Dr. Jno. H. Dye, >n' Searcy;
Prof. W. B. Torreyson, of Lit
tle Rock; John H. Page, state
commissioner of agriculture;
W. B. Owens, State Highway
Commissioner, Little Roek;and
Hon. Gustave Jones of New
port.
A number of carnival at
tractions have been booked
and stand privileges for re
freshments and nineh stands
have been sold by the commit
tee.
Chal Moore who has one of
the best steam merry-go
rounds in the state,will be here
with his merry-go-round, the
machine having arrived today
from Paragould, where he has
been for some time.The merry
go- round will be erected on
the picnic ground tomorrow
and will be ready for opera
tion tomorrow night, when Mr.
Moore expects to be ready for
business.
The grounds have been
cleaned up and laid off in
splendid shape, and everything
indicates that the picnic will
be the best and most largely
attended picnic ever held in
Newark.
Will be glad to have all of
my old friends and customers
call and see me whether you
trade with me o« not. Jno. M.
Martin.
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NEWARK, ARK
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $6,000
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ARKANSAS FARMERS
UNION IN SESSION
Organization in Flourishing
Condition and Mobley Will
Again Head State Union
Jonesboro, Aug. 2.—The
first session of the State Farm- J
ers’ Union met in the college
auditorium this morning at 8
o’clock with a large attendance !
of the delegates from the vari
ous counties over the state.Hon.
Charley Barrett, national pres
dent, presided over the open
ing session, after which the an
nouncement of the standing
committees was made by the
state president, Hon. H. S.
Mobley. The remainder of the
morning session was devoted |
to speeches by Hon. Charley I
Barren, national president;]
Alex Davis, national secretary;
National Committeeman Don
blazer; J. W.Trusty of Fort
Smith, who is here in the in
terest of the 12-mill school tax
levy, and Hon. T. N. Wilson of
Pine Bluff, the state president
of the Federation of Labor of
Arkansas, all of whom made
interesting and instructive
talks.
The afternoon session was!
consumed in the hearing of the j
reports of the delegates from j
the various county unions and
the officers, all of which shows
the union to be in a live and
enthusiastic condition.
Tonight there was held a
closed session, at which many
matters of importance and in
terest to the union were con
sidered.
Tomorrow morning the elec
tion of officers will take place
and from the best information
obtainable, JVlr. Mobley will
be named as president by ac
clamation to succeed himself.
The delegates are loud in
their praise of the reception
given them and the large crowd
that greeted them at the an
nual picnic yesterday, given
by the county union. There is
already started by a number
of the delegates present a
movement to bring to Jones
boro for 1917 the national
meeting of the union, meeting
this year in Florida. There
will go up a strong petition
from the state union and the
business men of Jonesboro to
bring this gathering to Jones
boro.
Among the other things
that will be considered at this
meeting will be the considera
tion of a resolution passed by
the Craighead County Union
recently, and certified to the
state meeting, protesting
against the repeal of the state
wide prohibition statute, and
many of the delegates present
have been heard to say they
are heartily opposed to the re
peal ot the law. Indicationsare
that the state union will go on
record as being opposed to
the repeal of the law.
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NEWARK LADY ON
COLLEGE FACULTY
Mountain Home, Aug. 2._
The faculty of Mountain Home
College, which will open for
its first session this fall, was
announced today, as follows:
President and teacher of Bib
le and history, II. F. Vermil
hon; mathematics and Latin,
Prof. Fred H. Ward; English
and science, Prof. W. B. O’
Neal; normal department,Miss
Ruth (Compere, B. L.; piano
.Miss Fay Livingston, A. B., B.
M.: art, Miss Beatrice Ratton
of Newark.
1 eaehers in voice and ex
pression and another literary
teacher for the grade work are
to be chosen.
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For §ale.—Four acres of
land and good four room house
in north part of town. Splendid
young orchrad. Will take first
payment in young stock and
make easy terms on balance.
Newark Real Estate Co.
LAWS 10 BE VOTED ON I
ARE BEING PUBLISHED
Full Text of Proposed Acts and
Amendments Will be Found
In Today’s Paper.
The proposed amendments
to the state constitution ana
the laws initiated by the peo
ple are published in this issue
of The Journal.
There are amendments No.
12 and 13, and two initiated
acts to be passed on by the peo
ple of the state at the election
in November, besides the con
stitutional amendment submit
ted by the legislature.
Amendment No. 12 has been
given wider publicity than any
of the amendments. It provides
for an increased school tax, or
district option for increased
ta>: (Jnder its provision any
school district in the state can
vote a school tax for school
purposes only up to 12 mills.
Amendment 13 is another
amendment to be voted on.It is
backed up by the unions. This
amendment is one that takes
the limitations off of the initi
ative and referendum, and
leaves with the people the
power to make and change as
many laws as they see fit, re
moves from the legislature the
power to pass local legislation
and attach the emergency
clause, and requires that in the
event the emergency clause is
used, there should be good rea
sons for using it and the emer
gency clearly defined.
The acts do not share in the
popularity of the amendments
and both of them will havv
hard sledging. The act to re
peal the statewide law will af
ford the chief interest in the
November election, because it
is the one measure aboutwhich
there is a universal interest.
While the old liquor men dis
claim any responsibility far the
act, it is quite sure that the li
quor forces are not asleep,and
they will do all they can to re
peal the law. None of the men
heretofore active in the liquor
campaigns have seemed totake
any interest, and many of them
say they have no further inter
est in the liquor traffic. Those
who circulated the petition de
clare that it is simply a popu
lar movement of the people
who are strong for local option
and that the liquor interests
are not concerned. But it is a
blind man who cannot guess
that the liquor people are still
alive and that they have nev
er submitted to' state-wide
without a struggle. It may be
safely said that the liquor in
terest will make one big fight
to win, and some of them even
believe that the state-wide law
will be repealed. The prohibi
tion forces, while declaring
that there is no sentiment for
the repeal of the law, are not
gomg to be caught napping,
and it is sure they will put up
a strong fight to keep the state
dry. The prohibitionists are
still well organized and they
are ready for the final fight on
the liquor question, confident
that at least a majority of the
people of the state do not want
liquor sold in Arkansas.
The other act, the one to
change the primary election
law, will also have some rough
sailing. Ordinarily a law that
would change the method of
holding elections and safe
guard the ballot would meet
universal approval. Rut many
People and good Democrats
who have always favored hon
est elections are opposed to
this law.
The other amendment is the
one submitted by the legisla
ture, and provides a special
levy of :> mills for road pur
poses.
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15 pounds best cane white
sugar for $1.00 with $5.00
worth ol other goods at lower
prices than can be bought any
where at Barnett’s Big Store’s
midsummer clearing sale.
NOVEL EXHIBIT FOR
. PICNIC NEXT WEEK
Midget Salesman and Wife-will
Hold Cooking Demonstra
tion of Famous Flour Here
Major G. W. Campbell and
his wife, who is the original
“Dolly Dimple,” have made
arrangements to attend the
big picnic at Newark next
week, and will put on a prac
tical cooking demonstration of
the value of their famous Dol
ly Dimple Self-Rising Flour.
Tlfey will have a booth on
the picnic ground where dem
onstrations will be conducted
daily.
Major Campbell and his
daintly little wife have the dis
tinction of being the smallest
commercial people in the
world. The major has been on
the road for 25 years and has
sold goods in every state in the
Union.
Major Campbell will give
an address on an original plan
of Co-operation that will set
the farmer on his feet and save
him money.
Major and Mrs. Campbell
wil1 be accompanied by the
original “Dolly Dimple Cook.”
who will conduct the daily
cooking demonstrations.
This will be something new
in the way of picnic attrac
tions for Newark, and promis
es to be of especial interest to
all.
Come and see the little peo
ple, test the merits of their
famous flour, and hear what
they have to say.
BUYS STURDIVANT
STOCK OF DRUGS
The Newark Drug Co., has
purchased the stock of drugs
of the late J. I. Sturdivant,and
has consolidated the two
stocks.
R. R. Ratton has rented the
building formerly occupied b\
the Sturdivant drug store and
will return from Rush and en
gage in the mercantile busi
ness here. He expects to get his
stock here and be ready foi
business in about ten days.
SOME DANGEROUS
FACTS ABOUT FIRE
Cited in a State-wide Effort to
Cut Down Arkansas’ Annual
Fire-Tax
Enough people to populate
a town the size of Ozark,Corn
ing, Pocahontas, Clarksville,
Arkansas City, Ashdown o
other community of about 1,
000 inhabitants, are needlessly
killed each year in the U. S. by
fire.
Fayetteville, aside from its
student inhabitants, or El Dor
ado could be very nearly popu
lated by the nurrt« •' of persons
maimed c r injured through
fire each ;, ear in this countvv.
Compared with Europe’s rec
ord, this is a terrible loss. In
Europe Ihe regulation of fire
hazard is very strict and in
telligent, supported both by
law and public sentiment.
The attitude toward fire
which has grown up in this
country is strikingly illustrated
by the example of our metrop
iolist. In New York ten million
dollars a year are spent to put
out fires and SI5,000 to pre
vent them. In Arkansas the
puhlic spends thousands of dol
lars a year in maintaining fire
departments to put out fires,
and nothing (practically) to
prevent them.
If the buildings burned in
the United States in one year
were placed side by side on a
thoroughfare it would be long
enough to reach around the
borders of Arkansas. Every
ten blocks along this street,ov
er a thousand miles in length,
would be one house from which
a person had been carried out
seriously injured and every
thousand feet would be the
ruins of a building in which
some one had burned to death.
The way to save the lives
and property of our citizens,
conserve the created resources
! of the state, and reduce the in
visible fire tax of fifteen dol
lars a year that comes out of
the pocket of every man in
Arkansas is to have fewer fires
| and having fewer fires is a
matter of education and pub
i lie sentiment.
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