The Newark Journal.
“EVERYBODY WORKS" IS THE MOTTO FOR GOOD ROADS DAYS NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, September 12, 1913
Vol. 13, No. 23
WORK ROAD TWO
DAYS NEXT WEEK
Next Tuesday and Wednesday are
Set Apart by Citizens as Good
Roads Days
Another enthusiastic Good
Hoads meeting was held at the Al
len Hall in Newark Tuesday night
and was attended by a large num
ber of the leading citizens of the
community.
The committee appointed to sol
icit funds among the business men
of Newark reported a total of
$198.00 subscribed.
The committee appointed to sol
icit work and teams reported that
50 teams had been secured and a
large number of hands, with others
yet to come.
J. E. McCoy, one of the best
practical road builders in the coun
ty, was chosen as road master,
with J. P. Lovel as assistant and
the road master was given author
ity to appoint as many overseers
as was deemed necessary to suc
cessfully carry on the work.
The days selected to work the
road were Tuesday and Wednes
day, the 16th and 17th.
G. 0. Magness and G. M. Fields
were appointed to collect the funds
subscribed by the business men of
Newark and turn the same over
to the treasurer.
T. J. McDoniel and H. V. Meri
wether were appointed to gather
up tools along the north end of
the road and have them in readi
ness for use. G. M. Fields, J. P.
Lovel and J. W. Henderson were
appointed as a committee to secure
tools on this end of the line.
Fink Bros, volunteered to sharp
en all tools free of cost.
J. E. McCoy, T. J. McDoniel and
H. V. Meriwether were appointed
as a committee to secure lumber
necessary for culverts and have it
delivered on the road ready for
use.
It is estimated that a total of
about 160 days work has been se
cured and it is proposed to begin
at Propes’ shop, about a mile north
of Newark and work to Dota
creek, a distance of five miles. This
is said to be the worst piece of
road in this part of the county,
and when it is fixed, there will be
a good road the entire distance
from here to Cord.
The workers will meet at Propes
shop at 7:30 o’clock Tuesday morn
ing, when overseers for the differ
ent divisions of the road will be
appointed and work started.
All who can make it convenient
to do so will take baskets and
dinner will be served on the
road.
FIRE WILL NOT
AFFECT THE FAIR
Governor Hays Makes Address,
Saying Exhibit Will be Held
at Hot Springs
Hot Springs, .Sept. 8.—Before a
state convention of government
farm demonstrators representing
the 75 counties in Arkansas, Gov. I
George W. Hays tonight made an
address in which he voiced the
authority of the Arkansas state
Fair Association that conditions
following the conflagration of Fri
day had so cleared that the Octo
ber state fair would be held with
out doubt.
Delegates to the mee ting were
informed by George R. Belding,
secretary of the state fair associa- j
tion, that while Hot Springs has i
suffered a terrible calamity by the
great fire this city is still able to
care for 10,000 or more visitors at
the present time and when the
gates of the big state exposition
open next month Hot Springs will
be in a position to shelter and feed
the thousands who will come to
view the exhibits representing the
products and resources of Arkan
sas.
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
The 63rd annual session of the
Independence Missionary Baptist j
Association will convene with the
Baptist church at Pleasant Valley,
three miles north of Moorefield
Friday, September 12 at 11 a. m.
Conveyance will be at Moorefield
to take care of all that come on
the train. Everybody come and
let’s make this association the best
in its history. G. L. Fink,
Clerk.
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The Seven Wise Men
of Greece are Dead
They live known only to students of liis
torv. '1'lieir snoeesses hove long since
been forgotten. liven their names ore in
ilisjmte, but there is no (piest ion about
who arc the
i Wise Men of Newark
They are V1SRY MUCH ALIVli. They
are SUCC USSPUL men who are doing
things SOW. Who believe in eo-operul
ing with other interests than their own
knowing that in so-doing, ot her in terests
will co-operate with them. Their names
will not lye forgotten fur they have been
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recorded in the de posit ledger of
First National Bank
Newark, Arkansas
CAPITA L AS1) SURPLUS SIR*,000.00
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Magness Bros, gin here was
started Saturday. The first bale
ginned was for Dick Chamberlain
Miss Annie Jack arrived from
Little Rock Monday and will make
her home here with her mother,
Mrs. Ella Jack.
Rev. C. F. Hively of Batesville
is spending the week in town as
sisting Pastor Umsted in a revival
meeting at the Methodist church.
M. T. Oldfield of Batesville
spent a few days in town this
week, securing a class in vocal
music. He secured a number of
pupils but decided to postpone his
school until after the close of the
Methodist revival. He will return
later and take up the work and
hopes to secure a large class. He
will probably secure one of the
churches and conduct his school
at night. The first night’s lesson
will be free and he cordially in
vites all who are interested in
music to be present.
PROMINENT COUPLE WED
R. B. Adams and Mrs. Fannie
DeCamp Married Saturday
R. B. Adams of this place and
Mrs. Fannie DeCamp of Elmo were
married late Saturday afternoon
on the bank of White river near
Oil Trough, Squire J. L. Outlaw
officiating. They left immediately
for St. Louis, where they spent a
few days returning home yester
day morning.
The groom is one of the most
prominent and best known men in
Newark, having been successfully
engaged in the mercantile business
here for a number of years. The
bride is a most estimable lady of
lovely disposition and has many
friends.
The Journal most heartily joins
their many friends in wishing for
them a full measure of all the
good things of life.
AKRON SCHOOL CLOSES
Was One of the Must Successful
in history of That School
The summer term of the Akron
school closed Friday. The school
opened the 21st of July with Miss
Mary Alexander as teacher, and
although this has always been a |
difficult school to handle, on the J
account of the lack of interest, she;
had an enrollment of 31 pupils and j
an average daily attendance of
ab >ut 21, which is the largest at
tendance for this school in a num
ber of years. This is Miss Alexan
der’s first school, but the excellent
results acheived and the general
satisfaction given, indicate that she
will make a most successful and
efficient teacher.
NOSE IS NEARLY SEVERED
Former Newark Man Injured
When Pop Bottle Explodes
Sylamore, Sept. 9.—C.C.Carrico,
proprieter of the Carrico hotel of
this place who also runs a cold j
drink stand, had his nose nearly
severed from his face this morn
mg ny tlying glass from an ex
ploding pop bottle. He was putting
his daily supply of pop in the ice
box and was bending over the box
when the bottle exploded and a
piece of the flying glass struck
his nose.
NOTICE TO TEACHERS
The next regular public exam
ination will be held at the Court
House in Batesvdle on Thursday
and Friday, the 18th and 19th
miW,uw i win in i jMi.aaipg.ato^
days of September, 1913. The ex-;
amination will begin promptly at
8:30 o’clock on the morning of the
18th, and all applicants should be
present at that time. Those who
expect to teach in the public
schools of the county during the
winter and who do not hold certif
icates should attend this examina
tion, for private examination may
be given only upon written re
quest of directors.
On Saturday, September 20th,
promotion exercises will be held
at the Court House in Batesyille
for all pupils in the rural schools
who finish the seventh grade work
this summer. Teachers, directors
and patrons are urged to be pres
ent. An address will be made by
Hon. J. L. Bond, Supervisor of
Rural Schools in Arkansas. After
the address, pupils wrho have fin
ished the common school work
will be presented with certificates
showing that they are ready for
the High School.
Sidney Pickens,
County Examiner.
BETTER HOSPITAL SERVICE
Iron riountain YY'ill Erect Hos
pital in Arkansas
The board of managers of the
Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain
employes hospital association has
authorized the erection of a hos
pital in Argenta, for the treat
ment of emergency cases of sick
and injured employes. The plans
include operating rooms, dressing
rooms, dispensary, waiting rooms
and offices. The plans are now
being made, and when completed
and approved by the board, con
struction of the building will begin
at once.
The entire hospital service of the
Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain
system is conducted by the em
ployes through a board of man
agers elected annually.
HURT IN FRIENDLY FRAY
Newport Youth Stabbed While
Scuffling With Friend
Newport, Sept. 6—With a knife
wound in his left lung, Homer
Atchison is in a serious condition
as the result of a friendly scuffle
today with Walter Huffman.
Young Huffman had a knife in
his hand when he and Atchison
began scuffling. The boys grap
pled and when they separated
there was blood on Atchison’s
shirt. He did not think he was
seriously wounded but when taken
to a physician it was found that
the knife had penetrated his lung.
FARMERS UNION MEETING
A meeting of members of the
Farmers Union is hereby called
to convene at Sulphur Rock on
Saturday, Sept. 20, for the purpose
of discussing the advisability of
reorganizing the Independence
County Farmers Union All mem
bers are urged to attend
W. C. Sanders.
SCHOOL MEENNU
There will be a meeting at the
High School Auditorium Friday
Ai(rJiLtb& UUi X"r ihf.pyruosf. of
organizing a School Improvement
Association All patrons of the
Newark public schools are urged
to be present. Directors.
TO TEST LIQUOR LAW
Supreme Court Will Decide if it
is Subject to Referendum
On September 22nd the anti-sa
loon act passed byjjiejastjegisla;
will be argued and submitted in
state supreme court. This is the
act which if sustained by the su
preme court, will practically elimi
nate all saloons from Arkansas, as
it would be impossible for the
liquor people to comply w’ith the
law. It provides that before sa
loon licenses can be obtained a
majority of all the white adult in
habitants of the territory affected
must -ign petitions asking the
county court to grant license. Un
der the law' negroes are barred
from signing the petition.
COMMENDS WORK
NEWARK IS DOING
(Jood Progress Being Hade But
Some Other Matters Need
Attention
Editor The Journal.—It is with
pleasure I notice the improve
ments that are going steadily on
in Newark. Good brick houses
and concrete sidewalks being built
and good and wholesome laws be
ing passed and the town govern
ment administered in a most con -
mendable manner.
Now if the people will set out
shade trees along the streets, it
will add materially to the beauty
and comfort of the town in the
long, hot summer days.
Another thing needed is an or
dinance requiring all privies to be
raised 10 or 12 inches from the
ground and placed on brick or
stone so they would be of easy
access for the scavenger. Your
ordinance governing their cleaning
should then be rigidly enforced, as
the health of the people of the
community is one of its most valu
able assets and cannot be too care
fully guarded.
Newark should, and will, if she
tries, attract attention as a desir
able residence town. There is no
good reason why Newark should
not become a summer health re
sort if the people here will put the
springs in proper condition. We
have several springs of pure, bub
ling water that cannot be excelled
for their purity and healthfulness.
Take care of your springs. Plant
trees around them, and along the
streets, and make them comfort
able. There are numbers of peo
ple waiting with the money for a
home in just such a town as New
ark could be.
But you must first make your
streets and your springs beautiful,
inviting and comfortable. Then
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MORE EFFECTIVE
WORK IS NEEDED
County President Wants Better
Organization of the Sunday
5chools of theCounty
To the friends of the Sunday
school work:
On account of the rush of farm
work, the extremely hot weather
and the fact that revival meetings
were in progress over the county,
we have not attempted to do much
in the way of organized Sunday
school work since our county con
vention. Now, however, I believe
the time has come to push the
work of completing the organiza
tion of township associations
throughout the county.
The following groups of town
ships have already organized town
ship associations, with officers as
indicated.
Fairview, Liberty and Relief.—
E. H. Hook, president, Pleasant
Plains; Miss Nannie Hook, secre
tary, Pleasant Plains.
Black River, Dota and Logan.—
G. A. Forester, president, Cord;
Mrs. C. A. Reaves, secretary, Dota.
Big Bottom, Magness, Wycough
and Oil Trough.—Alva Eller, pres
ident, Newark; Miss Minnie Lynn
Martin, secretary, Newark.
White River, Craig, Gainsboro
and Barren.—0. T. Jernigan, pres
ident, Sulphur Rock; M. E. Moore,
secretary, Moorefield.
One or more conventions have
been held by each of these associ
ations during the past year. It
has been suggested that the other
ten townships be organized as fol
lows:
Ruddell and Ashley.
Greenbrier, Salado, Rosie and
Christian.
Cushman, Washington, Union
and Jefferson.
Now let some one in each of
these groups of townships volun
teer to call a meeting for the pur
pose of organizing to hold a con
vention in October or November.
Write me at once if you are in
terested and willing to work. I
shall be very glad to assist you in
any way that I can.
Watch The Newark Journal for
Sunday school notes, and be sure
to respond promptly to any call
thus coming to you.
“The harvest truly is plenteous
but the laborers are few. Pray
ye therefore the Lord of the har
vest that he will send forth labor
ers into His harvest.”
J. A. Page, President.
Dota, Arn., September 8.
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