The Newark Journal
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, November 28, 1918
Vol. 18, No. 35
- HOME BOY IN SERVICE
WRITES FROM ROME
WHERE PREACHERS
WILL GO NEXT YEAR
List of Appointments Made by
Methodist Conference For
the B/itesville District
At the Methodist Annual
Conference which closed at
Clarksville Sunday night, the
following appointments were
made for the Batesville • dis
trict. *
Presiding Elder, W. L. Oli
ver.
Alicia, Jr B. Finley.
Batesville First Church, W.
T. Thompson.
Batesville Central Avenue,
E. H. Hook
Bexar Circuit, J. W. John
son.
Cotter, J. C. Gibbons.
Calico Rock, T. E. Hall.
Cave City, W. S. Story.
Charlotte, Eric Reeves.
Desha, J. L. Porter.
Evening Shade, J. M. Th
rasher.
Floral, Roy Blevins.
Kenyon, T. H. Wright.
Lead Hill, T. J. Seay.
Melbourne, J. W. Black.
Mountain Home, W. B. Wol
fe.
Mountain View, to be sup
plied.
Newark, J. E. Snell.
Newport, J. F.E. Bates.
Newport Circuit, E. A. Horn.
Salado and Oil Trough, W.
L. McMullin.
Sulphur Rock and Moore
field, Riley James.
Swifton and Alicia, M. A.
Fry.
Tuckerman, W. W. Albright
Viola, F. M. Copeland.
Yellville Circuit, T. W. Cope
land.
Rev. B. I.. Wilford, formerly
presiding elder of this district
goes to Van Buren as pastor
J. B. Stewart formerly of
this place, goes to Pottsville.
A. H. Dulaney, a former pas
tor of the Newark church, is
pastor of the Berryville circuit.
Jas. F. Jernigan, another
former pa.-tox* here who has
been stationed at Eureka
Springs for the past two years
will go to Hughes, in the For
rest City district.
Fizer M. Noe who has been
pastor at Sulphur Rock the
past two years, goes to Madi
son, in the F'orrest City dis
trict.
L. B. Hankins was transfer
red to the Northwest Texas
Conference.
The Conference will be held
next year in Jonesboro.
STRAYED OR STOLEN
One dark bay mare mule,
about 12 years old and 15
hands high; shod all around,
p Lame a little in right hind leg
when first steps off. Any in
formation will be rewarded.
GEORGE F. GROSSER.
Newark, Ark.
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Keep the change and buy a
thrift stamp with it
After Being Wounded and Cas
ed John James Recovers
and is Now in Rome
Rome, Oct. 26, 1918.
Dear Editor.—I promised
you that I would write and tell
you something about the !’fe
over here. I have been here
some time now and have be
gun to like the life, though it
is sometimes very hard and un
comfortable but I have gotten
used to that now.
1 was first sent to the Marne
sector and T stayed there for
some little time. Then I was
transferred to the rest camp.
After remaining at the rest
camp for about three weeks we
took over a sector of the Hin
denburg Line which was very
hot at that time. 1 stayed
there for quite a while and was
wounded and gassed at the
same time, which of course
sent me to the rear for a few
repairs. I stayed at the main
Hospital for about five weeks
and was then sent to Paris for
light office work. I stayed at
Paris for two months and was
sent to this place, Rome, Italy.
I like this country fine. It’s
Demg my salvation, tor the
weather in France was not do
ing me any good and the doc
tors said that was the reason
they sent me to this climate, as
it is warm here all the time.
I have seen the most of Fran
ce and quite a lot of England
and speak the French langu
age enough to be understood
and to make my wants known,
but this Italian is more diffi
cult to speak than the French.
However, I am learning to Pol
ly this also.
The scenery here is simply
fine. On my way here I cross,
ed the Alps, and was in snow
some of the way. I have also
visited the Catacombs and St.
Peters here in Rome and its
worth any one’s time to go
and see them.
Paris is the beauty spot of
France. Its parks and statu
ary and old Gothic Architect
ures are the best in the world
and very historic. I was at
the palace of Louis the XIVth,
at or near St. Cloud, where
the scenery is the greatest in
the whole of France.
I suppose you have read of
Chateau-Thierry, and the Rel
leu Wood, cr as the boys all
call it the “Hell Wood.’’ Well,
I have the honor having been
there, and it wasn’t any picnic
[party either.
I am improving from my in
juries and in a few months
will be able to return to my
outfit, I believe, and I won’t
be sorry either, for I want to
be at the finish of the fun.
I would like to hear from
Mr. Kent, at ISulphur Reek,
and find out about his son,
who was with me at Jefferson
Barracks, Mo. If he is in Fran
ce I might get in communica
tion with him for I am always
glad to see a boy from my
own county, fof there are aw
ful few of them over here that
I have been able see so far.
WILL MAKE EF
FORT TO BRING
BILL TO TRIAL
Movement on Foot Whereby
Beast of Berlin May be
Brought to Justice
Associated Press dispatches
from London and Paris con
firm reports that the British
and French governments are
working out a plan for the ex
tradition of Bill Hohenzollern
former German emporer, who
is now in Holland.
Hohenzollern has been in
dicted in England for murder
in the first degree, and if
these governments can cap
ture the former kaiser, mur
derer and outlaw, who is now
a fugitive of justice, it doesn’t
take a prophet to fortell the
end of Bill.
FORMER RESIDENT
DIES AT DES ARC
Oscar Hill Victim of Pneumonia
And are Remains Brought
Home For Burial
The remains of Oscar N.
Hill who died Saturday at his
home at Des Arc were brought
here for burial, arriving here
Sunday morning and were
taken to Pleasant Hill for bu
rial.
Mr. Hill was sick only a few
days, his death resulting from
influenza and pneumonia. TIis
entire family, with the excep
tion of one daughter, were
down with the disease when
he died.
He is survived by his wife and
six children. He was a broth
er of Mrs. H. V. Merriwether
of the Dota neighborhood.
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MR3- LAURA B. CRAIG
Mrs. Laura B. Craig, aged
45, died at a hospital in Little
Rock last Saturday afternoon.
She was a native of Tennes
see and is survived by her hus
band, J. W. Craig; her mother,
Mrs. Mary Gamble of Branson,
Mo.; three daughters, Mrs.
John Rand of Searcy, Ark.,
and the Misses Gertrude and
Thelma Craig of Branson.
The family formerly lived in
Newark while Mr. (Craig was
agent here for the Missouri
Pacific. rl he many friends of
the family here deeply regret
to learn of the death of this
splendid lady.
The remains were shipped
to Searcy for bural.
Tell Mr. Kent to drop me a
line and tell me all he knows
about his boy.
I will write more in a few
days and would be glad to re
ceive a copy of The Journal if
rou could send it to me.
Very truly yours,
JOHN W. JAMES,
American Embassy, Rome,
Italy.
MOVEMENT OF
TROOPS BEGUN
AT CAMP PIKE
417 Men Leave Camp Pike
Yesterday and Others
Will Follow Rapidly
Camp Pike, Nov. 28.—The
general demobilization of the
men at Camp Pike began yes
terday with the discharge of
417 students of the Infantry
Central Officers’ Training
Bchool, members of the second
Battalion. The men were
sent out last night on special
coaches attached to regular
Missouri Pacific trains. No
discharges will be made today,
because of the holiday, but the
program will be resumed to
morrow, and the men will be
released at an average rate of
500 a day.
ASKED TO PROVIDE ~
FOR WAR ORPHANS
American People Asked to
Help Provide For Home
less Children in France
The people of Independence
county have been asked to
adopt 75 French children who
have been left homeless or
phans as a result of the war.
The people of Newark have
been asked to provide for five
of these children.
The cost of keeping a child
is only $3(\50 a year. Church
es, lodges, societies and pri
vate citizens are asked to
adopt one or more orphans, as
they may feel able.
The Frenchmen almost to a
man, have made a bulwark of
their bodies to stop the ad
vancing Hun.
Their own fair France they
could save only in part, but we
in America, are safe because
of their sacrifice. Their fa
therless children stand before
us, the last hope of an un
daunted race, embodying in
themselves all the elements
that make for France its in
dividual worth, its unique
place among nations.
To these children, inheritors
of all the glorious traditions
of that conquering, but almost
martyred, nation, we as Amer
icans owe a peculiar debt. So
far as we are able, we must
give to each child the chance
to be what his dead father
would have made him. A few
years of neglect, of scanty food
of undernourishment, a prey
to the ravages of Hun-dessim
inated diseases and it will be
too late.
i ne peupie ui me united
States must adopt 250.000
French orphans in order to
save them from want and suf
fering.
Mrs. C. M. Edwards has
been appointed chairman of
this work for this township,
and any person, church or
lodge desiring to help in this
great work in behalf of hu
manity should confer with
Mrs. Edwards.
ASK FOR OBSERVANCE
OF WORLD RELIEF WEEK
People of Arkansas Asked to
Save Food During First
Week of December
Every man, woman and
child in Arkansas will be asked
by the United States Food Ad
ministration to participate in
the drive for renewed food
conservation, which begins
Sunday, December 1, and lasts
until the following Saturday,
inclusive. That week will be
known as “World Relief
Week,” during which time a
most intensive effort will be
made all over the United
States to impress upon the
people of the nation the neces
sity for greater food saving
than has ever been asked of
them.
Sunday, December 1, from
every pulpit in the state will
be read fhe special message
Mr. Hoover has addressed to
the Christian life of the nation.
The same mes^^e, together
with other features, will be
taken up by every woman’s
club in Arkansas. Their spec
ial day is Wednesday, Decem
ber 4. The following Friday
another special program to
be observed in the schools of
the state when its importance
will receive special recog
nition, while every fraternal
society will also receive a copy
of the Hoover message, which
will be read at their meetings
during this week.
For the past twm weeks the
State Food Administration
has been busy mapping out
this campaign. The list of
teachers and schools to whom
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SERIOUSLY INJURED
IN FALL FROM WAGON
Foot Caught in Wheel and
Mervin Fausel’s Leg and
Shoulder are Broken
Mervin Fausel was thrown
from a wagon Tuesday and
seriously iujured.
He and his father were
coming from the bottom with
a load of corn. The lad was
standing 'on the step on the
side of the wagon-bed when
his foot was caught between
the wheel and the step and he
was thrown under the 'rear
wheel of the wagon which
passed over him.
His right leg was broken
near the thigh and his right
shoulder was broken and bad
ly bruised, the shoulder bones
forming the joint being crush
ed.
Drs. Evans, Pascoe and
Rodman dressed the injuries
and reset the broken bones,
and he is doing as w’ell as
could be expected.
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NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that
all dogs within the incorpor
ated town of Newark, on
which the tax has not been
paid by December 1, will be
killed, as the lawr directs.
J. F. MORGAN, Marshal.
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lumber yards it is inspected piece by piece as it is being un
loaded from cars—every piece must be up to specifications—no
brashness, windshaKen or worm holes in StudebaKer materials
The StudebaKer lumber yards cover almost 80 acres and
every piece of wood stocK in
them is carefully inspected
before being piled for air
drying.
Come in and see the
• StudebaKer. Let us show
why it's the best wagon
on the marKet
We Have Handled j
Studebakers I
For Over Forty Years and Know There
are None to Compare With Them
C. W. MAXFIELD CO
Batesville, Arkansas