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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, May 2, 1918
Vol.
8, No. 5
TRENCH TRAINING
FOR CAMP PIKE MEN
Miles of Trenches Where Sol
diers are Taught Details
of Actual Warfare
Camp Pike Apr. 21).—It ma\
sound like a joke to the folks
back home when they hear that
the boys at Camp Pike are “in
the trenches” but there is noth
ing funny about it to the sol
diers.
Te trenches are a very real
part of the training here.
There are miles of them and
they represent some of the
most strenuous work done in
Arkansas this year. Piles of
Rocks along the tops of some
sections show that they will be
built regardless of soil condi
tions. In the soft, sandy spots
the walls had to be shored up
with timbers, while in others the
rocky shale makes an ideal
trench wall.
Every modern idea of trench
warfare is illustrated at some
portion of the work, and they
represent a first, second and
third lint1 of defense, and
stretch away from the lower
land up over (tie hills through
the timber.
Details of soldiers from the
various branches of the service
are sent to the trenches to live
in them under actual fighting
conditions save that there are
no bursting shells overhead
They carry rations with them
sometimes sufficient for sever
al days and sleep and < at in
the trenches. It isn’t so bad if
the weather be favorable, but
several times detachments have
been caught in the rain and
the clay and mud make the
trench life very realistic.
WALNUT RIDGE MEN
TAR AND FEATHER 4
Four Men and a Woman Get
Rough Treatment For Cir
culating Literature
Walnut Ridge, May 1.—Four
male Russellites were each
whippet! with a leather strap,
tarred and leathered, and a
woman who was said to be a
member of l>te party ordered
to leave Walnut Ridge with
them “as fast as they could
run,” late Monday night. This
was the town's first protest
against pacifism, and the dem
onstration, following so closely
on the heels of the Third Liber
ty Loan campaign here, almost
resulted in the woman being in
cluded in the "tar and feather
I cure.”
The four men gave their
names as W. R. Duncan. IT. .1.
French, Charles Frank and G.
B. Griffin, and the Woman says
jshe is Mrs. R. L. Van Dosen, of
Thayer, Mo. The men are said
to hail from Mammoth Soring.
| Ark.
Sheriff J. (’. Hall Sunday ar
rested the quintet on charge*
lot having circulated Pastor
Russel literature, which he :nn
sidercd of a seditious nature.
When it became generally
known about town on what
charges they were held, a “Cit
izens' Delegation" called on
the sheriff and demanded that
I he turn over Ins prisoners. Sher
iff Hall, however, managed to
■puisuade the gathering not t<>
(a nsider violenct .
Hut later when more news
< f the actions of the men and
women became known, a crowd
of some 2o0 men broke into the
jail despite protests, seized the
men and administered a severe
spanking. The blows were ad
ministered with a large leather
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Doesn’t it make you “sweat blood ’ to think
what would become of those you love, and who
are dependent on you, should you die penniless?
That does not happen to the man with
money. He has done his duty. He saves his
money and puts it in the Bank where it is safe
from fire, burglars or his own extravagance.
Put YOUR money in OUR bank.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
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Mar\ wliK Money <
las His family
protected with moray
in the Bank.
Independence County is
Tenth in War Stamp Sales
According to figures just
compiled for Arkansas, Inde
| pendence county stands tenth
in the list of counties ot the
state in the sale of War Sav
ings Stamps, with Sebastian at
the head of the list and Lincoln
I county last. The counties of
Yell, Logan, Sharp, White, and
Craighead have sent in no re
port and consequently are not
listed.
The order in which the coun
ties appear on the list follows: '
Sebastian,Washington, John-.
son, Phillips, Franklin, Little i
River, Boone, Clark, Crawford,1
.Independence, Garland, Pulas
strap. The men were then giv
en a dose of tar and feathers.
The woman was released after
having been given a lecture
and ordered to leave town with
the men.
According to recent reports
they have returned to their res
pective towns.
ki, Faulkner, Jackson, Mliler
Polk, Lafayette, Cross, Benton
Fulton, Hot Springs, Carroll
Madison, Scott, Mississippi
Hempstead, Baxter, Lawrence
Ashley, St. Francis, Conway
hicot, Izard, Jefferson, Sevier
Arkansas, Poinsett, Pike, Ou
achita, Perry, Cleburne, Drew
Woodruff, rGeene, Calhoun
Nevada, Dallas, Lonoke, Lee
Cleveland, Howard, Stone, De
sha, Monroe, Randolph, Union
Prairie, Newton, Bradley, Crit
tenden, Grant, Saline, Colum
bia, Marion, Searcy, Pope,
Clay, Van Buren, Mongomery
and Lincoln.
FOR ROAD OVERSEER
The announcement of R. 11.
Grisham as a candidate for
road overseer of Magness town
ship appears in today’s paper.
Mr. Grisham is a good man and
if elected will no doubt make
a good road orerseer.
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; I Happenings of Local Interest
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Barnett Bros., have plenty of ;
Millet and Sudan grass seed.
Buy your feed from the new
feed store. F. €■ Hoyt & Co.
Buy Sudan and Millet seed
from Barnett Bros., Merc. Co.
All vanities of the very best
quality garden seen in bulk at
IE. E. Allen’s.
Two cars of square deal
fence, all kinds at Jeffery Eros.
Co-, at Batesville.
Get a copy of the new coun
ty map of Independence coun
ty at The Journal office.
Dock’s Band will be at the
Skvdome Saturday night witn
the best of music and a new
show.
Little Miss June Edgar of
Newport is spending a few
days in town visiting her aunt.
Mis. (’. M. Edwards.
Neep the Coupons that you
„ with your tickets at the
skvdome. They are good for
i haiice on the prize.
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umo'i'iv and clover hay for sale
at $28 a ton, while it lasts.
Newark Lumber Co.
be sure to see the first in
stallment to the Seven Pearls
Saturday night. Also Lone
some Luke at the Skydome.
There will be a meeting at
Mount Zion Saturday May 4,
for the purpose of cleaning up
and beautifying the graveyard.
-J. A. Holes who is in the
U. S. Navy and is stationed at
Great Lakes, 111., arrived Tues
day to visit his brother, J. H.
Boles.
Miss Dove Magness left Sat
urday night for Texarkana,
where she will spend the sum
mer with her sister, Mrs. J. C.
Wynne.
Prof. W. A. Hawthorne of
| this place has been elected
'pimcipal of the Ravenden
Springs .Iigh School for the
coming year.
Fight or buy Liberty Bonds
Telephone your order to No,
33 and you will get prompt de
livery. J. M. Martin.
For Sale—Five passengei
Ford ear, in first class condi
tion and almost good as new
For parrticulars apply at The
Journal office.
A meeting will be held at thi
Crow graveyard on the fourth
Saturday in May for the pur
pose of cleaning up and beau
tifying the grounds.
There will be a clean-up al
the Edwards graveyard Satur
day, May 11. All those \vh<
have relatives or friends buriec
there are urged to be prese it.
.) .L. Mavhan who is one oi
the faculty of the Bald Knot
High School returned home
Saturday, school at that plact
having closed tor the yearly va
cation.
All farmers who have no
turned in their crop enumera
tion reports should do so a
once, as Saturday is the las
day for making reports and de
linquents will have to be re
ported by the enumerators.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McNair;
presented The Journal with ;
large box of fine strawberrie
a few days ago. The berrie
were very fine and were bette
than we see shipped in her'
from outside berry growers.
T. F. Shell and son, of Bates
jville were in town Monday. Mr
Shell is handling a new drinl
known as Colda and while hen
arranged to put it on sale ii
Newark. Mr. Shell presentee
the force in»The Journal office
with a case*' of Colda which i;
very fine indeed.
All the church members o
Macedonia church are request
ed to be present at the regula
church day, the first Sunday ii
May, at 11 a. m., as there i
important business to attend t<
and also to elect a pastor fo
the next year J. H. Shipmai
church clerk.
PREACHER BOILS OVER
WITH PATRIOTISM
Says German Cruelties Enough
to Stir Every Patriotic Am
erican to Action
Mr. Editor.—Week by v >ek
I The Journal comes to our
! home, and it is the first paper
read by all of us. It is like a
| letter from home—and that i
ja hi 'fomo guest everywhere,
i n>ink of the dear, brave
| boys at the iron! and I imagine
1 see them as they are handed
!a letter from home, sweet
home. Daddy, mother, sister
and brother all get into that
I letter and carry hope, love,
| prayer and kisses, to the sol
dier boy “Somewhere in
France."
I hope no father or mother
or brother or sister has ever
written a "homesick” letter to
one of the boys. Don’t do that.
They don't need it. What they
neea is a word ol cneer and a
“God Bless you my boy, 1 am
in behind you with all I have.”
Nothing wo have at home is
too good for our boys. They
are giving their all. We can
not do less. 1 see the list of
American causalties is growing
longer. That means that our
boys are making good. Oh.
that we had 5,000,000 there
today!
They are shooters and hit
ters, quick its a hair spring and
right to the mark. 1 simply
boil over wdth patriotism when
; 1 see some of the things the
Germans are doing. 1 saw not
long ago whereGerman women
would throw out good rich
bowls ol soup in the presence
of hungry, starving allied {iris
oners—did this to tantalize and
mock their hunger. Then give
the poor, helpless, hungry pris
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TRAIN MEN AT LONOKE
FOR U. S. AIR SERVICE
Machines cf 175 Horse Power
Attain a Speed of 95 Miles
Per Hour
Lonoke, May 1.—“We rep
resent the highest branch of
service in the army and navy”
said one of the enlisted men
on dntj at the new aviation
field at Lonoke, and there was
no denying' the truth of his
statement as you watched the
aeroplanes rise higher and high
er overhead, until they were
barely to be distinguished from
the birds of passage, and the
thrum of their engines could no
longer be heard. That there is
a fascination about the aviation
branch of the service must be
admitted by every visitor to an
aviation camp. It’s newness;
v v > ' i L"uugm ui 11 v 111^ mi"
supported by any visible aids:
the possibilities and freedom of
maneuvers, all tend to bring it
the very choicest spirits of the
young manhood of America.
Flying is a young man’s game
and officers and men are all in'
their early twenties.
Eberts Field is located at
Lonoke 30 miles east of Little
Rock on the Rock Island. It
is located just at the west edge
of Iho city and occupies a tract
one mile wide by one and one
half miles long—960 acres in
all. The entire 960 acre tract
is just as level as a table and
was formerly a rice field. It
is really too level for good
drainage and the rains this
month have retarded the flyers
in their work not a little.
Just now there are 800 men
stationed at the Field with per
haps 60 cadets in training for
commissions as flyers. The
others are guards, mechanics.
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