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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1920
VOL. 20 NO. 2 6
BIG FIGHT COMING
IN LEGISLATURE
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Reform Policies Advocated by
Gov. McRae Will Meet With
Bitter Opposition
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Little Rock, Sept. 28.—The
Democratic State Convention
has gone on record emphati
cally and unequivocally in
support of the doctrines that
were advocated so strenuously
by Col. T. C. McRae in his
campaign for the nomination
of governor. One of the
strongest planks in his plat
form demands the abolition of
the Arkansas Corporation
Commission, the Board of
Control, the Penitentiary
Commission and State High
way Department “as now con
stituted.” The Committee
drafting the platform had
through an oversight neglect
ed to mention the Penitentiary
Commission and when Col.
McRae asked that this be In
cluded in the list of inhibited
agencies, there was not a word
of dissent.
This means that there will
be staged in the 43rd General j
Assembly, one of the bitterest J
contests that has occurred in
I, the legislative body in many
years. All four commissions
or boards have their strong
personal following and it is
certain that the radical chang
es demanded will not be made
without a fight. Col. McRae
himself realizes that he will
not have smooth sailing, but
that many tempestuous days
are ahead for him for the
months of January and Feb
ruary. If, however, he is able
to secure as thorough support i ]
among the members of the
House and Senate as he was
at the State Convention, he
will be able to put over his ;
program with the least pos
sible friction.
But to abolish these four
governmental agencies will
only increase the problems
presented for solution. Hav
ing removed the present ma- j
chinery for the management
;T the state’s institutions, it
will be necessary to substitute ;
•methi. ^ else. It is admitted
by all that the railroads, the
pu* lie utilities, the penal and
Aemosenary institutions and
; ( good roads program can
nut and must not be neglected
or left to chance. The state
has grown and developed won
derfully during the last few
decades and that which was
vhadent for Arkansas in the
latter part of the nineteenth
century is wholly inadequate
for the requirements of the
greater state which is develop
ing in the first decade of the
twentieth.
Col. McRae’s platform, how
ver, as endorsed by the State
Convention, is not essentially
destructive, but is constructive
n the broader sense that it
vmands a system more in
keeping with the necessities
of modern business methods
and stricter economy of re
sources that should character
ise a growing state. While
• he commissions may be abol
i. hed. other agencies will be
substituted which in the wis
dom of the lawmakers should
produce better ersults. It is
more probable however, that
there will be a disposition to
modify and consolidate exist
ing commissions and boards,
rather than return to condi
tions which existed prior to
their creation.
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Bank a part of your earnings REGULARLY and ^
you will get ahead. |
Spend all you make and you will always be broke. $
That’s ARITHMETIC. |
And that’s all this time. |
We invite YOUR Banking Business. _—
, FIRST NATIONAL BANK
| Newark, Arkansas
. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000.00
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FARMERS BANK TO
OPEN WEDNESDAY
Sew Bank at Sulphur Rock
Will Be Ready For Busi
ness Next Week
The Farmers Bank of Sul
ihur Rock will open for busi
ness next Wednesday October
3.
The fixtures and equipment j
nave arrived and are being in
stalled and the bank will open
For business on the above date.
The new bank will be a val
uable addition to Sulphur
Rock, as there is considerable
business in that town and a
bank has been badly needed
for some time.
Will Duvall is president and
J. J. Caldwell is cashier of the
lew bank.
tS THE AVERAGE HUS
BAND TOO GOOD FOR
THE AVERAGE WIFE?
“What’s wrong with the
average husband?”
“He’s too good!” •
Such is the opinion of John
Emerson.
“The average husband,” says
Mr. Emerson, “is required to
do a hard day’s work in order
to make a living. And when
he does come home he is too
tired to take his wife out and
show her a good time. The
wife, bored to death by* her
every-day hum-drum existen
ce. makes up her mind to look
for excitement on her own
hook.
“And what is the result?—
Constance Talmadge tells you
in “In Search of a Sinner” at
the Royal. Tuesday, Oct. 5.
TWO STILLS LOCATED
ON BLACK RIVER
E. R. Hooper, special reve
nue officer, and Sheriff Noah
Harris and some deputies lo
cated two wildcat stills in the
Black river swamps near
Lockhart last Sunday.
The first was a still of
about 60 gallons capacity and
had been in operation for
some time. The still was de
stroyed but the officers failed
to capture any whiskey. Ano
ther still was found in the
same locality, containing about
200 gallons of beer ready to
run. This still, it is said, was
one of the best equipped of its
kind the officers had ever cap
tured, and was very skillfully
built. The beer and the still
were both destroyed. None of
the operators were caught.
DOG TAX DUE
Notice is hereby given that
the annual dog tax is now due
and may be paid up to ar.d
including October 15 without
penalty.
After October 15 a penalty
of 50 cents will be added, and
all dogs in Newark on which
the tax is not paid on or be
fore November 15 are subject
to be killed.
J. F. MORGAN,
City Marshal.
Your case is hopeless if you
don’t enjoy Constance Tal
madge “In Search of a Sinner”
October 5 at the Royal. 15
and 30 cents.
BIG HOGT SALE IN
NEWARK SATURDAY
Some of the Finest Hogs in
The South Will Be Sold
Here at Auction
Next Saturday, October 2,
the biggest livestock event
ever held in the State will take
place right here at home in
Newark, when Herbert Ben
son's auction sale of Big Type
Poland China hogs takes place
at 1:30 o’clock that afternoon.
Mr. Benson’s hogs are
known as the Sunkist herd,
and Sunkist Polands are fav
orably known in over half a
dozen different states. Mr.
Benson has received letters
frc." breeders in differeni
stares where he has shipped
hogs, marvelling at the size
and beauty of his hogs, and
asking for information con
cerning Arkansas and how he
raises hogs here.
Herbert Benson started
raising Poland Chinas several
years back, and his aim has
been to produce some of the
best hogs of this breed that
grow. To this end he has not
spared money nor effort to get
some of the best bloodlines of
the breed, and in his herd will
be found the offspring of the
best Polands in existence,
among them being pigs sired
by a grandson of Wm. Wrig
ley’s $18,000 boar, Fessey’s
Timm, Gertsdale Jones, and
other noted sires that mean
prominence to those breeders
who study bloodlines. It was
here at home that the Dyna
mo, the boar that sold to Mis
souri breeders for $5,000 was
raised, and Mr. Benson also
has several bead of this big
boar’s offspring which will go
in this sale.
Early this year Mr. Benson
sold W. G. Camfield & Sons of
Neosho, Mo., five spring gilts
bred by the Dynamo. In the
Camfield sale held September
14 these five gilts sold for fif
teen hundred dollars—three
hundred dollars apiece.
This proves beyond question
that Sunkist Polands are ex
traordinary. Mr. Benson and
Sunkist Polands have turned
the eyes of northern breeders
upon Arkansas. Every breed
er in every state in the Union
where hogs can be produced
has read or heard about Sun
kist Polands. Mr. Benson has
extensively advertised his pro
duct,in all trade papers that
reach Poland China breeders,
and the record some of his
hogs have made in the salering
in northern states has directed
the attention of every north
ern and southern breeder to
Newark, Arkansas.
Many of the best informed
hog breeders of the country
have told Mr. Benson that he
has the finest herd of Poland
China hogs in the entire south.
He has earned this by produc
ing only the very best, and we
believe that this first auction
sale of Sunkist Polands is only
the beginning of a prominence
that will mean that breeders
from everywhere will look
more and more to Arkansas
and Independence county fov
the best puerbred hogs.
There will probably be
breeders from different states
attend this sale, and many
who do not attend will mail
bids on these animals. When
they are shipped away and
have demonstrated their worth
in the herds of other breeders
they will further increase the
popularity and prestige of
Arkansas Polands, and we be
lieve that local farmers should
not let northern men take all
this stock away, but we should
keep at home some of these
exceptional animals in order
that in the future we will not
only be able to supply the de
mand and maintain Indepen
dence county’s record for good
Poland China hogs, but that
we may ever build up and im
prove the hogs and broaden
the reputation that Mr. Ben
son has founded for this sec
tion of Arkansas.
Associated in this splendid
enterprise with Mr. Benson
genial Dwight T. Clarid\,
the Sunkist herd being jointly
owned by th se two gentle
nen, Mr. Bei son having the
active management of the
herd in charge since its foun
dation.
WILLIAMS SCHOOL
Friday afternoon closed our
two and a half months school
at Williams School House in
District No. 103.
Our enrollment was 48. At
tendance the first half was
about 80 per cent and the last
half about 60 per cent of the
total enrollment.
The work and deportment
of the pupils was very gratify
ing and the teacher appreciat
es the help and encourage
ment which was given so
cheerfully by the people of
this good cpmrf.unity, for it
was greatly through their ef
forts that our school succeed
ed. This is a good place to
teach.
ALTHEA OSBORNE,
Teacher.
MANY PERSONS HURT
WHEN TRAINS COLLIDE
Missouri Pacific Wreck at
Malvern Due to Misunder
standing of Orders
Little Rock, Sept. 29.—
Twentyfive persons were in
jured, several of them serious
ly, when Missouri Pacific pas
senger trains Nos. 233 and 36
collided head-on near Malvern,
Ark. last night.
The most seriously injured
was Miss Mary White of
Prescott, Ark., whose back
was severely wrenched and
who probably suffered inter
nal injuries.
Mrs. 0. N. Wallace of Ely,
Ne., also was injured internal
ly. Both locomotives and four
express cocahes were derailed.
It was said that the wreck
was due to a misunderstand
ing of orders. The injured
were brought to Little Rock.
WHISNANT POULTRY
WINS FIRST PRIZE
C. C. Whisnant who owns
and operates a chicken farm
a few miles southeast of New
ark, took first prize for White
Leghorn cockerel at the Tri
State Fair at Memphis this
week.
Mr. Whisnant was also
awarded first prize on White
Leghorn pullet, and first prize
on White Leghorn hen. He
had two pens of chickens in
addition to his other poultry
and won second prize on
young pen and fourth prize
on old pen.
Mr. Whisnant owns some
fine chickens and the fact that
our chickens won first prize
in a big contest like the Tri- •
State Fair is quite an honor to
Independence county.
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The Buck’s Stoves have been sold in Batesville
by the same firm for over forty years.
They have been giving satisfaction for the past
forty years and are still giving service and satisfac
tion today.
They are built of new, gray, southern pig iron.
A material that heat* up quickly, looks good, will not
rust like seel ranges, and will last for years.
They have large fireboxes, that will take in long
sticks of wood. The ovens are large and well pro
portioned. The ovens are ventilated, and are built
so that your food will cook the same in all parts of
the oven. You do not have to turn your pans
around when you cook in a Buck’s Oven.
Before you buy, come in and let us show you a
Bucks Stove or Range. We have them in nearly all
sizes, and can give you the size you need.
Come to the County Fair, at Batesville, Oct. 20,-23rd.
The best lesson a boy or man can learn is to
C. W. MAXFIELD
Batesville, Arkansas
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