EASTER SPECIAL
Newark Journal.
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, March 15, 1917
Vol. 16, No. 50
GOV. BROUGH SIGNS
GOOD ROADS BILL
Newark on Route of Highway
From Hot Springs to Mam
moth Spring.
Gov. Brough on last Monday
signed the Edmondson road bill
and it is now a law. The law
creates a road improvement
district and provides for the
construction of a Macadam
road from Little Rock to Bates
ville.
Other laws already approv
ed by the governor provide for
a similar road from Little Rock
to Hot Springs, and one from
Batesville to Mammoth Spring,'
so the road will virtually be a
cross-state road.
The route of the Batesville
Little Rock road is laid out in
the law and is as follows:
The public road beginning
at the east corporate limits of
Argenta, in section 6, township
1 north, range 11 west, thence
in a northeasterly direction to
McAlmont, thence crossing the
track of the St. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern railway
and thence in a northeasterly
direction, being the public road
nearest the railroad track and
on the northwest side thereof,
through the towns of Jackson
ville, Cabot, Austin, Ward,Bee
be, and Garner, to the public
road partially improved by Im
provement District No. 1 of
White county, near the south
east corner of section 27, town
ship 7 north, range 7 west;
thence that road to Searcy;
thence the public road in a
northeasterly direction crossing
the existing steel bridge across
Little Red river in section 36,
township 8 north, range 7 west,
through Judsonia, and thence
in a northeasterly direction on
the northwest side of said rail
road track, being the public
road nearest thereto on that
side, through the town of Bald
Knob, Russell, Bradford,Grand
Glaize, Olyphant, and thence
in a northwesterly direction
from Olyphant to the town,
settlement or postoffice of Dun
nington. Also the public road
from Newport to Batesville
passing through said Dunning
ton, Oil Trough, Newark, Mag
ness, W. A. Rutherford’s store.
Sulphur Rock, thence the road
nearest to said St. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern track,
and on the north side thereof
to about one mile eastofMoore
field, and thence the public
road nearest to said railroad
track and on the south side
thereof to the corporate limits
of Batesville ;also with all pow
er and authority if the com
missioners for the district deem
it advisable to construct any
bridges across any of the riv
ers or any other streams at or
near the points where the said
'public roads intersect said
streams, as said roads are now
laid out or may be changed for
the purpose of straightening or
making the improvements
thereon more economical under
the provisions of this act.
The commission will be com
posed of five members,one from
each county through which the
road runs.
No Further Doubt as to
the Arrival of Spring
The peach trees are bloom
ing, the birds are singing and
occasionally the happy voice of
the plowman can be heard
across the hills and valleys and
there has appeared from time
to time other evidences of the
approach of happy springtime.
All these are well known and
fully recognized harbingers of
spring, and although these
signs sometime fail, all doubts
as to its arrival were fully and
formally removed Wednesday
when W. G. Moore appeared
on the streets wearing a new
straw hat.
Spring is here and legal no
tice is hereby served upon K.
Winter to gather up his re
maining fragments and va
moose.
Squirrels HAVE because they SAVE. You can
have if YOU save. Come in and let us show you HOW
to save. We will give you, FREE, a little bank book
so you can join our “Christmas Banking Club.”
You put in 5 cents the first week, 10 cents the sec
ond week and so on increasing your deposit ONLY A
NICKEL a week and in 50 weeks you have $63.75.
We also have clubs where you begin with 1 or 2
cents or 10 cents or $1.00, $2.00 or $5.00 and in 50
weeks have coming to you from $12.75 to $250.
Have EVERY member of your family join the club.
It means saving MONEY and making a SUCCESS.
YOU CAN START TODAY
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NEWARK, ARKANSAS
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Springs’ A Cornin’
When the hens begin to cackle in a sort o’ frantic way,
An’ the yellow-crusted eggs is strewd about the hay;
When the smoke’s a-breezin’ over the bresh piles on the
hill,
An’ the turkey gobbler gobbles as he’s struttin’ with a
will;
When the lambs is cuttin’ capers while their mammies
nip the grass,
An’ the women is a-fixin’ for to grow some gardensass;
When they’re sortin’ out the onions an ’a-fixin’ of the
peas;
When a sort o’ drone is cornin’ from the shanties of
the bees;
When the mules is steppin’ stately down across the
stubble fields,
An’ Aunt Dinah’s pickin’ sallet from the tops the tur
nips yields—
Why, the spring’s a-comin’ certain, from its home down
yonder south,
An’ a feller keeps a-workin’ with a whistle in his
mouth.
When the jonquils is a-bloomin’ up an’ down the grav
el wralks;
When the hoes is w'hackin’ steady, in the corn fields
cuttin’ stalks;
When the pigeons play at lovin’ on the mossy stable
roofs;
When the colt is gettin’ frisky an’ a-tryin’ of their
hoofs;
When the children’s shoes is rusty, with some windows
at the toes,
An’ a sort of subtle sweetness whispers in the wind
that blows;
When the hams is brown as walnuts, an’ they’re ready
for the sacks
An’ the hay’s a-gettin’ meager where it’s wintered in
the stacks;
When the peach bud is a-sw’ellin’ with a little glint o’
green,
An’ Milinda is a-stitchin’ for to be an Easter Queen—
Why, the spring’s a-comin’ certain though it’s maybe
rawr an’ cold.
An’ a fellow' feels a youngster, though he knows he’s
gettin’ old.
RECITAL
High School Auditorium
Friday, March 16th, 7:45
MISS MARIE LOIS DAVIS
ADMISSION 10 & 25c
WANTS INFORMATION
ABOUT LITTLE BOY
Postmaster O. F. Craig has
received a letter from Mrs.
Rosie Padgett of Romulus,1
Okla., inquiring the where-!
abouts of her little grandson,!
and being unable to furnish the
desired information he has’
turned her letter over to The'
Journal, and it is possible that !
some of our readers can furnish
her the information asked for.
Her letter follows:
Mr. Postmaster.—Would you
be so kind as to inquire where
Tom Cole’s little boy is?I heard
Tom was dead and that New
ark was his postoffice. I wouldj
like to find the little boy as I
am his grandmother. Please in
quire and I will be obliged.
Yours truly,
ROSIE PADGETT,
Romulus, Okla., Mar. 11.
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CONSTABLE FINDS
DISCARDED BOOZE
Bald Kaob, Mar. 14.—While
walking along the Iron Moun
tain railroad tracks toward
Russell, Constable J. W. Hobbs
of Bald Knob, found a pack
age containing six quarts of
contraband whiskey, which,ap
parently, had been thrown from
the window of a passing pas
senger train.
p HI SCHOOL NOTES Q
There will be a program ren
dered by the Ninth grade pu
pils on Friday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock. Everybody invited.
Two plays will be given. One
by the boys, another by the
girls. In addition to these there
will be other attractions of in
terest.
The school now allows some
pupil to voluntarily appear on
the chapel program each morn
ing. These pupils compose the
honor roll. Following are the
pupils for this week: Bert Hol
derby, Ruby Hawthorne, Roy
Tomlinson an dAlton Raney.
Revs. J. B. Stevenson, Bates
ville, and W. B. Hays, New
port, visited and conducted
chapel services this morning.
Miss Marie Lois Davis wlil
give a recital at the Auditorium
Friday a t7 :45 p. m. An admis
sion fee of 10 and 25 cents will
be charged.
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Dr. G. F. Maynard, deputy
state veterinarian will be in
Newark March 26 and 27, pre
pared to do all kinds of work
in his line.
Newark Young Man
Has Narrow Escape
W. L. Hall, Jr., of Newark,
traveling salesman for the Sny
der Medicine Co., narrowly es
caped drowning while driving
through a lake in the northern
part of Conway county, about
20 miles north of Morrilton,
Thursday.
Both Mr. Hall’s horses wrere
drowned and he had a narrow
escape from death but succeed
ed in saving himself by swim
ming ashore.
This was the third team that
has drowned in this place with
in the past seven years.
HOME ECONOMICS
SCHOOL A SUCCESS
Miss Isabelle Thursby of the
extension department of the
University conducted a two
days home economics demon
stration at the high school aud
itorium on Tuesday and Wed
nesday of this week.
She gave four lectures on
various phases of her work and
did considerable demonstra
tion cooking in connection.
There was a regularattendance
of about thirty who took much
interest in the work and receiv
ed much benefit from it.
Miss Thursby gave many re
cipes for various nutritious and
tasty dishes that could be made
bf use in reducing the high cost
of living. Those who attended
were well pleased with Miss
Thursby and regretted that she
could not remain longer.
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WOULD REPRESENT
SECOND DISTRICT
Newport, Mar. 14.—Gustave
Jones has decided to become a
candidate to represent the Sec
ond Congressional District in
the constitutional convention,
which is to write Arkansas’
new constitution. Mr. Jones,
several weeks ago, announced
hik candidacy for county dele
gate to the conevntion, but
yesterday changed his announ
cement.
NOTED LECTURER
DELIVERS ADDRESS
Dr. Geo. W. Young Delivers
Splendid Address to Large
Audience Tuesday
Dr. Geo. W. Young, of Ken
tucky, representing the Nation
al Anti-Saloon League of Amer
ica, delivered a lecture on Na
tional Prohibition at the Meth
odist church Tuesday night.
The house was well filled and
Dr. Young entertained his aud
ience by facts and figures in
terspersed with witty illustra
tions. His talk was well re
ceievd.
Dr. Young is 72 yeras of age
and has devoted more than fifty
years to the fighting of saloons.
He is an earnest and forceful
speaker and clinches his argu
ment with the audience. He
predicted that before May of
this year Congress would sub
mit a constitutional amendment
to the States for their ratifi
cation and that by 1920 the
required number of states
would have ratified it to make
it effective.
Dr. Young was introduced
by Mayor J. H. Holderby and
spoke for more than an hour.
TEACHERS HAVE A
GOOD MEETING
Owing to the inclemency of
the weather last Saturday the
attendance at the County
Teacher’s meeting was very
small. Only a few of the Bates
ville and Sulphur Rock teach
ers coming. However a good
meeting was held, attended zy
many of the Newark people.
The following teachers from
out of town registered :
Sidney Pickens, Ben R. Wil
liams, W. T. Jernigan, Misses
Vela Jernigan, Mary Kennard,
M. E. Moore, Kathleen Daven
port, Viola Conine, Irence Rice,
and Willie Tunstall. Batesville;
S. E. Wells, Little Watson,
Weaver Wright, Wallace Pres
ley and Raymond Barnes, Sul
phur Rock.
BUGGY TIME
IS ALMOST HERE
If you are going to need a buggy any
time this season, we advise you to come in
and get it now, for buggies are hard to get
and are advancing in price every day.
Come in now, while we have a good
stock to select from and before there is any
further advance in price.
C. W. MAXFIELD GO
THE BEST FOR THE MONEY
BATESVILLE