The Newark Journal.
Published In The famous white River Country, where Alfalfa is kins
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, April 19, 1912
Vol. 12, No. 2
AGRICULTURAL
SCHOOL NOTES
Short Normal Course, Open to all,
Free of Charge, begins
Monday, April 22
Jonesboro, April 16. — The
Stock Judging Team's winning at
the National Breeders & Feeders’
show at Fort Worth have engen
dered a lot of enthusiasm in the
judging work. Teams have been
formed, including all of the boys
in school and they are running an
individual and team contest to con
tinue for the remainder of the
school year. From the men wit
the highest grades, Professor Ray,
acting head of the animal husband
ry work in the school, will select
the team to compete at the Tri
State at Memphis and at the State
Fair at Hot Springs next fall.
The Board of Trustees met re
cently and made arrangements for
the Teachers’ Short Course and
Normal to be held at the ’School,
April 22nd to June 20th. They de
cided to make the tution free
and charge only an incidental fee
of five dollars for the entire term,
and board to be furnished at act
ual cost. The cost for room and
board will not exceed $12.50 per
calendar month.
The grading of the campus is
progressing and bermuda sod is
being set. The landscape garden
ing plans will soon be gotten out
and the setting of trees, shrubs,
and flowering plants will begin.
The heads of the animal hus
bandry, soils, horticulture, and
engineering departments, are glad
to advise and assist the people of
the District in every possible man
ner. This service is free save for
actual hotel or traveling expens
es.
WILL BUILD VAT
Dr. Taylor of Batesville, super
visor for this district in the tick
eradication work, spent Saturday
in Newark in the interest of the
work. At the city hall Saturday j
night he addressed a mass meeting
which was well attended, and ex
plained in detail the various featur
es of the work. A fund of $41.50
was subscribed by the people of
Newark for the purpose of con
structing a dipping vat. C. P.
Vaughan, G. M. Fields and II. D.
Eller were appointed as a com
mittee to take charge of the work
and it is expected that the vat
will be built at once.
BALLOT WILL
BREAK RECORD
Many Propositions to Mote on
This Fall Will Make Ballot
Longest on Record |
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At this time it seems probable
that there will be at least a dozen
propositions submitted to the pew
pie at the September election. If
the people will only begin to in
form themselves on public matters,
they ought soon to be able to
qualify as law-makers independent
of the Legislature, which has
heretofore monopolized that pre
rogative.
First, there are the two amend
ments submitted by the Legislature
one providing for the “grand-fath
er clause" in the election law, the
other for the exemption of capital
invested in cotton factories from
taxes for a period of seven years,
at any time during the next ten
years. These proposed amend
ments are being published now
throughout the state.
Then comes the T-J Bill, the
principal issue in the recent guber
natorial race, which the people
have referred by a petition of
nearly twenty thousand names.
Of the initiated bills, sufficient
signatures have already been filed
to insure a vote on two of them.
One is by Attorney-General Nor
wood, to limit the legislative ses
sion to sixty days, and it is pre
dicted that this will be adopted by
an overwhelming majority. The;
other is the state-wide prohibition
bill, for which more than 14,000
names have already been filed.
There are several proposed law's |
that appear almost certain of in- j
itiation. One of these is the state
banking bill, drawn by lion. R. S.
Warnock, of Magnolia, who al- j
ready has over 7,000 names and is
confident this number will be
more than doubled.
Another important measure is
the bond amendment, authorizing
cities and towns to issue bonds for
internal improvements. This has
the support of the mayors and
city officials of the cities and towns
that would be most concerned, and
C. E. Taylor, of Little Rock, has
general charge of the wrnrk.
The Political Equality League
of Little Rock has started a move
ment to inaugurate Arkansas’ first
real equal suffrage struggle
through the initiation of the fol
lowing proposed amendment to
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Builders Supplies, Lime, Cement,
Plaster, Furniture, Stoves, Ranges,
Wagons, Buggies and Machinery.
C. W. MAXFIELD CO.
Batesviile, Ark.
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Governor XV oedrobv XVtlson
Prominent Candidate For tl;c Democratic Presidential Nomination
the Constitution: “Article XXIV.
Female persons shall have the
same right to vote as male per
sons now have, or shall hereafter
have, under the Constitution and
laws of this State”
The Republicans are working on
a petition making changes in the
election law, amending nine sec
tions and providing for a more
equitable distribution of election
othcials than they claim obtains
under the existing statutes. The
Socialists are also circulating an
election law petition giving third
parties representation on election
commissions and at the polls.
The Federation of Labor is back
of a proposed bill providing for
the recall of elective othcials, an
other for the creation of a state
text-book commission for the print
ing and distribution of school
books at the actual cost of produc
tion, and a third for the appropri
ation of $130,000 for the establish
ment of a state printing plant.
The discovery of a “joker” in
the enabling act by which the legis
lature sought to vitalize and put
into effect the 1. and R. amend
ment although the supreme court
has declared the act 10 be self-op
erative—will stop a flood of local
legislation otherwise threatened
under the law for direct law-mak
ing. Gen. Norwood has decided
that no city or other political sub
division of the state can initiate an
act that will be inconsistent with
the state laws on that suhjict.
This decision will block the plan
of Little Rock fans to secure Sun
day baseball through the initia
tive, as there is a general law for
bidding it.
Aside from the subjects enum
erated, the people will vote, as
usual, upon the questions of local
option in licensing saloons, tin
sale of wine, and the toad tax. All
i these things will make next Sep
I tember’s ticket the longest ever
j voted in Arkansas, and will pi e
| sent strong arguments in support
I of those who are working for the
! short ballot.
Tell ’em you saw it in The Journal
OIL TROUGH TINKLINGS
Doings of the Week Among Our
Neighbors Across the White
Oil Trough, Apr., 1(>. It has
been some time since we sent The
Journal any news items, hut we
had the grip six weeks. Now that
the election is over, the rain has
ceased and the river has quit shak
ing its wet paw at us, and spring
has opened, we will try to do bet
ter.
R. R. Reeves is plowing every
day and seems as spry as an 18
year-old boy. He is talking of
batching, and it seems that he is
going to pitch his tent near the
MeGuire graveyaid.
Since our last report to The
Journal, Grandma Ellison has
died, and her daughter, Mrs. W.
0. Moore, has been sick every
since her mother’s death and is
still no better.
Spring is late, but people will get
their crops planted in plenty of
time to make a good crop. Quite
a good deal of corn is already
planted.
Joe Foland came in Saturday
with his steamer loaded down
with freight for our merchants.
There is some cotton in the fields
yet to pick and our gin runs a day
or two every once in awhile.
F. M. Pridemore is able to be
out again, after an eight weeks
illness of lagrippe.
W. D. Gray came in last week
from Batesville and will remain
several days.
Rev. W. k'. Wayman preached
at Oil Trough Sunday afternoon.
Rev. Eubank preached Sunday
at 11 a. m. at the White Church.
FIX DATE FOR STATE FAIR
Hot Springs, Apr. 15. The date
for the Arkansas State Fair has
been set for the week of Novem
ber 11 to 18 inclusive. This will
give the various counties a month’s
time in which to hold their fairs
and box and ship their best exhib
its to the State Fair.
A $50 PRIZE FOR
COHN CLUB BOYS
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One of Many Prizes That Will be j
Offered to the Hoys of Ark
ansas This Year
A prize of $50 in gold will be
given to the Arkansas boy who
makes the best record on one acre
°i corn this year; $30 will be given
to the one making the second best
record, and $20 to the one making
the third best record.
This offer is made by H. G.
Hasting & Co., of Atlanta, Ga., and
has been accepted and approved
by T. II. Jeffords, state agent in
the Boys Corn Club work. There
are no strings tied to this offer; any
kind of seed, secured from any
source whatever, may be used.
This is only one of several prizes
that will be offered to the winners
in the boys corn growing contest
in Arkansas this year, and ever ■
one of the members of the Bo>.v
t lubs should go after these valu
able prizes.
Members of the corn club should
not be discouraged by the cold
wet season. Corn planted as late
as the middle of June will make a
good yield if properly handled.
Remember that the season is back
ward all over the state. Other boys
will be just as late getting in their
crops. Observe ttiese two things;
Don’t plow7 the ground too wet.
Don’t plant until the ground is
warm.
OLDFIELD FOR SENATOR
The majority of W. A. Oldfield
for Congress is something like 10,
000 and is a high tribute to his
worth as a congressman. It was a
great victory for him, and he feels
truly grateful to his loyal friends
for their mirk of approval and.;u>
preciation o\f him expressed so
eloquently at the polls. Congress
man Oldfield would look good for
the U. S. Senate two years hence.
Walnut Ridge Blade.
A FINANCIAL PANIC
The young gentleman referred
to as “big bruvver” in this anec
dote from an exchange seems to
have shown a dangerous aptitude
for “frenzied finance.”
“Willie, mamma has a great sur
prise for you.”
“I know what it is-big bruvver
is back from his vacation.”
“How did you know?”
“My bank won’t rattle any more.”
BOB MAXEY IN
TROUBLE AGAIN
Arrested in Pittsburg Pu., Alleg
ed to be Implicated in an
Insurance Fraud
Robert E. L. M#.y*ey, an attor
ney, formerly of Batesville, but
more recently of Hot Sprinps, was
arrested in Pittsburg, Pa., Mon
day by Deputy United States
Marshal Robert MeBumey and
Postoffice Inspector O. C. Pierce
of Little Rock on a charge of
using the Uuited States mails for
a fraudulent purpose. The govern
ment officers say that a joint judg
ment has been returned by the
federal Grand Jury of Little Rock
against Maxey and Henry B. Cope
land, also of Hot Springs, alleging
that they attempted to defraud
the Royal Highlanders an insur
ance organization of Aurora, Neb.,
“'-'Copeland is now in the Little
Rock jail under a sentence of 15
months to the Leavenworth pen
itentairy and the arrest of Maxey,
the officers say, is based on a con
fession of Copeland. Maxey denied
he ever took part in an insurance
swindle, asserting that the govern
ment officers had the wrong man.
Maxey was committed to jail, but
later procured $5,000 bail.
Copeland is said to have confess
ed to having collected insurance
for his wife while she was yet
alive, from the Royal Highlanders.
He is said to have received $3,665.66
in this way. Last fall, he declares,
he met a man named Maxey, who
said he could easily collect $5,000
carried in the Royal Highlanders.
They arranged the details, but be
fore money was paid over by One
insurance company, an ir»-/esti
gutiow-was made.
WRECKED DIPPING VAT
It is reported that some one
wrecked the cattle dipping vat
recently put in at Charlotte by
putting a charge of dynamite in it
a few nights ago. A vat recently
put in in the Skillet neighborhood
was also wrecked in the same
manner about a week ago.
There is considerable opposition
to the tick eradication work re
cently inaugurated in this county.
Many people object to having
their cattle dipped, and it is sup
posed that the wrecking of these
dipping vats is the work of parties
who are opposing the dipping
movement.
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