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BUY A WAR SAVINGS STAMP AT THE NEWARK POSTOFFICE AND HELP UNCLE SAM WIN THE WAR
Newark
Journal
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arii&neas, Thursday, February 7, 1918
Vol. 17, No. 45
TRANSPORT
S. TROOPS
_IS SUNK I
BI6 SALE WAR STAMPS
Oil Trough Farmer Buys $1,
000 Worth at Newark
Henry Hankins, a well
known farmer of Oil Trough,
today purchased a thousand
dollas worth of U. S. War Sav
ings Stamps from Postmaster
O- F. Craig.
. This is the largest purchase
of War Savings Stamps made
by any one in Independence
county.
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BIG FIRE AT JONESBORO
The three-story brick whole
sale and retail store of Max
Meyer at Jonesboro was burn
ed early Sunday morning. The
goods on the second and third
stories were entirely lost. The
stock on the first floor and
basement were badly damag-1
ed by water. It is a mystery
how the flames originated. The
stock of groceries and hard
ware was valued at $35,000
and the building at $15,000
with partial insurance.
BUYS STEAM SHOVEL
E. £. McCombs,owner of the
Independence Mining Co., pur
chased a steam shovel recent
ly to be used at the Polk
Southern Mine near Cushman.
The shovel has a capacitv of
moving 800 yards of dirt a day.
This makes two steam shovels
owned by this company. They
have done much to develop the
mining interests of the Cush
man section. I
WITH U. !
ON BOARD j
BY TORPEDO
hi
Df 2,179 Troops on Board <
Torpedoed Ship Only !
268 Are Reported '
to be Missing
The U. S. War Department j
at Washington announces that (
a British transport carrying 2,- i
179 American troops was tor* ]
pedoed and sunk in the war j
zone.
It is reported that 1,912 of (
the American soldiers on board ,
the transport have been ac- ,
counted for, leaving 267 unac
counted for and these have
probably been lost. 1
The transport was torped
oed off the Irish coast and the
survivors were landed at Bun- ‘
cranna and Larne, in Ireland. 1
The troops were aboard the
British liner, Tuscania, man- k
ned by British sailors, with a £
British naval guard and con
voyed by British warships.
The soldiers aboard the Tus
cania belonged to no distinctive
military units from any state
and were largely small detach
ments from all parts of the
country being forwarded to join
the forces in France
Although prior to January 1 '
of the present year there were
more than 200,000 American
troops in France, according to
the statement made by Secre
tary of WTar Baker, the Tus
cania was the first transport
to be torpedoed on the voyage
from an Amercian port to
France. Several American
transports, however, have been
torpedoed on the return jour- i
ney after having debarked
troops.
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tfany Cases on Docket in Jack
son Circuit Court
Newport, Feb. 5.—Circuit
}ourt for Jackon county con
rened yesterday. On the dock
;t for the winter term 120 cas
is are set for trial, 57 being
ivil cases and 63 criminal,
rhe criminal cases include four
or first degree murder, one for
iccessory, one for criminal as
ault, one for bigamy, two for
arrying pistols, one for grand
arceny, one for malicious mis
hief, two for disturbing reli
gious worship, seven for selling
iquor, one for embezzlement,
ifteen cases appealed from
ustices’ courts on various
:harges and thirteen miscella
leous cases. Judge Dene H.
Coleman is presiding.
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30 YOU BELIEVE IN SIGNS?
A crack in your chimney is a
lure sign that you are going to
nove.
If you dream of smelling
moke it is a sign that you are
tsleep and had better wake up.
To see a paper-hanger pap
>ring over a flue hole indicates
in impending loss.
It is bad luck to look in a
lark closet with a match.
If you can see your shadow
rom an oil lamp while filling
i gasoline stove it indicates a
irowd of people coming to
^our funeral.
When the wind moans it is
extremely bad luck to burn
rash near the huose.
If you smell gas or gasoline
md look for it with a light, it
'oretells that you are about to
dart on a long journey.
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CHILD DIES OF BURNS
kirl Dies at Desha From Burns
Sustained Saturday
lhe little daughter of Mrs.
Eldridge Hargrove died at her
home at Desha last Saturday
as the result of burns sustained
last Friday.
The little girl was standing
before an open fireplace when
her clothing became ignited.
She was so badly burned that
death resulted on the follow
ign day.
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MENA STAMP SALES
Mena, Feb. 4.—The sale of
war savings stamps in Mena
now amounts to $7,000- It is
expected that $3,000 more will
be placed in the city within the
next few’ days. The campaign
in the county is just getting un
der way.
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NEW BANK PRESIDENT
At the recent meeting of the
board of directors of the First
National Bank of Batesville, N.
A. Adler, wrho has been presi
dent of that bank for a num
ber of years, declined a re
election as president, and the
hoard elected Dr. R. C. Dorr as
president. Dr. Dorr has been a
member of the board of direct
ors for a number of years.
Jno. Q. Wolf was re-elected
cashier and E. A. Hodges as
sistant cashier.
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Barnett Brothers Mer. Co. of
Batesville will have a car of
juedinghaus wagons unloaded
>y February 10th.
ICE GORGE BREAKS
Heavy Damage When Gorge
In Mississippi Breaks
t Osceola, Feb. 6.—With a
roar that could be heard for
miles the giant gorge here
broke Tuesday night and let
loose thousands of tons of ice,
which started down the river
carrying with it scores of
steamboats, barges, tugs and
numerous small crafts which
have been imprisoned in the
gorge for more than a week.
The gorge is more than 50
miles in length, and its crush
ing effect has already destroy
ed some of the largest craft on
the river. Several of the boats
imprisoned in the gorge are
Ohio river steamers. More than
half a million dollars in river
property is anchored behind
Mud Island, at Memphis in
hopes of averting disasterwhen
the gorge passes that city. The
property damage already done
by the gorge is estimated at
$1,000,000.
BOY’S AND GIRL’S CLUBS
County Agent Leland Bunch
and his wife are devoting a
great deal of time to the or
ganization of the boys and
girls’ agricultural clubs in the
county. A club was organized
at Charlotte with Earl Best as
president and Marie Brown as
secretary.
A club was organized at
Magness recently with 30 mem
bers. Edgar Baker is president,
Monnie Smith, vice president,
Beulah Jones secretary and Lu
cille Thompson assistant secre
tary.
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JACKSON COUNTY
Newport, Feb. 4.—A suit of
unusual interest and import
ance to Jackson county has
been filed by Gustave Jones,
acting for the plaintiffs, Otis
& Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, in
which the plaintiff company
asserts that it is the holder of
County warrants in the sum of
$55,000, that these warrants
are due and payable and the
plaintiff prays judgment a
gainst Jackson county, with all
costs and all proper relief. The
suit was filed January 14.
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THE TOBACCO FUND
The Journal has received the
following contributions to the
tobacco fund being raised to
furnish tobacco to the soldiers
at the front:
Previously acknowled
ged -$11.50
Mrs. Otto Gilbreath __ .25
Claude Sisk_ .25
Mrs. Mattie Robinson__ .25
Virgil Robinson_ .25
Miss Ona Gipson_ .25
H. F. Gibson_ .25
Mrs. A. C. Hines_ .50
W. J. Edmonds_1.00
George Martin_ .25
Silas King_ .2g
Henry Walker_ .50
W. W. J-ernigan_ .25
C. F. Hartsfield_ .50
Dr.V. L. Pascoe_ .55
Mrs. Ritta Jones_ .25
Mrs. Geo. Holderby_ .25
T. H. Dearing_.25
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FALLS ON ICE
Mrs. Beck Ham of Moore
j field, slipped on the ice cover
ed ground last week, breaking
her hip. Mrs. Ham is improv
ing, but will probably be con
fined to her bed for several
weeks.—Batesville Record.
WRITES FROM TEXAS
A letter from G- O. Magness
states that he and Mrs. Mag
ness arrived in Corpus Christi,
Tex., last Saturday afternoon.
They stopped off a few hours
at San Antonio where he met
W. T. Nesbit who is now locat
ed in San Antonio, and also
met a Mr. Wilson of Sulphur
Rock who is in the army and is
stationed at Ft. Sam Houston
at San Antonio.
Mr, Magness writes that
Southwest Texas is a very poor
country, and having had no
rain there in two years it is
bone dry. He writes that be
tween San Antonio and Corpus
Christi he saw numbers of
three and four year old steers
that were so poor they could
hardly walk, and says the peo
ple are cutting the thorns off
the cactus and feeding it to
their stock
He and Mrs. Magness are
enjoying the fine climate, and
he says people are sitting in
the parks under the palm trees.
Both San Antonio and Corpus
Christi are full of visitors, most
of whom are Northern people
who go there to enjoy the
splendid climate.
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BUY WAR STAMPS
Altus, Feb. 3.—James A.
Mansfield, well known mining
man, has purchased $1,000
worth of war stamps. He
bought an equal amount for his
wife. J. W. Wwd also bought
$1,000 worth and Prof. L. T.
Morgan and James P. Baker
each purchased $500 in
stamps.
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SUFFERS BROKEN ANKLE
R. M. Carter, a well known
citizen of Batesville, fell on the
ice Monday and broke his
ankle, as a result of which he
will be laid up for several days.
FINISH PLANS FOR
NORTH ARK. ROAD
Highway Department Comple
tes Plans For State High
way for This Section
W. B. Owen, state highway
commissioner, and Hugh M.
Carter, state highway engineer
announced Wednesday morn
ing that plans for districts Nos.
1 and 2 of the NorthArkansas
highway would be sent out
some time Thursday.
District No. 1 which includes
the stretch of road between
Little Rock and Batesville, is
140 miles long,and District No.
2, from Batesville to Mam
moth Spring, is 80 miles long,
making a total length of the*
road 220 miles. Estimates of
cost and several incidentals of
construction had not been fin
ally computed.
The completion of this road
will mean a great deal for In
dependence county and this
section of the state and the
people are anxious to see work
started on the road.
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994 IN PENITENTIARY
The population of the Ark
ansas penitentiary on February
1 was 994, classified as fol
lows: White males, 336; black
males, 637; black females, 20;
white females, 1. The number
released during Januray was
85 and the number received
was 28.
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TO FIX CON TESTED ATE..
A meeting of the principals
of the various high schools
composing the Northeast Ark
ansas Contest Association will
be held at Newport next Sat
urday to fix the date and place
for holding the next annual
contest.
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