The Newark Journal.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, September 21, 1916
Vol. 16, No. 25
SWEEPING EFFECT OF
GRIFFIN LIQUOR BILL
Brief Outline of What Act No.
2 Will Do Toward Opening
Saloons in Arkansas.
Act No. 2, which the liquor
people refer to as a “local op
tion law.” is one of the most
far-reaching laws ever propos
ed in Aikansas.
Few people realize just how
far-reaching the bill is, and as
a matter of information The
Journal publishes the following
brief synopsis of the bill.
It repeals the State-wide
Prohibition Law.
Expressly repeals the Going
Act, and declares the sale of
all alcoholic, vinous, malt, spir
ituous or fermented liquors,
LAWFUL,, subject only to its
provisions.
Repeals by implication all
other laws limiting the liquor
traffic in conflict with any of
its numerous provisions.
Repeals the laws forbidding
the sale of intoxicants at or
near the State University, and
other schools and academies.
Repeals the three mile peti
tion law.
Repeals statutes authorizing
municipalities to prohibit or
limit sales.
Repeals the law authorizing
a vote at every general election.
Repeals the law forbidding
license in any dry municipality
in a license county.
Repeals the law forbidding
license in any dry ward in a
wet municipality.
Repeals the law that gives
the county judge discretion as
to whether Tie issues license.
Repeals the law that gives
the county judge discretion as
to location of saloons.
Repeals the law making
blind tigers and bootleggers
felons, and provides a small
fine or a short imprisonment in
the county jail.
Repeals all laws granting
women a voice in determining
whether license shall be issued.
It contains these furthermost
objectionable features:
It authorizes an election in
any county on the petition of
only ten per cent of its quali
fied voters for every forty-five
days, and until the county votes
for license, when no election
can he held for twoyearsthere
after.
It punishes the county judge
with one year in the peniten
tiary for attempting to exercise
the discretion the law now
grants him.
The only requirements for a
license holder are: (1) Twen
ty-one years old, (2) a citizen
of the state, (3) of good moral
character.
The only limitation on the
number of saloons is one saloon
for each 1,000 inhabitants, or
fraction thereof, in a munici
pality.
It permits the issuance of a
license in any month of the
year for twelve months from
date of issue, which cannot he
revoked except for conviction
of a violation of the proposed
law, or an election voting
against license.
It does not permit a petition
against saloons.
It authorizes the manufac
ture and sale of wines and
brandies as lawful acts with
out license by the growers of
fruits in this State.
It authorizes the manufac
ture of all forms of intoxicants
as a lawful act without license
in every county voting for li
cense to sell intoxicants.
It does not forbid women
from being employed in and
frequenting saloons the same
as men.
It requires a conviction for
a second offense against the
proposed act of a licensee be
fore his license can be revoked.
It does not provide that a li
cense can be revoked for vio
lating any other law of the
State, or for othej cause.
It expressly makes the man
ufacture and sale of all forms
of intoxicants lawful when the
same is now unlawful, and
thereby shifts the burden of
determining the issue of license
upon those opposed to its is
sue.
It provides large fees to the
county officers for their ser
vices in connection with licen
ses, whereby their favor and
assistance is sought and may
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ARKANSAS MAN IN
WORLD PEACE MOVE
Gov. Brough, Elected Member
of Executive Committee Lea
gue to Enforce Peace.
At its September meeting in
New York City, the National
Executive Committee of the
League to Enforce Peace, by
unanimous vote, elected Gov.
C. H. Brough of Fayetteville,
the Demo, ratic nominee for
Governor :>f Arkansas, a mem
ber of the Committee.This puts
Arkansas in line with other
states in the great movement to
establish an international
court to try causes of disputes
between nations, and a council
of conciliation to compare dif
ficulties that cannot be tried in
court, and to enforce the use
of these neans by the joint
economic and military power
of all nations in the League.
This movement was started
by the League to Enforce Peace
which \ros organized at Phila
delphia a little more than a
year ago. The president of the
League is W. H. Taft, former
President of the United State®.
Alton B. Parker, Democratic
candidate for the presidency
in 1908, is Vice president. Clif
ton R. Breckenridge of Arkan
sas is an honorary vice presi
dent of the League. Dr. A.
Lawrence Lowell, President of
Harvard University, is chair
man of the Executive Commit
tee to which Gov. Brough has
iust been elected.
The Executive Committee
has authorized a great speak
ing campaign to explain the
plans and purposes of the Lea
gue to Enforce Peace and to
unite public opinion in support
of the government in negotiat
ing the proposed league of na
tions, details for which have
been worked out by the Field
Committee, which will extend
into every county and even into
every school district in Arkan
sas, as well as in every other
state in the Union.
For the purpose of this cam
paign, the United States has
been divided into seven dis
tricts, each in charge of a field
secretary. W. R. Boyd, Jr., for
mer manager of the Chicago
office of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States,
whose headquarters are at
Kansas City, is in charge of the
Southwest district which in
cludes Arkansas. He will co
operate with Gov. Brough in
planning the Arkansas cam
paign.
BATESVILLE MAN
DIES SUDDENLY
Ratesville, Sept. 18.—II. L.
Ayers died this morning about
6:30 o’clock at the Phoenix
cotton gin, where he was em
ployed. The cause of death was
heart failure. Ml*. Ayers had
been engineer at the cotton gin
for some time.He went to work
this morning feeling well, but
soon after he had begun his
work he was seen falling, and
when he was reached by other
parties he was beyond aid. He
had been subject to heart fail
ure all of his life. Mr. Ayers
was 58 years old. The deceas
ed is survived by his wife and
two daughters, Mrs. Clark of
McCrory and Miss Mary Ayers
of Ratesville.
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POCAHONTAS WILL
HAVE FLOUR MILL
Pocahontas, Sept. 18.—A
company has been organized
for the construction and opera
tion of a new flour mill at Po
cahontas. S. W. Lindsey will be
manager. Material for the con
struction of the building has
been placed on the building
site, and the mill will be install
ed by October 1.
FIRE PREVENTION
DAY OCTOBER 9
It Will be More Generally Ob
served in Arkansas This
Year Than Ever Before
The indications are that Fire
Prevention Day, which will be
observed October 9 this year
will have more general public
attention in Arkansas this year
than evv. before.
Even though fire prevention
may have selfish motives be
hind it, interest in it is more
pronounced than ever before
because the people all over
Aikansas are feeling the fire
tax. Fire loss and fire fighting
is costing the Arkansas family
of five, on the average of $25
per year, in real money,through
increased living expenses, due
to the millions of dollars worth
of goods and wealth wiped out
of existence each year by fire,
according to Miss Mary Mc
Cabe of Little Rock, an officer
of the Arkansas Fire-Preven
tion Association.
Miss McCabe, who has done
much fire prevention work with
good results in Arkansas, is
making preparation for enlist
ing the cooperation of leaders
in all parts of the state so that
Fire Prevention Day may be
well observed.
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TO FARMERS AND
STOCK GROWERS
I am again calling your at
tention to the fact that if the
cattle tick is completely eradi
cated this season we must have
the full cooperation of all own
ers of cattle and horses run
ning on the range.
With this united effortonthe
part of every body to see that
all cattle are dipped regularly
and all range horses carefully
inspected for the next two
months, it will not be neces
sary to carry on the dipping
next season.
The excuse that one is “too
busy” to take the time neces
sary to bring cattle to vats will
no longer be accepted, and this
is to give notice that the In
spectors wall immediately file
information with the Prosecut
ing Attorney against all who
fail to comply with their notice
in regard to dipping and the
law will be enforced.
M. M. RUTHERFORD,
■Commissioner.
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BAPTIST COLLEGE
OPENS AT MTN. HOME
Mountain Home, Sept. 20.—
The Mountain Home College,
the new mountain school start
ed here this year by the South
ern Baptists, began its 1916-17
session today. The chapel was
crowded at the opening exer
cises by pupils and citizens. H.
F. Vermillion, president of the
institution, made the opening
address. He was followed by
W. H. Douglas, J. L. Paul, Ro
bert Russell, W. M. Dyer and
Z. M. Horton, members of the
board of trustees.
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LARGEST BALE OF
COTTON BRINGS $104
The largest bale of cotton
ever sold in Newark was pur
chased Tuesday by J. W. Sisk.
The cotton was grown and gin
ned by M. M. Rutherford of
Rutherford. The bale weighed
672 pounds and brought $104.
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271,682 POLL TAXES
PAID THIS YEAR
Little Rock, Sept. 20.—Ac
cording to records in the office
of State Auditor Dickinson,
271,682 poll taxes were paid
this year in the entire state.
With the exception of seven
counties, records of poll taxes
issued to white men were kept
separate from those paid by
negroes. The seven counties in
which only the total number
paid was given were Arkansas,
Crawford, Crittenden, Cross,
Independence, Little River and
Poinsett. Seperation of the two
races in the figures sent in from
the seven counties would in
crease the percentage of ne
groes, for several of the coun
ties have large negro popula
tions.
Figures from the 75 coun
ties, including the total num
bers of poll taxes paid in the
seven counties, showed 220,
977 white men paid poll taxes
and 50,705 were paid by ne
groes, making a total of 271,
G82.
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BUILDING ROADS IN
JACKCON COUNTY
Newport, Sept. 18.—The
eastern part of Jackson county
will form another improvement
district within a few weeks to
build 39 miles of road running
through five ot- the richest
townships of the county. Engi
neer W. J. Parks of Pine Bluff
has just filed the plans and
specifications of the proposed
improvement with the County
Court and the petition is being
circulated and freely signed by
property owners. The proposed
highway, with other roads
which will cross it at intervals
will make that section accessi
ble at all seasons of the year.
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BOY SMOTHERS
IN LOOSE COTTON
The seven-year-old son of
Tom Martin, a farmer residing
near Norfork, smothered to
death Saturday in a cotton gin.
The boy dug a hole in a mass
of loose cotton and fell head
first into it.
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MARRY SEATED
IN AUTOMOBILE
Newton Allwhite and Miss
Stella Jones were married last
Sunday afternoon in an auto
mobile in the public road at
Akron, Rev. G. L. Fink officiat
ing.
NEW TRACTOR AND
GRADER ARE HERE
Modem Road Building Ma
chine Arrives and Will be
Put to Work at Once
The big tractor and grader
recently purchased by Judge
F. C. Hoyt for use on the roads
of Independence county, have
arrived and will be unloaded
tomorrow and put to work on
the roads at once.
The tractor is a ,‘10-60 horse
power and is twice as big as
the old one now in use by the
county. The grader is larger al
so, and it is thought that the
new machines will afford am
ple power for building roads
under the most adverse con
ditions.
The people of the entire
county are very much interest
ed in road building and the
machines will be kept busy as
late in the fall as weather
conditions will permit.
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FORMER NEWARK GIRL
WEDS IN LITTLE ROCK
Little Rock, Sept. 20.—The
wedding of Carl Bordeaux and
Miss Jewel P. Magness was
solemnized at 5 o’clock this
afternoon at the home of the
Rev. Sam H. Campbell, 1623
West Twentieth street. Dr.
Campbell said the ceremony,
after which Mr. and Mrs. Bor
deaux left for Hot Springs for
a short visit.
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COTTON COMING IN
RAPIDLY THIS WEEK
Cotton has been coming in at
ji lively rate the past few days,
a total of 604 bales having
been marketed here this sea
son up to noon today.
Cotton is selling today at
1514 cents and seed $40 a ton.
TO SPECTACLE WEARERS.
If you are in need of any
optical service it will be to
your interest to see W. D. Hin
son while he is in Newark next
week. At the Galloway Hotel
from Monday till Thursday
only.
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