ENGINEER 1N0. R. FOLSOM HURT IN WRECK DIES OF INJURIES EN ROUTE TO HOSPITAL
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Newark, Indeporclatice County, Arkatisas, Thursday, February 14, 1918
Vol. 17, No. 46
Engineer and Fireman are
Badly Hurt When White
River Train Hits Boulder
TO ASK FURLOUGHS
, FOR THE FARMERS
Commissioners of Agriculture
to Meet at Memphis Feb.
20 and Form Request
Commissioners of agriculture
for Southern'States, in a meet
ing to be held at Memphis or
February 20, will ask the war
department for the release or
furlough of farmer soldiers in
the various camps,in order thal
such soldiers may plant theii
spring crops
The appeal for the furloughs
will be prepared by J. W. Kir
r.er, State commissioner of ag
riculture for Virginia, whose
efforts were instrumental in
calling the Memphis meeting.
The commissioners who will at
tend are expected to present
statistics showing the neces
sity for the release of the sol
diers for farm work. John H.
Page, State commissioner of
Arkansas, will attend the meet
ing.
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$2,000 WORTH STAMPS
Ratesville, Feb. 13.—Joe
Earnheart. a good custimer of
the Union Bank and Trust Co.,
of this city, yesterday purchas
ed $2,000 worth of War Sav
ings Stamps from that institu
tion. Mr. Earnheart had just
sold a car load of hogs he had
raised the past year.
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Passenger train No. 210,
west-bound over the White
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River road, was wrecked at
; the mouth of the iCriekett tun
nel yesterday afternoon about
3 o’clock.
Engineer John R. Folsom
and Fireman Cliff Inwood were
both seriously injured and are
I not expected to recover
The wreck was caused by a
ihuge boulder which slid down
the mountainside and collided
with the engine just as the
train was nearing the tunnel.
The engine turned over on
: its side, pinning Engineer Fol
som beneath the wreckage and
he was badly bruised and
scalded. No hope is entertain
ed for his recovery and a mes
sage about noon today stated
that he was not expected to
live but a few hours.
Engineer Folsom is one of
the oldest men in point of ser
vice in the employ of the Mis
jsouri Pacific. He is about 60
years old. His home is at Cot
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! Fireman Inwood was badly
scalded and otherwise serious
ly injured. He is reported to be
in a precarious condition, with
but slight hopes for his recov
ery. His home is in Cotter.
The baggage car left the
track but did not turn over.
The baggage messenger was
badly shaken up but was only
slightly injured.
None of the passengers was
jinjured
The man with ^
money knows his Bank
account is a safeguard for
his home, Dank your money - It
Every man, that is worth calling a MAN has a
home for his family and himself. But some men
are thoughtless and have not protected their home.
Is your home protected against adversity?
A BANK ACCOUNT is the best safeguard for
your home. Start one today.
Put YOUR money in OUR bank.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
WILLIAMS TAKES STEP
TO CHECK HOARDING
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Food Administrator Will Take
Drastic Action to Stop the
Hoarding of Food
Determined to request no
more, but to enforce the strong
arm of the law against hoard
ers of food products in general
and those who purchase exces
sive quantities of sugar and
flour in particular, Ramp Wil
liams, federal food adminis
trator for Arkansas, has issued
one of the mot drastic and
sweeping orders since his ap
pointment
The order was instructions
to County food administrators
throughout the State to make
a personal inspection, with the
assistance of chiefs of police
and sheriffs as special food in
vestigators, ascertain where
food products that could not
possibly be used within a rea
sonable time are stored, and
order that those possessing the
same retui’n the food to the
stores where such goods were
purchased- in other words the
“big stick” of the food admin
istartion is going to fall on
those who have thus far seem
ingly imagined that the rules
and regulations of the United
States government were to be
broken with impunity and the
law made a joke of.
By the first of next week the
food administrator will issue to
the proper county officers a
supply of official “Food Pur
chase Receipts and Declara
tions,” which must be signed
by every one purchasing flour
and sugar. Any grocecr selling
those products who does not
compel the purchaser to sign
such a receipts and declaration
will get into serious trouble.
The receipt contains a list of
substitutes for flour. The pur
chaser is forced to specify the
substitutes he has on hand. If
he possesses no substitute and
declines to buy any, the grocer
is not permitted to sell him
flour. If he desired a 24-pound
sack of flour the purchaser
must also buy an equal amount
of substitutes and state his wil
lingness to use said substitutes
when the flour is used.
Farmers, however, generally
have the substitutes. In such
cases the farmer’s order for
flour is cut to 70 per cent of
what he desired, but in no case
is he permitted to buy more
than a 30 days’ supply, save in
instances where he lives in a
remote part of the country,
when he is permitted to take
home a supply to last 60 days.
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FOR ROAD OVERSEER
The announcement of John
M. Barber for re-election as
road overseer of Big Bottom
township appears in today’s
paper.
Mr. Barber has served the
people in this capacity during
the past two years and has
done some good work on the
roads. His past experience
should better fit him for the
position and he promises if re
elected to render the people
the very best service possible
with the means at hand.
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Patronize the merchants who ad
vertise in The Journal.
PLAN TO PUT IN NEW
GIN AT BATESVILLE
Company Is Being Organized
Among Farmers to Put In
Modern Plant
Batesville, Feb.13.—A large
number of farmers have con
ceived the idea of putting in a
modern gin plant in Batesville
and it is their idea that a stock
company should be formed at
once, plans be made and a site
be selected for the enterprise
in order that everything may
be in readiness to take care of
the demand for such a plant
when the cotton season opens
next fall.
It is a well known fact that
the farmers coming to Bates
ville to have their cotton gin
ned have been delayed for
hours here on account of the
inadequate gin facilities and
the rush and overcrowded con
dition of gins in operation here.
This has always been a great
source of annoyance to farm
ers who come here to have
their cotton ginned.
It is the desire of all those
interested to get still more tar
mers interested in the new con
cern and have all or a very
large part of the stock sub
scribed by farmers allowing
only a small amount to each
subscriber. It is thought by
those who have investigated
the matter that the concern
should be capitalized at $10,
000.00 paid up capital. If the
farmers own and control the
gin they will be transacting
with a concern in which they
will be directly interested.
There will be a large crop
of cotton planted this year and
the new gin will be in a posi
tion to pay from the very start.
All those interested in the
proposition are asked to meet
at the County Court House next
Saturday at 2 o’clock p. m.
when the matter will be fully
discussed. It is hoped that a
large number of farmers and
in fact all who are interested
will be present.
It will be the purpose of the
concern to give each stockhold
er equal voice in the manage
ment of the new gin and the
board of directors will be sel
ected by the stockholders in
accordance with this purpose.
The books to be kept will be
subject to the inspection of ev
ery stockholder and the busi
ness run on a basis of fairness
to all concerned.
All the plans have been laid
before County Agent Leland
Bunch and anyone wishing to
know any information in this
regard may call on him and he
will be glad to discuss the mat
ter in detail.
TUSCANIA LOSS 170
War Department advice? in
dicate that very few American
soldiers lost their lives in the
destruction of the Tuscania in
addition to the 164 reported
as buried on the Scottish coast.
The latest reports place the
American loss at not more than
170, of the 2,179 who were
on board, although the list of
rescued is not yet complete
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Don’t forget to buy a thrift
stamp.
PLANS PERFECTED
FOR GREAT MEETING
Little Rock Planning to Enter
tain Arkansas State Teach
ers April 4th to 6th
Little Rock, Feb- 13.—At a
recent meeting of the Execu
tive Board of the Arkansas |
State Teachers’ Association,
plans were perfected for the
big meeting to he held in Lit
tie Rock, April 4, 5 and 6.
This being the Fiftieth An-|
niversary of the Association,
every effort is being made to
make this, not only the most
successful meeting, education
ally, that the Association has
ever known, but also to make it
a patriotic demonstration of
the educational forces of the
State.
Trips to Camp Pike and Eb
erts Aviation Field are plan
ned. A great “Anniversary
Parade” of the teachers, in
honor of this anniversary meet
ing, will be a feature this year.
First, second, and third prizes
consisting of “Up to the Min
ute” professional libraries will
be awarded to the counties
having the largest percentage
of teachers in the parade.
Judging from the early en
rollments, and the enthusiasm
manifested in different parts
of the State there will be fully
five thousand teachers attend
this meeting. Little Rock will
be ready, without fail, to take
care of the Association as she
has always done. The hotels
will provide ample accomoda
tions for the teachers. The
managements of the various
hotels have already agreed that
all teachers will be cared for
during the meeting; so begin
planning now to attend this
great meeting.
SACK STOLEN MONEY
FOUND NEAR MAGNESS
Part of Money Stolen From
Miller & Co., Found Near
Section House
Part of the money stolen
from Miller & Company’s store
at Magness some time ago
when it was broken into and
robbed, has been recovered.
Thirty seven dollars in cur
rency and all the stolen checks
were found by Gilbert Burt
who returned them to Miller
& Co. The money and checks
were in a sack such as is usu
ally used by banks for shipping
money- The sack was found
near the railroad track a short
distance from the section
house between Newark and
Magness.
Ihe sack and contents show
ed evidence of having' been ex
posed to the weather and it is
presumed that after the rob
bers had divided up the stolen
money, one of them lost his
part of it, and that it was cov
ered up by the snow which fell
a short time afterwards.
The sack contained all the
stolen checks except two
pieces of county scrip, one for
$9.50 and the other for $14.50.
There was no silver in the sack.
With the exception of being
wet, the checks and currency
were in good condition.
No clue has developed since
the robbery of sufficient im
portance to lead to the arrest
of anyone and the identity of
the robbers remains a mystery.
PENALTIES OVER $1,500
County Clerk E. R. Hooper
states that the penalties in this
county for failure to assess pro
perty under a recent act of the
legislature will amount to more
than $1,500.
To Gather all Your Wheat
F z r
Crop Next Summer
I o do this you have to have a binder of your own
' for nine times out of ten when you are going to use
g§
e someone else’s binder, you cannot always get it and
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i- y°u may lose your whole crip because you are un
til able to borrow or rent a binder.
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To some folks it may seem early to talk about
buying Wheat Binders this time of year, but on
f: account of the fact that binders are scarce and hard
, t° got, it will pay any one interested in binders, to
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come in and see us or write us at once. If you are
going to need anything in this line, do not wait, but
1 come in NOW.
C. W. Maxfield Co
BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS
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