The Newark Journal
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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1919
VOL. 19 NO. 27
PEOPLE DELIGHTED WITH ABLE
AND HELPFUL LECTURES
AND SPLENDID MUSIC
The Newark Chautauqua dosed yes
terday, after having had a most suc
cessful three day session. T he Chau
tauqua was a splendid success in ev
ery way, and the citizens of Newark
were so well pleased with the results
that they signed a contract for its
return next year.
The Chautauqua just closed is Ly
far the greatest event that has oc
curred in Newark during the year.
The talent was furnished by the Rad
cliff Chautauqua System of Washing
ton, D. C., and was up to the high
standard of this splendid organization
in every respect. All of the topics
discussed were of an educational na
ture and they w'ere presented in a
manner that proved both interesting
and entertaiidng to the large crowds
who heard them.
The -Metropolitan Concert Company
opened the program Monday after
noon and furnished splendid music
both afternoon and night.
Dr. F. W. Emerson of Long Beach,
Cali., was the principal speaker the
first day, his subject Monday after
noon being “What is Education,” and
at night he pleased and charmed his
hearers with an able lecture on “The
Greatest Thing a Man May Know’."
The second day was one of the best
of the Chautauqua, with the Ameri
can Girls Concert Company, a jolly,
happy bunch of youtig ladies, who de
lighted and charmed the large audien
ce both afternoon and night, with
their catchy program of popular
musical numbers and readings.
Dr. Henry Clark of Chicago gave
two of the greatest lectures ever
heard in Newra>k. His subject Tues
day afternoon was “The Art of Home
Making,” and at night his subject was
‘‘Play Ball.” Dr. Clark is a humorist
as well as a great thinker and he car
ries his audience with him.
The last day of the Chautauqua
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was signalized by the very helpful
lecture of the Red Cross nurse, Miss
Edith M. Benn of New York who
spoke in the afternoon. The Kraft
Concert Company furnished the musi
cal numbers for both the afternoon
and night programs and captivated
the large audiences.
The closing number of the program
was the able lecture of Capt. A. W.
Horton of Spartanburg, S. C., or
“Pushing Back Horizons," in which
he related some interesting facts re
garding the average of illiteracy in
this country as in regard to some for
eign countries, and made a most elo
quent plea for the higher education
I of the young manhood and woman
hood of America. Capt. Horton, was
in the military service of the U. S.
and spent several months overseas
where he saw active service in 'sever
al engagements. As one of the Chau
tauqua Directors, Capt. Horton was
in Newark the entire three days and
by his charming personality won for
himself a host of friends here.
The people showed a commendable
interest in the Chautauqua and that
they fully appreciated the helpful and
uplifting influences of this high class
entertainment was fully demonstrat
ed by the fact that the attendance
increased at each session. On the
closing night theie was hardly stand
ing room nuderthe large tent and the
crowd last night is said to have t-een
the largest lhat ever attended an en
tertainment of this character in New
ark.
A number of citizens no on the
former contract readily signed the
1 contract for next season and plans are
i already being discussed for making
! the Chatuauqua next year the great
! est event of the kind ever held in In
dependence County.
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NOTICE.
Wo are ready to gin your cotton.
We have our machinery up in first
class condition and a first class gir
crew to give you the best service,
and pay you the market price for
your seed. We appreciate your pat
ronage.
Newark Gin Company.
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To Help You Win
Riches—power—happiness. The average
man places these as his goal. He dreams
about having them.
But the average man is slow to take a prac
tical step towards that goal. He is content
to dream about it—and never gets there.
The most practical start Is to start a savings
account. Rockefeller had to save his first
thousand dollars. It earned the rest of his fortune.
Character Earns Credit
Saving men ni)t only have capital for their efforts.
In saving, they establish a reputation which will make
it easy to secure additional capital when necessary.
A farmer has frequent need for capital if he is
striving continually to improve his property. How
important it is then that he build up his credit—
establish his char
acter.
The easiest and
quickest way is
start a savings ac
count.
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NEWARK, ARKANSAS
C. M. Edward*, President, W. W. Jernigan, Cashier
G. M. Fields, Vice Pres. T. M. Harrelson, AifeliCashier
ROAD CONTROVERSY
TO SUPREME COURT
STATE PAYS BIG PRICE FOR PAS :
SAGE OF LAWS THAT MAY I
PROVE WORTHLESS
According to a statement recently
made by Van B. Sims, assistant State
Comptroller, Arkansas has paid more
than $200,000 for the three sessions
of ihe legislature held this year.
The recent special session is said
to have cost the State $47,000, while
the regular session held in January
and February cost the State $160,000.
The worst feature of the matter is
the generally accepted opinion that
everything done at the recent special
session will be nullified by the courts.
The State constitution provides that
30 days notice must be given before
the Legislature can consider local or
special bills. It is a matter of record
in both the Senate and House journals
that not more than seven days notice
was given by the Governor in calling
the Special session and not more then
fifteen days elapsed from the time
the Legislature convened until it ad
journed. This fact, in the opinintr of
the best lawyers of the State, nulli
fies all local road legislation enacted.
Local road legislation constituted
more than nine-tenths of the work
of the special session.
It has been the custom in Arkan
sas for many years for bonding com
panies to secure a supreme couit de
cision before lending money for the
building of roads or financing road
improvement districts.
Steps have already been taken to
test the constitutionality of the acts
of the recent special session. Two
test cases have been instituted An the
court®, one being that of R. R. Payne
vs Road Improvement District No. 1
of Marion County and W. I. Booie vs.
Road Improvement District Number
4 of Prairie County.
The cases have been advanced by
the Supreme Court and the court on
last Monday set the cases for hearing
on November 17. Ordinarily only
three weeks is allowed attorneys for
filing briefs, but the court held that
because of the importune of the two
cases, additional time should be allow
ed for the preparation of briefs. The
question involved is whether the acts
of the special session are valid, since
the legislature was convened on only
one week’s notice by the governor
fheieby making it impossible to com
ply with the constitution as to the
1 assage oJ local legislation.
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AWARDED 42-MILE CONTRACT
Pine Bluff, Oct. 6.—The Benton
Construction Company of Pine Bluff
has been awarued the contract for
grading the 42 miles of road bed in
Road Improvement District No. 14.
This district was created to construct
a network of good roads in the wes
tern portion of the north side of
Jefferson county. Commissioners of
the road opened the bids in Little
Rock Thursday. The cost of the grad
ing will be approximately $150,000.
The contract for surfacing will be let
at a later date.
FOUND DEAD IN BUGGY
Jonesboro, Oct. 7.—J. R. Smith, a
well known resident of Jonesboro, died
.virlc riding in bis buggy today on
South Flint Street, of heart failure.
He was discovered by a woman to be
leaning over in his seat, and uno i in
vestigation it was found that he was
tVna He is survived by his wife two
daughters and two sons.
DOG TAX DUE
The annual dog tax was due Octob
er 1, and mus; be paid on or before
November 1 to avoid penalty. After
November 1 a penalty will attach and
clogs on which the tax is not paid
within ten days thereafter are liable
to be killed without further notice.
JAS. F MORGAN,
City Marshal.
PfiOHI CAUSES FALL
IN PEN POPULATION
ARKANSAS PEN POPULATION
DROPS FROM 1,300 TO 800 IN
LAST THREE YEARS
According to a statement by John
T. Burkett, secretary of the Arkan
sas Penitentiary Commission, prohibi
tion and compulsory education are
causing a substantial decrease in
crime in Arkansas. He says the de
crease in pen population from 1,300
in 1915 to 800 in 1919 clearly dem
onstrates that fact. Mr. Burkett’s
statement says:
“Of the 1,923 new prisoners com
mitted during the biennial period of
1914 to 191b, some 1,321 had no edu
cation at all or could only read and
write a little. This gives approxi
mately G9 per cent of illiteracy among
the prisoners committed during that
period.
Of the 1,423 new prisoners com
mitted during' the biennia' period of
1916 to 1918, some 948 had no edu
cation at all or could only read and
write a little. This gives approxi
mately 0f per cent of illiteracy among
the prisonrs eommtited during that
period. This means more than two
thirds of the penitentiary’s popula
tion is drawn from about ten per
cent of the population of the state
who are illiterate, while less thar. one
third of our criminals come from the
ninety per cent of educated people.
Population of the penitentiary under
prohibition laws; population of Ark
ansas Penitentiary July 1, 1915, 1.
300; population of Arkansas pen'ten
tiary July 1, 1917, 1,051; a decrease
of approximately 20 per cent.
“Population Arkansas peniten
tiary July 1, 1917, 1051; population of
Arkansas penitentiary July 1, 1919,
800; a decrease of approximately 24
per cent. However, the present pop
ulation contains about 70 cases of
violation of the liquor laws, which
were formerly misdemeanors. If
these are deducted from the total the
decrease for the past two years will
show' something over 30 per cent. In
all the population has decreased near
ly 44 per cent during the past four
yeais, falling from more than 1,300
at its highest point to less than 800
at present. It must be consideerd too
that the year 1915 and 1916 were not
entirely under prohibition laws and
that many persons have been sent
there for crimes committed previous
to 1915. I feel safe in saying that
under a rigid enforcement of thi pro
hibition laws there has and will be
less than one half the amount of
crime committed as under the old
liquor regime.”
LINEMAN ELECTROCUTED
Little Rock, Oct. 2.—J. A. Stratton
about 35 years old, a lineman em
ployed by the Little ItockRailway and
Eiectric Company, was electrocuted
while at work on a pole at Fifteenth
and Main Streets this afternoon.
Stratton’s body was badly burned
before he wai re’e.nsed from th< live
wire by other workmen who were on
the job with h’m.
RUN OVER BY TRUCK
Mountain Home, Oct. 4.—Earl Big
gers, son of a farmer living north
of town was run over by a truck here
yesterday and suffered painful but
not serious injuries. He was trying
to climb on the truck while it was in
motion and slipped and fell under it,
the right rear wheel passing ove*1 his
body just above the thigh.
I. O. O. F. GRAND LODGE
Jonesboro, Oct. 8.—Arrangements
are being completed for the meeting
of the Grand Lodge of the Odd Fel
lows to be held at Jonesboro Oct 27,
28 and 29. An entertainment pto
gram will be provided for the visiting
delegates and local hotels will be util
ized as headquarters for the I O 0 F
and Rebekah delegations.
SUSPECT HELD IN
MURDER MYSTERY
RANDOLPH MAN ARRESTED IN
CONNECTION WITH GRUE
SOME TRAGEDY
Pocahontas, Oct. 7.—The arrest
yesterday of W. W. Revis near Shav
er's Eddy on Black river may solve
the mystery of the brutal murder and
mutilation of an unidentified white
man in Clay county several months
ago. After the killing parts of the
body of a man were found at vari
ous places in Black river Evidently
an axe had been used to dismember
the body. Legs and arms were found
separately and the trunk also had
been hacked and cut into pieces. No
clue was found to indicate the iden
tity *bf the slain man or his slayer.
Acting on advices received from
Clay county Sheriff W. A. Jackson
sent Deptuies J. S. Fry and R. E
Riggs accompanied by Marshal J. A.
Johnston to Biggers and Reyno. They
were joined by Special Deputies Har
ry Hensley and F. E. Belford and the
posse went to a camp near Shaver’s
Eddy, where they found Revis, who
made no effort to resist arrest. He
was brought here where he was plac
ed in jail to await the arrival of offi
cers from Clay County. Later Depu
ty Sheriff Don Ruff from Clay county
arrived and took him to Corning,
where he will be given a preliminary
hearing some day this week.
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DECREASE IN COTTON
Less than half as many bales of
cotton had been ginned in Indepen
dence county up to September 25, this
year as had been ginned up to that
date last year according to the report
of J. H. Hill, special cotton agent.
Mr. Hill’s report shows a total of
536 bales ginned up to September 25,
this year, as compared with a total
of 1397 bales ginned in the county up
to September 25, 1918.
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HEAVY APPLE SHIPMENTS
Ozark, Oct. 6.—Apple shipments
were heavy from Ozark the past week
and the total movement from here
total 200 cars for the season A. J
Tubb, a local apple grower, has chip
ped more than $10,000 worth of the
fruit during the past two or three
weeks.
FARM EXHIBIT AT
CAPITAL ENLARGED
FARMERS URGED TO SEND SPEC
IMENS OF GOOD CROPS FOR
STATE EXHIBIT
From the several fairs that have
been held in Arkansas the past mon
th and from the recent Tri-State Fair
at Memphis this department has ob
tained for the agricultuarl exhibit at
the State Capitol some splendid speci
mens of Arkansas products, samples
of com, rice, wheat, rye, grasses, cow
peas, peanuts, soy beans, sugar cane
and other crops, which will show vis
itors to the Capitol the many kinds
of products that can be grown in
Arkansas and at the same time con
vince them of the wonderful produc
tivity of the soil.
This is such a good way to adver
tise rich sections of our state that
have no other opportunity to let the
world know of their resources, that
I really wish every county could be
represented with an exhibit at the
capitol. I will provide the space if
some enterprising person will see that
a representative exhibit is sent. This
exhibit may consist of timber or min
erals instead of farm products if
these industries predominate. The
idea is to advertise your section along
with the other progressive counties
of the State.
Any citizen who may be interested
in this matter is requested to write
me about the space his county will
need and the manner of preparing the
exhibits.
JIM G. FERGUS' N.
Farmers who are interested in
raising good livestock should read t? e
announced of Herbert Benson on
another page of today’s paper. Mr.
Benson is making some choice of
ferings of full blood poland china
hogs from his excellent herd, and
you are given an opportunity to buy
stock from a man you know. Mr.
Benson already has a considerable
reputation for raising fine hogs and
these offerings will probably not be
on the market long, and you had bet
I ter put your order in early.
Kitchen Happy
A Kitchen Helper That You Can Keep
Of all places on top this earth where a Nap
panee Dutch Kitchenet is most needed, the big kit
chen of a farm house comes first.
And it is a fact that farmer folks, getting to be
the most well-to-do and up-to-date of our popula
tion are the ones who have the most Napanee
Dutch Kitchenets. If there are exceptions they
need not long remain so. Come in and let us show
you the many advantages this cabinet has, and then
when you have decided to take one home, you will
be a “Kitchen Happy” farmer’s wife yourself.
“The Best For the Money”
C. W. Maxfleld Co
I Batesville, Arkansas