The Newark Journal
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
O. F. Craig. Editor
Entered at the post office at Newark, :
Arkansas, as second class mail matter
DO WE WAST BETTER ROADS?
Before our folks forget how
miserably bad the roads have been
the past few months, The Jour
nal wants to suggest that we get
together and organize a load
good roads association and begin
to get matters in shape for doing
some work on the roads when
crops are laid-by.
If we wait to build good roads
by taxation, under the present sys
tem, the grandchildren of the boys
and girls that are now in school
in Newark will have moss on their
backs before the task is accom
plished.
Koad building is an expensive
proposition and it is impossible to
raise sufficient revenue upon pre
sent property values in this county
to construct very much permanent
road.
We must either change our pre
sent road system so as to issue
bonds and let out our road build
ing by contract, or else roll up our
slevees and go to work and build I
the roads by some co-operative!
plan by giving of our time, money
and labor freely and gratuitously.
After a bit, we could organize al
local good roads association and
get thoroughly organized, get our
plans mapped out and get some
interest and enthusiasm worked
into the matter, and then when
crops are finished we could take
up the work in a systematic man
ner and make a reasonably good
road of every road leading into
Newark from any direction.
The idea is to organize the en
tire community, then divide it in
to sub-organizations in such a
manner that each man will work
the road he is most interested in,
and by this means some good and
effective work can be done.
We can take Newark as the cen
tral or starting point and work
v out in any direction just as far as
tftvs; people are interested. If it
takes one day, two days, three
days, or more, on any one road.we 1
believe the people along that road j
will readily and cheerfully give
their time and labor if the matter
is taken up in the right manner and
DeWitf s Kidney and Bladder Pills
FOR BACKACHE
the proi>er persons pul in charge
of the various sub-divisions of the
work.
We have an abundance of ma
terial right at hand for building
good roads. A little later our
people will have plenty of idle
time. Why not get together in
an organized effort and use some
of this material and our spare
time in building roads?
What do the readers of The
Journal think of this suggestion?
Let us hear from you, and if you
have something better to offer,
ir columns are open to you.
Whether state-wide prohibition
can prohibit is to be passed upon
by the United States supreme
court in a case that arose in
Tennessee under the law prohibit
ing the manufacture of liquor. A
distiller who believed that he1
could keep on making whiskey if
he sold none of it inside the slat*
has been convicted an 1 mu v
to prison. He has appealed to the j
U. S. supreme court against whati
he regards as a restriction on:
inter-state commerce. Those in .
terested in the prohibition move
ment will watch the result with
interest. __________
When Congressman Billie Old
field was being subjected to criti
cism for his connection with a
certain “Sunk Lands Bill,” Speak
er Champ Clark came to bis rescue
a most commendable manner.
Later, when the county conven- j
tion met in Billie Oldfield’s home!
county, it refused to indorse j
Champ Clark for the Presidential
nomination. Is this just one of!
those little ironies of fate, or is it
a lack of appreciation, or is it just
pure cussedness?
In 1800 the population of the;
United States was 5,308,483,and the,
cost of government was $7,411,
370 annually, $1.40 for each in
habitant. The present population
is a little more than ninety-one
millions, and the cost of gover
ment is more than a billion dollars
a year, or more than $11 per cap
ita. We wonder if there is any
body who feels like he is being
humbugged?
Teach the children that work is
hunor'LV and that thel producers
of this nation’s veealtr deserves
the respect of his fehow-man.
Other occupations are dependent
upon agriculture and there is no
reason why those who till the soil
are not entitled to an equal stand
ing among men.— Farm and
Ranch.
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Both sides of a saloon bar look
alike to God. ^
The straw hat has made appear
ance. Spring sure is here.
Man’s best investments are kind
words, cheerful smiles and helpful
deeds.
Everybody loves the man or
woman who has cultivated the art
of listening.
According to Jerome, no man is
so color blind that he can be fooled
on long green.
Nobody who pays telephone bills i
takes any stock in the saying that j
“talk is cheap.”
Some people are wondering how j
Arkansas can be dry when the i
-late is as wet as it is.
The ballot m ti e late New York
election was fourteen feet long
pecies of pic1 and-choose serial.
J'he season of year is at hand i
when the city man does an awful
iot of scientific farming in his:
mind.
With both of the big conventions
to celebrate, the Glorious Fourth
hasn’t much chance to be safe or
sane this year.
The time has at last come when
people view with suspicion the
man who admits that he is a hide
bound partisan.
People who are thinking of get
ting all they can out of life often
make the mistake of overlooking
the necessity of putting something
into it.
If only those who sowed wild
oats had to reap them it wouldn’t
be so bad. The trouble is that inno
cent people often have to do the
most of the harvesting.
LIKES INCUBATOR
Dear Editor.—1 thought I would
write a few words in regard to my
experience with the incubator. I
put 103 eggs in my incubator and
hatched 79 chickens. Of course
that is nothing extra, but this was
my first experience with an incu
bator. Incubators have a bad
name, as most everybody knows,
especially in this community, but
as for myself, I like incubators
fine. Of course it takes a great
deal of time to see after one, but
success depends upon it. I set my
incubator the first of March; the
weather was very cold and several
times at night the temperature
would run very low. I have it
setting again and on the 10th
night I tested the eggs and found
only two infertile eggs.
Martha Haddoc k.
Charlotte, Ark., April 15.
w. C. T. U. PROGRAM
The VV. C. T IL will have a
“Mothers’ Meeting” at the Metho
dist church Sunday evening at
7:30. Everybody invited, and
mothers are given a special invita
tion. The following is the pro
gram for the evening:
Opening Song No. 21. -Choir.
Scripture reading, first chapter
(2) John.—Superintendent.
Literature and Character. Mrs.
F. C. Hoyt.
The Cider Curse. Mrs. John
Rodgers.
The Curfew. Mrs. E. J. Mag
ness.
Useful Labor.—Mrs. Ella Jack.
Song No. 2.—Choir.
The Tobacco Toboggan.—Mrs.
Boswell.
Don’ts for Parents. -Mrs. B. A.
Baker. (Temperance doxoiogv.)
TELEPHONE SERV ICE
The Newark Telephone Com
pany’s operators have been in
structed to charge all parties, that
are not subscribers. We can no
more afford to give you free talks
than your grocer can give you
free sugar.
We are not climbing poles for
the fun of it.
It will cost you no more to have
a telephone in your home than it
costs your neighbor.
II. D. Eller, Manager.
proposed amendment to the
CONSTITUTION OT THE STATE
Or ARKANSAS.
Notice Is hereby Riven that the fol
lowing- lotnt resolution, proposing an
amendment to the State Constitution,
wns passed by the General Assembly at
its regular session of 1911, and that
the same will be submitted to the elec
tors of the State at the next general
election, to be held Monday, Septem
ber 9, 1912. for adoption or rejection:
Proposed Amendment No. 12.
That tiie following article shall be
proposed as an amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas,
which, when agreed to by a majority
of all the members elected to each
House and adopted by a majority of
the electors of the State voting at the
next general election for senators and
representatives, shall become a part of
the Constitution of the State of Ar
kansas:
••That all capital Invested within the
next ten years in this State In the
manufacturing of cotton and fiber
goods in any manner, shall be and Is
hereby exempt from taxation far a pe
riod of seven years next, after and
from the time the person, persons, com
pany or corporations have begun the
business of said manufacturing."
The above resolution was tiled In
tiie1 office of the Secretary of State on
May 26, 1911.
Kaeh elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness my official signature this
12th day of February. 1912.
EARLE W. HODGES,
Secretary of State.
(Seal)
TROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE
OF ARKANSAS.
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the State Constitution.
>vas j ss. 1 by the General Assembly at
its r- ,;lur session of 1911. and that
the same will be submitted to the
electors of the State at the next
general election, to be held Monday.
September 9, 1912, for adoption or re
jection.
Proposed Amendment No. 11.
That the following article shall oe
proposed as an amendment to the Con
stitution of the Slate of Arkansas,
whii when agreed to by a majority of
all the members elected to each House
and adopted by a majority of the elec
tors of the State voting at the next
general election for senators and rep
! * sedatives, shall become a part of the
Constitution of Arkansas.
"Every male citizen of the United
States, or every male person who has
declared his intention of becoming a
citizen of the same, of the age of
twenty-one years or upward, who has
resided in the State twelve months. In
trie county six months, and in the pre
cinct town or ward one month next
preceding any election at which he may
propose to vote, and who is able to read
and Interpret, or Interpret when read
to him, if he is prevented from read
ing the same by reason of any physi
cal disability, any section of the Consti
tution of the Slate of Arkansas, except
such persons as may, for the commis
sion of some felony, tie deprived of the
right to vote by law passed by the Gen
eral Assembly, and who shall exhibit a
poll tax receipt or other evidence that
he has paid his poll tax at’ the time of
collecting taxes next preceding such
election, shall be allowed to vote at any
election held in the State of Arkansas;
but no person who was, on January 1,
is<:<5. or at any time prior thereto, en
titled to vote under the Constitution or
statutes of any State in the United
States, wherein he then resided, and no
mole person of foreign birth who was
naturalized prior to the adoption, of
this amendment, and no lineal descend
ant of such person, who shall possess
the other qualifications described in this
article, shall be denied the right to
vote because of his inability to so read
and interpret selections of the Consti
tution of tliis State, provided, that male
persons who make satisfactory proof
flint the}' have attained the age of
twenty-one years since the time
tor assessing the taxes for the
year next preceding the year in
which the election at which he
may propose to vote is held, and pos
sesses tlie other qualifications required
by this article shall Tie permitted to
vote, and, provided, further, that the
said tax receipt shail be so marked by
dated stamp or other written endorse
ment by the Judges of election to whom
it may first lie presented, a* to pre
vent the holder thereof from voting
more than once at any election.
The judges of election shall enforce
the provisions of this article and shall
he the judges of the qualifications of
electors.”
The above resolution was filed In the
office of the Secretary of State on
March 16, 1911.
Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness my official signature thts
12th day of February. 1912,
EAI1LE W HODGES.
Secretary of State.
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SOCIALIST CONVENTION
A Socialist County Convention
will be held on Saturday, April 27,
1912, at 10 o’clock a. m. in the
court house at Batesville, for the
purpose of putting out a county
ticket. All locals are requested to
send delegates, and where there is
no local organization all Socialists
are requested to attend for there
will be other important business
to come before the convention.
W. P. Dethekow, Secretary, j
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