The Newark Journal
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, October 31, 1918
Vol. 18, No. 31
' PLAN CAMPAIGN FOR
UNITED WAR WORK
Work of Raising Funds in In'
dependence County Will
Begin Nov. 11
One of the most collosal
campaigns of the war will be
launched throughout the Unit
ed States on November 11 and
continue until the 18th. This
campaign >s to be known as the
United War Work Campaign,
in which are represented the
Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A, Na
tional Catholic War Council,
Jewish Welfare Board, War
Work Community Service, Am
erican Library Association and
the Salvation Army organiza
tions Each of these organiza
tions is actively engaged in di
recting work for the physical,
spiritual and mental welfare of
the fighting forces in France,
and every citizen who has fol
lowed the progress of the war
^n all its phases knows how
well this work has been per
formed, work that is declared
by the United States Govern
ment to be as necessary as any
other department of activitv.
It. A. Dowdy of Batesville is
chairman of the organization
for Independence county and
has already taken steps to mo
bilize his working forces and
will be ready to- start the cam
paign to raise the county’s quo
ta during the week of Novem
ber 1 1 to 18.
Fvery man and woman shou
ld get behind this campaign
with every ounce of energy.
On the success of the drive
depends to a great extent the
welfare and comfort of your
soldier boys. Do not let the
talk of peace lead you to be
lieve that you should not .'.up
port the drive. If peace should
be declared tomorrow, this
money would be just as greatly
i in demand. After peace is set
tled upon >t will be many mon
: ths before our boys come home,
and while they remain in the
J army, the work of the United
! War Workers must go for
I
| ward. Let that fact impress
you as it should.
DID YOU PURCHASE
TOO MUCH FLOUR?
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Read This Recent Order and
Reineber it is to be Strict
ly Enforecd by All
The following ruling pertain- j
ing to the purchase and sale of J
Victory mixed and standard j
wheat flour, which was issued
by State Food Administrator
Hamp Williams should receive
the very thoughtful considera
tion of consumers and retail
ers :
“No retailer shall be permit
ted to sell to any consumer
more than 12 pounds per cap
ita, per month, Victory mixed
or standard wheat flour; pro
vided, first, country families
may purchase a 90 day’s sup
ply ;second, city and town fam
ilies may purchase a 30 days’
supply.”
The State Fod Administra
tion also announced that all
other rules previously announc
ed are still in effect.
“The reason for the promul
gation of the foregoing ruling
regulating the sale of flour"
reads a statement from Mr.
Williams, "is this: Reports
have been coming to our office
that farmers have been ‘load
ing up on flour, buying as
many as three and four barrels
That is clearly hoarding. To
hoard floui or any other food
is a crime. Hoarding is pun
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The man with
money does r\ot^
fear adversity "
nor poverty.
Poverty in old age slowly hut surely ap
proaches every man who spends all he earns anti
drifts into merciless debt.
While you have EARNING POWER open a
bank account. \our bank book will be guiding
light which will steer you away from failure and
poverty. You only need to open a bank account;
accumulating money will then be easy. Try it!
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
THE VALUE OF THE HOME TOWN
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Paul “Sunshine Dietrick
A good thriving business, so
cial, educational and religious
little town s a big asset to the
farmers of any community.
The Commercial Club of En
terprise was attracting farm
ers by advertising thus:
“Good farms within a few
miles of a good town, fine
e n t e r p rising c o m m unit y.
Good roads leading to a
good market. Good school
and a church, a doctor,
lawyer, dentist, garage,
hotel, telephone, mail rou
te—all within reach. Thi«
town will double in size in
two years which will dou
ble the price now asked
for the farms.”
These are the arguments
that confront the person who
is looking for a good farm.
Why? Because they are real
arguments that sell farms.
Why does not the man who re
tires from farm life build a
house on the farm or in the
little town and live where he
could do a lot of odd jobs that
would keep him in better heal
th. and keep the place in bet
ter repair? Why does he move
to the city? Because, it offers
close at hand, the improve
ments that he wants. The small
town should offer these advan
tages. When the farmer mov
es away he is lost to the old
community. He is no longer
ishable by a fine of $5,000 and
imprisonment in a Federal pen
itentiary, and I suggest to any
who have bought more flour
than is permitted under the
ruling just made to return the
excess to the merchant they
got it from. Inspectors are
working throughout the state,
and it would go very hard for
anyone to be caught with a
great supply of flour that had
been bought.”
Officials of the United States
Fo d Administration, Washi
ngton, have informed Mr. Wil
liams that agents of mills have
no right to leave their trade
under the impression that all
regulations as to flour sales
have been removed, and action
will be taken against mills
found guilty of spreading prop
aganda of that nature.
Olficers of the State Food
Administration declare the
i event ruling a most liberal in
terpretation of a reasonable
amount specified in the Food
Control Act passed by Con
gress. Attention is also called
to the use of substitutes with
all standard wheat flour. The
se substitutes, cornmeal, corn
Hour and barley fc ur, must
be sold w>th standard wheat
four at the rate of one pound
cf substitutes for every four
pounds of flour purchased.
Victory flctir, however, is sold
without substitutes and house
wives are urged by the State
Food Administration to de
mand this flour from retailers.
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SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY
The Newark High School
will open Monday, after having
temporarily closed for some
time on account of the epidem
ic of influenza.
interested mueh in the old
home dcing-s.
The old home place runs
down. The renter is not in
terested in the farm, the school
the church or the permanent
community life for he is not
permanent himself. He finds
that he can save a few cents
on some articles by sending
away for them. This trade
does not go to the local dealer.
It is linked with other renters
sending away to the same
place.
Some of the busines houses
close up. People move out of
town to seek employment else
where. Vacant store buildings
vacant resident proper appear.
I he school does not need as
many teachers nor as many
grades. The preacher has to
take on another charge to pay
out. The old farm runs down
at the heel and so goes the
price of land. Many farms are
on the market but no one
wants to buy when he gets a
glimpse of the town and its
surroundings.
Of every dollar spent in
your own home town, a part
of it goes to help build i>p your
institutions. Of every dollar
spent out of town, a part of it
goes to build up the institutions
in some other town. Learn to
boost for your own heme town
and build up the institutions
that are your greatest assets.
THIS IS THE LAST
ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL
A few of our subscribers to
whom we mailed statements
recently have not paid up
their subscription, and under
the ruling of the War Indus
tries Board, this is the last is
sue of The Journal we are per
mitted to send them.
We do not believe there is a
single subscriber on our books
who would willfully try to
cheat us out of anything they
owe on subscription. We be
lieve every one o£ our subscrib
ers are honest and intend to
pay us every cent they owe. If
we did not believe they were
honest we would have stopped
sending them the paper iong
ago, because there is no profit
and very little pleasure in buy
ing high-priced paper and ink
and printing papers to send tc
someone who does not pay
their subscription.
We must soon make a
sworn statement to the govern
ment regarding our delinquent
subscribers. We don’t want to
get in bad nor get anybody else
in bad if we can avoid it.
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The general election will be
held next Tuesday, November
5, but from present indications
the vote will be very light.
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CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
The following committee
for Newark and Big Bottom
township has been appointed to
have charge of the United War
Work Campaign for raising
funds for the support of the Y.
M. C- A. and other societies
doing welfare work for the
American soldiers in France.
Rev. J. E. Snell, chairman;
jH. V. Williams, secretary: E.
R. Moore, J. H. Holderby, G.
M. Fields, W. G. Moore, .J. T.
Thaip, John Saylors, W. E.
Self, F. C. Hoyt and O. F.
Craig.
Mrs. F. C. Hoyt has been ap
pointed chairman of the Y. W.
C. A. and Mrs. W. A. Isgrig
chairman of the Junior Work
ers.
UNITED WAR WORK
CAMPAIGN IS HERE
List of Speaking Appointments
is Made for This County
For War Funds
The campaign to raise funds
for the United War Work will
begin on Sunday, November.
10, when speakers will be sent
out to almost every school
house and country church nor
th of White river in Indepen
dence county.
On the following Sunday,
November 17, speakers will
cover the territory south of the
river.
A list of speakers is being
made up and will be assigned
to the different appointments.
The speakers will be made up
into teams of three or four,
thus insuring a good program
for each appointment, and it is
hoped that the people in each
community will turn out and
give the speakers large con
gregations at all the appoint
ments.
Following is the list of ap
pointments for Sunday, Novem
ber 10.
Black River Academy, 10 j
A. M.
Oakland. 2 P. M.
Logan. 7 P. M.
Paroquet, 2 P. M.
Mt. Carmel, 10 A. M.
Pleasant Hill 2 P. M.
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HELD LIABLE FOR
POISON IN FLOUR
Newport Merchant Held Res
ponsible For Selling Flour
That Contained Arsenic
The Supreme Court Monday
affirmed the judgment of the
Jackson Circuit Court in the
case of S. Heinemann against
Pattie Barfield, negress, in
which the latter was given a
judgment for $5,000 on ac
count of the death of her hus
band, who died from the et
fects of poison that was in~a
sack of flour purchased from
Heinemann’s store.
R. H. Barfield, a negro,
bought a sack of flour from
Heinemann’s store at Newport
and the flour was used in mak
ing biscuits for his family. Af
ter eating the biscuits, mem
bers < f the negroe’s family be
came ill and Barfield died.
Some of the flour was sent to
a chemist who found that it
contained arsenic.
The negroe’s widow, Pattie
Barfield, brought suit against
Heinemann in the Jackson Cir
cuit Court and was given judg
ment for $5,000.
Heinemann appealed the
case to the Supreme court and
the judgment of the lower
was affirmed by the supreme
court.
Creedy Barfield, the father
of R. H. Barfield and Mary At
kinson were also members of
the same household and were
made sick from eating of the
same flour. The Circuit Court
held that *hey were not liable
to recover a judgment and dis
missed their complaints, but
the Supreme Court held that
this was error, as the same act
of negligence caused the dam
age in each of the cases.
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