Newark Journal
$1.50 PER ANNUM
NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1919
VOL. 19, NO. 4
IF GERMANY NAD WON, THIS TANK I1
WOULD BE ON DIFFERENT MISSION
BATTLE TANK BOOSTING VIC
TORY LIBERTY LOAN GIVES
DEMONSTRATION HERE '
A special train carrying a real bat
tle tank and manned by soldiers who
had seen actual serviec overseas was
an attraction that brought many peo
ple to Newark last Friday.
The train is one of many that are
now touring the United Statese in be
half of the Victory Liberty Loan, and
a demonstration of the tank was
made on front street.
Upon the arrival of the train trie
entire party was taken to the Gallo
way Hotel where they were served
with breakfast through the courtesy
of the business men of the town.
After a i emonstration of the tank
W. G. Moore delivered a short speech
introducing Capt. G. M. Lester who
spoke in the interest of the loan and
told some of the things America had
done to win the war.
The party with the Victory train
was composed of Capt. G. M. Lester
of the 57th Inf. Sergeant Ritcher,
Corporal Klaither, Private Stevens
Corporal Orgal and Corporal Rating
The train was in charge of J. N.
Stroud of Kansas Citv and Messrs.
Oaks and Walls, Victory loan sales
men.
After Capt. Lester’s address, Ser
geant Ritc'ner spoke of his expedienc
es on the front. Sergeant Ritchr lost
an arm in the battle of Argonne for
est,and in his address spoke of it very
lightly, saying that he had given
nothing, compared to the boys who
would never return from France.
Sergeant Ritchor is the true type
of American fighting man, he fs the
kind of man, like thousands of others,
that made Victory for America pos
sible.
Independence county’s quo’a in the
Victory loan is $251,500, and up to
date has been only 47 per cent sub
scribed. If you are goign to buy a
Victoiy Bond now is the time to do
it, you had better get busy.
The Victory loan must be put over
to bring the rest of our fighting men
home; men with the spirit of Ser
geant Ritcher, who went over for us,
and it is up to us to bring them
back.
The terms of the Victory loan are
hasy, and when it comes to paying,
stop and think of Sergeant Ritcher;
its the men like him who are paying.
He lost an arm; did you ever stop to
think that he will be paying for this
war when you have forgotten about
the Victory loan ?
Sergeant Ritcher will pay as long
as he lives, never can he regain his
arm, no matter where he goes or how
long he lives he- will pay until the
last breath l as gone from him. _
You are asked only to pay your
money. You do not have to give of
your body or your blood, and the
money you are asked to pay is ar
ianged to suit your convenience.
Could you look Sergeant Ritcher in
the face and tell him you refuse to
buy a Victory Bond ? 1
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FORMER NEWARK BOY
RETURNS FROM FRANCE
Richard McHenry, who formerly re
sided in Newark arrived here Tues
day to spend a few days visiting
homefolks having been discharged a‘
Camp Pike last Monday.
Mr. McHenry is one of the many
Newark boys who saw actual service
ill Wit p,l cut vuw clJIU lie IUUIV i'lll L ill
one of the most terrific and hardest
fought battles of the entire war, in
the St. Miheil drive, when the Hinden
| burg line was first broken.
He says that the American artillery
in the St. Miheil drive was lined up
wheel to whell, for a distance of fif
! teen mlies, and on the day of the
gieat drive every cannon on the en
tire fifteen mile front opened up at
' the same time, the barrage starting
a ten o’clock at night and lasting
until 5 o'clock the next morning
when every man along the whole
front went over the top. Thousands
of German prisoners were captured
in this drive and he says this is the
stroke that broke the Germans’ ner
ve.
Mr. McHenry was in France ten
months and saw three months service
in the trenches. He was gassed once
and was in a French hospital whon
the armistice was signed.
The man with
never $ets laid off
money
or never
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money in,
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worried; he
works belter.
And he is the man who gets promoted. The
man with money is looking for the man who saves.
He knows that the man who can take care of his
own money if the man to trust. Saving money is
the true test of reliability. It is good common
sense, too. Be wise today. Open an account
with the money you have and make your account
grow. Don’t wait-start today.
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GET TOGETHER AND
BOOST FOR NEWARK
IUDGECOLEMAN WILL ADDRESS
CITIZENS IN INTEREST OF
PROPOSED MOVEMENT
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A get-together movement, looking
:o the organization of a Community
League, aws started at a meeting
aeld in Newark a few nights ago.
\ number of the representative citi
tens were present and expressed their
approval of the movement.
Another movement will be held at
;he High School Auditorium tomor
jw (Friday) night, when Judge Dene
3. Coleman of Batesville will deliver
in address.
It is planned to hold another meet
ng later, when C. L. Mariner, secre
tary of the Newport Chamber of
Commerce will deliver an address and
assist in uhe work of forming a pe«
nanent organization.
There is a great need for a com- j
munity League in Newark, or some
imilar organization through which
;he people can get together on coir- '
non grounds and work in harmony
Tor the progress and advancement of
Newark and the surrounding com
munity.
Judge Coleman is a splendid speak
er and will have something to say
that will oe of interest to each and
every citizen.
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ARKANSAS HIGHWAY
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UDGE REEDER HOLDS ACT IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND
COMMISSION APPEALS
Alleging that the act creating the
rkansas-Missouri Highway Improve
ent District, passed by the last leg
ilature is unconstitutional, L. L.
;ack of Jackson county recently filed
lit in the Eighth District Chancery
ourt against the commissioners of
le district to prevent the construc
on of the road through Jackson
>unty.
Chancellor Lyman F. Reeder hand
1 down a decision in which he held
lat the law is unconstitutional.
The directors of the district, P. H.
an Dyke, 0. B. Coe and B. C. Mack,
ave filed a transcript m the Supreme
ourt, having been granted an ap
eak
Mr. Mack contends that the act au
lorizes the sale of bonds which would
ive the holders a lien upon lands in
ther coutnies besides Jackson and in
;oad Districts Nos. 1 and 4 in Jack
an county, in which work already
as been started under the general
iws of the state. The chancellor
eld that the benefits provided in
ie 1919 act are inequitable and un
ist.
rO BEGIN SURVEY OF
ROADS IMMEDIATELY
ENGINEERS EXPECTED HERE TO
BEGIN WORK ON PAROQUET
ROAI) TOMORROW
C. P. Vaughan, WT. Wr. Magness and
D. C. Selvklge, Commissioners of
Road District No. 4, and G. M. Fields,
P. S. Fortune and W. J. Herrington,
rcmmissiiners of District No. 3, met
it Eatesvil'e Monday and awarded
the contract for making the survey of
,he roads in the two districts.
Dickinson and Watkins of Little
Rock were given the contracts for
making the surveys, and it is an
nounced that the engineers will be
here tomorrow (Friday) for the pur
pose of beginning the work.
The Paroquet road will be surveyed
first and immediately upon comple
:ion of the survey of this road, the
. ngineers will begin the survey of the
road to Cord.
The two districts have employed
lohn T. Tharp as secretary, and the
oeretary i.dorms The Journal that he
s now at woik on the tax books col
ecting da fa for the use of commis
sioners in levying assessments.
BOLDER OUTLINES PLAN
FOR COMMUNITY FORUM
The General Extension Division of
he University of Arkansas has just
^sued a folder which contains an ex
ilanation r.nd plan for organization
>f a Community Forum. “The pur
pose of a Community Forum,” says
he circular, “is to keep the citizens
>f the community informed on cur
*ent questions so that they may dis
uss them freely and frankly, and be
ible to pass an intelligent opinion on
hem.”
The circular tells just howr to or
r-nize and carry on a forum, and it
s suggested that club women take the
natter up in their home towms. It
ilso gives a list of publications which
nay be secured from the Superintend
'nf of Public Documents, Washing
on, D. C.
Many bulletins of the League of
Nations, the War Congress, Amreica’s
tVar Aims and Peace Program, etc.,
ire available and will be sent to in
vested organizations or individuals
jpon application to the General Ex
tension Division.
COURT COMPLETES
WORK AND ADJOURNS
JURIES WERE DISMISSED SAT
URDAY AND WORK OF TERM
COMPLETED YESTERDAY
The Independence Circuit Court
which has been in session at Bates
ville for the past several days, com
pleted its work and adpoumed yes
terday. The following cases were dis- ,
posed of since our last report.
State vs. John Wood, dismissed by
Grand Jury. i
State vs. Bob Kennedy, dismissed
by Grand Jury’.
State vs. Dan Fineley, dismissed by 1
Grand Jury.
State vs. Simon Eason, selling li- i
quor, continued.
State vs. Oliver Rider, murder, j
jury trial, 21 years in pen, appeal ;
prayed and granted.
State vs. Tom Dunn, robbery, mo- |
tion for new trial overruled and ap- j
peal prayed and granted.
State vs. Jesse Lewis, Selling Li
quor, judgment set aside during good
behavior.
IW. W. Haley vs. Chess & Wymond
Co., former judgment set aside.
H. W. Johnson vs. Albert Flowers,
default judgment for $176.00 and at
tachment sustained.
L. E. Moore vs. R. M. Carter, et.
al. dismissed for want of prosecution.
Arkansas Brick and Tile Cnmnnnv
vs J. P. Williams, dismissed for want
of prosecution.
Lawrence Ruddell et. al., vs. .T. E.
Roseborough, judgment for defend
ant.
T. A. Dunsmoore, vs. W’illie Rich
ardson Traylor, continued.
J. A. Watson vs. Willie Richardson
Traylor, continued.
W. A. Ruddell, vs. Willie Richard
son Traylor, former judgment set
aside.
W. W. Hoyt vs. Ray Chamberlain,
continued.
E. B. Greswold vs. J. C. Shepherd
Mining Co., dismissed at defendant’s
cost.
Harrison Baker et. al., vs. Ozark
Mining Co., continued.
Jeffrey Bros. Co. vs. J. D. Magness
default judgment for $75.00
L. Rudell vs. J. E. Rosebrough, mo
tion for new trial overruled and ap
pealed
L. Rudell, et. al., vs. J. W. Glenn,
et. al., J A Luster made party de
fendant.
Earl W. Kerr, disabilities of minor
ity removed.
S. M. Casey vs. J. S. Handford,
et. al. motion for new trial overruled
and appeal prayed and granted.
OLIVER RIDER GUILTY AND GETS
21 YEARS IN STATE PENITENTIARY
+ + + + + * t + •;* <f 4. 4, .j,
* HER0E8 BY HUNDREDS. *>
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*■ Back from the firing line, the •>
f trenches, the hospitals, the skir ❖
* mish line and the field camps Is *?•
*• coming an endless stream of *>
*' khaki-clad Yanks, flushed with •>
* victory, bright-eyed with anticipa *
fr tlon. .j.
► Every day sees another ship- •»
f* load debark over east. Every day 4*
:♦ they arc being rushed to the con- *>
t- centratlon camps for their df3 •>
1- charge. Every day the trains afe •>
c hurrying them homeward. •>
* Not all of them got into the +
thick of it. Not all of them are •>
► wearing decorations. Not all of ❖
(• them are bearing wound stripes, +
!■ thank God .>
fr But in every section of the land •*
!■ are heroes by hundreds. *
► And it is up to us stay-at-homes *»
f to measure up to them. 41
► They did their part. Let’s do *
J* ours. *
■>' America’s part in the world ->
’e war is fast becoming an old story. *
{• But we can make it such a story •>
!• that the world will never forget. *>
fr Up to this minute America has ->
fr never fallen down on anything *
!• she undertook. She has always +
*> made good. Finished all she -S*
?• started. Poured into the mael •>
}. strom of war everything that was -J*
f asked, men, money, munitions, •>
I* supplies; faltered nowhere nor at •>
{• nothing. •>
I* A truly fine record.
► Let’s make it good right down
f to the last minute.
*• Let’s finish right, fellows.
* Let’s make the Victory Liberty
fr loan the final triumphant wonder
*• of it all.
* Do it? Of course we can.
4* Subscribe your limit.
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TO GROW PIGS FOR MARKET
The fatening of a pig by each boy
01 girl member in Arkansas for co
operative market is the phase of the
boys’ and girls’ pig club work which
is now being stressed by W. J. Jerni
?an, club agent of the Agricultural
Extension Division, University of
Arkansas. It is the plan to have the
:lub members purchase uniform pure
bred grade pigs that will weigh from
LOO to 250 pounds in the fall and then
narket them co-operatively.
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Don’t forget that Saturday, May 3,
s Clean-up Day.
| MURDERER OF LON HATLER IS
GRANTED APPEAL AND RE
LEASED ON BOM)
Oliver Rinder, charged with murder
in the first degree for the killing of
Lon Hatler, near Cord, on the 3rd of
March, was found guilty of murder
in the second degree by a jury in the
circuit court at Batesville, last Satur
day, and was given 21 years in
the penitentiary.
The murder,which was one the most
brutal in the history of Independen
ce county, took place near Cord when
Hatler went to Rider’s field for the
purpose of settling a trivial dispute
over a meadow.
After passng a few words, Rider
drew a gun and shot Hatler four
times, the last shot being deliberately
fired into Hatler’s forehead after he
had fallen. The body wras later
weighted down with a heavy whe 1
frATYl on nlil mnu'inrr moeVnnn >1 n, I
thrown into Black River.
The case attracted considerable at
tention and feeling against Rider ran
high in the community.
T. J. Carter, atorney for Rider,
with Claude Perkins and F. T. Wil
liams, were arrested on March 29,
charged with attempting bribery by
endeavoring to persuade Farr, the
eyewitness to disappear. Their cases
have not been heard.
Rider too* an appeal to the Su
preme court and was released on
bond, his Lond being fixed at $7,500
He was released and returned to the
home of his father, near Strawberry,
in Lawrence county.
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SLEEPING MALADY IS
FATAL TO WOMAN
Clarksville, April 30.—Mrs. Pearl
Felkins, wife of Hendley Felkins, died
yesterday afternoon as a result of
sleeping sickness, physicians • sai l.
She was ill for about two weeks and
did not seem to suffer, but slept al
most constantly.
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THE FAVORITE PLANTER
Of BIGCOTTON GROWERS
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economical production of the South’s great staple
the study of their lives, know it pays to use the
best planters their money can buyt That’s why
AVERY’S SHAWNEE JR
outsells every other corn
and cotton planter made.
It plants accurately and
keeps on doikig it year
after year.
It is equally efficient for
com or cotton. For plant
ing peanuts, or when you
want to plant two kinds of
seed in the same row, or
alternate rows, we fur
nish the famous . Avery
Duplex Hopper—tjie most
v a lu a ble improvement
made in planters in many
years.
Shall we save one of these planters for you?
C. W. MAXFIELD CO
Batesville, Arkansas