Newark
Journal
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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1919
VOL. 18, NO. 42
NEWARK BOY WHO
WAS IN GREAT WAR
NOW IN GERMANY
Sgt Ben. C. Arnold Says Am
erican Boys are Now En
joying Life
Judge M. L. Arnold has
recently received from his son
Bgt. Ben C. Arnold, a foldei
containing a map of a sectior
of the famous Rhine Valley ir
Germany.
Sgt. Arnold is a member o1
the 117th Sanitarium Train, ol
the Rainbow Division which is
a part of the Army of Occu
pation now in Germany. Thi
map sent by him is very inter
esting showing in detail a sec
tion of about 40 miles of tht
Rhine valley. He says the Am
erican boys are comfortablj
situated now and are enjoying
life. His letter follows:
Nenenaha, Germany
December 18, 1918.
Dear Mother and Daddy.—
Wish I could be with you anc
talk to you instead of trying t<
write, for a letter always fall:
short of anything like express
ing what could be told in £
very short time in eonversa
tion.
I am having a great time
now and am sleeping in a fin<
bed like you used to fix foi
me. This life we are living
now surely presents a wonder
ful contrast compared to tha
which we were living a couph
of months ago in the Argonne
My bed then, instead of bein*
on the second floor of a bij
hotel, was in a “basement’
W. O. W. ELECT OFFICERS
Newark Lodge W. O. W.
has elected the following of
ficers for the ensuing year.
A. J. McSpadden, C. C.; J.
H. Holderby, A. L.; L. G. Fos
ter, banker; E. W. Magness,
clerk; H. V. Williams, escort;
W. C. Edwards, watchman;
W. E. Kinman, sentry.
room, made by me, in the side
of a hill. Instead of electric
lights, we had a candle—this
is, of course, if we had it well
camouflaged, and there were
no Boche planes up.
Instead of being awakened
in the night by happy boys,
girls and American soldiers
playing music and enjoying
themselves, we had the scream
■ and explosion of big shells to
haunt our dreams and break
our slumber.
You can talk about the mus
ic of the cannon’s roar, etc.,
but I prefer our electric piano
j playing “Red Wing” with oc
cassiosally somebody sitting
i down to the upright and mak
, ing real honest-to-goodness
American music.
I am really happy now but
guess I will not fully realize
just what has happened until
that wonderful command,
’“Homeward Bound” comes and
I am on my way back to my
j dear old daddy and mother
; who are all the world to me.
With bushels of love,
Your son,
BEN. C ARNOLD.
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; When you w'ant insurance
’ of any kind see E. G. Magness.
The nvarv with
moi\ey does ixot
fear adversity
rvor poverty.
Poverty in old age slowly but surely ap
proaches every man who spends all he earns and
drifts into merciless debt.
While you have EARNING POWER open a
bank account. Your 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 \
DRASTIC LIQUOR LAW
PASSED BY SENATE
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Possession of Liquor in Any
__Quantity Subjects Owner
to Heavy Fine
Little Rock, Jan. 21.—Pro
hibition batted 1,000 in the
Arkansas Senate Monday
morning, due either to the fact
that it was “blue Monday” or
that many Senators, who, at
various times in their lives
might have been classed as
“wets,” or conservatives, sur
rendered to the inevitable.
Senator Greathouse’s new
bene dry law, which, it was
brought out by Senator Cald
well of Pine Bluff, would sub
ject a person with a “mere half
pint” in his home to a fine of
from $100 to $1,000 to say
nothing of 30 days’ sojourn in
county bastiles, passed the sen
ate without effort.
In fact, Senator Caldwell,
the only member who called
attention to the drastic Drovis
ion, resignedly declared that it
perhaps was the only way to
reach those at whom the bill
was aimed, and that enforce
ment of the measure at that
was very doubtful, voted for
the measure The bill received
28 affirmative votes, while no
negative ballots were cast. It
was sent to the House immed
iately, and, it is said, probably
will pass the house with very
little if any opposition.
Senator Greathouse, who
with Senator Ponder introduc
ed the bill, was not in the Sen
ate chamber, being confined to
his room by illness. The bill
needed no special champion,
however, for, as several sen
ators declared, the opposition
to prohibition laws “has just
naturaly given up in despair.”
The proposed law would
I net prohibit the bringing of al
cohol into the state for medici
nal, mechanical or sacramental
I purposes.
FAVORABLY IMPRESSED
WITH OUR COMMUNITY
Messrs. Spruill and Thomas
who are here in the interest of
the Jefferson Standard Life In
surance Company, have enjoy
ed a splendid business during
the past week, and say they
are favorably impressed with
the evidences of prosperity
i among our citizens than in al
most any community where
| they have done business in
j Arkansas.
They have written policies
for a number of the best citi
zens in the community, not
only in Newark but among the
people in the surrounding
country.
Their success here, as well
as in all other communites
where they have worked, is
due large1}’ to the fact that
they write one of the most lib
eral policies put out by an old
line company, and the further
fact that the Jefferson Stand
ard is recognized the world
oyer as one of the strongest
companies in existence.
They will be in Newark only
a few days longer, but say
they have prospects of writing,
before they leave, some of the
largest life insurance policies
ever written in this section of
the state.
WOULD TURN RIVER
IN DEPARTEE CREEK
Movment of Surplus Water
Through Canal Would
Prevent Overflows
A moveemnt is on foot to
cut a canal at some point near
what is known as the “Head
of the bottom” on the south
side of White river, connecting
the river with Departee creek.
The project includes the
straightening and deepening
of the channel of Departee
creek, so that when the river
reaches a high stage some of
the surplus water can be di
verted trhough the canal into
Departee creek and thus de
crease the danger from over
flows in Oil Trough and Big
Bottoms.
It is said that practically all
the land owners of the entire
Oil Trough bottoms are in fav
or of the project.
C. E. Ramsey, of the Gov
ernment Engineering Corps, of
Washington, D. C. has been in
the community going over the
ground and making a survey
of the country in regard to the
proposed canal.
The government will assist
in carrying out the project if
it is considered by the govern
ment engineers as feasible and
of enough importance for the
government to take up the
work. •
Much depends upon the re
port made by Mr. Ramsey and
until his report is submitted it
is not known what will be the
outcome of the movement.
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CENTENARY OF AMERICAN
METHODIST MISSIONS
In 1819 the first American
Methodist Missionary Society
was organized.
In 1919 both branches of
Episcopal Methodism will un
ite to commemorate the close
of a century of missionary
work.
The Centenary Commission
undertook a survey of the
fields we occupy in order to
determine the nature and 3ize
of our providental task and
what was needed to put the
Church abreast of her world
program. The results of this
survey were presented for the
first time to a Committee of
One Hundred, which met in
March 1918, in Memphis,
Tenn. This representative
group definitely agreed, after
much prayer and consultation
that Southern Methodism
should celebrate this Centen
ary of Methodism in a way
worthy of her past and com
mensurate with her manifest
responsibiltv.
They first laid emphasis on
the spiritual resources of the
church, with special reference
to the practice of intercession,
followed by promotion of the
recognition and practice ot
stewardship of life and sub
stance and a definite campaign
to raise in the next five years
$35,000,000, including the reg
ular missionary income.
The Batesville District Cen
tenary meeting will be held in
Newport next Tuesday, Jan
uary 28th. At this meeting
will be Dr. F. S. H. Johnson
STATE PRIZE WIN
NER IN CORN CLUB
HAS GREAT RECORD
CONTESTS AT NEWPORT
Newport, Jan. 22.—The
Board of Control of the North
east Arkansas Contest Asso
ciation held its annual business
meeting here Monday. The
officers elected are: Edgar.
Williams, president; FI. H. Hill
of Walunt Ridge vice president
O. T. Richardson of Augusta,
secretary and treasurer. The
fifth annual meet will be held
in Newport Aprill 11 and 12.
Contests will be offered in
piano, voice, violin, reading,
declaration and map drawing,
spelling, composition and ath
letics. A loving cup will be
awarded the school that wins
first place in any event. There
are about 20 schools in the as
sociation.
also a representative of the
Centenary work from Nash
ville, Tenn. Some tne will be
there with sterioptican pictur
es. Come we want you, any
member of the church, come
and help make this one of the
most enthusiastic meetings that
will be held.
J. E. SNELL.
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CASTOR BEANS
All parties having caster
beans yet undelivered should
ship them to T. O. Branch,
Little Rock before February
1, as the contract expires at
that time. Captain Anderson
was in Batesville December 27
and 28 and received about a
carload but there are quanti
ties of beans yet in the county
that cannot be delivered if
held much longer.
Earl Best of Dota Has Averag
ed 92 Bushels Per Acre
For Six Years
An average of 92 bushels of
corn to the acre for the last
six years is the remarkable
record of Earle Best, aged 1G,
of Dota, who has just been
awarded the annual $100 prize
offered by the Arkansas Bank
ers’ Association for the best
production made by a member
of the corn clubs in Arkansas.
His production last year was
106 1-2 bushels This is the
second time he has won the
state prize. Earle is an all
round farmer as is proven by
the fact that last year he also
V» CIO « XHCHlUCjL Ui Lilt; pUlcUfUy
cotton and pig clubs. He has
won many other prizes with
his agricultural products.
At the request of W. J. .Jer
nigan, state club agent, young
Best has written the story of
his successes, which is verified
by County Agent, Leland Bun
ch, and also by the boy’s fath
er, A. T. Best. His story fol
lows :
“In 1913, at the age of 11,
I joined the Boy’s Corn Club
i with George Allen as county
j agent and I have been in one
|or mere culbs ever since. The
first year I made 82 bushels of
corn on my acre. I took an
exhibit to the county fair win
ning the first prize, which was
a free trip to the Hot Springs’
state fair, a pair of purebred
Southdown sheep and a Rook
Island cotton and corn planter.
“The second year I came out
with a yield of 83 1-2 bushels
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IMPLEMENTS!
Now is the time to commence get
ting ready for next season’s crop and nothing will
help you make a bumper crop like modern farming
tools.
We have the B. F. Avery line of
plows, planters, cultivators, harrows, etc., and it
makes no difference if you want a one-horse gar
den plow or a four-mule middle buster, we have it
and would like to show you some of the lines strong
points.
If you cannot come in and see the
tools you want, write us and we will send literature
describing it. If you are going to need a cultivator
be sure and see our Southern Queen, in the walker
and the pivot axle in the rider.
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A Trial Will Convince You
THEY CANT BE BEAT AT ANY PRICE
C. W. MAXFIELD CO
Batesville, Arkansas