E NEWARK JOURNAL
Published Every Friday
0. F. CRAIG, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Entered at the post office at Newark,
Ark., as second class mail.
THE GOVERNOR’S BIG
PRUNING KNIFE
The action of Governor
Hays in vetoing many of the
extravagant appropriations
made by the recent legislature
will meet with the hearty ap
proval of the sober-minded
citizenship of Arkansas.
The state has been called
upon to make large appropri
ations during the past few
years and as a result we find
th state now without funds to
meet her obligations.
This condition is not the re- j
suit of a system of graft or ex- j
travagance, as a few people i
profess to believe. It is rath
er a case of buying more than
we had money to pay for.
From 1905 until 1912 the
state lost through a reduction
in thp wpnpr:il hiv low made
by the legislature of 1905, ap
proximately $1,500,000. Dur
ing the same period the state
spent a m i 1 1 io n dollars
in making needed improve
ments for various state institu
tions, in addition to making
appropriations for establishing
the four Agricultural Schools,
the State Normal and the Tu
berculosis Sanitarium. Addi
tional expenses were incurred
by raising the salaries of the
Circuit judges and chancellors
and appropriating $05,000 to
fight the railroad rate cases.
It is these things and not
the character or intergy of our
state officials, that have
brought about the present de
ficit in state finances.
The state’s income for the
next two years will be about
$3,180,000. The state is now
in debt about $560,000. Gov.
Hays’ veto brigs the appropri
ations for state expenses for
the next two years down to
about $2,450,000.
So it can readily be seen
that Gov. Hays’ action saved
the state's credit and will re
sult in placing the state back
upon a cash basis, for the in
crease in assessments during
the next 2 years will add quite
a little to the state’s revenue
and at the end of that time
the state will not only be able
to take up all outstanding
warrants but should have a
cash balance in the treasury.
As was to be expected, a
great howl has gone up from
those in charge of some of the
state departments and institu
tions affoctd by the veto, es
pecially the agricultural
schools. Some of Gov. Hays’
political enemies, notably Con
gressman Caraway of Jones
boro, John H. Page and Geo.
B. Cook, are very caustic in
their denunciation of the Gov
ernor. They would have the
people believe the governor has
absolutely ruined all the state
institutions and seriously crip
pled all departments of the
state government.
Some of the state depart
ments may not be able to buy
and maintain expenscive auto
mobiles for their own private
use, and some of the heads of
the departments will probably
l not be able to indulge in ex
Wk pensive jaunts to other states
K to attend various and sundry
r meetings at the expense of the
taxpayers, as has often been
done heretofore. However, the
people generally are not very
one deeply interested nor vit
to pro. ally affected by these matters
and will probably be willing
0 dispense with them.
1 It is very probable of course
at some of the state institu
. is and departments of the
it empjrnnient will have to prac
ci'Ji-riyut -r.cnTirjmy ap,j._£ipDv
ann>% Mortoveives some tnulgs tney
(.cause the bow^ but none of them
uo returu to co.janger 0f being closed
Oet thtckou nt account of the govern
Soid by Druggis and in fact when
ver from fright, it
nd that none of the
fK Orilfif tartmvnts or insti
P:
tutions an ■ *;n serioush crip
pled.
His action may work a tem
porary hardship upon some of
the state institutions, but time
will prove the wisdom of his
act and the taxpayers general
ly will heartily endorse the
governors action.
A CATHOLIC FLING
AT ARKANSAS
The Western Watchman, a
Catholic paper of St. Louis,
shows its venom and takes a
fling at Arkansas people gen
erally and members of the leg
islature in particular, in its
issue of March 18. The watch
man is mad as a hornet be
cause the legislature passed
the “Convent Inspection bill,”
and it proceeds to unburden
itself in the following very
Christian-like (?) manner.
“The legislature of Arkan
sas has passed the “Convent
Inspection Bill” by a large
majority—so large that a veto
will not prevent its becoming
a law. There are no more
spiritually benighted people in
the world than the "dirt eat
ers" of Arkansas. They think
they can get a square meal in
convents. They will come
away hungry and disapointed.
But they may learn a litle some
thing about religion.”
It occurs to The Journal,
however, that if those in
charge of the convents are
possessed of the same spirit
of brotherly love (?) that
the reverence! editor of the
Watchman exhibits in the
above editorial, a benighted
citizen of Arkansas could
learn about as much about re
ligion by visiting a convent
as one could learn about the
kindness of animals by fond
ling a oK Uli K.
Very little has been thought
of the increase in Confederate
pensions, which is provided
for in a bill passed by the re
cent legislature and which has
.just been approved by Gov.
Hays. The new law raises
the rate of the annual tax for
Confederate pensions from
1 */> to 2 mills, and means an
additional $250,000 annually.
The new rate will provide a
total of almost $900,000 an
nually for Confederate pen
sions, or nearly ms much as
the entire state general tax.
The claim is made by offici
als of the State Department
of Agriculture that within two
years, farmers and stockmen
in 57 of the 75 counties of the
state can ship and sell theii
cattle on an equal market
basis with Illinois, Missouri
Kansas and Nebraska farmers
for by that time these coun
ties will have been placed
above the cattle quarantine lin<
as a result of the new law
creating the Northwest Arkan
sas tick eradication district.
In persuing the war news
the average reader mighl
have had some doubt as tc
the exact location of Pater
wardein if the thoughtful edi
tor hr tn't put in that it if
right opposite Vyvidex. Bui
now it is puite clear of course
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merchants admit that
their success has been
achieved by newspaper
advertising. The people
watch the columns of
the newspapers to learn
what the best merchants
have for sale, for they
know that merchants
who have good goods at
reasonable prices are
glad to tell them about
their goods in the news
papers. The people re
gard the advertisement
of good goods at reason
able prices as 'the best
news in the paper, be
cause it saves them time
and money. Local busi
ness men who have
something good to sell
do not have to worry
about mail order houses
when they advertise
properly in the local
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The Newark High School
, one of the best in this se -
I lion of Arkansas and
| v. bile working in a quiet and
! unassuming manner, tin prin
J r pal and faculty are doing
! splendid work for our town
land community. The work
| being done by pupils of the
Newark school will compare
favorably with that done by
: ihe pupils of any similar
Speaking ol‘ divei .dfication,
if you have no crop to diver
sify. then try a change of
daily living by planting seeds
of human kindness and culti
vating helpful ideas for the
advancement of your home
town. Get. out of the single
crop rut of pessimism and be
gin now to market big cargoes
of good cheer and civic acvtiv
ity.—Searcy Citizen.
Four hundred and ninety
six vessels passed through the
Panama Canal during the first
six months it was open. Two
hundred and six were United
States vessels in the coastwise
| trade. The tolls levied
amounted to $2,1.‘18.112.69,
I and now average about $400'
j 000 a month.
If the farmer allows the
I presen t rise in the price of
| cotton to fool him into planting
a big crop this year to the
I exclusion of food crops, he
! will have demonstrated that
i his case is hopeless.
REDUCED RATES TO
SCHOOL CONVENTION
Reduced round-trip rides via
the Missouri & North Arkan
sas Railway to U rrison, Ar
kansas, account of Annual
Convention Arkansas Sunday
School Association, April 17,
18 and 19, 1815. Tickets on
jsale 15, 16 and 17; final re
turn limit April 21. 1915. For
details see any I\I. & N. A.
' ‘:cket agent or write
Jay Kerr, G. P. A.,
1 (Adv.) , Harrison, Ark.
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Mrs. M. Balms
19 15
Spring Millinery
SELECTIONS LARGER
Prices Less Than Ever Before
COME
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Newport, Arkansas
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CHARLOTTE ITEMS.
Charlotte, Mch. .‘>1 .— AI ,
] ong- and Miss Etta Price of
Walnut Grove were married
jS inday at the home of Rev. i
aid Mrs. W. S. Storey, Rev.
S orey officiating.
J. A. Ken aster of Sal a do a
spent Sunday here the guest
|ot Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McGill. \\
Miss Willie Stoner who has j
been attending school at Sul
pnur Rock has returned home. .
Z. 1'. Bateman an old and
respected citizen of this corn
in', unity died last Thursday, at >.
K itseville and was buried at
I Pleasant Hill Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. .J. Lindsey
I who have been quite sick with
Ikgrippe are improvig nicely. \l
Earl Moore went lo Newark
t o 1 business Saturday.
H. A. Bickers of Batesville
[spent Monday here on busi
ness.
$400,000 IN BERRIES
Searcy, Mch. 30.—Hortcul
rists declare that the fruit
•rop in White county has not
v-en injured by recent cold
periods and that fruits af all
cinds, especially strawberries,
' ill yield the largest crops in
nany years. It is estimated
hat White county will ship
100,000 worth of strawber
ies during the coming season,
Vom Judsonia, Searcy, Bald
Cnob, Beebe, McRae, Iliggi
on and Pangburn.
* AD SHOOTS HORSE
Newport, Mch. 27.—Will
Dp.vis, a farmer living south of
this city, took his hammerless
shot gun to the field with him
to shoot wild geese, and while
he plowed, put the gun in the
fence corner. His young son
picked up the gun ashisfather *1
drove by, with the team and
shot one of the horses.
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Good Seed Corn for sale at
the Newark Lumber Co.
UMBER AND
HARDWARE
QaS^SCai
S'e handle a complete stock of Lumber,
Builders hardv ur \ 5ash, Doors, Brick,
Lime, Nails, Wire Fencing, Pumps, Pipe,
Farm Implements, Coal, Hay and Grain.
We Want Your Patronage
And will make it to you interest
to trade with us. Your money’s
worth on every purchase made
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lumber co
Newark, Arkansas
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‘ ■ « v in. u v vj in \j i wun
p mr Rock visited home-folks
h re Saturday and Sunday.
J. C. McGill and A. B i
\ caver made a business trip s
b Alicia last week.
Neil Storey, Leslie i'eplogle i
a k! Everett Lane of Straw her- ,
r waited homefolks Saturday t
a d Sunday. .
i’loyd Jernigan whohasbeen
a lending school at Sulphur
i :ick returned home last i
week. |
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to thank the good
p o])le for the kindesss shown
u- during the death of our
d rling mother, Mrs. Bray,
and we especially wish to
thank he people af Paroquet,
f u- the mpath shown us.
Ai ay God bless you all is the
p ay of HER CHILDREN
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