The Newark Journal.
published In The famous white River Country, where Alfalfa is kino
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, January 28, 1910
Vol. 9. No. 42
BETTERING THE SCHOOLS
Larger Districts, Better Methods
and Better Teachers Needed.
The greatest handicap to the de
velopment of the rural schools of
Arkansas is a small, weak, ineffic
ient school district. Such a school
district, witn its small revenue,
must, of necessity, have short
terras of school and poorly paid
teachers.
The crying need of the rural
schools of the State is the consoli
dation of small districts into a unit
approximately as large as a polit
ical township conforming to
the natural boundary lines of
streams and mountains. This larg
er district, where necessary, may
maintain several schools, but where
possible the small schools should
be consolidated into a large central
graded school, where high school
branches may also be taught.
The ultimate solution of the
rural school problem is in central
schools and the transportation of
the children in wagonetts. The
first step in this solution is the ab
olition of the small, weak district
and the substitution of the larger
territory, under the control of one
school board. This system pre
vails in a large number of States
in the Union, and the experiment
has been tried in a number of
places in Arkansas, and wherever
tried it has met with marked suc
cess.
The farce of one teacher attemp
ting to teach all grades and a great
variety of subjects should give
way to a more systematic classifi
cation of pupils and the diversion
of the classes among a number of
teachers, to the marked advantage
of the children. Efficient princi
pals, comfortable houses, adequate
janitor service and many other ad
vantages would accrue,
The chief obstacle to this reform,
aside from simple inertia, seems
to be in the opposition of those
who fear such a system would re
move the schools from local con
trol. The large district would not
lessen the control of the policies of
the school by its patrons, butone
man domination, factional bicker
ings and neighborhood dissensions
would be eliminated, to the good
of the cause of education.—,J. W.
Kuykendall.
LOOK HERE, HR. MAN
If you want to sell your farm
see the White River Land iSc In
vestment Co.
TO BUILD SIDEWALKS
Citizens Hold fleeting and Deicide
on Improvement District
A meeting of citizens and tax
payers of Newark was held at the
city hall Wednesday night for the
purpose of discussing the sidewalk
problem.
A large number of citizens were
present, among the number being
several of the largest taxpayers in
town. The booster spirit was
largely in evidence, and if there
was a single knocker present he
kept silent.
Mayor Williamson presided ov
er the meeting, and short talks
were made by a number of citizens
as to the best and most feasible
plan of building sidewalks. Ev- i
eryone who expressed himself was
in favor of concrete, and after a
thorough discussion of the matter,
it was decided that the most feas
ible, practical and equitable solu
tion of the matter was to organize
the town into an improvement dis
trict.
Acting upon this decision the !
chairman appointed Dr. A. A. i
Evans, E. W. Magness and J. H.
Holderby as a committee to pre
pare and secure names to a peti
tion for the organization of such
improvement district, and secure
and prepare such other data as
might be needed.
It is expected that the petition
will be presented to the city coun
cil for action at its next meeting,
the first Monday night in Febru
ary.
CHARLOTTE CIPHERS
Several in this community are
on the sick list.
«foe Wright of Sulphur Rock,
was transacting business here Mon-1
day.
Swish Griffin of Sulphur Rock,
was transacting business here
Tuesday.
Messrs. Forsythe and Bruce of
Batesville, spent a few hours here ;
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bradley of j
Curia, spent Monday here with;
relatives.
Rev. Hively filled his regular!
appointment here Sunday and)
Sunday night.
Prof. O. T. Jernigan and little i
son, Ashley, spent Saturday at
Sulphur Rock.
Mrs. Gene via Pickens and little
daughter, Vern, of Dota are spend
ing a few days here with the lady’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Lane.
LUKEWARM WATER
WILL NOT OPERATE
A LOCOMOTIVE!
f If you want to get ahead in the world, you will
need a Bank Account—a “lukewarm” intentton will
not get it for you. Bring that intention to a white
heat, and START A BANK ACCOUNT NOW!
% The amount with which you start is immaterial,
the thing to do is to MAKE THE START, and then
use every honorable means at your command to in
crease the amount until you have a sufficient amount
to make an investment. Perseverance along this
line means financial independence.
MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS SANK
Geo. L. Green, President
Leslie R. Acton, Cashier
i
Happenings of Local Interest
Circuit court meets next Mon
day in Newport.
Rev. D. I. Holt went to New
port yesterday on business.
B. (). Trotter, formerly of Oil
Trough is moving to Batesville.
Squire Jesse L. McDaniel of
Black River township was in town
yesterday.
I have a new delivery wagon
and will deliver goods to all parts
of the city. J. M. Martin.
The agitation for a bigger and
better Newark is bearing fruit.
Let’s keep up the good work.
H. E. Hawthorne has moved
his hardware store into the build
ing recently vacated by Adams
Bros.
(t. O. Magness came over from
Searcy Tuesday to spend a few
days looking after his business
interests.
Nicest line of strictly fresh gro
ceries in town at J. H. Holderby’s.
Phone your orders and they will
have prompt attention.
E. ,T. Mag ness will carry a nice
line of McCall’s patterns. He al
so has a nice line of dress goods,
and invites the ladies to call.
Fern, the little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Morris, has been
quite sick with pneumonia, but is
reported to be improving nicely.
A call has been issued for a
meeting of the county candidates
to be held at Batesville on Satur
day February 5th, to arrange for
a joint canvass.
A concrete floor is being put
down in the back end of the New
ark Grocer Company’s building
in the part occupied by the meat
market department.
For Sale.—15,000 home grown
peach and plum trees; choice va
rieties, and prices very low. Feb
ruary is the time to plant fruit
trees. Call at our nursery at Sul
phur Hock. Gibbs & Brown. 3-1
Henry Davis died Tuesday from
pneumonia. He was twenty years
old and was the son of Jacob Davis.
The remains were buried at Blue
Springs cemetery, liev. D. 1. Holt
conducting the funeral services.
The store that thinks it worth
while to invite you, and makes the
invitation hearty and cordial—
that’s the store you should buy
from. Look over the ads in The
Journal and see who invites you
to their store.
England, a little town down in
Lonoke county, about the size of
Newark, has put down nine miles
of concrete sidewalks during the
past year, and expects to put down
two miles more.
The Royal Neighbors held a
very pleasant meeting Wednesday
night and installed officers for the
coming year. Refreshments were
served after the conclusion of the
evening’s work. Six applicants
were elected to membership.
You don’t like to hear a boy
swear do you? VVell, one way to
keep him from doing it is to quit
swearing yourself. It weakens
your influence over over him when
you ask him to do something that
you don't live up to yourself.
The recital at the public school
last Friday night by the students
in the Music Department was at
tended by a large audience. All
who attended were pleased with
the splendid entertainment. We
are proud of this splendid depart
ment in our school. Miss Dudley
! who has had charge of the music
department since it was added to
the school, is an excellent teacher
and very popular here. We feel
fortunate indeed to have her in
our school, and hope she will see
fit to continue her good work with
us.
After all, brother farmer, vour
children are your best asset. Don’t
neglect them for there is nothing
more precious in ail the world
than its bright faced boys and girls.
They are the sweetest comfort of
the present and the glorious hope
of the future.
.lames Vaughan announces in to
day’s paper as a candidate for con
stable of Big Bottom township.
Jim is too well known to need any
introduction at our hands. He
has lived in Newark for several
years and has a large personal ac
quaintance. .Jim is a good Demo
crat and he earnestly solicits your
support.
Boost your home town, your
home county and your home state.
If you don’t, you can’t expect
others to do it for you, others
whose interets are elsewhere. If
everybody in Newark would get
together with the one fixed pur
pose to boost Newark, we could
make it one of the very best towns
in the state.
Dr. John H. Dye will goto Bal
timore soon to attend a meeting of
the Federation Commission of the
North and South Methodist chur
ches, of which he is a member.
This commission is composed of
ministers, laymen and Bishops
from both branches of this great
church organization, and their
mission is to see if a basis of union
may not be agreed upon.—Searcy
Citizen.
The present high price of cotton
should convince the Southern far
mer that a small crop of that staple
| is as valauble as a large one, and
by the same token the high price
of all kinds of food products should
i convince them that it is high time
I they were raising their own food
crops. Wheat, corn and oats will
do well in all parts of the cotton
belt and the farmers should devote
a part of their lands to the pro
duction of the food crops neces
sary for the maintenance of their
farms.
ine JNewport democrat men
tions the fact that The Journal
has been doing some good printing
lately, complimenting us and say
ing we learned the trade in the
Democrat office. But we beg to
remind Brother Waterman that
we never do any other kind but
good printing. We make it a rule
to never let an unsatisfactory piece
of printing leave this shop. Peo
ple are fast learning this, and we
have recently turned out several
nice jobs of printing for Newport
people.
Recently a fastidious young man
bought a pair of overalls and found
in them the name of the sewing
girl, says an exchange. He very
promptly wrote her a letter with
all the effusiveness necessury in
such a case and in due time receiv
ed a reply, which, however, was
void the romance usual in such
cases. Here it is: “I am a work
ing girl it is true, but 1 make a
good living and I do not care to
support a husband, as I would if
I married some silly noodle who
gets mashed on a girl he never
saw. Permit me to say I do not
know how my card got in that
pair of overalls, and that when I
marry, if ever, it will be some fel
low who can afford something bet
ter thaii 47-aeut breeches.”
MARTIN ISSUES STATEMENT
Candidate For Representative
States his Position.
To the voters of Independence
County.
Owing to the condition of ray
son, it will he impossible for me
to make a house-to-house canvas
| of the county. Asa great many
! of you know, my son fell while
playing on the school ground on
the 30th of November and broke
his thigh. He is just now getting
able to sit up a little, but yet re
quires constant attention. So I
take this method of reaching as
many of you as possible, and will
later see as many of you in person
as possible.
As you all know, my Democracy
is unquestioned, as I have always
: been in the thickest of the tights,
and was elected and represented
the county in the legislature of
11895. My record there is before
I you and 1 ask the closest scrutiny
of same. I have only to promise
that, if elected, I will look after
your interests now as closely as I
did then, by being at my post of
duty at all times to see what I can
do for the best interests of my
constituents. I feel that a Rep
resentative must lay aside his in
dividual interests and represent
the interests of the majority of
his constituents.
I favor a short session of the
legislature and economy along all
lines, the finishing of the new State
House, separating the white and
black convicts, or working them
separately and in a humane man
ner.
If my record is satisfactory to
i.you, 1 solicit your support, wheth
er I get to see you personally or
not, but will see as many of you
as I can before the primary.
Very Respectfully,
F. M. Martin,
Candidate for Representative.
BUSINESS FOR SALE.
Good, clean stock of merchan
dise, will invoice about $3,000.
Two good frame store buildings,
*2‘2x70 and 16x30. Two-story,eight
room frame residence, including
four acres of land. Good location
and doing good business, situated
in small town in finest agricultural
section in the southwest. Owners
health requires change of climate.
Property will be sold at a bargain.
Apply to White River Land &
Investment Co., Newark, Ark.
See The Journal for job printing.
SIMMONS CREATES STIR
—
Says Liquor Interests Named
I Jackson County Election Board.
Judge H. H. Simmons, of New
port, sprung something of a sen
sation at the meeting of the Arkan
sas Anti Saloon League in Little
Rock Tuesday, when, in answer
to calls for a speech, he declared
that certain saloon interests in
Little Rock were able to name the
election commissioners in various
counties in the last election and
that he secured their “o. k.” on
the names of three commissioners
whom he and others wanted as
commissioners in Jackson county
before presenting the names to the
State Election Board.
The call for Judge Simmons was
prompted by the fact that he had
lately declined to issue any saloon
licenses for the year lit 10 in Jack
son county.
“I don’t deserve any credit for
this action, however,” he declared.
“It was Jesus Christ and God Al
mighty whipping me into line, and
I felt tuor(L like a boy who has
been mai to do right in the mat
ter of of refusing to issue any
more licenses. It was not always
my disposition, and until my con
version a few months ago I was as
strong in my pledge to the whisk
ey interests as any man could be.”
In connection with his visit to
Little Rock two years ago, when,
he alleged, he secured the naming
of the election commissionesr of
Jackson county through the influ
ence of the liquor interests, he fur
ther declared that the same liquor
interests controlled the Legislature
at that time.
“The liquor interests in Jackson
county have tried to buy me off
since I started to oppose them.
The liquor men offered to pay all
my debts and buy me a home.
Knowing that my wife was in poor
health, they told me to take her to
Florida, with $16,000 in my pock
et. But 1 would not be tempted
and with the help of God, I will
stay in it until the liquor curse is
driven out of Jackson county. I
have been told that if I would drop
my tight against liquor and give
assurance that I would not put
the liquor dealers out of business
I could hold my office as long as I
liked.”
Judge Simmons very modestly
admitted he couldn’t make much
of a religious speech. “You see
I am young in the cause, and I will
have to be pardoned on that ac
count. Besides, I’ve got some
campaign speeches to make this
time in my county and I’m saving
up for that, although 1 don’t think
there will be any trouble in taking
care of myself in a political cam
paign. ”
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