The Newark Journal
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, February 28, 1918
Vol. 17, No. 48
REGISTRATION OF
WOMEN CONTINUES
Committee Will Maintain Head
quarters at Newark Post
Office Until Saturday
The local committee ap
pointed to conduct the regis
tration of the women of New
ark and vicinity opened head
quarters at the postoffice Tues
day. A large number of wo
men have registered up to to
day and the committee will
continue the registration until
Saturday evening.
There is nothing compulsory
about the registration, but be
cause of war conditions the
government has asked wom
en to register in order that an
inventory may be taken of the
“woman power” of the United
States.
The following reasons are
given by the government, why
the women should register.
To give every woman an op
portumty to otter to ner coun
try such service as she is best
fitted to render.
To furnish accurate infor
mation to the governnment of
the capacities in which women
are now serving, whether in
their own homes, trades, or
profession.
To have in every communi
ty lists of women careiullv
classified who are willing to be
called upon for trained or un
trained servce to the State or
Nation.
To ascertain which women
are available for service out
side the home, and which are
not.
To list the women who wish
to take training in order to
give more efficient service.
To be able to furhish women
for salaried positions,, whether
in Government-service or not.
To be able to place women
who can volunteer their serv
ices in positions of usefulness
in many fields.
Registration is voluntary:
women will not be drafted into
Government service.
Women will not be taken
from their homes for govern
ment service either here or in
Europe, unless they definitely
offer themselves for such ser
vice.
If a woman registers for
service at this time and when
called later finds herself un
able, by changed conditions to
respond to the call, no punish
ment or criticism will fall up
on* her, nor will she be com
pelled to serve.
Women should register for
what they are doing now and
for what they have been train
ed to do, whether or not they
can give any extra service at
the moment.
Women of any surrounding
community may come to New
ark and register and are urg
ed to do so if no provisions
have been made for register
1 r» cr in til ni»« n rvm I in i f t .
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BIG SALE WAR STAMPS
Rosie Citizen Buys $900 Worth
From Postmaster Craig
N. A. Malone, a citizen of
Rosie, purchased $900 worth of
War Savings Stamps from
Postmaster O. F. Craig last
Monday. Mr. Malone had
previously purchased $100
worth of the stamps and his
purchase Monday makes a
$1,000 worth of them he now
owns, which is the maximum
amount any one person may
own.
The sale made to Mr. Malone
makes about $3,000 worth of
these stamps that have been
sold at the Newark postoffice.
FIRST NATIONAL B^NK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS < „
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The man with
money knows his
account is a safeguard for __
his home. Bank your money - It paysr
Every man, that is worth calling a MAN has a
Hbme for his family and himself. But some men
are thoughtless and have not protected their home
Is your home protected against adversity?
A BANK ACCOUNT is the best safeguard for
your home. Start one today.
Put YOUR money in OUR bank.
p CENTER GROVE
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Center Grove, Feb. 28.—
People are beginning to make
preparation to begin another
crop.
Bud Damron, of Idaho, fath
er of Frank Damron of Wal
nut Grove, was visiting friends
and old acquaitannces in our
community Saturday.
Mr- Miles, the county sur-:
veyor was in our vicinity
Thursday, doing some survey
ing. ?
The Black River Academy
school visited Cord School Fri
day evening for a spelling bee.
The schools participating were
Oak Ridge, Cord and Black
River, All grades below the
fifth spelled orally, resulting in
a tie. The other grades above
the fifth, took written spelling
and resulted in Black River’s
seventh and eighth grades
winning over Cord’s sixth, sev
enth, eigth and ninth grades.
J. W. Walden of Hazel
Grove had business with our
Justice of the Peace Saturday.
Yf A n A \r Rn on/1 To m i 1 \r
visited Mr. Alonzo Wilson of
Cedar Grove Sunday.
Lee Martin of Cord passed
through our vicinity Monday en
route to Batesville and Sulphur
Rock.
Our road overseer, J. E. Har
relson was dragging our roads
Monday. A road drag for a
road is as fertilizer for a crop.
Neither is at its maxmum yield
of service without the applica
tion.
T. A. Bullington had busi
ness at Batesville Monday.
Marion Barnett of Joplin,
Mo., is visiting T. A. Bulling
ton and family this week.
Usually people move from
place to place about the first
of January but we notice quite
a lot of moving the last few
days.
The greatest incentive for a
farmer to plant abundance of
food crops is to realize that he
can get a fair price for the
surplus. *
Lots of potatoes and i-eal
general good garden combined
make a mighty big gun with
which to shoot at the Kaiser,
and enjoy lots of good eatng
while doing so.
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DANIELS COMES BACK
Former Superintendent of the
White River Road to Return
It is announced that J. W.
Daniels, former superintend
ent of the White River Road
will be returned to this division
effective March 1.
This announcement is receiv
ed with pleasure by employ
ees of the White River Division
as Mr. Daniels was formerly
superintendent of this division
for a number of years and
probably has more warm
friends among the employees
of the division than any mah
who ever held that position.
Mr. Daniels has been super
intendent of the Arkansas Div
ision, with headquarters at Lit
tle Rock. T. A. Shea, superin
tendent of the Missouri Divis
ion, with headquarters at Pop
lar Bluff, will succeed Mr. Dan
iels as superintendent of the
1 Arkansas Division.
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See The Journal for good printing.
|| CORD ITEMS ||
Cord, Feb. 27.—We are en
joying some pretty weather
now.
R. A. Dowdy of Bateville is
in our town this week on busi
ness
J. J. T. McAdams of Bates
ville is spending a few days
v'siting his son, Dr. and Mrs.
V. D. McAdams of this place.
Roy Bullington of Dota visit
ed at Mr. and Mrs. J. C- Greer’s
Saturday night.
Mrs. Sallie Crigler who has
been quite sick for some time
is some better.
Mrs. Walter Holmes is quite
sick at this writing.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hatler
entertained several of their
friends with a party at their
home Saturday night.
Jesse Cary of Hot Springs,
is visiting friends here this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bullng
ton of Walnut Grove visited
Mr. and Mrs. Greer Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Parr en
tertained the young people
with a party one night last
week.
Mrs. N- A. Winston is on the
sick list this week.
A. T. Best and C. A. Reaves
of Dota were in town Satur
day on business.
• Mrs. Moore and daughters,
Misses Elsie and Wess, ot
Charlotte visited relatives here
Thursday and Friday.
Grandma Yates of Charlotte
is spending the week here with
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Crigler.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ander
son of Dota visited Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Anderson Sunday.
The pupils of the Cord
school entertained the teachers
and pupils of Dota and Oak
Ridge Schools Friday after
noon.
Rev. Whitfield filled his reg
ular appointment at the Hope
well church Saturday night
and Sunday.
Several of our boys attend
ed the program at Charlotte
Friday night.
Mr- and Mrs. Neil Northcutt
and little daughter went to
Batesville Monday.
Born.—To Mr. and Mrs.
Scott Henderson on the 26th a
hov.
The grim reaper Death visit
ed the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter McLain Tuesday night,
and claimed for its victim the
husbahd and father, Mr. Mc
Lain. He had been sick for
several months and his death
was not unexpected. Our
community regrets to lose this
estimable man and we extend
our sympathy to the bereaved
family.
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KILLING NEAR HARRISON
Jim. Robinson Shot by Lee Hays
Over Land Dispute
Harrison Feb. 25.—Jim Rob
inson was shot and killed by
Lee Hays at Bear Creek
Springs seven miles north of
this place, yesterday afternoon.
The shooting was the result of
a dispute over a land deal,
Hays, it is said, told Sheriff
Burns that he shot Robinson
five times with an automatic
revolver.
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Trade with the* merchants
who advertise inTne Journal.
LINDSEY ANNOUNCES
S. D. Lindsey, the clever, ac
comodating and efficient tax
colletcor, announces in today’s
paper as a candidate for re
election to that office.
Mr. Lindsey has served the
people well and faithfully the
past two years as ta.'dcollector.
The office of tax collector is a
very exacting one, and one that
entails a great deal of hard
work. A man must be quick
and accurate and able to stand
up under a heavy strain of
clerical work to successfully
handle the affairs of this of
fice. Mr. Lindsey has fully
demonstrated his ability to do
this under the most trying con
ditions and has shown that he
is the right man in the right
place.
His genial and accomodating
disposition makes him deserv
edly popular with the people
and it goes without saying that
Mr. Lindsey will be given a
second term by the unanimous
consent of all good democrats
of Independence county.
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COMMITTEE TO MEET
State Committee Meeting Mon
day Will Start Politics
The meeting of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee
next Monday at Little Rock
will mark the opening of the
1918 political season definitely
although many candidates in
all parts of the state are begin
ing to announce. The meeting
of the Committee is especially
important at this time, because
of the necessity of amending
the election rules to agree with
the new primary law. There
will be some radical changes
made from the old system, in
volving poll tax receipts, certi
fying returns, election contests,
candidate pledges, and many
other things.
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HIGDEN SUFFERS
DISASTROUS FIRE
Post Office and Seven Build*
ings Burn With Loss of
Nearly $25,000
Higden, Feb. 25.—Fire, late
this afternoon completely wip
ed out the entire west part of
the business section of Higden,
causing a loss of $20,000 to
$25,000. The blaze originated
from a defective flue in the
Brashear store and before as
sistance arrived the flames
spread to the adjoining build
ings. The stores burned were
Brashear’s millinery, In
gram’s store, Cross barber shop
Brown grocery, Bee kin store
and residence, Riley grist mill,
Cody’s blacksmth shop and the
postoffee building.
Nearly every resident aided
in fighting the fire and succeed
ed in saving some goods from
every store. Loss of most of
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by insurance.
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RED BALL^ WRECKED
No One Hurt But Passenger
Delayed 12 Hours
A red ball freight train was
wreckedMonday evening about
6 o’clock near Sulphur Rock
and two cars left the track,
doing considerable damage.
The east-bound passenger
train was caught behind the
wreck and delayed about 12
hours.
The wreck is supposed to
have been caused by spreading
rails.
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BRYAN COMING
Hon. W. J. Bryan has ac
cepted an invitation to attend
the Good Roads Convention o
be held in Little Rock in April.
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BE PREPARED
To Gather alt Your Wheat
Crop Next Summer
To do this you have to have a binder of your own
j; for nine times out of ten when you are going to use
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To some folks it may seem early to talk about
buying Wheat Binders this time of year, but on
account of the fact that binders are scarce and hard
| to get, it will pay any one interested in binders, to
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C. W. Maxfield Co
BATK5VILLE, ARKANSAS