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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDA Y, JANUARY 6, 1921
VOL. 20 NO. 40
TELEPHONE COMPANY
BOOSTS LOCAL RATFS
Many Phones are Cvt Out and
There is Talk of a New
System for Newark
The White River Telephone
Company which is owned by
the Southwestern., has served
notice on its patrons that all
rates go up on January 1. Res
idence phones have been raised
from $1.50 to $2.25 and busi
ness phones from $2.50 to $3
per month.
With everything else going
down, the patrons of the tele
phone compan. seem to think
the telephone company has
handed them a very unwel
come package for a New
Year’s present.
a meeting 01 teiepnone suu
scrib6rs was held at the May
or’s office Monday and a eon
mittee appointed to confer
with Mr. Armstrong, the man
ager of the local system, to see
if the rates could not be ad
justed on a more satisfactory
basis. Mr- Armstrong is said
to have refused to consider any
proposition from the committee
and as a result practically ev
ery telephone in the business
section of town and many in
the residence section were cut
out by the subscribers.
Government reports, publish
ed in December, show that the
65 major telephone companies,
operating under generous rate
increases granted by the Fed
eral government in May, 1919,
made a profit of $60,- 24,636
in the nine months* ending in
September. 1920.
A generous slice of this juie;,
sixty-million-dollar melon wa*
enjoyed by the Southwestern
Bell Telephone Company. This 1
would seem to indicate that it
is not so in ch the necessity to j
raise rates in order to pay ex-1
penes, as Mr. Armstrong is [
said to have told the commit-,
tee, but taat it is rather anoth-;
er increase in rates Li order to
help boost the enormous prof
its the telephone company is)
making. -
There-is talk of a new tele-!
phone system being jjut in by
local people but as yet no def
nite plans have been made.
SUNDAY AT JACKSON PORT
The writer was at old Jack-;
sonporc larr Sunday, the first!
white preacher who had been;
in that town to preach in six
month . "ine servic ■, with a
; house full of people Sunday |
night. It was good to be
there.
This old town once had on.:
! of the best churches in the
state. Some good people live
there. We will preach for
I them this year ar.d ti. to help
them all we can. We have no
salary—only what the people;
give.
This is our 47th year in the j
ministry. Last year the writer!
received his best salary—$600 i
—so we are all right and the'
Lord is with us, so we want to
do our best this year in preach
ing to thore who have no pas-!
ior. We ask all to pray for us
that we may lead many to
I Christ this year. May the Lord
bless us ail is my praper.
E. A. HORN.
FARM BUREAU MEETING
A meeting of the Indepen
dence County Farm Bureau
will be held at Batesville next
Saturdav • Every farmer,
vhether a member or not, is
cordially invited to attend.
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AP^E YS1I
It is common cents that make dollars and enough
dollars make a FORTUNE.
If you ever expect to have “a barrel of money’*
you must use COMMON SENSE and bank regularly
a PART of your income.
Nor must you let some peddler of a “fake
scheme” get in his work on you.
Consult your BANKER before you invest.
We arc at your service.
We invite YOUR banking business.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkansas
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000.00
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Paroquet, Jan. 5.—We are
having a few days fair weath-1
-u’ through this section and lots i
of coiton is being picked
Mrs. Tissua Hutchinson o .
Newark spent Monday anc
Tuesday here with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Henry Johnson.
C. C. Whisnant made a busi-;
ness trip to Newport Thurs
day.
Bern.—To Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Johnson on the 29th, a
fine boy.
Rev. Davidson of Fort
Smith visited his sister, Mrs
John Wayman here Wednes
day.
Born.—To Mr. and Mrs- G.
P. Wllkerson on the 30th, a
fine girl.
Mrs. C. B, Brannon of Bates
ville spent a few days here vis
iting Mr, and Mrs- M. L. Way
man.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wilson o'
Newark attended the Moxley
Wayman wedding here Sun
day.
C. C. Whisnant left Sunday
for Fort Smith to attend the
poultry exhibition.
Neelis Malone and Miss
Jessie Whaley of Magness were
married near here Friday, Rev
E. A. Horn of Newark officiat
ing. Their many friends wish
them a long and happy mar
ried life.
John Parks made a business
trip to Newport Saturday.
Oscar Linebough made a
b -siness trip to Newark Satur
day.
nenry vroumpton oi emsn
man was a business visitor here
Monday.
Mrs. Lee Brannon of Newark
spent a fe' days here visiting
her daughter and family, Mr.
and Mrs. M. L. Wayman.
George Byrum made a busi
ness trip to Newark Monday
Luther Wayman made a
business trip to Newark Mon
day.
Frank Moxley of Magness
end Miss Grace Wayman oi
this place were married Sun
day afternoon at 2:30 at th
’ ome of the bride’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Way
man. The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. J. F. Cossey of
Newark. Dinner was served
before the couple left for Mag
ness where they will make
their home. Their many
friends wish them a long and
happy married life.
J- A. Headrick of Almond
spent a few days here this
week visiting relatives,.
School is progressing nicely,
Prof, and Mrs. Moody, teach-;
RAILWAY MAIL CLERK j
The United States Civil Ser
vice Commission announces an
open competitive examination
for railway mail clerk on Janu
ary 15, 1921, at Newport and
Jonesboro, Arkansas. Vacan
cies in the railway mail ser
vice throughout the United
States, at the entrance salary
of $1,600.00 a year will be j
filled from this examination i
unless it is found in the inter-!
est of the service to fill any
vacancy by reinstatement, j
transfer or promotion.
See The Journal for good yrintia*.
Dota, Jan. 5.—-Several of
our citizens are helping gravel
the new road near Wailnut
Gi'ove.
Sam Foote of Cord was in
ur vicinity on business Mon
day.
O. L. Baker was able to re
sume his school work Thurs
day after several days illness.
Little Miss Jaunita Martin
visited her grandmother, Mrs.
•J. A. Page from Friday till
Sunday.
Prof. Sidney Pickens and
Mayor Paul Ward of Bates
ville visited at iC. P. Pickens’
Thursday of last week.
Mrs. C. A. Reaves visited at
*uis. Dannie Williamson’s Mon
day afternoon.
Mrs. R. W- Tucker passed
through here en route to Cord
Wednesday to visit riends.
Mrs. Victoria Saylors who
has been spending the holidays
iiere with homefolks returned
to Newport Sunday evening.
Mr. Lawson Burge is mov
ing from our community to
some place up on Curia.
Quite a crowd attended the
musical entertainment at Mrs.
Rainawter’s Saturday night
Mr. and Mrs. Colon Brittain
I returned Tuesday from a visit
to the lady’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Buliingtin at Tu
pelo.
Mrs. Betue Greer is moving
to the Hiram Gire place recent
ly vacated by Lawson Burge.
Mrs. Bertie Baker and chil
dren spent the day visiting Mr.
and Mrs. O- L. Baker, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Smith’s;
baby died Monday of Diph
theria after an illness of two
or three days.
Miss Lorena Best after spend
ing several days here with
homefolks, returned to Sul
phur Rock Saturday to resume
her school work.
Sunday school wa3 well at
tended Sunday afternoon and
the interest is good, out we
need more of the parents. Fol
low your children there next
Sunday and see what a glad
welcome awaits you.
Mrs. J. A. Page v as in the
Hopewell neighborhood Mon
day visiting thitf young man
who has recently taken up his
abode with Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Martin.
WORK AN ESSENTIAL
TO SUCCESS IN 1921
There are a lot of things
about the New Year that no
cne can tell you right now.
Things are going to happen!
that nobody could predict.
There are some things, how
ever, that can confidently be
forecast,and one of them is that
nothing worth while will be
accomplished by any of us
without honest work. The uni
verse just isn’t built on any
ether plan; things don’t work
out any other way.
Some of our plans, maybe, j
will fail even those into which :
we put the greatest care, the
most honest effort- Hard work
doesn’t always wTin its immed
iate object* Sometimes tKe i
immediate object of hard work
is at a variance with the gr at;
scheme of things arfd we are j
doomed to failure before we |
start.
But even that doesn’t modi-!
fy the act that hard work is
the only real winner. The
hard work w • do in a cause
that fails does us good. It
strengthens us for other days
and other tasks. And perhaps
if we have worked hard enough
and painfully enou.rh in a lost
cause, the paki and the disap
pointment at all our lost effort
will cause us to analyze our
defeat, and s< clearly why we
were doomed to failure. In
which, if we re truly wise,
there will be much value, since
we will not enlist in "such a
cause again.
And there is back of it all
the comforting knowledge that
while hard work doesn’t al
ways win success, true success
always comes through hard
work.
So, as you face this New
Year, don’t let anybody raise
in your mind any false hopes;
don’t let anybody sell you any
talisman or any rabbit’s foot
on the supposition that it will
smooth youi pathway and
guarantee you good luck with
out effort.
Set yourself some goal that
is worthy; then wrork toward
it, thoughtfully, carefully,
prayerfully. If your object is
good; if it isn’t out of line with
the rest of God’s universe, you
will succeed. And anyway,
there isn’t anything finer in
life than the joy of honest
work toward an honest object
TO COST UNCLE SAM
$50,COO FOR HARDING
TO “TAKE HIS SEAT”
Washington, Jan. 4.—Fifty
thousand dollars was the fig
ures set today by the Senate
ules committee as necessary
for congressional expenses in
connection with the inaugura
tion of President-elect Harding.
Chairman Knox introduced the
resolution proposing that as a
maximum fund.
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS
DOING GOOD WORK
More Than Twenty six Thous
and Boys and Girls Enroll*
ed in Agricultural Work
The total number of boys
and girls enrolled in agricul
tural and lome economicsclubs
in Arkan, as for the year 1920
is 23,664, according to data
just compiled by W. J. Jerni
gan, stab boys’ and girls’ club
leader, of Little Rock.
During the past year boys’
clubs have been organized in
50 countic 3 of the state. Girl’3
clubs have been formed in 43
counties of the state. Activi
ties of thr boys’ and girls’ clubs
are composed of work in rais
ing gardens, the caring of
fruits and vegetables, and the
raising of poultry, pigs, calves,
sheep, corn, cotton peanuts
and potatoes. n
The total value of products
raised by the club members for
the past year is over $363,000.
Profits have been figured for
6,710 boy club members en
gaged in raising corn, peanuts,
potatoes, cotton, and live stock
and it has been found that this
number has cleared $76,919
above the co st of raising their
products. A3 these figures are
for but little more than half of
thoso engaged in these five ac
tivities, Mr. Jernigan says he
feels confident in estimating
that club members engaged in
raising corn, peanuts, potatoes,
cotton and live stock for the
past yea made a profit of
practically $140,000.
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