THE NEWARK JOURNAL
Published Weekly
O. F. CRAIG
Editor and Publisher
Get State and Federal
Good Roads Money
One of the most important
matters before the Arkansas
legislature is that of good
roads and The Journal sincere
ly hopes that some practical
plan will be worked out to
give the state the benefit of the
federal appropriation.
The legislaure must make
an appropriation, and a large
one, in order to get the feder
al aid, but the legislature need
have no fears as to adverse
criticism for their extrava
gance in making the appropri
ation.
The people of Arkansas
want good roads and they have
reached the point where they
are willing to pay for building
good roads.
There is available for road
building in Arkansas $1,500.
000 from the government j
funds during the next five
years, but in order to get this
money, the state must raise a
like amount.
It occurs to the Journal 1hat
it should be no trouble to raise
this amount, and more, with
out any increase in taxation.
To begin with, we have a
large and rapidly in
creasing source of revenue
from the automobile tax. This
tax is now divided, one half of
it going into the state treasury
and one half into the county
general fund in the county
where the auto is owned.
There is opposition to the
plan to put the auto license
money into the state road
fund, but The Journal cannot
see the consistency of the op
position.
If the automobile is to pay
a special tax, then that tax
should most assuredly go into
the road fund. The auto
mobile is subject to taxation as
personal propery, the same as
a wagon, buggy, or other ve
hicle, and in addition to this
the owner must pay an annual
license of $10 per year.
If the automobile is to pay
a special tax, then that tax
should be used for no other
purpose than for building
roads.
An automobile tax should be
a tax to derive money for road
purposes only, and yet under
the present system we see this
money being diverted into
othr funds and used for various
purposes.
It is estimated that the auto
tax will amount to $250,000for
the state during the year 1917.
This will easily take care of
the appropriation necessary to
get the government funds, and
there can be no serious ob
jection to the plan.
In fact practically everybody
will favor ;t except the county
judges, who went on record
against it at the County Judge’s
Association at Little Rock last
week and adopted a res
olution favoring a law to
divert all the automobile
tax except one dollar into the
county treasury. But most of
the county judges in Arkansas
face a problem in the matter of
depleted finances and their
cheif interest in diverting the
auto tax into the county treas
ury appears to be only a mat
ter of giving them more money
with which to meet their coun
ty expenditures.
This may be good business
from the judge’s point of view,
but we believe that 90 per
cent of the people who pay
auto tax would prefer to have
it go into the state and federal
good roads fund,where itright
fully belongs.
There is another source of
revenue that has been neglect
ed for years and has become
a joke with everybody. This
is the free labor on the public
roads, which, in the majority
of cases, is not even serious
enough to be a joke.
There are approximately
200,000 citizens in the state
subject to road duty. The free
labor sysem of road work
should be abolished and those 1
subject to road duty should
pay a per capita road tax of
$3 or $4 per annum. This
would yield a revenue of $600,
000 to $800,000 per year. Half
of this amount could be divert
ed into the state and federal
good roads fund, which would
more than take care of the
state’s part of the appropri
ation. The remaining half
could then be used in the var
ious road districts whence it
originated, and would accom
plish better results than all of
the “free labor” that has here
tofore been used on the roads.
If Arkansas is to avail her
self of the great opportunity
that nowr confronts her by
doing some effective good
roads work there should be no
petty politics in the plan which
must be devised and w'orked
out by the present legislature.
Arkansas’ greatest oppor
tunity to better her roads has
arrived, and an effort to
thwart it or neglect it w'ould
be the worst sort of disloyalty
to the best interests ofthestate.
JXJL.JU UL1 B
A bill for the removal of the
State University from Fayette
ville to Little Rcok has been
introduced in the senate by
Senators Edmondson and Alex
ander. The bill is a good one"
and The Journal hopes the
legislature will pass it.
“Full many a gem of purest
ray serene the dark unfathom
ed caves of ocean bear, full
many a flower is born to blush
unseen and waste its sweetness
on the desert air”—all for the
lack of being advertised.
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Governor Brough seems to
have a mania for creating new
offices “to be appointed by the <
governor.” Political, as well as -
other debts have to be paid.— <
Kensett American. h
Gov. Brough recommends
that the state borrow money.
The Governor is a student of
history and he knows that the
surest way to enslave any peo
ple is to saddle debt upon them
and he knows that it is fair
weather while using borrowed
funds, but foul weather sets in
when pay day comes around,
and creditors and courts al
ways find n way to collecttheir
principal with usury, attorney’s
fees, and costs. It was said of
the Governor before his elec
tion that he was tax mad. He
denied the < harge then, but his
recommendations in this par
ticular seems to indicate that
he is somewhat indifferent as
to the interest of the tax payer.
—Monroe County Sun.
Advertising lubricates the
wheels of business, establishes
reputation, sets forth advan
tages and inducements that
might remain unknown, and
thereby promotes progress.
There are very few’ things
that are really very hard to do.
The hard part is screwing up
our courage to the point of
tackling them.
The “bone dry” liquor law
is now in effect, and if enforc
ed it will make booze a mighty
scarce article in Arkansas.
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Now is a good time to do
some thinking about the value
of good roads.
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(Last Week)
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Mayhan
have moved into their new
dwelling.
R. K. Michaels and wife
went sleigh riding, but they
came in home riding the mules
as their sleigh broke down.
Some one said it was very
dark last Friday night, but I
believe it was a mistake. You
may ask Monroe Hawkins,
Goldman Michaels, Williamson
Brannon or Herman Moran
and find out.
Clyde Hance paid a visit to
his friend Claudy McCoy last
Friday night.
We had a spelling match at
Scottie last Friday night and
it was a success.
Williamson Brannon made a
flying trip to Mr. Slayden’s
last Sunday.
We had a number of visitors
at school last Friday afternoon
and we are always glad to see
them—come gain.
The word Sexpedal duo cra
nium was misspelled by the
crowd at the spelling match.
In Milne’s arithmetic, par
tial payments is a severe blow,
so Ora Sturat says.
Mr. Haw'thorne has adopted
pome more rules in school,
which are very severe.
Miss Volena Marshall visit
ed Miss Maud Henderson last
Saturday night.
Reba McDoniel visited Miss
Ora Sturat Friday night.
Will Ridley and son-in-law
Mr. Burge, visited Johnnie
Marshall last week.
(The solution to your prob
lem had to be left out as there
are no mathematical signs on
our machine.—Operator.)
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Patronize the merchants who
advertise in this paper. They
will treat you right.
YOUNG LADY IS
FATALLY BURNED
Conway, Jan. 23.—Miss Eth
el Lee, 16 years old, daughter
of H. C. Lee, died yesterday at
her home near Conway as a
result of burns sustained
Thursday evening, when she
was endeavoring to recover a
coin which she had dropped
into an open fire. Her cloth
ing caught fire, resulting in
burns that caused her death.
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We don’t need the money
ourself, but the people we owe
say we must pay them. If you
owe The Journal anything pay
up and help the other fellow’.
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Enjoying The Present
Men who deprive themselves
of pleasures and comforts,
needed for contentment and
happiness, to acquire wealth
make a mistake. It is one of
the fancies to which men cling
that verdant valley lies beyond
the next hilltop. Most of us
strive for the hope of the fu
ture and often in doing so con
tentment that belongs to the
present is sacrificed. We live
in the future and neglect the
pleasures of the present.
While hope is a powerful in
centive for thrift and diligence
yet many are in danger of be
coming narrow and penurous.
Isn’t there more in every day
life for contentment and happi
ness than many of us realize?
Too often has the practice
been for farmers to live in
small cottages or even cabins
and suffer the inconvenience
which this necessitates till
old age overtakes the occupant
then build a large and com^
modious home. The barn is
sometimes torn down and a
larger one built after the live
stock have been sold and the
fertility of the land improvish
ed so that larger crops are no
longer harvested.
Is it not better to provide
comforts while they may be
j enjoyed? While the children
: are under the parental roof,
while the color of health is on
the face of the hosekeeper is
the time to provide those things
which make life enjoyable.
Hope and ambition for reward
in the future should not banish!
the reality of living today. We
should make use of our oppor
tunities for pleasure and con
tentment every day.
We should build, beautify,
and embellish and thus prove
ourselves worthy of our trust.
We should not neglect to pro
vide for the future but wrhile
facilities for enjoyment are
present, we should use them.
Ry enjoying the present, we
will have greater incentive for
the future. “Life is more
than meat and body is more
than raiment.”
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