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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, March 21, 1918
Vol. 17, No. 51
Hour and Sugar Must Be
Returned Before April 1st
County Food Administra
tor Issues Notice For
Return of all Excess
to Local Stores
A. K. Goodnight county food
administrator for Independence
conuty, on Wednesday issued
an official call upon the people
of Independencec county to re
turn all flour and sugar they
have in excess of a 30-day sup
ply.
The publication of his notice
in the newspapers of the coun
ty is sufficient notice and par
ties who have more flour or
sugar than the law allows,
should return same at once to
the merchant from whom it
was purchased.
Donot wait for a written no
tice as a written notice is not
required and will probably not
be given.
Money will be refunded for
flour and sugar returned when
you return them to the mer
chant from whom it was
V bought.
Mr. Goodnight has appoint
ed the following Township
Food Committee for Big Bot
tom township, whose duty it
is to assist him in enforcing the
law: C. P. Vaughan, S. C.
Knight, John T. Tharp, Henry
Johnson, W. F- Sisk and Troy
Barber. Mr. Vaughan is chair
man of the committee and Mr.
Knight is secretary.
Mr. Goodnight’s official call
for the return of flour and sug
ar follows:
Owing to the great shortage
of bread products among our
Allies, and the scarcity of
wheat in this country the Food
Administration is compelled to
::sk all people in Independence
county to return all the flour
and sugar they have in excess
of Shirty days supply. This ap
plies to flour and sugar bought
I before the restriction was
placed on it.
The United States Food Ad
ministration will undertake to
purchase and ship to our allies
and also supply our boys with
all the bread and sugar they
| want, two million bushels of
wheat per day for three weeks.
This will keep our Allies from
starving until a new crop is
made. While the U. S- Food
Administrator is doing this it
will take all the wheat some
large mills have and we will
j not be able to buy any flour
; from the large mills and must
: supply ourselves with what w'e
: now have in Independence
county. We know of some
parties in this county that have
a year’s supply stored and some
that have two or three months
jsmpply stored. This i«-an mu.
patriotic act and it must be
i returned to the store from
whom you purchased it. The
merchant will return your mon
ey. We have instructed the
merchants all over the county
to keep a record of all the
flour and sugar returned so if
you fail to do your duty we
will know it. Secret service
men have been sent out over
the state where hoarding ot
flour and other food products
Doesn't it make you “sweat blood" to think
what would become of those you love, and who
are dependent on you, should you die penniless?
That does not happen to the man with
money. He has done his duty. He saves his
money and puts it in the Bank where it is safe
from fire, burglars or his own extravagance.
Put YOUR money in OUR bank. *
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS r|
SHELL WITHDRAWS
FROM SHERIFF RACI
Announced That He Will Mov<
io Memphis, Tenn., to En
gage in Business
T. F. Shell of Cushman an
nounced Tuesday his withdraw
al from the race for sheriff
and it la reported that Mr
Shell will move to Memphis tc
engage in business in connec
tion with the manuafeture oi
a new soft drink, known at
“C-olda.”
MrShell’s withdrawal leaves
the field open for E. R. Hoop
er who is the only other can
didate at this time.
In withdrawing from the
race, Mr. Shell isstted the fol
lowing statement to the voters
of the county.
“I entered the race for
Sheriff not so much for the
‘glory” attaching to the office
as from a sense of duty-a feel
ing that I could serve the peo
ple- I know that I have loyal
friends, manv nf whnm ftemurr
it my withdrawal, but others,
iust as true and loyal, better
icquainted with my business
nterests, have importuned me
:o withdraw.
“I feel sure that I would
have been successful if I had
L'onlinn^th the race, because
of my faith in the loyalty of
my friends, and my purpose to
have Conducted myself all
through the campaign, and in
office, with purity and honor
ableness.
“In wthdrawing from the
race, I wish to thank my
friends for the many assuranc
es they have given me of their
confidence and supptort.”
Gratefully,
T. F. SHELL,
Cushman, Ark., Mch. 19, 1918
have been reported, and some
interesting developments are
looked for as a result of theii
inspection. Those caughl
hoarding flour will be prompt'
ly arrested. Penalty is twe
years in the Federal prison oi
a fine of $5,000 or both. The
Government is standing back oj
Aii'. Williams and every coun
ty food administrator and ap
pioves of prosecution where
necessary- We do not like te
prosecute any one but will noi
hesitate to invoke the ful
measuie of the law to com
mand obedience in food conser
vation regulations.
We hope Independence coun
ty people will do their part anc
use at least fifty fifty so tha'
we will not be compelled to asl
for any more flour for thi:
county. Make the sack yoi
now have last until the nev
crop.
The farmers are urgently re
quested to sell their wheat, ex
cept their necessary reserve foi
own use, before May first.
Every one do your part, ust
meal, oatmeal, potatoes anci
other substitutes and brinj
back the flour and sugar thal
is in excess of thirty days sup
ply and have all returned bj
April first.
A. K. GOODNIGHT,
County Food Administrator foi
Independence County.
I
I
PROMINENT CITIZEN
PASSES 77TH YEAR
> Judge Arnold, One of County's
Oldest Native Sons, Enters
Upon 78th Year
Judge and Mrs. M. L. Ar
- nold entertained at their new
home near town last Tuesday
, in honor of Judge Arnold’s
I seventh-seventh birthday anni
. versary.
I The oocassion was in the na
ture of a family re-union also,
as all the children of thissplen
did couple were present ex
cept Ben C. Arnold who is with
the American forces “Some
where in France,” another son,
James Arnold, who is in Hous
ton, Tex., and a daughter, Mrs.
C. S. Adams, of Cushman.
The occasion was one of the
most enjoyable of its kind ever
given in this community. A
sumptuous dinner was served at
the noon hour, covers being
laid for 44.
Those present were: Mr. and
Mrs. A. H- Saylors, Mr. and
Mrs. N. M. Wilson, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Holderby, Mr. and
Mrs. N. D. Freeze, Mr. and
Mrs. Forrest Arnold and chil
dren, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Ar
nold and children, Mr.and Mrs.
Geo. M. Fields, Mrs. W. H.
Tomlinson, Mrs- Lou Freeze,
Mrs. Clara Kmm,. m*-* lihhie
Porter, Mrs. Jim Hughes, Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Travis, Mrs.
Morgan Edwards, Mrs. Dove
Sturdivant, Mrs. May McPhere
son and children, M. L. Arnold
Jr., and Virgil Fields
Judge Arnold bears the dis
tinction of being the oldest na
tive citizen of this township,
and one of the oldest in the
county. He was born March
19, 1841, in Big Bottom town
ship about a mile south of
Newark. He has lived in Big
Bottom township all his life
and can relate many interest
ing incidents in connection with
the early history of this sec
tion He knew this section of
the country when there were
very few settlements. He has
ridden over this community
when the location where New
ark now stands was a dense
forest, and remembers dis
■ tinctly when the first house
was built in Newark.
When the Civil War came
» on, he enlisted in the spring of
: 1862 in Captain Eckles’ com
I pany of Col. Shaver’s regi
■ ment and saw active service on
4-Vi a
i_ai.1 ~
i_•
wounded during Price’s cam
■ paigs in Missouri.
I After the close of the war
he came home and was soon
: thereafter honored by the peo
i pie with an election as justice
i of the peace, which office he
r held continually, until he was
elected county judge in 1890.
He served three terms as
county judge and in 1892 dur
■ ing his administration aS coun
ty judge, built the present
county court house at Bates
ville.
He has also served as mayor
of Newark.
Judge Arnold has beenjnar
riedt twice and has nine chil
dren living and all grown.
He owns the place where he
was born and has farmed it
’ all his life.
A short distance west of
Has Lived 77 Years
in This Township
CHESS KELLY DEATH
SENTENCE AFFIRMED
Supreme Court Refuses to Dis
turb Electrocution Senten
ce on Newport Man
Unless Governor Brough in
terferes Chess Kelley, a white
man must die in the electric
chair for the murder of H. A.
Harmon, committed at New
port on June 9, 1917, accord
ing to the decision of the Su
preme Court handed down at
Little Rock last Monday morn
ing.
Kelley shot and killed H. A
Harmon in a resort at Newport
He was convicted at the Sep
tember term of the Jackson
Circuit Court, the jury finding
him giulty of murder in the
first degree, but not specifying
the penalty. The Judge im
posed the death sentence.
In his appeal to the supreme
court Kelley contended that
the jury, under the optional
penalty clause of the new law,
should have fixed his punish
ment at either death or life
imprisonment. The State con
tended that the "jury was in
structed as to its opinion in the
matter and that by using the
old form it had inflicted the
death penalty.
overruled. Kelley who is 22
y.ears of age, was taken to the
penitentiary at Little Rock last
October under sentence to die
during the second week in
January. Arrangements had
been made for the infliction of
the death penalty during the
second week in January, but
Kelley’s appeal to the Supreme
Court acted as a stay of exe
cution.
JUDGE M. L. ARNOLD
town he has a splendid little
home, recently built just to
suit his fancies, where, as he
and his good wife near the sun
set of life, they should be as
happy as it is possible for any
one to be this side of the Pearly
Gates. The Retrospective can
hold no bitterness for them
but on the contrary it brngs
to view much that is ennobling
and inspiring and presents the
sweet realization of a busy life
well spent in activities that
have meant, a great deal for
tnis community from both a
moral and material point of
view.
-O' —.-■■■■—
WOMAN FATALLY BURNED
Hoxie, March 16.—Mrs. J.
T. Hall, aged 55, wife of a
farmer living near Hoxie, died
last night from injuries sustain
ed yesterday when her cloth
ing became ignited from a
brush fire in a field near her
home.
IF YOU WANT A
Real Good Buggy
AND A
Extra Good Harnes
GET THEM FROM
C. W. Maxfield
BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS