The Newark Journal
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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THE UNKNOWN MOTHER
It is a great and touching
tribute that Great Britain in
tends to pay to the unknown
American soldier killed in
France who will be buried in
the soil of his home land next
Armistice Day. Our ally at
arms has decided to send to
this country on the occasion
of the burial a British war
mother whose son was killed
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fied. She will come to this
country incognito merely as
the type of mother who sac
rificed her own in the great
cause. It is an idea no more
deft and tactful than it is
comprehensive because the
whole story of war will be
told therein.
It is not mere sentimentali
ty to say that the mothers of
men are the chief sufferers
from the slaughter of men
that war makes inevitable.
There is for them none of the
spirit of adventure, none of
the enthusiasm, none of the
glory that the clash of armies
might bring, but there is for
them all of the lonliness, all
of the dread and all of the
agony that war creates. Tor
tures of the body are not so
poignant as those of the mind
and all of the war mothers
have sipped their fill of men
tal anguish.
The United States, of
course, will do full honors to
this unknowm son who gave
his all in the common cause.
He will be for the nation the
type of all who went forth to
conquer or to die. But the
United States will offer the
same honors to the unknown
mother, who was as much re
sponsible for victory^ as the
unknown son. And it will be
to the glory our ourselvesthat
it should be so.—Commercial
Appeal. t
CROPS GOOD AT DIAZ
Diaz Aug. 7—Crop pros
pects in this section were
never better. Heavy rains the
past week have been benific
ial. Cotton is farther advan
ced than it has been in
years, and th e bottom and
middle crop is pratically made.
No pests of any sort have
moisted the plants thus far,
but there is some uneasiness
about worms if the rains con
tinue.
FIRE DESTROYS
HANDSOME HOME
Jonesboro, Aug. 8—The
beautiful country home of Dr.
W. S. Ellis two miles east of
Jonesboro, was struck by
lightning Saturday night a
bout midnight, and was burn
ed to the ground. The loss is
about $10,000. Only a small a
mount of insurance was car
ried.
Formerly, when cattle died
or were killed by accident or
otherwise the were “skinned”
and the hides prepared for
marketing. Now carcasses are
hurried or burned with the
hide on because the hide
will not sell for enough to pay
cost of skinning.
LET GOVERNMENT
SPANK THE BABY
When congress passes the
bill to market our crops
through a board of politicians
sitting in Washington City,
and passes the Smith Lever
bill that will give the govern
ment its first hold on our pub
lic schools, there will be but
little left that will not be un
der governemt control. People
who have been clamoring for
the government to become the
gaurdian of the country and
take care of the people, are
seeing their dream come true,
and in a short time we will
have one of t he strongest cen
tralized governments in the
world meddling with every
body and everything from re
ligion to the smallest business
detail. Already we have what
is known as “Blue Sunday”
law before congress, which
seeks to set up a standard of
conduct lor that day, and says
what you shall not do on Sun
day under penalty of being
punished from Washington.
We are headed for the rocks
unless a halt is speedily aelled
and a clamp is put on this
everlasting agitation for the
government to take over all of
our affairs, both temporal
and spiritual.—Stephens New
JACKSON SCHOOLS
WORTH $275,600
Superintendent Garland E.
Land has made his annual re
port on the Condition of school
property of Jackson county.
A summary of the report
shows the total enumeration
of the school population to be
10,500 with an enrollment of
7,700. The report shows an av
erage daily attendenee of 5,
500 in the 99 schools in the
county. The total valuation of
school property is $275,000
Several districts in the county
havp consolidated, and four or
five substantial buildings of
two and three classrooms each
have been built during the
past year.
NEWPORT CUTS
DOWN EXPENSES
Newport Aug. 6—At a regu
lar meeting of the city council
this week, considerable cutting
down of the city expenses was
made. One member of the
night police force was let
out, and salaries of many
reduced from $10 to $15 each.
The revenue for the pas?two
or three years has not been
sufficiently large, and along
\\*ith the reduction in the high
cost of living came the reduc
tion of the city employes.
NEW ROAD IN LOGAN
We wish to announce that
a new road has been opened
up, starting one mile north of
Jimerson’s store at R. L. Slid
er’s and runs due east to mid
dle old river and Black river
by the way of goose pond.
We have built a good rock
road across Carter’s creek.
This new road is clear of
stumps and is ready for auto
mobiles and wagons. The road
leads to one of the best fish
ing and hunting grounds in
this part of the countrv.
0. L. SCOTT,
R. L. SLIGER,
• Overseers.
SHIPS FIRST MELONS
The first shipment of water
melons from Independence
county was sent from Bates
ville Friday by County Agent
J. B. Daniels. There were 950
melons in the car, and the
shipment was made oi the co
operative plan.
FARM
!i BUREAU NEWS
FROM THE
COUNTY |
AGENT
FARMERS SHORT COURSE
Ne’xt week is the time of
the Farmers’ Short course.
Every farmer is invited and
urged to go. There will be
something on the program for
every member of the family.
There will be a whole day de
voted to marketing. This is
one subject that every farm
er is vitally interested in and
it is hoped that many will
attend this year. _
The following directions are
published for the information
of those interested:
1- A reduction of ONE
AND ONE HALF FARE for
the round trip on the certifi
cate plan will apply for all
members and dependent mem
bers of their families, attend
ing the meeting of Annual
Farmers Week, University of
Arkansas, to be held at Fay
etteville. «
2. Tickets at the normal
one-way tariff fare for the
GOING JOURNEY must be
purchased on any of the fol
lowing dates: August 12-18,
1921.
d. Be sure when purchas
ing your ticket to ask the
ticket agent for a certificate
Receipt covering ticket you
purchase. One receipt for
more than one ticket will not
be honored or validated. If.
however, it is impossible to
get a certificate receipt from
the local agent a regular re
ceipt will be satisfactory and
should be secured when tick
et is purchased. See that the
ticket reads to the point
where the convention is to be
held and no other. See that
your certificate receipt is
stamped with the same date
as your ticket. Sign your
name to the certificate re
ceipt in ink. Show this to
the ticket agent.
Call at the railroad station
for ticket 30 minutes before
train time.
MAKE THIS BANNER
SEED COUNTY
Had you ever thought of
the fact that you can protect
your corn from weevil infes
tation by seed selection? Ii.
has been found that in wee
vil infested sections the ears
with tips protuding from the
shucks, usually become infest
ed, and often seriously dam
aged before they can be safe
ly stored and that many of
them after several months in
storage are worthless.
When the shuck extend?
wen oeyonu me up oi me eai
and closes tightly around the
; silks, if not opened by othei
means, will resist weevils sue
cessfully, both in the field am
in storage. Try to produce <
variety in which all the ear:
' will be clothed with shuck;
that extend tightly beyonc
the tips of the ears. Th<
shuck extension should bi
several inches long.
Select the best ears in th<
field for next year’s seed.' Bi
sure that these ears hav<
long, tight shucks, so tha
your next crop will have bet
ter shuck protection. Selec
the ears from the individua
stalks that show the bes
breeding, those that produce
more and better than thei:
j competitors.
The harvesting should b<
done as soon as the corn i
! sufficiently dry. After har
| vesting the ears should ^ be
i sorted into two classes. rl his
lean be done rapidly wAh or
j dinary farm labor at a time
; when, it is too wet for field
! w< rk.
! The first class should in
j elude all the ears that ap
jparentlj have weevil-proof
shucks. These should be
stored in their shucks until
they are needed.
The second class should in
clude all the ears that ap
parently have weevil-proot
shucks. These ears require
immediate attention to mini
mize the loss, as the weevil in.
them will continue to multi-;
ply except in the coldest part
cf the winter season. As the:
shucks of the poorly covered;
ears are no protection they >
should be removed. Already
some of the ears may be part
ly consumed and contain adult
insects, larvae, and eggs.
These should be kept separate
and are best suited for poul
try. All the ears showing
slight infestation should be
shelled and the grain cleaned
to remove the live weevils.
The shucking, shelling and
■ cleaning will dislodge many
. of the insects and these
should be collected and burn
Ljcd.
i FARM BUREAU MEETING
The Farm Bureau will
l have its regular meeting,
!j Saturday, August 13, at 1:00
! j p. m. at the Chamber of Com
merce. One thing of partic
ular importance will come up
for consideration and it is
*| especially requested and urg
•! ed that every member be
present.
; .J. B. DANIELS.
County Agent.
? A hen doesn’t stop scratch
* ing becauee the worms are
scarce. Neithre do good busi
i ness men stop advertising
5 when business is “dull.”
FRUIT GROWERS MEET
Bald Knob, Aug. 9.—The
Bald Knob Fruit Growers’ As
sociation will hold its annual
meeting in the Gem Theatre
Saturday. The association
handled the berry crops of [
growers, which sold for At
$211,304.22 during the season ~
iust closed.
CODING LIKE A
CYCLONE
Royal Theatre
j Sat. Aug. 13
<J The Journal’s printing plant
has been turning out good
printing for twenty years.
Always it has kept abreast
of the times. The mechanic d
equipment is complete in every
detail.
The plant now is far above
the average country printing
plant. For six years The Jour
nal has held State printing
contracts secured in cornpeti
Hon with the largest towns in
the state.
We have recently seemed
the contract to print Rev. J. L
Brown s new book, in ounpeti
tion with firm..; in Little. Reck,
Memphis and Kansas City No
other small town was consid
od. C;i No job too large; none
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