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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1919
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VOL. 19 NO. 16
PRINTERS SWAMPED
BY LEGISLATURE
LAWS PASSED BY LAST SESSION
WILL HAVE TO BE PRINTED
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
Because of the unusually large
number of aet«, both special and
general, passed by the 1919 legisla
ture, it has been found necessary to
utilize four volumes in their publica
tion, it is announced by Torn! ,T. Ter
ral, secretary of state of Little Rock.
The last session of the legislature
(passed more laws than any legislature
in the history of the state.
The general acts numbered 187,
while 509 special acts were passed
and approved by the governor. Most
of the special acts are road measures.
Governor Brough vetoed 42 bills.
Two of the volumes containing the
acts pertaining to road legislation,
one will contain other special acts
and the fourth will contain the gen
eral laws, or laws affecting the whole
state.
The first volume to be published
will be the general acts. It probably
will be ready for distribution ' y the
latter part of this month. The others
will be delivered to the secretary of
state within six or eight weeks, it
is thought.
The Democrat Printing and I.itho
graphing Co. of Little Rock, is print
ing the acts. The Journal of the
House and Senate are being printed
by the Newark Journal. The print
ing of the Senate Journal has been
finished and it will be ready for de
livery as soon as bound. The large
number of bills passed makes the
Uouk mul Ccjm cc Journal! much
larged than two years ago. The
Senate Journal for the session of 1917
made a volume of 798 pages, vhilo
this year it made a volume of 1116
pages.
Good progress is being made on
the House Journal, hut owing to its
unusual size, it will not he ready for
delivery for several days yet. The
House Journal of two years ago made
a volume of 1142 pages, and pre sent
indications are that it will be so large
this year that it will have to be bound
in two volumes.
RETURNS FROM FRANCE.
Ren C. Arnold arrived home yes
terday from Camp Pike, where he was
discharged from the military sen ice.
Ben entered the f^fcous Ra’nbov.
division when it was being organized
shortly after this country entered the
war. This division probably saw more
hard fighting than any of the Ameri
can fighting forces in France.
The credit of stopping the Huns in
<heir march to Paris is due largely
to this division, and it sufleied a
greater loss of men killed in action
than any of the American divisions
many of the companies losing CO to
80 per cent of their men in action,
when the division went into action,
■ and stopped the Huns in their efforts
to capture Paris.
It is considered rather remarkable
that he went through several months
of hard service and came out without
a wound.
When his division sailed for home
tome time ago, he was given permiss
i ion to enter a French university at
Versailles, where he took a special
short course.
V ETERANS OF THE (JREAT
WAR! NOTICE!
Posts of the American Legion are
now being organized in Arkansas.
^ ou should join the post in your town
If on has not yet been organized,
start one now.
The American Legion is the civilian
organization of the men who served
in the army, navy or marine corps.
Anyone who was in the military ser
vice between April 6, 1917, an i Nov
ember 11, ;918, and who was not dis
honorably discharged is eligible for
membership. There is no distinction
on account of former rank ar.d no
militaiy titles are allowed-—there are
no colonels, captains, sergeant?, or
privates, every man is plain “Mr.”
And it is not political—-the national
constitution adopted at the St. Louis
convention forbids airy politic* to be
used. It is not a military hut a civ
ilian organization.
A minimum of fifteen men can or
ganize a local post. On the applica
tion of fifteen men approved by the
state committee a charter wil lie iss
ued by the national executive com
mittee. This application should be
sent to the State committee, 1108
Boyle Bldg., Little Rock.
For application blanks oi other in
formation apply to J. F. Crammer,
chairman of Independence county, at
Batesville.
- JL..J.
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happenings oi Local. Interest
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Hud Hodges returned Saturday
fiom points in Oklahoma, where he
has spent the past few months.
Mrs. E. K. Carter arrived this
morning from Dyersbery, Tenn., to
visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. V»
Kinman.
A. C. Claridy postmaster, and i
prominent citizen of Griffin, Ga., is
v,pending a few days here visiting hi'
brother, D. T. Claiidy.
Dr. W. P. More who has a position
on the staff of the State hospital at
Little Rock spent Sunday and Mon
day here with his wife and baby.
Ernest Henderson who has been in
the military service in France, aiTi\
ed home Wednseday from Camp Pike
who re he was discharged Tuesday.
Mrs. J. H. Flanigan of St. Louis
arrived this morning to spend sever
al days visiting her brother, W. E
Kinman, and other relatives ami
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Younger of
Mount Pleasant spent Saturday night
and Sunday in town visiting the
‘lady’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. T. N
Rodman.
Mrs. .1. C. Malin left yesterday foi
her home at Cotton Plant after hav
ing spent a few days here very oleas
antly visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Rutledge.
Mrs. Lena Adkins of Evansville
Ind., and Mrs. Edward C. Green of
Bridgeport, 111., arrived Sunday t'
spend a few days visiting Mr. and
Mrs W. J. Green.
Charli*. lirimns who has hggn in the
'■Military service in France, was dis
charged at Camp Pike a few days
ago, and returned home with his fath
“r in their car Tuesday.
Mrs. Clarence Adams motored down
from Cushman Wednesday to visit
her parents, Judge and Mrs. M. L
Arnold and to he present at the
home-coming of her brother. Ben Ar
nold, who has been with the Rainbow
Division in France.
.1. N. Crimes returned from Little
Rock Tuesday, having driven to that
<ity in his car, upon receipt of a
message that his son Charlie had ar
rived at Camp Pike from the military
service overseas. Young Grimes was
among the first contingent of Inde
pendence county men to go ov rseas
and was in the service in France for
more than a year. •
Mr. and Mrs. Tom McFall art
spending a few days visiting relatives
here and at McCrory. Mr. McFal
has only recently been dischargee
from the army, having been in th<
service in,France. Mrs. McFall ha:
been employed for the past venr ii
the Government War Insurance Bu
oau at Washington.
K-' coe Williams arrived a few day:
ago f: om Camp Dix, where he was
discharged from the military service)
! lie has been in the army twelve years
I and was a member of General Per
| shi g’s expedition who were sent tc
'■ Frnr.< e immediately after the country
entered the European war. He do
. idc 1 lie had seen enough of military
life, and upon his return to his com
| [ any after his recent visit home, he
sited for r. discharge which was
granted a few days ago, and he ar
rived home Tuesday.
GREAT DRAINAGE PROJECT.
I Judge Dene H. Coleman in a spec
ial adjourned term of Jackson cireuil
couit, held in Newport Wednesday
i granted a petition for the establish
ment of the Cache river drainage dis
trict through Jacks** I*-! Poinxoti
1 counties.
The project contemplaes the xpen
diture of not less than a mill ion dol
lars and will require two or mor<
years for its completion. It is tin
largest undertaking of its kind ir
the north half of the state, and eff
ects a large scope of territory. Thi
ditch will be of sufficient size t>
1 drain a vast scope of territory, wi!
prevent overflows and make avail
able for cultivation many thousand
acres of land now useless, and
will add to the productiveness of
farms now at a disadvantage on ac
count of insufficient drainage.
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HAYS-STl HD1VANT.
-Mr. John Hayes and Miss Hose
Sturdivant were married Thursday,
July 10, 1919, at Tecumseh, they hav
j ing driven to Shawnee with a party
j °f friends and continued the journey
to the county seat where the nuptial
knot was tied.
I he gloom is a member of the
firm of Hayes Bros., and his genial
disposition and recititude of conduct
has won the friendship and esteem of
everyone during his residence in Well
ston.
The bride is a sister of Mrs. L).
L. Gibson with whom she has resided
for a year or more past, whose
charming disposition and prepossess
ing appearance has made a wide cir
cle of admiring friends.
Their friends were not apprised of
the marriage for several days, but
they have since been receiving hearty
congratulations and best wishes. The
Glide left Wednesday for Newark, Ar
kansas, in company with her brother,
R. C. Sturdivant, where they will vis
it their parents for a couple of weeks
after which the newlyweds will be at
home in the residence owned by the
groom here.—Wellston (Okla.) News.
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THE STORY OF LIFE.
“1 tried it once too often,” the for
mer champion of the boxing ring ex
plained to the neighbor women of
■“*“ t v j i —*i v vnovre iiim
and his wife for the loss o fhis
crown.
The big fellow from Lawrence,
Kansas, never achieved the popular
ity reasonably t be expected of the
“white hope” who brought the big
trophy of fistiana back to the white
race. This, it seems, was largely be
cause he was not a lover of the game
which had given him fame and for
tune. He regarded it more as a
business venture, producing gratify
ing revenue l’or his family. In which,
from many standpoints, he was more
admirable than the champion who had
preceded him.
But he “tried it once too often"
and lost his crown. In which the
erstwhile king of the squared circle
had ample precedent.
’ History is filled with stories of the
great of earth who “tried it once too
often.”
Napoleon, erstwhile king-pin of a
j “fight game” infinitely bigger and
| more bloody than that in which Jess
Willard figured, “tried it once to
often” and Waterloo spoiled the end
of his career.
Roosevelt, honored in memory, once
the Napoleon of American political
'ife, “tried it once too often,” and
met defeat at the hands of a challen
ger named Woodrow Wilson.
Germany, one-time champion of the
‘place in the sun,” shook her “mailed
fist’ once too often and now signs
away her title on the dotted line.
It is the stoiy of life, strikingly ex
emplified at Toledo on Independence
day. This little work! in which we
’ive is jealous of its honors. Those
who would absorb too many, or hold
them too long, must give them away
"n an hour of humiliation. Youth will
be served. Life’s glory must be
passed on.
Jack Dempsey, full of youth and
•onfidence and strength, battled his
ivay to the pinnacle of fame in his
chosen field, against what the world
regarded as great odds. But his suc
cess was written on the Book of
Fate, perhaps, before ever he stepped
’nto the ring.
The fame and popularity which he
won July 4th will no doubt be his for
a number of years. And then will
• come a time when Dempsey, too, must
1 pass on his worldly honors, willingly
i or unwillingly. No doubt Jack Demo
•ey, king-pin of them all in this good
?ear 1919, will some day follow the
example of his defeated opponent of
July 1th, and “try it once too often.”
It is the story of life.—Arkansas
Democrat.
WELL KNOWN CITIZEN DIES
T. J. Welborn, one of Independence
■ounty’s best citizens died this mom
ng about 9 o’clock at his home near
town.
Some time ago Mr. Welborn suf
'ered a parayletic stroke while over
seeing some work on his farm, north
}f town, and had never entirelv re
covered, though at times he seemed
:o be greatly improved, and his death,
while not unexpected, was a distinct
shock to the whole community.
Mr. Welborn was 64 years of age
ind had resided in this community for
'or the past several years, removing
Tom Batesville here.
Though advanced in years, he was
>ne of the township’s most progress
ve and enterprising citizens and up
antil his sudden illness took an active
nterest in affairs pertaining to the
.velfare and betterment of the com
nunity.
He is survived by his wife and ten
’hildren and four grandchildren, two
j rot hers, and one sister.
Funeral services will be held at the
’amily residence tomorrow morning
it 10 o’clock conducted by Rev. J. E.
Snell. Interment will be made at
Blue Springs cemetery.
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MEETING AT CHARLOTTE.
Protracted meeting at Charlotte be
ginning August 3rd. Rev. Jas F.
Ternigen will assist Rev. Reives in
..he meeting. An old-fashioned basket
linner will be served on the ground
at 12:30 p. m. Everybody living in
i radius of five or ton miles will be
expected to come and bring a well
illed basket. Those who live further
away will be guests. Some are ex
pecting to come from Black Rock,
Powhatan, Walnut Ridge, Batesville
and other points. The natural con
litions are ideal. Fine shade and the
‘Aunt Betty Moore” spring will fur
nish ice cold water for all. Let us
have 1,000 people meet there that
day._COMMITTEE.
CONWAY TO HAVE
ANOTHER COLLEGE
Conway, July, 22.—Movement for
the establishment at Conway of a
college under the auspices of the
Christian church has been launched
by the Rev. J. C. Dawson, pastor of
the Conway church of that denomin
ation.
A site of 20 acres has been pledged,
by the chamber of commerce, an W.
A. Hill, a prominent memebr of the
church at Conway, has offered to con
rtibute $10,000 cash and the entire in
come from a certain coal property
TO RAISE A MILLION
FOR BAPTIST SCHOOLS
AMOUNT IS NEEDED FOR SUP
PORT OF EDUCATIONAL 1N
STITl TIONS OF STATE
A fund of $1,000,000 has been
agreed upon by committees as sup
port for educational institutions of
the Baptist Church in Arkansas, af
ter the completion of the general
church drive for funds in which Ark
'ansas has been assigned a quota of
$3,200,000, according to a statement
given out by J. W. Conger, president
of Central College and one of the
leading Baptist educators of the
State.
Of the amount set aside for educa
tion $800,000 will be set aside for
Central College and Ouachita College,
the Conway school receiving $300,000
and Ouachita $500,000. Schools main
tained by the church in the mountain.-,
of the state will be given the remain
ing $200,000.
Dr. J. S. Rogers of Little Rock
has been named as director general
of the drive in Arkansas.
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TO MY OLD FRIENDS
AND KINDRED.
Dear old Boys and Girls:
Let me, on the basis of a friend
ship of fifty years, invite you to come
to Charlottee August 3rd.
Observe the rules of the commit
tee, and let us worship the God of
our fathers and mothers, and have
a real old fashioned hand-shake, good
cheer and love feast to promote the
cause of our Lord.
It is worth a 20-mile drive, even
behind “Old Beck," to get a drink at
a boy hopping away to school.
Come, and may our God bless us.
JAS. F. JERNIGEN.
OIL COMPANY INCORPORATED.
The Jackson County Oil and Gas
company of Newport was incorpora
ted Monday with the capital stock
of $100,000, of which $11,000 has been
subscribed. The officers are Nimrod
Graham, president; S. W. Harvey,
vice-president and C. E. Penix, sec
retary and treasurer.
THE THOMAS CROWN
MOWER
Has two speeds, slow and fast, and the gears are
all enclosed in a dust proof box and run in oil like
the gears on an automobile.
Come in let us show you some of the many advan
tages this mower has over others, and after we
have showed it to you and you do not think it is
the best mower made, we do not ask you to buy.
Come in next time you are in town or write for
circular.
C. W. MAXF1ELD CO
Batesville, Arkansas
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It has an extra heavy frame, with large wheels.
Is roller bearing and is very light running.
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