The Newark Journal
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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1919
VOL. 18, NO. 51
CLOCKS TO BE MOVED
UP ONE HOUR SUNDAY
Railroad Schedule*! and All
Lines of Business Will
Move up With Clock
Orders have been issued by
the railroads and other lines
of business to move up all
clocks one hour next Sunday
morning at 2 o’clock, in com
pliance with the Federal
Daylight Saving Law.
Those who fail to change
their clocks and watches be
fore they retire Saturday night
will find themselves one hour
behind when they get up Sun
day morning.
Station Agent H. H. Green
has received official instruc
tions to change his time, and
all trains will continue to run
on the old schedule. Passen
ger train 210 going west Sun
day morning will arrive at
6:48, as heretofore, but by the
new time instead of the old,
hence one hour earlier by sun
time. Travelers are warned
not to expect that train depar
tures will be regluated to con
form to sun time, for should
they do they will miss their
trains.
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BAKER POSTPONES VISIT
Little Rock, Mch. 22.—A tel
egram was received from Sec
retary of War Baker, this af
ternoon stating that he and
Maj.-Gen. Peyton March, cheif
of staff will not come to Little
Rock next Tuesday.
The message stated that the
postponement of the visit of
Mr. Baker and Gen. March
was necessary on account of
pressure of other* business.
Newark Doctor is
Advanced to the
Rank of Major
Dr. S. A. Drennen, who was
born and reared in Newark,
and who was the first physi
cian from this section to enter
the army has again been pro
moted. Dr. Drenen entered
the service as a Lieutenant and
shortly after his arrival in
France was promoted to cap
tain. Word has just been re
ceived by friends here that Dr.
Drennen has recently been ad
vanced to the rank of major.
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WOUNDS MAY BE FATAL
Roe Reeves of Batesville,
who has been in the military
service in France for some
months and who was invalided
home on January 28, is report
ed in a critical condition. He
has been confined in Debark
ation Hospital No. 3 in New
York since his arrival, and was
operated on last week for the
third time.
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NEAR THE CENTURY MARK
Tom Evans, the oldest mart
in Izard county, celebrated his
97th birthday recently. He has
lived in Izard county practical
ly all his life. His daughter,
aged 74, is keeping house for
him at Newburg.
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TO FLY ACROSS OCEAN
It is announced that Ameri
can seaplanes are preparing
for a flight across the Atlantic
ocean. It is believed the trip
can be made in fifteen hours.
Try me and see if you can’t
buy more fresh groceries than
any place for the money. Jno.
M. Martin, Newark.
It all started with the first deposit. His bank
account grew until he was comfortable. Then the
convenience of paying his bills by check enabled
him to keep his accounts straight and save time and
worry. Happiness was the result of seeing it grow
and all of a sudden he realized he was a man of
wealth. You can accumulate money, too, if you
will only put that money you have in your pocket
RIGHT NOW into the bank and keep adding to it
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
“SLEEPING SICKNESS”
NOW AT FORT SMITH
Two Cases at Sparks Hospital
Being Watched By Phy
sicians There
Ft. Smith, March 26.—Two
cases of “sleeping sickness” at
Sparks Memorial Hospital are
being watched with keen inter
est by local physicians. The
victims are Ed Balentine, aged
24, a coal miner and Gladys
Davis, aged 12.
The child has been affected
from the malady for 21 days,
while Davis has been ill about
10 days. The symptoms at
tending the girl’s illness are
more pronounced than those of
Balentine. Her condition dur
ing the past few days has
j shown considerable improve
ment, however.
Th echlid has been affected
with double vision and stiff
neck, and during her uncon
scious periods she mutters in
coherently. The gland in the
left side tf her face is now af-(
fected, and it gives the appear
ance of suffering from the old
fashioned mumps. She has also
had bronchial affection.
Balentine.in addition to hav
ing the usual symptcns of
sleeping sickness has a very
rigid neck.
Both victims were sufferers
from Spanish influenza before
they were stricken with “sleep
ing sickness.” In all cases that
have come to the attention of
the mediea1 authorities since
"sleeping sickness” became
prevalent throughout the coun
try the patients have gone
through a seige of influenza
before <ontracting “sleeping
sickness.”
WILLIE LONG IS IN
TROUBLE AGAIN
Willie Long, a young man
who resided in Newark sever
al years ago is charged with
breaking into and robbing a
store at Searcy last Saturday
night. He was only recently
leleased from the penitentiary
where he oerved a sentence for
forgery.
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BIG MILL BURNS
Star City, March 24.—E. T.
Ladd’s hardwood mill at Furth
about four miles east of Star
City, valued at $30,000 was
destroyed by fire which started
about 4:30 this morning. Sev
eral thousand dollars worth of
lumber in the yards was burn
ed and about 100 men will be
thrown out of employment.
The loss is partially covered by
insurance.
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ROAD CONTRACT LET
Jonesboro, March 24.—The
tri-county-rcad commissioners
for the building of the good
road through Greene, Craig
head and Poinsett counties let
the contract Friday afternoon
to Little Rock contractors. The
road will include about 50
miles through these three
counties.
For Sale.—Five passenger
Ford car in good condh.j >n. G.
M. Fields. \
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JURORS FOR SPRING
TERM CIRCUIT COURT
Citizens Selected For Jury Ser
vice For Term of Court
Convening April 7
The Spring1 term of the Inde
pendence Circuit Court will
convene at Batesville on Mon
day, April 7, and the following
citizens have been summoned
to serve as jurors for the term.
GRAND JURORS
J. F. Ottiger, Barren town
ship; J. B. Thompson, Jeffer
son; H. E. Hawthorne, Big
Bottom; R. L. Long, Black
River; Jim Fair, Cushman; S.
J. Moore, Dota; Oscar Wright,
Fairview; W. R. Parks, Gains
boro; Wat Searcy, Greenbrier;
Burt Brown, Liberty; W. M.
McArthur, Magness; J. W.
Adams,Oil Trough ;Jim Wheel
er, Rosie; W. H. Hickerson,
Rosie; G. E. Yeatman,Ruddell;
Frank Wright, White River;
Henry Wade, Ruddell; Wat
Hazelrigg, Salado; W. A. Tug
well, Wycough; Will Hollings
worth, Ashley; J. D. Martin,
Craig.
PETIT JURORS.,.
Charlie Patterson, Ashiey;
Coy Layman, Barren; John Au
stin, Big Bottom; D. E. Weav
er, Black River; L. N. Ruther
ford, Craig; I. N. Gill, Cush
man; Gib Rutledge, Christian;
J. F. Yates, Dota; George
Moore, Fairview; Y. M. Mack,
Gainsboro;H. H. Snapp, Green
brier; Tom Roberson, Hill; J.
B. Southard, Jefferson; R. T.
Magness, Logan; W. J. Wal
drip, Magness; R. A. Pearce,
Oil Trough ; B. H. Dodd, Rosie ;
Wash Rogers, Relief; T. N.
Huff, Salado; J. A. Latham,
Washington; P. S. Fortune,
Wycough; J. J. Caldwell,
White River; T. J. Walbert,
Ruddell; O. T. Edmondson,
Greenbrier; Weaver Wright,
Washington; C. (C. Woodruff,
Union ; G. L. Fink, Big Bottom ;
H. T. Jones, Magness; D. I.
Arnold, Wycough; M. Bir
mingham; Black River; Harry
Jeffrey, Ruddell.
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TO SHIP MILLION DOL
LARS WORTH PEACHES
The largest crop of peaches
ever harvested from a single
orchard in the world will be
gathered this season from the
Bert Johnson peach orchard at
Highland, Pike county’, it is
said.
Mr. Johnson expects to ship
$1,000,000 worth of fruit this
year. It is estimated that 1100
refrigerator cars W’ill be requir
ed to move the crop.
CORN PLANTING BEGINS
Corn planting has commenc
ed, in spite of the unfavorable
weather, and several farmers
have planted a few acres. If
the weather permits there will
be hundreds of acres of corn
planted in Oil Trough and Big
Bottom during the next ten
days.
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The time for paying taxes
without the penalty expires
April 10.
COTTON PRODUCTION
SHOWS INCREASE
Arkansas Raised More Cotton
in Year 1918 Than Was
Raised in 1917
The cotton ginned in Ark
ansas in 1918 amounted to
955,027 bales, or 2,440 bales
more than was ginned in 1917,
according to the report of
Sam L. Rogers, director of the
Bureau of Census, Department
of (Commerce . In 1917 the
number of bales ginned was
953,587.
In Mississippi county which
produces more cotton than any
other county in the state, 64,
470 bales were ginned in 1918,
as compared with 41,261 bales
the previous year. Crittenden
county ginned 51,022 bales in
1918, while in 1917 the num
ber was only 24,744. Jefferson
county, which ranked third in
the production of the staple,
ginned 44,493 as compared
with 44,788 in 1917.
The number of bales ginned
in Independence and neigh
boring counties is shown in the
following table.
County 1917 1918
Baxter_ 3308 2621
Boone _ 874 636
Cleburne_ 3154 4030
Craighead_17152 15461
Cross_15077 8645
Faulkner_14342 19391
Fulton_ 4052 4013
Greene _17066 12050
Independence _ 9418 11006
Izard_ 5931 4654
Jackson_27730 28659
Lawrence _13998 14644
Poinsett _20005 11605
Randolph _ 8475 6641
Sharp _ 4299 3316
Stone_ 1450 1391
White _16443 23355
Woodruff _22939 21495
DATES ANNOUNCED
FOR VICTORY LOAN
Campaign Will Cover Three
Weeks, From April .21 to
May 10
Secretary of the Treasury
Glass has formally announced
that the Victory Liberty Loan
Campaign will open April 21
and continue until May 10.
Short term notes, maturing in
not more than five years will
be issued instead of longer
term bonds.
In a statement given the
newspapers Secretary Glass
says that after studying the fi
nancial conditions in all parts
of the country he has decided
the interests of the country
will best be p'rved at this time
by the issuance of short term
notes rather than of long term
bonds, which would have to
bear the limited rate of inter
est of 4 1-4 per cent.
The Victory Liberty Loan
will, therefore, take the form
of notes of the United States
maturing in not over five years
from the date of issue. These
notes will be, as were the Lib
erty Loan bonds, the direct
promise to pay of the United
iStates, will be issued both in
registered and coupon form,
and the coupon notes will be in
final form and will have at
tached the interest coupons
cvoering the entire life of the
notes.
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Statistics compiled by the
war department shows that
during the war there were 339
suicides in the United States
Army. Of these 193 occurred
in the United States and 146
overseas.
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Which Do You
PREFER?
Wide or Narrow Track
ed Wagons and Buggies?
fj| IF WIDE, then we advise
early action—for the fac
tories tell us that we have re
ceived our last car of wide
tracked wagons.
Delay may mean disappoint
ment. Remember “It is the
Early Bird that gets the Worm
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C. W. MAXFIELD CO
Batesville, Arkansas
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