THE NEWARK JOURNAL
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BY THE JOURNAL PRINTING COMPANY
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ROY M. CRAIG, Business Manager
What We Must Do About Cotton
In line with what The Journal has been
advocating in regard to the coming cotton crop,
we find the following splendid editorial in the
Memphis Commercial Appeal, and we are pass
ing it on to our farmer friends for their consid
eration: ■ i « »- n
“Even the small agitation suggesting the
danger of a large cotton acreage this year with
out an increase in food crops has met with a
response that shows that the cotton growers are
alive to the situation.
“Let not the present prices of cotton, nor a
temporary rise in price, control your determin
ation as to acreage this year.
“When spring planting comes speculation
or other forces may result in cotton command
ing a much higher price than now; even so, do
not be seduced into a larger acreage nor be
/weaned away from diversification.
“The price of wheat is fixed for the com
ing year. All the credit of the United States
government is behind wheat.
“The price of bacon and corn will rule
high.
“Every bit of acreage that can be planted
in spring wheat this year will be sown. Land
!*n the middle northern states usually given over
to corn will in 1919 be wheat fields. Corn this
fall, then, is going to be high and com in 1920
still higher.
“So if this year we grow our own corn and
grow our own hay we are fortified.
The old way is the way of ruin. It means
worn-out farms and worn-out people. It means
degeneration. Any people that depends upon
one crop, one manufacturing enterprise or one
calling, no matter what it is, is in a dangerous
situation.
“We are confronted this year with a prob
lem that strikes us right in the face.
“You plant a big crop of cotton this year
and the present supply will decline and the
price of this year’s crop will not be as great as
that of the crop last year.
Foodstuff will not be cheaper on the av
erage in 1919 than it was in 1918.
“So reduced acreage means a betlter price
for the present crop, a better price for the next
crop, and if there is a corresponding increase
m foodstuff for both man and beast there will
be money in the food crops also.
“If our banks, merchants and farmers or
ganize and pull together and agree to stand to
gether this year they can solve this problem of
reduction in acreage and increase in food sup
plies.
“The war has given the banker a clearer
vision. It has given the merchant a broader
view.
In 1914 it looked as if we were all going
into bankruptcy down here. The small farmer
"was hopeless, the big planter saw ruin staring
him in the face. The bankers did not shut down
on their customers. The bankers took the lead
in telling the people the country was not lest
and they proved their faith by their deeds. The
cotton factors and supply merchants did their
part.
“We came out of our trouble in 1914 be
cause we stood together, and we can come out
of our difficulties in 1919 if we stand together.
“But we must organize.
“We must work out a programme and stick
tto it.
“We must also, all of us, stick together.”
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It will soon be time to start a “clean-up
campaign’' in Newark. We should not wait too
long, but should name a day or two days as
“Clean Up Days” and get the town in sanitary
condition before spring comes and the people
get too busy with their farming and other
Hhings.
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When any sort of team is stuck—man
team or mule-team—it’s much more creditable
to put your shoulder to the wheel and push
than to stand around and criticise the driver
and tell how you would have done if you had
had this job.
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Better Roads and Better Markets
The splendid work of H. M. Cottrell, agri
culturist of the Profitable Fanning Bureau o!
the Little Rock Board of Commerce, should re
ceive the hearty support and co-operation ol
the farmers of Arkansas in the campaign he is
making for better farming and increased pro
duction. •
Mr. Cottrell is preaching good, sound doc
trine to the farmers and they are showing a dis.
position to co-operate with him in a mannei
Hhat is encouraging.
But the work of Mr. Cottrell and the co
operation of the farmers is not all that is need
ed to make the campaign a success.
The business, commercial and financial in
terests of the state will have to join in the move
ment and lend their assistance, in order tc
make the campaign the success that it should
be.
Two very important things must be done
in order to make the profitable farming cam
paign a real success.
First, there must be better roads.
Second, there must be better markets and
more of them.
No matter how great an amount of farm
products the farmers raise, they will be of little
benefit unless the roads are in such condition
that the products can be quickly hauled to the
markets or to points from which they can be
shipped to the markets. In the construction of
better roads and the maintenance of the roads
in good condition, the cities, counties and State
must work together with unusual determina
tion in order to achieve the results which are
needed.
If better markets and more of them are
not provided, the farmers will become discour
aged after raising big crops and will not feel it
worth while to continue their increased efforts.
During the war there was quite a campaign to
induce the farmers of Arkansas to raise more
potatoes. The farmers responded heartily to the
appeal, but after they raised large quantities
of potatoes, they were unable to find a market
for many of them.
Better roads and better markets are two
things that vitally affect the prosperity \.f the
farmer—and upon the prosperity of the farmer
depends to a very large extent, the welfare and
prosperity of Arkansas.
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Press dispatches from Berlin say that the
laige number ot idle workmen in every German
city has reached such proportions as to become
a menace to the peace and safety of the coun
ary. Large numbers of unemployed are always
a menace to the peace and saftey of any coun
try.
-u.
At the peace conference now in session in
Paris, Robert Lasing, the American Secretary
of State, was elected president of the commit
tee to fix the responsibility for the war. Mr.
Lansing’s committee ought not to have a great
deal of trouble arriving Tit a decision.
THE FLU
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
■
When your back is broke and your eyes are
blurred,
And your shin bones knock and your tongue is
furred,
And your tonsils squeak and your hair gets dry,
And you’re doggone sure you’re going to die,
But you’re skeered you won’t and afraid you
will—
Just drag to bed and have your chill,
And pray to the Lord to see you through.
For you’ve got the flu, Boy,
You’ve got the flu.
When your toes curl up and your belt goes flat,
And you’re twice as mean as a Thomas cat.
And life is one long and dismal curse,
And your food all tastes like a hard-boiled
hearse,
When your lattice aches and your head’s a
buzz,
And nothing is as it ever was,
You’ve got the flu, Boy,
You’ve got the flu.
What is it like, this Spanish flu?
Ask me, Brother, for, I’ve been through.
It is misery out of sheer despair;
It pulls your teeth and curls your hair,
It thins your blood and brays your bones,
And fills your craw with moans and groans,
And sometimes, may be, you get well,
Some call it flu,—I call it HELL.
» CHARLOTTE ITEMS ®
Charlotte. Feb. 4.—Mr. and
■ Mrs. T. L. Fallis spent Tuesday
! in Batesville.
There are several sick with
the flu here now.
Rev. Eric Reaves attended
the Centeniary at Newport last ;
week. <
Mrs. P. L. Lane has been i
quite sick for the past w’eek.
A. B. Weaver and son, Rani :
som, visited the former’s moth
er at Sandtown Friday and <
Saturday.
E. L. Jernigan made a busi
ness trip to Batesville Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Kent and
children visited the former’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John ]
Kent, near Sharp, Saturday ;
night and Sunday.
Mrs. J. N. Taylor and baby j
of Lonoke are visiting her fath- ;
er, G. G. Hugg, and other rel
atives.
Mr. and Mrs. George Scrib- j
ner from near Newark are vis
iting the lady’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Hurley, a few'
days, before leaving for Kan
sas City.
Burney Moore who has been
ill with pneumonia died Mon
day night and will be buried
here Wednesday. He leaves a
mother, two sisters, and one
brother with a number of rel
atives and friends to mourn his
death. The family have the
sympathy of the entire com
munity.
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DESIRABLE HOME FOR
SALE AT A BARGAIN
We have for sale a very de
sirable piece of property locat
ed about one mile north of
Newark on main public road,
consisting of 30 acres of land,
all in cultivation, with good
five room residence; good out
buildings and garage and all
improvements in first class con
dition. This is a very desira
ble piece of property for some
one who wants a good home I
near town. A bargain at $2,
500. Newark Real Estate Co., J
W. E. Self, Manager. <
LEARN WHAT U. S.
DID IN CHEMISTRY
Fayetteville, Feb. 4.—To
'how what chemistry has done
'or America and what Amer
ca has done for chemistry is
he purpose of a new course in
American chemistry which is
3eing offered at the Univer
sity of Arkansas this term. The
course points out the growing
mportance of chemistry in
nodern life. It emphasizes the
mportant contributions which
America has made to the sci
;nce—contributions which have
enabled the American chem
sts to beat the Germans at
heir own game.
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Suppose your house should
jurn tonight? What about
rour family if you die tonight?
[f you haven’t already done
so, better see E. G. Magness
vnd take out some insurance.
10 CALVES SELL FOR $1,050
Arkansas has long been the
dumping ground for scrub sir
es of all kinds. “Pure Bred Sire
Clubs” should be organized in
every community if we are to
take advantage of our natural
livestock possibilities. The val
ue of the pure bred sire and
females has been brought out
very forcibly during the past
year on the farm of J. E. Ap
plegate near Rogers, Ark. Ten
Jersey calves sold in one bunch
for $1,050 before five 6f them
were weaned and the tther
five were not a year old. Reg
istered pigs during the year
sold at weaning time for the
price ordinarily received for a
fat hog. Buy good sires and use
no other.
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Plies Cured In 6 to H Day*
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT falls
to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you can get
restful sleep sftcr the first application. Price 80c.
NEW VICTOR RECORDS!
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The new Records for November will be placed on
sale Friday. We will be glad to have you call in our
Victrola Department and have them played for you;
or if you woula be interested in hearing any special
number of these new ones listed below we will send it
to you on approval.
No. 18497 Everything is Peaches Down in Georgia—
85C American Quartette.
Carolina I’m Coming Back to You—Peedees Quartette
No. 18502 That Soothing Serenade—Henry Burr.
85C 0° Crel, You’re a Devil—Helen Clark,
Henry Burr.
No. 18505 Oui, Oui, Marie—Arthur Fields.
85G We don’t Want the Bacon—Peerless Quart.
No. 18506 Oh! How I Wish I Could Sleep ’Till My
85C Daddy Comes Home.
There’s Nobody Home But Me—Chas. Hart
No. 45155 Smiles—Lambert Murphy.
SI >00 The Radiance in your eyes.—Werrenrath.
No. 18501 Cohen Gets Married—Monroe Silver.
85G Cohen on His Honeymoon—Monroe Silver.
No. 18507 Hindustan Fox Trot—Smith’s Orchestra.
85G ’N Everything Fox Trot—Smith’s Orchestra
No. 18504 Sabre and Spurs March—Sousa’s Band.
85G Solid men to the Front.—Sousa’s Band.
No. 88596 La Traviata, Gallicurci—De Luce S3i0O
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