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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, January 3, 1918
Vol. 17, No. 40
Unknown 1 u-iy Climbs to
fry and St^r.3 Destructive
Blaze Suoday Night
The White school house ne
Paroquet, was totally destroy
ed by fire last Sunday night
about 10:30.
The fire was the work o* an
incendiary but as yet no !u
has developed that would !
to the indentitj of the ysu;
party.
Rev. E. A. Horn condu Le
religious services in the school
building Sunday night and e
the close of the services, aim'-.
9 o’clock, special care was tai -
en to see that the stove w.
left in a safe condition, so
to prevent the possibility oi
fire.
About 10:30 people li -
near the building discover"
that it was afire. Leo Di
John MqClure and li nry J hi
son were the iirst to arrive
the school hou- and
found flumes i.-suing L m
belfry. Then- was e
around the d.,v< <-r the fin
and it wa evident that om
one had climbed to the b
and started the tire.
An unsuccessful attempt v-n
made by uni onwn parties
burn the ■ hiding about <
month ago. The building we
■one of the best rural s••]. • !
buildings in th county
was valued at S2,o()0. " e,
was $1,700 insurance on !l
building and content-.
MONROE PHILLIPS DEAD
Monroe Philips, a forme: ^
citizen of Newark, died a LV
days ago at his home at Wood
son. The reamins were sha
ped here for burial.
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ADAMS FOR CLERK
i he announcement of B. F.
'.dam.; a candidate for iv-el
; lieu as circuit clerk appears
n today’s paper.
Mr. Adams is now serving
lis first term as clerk and
:aa made the people of the
:ounty a faithful and efficient
servant.
lie can always be found at
lis office, ready for duty and
:n one who ever filled the of
■Vvwa:; more courteous and ac
minod.Hting than Mr, Adams
JI is records are not only .veil
;< pt but th entire work of
d afiiee has always 1 oen coo
Me - d in a manner that is en
•ly iibove criticism.
He will probably be r- -elect
•r wirhout opposition.
DIES FROM INJURIES
V\ . H. Norman, 08 years old
iu d at Searcy from injuries re
■ w d when his buggy was
• • k by the if. D. & S. trai;
r Nonset . Norman a mni)
i rier for 11 years, was re
wring lrc m hi - trip to Kensett
t\ dnesday of last week and i
supposed ihat he did no
• " the train as he started to
ros the Iraek. lie never re
r> d consciousness. He is
urvived be a wife and nin
■i'.'ldren.
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LITTLE WADE CLARK.
Wade, the four-year-old son
w v,r. and Mrs! S. W. Clark of
nt -ville died at the home of
dr. and .Mrs. Ed Wayman last
■ urday after a short illness
f membraneous croup- Tin
kild was taken -ick Frid ay
•i b Sm ii;da..-.
The remains were buried
-■mb'- a' Lino Springs ceme
ery. Rev. Albright of Bates
’die and Rev. Snell conducting
Mneral services.
Thrift stamps are now on
ale at the Newark postoffice.
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The way to get the full plate is to bank your
money regularly. No matter how small your de
posit is, bank it. As your balance grows, a feeling
of comfort, of security for the future, grows with it.
The world looks brighter to you, because, come
what may, you and yours are secure against want.
Our Bank is a Safe Place For Your Money
Put YOUR money in OUR bank.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
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Members Co-a Clubs and Fig
Clubs Get Splendid Re
turns for Labor
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More than 100,000 boys in
jibe south who enrolled in ag
ricultural club- during 1917
| endeavor d to grow corn, pea
nuts, potatoes, grain, sorghum
; cotton, and other miscellaneous
; arm crops pigs, calves, sheep,
land poultry according to in
:i -nation and advice given
;;htm by State district and
county agricultural specialists
school officials and business
men.
In addition to the regular en
ioilmenL of 100,000 in boys
agiicultural clubs of the South,
i 110,000 we it- enrolled to assist
; in mi ..ding certain war emer
;*enci s incident to the war.
, • nbers
. '• tidy have been in enrolled
ih( it clubs ‘or 1918, wheat
!>,' and oat clubs being ot
, ani/:ed ivher vie the growing
of Uiese crop, is thought to be
• ucricable.
I iir average! yield obtained
in corn-club boys in Alabama,
Arkansas. Georgia, Mississippi,
Oklahoma, South Carolina and
\ irginia in 1917, was 44.4
bushels to the acre. This was
less than the average obtained,
for the three years proceeding,
owing io the unfavorable
v. s •. her conditions of the past
season. One hundred and for
ty-six boys made over 100
bushels of corn to the acre.
Hoys’ pig clubs according to
the report of the Federal spec
ialists have made purebrednigs
common in parts of the South
where formerly a well-bredhog
was scarcely known. Thous
ands of purebred pigs have
been distributed among the
boy with excellent results.
Reports show that the average
profit math by members during
last year where grazing
*' t-s WO., used was $22.18,
. • • .. dug crops were
■'o’ a.-vd : 1 Th - costs per
pound of rain aried from 3.6
is ■ ear ' > to G cents in
Oklahoma.
VVObVES IN WHITE COUNT
Residents of the Clearwater
n ghbc hod 20 miles north
•a t of Searcy complain of the
ravages of wolves during the
. . j,a heavy now. Sheep and
lay have been carried away
1 a wolves, which liave
1 made ravenous and bold
by th; m.vere cold weather. A
’ dhard i beii^g planned to
rid the section of the pests.
FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE
Ben \\ oods, age d 85, a fai in
i' and stock raiser killed him
self at his home five miles east
of Yellville on the night of De
cember 31, by shooting hi ni
sei’ in the breast with a shot
gun. Despondency over ill
health was the cause.
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FOR SALE
Three mare mules, G years
old, weight about 950 poumTa.
two sorrel horses 3 years old;
a I two young cows with calv
es, and big lot of fine alfalfa
hay. J. W. SISK, Newark, Ark.
STATE’S 1917 CROPS
WORTH $264,000,001
Arkansas Crops for Past Yeai
Worth $78,000 More Than
For Year 1916
Arkansas’ 1917 crops, ex
dusive of pasturage and tha
gathered by stock in the field:
1 was valued at $264,000,001
against a valuation of $180,
J00,000 forfthe state’s 191 (
crops according to estimate:
made public Saturday by tin
Bureau of Crop Estimates.
The increase was forty-tw<
per cent. ■
The 1917 acreage totale<
6,725,500, an increase of fiv
per cent over 1916.
__The bureau estimated tin
cotton crop at 895,,000 bale
against 1,134,000 in 1916. Es
Itimate.' of other crops includ
d: Corn, 67,200,000 bushels
against 15,135,000 bushels la^
year; oats, 9,320,000 bushels
against 7,000,000 last year
v. heat, 3,300,000 bushels
against 1,990,000 bushels las
year; potatoes, 2,400,000 bush
:1s against 1,025,000 bushel
last year.
Arkansas two groat crop
are cotton and corn. Next t<
these, in point of value, an
rice and hay. The acreage
devoted to all of these crop
show an increase over th
prcceeding year Substantia
increases were also made ii
sweet potatoes, in peanuts an<
sorghum. There was a loss o
wheat and oats due to unfavor
able conditions at seeding time
and immediately thereafter
However, the amount sown tc
wheat this fall shows a ven
satisfactory increase of 31 pei
cent.
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WAR AT MT. CARMEL
It is reported that consider
able war manouvers took plae<
at Alt. Carmel during* Christ
mas. Hayden Britt ian am
Tom Gibson were the combat
ants and it is said that the wa;
they fought would make a Ger
man war-dog look like a fic<
pup. No serious damage wa
done, however, and after tin
war clouds rolled away. All
Brittian went before Squir
Eaves and submitted and pah
his fine.
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600,000 PENNIES A DAY
For an indefinite period Ur
Denver Mint will turn out noth
ing but pennies—600,000 o
them a day—to relieve tin
need for yreat numbers of cop
pers caused by the war ta:
bill.
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MEMBERS OF W. O. W.
All members of th 9 Newarl
camp 288 are hereby notifie<
to be present at the regula
meeting on January 8, 1918
At this time the raising of loca
dues will be taken up.
W. A. ISGRIG, Sec
Presiding Elder B. L. Wil
j C ‘ d will hold the first quar
terly conference at the Metho
(list church here on Thursday
and Friday January 10 and 11
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Found.—Seed Fork. Ownei
may recover same at The Jour
nal office by paying for thi:
! notice.
WESTBROOK ANNOUNCES
I! W. R. Westbrook announces
' in today’s paper as a candi
date for ra-election as county
. treasurer.
Mr. Westbrook has served
the people well and faithfully
as county treasurer. He can
always be found in his office,
ready to accomodate those who
■ have business with his office.
He has a splendid record to
; his credit and no man who ever
• held the office has ever ren
- dered the people more efficient
> service or been more faithful
5 to the trust reposed in them.
■ His re-election assures the
people the same efficient ser
) \ice they have received from
him in the past.
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ALLEGED GERMAN SPY
POISONS CHILDREN
3 It is reported that a suspici
- ous looking man entered the
- Blue Creek School house near
, Moorefield Wednesday night
t and deposited a poisonous
, chemical in the drum of the
; stove which after becoming hot
, threw otl a very poisonous
[ odor. A number of the child
■ lvn became sick and had to
J leave school.
The man is suspected of
’ being a German sympathizer
> and efforts are being made to
locate and arrest him.
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FENCE DISTRICT MEETING
1 A meeting of the landown
1 ers of Big Bottom Fencing Dis
1 trict will be held at the May
^ or’s office in Newark on the
iirst Saturday in January at
• 10 o’clock a. m., for the pur
• pose of electing three fence
’ commissioners and for the
transaction of such other busi
ness as may come before the
meeting.
F. C. HOYT, Sec’y.
Buy a thrift stamp today.
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REGISTER GERMANS
DURING FEBRUARY
In Sn aller Communities Orders
\V»?’ Be Carried Out By
the Postmasters
The week beginning Mon lay
| February 4, has been desig
I nated by the U. S- Department
| of Justice for registration of
the half-million unnaturalized
Germans in the continental
| United States by police or post
masters, in pursuance of Presi
J dent Wilson’s alien enemy pro
clamation declaring this action
as a means of minimizing the ,
danger of enemy sympathizers
in the United States.
Earlier plans for administra
ting the registration in the
Eastern cities first and gradu
ally extending it to the country
were abondoned because of the
fear that some germans might
avoid registration by moving
from district to district.
Regsration will involve the
gathering of detailed informa
tion concerning the business,
relatives and habits of every
German, together with his pho
tograph and finger prints.
After registering he must
carry a certificate card and.
may not change his place of
residence without approval of
the police or postmaster. Vio
lation of the regulations will
be punishable by internment
for the war.
The orders do not apply to
German women nor to any per
*sons under 14 years of age, be
cause these are not classed as
alien enemies by law.
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Wanted.—A few carloads of
white corn in ear, suitable for
grinding into meal. Make me
price f. o. b. your station. W.
Arch Rutledge, Box 36, Gil
mer, Texas.
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CHAIRS
We have a large assortment
of Rockers ranging in price
from $2.00 up.
Have an extra good, curved
arm, cobble or saddle seat
rocker, with a high back
that we are offering while
they last at $3.50 each.
If you are in need of anything
in the furniture ine come in
and look through our stock.
C. W. MAXFIELD CO
THE BEST FOR THE MONEY
BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS
FURNITURE, RUGS STOVES FARMING IMPLEMENTS