The Newark Journal.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, May 3, 1917
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Vol. 17, Mo. 5
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SUBMARINE WARFARE
THREATENS AMERICA
The enormous inroads on th
world’s shipping made by Germai
submarines the last few weeks ha
brought to American government of
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ficials at Washington, realization o
the disaster that faces the Unitei
States and the allies if the undersei
warfare is not checked.
Secretary Lansing declares the se
riousness of the submarine situatioi
cannot be exaggerated and that it i
time the country realizes this.Report
to the State department give a tota
of 80 vessels lost in one week, figure
much higher than any contained ii
recent British announcements.
A Bureau of Naviagtion report
prepared recently, estimated th
world’s ship construction in 1916 a
slightly less than 2,000,000 tons. I
the Germans keep up their presen
rate of destruction, officials admi
that their campaign threatens ti
sweeep clean the seas.
The present world’s ship tonnage
is estimated at less than 50,000,001
tons. In 1916 the entente loss in ton
nage, due to war, was about 162,00<
tons a month.At present the German;
are sinking considerably more thai
that each week.
of the American people do not re
alize the seriousness of the war si
tuation.
Secretary Lane said in a speech be
fore the Governor’s Conference a
Washington this week that if Americ;
did not help with all her resources ii
fighting this war on the other side o
the Atlantic, she will have to figh
it at her own doors on ths side o
th* Atlantic.
The situation is so serious thu
our people should not indulge in at
tacks upon the government. The gov
ernment needs the aid and assistanci
of every citizen and if you canno
render assistance you should remem
her that this is no time to knock 01
the government that is doing its bes
to protect America and America:
rights and liberties.
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PAROQUET NEWS ITEMS
3 Everybody in this section is busy
- farming.
£ Quite a lot of corn and cotton has
1 been planted in the last week. The
t wheat crop of this section is looking
fine.
A. N. Trent of Batesville spent
Thursday here inspecting bolts. Three
1 cars of stave bolts have been ship
5 ped from here in the last week.
5 Paroquet is still noted for its tim
1 ber as well as good farming land.
5 Sterling Johnson transacted busi
ness at Newark Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Allen of New
ark were visitors here Wednesday
’ afternoon.
; Mrs. Lizzie Styles is still serious
t ly sick at this writing,
f Miss Edna Barber spent Satur
day night and Sunday in Logan
township visiting her grandmother,
■ Mrs. Francis Barber.
> Miss Cora Linebough of Wycough
township is spending the week here
visiting relatives.
( Ed Gregory transacted business
at Newark Saturday.
A. W. Anderson of Newark was a
1 caller here Saturday night,
s Miss Estanna Boswell returned to
! her home at Newark Sunday night
after having spent two weeks here.
C. A. Walls, bridge foreman and
his crew are here w'orking on Black
River Bridge this week.
T. W. Stubblefield made a busi
ness trip to Newport Tuesday.
S. B. Williams made a business
trip to Newark Saturday.
Chas. Barnes who has a position
1 here with the bridge crew left here
1 Tuesday for his home at Cushman to
- spend a few days with relatives .
; Reed Galloway made a business
> trip to Newark Tuesday.
J. P. Williams transacted business
at Newark Monday.
Mrs. Chas. Dry returned home
• Tuesday after spending a few days
• at Magness with her parents, Mr.
. and Mrs. Hodges.
Misses Hazel and Georgie East
Walker Barnett and Mrs. J. C.
Crumpton left here Tuesday morning
1 for Judsonia to spend a few days
. picking strawberries,
i A heavy rain fell here Monday
giving the farmers another lay off.
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The CHARACTER of the MEN as well as their
♦ financial responsibility had to be found O. K. be
$ fore we could become a member of the FEDERAL
| RESERVE system of banks.
♦ Being a Member Bank of this National System
I means that our bank is one of a vast, strong chain
of banks linked together for the protection of our
depositors.
When your money is in our bank you can GET
it when you WANT it—because we can take our
securities any time to our Central Reserve Bank and
get MONEY.
Put YOUR money in OUR bank.
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NEWARK, ARKANSAS
Splendid Interest in
Fifth Sunday Meeting
The fifth Sunday meeting of the
Missionary Baptist Association con
vened with the Baptist church at
Rosie last Friday night and was
greeted with a filled house to hear
Elder E. C. Bryant preach on God’s
love, and when he presented the sub
ject of how great God’s love was,
we all had greater visions of respon
sibility than before.
Saturday morning the meeting or
ganized by electing G. L. Fink, mod
erator and E. C. Bryant, Secretary.
The subjects were discussed as given
in the Program.
“Will the Heathen be Saved With
out the Gospel?” was discussed at
length, being opened by G. L. Fink,
which raised the zeal and enthusi
asm of all to make greater efforts
to carry the Gospel to the heathen
as well as to the unsaved around us.
At 1100 a. m. Rev. J. T. Shands
spoke on “The Way of Salvation,”
and in the evening the subject of
“The Wedding Garment” was dis
cussed at length by D. A. Allen, Jas.
Purcelley and others. At night Thos.
King brought us a great soul stir
ring sermon on “The Triumphant
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Cook conducted the Bible reading.
The 11:00 o’clock hour brought a
great service. After Bro. King’s
sermon two confessed faith in Christ.
Rev. Jenkins preached at 3:00 p. m.
on “Heaven,” and D. A. Allen at
night on “The Saints Coronation.”
The fellowship in this meeting was
the best throughout the entire meet
ing.
The next meeting will be with the
Baptist church at Cushman, the fifth
Sunday in July. The attendance was
good and the people at Rosie know
just how to entertain a meeting of
this kind under the leadership of
their able and beloved pastor, Jas.
Purcelley, great things are in store
for them.
ONE PRESENT
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TAKE HEED OF THE
MIRACLE OF THE PUMPKIN
Consider the Pumpkin.
It hiedth itself amongst the grow
ing corn.
It is the lowliest of all things that
groweth in the fields.
The proud farmer spurneth it and
the small boy laugheth it to scorn.
The wise men of the Agricultural
College lectureth not upon it. Never
hath it caused a car shortage.
The bugs devoureth it not and the
beetles and worms and moths and the
weevils and all the mighty host that
preyeth upon the haughty Corn and
V.’heat and the spuds, give it the go
by.
Behold, it is the goat of the Vege
table Kingdom.
Yet there eometh a day when the
wife of the husbandman cutteth the
Pumpkin into golden squares and
boileth it und addeth thereunto sweet,
spices, yea, even cinnamon and cloves
and ginger.
And Lo! A miracle is wrought.
She bringeth forth from the oven
the pumpkin pie, and the odor thereof
is sweeter than the breezes from
Cutch.
And the husbandman and the small
boy and the hired man falleth down
in adoration and watereth at the
mouth.
For it is a morsel fit for kings
and princes.
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'OPTOMETRIST will be
HERE NEXT WEEK
W. D. liinson, Optometrist, of Mc
1 Crory will be in Newark May 7th to
| 10th. Those desiring or needing op
j tical service should call and see him
J at the Galloway Hotel or notify
him and he will call at your home.
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ARNOLD-JERNIGAN
Clarence Arnold and Miss Lou Jer
n:gan, prominent young people of
this place were united in marriage
at the home of Squire and Mrs. A. 11.
Saylors, Monday afternoon, Squire
Saylors officiating.
Their friends wish them a long
and happy wedded life, and The
Journal extends congratulations to
. these worthy young people.
NEWPORT MERCHANT
COMMITS SUICIDE
Joi* Balmaz Found Dead in Store
Saturday Morning With Bullet
Hole in Head
Joe Balmaz, a prominent business
man of Newport, committeed suicide
at his store in Newport early last
Saturday morning.
Mr. Balmaz left his boarding house
about G o’clock, as is his custom, and
went to the store to open up for the
day’s business.
When his partner, Mr. Rushton, ar
rived at the store, a few minutes la
ter, he found Mr. Baimaz lying upon
the floor dead, with a pistol wound
in his head. The pistol was found
nearby, indicating that Mr. Balmaz
had taken his own life.
Mrs. Balmaz has been inCalifomia
for some time and she arrived in
Newport Wednesday in response to a
message informing her of the tragic
event.
Mr. Balmaz had been in business
in Newport for a number of years
and always enjoyed a splendid busi
ness and had the confidence and es
Lt "III UI till WIIU l\UO> 111111.
There is no known cause for the
rash act.
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ITEMS FROM MAGNESS
Magness, May 1.—Miss Ella Snel
grove and Miss Fanie Wade left
this morning for Judsonia to pick
berries.
Mr. and Mrs. Vester Melton and
children visted the former’s sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bird, last Sun
day.
Misses Stella Snellgrove and Essie
McJunkins were the guests of Misses
Virgia and Viola Owens Saturday
night and Sunday.
Miss Viola Owens spent the last
of last weeek with her aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. Lonzo McMillan.
Mrs. Blance Young and Bert Walk
er spent Saturday evening with Mrs.
Julia Owens and children.
A fine boy was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Hurbie Flippo Thursday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Bullington
spent Saturday night and Sunday
| with the lady’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Tate.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
“The Heart of a Shamrock” a play
in three acts will be presented at the
Auditorium tonight.
Prof. B. C. Bruce visited at Syd
ney Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Mazillah Brown will leave for
Chillieothe, Mo., the latter part of
this week where she will enter a
business college.
Spring fever is affecting many
this week.
Judge Dene H. Coleman has ac
cepted an invitation to deliver the
class address on the 25th.
The Senior Class play, “The Call
of the Flag” will be given Friday
May 11.
Following have been placet! on
chapel honor roll since last report:
Horace Hoyt, Meryle Rodman, Juna
Ratton, Madge Magness, Bert IIol
derby, Ruby Hawthorne.
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HERRINGTON ACQUITTED
ON CHARGE OF ARSON
Wash Herrington who was charged
with arson in connection with the
burning of a residence in Memphis,
Tenn., occupied by him a few weeks
ago, was tried in the Shelby Circuit
Court at Memphis yesterday and was
found not guilty.
He arrived home from Memphis this
afternoon and is receiving the con
gratulations of his friends.
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MAN KILEI) BY A
FREIGHT TRAIN
Hoxie, May 1.—A man believed to
be .J D. Miller, about 45 years old
was run down and killed by a Frisco
freight train at Hoxie Monday after- !
noon. It is believed that he went
to sleep on the track. Leters on his
person were addressed to J. D. Miller.
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Attorney S.C. Knight returned home
this afternoon from Memphis, Tenn.,
where he went to defend R. W. Her
rington in a trial in the Shelby county
Circuit Court.
Closing Exercises For
Charlotte High School
Charlotte, May 2.—The following
program has been arranged for the
closing exercises of the Charlotte
High School, to be rendered on the
evenings of May 9th, 10th and 11th
at the Charlotte High Schol Building.
A miscellaneous program by the
primary grades Wednesday evening,
May the 9th.
Thursday evening the juniors will
render a play entitled “As a Woman
Thinketh.’’ Admission 10 and 15
cents.
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Following is the cast of characters:
Charles William Weeden, an every
day husband.—McKinley Huddleston.
Mrs. Ida Jeanette Weeden.—Char,
wife and a modern mother.—Vir
ginia Jernigan.
“Red” Dunning.—A pastor of the
past.—Everette Lane.
Mrs. Dunning.—The Pastor’s wife
and italicized echo.—Annie Baker.
Beth Weeeden—The self-willed dau
ghter.—Elsie Moore.
“Chip” Whitney.—Beth's beau, an
alleged diamond in the rough.—Roy
Crigler.
Jack Philley.—Beth’s old playmate,
who is in love with her.—Tom Fallis.
Dolly Weeden.—The Weeden’s
younger daughter.—Jennie Churchill.
Olive Mead.—The Weedens mar
ried daughter.—Effie Blair.
Caleb Mead.—Olive’s lazy husband.
—Pryor James.
Will Weeden.—The son inclined to
be wild.—Willie Huddleston.
Jotham,—Man of all work,—Prof.
Mitchell.
Dr. Hume.—F’amily Physician.—
Ransom Weaver.
Prof. Baba Majarajah.—A Hindu
Lecturer on Pshchology.—Floyd Jer
nigan.
Mrs. Gertrude Parker.—Mrs. We
deens best friend.—Kate Pickens.
Suke.—The colored girl who has a
taste for the beautiful.—Fannie Ba
ker.
Time of playing about two and
one-half hours.
Synopsis
Act 1. Weeden’s sitting room. Mon
day morning resolution.
Act II. The breakfast room. Tues
day morning, revolution.
Act III. An afternoon three weeks
later. Evolution.
On Friday evening 8 p. m. the
graduation exercises will be held. !
A cordial invitation is extended to !
»n.
SAYS ALL FIREBUGS
WILL BE PROSECUTED
State Fire Marshal’s Office Wants
Reports of Suspicious Fires
Throughout the State
Arkansas is going to make it hot
for the fire bug, paradoxically speak
ing.
“It is going to be made so hot
for the fire bug that he will have to
quit burning up property in this
State” says Judge Felix Lindsey of
State Fire Marehal’s office of Little
Rock. Under the law passed by the
last legislature the state fire mar
shal has authority to investigate any
fire and if there is reason to suspect
arson the state will furnish investi
gators to run down evidence and a
prosecutor to assist the district at
torney.
Any citizen may cause an investi
gation to be made of a suspicious fire
by having local authrities, such as
mayor, sheriff, county judge, or fire
chief make an official request of the
fire marshal, and the department is
anxious to get on the trail of such
offenders.
Already the office is active and
while the work they are doing: along
this line must necessarily be done on
the quiet it is said that coming grand
juries in varous parts of the state
are gong to have interesting testi
mony to consider in connection with
suspicious fires.
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ARKANSAS HAS MOST
CAREFUL SMOKERS
Recent compilation of figures on
causes of fires shows that Arkansas
has the most careful tobacco smok
ers of any state in the Union. Only
seven-tenths of one per cent of the
fires of known origin start from this
cause in Arkansas, it is shown by
by figures in posession of Arkansas
Actuarial Bureau. In the United
States in one year, however, smok
ers were responsible for the burning
up of $4,505,963.00 worth of prop
erty. In some states the loss ratio
from this cause runs as high as 18
per cent, which is Nevada’s figures.
The benighted inhabitants of that
Western state would seem to be 20
times as “keerless” in this respect as
those of Arkansas, according to these
figures.
BUGGY TIME
IS ALMOST HERE
If you are going to need a buggy any
time this season, we advise you to come in
and get it now, for buggies are hard to get
and are advancing in price every day.
Come in now, while we have a good
stock to select from and before there is any
further advance in price.
C. W. MAXFIELD CO
THE BEST FOR THE MONEY
BATESVILLE