THE NEWARK JOURNAL
Published Weekly
1. F. GRAI6, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Entered at the post oftiee at Newark,
Ark., as second class mail.
A Lesson From the
Big Overflow
When you think of the
great lose caused by the re
cent. flood, remember that be
tween 28,000 and 30,000 bush
els of wheat was grown on part
of the lands that were over
flowed.
Every bushel of that wheat
was sold for $1 a bushel and
that means $28,000 or $30,000
in actual cash that has already
been realized from the over
flowed section.
And when you come to
think of it, the entire crop pro
duced on the overflowed area
last year was not worth much
more than that amount.
Conditions are bad of course,
but the wheat crop already
saved in Big Bottom is worth
almost as much as the total
value of the entire crop pro
duced in Big Bottom last year.
It is bad but it could have
been worse.
Suppose we had grown no
wheat crop in this section this
year.
This affords a concrete ex
ample of the value of diver
sified farming.
A country whose people are
so largely engaged in agricul
ture as are the people of Ark
ansas should manufacture many
of these commodities and get
th* benefits of all the profits
that are to be derived from
these products. By savingtrans
portation, both of the raw ma
terial and the finished pro
ducts the value of these pro
ducts are greatly enhanced and
the people have greater advan
tages in competing in the mar
kets of the world. In this way
the earning power of the peo
ple is greatly increased and
more time may be given to
educational and social better
ments.
In some states, the revenue
from liquor goes into the school
fund. What a lack of common
si use it is for a State to tax li-j
quor for the school fund to
educate the patrons of the bar j
and then a little later sell these
same children liquor to destroy
the brains that the liquor tax
educated. Such a procedure is
much like a monkey chasing its
tail. f
The Arkansas Corn Club’s
exhibit won the first prize at
the Panama Exposition in com
petition with exhibits from the
entire United States. Arkansas
products have won a number ■
of prizes at San Francisco. In
fact, Arkansas is the Blue Rib
bon State.
Ten of the alleged blind
tigers recently convicted in the
circuit court at Osceola were
given fines amounting to $78.
f>00 and prison sentences total
ing eight years and 170 days.
That ought to at least enable
them to open their eyes.
Every building in the town
of Rollover, Te as, was blown
down and wash* d a vay during
the recent storm that swept
Galveston. Of cour 3 there it
nothing to a name but we are .
awfully glad we d n't live in
Rollover.
Making Use of the
Public Schools
The following editorial from
Farm and Ranch contains so '
much that is good and so much ^
that is applicable to this part
lof the country that The Jour-1
nal is passing it on to our read
ers, with the hope that it will;
be read with profit by all.
“The time will soon come |
for the opening of the public!
schools in the Southwest.Every I
parent should feel it a sacred i
duty to make whatever prepar-|
ations are necessary to send!
the children the first day and I
every other school day dur
ing the session. Our public
school terms are short and the
equipment in buildings, appara
tus and teachers inadequate for
the needs of the pupils. This
makes it imperative that we j
make use of the facilities with!
a view of giving the children
the best possible advantages
for an education.
“Nothing should be neglect
ed in making preparations for
the teachers and the pupils.
The trustees of the school
should have the cooperation of
the patrons and friends of the
school, so that no difficulties
will be in the way. The house
should be made comfortable,
the grounds inviting, the water
upply whole somean d p u r e, w i t h
fuel, heating facilities, etc.,
ample.
il wuum ue auvisaoie to
call a meeting of the patrons,
officers, teachers and friends
of the school. Not only should
the buildings and grounds be
devoted to the training of the
pupils, but something should
be done to entertain, instruct
and enlighten the adults of the
community. Meetings should be
held and the people given a
chance to understand each oth
er; educational, social and mor
al programs could be render
ed and the people inspired and
entertained. These meetings
would benefit the school as
well as the people of the com
munity. In this way the in
fluence of the school will help
build the community as ittrains
the young people and serves
adults of the neighborhood.”
We cannot have things as
we want them. Only occasion
ally do things meet our exact
estimate of worth or fit our
critical requirements, hence we
should save others of our wor
ry and vexation because some
trifling matter is not as we be
lieve it should be. It isn’t a very
[difficult matter to make allow
ances for mistakes and short
comings and nothing will do
more to make character than
this.
Anybody can be a knock
ler. A fool and a big hammer
can wreck the finest structure
in a few hours. But it requires
skill and constructive ability
to become a builder. Some peo
ple are knockers because they
can’t be anything else.
The cost of a man’s living is
no indication of what living is
worth to him. Very often the
man with a patch on the north
end of his pants is happier
than the man who is dressed
according to fashion’s latest
decree.
There used to be a man in
this town who thought it was
the deadest town on the map.
Hut after he got away and had
to stay away for awhile he
would have given everything
he had for a ticket back to
Newark.
No thanks, we ai’e not hank
ering to swap places with any
body. Things are not exactly to
our liking in every respect.but
there is a better day coming
and we expect to be right here
when it dawns.
He i; a shallow patriot who
is for the country but not for
the town, and it is very prob
able that the biggest thing he
has to rally around is a mail
order catalog.
What the Women Can
Do For Newark
The women of Newark can
do a lot for this town if they
will.
In many towns the women’s
clubs and many other organi
zations of women are among
the leaders in working for civic
J etterment—good parks,clean
er streets and cleaner morals.
‘ But a woman can do much
fas an individual, just as she
can as a member of a club. She
can encourage her husband to
interest himself in movements
for the public good. She can
exert an influence where mere
man has much less influence
than she has; for she can teach
the children of her own home
and of the whole neighborhood
to take pride in the home town
and inculcate in them a desire
to make it a clean and well
governed town.
The town that becomes a mod-1
el of its size is the town where
both meirand women are plan
ning for it and working for it
and working for it all the time.
Here is a very ordinary little
story with a point as sharp as
a needle, which we have a no
tion to print on a large card
and hang in every business
house in Newark: On a recent
v isit to the state capital, a cer
tain citizen went out to visit
the state insane asylum, where
he saw about 400 men in the
park taking exercise, and he
asked hovy many guards it took
to look after the crazy people.
He was informed that it took
only four.He asked whatwould
the four guards do if the 400
organized and decided to run
off. The answer he got was,
“Crazy people neverorganize.”
Things look pretty blue for
■some of us in Big Bottom, but
we are awfully glad that we
are still a citizen of Big Bottom
township.
i No need for us to write an
editorial on“The Power of Wa
ter. Most of the folks here
abouts have seen a practical
demonstration of that.
If it is a fact that man came
from the monkey, there are
some that did not come very
far.
A man may lose a dollar or
he tnav lose a million, but none
has lost so much as the man
who loses his courage.
A town is like a plant—it
'may grow anyway; but it will
grow faster if it is cultivated.
It is a good thing to buy at
home so you can sell at home.
THE DANCE I
Editor Journal.—This sub- |
ject is one that at this time
parents and young people
should seriously eonsider.With
no ill will toward the advocate
and those who practice danc
ing. I write for a higher mo
tive than to arouse a preju
dice, but for the good to all.
I start out with this pro
position. If the dance is no
harm, then why not have spec
ial meetings for dances at all
churches so as to practice and
have the enjoyment of the so
cial feast? And if it is wrong,
let all people who love civili
sation and good morals, stand
up against it.
i What would the readers
of The Journal say if an add
'should appear in this paper
something as follows:
“THERE WILL RE A BIG
CHURCH BALL AT THE BAP
TIST CHURCH WITH THE
PASTORS OF THE THREE
CHURCHES ACTING AS A
COMMITTEE TO ARRANGE
AND CONDUCTEVERYSET.”
Well, if there is no harm in
it why not have a thing like
this so the members of the dif
ferent churches could get bet
ter acquainted and learn to
know each other better, es
pecially the young people?
Reader, you know there
would be a greater commotion
than ever a debate has caused. ,
I want to suggest something
that appears to the wrriter to be
against the dance.
First.* The dress, or rather
the want of dress, stands
'against the dance. Look at
that young woman in the dance
hall with so much of her per
son exposed. Should she ap
pear in that garb on the street
or at any other public place
it would shock even herself.
Another is the familiarity al
lowed in the ball room would
not be tolerated elsewhere.
What would be said should
those young ladies walk down
the street encircled in the arms
of a young man whowas known
to be under the influence of
that which robs his senses of
the most noble and greatest
'traits of a gentleman. It would
be the talk of the town. Anoth
er reason is late hours. We
hardly ever hear of a dance in
day light. In the dance the bas- ‘
er passions are aroused in many I
in many cases to ripen in the j
downfall and disgrace of some ,
loving mother’s child. It is a |
matter of record that houses of ]
ill fame are largely fed from
the dance; from the so-called
fashionable ball. Here is where
they make their first start as
here is where the young girl
gets the shock by allowing li
berties.
1 could say much more but ,
this is enough for any one who
thinks and those who do not ;
think there is no use of writing.
Yours for good morals,
J. I. MARTIN.
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