The Newark Journal
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, October 10, 1918
Vol. 18, No. 28
FIGHTING BOY SAYS
GET BEHIND LOAN
Arkansas Boy Wounded in
France Urges Hoipe Folks
to Buy Liberty Bonds »
Edmund Brock, a young man
who was born and reared near
Elgin in Jackson county and
who is well known and has
many friends around Newark,
has written a most interesting
letter from France to his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Brock,
who reside near Elgin on R. F.
D. 1 out of Newport.
Young Brock was severely
wounded in the battle of Cha
teau Thierry in July and has
been in the hospital for some
tim^ but is improving nicely
and says he is anxious to get
back to the front. His letter
lollows:
“My wound is about well
and I went out to a big ball
game today. I’ll be glad when
1 can go back to my company.
I’ve been over the top twice,
the first time on July 14,#and
came out without a scratch.
Then, on the 19th 1 went over
the top again at Chateau Thi
erry, on the Paris and Soissons
road There is where I was
wounded. That is as much as
any 18-year-old bov has done
who hasn’t been here any long
er than I have. Also 1 have
one time been assigned to duty
in No Man’s Land.
I long for the time to come
when I can go back and go ov
er the top once more. The more
1 kill the quicker J will get
home, and all I shoot at from
now on it will be “Good-bye
Heaven, Hello Hell!” with
them. All the blood in mV
veins is for the freedom of the
world, if it takes that.
“Don’t you believe or even
think that the Frenchmen ask
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SCHOOLS CLOSE ON
ACCOUNT INFLUENZA
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Mayor Orders No Public Gath
erings of Any Kind Held
Until Malady Subsides
Mayor J. B. Ketchem issued
a proclamation Wednesday in
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accordance with the order ol'
the State Board of Health,
closing the school and prohib
iting public gatherings of any
kind for an indefinite period*,
on account of the prevalence of
Spanish influenza in Newark.
Arrangements had been |
made for a big Liberty Loan1
Rally to be held in Newark
next Saturday but the arrange-'
ments»were cancelled.
There will be no picture1
show Saturday night and no
services at any of the churches
Sunday.
anybody to take their place at
the front. He is always there;
with the goods, and believe me j
he comes nearer covering all.
the ground he stands on than i
any man living.
‘‘Do all you can for the four
th Liberty Loan, for if w< go
over the top you all will have
to come over behind us with
the fourth loan. And dear
mother and sis, don’t be afraid
to put your money in the Red
Cross, tor they are the soldiers’
mothers and sisters over here.
Don't see how we could make
out without them.”
EDMUND BROCK.
INCREASE IN COTTON
The government report on
cotton ginned in Independence
county this year shows a big
increase over last year.
The total number of bales!
ginned to September 25, 1918,
was 1397 as compared with a
total of 211 bales ginned to
September 25. 1917. ,
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Do We Buy Bonds Like
Our Soldier Boys Fight:
Big Bottom and this end oi
the county are oehind with
their subscriptions to the Four
th Liberty Loan.
Our country is calling for
help and we cannot afford to
turn a deaf ear.
1’he patriotism of every man
can be judged by the part he
plays in upholding America in
her war for human liberty and
tor the freedom of the world.
It is Uncle Sam vs. the iron
heel of German militarism. If
there is a drop of patriotic
blood in your veins you will
buy a bond and help Uncle
Sam hand the Hun a knock-out
blow.
A number of Independence
county young men have gone
to the battle front and are
fighting today that we at home
ytu and I, may coninue to en
ioy the blessings of liberty in
i :iee c untry.
At least three men from our
. ounty have made the supreme
•acriiice—have given up their
.Avs—in order that you and 1
may continue to live and enjoy
iicedom, unmolested by the
cachet oils Hun.
t hink of the thousands cf
■pkndid young Americans—
he ilower of the manhood ot
out country—reared in corn
lot;. peace and security, now
suddenly plunged into that
touring hell of battle against
'.hi! hardened hordes of a des
perate and treacherous foe.
Many of these are our nei
ghbors boys, some of whom we
have known since boyhood.
W hat are we here at home
going to do to help them? #
They are giving their lives
for us. What are we doing
for them?
There is only one way in
which we can give them assist
ance, and that is by buying
Liberty Ronds.
While these brave boys are
GIVING their lives, we are
only asked to LOAN our mon
ey.
We are not GIVING a thing,
not a single penny, when we
buy bonds. All the money we
put into bonds will n me back
to us with interest. There i
absolutely no chance to lose
Every foot of property in th<
United States Stands solid 1.
behind your liberty bond.
Don’t put up the plea tha
you bought a bond of the sec
ond or third loan. You bough
groceries last rrlonth, and th<
month before, too, but you wil
not pretend to say that you an
not going to buy any more gro
ceries because you have alrea
dy bought some. .
Our boys in France fough
last month, and the month be
tore, and they are still fight
ing—fighting like hell—witl
no thought of quitting until th<
I victory is won.
What would you think of ;
soldier who refused to tjgh
now because he had alread;
been in one battle? Wouldn’
he be a dandy? And yet he’
just as good a soldier as th
fellow who refuses to buy ,
bond now because he has a I
! ready bought one.
The lack of money cannot b
| an excuse. With a good whea
crop which sold at $2 a bustle
and cotton selling at 30 and 3
i cents a pound, there is mor
money in this country than ev
er in its history. The war ha
brought these high price?
Half the money a farmer get
for his bale of cotton now i
blood money.
The present high prices o
otton and all food product
is a direct result of the awfu
carnage now going on in Eu
rope, in which human blood i:
paying the toll.
Can you refuse to put som<
I of this money in Liberty Bond
which your governuent is ask
ing you to buy, in order tha
the war may be fought success
fully and brought to a speed;
close, so that this awful loss o
human life may be stopped ani
peace restored?
Has it occurred to you tha
I one more bond bought with ;
little additional effort, ma;
help to win the war?
Put yourself for a inomen
on the firing line, and whil
the awful, roaring hell of bat
tie is raging only a few hun
dred yards away, take a lool
OIL TROUGH BOYS
WRITE FROM CAMP
Are Anxious to Finish Training
and Go Over to Help Whip
the Kaiser
New Orleans, Oct. 6.
Dear Editor.—If you will al
j low us space in your paper we
will give some of the news
from Camp Martin.
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We left dear old Indepen
dence county on the 18th of
September. After a thirty
hour journey we arrived here
on the next day.
We were at once stationed at
Camp Martin, which is located
in the western part of New Or
leans, near Tulane University.
It is a small cSmp; capacity
about three thousand. It is al
so a new camp not yet finish
ed.
We go to school six hours
each day and drill about two
hours. Two of us are taking a
* cours e in auto mechanics
and the other is taking
a course in Radio, Are all
I well pleased with the courses
ant! think we will make good.
We were placed under quar
antine when we arrived, and
* about the time we should have
* been out a lot of the boys got
sick and the whole camp is un
’ der quarantine now.
Think the lid will be raised
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^ at your real self back home,
1 surrounded by all the comforts
and pleasures of life, and see
how you measure up alongside
the man who is facing the
roaring cannon.
Consult vour conscience—be
' serious with yuorself—let your
conscience decide whether or
not you are doing your part to
1 back up the boys on the firing
line_
KIRBY WANTS TO
FINISH THE JOB
Arkansas Delegation in Con
gress Endorse Wilson Note
But Prefer it Stronger
Washington, Oct. 8.—Mem
bers of the Arkansas delega
tion. while slightly disappoint
ed that the president had not
asked for an unconditional sur
render right off the bat, as a
rule were pleased at the pesi
dent’s reply to the German
peace note, putting it up to
the German government.
Senator Kirby was outspok
en. He said, “We are organiz
ed to whip hell out of Germany
and 1 think we had better go
ahead and do it before we
quit.”
Congressman Oldfield sain
we ought not to have peace
until Germany is whipped and
the Kaiser with the rest of the
Hohenzollerns and Hapsburgs,
are sent into exile
Congressman Taylor said:
“All 1 can say is what the
president has said and 1 am
very much pleased with it.
Congressman Wingo said:
“We want peace but not by
bargain and compromise that
will leave the German wai
lords deeply intrenched and
able to renew the conflict as
soon as they can regain
strength and find another ex
cuse to jump at the throat ot
civilization. We want peace
but not peace that will leave
the earth an armed camp and
make preparation for the next
struggle. Germany knows Wil
son’s terms; let her accept
them now without conditions,
or later she will have to accept
them at Pershing’s dictation in
Berlin.”
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Buy Liberty Bonds. Every
dollar makes the Hun holler.
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Begins With The Arrival ofThe StocKI
When material is received at the immense StudebaKer
lumber yards ft is inspected piece by piece as it is being un
loaded from cars every piece must be up to specifications no
brashness, windshaKen or worm holes in StudebaKer materials
The StudebaKer lumber yards cover alitiost 80 acres and
every Dieceof woodstocKin
them is carefully inspected
before being piled for air
drying.
Come in and see the
SiudebaKer. Let us show
why it's the best wagon
■ on the marKet
We Have Handled 1
Studebakers a
For Over Forty Years and Know There
are None to Compare With Them
C. W. MAXFIELD CO
Batesville, Arkansas