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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, January 18, 1917
Vol. 16, No. 42
“BONE DRY” LIQUOR
BILL IN LEGISLATURE
Senators Ponder and Great
house Introduce Bill To
Make Booze Curiosity
“A bone-dry” liquor law for
Arkansas that will make the
State as “dry” as a powder
horn, was introduced in the
senate Monday by Senators
Greathouse and Ponder.
It prohibits the shipment of
liquor into the State, a law that
was held constitutional last
Monday by the United States
Supreme Court, and it prohibits
the shipment between points
in the State, the possession or
storage of any liquor within
the State, and provides that
there shall be no “club lock
ers” by requiring revocation
of charters of clubs guilty of
keeping liquor for “locker
members.”
The measure, as it has been
designated by those supporting
it, is aimed at the use of liquor
for any purpose other than
medicinal, mechanical and sac
ramental, and provisions for its
use in these ways is carefully
seen after in the measure so
that, the supporters believe,
there will be no opportunity
for getting liquor for “pleas
ure” purposes.
The upper house heard two
readings of the bill Monday and
it was referred to the commit
tee on temperance at the re
quest of Senator Greathouse.
HARDY MAN FACES
SHOCKING CHARGES
S Hardy, Jan. 17.—Ed Cox, a I
farmer, about 50 years old. liv >
ing two miles southwest of i
Hardy, was arrested and held
without bail Monday to await!
the action of the grand jury |
which meets in July, as the re-j
suit of revolting charges made
again it him by his three daugh
ters, aged 20, 19 and 16 years
respectively. So revolting were
the accusations that the offi
cers hurriedly took Cox to Lit
tle Rock to place him in the
penitentiary to prevent mob
violence.
JACKSON COUNTY
BUILDING ROADS
Improvement District Formed
to Build Ten Miles of
Concrete Road
Newport, Jan. 15.—A con
crete road, eight feet in width,
is specified as the kind of pav
ing to be used in Road District
No. 1, embracing lO1/? miles
of improved road from East
Newport north through Diaz to
the Guin farm, thence east
across Village creek and Vil
lage township to near Grubbs.
The report of the engineers,
Bowman and McDearmon, as
approved by the commissioners
of the district, R. D. Williams,
R. B. Hooker and J. R. Holden,
has been filed with the County
Court.
County Judge McLain has
appointed W. M. Tims, Hen
drix Williams and H. C. Nuck
olls as a Board of Assessors,
and as soon as the board’s as
sessment is approved by the
court the commissioners will be
ready to sell the bonds and
award the contract.
This is Jackson county’s first
road improvement district, and
it traverses a district which
probably furnishes more traf
fic than any other section of
the county. The estimated cost
is about $G5,000.
Road District No. 2 is also
being organized. It will com
prise about 40 miles of improv
ed roads, which will extend
through Grubbs east to the
county line and south to Reed
ville near the southern border
of the couni y. If the roads are
completed in this proposed dis
trict it will make an excellent
system of roads in a greater
part of the county.
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1. O O. F. LODGE
IS RE-ORGANIZED
The I. O. O. F. Lodge here
has been reorganized, and the
following officers elected for
the ensuing vear: F. C. Hoyt,
N. G.; Clarence Fields, V. G.;
E. I). House, Secretary; G. M.
Fields, Treasurer. Regular
meetings will be held at the
lodge hall every Thursday
night.
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to save. We will give you, FREE, a little bank book
so you can join our “Christmas Banking Club.”
You put in 5 cents the first week, 10 cents the sec
ond week and so on increasing your deposit ONLY A
NICKEL a week and in 50 weeks you have $63.75.
We also have clubs where you begin with 1 or 2
cents or 10 cents or $1.00, $2.00 or $5.00 and in 50
weeks have coming to you from $12.75 to $250.
Have EVERY member of your family join the club.
It means saving MONEY and making a SUCCESS.
YOU CAN START TODAY
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NEWARK, ARKANSAS.
50 CENTS A GALLON
REVENUE ON LIQUOR
Bill in Legislature Provides for
Collection of Tax on Li
quor Shipments
Little Rock, Jan. 17.—An
other of the numerous punches
that “John Barleycorn’’ has
been getting since the legisla
ture convened lu days ago, is
aimed at that gentleman in a
bill introduced in the senate
Wednesday, which would fix a
tax on all liquor shipped into
the state. The measure is fath
ered by Senator Johnson.
The bill provides a tax of 50
cents a gallon or less on liquor
in general; 50 cents on a case
or less of beer; 50 cents on a
keg of beer; $1 on a cask of
beer; 50 cents on a gallon or
fraction of American-made
champagne; $1 on imported
champagne ;50 cents on domes
tic wines, and $1 on imported
wines.
The second proposed amend
ment to the state constitution,
to be voted on at the general
election in 1918, was filed with
Secretary of State Terral at
5:20 this afternoon.
It was the house joint resolu
tion, introduced by Mr. Gentry
of Hempstead, providing for an
increase of Supreme Court jus
tices from five to seven. The
resolution was passed by the
house Monday, and by the Sen
ate yesterday afternoon. Gov
ernor Brough signed it, and
the measure was filed with
Secretary Terral. It will be
placed on the ballot as Amend
ment No. 14.
The first proposed amend
ment filed was by petition, and
provided that cities of more
than 1,000 population may is
sue bonds. This will be No. 13
on the ballots.
Only one more may be sub
mitted. Twelve other amend
ments are pending, one being
the revised initiative and refer
endum amendment being initi
ated by the voters, which seeks
to remove the limit to the num
ber of amendments that may
be submitted.
A bill was introduced Mon
day to create the office of in
heritance tax collector, to be
appointed by the governor.
This tax is now collected by the
attorney general.
Another bill asked for by
Gov. Brough is the bill to cre
ate the office of state fire mar
shal. and a state fire commis
sion, both to be appointed by
the governor.
In the committee assign
ments for the house of repre
sentatives, the representatives
from Independence county
were given good appointments.
Mr. Moore is on the judiciary,
cities and towns, education andj
state charitable institutions
committees, and Mr. York is on
the retrenchment, state lands,
state capital and reform com
mittees.
A bill was inroduced Mon
day by Senator Hester which
provides for the inspection of
oils and gasoline, the inspector
to be appointed by the gover
nor at a salary of $3,000 per
year.
A bill has been introduced
in the house for the creation
of the State Hotel Department,
which provides that the gover
nor shall appoint a commis
sioner at $2,500 per year, who
would employ all necessary
cleiks and traveling inspectors
at a compensation of $1,200
per year each.
Senate Bill No. 37, introduc
ed by Senator Brown, provides
for the taxation of life insur
ance policies upon their true
surrender value, and of mort
gages, notes and other eviden
ces of indebtedness. Provision
is made that a mortgage which
is not assessed at the time
provided by the statutes shall
lose its priority over later mort
gages which are properly as
sessed. The bill also carries a
provision to reduce the state
general tax one half, from 2*4
mills to 1 y1{.
Representative Stevens of
Columbia, introduced a bill in
the House Tuesday afternoon
which, if it becomes a law,
would prohibit all kinds of ath
letic sports between students of
various schools. The bill ap
plies to common schools, high
schools, the State Normal and
four State agricultural schools,
and the University of Arkan
sas. Under provisions of the
measure, no pupil of any pub
lic school could play baseball,
basketball, football or any
game whatsoever, on the
grounds of any school except
that which he or she attended.
Pupils violating the proposed
law are subject to a fine of $o
to $25 for the first offense and
$25 to $100 for subsequent vio
lations. Teachers who permit
its violation are subject to a
fine of $25 to $100.
BACK UP FROM SNUB
OF GOVERNOR HAYS
Brough Leaders Go Too Strong
In Effort to Humiliate Out
going Governor
Special to The Journal.
Little Rock, Jan. 12.—Upon
Gov. Brough’s request, the sen
ate yesterday morning voted
unanimously to receive for fil
ing the list of appointees of
Gov. Hays vhich were refused
by the upper house on Wednes
day when 4he program to “rail
road” Hays out of office was
being rushed through by
Brough leaders in the legisla
ture.
Senator Garrett, on the floor
of the Senate, asserted that
Governor Brough requested
such action.
The upper house passed a
motion that the journal records
show that the list was filed
with the secretary Wednesday,
and that it became a part of
the Wednesday’s proceedings.
There was not a protesting
vote.
The action followed on a re
cess of an hour immediately
after convening of the Senate
for the morning session. Cau
cuses were held by the admin
istration faction, and the “olive
branch” was waved.
The steam roller was brought
into use by the Brough leaders
Wednesday when they hustled
Gov. Hays out of office two
hours ahead of time and refus
ed to permit him to file his list
of appointments.
But the failure to receive
Gov. Hays’ messenger in the
senate was purely an oversight
and entirely unintentional, it
was declared on the floor of
the senate Thursday morning.
None of the senators who were
responsible for the action knew
that the governor’s messenger
had applied to present the mes
sage they said, although others
knew it-'and later Gov. Hays
made three attempts to file the
list and was each time refused
permission to file it.
In an explanation of the mat
ter in the senate Thursday,
Senator Garrett stated that
Gov. Brough had sent for him
.Wednesday night and they con
ferred respecting the incident,
which had been taken as a
slight to Hie outgoing chief
executive. Gov. Brough, the
senator said, asked that an ex
planation be made.
Senator Ponder on behalf of
the “other side,” which had
been looked upon as the minor
ity, took the floor and accepted
the statements of the senators
who declared that the over
sight was unintentional. He
| said that he was willing to ac
cept the “olive branch,” that
the slate was wiped clean and
the matter a “closed book.”
He asserted that the members
were in the Senate on State
business anri not to wrangle—
that if there were any fights
they should and would be con
ducted “in the open” and that
the whole affair was settled so
far as he and his fellow-sena
tors were concerned.
SCHOOL ROW LEADS
TO FATAL SHOOTING
J. L. Spencer, Farmer Near
Norfork, Dies of Wounds
Inflicted by Neighbor
Norfork, Jan. 14.—,T. L.
Spencer died at nis home near
Norfork, at 2 o’clock this after
noon as the result of a wound
received yesterday afternoon,
when he was shot by Joe Frix
luring a quarrel near the Friv
home.
The shooting followed the
renewal of a heated dispute
over school affairs, it is said.
Roth men were members of the
School Board of their district.
They were neighbors, living in
the same com rfi unity, three
three miles from Norfork.
Details of the actual shooting
are not known. Spencer was
shot with t .44-caliber pistol,
the ball entering the abdomen
and lodging in the back. His
death ensued before an intend
ed operation could be perform
ed.
Immediately after the shoot
ing Frix went to Mountain
Home, where he gave himself
up to the sheriff.
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AUTO LEAVES BRIDGE;
PASSENGERS UNHURT
Newport, Jan. 16.—W. C.
Maguire, manager of the local
plant of the Arkansas Light
and Power Company, and Dr.
E. L. Watson of this city, had
a narrow escape from death or
serious injury, when the latter’s
automobile turned turtle off a
bridge south of the city Sunday
afternoon.
They were returning from a
trip to the Island, three miles
of the city, when the steering
gear became defective, and as
they were crossing the Island
bridge the oar became unman
ageable and skidded from one
of the approaches, dropping a
distance of 10 feet and turned
upside down, pinning both pas
senger^ beneath the body of
the car, but botlLescaped with
slight bruises.
FIRE IS GREATEST
ROBBER OF RACE
Keeps Mortals Sweating to fur
nish Food For the Hun
gry Flames
The burning up of goods or
wealth robs the human race
of much of its treasure. It turns
just so much human energy,
toil and sweat into nothingness.
If all the wealth in the world
were burned up nobody would
have anything. If half the
wealth were burned up every
body would be half as well off
as before. Yet many people do
not realize that they help sus
tain the loss in every fire that
destroys property.
Many people do not realize
that they have sustained a de
finite fire loss at the end of
every year whether or not any
of their individual property
has been destroyed by fire,dur
ing that time, and regardless
of the question of insurance.
But such is the case as every
thoughtful person can figure
out for himself. Everybody
pays the fire tax which is
tacked on tc the high cost of
living.
Fire is the greatest enemy
of human wealth. Pirates and
robbers take away wealth but
spend it again. It is not lost to
the race, but merely to the
owner. Fire takes away from
the owner, from the human
race and from the face of the
earth. It is wiped out forever.
Arkansas people burned up
(or rather let burn up) nearly
s two and one half million dol
lars worth of property during
;the year 1916. Most of these
fires were preventable.
Cigars, cigarette stubs and
pipes caused fire losses of $16,
000 in Arkansas during 1916.
Thousands are spent on fire
fighting and comparatively
nothing on lire prevention.
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W. E. Self left Wednesday
night for Little Rock to attend
the meeting of the Arkansas
Good Roads Association, hav
ing been appointed by Judge
Jimerson as one of the ten dele
gates from this county.
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