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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, April 11, 1918
Vol. 18, No. 2
To Observe Wheat=
I
less Week in County
From April 14 to 21
/
Count',- Food Administrator
A. K. 1 jpdnight has issued or
ders tqPmercharts to sell no
more f^*ur to persons unless
they p * sent a duplicate re
ceipt plowing their last pur
chase! and has limited the sale
more
of flour to six pounds per
month' to each person.
The imperative necessity for
saving wheat for the use of (he
government is given as cause
for the issuance of his new or
der, which is as follows:
Commencing Monday, April
15, 1918, no merchant will be
allowed to sell more than one
and one-half pounds of flour
per person per week. Custom
ers must be given duplicateslips
by merchants lor each pur
chase, and the customer must
present his duplicte receipt to
merchant the next time he de
sires flour before it can be sold
to him, or her, s’o all purchasers
of flour should be careful to
preserve their duplicate re
ceipt. If you lose your dupli
cate, no merchant will be al
lowed to sell you flour until
you have gotten a copy from
the county food administrator.
If there are two in family
you will be allowed to buy 24
pounds, but this must be your
supply for 60 days
People who have wheat in
excess of seed and tor their
own use must have it sold by
May 1. There are two mills in
Independence county making
flour for the government and
by selling your flour to these
mills you are helping to win
FLOUR REG VLA TI < )NS
the war.
The week of April 14 to 21
shall be wheatless week and
there shall be no wheat flour
used in any manner during this
week.
A. K. GOODNIGHT.
County Food Administrtor.
GERMAN FARMER
HEAVILY FINED
Rector, Apr. 10.—George
Ginther, 65 years old, of Ger
man birth, was fined $200 by a
justice of the peace here Tues
day when found guilty on a
charge of making disloyal ut
terances The tine was the
maximum.
Ginther’s son, Fred Ginther,
25 yeras old is in jail awaiting
trial on a similar charge.
The senior Ginther was rear
ed in Germany but had lived
here lor many years, ile >s a
well-to-do farmer residing
about two miles south of Rec
tor. -
HILL ANNOUNCES
Poindexter Hill of Washing
ton township announces in 1
day’s paper as a candidate for
representative.
Mr. Hill made the race for
this office two years ago and
made a very creditable show
ing.
He has been engaged in
teaching in the public schools
of the county for a number of
years and is well known
throughout the county.
The
Man wiih Money
his family
roteded with moray
in the Bank. *
"O*
Doesn’t it make you “sweat blood” to think
what would become of those you love, and who
are dependent on you, should you die penniless?
That does not happen to the man with
money. He has done his duty. He saves his
, money and puts it in the Bank where it is safe
^ from fire, burglars or his own extravagance.
Put YOUR money in OUR bank.
i FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
Announces as Candidate for Congress
HONORABLE W. D. DAVENPORT
The Journal this week pre
sents the formal announcement
of Senator W. D. Davenport
tor Congress from the second
congressional district of Ark
ansas.
Like many other statesmen.
Senator Davenport came from
the humble, rural walks of life
and knew how to appreciate
and take advantage of oppor
tunity when it presented itself,
hence he slowly but surely
climbed the ladder of fame.
He stayed with his widowed
mother and helped support and
maintain the family until he
was 21 years of age. After
reaching his majority he began
going to school, farmed, taught
school, and after graduating
from the university in his chos
en profession he began the
practice of law at Searcy.
His moter lives today upon
the rents and proceeds of the
farm, a part of which he help
ed buy and cleared with his
own hands.
He was elected senator for
the 27th district and was elect
ed president of the Senate at
the last session of the legisla
tive, and served a while as
acting governor during the
: legislature.
Senator Davenport knows
what the people of this district
need and he knows how to do
things- If nominated and el
ected he will prove in Congress
.just what he has proven in
everything else he has under
taken, one of the honest work
ing men of the body| He knows
that an office is a public trust
and that public officials should
work to earn the salaries they
receive. He was born in White
county and has made good ev
ery day since he started on his
mission of making an honorable
farmer boy, on up through the
many meandering and shifting
scenes that greet a boy en
route to manhood, and states
manship.
JUDGE SPdiTH SPEAKS
Addresses Volers in Behalf of
Candidacy for Governor
Judge L. C. Smith ol DeWitt,
j candidate tor governor, ad
dressed a lair sized audience at
the Allen Hall here this morn
:n;> at 10:30.
He severely criticised Gov
I Brough for his extravagance
|in office, especially in connec
tion with the issuance of $750,
1000 state bonds, which Judge
Smith declared to be in direct
violation of the state constitu
tion.
A number of other official
acts of Governor Brough were
severely crticised, especially
the pardoning of bootleggers
and the pardoning of a form
er employee of the state who
admitted having embezzled $6
000 of state funds.
From comments heard after
the speaking, it seems that
Judge Smith will have a much
larger following here than he
had two years ago.
The Campbell players with
the little girl will play at the
Skyodme the rest of this week.
MUST FILE TWO PLEDGES
Attorney General Makes Rul
ing Concerning Candidates
Attorney General Arbuckle
has ruled that candidates for
county offiec in the primary
election to be held May 28th
are required to file two pledges
the one required by the rules
of the state central committee
and the other by the act kn own
as the “corrupt practices act.”
Pledges to be filed under the
rules of the state central com
mittee must be in the hands of
the county committee chair
men or secretaries not later
than April 15, Mr. Arbuckle
says. The pledge filed under
the “corrupt practices act”
must be in the hands of the
county clerk not later than
April 28, which is 30 days be
fore the election.
Candidates for office in this
county should bear these facts
in mind in order that they may
comply with the law as given
out by the attorney general
We will try to get the Allen
Hall if it rains or turns cold.
Herrington & Williams.
WINNERS IN NEWARK
HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST
Local High School Will Have
Representatives in all Lit
erary Contests
A preliminary contest was
held at the High School Audi
torum in Newark last night
(Wednesday) to determine
which of the several contest
ants in each subject would »-ep
resent the Newark High School
in the Northeast Arkansas Con
test Association to be held at
Newport April 19 and 20.
The Newark High School will
have a representative in all
the literary events of the asso
ciation this year, except two.
The declamation eontestcame
first, in which there were four
participants, viz: French Roe,
Holman Brown, Ernest Crowell
and Horace Hoyt. Holman
Brown was awarded first place
by the Judges. Eiaeh of these
young men acquitted themselv
es splendidly and as orators
the school has never produced
better talent than these young
men.
Miss Ruby Hawthorne won
first place in the Music con
test- The other contestants
\tere Misses Madge Magness
and Rowena Hoyt.
In the reading contest, some
of the best talent the High
School has ever produced was
very much in evidence. In this
contest there were four partic
ipants. First place was award
ed Miss Eura Cole. Credita
able mention is also due the
other three contestants, Miss
es Mary Carter, Ruby Hoyt,
and Esther Henderson.
In spelling Miss Bert Holder
by and Alton Raney will rep
resent the Newark HighSchool.
Miss Addie Pascoe will repre
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BANKER PRAISES THE
STATE’S NEWSPAPERS
Success of Better Farming
Campaign Kje Largely to
Their Influence
Since 1915 all records in the
sales of improved farm ma
chinery and implements have
been bro'ken in Arkansas anci
probably more blooded cattle
and hogs have been introduee
ed into the state since 1914
than in all its previous history.
So says E. J. Bod man in an ar
ticle which he has just prepar
ed lor publication in the mag
azine on Arkansas, which is to
be published for the editors of
the United States who will hold
the National Editorial Associa
tion convention in Arkansas in
June.
In writing on “What the
Power of the Press Has Done
for Arkansas,” Mr. Bodman,
vice president of the Union
Trust Company of Little Rock
and chairman of the Arkan
sas Profitable Farming Bureau
says:
“I have been a believer in
newspaper publicity for many
years and I have shown this be
lief in my works, for the bank
with which 1 am connected has
an advertisement in the Little
Rocknewspapers every day and
the advertising comes directly
under my eye, in fact I am in
charge of it. While I have
known the value of newspaper
publicity for these many years
I must confess that my know
ledge of this subject has grown
amazinglyduringthe past three
and one half years for in that
fime I have seen one of the
most important if not the most
important movements ever
started in Arkansas, started,
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