The Newark Journal.
Published In The Famous white River Country, where Alfalfa Is king
$1 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, April 29, 1910
Vol. 10, No. 3
GROWTH IN FARM WEALTH
Phenominal Growth of Farm val
ues in Past Few Years
Few people realize the phenom
enal increase in the wealth of farm
lands and farm products. In the
last twenty years there has been a
gradual tendency toward a more
substantial valuation. There have
been reasons for this. With the
improvement of roads, with the
extension of railroads, with the
building up of small communities,
with the general growth of the
country, the farm has come to'be
more and more recognized as the
eventual salvation of the country.
As this impression became strong
er and more general, values began
a natural increase.
Figures prepared by the nation
al department of agriculture show
that there has been a legitimate
increase in the value of farm pro
ducts of more than six billion dol
lars since 1889.
This looks almost unbeleivable,
but the figures are verified and
substantiated by official reports
for the past twenty years.
In 1889 the value of the wealth
produced on the farms of the
United States was $2,480,000,000.
Ten years later it was $4,717,000,
000, and last year it reached the
enormous sum of $8,760,000,000.
This speaks well for the farm,
the farmer and the country gen
erally, for a- the farm products
increaee in value the farms become
more valuable and the commonali
ty of the people become more
prosperous.
C. B. & L. S. HONOR ROLL
The following students, in the
Clay Bible and L iterary School,
made an average of not less than
85 per cent during the seventh
month.
Willie Dawson, Willie Troy,
Neal Troy, Mildred Troy, Esther
Troy, Estell Hall, .Joe Wheeler
Dawson, Rolo Newman, Owen
Newman, Lillye McFadden, Lucy
Cunningham, Ella Cuuningham,
Eva Cunningham, R. O. Blue,
Leila Dawson, Tula Dawson.
Oscar Dawson,
Principal.
TIMBER LAND FOR SALE.
160 acres finest pine timber land
in Baxter county,seven miles from
railroad. Plenty of timber sur
rounding to make good run for
mill. White River Land & In
vestment Co., Newark, Ark.
SKETCHES FROM SALADO
Doings of the Week Among Our
Neighbors Across the White
Tom Jones lost a good mare Fri
day, from getting choked.
April is treating us pretty rough,
paying back the days borrowed
from March.
Ed Hazelrigg came in Friday
from the Steamer Quapaw, on a
visit to home folks for a few days.
Mrs. J. H. Nash and children
visited the family of Mr. and Mrs.
John Walker in Big Bottom Sat
urday and Sunday.
John N. Jackson, who removed
from here some years ago to Okla
homa, but now lives in New Mexi
co, arrived Wednesday on a visit
to his mother and other relatives,
and on business.
Married.—On the Oth, inst., Mr.
George Rutledge to Miss Maude
Chisam, J. W. Scott, J. P., offica
ting. They are good people and
belong to the best families of our
country. May their pathway be
strewn with flowers.
An I. O. O. F. Lodge was or
ganized at Rosie on Wednesday
night with a good membership.
There was quite a number of the
Salado Lodge in attendance at the
organizing of the new lodge. The
lodge was opened at 5 o’clock in
the evening by the 1). I). G. M.
and closed next morning at t>. A
midnight supper was served and
all present seem to enjoy their part
of the program. There were about
75 members of the order in attend
ance.
SCHOOL MEETING
A meeting of citizens and pa
trons of the Newark Publi^School
will l>e held at the Methodist church
Monday night, May 2, for the
purpose of discussing the avisabil
ity of building an addition to the
present school building which has
become too small to accommodate
the needs of the district.
This is a matter that should be
of interest to everybody and it is
hoped that every school patron in
the district will be present.
SNOW STORn SUNDAY
The weather last Sunday was
the coldest April weather within
the memory of the oldest inhabi
tant Snow fell in Newark inregu
lar winter fashion for several hours
Sunday morning, and there was
considerable ice Monday morning.
The thermometor registered as
low as 30 degrees.
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Only State Bank in
the County
Under the able and conservative management of
our Board of Directors, the Bank of Sulphur Rock
is EXPANDING AND GROWING every day. Be
ing the ONLY STATE BANK in the County, we
offer our customers all advantages without the
necessity of substitution.
We are at all times READY AND WILLING to
give you every advice and assistance possible in the
conduct of your finances. We offer you fair and
courteous treatment absolutely regardless of the
size of your account, and we are interested in the
prosperity of all our customers.
No account too large and none too small for our
most careful consideration.
The Bank of Sulphur Rock
CAPITAL $10,(MX) SURPLUS $525.54
DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITY $75,000
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Squire and Mrs. E. M. Wilson
spent Wednesday at Batesville.
Fly-time will soon be here. Buy
your screens now from the New
ark Lumber Co.
Assessor C. M. Flinn came down
from Batesville Wednesday to at
tend the funeral of,J. M. Magness.
Eller Brothers line Pereheon
horse will be at Edgar’s feed and
sale stable from April 1 to July 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Zed Griffith came
over from Dunnington Wednesday
to attend the funeral of J. M. Mag
| ness. «
Postmaster T. M. Harrelson ar
rived home Tuesday from Judson
ia where he spent a few days vis
iting friends.
1 The public school was dismissed
Wednesday in order that the pu
pils might attend the funeral of J
M. Magness.
Rev. E. M. Borden of Batesville
will preach at the Christain church
here Saturday night Sunday at 11
and Sunday night.
Rev. Mathis, pastor of Sulphur
Rock Baptist church, will preach
at the Baptist church here next
Wednesday night.
Students of the Newark High
School will give the play ’‘Esmer
alda,’’ Saturday night, May 7, at
the school building.
W. T. Morris of this place has
been appointed deputy organizer
for this county for the Modern
Woodmen of America.
Mrs. Floyd and little grandson,
James Hearing, returned home
Saturday from a pleasant visit
with relatives near Elmo.
\\ hen you want a hot or cola
bath, shave, shampoo, sea foam,
massage or tirst-class haircut, drop
in at Morris’ Barber Shop.
R. H. Brogdon, a good citizen
of the Charlotte neighborhood was
in town Wednesday and called to
subscribe for The Journal.
A meeting will be held at the
Edwards graveyard on Saturday,
May 7, for the purpose of clean
ing up and decorating the grounds.
Take your laundry to K. M.
Galloway, agent for the Ideal
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| Laundry of Newport. Prompt
returns and good service guaran
| teed.
Several hundred bushels good
corn for sale at 75 cents per bush
el, one-fourth mile from Arnold
ferry in Big Bottom R. L. Mc
Nair.y.
Pink Moore was thrown by a
horse Wednesday and painfully
injured, a considerable gash being
cut on his head and one arm badly
bruised.
Stange’s Moving Picture Show
| has given several exhibitions here
during the past week and is pro
nounced the best of its kind ever
seen in Newark.
Blacksmith shop, good residence
and four acres of land for sale at
bargain. Shop is well equipped,
good location near Newark and all
buildings nearly new and in good
condition. White River Land Co.,
Newark, Ark.
The Odd Fellows grand lodge,
| according to statements of its otli
cers, will not, for sometime at
| least, use the money from the
i Shirey estate to build a sanitarian!
at Hot Springs. It is claimed that
| the value of the estate has been
i overestimated, and that the grand
lodge will receive less than $100,
000, and it is proable that the mon
'ey will bo turned into the general
fund of the lodge or used to en
large and improve the Home at
I Batesville.
The Baptist Ladies Auxiliary
; will serve cake, cream and straw
berries in the grove near the Bap
tist church next Wednesday night,
the 4th. The proceeds will be
used toward carpeting the church.
Everybody cordially invited.
1 he cattle-breeders in the vicin
l ity of Cord are organizing a Stock
Improvement Association. They
| have raised about one hundred
dollars and have not solicited over
half of the people who ought to be
interested. Their plan is to buy
some thoroughbred stock and turn
them on the range.
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A declamation and recitation
contest will be held at Alumoi
Hall, Batesville, Friday evening.
The Batesville, .Newark, Sulphur
Hock, Cave City and Bethesda
schools will be represented. Ben
Arnold and Miss Mary Alexander
will represent Newark, Mr.
Arnold’s subject being “The
Dream of Empire and the Dream
of Peace” and Miss Alexander
will recite “Man’s Reality.
An egg with a tail fully two
inches long was laid by a hen be
longing to Mrs. John Qualls a few
days ago. Whether the hen that
laid it is trying to keep pace with
the comet, or whether it portends
wars, famine and pestilence, or
peace, prosperity and plenty, we
are not prepared to say. But at
any rate the egg has a tail to it,
and can be seen at The Journal
ollice by any who may be inclined
to doubt this statement.
RAISE PEANUTS
The value of peanuts as a hay
and food crop has never been ap
preciated. The peanut will grow
on the larger portion of the up
lands of the South. As a crop for
varied uses nothing excels it. It
can be made profitable when nuts
are grown for market* and it has
been found to produce more
and cheaper pork than any other
crop. When used as hay for horses
or cattle the vines and nuts are
pulled up and cured together. In
this shape they are relished by all
kinds of stock, and as they are
highly nutritious they can be util
ized in place of more expensive
grains to a lage extent.
Peanuts should not be planted
j until warm spring weather. Plant
i on a well-prepared soil, in rows 3
feet apart and 12 inches apart in
drill for the Spanish variety and a
| greater distance for larger varie
| ties. The Spanish is preferred for
| feeding purposes.
The peanut is a soil improver,
and every farmer should look with
1 more favor on its place among
I the farm crops.
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THE NEED OF STRENGTH
! r long to reach the heights sublime
To taste the sweetness of success;
I 1 pray to have the strength to climb,
To claim the joy of worthiness;
But If I may not play a part
Such as the greatly gifted can,
Lord, let me have the strength of
! heart
To bear my burden like a man.
1 I long to l>e among the few
Whom sorrow ever passes by,
To share v e blessings given to
The ones for whom proud banners
fly;
But if I must pursue my way
Among the ones who humbly strive
Lord, let me have the strength, I
pray
To bravely keep my hopes alive.
—S. E. Kiser in Chicago Ib'cord
Uerald.
SULPHUR ROCK SKETCHES
Items of Interest From the Hub
of White River Township
Mrs, Jeff Morgan visited fit Ro
sie last week.
doe Trimble of Memphis was in
town Tuesday.
C. E. Jimmerson was over from
Logan township Tuesday.
T. C. Knox has been sick for
several days with lagrippe.
Born. To Mr. and Mrs. Bob
(iosset, on the 21st, a tine boy.
d. C. Gibson and Madison Gos
sett went to Batesville Monday.
Mrs. Frank Wright was on the
sick list last week, but is better.
Dan Moore and familiy of New
ark spent a few days here last week.
Miss Vela Jernigan of Batesville
spent Monday with relatives in
this city.
Mrs. Nettyo Grooms died Fri
day night, after an illnenss of
four months.
Ben dernigan has accepted a
position as bookkeeper with the
Pfeiffer Stone Co.
Ed Hardin, who is at work at
Newport, spent the first of the
week here with home folks.
John Huddleston has just had
his hotel painted, which improves
the appearance wonderfully.
The Baptist people here have
repapered the church and installed
gasoline lights, and are up to city
style.
Rev. W. F. Wayman returned
Monday from Jackson county
where he fi I led his appintment
Sunday.
J. W. Woods moved his gasoline
; engine and saw outfit out near
| Charlotte last week and it is doing
.fine work.
CALL LOR DEMOCRATIC
COMMITTEE MEETING
A meeting of the Democratic
County Central Committee is here
by called to convene at the court
house in Batesville on Saturday,
May 7, for the purpose of taking
some action toward filliug the va
cancy on the Democratic county
ticket, caused by the recent death
of the nominee for sheriff.
Cnder a ruling of the state com
mittee, proxies are not permitted
to vote in such meetings, and it is
hoped that every member of the
committee will be present.
R. K. McHenry, Chairman,
W. C. Sanders,
W. J. Waldrii*.
Wifi
TO DOUBLE TRACK LINE
Iron Mountain Lets Contracts For
$400,000 Improvements
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1 lie announcement has been
made from authoritative sources
that contracts have been let for
the double-tracking off>2 miles of
the main line of the Iron Mountain
between McAlmont and Popular
Bluff, Mo. The work involved will
cost about $400,000. Work will
start about May 1.
The line is now double-tracked
from Little Rock to McAlmont, a
distance of 10 miles, and on the
completion of the contracts let
last week, a little more than ^
third of the line willl be double
tracked.
The Walsh Construction Com
pany of St. Louis was awarded a
stretch of 40 miles from McAlmont
to Bald Knob. The company will
put steam shovels on the work
sometime between May 1 and May
10.
Ball & Peters of Little Rock
were awarded the contracts for
double-tracking the line from
White river to Diaz, a distance of
eight miles, and from Harvil to
Popular Bluff a distance of eight
mileH.
Two strips of road still remain
open to be double-tracked later.
These are from Bald Knob to
White river, a distance of about
20 miles, and from Diaz to Har
vil, a distance of about 88 miles.
All of the new track is to be
laid with 100-pound steel, which
has been adopted as the standard
grade for the main line of the
Iron Mountain. The entire main
line between St. Louis and Tex
arkana is to be relaid with this
steel, the order for it having al
ready been placed. The first deliv
eries will proably be made within
a short time. It is said to be the
intention of the company to even
tually have a double-track line
from St. Louis to Texarkana, laid
with 100-pound steel.
BE A REAL POWER
It is a great thing to start out in
active life with the resolution that
you will not be a mere cipher in
your community, but a real con
structive force; that you will stand
for something more than a real
living-getter or a dollar-gather;
that you will not be merely one
more citizen, but a strong, robust,
vigorous force; a power respected;
a force that moves thing.—Success
Magazine.
YOu CAN’T DEPEND
ON YOUR MEMORY
The chances are that four or five
months after you pay a bill, you forget
about it.
Suppose that same bill should be pre
sented to you—possibly you could re
member about paying it; but nine out of
every dozen bills you pay, you forget
about in six months. Some you could
not recall after six weeks.
Pay all bills by check, and file your
checks. Six years afterward you can
turn to the checks, if necessary, and pro
duce indisputable evidence for every
bill paid.
\\ e will be pleased to explain other
advantages of a checking account to you.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF NEWARK, ARKANSAS
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