Let’s Raise What We Eat and Keep Our Money at Home.
Diversified Farming Means Permanent Prosperity For All
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, July 22, 1915
Vol. (5, No. 16
WHERE A GOOD ROAD WOULD
HELP DEVELOP RICH SECTION
SECTION EAST OF NEWARK
NEEDS AN OUTLET
Can Be Built Under Alexander
Road Law and Would Help
Develop Fertile Section
Lvinjr east of Newark, be-;
tween this place and Black
river, is an immense area of
country that affords the finest
field for development of any j
section of Independence coun
ty.
The land is level and fertile;
it is already under fence, can
be cheaply cleared and easily
drained and when properly
opened up for cultivation will
produce splendid yields of al
most any kind of crops that
can be grown in this section.
There is no more profitable
field for development within
the entire bounds of Indepen
dence county than this vast
stretch of level and fertile
land lying right at our very
doors. The development of
this section of country would
be worth many thousand dol
lars to Newark.
One thing that would be a j
great boost to that section and
that would be a strong induce- ,
ment for people to buy this
land, move on it. clear it up
and put it into cultivation, is a
good road to afford an all-the
year-round outlet to and from
market.
The value of good roads has
been so often discussed, and
the lack of good roads so free
ly cussed by the people who
are forced to travel over bad
roads, that it should not be
necessary to discuss this fea
ture of the matter.
Under the Alexander law, a
road improvement district can
be organized and a good road
built through this section of
country at a very small ex
pense because of the small cost
of getting road building ma
terial on the ground. The rail
road traverses the entire dis
tance and doubtless the com
pany would be glad to make
a special rate on the trans
portation of material.
If the people of Newark are
in favor of progress and de
velopment, they have a splen
did field at their very doors
and one that will pay hand
some dividends upon the in
vestment required to bring
this section into a state of cul
tivation, put it upon a produc
ire basis and make it inviting
to people who are seeking
good homes.
A good road will pave the
way, and will do more toward
the development of thatsection
than any other one thing.
Newport Ships Gun
Stocks to War Zone
j Newport, July 21.—The
I hardwood mills, stave mills
and two handle factories of
Newport are doing an unusu
ally large amount of business.
The Newport Handle Company
; has recently filled a large or
[der for railroad pick handles
to be sent to the war zone in
Europe, where they will be
used by the Allies in digging
trenches. This concern has
made an addition to its factory
and installed new machinery
a few days ago to care for the
new business.
Hogue & Williams, hard
wood manufacturers, have an
order for all the walnut gun
stocks they can secure lumber
for, and cut at their dimen
sion plant, during the next 90
days. These stocks are to be
shipped to an Easter nconcern
and later be sent to England.
First National Bank
Newark, Ark.
CAPITAL $25,000
SURPLUS $6,500
C. M. EDWARDS, Pres.
G. M. FIELDS, V. Pres.
E. B. CHESSER, Cashier
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Amounts of $5.00 to $30.CO, cost...5 cents
Amounts of $30.00 to $75.00, cost.10 cents
Amounts of $75.00 to $100.00, cost.15 cents
Arkansas People Buy
Autos Despite Panic
Arkansas farmers may be
“broke,” stocks in stores in
Arkansas may be dusty, and
things generally going to ruin,
but just he same, Arkansas
farmers have money enough to
buy more automobiles than
ever before, and more Arkan
sas people have automobles
than ever before. And this isn’t
a fair weather story based on
optimism.
Records in the office of the
State Highway Commission at
Little Rock show that 6,958
automobile licenses have been
issued so far this year. And
that figure tops las year’s re
cord by more than 1,300. Dur
ing the entire year of 1914
there were 5,642 automobile
licenses issued—so far this
year there have been 6,598 is
issued and they still are being
issued at the rate of from 10 to
20 a day. By the last of the
year, it is expected the total
will reach 8,000 and maybe
more than 8,000. ,
The average price of an
automobile is $800, and 1,300
times $800 is $l,040,000.That
is the amount according to a
rough estimate, of the money
represented by Arkansa auto
mobiles in excess of the aggre
gate value of cars owned in
Arkansas last year.
RANEY INSTALLING
OWN WATER SYSTEM
Senator T. J. Raney is hav
ing a private water system in
stalled at his residence in the
north part of town. Senator
Raney has one ot the most
modern and conveniently ar
ranged homes in Newark and
the installation of a water sys
tem leaves only one thing to
be desired to give him all the
conveniences of the modern
city dweller, and th'at is elec
tric lights. In addition to all
the modern home conveniences
he has a minature farm sur
rounding his residence, and the
immense yields produced this
year from his garden, orchard
and truck patches, entitles him
to be classed as a successful
farmer.
However, we suspect that a
great deal of the credit for the
family achievement is due to
Mrs. Raney, for in both busi
ness and politics she is a tire
less and successful worker, and
v hen it come to farming she
has her distinguished husband
so badly beaten as to make j
him appear as stiil in the plow
boy class.
ANOTHER FINE RESIDENCE!
Newark is becoming a town :
of beautiful homes. The latest
and one of the most strikinkex
amples of this fact is the hand- j
some home of Mr. and Mrs. j
Dan Moore, to which was re- j
cently completed a second j
story addition, which, together
with other improvements,j
makes theirs one of the most
beautiful and convenient
homes in town.
W. W. HOYT IS OUR
NEW STATION AGENT
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W. \V. Hoyt who has been
Iron Mountain agent at Sul
phur Rock for some time, has
been promoted to the agency
at this place to succeed F. C.
Hoyt who resigned recently.
The new agent will take charge
tomorrow.
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CATTLEMEN TO MEET
j The Southern Cattlemen’s
i Association will meet at Bir
mingham, Ala., August 18. 19
and 20. An auction sale of pure
bred cattle will be held in con
nection with the meeting. Re
duced rates on tickets to 'he
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LIVED IN COUNTY
FOR 75 YEARS
REMARKABLE RECORD OF
UNCLE BUD FOSTER
Born in Few Miles of Where
He Now Resides and Has
Lived in County all H s Life.
Among the old settlers of
Independence county who have
reported since The Journal
asked for reports some time
ago, YV. G. Foster of Newark
stands a pretty good chance
of being a prize winner.
Mr. Foster was born June
22. 1840. on the old Wycough
farm in the “Skillet'' neighbor
hood. near Sharp, in Indepen
dence county. Except for the
four years spent in the Confed
erate Army he has spent his
entire life in Independence
county, making a little more
than 75 years continuous resi
dence in the county.
Mr. Foster enlisted in the
Confederate army at Batesville
and was a member of Co. II,
under command of Captain Ca
son. Mr. Foster weighed only
97 pounds when he enlisted.
1'he first march was to Poca
hontas where they joined other
troops and were sent on the
campaign east of the Mississip
pi river.
He served the entire four
years of the war and although
he participated in a number
of the bloodiest battles of that
mimor ble conflict, Mr. Foster
was not wounded a single time
and was not in the hospital
during the entirefouryears. He
was in the battles of Murfrees
boro, Chattanooga, Franklin,
Lookout Mountain, Perryville,
and a number of others of
minor importance.
He was mustered out of the
service at Meridian, Mtss., and
returned immediately to his
home in this county to again
take up the duties of life. He
married shortly after his re
turn from the war and he and
his wife resided in the “Skillet”
neighborhood until they re
moved to Newark about 14
years ago. His wife is
6b years of age and they have
two sons, Clint and Lee.
Although he is 75 years old
and has been a laboring man
his life. Mr. Foster does not ap
pear to be more than 6(1 years'
old. He is spry and active, en
joys splendid health and bids
fair to live beyond the century
mark.
CATTLE DIPPING DATES
Inspector J. S. Griffin will
supervise the dipping of cat
tle at the following vats, on
the dates given below.
Newark Vat.—July 24, Aug
ust 14, September 4, Septem
ber 25. October 16, and No
vember 6.
Magness Vat.—July 27,
August 17, September 7, Sep
tember 28, October 19 and
November 9.
Dota Vat.—July 29, August
19, September 9, September
30, October 21 and November
11.
Sulphur Rock Vat.—July 31,
August 21, September 11, Oc
tober 2, October 23, and No
vember 13.
Cord Vat.—August 3, Aug
ust 24, September 14, Octo
ber 5 and October 26.
Self Vat.—August 10, Aug
ust 31, September 21, October
12 and November 2.
Otter Lake.—August 7, Aug
ust 28, September 18, October
9 and October 30.
Eider Vat —August 12, Sep
t< mK r -w Oct 1-v i»4 tnd
November 4.
Kills Wife Who Refus
ed to Live With Him
J onesboro, J uly 19.—Because
she would not live with him,
Harry Woods, a young planter
.of the eastern part of Craig
head county, shot and killed
his wife about 6 o’clock this
morning, acceding to a mes
sage received here today. Af
ter the killing the young man
escaped into the woods and
had not been located at a late
hour tonight.
The first news of the killing,
came in a telephone message
from Mangrum, a small town,
near which the shooting oc
curred. Because of the iso
lated situation of the scene
but few of the details could be
learned.
Domestic relations between
Jones and his wife have been
srained for some time, it is said
and the trouble finally led to
separation. Neighbors of the
young planter said today that
he killed his wife because she
refused to live with him longer.
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BRYAN GREATEST OF ALL
Editor Journal.—The Com
mercial Apeal of July Li) has
this squib: “Bryan reusing
the newspapers reminds T>ne
of Satan rebuking sin.”
And the newspapers rebuk
ing Bryan reminds one of sin
rebuking Satan. Mr. Bryan,
like Pike’s Peak, is to the hills,
and other moutanins, the loft
iest of all. So is he the great
est mind and heart of the
world, old or new. He is right
eminently right, and therein
lies his might. Just wait, all
ye would-be critics, and see if
many of you don’t eat your
own words, and that without
any sauce.
Jas. F. Jernigan.
Imboden, Ark., July 20, 1915
LUBIN TO ADDRESS
FARMERS UNION
David Lubin of California,
American delegate to the Inter
national Institute of Agricul
ture, which meets at Rome,
Italy, probably will accept an
invitation to deliver an address
before the State Farmers’ Un
ion convention to beheld at
Little Rock, August :>, 4, and 5.
He will speak on the
marketing of farm products.
Mr. Lubin will accept the in
vitation if an agreement can be
reached to hold a two-days'
conference before the conven
tion meets, it is said.
WILSON REJECTS
GERMAN OFFER
REFUSES TO BACK DOWN
FROM FORMER POSITION
Further Violation of American
Rights Will Mean Break in
Friendly Relations.
Washinton. July 21.—Pres
ident Wilson and Secretary
{Lansing, conferring at the
White House tonight, complet
ed the new note to Germany,
warning her that the repitition
of a disaster such as that vis
ited upon the Lusitania or any
| violation of American rights
on the high seas resulting in
the loss of American lives will
be regarded as “unfriendly.”
It will be dispatched tomorrow.
The note is in the nature of
a final staement by the Unit
ed States of the interpretation
that will be placed by this gov
ernment on future transgres
sions of American rights and
repeats that the American
government will leave onthing
undone to stand by the posi
tion it has previously declared.
While nowhere in it is there
any direct intimation of the
course which the United States
will pursue in the event of
another similar to the Lusi
tania tragedy, there are em
phatic statements throughout
the communication pointing out
that the destruction of the
principles involved has been
virtually concluded and that
future conduct of German sub
marine commanders will de
termine the responsibility for
the friendly relations between
I the two countries.
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METHODIST REVIVAL
Rev. J. B. Stevenson, Pastor
of the First Methodist church
of Batesville, and Rev. L. B.
Hankins are conducting a re
vival meeting at the Metho
dist church."’ The interest is
good and the services are
being attended by largecrowd
Rev. Stevenson is an able preach
jer and is delivering some splen
did sermons.
PICNIC AT SULPHUR ROCK
Arrangements are being
made for a big two-days picnic
at Sulphur Rock on Friday and
Saturday, July 30 and 31. Read
the big ail elsewhere in today’s
paper.
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ing to buy furnishing for the home
or farm. We have everything you
need and at the right price too.
Look over this list and see what
you want then come in and let us
figure with you:
FURNITURE, SEWING flACHINES,
BUCK STOVES, CARTS, BUGGIES,
SURRIES, WAGONS and AUTOS,
TENTS and AWNINGS, WAGON
and BUGGY HARNESS.
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