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The Newark Journal. $1 Per Annum Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, November 1, 1912 Vol. 12, No. 30 The Question for Each Man to Settle is Not What he Would do if he Had So and So, But What he Will Do with the Things He Has t PROSPERITY HAS ELECTRICAL EFFCT Says Preachers Get Frisky and Editors Smile When Farm ers flake Big Crops Howdy do, Mr. Editor, and Jour nal family, including your long list of patrons. I see from reports that you are enjoying a bit of prosperity. We are doing a little of that stunt over here—ate the last of our snap beans and roast ingears for dinner a few days ago. We came back home on the 23rd of May and have raised two crops of “hoss corn” since that time. This land will grow anything— except broomsage. But the over flow is a serious thing when it comes, and when it will come, few, if any, can tell. The crop here is fully three weeks late, and the long delayed frost has been quite a help to the farmers. And as you know, when old Brother John Plowman is doing something, it makes everthing else pick up its ears and move. Even the preach ers get frisky, and the editor smiles as if he were in love. To tell the truth, old Brother John nie is the power behind the throne, and Sister Johnnie is the power behind him. I like hens to cackle and roosters to crow, Pig> to squeal and cows to low, Churns to have dashes going flipetj - flap. And round balls of butter like the crown of a hat. Thats what I like, I do. Our annual conference will soon be here, and is to be held near you folks. I want to say now, let New ark avail herself on the opportun ity and go, especially on Sunday to hear Bishop Chandler, who is one of the greatest pulpit men in the world. This will be the fourth conference for Newport, 1883, 1891,1897 and 1912. Our church was organized in Newport in 1874. Newark may come in for such honors in the near future. I am closing out my second year at Marked Tree. Have had some advancement in church life, but not as much as I have desired. With best wishes to all my old friends and kindred, I am, Jas. F. Jernigan. Marked Tree, Arkansas. FAIR SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS Club Hembers Will be Given In struction and Entertain ment at State Fair The programs for the State Fair school for boys and girls have 1 been issued. Two boys and one girl who are members of the Dem onstration clubs in each county are entitled to attend this school during State Fair week at Hot Springs. The railroads will fur nish free transportation to these persons. The State Fair will grant free admission. The only expense will be meals. The program-shows that boys will receive daily in struction in such subjects as farm crops, live stock, farm dairying, poultry, corn and live stock judg ing. The girls will receive daily instruction in cooking, including cereals, meats, vegetables, breads, beverages, left overs, invalid cook ing and candy making. Each day the boys and girls will be divided into groups of about thirty. Each group will be pjaced in charge of a professor for the purpose of studying some special feature of the Fair. Illustrated lectures will be given at night. The rules provide for strict dis cipline. Girls willl be chaperoned at all times. Boys will not be per mitted to leave the fair grounds unless accompanied by a profes sor. These boys and girls will be shown everything of interest in ; Hot Springs, including the won derful bath houses, the ostrich farm, the Government Park, and the big hotels. It will prove an eventful week in the lives of these young people. WyiTE RIVER CONFERENCE Newport Oct. 29.—The White River conference of the M. E. Church, South, will convene in Newport December 11, and be in session until December 16, and the city is making arrangements to entertain about 200 members. The conference will be presided over by Bishop Chandler of At lanta, Ga. The host protection you cun have for your fam ily is n Hunk Account.' The best pi'oteotion you cun have from ereilitort or sickness, or hard times is'n hunk account. If you have no money in the hunk, why not hefjin now? A hunk neeoun will fortify your home uii'a inst mis fort u ne, unit you will not hnve to morttgu^gv it il untortunute cir cu instances a rise, because you will he prepureil with a hank uccount. 1)0 YOUR BAXKIXG WITH US « no YOUR U/i/i « ! FIRST NATIONAL BANK 1 NEWARK l CAU1TAU AXI) SURl’UUS #‘JH,730.00 UXITUD STATUS DUrOSlTARY Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Pruitt spent Monday in Batesville. Rev. and Mrs. G. L. Fink spent Wednesday in Newport. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Henderson spent Wednesday in Newport. W. J. Waldrip was down from Magness on business yesterday. Dr. and Mrs. A. L. McClard and little son, Lawton, spent Wednes day in Newport. Mrs. Herbert Benson of Swifton is in the city visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. V. L. Pascoe. Rev. W. F. Wavman will preach at Aydelott Chapel next Sunday at 11 a. m. and at Oil Trought at 3 p. m. Mrs. Birdie Holloway and little Miss Floy Barnes returned Wed nesday from a pleasant visit with relatives and friends near Elgin. D. P. Churchill a good citizen of the Dota neighborhood, was in town on business yesterday and remembered The Journal in a pleasant and substantial manner. Jacob Krone and Mrs. Mattie Myers, were married at Black Rock Sunday evening. The bride is a sister of Mrs. E. W. Magness and Mrs. J. M. Martin of this city, and the groom is a prominent business man and capitalist of Black Rock and is a relative of E. Krone who was formerly in busi ness at this place. Dr. and Mrs. V. L. Pascoe arriv ed home Wednesday night from Nashville, Tenn., where they spent a few weeks. Dr. Pascoe took a post-graduate course in Vander bilt University, and Mrs. Pascoe who has been in poor health for some time, underwent an opera tion. The many friends of the family are glad to learn that she is improving nicely. A meeting of the citizens of the county will be held at the court house in Batesville on Wednesday, November 20, for the purpose of organizing a County Fair Associa tion. This is a good movement and The Journal hopes the people will take hold of it in earnest. There is no reason why Indepen dence county should not have one of the best county fairs in the state. Frank Durivage of Sulphur Rock and Mrs. Rachel Aldeison of this place were married Monday at Batesville. W. M. Churchill and little daughter, Susie, of the Cord neighborhood were trading in town yesterday. J. H. Murphy of Shoffner was a passenger down the road yester day morning en route home from a visit with his son, W. D. Mur phy, of Batesville. The Missionary Society will meet Tuesday, the 5th, with Mrs. E. R. Moore. A special missionary program will be rendered. All members are urged to be present and visitors cordially invited. Mrs. J. B. West, representing the Old Peoples’ Home, of Rod gers, was in town yesterday in the interest of that institution. This home, which was founded by Mrs. West is doing a good work in caring for aged people who are homeless. It is supported entirely by charitably inclined people, but Mrs. West hopes to induce the next legislature to make a small appropriation for its benefit. T. J. Welborn who is farming on C. P. Vaughan’s place in the bottom, has already gathered 27 bales of cotton from 52 acres and will get enough more to make his crop average about three-fourths of a bale per acre. This is a pret ty fair crop, considering the un favorable season. We hear of many others whose crops are mak ing about the same yield, and it is generally conceded that the crop will be considerably better than was expected. Rev. E. A. Horn returned Wed nesday night from a trip to points in Lawrence and Jackson counties. He brought a large bunch of rice, which he gathered from the field of C. S. Counts near Swifton. It is fine and compares favorably with any we have every seen. Mr. Counts has 50 acres in rice and it is estimated that his crop will yield 60 to 90 bushels per acre. There is quite a lot of fine rice land around Newark and we hope to see rice-growing taken up by some of our people in the not far distant future. EPWORTH LEAGUE PROGRAH Following is the missionary pro gram for the Epworth League meeting, Sunday, November 3, at 7:15 p. m. Song No. 110—“Revival Praise.” Devotional—J. L. Mayhan. “China and Opium”—Otis Edgar. “One Impression”—Miss Iva Bak er. Song No. Ill—“Praise and Service” “The Picture of a Transformed Life”—Miss Nellie Welborn. “A Missionary Prayer”—Miss Allie Propes. Song No. 209—“Revival Praise.” “Changing China”—Miss Mabel Galloway. Song No. 93—“Revival Praise.” “Girls in Shanghai China”—Miss Minnie Lynn Martin. “China’s Long Sleep”—Herman Welborn. “The Chinese Child in School; the Old; the New”—Mrs. J. B. Stew art. Song No. 697—“Methodist Hym nal” “A New Force in Old China”—J L. Mayhan. i Song No. 633—“Methodist Hym nal.” League Benediction. The Journal for Job Printing. USEFUL HOUSEHOLD ARTICLE It is claimed on good authority, ' says an exchange, that next to a monkey wrench a hair pin is the most useful invention. A woman can open a time lock, burglarproof safe with a measly little hair pin. They use them to scratch their heads, button their shoes, pick their teeth, punch bed bugs out of cracks, run into cakes to see if they are sufficiently baked, clean finger nails, fasten up stray bangs, pick out nuts, lift stove lids, clean their eas and many other things. BEEBE HOTEL IS BURNED Beebe Oct. 29.—The Gibson ho j tel,25 years the leading hostelry of ; Beebe, was destroyed by fire at 3 • o’clock this afternoon. The build ] ing was owned by James Wynne, I who estimates his loss at $3,000. : The hotel equipment is the prop ! erty of T. B. Chaney and was ‘; valued at $2,500. There was no in surance on the building or fumish • ings. NO TRESPASSING Notice is hereby given that hunting, fishing, gathering nuts, or otherwise trespassing on my pasture lands along Black river at Paroquet Bluff, is forbidden and all violators will be prosecuted. C. P. Vaughan. BOOST MOVEMENT FOR BETTER TOWN Citizens and Officials Pledge Sup port to Recently Organized Improvement Club The Newark Civic Improvement League held a big rally at the High School Auditorium last Fri day night. Some stirring speeches along the lines of progress and the uplift of our town and communi ty were made. After the sing ing of “America” by the audience and prayer by Rev. E. A. Horn, Mrs. J. B. Stewart, a member of the league, made a very interest ing address, setting forth the ob ject of the organization and out lining briefly some of the things it hoped to accomplished in the near future and urging the co-op eration of all in helping to bring about conditions to make Newark one among the best towns in the state. Mayor E. H. Williamson then spoke at length on the moral and the sanitary conditions of the town showing where an improvement could be made along these lines and made a strong appeal to the citizens to take a stand for the better things in our communnity. Miss Eugenia Moore, president of the organization, read a very interesting paper on the question of sanitation. Rev. A. H. Dulaney addressed the meeting on the “Battlement of the Home” and in his forceful, and logical way of presenting thoughts, showed the four walls of this “battlement,” to be built around the home, were the educa tional wall, the social wall, the sanitary wall and the religious wall. Hon. J. L. Brown was present and was called on for a speech, and in his unique, entertaining style, made a brief talk, heartily commending the people for their spirit of progress and praising the good women for taking the lead in these things. J. P. Magness and others spoke on school sanitation and brought out the moral and educational effect of beautifying the school grounds and keeping the building in the very best of sanitary con dition. Mr. Magness represented the school board and said the board stands ready to help the teachers to make our school the TWO INDICTED FOR WACKERLY KILLING Grover Garrett and Arthur Good* win Charged With Execut ing Plot to riurder As a result of the grand jury’s investigations into the murder of Clem Wackerly near Jamestown a few weeks ago, indictments charg ing first degree murder have been found against Grover Garrett and Arthur Goodwin. The latter was arrested at the time of the mur der but was discharged at the pre liminary trial. Garrett claims the killing was done in self defense, and at the preliminary trial was corroborated by Goodwin, who was the only eye witness. The state will contend that a conspiracy to murder Wackerly was planned and that both men were implicated. Wackerly’s daughter is said to have abondoned Garrett. She was summoned as a witness for the defense in the preliminary trial, but was not used. It is not be leived that she will testify for Garrett. LEAGUE ELECTS OFFICERS At the Business meeting of the Epworth League Saturday night the following officers were elected. J. L. Mayhan, president; Otis Edgar, first vice president; Miss Iva Baker, second vice president; Miss Mabel Galloway, third vice president; Miss Susie Rodgers, fourth vice president; Miss Nellie Welborn, treasurer; Miss Lizzie Mayhan, secretary; Miss Minnie Lynn Martin, Era agent. Since the League was organized, one year ago, the membership has grown from ten to forty-four. best in the country. Rev. E. A. Horn made a short talk, addressed principally to the young people, and told of the su perior advantages that the boys and girls of today have over those of his own boyhood days, and told of some boys and girls who had “made good” in the race of life, notwithstanding the fact that their early life was handicapped by pov erty and lack of opportunity. Some of the girls from Miss Moore’s music class rendered ex cellent music for the occasion. Everyone present seemed to enjoy the meeting and were very en thusiastic in helping to boost the new movement. S THEY TAKE THE LEAD! \ The E JVl F and Flanders Cars are $300 cheaper and $300 better Builders Supplies, Lime, Cement, Plaster, Furniture, Stoves, Ranges, Wagons, Buggies and Machinery. C. W. MAXFIELD CO. Batesville, Ark. i ♦ i