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The Newark journal., 1915-05-20
FARMERS UNION TO
 MEET IN LITTLE ROCK
Executive Committee Sends Out Notice of State Meeting To Be Held in August.

The executive committee of the Arkansas Farmers Union has sent out notices from state headquarters in Little Rock that the next state meeting will be held at Little Rock, be- ginning the first Tusday in August as provided in the constution of the union. The committee fixed the place ofthe meeting. The meeting will will continue until the busi- ness to come before it is dis posed of.
 The notice calls attention to the fact that the meeting will be just pior to the marketing of the next cotton crop. and asks that all locals who are in- terested in the plans of the union for marketing cottn and cotton seed send a representative to sit as an ad- visory member. The expenses of the representatives are to be borne by the locals sending them. The notice adds that the committee desires as large a representation as possible because of the important ques- tions to be discussed.
 Congressman w. s. Good win, will addrss the meeting on the rural credit system now pending before Congress and the plan of marketing farm products now under consider ation by Congress. Other sneakers will be present.
The Newark journal., 1915-05-20
LIVED IN COUNTY
 SIXTY-FOUR YEARS

Editor Journal - have been reading the letters with interest from te old settlers of this county, and as you wish to hear from all of them 1 thought 1 would write few words as to how long 1 have lived here.
 l was born in Franklin eoun- ty, Tenn, in the year 1845. At the age of two years 1 came to Cape Girardean, Mo-, where 1 resided for four years. Then in che fall of 1851 moved to this county where 1 have re- sided continuously. We land ed on Dota Creek at Dripping Springs, where we stopped for a few days, until father could purchase a home.
 After lookig around several days, we bought a home 112 miles east of Sulphur Rockand lived at Sulphur Rock four years. The first school 1 at tended was at Sulphur Rock, in the Methodist church which was a log house. Jeff Massey was teaching at that time. We then moved and settled 112 miles east of Cord and lived there until Feb. 1, 1866. l was married to Jas. T. Reave : and moved one mile southwest of Cord and resided there un- til Sept. 10, 1914, when we moved to Ratesville where 1 still reside.
 1 am the mother of thirteen children, nine of which are still living. My companion and four children have been called away but 1 shall soon join them on the other shore.
 Mrs. Lou Reaves.
The Newark journal., 1915-05-20
PROGRAM

Following is the program of the commencement execises of the Sulphur Rock High School which will take place Friday at the city hall at that place:
 Male Quartette.-Junita
 Invocation
 Salutation.-Don Vaughan.
 Class History,-Earle Kerr
 Class Prophecy - Ollie Bruce
 (a) His Lullaby, (B) A lit tie Pink Rose-Marye Wright The Beauty of Nature Julia Churchill
 America, the Melting Pot of Nations.=Willie Long. Valedictory-Russell Good rich.
 Class Address. - Sidney Pickens.
 Presentation of Diplomas.
 Announcement of Honors.
The Newark journal., 1915-05-20
IF SUCH THERE BE,
 GO MARK HIM WELL

Breathes there a man with soul so dead, who never to
 himself hath said "That Ed itor has quite a head. Pm glad 1 take his paper. He's
 got a raft of grit and sand, he prints the news of all the land he boost the country and the town to beat the band and that's the proper caper. He soaks the grafters in the neck,
 he saves the Ship of State from wreck, he's jonnie on the spot. by heck, when things are in a tumble He writes the ads that bring the dough, he chases all our gloom and woe, he tells us all we want to know-and yet he is quite
 humble. He never gets bit stuck up, he's worked since
 Hector was a pup to earn his daily bite and sup and have a little over. I know we owe him many blunks, so let us shame the other skunks and furnish him with kale in chunks wherewith to live in clover" Exchange.
The Newark journal., 1915-05-20
SOCIETY PROGRAM

The Woman's Missionary Society will meet at the Metho- dist church, Tuesday, May 25. The following program will be rendered.
 Bible Lesson John XVU:1-19
 Hymns 637 and GAO.
 Prayer.-Mrs. B. A. Baker.
 Report of Superintendents Report of Committees.
 Reading.-Mrs. T. N. Rod man.
 Vocal Solo.-Mrs. Ruth Rat ton.
 Reading.-Mrs. E. R. Moore Select Reading-Mrs. o. F. Craig.
 Duet.-Mrs. Jernigan and Miss Fannie MeDoniel.
 Piano Solo.-Mrs. E.G. Mag ness.
 Remarks.-Rev. l.. B. Hank ins.
 Will serve refreshments at charge of 10 cents.
The Newark journal., 1915-05-20
SHOOTS NEIGHBOR

Pocahontas, May 19.-Will Sells, farmer residing near Foster, shot and seriously wounded L. D. Brown, his neighbor, yesterday afternoon. Sells and his wife came here and surrendered this morning Brown is not dangerously hurt. The shot entered his thigh. Sells alleged Brown grew troublesome about some stock, that Brown abused Mrs. Sells and that he started trouble that preeceedcG the shooting.
The Newark journal., 1915-05-20
HIGH SCHOOL CLOSES
 A SUCCESSFUL TERM
Exercises Mark Close of Good Years Work For Newark High School

The Commencement exer- cises of the Newark High School wich were held at the High School Auditorium Fri day night were attended by a packed house.
 The programb was we'll ren- dered and those taking part acquitted themselves very ereditably.
 The pastschool yearh has been the best in the history of the Iscaool, and many compliments We're paid to the teachers and D pills for their excellent work during the past year. There were 72 high school students this year, the largest number in several years.
 At the beginning of school last Setember three medals were offered, one to the pupil in high school making the most improvement during the term, this medal was awarded to Winfred Hall. One was of |fered to the pupil in the pub- Ec school who made the most improvement and Miss Dollie Carpenter, a student in the seventh grade was awarded the medal. Miss Ruth Hailey, teacher of music in the High School department offered a medal to the pupil who made the most improvement in mus lie, Miss Bert Holderby was awarded this medal.
 Following are the names of the High School students who were neither absent or tardy during the term: Winfred Hall Edith Lane, Clarence Mayhan, Merle Rodman, Holman Brown Winnie Dearing, Lena Foster, Horace Hoyt. They were warded a certificate of honor. Miss Lena Foster, student in the tenth grade has attended school for the past four years and has neither been absent or tardy during the entire four years.
The Newark journal., 1915-05-20
ANOTHER OLD CITIZEN

Editor Journal.-Ihave been reading with much interest the old settlers letters now being published in your valuable pa- per and thought a few lines from me might be of interest to some of your many readers.
 1 was born in Marshall county Mississippi, ,Feb.12,1836 Moved to Tipton county Tenn esSee, when only seven years of age and resided there until 1855; when l came to Arkan- s s landing in Independence c unity on Dec. 15 of that year on what is known as the Ben McDoniel place in Dota town snip where Tom McDoniel now lives.
 hay been here all this time except the four years l was in the Confederate army, from 1861 to 1865 My family was here during this period.
 l enlisted in Col. Bob. Shaw CTS regiment the ' tn Arkan- sas, and was in Capt. Dyes company which was company E.
 Was mustered out at Jack sonport on the 5th day of June 1865.
 On December 15 of this year 1 will have resided in the eunty sixty years. l received .-'. .-s.- s,... ...4s-~s.,-.4 -fas.,..s ,j.9sas...s.>44a 4a,si> s.ha.2e L.move.. f.s Newark. r. NJ. Barnett.
The Newark journal., 1915-05-20
COMPRESS BURNS

Camden, May 18.-The cot ton compress here owned by M. A. Joy of Terrell, Texas, valued at $3O,OO0 was de- ;s'tt,rr'0y-eui- by ire 5urdTy-vrrgrr eff tho blaze is unknown. ~";J0 0 insurance was carried. This is the third time the compress has been burned.
 w. k. Armstrong of Poca- hontas was in town Monday.
 F. W. Holman of St. Louis was in town Monday on busi- ness.
The Newark journal., 1915-05-20
MRS. FORD DEAD

Mrs. J. II. Ford died at her home at Magness last Satur- day, after an illness of some time.
 Mrs. Ford was 63 years old and is survived by her hus- band and several children.
 The remains were buried Sunday at Macedonia, Rev G. L. Fink conducting funeral services.
The Newark journal., 1915-05-20
HEAVY VOTE CAST
 IN SCHOOL ELECTION
C M. Edwards and F. (. Hoyt Reflected Directors and Seven Mill Tax Voted.

The scool election last Sat urdA was one of the most closely contested ever held in the Newark District, and re- suited in the reelection of C.. M. Edwards and F. c. Hoyt, the present president and sec retary of the board, who have have faithfully served the best interest of the school for a number of years. A hard fight wa mad on Mr. Edwards wards and MT. Hoyt by par ties who attempted to inject church prejudices into the mat Ter in an effort to de- feat them. Both these gentle men have been useful and val uable members of the school board, and the vote received by them shows that the people appreciate the good work done by them for the ad ancement and upbuilding of the school.
 ! seven mill tax was voted and county superintendency ca i'd by a goouxtwoeosnoiSyh and county uniformity carried by good majorities.
The Newark journal., 1915-05-20
0LDFIELD STANDS
 HIGH IN CONGRESS
Newspapers of District Praise Record Made in Congress By Mir. Oldfeld.

The Stone Couty Record of Mountain View had the follow ing to say last week of Con- gressman Oldfield.
 "Congrv r. w A C'Gtleld was here tic first Of t'e eek shaking hands with old time friends, on his first visit to our county since the adjournment of Congress. This Congression- al district is just now begin ming to realize the worth of Mir. Oldfeld in the National Congress, and in this matter the district has been slower than Congress, itselfi for Mr. IOldfield has been four the the chairman of the committee on patents, one of the important committees, but now eh stands high on the Ways and Means Committee, which is the high est and most important com mittee in the National law making body, and puts him in direct line to become the party leader in Congress.
 Arkansas has been but twice similarly honored prior to Mr. Oldfelds appointment. ]. K. Jones and Clifton R. Breckinridge are the only members of Congress from Arkansas who ever climbed to the present position occupied by MT. Oldfield.
 "The Wilson administration honors MT. Oldfied, the dis trict is proud of his record and this is his immediate home sec tion, and we are proud of him, not only as a representative in Congress, but as a representa- tive citizen, and living example of the possibilities that await the ambitious young Ameri- cans, who aims at the higher things of life
 Commenting on the above, the Walnut Ridge Blade says ::
 "The above from the Stone County Record, is an able statement f the sterling worth and abiliy of our Congressman ". A. Oldfield. We are sometimes prone to overlook the strong features of our home people because we grow used to them and magnify the virtures of some one further away. This caused the state ment "A prophet is not with IOut honor save in his own country" Let's put Oldfeld to the front and make Arkan- sas first. Underwood of Ala bama secured a place on the Ways and Means Committee, the most powerful committee in Congress, and they kept him there and he became the strongest leader in the history of our party.
 Champ Clark rose from this same committee to the Speakership of the Lower House of Congress, and the Blde predicts that with Old fields retenetion in Congress by the people of this district, and the distinguished position he now occupies that he will bring back credit to Arkansas, and will make the second con- gressional district famous"
The Newark journal., 1915-05-20
Following is the vote
BATESVILLE DIRECTORS

In the school election at Batesvilfe last Saturday pr. J. H. Kennerly and G. E. Hogan were elected directors. A sev- en mill tax was voted and county superintendency car fried PIT to TT.
The Newark journal., 1915-05-20
SCHOOL ELECTION

Newport, May 19.-At the school election here Judge E. L. Boyce ad P. H. Van Dyke were reelected as members .of the board. The seven mill tax was voted almost unani- |mously.
The Washington times., 1915-04-08

Italy, and there was an Oil trust in
the first century.
Comforting, surely, to find we are
not so bad as painted. Very helpful
indeed to find that all the complaints
that modern flesh is heir to, which
Edward Carpenter so gruesomely
depicts in his Civilization, Its
Cause and Cure" are not of twen-
tieth century vintage.
But even more surprising is the
indication that perhaps some of the
remedies, too, may be unearthed
from a knowledge of the ancients.
For DR.. Cobern sets forth that a
surgeon who performed a successful
operation was paid fee, and he who
blundered had his right arm cut off
as a guarantee against further mis-
haps. With the same blunt and un-
tutored justice, under a similar law,
a contractor whose building fell and
killed any workers was put to death.
The Washington times., 1915-04-08
"APPOMATOX DAY"
TO Be CELEBRATED
G. A. R. to Hold Patriotic Meet.
ing Tomorrow Night, With
Speeches BY Veterans.

4 patriotic program OF addresses.
mattoX Day in Washington tomorrow
evening. the Department of the Po-
tomac, G. \. r.. having arranged COM
prehenSiVc celebration of the tiftieth an
nvcrsary Of the surrender Of Gen.
Robert +. Lee to Gen. l.. S. Grant, at
the Virginia village made famous by
that event.
The meeting will bc held in G.. A. r.
Hail, l4l2 Pennsylvania avenue, and
among those who will speak will be
Gen. Edward w. Whitaker, the Rev. Or.
James ShcTa Montgomery, Lieut. Ger.
Nelson A. Miles. Capt. Thomas II. Nc
kee. end GAYLORD NJ. Saltzgaber. com
missioner of pensions. In addition there
" i'll be tivc- minute talks by a 'feN dis
tmguished Volunteers
LutHs Boys Brass Band will furnish
music and tho invocation will be de-
liNcred by the Rev. DR.. Henry A..
Coudcn. chaplin of the House. Others
who will have II part III the program
arc Emil A. Lang. George II. Lillibridge,
Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball, and Mrs. +.
Florence Donahue
On the platform will be shown the fla :
of truce which General Whitaker, as al
aide, carried in arranging the truce that
brought Generals Grant and Lee to-
gCther, and tho chair in which Genera
Ice sat While arranging the terms of
Ms surrender. MANY of the veterans
will he present to giVe their personal
"reminiscences of tho last days or the
war. and of the scene when the contend
ing armies laid down their arms and re-
turned to the work of rebuilding the
nation.
The Washington times., 1915-04-08
THE EITEL INTERNED

In these days when everybody is
deserving in this, that, and every
thing a sign that the war is to end
soon or is never to end, doubtless
there will be some sapient folk to
draw significant military conclusions
from the formal interning of the
celebrated Prinz Eitel Friedrich.
But common sense and simple hu-
manity will discover no connection
between that event in the Virginia
waters and the fate of German arms
on the battlefields OF Europe.
If the Kaiser's legions at this mo-
ment were laundering on irresist-
IDLY to Paris, as they were eight
months ago, there would have been
no excuse under the wide heavens
for the Eitel to do other than the
very thing she has now done-uuit
the war within the safety of our
harbors.
The Eitel could not have steamed
out to sea, openly or secretly, with
any chance Of escaping the warships
of the allies waiting for her beyond
the capes. She could not have
hoped, perishing herself, to deal at
the same time fatal blow or ever
a telling blow to any of the enemy
ships. She could have counted upor
only blotting herself out in a way
like nothing else so much as de
liberate suicide.
Good ships and gallant men mus
still be sacrificed in this desperat,
war, but none should travel tha
road of doom except to a purpose
Americans harboring the Eitel, Eng
lishmen standing watch to fall upol
her beyond the three mile limit O
our shores, Germans proud of he
within their beleaguered boundar;;.-
must all feel the same sense of re
lief that the German admiralty ma
not elected in an utterly fruitles
bravado to make the Eitel junk a
the bottom of the sea and her off
GERS and crew food for sharks.
The Washington times., 1915-04-08
SENATE SHIP LOBBY
ENDS INVESTIGATION
Chairman Walsh, at Hearing,
Intimates That Senator Bur.
ton Was Unfair.

With the testimony OF Secretary SD
ney Z. Morse. OF the conference on
trsns-A atlantic lines. New York or
ganization. the Senate ship lobby invcs-
tisating committee ended its work to-
day
The whole thing was "a watcr-haul.
Chairman Walsh said. The only good
purpose the inquiry served. he asserted
vas TO disprove the charge that the
Administration was playing the game
Of German interned ship owners in push :
ing the purchase bill. Walsh p'ainly" in
! tina ted his opinion that Senator Burton
was unfair in making this accuse lion.
The investiga ton. he added. aimed &c
determine the truth on Groundlessncss
! OF Burton's charge and also Of the al
! legation that shipowners who had NJ
| interned craft to sell were unduly activ,
against the purchase bill. T'oth acCusa
! tions. said walsh, proved baseless.
Morse testified that his organiza,io Tor
! took no interest in the purchase bill con
I troversy. though it did concern itsel
| somewhat with the La Toilette seamen'!
/ bill and sent a delegation to Washing
! ton to appear before the Senate commit
| tee which was considering II.
The Washington times., 1915-04-08
ITALIAN WARSH|PS
ON SECRET MISSION
Fleet Concentrates at Naval
Base at Augusta and Taran-
to in Southern Italy.

PARIS, April S.--A dispatch from the
Italian frontier says the warships Of the
Italian fleet have concentrated at
Augusta, Sicily. and at Taranto, within
few hours of the Adriatic.
The departure of these warships
caused n profound impress The feet
is headed by several new 'dreadnaughts.
Contc di Cavour. which corresponds In
the Italian navy to Great Britain
Queen Elizabeth.
The future movements Of the feet
are veiled with absolute secrecy.
Diplomats OF the two governments
had been straining every nerve to Sc
cure the continuance Of Italy's neu-
trality, but events had reached such
threatening stage, with the obvious fail.
ure or the German mission to Rome and
hold back the Russians. that the ex-
pedient of a secret mission by the
Kaiser had been hit upon.
The Kaiser Is said to have proposed
substantial concessions as the price OF
1talys continued neutrality.
Italy and Serbia are about to conclude
an agreement, according to the CORES.
pondcnt of Paris Excelsior. at Rome
The basis. he states. is as follows:
Italy will not oppose serbia's occupa,
tion of territory giving her an quite
to the Adriatic on condition that this
territory he not fortified.
The question of Triest and 1stria
have not even been discussed, the al
acter OF these localities. The present
| visit OF 7. Tittoni. the Italian amba ssa
! dor in Paris. to Rome, is in connection
with these negotiations.
"If this 1talo-Scrbian agreement IL
signed this week. as is expected, the
| into the European conflict may be con
| sidered imminent"
The Washington times., 1915-04-08
-FOUR CHAP TIERS OF
D. A. R. ORGANIZED
Reports From Fifty District
Bodies Received BY District
Organization.

The formation OF four new chapters
OF the District Daughters OF the Amer
lean Revolution was reported at the
annual meeting OF the local chapters in
Memorial Continental Hall yesterday.
The mectin: was comparatively free
from politics and is said 10 have been
the most peaceful meeting in the h.s-
tory OF the local organization.
The new chapters "vc; The keystone,
Mrs. Ida T. klrEci, rcsent: abigail,
Mrs. Clayton Ems. re2cnti DoEothy
ifancock, Miss Dorothy shlaFwood, re-
gent, and james Mccall. mis-. Ella M,
Buell., regent. -
Mrs. FRANK Foster Greenaw alt state
regent fo- the District. presided. Re
ports Of progress made in the fifty
chapters or the District were read by
the various regents.
Mrs. William Cumming story, presi-
dent general OF the t.. 4. r.. who at
greeted with a burst OF applause wher
she entered the hall. She responded
with an address in which she praised
the work OF the District organization
and characterized them as the hos;esscs
OF the u. 4. r OF the entire country
The reports Of the state regent SNOW
cd I943 members in the fifrV chapters
in the district The District chapter:
have contributed TO 'he indebtedness!
Of Continental Memorial Hall fund g
total of so7.oT;@5, s?.2sj OF "hich va va
subscribed during the pas; year. Th,
total amount contributed Tor the wa
sufferers was sl.0oo92. and for the foo
OF land plan. S25SH5.
The national congress OF the d. A. r.
which will be attended by approximate
ly 1..0uJ delegates from the Narlou!
states. will open in Continental Memor
| ial Hall April 10
The Washington times., 1915-04-08
THE STRAIT.JACKET

We cannot help thinking that, in
his latest move for the reform Of
Sing Sing prison, Warden Thomas
Mott Osborne has gone too far; that,
having attained the true perpendicu-
lar of prison reform, his latest at
tempt causes him to lean the wrong
way and to become reactionary.
1t appears that the soiourners at
Sing Sing are to wear stiff "boiled"
shirts on Sunday. On that day
they are to give up the unregen-
crate ease of the unstarched gar
ment and incase themselves in mod
ern coats of mail. Also they may, if
they please, indulge themselves in
other sartorial extravagances.
Taste in matters of dress, as in
other things, must not be made a
subject of debate. Still why any con-
vict, under the old regime or the
new, should elect to give up the
, comfortable ease of the unstarched
shirt for the close confines and irri-
tating pressure of the "boiled'
habiliment, we are unable to con-
lecture. "Stone walls do not a prison
make, nor iron bars a cage"-less
now than ever-but the stiff
starched shirt forms very salts
factory method of solitary confne-
ment.. For generations men have
been trying to escape from it. and
now they have pretty we'll succeeded
Just as free men have about es.
capped from the trammels of this
fashion the citizens in the making
at Sing Sing rush headlong into it
Unless the new era has caused then
to rise superior to the discomforts
OF the flesh, it will not be long unit
they chant with Patrick Henry
"Give me liberty or give me death.
The Washington times., 1915-04-08
THE PARKS IN SUMMER

Washington's genuine harbinger
of spring has arrived-the crowds
in the parks. Next Sunday will not
only see the parks and triangles in
the city thronged with those who
take advantage Of Washington's
rare opportunities in this respect,
but Rock Creek Park and the Zoo
will be invaded.
Easter Monday proved the need of
the annual warning about scattering
paper and littering up these reser-
vations. On that day the landscapes
in Rock Creek Park itself were made
unsightly, and many of the spots
strewn with trash were equipped
with receptacles for waste matter.
Right in line with the "Clean up
Paint up" slogan is the effort, al
ready made by thoughtful persons
to keep the parks in and about
Washington free from this unsightly
litter. A little care on the part of
each individual not only would Ell.
hance the beauty of these tracts, but
it would save much money now ex-
pended in cleaning some of them up
Others are not cleaned at all, and
the thoughtlessness Of early spring
pedestrians mars the beauty of the
outdoors for others throughout the
summer,