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The Newark journal., 1916-10-19
WANT PRODUCTS FOR
THE COUNTY EXHIBIT
Farmers Urged to Assist in
Making County Agricultural
Exhibit a Great Success.

County Agent J. E. Nickel
is working hard to make a sue
cess of the County Agricultural
Exhibit, to be held at Batesville
on Tuesday and Wednesday,
October 81 and November 1.
He is very DESTROYS of hav-
ing a good display of the farm
products of the county and ur-
ges all farmers to send in
something for the exhibit. Mr..
Nickel has given The Journal
the following statement in re-
gard to the matter:
CAS- circuit court will be in
session at the time appointed
for the County Exhibit, it will
be impossible to hold this ex-
hibit in the court house, as here
tofore. Chas. Mosby has kindly
donated the use of the building
formerly occupied blythe Bates
vile Business College for the
time given to this exhibit, and
we will be glad for all to rem
ember the time and place and
come with what they can fur
nish us for this display of
things grown in the county. AS
there will be no special pre-
parations made for handling
the livestock, it is thought best
to have a special day, Wednes-
day, November l, for all these
to be brought in; and at the
this time we will also have the
exhibit of pigs and otehr live
stock grown by members of the
Pig Club.
Again, l would urge all
who can do so, to furnish some
thing to this display and help
show what independence
County is doing.To me it seems
that the time has come when
we should get busy and organ
ize a County Fair and keep
abreast with our sister coun-
ties along this line of develop
ing our county. Then let us in
this way show that we are in
terested and | am sure good
will come from our effort"
The Newark journal., 1916-10-19
HEBREW PEDDLER IS
CRUSHED BY AUTO

Luxora, Oct. 15.-Last night
about 8 o'clock while Joe
Grossman. 20 years old, He
brew peddler of Blytheville,
with a. friend, w. E. Allison,
hotel proprietor of Luxora,
were crossing the levee here,
Grossman's car went dead"
Just before reaching the top of
the inside approach and back
ed down and off the approach,
turning over and wedging the
two men under the car. Gross
man was killed and Mr.. Ali
son badly hurt, but will recov-
er. The two men were found
about two hours later by boy,
Charles Evans, who made the
Grossman leaves wife
and two children.
The Newark journal., 1916-10-19
MOTOR CAR COLLIDES
WITH FREIGHT TRAIN
Claim Agent Fitzhugh has Mar
row Escape from Death
When Local Strikes his Car

Claim Agent Fitzhugh had
a narrow escape from death
Tuesday when the southbound
Cotter local collided with his
motor car at a point several
miles northwest of BatesviIle.
Mr.. Fitzhugh was going up
the road on his motor car when
he Unexpectedly saw the Cotter
local round a sharp curve only
short distance ahead of him,
and he barely had time to APP
ply the brake to his car and
slow up enough to permit him
self to jump, which he did
barely in time to save himself.
Mr.. Fitzhugh was painfully in
lured by striking a rock but
his injuries are not thought to
be of a serious nature. He was
taken to the hospital at Little
Rock Tuesday night.
Mr.. F1tzhugh'S car was COM
pletely demolished and his life
was only saved by his timely
leap.
He was picked up by the To-
cal crew and taken to Bates
vile where he was given medi-
cal attention and was later
sent to the hospital at Little
Rock.
The Newark journal., 1916-10-19

flee, at Batesville, October 81
and November l, are being ra-
pidly completed and we are
expecting the largest attend
ance in the history of the move
ment.
Names of several babieshave
already been enrolled and we
hope before the Contest closes
to have every child's names
from six months of age to five
years of age on our register.
Parents this is a wonderful
opportunity for you to find out
things about your child that
might otherwise be overlooked
until more patience and medi-
cal treatemnt would be requir-
ed to restore your child to a
normal condition.
Every man interested in live
stock grasps the idea of ply
steal PERFECTION in the hog, COW,
horse or sheep, and why not
grasp the same idea in our own
little human animals? Let ev-
erybody cooperate to help the
health conditions of our child
rem, thereby having strong men
and women to manage the
great enterprises of this great
county. Bring something to the
agricultural exhibit to help
show what has been done by
men, women and children dur
ing the past year. and above
all bring the children under
five years of age to the Better
Babies Contest.
MRS. l. N. BARNETT,
Chairman Executive Com
mittee Better Babies Health
Contest.
The Newark journal., 1916-10-19
AUDITORS WORKING
ON COUNTY BOOKS

j. A. Mathews and S. A.
Conner, members of the ac-
counting firm of E. f. Latham
& Co., of Memphis, who were
employed some time ago to
audit the county's books, have
resumed work on the books, af-
ter having been laid off for
some time on account of the
necessity of calling in all out
standing county scrip for re-is-
sue.
All outstanding scrip was
presented to the county court
at its recent October term for
registration and reissue.
The accountants are push
ing the work of auditing the
books and it is said that they
will be able to complete the
work and submit their report
within a few days.
The Newark journal., 1916-10-19
WAVE OF PROSPERITY
AFFECTS EVERYBODY
American People Enjoying
Greatest Measure of Pros
perity Ever Known.

There is no doubt in the
minds of teh American peoplt
that we are having the most
prosperous times in the history
of our land. Almost the rest of
the world is at war and destroy
ing each other while Americans
are at peace enjoying the
greatest prosperity ever wit
messed in our history. The
banks are full of money; the
farmers have plenty of food
that was grown at home; the
factories are running on full
time schedule; the merchants
have collected what was due
them, and in fact we are living
at such rapid speed in such
prosperous times until we have
no time to think of nothing but
more money" The streets of
Little Rock, in our own state,
are full of people shopping ev-
cry day, and every town in the
State are full of people going
to and fro shopping with the
bright dollars that are rapidly
falling into their hands. It
seems that America is a bank
within itself. We are all hap
by and marching along with
the great wealth of this coun-
try. There are men that can
borrow twenty-five dollars on
a note that heretofore could not
secure one dollar at the bank.
What is all this prosperity
beamiEg from? FROM the good
management at the head of
our great government-Wood-
row Wilson, the great presi-
dent who has so we'll kept us
out of the horrors of the miser-
able war in Europe. He has
kept faith with the American
people and given them more
constructive legislation than
any one president since the
foundation of our government.
The American people are going
to return Woodrow Wilson to
the White House on November
18th together with a congress
that is in sympathy with his
great ideas. There can be no
more panics in the history of
our government because Presi-
The Newark journal., 1916-10-19
FORMER CITIZEN IN
BAD CUTTING ARRAY

News has just reached here
of serious cutting affray
which took place near Shirley
a few days ago between Har-
vey Scott, former citizen of
this county, and Will Hackett.
Scott and Hackett are broth
ers-in-law, having married sis
tiers, their wives being daugh-
tiers of Uncle Johnnie Emerson
of Logan township.
Trouble arose between them
over remarks alleged to have
been made by Scott concerning
the manner Hackett treated
his wife.
Scott is said to have gone to
Hackett's house and called
him out. Scott is said to have
been armed with a shotgun and
Hackett, fearing trouble, would
not go out until Scott had put
down his gun. When Hackett
went out, he and Scott passed
some heated words with the
result that Scott is said to have
stabbed Hackett several times
in the breast and side and one
arm, one of the wounds being
very deep and of a serious ma
ture. 1t is not thought, how
ever, that Hackett's wounds
will prove fatal.
The Newark journal., 1916-10-19
BALES COTTON
BRING RECORD PRICE

Batesville, Oct. 18.-F'rank
Fonville, a cotton buyer here,
yesterday purchased three
bales of-cotton from J. M. Gar
ret, paying for them, together
with the seed, $628.89. The
cotton alone brought $543. One
bale weighed 695 pounds. This
is the heaviest bale marketed
so far this season.
-O--
Trade with the merchants
who advertise in The Journal.
The Newark journal., 1916-10-19
PROMINENT YOUNG
COUPLE MARRY

Farley Cash and Miss Ida
Mcdonnell of Wycough town
ship were united in marriage
Sunday at the home of Squire
and Mrs. j. H. Fetzer, Squire
Fetzer officiating.
The bride is daughter of
Rev. J. H. Mcdonnell and is a
splendid young lady, while the
groom is one of the county's
most promising young teach
ers.
The Journal joins theirmany
friends in extending congratu-
lations.
The Newark journal., 1916-10-19

dent Wilson has advanced and
had passed q law that prevents
the money kings from preying
upon the citizenship of these
United States. His legislation
along the currency line is a
great piece of legislation, and
his other legislation is equally
as great. He has the courage
to stand up and do that which
is right and it shall receive the
support of the people of the
United States.
The Democratic party has
before the people of Arkansas,
good men for office from Gov
ernor down to township Off
GERS, and the voters of the
state are going to enter teh
polling places marching along
not with heads bowed down in
sorrow as to what to do, but
with proud heads proclaiming
for the democratic ticket from
president down. You are going
to see the greatest sweep of
things you have never seen be-
fore. There has never been a
time before the people having
in their hands the offices taht
rightfully belong to them. They
want honest legislation and
they have secured it-they are
satisfied.
The Newark journal., 1916-10-19
BALE OF COTTON
SELLS FOR $13S.S4

w. C. Sanders of Wycough
township sold a bale of cotton
in town Tuesday which brought
him $138.84. The seed sold for
$29.13 and the lint $109.71.
j. w. Sisk who purchased the
cotton states that so far as he
knows this is the largest sum
of money ever paid for one
bale of cotton in Newark.
The Newark journal., 1916-10-19
BLOW SAFE BUI
FIND 1T EMPTY

Glover Bend, Oct. 10
Burglars last night dynamited
the safe in the F. w. Tucker &
Co., store here, but failed to get
any money. Nothing of value
was taken. DEPUTY sheriffs
started on the trail with blood
hounds this morning but failed
to capture the robbers.
The Newark journal., 1916-10-19
PICK sos POUNDS
COTTON IN ONE DAY

Newport, Oct. 16.-In cot
ton-picking contest last week,
near Tuckerman, William Her.
man, a farmer living near here,
defeated Henry Stewart, living
near Newark, by four pounds.
Herman picked COS pounds in
10 hours.
The Newark journal., 1916-10-19
HAUL 10 BALES
ON ONE WAGON

Nineteen bales of cotton,
weighing 9,775 pounds, were
hauled to Forrest City from the
l.. j. Pugh plantation on one
wagon. 1t required six mules
to pull the big load.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
MissingFron
Home!
Quite a SkandaI in the FambiIy of
lack WHITLEY Witch Turnd
Out Considerable Different Than
zack Expeekted It Would!-.-
Thrilling PaTtickIers os Per
Below!

lack WHITLEY one of our most
respeckted citizens has been missing
from his home ever sinst last Thurs
day evg. Nobuddy knows of lacks
whereabouts as we go to press, not even
his wife Hester and she don't seem
to care what became of poor Zack.
AS everbuddy in Bingville knows
Jack Whittleby has allus been a hen
pecl1ed husband ever sinst he led Hes
ter to the alter, or ruther ever sinst
Hester led lack to the alter and she
has TUX the lead in everythink ever
sinst.
1t is the general opinyun that Jack
when he 1st got married dident as
sert his rights as he ort to of did If
when he begin married bliss Jack had
of stood right up to Hester and shuk
his fist under her nose and give her to
understand who was boss she would
of knowd her place from the start &
kept in it. But Jack dident do that
He al1us was mild mannerd man
and meek & humbel and when him &
Hester started in housekeepin Jack
nacherly give Hester her way about
everything. As a result Hester who
was strong minded woman TUX adj
vantage of lacks meekness and 1st
thing he knowd he couldn't call his
soul his own in Hesters presence with
out hayin it disDooted.
Hester has alius led Zack around
by the nose or ear and if he diddent
jump lively when she spoke to him
Hester would cuff his ears for him.
Bingville folks has allus pitied poor
zaek whose life has been stitch bur-
den, but whenever ennybuddy would
tell him if they was him they would
stand UP for their rights and not be
bessed round like he is Zack would
only shake his head and say that he
perferd to be bossed ruthern be Grip
pied for life.
Last Thursday evg Jack and Lem
Quigly and Seth Dewberry our lion
hearted censtuhhle was all eetherd in
Bill Hepburns blacksmith shop discus
sin the current tepicks of the day when
Bill who even if he is victim OF old
Demon Rum has a awful kind heart,
hauld out fran under old pile of
scrap iron where he had it hid a gal
jug full of hard cider and past it
around
Lem he TUX quite a sizeable swig
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
MUDDY ROADS EDDYTOR-
Jul

We don't. like to be allus fuss
in & funin and complainin & sayin
harsh & bitter things in this eddy
toriul collun of the Bugle about
somethink or other which effecks
the weel or woe of Bingville and
yet if we as edditor & prop of this
uptodate noospaper don't stand up
for the town who will we ask?
Up to this nninnit we have kept
quiet about the shamful & disgrase-
| full condishion of the main st
through Bingville thinkin that
Jabe Parker who is the sooperviser
of roads in Bingville & vicinity
would wake up to the turrible
responsibilities of the posishion of
homer & trust to which he was
eleckted 2 yrs. ago & which he
pronisd on his sollu1n oath to per-
form the dooties of his offs to
the best of his several ability.
Has Jabe did so? We should
say not! So far as we can ascer-
tain by inquiry & observashion
Tabe amt newer lifted his hand
but onct to improve the main
thorofare through Bingville and
even that onct he made a mess of.
AS we go to press with this
ishue of the Bugle the Main st
through Bingville looks more like
a canal for boats to float on than
it does a Vaughn road being as it
consists largely of mud & water
The mud is hub deep in some
places & goodness knows how
deep in others-probly over your
head if you was to investigate, but
who in thunderashion wants to in
vestygate?
Hank Dewberry told us only
tother day he had a good mind to
bid him a skift or flat bottemd
boat of some kind or other being
as if he had that he calkilates he
could do a turrible big bizness
ferrying folks acrost Main st at
5 cts per head being as most emmy
buddy would rather pay cts per
head than haft to wade through
most up to their chins
Last wk Jabe Parker our in
COMPETENT sooperviser hauld a
load of big stones and dunlpd
EN- into the middle of the road in
front of Bill Hepburns blacksmith
shop where they're still heaped up
outen the mud & look like mush-
rat house in a lake or beaver
house
Instid of soopervising the roads
| hereabouts Jabe Parker spends
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
Personal Breefs

Alb Snyder who amt had haircut
sinst last Ocktober let Harve Hines
our tonsorial barber single his hair
for him last wk & as a result Alb
ketchd a turrible awful cold in his
head. Alb is so mad he says if his
hair ever grows out agin he'll never
git it cut often his head as long as
he lives.
Amos Hillyer, our loryer, legal lite
J. of P. Notary publick ct cettery suf-
ferd hard bereavement recent. Abe
almost had Slime Winslow and Peter
Cooper who is nabers eggd on to go
to law with one another, then at the
last minnit to Ames disgust they both
went and made up & is as friendly
as can be. Abe says he calkiates he
lost $40 or SIS. of loryers fee by
them doing that
Miss Amelia Tucker our raining sos
siety queen has been Fostering p. M.
Eph Higgins to deth lately askin if
there amt letter for her from the co
seat. 1t pears Miss Ameias Teller over
that way amt wrote to her for moren
a wk and she's nacherly good cal
stewd up over it.
Hold Slocomb who is awful absent
minded purchased five ct seegar down
to Hen Weathersbys store tother evg
and lit it up and went to putin it and
while he was thinkin of somethink else
he went and stuck the hot end into
his mouth & burnt hisself like emmy
thing, Hold was so surprised and mad
that he throwd the seegar into a dark
corner and couldn't find 1t agin.
There's cts gone for nothink, Hold.
Mrs. Cyrus Hoskins has been purity
bizzy this wk darning up her husbands
socks Mrs. Hoskins says she don't
know how in common sense Cy wears
his socks all through at the heels be-
ing as she would think the toes would
go 1st but they don't.
Mrs. Lem Brown made FIVE mince
pies from cand mincemeat last Sat-
terday. Lem who is a great hand for
pie and haddent had emmy mince for
quite a spell set down and ct two
whole pies at one sitting and has been
sick ever sinst. Lem says he feels
like as if he never wanted to see a
minee pie agin as long as he lives.
What's the use of being a hog?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
Country CORRESPONDENCE,
ANTIOCH VILLAGE

I have bean inforrnd in reliahul
othoritty that you amt got no CORE
spondent in this neck of woods so /
make SO bold as to send you in a few
Jottings from hereabouts & if YOU pub
fish same l will send more of same
anon.
Sim Hodgkins who was 10 yrs. old
last December made his lst trip to the
CO. seat with his father last wk. and
Sim has been a ta1kin about the won
ders of the City ever sinst. Sim saws
he never drempt the world was so big.
Benz. Simpson was saw leaving the
residence of Abe Giles tother evg. as
late as 9 p. m. by one of the nabers.
Which one of the Giles girls are you
payin attenshion to, Benz, Lottie or
Lizzie?
Jake Saunders nailed the bottoms of
pair of old rubber shoes onto the
bottoms of his lether boots. He says
now he feels jest as springy as a colt
when he walks and can bounce along
most as fast as one.
Hiram Wilkins who is nearly 20 yrs.
old bet Enos Dobbs the seegars that he
could turn a handspring. Hiram got
along fust rate until he come to light,
which he done on his back He lost
the seegars & renched hisself besides
Hiram ort to have sense enuff to know
that he amt as spry as he ulster be-
The last spellin bee of the season
will be held at Antioch schoolhouse
next Friday evg. Whether you can spell
or not, come and jine in the festivities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06

most of his time down to Hen
Weathersbys store playin checkers
or Old Sledge or whittleun with
his jacknife and spoutin about
how he'd run the guvvernent if he
was only president of the U. S.
for a few days. He'd make a
Sam Hill of a Presydent Jabe
would when he amt got enuff
gumpshion to even soopervise the
roads hereabouts. If whittleun
and playin checkers & cards would
fix roads the Main st through
Bingville would be dry instid of
being a river.
What does people who try to
drive through our midst think
about the condishion of our Main
st? We know what they think
becuz when they got stuck in the
mud we hecrd some of EN- express
theirselfs but we couldn't repeat
what they said in the columns of
the Bugle because their remarks
amt fit to print. And then they
go away and tell others what a
awful town Bingville is and mach
erly that don't do us no good &
leaves a bad Impression on the
outside world which it takes a
long time to live down. Instid of
attracting strangers & commerce
& manufacturers from the out
side these all nacherly pass us by
on tother side when they find out
how deep the mud is in our midst.
And its all Jabe Parkers fault.
Jabe Parker ort to be kicked outen
offs and a road sooperviser eleck-
ted who will soopervise. In con-
c1ooshion we desire to state that
we know sometfink disgraseful
about Jabe Parkers past which
we persoom he wouldn't want pub
lishd. Well, whether we publish
it or not depends on what Tabe
does to improve the road through
Bingville. Let Jabe Parker be-
ware!
THIS Amt A THREAT -
ITS A PROMISEi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
Lokal Mentchion

Lokal Mentchion is awful skerce this
wk. In fackt there amt skeercely
enuff NLokal Mentchion'' to make enny
mentchion of as we might say During
our perkarious career as edditor &
prop of the Bingville Bugle we have
notised time and agin that some wks
there is more lokal mentchion than
we've got room for and as result
some of it has got to go over until
the next wk, and then 1st thing we
know along will come wk when lokal
mentchion is skeercern hens teeth and
rake & scrape as we will we cant seem
to eelleekt enuff OF same to bother
about printing
This we might add is one of them
wks wheh lokal mentchion is at
premium as we might say. However by
next wk we hope to have more lokal
mentchion than we have had this wk.
Look out for it'll
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and slamd the door after her, then pitt
on her specks and set down to her
nittin.
Soon as lack could git his bearings
he lit out through the front gate and
down the street like as if Satan his
self was after him and amt been saw
sinst Seth and Lem and Bill all
getherd theirselfs up and after they
found their hats they snuk off home
glad to have escaped with their bare
lifes.
Hester never said a word during the
hull performance. Hester is a woman
of deeds, not words.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06

Mrs. Jim Virgins had hen to lay
a bubble yolk egg last wk. Who can
beat this for a bubble yolk egg?
These are all the news items l can
think of at the present writing. More
anon perViding you put these in, but
if you don't you don't need to expeek to
hear from me further.
PANSY BLOSSOM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06

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The Detroit times., 1916-07-20
BUSINESS MEN
URGE WIDENING
OF FOREST-AVE.

Business men and residents In the
vicinity Of Woodward and Forest
ayes. are out Of patience with
the street conditions that prevail
there.
Forest-ave. is scarcely over rs
feet wide at that point, and from
the building line 10 the curb the
distance Is only 20 feet. With a
car track running through the cen
ter there isn't much room for other
traffic, which il heavy in that neigh
bCrhood
In addition, those concerned are
complaining of the slow progress
made by the workmen employed In
excavating for now foundations at
that corner Conditions generally
became so bad that Will w. Blessed.
OF John Blessed & Son. dealers in
groceries and meats, established a
place in the rear of his store for the
parking Of machines.
Vain efforts have been repeatedly
made 70 have Forest-ave. widened
at that point A largely-signed petit
ton was acted favorably upon by
the council, but the board OF esti-
mates would not allow funds for the
proposed widening.