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The Newark journal., 1917-11-22
Happenings OF Local Interest

Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Merritt,
of Roll, Okla, are spending a
few days visiting relatives here
They drove through in their
car.
H. A. Nicks of Biggers, head
CONSUL for the NJ. w. A. for
this district, spent Monday
in town in the interest Of the
order.
Ray Rawlings of Wanette,
Okla, will read The Journal
six months through the kind
ness of Mrs. n. P. Rawlings of
Charlotte.
w. B. MCGEE who has been
in the mercantile business at
Cave City for a number Of
years, has sold his business to
John Patterson.
The best way to boost your
town is to be loyal to its inter
ests, trade at home, and do
everything to make it the kind
of a town you like.
J. H. Tilley a good citizen of
WuoOnnb toyrccLiya ro,,, o,,o bo,.
ed The Journal in a pleasant
and substantial manner while
in town on business Monday.
Jno. @. Wolf of Batesville
was a passenger down the road
Monday night en- route to Lit
tie Rock to attend the Masonic
Grand Lodge and the meeting
of the Board of Trustees of the
Masonic Home.
The Newark journal., 1917-11-22

Rev. and Mrs. G. L. Fink
have gone to Coulton, Mo-, to
spend a few weeks visiting
relatives at their old home.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. bearing
left Monday night for Little
Rock to attend the meeting of
the Masonic Grand Lodge.
The Modern Woodmen of
America is an ideal society for
the needs of American men an
American families. Join them.
Clara Brannon of Batesville
was a passenger down the road
Monday night en- route to Lit
tie Rock to attend the Masonic
Grand Lodge.
Judge j. B. McCaleb of Ba-
tesville was a passenger down
the road Sunday night en- route
to Little Rock to attend the
Constitutional Convention.
Any man who helps to build
up the community in which he
lives is a desirable citizen, and
a patriot, for the country is as
a whole made up of communi-
ties and communities are made
up of individuals.
The Newark journal., 1917-11-22
W. H. Mckenzie, sew
eral years actual expert
ence i'm automobile re-
pairing, is now located al
Sulphur Rock.

The price of meat is high,
and will be higher if the peo-
pie throughout the country do
not raise more hogs for home
use and put up their meat and
lard. This is one of the easiest
things produced on the farm
and if the people of Arkansas
do not produce it they should
not grumble at high prices.
Men should not say more
about their neighbors in their
absence than they would say
to them if they we're present.
This is safe from standpoint
of future tranquility and it is
sound ethics. The same holds
true with writing communica-
tions for publication. Whatever
cannot be said over your sig
nature should not be said at
all.
The old fashioned farmer
who in years gone by came to
town with a face as long as a
cotton platform and carrying
with it a froWn that wouldn't
come off, now comes to town
IN a flivver or a Packard with
an air and a smile that means
unmistakable progress and
prosperity. The farmer of the
South is coming into his own
and he appreciates it andshows
it. And he will not misuse his
prosperity but will use it for
jhe good of his country and
fellow man.
The Newark journal., 1917-11-22

Are you using more gas?
Are you using more oil? Have
you less power? Take your
car troubles to "Skaeter" Scat
es. Henderson Auto Co.
Baird Parsons of Swifton,
member of the field forces of
the NJ. w. A. for this district
is spending a few days in town
in the interest of the order.
We don't need the money
ourself, but the people we owe
say we must pay them. If you
owe The Journal anything pay
up and help the other fellow.
DR.. V. D. McAdams and |.
c. Nuckolls of Cord were in
town Monday and left on the
night train for Little Rock to
attend the Masonic Grand
Lodge.
A. L. Bird and family, form
erly Of Oil Trough, have NOV
ed to town and occupy their
home near the school building,
recently purchased from r. R.
Ration.
Pike Massey of Jacksonport
was fined $25 and the costs in
the justice court of F. S. Gull
lett at Newport for using a
seine in violation of the fish
and game law.
For Sale-Good upland farm
of IA acres located l IA miles
northeast of Newark. For
price and terms write C. L.
Mayhan, $500 Pike Ave, North
Little Rock, Arkansas.
Dr.. A. A. Evans and D. P.
Whisnant have returned from
Philips county where they
spent several days with a par
| ty of friends on camp hunt
in the Mississippi bottoms.
Attention, Modern Wood
mn. There will be meeting
of Newark Camp M. w. A.
Monday night, Nov. rs. All
members are urged to be pres
ent. o. F. Craig, Clerk.
NJ. NJ. Rutherfurd of Ruther-
ford was a passenger down
the road Sunday night en- route
to Little Rock where he will
sit in the constitutional con-
vention as one Of the delegates
from independence county.
The Newark journal., 1917-11-22
One way to conserve food in

One way to conserve food in
this country would be to kill
several million worthless dogs.
We see a few in and around
Newark that seem to be of no
value whatever, and generally
the fellow who is least able to
keep a dog wants from one to
three. 1t is much better to give
the feed to a pig and some
chickens and get something in
return.
The Newark journal., 1917-11-22

Better to economic now
and have a surplus later, than
to need the surplus and not
have it. Economy is the watch
word. President Wilson urges
It and food experts tell us that
dire calamity will befall US if
we fail to heed the call.
According to the report of
S. M. Bone, government cotton
reporter for independence
county, there was a total of
5,772 bales of cotton ginned in
this county pu to November l,
as compared with a total of
1906 bales ginned up to the
same date last year.
The Newark journal., 1917-11-22
WARNING ORDER

independence Chancery Court,
December Term, 1917
Jno. n. Grimes Plaintiff,
VS..
Ollie A. Grimes, Deft.
The defendant Ollie A.
Grimes is warned to appear in
this court within thirty days
and answer the complaint of
the plaintiff, Jno. N. Grimes.
Given under my hand and
seal as such Clerk of the Chan
Gerry court this the 29th day of
October 1917.
B. F. ADAMS, Clerk
S. M. Bone, Attorney for
nonresident defendant.
The Newark journal., 1917-11-22
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves.

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 90 cents.
The Newark journal., 1917-11-22

Some men are like a bass drum,
they are good for nothing except to
make big noise.
The Newark journal., 1917-11-22
DR.. A. A. EVANS
What is LAX=FOS

LAX-FGS IS An IMPROVED CASCAKA
A Digestive Liquid Laxative, Cathartic
and Liver Tonic. Contains Cascara Bark,
Blue Flag Root, Rhubarb Root, Black
Root, May Apple Root, SIENNA Leaves and
Pepsin. Combines strength with pala-
table aromatic taste. Does not grippe. soc
The Newark journal., 1917-11-22
The auInIne That Does Not Affect the Head

Because of its tonic and laxative effect. LAXA-
TIVE BROMO QUININE Is better than ordinary
Quinne and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing in head. Remember the full lame and
look for the signature of E. w. GROVE. SOC.
The Newark journal., 1917-11-22

Are you using more gas?
Are you using more oil? Have
you less power? Take your
car troubles to "Skeeter" Scat
es. Henderson Auto Co.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-30
Patriotism and Prohibition
Leading Editors Decry Turning
Into a National Bone Dry Measure.

Too many of them voted as they did
with an eye to political effect, knowing,
or at any rate hoping, that the Senate
would come to the relief of situation
which they realize in their hearts to be
impossible.
There is such a thing as making haste
too rapidly. 1t is perfectly true that daily
the acreage of the great American des-
ert is increasing. Industry has read the
riot act to thousands, and has announced
that it refuses an allegiance divided
with John Bareycorn. The economist
has his innings, with the proof of the
waste large and sheer due to booze"
Right and left one reads of banquets
and other ceremonies that in other days
would have meant a fusillade of popping
corks now peaceful as noiseless Fourth.
and denatured to complete sobriety. From
one commencement center after another
comes the description of festival with
out the bar sinister. The returns from
the military camps go to show that the
army in the making forswears the false
courage born of fermentation 1t is not
on record that America, by and large,
is the loser by the dwindling consump-
ton of strong drink.
Much Of this progress is a natural de-
velopment, the effect of education, the
voluntary acceptance of the better way
1t is more than doubtful whether the
progress is greater where abstention is
made compulsory by drastic laws that
fail to command the respect of large
proportion of the population than where
sobriety results from an appeal to the
common sense of the people. At all
events, the introduction of so far-reach-
ing and radical prohibition into food
control measure is unwise, because it is
bound to create dissensions where har-
monv is so essential and because it
would be certain to divert the attention
of the nation from need that is of far
greater urgency, namely, the increase of
food for the millions at home and
abroad who are looking to this country
to make TIP the deficiencies in food ca,ls-
ed by the ravages of war.
1t was no idle phrase of Mr.. Hoov-
er's when he declared that unless we act
instantly "by this time next year the
food problem will be absolutely unsolv-
able and the world will face absolute
starvation" For this fundamental rea-
son the nation has looked with increas-
ing anxiety and impatience upon the dill
atory actions of Congress, and that feel
ing will not be assuaged by the knowl-
edge that the House in its amendments
to the food control bill has been playing
an insincere game with problem of
life and death From the Philadelphia
Ledger.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-30
FOOd-and Drink-COntrOI.

Even the most ardent of advocates of
prohibition of the liquor curse will not,
provided they have not wholly lost all
sense of proportion in this world crisis,
become unduly exultant over the "dry"
amendment which the House added to
the food control bill before its final pas
sage on Saturday And the general feel
ing of dissatisfaction throughout the
country at what on its surface at least
is sign of more do and less talk" on
the part of Congress will be somewhat
tempered by the suspicion that the House
has no more idea that the food control
bill will go on the statute books in its
present form than it believed in the
linality of its war revenue bill when it
passed it.
The vital problem confronting the
country today is the conservation of
food-thc increase of production and
the prevention of waste-to the end that
the grave menace of starvation may be
averted. Of course, the amount of food
material that goes into the making of
distilled and fermented beverages is a
considerable factor in the problem
That will be admitted without debate.
But it will also be admitted, save by fan
atics, that opinion in the nation is sharp
ly divided upon the subject of total pro-
hibition, and it is of more than doubtful
expediency to force the issue at mo-
ment when a great national emergency
calls for unity in every avenue of hui
man endeavor, industrial commercial
and military. Moreover, the vote in the
House of Representatives is, unfortun-
ately, not an accurate index of the con-
victions of the members who voted by
such unexpected mai critics for drastic
prohibitory clauses, as amendments to
the Administration food control bill
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-30
A PerilOuS Policy.

The action of the House in passing
the Food Control Bill with a bonedry
amendment forbidding the brewing and
distilling of alcoholic beverages aga'n
casts upon the Senate the responsibility
of perfecting crude and ill-advised legis
lation from the other end of the Capi
toll
The Barkley Amendment was forced
upon q House almost evenly divided,
The vote was 1872 to ia. Even closer
was the division, 124 to 1874, upon the
Lenroot proposal to advance modera-
tion by permitting the making of beer
and light wines while banning spirits
That this measure is one SO vital to
the instant need of democracy, and so
sharp break from the precedent of
easier-going times as to demand the Ma
tion's best thought for its own sake,
makes the trick resort to an ungermane
rider" unforgivable The method is
always unfair But when extremist adj
vocates imperl the Republic to advance
their hobby at any cost or any risk
when they play into the hands of food
extortionlsts and the German autocracy
by jeopardzing an imperative national
rrecantion, they are acting not for the
American people but for Berlin, and
thew merit severe condemnation.
That the House passed the misshapen
bill bv an almost unanimous vote proves
nothing except that IFS members wer"
unwilling to appear finally in the role
of obstructionists. Prohibition is a de
batable policy. 1t may come. But ii
should stand or fall on its own merits,
in fair and open discussion and vote,
not seek strangle-hold upon a measure
which may mean our defeat or our vic
torv in the world war
EndangerinG the country abroad to
further dubious domestic policy by an
unfair trick can serve only our enemies
We look to the Senate to reverse this
perilous policy.-From the New York
| World.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-30

keep the provisions Of the bill restrict
inc the use of foodstuffs in the manu-
facture of alcoholic liquors within rea-
sonablc bounds.
In the House Of Representatives 3G5
members, after bitter contest, have
chosen to so on record as favoring abso-
lutte prohibition of the manufacture of
Intoxicating liquors during the war. 1t
is probable that many Of those who
voted for the drastic liquor amendment
Saturday night did so in order to get
the bill through on time, confident that
Restriction of the use of foodstuffs in
distilleries may be necessary. 1t is well
for the law to recognize the essential
fact that our food supplies must be pro-
tected at whatever cost But to turn the
food administration bill, at the last mo-
ment of the House debate upon it, into
counting the cost at all is going too far.
1t is utterly unreasonable. The pending
revenue bill is already large enough
without the addition of another huge
sum to make up for the elimination of
$350,00O,000 of present taxes The effect
of the liquor amendment is to change
lllC Cildl dCleI Ol lllC lOOu Dlll, 10 MAKE
its main provisions practically subor-
dinate to the prohibition of liquors.
All this distraction of legislative en-
ergy from the main business of the hour,
this continuous attempt to make a sub
sidiary question principal, seriously in
terfereS with war measures. Senator
Wadsworth has proposed an amendment
to the food control bill which gives the
President power to prohibit the use of
food materials in the manufacture of
distilled liquors. beers and ales. That is
the proper method. The plain duty of
the Senate is to eliminate the prohibtive
amendment and substitute for it one
based on an intelligent consideration of
the situation From the New York
Times.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-30
LIVING COSTS IN ENGLAND.

Washington.-In response to an in
quiry as to present day living costs in
England, Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice
English ambassador to this country,
wrote Congressman Graham that his
best information to date was that pota
toes Gold crop) were selling at maxi
mum of S21O bushel; cured bacon
about IS cents 2 pound, and flour, $500
barrel. This means that the cost of
potatoes and -four in America are about
twice the cost in England.
In commenting on these figures Con-
gresham Graham said
Imagine, if you can, the position of
a man who has a family of three or four
growing children to support and educate
and a salary of 50 day to keep them
on. Do you say that there are not many
such cases? There are millions of
them
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-30
DODGE WAR PROFIT TAX.

Washington. - Government agents
have discovered that some war muni-
tions makers are not satisfied with eX-
traordinary profits and have been dodg-
ing the 12E per cent tax on their profits,
1t is stated that these evasions run into
the millions of dollars. One of the
methods adopted to reduce profits was
to charge off as expenses large portions
of the profits on the ground that the
plants will be worthless when the war
ends. Internal revenue agents say that
after the war the factories can be util-
lied in other ways and will by no means
be total loss
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-30
-Seibel in Albany knickerboeker Press.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY "AYEw

they will have it or trouble will result
Good beer, good work, is an old saying,
and | know it is true"
Here and there some are found who
hold more modern views. A GOLFERS
doctor of Sheffield admitted that drink
was essential but would by no means
allow that it must be beer, or, indeed,
any other drink containing alcohol. He
had, in fact, persuaded number of men
at one pit to take non alcoholic drink
"and the results obtained in working" h,
says were better than when beer wa:
the beverage taken" But that is not the
opinion of the average miner, nor of
the average worker in the muntion fac
tory He can, indeed, see nothing in
the recent movement toward enforced
abstinence but a conspiracy to deprive
him of physiological necessity; and he
is prepared to fight it with might and
main 1t is this traditional state of mind
that the government has found it impos-
sble to contend with.-From the n. Y.
Tribune
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-30
Patriotism and Beer.

The deprivation OF beer" writes the
irrepressible Horatio Bottomley," plus
the exploitation by the brewers, who
are charging champagne prices for stuff
not distinguishable from swipes,' will
cause serious and calamitous trouble
unless the Prime Minister has the COM
mon sense and courage to turn deaf
who works the right to food and drink
that are good in quality and reasonable
in price"
MIR. Arthur Draper, in the course of
an inquiry into the causes of the indus
trial unrest in Great Britain, seems to
have found some evidence to justify
Mr. Bottomley's apprehension. He tells
us in recent dispatch to The Tribune
of a conversation he had with the man
ager of q great munitions plant i'll the
north. "In his opinion" says Mr.. Dra-
per, the greatest causes of unrest were
the beer shortage and restrictions, and
his judgment is worth something, for
he is an employer of 100000 people"
Nor can it be doubted that the GOVERN
ment is conscious of the danger of pre-
cipitating an issue on the question of
beer for only the other day it was adj
mitted officially that the reduction in the
annual output, as decreed last February,
had proved to be too drastic. According
ly, an increase in the barrelage has been
authorized, but with reduction in the
specific gravity of draft beers.
1t is difficult to persuade the British
workingman that beer is not one of the
necessities of life. Objection to prohibi-
ton, or to any radical measures aiming
at prohibition, is not confined to NUM-
ton workers. Quite recently strong
protest against the campaign of the tee
totallers was made by Welsh collier,
churchwarden of Rhondda, in letter
to "The Times" of London. If he
wrote, you cut down our supply of
! liquid, so vitally necessary you
will as a corolarry lessen the supply of
coal available for the allied cause. |
know the fact, and if the armchair crit
les of the Principally will please note,
they are doing their utmost to prevent
the continuation of the present made
quate supply"
1t may be answered that no one
ever proposed to cut down the miners
Supply of liquid" and that, if he finds
plain water unpalatable, ginger beer or
barley water with dash of lemon juice
might perhaps serve his turn. But the
miner would not accept such insipid sub
| stitutes as adequate. 1t is his belief that
| beer is an indispensable beverage, and
that on it his well-being largely depends,
| When he comes IN out of the colliery
pint of beer is what he wants and
nothing else will do.
Strange to say, some medical men
back the miners in their belief. One
whom "The Times" describes as "a we'll
known Welsh doctor with an extensive
practice in the mining areas" insists on
the "unquestionable physiological vir-
tues" of beer, and holds it to be the
best possible thing for workingmen to
drink" An official of the Yorkshire
Miners Association is no less certain of
its value. "The great majority of them
want beer" he says, "and, what is more
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-30
MINERS ON WAR BOARD.

Washington.-The following trade
unionists have been added to the COM
mittee on coal production, council of
national defense: President White,
Vice President HAYES, Secretary-Treas-
urer Green and Chief Statistician Lewis
of the United Mine Workers; President
Lord of the mining department, \. F.
of L.; John Mitchell, chairman New
York State Industrial Commission, and
James kerwin, secretary to Secretary
Wilson OF the Federal Department of
Labor. The United Mine Workers pro-
tested against the one-sided makeup of
the committee on coal production and
certain rules OF the committee which, it
is now believed will be modified.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-30
Proctor Enemy of Labor
Statement Signed By a Committee of Leading Trade
Unionists

undersigned this office for
insertion;
William Proctor has elevated himself the minds OF the
the champion OF freedom and humanity
organized labor of Cincinnati and vicinity submit
following facts concerning Mr. Proctor:
THAT favored firms and has been known
houses but on the
contrary the the Proctor Gamble Company
mpacae of organized labor in Cincinnati
Publishing Company located Opera place Cincinnati
has fought labor all and believe the truth
should be known this humanitarian
been identified with the National Guard for the
mionairesas their personal body guard
"FRANK SCHwAB
HARRY BRoCKER,
HARRY V. Dill,
+. EDGERToN,
Board OF Business Representatives Printing Trades Unions Rooms
and 2 Bldg, and Walnut Streets Cincinnati o.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-30

The food administration bill has pass
ed the House of REPRESENTATIVES with
IN amendment that, if finally accepted,
would cost the country $3500O0,0OO
yearly Apart from any other objection
10 the attachment of an out-and-out pro
hibition measure to bill designed to
conserve the nations food supply in a
time of great peril the prospective loss
TO the revenues of the entire sum de-
rived annually from LIQUOR taxes is open
TO serious objection The Senate should
The record., 1917-08-30
Medals Offered.

Medals are offered by the Ken
lucky Illiteracy Commission to the
teachers who teach the largest num-
Der of men registered for army SER
vice to read and write. A handsome
gold medal will be given to the teach
er IN the State who teaches the larg-
est number and a handsome bronze
medal to the teacher in each Con-
gressional District who leads with
the largest number. These medals
will be made in the semblance of the
State Capitol, having a center with
faces of four heroic Kentuck1ans
grouped around it. On the oppos :
lite side will be the teachers name
and the inscription "Awarded to
- for great patriotic service to
the State of kentucky and to the
Government of the United States in
teaching llliterate soldiers during the
world war 1917"