The Newark journal., 1917-08-23

NiSShHooo hAioSst sptitd - lew h1Sa I
visiting her daughter, Mrs. P Il. I
Cain.
j. S. Vaughan has sold his pro-
duce and poultry business to F. c. /
Hoyt and Co. and has retired from
business.
]. O. Burns of Batesville was
passenger up the road Sunday en-
route home from a visit with rela-
tives in Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Williamson
after delightful visit here with rel
atives left Saturday for their home
at Joplin, Mo.
Try me and see if you can't buy
more fresh groceries than any place
for the money. Jno. M. Martin.
The corn crop is indicated as con-
sidarble over three billion bushels
which is antoher big item for which
we are thankful.
L. C. Jernigan of Batesville was
a passenger up the road Monday en-
route home from visit with reIa-
tiyes at Jonesboro.
Joe Freeze is building a nice new
home on his lots north of the sehol
building which he recently purchased
from C. M. Edwards.
VIII be glad to have all of my old
customers and friends call and see
me whether you trade with me or
not. John NJ Martin.
Victor Wade of Batesville was in
town Friday en- route to Lemon
Springs, Tex, where he will enter the
officers training camp.
The man who practices the good he
does not try to preach is more popular
than the man who breaches the good T
that he does not try to parctiee.
The protracted meeting will begin
at the Macedonia church Saturday
night August &c. W. E. Davis of
Bauxite will assist in the meeting.
Mrs. P. H. Cain has returned to her
hoem at Greenwood Miss. after a
pleasant visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. A. Goxington, near town. T
Will Duyall prominent citizen
and merchant Of Sulphur Rock was
a passenger down the road Tuesday
night en- route to Little Rock ON bus
mess.
Bryan Welborn and Cliff Tilley |
who enlisted in the U. S. Navy some I
time ago, left last week for Newport
R. l., to enter the naval training
school. svsg
Charlie Grimes who recently ioln-
ed the motor truck division of the u.
S. Army stationed at Little Rock
spent Sunday here visiting his father,
j. N. Grimes.
Miss Winnie bearing will leave
next week for Bald Knob where she
will have charge tfhe music de-
partment of the Bald Knob High
School for the coming term.
DR.. A. A Evans returned Tues
day night from Eureka Springs where
he spent efw days with his wife
and son who aer spending the sum-
mer at that place.
Those Oklahoma draft resisters
seem to have awakened to a realize
ton of the fact that resisting TIE
United States Government is about
as hazardous as enlisting in the army.
Rudd Alexander who is in The
Second Arkansas Regiment of the Z.
S. Army stationed at Fort Roots,
spent Sunday in town visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. r. Alex
ander.
1t. may be that we will strike
discordant note with many other mat
tiers now claiming public attention
but even so we wish to sound warn
ing against the neglect of the pub
lie roads. Good roads We're never t
more urgently needed than now With I
the nation straining every nerve
in the task of production to neglect
our highways would be, to put it
mildly, very poor economy. We should |
see that all roads are put in the
best possible conditions before the
winter rains set in.
Were it not for the protection when