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The Newark journal., 1917-10-25
WEEKS PROCEEDINGS
In The CIRCUIT COURT
Juries Selected and a Number
of Cases Disposed of Up
to Last Night

The fall term of the indie
pendence circuit court conven-
ed at Batesville Monday with
Judge Dene H. Coleman pre-
siding. The morning was
taken up in selecting the ju-
rors and the court got down to
business about noon. The
juries are made up of the fol
lowing citizens:
Grand Jury.-W. J. Cald-
we'll, Hill township, foreman.
N. NJ. Wilson, Big Bottom, J.
W. Richardson, Black River;
Asa Pelley, Christian; D. f.
Dobson, Cushman; Sam Pear
&c, Fairview; Walter Mcclure,
Greenbrier; w. D. Magness,
Magness; J. H. Moore, White
River; Jim Griffin, Wycough
John Blevins, Washington; J.
A. Davidson, Oil Trough; Ross
Horn, jefferson, L. w. Gilbert
Liberty; Jack Wrinkle, Union,
Bob Wheeler, Rosie.
Petit Jury.-Sam Phillips,
Barren, Ben Magness, Big Bot
tom; Oliver Rider, Black Riv-
er; ]. L. Brown. Cushman;
J. D. Martin, Craig, G. w. Jer-
nigan, Dota; Allen Keith,
Gainsboro; Rev. Will Thomp-
son, jefferson; Sam Brooks.
Magness; G.. w. Burnett. Re
lief J. F. Martin, Ruddell, Geo.
Hooper, Salado; Bob Wilson,
Union; John Hughey Wash
ington; Ed Owen, White Riv-
err; A. K. Gibson, Wycough.
Blake Evans Ruddell Rev.
Jim Porter, Washington, Gas
ton Chastin, Oil Trough; Geo.
Bevens Magness; Isham Wor-
then, Greenbrier; Edgar Wood
yard, Barren; George Luster,
Ruddell George Crosser, Big
Bottom.
w. E. Kinman of Newark is
baliff for the grand jury.
Following is the proceed
ings of the court:
B. F. Bush Rec, VS.. Oldfield
and Cole, non suit by plain
tiff.
Continued on last page)
The Newark journal., 1917-10-25
FIRE AT NEWPORT
DAMAGES COTTON

Newport, Oct, 22.-The cot
ton compress located in the
northern section of this city
narrowly escaped being ignited
Saturday night, when a car
of cotton took fire about $3.50
O'Clock. Between 80 and 40
bales of the staple were great
ly damaged. The origin of
the fire is unknown. The blaze
was discovered by a party of
officers who were in the vicin-
ity searching for Sylvia Fowler.
a young girl who has been
missing from her home since
last Thursday morning. An
alarm was turned in to the
fire department, but before the
company arrived the flames
were placed under control. The
cotton had been shipped to the
Newport compress and placed
close to the building.
The Newark journal., 1917-10-25
State Board Appropriates $67,
200 For the Little Rock
and Batesville Road

Hon. T. J. Raney of this
place who is a member of the
Board of Commissioners of the
North Arkansas Highway I'M
provement District from this
county states that actual work
on the Batesville-Little Rock
highway will probably begin
early in 1913.
A meeting of board was held
in the office of the State High
way Commission in Little
Rock Tuesday. at which time
the State Highway Commits
sion appropriated $4,000 for
use on this road.
Mr.. Raney states that coun-
ty judges of the various coun-
ties through which the road
is surveyed made an agree
ment to withdraw So convicts
from the state penitentiary who
are subject to road duty and
donate their labor to the com
missioners in the construction
of the road. The work that
will be donated to the road by
the state convicts, plus the APP
preparation of $4,000 by the
highway commission, vii.
amount to something like
$114,000. This will be added
The Newark journal., 1917-10-25
BEGIN WORK SOON
ON STATE HIGHWAY

to the $114,O00 that will be
levied by taxes on the real es
tate in the district through
which the road runs, making a
total Of 1928. 900.
The state highway depart
ment estimates that it will
take this amount to clear,
drain, build bridges, culverts,
and grade the road between
Batesville and Little Rock, and
do all the other work, with the
exception of building river
bridges.
Both federal and state aid
is given, and the road must be
built in accordance with the
government rules, and be APP
proved by government inspec-
tors.
Mr.. Raney says the commits
sioners expect to let the con-
tract not later than February
1. The road is finally to be
completed by being surfaced
with about y inches of gravel
mixed with a sufficient amount
Of oil to make hard surface.
The total cost of the highway,
when completed, it is estimat-
ed will be close to 100000.
A land tax to run fifteen
years is to be assessed against
the property within three miles
Of the road. Property within
one mile will be assessed Is
cents per acre, that within two
miles 10 cents per acre, and
that within three miles, 5 cents
per acre, making an approx
mate assessment on the land Of
10 cents per acre.
The Newark journal., 1917-10-25

report rendered June 30, 1917.
Treasurer.-We have care
fully examined this officers
books and checked his settle
ments with the county court
record. We find that his re-
ports have been correctly made
and that he had in the safe
and with the county depository
sufficient funds to cover his
various balance as shown to be
due from him to the various
departments of the county,
road, school districts and other
special funds; the depository
has accountd for the interest
ACQUIRING on the various funds.
Collector-We have care
fully examined these officers
reports and find that they have
accounted for all funds charq-
ed to them for which they hold
state and county treasurer's re
ceipts.
County Clerk-Upon care
full examination of this officers
books we find that he has
made an intelligent accounting
of all transactions which he is
required by law to perform.
Circuit Clerks-We find
these officers have reported
and accounted for all funds
due from them to the county.
Justices of the Peace-They
have all reported to the coun-
ty court, as required.
Constables-We find that
constables from the following
townships have not accounted
for all fines charged to them,
as shown by the Justices re-
ports:
G. w. Reaves, cost, Black
River, amount $3.50; f. M .
Gilbreath, marshal of Newark,
Big Bottom, amount, 81; w.
E. Thurlo, deputy theriff,
amount S58.45; S. S. Gilbert,
constable, amount 81, both Of
Cushman township; Fred
Dunno. constable Hill township.
amount $3.50; H. B. Malone,
constable Liberty township,
amount SIG; d. F. Jernigan,
constable Magness township.
SIS; N. E. Scargall, constable
Relief township, 81; Jim Gar
ret, constable Salado township,
SIS, and Wash Wilson, con-
stable, White River township.
SO.
We apprehend that the
above conditions will exist as
long as collecting officers dis
regard the law in not settling
at each term of the county
The Newark journal., 1917-10-25

court.
The custom of collecting Of
ficers to withhold funds be-
longing to the county for six
months is unwarranted by law,
we therefore recommend the
enforcement of the law re-
curing them to report and ac-
count for all moneys at each
term of the county court.
We find that the report of
the public audit" referred the
former commissioners report as
not having been completed, is
set forth on pages 50, So, 81
and 55, Book GA" County
Court Record.
After a very pleasant ses-
sion and conferences with the
various officers of the county,
to whom the thanks of the
commission are due we antici-
pate seeing such favorable
conditions hereafter.
Your obident servants,
J. T. Tharp,
j. A. Holmes,
J. E. Rosebrough,
Commissioners
The Newark journal., 1917-10-25
COMMISSIONERS OF
ACCOUNTS REPORT
Find all County Officers Ex-
cept Few Constables Have
Complied With Law

The county commissioners of
accounts have completed the
work of checking up the books
of the county officers, and
have filed the following re-
port with the circuit court:
TO the Honorable Dene II.
Coleman, Judge of the Third
Judicial District of Arkan-
sas:
Dear Sir-As commissioners
of accounts by your appoint
ment, j. E. Rosebrough and j..
A. Holmes met at the court
house October l, 1917, and
took the constitutional oath.
On account of the failure to
appear of H. E. Hawthorne,
the other appointee your hon
or appointed j. 7. Tharp to fill
such vacancy, who appeared
on October 2 and took the
constitutional oath as prescrib-
ed by law. We proceeded to
the duties required of us and
now have the honor to report
to you the result of our find
ings.
After due comparison with
record of allowance and re-
demption, we have listed and
filed with the circuit clerk as
required by law, all scrip and
warrants eminating from ev-
cry department of the county
which have been by law duly
authorized, the same having
been duly cancelled. and which
E in the presence of each other
and the county judge have
been burned amounting to
5,262 pieces.
Sheriff-After careful ex-
animation of the records of
this officers reports we find the
same kept and filed as re-
CURED by law, showing all
debts and credits of fines, for
FIXTURES, jury and stenogra-
pher tax and ferry and show
license have been accounted
for by him, showing a balance
in the sum of $223.70 as un-
collected, the same being re-
corded by him in his quarterly
The Newark journal., 1917-10-25
LOCAL. ITEMS

Protect your home with a
w. O. w policy.
Let every chopper boost for
the big w. o. w. class.
No one can be disloyal to a
civic duty without being false
to his country.
Squire A. H. Saylors is at
tending Quorum Court at
Batesville this week.
Mrs. Lena Hery of Fitz-
gerald spent a few days here
this week visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. W. R. Fausel.
Mrs. j. l. Sturdivant return
ed Sunday from Newport
where she spent few days
attending the fair and visiting
! friends.
Rev. H. F. Vermillion closed
his meeting at the Baptist
church last night and left this
morning for his home at Noun
tain Home.
Rev. A. T. Richie who has
been conducting a series OF
meetings at the Christian
church here left a few days
ago for his home at Madison,
Tenn.
Mrs. w. w. Jernigan, Miss
Robbie Meachem and Zephy
Minis left this morning fo1
Georgetown for a few days
visit. They made the trip in
Mrs. Jernigan's car.
The farmers are now selling
their cotton and corn at ex-
ceptionally good prices and we
hope they remember to pay
The Journal promptly. The
amountyou owe on subscription
is not much for each of you
but all of it makes a consider
able sum, and we hope every
one will pay up and renew
for another year out of the
first cotton they sell. Every
thing that the paper man uses
has advanced and the only
way that The Journal can be
kept at a ST year is for ev-
eryone to pay. Otherwise, un-
less paper labor etc. becomes
cheaper we will be forced to
advance the price after JAN
uary 1918. If you pay in adj
vance this fall you will not be
affected for twelve months
anyway if we are forced to put
up the price.
The Newark journal., 1917-10-25
SWIFTON TO HAVE
$4,000 SCHOOL HOUSE

The contract was let Friday
for building new school
house at Swifton. 1t will have
all modern conveniecnies and
will cost $22,375. Jenkins {.
Adams were awarded the con-
tract for the construction of
the building.
Work on the building will
be begun in a few days.
The Newark journal., 1917-10-25
THE TOBACCO FUND

The Journal has received the
following contributions to the
tobacco fund being raised to
furnish tobacco to the soldiers
at the front:
Matte o. Aydelott,
The Newark journal., 1917-10-25
MR.. OLDFIELD WILL
SPEAK HERE TOMORROW

Congressman w. A. Oldfield
will deliver an address at the
High School Auditorium in
Newark tomorrow (Friday)
the 10Th, at 7::30 p. m.
He will speak in behalf of
the Liberty Loan and will dis
cuss Americas part in the
great world war.
1t is hoped that a large
crowd will go out to hear him
The Newark journal., 1917-10-25

1t was Ben Franklin who
said "a fat kitchen means a
lean will" But in these days
of high cost of living, fat
kitchen does away with the
trouble of making a will.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-04
AN OLD RECIPE
'I s, TO. DARKEN HAIR
Sage Tea and Sulphur Turns Gray,
f Faded Hair Dsrk and Glossy.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, pronerly com
pounded, brings back The natural
color and lustre to the hair when
faded, streaked or gray. ears ssago|
the only way to get this mix, xtpfe|
was to make it at home, which q 3
rnussy and troublesome.
Nowadays We simply ask at ,eny|
drug store for tfSWyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound. 2 You viii gei1)
a large bottle Of this old time sre1
tcipe improved by the addition od
other Ingredients, at very little cost
Everybody uses this preparation
now, because 54no one can possibly
tell that you darkened your hair aa
lit does it soN naturally and evenly
Yeu dampen a sponge OF soft brush
with it and draw this through you'd
hair, taking one small strand at q
time; BY morning the gray hair dis
appears, and after another appIiead
ton OF two, your hair becomes
beautifully dark, thick and giossyI
and you look years younger. WI
eth's Sage and Sulphur Compound
f.I /.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-04
WAR TIME FARM PRICES
Germany's Limitation of Shipping
Would Have Put Them Below
Cost of Production.
By Clarence Ousley, Assistant :
Secretary of Agriculture.

1t has been lightly asserted that
the American farmer has no mater
ial interest at stake in the war with
Germany. Let us see. Those who
think that there is nothing in the
American cause except the privilege
of pleasure seekers to travel on
passenger ships to Europe must have
forgotten the specific condition upon
which Germany offered to permit
American shipping. Without review
ing the tragic events which caused
the death of 226 American citizens
including women and children, with
out discussing the sinking of any
particular ship, and without even
considering the four separate and
distinct promises of Germany in ef-
feet not to sink ships without safe
garding the lives of passengers and
crews, let it be recalled that in her
declaration of purpose of January
81, 1917, to extend the submarine
zone to Great Britain, France and
Italy and therein to sink all ships re-
gardless of flag or cargo, she offered
to this country as a special favor the
privilege of sending one steamer a
week each way to the port of Fal-
mouth, England, upon condition that
it should be striped with three stripes
each meter wide, white and red
alternating, and upon the further
condition that a guaranty be given
that such ships should not carry con-
traband.
Perhaps one ship week each way
would accommodate the pleasure
seekers but how much of our export
and import business would it accom-
modate?
In the fiscal year ending June go,
1911, we exported to Europe farm
products to the value of S1,12-, $751;
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News for the Farmer
CURING HAMS AND BACON.

"Please give me the best method
for curing hams and bacon
There are different ideas about
the curing of hog flesh. Some use
the dry sailing method and some
use the brine method, and frst-class
meat is made in both ways. l was
raised to consider the dry saltlng
method the only one. My mother
wss q famous hand at meat-curlng
and taught me how to cut the hog
and cure the meat. In later years
7 tried the brine method because L
found a friend successful in making
the best of hams in this way, and
it is certainly far less work than
dry sailing. Hence for many years
I used the brine method till l had
no hogs to kill and no smokehouse
and have had to depend on buying
my meat already cured. Sometimes
7 get good and sometimes poor hams
for as a rule I cannot get here
home-cured meat, but have to take
the packing hause hams which are
not the real thing of my early man.
hood at home by any sort of COM
parison. " + .
In the first place, let the meat get
perfectly cold before you cut the
hog up at all. You cannot cut and
trim the meat properly till it is cold
and firm. Cut the hams with a
short hook and trim them IN good
rounded shape. Make a brine strong
enough to float an egg, and pack
the meat in this for three days.
Then take it out and either make a
new brine or boil and skim the first
and return the meat, putting hams
and shoulders in cask to themsei-
YES and the thin meat Dy ltseii'
Keep this last in brine ten days. l
add to this brine an ounce OF salt
petre for each 100 pounds Of meat
The hams and shoulders are let
stay in the brine three weeks. then
take out and hang and smoke with
any sort of wood except plne' or
with corn cobs. Corn cobsl smother
ed down with green cedar brush
make an excellent smoke. Wnen
properly smoked, make a mixture OF
black molasses and black pepper ana
paint the meat over with this. Wrap
on thick paper and put in cotton bags
and dip these in white wash and hang
in dark house. The side meat after
smoking can be packed down IN Dran
CT oat chaff. The hams and shoulders
will be at their best at the next
years killing time.-Progresslve
Farmer. ... .a .. <.'..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-04

At the Great Lakes naval stations
the chief master at arm, who is dis
ciplinarian of the mess hall is try
ing to teach the young "jackies" to
eat with their forks instead of
spoons and knives. He has five as
sistants and it takes them all. While
few of them know all details of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-04
THOSE WHO IGNORED CRED
J, '': CARDS" FACE PENALTY|

3f New .York. Nov. SO. Roger d
Wood, director Of the draft IN Ses'
York City, announeed that by dirseI
ton Of Adjutant General shetrilll ID
PIT negroes who gnored tie sres
cards. sent to- them win Be arrest
ed ed on ,l. 81 sight + These e men { vill 81
taken before their local board
which will determine whether or moi
athey are to sbe treated as ( Rilfu1
.deserters.' :, :.is;ii i5si :5Ss, & 3
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-04

While a lady was attending
smart concret at hotel in Chicago
her apartments were gone into and
her clothes were all stolen, among
the articles lost were four suits,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-04
table etiquette there are other
who do not.

To avert confusion in distinguishin.
y
second lieutcnants and enlisted me
Secretary Baker has authorized
distinctive insignia of rank for tn
lieutenants. They will wear a gol
bar on the shoulder of the uniforr
coat and loop of brown braid o.
the overcoat sleeves similar to th
black loop on the overcoats of Gr]
lieutenants.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-04

to fight Germany or cease to be
nation of prosperous producers and
become a nation of poems to Prus-
sian autocracy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-04

seven dresses, two sets of furs, most
of her lingerie, fifteen pairs of
shoes, a cameo pin, two bracelets
and a strand of beads. g.,
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-15
BATS HOME RUN INTO WATER TANK; CAUGHT OUT AT HOME PLATE.

Tex Jones, who used to play with the White Sox and now is out in the Western League somewhere, says this play actually happened in a game he took part in. It's a real tank town" story, at any rate. The playing field was along a rail- road track and there was a water tank without a roof on it just back of center field. The batter hit a high fly and it landed plunk into this open water tank. The batter thought he had a home run, so he logged around at his leisure, but the center fielder chased up the lad der at the side of the water tank, reached in, got the ball that had come to the surface of the water, and from his perch threw home, get ting the runner by step. The umpire studied the rules, held the play was fair because the ball had not touched ground" after being hit, and allowed the put out. Tex Jones to cinch this story says the batter who hit the ball was named Watkins and that if he knew his pos.office address he would have him prove the tale.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-15
JIM BAGBY ENTERS THE HALL OF FAME.

Cleveland, it seems, maintains a sort of Hall of Fame of it's own. Those eligible to membership are pitchers who win. twenty games for the Cleveland team in a season. Jim Bagby recently qualified and was admitted, having put over his twentieth win. His next time out he was hammered all over the lot, but that doesn't matter. Eight Cleveland pitchers have membership in this select circle. Addie Joss was in the twenty-victory class for four seasons, Jean Gregg twice. Cy Young missed out by one game in
 1909. The greatest number of vic tories pitched by Clevelander in one season was twenty-nine, Bill Bernhard reaching that total in
 1904. Bagby is still piling up vic tories and though he will not reach Bernhard's mark, he may reach the high point set by Joss, the idolized Addie, having twenty-seven wins to his credit in 1907. In 1908 he scored twenty-four. But those were days when Cleveland was at the highwater mark as a pennant con- teider, so that Bagby's work really should class with the best of them.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-15
National League
CATCHERS WORRYING NEW YORK MANAGER.

When John McGraw does what it is expected he will do in leading his team into the 1917 worlds series, he will be carrying the most deli cate set of catchers along that the game has sheltered for many day. Lew McCarty is expected to be there with his broken leg, and George Gibson's brittle thumbs will be in action.
 The season for McGraw has been a succession of trouble with catch CTS. First, McCarty tried to tear oat base with his leg and suffered a broken one. Then Gibson got his hand in the way of foul tip and his thumb was broken. At va rious times Bill Rariden has been running around with half a hand CT so split by foul tips.
 Just as McGraw sold Ernie Kreu- ger, promising young receiver, a blow fell on his catching staff and he was compelled to buy young Sny- der from Brooklyn. He tried to wheedle Robinson into letting him have Kreuger back, but the attempt was fruitless.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-15
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
 No. 1661-A
In the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Division Number
 One, at Juneau
CHARLES GOLDSTEIN, doing busi- ness as GOLDSTEIN'S EMPOR- IUM, Plaintiff,

WALLACE A. ROUSE, Defendant.
 TO WALLACE A. ROUSE, De- fendant, GREETING:
 In the name of the United States of America, you are hereby command ed to be and appear in the above en- titled Court holden at Juneau, in said Division of said Territory, and answer the complaint flied against you to the above entitled action within 30 days after the completion of the per iod of the publication and service of this Summons upon you, and if you fail so to appear and answer for want thereof, the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein. The relief prayed for in said complaint is for the recovery of One Hundred Sixty-Eight and 65-100 Dol lars ($168.65), together with interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent um (S@O per annum from the 18th day of June, 1913, for goods, wares and merchandise sold and delivered to you by the plaintiff at your spec ial instance and request, and for the costs and disbursements laid out and expended by the plaintiff herein, and for reasonable attorneys fee.
 The order for publication of this Summons was made and dated the Second day of August, 1917, and the period of publication is six weeks; the first publication to be made on the 4th day of August, 1917, and the last publication on the 18th day of September, 1917, and the time within which you are required to appear and answer is on or before the 18th day of October, 1917.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the above Court this sec ond day of August, in the year of Our Lord. Nineteen Hundred and Seven teen.
 J. w. BELL, Clerk.
 By JOHN T. REED, Deputy MALTBY & HUNT, (seaI
 Attorneys for Plaintiff,
 Juneau. Alaska. First publication, Aug. 4th. 1917. Last Publication, Sept. 18th. 1917.