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The Newark journal., 1920-06-03
HARM BY WHITE ANTS
 GAN BE CONTROLLED
Insects Are Especially injurious
 to Foundation TimberS.
Woodwork Can Be Protected From At tacks Of Bugs by Proper censtrue- ton-coal Tar Creosote Is
 Quite Efficient

drepared bg the United States Depart
 meat Of Agriculture)
 Damage by white ants is serious to maay classes of crude and finished forest products. These insects are es- pecially injurious to foundation tim bers and woodwork of buildings and To material stored therein. Damage to timber in contact with the ground Is especially serious in the South.
 The woodwork of buildings can be protected from the attack of white ants by proper construction and these insects can be eliminated where al- ready established, say entomologists.
 Where possible make the foundation Of buildings entirely of stone, brick, or concrete, including stone columns or pillars in the basement 10 support the floor above make walls and flooring in basement or cellar of concrete, and lay concrete floors on gravel base
 Where stone or concrete foundations are impractieabIe, Use timber impreg- hated with coal-tar ereosote.
 Lay basement window sills and frames over concrete and do not allow woodwork to come in contact with the ground. Never sink untreated timber in ground or moist concrete; let no wood he ill contact with the ground. Complete dryness Of the foundation and basement walls and flooring is an important means of rendering build iHss safe from attack; therefore. pro- vide for air spaces between the ground and wooden flooring and lay concrete floors on q gravel base
 Promptly examine the foundation timbers and other woodwork in the basement 10 determine the approxi- mate point of entrance and the extent of damage aifeady accomplished. After removing the damaged wood drench the ground with kerosene oil.
 Then replace damaged timber with rock. brick. concrete or metal work or substitute for the foundation, tim bers impfegnated with eoal-tar ereo- sote.
 Since terIaitcs always require ae- cess tu damp earth. shut afr this source of moisture and the insects will not be able ta extend their galleries farther and will perish.
 fall ufoxnatien concerning fhe con aaI ef this pest k contained in Farm CTS Bulletin 1o3T.
 See The Journal for good printing
The Newark journal., 1920-06-03
y 8 V ' v ' y V 8 B $ u pAR09UET ITEMS 3 U V u U V ' u W a 0 .

Paroquet, June 2.-Everybody is fighting general green. Health is good
 c. c. Whisnant made a business trip to Newark Friday.
 Mrs. Nora Wilkerson spent Satur- day at Newport.
 Mir. and Mrs. Jim Walker of New port spent Saturday and Sunday here visiting relatives.
 Mrs. Lizzie Freeman spent Satur- day evening at Newark shopping.
 Martin Dry made a business trip to Newark Saturday.
 ]. A. Jones transacted business at Newark Saturday evening.
 Mrs. c. c. Whisnant spent Satur- day evening at Newark shopping.
 S. o. Linebough made business trip to Newark Saturday
 Don Vaughan of Sulphur Rock was looking after business here Saturday Mrs. Virge McCaleb made busi- ness trip to Newport Saturday.
 T. W. Stubblefield made q business trip to Newport Saturday.
 MT. and Mrs. Willie Searey of New ark spent Sunday here visiting rela- tives.
 MT. and Mrs. J. A. Sherman of Magness spent Sunday here visiting relatives.
 Mrs. Cora Hodge is spending a few
The Newark journal., 1920-06-03
WHITE COUNTY MAN HURT
Is Severely Bruised and Scratched
 When Train Hits His Car

Searcy, May 30-Ben Crisco, A, was seriously injured and his auto mobile demolished yesterday after noon when the car was truck by a switch engine on the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad, about a mile south of town The engine was running slowly at the time, it is said, which probably saved Criseo's life. The mans head and face were con siderably bruised and scratched, a shoulder was broken and his spine in- jured. Physicians believe he will re- cover. Crisco lives about five miles from Searcy.
The Newark journal., 1920-06-03
UNACCEPTABLE METHOD

Hogging down rye Is m un. profitable practice, according to tests made in pork production at the Ohio experiment station. The tests show that it is generally more profitable to harvest the grain and sell 1t as cash crop, or to feed the grain to hogs after lhreshinE. rather than to allow the hags to harvest the grain themselves.
The Newark journal., 1920-06-03
BEST SOIL FOR
 GROWING TlJBE:RS
Sandy or GraveIIy Loans Are Best Adapted for Success
 With Potatoes.
PLANT FOOD Is IMPORTANT
Never Advisable to Turn Up More Than One Inch of Raw Subsoil at One Plowing-tand Should
 Be PuiVerized.

Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agriculture4
 The types of soil in which the po- tato plant thrlyes best are those desIg- mated as sandy or grayelly loam soils. It may be grown with d fair degree of success on any type of soil except loose sand and heavy. sticky clay soil, provided the land is well drained and contains the necessary plant food
 Successful potato production is de pendent to large extent on the thor oughness with which the land is pre- pared before planting the crop. Where 4 horse can be used, the land should be pl0wed from s to 10 inches deep provided the surface soil is eff suf- fieent depth to permit it. It is never advisable to turn up more than one inch of raw subsoil at any one blow Ing, so if previous plowings have not been over 6 inches the maximum depth at which 1t should be plowed Is ' inches,
The Newark journal., 1920-06-03
WorIa,a Hlahest -Peaks.

The hiehea mountain peak in North America is Mt McKinle$. n Alaska, whose altitude k 2o.aoo feet. and the highest in South America, Mt Aeon. eagaa. in the Andes. on the border of Chile and AreentIna 23,090 feet The highest mountain in the wor1d is Mt. Everest, in the Himalatas. in Asia. It's altitude k 29002 feet. There are several hundred mountain peaks in the HimalaHas 20o1a feet or over running to aH altitude of 28.27S feet.
The Newark journal., 1920-06-03
A Good Example oI Digging Potatoes
 in Old Way.

A Good Example oi Digging Potatoes
 in Old Way.
 smoothing harrow. Where land must be prepared by hand. Il Is good prac= tlce to pulyerlze the soil as much as possible when spading it up. after which 1t can be put in fine condition of mellovness with steel garden rake The importance of thoroughly fining the soil cannot be overempha- sized for it increases the water holding capacity of the soil, renders more plant food available, and reduces the number of weeds.
 When to Plant Potatoes.
 The date of planting necessarily must be governed by climatic condi- tfons. In attempting to produce as early q crop as possible. some risk must always be incurred of the plants being injured by late spring frosts. As a general proposition, ii Is best to plant potatoes as soon as there is lit- tie likelihood of killing frosts after the plants are up and the ground Is in condition to work.
 Depth to Plant.
 Plant the small eye cuttings from 11a to inches deep, depending upon the character of the soil-the lighter the soil the greater the depth of plant ing. Larger sets may be planted 1 inches deep.
 Spacing.
 If an early variety Is planted, and the work is to be done by hand, the rows may be spaced as close as 26 Inches. whereas if cultivation Is to he done with a horse, 90 10 34 inches usually is allowed In order to give the gardener some idea ef the nun her of sets required to plant T plot of ground 50 by 100 feet at different >paeines, the following table k sub mitted
 If Il late variety is planted, tie spac- Ing should he greater, say 34 to 3G inches between the rows and 12 10 13 inches between the plants in the TOW.
 To Plant . Plot 50 by 100 Feet. Space between Space in row Sets
The Newark journal., 1920-06-03
Thoroughly Pulverized.

Whether the land is plowed or spaded, It should be thoroughly pull verized Immediately afterwards II is had practice to allow the freshly turned soil to bake in the sun and wind, and thereby become oldddy.
 Where horse labor can be used, the land after blowing should he thor oughlY dlsked first. then spring tartEed. and finally finished with t
The Newark journal., 1920-06-03
BRAKEMAN INJURED

s. H. Tinnon, a brakeman on the White River road, was severely in jured when he was thrown from 6 freight ear near Boswell last Friday He was on top of a car which be came defailed while his train was run ming slow and he was thrown to the ground with such force that both legs were badly erusehd.
 No one else was injured and only slight damage was caused from the accident.
The Newark journal., 1920-06-03
Daily Thought.

Words without thoughts never to heaven go.-IIamIet.
The Newark journal., 1920-06-03

days at Sulphur Rock visiting relativ- ex.
 John Parks made a business trip to Newark Tuesday.
 Pleas Hodge spent Sunday at Mag ness visiting relatives and friends.
The Newark journal., 1920-06-03

bet twesn Space in row Sets ows between plants required
The Newark journal., 1920-06-03
HARRISON BOY KILLED
Was Playing With Pistol Found by
 Brother on Argonne Field

Harrison, June kirby Evans, aged 10, son of MT. and Mrs. E. L. Evans, was shot and instantly killed Friday night at his home while play ing with a revdver which he believed to be unloaded. The pistol, an auto matie, was found on the Argonne bat tlefield by his brother, Harry Evans.
The Newark journal., 1920-06-03

See The Journal for good printing
The Newark journal., 1920-06-03
l. R, ALEXANDER ATTORNEY-ATLAW W Notary Public and Bonding Ag-
 ent in Office
 MASONIC BUILDING Newark, Arkansas
Newark,
Japanese Marriage Agencies.

Marriage agencies ill Japan are now limited to p pesos fee ou each malch made. Che peso for an introduction five for hunt for & life partner and the rest for actually binding two to- getEer are the legal prices.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26

they believe are best suited for the oc-
casion.
Sometimes the question of the reform is
not in the consideration--the lobbyists put
up arguments which they think will play
on the petty jealousies of party politics. If
these fail, then they get busy in the home
districts of the legislators, getting their con-
stituents to write to Them in friendly way
at first and then, If nothing else can be
done, threatening them with defeat at the
polls. That they have been fairly successful
with this sort of method the laws now on
the statute books bear evidence.
One of the favorite ways to get members
of Congress interested is to make them
members of their boards of directors For
instance, the board of the International Re
form Bureau includes Senator Beckham
(Ky.), Senator Capper (Kan.), Senator Jones
(Wash), Senator Myers (Mont), Senator
PondeXter (Wash), Senator Shafroth (Col)
Senator Sheppard CTexas) and Senator Sher-
man Qll). Similarly there is list of mem
bers of the House. and Senator's and Repre-
sentatives alike being leaders in various re-
form movements, chiefly prohibition.
1t is an easy matter for them to be induced
to introduce bills on any subject The bill
for the application of the Sunday blue law
in the District of Columbia was introduced
by Senator Jones (Wash.), one OF the direc-
tors of the organization. This measure
however, has no chance of being passed at
this session. Sentiment is against it and
the programme for other legislation is
crowded
Some of the literature of the International
Reform Bureau is Indicative of the way in
which the various organizations are affiliated.
giving list of those which cooperate. The
organizations include the Anti Saloon
League of America, the Baptist Young
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26

Peoples Union, the Board of Temperance
Prohibition and Public Morals of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, the Catholic Priests
Prohibition League, the Catholic Total
Abstinence Union, the Committee of Sixty.
the Epworth League Of America, the Federal
Council of the Churches of Christ in Amer
lea, the Flying Squadron Foundation the In
dependent Order of Good Templars, the In
tercollegiate Prohibition Association, the Ma
ticnal Temperance Society," the National
Women's Christian Temperance Union, the
Prohibition Party National Committee the
Scientific Temperance Foundation the Sons
OF Temperance the Temperance Board of the
Presbyterian Church and the United Society
of Christian Endeavor. Their chies point of
contact has been on the prohibition question
First Blue Law Up in 1888
Fathered by Senator Blair
On the issue of the Sunday blue laws tn,
organizations most concerned in it's con
duct, the Lords Day Alliance directly. and
the International Reform Bureau, as a
secondary matter for the present, are at
tempting what they assert is an "educa-
tional" campaign. realizing that the people
by no means ready for complete sup
preston on Sundays.
They have been active for Sunday blue
laws since 1888, when a bill known as the
Blair BILL introduced by Senator Blair. was
up for consideration. There was a hearing
or the measure before the Committee on
Education and Labor, of which Senator
Blair was chairman. The professional re-
formers lost their fight and the measure
came to naught.
Almost a third of a century has passed
since then. The professional reformers are
no farther along on the blue law bill ex-
cept that in Washington they have a nice
fiourishing business.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
Apple Trees Cut Down to
Remove Possibility of Temptatio,

Ocean City camp meeting has for years
been focus for the enforcement of Sab
bath observance. The association which
controls the resort on the New Jersey coast
has from time to time prevented trains from
stopping there on Sunday, although travellers
have succeeded easily in getting TO the more
worldly Asbury Park. In 1882 the associa-
ton endeavored to invoke the old vice and
immortality act for the purpose of prevent
ing surf bathing on Sunday. A man was
arrested on the charge of making use of the
sea on the First Day and fined 50. but the
fine was RENTED on appeal and thus the
freedom of the surf was assured to the
millions who now seek recreation in summer
along the Jersey shores
There has been tendency in New Jersey
not to extend the scope of the old acts,
although there was an exception in 1914
when Vice-Chancellor Backus held that the
exhibition of moving pictures violated the
Sunday law.
The hard provisions of the blue laws.
even revised in 1916, are traced to a
temperance wave which swept over New
Jersey in the '40s of the last century The
reaction against drinking was so strong that
apple trees were cut down as possible sources
of the sinful applejack. which had been so
plentiful that il was often served with buck
wheat cakes at inns in place of maple syrup
".
therefore, had its counterpart in New Jersey
history
Delaware is now in the upheaval of an
effort to revive the old blue laws under the
urge of the Wilmington Ministerial Associa-
ton, and the Legislature may be asked TO
alter the existing statutes or to enact new
ones which will be less drastic and therefore
more easy of enforcement.
The clergy take the position that there is
no more reason why candy stores, ice cream
parlors and cigar stands should do business
than should the corner groceries. Every
month or so the SUNDAY laws against mer-
chandising are enforced in Wilmington and
storckeepers are arrested and fined 81 each
If the laws were strictly enforced in Della
ware, however the whole machinery of
civilization in that state would come to a
practical statndstill. Under the present
statutes Il is an offence to engage i'm any
occupation to sell any kind of goods or
travel on railroad trolley or to ride for
pleasure in an autmobile There would be
nowhere much to go except to church. Even
the houses of worship would be prevented
from having paid singers, and the preacher
who might serve one of them as a supply"
could not get his check from the deacons
after the service.
The shipyard workers at Wilmington made
strong effort during the European war to
have Sunday baseball. game was played,
and after II the players were arrested and
each was fined "a for his temcrity. The
Judge held in n lengthy opinion that tho
Owing to the fact that public sentiment in
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26

an worldly employment or business on Sun
day and all travelling except under certain
specified conditions Ordinary or servile
work. could not go on except as a work of
necessity or mercy.
Any merry wight who desired to do any
thlng else except attend church on the
Lords day was likely to come to sorry
pass under the 1876 statutes Specific pro-
hibitions were laid every Sunday on shoot
ing. fishing. sporting hunting gaming or
the frequenting of tipping houses. The laws
also set forth that there should be no in
terludes nor yet plays nor singing dancing
hddilng. or other amusement for the sake
of amusement or merriment Old time
sports such as football, fives. nnepins bowls.
long bullets and quoits were expressly in
terdicted. To be sure that no guilty recrea-
ton could escape, the act also prohibited
any other kind of playing. sports pastimcs
or diversions on the Sabbath day" Any
person who did any of these unlawful and
sporty things, provided he was more than
fourteen years old, was subject to fine
of one dollar.
Travelling on Sunday was not illegal. how
ever, in the case of person going to and
from church, provided the distance was not
more than twenty miles. Physicians were
permitted to drive their buggies, mail could
be carried, and public officer could also give
an order for certain persons to travel on
Sunday.
This statute was further amended in 1877
to authorize all railroads in the State to run
one passenger train each way on the Sab
BATH
Further concessions were made in 1893
when the sale of newspapers and of milk
was specifically authorized on Sunday. and
walking riding and driving for recreation
were permitted. In other respects the vice
and immortality act remains as it was re-
vised in 1896
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26

in a wedge, much the same as the blue law
advocates are trying to do to-day, and the
wedge went in farther and farther until the
final success arrived.
On par with the Anti-Saloon League
almost has been the Methodist Board of
Temperance, with the Rev. Clarence True
Wilson as its executive secretary. OF this
organization the Rev. z. Detts Picket is the
editor of various publications and one of
the prime factors in the movement The
Methodist Board of Temperance is sup
ported, as is the Presbyterian Board, by
church contributions.
Woman Agent of the w. c. T. u.
Has Annual Fund of S1so, 900
The Women's Christian Temperance Union
is represented in Washington by a legisla-
tive agent, Mrs. Lena Yost. II contains
100000 members, each contributing fifty
cents a year for the national campaign a
total Of $150000.
In all 1t is estimated, conservativey that
more than 100000 year Is contributed
either through members of the organiza-
tons or by collections at public meetings
and donations from enthusiasts for their
support Much of the money is spent in
Washington; by far the greater portion is
spent for periodicals and leaflets which are
distributed; the lobby" in Congress and at
the different State Capitols is always well
financed
The lobbyists are 5razen about their work.
They even call themselves lobbyists" They
are proud of the distinction, helping one an
other out in their different enterprises. CO.
operating to the fulent extent. They keep
tabs on the members of the Senate and the
House. checking them over carefully and
lining them up quietly on each and every
BILL making appeals and arguments which
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
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observance of the Sabbath. although the
head of the organization DIR. Crafts, insists
that the immediate programme does not
call for any such national law The pro-
gramme is for Federal censorship of motion
pictures. the concentration of the whiskey
stock of the country into few bonded ware
houses, the prevention of smuggling of drugs
and interstate gambling. So far as Sunday
laws are concerned. the interest of the Inter
national Reform Bureau, as an organization,
extends only in a secondary way to the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The interlocking association in these three
organizations focuses attention to the fact
that there is an intense utilization between
them all-the important ones; that is, those
of sufficient magnitude to be factors in the
present day legislative activity.
That there are at least forty-one recog-
nized uplift organizations in the field is
shown from the recent international Anti
Alcoholic Congress, which met in Washing
ton. There We're forty-one American asso-
Citations represented. Some of them. how
ever, are unimportant comparatively, hardly
recognized by the more peaceful groups.
1t is the more powerful group which is
more or less interlocking, as were the
directorates of the trusts" in the days be-
fore the rigid application of the Sherman
law. 1t would not be going far afleld to say
that the reform organizations. or at least the
more important ones, constitute a great re-
form trust, powerful we'll financed and op-
Grating with unison.
Big Four Have Their Lobby
Close to the Capitol
The big Four" organizations of this
character. which maintain headquarters in
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES on Capitol Hill
within easy distance for the work of their
lobbyists on members of the Senate and
the House-are the Anti-Saloon League of
America, the Womens Christian Temper
ance Union. the Methodist Board of Tenn
perance and the International Reform Blu
reau, Inc.
At the head of the Anti-Saloon League, to
which all the other organizations take off
their hats because of its power, finance and
achievements, the climax of which came in
the adoption of national prohibition, Is
Wayne p. Wheeler Its qualifications run
into every one OF the forty-eight States its
expenses run in the neighborhood of $780,
600 a year
It had It's birth at westervirle Ohio, n
little town near Columbus where its Of
icials flourish in costly houses It is an or
ganization maintained by contributions from
those interested in the progress Of prohibit
ton for financial and religious reasons
Wheeler, as the general counsel, is at the
head Of the Congressional lobby.
How the Anti-Saloon League operates in
politics. how " drives members out Of Con-
gress when not in accord with prohibition,
how it has worked and worked and worked
and worked and worked for the constitu-
tional provision put into effect n year ago,
-ir we'll known to every one. The long list
of prohibition bills. first here and then there,
restricting the sale of intoxicants in this
place and then another. led up, of course,
to the amendment that made the whole
country dry The Anti-Saloon League drove