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PRESENT LEGISLATURE
8TRONG FOR SUFFRAGE
AND PROHIBITION.
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bate, Mr. Dunaway responded, “Fur
f bearing.”
"The 'possum grinned.
-The presentation speech was made
by Representative Ewell of Saline
county, who introduced Mr. Dunaway
and his 'possum to the house, in the
| order named, reading from left to
right, as it were. Both smiled ex
pansively.
It was a very valuable 'possum, Mr.
Dunaway told friends, after he had
got rid of it, although still a pup.
er beds to sleep on. The Germans
have treated us very nice so far. We
thought we were going to stay at
Pelm, Germany, but they changed
the order to this place. I like here
much better.
I received a letter from you yester
day and was so glad to get it.. Well,
news is scarce here, so I will close
for this time. Answer real soon,
From your boy,
Thos. B. Mross,
Co. C, 359 Inf., A. P. 0. 770, Amer.
Exp. Forces, U. S. Army.
P. S. Tell all hello for me and re
member I am sending best wishes to
you all. Tell sister if Santa Claus
brings her more presents than she
can handle to save some for me.
EXPERIMENT PROVES
LIGHTS WILL INCREASE
EGG PRODUCTION.
Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 28.—Electric
lights in the coops to lengthen the
working day for the chickens will in
crease egg production, an experiment
now under way at Purdue University
has shown. The lights are turned on
at 6 o’clock in the morning and kept
burning until 7 o’clock. In the even
ing the lights go from 4 o’clock to 8
o’clock. Observation has shown that
the fowls wake up earlier when the
j lights are on, and stay off the roosts
j later in the evening. They get more
exercise, eat more, and hence lay
more eggs than birds which are not
fooled.
I Two pens of 35 white leghorns each
were used in the experiment starting
November 1. The hens were pullets,
laying about the same number of j
eggs at the time. During November |
those in the lighted pen laid 446 eggs 1
and those in the unlighted coop laid
356 eggs. Figuring the eggs at six
cents each, which was less than the
market value at the time, the pullets,
in the lighted building produced $5.40
more than the others. The electricity !
cost 6 cents a day, the total for the:
month being $1.80, leaving net profit
of $3.60. i
In December the difference was
more marked. The pullets which were
“fooled” laid 598 eggs, and the oth- J
ers 490 eggs.
“It took seven days for the light to !
begin to show an influence, but the |
lights matured the pullets two weeks’;
earlier,” sa'-d Prof. A. G. Philips,!
head of the poultry dei irtment.
“The other evening I was out at the j
farm and at 6 o’clock those in the |
lighted pen were scratching in the j
light for grain w’hile those in the,
dark pens had been on the roost for ,
Mr. Dunaway calls all young pos
sums “pups.” He calls young coons
“kittens.” There is no real justifica
tion for this nomenclature in natural
history, for, in fact, what most peo
: pie call ’possums, old or young is not
proper for publication. However, Mr.
i Dunaway, being a literary man, jus
1; tifies his us.age on the grounds of
# rhetoric. “Possum pup and coon
; kitten make very pleasing allitera
tions. This is the only pleasing fea
ture attending the ’possum.
The ’possum presented to Speaker
Newton accrued to Mr. Dunaway in
; the customary manner, to-wit:
if through a “dicker.” Mr. Dunaway
traded to Lives of Jeff Davis, six
bee gums, a goat and a cotton sack to
the party of of the second part, re
ceiving in consideration a fish pond,
;/' a settin’ of dominicker eggs and the
H 'possum in question, which is the
| he™ of this story.
Ilr. Newton accepted the present
| without batting an eye.
LETTER FROM ONE OF
OUR BOYS IN GERMANY.
Crov, Germany,
Dec. 25, 1919.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mross and Dear
Little Sister:
I am well and wishing for you a
Merry Christmas. Wish I was home
this morning, but here I am away
over here in Germany—dull as the
; dickens, but. here is hoping we sail
for home soon.
Well, we are in our winter quar
ters. They say when we leave here
we will start for home. I hope it is
true, for I have seen all of foreign
■oil I care to see. I don’t expect to
leave until peace is signed, when I
Will expect to start home. They have
got from some time in February (the
7-19 or January 7-19—I have forgot
ten which) to settle the matter.
I received your package Christmas
eve (yesterday) Sure was proud to
get it. Many thanks. The candy and
nuts hit the spot, for I never enjoyed
anything any more.
. We have had two snows, but it does
not remain on the ground long. It
is pretty cold here. Sometimes we
have a nice place to stay, with feath
I THE UNIVERSAL CAR
‘ Tho Policy”
of the Ford Motor Company to roll its cars for the
lowest possible price, consistent with dependable
\\ quality, is tco well known to require comment.
Therefore, because of present conditions, there can
be no change in the prices of Ford cars
Runabout--$500.00
Touring car-$525.00
\ Coupelet - $650.00
Sedan_ $775.00
! Truck Chassis-$550.00
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“These prices F. O. B. Detroit.”
Hutsr-Ladd Vi' tor Car ('o.
EjfVr; i**- V .. ‘t 1 i
an hour and a half or more."
Results with a pen of barred Ply
mouth Rocks were better, as this
breed apparently responded to the
leghorns.
OMAHA MAN SAYS
IT WAS LUCKY DAY
WHEN HE FOUND IT.
Union Pacific Fireman Declares
Tanlac Restored His Health—
Work Is Easy for Him Now He
Says.
“Nothing but a real medicine could
do what Tanlac has done for me, and
that’s why Fm always glad to tell
others about it,” said Ira W. Polsley,
2033 Elm street, Omaha, Nebraska,
recently. Mr. Polsley is fireman for
the Union Pacific and is well-known
in railroad circles.
“I’ve always been strong and well,”
he continued, “until about six months
ago, when I began to feel my system
getting out of fix and my health slip
ping away from me. My appetite got
poor and what little I ate didn’t give
me nourishment, my liver was slug
gish and I had no energy or ambition.
I weighed one hundred and forty
when my trouble started, but it was
not long before I had lost several
pounds and was going down hill and
feeling more tired and wornout all
the time. I don’t know just what
did ail me, but whatever it was it
made me miserable and unfit for
work.
I NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that th<
undersigned will present to the Gen
! eral Assembly of the State of Arkan
! sas thirty days from this date foi
j passage by it a special act authoriz
j ing the assessors of Road Improve
ment District Number Four of Jack
j son County, Arkansas to increase th«
assessment of benefits heretofori
made in said district by adding t(
i the assessment of benefits now on fill
: against each of the tracts and par
' cels of land, railroad right of way am
all other realty in said district ai
amount equal to twenty per cent o
the assessment heretofore mad'
against each and for such other leg
islation as will enable the commission
er to construct the improvements con
templated by said district.
S. W. Harvey, J. A. Lindley
and H. E. James, Commis
sioners of Road Improvement
District No. 4 of Jackson
County, Arkansas.
Given this the 18th day of January
1919. 224dlt 41w3t.
WARNING ORDER.
In the Jackson Chancery Court,
j Archie Williams, Plaintiff,
vs. 3399
j Luella Williams, Defendant.
The defendant, Luella Williams, r
hereby warned to appear in thii
Court within thirty day and answe:
the complaint of the plaintiff, Archil
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, the remedy in either case. If rubbed ]
in thoroughly it eases pain, relaxes ]
the muscles and the patient can move ,
about freely and comfortably. Price
25c, 50c and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by
W. E. Bevens. Ill 4tm 38wtm j
You can get more for your chick
ens, eggs, ducks and geese at W. W.
Kidd’s than any place in town. Star*
on Front street near ferry crossing.
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An engineer friend of mine told
me how this Tanlac had helped him
and advised me to try it and I did.
The first few doses made a big differ
ence in my feelings, and it soon be
gan to prove to be just what I needed.
My appetite soon came back and I
could eat anything set before me and
enjoy it. When I finished the third
bottle, I was not only restored to
health but I had! actually gained ten
pounds besides, and now I'm even
heavier than I was when my trouble
first begun. Tanlac certainly is
wonderful and it was a lucky day for
me when I found it.”
Tanlac is sold by druggists in New
port.
NOTICE OF COMMISSIONERS
SALE.
Pursuant to the decretal order of
the Chancery Court of Jackson Coun
ty, Arkansas, made and entered on
the 15th day of January, 1919, in a
cause there pending wherein Guy Us
sery, NePie M. Ussery and Josephine
Ussery by her guardian, Nellie M
Ussery are Exparte petitioners, the
undersinred will ofer ^or sale at pub
lic auction to the highest bidder, at
the East Third Street entrance of the
Court House in the City of Newport
Arkansas, between the hours for ju
dicial sales, on
ri'KDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST, 1919,
the following lands in Jackson Coun
ty, Arkansas, to-wit:
The Southerst quarter of the
Northwest quarter of Section Five
Witness my hand and seal of sail
Court, this the 18th day of December
1918.
R. W. Bandy, Clerk.
By ,J. B. Parrott, Deputy Clerk
G. A. Hillhouse, Solicitor for t.hi
plaintiff.
J. H. Johnston is hereby appoints
attorney for the non-resident re
fendant. dl w.
WARNING ORDER.
In the Jackson Chancery Court.
Willie M. Lee, Plaintiff.
vs. No. 3400
John Lee, Defendant.
The defendant, John Lee, is her;b\
warned to appear in this Court with
in thirty days and answer the com
plaint of the plaintiff, Willie M. Lee
Witness my hand and real of f-ak
Court, this the 18th day of Decern
ber, 1918.
R. W. Bandy, Clerk.
By J. B. Parrott, Deputy Cierk
G. A. Hillhouse, Solicitor for th
plaintiff.
Ira J. Mack is hereby appointed at
torney for the non-resident defend
ant. dl \vJ
WARNING ORDER.
In the Justice Court, Bird Town
ship. Jackson county. Arkansas.
G. T. Dawson and J. M. Ivy, Plain
tiffs,
vs.
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The competent physical*, when treating
the sick, relies for a cure on two great
agencies--nature and medicine.
Nature, unaided, will sometimes work
a cure. But nature frequently is unequal
to the task and must have assistance.
Then arises the imperative need for
PURE DRUGS *
These you will find at this store to meet
every demand. Bring your prescriptions
to us and have them tilled correctly and
with materials of one hundred per cent
purity and strength.
The defendant, l). Cook, is hereby
warned to appear in this court with
in thirty days and answer the com
plaint of the plaintiffs, G. T. Dawson
and J. M. Ivy.
Witness my hand this December
24, 1918.
W. S. Lawrence,
217d 11 40w3t. Justice of the Peace
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WARNING ORDER.
Before F. P. Foushee, Justice of the
Peace, within and for Union Town
ship, Jackson County, Arkansas.
W. H. Shoffner, Plaintiff,
vs.
E. B. Bruce & Company, Defendant.
The defendant, E. B. Bruce & Com
pany, is warned to appear in this
court within thirty days and answer
the complaint of the plaintiff, W. H.
Shoffner. Case set for February
21st, 1919,
January 16th, 1919.
F. P. FOUSHEE,
Justice of the Peace.
E. L. Boyce, Attorney for non-resi
dent Defendant. 223dlt 41w3t
Pleurisy pains are located just be
low the short ribs. Lumbago affects
the same region but toward the back.
BALLARD’S SNOW LINIMENT is
(5); the North half of the North
east quarter and the Northeast quar
ter of the Northwest quarter of Sec
tion Two (2), a'l in Township Twelve
(12) North Range Two (2) West.
Said sale to be on a credit of three
months; purchaser to give note with
approved security, bearing interest
at the rate of eight per cent, per an
num from date of sale until paid, and
a Inn to be retained on said lands to
further secure the payment thereof,
but purchaser may waive time and
pay cash.
Given this 16th day of January,
1919.
R. W. BANDY,
10w4t Commissioner.
Subscribe for the Independent.
Surgeons agree that In cases of
Cuts, Burns, Bruises and Wounds, the
FIRST TREATMENT is most impor
tant. W'hen an EFFICIENT anti
septic is applied promptly, there is
no danger of infection and the wound
oegins to heal at once. For use on
'•'n or bon^t. BOROZONE is the
IDEAL ANTISEPTIC and HEAL
ING AGENT Buy it now and be
ready for an emergency. Price 25c
*1.00 and $1.50. So’d by W. E.
Sevens. Ill 4tm 38wtm