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JACKSON COUNTY BOY
WRITES FROM FRANCE.
The Independent is in receipt of a
letter from a Jackson County boy,
William Kendrick, who writes of the
country and people “over there”.
While we do not remember him we
appreciate his letter any way. It
was written the sixth of December
and it is postmarked Issey, France.
Dear Independent Readers;
I haven’t seen any letters from
“Sunny” France to the Independent,
80 I thought I would write myself,
and I hope it will be of interest to my
friends in the county any way. The
people over here are so different to
those of the old U. S. A., in that they
appear ignorant to me, many of them
hardly knowing the armistice has
been signed. But at that they cer- j
tainly did their part and are a glor- j
aous people.
It is hard to realize what has tak
en place over here in the last four j
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years, i ii»ve &ceu quuc n»v ,
battle field. I spent 45 days on the I
I Vosges Mountai ns in Alsace Lorraine,
but it was very quiet there. I went to
the railroad station, got in a box car,
rode all might, then hiked-three days
with a light weight pack of fifty
pounds, it raining most all the time.
The next battleground was the Metz
front about eight miles from Nancy,
where I remained six days in a puppy
tent, but they didn’t need us and we
were returned. Then we made one
hundred miles under cover of night
to the Verdun front and there the
Yanks gave the Huns all they could
stand for six days without relief. One
can’t imagine how terribly the con
flict was unless they have gone
through it or have been near enough
to have heard it. After the barrage
jfc’t/
I “fcladein Newport”
SWITOW’S CANDY
On Front Street
Next door to Hurley’s
we just walked through the Boche.
I am in Northeast France and do
not have any farm houses here on
the little patches they call farms,
which is about as big as “pa’s spud
patch behind the bam.” There are no
wooden buildings here, only what the
Yanks came over and built. The
houses are of stone and concrete with
red clay roofs. The bam is under the
house, with living rooms upstairs and
the manure from the stable is stack
ed out on the sidewalk, and later put
on the “farm.” The farmers and
lower class wear wooden shoes and
drink red wine with every meal.
They are all Catholic, but we will!
have to hand it to them for good \
churches. Every village has a church.
The one 1 saw at Alsace was built An
1496.
There are three of us from Swifton !
who are here in 130, M.G.B.U., who
are-Best, A. D* Smith and
n yself. Will close and write more
in the future.
William Kendrick,
Company D, D. M. G. B. N., 35 Divis
ion A. E. F.
WARNING ORDER.
In the Jackson Chancery Court.
Archie Williams, Plaintiff,
vs. 3399
I.uella Williams, Defendant.
The defendant, Luella Williams, is
hereby warned to appear in this
Court within thirty day and answer
the complaint of the plaintiff, Archie
Williams.
Witness my hand and seal of said
Court, this the 18th day of December,
191?.
R. W. Bandy, Clerk.
By .1. B. Parrott, Deputy Clerk.
G. A. Hillhouse, Solicitor for the
plaintiff.
J. H. Johnston is hereby appointed
attorney for the non-resident re
fendant. dl w3
The liver loses its activity at times
and needs help. HERBINE! is an ef
fective liver stimulant. It also puri
fies the bowels, strengthens diges
tion and restores strength, vigor and
cheerful spirits. Price 60c. Sold by
W. E. Beves. Ill 4tm 38wtm
Lame back may come from over
work, cold settled in the muscles of
the back, or from disease. In the two
former cases the right remedy is
BALLARD’S SNOW LINIMENT. It
should be rubbed in thoroughly over
the affected part, the relief will be
prompt and satisfactory. Price 25c,
50c and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by W.
E. Bevens. Ill 4tm 38wtm
You can get more for your chick
ens, eggs,' ducks and geese at W. W.
Kidd’s than any place in town. Store
on Front street near ferry crossing. !
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! 10 yards 40c D r S3 Ginghams
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10 yards Ca ico ('ij-htl worth
$2.00 only $1.05, you
t Si *aye $ .95 |
I Ladies’ $7.00 Boots only $4.53 ;
I L idies’ $5.50and$8 00Boots 3.98
1 B g Girl’s $5.00 Flat and Medium
|>| Heel Shoes - - 3 85 jj
I | Boy’s Army Shoes 25 per cent 1
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3 | Men’s Shoes at a big reduction.
| We have rubber footwear for HI
| | of the family.
Comforts! Comfirts! Comforts! i
If you need groceries, well there is j
no better place in town to buy i
them.
Bowen's Cash Store
ROAD
BUILDING
GOOD WORK OF A ROAD DRAG
Implement Should Be Used Properly at
Right Time—Repair All Ruts and
Depressions.
After two days of rain, says a writer
In Hoard’s Dairyman, we took an
eight-mite drive out into the country
to buy some pigs. One piece of road
was like a city boulevard, only better.
Despite its being only a gravel road
there was little mud or water, and one
would have thought that there had
been only rain enough to settle the
dust Instead of the big rainstorm. We
inquired and found that two neighbors
had made it a practice to alternate in
going over this road with a road drag
after every rain. Just beyond, we came
'o a piece of road muddy, slippery and
full of chuck holes that sent us up a
mile for every mile covered.
The only difference between these
two pieces of road was a road drag
ond an hour’s time spent when field
work could not be done. We estimate
that it took twice as much gasoline to
cover the undragged road. Multiply
L>ur experience by the dozens of teams
and autos going over this muddy road,
and then compute the expense of fail
ure to use the road drag that was
doubtless rotting away in some fence
corner.
We do not now have in mind the de
mands of the good roads extremist, hut
are considering what may bo done and
what should be done with the common
dirt road. It does more harm than
good, as a general rule, to plow up the j
sod on the sides of the traveled track j
and pile it up in big lumps in the cen
rer of the track, leaving them there to
he broken up by passing vehicles, and
the loosened dirt washed away by the ;
rain or blown away by the wind. Keep
all tho sod, grass roots and other
f *8r n" S _- n- *5) I
Perspective View of Split-Log Drag.
trash out of the road bed. It merely
decays and makes ready for a splendid
hole to form.
Whatever is worth doing at all is
worth doing well. Xo part of a re
paired highway should be left until its
surface has been thoroughly and even
ly compacted and s',aped to let all the
water run off. And when, as will most
always happen, ruts and depressions
make their appearance, they should be
smoothed down, Piled, and well com
pacted so that water may not ; -main
In them to soften the ground and per
mit further damage by the traffic.
When using the road ijrag, use it
properly at the right time. Don’t go
out when the road is too wet or too
dry. Take it when the mud will make
a good mortar and will puddle down
like the little girl’s mud yakes or the
mason’s mortar.
MACADAM ROAD FROVED EEST
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There A>-e Several Varieties, Changed
to Suit Localities and Circum
stances Everywhere.
For over a century now the macadam
road has been In use and has proved
itself to be the best all-round road
that can l,a built. In fact, so good is it
that all. military roads in the war area
in France are of this type. There are
several varieties of it, changed to suit
localities and circumstances. The regu
lar water-bound macadam is, with
out doubt, the best and safest for
horses. But we cannot build for horses
alone, it is necessary to preserve the
broken stone road against the auto
mobile tires, otherwise the road sur
face would soon go to pieces.
Inadequate Roads Costly.
Both town and country lose money
because of our very inadequate roads.
Rape Good Hog Pasture.
Rape is a profitable crop for pro
viding fall pasture for hogs where
farmers harvest corn by hogging it
dowA.
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Break Land Before Freezes.
It will pay generally to break the
land before freezes so the weeds and
other vegetation may be turned while
pceo.
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TREES ALONG CITY STREETS
Work Done by Philadelphia Organiza
tion Might Se Copied to Advantage
in Other Places.
The Society of Little Gardens from
the time of its inauguration recognized
street tree planting as one of the city's
most vital needs and its interest in
the idea received a tremendous im
petus from the clever plan conceived
and carried out by Miss Edith Howe
in the early spring of 1915.
Instead of contenting herself with a
couple of trees in front of her own
door, Miss Howe determined to have
the whole block planted in an effective
manner. To obtain this end she con
sulted the Fairmount park commis
sioners, who have charge of the trees
in the streets of Philadelphia. They
were glad to assist her, and sent her an
expert who drew up a ground plan of
the block, with an estimate of the cost
of planting; and armed with this she
invited her neighbors to co-operate
with her.
Her success was remarkable. Enough
money was subscribed not only to plant
. the trees, hut to have them carea for
for three years. »
Some of the officers of Little Gar
dens, hearing of this well-thought-out
plan and its results, determined to try
the same method^ of a larger scale agid
endeavor to have all Spruce and Lo
cust streets and others transformed
into avenues. Accordingly letters were
written to a number of public-spirited
women inviting each td undertake the
idanting of her own block; and, in re
ply, 11 agreed to make the experiment.
That the effort has not been invariably
successful goes without saying. Never
theless, much has beei, accomplished.
—October House Beautiful.
STAIRWAY AND FIRE ESCAPE
Ingenious Scheme by Which Double
Object Was Achieved at a Com
paratively Small Cost.
At the rear of a frame building that
serves as a public meeting house for
citizens of a small New York town,
an outside re-enforced concrete stair
way has been built ns a fire escape,
ft consists of more than a score of
By Constructing the Outside Stairway
of Concrete, a Dependable Fire Es
cape Was Provided at a Nominal
Cost,
steps and a landing of ample size, up
held by heavy supporting walls and
supplied with an iron pipe railing. The
structure was erected at moderate
cost and fills its purpose quite as
well as would conventional steel equip
ment of less capacity an<f greater cost.
—Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Use Many Materials.
A larger private owneship of homes
in this country than known in many
years is predicted by II. O. Jones, con
struction engineer, New York city, in
an interview published by the Wash
ington Post.
“There is material for building hous
es in almost every community,” said
Mr Jones, “and it is not a question
of style of construction, but the mos'
available. In one of the big pls.id
in Ohio all sorts of houses have beta
built-—from brick, stone, wood, co -
crete and even iron—and ail are not
only commodious, but comfortable and
durable. Modern engineering has on
abied builders to construct houses move
rapidly and better than they could <v
decade ago.”
Bird Bath Worth While.
A bird batli, in the center of the
lawn, tempts feathered visitors, and
cardinals, robins, woodpeckers, song
sparrows, catbirds and mocking birds
frequent the garden. Last winter suit,
tied to a Chinese elm tree and strewn
about the ground, brought a flock of
hungry birds, including coveys of quail,
13 being counted many times pacing
slowjy about and making leisurely
breakfasts.—Exchange.
Dwarf Trees.
Dwarf-trees are suited to small gul
dens. they occupy little space, are eas
ily cared for. bear sooner than stand
ard kinds, and they are easily shaped
into bushes and pyramids, or can be
used .in espalier forms, trained c-n
buildings, fences or trellises.
Big Enough Now.
"A fellow threatened to punch me In
the head.”
“That would bo too bad ”
“Thank you.”
“It would have a tendency tc» In
crease the swelling."—Boston Tran
script.
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j Your Grocery!
Yours for Getting the Most
and the Best for the Money
We want every family in this section to
make this grocery store their trading place. You
will at all times find the best quality foods, the
largest variety and lowest prices for GOOD j
GROCERIES, and a hearty welcome every time
you call. We really—and truly, appreciate your
patronage.
Ft. J. Wise Grocer Co.
Get the habit of coming to the
cheap cash store at McFadden, Ark.
Don’t forget we will treat you right.
Don’t forget that covers all the
ground.—B. S. Breckenridge, Prop.
41w3t.
Heartburn, indigestion or distress
i of the stomach is instantly relieved
by HERBINE. It forces the badly
digested food out of the body and re
stores tone in the stomach and bow
els. Price 60c. Sold by W. E. Bev
ens. Ill 4tm. 38wtm.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned will present to the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Arkan
sas thirty days from this date for
passage by it a special act authoriz
ing the assessors of Road Improve
ment District Number Four of Jack
son County, Arkansas to increase the
assessment of benefits heretofore
made in said district by adding to
the assessment of benefits nowr on file
against each of the tracts and par
cels of land, railroad right of way and
all other realty in said district an
amount equal to twenty per cent of
the assessment heretofore made
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.
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, Nellie M. Ussery and Josephine
Ussery by her guardian, Nellie M.
Ussery are Expprte petitioners, the
undersigned will offer for 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
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY1ST, 1919,
the following lands in Jackson Coun
ty, Ai'kansas, to-wit:
The Southeast quarter of the
Northwest quarter of Section Five
(5); the North half of the North
east quarter and the Northeast quar
ter of the Northwest quarter of Sec
tion Two (2), all in Township Twelve
(12) North Range ^wo (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 lien to be retained on said lands to
further secure the payment thereof,
I but purchaser may waive time and
pay cash.
| Given this 16th day of January,
! 101!).
R. W. BANDY,
40w4t Commissioner.
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I Hopes Women Will j
! Adopt This Habit {
I i As Well As Men {
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I i Glass of hot water each mom- j
; ing helps us look and feel I
clean, sweet, fresh, ?
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Happy, bright, alert—vigorous and
vivacious—a good clear skin; a nat
ural, rosy complexion and freedom
from illness are assured only by
clean, healthy blood. Jf only every
woman and likewise every man could
realize the wonders of the morning
inside bath, what a gratifying change
would take place.
Instead of the thousands of sickly,
anaemic-looking men, women and
girls with pasty or muddy complex
ions; inslea 1 of the multitudes of
“nerve wrecks,” “rundowns,” “brain
1 fags” and pessimists we should see a
I virile, optimistic throng of rosy
i checked people everywhere.
An inside bath is had by drinking,
I each morning before breakfast, a
I glass of real hot water with a tea
spocmful of limeatono phosphate in it
to wash from the stomach, liver, kid
neys and ten yards of bowels the pre
vious day's indigestible waste, sour
fermentations and poisons, thus
cleansing, sweetening and freshening
the entire alimentary canal before
putting more food into the stomach.
Those subject tc sick headache, bil
iousness, nasty breath, rheumatism,
colds; and particulary those who have
a pallid, sallow complexion and who
are constipated very often, are
urged to obtain a quarter pound of
limestone phosphate at the drug store
which will cost but a trifle but is
sufficient to demonstrate the quick
and remarkable change in both health *
and appearance awaiting those who
practice internal sanitation. We must
remember that inside cleanliness K
more important than outside, be
cause the skin does not absorb impur
ities to contaminate the blood, while
the pores iu the thirty feet of bowels
do.
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We pel! clothing that is
backed by a guarantee.
Our clothing is depend
able. Every week we are
addin- to our stock of
tent’s furnishings, and
that we are pleasing the
i pub ic is attested that our
line of customers is grow
ing. ■ ,-ji wf’l
Jacobstein Bros.
Tailors j