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coal now, before the government
[needs it all, and before the railroads
become more congested with traffic.
The railroad administration is reg
ulating rates and trains, and discour
aging pleasure journeys, that the
equipment may be released for the
essentials.
And so on through the list, but it
is all fight, and Arkansas patriots
take second place for no one in loyal
observance of every’ regulation.
And so they propose to celebrate
the Fourth of July differently this
year.—Ex.
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WITH THE COLORS IN FRANCE.
The following letter from Seymour
Hays to his parents, Dr. and Mrs.
Hays, will be read with interest by
his friends:
With the Colors in France,
June 9, 1918.
My Dearest Father and Mother and
Sisters:
I thought I would write you a few
lines to let you know I am feeling 1
fine. We have changed camp, about |
forty miles farther than the other j
one. We certainly have a nice camp
here. We are at one of the largest |
cities in France and it is a nice
place. It looks more like a real city
—the only one I have seen since I
left the dear old United States. The
streets are all of rock, buildings of
the same, which are beautiful, es- |
pecially the churches. They are
great tall buildings, and look like the
pictures you have seen of them.
We came here in trucks. Started J
out about 7:30 in the evening and j
some of us slept in the trucks and ,
others in the fields. The next morn- j
ing when we awoke we found that an
j American lady lived near by. She
gave us a cup of coffee and a slice of
bread. The coffee had sugar and ;
milk in it, which was certainly good.'
That was all the breakfast we had. ,
France is one of the most beauti-.
ful countries. There are only about
three hundred soldiers here and we
can have a good time. The eats are (
lots better here. We have been here I
about three days and have had pie |
twice. The only thing we can ask
for now is to get our own cars and (
get up on the front there where we
all want to go, but don’t look like
there is any chance for us to get to
go to the front. We are at Nantes,
so you can look on the map and see
where we are. I guess we have been
lucky, anyway we think so, when we
see some of the soldiers stationed at
little towns out away from every
body.
Well I don’t know anything else to
write so I will close, hoping to hear
from you all soon. Write a long
letter. I haven’t had a letter in
about a month.
Seymour Hays,
460 Company E. 9. M. T.,
Base Section 1,
A. P. O. 701 American E. F, France.
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CONDENSED NEWS
OF THE STATE.
Dane Argus saved the liveB of
three members of a swimming party
at Grays, Woodruff county, recently.
Miss Ruth Anderson, Miss Blanche
Powell and R. W. Beck were swim
ming in a pocket of the river. The
young ladies stepped into deep water,
and when Mr. Beck tried to save
them he was nearly drowned. Mr.
Angus cannot swim, but he plunged
into the river, pulled Mr. Beck out,
and then holding to a branch of a
tree, reached Miss Powell and palled
her out. Miss Anderson had been
swept down the river about 50 yards.
Mr. Angus again plunged in and sav
ed her.
Girl students of the Wynne High
school have adoped a uniform for
next year. All girl students over 12
years of age will dress in a middy
blouse, skirt, shoes with Cuban or
military heel, cotton stockings and
plain hat.
Mrs. J. W. Heinricks of Hunting
ton was gored by a cow a few
days ago. She was painfully hurt,
but it is not thought her wounds are
serious.
Four years ago Mrs. Iva Haralson,
of Atkins cut her finger on a fruit
jar while canning fruit. During the
past month the fnger has been giving
her trouble. A few days ago the
finger was opened and a large piece
of glass was removed from it.
The Rogers Press calls attention
to a lie, supposedly pro-German,
which has been circulated in the
wheat belt of Arkansas. Farmers
have been told they must keep it in
the shock. Wheat in the shock is
much more likely to be damaged by
rainy weather than wheat in the
stack.
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ASSESSOR S NOTICE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned, as Assessor of Jack
son County, will meet the people of
the different Townships at the places
and times below giver, fjr the purpose
of assessing all the Personal Property
and per capita or Pod Tax for the
year, 1918:
Village Township, Littleton’s
School House, Friday, June 28.
Union Township, Diaz, Saturday,
June 29.
Cow Lake Township, Gourd Neck,
Monday, July 1.
Cow Lake Township, Proctor School
House, Forenoon, Tuesday, July 2.
Cow Lake Township, Beedeville,
Afternoon, Tuesday, July 2.
Cow Lake Township, Eight Mile P.
0., Wednesday, July 3.
Jefferson Township, Hickory
Grove School House, Friday, July 5.
Jefferson Township, Jacksonport,
Saturday, July 6.
Bird Township, Elgin, James Store,
Monday, July 8.
Bird Township, Kenyon, Tuesday,
July 9.
Bird Township, Goetz’s Store,
Forenoon, Wednesday, July 10.
Bird Township, Dunn’s School
I House, Afternoon, Wednesday July
10.
Bird Township, Tuckerman, Thurs
; clay, r naay anu baturaay, July 11,
12, 13.
Union Township, McLain’s Office,
East Newport, Monday, July 15.
Union Township, Island School
House, Tuesday, July 16.
Union Township, City Hall, Wed
nesday, July 17.
Glass Township, Swifton, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, July 18,
19 and 20.
Union Township, Court House,
Monday, July 21 to 26.
You are required, by law, to meet
me at your voting precinct and at
tend to your assessing in person, or
at the Township in which your prop
erty is located, otherwise, you will
be placed on the delinquent list, for
failing to assess.
Eight Mile, Arkansas, April 12th,
1918.
D. J. NANCE,
4wtf Assessor, Jackson County.
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NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION
In the Jackson Chancery Court.
W. H. Rice, petitioners,
vs. No. 3318.
E% SEU; SW!4 SEU; and SE14
SW%; Sec. 9, Twp. 10 N., R.
4 W.
Notce is hereby given that W. H.
Rice did on the 18th day of June,
1918, file a petition in the office of
the Clerk of the Chancery Court of
Jackson County, Arkansas, claiming
to be the owner of and in possession
of and praying for the confirmation
of the title and to have the same
quieted in him to the following de
scribed real estate situate in Jackson
county, Arkansas, to-wit:
The EAST HALF of the SOUTH
EAST Quarter; the SOUTH WEST
Quarter of the SOUTH EAST Quar
ter; and, the SOUTH EAST Quar
ter of the SOUTH WEST Quarter;
all in Section Nine (9), Township
Ten (10) North, Range Four (4)
West.
And that said petitioner will ap
pear in said court on the 5th day of
September, 1918, or as soon thereaf
ter as said court will hear and deter
mine the same, and ask to have hi*
title to said lands quieted, establish
ed and confirmed.
Now, therefore, any and all per
sons, firms or corporations who have *
or claim any interest whatever in said
lands, are hereby warned to appear
and present their objections at th&
said time above mentioned and set up
any right or claim they may have in
said lands and show cause why the
said title of petitioner should not be
quieted, confirmed and forever set at
rest.
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand as such clerk and
affixed the seal of said court on thi*
the 18th day of June, 1918.
(Seal.)
R. W. Bandy,
Llerk of the Chancery Court of Jack
son County, Arkansas.
By J. B. Parrott, D. C.
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