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■ POLITICAL ANNOUNCE
■ ~ MENTS.
W The Independent is authoriz
I ed to announce the following
jt persons as candidates for public
|§ office, subject to the action of
|j| the Democratic party:
^kFor County Superintendent—
M. Balch.
||^M»djind E. Land.
D. Barber
||gS||aH. L. 1 nomas
HH Congress —
A .-Hodges
■^^B P. Davenport.
°unty Treasurer—
■Hi). McLain.
|^^^^nrles K. Coe.
HBBHjBunty Judge:
IgHHA. Melville.
H^HHSyer.
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an(* Collector—
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H|^BH^n>rescntative:
■ Simmons
GUEST
IS AN IMPOSTOR
■BHHBrkana, Jan. 4.—Residents of
are chagrined over the
that the man who ap
$k4^G$?n®ie a 1,ew tlays ),ei’01'(' Christ
to be '“Lieut. George J.
■^Kilgore of the United States regular
jBarmy infantry,” is believed to be an
^■impostor. • tj
H He wore a uniform and said he had
V served one year in the French army.
^^Jle made several public speeches and
^was entertained by the best known
ftioBgidents of the city. Christmas
||||||lhe was the guest of honor at the
iy^wiBtry Club, and in the evening
jL/. * /I^tfS.CjMLreceived a telephone
command at Hoik.
at he had been pro
lk of captain “as a
t.”
ashed his check for
in auctioning- off
istmas eve for the
an eloquent pa
h he told of his
strnas he left
anied by an
p Pike who
other. At
the same
distance
reach
es
It was for the captain of
Pike, and was an inquiry from
bank as to the where
of “Captain Kilgore.” By
e hotel clerk informed the
the message was for him
:he bank wanted to know
£50 draft it had cashed for
diich had come back from
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ient part of the ship and offered for
sale. The master-at-arms acts as
auctioneer.
Bidders who have obtained the
small articles from such an auction
sometimes throw back their purchases
for resale until as many jackies as
feel inclined have had a chance of
contributing something towards the
assistance of the dead man’s next-of
kin . Thus these kit sales become the
Lower Deck’s way of taking up a
charitable collection.
The kit of a deserter is similarly
sold by auction, the proceeds going
to the National Treasury. But the
whole outfit rarely fetches more than
a few shillings, as many sailors re
gard the possession of articles for
merly belonging to a deserter as un
desirable, if not unlucky.
EVERY BACKYARD
SHOULD HAVE A
FEW CHICKENS.
In order to save meat, such as
beef and pork, which can be used by
the army, every backyard in Arkan- j
sas should have a chicken coop and a
few good layers. Poultry advice of
all kinds, covering such questions as
the best breeds of chickens, feeding
chickens, questions concerning the
hatching, etc. will b-; supplied by H.
B. Landen, Poultry Specialist, who
says “Now is the time for those who
are already keeping chickens to find
out which are the winter layers, and
to breed only from a few of the best
layers in building up the flock. To
find out which hens lay host, use the
trap nest. It will show not only
which hens lay in the fall and winter, •
but those which lay the most eggs
and are, consequently, most profit
able. Such hens should be marked
now and their eggs used for setting
next spring.
SOUTHERN STATES
FOUND TO BE LEADERS
IN ROAD BUILDING
Little Rock, Jan. 5.—The State
Highway Department has been a
busy place during the past year, and
Arkansas stands second in projects
which have been passed by the United i
States road department, in all the j
states. The annual statement of
Commissioner W. B. O. which is out i
today, shows that 1,055.72 miles of;
rq/ad is now under construction in
Arkansas, at a cost of *10,299,001.63.1
The department during the year
has surveyed 3,341.03 miles of high
wav. and if it is all built, will cause
an outlay of $18,296,396.19. The
state of Arkansas and the United
States government has apportioned
$692,802.23 for the assistance in
building the roads provided for in the
districts that are under construction ,
or in which the districts have been ’
formed. This is about half of the
amount that can be apportioned for
the biennial period.
Twelve projects have been sub
mitted to the road department of the
government for approval, entailing
an expenditure on the part of the
government of $173,300. There has
already been approved seven projects
from Arkansas. Alabama has had
eight approved and stands first in
this respect.
The leaders in road building are all
southern states.
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SOLDIER GETS OTHER SOCK j
For patriotic and faithful services
rendered to the soldier boys com
i
mend us to the good women of the
country. We were specially impress
ed with the fidelity to work along this
line, by the good ladies of Arkansas
who attended the W. C. T. U. Con
vention in Walnut Ridge a few weeks
ago. Two delegates were on the
train coming here from Van Buren
and while on the train they knitted
incessantly. One was knitting a pair
of socks. A soldier boy passed
through the train and was attracted
by the cause they represented. The
lady just had one sock completed and
the young man admired it and wanted
it so badly, that the good lady gave
him the finished sock, took his ad
dress and in due time knitted the
other one and mailed it to him.—
Walnut Ridge Blade.
~ THE PEOPLE ARE SAVING
It has been pointed out as evidence
of how strongly the duty of saving
had been impressed upon the English
people by the war-savings campaign
in that country that in the year 1916,
although purchasing billions of dol
lars of war bonds, the small savings
bank depositors in England increased
their deposits in savings banks over
$60,000,000, this in face of the fact
that the English have been noted as
a spending rather than as a saving
people.
It seems that a similar process has
taken place in America. Two great
Liberty Loans were floated in the
year just closing, and nearly $6,000,
000,000 of Liberty Loan Bonds were
purchased by the people. Yet in
stead of being depleted the savings
banks deposits of the country have
been increased. The president of one
of the large New York savings banks
is quoted as saying on December 20,
1J17:
“One of the most remarkable
things about the Liberty Loan cam
paigns is the small effect they have
had on the savings banks accounts,
which show an increase. This we ley
to the appeals made to the American
people to purchase the bonds out of
their earnings, paying for them from
week to week or from month to
month. The people appear to be do
ing as they have been urged, pur
chasing the bonds from current sav
ings.”
TWO BITS A DAY CLUBS.
Out in Phoenix, Ariz., a movement
has been inaugurated for the forma
tion of “Two Bits a Day” clubs, the
members of which are to buy a quar
ter’s worth of Thrift Stamps every
day. Three men each took a hundred
Thrift cards, pasted one stamp in
each card, and sold the entire lot be
fore two blocks had been covered.
“Two bits” is the old term, dating
back to the early days of the country,
for a quarter of a dollar, and is still
used in the South and West. Every
patriotic American now wants “to do
his bit”; the members of these
clubs are carrying out this idea fine
ly in doing their “two bits” every
day. It is hoped that “Two Bits a
Day” clubs will be formed all over
the country in the great war-saving
campaign.
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Take Grove’s.
The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It ac.s on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 60 cents.
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Resort of the OzarK Mountains
Why not go this Winter? See the cosmopolitan
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Little Roctt, Arkansas
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The Business of Getting
On in the World By Harvey Alvaro ||||
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Enthusiasm:
An Asset or a Liability?
Enthusiasm ALONE is the mother of more failures than anything else
in the world. Enthusiasm ALONE breeds visions—just visions.
Two things must go with enthusiasm to make it an asset, to make it
breed success.
Direction and hard work.
Enthusiasm, undirected, attacks windmills and chases butterflies. It
sees glorious advantages just around the corner. When the corner is turned,
alack, they are around still another corner. Enthusiasm, undirected, sel
dom catches up with its quarry. It is blind to the prizes at its feet.
Enthusiasm, without direction, is always starting somewhere and get
ting nowhere. It scorns to DO the things necessary in order to gain the
mastery. ^ +
Enthusiasm plus direction and hard work becomes a splendid asset.
It doesn’t demand that opportunities be laid at the feet. It goes out
in quest of opportunities.
In the banks of the country are countless savings accounts, started in »
bursts of enthusiasm, fostered temporarily by visions of achievement, but [
now lying dormant and forgotten. :
The pilgrims on the road to fortune who own these accounts somehow
couldn’t direct their enthusiasm or sustain their effort, and so their pur
pose petered out.
And yet, doubtless, the success which life holds for these people hangs
on the fate of their savings accounts.
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Your enthusiasm: Is it an asset or a liability?
Copyright 1916, American Bankera Association, New York
The Smoke
of a Nation
CorporclJ. A. Dunnt- I
gan, privates Patrick k
). Sharkey and M. P. M
Conroy, I 65th Infant- I’ ;'
ry, U.S.A.(thefamous fM
fighting sixty - ninth),
of the ’ ‘Rainbow Divi
sion. ’ ’ Note the sacks
of “Bull’ ’ Durham in
their shirt pockets.
m^mm"fofn^^wa^'wdd!^imm^mm
smile. The ’ ‘Rainbow
Division’’ is now in
France, where they
identify U. S. Soldiers
by those familiar
“Bull’ ’ Durham tags.
Send ’Em Away With a Smile!
—by giving our soldier boys Bull Durham
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