REGIMENT NEARLY COMPLETE
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 15.—The Fourth
Arkansas is rapidly nearing comple
tion. The question will be to deter
mine just what companies are to com
pose it, as there threaetns to be more
companies than are needed. Waldron
x and Clarksville are among the latest
to report companies of 100. Eureka
Springs yesterday reported 35 and
Harrison, which already has one
company at Camp Beauregard, re
ported another company of 65 men.
The three medical officers, I>r. R
Manley, of Clarksville, Dr. H. F.
J Crawford, of Blytheville, and Dr.
Chas. T. Townsend, of Arkadelphia,
will start out some time next week
on their tour of inspection of the
companies for state service, and
about two weeks later it is expected
that regular army officer will inspect
them for federal recognition.
NOTICE STOCKMEN.
“ v I have at my dairy barn regis
tered Jersey and Holstein bulls for
service. Also a big Type Poland
China Boar. Fees—$5.00 for bulls,
due at time of service; for boar
$5.00 or one of the pigs at weaning
time. Every care will be taken to
prevent accidents, but will not be re
sponsible should any occur.
254d3t w3t. R. L. Robinson. .
JUNIOR RED CROSS.
A meeting was held at the East
Side school Thursday afternoon, pre
liminary to organizing a junior Red
Cross society among the girls and
boy* over there. Mrs. S. R. Phillips
. and Mrs. Gillies Hircus made talks
I explaining the work and had quite a
I number of interested little hearers.
1 Mrs. Charles P. Bandy sang a pretty
j s ng and the meeting, attended by the
, pupils and teachers, who are interest
ed in the work, was a very inspiring
one. Committees were appointed to
solicit members and were Mrs. Wal
! ter Martin, Mrs. H. E. L. McCollum
and Mrs. A. Z. Shipp.
NEWS ODDITIES.
Had eight husbands and couldn’t
1 show right to but five, so Baltimore
woman was sent to jail.
Must know soldier well enough to
kiss him in greeting and farewell, or
| dered Alabama jailer to keep women
away from overstaying-of-leave
prisoners. There was such a rush in
two hours he had to rescind the or
der.
Old-fashioned carpet bag is coming
into style again because of high cost
and shortage of leather.
Seed potatoes, garden seed, onion
sets, seed oats and seed corn.—Bow
en’s Cash Store. 47wlmo.
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for the comfort of the whole fam
tf ily, and might save a doctor bill.
We have a large stock, all qualities and prices,
from extra Wilton Velvet, to the cheapest.
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ment she entered a plea of guilty to
second degree murder.
In the case of the State vs. William
Diamond, indicted for violation of the
i fish and game law in not keeping a
i record of purchases of fish as re
| quired by law, defendant by his at
I torney Ira J. Mack entered a demur
jer to the indictment. Demurrer over
ruled by the court.
Several similar cases are docketed
i to be tried this term of court.
$100 REWARD, $100.
The readers of this paper will be
! pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being great
ly influnenced by constitutional con
ditions requires constitutional treat
ment. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine is ta
ken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the
System thereby destioying the foun
dation of the disease, giving the pa
tient strength by building up the con
stitution and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in the curative powers of
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine that they of
fer One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list of
testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., To
ledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
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The Rock Island Lines, through
its Safety Bureau, WARNS you
that the following practices are
DANGEROUS, as indulgence
therein too frequently results in
loss cf life, limb and minor acci
dents.
Failing to “Stop, Listen and Look
Both Ways” before attempting to
cross a railroad track whether on
foot or in a vehicle.
Trespassing upon the Right of
Way, tracks, engines, cars or
trains of any railroad. I
Permitting children to use the
railroad Right of Way as a “short
cut” or using it as such yourself.
Standing too close to track when
a train is approaching.
Boarding or leaving moving
trains.
Leaving trains on side opposite
the station platforms.
Riding upon the platforms or
steps of cars while in motion.
Putting head or arms out of cat
windows.
Permitting your baggage to re
main in car aisles.
Permitting children to run about
the train while in motion, or go
from car to car unaccompanied by
an adult.
Throwing bottles and other ref- j
use from moving trains.
TAKING CHANCES AT ANY
TIME OR IN ANY PLACE.
Help Us to “Prevent Injury.”
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A REASON FOR INCREASED
PORK PRODUCTION.
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COU-CGC OP AOAfCULTURf UNlVCRSlTV OT ARKANSAS
WHY KILL—
THE BROOD-SOW FOR PORK ?
Plan of Garden Will Enable You to
Utilize Space to Better
Advantage.
By J. S. Knox, Horticulturist,
It is estimated that the acreage de
voted to home gardens in 1917 was
from 200 to 300 par cent greater than
the average year. This increased
acreage was doubtless due to th^fact
that almost as soon as war was de
clared against Germany last spring
there went out a request from the
Washington office that the home gar
den be given especial atienticyi. There
is no easier or better way to get an
abundance of fresh vegetables than
to grew them on our own soils.. We
have again been asked during 1918
to grow all of the vegetables we
can in the home garden during 1918.
The prospects for a shortage of
cars to haul foodstuffs or even a short
age of the food itself during 1918 are
greater than they were last year.
The South has been asked to grow its
own supply of food during the war,
and this we can easily do. There are
few of our states that can feed their
population more easily than can Ark
ansas. We have the soil, climate, and
rainfall, and can grow almost any
vegetable that will grow elsewhere.
Must Have a Garden Plan.
Few of us appreciate fully the value
of a garden plan. A plan of the gar
den will enable you to utilise the
space in the garden to better advan
tage, and consequehtly give you a
greater amount of vegetables from a
given area. A garden planting pro
gram telling what variety of the dif
ferent vegetables to plant and when
to plant them can be had free of
charge by writing to the Extension
Division, Old Statehouse, Little Rock,
Ark.
Companion Cropping Is an Advantage.
It is to our advantage where the
space for gardening is limited to prac
tice what is known as companion crop
ping. That is, of growing one crop
between the rows of another. For in
stance, turnips, radishes, or lettuce
can be grown between longer season
crops, such as potatoes, etc., and may
be set between these rows. Some of
the market gardeners around large
cities often have two or even three
crops on the land at the same time.
Succession Cropping Produces
Results.
Another system of cror ag the
home garden, and this is re most
of our Southern gardeners fail, Is the
system known as succession cropping. (
That 1b, we plant a number of Bhort
season vegetables which occupy the
soil for only a few weeks. All of
these should be grouped as nearly to
gether as possible, so that after their
period of usefulness we can take
them out and plant something else in
their place. Radishes, lettuce, peas
and similar early maturing crops may
be followed by tomatoes, pepper, egg
plant, sweet corn, or a second plant
ing of beans, squashes or cucumbers,
or whatever vegetables you may pre
fer.
Fertilizer aqd Good Soil Increase
Quality and Yield.
Remember that no vegetable will
thrive on a poor soil anti have the
quality that it would have if it
were grown on a fertile soil with
plenty of available moisture. Well
rotted stable manure is possibly the
best fertilizer that we cou’d use, but
since many of the gardeners cannot
secure a supply of this fertilizer it
will be necessary to resort to com
mercial fertilizers. Potash is too high
in price for us to use it liberally, but
we can apply equal parts of cotton
seed meal and ^eid phosphate at the
rate of 1,000 to 1,500 pounds per acre
and ordinarily get fairly good results.
It this amount is used it would
be best to broadcast most of it and
barrow into the soil, saving enough
to apply 300 to 400 pounds in the
row, mixing it with the soil before
sowing the seed or setting the plants.
Care Is Necessary.
Keep the surface of the garden soil
well stirred. It Is much easier to
combat grasses and weeds by keeping
after them than It is to delay the
cultivation until these things get a
hold on the soil. It will require only
a few minates each week to take a
horse and harrow and clean the
weeds out of the garden. The ends
of the garden fence can be made of
woven wire or poultry wire and put up
in sections so it can be taken down
while cultivating the garden. Grass
and weeds use plant food that the
vegetables need for their growth.
Keep them out.
Write to Division of Publications,
Washington, D. C.. for Farmers’ Bul
letin No. 856, which tells how to com
bat diseases and insect enemies at
tike garden.
Coarse for janitors to teach fue
economy established by City College
Catarrh Cannot Be Cureo
With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh Is a local disease, greatly In
fluenced by constitutional conditions, and
In order to cure It you must take an
internal remedy. Hall's Catarrh Medi
cine is taken Internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system. Hall's Catarrh Medicine was
prescribed by one of the best physicians
in this country for years. It Is com
posed of some v.f the best tonics known,
combined with some of the best blood
purifiers. The perfect combination of
the ingredients In Hall’s Catarrh Medi
cine is what produces such wonderful
results in catarrhal conditions. Send for
testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O,
All Druggists, 76c.
Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
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We Have Just Received the
First Spring Shipment of
the Noted Line of
Mitchell
Dresses
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In the'Following] Materials:
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Charmeuse
Crepe Meteor
Taffeta Silk
Georgette
All Sizes and Colors. ['$ JUj
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Also a Complete Line of SPRING SKIRTS in all
the Latest Fabrics and Styles.
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We invite all our friends to see these lines,
which are the best in the city.
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