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MEET.
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sociation has repeatedly been assured
by the hotels, the citizens and the
Board of Commerce that five thousand
teachers can be adequately taken care
of in the city. Ample preparations
are being made to see that all teach
ers who visit Little Rock association
Among the special features that
will be provided will be a parade of
the teachers, demonstrating to the
laity the strength and force of the Ar
kansas State Teachers’ Association,
the one great organization whose sole
purpose is to promote the cause of
education in Arkansas, and to elevate
the character and advance the inter
ests of the profession of teaching.
Trips to Canip Pike, Fort Logan H.
Roots, and the Ebberts Aviation
Field near Lonoke, are also befng
planned,, tfhich will interest every
teiicHfer in the state. The Board of
“Commerce will give a reception, and
other interesting features of the Fif
tieth Anniversary meeting will be an
nounced later.
There will be twenty strong section
programs and general programs on
which will appear men and women of
state and national prominence with
messages that each teacher should
hear.
The officers expect that every pro
gressive teacher in the state will be
come a member for the Jubilee meet
- ing, and that fully five thousand will
v be in attendance.
Much is to be expected of the
schools in the future on account of the
great national crisis, and the educa
tional forces of the state and nation
will be expected to stand patriotically
to the front to see that the educational
needs of the boys and girls are safe
guarded to the utmost of the ability
of each teacher.
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WALT MASON’S “POME”
ON SMILEAGE BOOKS
I’ll buy a dozen Smileage Books,
and then a dozen more, gadzooks; and
send them to some soldier chaps, and
help to brighten up their maps. Oh,
anything that I can do, to keep them
cheerful, bright and sane, and drive
the fantods from the brain, I’ll do
with forty kinds of glee; so you can
always count on me. I am too fat to
scrap myself; old age has placed me
on the shelf; H’m wedded to my easy
chair, I couldn’t whip a Belgian hare.
The younger men must fight for me,
and see that I have liberty, and all the
blessings I desire, while I sit dozing
by the fire. For me they’ve left their
homes and friends, to go where blood
shed never ends; for me they march
cn soggy moor, and pains and weari
ness endure; for me to France they
will repair, perhaps to fall and perish
there. For me the brave young men
go forth, from East and West, from
South and North, with buoyant hearts
that must not tire, while I sit dream
ing by the fire. And am I such a ti
horn skate that I won’t help to ease
the weight of dreary hours the boys
must know? He is a fake who tells
you so. Bring on your Smileage
Books, my friend; I’ll buy till my
resources end.
—WALT MASON.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of the follow
ing persons, subject to the action of
the voters at the city primary in
Newport, Wednesday, February 27,
1918. . I • .
For Marshal—
Abe Ballew.
G. C. Martin
For Recorder—
B. G. Graham.
For Mayor—
E. L. Watson. , >
For Treasurer—
C. P. Bandy.
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
On account of the bad condition of
the weather the tax collector was un
able to reach the following points as
advertised, and will appear at the
places on these dates:
Cache township, Algoa, Tuesday,
February 19.
Cow Lake township, Eight Mile,
Wednesday, February 20.
Cow Lake township, Proctor’s
School House, Thuisday, February
21.
Cow Lake township, Gourd Neck,
Friday, February 22.
Cache township, Burton’s Store,
Saturday, February 23.
Bateman township, Surrounded
Hill School House, Monday, Febru
ary 25.
J. M. IVY,
Sheriff and Collector Jackson Coun
ty, Arkansas.
Read the advertisements in the In
dependent.
We Have Just Received the
First Spring Shipment of
the Noted Line of
Mitchell
Dresses
In the Following Materials:
Charmeuse
Crepe Meteor
Taffeta Silk
H | Georgette
All Sizes and Colors.
Also a Complete Line of SPRING SKIRTS in all
the Latest Fabrics and Styles.
We invite all our frunds to see these lines,
which are the best in the city.
I Rushton Dry Goods Co.
RED CROSS NEEDS
40,000 NORSES IN
1R ffltt ALONE
PARIOTIC WOMEN OF SOUTH,
i WEST ARE URGED TO VOL
UNTEER THEIR SERVICES.
1
RARE CHANCE FOR PATRIOTS
Those Between the Ages of 21 and 40
Who Can Pass Physical Ex
amination Are Qualified
for Enlistment.
Women of the Southwest have a
chance to show their patriotism now
as never before since the beginning of
the war. They have been bravely giv
ing up their sons, fathers, brothers,
sweethearts and husbands to fight in
the great war; they have knitted thou
sands of sweaters, helmets, wristlets
and mufflers; they have practicea
food conservation, bought Liberty
bonds, Red Cross memberships, thrift
stamps and cei-tificates; they have
marched in dozens of parades, attend
ed hundreds of meetings and made
hundreds of patriotic talks.
But in few instances have they been
given an opportunity to go into the
field of the world struggle. This is j
the path they now have a chance to |
take.
The Department of Nursing of the
American Red Cross, the mobilizing '
agency for nurses in military service, :
still is in urgent need of recruits. The ]
Red Cross wants the strong, brave, I
competent womei; of the Southwest to !
step forward and prepare to go to I
France find help nurse the brave sons !
of the United States when they fall on
the battlefield.
I nousanoe of Nurses Needed. ,
This appeal to the Southwest is is
sued by Miss Lyda Anderson, head of
the Nursing Department, Southwest
ern Division American Red Cross, and
should be heard by every woman in
this district. The need for more nu*ses
is so acute that the surgeon-general of
the United States estimates that with
in a short time the Red Cross win
need 40,000 nurses for the army alone.
Besides that, he points out that the
Allies also are depending upon the
United Spates to supplement then
nursing service.
It is estimated that there are be
tween 80,000 and 90,000 registered
nurses in the United States at the
present time, meaning graduates of
accredited schools. -Of this number
16,500 are enrolled Red Cross nurses,
the majority of whom are in active
service, ready for mobilization or pre
pared for specific service.
To be a Red Cross nurses one must
be a graduate of an accredited school,
be between the ages of 21 and 45 and
must pass a physical examination. Aft
er the necessary 40,000 nurses are
drawn from the total number of regis
tered nurses in the country there r.'ill
be only half enough nurses Wt here
to take care of the civilian needs.
Nursing Is Fine Preparation.
Therefore, the only solution to the j
problem—the only way to provide suf- j
ficient number of nurses to care for j
the American soldiers in Europe—is ;
for women of the Southwest to answer
the call of the Red Cross and say
"We will help you fill the necessary
number.”
There are 75 accredited schools o!
nursing in tills district that will pre
pare volunteers for service. Two years
duty is required.
Nursing education not only prepares
for a large variety of professional
fields, but it is an excellent prepara
tion for home and family life and foi
public service in many ways. Almost
upon enrollment the student begins
her service to the community in help
ing to care for the sick, as part of her |
instruction and training. This service ;
to the community will be greatly in
creased in war time, because thh con
ditions of war, which take wage-earft
ers from the homes and nurses from
the civilian hospitals, produce an in
creased amount of sickness and dm
tress among the civilian population,
with decreased facilities for guarding
its health.
It might be added that enrollment in
the Red Cross does not compel one to
go into war service, though there is
moral compulsion ihat one should
do so.
When Red Cross nurses are called
upon for active duty they receive $50
a month in the United States and $60
a month elsewhere, plus maintenance
and traveling expenses.
REO GROSS TO SHE
FUST-OMO NEWS OF
CUES OF WOO
Persons in the Southwest who have
sons, brothers, husbands, fathers and
sweethearts at the front will be espe
cially interested in the announcement
that the American Red Cross has or
ganized a Bureau of Communication at
Washington to give them details of
casualties at the front. The bureau
will supplement in a personal and hu
manitarian way the reports of the Sta
tistical Division of the War Depart
ment, which gives to relatives official
notice when a soldier is reported
killed, wounded or missing.
The bureau will be ably presided
over by Wifiiam R. Castle, Jr., for
merly assistant dean of Harvard Col
lege and editor of the Harvard Grad
uates’ Magazine. The information on
which it will base its reports is gath
ered through a central office in Paris,
under the direction of E. Gerry Chad
wick of New York, aided by the Rev.
Robert Davis of Englewood, N. J., and
30 assistants stationed at the base hos
pitals and rest camps to which sol
diers are generally returned following
important engagements.
The bureau will advise in detail the
nature and extent of the wound, and
will gather evidence from comrades in
arms and at the hospitals and rest
camps regarding those reported “miss
ing.”
Relatives will be given any informa
tion of interest cr consolation through
personal letters. It will be possible
for the wounded to send messages in
the same way. .
The bureau is reporting on all cases
that come to its attention. It is prob
able, however, that with the increase
of reports from the front information
will be sent only to relatives request
ing it, except in cases of those impris
oned or reported "missing.”
Through the International Red
Cross office at Geneva, Switzerland,
the list of American prisoners sup
plied officially by the German govern
ment will be sent to the bureau.
+ WHAT THE ■
RED CROSS B
IS DOING 1 ■
AND WHAT YOU CAN DO
BUREAU OF DEVELOPMENT.
Membership in the American Red Cross means "Service in the cause of j
Humanity. No man, woman or child should think his obligation ended by
the payment of the membership fee.
To the 3,300,000 patriotic Americans of the Southwest who Joined'the
American Red Cross during Christman Week, we are calling for active serv
ice. Those of you who live in communities where Red Cross Chapters,
branches or auxiliaries already exist are urged to affiliate yburselves at once
with your local organization. Arrange to give some part of each day to
the service of your country. If you who read this are a woman, you can knit,
sew, roll bandages or participate in the making of some of the thousands
and hundreds of thousands of surgical dressings which will be needed in
overwhelming quantities to alleviate the sufferings of our own men.
If you are a man you can support
the women in their chapter activities
and so help to strengthen the line of
khaki which is standing between us
and the enemies of peaceful progress.
You can render untold service in ad
ministrative capacities, advising and
helping the women in businese-like
procedure, and by giving them your
financial support. If there is no Red
Cross organization in your community
your first duty is to organize at once.
There are three types of Red Cross
organizations, as follows:
First, the chapter, which is the
name given to the county organiza
tion. The chapter generally has its
headquarters in the chief or most con
veniently located town in the county
and has a specified jurisdiction, Chap
ters may be formed upon application
of any 10 citizens who form an or
ganization committee and make appli
cation to division headquarters for a
charter. A minimum membenhlp of
250 in the chapter is desired.
Second, the branch. Branches are
located anywhere in the county out
side of the headquarters town. Thi
minimum membership for a brands
should be 100. The method of organ
ization for branches is similar to thai
described above, except that branches
receive their charters from the already
established chapter.
Third, the auxiliary. Any group of
10 or more may organize Itself Into an
auxiliary with the consent of the chap
ter or branch having Jurisdiction over
its territory.
Fourth, auxiliaries at large. In lo
calities where the membership does
not justify the formation of a chapter
auxiliaries »t large may be formed
with the consent of tho division of
flee. These auxiliaries exist until the
membership can be recruited to chap
ter strength, at which time a chapter
charter will be granted.
For full information address Mrs.
H. M. Morgan, Bureau of Deuglop
ment, 1117 Railway Exchange, ft
Louis, Mo.
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FIVE-COUNTY MEETING.
There will be a meeting in Bates
ville, Tuesday, February 5th, of the
consuls, clerks, deputies and mem
bers of the M. W. A. of Jackson, In
dependence, Sharp, Stone and Iiard
counties. During the afternoon and
night, there will be five reels of mov
ing pictures run, showing the great
work the M. W. of A “Life Saving
Station” is doing—fighting and cur
ing the White Plague. A motion pic
ture of facts—not fiction. Every
citizen should make an effort to see
these pictures. They are different
from the ordinary. 251d5t wit
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REGISTRATION NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that all Ger
man alien enemies are by the govern
ment required to register, and such
aliens residing within this community
are hereby notified to call at the post
! office in Newport, Ark., on either the
4th, 5th, 6th, th, 8th or 9th days of
February, 1918, within the usual bus
iness hours for the purpose of REG
ISTERING.
GEO. R. HAYS,
256d6t wit Postmaster.
Drnyage of all kinds handled
promptly. Phone No. 10. Ches
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