nerved. in
^ paper has enlisted
trith the government in the
cause of America for the
period of the war.
Political Announcements
The Independent is authorized to an
nounce the following persons as can
didates for public office, subject to
the action of the democratic primar
ry, May 28, 1918. .
FOR CONGRESSMAN
Wm. A. Hodges
W. A. Oldfield
W. D. Davenport
FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE.
Dene H. Coleman
V. FOR CHANCELLOR
V (Eighth District.)
Lyman F. Reeder
George T. Humphreys.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
T. Simmons
imR. Suits
^>R COUNTY JUDGE.
, Melville
|sr
rims
dink
ERIFF AND COLLECTOR.
F
rY SUPERINTENDENT,
^alch
pd E. Land
kamer
Barber
an Thomas
(>UNTY TREASURER.
McLain
s K. Coe
I CLERK
*v v.« * CLERK*
SURVEYOR
CORONER
Mooney
FOR CONSTABLE
(Union Township)
C. M. Ivy
Ben Sandmon
FOR ROAD OVERSEER
(Richwoods Township)
Mark Cole
(Bird Township, Eastern District)
R. A. Wilson
(Western District, Bird Township.)
Walter Cole
(Union Township)
Frank Foushee
H. C. Nuckolls
THE LITTLE OLD LADY
OF PANSY SQUARE
Timidly she entered the Red Cross
Bureau and stood just within the door
way.
Her poor, dimmed old eyes spoke so
eloquently: “I’m friendly, ladies, hut
a little afraid."
Several of us rose, but Mrs (’raw
ford reached her first and asked her
to come in and sit down.
"Oh. thank you so much," quavered
the old lady as she sat down. “You
see, my t»oy—my grandson—has gone
and"—with Spartan fortitude she re
strained the tears that glistened In her
eyes—“gone with his regiment. Now
I'm ail alone in my !l»tle cottage in
Pansy Square. And, oh. ladies, do any
of you know the dreary loneliness
when there Is no one who comes home
at night?”
We almost hugged the dear old lady,
so forlorn, yet so brave. We drew up
our chairs closer, and she told us her
story.
The little old lady owned n vine
embowered cottage In Pansy Square.
There she kept house for her grand
son. who worked in a dowi*own office.
When America took up cudgels for de
mocracy the lad. In patriotic fervor.
was HIIIOIIK •*»=»« l'/ um.’i,
“Ah, how 1 loved him and needed
Idm !" whispered the old tody broken
ly. “But my dear country needed him
more. So 1 told him to go. ‘But
what will you do. granny?’ tie asked.
I told him 1 had enough, and so he
went. Brave, brave heart! M.v hus
band was a soldier, and l have his
pension But It Is small. After pay
ing the taxes on my cottage there was
little left, and now it Is gone. I’m old,
but I’m willing. All I ask is a chance
to earn my bread till—till he returns.’’
Through the Home Service workers
of her community the little old lady
of Pansy Square has been provided
with simple tasks, such as making pre
serves and delicious cakes and jellies,
a labor of love for her and an unfail
ing source of revenue.
Some day. please Ood, her soldier
hoy will come back to the little old
lady of Pansy Square, and he will find
her as he left her—happy, comfortable
and self reliant.
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.
U, S. Land Office,
Little Rock, Ark.,
April 19, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that Dave
Jones, of Denmark, Arkansas, who,
on October 14, 1914, made homestead
entry, No. 011245, for SE14 SEVi,
Section 4, Township 10 N., Range 5
W., 5th Principal Meridian, has filed
notice of intention to make three
year Proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before Probate
Clerk, at Newport, Arkansas, on the
28 day of May, 1918.
Claimant names at witnesses:
James W. Smart, of Denmark, Ark
ansas,
James L. Alexander, of Denmark,
Arkansas,
Holman S. Simmons, of Union Hill,
Arkansas,
George Frazer, of Union Hill, Ark
ansas.
JOHN W. ALLEN,
I2w5t. Register.
I have bedded out 115 bushels of
seed sweet potatoes, Nancy Hall and
Cuban Yam. Slips will be ready for
sale about the 12th or 15th of April
at 30 cents per hundred. Will ship by
express or parcel post.—T. F. Milli
gan. Box 395, Tuekerman, Ark. 53w7
If wanted by parcel post add 20c
per thousand for postage.
Subscribe for the Independent.
Have Returned
From a most successful agency
meeting at Colorado Springs,
I Colorado, and am now more
1 thoroughly convinced than
■ ever that every one should
m have a policy in the
Ej NEW YORK LIFE
■ Geo. M. Sink, Special Agent
|jj||B Room 10 Ark. Bank & Trust Co. Bldg.
************
Compare Your Baby’s
First Four Years
WithThis
In 19in little Marie was horn In a vil
lage not far from Mezleres, In the
Ardennes.
In 1914 Marie’s father, called to the
colors, fell at the Marne. And Marie
and her mother stayed in the village,
which was now in the Germans’ hands.
In 1915 a poster was pasted up on
tlie door of the village church, and
that night Marie’s mother vanished,
along with a score or more of other
women.
In 1910 Marie was still living in that
village—existing through the charity
of the few elderly folk the Germans
permitted to stay.
In 1917 Marie, with all the children
under fourteen years and all the old
people left alive in the village, was
bundled into a crowded car and
shipped Into Germany, round through
Switzerland and thence into France,
arriving at Evian. She was underfed,
of course, emaciated, sickly, dirty, too
| lightly dressed for the time of year.
And she came into Evian with not a
relative, not a friend left in all France
to take care of her.
Who took her? Your Red Cross I
Over there in Evian your Red Cross
took charge of her, cared for her in
the Red Cross Children’s Hospital,
clothed her, fed her, built up her
strength, taught her to play—and then
helped the French authorities find her
a HOME.
Multiply Marie by 500 and you will
have some idea of just one day’s work
your Red Cross does at Evian. It is
only one of the Red Cross activities in
France, to' be sure—hut for just that
one alone can you help being proud of
it? Can you help being glad you are
a member of it, supporting its great
work of humanity? Can yon help want
ing it to go on helping the Maries and
the “grand-daddies" that come m at
Evian?
THE TRAIN THAT SAVED
A NATION
How the Red Cross Helped
Roumania.
Have you heard of what happened
in Roumania when that stricken nation
stood In rags starving before the
shocked eyes of the world? We had
thought ourselves grown used to trag
edies until this greater horror struck
a blow that 'roused still untouched
synfpathies.
And yet we felt so helpless, you and
I, so terribly weak in our ability to of
fer aid. But were we? After all,
were we not the.very ones who car
ried new life and hope to the heart of
Roumania? You shall be your own
Judge.
Fighting with the desperation of de
spair, the shattered Roumanian army
still struggled to beat oft the Kaisers
bloody Huns, who were mercilessly
trampling the life out of the little
kingdom. And the Kaiser smiled bru
tally as he saw his wolves at work
and knew that from behind the lines,
attacking the fighting men of Rouma
nia from the rear, entering the homes
where mothers clung to the frail, dis
torted forms of their babies—was star
vation.
No country around Roumania could
help her—and America was too far
away. Thousands would die before
supplies held In our own country could
be sent her.
I nope whs gone. i/eam oy Hunger
ami by the dripping sword of the Kai
ser was closing in. A brave little na
tion was being torn to pieces.
Then came the miracle. One morn
ing the streets of Jassy, the war capi
tal of Itoumania, swelled with sounds
of rejoicing. A city where the day be
fore there was heard nothing but the
waits of the starving and the lamenta
tions of those mourning their dead
now was awakened by shouts of joy.
You, my friend; you who have help
ed iu tlie heroic work of the American
Red Cross, had gone to the rescue of
itoumania. A train of 31 big freight
cars packed to their utmost capacity
with food, clothing and medicine, tons
upon tons of it, had arrived in Jassy
after making a record breaking trip
from the great store houses of the
American Red Cross in Russia. Other
trains followed it; thousands were fed
and clothed and nursed back to health.
For weeks and eveu to this day the
brave people of Roumania are being
! cared for in countless numbers by our
own Red Cross.
So was Roumania helped, and when
history records how this last fragment
of a sturdy nation was kept out of the
hands of the terrible Huns it will give
the victory to your American Red
Cross.
I
was
term
He forty
f| '!!.;■• 1 • :' ■ ’ Jillilllil
REEDER.
Has never asked for public office.
Has never drawn public funds. „
Has practiced law 18 years, and in
more than 20 Counties of Arkansas,
and in other States.
Admitted to practice in all State
Courts, including Supreme Court,
and in the United States Courts.
Member of State Bar Association and
American Bar Association.
Forty years of age.
If in doubt as to the qualifications, abili
of any lawyer of your acquaintance, or any citiz
Finding all things equal, do you feel thai
If you believe in the principles of the dem
If you are 100 per cent American, you w
While forcing Democracy on the Germans
, ■ V
f .
WARNING ORDER. i
„
In the Chancery Court of Jackson
County, Arkansas.
Annie Franklin, Plaintiff
vs. No. 3301.
Boran Franklin, Defendant.
The defendant, Boran Franklin, is
warned to appear in this Court with
in thirty days and answer the com
_ .. _—■mm ii**>mm
plaint of the plaintiff, Annie Frank
lin.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said Court this 2nd day of May, 1918.
(Seal.)
K. W. Bandy, Clerk.
By J. B. Parrott, D. C.
C. M. Erwin is hereby appointed non
resident attorney. 3w4t
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