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PATRIOTISM SHOULD LIVE.
jjjb , For one, the editor of this paper
| will not say one word about a man
who has suffered and made sacri
fices for his country if he cannot find
something good to say about him.
The soldier who offered his time and
life for the sake of us at home, who
faced bayonets, gas and shell, and who
possibly will suffer for the rest of his
life because he did that for us, does
not deserve . ridicule or criticism
from persons who fell far short of
doing half as much.
Patriotism should live. Due appre
ciation of what our boys have done
for uvshould not be allowed to fall
k ..■<~T>y~(ne wayside.
J Special to Independent,
j Little Rock, Jan. 13.—Unprecedent- |
j cd in Arkansas history is the accom
| piishment of the senate Monday in
1 organizing completely, with all em- ;
| ployes engaged and committees an- {
I nounced in an hour and ten minutes.!
jHad it not been necessary to send
j messengers twice to bring the chief;
: justice of the supreme court to ad-.
j minister the oath of office to new sen- i
j ate officials, the whole organizati n
j would have been created within an ;
hour. Had there been no nominating |
I speeches the time would have been;
; further materially shortened. Never j
! before were the standing committees J
j announced on the first day of a ses- j
i sion.
When the organization was coin
j jileted President Ponder lined the
1 employes before the desk and in
formed them that it was to be a
! working session of the senate and
; they were expected to be on hand six
days a week, whether the body was
in session or not, for during the ad
journment the senators did the most
of their work.
Senator B. H. Greathouse nominat
i ed Senator Harry L. Ponder of Law
rence county for the presidency of
the senate. Senator J. S. Utley made
the speech sconding the nomination,
and declared that the fact that there
was no contest before the senate in
! sured a business session with no hard
feelings at the start which would la
ter iiave to be ironed out. As soon
as the vote had been taken, 34 votes
for Senator Ponder, Senator Carruth
who is enroute home from France,
I and Senator Owens, who is ill, being
! extended the courtesy of voting.
President Pro Tern Moncrief surren
dered the chair to President Ponder,
who made a short, but well worded
speech in which he promised the ex
pedition of business and fairness to
all.
There was no 'contest anywhere
and the nominations were made in
rapid fire.
The session was opened by Rev. P.
C. Fletcher, pastor of the First Meth
odist church, Little Rock, with pray
er, V, C. Calvert of Fort Smith was
temporary secretary, and Ira v.
Langley, assistant secretary. Thom
as H. Ward was temporary journal
clerk.
During the services Senator E. E.
Alexander presented to the senator a
pefe
LOYAL TROOPS IN
>me :
^ BERLIN OVERCOME
SPARTACUS GROUP.
Berlin, Sunday, Jan. 12. The Sile
sian railway station, which was the
last important Spartacan stronghold
in Greater Berlin, now is in posses
sion of the government forces.
Rosa Luxemburg, associated with
Dr. Karl Liebknecht in the leadership
of the rebellious Spartacans, has been
. arrested by government soldiers, says
.report in the Taeglische Rundeschau.
The arrest is' said to have been made
when the troops were cleaning out the
Central office of the Spartacans last
night, when Dr. Liebknecht’s son also
^ is reported to have been taken.
The capture of the Spartacan of
fice was effected by the free use of
•hand grenades. The soldiers burned
in the "trcet an immense quantity of
the Bolshevik literature found in the
headquarters.
STATE-WIDE ORGAN
IZATION FOR PROFITABLE
FARMING CAMPAIGN.
There will he a meeting of business
men and farmers at Conway January
21 for the purpose of perfecting a
statewide organization to encourage
profitable farming. 11. M. Cottrell,
agriculturalist of the Arkansas Pro
iftable Farming Bureau of the Little
Pock Board of Commerce, will head
^-the organization.
U is hoped that the business m n
end farmers of Jackson county v !
enter into the spirit of this organic
tion and secure a concerted campak* r
for profitable farming in this sec
tion.
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THE UNIVERSAL CAR
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Let u on Wh) Know Do It j
If you use “bogus” or counterfeit parts for ro
! placements and repairs to your Ford car, you can’t
expeet satisfactory nor duiable service from your
car. It’s not fair to the car to repair with poor
quality parts. Stick to the genuine Ford materials
and have your Ford car cared for by men who B
know Ford mechanism and how to best keep the
Is car in working order. Bring your Ford car to our
C , , r
shop where you’re sure of the square deal; sure of
Ford materials and sure of Ford low prices. Keep
your Ford car running f ill standaard.
Hutsan-Ladd Motor Car Co.
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Arkansas Legislature
Gets Down to Labors
Bruce, J. B. McCuistion, Todd What-1
ley, Perry Kraft, Civil Turney, Sam
Joens.
Janitors—W. W. Shoemaker, J. K.
P. Burnett, R. S. Dunnaway, G. C.
Dillard, John D. Gunn and S. R.
Gray.
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Joe Brawley of Richwoods town
ship was among those who had busi
ness yesterday at the temple of jus
tice.
ooo
Mrs. R. D. Dennis of Cow Lake was j
at the court house yesterday looking |
after business incident to the estate
of her late husband.
ooo
J. M. Ivy has returned from Little
Rock, where he attended a state
meeting of sheriffs, which he says
was a beneficial event.
ooo
Judge Lyman F. Reeder of Bates
ville will convene chancery c^urt for
Jackson county here tomorrow, this
being his first appearance on the
chancellor’s bench.
ooo
Judge Melville convened county
court today. The most important
proceeding will be the receiving by
the court of the engineers’ report or;
the Village Creek Drainage District,
ooo
Judge Melville today declared John
Sandmon a pauper and committed
him to the county poor house at Jack
sonport. For some time Sandmon
las been ill at the home of Ed Hop
per here.
ooo
Lawrence Morris, a torpedo gun
ner on the Battleship Oklahoma, is
enjoying a furlough in Newport,
guest of his cousins, County Clerk
Fred Parish and Mrs. F. I. Kirby of
East Newport.
ooo
Chas. Roy of Beedeville and Cord
Ball of Balch, commissioners of Road
District No. 2, spent yesterday after
noon in Newport. The latter recent
ly succeeded Judge Melville as com
missioner of the district.
ooo
One divorce case was filed in chan
cery court yesterday, Annie Dedman
vs. Calvin Dedman. With the com
plaint filed, summons was issued. In
circuit court the following suit was
filed: Antoinette Bond and W. T.
Sweat vs. James Neal and Andrew
Patterson, the charge being that ol
unlawful detainer.
ooo
The local exemption board is about
to wind up its affairs and probably
will go out of business shortly. Mrs
T. R. McNees, chief clerk of the
board, says the records of all desert
ers and delinquents in the county are
ready to be mailed to the adjutant
general’s office, following w-hich
there will be no other work for the
board to do.
ooo
Esquire H. C. Nuckolls, one of the
county’s most popular justices, whose
office is in that of the county judge
is kept busy these days. He recently
had Garfield Lot, a negro of the Rem
mel section, before him for robbing
Ellis Honey of $75. The negro was
bound over to await the action of the
grand jury. Lot also faced the charge
of selling whiskey, for which he was
also bound over to await grand jury
action. Mabel Sherman, a white wo
man, who, it will be recalled, figured
prominently in the murder case of
I Slim Kelley, who killed Herman Har
| mon here more than a year ago in a
' resort on the river, appeared before
i Esquire Nuckolls the latter part of
last week, being charged with stealing
a boat. She was discharged in the
absence of convicting evidence.
DIED AT TUCKERMAN.
G. N. Fogg, aged 52 years, of Jack
son, Tennessee, died at Tuckerman.
this morning after a short illness
The decased was out on a visit with
his many relatives at Tuckerman and
' was at the home of his niece, Mrs. Joe
Greenhaw, at the time of his ceath.
T. S. Holloway was called there.early
this morning.to prepare the body for
shipment tonight to his home for
burial. The deceased was an uncle
I of Mrs. Joe Greenhaw, Mrs. K. K.
I Kimberlin, Mrs. James Slayden and
j Mrs. Bonnie Slayden, and all of them,
with the exception of Mrs. James
Slayden, accompanied the body to
| Jackson for burial. Mr. Joe Green
haw also went with the relatives of
I the deceased.
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Mrs. Mike Foster of Arkinda went
to Ashdown recently to visit a friend.
When she arrived there she found the
friend had died and been buried sev
| eral days before.
service flag with two stars, one for
Senator Thos. H. Rogers, Captain
with the A. E. F. in France, who has
been succeeded by Chas. I. Evans, and
Lt. Col. Hill Carruth, wrho is enroute
home from France.
After the senate was completely
organized it adjourned as the house
was not yet ready for business.
Considerable speed marked the or
ganization of the house. Most of the
officers had been agreed upon in cau
cus, so that there were only three or
four contests for minor positions.
By 1:30 p. m. the house was suffi
ciently organized to send commit
tees to the senate and the governor
announcing that it was ready for bus
iness.
C. P. Newton of Pulaski, a former
representative from Lonoke county,
and Harvey G. Combs of Fayetteville,
was unopposed for the position of
chief clerk which he has filled so long.
The house got busy very early in
the day, and by a vote of 93 to 2
adopter a resolution introduced by
Representative Doyle of Lawrence
county ratifying the National Prohi
bition amendment. Those who voted
against it are V/. W. Moore of New
ton and Emmett Vaughan of Prairie.
Mr. Doyle said he had been working
for prohibition for forty-two years.
There had been a great rivalry
among the members for the honor of
introducing the resolution for equal
suffrage. There were probably a
dozen resolutions burning the pock
ets of members awaiting introduc
lvnf Vmnrvv ■fpll t.O thft lot 0"f
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Representattivo John A. Riggs of
Garland county, the father of the pri
mary suffrage law now in force. C.
V. Holloway of Lonoke and C. B. An
drews of Nevada, joined with him in
the resolution. It was read twice
and referred to the committee on con
stitutional amndments.
The Rev. J. T. Jones, a blind Bap
tist preacher of Wesley, Madison
county, was elected speaker.
Following is the House organiza
tion:
Speaker—C. P. Newton of Pulaski.
Chief Clerk—Harvey G. Combs of
Washington.
Assistant Chief Clerk—1 x>rown
Moore of Johnson.
Journal Clerk—Giaude Garrett of
Madison.
.Assistant Journal Clerk—Hal P.
Smith of Montgomery.
Sergeant-nt-A rms — Homer H.
Choate of White.
Postmistress-—Miss Lula Scruggs
xf Pulaski.
Enrolling Clerk - Miss Verna
Walls of Jefferson.
Engrossing Clerk— Miss Nollle j
Pulaski.
jj and he will j
j show you j
Harry G. Brandenburg
The Merchant
Chaplain—Itav. J. T. Jones of Mad-,
ison. , |
Following is the Senate organiza
tion. „ , ;
President—Hon. Harrv L. Ponder. I
Secretary—lion. Ira C. Langley, j
Assistant. Seeretnrv—T O. Jones, j
Journal Clerk—J. H. Laid.
Assistant Journal Clerks-Roger
Ashley and Mrs. Josonhine Coilms.
Sergeant-at-Arins—Hon. J- P°’k
Fancher.
Assistant Sergenat-at-Arms—R. Q.
Williams.
Chaplain—Rev. J. W. Sims. j
Enrolling Clerk—Mi-s Era Lewis, j
A edistant Enrolling Clerk—Mrs. L. j
v. Tohnson. •
Engrossing Clerk- Miss Maude
Hrewer. . ... )
Assistant. Engrossing Clerk—Miss
\f.0i Estrada.
Postmistress—Miss Thelma Lewis.
Secretary to President—Ben Mays.
Secretary to Secretary—Mrs. Ruth
White.
Stenographers—Misses Tna Hurst,
Mao Craig. Grace Higginbotham. Es
tnlla Baldridge. Lola Moro. Alary
Moore. Florence Morris. Beulah Gam
ble. Norma Lewis and Mrs. Sadie
Riehberg.
P„^_WiH Ouilk'ng. Telephone;
Creed Caldwell, Jr., President’s Page;
Jack Carter, Jack Rogers, Whitlock