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Jeffery Bros. Co. CASH STORE Save— -I.—Wheat; Use more corn. 2.—Meat Use more fish and beans. 3.—Fats Use just||enoughj 4.—Sugar Use syrup J And serve the cause of free dom. —U. S Food Administrator. HE BATESVILLE 6VABIL —By The— tesville Printing Company. .ed at the Batesville, Ark., Post ice as second-class mail matter. j Month 40c s Year $4 80 ^here delivery is irregular, please - • _ ,w.» ... *- alleiiu unto •'rom- uie end of the earth will I ry unto thee, when my heart is over whelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me. and a strong tower from the enemy. 1 will abide in thy tablemacle for ever; I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah. For thou, O God. hast heard my vows; thou hast given me the heri tage of those that fear thy name. Thou wilt prolong the king’s life; and his years as many generations. He shall abide before God forever; HOW MRS. BROWN CUT DOWN THE RENT Mrs. BROWN—Henry, the rent is due next week. Dear me, it seems as though it gets harder to pay all the time. I think it is time we furnished up that spare room. Mrs. Smith has a roomer and it cuts her rent to only $5 per month. HENRY —Well, we have talked about it long enough Today you go down to Crouch’s and buy the furniture. You can make a small payment down. The balance we will pay a little each month with the room rent. A. L. Crouch Your Credit Is Good O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him. So will I sing praise unto thy name forever, that 1 may daily perform my vows.— Psalm 61 :l-8. FRANCIS STANDS OFF MOB. Charles R. Crane, head of the Am •rican mission to Russia, tells how Ambassador Francis in PetY -ad stood off a Russian mob. n revv .ei. with mis weapon the mbassador met the mob at the door. “Your government is going to hang >ur leader. Muni, and we are going to clean out the American embassy,” aid the leaders. "No, you are not,” replied Asbas ■ ador Francis. “This is American soil and 1 will kill the first man who rosses the line.” Mr. Crane says the mob then dis •ersed. Worthy of Thought. A quiet mediocrity Is still to be pre. erred before a troubled superfluity. WE MUST FEED OURSELVES. (By Leland Bunch, County Agent) According to the last report of the assessor there are 23,690 hogs in In dependence county. If this is true, and we assume that it is, there are more people in the county than there are hogs. In other words. Independence coun ty is not producing enough hogs to increase their hog production 20 per cent, and some states have l>een asked for a much greater increase. In order that Independence county and the state of Arkansas raise their proportion, set by the government, every farmer who raised hogs last year must raise more this year. We must furnish our own pork in the future. Notwithstanding the small number of hogs in this county, a great many good brood sows and gilts have been shipped out recently, due to the high prices, however, there are enough left, if kept for breeding purposes, to give us the twenty per cent in crease asked for. We must begin now to save the breeding stock or we will have fewer next year instead of more. It is the patriotic duty of every farmer to keep as many hogs as he can possibly care cor. and ev ery one having a surplus of breeding stock should sell to some one who needs them. In this way, and in this way only, can we produce our allot ment of increase and not have to call on other states for our meat supply. For the next few weeks I shall act as a free distributing agent between the seller and the buyer of sows and gilts. 1 wish that those who have a surplus of breeding stock for sale would write or telephone me the num ber they wish to sell, giving the age. breeding and price of the sows which they wish to dispose of; also state whether they are open or bred. And those who want more brood sows should likewise write or telephone me the number of sows or gilts the^ would like to buy., stating the age. breed they desire and whether they pre fer open or bred sows or gilt . It is urged upon every farmer in the county to give this his prompt attention, for if we raise more h >g we will not have to call upon other states to furnish us with meat that should go to our allies and our own । soldiers who are fighting our battles in order that civilization itself ma be saved and freedom be perpetu? in the world । AN I NII SI POSTAGE INcREA.SE — (By Arthur T. Vane*.) j If proof were ever needed that the zone system was unnecessary, here it is. nine million dollars' worth. If proof were ever needed that the proposed postal increase on maga zines and newspapers is not needed, here it is, nine million dollars’ worth. On October 26 last the postoffice department turned over to the treas ury 19,000,000. This is the largest profit ever made in any one year in its entire history. And please don’t forget, the postoffice department is not a business run for profit. It is not in business to make money. It is operated for the benefit of the people. For years the postoffice department howed u large annual loss. Grad- ' ually th’s was converted into a profit, until here we have in 1917 the huge surplus of $9,000,000 And this in I spite of a loss of $50,000,000 on the lurnl free delivery service. There i: not one man or woman in America who would wish to aladish the rural l Iree delivery service simply liecause it was costing the government SSO, I 000.000 a year And yet, if the zone ystem is actually put into force, it I will place an unjust burden on all readers of magazines and newspapers merely to swell the postoffice profits. , The war revenue bill recently passed by congress contains a clause : compelling magazines and newspap-; ers to l>e mailed on the zone system after July 1. 1918. This means that the postage geta bigger and bigger | the farther away you live from the 1 place where the magazines and news papers are published For instance. Pictorial Review to day costs $1.50 a year to every sub scriber in the United States You' may live ip California. You may live in Florida. You may live in New York The price is the same. Now. under the zone system, the price can not be the same. If you live in California the postal increase will put the price up to something like $2.20 a year instead of $1.50 If you live in Illinois or Tennessee, it will be some other price. And if you live in Idaho or Colorado you will pay still another price. It is all very con fusing And quite unnecessary. When the zone idea first loomed up the little group in favor of it stated that the postoffice was losing money, on second-class matter. The publish-; era asked: “How much'” Strange to say, nobody knew. Then the guessing began. Some mentioned $40,000,000.' Other* $50,000,000. Some guested • lor Mr. MONEY DOESN'T BUY HAPPINESS. BUT—TRY TO BE HAPPY WITHOUT IT TIME IS FLYING \ Join Our Christmas Savings Club at Once Remember that there is no season of the year when it is so hard to be “broke** as at Christmas time. WE OFFER YOU A WAY TO SAVE MONEY FOR NEXT CHRISTM VS TO TAKE AWAY THE STING OF DISAPPOINTMENT. If you will come and join our CLUB you will have money. You can join Class No. 2 and pay 2 cents the first week. 4 cents the sec ond week. 6 cents the third week, and so on for 50 weeks, and then recent $25.50 and 4 per cent interest. Or vou can join Class No. 5 and pay 5 cents the first week. 10 cent the second week. 15 cents the thin! week, and so on for 50 weeks, and the. two weeks before Christmas receive $63.75 and 4 per cent interest. Or join Class 50 and pay 50 cents each week, or Class 100 and pay $1 00 each week. IT IS SIMPLICITY ITSELF. A MARVELOUS SAVING OPPORTUNITY; WE HAVE GREAT NUMBERS OF ENTHUSIASTIC MEMBERS WILL YOU BE AMONG THEM? JOIN AT ONCE. We Pay You 4 Per Cent Interest to Save. Citizens Bank and Trust Co. BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS high as $89,000,000. But nobody actually knew. And because nobody did know, the publishers of newspapers and maga zines asked for experts to be appoint «i to find out. Was this fair-minded jA-oposal accepted? It was not. The authorities did not know then and do net know now what the figures are What we do know, however, is that the postoffice department cleared $9, .100 900 in 1917. I 1 zone system clause was pa--ed n th< first week of Octolier, 1917. It will be put into effect on July 1, 1918. unless congress repeals it. At the time it was voted on, it was openly reported in nearly all the newspapers that its presence in a war revenue bill was due to politics. It was not ndeded, it was not fair, it was not t. Agitation has sprung up all r 'he ar--• "*♦■• • ini r en the second-class postal rates we originated in 1879 it was done for Whe lienefit of the reading public. That means every citizen of the coun try. Before that time, the subscrib ers to a magazine paid the postage 'hemselves. When congress made the uniform rate of one cent a pound, the magazine publishers decided that they would pay the postage. The benefit of the ont cent a pound rate was handed over 'o the people With the zone system in operation, the pub lishers will be unable to bear the burden alone. Subscribers will have to share it with th^n. Why should these living more than 150 miles away pay more for their reading matter than those living within that radius? This is exactly whnt will happen to you if the zone system is not repealed We are placing thete facts before vou so that you may let upon them We do not think it lair that you should have to pay mon for a maga zine than you would have to pay if vou lived in New York. It is for you to say whether you will o not. Everything that goes iito the mak ing of a newspaper or magazine has advanced to the point where it has become a burden. To show their sincerity, the Na tional Publishers Asaoicatim actually offered the government cvety cent of profit made during the war. The offer to give up all their profits made an unanswerable argument. Eviry pub liaher in the country is glad to l>ear increases in taxation to hel| prose - ■ute the war. Not one of them wishes to avoid that. On the other hand, no pihlisher wishes to be unjustly impose* upon For thirty-nine years the one ent u pound rate has prevailed and a) pub lisehrs' business has been adjuskd on this basis. The proposed zone ays 'em would I* an unbearable burd-n to the magazjne publishers which would make it difficult for all of them and impossible for many of them to ion. tinur in business. Your congressman and your wn vtor are answerable to you for thur icU Write at once and let then kno* ■ just what you think of ths ma'ter. FOR SALE, a two horse wagon that will carry a ton and a half, with bed. 3-ineh tire. Price $25. Phone 844F11. H. 8. Whitener. 2tw y WOMEN (ENSORS DETECT WORK OF GERMAN SPIES e *' Many notorious German spies have lieen detected through laboratory " methods of discovering hidden writ e ing by the efficiency of the postal “ censorship in Ixmdon. Recently se curities for one million pounds were ! stopped in course of transit for en 1 emy use and 1,750,000 pounds worth of stocks or Imnds detained for in d i vestigation. t Frequently enemy communication ■ through the mail has lieen completely r cut off and public money has l>een ' saved by the discovery of attempts to s hoard vital supplies, to the extent * of millions of dollars in value. 1 During the year 1917 no less than t ten thousand “cloaks" or intermed- I iaries for enemy trade have l>een de «4 ♦ Loir ««r**««*Ht«s« slnnn*'* requires jucn eaucation ana mkiH tnat the government had difficulty in se-1 ■ curing qualified employes, and a . school was esUibF.shed to train can- | didates to detect codes, secret writ-' ing and other subterfuges The aver-1 age number of letters censored each day is over 350,000, weighing about ■ four tons. In these headquarters 150 lan guages are read by the operators. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. For State Senator. Ihe Guard is authorized to an nounce J. K. York of Independence County a candidate fnr State Senator from the Sixth district, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. t ounty and Prohate Judge. The Guard is authorized to an nounce J. H. Jimmerson of White River township as a candidate for the . office of County and Probate Judge, subject to the action of the Demo rratic primary to be held in May. For Sheriff. The Guard is authorized to an- ■ nounce T. F. Shell of Cushman town-1 ship for the office of Sheriff, subject to the action of the democratic pri mary to be heid the last Tuesday in May. The Guard is authorized to an- I nounce E. R. Hooper as a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Independ ence county, subject to the action of , the voters in the democratic primary. For County and Probate Clerk. « ,? re » l »* h <*»-i z ^<i u> announce " ash Browning of White River town ship as a candidate for County and I rotate Clerk, subject to the action' of the voters at the democratic pri-1 mary to be held the last Tuesday in May. I _ For Circuit Clerk. The Guard is authorized to an nounce B F. Adams as a candidate for .Circuit and Chancery Clerk, subject to the action of the Democratic pgi mary — For County Treasurer The Guard io authorized to an i nounce W. R. Westbrook as a candi | i date for the office of County Treaa ’ prer. subject to the action of the dem-, *r«tie party. WOMAN GUARDS A CROSSING Takes Man's Job as Watchman fir Railway Company and Likes the Work. — South Bend.—Women are fining men's positions in Europe and m>uU nrr already doing It In the I'nnrdj States. Among the women here »twi are doing men's work l« Mrs. Heleu Stacknuin, watclitmm at the Vens*| street crossing of the New York C-m trnl railroad. Mrs. Stn< kn n Is m-i ! thuslnstic over in r new Job and sajsJ ' w hlle she believes woman's place is 111 I the home, she feels (M-rfis-tly at h<XDM I In her little watch house. She has twe .mill children who spend most of tbs i day in school and the mt of ihe tinu • h tbeir mother at the cn—mg. Many |wraon» who live In the neftb horlnssl of the cro'Mng tsi.eve that Mis. Slackimm earns her ue athly ml j ary eM ry day in heart ease for the * children must cr>>^< th»,i .. mm. achoa*. i they have taken advan. 1 isirtunlty to stop and wi r i i,. ■ "There really Is not much work . £ even If It la auppotu-d to be a ruU'sl Job.” said Mr*. Rtsckman; "everyosil I is «<> nier In obeying signals that It U* really no trouble whatexer. The real objts-f of my being here is to 10. A out for the M-hisdchlldren and s. e th it they get across the tracts all right. I spuui mu< h of tny time knitting ” JUDGE UPHOLDS UNJUST WILL Rules Law Doee Not Require Equity in Testament* In Case in New Yerk Court. New York.—While admitting that tlie will of George A. Williams "f th* firm of George A. Williams A S-ms Is unjust, becanwe he cuts off t"' s" o * who are head* of families and ha«* sleniler incomes, and adding that th* "natural character'’ of Mr. was unjust. Justice Itliicknmr f th* ippellati* division in Brooklxr the testament on the ground 'l. I th* law does not force a num to will his property Justly. Accordingly, the entire estate, amounting to $90,000. will v to • dnu.-hter. Mrs. 1-aura A. Ibx hansn. Brooklyn. The testimony showed that the eldsr Williams was elghty-two year* "I 4 when the will was executed :>nd addleti-d to excentrive and cotitlnUOM Use of alcohol. DOG DIDN’T UKE ARMY LIFE Returns to Old Hsunts After Thro* Weeks' Career as Mascot in Canadian Army. lx>« Angele*. Ol. —Ginger a P"st<* hull. Is hack home in Ix»« knc'l<* After a three weeks’ career «« n In the Canadian army, he Im* return* tn his old haunt* around "T b-me R*- ley'* place nt No. 742 South HIH s'r**t and I* happy again. The d"g l« owned by John Hatnllt* « Ixw Angeles resident of 15 y**f^ standing, who recently enlisted in th* 'anadian forces, lie took Ginger til'** hut the dog did not take to the ntUr sry life. In fact, he urns wasting away, i*' ll ilamlltoti derided to send him Imc* " Ln* Angeles On hf* arrival •' «ix meal* In three hour* ami t jojuu* bark fur all bis old fro * fflamss That Give Off Na f <- A French scientist, who la koS I** 1 ** ths details ascret. claims be A* * > anted a fame derived fnm^e- '.r* ity that will Ml give off lx W