The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-09-12
COMPANY 4"
LEFT MONDAY
Great Crowd Attended Farewell Re-
ceptiOn at Courthouse Monday
MOrning-Entrained
ut Noon.


other farewell Monday at noon when
the company departed over the Frisco
for Fort Roots, Little Rock, where they
will be equipped and begin training.
They We're joined at Hope by the
Nashville platoon of the same COM
pany. The Ashdown platoon left here
SO strong occupying two coaches.
great throng of hundreds OF people
were at the train, among whom were
relatives anG friends. The boys were
in i,.e spirits. AS the train drew
away from the station the boys were
leaning from the windows cheering
and receiving deaiening cheers N re-
turn One of them had secured an
American flag. which he waived from
the window. The ladies had prepared
lunches tor them to take with them OH
the journey. 1t was a scene such as
was never before witnessed in Ash
down Confederate veteransl present
stated that it brought back memories
of 1851 when they too marched away
at their country's call.
At 10 o'clock meeting at the court
house was held to formally bid the
company goodbye. The entire CON-
pany was present. The room and the
corridors of the building were crowd
ed with people. Judge ]. S. Steel pre-
sided The speeches were limited to
opened with a. stirring address, cheer
! mig, inspiring and patriotic. Rev.
S. X. Burnett followed in the same
vein as did Rev. w. 7. Sullivan and c.
S. Wales. Capt. Jay Toland was call
ed upon and responded with a brief
but pointed address. He thanked the
people of Ashdown for the many cour-
tesies extended to the company and
said that they would do their part In
fighting. He said that he did not be-
lieve that there was yellow streak
in the whole company. Seargeants
Locke Love and Clyde Phillips were
called upon snd responded briefly
Judge ]. S. Steel closed in brief
but telling address. Every speech
was enthusiastically cheered. A verse
from America by the audience and
the audience was dismissed by Rev. J.
D. Freeman. At the close Company l
responded heartily with three rousins
cheers to the women of AshdOwn as
proposed by Seargeant Guice. The
crowd then gave three cheers for
Company l.
| Ashdown and Little River county
now have an interest in the war that
| is more than personal. Many OF these
boys grew up among us. Others have
been with uS several weeks, and Ash
down has learned to love them. They
go out into the greatest experience
that man was ever called to enter.
The great world war is the most dra-
matte, the most epoch making in all
the history of the world. The fight
we wage is for humanity and the per-
petuatiOn OF freedom upon the earth,
for right and for justice. 1t is the
final clash between two ideas OF gov
ernment, only one of which can sur
vive.
We will follow Company l wherever
it may go with our hearts. We will,
when we think of them, realize more
than ever that those of us who must
remain at home can do our bit toward
bringing victory apd Company l back
home again. We know that those of
us who remain must not be slackers.
There is something for all of us to do,
and we will stand behind the army and
behind the president and do that thing.