I'm wondering why the following CSS fiddle is not just turning off the up arrow on the first child and not any other DIVs.
<div id="activeitemslist" class="">
<div class="ind_item">
<div class="ind_updn">
<span class="fa fa-arrow-up"></span>
<span class="fa fa-arrow-down"></span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="ind_item">
<div class="ind_updn">
<span class="fa fa-arrow-up"></span>
<span class="fa fa-arrow-down"></span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS
#activeitemslist{width:100%;border:1px solid red}
#activeitemslist DIV:first-child SPAN.fa-arrow-up {display:none !important }
.ind_item > DIV{display: inline-block;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle}