'Ti^wofTh. County A |
mBS Contributed by the Independent’s ^=
'*1' Special Corps of Correspondents Y |S|
L Dameron of Battlefield,
fceorg was down last week, at
SS0U1’court ai’*d visiting friends in
l city* „ Terr„!l and son and Mrs.
,rs' " nf1 Tuckerman, ■were the
d*rS°? Mrs. J. M. Witt Tuesday.
Walter F. Hurley and
““l Roberts were shopping in
*jort ,Vtt^Fred Monroe and chil
,r' St Tuesday for a visit to
Jo Spring5- b'frldawas Wed
iPS delivered a nice Ford
day- andt0 k. D. Wilmans.
«ng Stanley was a business vis
• RVhp county seat Tuesday.
’t0 tv of Newport was looking
here T“s
f’ Candors of O’Kean came
Monday and is relieving Fred
Sofas section foreman on the An
nas division.
, Stanley, who has been on the
fir accommodation run, has
transferred to freight service.
" Key left Monday for Cotter,
S' S£ will reside in the future.
£ $llie Mae Penix of Tucker
[ spent Sunday here the guest of
|„BC Sgbt and Miss Ella
I visited in Newport Sunday.
ln Anderson, who has been mak
ing his home here with Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Witt, left Monday for Fort
Smith to look after business inter
ests..
Miss Lottie Hackney, who has been
visiting relatives at Batesville, re- !
turned home Wednesday.
Mrs. J. Ii. Stanley was shopping in
Newport Monday.
Austin Dacron of Annola, Texas, i
is visiting here this week.
Cromwell West made a business trip
to Village township Saturday.
Mrs. W. M. Chisholm and children
left Monday for a visit to relatives at
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Dr. A. J. Allen and family are mov-!
ing to Scranton, where they expect j
to reside in the future.
Mr. and Mrs. Aud Browning left
Monday for a visit to relatives at
Olyphant.
Mrs. J. M. Witt left Monday for a
visit to friends at Conway.
The Battle Axe corespondent has
expressed his opinion of the repre
sentatives who passed the bill provid
ing for the protection of the black
bird and making it an offense to kill
them. The blackbirds have always
1 been a pest to the farmer, by destroy
ing sprouting grain and we doubt if
the solon who introduced this bill,
could tell you the difference between
a humming bird and a blackbird. It is
a nice thing for everyone to be a law
abiding citizen but when corn plant
Ji-J_!_Li1. -'-'Uf_"Lk ' L'"1 ...
Yes, that home you think of buying when you have the price,
need not be a dream for long if you open a bank account. Even
a dollar will start that. Economize on your expenditure and
commence today—here—where we welcome just such accounts
u yours. We will help you.
ARKANSAS BANK & TRUST CO.
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
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ing time arrives, we look for a good
many of our farmers to rely upon
theirt rusty shotgun.
L. E. Phant.
ADELAIDE.
We are having some good pros
pects of spring. We can hear the
chirp of the birds and young chick
ens here and there.
Mr. Buckner has been sowing oats
the past week.
Lewis Suiter of Pleasant Plains, a
fr -ight hauler of that place, ran into !
a mud hole and upset his wagon with
1/00 pounds of beans and coffee last
Saturday, but help being near, got ;
things straightened out again in a 1
short time with nothing damaged nor j
anyone hurt to speak of, but his pic
ture still remains in the mud.
The bridge across Glaize creek is |
near completion.
The temperance association met on
Sunday afternoon at Thirty-Seven, .
with a large crowd present. We are '
talking of organizing Sunday School
there, too, as soon as the weather
settles a little more.
We learn that we have a new can
didate for road overseer. So Mr.
Winchester and Lewis Edens had bet
ter get out among the voters and tell
them what good roads we ought to
have.
W. H. Edens of Bradford was out '
in the sticks Sunday.
L. E. Phant I will give further in
formation concerning Adelaide’s lo
cation. Bradford is 16 miles south of !
Newport, on the Arkansas Division of ;
the Iron Mouniain railroad and Den- 1
mark is 10 miles west of Bradford,
in the country, on the Bradford and
Pleasant Plains road. Fur further in
formation apply or call at my office.1
No. 5902 West Broadway, Adelaide,;
Arkansas.
Mrs. W. A. Bryant has been on the
sick list for the past few days, but is
improving at present.
rt 1 1 . 1 „ .. 1_A. _ J ti± _ A. -_M
r-iti »Y muicotci iicio vov’-ao
already.
Bob Adams intends moving into
lias new house this week.
L. A. Edens has been appointed lo
cal registrar of Barren township and
S. L. Whitlow, deputy, by the State
Board of Health.
S. C. Vick is building on his new
stove house, which he expects to move
his stock of goods into in the near
future.
Jesse Bryant’s baby is on the sick
list.
Lewis Edens dropped a piece of
bridge timber on his foot last week,
but was able to wear a shoe Sun
day, by limping a little.
We learn that Mrs. Ida Scantlin’s
oldest boy, Noble, died last Tuesday
with pneumonia. We sympathize
with the widow mother.
The temperance committee will
! meet the people at Oakland church
next Sunday, March 15, at 2 p. m.
Everybody invited.
Success to the Independent.
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BEEDEVILLE.
I The county candidates were here
! last Friday and presented their
i claims to the voters. As a whole,
they are a nice set of men, but of
course, we will have to scratch some
of them. Here is our line-up. How
do you like it ?
Shaver, McLain, Bowman, Balletf
and Ivy.
T. C. Reid and J. R. Crenshaw were
in Newport last Friday.
Mrs. Lizzie McFadden died last
Friday night and was buried at Balch
Sunday. She was a highly respect
ed lady of this community, was re
| lated to the Balchs of Richwoods.
: We extend our sympathy.
John Johnson of McCrory spent
; Sunday here with friends.
Elder C. A. Northcutt preached at
this place to a good congregation
Sunday night.
G. B. Irby and George Sink of
Newport were here Monday on busi
ness.
Several of our citizens went to New
port the tirst of the week. Among
them were C. F. Kinnev, F. IV. Beede
and L. L. Ball.
A Mr. Gray of Illinois has accepted
a position with J. A. Hutchens, our
blacksmith.
John Rushing died Tuesday after a
week's illness with pneumonia. He
will he buried Wednesday under the
auspices of the W. O. \V., of which
he was a member.
Arch Conway and Roy Chisholm
have returned from a two weeks'
stay at Little Rock.
Farm work was progressing nicely
until the rain Tuesday night.
BALCH.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Balch are in
bed, sick, at this writing.
J. C. Ball has returned from New
port where he spent about live weeks
as a petit juryman.
Martin Sears, a young man who
died at Fisher Tuesday, was buried at
this place Wednesday.
H. W. Phariss has rented his hotel
in Newport and expects to move
back with us soon.
J. M. Balch, candidate for county
school superintendent, spent Sun
day at home.
Emmett Howard returned last
week from the Philippine Islands,
where he has been for about three
years as a private soldier in the U.
S. army.
E. A. Gilmore, justice of the peace
of Pennington, was here Friday on
business.
Letizy Howard and 0. B. Cook have
swapped places. Lenzy is now a resi- :
dent of Poinsett county.
Elizabeth (Balch) McFadden died
Saturday morning at her home at!
Beedeville of pneumonia, and was bur- j
led here Sunday evening. A largej
crowd of relatives and friends attend- |
cd the funeral services which were j
,.Anrln^fnrl hr Rev Mr. Peck.
H. P. Ball and family are spending
the week at Grubbs with relatives.
B. F. Baleh of Grubbs attended the
funeral here of his sister, Mrs. Mc
Fadden.
H. G. Howard has a genuine case
of lagrippe.
Rev. W. E. Sherrell from causes un
known to us, failed to fill his regu
lar appointment here Sunday.
J. C. Howard went to Newport Sun
day to pay his taxes.
Charles Baleh has been appointed
local registrar of vital statistics for
this district.
SVVIFTON.
Misses Mae and Littie Halfacre
of Batesville have been visiting their
many friends in this city, returning
home Monday morning.
Richard and Elmo Hawley were
transacting business in Newport Fri
day. ...
A. J. Shell, Jr., was visiting home
folks Sunday.
A. H. Keedy and G. W. Dudley have
dissolved partnership.
Mrs. J. H. Carlin was shopping in
Newport Monday.
Tom Campbell, candidate for con
gress, made quite an interesting talk
at the school house Monday night.
Mrs. J. G. Smith and sister, Mc
Celvey, visited Alicia Monday.
Mrs. Noah King' went to Tuckerman
Monday.
C. M. Dudley is on the sick list.
The hookworm doctor was here last
week examining quite a number and
in about six or seven cases found, it
was reported that Alf Mayhan was
. in a worse condition than any of the
rest.
Clyde Wood, the reputable consta
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Escape
Bite—Sti ng—Dryness—Heav mess—
Parched Throat—you escape them all
V when you smoke STAG.
H And in their place you find
H Fragrance — Freshness — Mildness —
If and Eternal Contentment
[ | "Better than 1 imagined tobacco
I 1 could be.”
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ble of Union township, and who is
a candidate for re-election, wa - trans
acting business in our city Tuesday.
It. J. Johnson was transacting busi
ness in Newport Tuesday.
Elmo Hawley was in Newport Tues
day.
Miss Beulah Shaver went to New
port Tuesday evening to take in the
Glee Club.
Cal! on Carlin and get some ex
tremely low prices. w‘2.
DENMARK.
ltev. S. B. Vick preached here last
Saturday and Sunday at eleven o -
clock and Rev. Mr. Adams preached
Sundav night.
Mr. Mason of Velvet Ridge died last
Thursday, and was buried Friday at
\ civet Ridge graveyard. Rev. Ira
Ransom conducted the funeral serv
ice.
The widow Seantlin lost her
son, aged about 14 years from pneu
monia last week. She has the sym
pathy of her many friends in this,
her sorrow.
Two more weeks of school at this
place. ,, ,
John M. Harlow of Maddock at
venueu e\uimuauuu ***. .
two weeks ago, for rural U. S. mail
service.
The two traveling preachers are
still conducting religious services ev
ery night at Liberty.
J. G. and Etta Alexander are the
happv parents of an eleven pound
boy, which arrived at their home on
last Thursday morning. Mother and
babe doing well.
Wonder why the prize shooting
match at Adelaide failed to come off
last Saturday evening. Some of the
boys had their old roosters caught
and were stall feeding them all the
week for target practice.
There was quite a circus here last
Saturday evening, by some of the
boys riding a steer, which dumped his
would-be-riders more than once.
Mr. J. M. Harlow of Maddock comes
' to town every Saturday evening,
! driving his buggy horse.
Mrs. Edna Hays and family visit
ed her parents last Saturday.
Much success to the Independent.
ISLAND.
Farmers are getting busy, hens are
doing better, frogs hollering and
mosquitoes hatching; everyone has
a smile as spring time seems to be
here. It makes us want to get out
early to our work—even our friend,
“Joker”, can be seen out every morn
ing about nine o’clock, chopping stove
wood to get breakfast.
Mr. and Mrs. W<. D. Runyan left
Monday for Booneville, where Mis.
Runyan has gone for her health. Mr.
Runyan returned Wednesday.
Mrs. S. B. Haggard is very sick
this week.
We are glad that Ar-Kan-Saw
told us where Adelaide is situated, for
we have worn out three maps looking
for that town.
Robert Drummond of Rector came
in a few days ago and will likely stay
through the summer.
The candidates passed through
here Monday, on their way to Ingle
side, to fulfill their speaking date at
that place.
Of course, everybody knows where
the Island is but Ar-Kan-Saw. I will
try to tell him. It is one and one
half miles south of your county
“cote” house, and will soon be the
Third Ward of Newport. Are you
from Missouri?
C. M. Ivy,candidate for constable of
Union township, was among us Tues
day. We predict a good vote in the
southern part of the township for Mr.
ilvy.
We should have singing at our
school house Sundays. There are too
many young folks, as well as older
ones, not to have something of that
kind. If we can’t have Sunday School
we could have singing, which would
be beneficial in several ways.
BIG FIELD SCHOOL HOUSE.
We are having some real cool
weather in our part of the country,
but farmers have begun farming.
Roads are bad, but getting some
better, as the overseers are doing
some work on them.
School is progressing nicely. Miss
Elanehe Sink is our teacher and every
body likes her fine.
We had a box supper Saturday night
at the school house and it was carried
on nicely.
There is going to be a debate at
Harper’s school house and every
body is invited to come, Saturday
night.
Maude and Bessie Chatman and
Lindley McDaniel took a flying trip
to Newport Sunday afternoon.
Mr. King is visiting friends on the
Island this week.
OAKLAND. ■
Fanners are getting busy with^M
their crops, as the weather is fine.
Airs. Mary Stuart made a business* H|
trip to Grand Glaize Monday.
Air. and Airs. John Taylor of Bail-^H
ey visited Aunt Dollie Stuart last^H
Sunday.
As the leaves are dry, we are hav-^B
ing a few fires in thi vicinity. j®
All's Ann Taylor, who is spending^B
tlje winter with her son in Galena,^B
Kansas, is expected home Wednes-^B
day, the l.stli.
The people of “157” will be at Oak-.^B
land next Sunday, to hold a temper-^B
ance meeting. ®
EIGHT MILE. ®
We arc having some fine weatherlH
now and the f:irme> - are making good
use of it. 3®
T. C. Reid and -J. II. Crenshaw made
si flying trip to Newport Saturday. IS
We were sorry to hear of the death
of Mrs. Henry McFadden of Cow
Brother Northcutt delivered a good
sermon at Beedevillo Sunday night,
lo a big crowd and one was restored. H
Singing at Beedeville every Wed
nesday night. Everybody come and H
let’s have a good time. H
BATTLE AXE. I
It would do you good to come out®
| here on this sand ridge and see the^B
farmers hustling. From their pres-^|
ent activity 1 think they are plan-®
ning to make the record crop thid^J
year. 9
On last Friday night two tenant®
bouses on J. W. Lindley’s farm, and®
occupied respectively by Hansom®
Smith and John Hensley, were de-H
stroyed by fire, which caught in the H
Hensley house. Smith lost very lit- H
tie, but Hensley lost all but the cloth- H
ing worn at the time by himself and ■
wife. The houses, which were insur-®
ed, will be replaced by new ones very®
soon. Friends and neighbors ane®
helping to repair the loss to the two H
young men. H
Rev. J. B. Stuart was with us again®
Sunday, delivering a helpful sermon.®
Preparing gardens and planting®
Irish potatoes extremely fashinable®
this week. fl
T. W. Campbell came to see us
[\iesday afternoon, and delivered a
rery able, earnest and eloquent ad
Iress. Unfortunately, it was such
in excellent time for much-needed
farm work that only a few heard him.
rom has many friends here, and is
recognized as a man of ability and
promise.
The first time you see “Uncle Joe’*
Morton ask him what he knows about
training prize fighters.
Scribbler.
TUPELO.
There is a trite old saying that **Ita
an ill wind that blows no man good”,
The cold north winds
Of several days
Have changed the farmer
In his ways
And kept him from his plow
And so the rule
Has been of late
To go and hear the candidate
And laugh to hear them now.
The people of Tupelo did not de
part from this rule as was manifest
ed by the large crowd that was ii
(attendance here Saturday to me«
their friends who are in the race an<
to find out as best they could, “wh<
is who” and “where is where” an<
“why is why” and “what is what”.
Who is who? Where has he been'
What are his virtues? What are hi
sins? Why is he seeking to get in
i Why not stay where he has been
nru.. LIma nuf 9 \XfKw nut Kim in
,Is he gold, or lead, or tin ? WliU
vote for him “ag’in?
Severa' of the candidates being ex
Tupelo c izens, felt themselves a
home an ng us and we are glad the]
did..
Someti es when conditions preven
us from giving men our votes, the;
do not p went us from being thei
friends ai 1 wishing them well.
The boy . seemed to be glad to ge
here, sor of them being worn _ ii
their c? iaign work, but our citt
ens ac the part of the good Sa
marita i far as they could—hav
ing no e. And the candidate!
wishing for nothing but “vote oil t<
heal their wounds, while they sing
“O, memory, why reproach me so (
With shadows of the past?
The thrill'ng hopes of long af , ,
That ca and went so fa**
“The smiles that,x
That cheered^ >
But when
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