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Bruce Coeman, a 14-year-old bo
of Pine Bluff, accidentally shot an
killed himself while out Duck hunt
ing with a companion yesterday.
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Fifteen deaths have occurred i
Fort Smith in the past eleven day
from influenza, the total number <
cases reported there to date bein
8T?.
Joe Shaw and his wife of Fo
~~ Smith have been committed to ja
without bond, charged with first di
gree murder in connection with tl
shooting of Henry Haley, bett
known as “Texas Tate”, of that cit
Alma is suffering from a serioi
outbreak of Spanish “flu,' 100 cast
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• being reported and four deaths oz
curring. One of those dying was the
", Rev. D. A. Stutton, pastor of the
1 First Baptist church of that city.
^ An emergency kitchen in Little
j Rock is distributing free soup t.o the
families of that city whose entire
r membership are down with influenza.
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r The Chamber of Commerce of
Texarkana has been notified that the
1 United States steamship, Texarkana,
■ which is being constructed in one of
the eastern navy yards, will be ready
r for launching December 15th. , |
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r Brinkley comes forward with the
report that Spanish “flu is taking
* a retrograde movement in that city.
A Liberty Loan squadron left Lit
tle Rock last night for a visit to
. some of the counties of the state that
are backward in their subscriptions.
200 cases of influenza exists
among the convicts on the Cummins
state convict farm, according to the
latest report.
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Jefferson County has subscribed
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ful floral offerings in our recent
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Morehead.'
IN MEM()RL\M.
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Mrs. Kate Murphy Hill departed
this life October 7, 1918, at her home j
near Weldon, Ark., after a short ill
ness of Spanish influenza and pneu-;
monia.
She leaves seven children to mourn i
her departure, also two sisters and i
two brothers, besides a host of i
friends. She has one daughter mar- I
ried (Mrs. Wash May). Her sisters
are Mrs. T. J. Burton of Auvergne !
and Mrs. F. A. Cole of Jonesboro. !
Her brothers are W. J. Murphy of j
Jonesboro and R. L. Murphy of Bono, j
all in Arkansas.
She was a quiet, humble, sweet j
Christian woman, and a faithful mo
ther. To know her was to love her J
and she was a blessing to the com- ;
munity in which she lived. Surely !
the world was made better by her be- j
ing in it and we feel that our loss is ;
her eternal gain. It was such a :
shock and sad indeed to give her up, j
but we know God is too wise to make j
a mistake and too good to be unkind,
so let us all look to Him who know- j
eth best and try to live so we can j
meet dear Kate at God’s right hand,;
where we trust she is waiting and I
watehinng for her precious children ,
o;id fripr.rls.
She is gone but not forgotten,
Never will her memory fade;
Sweetest thoughts will ever linger, j
Around the grave where she was laid.
Written by her sister-in-law, who j
loved her.
Mrs. W. J. Murphy.
CAMP PIKE NEWS.
Few more strenuous weeks than the j
week just past have occurred at Camp j
Pike. It has been a week that has |
tried men's souls, for it marked the j
crest of the worst epidemic through j
which the camp has passed. And
during that week the debt of grat
itude which the people of Arkansas
and adjoining states owe to the Y.
M. C. A. has been manifolded and the
people of the rural districts have
seen then, as never before, how splen
did a service the Army Y can and is
performing for the men in camp and
their families at home. Only those in
intimate touch with the situation can
have the faintest idea of what those
Y men did. Inquiry after inquiry
from anxious parents was answered.
Soldiers were brought into touch
with their families and homefolks,
mothers and fathers who had come
long distances to see their sons had
their heait's desires satisfied. If a
call came from the base hospital for
spiritual ministration, it was answer
ed instantly.
Y men acted as nurses; k men
acted as messengers; Y men act;a
as information bureaus, and a brace
[ of Y men actual.y staged and pulled
I off a darkey wedding at the big en
trance gate of Camp Pike. Y men
learned that profiteering chauffeurs
were charging parents and sweet
hearts half a dollar a message to de
liver notes to soldiers on the inside.
! Soldier families shall not he thus
j victimized was the instant decision.
| A fast auto was immediately placed
| in this same service with a compe
: tent Y man at the wheel, and with
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brought to the gate. Men, whom ru
mor had saii were dying, were
brought to their parents’ or sweet
heart’s gaze, happy and healthy.
This service was made possible
through the establishment of an In
formation Bureau just outside of the
Camp Pike main gate, where every
visitor was welcome and where every
question met a courteous answer and
willing attention.
Though Camp Pike was hit hard by
the epidemic of Spanish Influenza
and victms went to the Base Hospital
by the thousand, yet the records
show that there were few camps in
the country where the percentage of
serious sickness was as light as near
the Arkansas capital. Fully 70 per
cent of the cases were of a light va
riety where the men recovered in a
few days. The delightful fall climate
with the balmy air and abundant sun
shine, contributed to this happy re
sult. Already light is shining
through the clouds, and although it is
1 too early to make predictions, it can
be said with confidence that the worst
is over and that the rigid quarantine
has done a good work. When all is
said and done, it will be found that
the death rate in Camp Pike will be
as low as that at any cantonment in
the country, and that the per centage
; of recoveries is probably the highest
i They arc telling a good story on
Arkansas negro that had to be dis- ;
charged as an incurable stammerer j
last week. The examining officer,
tried his best to see if the darkey !
would qualify and used the customary ;
method of attempting to produce a.
singing tone from the recruit. Sev-;
eral efforts failed. Then the officer |
tried to get him to sing a hymn tune. !
Again nothing doing. The black was ;
apparently tone deaf and couldn’t
raise his voice. Surprise was sug
gested and some one stuck a pin in
the black’s pantaloons. He jumped
and grunted but still in the monotone.
“Don’t yod know any songs?” quer
ied the sergeant. “Ah h-h-h-haint
n-n-n neveh s-s-s-s-s sis,” tried the ,
rookie. “Hang it all, whistle,” shout- j
ed the sergeant. Whistle he did and .
out came “singed n-n-n nuthin.” Sev
eral days in succession, to see if the 1
negro was possuming, the same rig- j
garmarole was gone through. I* i
nally the officer gave it up in desper
ation and ordered his discharge. It
was said to be one of the first cases ,
on record where' a darkey couldn’t j
sing, or be taught to sing enough to
overcome his stuttering.
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A fertile bottom farm in Jackson1
county, Arkansas, containing 527
acres, 140 acres in good cultivation,
four tenant houses.
387 acres of fine commercial tim
ber. Secuely levied and well watered
for a stock farm. Will grow corn,
cotton and all kinds of grains and
hay. Will yield this year, under un
favorable conditions, three-fourths
of bale of cotton per acre, and aver
age yield of corn per acre 60 bushels.
Located five miles south of Newport,
and three miles west of Auvergne.
Accessible to two railroads. Terms
one-fourth cash, remainder of pay
ments one, two and three years with
0 per cent interest with approved
securities.
Why pay rent when you can buy
lands on these terras? John B. Hop
kins on place will show lands to pros
pective purchasers. Address com
munications to S. D. Campbell, New
port, Ark. Time limit for sale No
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