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L. D. Smith and S. W. Harvey
spent Tuesday in Newport on
business for the day.
Brother Wayman of Sulphur
Rock preached an able sermon
1 from the pulpit of the Metho
dist church Sunday night.
Saturday night is election
night in the Masonic lodge and
all the members are requested
to be present.
C. A. LaForge of Little Rock
and one of the-firm of Smith-La
Forge Pharmacy of our city was
in town Saturday in the interest
of his business. *
Mrs. John Grant of Wanoka,
Okla., is spending a few days in
our city at the home of her un
cle, H. T. Kirkpatrick. Mrs.
Grant is the daughter of the late
Robert Kirkpatrick. N
The law firm of Grant &
Mack of Newport is going to
open up a law office in our town.
They have secured quarters in.
the new Smith building.
1 Mrs. Dave Hudson of near
'Swifton spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. E. D. Gardner.
Dr. K. K. Kimberlin is in
Memphis this week visiting his
wife’s mother.
Mrs. Will Churchman spent
Tuesday in Newport.
' Brother Blackwell and G. W.
McClure spent last Friday in the
eastern part of the county duck
hunting and met with good suc
cess.
Mrs.G. W. McClure left Sat
urday night for St. Louis where
: she goes to visit her mother.
’ Mrs. Sam Penix spent last
Sunday with Mrs. Will Church
man.
: Miss, Barbee Craige of Ken
1 yon spent Sunday at the home
of H. T. Kirkpatrick.
C. D. Johnson, who has been
with the firm of Lindley & Guilt
ner for the past year, is going
to move to the country the first
of the year. We regret to lose
Mr. Johnson as he has made a
splendid citizen.
Brother Blackwell will leave
next week to attend the annual
'conference. He has made lots
of friends since he has been
with us and he will go to confer
|'ence with the ill will of no one
and the frienship of all.
7 J. C. Cook and wife made a
flying visit to Searcy and back
i week on business.
and Mrs. Hub James went
art Wednesday.
C. B. Coe and wife of
fyisited relatives here
West of Diaz was
on business.
Will Tomlin
SEPARATE TRIALS
EOR NEGROES
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One Acquittal, One Conviction
And One Mistrial Reford to
Date In Cases.
Esquire H. C. Nuckolls' court
promises to be busy for the pext
two Weeks in the trial of the ne
groes, of whom there are about
20„arrested or for whom'war
rants have been issued, charged
with participating in a crap
game, which was raided last
Sunday afterrjoon by Deputy
Sheriff McCuistion.
Henry Golden and Bud Hose,
who were captured at the time,
made a confession “turning-up”
all the other negroes, who when
brought into court were defend
ed by Stuckey & Steuckey and
Grant & Mack and have asked
and secured separate trials.
Bill Bailey, the first one
heard, was turned loose by a ju
ry Monday afternoon. Henry
Brothers Was convicted by an
other jury the following morn
dng and that afternoon a mis
trial was had in the case against
Fred Smith, two of the jury be
ing for conviction and three for
'acquittal. The trial of the other
'cases will be taken up Friday,
and as stated, may occupy Es
quire Nuckolls’ court for a cou
ple of weeks.
Real Estate Transfers.
John A. Ramsey and wife to
Sidney F. Woodruff, 40 acres 12
12-1, $40.
F. P. Altman to S. E. and C.
A. Dukes, 25 feet off east side
lot 10, block 28, Swifton, $1250.
Cynthia Ann Hurt et al to
Gustave Jones, 89 acres 18-11-3,
$10.
Sedgwick Tie Co. to James W.
Rie, 40 acres 28-11-1, $1.
R. M. Johnson and wife to
Gustave Jones, lots 1, 2, 3,
block 2 Lyon’s Addition, lots 5
block 2, Davis Addition, lots 3
and 4 Stephens Additions, New
port, $6941.11.
Gustave Jones and wife to J.
R. Cox, same property, $10.
Elise Wolff to C. R. Hite, 120
acres 2-14-1. $1.
Isaac Goldman and wife to C.
R. Hite, same property, $1.
Rosie and Thurman Wheeler
to J. F. and N. E. Coley, 160
acres 1-13-1, $200.
Ida Coley to J. F. and W. E.
Coley,-160 acres 1-13-1, $200.
J. D. Neal, commissioner to J.
R,. Cox, lots 1, 2, and 3, block 2
Lyon’s Addition, lot 5, block 2
Davis Addition, lots 3 and 4 Ste
phens Addition, $7155.
Jtfarfiage License.
B. J. Hill and Dazzie Miller,
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Charlie Wishon moved here
from Newport last week.
Charley Oury will move to
Newport, where he has accept
ed a position with one of the pa
pers.
Mrs. Sylva Huff is visiting
friends in Newport.
Robert Anderson spent Satur
day night at the Stephens farm.
Talk about a big time—-we ac
tually had one in the church
here Sunday night when two
ministers misunderstood each
other.
The Pie Social given by the
school improvement association
Saturday night to buy a diction
ary and pictures was a decided
success in every way.
Hog killing seemSk to be the
order of the day, R.^W. Ander
son killing 13 Tuesday.
Miss Christie Oury, a popular
young lady of Poplar Bluff, will
leave the latter part of the week
for Memphis, where she will vis
it relatives.
Joe Massey left for Olyphant
' Sunday.
Charles Anderson has been
sick with a severe cold.
Robt. Anderson will leave lor
Arkadelphia Wednesday to wit
ness the big foot-ball game and
visit his brother and sister a
few days.
Carl Farmer has moved here
from Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Talk about Gossips—This old
town is overflowing with them,
also goats.
Sunny Jim.
Grubbs.
The people are experiencing
some very disagreeable weather,
either hot or cold, or raining,
but we have to take it as it
comes.
Contractor Herron has all the
material on the ground for the
school building and if no bad
weather stops. him, the brick
work will be completed in ten
days.
H. J/ Hale has purchased the
stock of groceries carried by J.
T. Malone and Mr. Malone will
go into the dry goods business
solely.
Gustave Jones of Newport
[ was in our town Saturday night
doing some business with the
school directors.
George M. Sink and the editor
of the Herald were on our
streets Thursday on business.
We are looking to have an ex
press office established here in
the near future, as everything
looks favorable now.
Prof. Hardin is preparing his
school for the dedication of the
new school House when complet
ed.
Hon. Gustave Jones of New
port has offered to be present
and deliver an address on the
opening of the new school build
ing at this place.
Prof. W. M. Shaver, county
superintendent of Tuckerman,
informs us. he will call a district
meeting of all the school direc
tors in this territory some time
in January at this place.
The old drug store stand, for
merly occupied by H. J. Hale,
will be converted into a restau
rant and run by Misses Maude
Hale and Bessie Ellison. So
you can get something to eat
when you go to see the girls.
Sid Woodruff, a well to do cit
izen and farmer of Grubbs
township, is very low with feul
at this writing. .
i as be fc
known here, left for his home at
Greenwood, Miss., Saturday
morning after a few days? visit
toroid friends.
J. L. McElrath, cotton buyer,
here known by the farmers as
“Liver Pool” has .quit buying
cotton.
The new store building of D.
D. Camp is nearing completion
and he will be ready to move
where he can serve his custo
mers with better goods and
more of them.
When the new school building
is completed here, the board of'
directors will offer all kinds of
inducements for pupils for high
school work as we will have an
able teacher for that- purpose
and all wanting to take high
school work will call on Prof.
Hardin or write him at Grubbs.
He will explain it to you.
Mrs. C. E. George and Mrs. J.
S. Pennington were shopping* in
Newport Saturday.
The new cottage of J. B. Rags
dale on Nance avenue is near
ing completion and it will be oc
cupied by Mr. Ragsdale and his
estimable wife.
Luther Cloud of Benton, Ark.
’is visiting relatives and friends'
here; as to how long he will re
main we can’t say.
Work ip being pushed rapidly
on Dr. George’s office and will
be completed in a few days as
the doctor is needing it.
The Farmers’ Union Gin was
closed down Monday on account
of one of its members, Sid Wood
’ruff, being very low with fever.
Adolph Huey of Remmel and
family have been the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Pennington
’for the past few days.
A. T. Guffey, candidate for
sheriff, was on our streets Sat
urday attending to some bus
iness.
Rufus Ussery happened to £
bad accident Saturday when *
rusty nail pierced his shoe and
stuck into his foot/ He is get
ting along nicely and Hopes are ,
that it will not prove serious to
him.
Prof. Hardin is giving lectures i
to his school children in the J
school room every Suhday night*
Everybody is invited to attend.'
We assure you that if he does
not do you some good he will
! not do you any harm.
We are infprmed by our de
pot agent that the agent at Bono
has refused to let any more ex*
press come down the Bonner
ville Branch as there are no
' agencies along the line. We
think that this will get the peo
ple along the line to kicking, as
we have been getting our ex
press just as though we had an
1 office here.
The axe handle plant at this
'ffTace has closed down for awhile
'on account of there being ns
timber coming in.
i J. M. Gibson received a car of
coal Monday, this being the
third car shipped to this place :
this season. It. is a shame te
'live in a woods country and have
' to have our fuel shipped to us.
Happy Jack.
Nelson’s Bail Stands.
A petition was filed with Cir
cuit Judge Emmet Jeffery Tues
day morning asking the reduc
tion of. the bail of Joe Nelson,
who is charged with carnal
iabuse alleged to have been.com
/mitted at Cushman last Satur
day, from the sum of $1,500 to a
lower sum. A hearing on the
petition was Had this morning
and Judge Jeffery refused to
grant the reduction in bail. —
Batesville Guard.
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