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Swifton Locals
J. B. Kitchen, of Paragould, a rep
resentative of the state banking de
partment; transacted business here
Friday.
J. F. Van Behren, of Cairo, looked
after business matters in this local
ity one day last week.
Rev. A. D. Cullom has moved to
Bradford, where he will take up min
isterial work in the Searcy district
of the M. E. Church.
William Rousfiy is getting ready to
ship a car load of old iron. Bring in
your junk and help win the war.
Miss May Henson has recovered
from a severe fall on the ice three
weeks ago. Her injuries were pain
ful and. for a time it was thought
they might be serious.
Lloyd Mosley, of Batesville, spent
Tuesday greeting Swifton friends.
Ed Crossno, of Portia, has accept
ed a position in the McClarty barber
shop.
J. W. Martin, of Batesville, was
here Tuesday, looking after his farm.
The brick layers arrived from Lit
tle Rock Tuesday to work on the new
school building. The work will pro
gress rapidly and the building will be
completed by mid-summer.
Along with the severe winter the
month of February will be remem
bered for a shortage in rainfall. Two
light rains for the entire month was
the unusual record.
Noah King is at work in the cler
ical department of the Swifton Mer
cantile Company during the busy sea
son.
W. A. Holcomb and E. W. Rich
mond, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and H.
M. Guerlson and J*. A. Maigpand, of
Advance, Mo., were here Monday on
a business trip.
Ernest Edens has returned from
Springfield, Mo., where he has been
attending business college.
John Harris has moved to the
Buchanan farm, three miles north
east of town, which he purchased
some time ago.
Howard Withbecker has returned
to Stonewood, Michigan, after a
Visit with his sister, Mrs. W. D. Ellis.
Artemus J. Shell returned Friday
to Camp Stanley, San Antonio, Texas.
Dr. G. A. Causey was in Little
Rock several days last week, accom
panying J. G. Smith to that city for
treatment.
Elwood Camp, No. 132, Woodmen
of the World, have purchased a War
Savings Certificate from Postmaster
Lee R. See.
Roy King, a member of the Na
tional Army, has returned to Chica
mauga, after a visit with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Andy King. The splen
did appearance of this young man is
' an indication of the training the men
are receiving in the government
camps.
A junior Epworth League has been
organized at the Methodist church,
with Miss Mary Altman in charge.
S. F. Gilmore is spending several
weeks at Albuquerque, New Mexico
on a business trip
A bad case of catarrhal fever has
kept W. T. Altman indoors for the
past week.
T. W. Nicholson has gone to Hot
Springs to take treatment for a se
vere attack of rheumatism.
W. T. Altman has rented the Har
vey building on Front street for a
garage. An expert mechanic will be
in charge and every effort will be
made to care for the wants of those
owning automobiles.
C. C. Hanley, of Cape Girardeau,
contractor on the Maple Slough
dredge work, was here Saturday.
The large dredge boat is being urn
loaded at Alicia as that station is the
nearest railroad point to the begin
ning of the work. J. W. Hamlin, Ed
O’Bannion and J. W. Wallace have
contracts for cutting the right-of
way on the main ditch.
M. A. Mumery has gone to Mt,
Pleasant, Texas, on a business trip.
The twenty-first birthday of Ralph
Moon was celebrated last Wednesday
bv a birthday dinner at the home of
his mother, Mrs. Pinkie Moon.
The supreme court decision rela
tive to the transportation of liquor
has caused an untold amount of trou
ble in this locality. A number of our
citizens have had strenuous bouts
with John Barleycorn in which they
have been badly worsted. The finan
cial, moral, and physical debauchery
goes on apparently without any se
rious effort on the part of those in
authority to remedy the evil. A peti
tion was forwaded last week to Gov.
Brough by our people asking for a
special session of the legislature, and
the enactment of an “air tight law.
The woman’s foreign missionary
society of the M. E. Church met Wed
nesday afternoon with Mrs. Roy
Moon.
Fast train No. 3 was stopped Fri
day evening /or J. G. Smith and Sid
ney Harvey, who were taken to Little
Rock for medical treatment. Mr.
Smith has been ill for some time and
t was thought better service might
be had at one of the Little Rock hos
pitals. Mr. Harvey had been suffer
ing from appendicitis for some time.
M. F. Dickinson, of Little Rock,
Clay Roberts of Newport and G. W.
Holloway spent Thursday in this
township in the interest of the Fed
eral Farm Loan Bank.
Mrs. S. F. Gilmore, Mrs. James N.
Moon and Mrs. W. T. Altman spent
several days this week at Little Rock.
Miss Gladys Dukes taught the in
termediate grade in the Swifton
schools last week during the absence
of Miss Claudia Smith, who was un
able to be present because of the ill- i
ness of her father.
Mrs. W. C. Harvey is in St. Louis I
this week. ;
C. W. Cartwright, of Jonesboro, !
was here Monday in the interest of i
his insurance company. ;
Theodore R. Schell returned to i
Beauregard Sunday evening. ]
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Marriage Licenses
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John T. Cot to Miss Hettie Butler, ^
both of Newpoit.
G. L. Smith to Mrs. May Busby, j
both of Pennington. ^
Elex Barker (col.) to Florence i
Taylor, both of Shoffner.
Alfred L. Leonard to Miss Mamie i
Scudder, both of Newport. 1
R. G. Davis to Miss Mary Tribble, 1
both of Newport.
Mike Shipley to Miss Pearl Mc
Lain, both of Tuckerman.
E. W. Lanston, of Clayton, Mo., to ^
Mrs. Fannie Owens, of Creswell,
Ark.
E. W. Yates, of Elmo, to Mrs. El- 1
len Summers, of Newport.
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Real Estate Transfers '
George A. Painter and wife to Eu
nice Snerley Bozett NW14 of SW%
of 2-1-1, 40 acres, $900.
James W. Conner and wife to The
Mack Mill Co. Lots 5 and 6 of NW14
and Lots 3, 4, 5 and 6 of SW1^ of
Sec. 18; N% of NE14 and SW^ of
NE14 of Sec. 19; Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7 and 8 of the NW% and Lots 3
and 5 of SW% of Section 19; all in
11-3, 818.22 acres, $5,000.
M. M. Stuckey and wife to J. S.
Haselden, all of lots 40, 41 and 42
and South one-half of 43 and all of
lots 15, 16 and 17 and south half of
14, all in Blk. “B” of Crescent Hill
Addition to Newport, $1.00.
A. J. Shell and wife to J. G. Smith,
the West 32 feet of Lot 12 in Blk. 28
of Town of Swifton, $2,000
Henry Cain to Clarence E. Cain,
NW% of Sec. 15 and SE% of SEVi
of Sec. 10, all in 14-1, $1,400.
Amanda E. Benson to Joseph Wil
liams, E% of NWy4 of 12-9-1, 80
acres, $1,500.
Henrietta Berger, B. H. Berger and
wife to Ferdinand Smallwood, WV2
of SWyi of 35-14-1, $2,000.
C. F. Dean and wife to J. F. Blan
ton and R. L. Blanton, land described
by metes and bounds in 32-12-3,
173.,86 acres, $1282.
F. H. Goff and wife to Bessie Os
nion, all of NE% of NE% of 22-10-4
lying north of Searcy and Newport
•Road, 35 acres $900.
J. M. Thomas and wife to S. Lewis
Harty, N *4 of NW14 and SE!4 of
NWyi and N% of SW& of NW!4 of
SW!4! of NW*4 of 24-9-2, 140 acres,
$4,000.
State of Arkansas to Ernest S.
Dyke, Lots 7, 10 and W% of 9, Blk.
12, Range 1 East, Jacksonport, $2.27.
William R. Harvey and wife and
Joseph S. Harvey to G. A. Young,
KVz of SE% of SE‘A of Sec. 11; NE
Vi of SWy4 and SV2 of SW& of Sec.
12; and NW14 of Sec. 13, all in 14.2,
$13,000.
Frank H. Pearce and wife and Cecil
Pearce and wife to G. L. Green and
Chas. G. Henry, Frl. SE14 of Sec.
20, 82.40 acres; SM: of Sec. 21, 320
acres; N14 of N!4 of NWVi of
NW% of 27, 10 acres; NW!4, and
N% of NE% and W% of SW% of
Sec. 28, 320 acres; Frl. NE% of
. OH 114 IQ o evoc Cl II in 1 .^-.9
$12,699.
Geo. L. Green and wife to Ohas. G.
Henry, sale description as above deed.
Heirs of Geo. W. Curtis, deceased,
to S. S. Stansberry, NM> of NW14 in
1-10-5, 80 acres, $475.
R. A. Cook and wife to Ona C.
Henning, 1,509.20 acres of land in
10-4 and 10-5, $4,000.
Missouri Pacific R. R. Co. to C. G.
Walker, Lot 15 of the N% of Sec. 6,
Twp. 10, Range 3 West, 40 acres,
$400.
J. T. Malone to J. L. McElrath,
undivided one-half interest in pt. of
22-12-1, $500.
W. N. Long and wife to C. B. Car
rigan, Prt. of W% of NE% of 19-10
4, 60 acres, $400.
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est and attention of local customers
when you patronize the Independent’s
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You use the only direct line of com
munication open to you when you ad
vertise in the Independent.
Battle-Axe Notes
A little cotton picking weather at
last, though only a day or two at a
time; and staple being gathered and
finned. One passing along the lanes
nay see pickers busy in one part of
die field and stalk-cutters or plows!
n another part.
Planting garden seed and Irish po
;atoes becoming quite common. No
>ne planting very extensively in
farden yet, though.
Mr. Banks, who was living on the!
•iiayden farm, died Saturday night
ind was buried at cemetery here;
5unday morning, Rev. Jones conduct-1
ng service. He was comparativelyi
i stranger, having come into the!
immunity last fall with family to'
tick cotton, and had been living near j
ince. Was destitute and leaves a
mall family.
Rev. Lane being ill, there was
10 preaching service Sunday, as an
tounced; but an excellent turn out
or Sunday school and good interest.
At the registration last week twen
y-five of our patriotic women regis
ered and stand ready to do their bit
vhen called upon.
J. A. Lindley attended road meet
ng at Tuckerman Tuesday in the in
erest of the road contemplated from
Newport out this way.
One listening in on conversations
imong our men will hear much said
iro and con (mostly con, though),
ibout the stock law, which seems
ikely to be tested in the near future.
Regular monthly service expected
it Christian church next Sabbath by
he pastor, Rev. Barber.
J. W. Lindley and family, accom
janied by Mrs. Gardner, spent Tues
lay in Newport, partly on business
Gardner and family,
md partly visiting with Rev. J. W.
W. H. Craig was practically on the
sick list last week, but we are pleas
ed to learn is improving.
W. L. Hinson is back for a short
while from East Bottom geting his
remnant of cotton picked. Like many
others, is having to pay a “‘fancy
price” for the work—$1.50 to $2.50
per hundred.
Quite a moving took place the past
week, but it was somewhat like the
moving of the two blacksmiths whose
constant noisy hammering so annoy
ed a neighbor that he paid them to
move that he might be rid of the
noise—being told by one of them, “I
moved to Jack’s shop and he moved
to mine.”
PATRIOTISM AT ALICIA
Alicia, Ark., Feb. 25, 1918.
Special to Independent.
On Monday, Feb. 25th thirty-nine
of our patriotic young men left here
on No. 4 for Walnut Ridge, to be ex
amined for service in the 4th Ark
ansas Regiment. The following are
the names of those who went:
William Whitlow, Samuel Gray,
Edgar Carr, Press Ciumpton, Loc:e
Joe Cox, Bryan Watson, Caari'.a
Thompson, Samuel George,
Bush, Lacy Morgan, Ralph Bush, -
rion Alvis, Lewis Estus, Rcieis'n
Wood, Dent Brady, John Wcsbn .
land, Estel Holt, .1. W. Staking:
Harry Lawrence, Carl Houdys.u:
W. S. Miller, Clarence Carr, ( t:
Ludwig, Alvia Ludwig, Tin-;
Green, Andy Webb, Leonard W.t>. i-c:
Samuel Carr, Frank Powers. I
Wilburn, John Leaf, Otis 1 :> ; -
Floyd Swan, Joe Clark, Trudy ' • \
der, Joe Estes, J. F. Ingle, Edv '•>
Phillips, Walter Lee.
This was a fine bunch of y v:'/"
men and as long as Unc'e Ssr
get such material t'nr Scar Sna 1 ic
Banner will wave over the lav’ o!
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To place an advertisement ’ ‘
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her posted.
The Rock Island Lines, through
its Safety Bureau, WARNS you
that the following practices c. re
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therein too frequently results in
loss of life, limb and minor acci
dents.
Failing to “Stop, Listen and L^ok
Both Ways” before attempting to
cross a railroad track whether on
foot or in a vehicle.
Trespassing upon the Right of
Way, tracks, engines, cars or
trains of any railroad.
Permitting children to use the
railroad Fight of V/ay as a “sho i
cut” or using it as such yourse.f.
Standing too close to track when
i a train is approaching.
Boarding or leaving moving
trains.
Leaving trains on side opposiii
the station platforms.
Fiding upon the platforms ei
steps of cars while in motion.
Putting head or arms out cf cm
windows.
Permitting your baggage to r®
main in car aisles.
Permitting children to run abo't
the train while in motion, cr
from car to car unaccompanied bj
an adult.
Throwing bottles and other re.
use from moving trains.
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