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News of The County i
Contributed by the Independent’s ^
Special Corps of Correspondents jUcj
Iiere, the guest of relatives and
No. 28 that night for a visit
lother at Corning.
Maxwell of St. Louis, general
in of the Order of Railway
phers, was here Friday, call
the local force of the Iron
is Ruth Norwood and Ida
attended the picnic at
Rawlings, our popular agent,
transferred to the first trick
h job at Newport Wednes
e will be relieved by H. M.
n at present second trick
here. We are unable to
to Mr. Anderson's successor
Cox of Newport was here on
Tuesday.
Gid Seaton and daughters,
arles Preston and Miss Cora
returned Tuesday from a
isit to relatives at Auvergne,
roes Thula Tucker, J. B. May
ence Penix left Saturday for
> relatives at Newark.
Harris has returned from a
pt to Alabama.
H. Morrison of the Island was
■f e anndav.
^1; Chisholm is making repairs
week 6n on Village creek
Rf ^u?ger of Newark was here
feSSleeknderS°n iS °n the Sick
Miss Gertrued Allen, who is teach
spe,,t Sun
iere^ ?rant Happy Hollow was
Cotty °kn a visit to his friend.
t0. °Pen and the
toe I**11 ^egln the near fu
—1 n most instances the crop is
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far better than for several years, and
a bumper crop is expected. Wilmans
Bros, have their gin plans in fine
repair and will handle all cotton that
is brought to them.
Freight Claim Agent C. E. Christo
pher of the Iron Mountain, was here
Monday. '
Charlie Smith of Hickory Grove
was here Saturday on business.
We would be pleased to see a let
ter from some of the old corespond
: ents. Bettye Breeze and a few others
must be taking their vacation. Let
us hear from you.
L. E. Phant.
_
BALCH.
We are needing rain very badly
j as we did not get ,very much of the
I rain a week ago.
Most of our farmer friends here
i have become business men. W. N.
; Ball went to Hickory Ridge in the
j grocery business. Lenzy Howard has
I sold out and is going to Fisher and
! put in a restaurant and H. G. How
ard is sroing to Hickory Ridge and go
into the livery business.
Mrs. Elzy Balch returned Satur
: day from a visit with her sister, Mrs.
S. W. Smith, at Paragould.
Miss Bertha Knowles of Memphis
was visiting relatives here last week.
Andrew Balch and family left for
their home at Fort Towson, Oklaho
ma, Saturday after spending two
weeks here and at Remmel with rel
aHvas.
| Lucas Balch and Corbet'; Johnston
I attended the debate at Pennington
' Sunday.
Professor Albright, principal of
the Salem High School, was here last
week in the interest of his school.
Robert Willis is circulating a pe
tition to change the road, for as it
now is, it runs diagonally across his
farm.
A Rebekah lodge of twelve members
was instituted here last Thursday
night by Grubbs lodge.
OAKLAND.
Our Sunday School picnic was en
joyed by everyone and was attended
by a large crowd, but we were disap
i pointed by two of our speakers not
being there. .
i Bro. Petty began a revival at this
place Saturday night. He will con
tinue the meeting all the week and
will be assisted by R. L. Stuart.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Taylor and
baby of Galena, Kansas, are visiting
their many relatives of this place and
the surrounding country. ,
Mrs. Ida Bright is able to be visit
ing again. She spent last week with
her mother, Mrs. Anna Taylor.
Will Ragins of Bradford came with
Bro. Petty Saturday morning and
stayed over Sunday.
Mrs. Betty Barnes is on the hills
again.
Ernest Vandiver, age 9, was acci
dentally shot by Aubrey Taylor, age
10, while out hunting. At first the
wound was pronounced fatal, but we
are glad that it has not proved so
yet. The boy is improving nicely.
Wild Rose.
BANDY’S CHAPEL.
Pearl Rhodes of Glass Mill died
the 7th. „
Wm. Hurst and family, Misses f ay
Reeves and Mattie Parker have gone
One Year From Today
wni yOU be better financially than you are to
^ ‘ Earning time is saving time and every effort should
*n getting ahead, for at any time sickness or
a len* meght put an er.d to your earning days. A bank
®t conserves the little odds and ends of your income,
e invite your acc :>unt, large or small.
on a visit to Nettleton and Paragon id.
Miss Fay will remain.
Two school houses or. Goetz' far:",
have been completed.
There has been a great deal of
work done on roads, which was great
ly needed.
Mosquitoes are bad, quite a distance
from the rice farm and around it.
R. F. Dunn has begun to put 1,000
loads of Village creek bottom dirt or.
his level ground as a fertilizer.
Aunt Lila Wicks and Joe Harr;.?
started on a visit to Texas on the 8th.
Wm. Whitley of Tennessee, brother
to John and Bernice Dunn, is here and
; is to go to see Uncle Shed Moore at
Sulphur Rock.
Gordie Campbell fell over a bucket
1 six weeks ago and received a severe
icut on the shin that has given her
, trouble ever since,
i On account of rain, the box sup
! per, Sunday School and preaching
| were a failure.
j Lindley Davis has a sick horse,
j which the veterinary is attending,
the night of the 24th.
Wm. Brann lost a fine horse recent
i ly.
| Some sickness around here.
! Claude Holloway has moved to ;
I Kentucky.
Jim Johnson and wife visited her
mother lately.
J Mrs. Frank Harison of Pine Bluff is
i visiting her parents here, Mr. and
Mrs. Owens.
J. M. Follis and Miss Mattie Por
ter of Grand Junction, Tennessee, vis
ited their nephew and brother here. ,
The grader is running but it is so |
hot we don’t believe they are doing as .
j good work as at first.
About through assessing delin
quents. , I
I Mr. Barnes’ 1 1-2 year old child i
| died the 18th. They live on the)
Decker farm.
Wm. Bailey joined the U. S. army
and is in Kansas. Some of the com
mand he belongs to have been ordered
to Mexico.
Bro. Roberts was up at Centerville
school and lectured there on the 15th.
Oh how sad it makes us feel to
think that some of our worthy citi
zens with large families depending on
them for support, would drink to the
extent of getting in the calaboose and
paying a fine. Shame on you. Let s
all be above dissipation.
JACKSON PORT.
Will Verdell attended the Masonic
Lodge at Newport Tuesday night.
Mrs. S. O. Massey is visiting her
mother in Bradford.
We understand Miss Ella Anderson
on her return from completing a tv<o
months’ course of study under Claire
Hall in Chicago, will open a studio
in Batesville, Newark and Tucker
mCountv Superintendent Shaver was
here in‘the interest of the school
Wednesday. , „.
Messrs. Finas Massey and Sims
Mitchner have gone to McGehee to
aC<Ernest Massey has been suffering
with blood poisoning in his left hand.
Capt. G. W. Huff and son, L. J. Hurt,
of Des Arc are visiting in Illinois.
Chas. Anderson attended the picnic
at Newark Tuesday.
There was lots of excitement here
last week, when in some way J
Anderson and Herbert Betty fell in
an old well. But as luck would have
it, some one passed before J
going under the last time and rescu
fd both of them. Detty ?»m, to
have had a wise head as he braced
himself against the wall and onl> 1 e
ceived a few scratches in making the
dowmward fall. . , ,
The Girl’s Band here received mucn
praise when they furnished music tor
the picnic at Elmo last week.
George Harkey of Illinois has ac
cented a position here.
Thirty-five people from here at
tended the picnic at Newark Satu
| daw. The girls’ and boys band tur
i nished music for the people. I he
1 train was reported two hours late
ard ran in on schedule time, so con ,
sequently, the whole bunch had to find
roosting places in Newark for tne (
niMr' f nd Mrs. Andrew Bullard and j
family of Newport spentSundayhe^e.
The roads are in better shape
tween here and Newport than they (
1 have in several years.
bridge school .house . 1
i Uncle Lorenzo Conditt of - i
Tuckerman was in this vicinity last
Tuesday colecting ^^jVaughter
i Mrs. Will Campbell and daugnrer
r
[of Jonesboro have been visiting friend -
an i relatives here the past week.
What is the matter with our Sun
d ay School ? All of you people come
out and help us. Our organ is here
now, which will l ? of great help in
our singing. Everybody come n ext
Sun lay.
E ervbody is invited to come out to
t.' school house Friday night to the
p.; supper, after which we will have
an old time spelling bee. All are
asked to attend and take part, old as
well as young.
Prof. Lambert, wife and baby spent
a few hours Sunday evening at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jake McDan
iel.
Taylor Keton, our genial mail car
rier, happened to the bad iuek of get
ting his buggy torn up last Friday.
His horse became scared at some
saw dust and ran away. No serious
damage was done, but Taylor says he
came very near getting his neck dis
located.
Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell are the
happy parents of an eleven pound boy
which arrived last Tuesday.
George McDaniel and family are
spending a few days visiting relatives
near Newport.
Mr. Dunham and family went to
Swlfton Monday, where they attend
ed the big revival which is in prog
ress at that place.
Mrs. Alice King of Swift or. visited
Mr. Campbell and family Sunday.
Crops are looking much better in
this vicinity now, owing to the ram ot
late.
Max Massey contemplates going to
Bald Knob Thursday to help Swifton
in a game of ball with the boys of
that place.
Owing to some cause, Jac Rorex is
all smiles since he came from the
races at Harrisburg, but we can all
smile with him.
Will McNeil and family spent Sat
urday night with homefolks.
We are glad to hear that Johnnie
Long is getting along nicely.
Claude Massey is engaged in the
work of enlarging pictures at the pres
ent time.
SWIFTON.
w. O. Riggle of Flora, 111., old ac
quaintance of Mr. and Mrs. Tonney,
spent several days in Swifton lately.
He has considerable land interests
east of town.
Prof. H. L. Lambert went to New
port Saturday to meet his wife, who
had been visiting her parents at Tu
PelC°: C. Nicholson returned from
Batesville Friday. , _ , I
The M. E. revival closed Sunday
night. Quite a number of accessions
to the church and a general reviving
of the church members. We feel that
ore at good was accomplished.
Our baseball boys go to Judsonia
the 21 to play ball. Judsonia and Bee
be play and Swifton is to play the
winning team. iv- lln
Mr. Stroud and wife of Marcella
were visiting Dr. Justus’ family • a -
urdav and Sunday. Mrs. Stroud is a
sister of the doctor’s. ...
Mrs. C. C. Nicholson of Batesville
is at the bedside of her sister, Mrs.
Purvis. Mrs. Purvis has been very
sick but she is much better at this
'Tgreat many of our town and sur- ,
rounding community are attending the
three days’ picnic at Alicia tinsweek.
Dr Justus and family left Monday
morning for Heber Springsj, where
•hey will spend some time in the inter
“m°4. Altman t. Tucker
m*Me3srs, F* G. Smith. A. F. Smith,
T M Rorex and S. E. Dukes are fish
ing on Cache again this week.
Swifton will have her three day^
picnic next week. A grea ,
nected Horse racing and baseball wm
be features of each day’s amusements ,
b AlSg” ro»-d wan. from h.~» the |
baptizing at the mouth - a '
and Black river Monday._ -
dozen or fifteen werc bapt^ ^
A serious accident "<l voun"
averted while a party of our young
peoDle were in bathing . Miss
of Strawberry Monday even Wilcox-1
G'advs Parsons and Rev. J- *•
son got into the dangerous water J ^
below the junction of the t« - J ‘
Brp. Wilooxon in h» ,*te
Shleh”tSSy kid
bausted and came near losing his own
life. Hi* «n
to immediately and Koy - srrab
'h. ’ ■ ur' 1 lie was r'> coninlotelv ox
hausted 11 .at a human chain was noe
essary to oring him to land. At thi.
time Ralph Moon succeeded in got
ting hoi*! of the young lady and keep
ing ! • from sinkinj u t Bro. Me
, Catfer; could make a hundred van
dash and come to the re-rie, and agaii
the human chain came in*•. -ervice am
all were landed. It took some two 01
three minutes to revive the young lad;,
after reaching land.
Mrs. Roy Moon and daughter, Alma,
went • . Newport Wednesday.
BATTLE AXE.
D. H. Burton and wife, with Miss
, Johnston, have just returned to their
home near Auvergne after spending a
few days with Dr. Norris and wife.
Mrs. Burton and Mrs. Norris are sis
ters and Miss .Johnston is one of Mrs.
Norris’ girlhood friends.
Miss Cora McCartney, Mrs. Norris’
youngest sister, is now visiting her,
intending to return home in a few
days.
W. B. Strauhie has been smiling
among rdd friends at Centerville again.
He returned to his Missouri home last
Saturday.
Miss Johnnie Gardner came in from
Melbourne Saturday morning. While
there she -pent a day at the Izard
County Annual Reunion of Confeder
ate soldiers and says there were only
a few of the veterans present to an
swer roll-call—something less than
twenty, or about two-thirds of the
number attending one year ago. But
a few years hence these reunions will
be things of the past, exce*t as per
petuated by the sons of the old sol
diers.
Sorry to have to report W. J. Mit
chell critically sick, having been con
fined about ten days and now having
positive typhoid symptoms.
t __1 ^:i.- — ..a
home today from a two weeks’ stay at
Heber Springs.
Will Mitts and James N'unez with
their families started yesterday by
way of a wagon, to spend a short
while at some health resort.
G. A. Pilquist and son Goodrich, are
having a family fish-fry on the river
near by today, inviting a few special
friends, not including Scribbler.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lindley and
baby Ruth ran down to Little Rock
last Saturday morning and returned
the same night. Went to consult Dr.
Vinsonhaler about Mrs. Lindley, who
has- been suffering recently from dis
order of the throat. Nothing serious
is apprehended. Went on the theory
that "a stitch in time saves nine."
Mrs. Gardner, Mrs. Lindley and
Miss Johnnie Gardner spent Tuesday
in Tuckerman visiting Mrs. I*'. W.
Hardgraves.
Curtis McElroy is working in the
railroad shops in Argenta.
Crops here in excellent condition.
Early corn made and late corn practi
cally safe as far as moisture is con
cerned. and, as J. W. Lindley ex
pressed it, “If there is not a good
crop of cotton gathered here, some
thing’s got to happen.” A few miles
north and east of us condition is not
so good, the rain being too late to pre
vent very serious shortage in both
cotton and corn.
Proof-reader, or typesetter, or the
“devil” or some other member of the
newspaper crew made some of my
paragraphs last week read a ilttle
awry.
A. J. Hanley and family back from
Izard county, reporting pleasant trip
and enjoyable visit.
Card from Elder J. L. Brown in
forms us that he will preach at
church here next Sunday at 11 a. m.
Trust all interested will remember the
appointment and favor him with a
good congregation .
Sid Thompson and wife who left a
I
■ ' i ' father. Dee
Hank; . t tely, have
: 1 returni'ii liking th<> wandering
! lite a- i- ‘ ■ a, ‘' -ipated.
Scribbler.
! THK ISLAND.
j Williai Phillips ai: i v. -pent a
day or tv. a* Bat ! ■ A\ » last week.
Mr. atm Mrs A Gadherry spent
Sunday with T. E. Rainwater and
family.
Colon Rainwater lost a shoe from
the buggy Saturday between the
i steel bridge and town and he will
greatly appreciate it if the finder will
notify him at Route .1. Box 32, New
port.
Mrs. Eva Pool wa< shopping in
Newport Saturday.
Mrs. Kate Nuckolls and little daugh
ter, Bessie, left Friday for points in
Missouri, where they will visit rela
tives.
Mrs. IV. Runyan it on the sick
list this week.
John Britt and family of Richwoods
spent Sunday with Wiley Herring and
family.
Mrs. Robert Gilliam and children
and Miss Maude Turner are spending
the week with their uncle, Nick Tur
ner in Richwoods.
Rosebud.
AUVERGNE.
I Dr. G. D. Clements of Holier v/as
j visiting Mrs. Bleakley and Mrs. Hare
I last wreek.
Mr. and Mrs. Burton returned last
•Tuesday from Kenyon,
i Miss Elsie Harrison of Conway is
! visiting relatives here,
i Mr. and Mrs. II. I). Ellison came in
I from Memphis last week.
Miss Etta Johnston returned Tues
dav from Kenyon.
Miss Rina May left Monday for
Heher Springs.
Mr. Wash May was in Newport
Monday.
Dr. Nea! was a business caller in
Newport Tuesday.
The Baptist meeting starts at
“Sand Hill" next Saturday. Every
body is invited to come and attend.
To The Business Men of New
port.
We, the members of colored
Uniform Rank of Knights of Py
thias of Newport, wish to thank
our white friends who responded
so liberally to our appeal for as
sistance and contributed $50 to
wards our expenses to the Su
1 preme Encampment, to be held
' in Baltimore, Maryland.
We depart tonight with our
hearts filled with gratitude to
i wards our good friends, and we
will avail ourselves of every op
portunity to advertise our city
and show the people of Baltimore
that we have one of the best cit
ies in the world.
By Captain F. H. Odum.
Cruel, Cruel Answer.
“See, darling!” and Mrs. Justwed
held up for her husband’s gaze three
mirrors arranged so as to give as
many reflections ‘I can get a triple
view of mysrlf.” “Humph!’" gurgled
her brute of a man, struggling with
his collar. “You sepm to be quite
popular witt> yourself!”—Judge.
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