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BATTLE AXE.
If you would, see the "Deserted V il
lago" fully idealized, call around any
of these working days. No loafers
atound the store, a few traveling the
roaus, an occasional caller at the
bla «.smith shop, are about all the
j signs of life, till you look beyond the
1 store, shop and road, across the fields.
There is where the center of at
I traction now is. Cotton planting now
’strictly in order, and those not yet
i ready "to plant rushing to get ready.
The lonesomest man in the village is
l Frank Guiltner, the merchant. But
I he is not worrying, because he knows
these idle days behind the counter
mean better business later on.
Messrs. Will and Grover Tyer are
over for a day or two from Wynne,
visiting their brothers and sisters
families here. _ .
J. W. Lindley and Mr3. Lmdley
spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mis.
Forrest Penix.
A patent man from Kansas is here.
He is exhibiting a churn that separ
ates the butter in a few minutes from
sweet milk, and is persuading some
of our people to invest,
i Jon. Barnes’ baby boy, Prince, was
quite sick last Tuesday evening. Dr.
Slayden was called in.
Bill Manning and wife departed
Sunday, bound for California. The
principal reason for the venture is
to benefit his wife’s health. We trust
they may succeed in this and other
i wise find the move satisfactory.
! Still not having any preaching or
other service on Sundays, as there
fome new cases of the pox (small or
chicken—which ever it is) occasion
ally reported in adjoining vicinities.
Think an apology due to those to
whom I recently refered to as not
planting any corn. It seems that the
difficulty is in getting land, there be
ing so much land here where the wire
worm is likely to appear again.
Why has everyone grown so silent ;
on the English Home Rule question? j
Is somebody censoring the news? or
is nothing new occuring? Presume all
are so absorbed now in Mexican af
fairs that they have no time to look
after small affairs like civil war in
England. Still there are some who
would like to know.
Scribbler.
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ISLAND.
Quite a bit of cotton is being plant
ed in this neck of the woods.
C. M. Webb has been on the puny
list the past few days.
The different levee contractors have
been coining in wicn their teams and
the work will be under way in a few;
days. This is the largest piece of
work that has been undertaken in
this county and wili cause lots of
work here for several months.
Chariey Bates of Ingleside was on
the Island Saturday.
Manuei Cleveland of Bandy’s Chap
el spent Friday night with J. C. Rain
water and went to Ingleside Satur
day in the interest of a school for
the summer.
Alien Thrift spent Sunday in the
Picket Lake neighborhood.
Miss Hattie Knaige, our school
teacher, spent Sunday with home |
folk3 at Jacksonport.
Well, what are we to do about the
meeting of the correspondents. Let
us meet as L. E. Phant suggested. I |
wili be there for one. We will never
set a time that would be convenient j
for all, so we had as well meet on ;
that date as any other time. So,
how many will say they will go. L.
E. Phant announce the time and place
again next week and let us see how
many we can get to meet us. Let us
gather up or shut up.
Mrs. W. K. Tennyson spent Sunday j
afternoon with Mrs. J. M. Sellers.
Mrs. Fred M. Smith was shopping
in Newport Saturday.
With the sidewalks converted into
race tracks for bicycles and skating
rinks for the roller skate performers,
and the streets filled with automobiles,
buggies and racing horsemen, where
can the poor “Old Country”, who is j
not able to afford these modern con- i
veniences of travel, hie to that he may |
ho cnrp nf remaininer intact .''
If the much talked of “Good Roads
project brings the same results as
the concrete sidewalks, with refer- j
ence to the automobiles and roller
skates, your humble servant would
oppose the same, unless the farmer is
allowed to carry a red flag, and a
Flobert rifle to protect his life and
limbs.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Lewis spent
the Sabbath with Mrs. Abies of Bryan
township. .
Will Huerta salute the flag? This
is the question uppermost in the mind
of Slim Jim, as my experience in
gunning for big game is very limited,
besides I can get very busy with my
farming if necessary.
Slim. Jim.
THE ISLAND
Spring is here at last. The farm
ers are preparing their land for plant
ing cotton and the vegetation is grow
; ing rapidly.
I Mrs. B. W. Holt of DeValls Bluff
spent the week with her mother, Mrs.
W. L. Smith, and returned home Sun
day afternoon, reporting a nice time.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Herring spent
Saturday night ar.d Sunday with the
former’s brother, A. S. Herring.
Quite a number of the young men
of the Island spend the greater part
of their Sunday mornings at Mr.
Jim Drummond’s breaking a bron
cho. How are you making it boys .
Misses Eunice Hester and Zella
Hopkins were shopping ir. Newport
Saturday.
Mrs. Newton died suddenly at her
home near the Bains farm W ednes
day, the 15th, and was ^ buried at
the Watson graveyard. She is sur
vived by her husband and twelve chil
dren. 'This takes from our midst
a noble friend, loving wife and fond
mother. We extend our heartfelt
sympathy to the bereaved.
Misses Edna and Pearl Smart of
Jacksonport are spending a fe^ days
with their cousin, Miss Gwendolyn
Beck.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Tur
ner. Friday, the 10th, a ten-pound
girl.
There was church at the Stephens
school house Sunday afternoon. Quite
a nice crowd was out.
There was a dance Friday night at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thrift
and everybody reports a grand time,
with thanks to their host and hostess.
Two evangelists held a meeting at
the Island school house this week,
but owing to bad weather and the
farmers being busy in the fields, they
had a small attendance.
R. L. Gilliam, W. K. Tennyson and
J. M. Sellers attended the I. O. 0. F.
lodge in Newport Monday night
Mrs. Hulse Willis spent Sunday with
Mrs. Querny, her cousin.
Mrs. C. R, Prather, accompanied by
her husband, visited at the Sellers
home Sunday.
We are glad to state that Mrs. W,
D. Runyan’s health is still im
proving.
Mrs. Laura Smith visited at the
home of her father, T. E. Rainwater,
Sunday.
The Jolly Three.
EIGHT MILE.
The weather is cold and the farm
ers haven’t done much planting this
season.
Alfred Johnson of Tuckermar, spent
a few days visiting Shelley Burton
and Grover Nance last week.
The turkey hunters, W. N. Nance,
R. W. Bigham, Amet Lail and D, J.
Nance, have been out a few days on
a turkey hunt. All returned home
Saturday, but reported no turkeys
killed but—scared to death by W. N.
Nance and R. W. Bigrham. who call
eel one up within twenty-three steps
of them, and both shot, but found
nothing but feathers.
Dr. Owens has been on the sick
list for the past week, but is now able
to fill his calls.
Burl Jackson of Balch visited Mr.
H. M. McFadden and folks Sunday.
Our baseball team will meet Satur
day and organize out ball team for
the season.
Mrs. W. N. Nance was called to
McCrory last week to see her sister
who is reported to be in a very criti
cal condition, and not expected to
live.
Charley Hammond seems to think
there is gold to be found near J. J.
Madden’s farm on Cow Lake.
R. W. Bigham, Jack Langley and
A. J. Mead, three among the most
prominent men of our city, who have
been looking after the dredge boat
system, returned to their homes Sun
day, all reporting everything in good
shape.
J. S. McFadden and Nathan O’
Guinn of Cow Lake were here Sat
urday.
Rev. C. A. Northcutt filled his
regular appointment on Cow Lake
Sunday.
Singing at Beedeville every Sunday
and very good attendance.
X. Y. Z.
BEEDEVILLE.
Mrs. Della Beede has returned
from a two weeks’ stay at Hot
Springs.
Shelley Burton of Bowen’s Ridge
visited here last Sunday.
F. W. Beede killed two nice turkeys
last week, being the only one killed
by anyone here this season.
Singing of Sunday evenings con
tinues to improve. Those who love
good vocal music are missing a treat
when they fail to come out.
Floyd Smith spent Saturday night
with home folks in Gourd Neck.
M. Thomas and Will Roy of Gourd
Neck, were in town Saturday.
Elder 0. L. Hays, a Christian min
ister of Calico Rock will begin a
week’s meeting here on Friday night,
May 1.
Prof. Coffee spent Saturday and
Sunday visiting in Grubbs.
Roy Chilson was a business visit
or to Newport Tuesday.
STEGALL.
We are having some fine farming
weather now, and the farmers are
making good use of it.
Mrs. W, G. Slatton of Trumann is
visiting her son, St. Claire Slatton.
Henry Cobb is moving this week to
the Mulligan house on Frank Car
ter’s place.
There was a nice crowd out to
singing Sunday evening.
The baseball boys will meet Wed
nesday night to reorganize their team
again. They say they will have a
better team this year than ever.
There will also be a literary society
organized too Wednesday night. Let’s
everybody, come out and take a hand.
We are informed that the smallpox
are raging in Village township.
Will Scobey can be seen down at
Will Matney’s often from some un
known cause. Guess they are tell
ing each other how to farm.
W. M. Matney went to Newport
Sunday to meet his wife’s cousin, who
came in on the Batesville train from
Cotter.
Pearl and Callie Stegall spent Sun
day at Johnstown.
W. H. Nolen and family spent Sun
day at Johnstown.
John Roberts anl wife spent Sat
urday night and Sunday with Ambros
Lackey.
A, B, C.
THE ISLAND.
School will close here the first day
in May and there will be an enter
tainment at the school house that
night, and everyone is invited to at
tend.
Mrs. McFadder. was called to th<
bedside of her daughter Sunday, whc
1 is real sick.
Don Washam and Henry Youn
left Tuesday evening for the Ri
Grande valley, or as Mr. Wa3har
says, the “New World.
Miss Laura Gravette was shopping
in Newport Tuesday evening.
| The dance at Mr. Vince’s Frida;
night was largely attended and every
body had a fine time. The Island
string band furnished the music.
A few from here are planning to go
to Judsonia to pick strawberries.
MURPHY BRIDGE.
We are having lots of rain, but
i some few have planted corn.
Miss Tommie Folks and sister were
J shopping in Newport Friday,
i There was a large crowd from
: here went to the Harper school house
j Thursday night.
Miss Effie Hall was shopping in
| Newport Monday.
New Scribe.
GRUBBS.
The past week has been very disa
greeable here on the farmers, but we
will have some good weather in the
near future.
Albert Turpin and family left last
week for Jonesboro where they ex
pect to make their home.
Notices have been posted for the
building of the Baptist church.
C. C. Byrd a well to do farmer and
citizen, has just arrived home from
Owensville, Mo., his former home,
where he has been visiting for the
past two weeks. Mr. Byrd states
that every man lives at home and not
in the stores like they do here.
.T. B. Ragsdale has commenced on a
cottage on Barnwell avenue and when
finished it will be one of the nicest
buildings in town.
Prof. E. H. Bowman’s school is pro
pressing nicely now. There are about
fifty on the roll. He will teach till
the Institute in June, and by that
time he will have two ready to take
the examination.
Two sisters of Jno. Grizzle, Sr.,
have been visiting him for the past
week. One of them was from Bates
ville and one from Riverside. They
left Sunday for their homes.
Mike Denton’s litle son has been
very low with membraneous croup for
the past few days but is reported bet
ctri at/ nun uuic,
Mrs. Emma Turpin of Tuckerman
was visiting her son, Mike Denton
during the illness of his little boy.
Prof. E. H. Bowman attended the
Teachers' Association at Little Rock
Friday and Saturday and returned
home Saturday.
Prof. Clifton B. Coffey, a teacher
of Beedeville, was visiting the school
board at this place Saturday and made
application for our next term of
school.
Lennon Thomas of Jonesboro, an
old Jackson county boy, stopped off
of the train Saturday a few min
utes with us. We were glad to shake
hands with Mr. Thomas, for we have
known him for a number of years.
He taught a number of schools in
this county before he moved to
Jonesboro.
We are having laid in Grubbs
several thousand feet of concrete
walks. The contractor has been here
about two weeks and will take about
one more week to finish.
A. G. Steadman of Newport was
here Thusrday on his way to Para
gould. He left on the local Friday.
Mr. Steadman has worked here for
the past two years in the tick eradi
cation.
Elder J. B. Lashlee of Cash passed
through here Saturday on his way to
Pennington where he preached Satur
day night and Sunday.
Cord Ball of Balch was in our town
Saturday night and Sunday, a guest
of Mrs. D. D. Camp, his sister.
It seems as though our correspond
ents are not taking much interest in
the organization of county corres
pondents on the 16th of May. May
we suggest that the editor write per
sonal letters to each correspondent,
inviting them to attend on that day.
We would do this if we knew who
they were. We highly endorse this
movement and urge that each and
every one be present on that day and
let’s perfect the organization which
some two or three of us have been •
after for two or three years.
Dr. Stover of Jonesboro, a dentist, j
has been in our town, but returned to j
Jonesboro Saturday. I
Denton Bros, have commenced |
work on their gin and plant here and \
will erect tne cotton anu seeu nouses j
at once.
The soda fountain fixtures for the
M. & M. Drug Store are coming in
and when fitted up will be a swell
place for all who indulge in soft
drinks.
C. M. Ivy of New'port, deputy sher
iff, was in our town Thursday on
business.
Since the above was written we
are sorry to chronicle the death of
little Goldman, the infant son of
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Denton. The lit
tle one at his death was 4 years, 7
months and 7 days old. He was the
idol of his father and mother, and
bright for his age. Doctors Loftin
and George were at his bedside most
all the time during his sickness and
! at the time of his death Dr. Willis
1 of Newport, Doctors Loftin, George
and McCurry were with him. There
was a host of friends and relatives
visited through all the trouble and
gave all the assistance that could be
given. His funeral was preached at
the Christian church Monday even- .
ing at 1 o’clock and thence they pro- I
ceeded to the Denton cemetery, where j
his remains was laid to rest. We
extend to the bereaved family and
relatives our sympathy over the loss*
of the dear one who is gone never to
return.
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