ffjkNews of The County ^ |
m mt Contributed by the Independent’s ^
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herC; °nly
«n‘hefCverfsick with pneu
b?we hopeyfor him to soon
a Uttleuf paying dSaturday,
we« out play‘d utUe pig,
it g«v* aKe and Mary
rKnmd,“^»k«»ith
*J% «'■ U“le fiX
1 of another one on the
jf Doctors were soon sum
j dressed her hand and she
AtS very well, but seem
ly ®£y much last night.
1rWE ^cFadden of Eight
i£d home folks on Cow Lake
j[ A Northcut preached Sat
•grgfs.iZ'&t
,‘ia mth eSment here over
overseer’s race. TheI® }a
j;j»tes up to date. Their
•f'TfcSw.: A1 Ireland,
«n. Joe Beede, Beedeville; E.
Sm’ Cow Lake. All three are
at ’citizens and fanners of
5, township and stand well
Seir friends. We are hoping
> talk from each one of these
tes the day of the speaking,
•ill be on March 5 and 6. As
county officers, everything
Wy ^ S° far:_„rv,„
Iiving ~ —v
t river will be up by the
irch. If it still continues
i defeated candidates will
iy trouble in finding water
oats will run without a
iderson of Eight Mile is
without his crutches. We
see Uncle Ben able to be
ail passed through this
route to Newport,
much farming being done
i acount of so much rain.
iith is assisting the black
think Floyd will make
j, justice of the peace at
has been very busy the
eks keeping the boys from
;s. Mr. Ray says that it
’ tempting, but the boys
im alone, under the pres
ce and wife were visiting
s. Mead Sunday,
makes regular trips to
low.
DENMARK.
laving cold weather and
much to the dissatisfac
farmers.
. Turner and son, Ashley,
>ws, L. A. Alexander and
ander were summoned to
[hursday as witnesses on
Dunn case at Newport,
lg put off until next term
:y were sumoned to serve
special cases.
•aser’s school at Liberty
Tuesday.
> at this place is dragging
i epidemic of chickenpox
!S and fruit tree agents
the farmers’ right arm
Iwards is just recovering
re case of mumps,
y candidates paid Barren
risit last Monday. Speech
ing the dear people what
io if thy would just vote
•f course they all did well
Uy set of good fellows,
that Bernice and Bros.
Plains is about buying
grist mill here from A.
!. Land of Auvergne and
ndidate for county au
i visited home folks last
er speking at “37” school
sss to the Independent.
More Anon.
I BALCH.
us for being absent so long
•U try to give you the hap
* our little burg again.
1 Johnston, J. B. Pulliam,
verstreet and Chas. Balch
>me Tuesday from Newport
7 had been courting.
*mbert of Swifton, J. H.
Wm. Nolen of Johnstown,
• tor county offices, were
ore last week.
®<1 J. E. Howard went to
rarsday to see their broth
1 Howard, who is reported
°^8Jon,of .Auvergne was
**k buying hogs. He
V^o loads Saturday.
rtBpridayarried S°me P°rk
jlJSj??** which is cutting
thJB!,v farm can be plainly
tte citizens of Balch.
Itfter GRUBBS.
rire her„absence of quite awhile,
I little townePreSentmg 0ur t'briv‘
Nt »t°Np^I cR'zens are attending
« on the7u°*’ °nly aS witnesses
*> bteif ?on and *1- S. Pennington
? *» witnefSeWp°rt for hhe past
*n the Keel case
home Saturday.
busies? ™isrbe read-y
J* eomnletJ The, building is
Iih.CidhL anTbih\°V-en
gfcfly needed here w^wTh** S
in his undertaking.
fjSMid build
g tbe *aU win
iB2fce k° buUd «>on
■P ^ ** b® Pieced on the
yji&Ji made with Mr
=3 ucj UdJ UdJ UdJ UdJ UdJ UdJ UdJ UdJ UdJUdJUdJ
! Uteley of Hoxie to build over two
thousand feet of concrete walks here.
Work will begin as soon as the mate
rial can be gotten here. We hope
to see the work completed as walks
are needed here very badly.
J. M. Ivy, county trasurer, was on
our streets this week, shaking hands
with his many friends.
Frank Steward and Guy Young of
Swifton shipped from this place last
week a car of 175 head of hogs. It
would have been much better if the
people had kept these hogs at home. |
Prof. E. H. Bowman has been re- j
leased from his school at this place
till after the election. Then he will
commence again, about the 1st of
1 April, and teach about three months.
| The pool hall at this place is giving
; several of our citizens lots of pastime
at present.
Mrs. J. N. Nance spent Sunday with j
Mrs. Clara Nance.
We are informed that Newt Rich
ards will erect on his property on ,
Front st., a two-story business house
soon as he can place the material on
the ground. j
Denton Bros, are having the timber '
put to the mill for their new gin,
which they will erecct as soon as they !
can get the material on the ground. ,
Ernest Ray has just finished his !
new building but has not got it paint
ed. When the finishing touches gets
on it, then it will be an up-todate
building.
Happy Jack, j
ADELAIDE. I
Good health and fine weather is
being enjoyed in this community at
present. People will be planting po- 1
tatoes and oats if the weather holds i
out pretty a few more days.
Some people may wonder just
where Adelaide is located. I will
explain right here for the benefit of
those who are not acquainted with
this part of this big, fine world. It is
about four miles east of the city of
Denmark and six miles north of
Bradford, on the Oil Trough and Rus
sell road.
So there!
Smallpox and mumps are still fre
quent, but unwelcome visitors of the
country.
W. B. Whitlow, who has been at
Latonia for the past few weeks, re
turned home Saturday.
L. A. Edens is moving his father to
Bradford, where he will reside this
year, if he don’t get home sick and
come back to the hills.
The Peoples Telephone Company
has sure got a fine business line. If
everybody will stand at the phone all |
the time because you can’t ring any
one. But call bells are out of the
question, because we can’t hear quite
so much news if the line is disconnect
ed in a place or two.
Constable R. E. Winchester has been
riding about the country summoning |
a few subjects to appear at the court
house on a certain day in the near
future, or is canvassing for justice
of the peace, I don’t know which.
Mr. Buckner has been putting up
some new wire fence.
Mr. Sloan has been plowing.
Dolton Burgess is setting his posts
for his garden fence. I
Andrew Van Winkle says he has
got a good iron gray mule.
L. A. Edens hauled about a wagon
load of egg cases last week for Glen
dale Poultry Yards.
Two strange preachers are carry
ing on a series of meetings at Thirty
seven this last week, with light
crowds on account of bad weather and
roads. ,
Lewis Edens says he hopes he will
get just one more vote than Mr.
Winchester, for road overseer. There
are lots of candidates now. A. M.
Johnson said he was going to run,
but never said what from—Mr. 0 -
Brien’s bulldog, I suppose.
I agree with Hard Times on the
convict question. I believe they
should be worked on the county roads
where everyone will get the benefit
of it. There is just one bad place in
the roads out here, and that is from
A to Z. _ __ ; - T_
say, oura dim, wu«e --
land? . .
The Denmark correspondent wants
to know if the chicken prizes are
roosters.
What are not hens are.
Wonder why the Diaz correspond
ent signs his real name; because he
wants' to, though, I suppose.
Please do -not take any exceptions
to What I say, L. E. Phant, for it is
all in good humor and fun.
L. A. Edens was chopping a bush
down last week, and a chip hit him
in the mouth, which caused him to hop
much around, already.
Mr. Adams is penning his buff Or
pingtons. , , ,
I suppose summer is near at nana,
for Mr. Vick has received his new
lot of Shanghai hats.
Roy said Mrs. Wiseman was going
to get all kinds of thoroughbred
chickens, except the high shanks.
That must be a new breed, unless he
means the Langshams.
Ernie Winchester has cut a new
road along the north side of his plant
David Wineman is weatherboarding !
his goat house. .
Mr. Steve Vick has traded his young
mule, so you widows had better look i
out.
Wishing the Independent success,
I will saw off. _
Ar-Kan-Saw.
TUPELO.
We had quite a drop in the temper
ature Monday after the rain. Every
thing was frozen hard Tuesday morn
ing- . .
Mrs. Oliver is improving after a
tedious illness of three weeks.
iEmmerson Patrick one of our old
oum boys, was in town Saturday,
riHMMiKMHfw
returning to his work Sunday.
Emmett Taylor closed a three
months’ school near Brinkley Fri
day and is now at home.
Ex- Judge Scarborough was in Tu
pelo Saturday on business.
Prof. Shaver was among the Tupelo
folks Tuesday and spent the night
with T. A. Morris.
Ed Morris did some repair work on
the telephone lines last week between
Fitzhugh and Augusta.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Snow are
happy over the arrival of a fine boy
at their house.
B. M. Marlar of Detonti visited
home folks last week, returning to
his work Monday.
Dr. Bradford of Cotton Plant, who
is here lecturing and examining for
hookworm, spent the night at R. M.
Marlar’s Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Finis Osier enter
tained the young folks Friday with
with candy making and social games.
All report quite an enjoyable affair.
We learned with regret of the ac
cidental killing of Harold Thompson
near Eight Mile. He and a boy
friend were scuffling over a gun and
it was acidentally discharged, killing
Harold. Mr. Thompson recently
moved from here to Eight Mile. We
extend to the family our deepest
sympathy in their sad loss.
R. M. Marlar and wife visited their
daughter at Shoffner Saturday and
Sunday.
F. M. Thornton has moved into his
new house.
We had quite a little romantic wed
ding Saturday on the southbound
train, when Mr. Ed Taylor and Miss
Velma Patrick were united in the
holy bonds of matrimony. Rev.
Bickley performed the ceremony be
tween Weldon and Tupelo. The wed
ding party consisting of the bride
and groom and Miss Jim Taylor,
Messrs. Ben and Emmett Taylor and
Frank Wiseman, and repaired to the
home of Mrs. Annie Taylor, where a
social was ccorded them at night. The
groom was called on for the treats
and served fruits and hard cider and
cake and candies. We wish the young
couple all the blessings of life and
hope no clouds will ever darken their
now bright skies.
Rev. Mr. Davis, the boy preacher,
eighteen years of age, preached at
the Baptist church Saturday night and
Sunday. His sermons were fine and
were listened to with interest by a
large congregation.
Mitt’s Wife.
DIAZ.
Mrs. Cora Hogan of Tuckerman
spent the latter part of the week
here, the guest of Mrs. Ida Witt.
Bud Stanley has returned from Lit
tle Rock where he was operated on
for appendicitis at St. Vincent Infir
mary, and has resumed his duties as
brakeman on the Batesville accom
modation.
Mrs. Mattie Lane and daughter, Miss
Pansy, spent Friday here, the guests
of Mrs. W. F. Hurley.
Cromwell West, who has been quite
sick with lagrippe is able to be out
at this writing.
Miss Gertrude Allen was shopping
in Newport Saturday.
The signers of the petition asking
for a voting precinct at this place
are sorely dis appointed over the re
fusal of the election commission to
create one here. The people are tired
of being forced to cast their votes
in some woodshed or in a place equal
to that and as we each hold a poll
tax receipt which entitles us to a
vote, it seems as though we would be
allowed to cast our ballot in some
decent place.
J. T. Craft is on the sick list.
Mrs. Carlisle Cook of Tuckerman
was the guest of Mrs. J. M. Witt
Thursday.
On acoount of the past week being
an examination period, in the school,
the spelling match betwen this school
and Hickory Grove has been post
poned until next Friday.
• Fred Monroe and family will leave
in the next few days for Wauchula,
Florida, where they expect to make
their future home.
At last we have a word from Slim
Jim. Can we expect you to repre
sent the Island in the future and
please let Joker and his dawg alone.
W. M. Shaver, superintendent of
schools was down from Tuckerman
Wednesday visiting the schools.
L. E. Phant.
BAILEY.
Health is very good but it is very
cold the thermometer stood at 20
one day this week.
We are glad to see Uncle Jack Mc
Corckle up after having been con
fined to his bed for the past month
with lagrippe.
Dolph Pennington went to Grand
Glaize after fruit trees for J. M.
Pennington.
Sorry to learn that Mrs. Mary
Clark of Pleasant Plains fell in the
fire and got badly burned.
Mel Parson and Miss Bessie Rob
ertson were quietly married on the
22nd.
HICKORY GROVE.
There is quite a lot of sickness in
this community at this writing, but
no one. seriously ill.
Little Vernon Burgess has been
quite ill, but is able to be up at this
writing.
Mrs. Holloway is on the sick list.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John Smith,
another boy.
Mrs. Leona Thompson spent Satur
day with her cousin, Mrs. J. M. Jack
son.
Mrs. Leona Thompson and Mrs.
Sowell spent Friday with Mrs. Dun
ahey. >
Mrs. Dock Thompson was called to
her father on the account of sickness.
Mrs. Mae Thompson was the guest
of Mrs. Harriet Dunahay Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Taylor spent
Inst Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Os
ir Williamson.
Miss Maggie Dunahay is the guest
of her aunt, Mrs. Dunahay.
Bent Davenport said he hardly knew
which one .is the best looking, Rena
SWTFTON.
Svvifton has been well filled with
candidates during the past week.
Abe Ballew was in our town
j Thursday, shaking hands with the
! voters, telling them of his great
! chance to be our next sheriff.
Quite a little excitement was in our
1 town Friday morning when one of J.
J B. Coffin’s houses burned, about8:15
j a. m. The house was located just
, south of the Christian church and was
1 occupied by negroes. Some of the
household goods were saved, but the
house was a total loss, there being
no insurance.
M. J. Murphy left for St. Louis
last week on business.
T. M. Rorex was courting in New
port Friday.
The Colonial Tea at Mrs. Tonney’s
was well attended Friday night. The
house was decorated beautifully and
the program rendered was certain
ly grand. The first scene was the
big Indian squaw, Pocahontas, Mrs.
J. H. Carlin. The second scene was
the Puritan girl, Miss Glenna Sharp.
The third scene was the soldier boy
making love to the Puritan girl, W.
T. Altman. The fourth scene was
Betsy Ross making the first U. S.
flag, Mrs. W. T. Altman. The fifth
scene was little George Washington
i with his little hatchet at the cherry
| tree, Sammie Dukes. The sixth
! scene was (nearly) George Washing
I ton himself. Wake Purvis. The sev
I enth scene was something fine, a
| very beautiful picture of real styles
of 1914, Miss Beulah Shaver. Be
tween the seventh and eighth acts
ivirs. Hi. i. i^asmon recu.ea a oeauu
i ful reading which was enjoyed by all.
i The eighth scene was nearly real as
I of Uncle Sam with his stars and
i stripes and makeup was complete, E.
T. Cashion. The ninth scene was Col
umbia, Miss Laura Vaughn, carrying
the flag of today, whom the entire
company greeted after which the com
pany sang “Columbia”.
Miss Claudia Smith furnished the
music, which was splendid. After the
program was complete refreshments
were served consisting of hot choco
lates, sandwiches and wafers made
of many different flavors and style
as Little. George Hatchet.
Jno. A. Melville, candidate for
county judge, was meeting the voters
here Saturday.
Mr. F. M. Parsons, who has been
confined to his room for the past few
days, left on No. 18 Sunday night for
St. Louis, where he will undergo an
operation. His daughter, Mrs. W.
T. Altman, accompanied him.
The five candidates for prosecut
ing attorney for the third judicial
district, addresed the voters of Swif
ton Monday, Februry 23rd, which was
the opening of their campign in this
county. TTiere was quite a crowd out
to hear them present their claims.
J. H. Carlin, Dock Rorex and Elmo
Hawley were courting in Newport
Tuesday.
Jno. Jenkins has moved from town
out on the Obe Vaughn place where
he will farm this year.
Dr. S. Justus was courting in
Newport Tuesday.
Mr. Sam Phillips was transacting
business in our town Wednesday.
Go to J. H. Carlin to buy your gro
ceries right. wl.
A. J. Shell was up from Newport
Sunday, visiting homefolks.
Everyone seems glad that the hook
worm doctor is coming to our town.
J. B. Coffin arrived on No. 24 Wed
nesday from Hot Springs.
Mr. Ogden of Grubbs, who owns the
dwelling just in front of the Chris
tian church, was over last week look
ing after the renting of his house.
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Mr. Ogden has put about $350 worth
of repairs and now has a mighty good
house.
Robert A. Cockrill, our reputable
constable has been tending court at
(Newport for the last few days.
NEWPORT. ARKANSAS
RAILROAD TIME TABLE
IRON MOUNTAIN
SOUTH BOUND
No. 3 leaves .. .6:20 p. m
No. 29 (arrives 6:28) departs
at.6:38 a. m.
No. 6 leaves.6:10 a. m.
No. 17 leaves.4:48 a. m.
No. 7 leaves.9:06 a. m.
No. 23 (arrives 7:20) leaves 7:46 p. m
No. 91 (local freight) leaves 8:26 a. m
NORTH BOUND.
No. 24 leaves._....9:20 a. m.
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No. 4 leaves.10:20 a. m.
No. 28 leaves.8:35 p. m.
No. 18 leaves.10:15 p. m.
No. 6 leaves.10:46 p. m.
No. 92 (local freight) leaves 2:10 p. m.
WHITE RIVER DIVISION.
WEST BOUND
No. 210 leaves.7:00 a. m.
No. 232 leaves.9:00 p. m.
No. 246 (local freight) leaves
.11:15 a. m.
EAST BOUND.
No. 209 arrives.7:30 p. m.
No. 231 arrives.6:18 a. m.
No. 245 (local freight) arrives
.9:40 a. m.
No. 607 arrives 12:85 p. m.
No. 608 departs 1:60 p. m.
Local freight arrives Monday, Wed*
oesday and Friday; departs Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday.
Your Success and Ours
The success of this institution is in helping others to suc
ceed whether their dealings be large or small. It is the
help we are able to give t hem that helps us. Thats the
reason for our constantly growing list of customers and
accounts for our increase in business. We offer a helpful,
consistent, understanding service. __
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PROGRAM.
UNIVERSITY FARM SCHOOL NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, MARCH 2nd TO 7th, 1914, CON
DUCTED BY MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY COLLEGE OF
AGRICULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
fMonbay uUjuraoay w
65 8:30 to 9:30—Forage Crops As A Basis For
8-30 to 9:30_Enrollment. Welcome Address. Economic Pork Production —
to 10:30 Relation ot Soil Composition to um-mS^oSt^V" of F.rtilit.r.
Crop Production.—Prof. Nelson. To Soil Needs—Prof. Nelson.
10:30 to 11:30—Varieties of Cotton for Arkansas 10:30 to 11:30—Pruning and Care of the Growing
Prof. Lasseter. Orchard. Pruning Demonstration
.* *« —
Lasseter. 2:00 to 3:00—Purchasing, Home Mixing And Ap
2:00 to 2:30—Cultural Methods For Cotton plying Commercial Fertilizer*—
Prof Lasseter. Prof. Nelson.
. __ „ . r/>«+<»«f nt 3:00 to 4:00—Common Diseases of Cattle And
3:00 to 4:00—Humus and Nitrogen Content of Their Treatment—Dr. Gow.
-v: Soils—Prof. Nelson. «...
irrurng
nWahmt Farm Demonstration Day.
VMUUiiay 8:30 to 9:15—Care of the Bearing Orchard—
8:30 to 0:16 Methods .nd OpBort™.lU.. In ^ t£,10;00_T^jTo? Eot.ti.n and Div.r.1
Strawberry Culture—Prof. Truax. flcation of Crops.—C. W. Watson,
9:15 to 10:00—The Relation of Farm Practices To State Agent in U. S. Farm Dem
Insect Control—Prof. Becker. onstration Work. %
10:00 to 10:45 Puq>oaes and^Mothod, of M Til- 10:00 to lO^d-Ojm^Uej.e^thaH.rf. .nd
10:45to 11:30—Practical Methoda For Cotton Im- 10.45to 11.30 WWloclc*
. „ aa P^meht^P^f. Lasseter. 1:00 to 2:00-The Growing, of Alfalfa-Prof.
1:00 to 2:00—Cutworms, Wire worms, White Wheelock. h
« aa J?rubs’ E^;TPrn: tv,a!, 2:00 40 800—The Meaning and Purpose of U. S.
2:00 to 3.00—Common Cotton Diseases and Their „arm Demonstration Work—C. W.
Control—Prof. Lasseter. Vitson State Agent.
3:00 to 4:00—Varieties and Cultural Methods for 3;()0 ^ 4:00—Ho* Cholera, Symptoms, Diagnosis
Corn—Prof. Nelson. andVevention—Dr. Gow.
aw. v v 4:00—Demonstration for Vaccination for
aUritttPSUtUJ Hog Cholera—Dr. Gow.
8:30 to 9:15—Selection of Nursery Stock And B’uuxruaij
Planting of Orchards—Prof. Truax 8;30 to 9:30—Live Stock s a'Factor In Construc
9:15 to 9:45—Care and Selection of Breeding tive A t —Prof. Wheelock
Swine—Prof. Wheelock. 9:30 to 10:30—Tick Er i- and Construction :
9:45 to 10:30—Harvesting, Storing and Marketing of Dippi —Dr- Gow.
of Cotton—Prof. Lasseter. 11:30—The Cultuv sh Potatoes and
11:30—Methods and Benefits Tomatoes—s ruax. ;
' Drainage—Pnof. Nelson. 2:00—Silos and thV g and Feeding
:45—Cotton Army Worm, Corn of. Ensilage—K eelock. |
Worn, Grass Worm—Prof. Becaer. 't’foe Nature of K, tious Diseases
Corn Improvement and of-Farm Animals-i r. Gow.
Selection—Prof. Nelson. Fronts in Feeding for Economic
;io—Cover Crops fon Pastui. iBeef Production—Mr. D. C. Welty,
- ” -Prof. Lai Agriculture iron Mountain
New Agriculture— I Railroad.
Futrall, University to 4:0C|f-Qnestions