* News of The County *
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DIAZ.
Miss Edith Cecil of Tuckerman is
Spending the week here, the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Crawford.
J. T. Shannon was a business visit
or to Newport Saturday.
Miss Mary Tolbert, who has been
taking treatment at the Sanitarium
at Booneville, is visiting here, the
guest of her father, James Tolbert.
J. R. Stanley, who has been suffer
ing with eye trouble the past week, is
improving at this write-up.
Mrs. Neal Garner came up Satur
day for a visit to Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Neal.
Little Walter Hurley who was hit
by a baseball bat during Saturday’s
game, and sustained a broken collar
bone, is getting along as nicely as
could be expected.
J. G. Hatfield, third trick operator
who has been working here the past
five months, will leave the first of
the month for Gum Springs, where
he has been asigned to the telegraph
job.
Slim Jim, we would accept with the
greatest of pleasure your kind invi
tation to come to the Island, but ow
ing to the present state of affairs, it
will be impossible. We, however, ap
preciate your kindnesi and are glad
to know that we have your sympathy,
■but we cannot take your advice, for if
■ you have not forgotten, we are very
-small and perhaps our nom de plume
misleading, for we cannot whip the,
whole “push”, and it is not a matter
•of knowing the other fellow’s business
up here, Jim; they just think they
do. We have just about decided to
purchase a submarine and start to
butting into the other fellow’s busi-,
ness. That’s about the safest plan
rhethinks
Rev. W. A. Mink of Newport de
livered two sermons at the Presbyte
rian church Sunday morning and at
night.
The heavy rains of the past week
have greatly retarded farm work.
Crops are getting very foul, where
they have not been worked out.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Finch have re
turned from a visit to Judsonia.
Clay Roberts, one of Union town
ship’s most progressive farmers, has
recently purchased from Gale &
Hooper of Memphis a gasoline trac
tion engine and will use it for plow
ing and other farm work. Mr. Rob
erts has always been one of the best
cotton growers in this county, but
this year he is turning his attention
to wheat raising. His new apparatus
is the guest of her sister this week,
Mrs. O. A. Foster.
We are sure of a good Irish pota
to crop, since the recent rain.
Some are talking too much rain—
better have too much rain than not
enough, for there will be plenty of
stock range and plenty of garden
truck.
The recent rains have spoiled lots
of small potatoes, by making large
ones out of them
Sam Claycomb of White River bot
toms was over Tuesday to get medi
cine from Dr. Owens for his little
girl
We hope the vicinity that is in
fected with the flea is now rid of the
pest. I am sure if there were any
here, they were drowned by the re
cent rains.
EIGHT MILE.
Desha Owens of this place visited
home folks at Sulphur Rock a few
days last week, returning home
Tuesday.
Eight Mile baseball team is expect
ing to cross bats with Hickory Ridge
Saturday, June 5th.
Hickory Ridge has had one of the
classiest little teams in this part of
the country for some time. Hickory
Ridge and Swifton have been the
only two teams that have ever beat
our team and we have never had the
pleasure to play either on our own
ground. We contemplate having the
strongest team this season of any
time in our history. We don’t expect
to play much ball until after July.
J. N. Nance, known as “Uncle Jas
per”, or “Grandpa Nance”, was a
county seat visitor Tuesday.
Ellis Benson, one of our home boys
who has been in Oklahoma for more
than six months, returned home this
week
S. S. Breckenridge, one of Cow
Lake’s most popular and industrious
farmers, was shopping in Newport
the first part of the wek.
The society meets Friday night at
the s^nool house. Come everybody.
A. J. Mead -was in Newport Mon
day talking and telling his Newport
friends how good he had trained his !
blood hounds. Mr. Mead expects to
make a fortune on his hounds.
E. K. Bigham and D. J. Nance .two
of our hustling citizens, are fishing
this week.
R. W. Bigham says he wants two
cultivators another year.
There was a railroad man with us
last Friday and Saturday, talking of
having a railroad built from Ingle
side to either Hickory Ridge or
Fisher. We would think Hickory
Ridge would be the place, for Hick-1
ory Ridge is a growing little town.
The school boys of this place de
reared rseedevme scnooi boys m a
classy game of ball Saturday, score
11 to 3, in favor of Eight Mile.
Had quite a little storm here last
Friday. Some trees were blown
down and some buildings damaged.
GOURD NECK.
Mrs. Amos Carter returned home
Sunday from Grays, where she has
been for the past few days, visiting
her brother, Mr. Hays.
Luther Crites of Langston went to
Beedeville Saturday.
There was something bothering
Mrs. Singlefield’s chickens Saturday J
night.
Hon. Joe Yingst is working for
Prof. Andrew Thomas.
Clyde Smith and Miss Bonnie McKa
made a flying trip to Beedeville Sun-!
lay. _ I
Misses Lena Carter and Belle
Smith, Floyd Smith and King Smith!
ittended church at Bedeville Sunday
night.
T. T. Lail made a business trip to
Tickory Ridge Monday.
Several peddlers are traveling a
*ound. Don’t think they will get
nore money than they can carry, j
though.
Didn’t have preaching Sunday, on!
iccount of so much water. Will be 1
:hurch Sunday and everybody must
>e sure and come.
Nancy.
GRUBBS.
The rains of the past few days have
lone a wonderful lot of good to grow
ng crops.
J. M. Gibson returned home Satur
lay from Pine Bluff, where he had
>een in the interest of the Elks lodge.
Mrs. Martha Miller of Jonesboro
was visiting in our town the past
week.
Fayette Harder, formerly of this
Mace, but now with the Frisco at
Marion, Ark., is visiting his many
friends here and will return Mon
day on the local.
'John Mullin, formerly one of our
town boys, but now with the Lily
Beck Drug Company of Memphis,
spent Friday night and Saturday in
our town calling on the trade.
Charlie Wilbanks and Iler Street of
Pennington were in town Saturday,
doing business.
Rev. Hoffman of Newport will hold
a series of meetings here, beginning
Friday night, the 28th. As to how
long it will last we do not know.
Mrs. Emma Ballew of Village
township was visiting in our town
Saturday night and Sunday.
Newt Nance took his wife to New
port Saturday, where an operation
will be performed on her by Dr.
Jones.
Miss Maude Hale who has been a
patient of the Booneville Sanitarium,
will return home Monday.
J. T. Malone, formerly of this
place, but now in business at Jones
boro. was in our town last Wednes
day, looking after business here.
L. S. Thompson of Thompson’s
Pharmacy, spent the latter part of
last week in Little Rock on business.
It has been rumored in our town
that Grover Nance of Eight Mile will
be in the campaign for tax assessor.
R. W. Hess of St. Louis is here
looking after his farming interests.
Mr. Hess owns what is known as the
Hurricane farm, and spends a goodly
part of his time here.
J. C. Lockhead who had started a
crop on the Hurricane farm, died
Thursday night with tuberculosis.
His remains were shipped to Lexing
ton, Tennessee, his former hopie.
H. D. Castleberry of Jonesboro is
here doing’ some book work for
Denton Bros.
J. E. Williams spent Thursday in
Tuckerman on business.
Mrs. Wm. Ford spent Sunday ev
ening with Mrs. J. N. Nance.”
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. McMurry made
a business trip to Newport Saturday,
returning home Sunday morning.
A telephone message received Sun
day evening bv Mrs. H. J. Hale stat
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operation fine and was getting a
long nicely.
Mike Denton will leave for Jones
boro Monday to be gone a few days
on business.
Grizzle & Sons will close their
stave mill Monday, on account of not
having any timber. They have been
running steady for some time, but
the recent rains have put a stop on
the timber hauling.
Happy Jack.
BANDY’S CHAPEL.
Rev. W. A. Peck is around selling
Billy Sunday’s book.
Sorry Dave Ring had to pay a fine.
Wm. Ashbel’s daughter married
Sunday evening. The following Tues
day night they were charivarreed.
Marvin Wood and family are visit
ing her mother. ,
Mrs. C. D. Johnson visited Oscar
Haynes in the Yellow School House
neighborhood the 10th.
Sam Whitlock’s wife got butted
down by a vicious cow *that pawed
her—cut a gash in her head, render
ing her unconscious one and a half
hours. Cow was with a young calf.
Mr. Will Cook lost a mule with
colic on the 13th.
Eddie Cocke of Alicia is visiting
C. Biggers.
The berry pickers have all return
ed.
Homer Ritchie returned from
Springfield, Mo., where he had been
attending college.
Mrs. Ritchie visited her daughter,
Ethel, on the night of the 15th.
Ed Harden came in the 15th from
Bradford. .
The Baptist minister failed to fill
his appointment the third Saturday
night.
Ben Roberts is bad off at his broth
er Mart’s, with malarial dropsy.
Miss Beulah Dark visited John Ju
lian and his daughter, Bertha, went
home with her and will visit a few
days in the Hickory Grove neighbor
hood. , ,
Jim Bailey went out and Charley
Hutton went in, in this distract for di
rector* A 7-mill tax was voted.
The rain made many happy hearts.
Fred Barnes and wife of Battle
Axe were at Joe Davis’ visiting the
16th.
Hail as large as small bird eggs
fell on the 16th.
Mr. Whitlock lost one of his hors
nilmr Via Q Q IMOI'P
Mrs. Kibbe has something like
dropsy.
Rain Friday night was the most
that’s been this time of year for
several seasons.
Mr. T. A. Guy of Nettleton visited
his daughter. Mrs. Wm. Hurst recent
ly. .
Mrs. Dick Bandy, Jr., visited Will
Hurst the 22nd.
WELDON.
If there is still a space in the coun
ty’s best paper for Weldon, please
let us be represented.
Dr. Jones has made two trips to
Weldon to treat some very sick peo
ple.
We regret to say there have been 2
fires recently. James Summers’ resi
dence burned Saturday morning and
a house on the Scofield farm burned
Monday morning.
The Weldon gin has been leased to
the Southern Cotton Oil Company for
the coming season and the latter is
having some repair work done on it
now.
Mr. Williams has in charge the re
pair work of the the Weldon Gin
Company’s plant.
We are sorry to note that the stave
mill and sawmill of this place are idle
now.
There seems td be some cotton chop*r
ping hired done now. This helps the
men who were thrown out of employ
ment when the mill closed down.
Some of the citizens are leaving this
place for Jelks and McCrory to work
at the two new mills now going up at
ttat place.
' The dredge boat is still making/
goMheadway southward.
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HORSE SHOE LAKE.
A railroad viewer was through here
last week sighting out a roadbed to
pass from Mr. Keel’s, east by old
^iorse Shoe school house, and on sec
tion line between J. R. Davis’ and J.
W. Ferrell’s, crossing the Rock Island
midway between Auvergne and
Shoffner, thence east to Fisher. Mr.
Richmond, the viewer. expressed en
thusiasm because of the lay of the
country being so adaptable to rail
road building, as in 12 miles, only
two places of consequence must be
bridged. They are Mill Creek and
Picket Lake. We sincerely hope this
road may materialize as a railroad is
needed to develop White River bot
toms.
Mr. Dawson had about 6 tons of
fine clover hay cut down since Mon
day a week ago, but it was not cured
when the rain started. After lying
in the swath eight days it is not
ruined.
Mr. A. L. Middleton put up seven
acres of fine alfalfa before the rain.
Horse Shoe Lake has been a lively
place for ten days, as some one was
there all during the time.
Some claimed to have heard a num
ber of dynamite explosions. One per
son claims to have seen one charge
of dynamite thrown into the waters
of Horse Shoe Lake, and two men
go out in a boat and pick up some
•fish which were stunned by the dy
namite.
Mr. Perry Hooper, who has been a
prominent sawmllT man in and about
Jackson county for twelve years,
moves his mill this week to George
town. We regret very much to see
Mr. Hooper leave this community,
for he has made many friends by
his perfectly honest and pleasant way
of dealing with all who have done
business with him, and most of his
crew will follow him to his new lo
The heavy rain that came last
week was as wet as the dry weather
of last May was dry, and we are a
fraid it may be as the old negro said:
“Either too much, or too none.” •
Two gentlemen from the Island
were down to Bear Lake last Satur
day and started to return on Sunday
morning. They must have wanted to;
make a sacrifice for some purpose, j
for as they passed the southwest cor-i
ner of the northwest quarter of sec
tion 23, township 10, Range 3 west, j
one man, wearing glasses, hurriedly
alighted from the buggy and kidnap
ped a young goat belonging to the
man who saw him take it and then
the driver urged the horse to a fast
gait and thev escaped with the prize.
Rev. Sim Bowman sprung a com- [
plete surprise on everyone at Horse j
Shoe church last Sunday. Rev. Bow- j
man has worn a beard for 51 years
and last Sunday had his face shaved
clean. His own wife and grand- j
children did not know him and he
posed as a stranger as he entered
Horse Shoe school for church serv
1 ice Sunday at 10 o’clock, and his old
friend, Mr. Dawson, did not know
him. as Mr. Bowman was introduced;
to the group as Mr. Johnson.
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|omas Ray went to Diaz Saturday
on business.
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last Sunday night, between 11 aafljpl
12 o’clock, Mr. John Smith officiat*
ing.
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Thomas Ray says that he cant
hardly keep his plow tools and the
Independent at home. Plow tools aie
costly, but the Independent just costa
you one dollar a year and you know
you ought to subscribe for the good
old Independent and quit borrowing
your neighbor’s.
A Little Boy.
Dr. A. G. Pierce
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Residence Phone 280
Office Phone 395 i
Office, McLain Building
NEWPORT, ARKANSA8
Specialty: Chronic Diaeaaea, Mato |
and Female
can be used as a tractor or can use it
to pull machinery.
L. B. Rogers of Hickory Grove,
was here on business Saturday.
E. R. Mack of Bateman township
spent Sunday here with friends.
Jim Tolbert spent Sunday with
relatives at Minturn.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cook of Tucker
man speht Sunday here with Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Witt. i
Mrs. Dan Hogan of Tuckerman
spent Friday here, the guest of rela
tives. '
L. E. Phant.
HEFFINGTON.
We have been having quite a little
rain the past week. All of the farm
ers are convinced that the drouth of
last May and June is not to be re
peated this season.
Rev. Mr. Black of Bradford filled
his regular appointment last Sunday
at the arbor, which has been erected
near Heffington to serve as a church
since the school house burned.
W. H. Taylor, Jr., was a county
seat visitor last Saturday.
L. 0. McDaniel and family made a
business trip to Bald Knob Monday.
Mrs. Annie Harrington and Miss
Lizzie Lody made a trip to the county I
seat Monday.
Mrs. Sarah Taylor is on the sick
list at this writing.
Quite a few people of this place j
made flying trips to Adelaide Sat- j
urday evening.
Frank Taylor and Miss Bertha
Goad entered into the holy bond of
matrimony Sunday evening at 4:30,
Rev. Mr. Currell performing the
ceremony. The bride and groom re
main at the home of Mr. Taylor. We
wish them much happiness in their
journey through life.
Success to the Independent.
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HARPER SCHOOL HOUSE.
Well, we are not needing any rain
at present.
Mr. Sidney Judd, the noted berry i
grower, has just arrived from Jud
sonia.
There is a black bug that is doing
lots of damage to corn in this part of
the community.
Our literarv societv didn’t meet last.
Friday night, on account of rain, the
same program that was to be render
ed last Friday night being annuonced
for next Friday night.
There was a wedding in our com-!
munity Sunday, Mr. Charles Wil
liams and Miss Vina Gimbrew.
Mr. Mack Hawkins and daughter,
Nellie, have made it back from Jud
sonia.
Mrs. Ballew of this place visited her
daughter, Mrs. Barnes, of Grubbs, on
Saturday and Sunday.
Cecil Melville made a flying trip
to Newport Saturday evening.
Mr. Roe Inman of Litchfield was in
our vicinity Sunday.
There was a crowd of youngsters of
this place that attended the singing
at A. C. Cummings’ Sunday night and
all reported a nice time.
There will be a debate in connec
tion with our literary society Friday
night. Everybody invited to come.
Fatty.
REMMEL
Crops are looking fine—so is the
jrass
W A McCartney and wife were
visiting relatives at Shoffner Sun-1
lay
£. B. Bridges of Shoffner was in
Remmel yesterday.
J. W. McCartney and daughter,;
Mrs. Reid, are Newport visitors to- ;
lay. j,
W. A. McCartney is transacting i
business in Newport today.
W. B. McCartney and O. A. Foster
ire Newport visitors today.
Miss Mae Bowman, Miss Cora Mc
Cartney and Miss Mattie Dean were <
shopping in Remmel Monday.
James Howard of Johnstown was
n Remmel Sunday, the guest of Miss <
Mae Bowman and Miss Velma Mc
Cartney. »
Walter McDowell of Batesville,
:raveling salesman for the R. J. Rey
rolds Tobacco Company, was calling
>n trade at Remmel Friday.
Mrs. Martha Miller of Jonesboro
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