j the critic? Yes, what of him?
I Which of the two had you rather
have been? Which of the two are
you?
COTTON PLANT.
By Our Regular Correspondent.
The high waters are falling
some, at present.
Our new school building, of
which we are very proud, is
nearing completion.
Bora: To Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
Prey, a ten pound girl. Mother
and little one doing fine.
Mrs. Doyle, who has been on
the sick list the past week, is, we
are glad to say, improving.
Not much farming is being done
now, but we hope it will soon be
so the farmers can get busy.
Bernice Matheney, of Batesville,
was a pleasant visitor in the city
Sunday, returning home Monday.
Quite a number of our citizens
are making preparations for a trip
to Jamestown. All get busy and
go
Miss Mamie Nelson, who has
been visiting Mrs. Ed Rieves, re
turned to her home in Forrest City,
Tuesday.
Miss Vashti Mooring returned
Thursday, from a very pleasant
visit to Miss Helen Jackson, at
Augusta.
We regret to know that the
condition of Miss Minnie Lynch,
who has been sick the past ten
weeks, is no better.
E. Y. Moore, of Little Rock,
visited his sister, Mrs. S. S. Lacy,
the past few days, leaving Mon
day, for Aberdeen, Miss., where
he will make his future home.
Misses Ruth and Mabel Lynch
have returned from Boldengreen,
Ky., where they have been attend
ing school. They were called to
the bedside of their eldest sister,
who is very ill.
Miss Mamie McGregor enter
tained the Trail Club last Monday
evening, from eight until twelve
o’clock, in honor of her sister
Mrs. Dr. W. H. McKie, of Wynne,
fomerly of this place. The main
feature of the evening was pro
gressive Trail and quite an elabo
rate luncheon was served. Those
present were: Mesdames Dr.
Bradford, Will Jones, D. H.
Echols and Dr. W. H. McKie.
Misses Etoile Canterberry, Stella
Echols, Florence Rosser, Alice
Lacy and Mamie McGregor.
Messrs Dr. Bradford, Will Jones,
D. H. Echols,-Reed, D. D.
Boyd, Ivy Echols, Tom Payne,
J. R. Boone and Joe McGregor.
MORTON.
By Our Regular Correspondent.
Nat Evans, of Wynne, was in
town Sunday.
G. M. Ellis made a business trip
to MeCrory, Friday.
SheriffW.R.Cain passed through
town Thursday.
P. H. Harvey, formerly of
Jasonville, Ind., but now a resident
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WHICH ARE YOU?
We recently saw one of our
citizens going home with a small
basket of fruit. A few evenings
later we passed him again and he
had a small package of candy. On
both occasions we were walking
with the same gentleman who
remarked to us that the man with
the candy was a good fellow, but
blew in all he made so foolishly.
We merely smiled in reply, but
could not help, in our mind, as we
walked along, drawing a contrast
between the two men. One was
smoking a cigar that cost as much
as the candy. Burning into
ashes and blowing out iuto the air
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of Morton, was a business visitor
in McCrory, Thursday.
Bob McCord, of Fair Oaks, was
a Morton visitor Sunday.
J. H. Beidelman. of McCrory
was in town on business Tuesday.
On account of high water, Rev.
Fowler failed to fill his appoint
ment Sunday.
N. N. Cain, of McCrory, was in
our town last Friday and Sat
urday.
Mrs. Dallas Taylor died at her
home in Pumpkin Bend, Monday,
May, 20, 1907. Her remains were
laid to rest in the Bend cemetery,
Tuesday. She leaves a husband,
two small children and several
other relatives to mourn her death.
I Look ou the bright side. It is1
the right side. The times may be
hard, but it will make them no
easier to wear a sad, gloomy
countenance. It is the sunshine,
and not the cloud, that makes the
flower. The sky is blue ten times
when it is black once. You have
troubles; so have others. None
are free from them. Trouble gives
sinew and tone to life, fortitude
and courage to men. That would
be a dull sea, where there was
nothing to disturb the surface of
the ocean. What though things
look a little dark, the lane will
turn, and the night will end in
broad day. There is more virtue
in one sunbeam than in a whole
hemisphere of clouds and gloom.
You get “down in the mouth”
too easily, my friend. Cheer up;
walk on the sunny side of the
street; live where you can catch
the south winds. Sunshine always
warms and cheers, get more of it
and give it out, you have lived in
the frigid zone too long already.
We would like to send a gulf
stream of joy into your life.
Give us a chance. Read the
Home Circle Department of the
Woodruff County News and
you will always wear a smile.
It is the best known tonic for the
“blues”.
What becomes of the honey after
the honey moon is over?
THE HOME CIRCLE COLUMN
Pleasant Evening Reveries—A Column Dedicated to Tired
Mothers as they Join the Home Circle at Evening Tide.
CRUDE THOUGHTS FROJ1 THE EDITORIAL PEN.
THE BLUES.
Got the blues, did you say!
Sure enough! A geunine attack,
and the sun shining bright in the
heavens, and not a cloud to be
seen. Well! Well! Come, my
friend, shake yourself together.
Go out into the sunshine and look
about you. Is this a time for the
blues? See how gleefully all
nature is smiling. Don’t be
behind hand in being happy when
everything else is rejoicing. This
world is not a vale of tears. This
life was not given to us as a time
for weeping and wailing. Come,
get yourself out of this Slough of
Despond. This is a time for action.
Never sit by the roadside and
lament over by-gones, or despair
because impossibilities are not
brought to pass. There are just
as grand opportunities perhaps
before you as have ever been
experienced. There may not be
just as much prosperity and
happiness for your future, if you
so will, as there has been in the
past.
And what a face! You’ll spread
horror by such a long drawn
countenance. Indeed it is enough
to give a buffoon the blues, even to
look at it. Go to the glass and get
a glimpse of yourself, and then
compare it with the looks of
friends with who you meet, but
don’t stand looking at yourself
long, walk forth in God’s pure
atmosphere. Give a hearty good
day to every man and woman you
meet, a smile and a nod at every7
child; cirrup or whistle to every
dog, and there will be but little
more trouble with the blues. The
ailment cannot stand such
treatment. It flourishes only on
moodiness and dissatifaction.
Sunlight dispels tUe clouds of a
murky sky, and so does a sunny
disposition scatter the blues.
Do not sit and ponder over trouble;
you cannot dispel it by making your
self miserable. Never look into the
future with despair; you
cannot cross a bridge until you
come to it. Don’t harrow your
mind over things that cannot be
helped. Live confiding in the
present. The past cannot now be
remedied, and you have yet to try
;he future. Now is when you
nust act, if yon act at all. Now
s when you must be happy if you
ixpeet to enjoy yourself. So do not
mope. Force yourself to be
careful. The blues will not stay
long if you don’t embrace them.
When you are threated with an
attack whistle “Dixie” or roll out
“Yankee Doodle” and we pledge
our word for it, you can soon
laugh with the best of them.
Show us a person who can whistle
or sing when disappointments
come and we will show you one
who is never troubled with the
blues. The remedy is infallible.
Try it and be convinced.
The advent of spring flowers and
balmy days warns us of the woe
ful fact that the rein of terror to
mankind is at hand, when the
thrifty housewife will arm her
self with all necessary equipments
and proceed to throw open the
doors and windows, order the
stoves to be carried out, and turn
your hitherto peaceful abode into
as uncomfortable a place as could
be imagined. Why should we
hasten this coming calamity by
this prophesy, only to warn the
lord of the household to gather up
an extra supply of patience and
abide the time with becoming for
titude. For as sure as the rain
and mud are harbingers of the
bright, merry, joyful spring, with
its birds, buds and blossoms, so
surely will this disordered house
be transformed under skillfull
hands into a fresh, clean and
pleasant home. Peace and order
will once more take up their abode
and the strains of “Home Sweet
Home,” will sound all the sweet
er for the temporary disquiet.
It is not the woman who is forever
chasing every one in the house
with a broom or duster who makes
the most impression as to the
desirableness of neatness and order.
While she is making a martyr of
herself in her frantic attemps to
always keep the hearth tidy and
the woodwork polished, and the
carpets free from spot or speck,
she is often driving away the
better elements of the home, peace
and love and harmony. A child
cannat enjoy his play things
without a place in which to play,
nor a man feel free in his own
house if he must always remember
ing that not so much as a magazine
or book shall be left one moment
out of place when not being read.
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The Mill
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Who Broke Up The Meeting
MISS PATIENT
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