John Sisk and family motor
ed to Batesville Tuesday.
W. G. Moore is spending the
week in St. Louis on business.
I will pay $38 a ton for
shells delivered at Newark. J.
G. Edwards.
J. W. Sisk returned this af
ternoon from a business trip to
Little Rock.
B. B. Owens, a good citizen
of Magness township, was in
town today on business.
A fine daughter madei ts ar
rival at tie* home of Mr. and
Mrs. Wash Herrington last
night.
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Mrs. J. I. Sturdivant left
this morning for Heber Springs
to spend si few days with
friends.
Dr. and Mrs. Boyd of Little
Rock were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. R. B. Adams a few
days last week.
Mirs. Ella Jack left this
morning for points in Missouri
to visit relatives and look after
some business matters.
Will be glad to have all of
my old friends and customers
call and see me whether you
trade with me or not. Jno. M.
Martin.
Mr. and Mrs. John Clayton
have returned to their home sit
Oil Trough after a pleasant
visit here with relatives and
friends.
Miss Susie Rogers returned
to Batesville Monday, after a
pleasant visit here with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Rogers.
Roy E. Bell of Ozark, repre-■
senting the Community Ly->
ceum Bureau of Springfield,
Mo., was in town on business
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Murphy
have retured to their home at
Batesville, after a pleasant vis
it here with Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Adams.
Nat Hardister, formerly of i
Batesville, who was a candi- j
date for tax assessor in the re
cent primary, recently bought
the hotel at Cushman and has
moved to that place and assum
ed charge of the business.
W. I). Hinson returned Fri
day to MoCrory, after spend
ing a few days here with Mrs.
Hinson and attending the big
picnic.
Rev. J. M. Harrison of Swif
ton was in town Friday en
route home from Paroquet
where he assisted in a revival
meeting.
Deputy Sheriff S. W. .(’lark
and family of Ratesville spent
Friday and Saturday'here vis
iting relatives and attending
the picnic.
Mrs. Frank Thompson and
children, Edith and Troy, from
near Newport, were the guests
of Mrs. O F. Craig Saturday
and Sunday.
R. G. Thomas, of Little Rock
representing the Missouri State
Life Insurance Co., is spending
the week here in the interest
of his company.
Rev. J. M. Thrasher of Char
lotte was in town Saturday en
route home from Paroquet
where he has been engaged in
a revival meeting.
Misses Minnie Stevens, Al
iie Cathey and Vallie Williams
of .Hicksonport spent Friday
here visiting friends and at
| tending tin
picnic.
Miss Mabel McHenry left
this morning for her home at
Tuckerman, after a pleasant
visit here with her sister, Mrs.
F. M. Gilbreath.
Woods Clark and Miss Aub
rey Mashburn were married
at the Methodist parsonage in
West Ratesville on Thursday
night of last wock. Rev. F. L.
Glisson officiating. The groom
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. S. W.
Clark formerly of Newark.
Mrs. F .M. Brannon under
went an operation for appen
dii-itis in a sanitarium at Bates
ville Tuesday. She is reported
to be doing nicely.
Miss Alice Bateman of Lake
| land, Fla., who is visiting rel
jatives at Newport and Bates
ville, was the guest of Mrs. G.
O. Magness Friday.
Miss Jewel Magness return
jed to her home at Woodson
I Monday evening after spend
ing a few days here visiting
relatives and friends.
Tad Bradley, former mayor
of Tuckerman, accompanied
by his daughter, Miss Alma,at
tended the picnic and visited
friends here Saturday.
J. Wade Horn who isattend
ing college at Kansas City,
Kan., came in last night to vis
it his parents. Rev. and Mrs. E.
A. Horn, for several days.
Prof. Sidney Pickens and li
tle daughter, Thelma, came
down from Batesville Friday to
attend the picnic and hear
Prof. Torreyson’s address.
Mrs. G. M. Fields and child-1
ren, Ruby and Lacy, left Tues
day evening for Bentley, Okla.,
to spend a few days visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Tillman Tate.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wil
liamson of Carthage, Mo., are
spending the week here visit
ing the gentleman’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. H.Williamson.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Earn heart
returned Friday to their home
at Poplar Bluff, Mo..after hav
ing spent a few days here visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L. Cros
ser.
J.'H. Murphy, a former cit
izen of Newark, but who now
lives at Shoffner, was here
Thursday and Friday attend
ing the picnic and meeting old
friends.
Rev. Ne'll Storey and Rev. J.
M. Thraher have just closed a
successful rt vival meeting at
Paroquet, which resulted in 18
additions to the Methodist
church.
C. D. Vandiver, a former
citizen of this place, but who
now resides at Alicia, was here
Friday and Saturday attend
ing the big picnic and visiting
old friends.
Mrs. Wm. Riggers and child
iron.Harry and Louise,of Tuck
ierrnan were here Thursday
and Friday attending the pic
nic and visiting her sister, Mrs.
O. F. Craig.
Sheriff Lawrence Ruddell
and family of Ratesville were
here Friday and Saturday at
tending the picnic and were
the guests of Squire and Mrs.
R. R. Ratton.
Prof. ,J. K .Rawlings, who
will be principal of the Bald
Knob High School the coming
year, was here from Judsonia
Friday attending the picnic
| and meeting old friends.
15 pounds best cane white
I sugar for $1.00 with $5.00
worth of other goods at lower
prices than can be bought any
where at Barnett’s Big Store’s
midsummer clearing sale.
Mr. and Mrs. .J. W. Searcy
and children, Louette and
Howell, and Miss Bertha Mills
of Desha spent Thursday and
Friday in town, the guests of
M'r. and Mrs. O. F. Craig.
Mr. and Mrs. S. YV. Harvey
and daughters, Misses Sylla
and Clara, and Misses Salle
Choate and YY’illie Penix, mot
ored over from Tuekerman
Friday to attend the picnic.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Herring
ton and baby returned Monday
evening to their home at Tuck
erman. after having spent a
few days here very pleasantly
visiting relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Barnett
and little son, Sherrod, left
Monday evening tor their home
at Paragould, after a pleasant
visit here with the lady’s par
ents, Squire and Mrs. R. R.Rat
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Morrow
of Dodd City, were in town
Saturday en route home from
Dunnington, where they spent
a tew days very pleasantly vis
iting their daughter, Mrs. Zed
Griffith.
Dr. Jno. H. Dye of Searcy
who delivered an address at
the picnic here Saturday, was
a passenger down the road
Monday en route home from
Sulphur Rock where he spent
Sunday visiting relatives.
o Chal Moore who has been
operating his merry-go-round
here for some time, has moved
his machine to Sulphur Rock
where he will operate it during
the picnic Friday and Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lee of
Cotton Plant who have been
visiting relatives here for sev- ‘
eral days, left Sunday even-;
ing for Des Arc to spend a few j
days before returning to their
home at Cotton I lant.
Geo. W. Wyatt, Democratic
nominee for tax assessor, was
in town Saturday on route j
home from Batesville to spend
Sunday with his family. lit1 is
assisting Assessor S. D. Lind
sey in closing up the assessor’s
work for the year.
Rev. E. A. Horn returned
Wednesday from Bandy’:
Chapel, in Jackson County,
where he has just closed a suc
cessful revival meeting. The
meeting resulted in more than
40 conversions and there were
•>5 additions to the Methodist
'church.
The revival meeting will be
gin at Center Grove Baptist
church on the third Sunday in
August. On the fourth Sunday
the dedication of the new
church building will take place.
Rev. W. E. Sherrill will preach
the dedicatory sermon at 11
a. m. A large attendance is ex
pected.
Miss Edith West, a graduate
of the Springfield BusinessCol
lege Stenotype course, is mak
ing more than a thousand dol
lars a year. She can write at
a speed of 250 words a minute.
Her work shows the immense
value of the new shorthand
machine, which is so easy to
learn and is coining into gener
al use very rapidly. It costs no
more to learn than shorthand.
Write J. A. Taylor,Springfield,
Mo., for information. (Adv.)
Kelley F. Gibson of Broken
Arrow, ()kla.,spent Friday and
Saturday here visiting relatives
and attending the picnic. Mr.
Gibson left here and located in
Oklahoma about eight years
ago and ha* been remarkably
successful in a business and fin
ancial way, having made mon
ey rapidly and accumulated
considerably valuable proper
ty. lie has also been honored
politically, having recently won
the Democratic nomination for
representative from his coun
ty, one ot the most important
counties in the state. Mrs. Gib
son did not accompany him
she and the Children having
gone to Colorado to spend the
sum mer.
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SPLENDID SUCCESS
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dent of Mountain Home Col
lege. delivered a very able ad
dress on state-wide prohibition,
in which he vividly pictured
some of the bad effects of the
sale of whiskey and the bene
fits °f prohibition and appeal
ed to the voters to vote against
Act No. 2.
Dr. W. P. Lawton made a
short talk along the same line
and urged the people to vote
against the repeal of the pres
ent prohibition law.
The address of Dr. Jno. H.
Dye of Searcy was listened to
with *rapt attention and was
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greatly appreciated by his
many old friends who gathered
to hear him speak.
The last speaker Friday was
Gov. Geo. W. Hays whose
speech was in the nature of uj
report of his stewardship. He i
spoke for ar hour and was giv-!
eti close attention. The full 11*xi
of the governor’s speech is
printed elsewhere in today’s
paper.
Features Saturday that
created a great deal of interest
and amusement were the old
fiddlers contest and the pole
climbing contest. In the fid
dler’s contest lb ri. Gray won
first prize; W. (). McCord,sec
ond prize; and Col. Brewer,
third prize.
No feature of thecelebration
created more genuine merri
ment than the contest among
the barefoot urchins in their
attempts to climb the greased
pole and secure the two dollar
Gill pinned upon the top of the
pole. Buster Highland was
first to scale its greasy heights
and secure the prize, and the
contest was so greatly enjoyed
that a second one was staged,
the second prize being won by
Robert McNairy.
There were 2(> refreshment
booths, lunch stands, and oth
er amusement concessions on
the ground,including a moving
picture show and merry-go
round.
1 here was a large crowd on
the* ground both day and night
and the order was remarkably
good for an occasion of this
kind.
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ENTERTAIN GOVERNOR
WITH PICNIC DINNER
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Rane.v
entertained with an elaborate
picnic dinner on the lawn at
their beautiful home in the
north part of town last Friday
in honor of Governor Hays and
Hon. (). ('. Burnside, member
of the State Charity Board, of
Little Rock.
Those present were: T. J.
Welborn, Prof, and Mrs. W.
A. Isgrig, Mr. and Mrs. F. C.
Hoyt, Dr. L. G. Poe, Mr. and
Mrs. Will Duvall of Sulphur
Gock; T. A. Best, Dota; R. C.
Adams, Oil Trough; Will Self;
Rev. H. F. Vermillion, Moun
tain Home; Maj. and Mrs. G.
W. Campbell, Cabot; Mr. and
Mrs. R. D. Pridmore, Oil
Trough; and Wash Wilson,
Sulphur Rock.
CALLING IN COUNTY
WARRANTS FOR REISSUE
Independence County ( ourt
Adjourned Term. April 1916.
In the matter of calling in tor
registration the outstanding
county warrants of Indep
pendence County.
Whereas, it appearing to the
Court expedient in order to as
certain the actual financial
condition of Independence
County that all the outstand
ing County warrans drawn on
| the Treasurer of said County
I should be called in and regis
tered as provided by Section
117.") of Kirby’s Digest of the
Laws of Arkansas, it is there
fore considered, ordered and
iadjudged that all persons own
ing or holding Independence
County scrip or warrants issued
prior to the 13th day of May,
1916, are hereby required to
present the same to the Coun
ty Court at its regular October
Term, 1916, on or before 12
o’clock noon of the second day
of October, 1916, for the pur
pose of having the same regis
tered and numbered.
It is further ordered that all
legal warrants presented on
above date shall be endorsed
on the back, “Registered and
numbered,” with the date
thereof and signed by the
County Clerk, who will keep a
record in a book provided for
that purpose of all warrants
so presented.
And it is further ordered
| that all persons who shall hold
any warrants of said County
and neglect or refuse to pre
sent the same for registration
as above set out at said Octo
ber Term, 1910, of this Court;
as required in this order here
inbefore set out, shall there
after be torever debarred, as
provided by Section 1177 of
Kirby's Digest, from receiving
or deriving any benefit from
their claims.
I he Clerk of this Court is
hereby directed to furnish to
the Sheritl of this County a
certified copy of this order
calling in the warrants within
10 days alter adjournment of
this Court, and it is further
ordered that he Sheriff shall
give due and legal notice of
said order as prescribed by
law. and make a lull and com
pleb report of his proceedings
to the Court on or before its
first day of its October Term
1916.
State of Arkansas, Countv
of Independence.
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