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Undertaker and Embalmer
COFFINS, CAS^-TS AND ROBES
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Beards’ School Items
Born: To Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Leisinger, a fine boy.
Mr. L. A. P. Beard is the
proud owner of a new buggy.
Born: To Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
White, Dec. 9, 1916, an 11 pound
girl.
Miss Johnnie and Mr. Wilburt
Clutts are visiting friends in
Searcy.
Mr. Barney McMurtry from
the oil fields is home for the
holidays.
Bro. Joyner filled his regular
appointment at Good Hope
Church Sunday.
Mr. John Haggard left last
Thursday for Memphis to visit
his daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Johnson
spent Sunday with their daugh
ter. Mrs. H. J. Cariker.
Mr. Albert Johnson and family
are home after a few days’ visit
to relatives near Conway.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Miller, of
McCrory visited the latter’s sis
ter, Mrs. Oscar Capshaw, Sun
day.
Mr. Arlie Thompson, of Paris,
Texas, is visiting his cousin, Mr.
Henry Chappell and other rela
tives.
Miss Johnnie Ridgeway of
Pulltight spent Saturday night
and Sunday with Miss Jewel
Raymond.
Miss Amanda Lee, of Jackson,
Tenn., and Mr. Barney McMur
try of Oklahoma were Sunday
school visitors last Sunday.
Mr. James Beard of Holly
Grove, Ark., and Miss Irene
McDaniel of this place are visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. L. A. P. Beard
this week.
The Xmas tree was a big suc
cess Monday night. Everyone
went home contented and happy
especially the children as Santa
gave them a treat.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Spradlin and
daughter, Donnie, are spending
Xmas in Hartford with their
daughter, Willie, who is attend
ing school there. Jeff must be
expecting to come back hungry
as he left an order with A. S.
Thompson for two barrels of flour
and one barrel of salt.
Strange Birds in Hollow Tree.
Port Clinton, Mass.—Rev. J. T. N.
Braithwaite of Lakeside made a pe
culiar discovery on his farm near the
Marblehead lighthouse. Rev. Braith
waite was having his apple tree doc
tored and in one of the hollow trees
some strange birds were found. The
birds w’ere of a bluish color, with a
white breast, and are thought to have
become lost in their cross-country mi
gration, as they are strangers to this
section. Seventeen of the birds were
taken out in a weak condition, while
35 dead ones were found further down
in the trunk of the tree.
Begins School at Nineteen.
Vancouver, Wash.—The State School
for the deaf has opened and 104 pu
pils reported, among them being a lad
from Granger, Wash., nineteen years
old, who had been deaf since he was
five months old and has never at
tended school.
Notice,
When its hot, we have cold
drinks; when its cold, we have
hot drinks. We have both at
all times.
THE SMOKE HOUSE.
J. S. Haggard returned from
Memphis Wednesday.
L. W. Sturdivant was a Mem
phis visitor Thursday.
Mr. H. D. Angus spent last
week in Little Rock on business.
The biggest and best line of
cigars and box candies at The
Smoke House. Adv.
Atty. H. P. Cleveland of Jud
sonia was a business visitor to
our city Wednesday.
Misses Lillie Wilbamne and
Gladys Stevenson of Little Rock
attended the dance here Xmas.
For Sale: At once, house and
two lots. See or phone Mrs.
Mattie Wortham. Adv. 11-3-tf.
Mrs. S. L. Jones returned to
her home at Postelle Thursday,
after spending the holidays with
relatives here.
OWNS ENGINE HE ONCE RAN
Former Engineer, Now President of
Railroad, Purchases His Old
Locomotive.
Hutchinson, Kan.—Almost a quarter
of a century ago O. P. Byers, as an i
engineer on the Rock Island, was using
engine No. 496 on a run between Fort
Worth, Tex., and Chichasha, Okla.
Mr. Byers is now president of his
own railway, the Anthony & Northern, i
He needed another locomotive, and
found, to his satisfaction, that his old
engine, No. 496, was out of commission
on the Rock Island. As a matter of
sentiment largely, he dickered for and
secured the locomotive, had it re
built, and it is now pulling wheat
trains, as No. 4 on the A. & N.
Mr. Byers ran with a freight train j
over the line, seated in the cab and
at the throttle of his old engine, now
his in reality.
Disease in Kisses.
Allentown, Pa.—Promiscuous kiss
ing was denounced by Dr. Charles D. 1
Schaeffer, chief surgeon of the Allen
town hospital, in an address to a mixed
audience gathered to foster interest
for higher appropriations by the new !
legislature for institutions to care for
epileptics, feeble-minded and other un- .
fortunates. He discouraged it among
sweethearts and warned young moth- J
ers against allowing their babies to be ,
kissed by strangers. He declared he j
spoke from the depth of experience, as
he had been called upon to treat many I
patients seriously or fatally diseased
by kissing.
Hen Gobbles Pearl.
Portland, Ore.—Mrs. Lettie Trapp
of this city has a valued pet hen
named Clarice. The other day as Mrs. 1
Trapp was feeding her fowls Clarice
leaped affectionately up to her shoul
der, spied a valuable pearl in Mrs.
Trapp’s earring, gobbled it and leaped
down again, gulping. Mrs. Trapp
screamed, first with pain as the pearl
was wrenched away, and then with
horror at her loss. She caught Clarice ,
and imprisoned her, but could not '
make up her mind to have the pet dis
patched so that the jewel could be re
covered.
Bank Robber Returns $5.
Scranton, Pa.—A letter with $5 in
closed has been received by the Pine
Brook bank. The letter said that the
writer held up the teller and took the
money at the point of a revolver.
“I am taking the first opportunity
to pay it back,” said the letter, which
was postmarked Moscow, Pa. The
bank officials will have the missive
framed. The robber entered the bank
and pointed a revolver at the teller,
George Browning, demanding $25.
Browning handed out $5, which satis
fied him.
Guardian’s Sale.
Notice is hereby given that in
pursuance of the^ authority
directions contained in the d
cretal order of the Probate Court'
of the Northern District 0
Woodruff County Arkansas
made and entered on the 7th dav
of December 1916, in a certain
cause pending in said Court in
which Lee Huddleston by his
Guardian G. W. Huddleston, jn
an Ex parte Petition present
said cause to the Court, the un
dersigned as said Guardian will
offer for sale at Public vendue to
the highest bidder, no bid to be
considered for less than three
fourths of the appraised value,
in front of the Bank of McCrory
in the Town of McCrory in the
Northern District of Woodruff
County, between the hours for
judicial sales, on Saturday the
6th. day of January 1917, an un
divided One Half Interest in and
to the following described real
estate situated in the Northern
District of Woodruff County, to
wit:—
<<The South West of the North
East; The North West of the
South East; The North Half of
the Fractional South West, all
situated in Section 19 Township
8 North Range 1 West and the
South West of the South West of
Section 20 Township 8 North
Range 1 West.”
Terms of sale: Approved se
curity not less than three months.
Given under my hand this 7th.
day of December, 1916.
G. W. Huddleston.
Guardian of Lee Huddleston.
Adv. 12-8-41
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Wilkes of
Keevil and Mr. and Mrs. A. N.
Middleton of Little Rock are the
guests of Mrs. H. B. Angus this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Best of
Judsonia are visiting relatives
here.
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