The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-02-08
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Continued from Ord Page.
LUxORA, ARK.

D~y,oRA, ARK, Feb. 3. - The past
month was most pleasant January.
SO far the Mississippi River has not
risen but little. and we are all hopeful
that 1t will not get very high.
good deal OF farm work has been
done already this year. Cotton will be
the principal crop planted, although
some few farmers viii continue to plant
a diversity of crops. A very small acre
age Will be used for potatoes, as the
market was so poor for the last summer
crop. The second crop was fine, though,
and the price now of seed potatoes is
very good. Many have sold for one dol
lar and over per bushe.
Luxora, with all her thrift and rapid
growth, has been noted for her immOr-
ality and crime; so the good citizens
resolved TO reform the place and to
strike at the root of the evil-whiskey,
which was voted In again at the Sep
TENDER election. An anti saloon league
was organized, and great interest and
courage were displayed by the leaders.
Ladies carried petitions over the town,
not even sighting the bar-tenders
themselves, and sang pathetic songs to
them, Men canvassed the surrounding
country three miles out, the limit, and
secured long list of names to suppress
the sale of intoxicants. The whiskey
men then sent out their papers, too, and
hard tight went on through the court
for ten days, but as the anti's had four.
aifths majority the Judge soon gave a
decision in favor of the latter Some
contend that the town Wilde without
Whiskey, while others think differently
and had rather see it numbered with
the dead than filled with gambling
bloats and lewd women, as for the past
two years. Osceola also had whiskey
voted in, and the good element there
could not bear to have their peaceful
quietude invaded by such a disturber;
so petition was sent around, and it
was not allowed to come in there again
1t has been prohibition town for a
good many years and has made rapid
progress since, and is live, thriving
town, having almost doubled herself in
the last few years. SO we do not need
the services of Mrs. Carrie Nation non
Mrs. Sheriff, of Missouri. The blind
tigers were treated SO roughly in
0sceola that they sought other fields
and they will be treated likewise in
Luxora upon first appearance.
Mr.. J. r. p. Hale was elected to the
Legislature from this place, and Maj
w, +. Harrison, a former resident oil
Osceola, was elected first assistant clerk
in the House. Master Hugh Smith was
a candidate for page in the House Of
Representatives, but was defeated by
one vote. lie mas returned TO OSceOla
Mr.. Hale is an ex-Maury Countian and
has many friends there who will be
glad to hear of his election.
In the death of the late DR.. Jas. ii
Hale, brief notice of which appeared
in the HERALD few weeks ago, this
county lost one of her most useful
citizens. He was the most talented
physician and had an extensive prac
tice. He graduated at Sedalia, Mo.
Bingham's School, N. c., Vanderbilt
University and in New York. He was
so amiable and cultured, so tender anC
kind and loved his profession so, tha
he was admired and beloved by every
body, and in his death all realize &
great loss.
Almost every week we see the death
of some friend or acquaintance recorded
but it seems to us that that of our rela
tive, Mrs. Lilah Smith, was one of thu
most laAnentable. She was our frienC
and nelghbor number of years, anC
one whom we always found to be 81
good and kind. May God bless TIL,
dear children who have lost devoted
mother, and guide them in all thei
earthly pilgrimage.
Mother Nicholson, who came out thu
first of January, says she likes Arkan
sas, finely, but prefers old Maury count,
to any other place.
The health of this section is good, blu
an occasional case of smallpox is re
ported in Luxora and no precautions
have been taken to stamp 1t out or pre-
vent it from spreading.
RIPLING WAVES.