The Springdale news., 1904-12-30
Special Correspondence.

holdings at another place The boys expected him to spend the winter here and take part with them in their frequent forays after 'possums and l coons
 Mrs. Ida Brown came down from Cherokee county, Kan. 70 spend the holidays with relatives. She was formerly Ida Page during the old school days at Stony Point.
 Christmas Day was the 52nd anni- Versary of the wedding of J. c. and RetLa Johnson and their many friends wish that the aged couple might enjoy many more celebrations of their long ago wedding day.
 ChaS. Cummings returned Wednes. day from his mournful journey back to West Point, Mss, where he had accompanied the corpse of his young wife who died so suddenly at their home here some time ago.
 Mrs. Chas E. Sisk left this evening for Taylor Miss, after spending two weeks with her parents, MT. and Mrs. B. +. Johnson. MT. Sisk failed to get to come up to accompany her home. The rush of holiday trade kept him at at home.
 J. Il. Lashee, former manager of the Ozark Store here, is now in busi- ness at Taylor, Miss, under the firm name Sisk x Son & Lawshee
 W. c. Haines has been carpenter ing at Rogers for the past week. Haines is believer in close figuring add the fellow who beats him In se- curing contract gets little profit out of the job-unlesS there is rake off
 George Johnson came out from Harris to spend Christmas with bis parents. Mrs. Johnson accompanied him.
 \ block of wood, sharp axe and an over-hanglng wire clothes line was the combination that brought grief to Hugh Johnson late last Fri day evening He intended to split the wood and the wire caught the axe causing it to rebound and strike him in the head over the right temple in lilcting very painful cut.
 Prof. c. ". Stuckey came down from Sprngdale and brought his good wife to help make cheerful Christi mas for their children and grand children at Johnson Prof. Stuekey was a student of Princeton UniYer- sity away back ln the days before the the war, and is one of the best in. formed men in Arkansas today
 Vester Bloyed came over from Go shen and spent several days assisting in the Ozark Store during the absence of hlS father J. NJ Bloyed, last week.
 Rev R. NJ. Burrows, of Springdale, will conduct religious servlces at Johnson Sunday at eleven o'clock.
 This letter closes the series Of John- son items for the dying year 1901, and il has been our fortune to l chronicle the comings and goings of many friends and many strangers, to tell the doings and mis-doing of the many folks who live around our little | l fri adf fT ri p a hnI1t others as we would have them write about their loving chronicler. The new year will ind fewer of the old n- hahtants here than did the year whose hours are numbered now, for we have had the sad task of telling of the passing of quite a number who were with us year age,
 More home-like seems the vast un-
 known,
 Since they have entered there; To follow them were not so hard,
 Wherever they may fare:
 They cannot be where God is not,
 On any sea or shore;
 Whatier betides Thy love abides,
 Our God, for eYermore.
 The closing year marks the ending and the beginning of many shcemes and plans Of our local castle builders and that all of the home folks and the big circle of readers who follow the printed pages of The News may sue ceed Tn their good endeavors and have q happy and d prosperous New Year js the sincere wish of their friend
 MULKEEPMO.