The Brinkley argus., 1906-04-20
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 J. E. Williams, of near Pine City. was trading in H. C. last Friday.
 Rain last Friday retarded cotton planting for few days.
 Bro. Fred Little preached at H. c. last Sunday night to a full house.
 Will sugget, of the Shiloh vicinity, was at H. c. last Saturday attending business matters
 Easter Sunday was lovely sun shiney day, though the early morning was quite cool.
 Quite number of our young folks attended church at Shiloh last Sunday 1t being the Quarterly Conference oc- casion.
 L. c. Murphy was down on his farm the most of last week, returning to his home in Clarendon Friday evening.
 Hopes are entertained that the high water which is on at this time will soon pass off with but little damage behind it.
 Miss Sarah Murrell, very charm ing young lady from Summervile. Tenn, is visiting her two aunts. Mes danes P. c. Mayo and D. M. Dial. We hope Miss Sarah will enjoy her stay in our town.
 Will Owens, one of our most en- terprising farmers from near Palmer, told your correspondent that he had 200 acres of land planted in cotton by the 10 of April and that stand Of cot ton was up on near 100 acres on April 18th.
 Miss Annie Neill of Macon. Tenn. who has been on visit in H. c. for month or more. the guest of her two aunts, Mesdames P. c. Mayo and D. M. Dial left last Monday for her home. We suspect that one young man at least, if ntt more. will be singing about "the girl love in Sunny Tennessee.
 James M. Miles. of near Rag Town, died at his home at l2 clock last Sunday after a long spell of fever Mir. Miles was 64 years old and has been in Arkansas all of his life. He leaves a wife and several children 10 mourn his death He leaves his : family in good circumstances fine farm unincumbered. We offer sym pathy and confidence for the bereaved ones.
 The returning Board of Monroe county. whose duty it is 10 settle all disputed questions pertaining 10 the elections of the county. was called on to settle a contest in the city election of H. C. last week After they had made a recount and thorough inves- tigation of the vote they declared that  the straight ticket which was nomina- ted at the city primary was duly elect ed The reason such thing hap pened was because some parties in town inaugurated and pushed an in- dependent ticket late in the evening of the day of the election, in direct opposition 10 the nominees, and when the votes were counted it was declar- ed by the Judges that the ticket as nominated was elected The inde- pendents said that they would contest. which they did with results as above given. We are very sorry such a thing happened as 1t will cause a breach in the harmony of our once quiet and undivided town But as is the case in all towns, and even in cities. there is an element having for their pass word rule or ruin.
 Listen to what Col Marcum says about whiskey
 "lt destroys manhood and elevates edebauchery; it encourages the devil and insults God; it's the curse of the age and the hell of tfe earth; it ignores the scripture and thwarts religion; it destroys good character and welcomes the bad; it's the leading drummer of hell and human suffering; it destroys laudable ambition and inculcates idle ness; 1t destroys first love and ends in the misery of innocence; it's an enc