The Springdale news., 1906-09-28
JOHNSON.

"Wednesday and Thursday.
 W. l.. Staekey is finishing up the gathering of his crop of apples and will ship three cars of them to Calves ton, Tex, to-day.
 V. Hanks and Albert Crum left Friday evening for Troy, Kan, where they will assist in taking care of the big apple crop in Uncle "Cy'' Leland's famous county of Boniphan.
 T oxford was over to Johnson yes terday from the Habberton country aud he extends to Mally cordial in- vitation to come over and See the people in that part Of the country.
 Some of our farmers are venting their surplus vengeance on the 'Ja- cob's Coat which was kept as fancy yard flower for years, but which has turned out to be d very aggravating plant pest
 |. F. Johnson and wife went out to Harris and EIkns today on short visit to relatives before starting on that trip to Mississippi towards where they intend to wend their way about the last of this week.
 4 lecturer and organizer Of the Farmers Union tried to get d crowd in Johnson Saturday night. out DO one gave active support t0 the gentle mans effort and be took an early train towards the south.
 :. b. Monroe came ID Thursday evening from the e0al mines down about Huntington where he has been working s9 hard for several months that he thought he'd better take a rest for awhile aud visit home folks here.
 George Harmon was oyer to Iohn- SD Thursday and appears - be very wen pleased with his new home down beyond Harmon. ta which vicinity he moved Tecea5#s. after irving the stFen- ugas lie at business man af Johnson f#r several months.
 Ind 9ne af the#e cars =of apples sent rom the Oz4rks to Glasgow, Scotland, was loaded here .at Johnson. and the &pples ~eFe grown aa the MaYfeld farm which k now managed by Prof. Ernest Walker, who is gathering the remainder 0f the fruit and placing 1t in cold storage.
 And W II. Fizgeralds is dead away down in the Territory Why. the tune was few years ago woen "BI1ly Geralds was a familiar figure round Johnson where he lived for qnite a while before elusive fortune lured him away to the land from whence be has gone on that long journey.
 Lela Cox and Margaret stuckey are getting along nicely with their attacks of typhoid fever, but little Ina Inman, daughter of Prof Inman, is in very precariouS condition with an aggraya- ted case of this terrible fever, which seems to be more tenacious than us- aal in it's attacks this season
 Rev Johnson Crawford kept hls regular appointment at Shady Grove church Saturday and Sunday, and this Item reminds MullY that superinten- dent Horn wants Us to say that there Is plenty of room at Johnson for 1 whole lot more people to attend Sun- cay school. Are you coming Sunday morning.
 That long talked about trip of l. r Williams. T. !. Mullins and others wao are pinning their faith to sec lions of land out In New Mexico vii be reality this week, cause they are loading car with their household goods, etc. here at Johnson today. and Shannon Clark will accompany the car through to Portaies, N. NJ.
 Farmers who are complaining bout the low price Of apples ought to go to making cider for vinegar purposes, cause the pure food law winch Uncle Sam will cause to 20 into effect the first of the coming year will prohibit the sale or handling of this 'fotched 0n acid vinegar, and the pure apple article will be a valuable commodity.
 Joe Ellls, our seotehman, who was the first postmaster of Johnson away back in the latter sos, is almost stone deaf and has to carry tablet around with him in order to under. stand what folks say to him. They write on the tablet and Joe talks back in the same quaint Scatch dialect of the 0lden times ere affiiction touch. ed his ears and dimmed his eyes.
 The big excursion to St. Louis pass. ed up Friday night, but not single representative from Johnson jour. neyed with the thFong. and the near. Dy fairs that are coming of this week and next week will hot be bothered by q rush af folks from here. Most all ff,,, p{ IA