The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-08-29

lying ah9ut n9,UUU W0flh o. ndtiol-
al bank notes in ii box Of fragments
delivered to it several day ago by o.
d. Earle. II citizen of Morrilton,
Ark. Earle buried $4,000 worth of
bunk notes in the earth in 1904 for
sdfekeeping because he had lost faith
ii banks When he dug up the tin
box in which he had deposited the
notes before covering them with
earth he discovered the box had rust
Ell and the bills decayed until 1t was
impossible for him to identify them.
lie then appealed to a Morrilton
banker to help him, Accompanied
by the cashier of the bank at Morril-
ton, Lloyd Rainwater, and with a
letter of introduction from his MEM
Der of Congress, Charles c. Reid,
Earle went to the Treasury Depart
ment and handed in the box Of
mouldy paper Mrs, A. E. Brown,
the expert in the redemption divi-
sion, was put on the work of identi-
iication. At IL o'clock Thursday,
after working three days, she had
identified all but 81 900 of the bills,
and the treasurer paid Earle the
money for their redemption. 1t is
not unlikely, Mrs, Brown thinks,
that she will ultimately recover most
of the other $1,000 from the frag-
ments.
J. W. Buchanan & CO., wholesale
grocers Of Van Buren, failed to open
it, doors Thursday morning, much
10 the surprise of the general public,
although it developed that such a
step had been considered by the firm
fol some time The firm did local
business selling almost exclusively
to the merchants of Van Buren, ana
Crawford county, and had enjoyed
what appeared to be a lucrative bust
ness during the past four years. At
a meeting of the principal creditors
held there Thursday it was decided
u place the affairs Of the firm in
the hands of Warren Furry of Van
Buren, 10 be closed up to the best
advantage possible, and it is believed
that the CREDITORS will lose but little
The firms liabilities are estimated
al $4,000. and assets Of approx
mateN $4,000 The creditors arc
the Reynolds-Davis Wholesale Gro
Gerry Company of Fort Smith and
the Patterson Milling Company Of
Cotfeyyille, Kan.
John Williams, a negro mail hust.
Ter. and Hurbert H. Mitchell, a
white car gascr at the Union depot
at Texarkana had a fight Welnes-
day morning, in which Mitchell
/ got the worst Of it and had to be
carried home in an ambulance, while
the negro had to be locked up in the
mail room at the depot until the
officers arrived to prevent the crowd
from doing him violence. The
negro pulled his mail trucks over
the gas hose and broke it and after
a few words the negro Knocked
| Mitchell down. Williams is now out
on a $3.50 bond awaiting his pre-
llmlnary trial
\ proclamation calling for a spe-
cial election to elect a successor to
succeed ]. +. Riddick, associate jus,
tce of the Supreme Court, deceased
issued by Governor Pindall and dat
ca August 13, was placed on the
| proclamation book in the secretary
Of states office Thursday. The date
set for the election in the proclama-
ton is September II, when the
general election will be held. The
candidate TO succeed the late Justice
j. +. Riddick is Jesse Hart, who was
appointed to the position upon the
death of Justice Rildick.
l., G. Galam of Judsonia, % year,
OF age. is said to be the oldest inhabi-
tant in White county. He is &
native of North Carolina. He says
he never missed meal in his life
on account of sickness and never
took but two doses of medicine in
his life. Mr.. Gellam had an aunt
who lived to be rs years old.
John Henry Burrell, a negro
charged with the killing of Clint
Douglas, another negro, at a picnic
near Helena July %, was given d
preliminary examination at Helena
Tuesday and was held to await the
action of the Phillips County Grand
Jury on the charge of murder.
In spite of a delay of two weeks
on account of failure to receive mill