The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-08-22

Special meeting at the Christian
Church Sunday night to which all
are invited,
The children of our NJ E Sun
day school, enjoyed a delightful pie
nj Thursday at Wilson's Spring.
The Holiness Tent Meeting at
the school grounds, began Wednes-
day evening, and will continue for a
week or more.
Our marble dealer, T. Hodge,
says that marble from the Mirror
Marble Cos. quarries in Newton
County is good quality of oil
stone.
The thermometer is one of the
over. worked machines these DAYS.
100 in the shade is little more than
should be expected of a small thing
like that,
Prof, 5 |. T. Wynn has called
special meeting of the teachers Of
our Public School, at the School
house on the afternoon of Thursday,
Sept. 3rd.
Poll taxes paid after the first
Saturday preceding the first Mon
day in July are of no value as
qualification to vote, according TO
Attorney General William F. Kirby.
The new Election Commission
for Boone county met Monday and
organized by electing Capt |. 6.
Williford chairman and l. A. Moore.
secretary. ", ". Coffman is the
remaining member
A change has come about this
week at the Meat Market on the
southwest corner by l.. W, Lopez
purchasing the interest of A. X
Toney. The firm will hereafter be
Jones & Lopez, and as Mr.. Lopez is
an old.time butcher the firm is an
experienced one throughout.
-Messrs. Troy Pace and w. F.
Reeves, candidates for Prosecuting
Attorney, will canvass in Marion
and Searcy county next week re-
turning to this county the week
following when they will speak at
Omaha, Sept LIST, at night; Alpena,
2nd, 10 a. M; Batavia, . p m.
-Ino. A. Bunch, who visited
Helena last week. says that the
business men OF that city are look
ing forward to advantageous rela.
tons with our section as soon as our
road is completed; and that they re-
gard the mountains of North Arkan-
sas as their summer home of the
future.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. l. Owens, OF
Batesville, spent Monday night in
Harrison enroute to Eureka Springs
where they will rusticate for several
weeks. After many years of activ-
ity in journalistic work MIR. Givens
will enjoy the restiul atmosphere to
be found in the vicinity of the Flash.
light sanctum,
Some OF our conservative bust
ness men are afraid that a railroad
to the southwark would injure Har-
rison by cutting off trade territory.
Such narrow ideas are out OF keep
ing with either generous or an en-
terprising community. We should
be willing to take our chances with
an upward growth of the whole
section. The trade territory of a
town is not all dependent upon the
distance to neighboring trading
points. The trade territory de-
ponds upon the enterprise of the
merchants and the residents of the
town. If a town does not reach af-
ter the trade it will come only as
fast as it has to, and it will grow as
it is forced to, But if the merchants
90 after business in the surrounding
country, advertising in every posi-.
bile way, and making good every
word of their advertising, trade will
come from an ever-increasing radius
the town will gain a reputation for
being awake and it will forge to the
front. 1t is the men in the town and
not altogether the men living with.
in certain number of miles from it
that makes the town good for some