The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-05-30
LOCAL.
Decoration day.

Decoration day.
-Chaneery court next Monday
What will Harrison do ON July
4th'
1T is announced that this is the
last week in Harrison of the Moving
Picture Show.
Over halfa hundred of Harrison $
people took in the excursion to
to Eureka last Sunday,
"A three days bargain sale. Of the
latest Millinery is announced for
next week by Mrs, Lopez
AN exciting chase OF swarm oil
bees, with bells, pans, etc, was
an interesting sight on our square
last Monday.
The ladies OF the Baptist church
will have their Food Exchange to-
day, I May 30)-in the John d. Ty'
son building on the west side.
There will be no services at the
Christian Church tomorrow, Past
or Stalev being in Little Rock at
tending the state Meeting of his
church.
Our county assessor starts on
his rounds next week. Try to help
him discharge his duties to the
end of fair assessment throughout
the county.
Lon l. Brown, Zines successful
prospeetor who has been doing
some expert work in fancy county,
Mo recently. visited Harrison the
first of the week.
Many Harrison people attended
the closing exercises of the Bellefonte
School last evening Pres. N. Till
man, of the University of Arkansas
delivered an address
The town council is figuring on
a 5000 steel bridge to cross Jordan
branch on Stevenson Avenue be-
tween the town and the railroad
depot, a much needed Improvement.
: -Harrison's State Guards Com
Fpany, forty strong, will leave to-
morrow for the target range near
Fort Smith, where they will engage
in rifle practice for the next ten
days.
"A Kansas editor, since the rul-
ing of the interstate commission cut
off his pass, has dropped the time
table from his paper and prints this
line: Trains are due when you see
the smoke
During the storm Thursday
night bolt of lightning struck the
gate post in front of j. X. Newman's
residence, demolishing the post and
its iron fittings without even
damaging the large trees which
stood all about it.
Several statements have been
sent since first of the year to parties
in arrears for the TIMES Those
who have paid no attention what
ever to these statements should not
be surprised if we turn their ac-
counts over to collectors.
The attention of the travelling
public is called to the card of The
Midway Hotel in this issue. The
elegance as well as completeness of
The Midway's equipment must
make it the most popular hotel of
the section to those who know the
advantage of really frst-class ac-
commodations.
Next Wednesday is the Memo
rial day OF the South and also
the centennial anniversary of the
birth of Jefferson Davis, the be-
loved President of the Southern
Contederacy. Some effort should be
made for a modest celebration at
every cemetery where soldiers of the
lost cause are buried.
Pat McEntire, the Milligan Gro.
GER Co. drummer, who was reported
to have been drowned in Buffalo
last week, was in town Tue sday.
He says that, due to the innate OBJ
stinacy of his disposition, he float
ed up stream when he got in
the water and was soon able to
wade out above the food.
The splendid Jos X. Holt farm
south of Bellefonte, was sold this
week to ! T. Hutchinson, a farmer OF
East Tennessee, for $4,000, addi-
tional stock being purchased to the
amount of 81 500. Mr. Holt is
preparing to move to Harrison, and
give his attention especially to the
business of Gordon's bank, of which
he is president
John S. Dodson, manager of
our Central Telephone Co., was OPP.
Grated on last Monday Tor gravel
and stone as large as a hen egg
removed. Drs, A. ]. Vance of Harri-
son, and A. G Henderson of limbo
den, an uncle of Mr. Dodson, per-
formed the operation. The patient
is improving rapidly and hopes to
be around in few days.
How can a man say that n wo-