The Springdale news., 1908-01-17

now at South McAlister. Mir. Hinds was d soldier in the Con- federate army, some of his old comrades living in this vicinity.
 The school board met at , o'clock this afternoon for the purpose of taking final action m the negotiations relative to the issue of bonds for the high school building. William K Thompson Bond and Mortgage Company ct Macon, Mo-, has agreed to take the whole issue, S45, 000 at : per cent and has the money ready for the board. The board will receive S4o, ,o00 cash for the bonds. F ayetteTille Democrat.
 Eld. l.. $. Ballard. of Noun tain Home, preached at the Bap- tist church Sunday and Monday night. The church here Is con- siderlng the adfisability of en- ploylng him as pastor, and We understand the members were we'll pleased with him. Ed. J. X. Smith, former pastor, resign ed some time ago, lis resigna- ton taking effect the first of the year. He K now working under the State Association as mis- sionary, and for several days past has been holding q meeting at Prairie Grove His family will continue to reside in Spring dale and this will be his head quarters.
 The receipts in the local post office for the last quarter of 1907 amounted to s517o. 2 This broke all previous records for at no time i'll the history of the of fee have tie receipts for any ole quarter e4aaled this amount. The total receipts for the year We're o1s. .2s2. s1 which k con- siderable gain over 19e6, and i> an increase Of =, ,ea0 over f9o2. The postofflee is q good index to the business activity or growth of the city, and the kably large receipts for October, No yenlber and December. 1907, show what little effect the money panic had on business interests general ' lieFe.Z Fa7ette7ail lI e Daily.
 G. M..Law wson. Il E We II known representative of the Ely Walker Dry Goods Company of St. Louis. was in town Monday. Mr.LaWson accept. position in the house the tirstof the year as general salesman, and =has ten men under his direction in Ark ansas and Southwest Missouri. He will move his family to St. Louis. about next August. Washington county will lose a mighty good citizen when Mir. Lawson takes np his residence Ill St Louis but hiS numerous friends are pleased to see him ell. ter aWider field, which iS well merited recognition ofZhis well known ability.
 Bert $. Lewis is at Fayette- vile where he will manage the business of tile hardware firm of W. T. Farrar X Co. He takes the place of Art Lewis. who has accepted position i'll the First National Bank tt Fayetteville, succeeding Font Earl, who. We understand, will remove to Cane Hill in order to be near his father. Mr. Lewis will dispose of his residence property i'll l Springdale as soon as he can find a purchaser, and will then move his family to Fayetteville. Their many SpriHgdaie friends will see them leave Springdale with regret, but wish them the u iloSl SdN1SSsS III tfi1 Ii ftA6 iioiitN Those Springdale people who are moving to Fayetteville will all be wanting to come back when We get our electric lights, water works. cold storage aid we came very f1ear saylng neW school building, but believe that has been postponed until the fu- ture.
 Speaking of high prices for ap ples, what do the growershere think of the following, whicl appeared ill recent issue of the Kansas City Packer, being d dis patch from Portland. Oregon. under date of January B
 The top notch i'll the prices ol the boxed apples was reached last fall when Oscar Vanderbilt the we'll known Hood River Grow. er, sold 4S boxes of Winter Bana, na variety at ss per box, as prev iously reported Tn The Paeke