The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-02
BERRYVILLE BREVITIES Pick-Up Doings Round About
 the County Seat This Week

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 Earl Hailey and wife are in their new home now, the H. H. Beal place.
 Misses Lonie Freeman and Routh Lewis are visiting relatives in Harrison.
 Mrs. Rosetta Bobo is visiting the family of James Kirkham at Neosho, Mo.
 Miss Ona Lundy, who has been teaching in Ft. Smith, returned home Tuesday.
 Mir. and Mrs. A. Shaver have returned home after a few weeks visit in Oklahoma.
 Abner Anderson, who has been dangerously i'll for some time, is reported improving.
 Rev. w. A. Smith D. D. leet- ured at the court house Monday afternoon on Socialism.
 Quite a crowd from Berryville attended the Childrens' Day exercises at the Cove Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. Tom Downs left for Eureka Springs Sunday night where they will make their home.
 There may have been better crops around Berryville but no one seems able to recall the time.
 Postmaster Freeman has re- gently had the post office build- ing repapered and otherwise im- proved.
 Dr. J. H. Malloy has purchas- ed the City Bakery from s. R. Ready and will continue the business.
 J. D. Haley has purchased the old Tennis farm on the east side of town and expects to improve it for a home.
 Rev. Taylor, pastor of the. M. E. s. church, is conducting a re- vival meeting west of the square in a large tent.
 Miss Cleeta Neff arrived last week to spend the summer with her parents. She has been in school at Joplin, Mo.
 Lightning struck B. o. Georges hay shed on his farm north of town Friday and burned it, entailing quite loss.
 Judge Naples is erecting handsome residence on his farm west of town and when completed he expects to move to it.
 An effort is being made by Prof. c. J. Burton of Iowa es- tablish normal school at the Clarke's Acad emy building.
 Mrs. Marie Lesher and son re- turned to their home in Kingsley, Kan, last week after a weeks visit with Mrs. F. B. Dodson.
 M. G. Davis, wholesale shoe manufacturer of St. Joseph, Mo-, is here looking after extensive land interests in the south part of the county.
 Mrs. J. S. Naples and children returned Monday from a several months sojourn in Southern Texas. MT. Naples is much im- proved in health. J. B. Reeves has completed his contract to rebuild the Baptist church. More than 5000 has been spent repairing and enlarg- ing the building.
 Itis little early but already there are candidates and rum ors of candidates who will ask for nominations before the next Democratic primary. The Little Rock Board of Trade stopped in Berryville Thursday and took in the town. They were much pleased with their reception and what they saw here.
 The catalogue of the fair will soon be ready for distribu- tion. This will certainly be a good year for the farmers to demonstrate to the world what they can do in North Arkansas.
 The Masonic fraternity and the order of the Eastern Star rendered splendid program at the court house on the occasion of St. Johns day, the 24th inst. One feature of the occasion was an address by F. O. Butt.
 B. B. Eslinger has purchased the Progress plant and will suc- ceed w. L. Crow as editor and publisher. Bert has already made considerable improvement in the paper sin ce becoming con- nected with it few months ago. The school board is still en- toying deadlock as to who will be the principal of our school this year. The following assist ants have been elected: Will Smith, Miss Edna Bradfeld, Mrs. Anna George and Miss Bessie Pennington. | William " illiaf if hIiue of Eureka Sprin oa Waa n1acad in io;l boro