The Springdale news., 1909-06-08

this section. The eclipse will begln about ten minutes after SIX o'clock in the evening and con- tinue until sun set.
 The members of the Woodmen of the World Lodge went out to Sonora Sunday afternoon and decorated the grave of their de- ceased brother, J. w. Cloer. The exercises were witnessed by quite d crowd. The graves of members buried in Bluff Cemetery will be decorated next Sunday.
 Col. NJ. D. Vance left Satur- day morning for Memphis, Tenn, to attend the reunion of Confed- crate veterans, and will stop at Conway to visit with his daugh- ter, Mrs. Minnie Gray residing at that place. G. A. Graves, w. A. Graves, F.. T. Caudle and J. M. Corbin left yesterday for Memphis.
 The United Daughters of Con- federacy bestowed crosses of hon. or on d number of Confederate veterans at Fayetteville Thurs day of last week. Those from Springdale and vicinity thus honored were: G. A. Graves, NJ. D. Vance, T. J. Snyder, G. E. Gibson, J. E. Blakemore, Ed. Hale and J. H. Amacker.
 MT. and Mrs. Alvin Nichols, of Ohio, who had been here visit ing at the home of J. w. Nichols west of town, left Saturday after noon for Fredonia, Kansas, to visit with relatives. Ohio gets most too cold for them during the winter, and they have decld- ed to seek a milder climate and have purchased property near arfield, Benton County. They expect to return in the fall.
 The baseball boys are figuring on moving the grand stand from the high school campus to the Carl Ownbey property out east ot town and arranging ball park. Ii there are to be any games in Springdale this season 1t will be necessary to secure other grounds somewhere, as the high school grounds are being sodded with Bermuda grass, and will not be i'll condition for use this season.
 Grandma Linebarger, who has been i'll for some time at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Smiley, out beyond Elm Springs, is no better. She has been con- fined to sick room now for more than three weeks. Aunt Alph Smily, who came up few weeks ago to visit with relatives and was taken i'll at the residence of ]. P. Denver, is improving some, although she is still unable to be up.
 What might have proven an accident of serious consequences occurred Saturday afternoon near the corner of the Odd Fellows Block, when some young man drove into d vehicle occupied by Bob Anderson and family. One wheel of MT. Anderson's vehicle was smashed, throwing the oe- cupants out Ill the street, and his little two-year-old son was run over. The little fellow did not appear to be seriously injured, although it may be possible that he was injured internally. Mrs. Ben Graham who witnessed the accident, is d sufferer from heart trouble, and as result of the excitement had to be taken into the establishment of Fletcher X Breeding and physician sum moned to care for her.
 w. l.. and A. D. Norwood moved into the old Jas. Dodson residence pr4Aerty on Holcomt Street latter Dart of last week, coming here from Lincoln, in the west part of the county. They are with ths force employed by the state andby the governmen, to eradicate tl1 Texas fever tick from this section, and will work most of the summer in Madison County, leaving their families here and making this their head quarters. One of the gentlemen informed The News that Wash ington County IS now about rid of this cattle pest, the embargo on Washington County cattle l having been lifted the first oj