The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-19
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Mrs. Will Littleiohn of Oil City La, came in yesterday on a visit to Mrs. C. r. Arnold,
 Mrs. $. J. Hesterly and children returned today from stay of several days at Hot Springs.
 Workmen have finished the ad- dition to tthe home of Mrs. Hugh Moncrief on West Front street.
 Miss Winnie Haynie left today for Ozan where she will spend tine balance of the week visiting friends.
 Prescott Chapter 153 o. E. $. meets tonight at s o'clock sharp. Every member expected to be present.
 Mrs. A. F. Logan left last night for Nacadoches, Texas, where she will spend while with her son Charles Logan.
 Brice Barham has been granted the concession of operating the eating house at the Main Spring Camp meeting.
 MT. and Mrs. o. A. Graves have begun housekeeping in the Charley Briant house on South Main street. Star of Hope.
 The News was in error yester- day in stating that our public schools opens September 9th the date is October 1 tn. instead.
 Mrs Dick Baird of Camden who has been spending a few days here visiting her mother, Mrs. Neal, re- turned home this morning.
 Mrs. c. w. Strickland of Nash vile. returned homo today after spending a few days as the guest of Mrs. Garrett Whiteside.
 D. l.. Cummings returned last night from a three weeks stay at Hot Springs, and was great Ivy benefited by the trip.
 Auction Sale, Household Furn iture. Saturday, 2 o'clock pm.
 A. M. ELLSW ORIH,
 AuctiOneer. The camp meeting at Main Springs begins tomorrow night, and a large number are moving to the grounds today, and more will move tomorrow for the en- tire ten days stay.
 The members of the Cemetery AsSociat tiOn are requested to meet on next Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the homo of Mrs. Jno. A. Davis. Come and bring your dues. Business of importance to be transacted.
 Mrs. W. Y. Hart, President.
 Yesterday was not quite as hot as the day before but it too was a scorcher, the thermometer go- ing as high as 1O7. One of the peculiar features of the days weather was the hourly read ings in the afternoon. At 3 o'clock it was 1O6 at 1, 1O4., and at , 1O7. A drop to 75 degrees was made during the night.
 Elcia Wiggins, 2 nriyate in Company M of this place, has asked for a discharge and made applica tion for enlistment in the regular army. He passed satisfac- tory eXamina tions at Little Rock yesterday, and his discharge will be granted by Captain Smith to- day, when he will be regularly enlisted in the United Sta tes army.
 Frank NJ. Strange died yester- day morning at his home near Stamps He had been in bad health for several months and for the last three weeks had been in a critical condition. The deceased was a member of one of the old. est and best known families in Southw est Arkansas. He was a brotherin-law of Hon. W. F.. A l. kinson of Little Rock and at the time Of his death was 6S years old. He leaves a wife and several children all grown
 Another fire in Prescott may happen at any time. It may be your house. Who knows? Tn order to eXtinguish a fire it is necCs- sary to have a good water pres sure. In spite of the fact that we are doing all we can to keep the town well supplied with wat CT it is next to impossible to do so with the facilities we have. We