The Springdale news., 1909-06-08
Rsarby Counties
BENTON.

Miss Mayne Wheatley of Rogers and Wm. A. Henry of Chicago were married last week.
 Miss Sylvia Foster of Benton vile and Sam Chennowith of Joplin, Mo-, were married last week.
 An. effort is being made at Rogers to raise funds sufficient for another term of school at the Academy at that place.
 Nine cars of berries were ship ped from Rogers this season, the growers at Avoea and Garfield loading with the Rogers Union.
 Gravett was visited by d small sized cyclone Saturday evening, May 29, blowing down some barns, tiues, etc., but no one was seriously injured.
 Grandma Patton, probably the oldest woman in Benton county. died Tuesday evening at the home ot her daughter, Mrs. Ruth Farmer, six miles southwest of Rogers. She was 96 years old. |
 Rogers Democrat.
 McSpadden Bros. sold five head of their livery horses and some eight or nine buggies Saturday at public auction. They are go- ing 10 quit the livery business here and will dispose of the rest of their outfit at prlvate sales Rogers Democrat.
 At the regular annual meeting of the school board the following teachers were selected: Misses Eddie and Mamie Drummond, Grace Boner, Anna Larimere, Emma Fair, Nell Davis, Ella Hulbrok, Miss Higginbottom, Mds. Annie Lanier, and Belle Calhoun. Prof. 0 A. Holiday, of Leeton, Mo, was elected su- perlntendent -Bentonville Sun.
 The annual meeting of the rural carriers of Benton County was held at Gravett recently. The following officers were elect ed tor the ensuing year: Presl- dent, A. (. Mayes, Lowell; vice president, L. E. Hardy, Sulphur Springs; secretary and treasurer, w. $. Healey. Gravett. A. (. Mayes and W. II. Cowan of Lo- we'll and C. NJ. Keeler of Grayett were elected as delegates to the state convention at Little Rock The next meeting will be held at Gravett, date to be announced later.
 a$aey ]. |. Little of Rogers on J@e lst began his new duties as { flnaneial, agent for the Baptist Board of Education for Arkansas. There are six schools in the Ouachita Central system and Rev. Little will be kept busy looking after their financial needs. This year he will try and raise SIS, ,000 to cover the present deficit and next year he will go after S150,- GOO for an endowment fund. Ouachita Academy at Benton vile has been placed under the mission board and will have to become self supporting. Rogers Democrat.
 The Democrat editor was pleased Friday at receiving visit from Prof. Louis D. Fritts, Rogers Academy studr.t ol 1898. He aeea4fasassro Scroggs to Eure~tkAs7aas, where te graduated. Then he com pleted the ecourse at Washburn College, Topeka, and after year of post graduate work, went to Taffna College, in the island of, Ceylon, trss., of the south coast Sof India. SHe taught hrssxand oue-half years, returninshome about ut kh ago, and has been yisitugyrWith his father near SpAfFsle. He was married be fore going to Ceylon and g ave " the work there because the cli- mate agreed neither with. his healtlsor that of his wife It is very hot and six weeks of the greatest heat is usually spent among the mountains of India. Conditions there were pleasant and MT. Fritts liked the work but did not feel that he could af- l ford fo ruu the risk of remaining