Pocahontas star herald., 1911-08-25
NEXT MONDAY WILL
Be A BIG HOLIDAY

| Pocahontas next Monday, the 2oth'
This is the date SET apart for the
beginning of the opening of the
pike between Pocahontas and
Birdell and everybody will be at
the big picnic which is to be given
at the Kline place. This will be a
kind of national holiday for the
people of Birdell and Pocahontas,
as the government has authorized
the postoffices at each place TO close
on that day. Everybody and his
neighbor from Pocahontas will be
at .he picnic to assist with his
presence, labor and money. The
people here are anxious for the time
to arrive when they may have the
privilege of attending a gathering
that means so much for the future
OF ourtown and county.
A petition for all the business
houses to close on that day was
circulated Tuesday and every busi-
ness house, and all offices, except
possibly one or two, 9greed to close
promptly at s o'clock and the pro
prietOrs, clerks, lawers, doctors,
county officials, draymen, liveryrnen
and all others will board wagons,
buggies and hacks and HE away to
assist in this great advance move
ment for better public roads in
Randolph county. Those who
signed the petition to close up their
places of business for the day are
as follows:
II. L. Throgmorton, postoffice;
j. W. Presley & Sons, Randolph
County Bank, 7. w. Campbell, H.
NJ. Bishop, Dalton q Sallee, Wurtz
d Nuce, Ward d Malone, Geo. T.
Black, Star Herald Ptg. Co., n. A.
Childs, f. ]. Baltz, g. f Lemmons,
DR.. G. E. Pringle, J. w. Going
Store Co., Jacob Wall, Lewallen
Grocery Co., Lewis q Midkiff.,
der, r.. l.. Stackhouse, Decker
Bros. A. u. Schnabaum. Pocahon-
tas Hardware Co., II. Meier, r. n,
Hamil, w. Z. Hamil, Riegler Co.,
Childs' Variety Store, Jos. H. De-
Clerk, r. ID. Haber Commission
Co., Henry Gschwend, City Bakery,
j. w. Stark, Spinnenweber S
Peters, Junkersfeld & Son, Green
Front Restaurant, Stephens e.
Allphln, Joe Peters, l.. 9. Haynes,
Rice Grocery Co., Geo. Turner,
Bennett & Rice, Lehman's Pharma,
cy, kercheval q Rice, Henry Barre,
Jos. Jansen, C,llier & Taylor, J.
w. Voohers, Thomas & Mills,
Marcus Berger Gro. Co., w. f.
Spikes, i. H. Hall, D. Mock, Ben
Johnston, Sam Brown, J. J. Lewis,
w. A. Jackson, Henderson Bros. =,
K. Newton Ellis, w. H. Perrin.
All the transfer men have agreed to
take their wagons and teams out
and there afford means of transpor-
tation to many Others who might
otherwise be prevented from going.
We have not the program for the
entire days exercises, but that will
be read out at 8 o'clock on the
grounds. Everybody who can,
conveniently, is expected to take a
basket of dinner and at the proper
hour this will be spread and all
present will be asked to participate.
There will be ice water, free for
all, during the entire day. After
dinner Prof. Clark OF Little Rock
will deliver a lecture on practical
road building. He will be followed
by County Judge Doyle of Law
renee county who has promised to
he present and address the people
on this subject. Other speeches
will be made by local men, who
are good roads enthusiasts
Now if there is anyone who is
skeptlcal as to whether the people
will be able to build this road in
SIX days, we will say that Mr..
hiZer informs us that he has secured
the names of 400 men who will
assist IN the work during the entire
week. They have 100 teams, 3
road graders, SO scrapers, 25 wagons
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