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Sharp County record., 1911-08-04
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be rain and cloudy weather.
ps are reasonably good at
ID.
ella, the little daughter Of Mr..
lrs, j, L, Atkinson, is seriously
l. Atkinson left Sunday for
lontas to be present at the
d Doc Jackson.
eral people are chilling in this
b and colds are almost as
ION as they were last winter.
Duncan, road overseer, has
snap judgment on the cool
Yer and Is entertaining the
With picks, hammers, etc.
hie Whitlock and Hubert r.
Pm have returned to their
after d ramble of several
spent in fortune hunting, and
the merry expression Of their
I've judge that their return isn't
fed as a visit,
are requested to state that on
hird Saturday In August the
2 will meet and clean off the
Us Chapel cemetery. Every
come and bring something to
with Service at II o'clock a.
Ilner on the ground.
predict that there will be no
bees to be found next year for
pods are full of bee hunters,
Ve hear Of their finding a tree
day or two It Is pretty safe
te that some eye medicine will
eded in the near future on ac.
OF the hunters continual eaze
bright light.
Sharp County record., 1911-08-04
HOLINESS CAMP MEETING

The annual Holiness Camp Meet
Ing will begin at Calamlne on Fri
day, September /, and continue ten
days. The. meetings will be con-
dueted by EvaneelIsts j. b. Chap
man, Ira ErrIck and Mrs, Ira Er-
rick. A number of those interested
in the meeting request this paper to
say that everybody Is invited TO at
tend
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Georee Ballard of Maxville was in
town Tuesday.
Mrs. Marganna Hardister went to
Batesyille Tuesday to visit relatives
W. F. Stanfll supplied the local
market with some very fine peach
es first of the week.
J. A. Barnett spent several days
last week at Portia seeing after his
property interests there
Mrs. Lizzie Watts of Alicia is
spending some time here visiting
the family of DR., Lamar.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Harrell spent
Sunday at Maxville with the family
of Mr.. and Mrs Theo. Ford.
Dr. Darby, the very genial TICK
eradicator of Mammoth Spring, was
in town a short while Tuesday.
H. N. Morris of Wild Cherry, to-
eether with his family, is spending
some time visiting relatives at this
place.
James Bratton, who resides just
east of town, has a child in a very
critical condition from whoopine
cough.
Marvin Pankey Of Batesville has
spent the past week visiting his
cousins, Frank and Miss Maud Bar
nett, here.
Marble playing is the order of the
day here, with John Davidson, John
Street, John Lamar and Tom Mont
90mery up front.
Chas. Mashburn now has charge
of the entire mail route from here
to Batesville, his brother, Edgar,
having given up part OF the line.
Rev. J. W. Due, who moved from
here about the first of March, has
returned with his family and will
make his home here in the future
Rawlings is new postoffice
about four miles southeast of here
on Curia creek. 1t has two mails {
week and is supplied from Cave
City.
The roller mill, under the man
aeement of W. II. Stewart g. Sons
is kept busy and is turning out az
fine product as can be found any
where,
j. T. Jones, our efficient postmas
ter, will shortly begin the erection
of a handsome residence on the lot
where DR.. Grays residence burned
last fall
Rev. j. W. Due preached th'
: funeral Of John A. Mobley at Mt
Tabor Sunday. Quite goodl!
number Of people from this plac'
: attended.
Mrs. Frank Brewer of Batesville i
sick at the home of her father here
She has been in a very critical con
, dition, but Is thought to be som,
better at present,
Jack McGinniss, Jasper HoGgard
Lee Smith and others from nea
, Calamine passed through here Mon
day, Going to upper White river OF
a pearling expedition.
r Brooks Roach, a good citizen o
| Cleburne county, who was raiset
| near this place and who left her
+ some twenty years ago, was visitinI
Sharp County record., 1911-08-04
friends here last week.

friends mere last Weeh'
C. w. Aldridge, who has been EN-
ployed as principal for the next
term of the Cave City High School
attended the picnic at Walnut
Ridge Wednesday and Thursday II
the interest of the school.
The next political campaign in
Sharp county bids fair to be q
"ticky" one, and if that clause IN
the law "and other animals" is com
piled with there will be a great deal
of spraying done in the next cam,
paign.
Some men imagine themselves
very prominent and popular, when
really egotism and self-conspicuous'
ness is all that ailS them We saw
this demonstrated in a meeting held
in Cave City not long ago. Men in
this condition are somtimes led to
believe that the public demands
their services, when really the de-
mand comes from neglected condl-
tions at home.
j. T. Harrell, a good citizen Of our
town, asks us to correct statement
which is current to the effect that he
has said that spraying had greatly
injured his cattle and that he is op'
posed to spraying. Mr.. Harrell
wants the public to know that this
statement is false and that spray
ing has at each time benefited the
condition of his cattle He is for
tick eradication first, last and all
the time.
Byron Andrews of Wild Cat at.
tended the tick meeting here Satur-
day and made speech of an hour
and a half in which he flayed the
method used in tick eradication and
said 1T is a graft from start to fin
ish." However, Mr.. Andrews Is
greatly alarmed at the ravaees Of
tick fever and says we should get
rid of the ticks. The Texas fever,
said Mr.. Andrews, is costing the
people of the south $130,000,0O(
annually and this is enough tt
arouse any people who will think.
Mr.. Andrews was heard with mark
ed interest.
The tick meeting held at this
place Saturday was great success
considered numerically, There was
a fair representation from all ovel
the Southern District, with severa
townships in Independence county
represented The committee on pc
titions reported a safe majority,
which means that spraying stops
, The committee refused to give any
numbers, which was very disap
pointing to some and left room TO
, suspicion. There were many very
bright speeches made, which were
chock full Of assertions from star
to finish, and each speaker wa
loudly applauded by the audience
j, We learned from some Of tht
speakers that ticks amt a-goin' t
kill yer cattle; they never has ant
they haint a-eoine to-" We be
lieve that some one ought to write
to the department Of animal indus
try at Washington and inform tha
department that the government
experts are a failure and had JUS
as well quit Another meeting viii
, be held here the third Saturday Ii
, August,
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q dond and better.

A nAXVILLE
are good and better
a rain fell here Tuesday
her bad colds are preV''e,l'' ,
Hare with Ash Flat on 'lie
estion.
Noodles" of fine melons '''
harvested here
bugh we are bottled up cat
Ving goes merrily on here
LIS Of meeting was conduct
week by Rev, Balm at De.lle, laa
Quite an interest Was
Bted. ,
9Overseer Story gave this old
\ Estarchins and ironing last
tbe most substantial WORK
b ever had.
4 the cattle spraying hoodoo'
y call it, is a thing OF the
Some people have got wha'
Wanted, while others only
| the inspector to lose his JoD,
khave got quarantined good
Ast, which will last unless
Ire taken to build government
Mich we are informed will
loo each.
n Adams Of Batesville came
Mis- auto Saturday to- meet
Handford of Evening Shade
are enthusiastic
nilders, and a part OF their
Is was to look over the ROAD
be view of making this a first
Bad. They state that Bates
|willing with donations to as
|the work,
Sidney correspondent seems
Xix our country is in the
|of a revolution and that old
hnker and his 27 boys will
1 Bunker Hill scrap. We all
! American patriotism, but we
ke there are enough conserva-
bol-headed citizens to avert
=. Should they fail we'll try
\ Billy Taft to resort to the
Iii. L. Darby Of Mammoth
|passed down the road Tues
ing to Cave City after the
Ints of this years cattle
be-. He gave us this informa-
regard to inspection and tick
htion in the county south OF
berry river: That the in
Is are withdrawn for an in
b period, possibly never to be
ed. That a quarantine will
breed with the following con-
J, as he recommends, but not
force. That a U. S. govern
Vat Or watts be built on the
quarantine line near Straw
liver and follow these resula-
That cattle from quarantine
~ may be dipped once and
ZEN days re-dipped, then they
lass the quarantine line, and
tie are allowed to be dipped
II a government inspector,
Sharp County record., 1911-08-04
S | D N F. Y

! J. H. Kirtley began few days
ago buying up a car of cattle IN
this section.
The watermelon crop in this sec
ton is certainly fine. Most every.
body is feasting on melons now.
Miss Jeanie Johnston has been
on the sick list, but we are glad tc
say is able to be out again.
! Pink WestmOreland and family
came up from Batesville Monday
for a visit with relatives and many
friends.
Sol T. Hamm and his daughter
Miss TRUE, left a few days ago for
the old home in Kentucky to spend
a couple of weeks.
P. D. Parrish left few days ago
for Lubbock, Texas, where he will
spend some time viewing that part
of the Lone Star State.
Phillip Kinks and wife, two of
this sections most esteemed young
people, left for Oklahoma recently,
where they will make their future
home.
Rev. Henry Morris of Wild Cher
ry was here lately, accompanied by
his family, greeting old friends.
They left for Cord this week to visit
relatives.
Sam Evans came up from Bates
vile Sunday. He will likely remain
here until after circuit court at
Evening Shade. He is on the
grand jury.
Mrs. A, j. Johnston and her son,
John H. Johnston, returned one day
this week from Hardy, where they
spent several days among relatives
and friends.
Rev. w. M. Nesbitt, the Methodist
pastor, will preach here next Sun
day. He will begin a series of meet
ines at this place the first Sunday
in September.
Teddy Hawkins and wife arrived
here from Little Rock this week and
will spend some time at the old
home. Mr. Hawkins has a position
in the postoffice at the capital city.
Lucas Johnston and Cecil Poun-
ders are away this week with the
Cave City ball club, which will play
games at Black Rock, Hoxie and
other points before returning home.
The Sidney ball team played a
game with the Zion nine at the lat
ter place last Friday. This game
was one of the best Of the season
and resulted in a score OF a to 0 in
favor of Sidney.
Another anti cattle spraying
meeting will be held at Brickle
Springs next Saturday. If you
don't believe folks are in earnest
about the tick business, come out
to this meeting,
Elders Duren and James closed G
series of meetings here Sunday
night There were no conversions
during the meetings, but some ex'
cellent sermons were preached ant
the crowds in attendance were
large.
We read j. A. Lines letter in the
last issue Of the Record with much
interest. During the stay of the
writer in Texas we failed to see any
cattle sell for prices greater thar
could have been secured here witt
the exception of high grade cattle
To compare Texas cattle with Ark
ansas cattle is like comparing the
Berkshire hog to the peach orch
ard"
Some of the boys played a good
prank on John A. Westmoreland
Sharp County record., 1911-08-04

In buying shoes you usually
judge them by the brand and
that is why you should buy
shoes made by Hamilton
Brown Shoe Co., as they arc
the house that "keeps the
quality up" We sell them.
Johnston Mercantile Co.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-19

in the end get converted TO go back
home and start a revival in their re.
spcctivc nei ghborhoods. And such re
vivals arc very much needed IN q
whole lot of ncighhorloods.
The IiustiIns Workers.
The following is the official list Of
the agents now al work In Virginia
upon tho meeting: r. O. SANDY. gen
oral agent for tho state: +. S l-arrar
assistant general agent; H. y Pcyton
of Amherst county: W G. Shackleford
Jr., Of .Albemarlc; George Adams Of
Cumberland. r. u. Browning, 81
Orange; Thomas Q. Burfoot Of Chcs
terteld; j. W. Flood. Of AppoInattox
j. A. Gish, OF Roanoke; II NJ. IIoge. OF
Loudoun: j. C. Hunter. OF Fairfax: II
NJ Hurt, OF Nottowuy; r. L. Massie, OF
Nelson; ". J.. Moore, Of Bedford; W
b. oElcsby. OF NanScmond: ]. IL Ouis-
cnbury. OF Louisa: !. T. Oliver, OF
buckingham; ". O Sncad OF Fla
wanna; = p. spain. OF Dinwiddic l.
NJ Walker. Of .Albcmarlc. G.. W
Wamplcr. of Rockingham b. y Warri-
ner. OF Amelia ". S Wright, OF
T. a Eppcs. OF Prince George; J. c.
Lfsey, Of Grccnesvillc: j q Bruce, OF
Culpeper NJ H. West. Of sussex: J.
I. MacD onald, OF IIcnrico j. NJ. Cal
MecklenburE. and Il. NJ Marchamp. OF
lett. OF Gloucester; X NJ. Vim. OF
MiddleSeN. Agents arc 10 be appointei
in * ing William, Wcstmoreland Pitt
sylyania. Norfolk and Augusta, and
perhaps. other counties II they come
across, and their agents Wall he adj
pittcd 10 the meeting.
The real object OF the meeting Or
meetings of this week is TO fully In.
truct the agents as 70 the work tina,
is ahcad for the present Year, and
there Will be a good deal OF plain.
practical talk The points tina. will
probably he emphasized viii be deep
plowinfS, thorough preparation OF soil,
selection OF best seeds, proper fcrtili-
cation. hard work every fair day and
general hrst-class business principles
applied to farming in the same way
they arc applied 10 banking. wholcsal-
ing. retailing, manufacturing or any
other kind Of business.
guess this March meeting OF the
demonstrators and such other good
farmers as choose to attend Is going
to result in a great deal of good
f S. w.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-19
Better Farming and the Work
Of the Department Of Agriculture

sale in this state TO be registered with
the Commissioner OF Agriculture, Civ
ing the guaranteed ANALYSIS OF tho
seller; III burnt lime the OXIDE OF cal
cum and II unburnt the carhonatc OF
lime This law protects the farmer
from buying a low grade and paving
the price OF a high grade article. All
packages Of lime must bear a label
stating the guarantee and II shipped
in bulk the bin OF hiding must give
the guarantee.
Grcnt Advance In Fruit Growing.
The Commissioner of Agriculture. in
Ills reports for the last ten years. has
peen preaching and teaching better
FRUIT growing and the atlapta ton Of
Virginia soil to growing large COM
mercial orchards. The yields OF apples
IN many orchards this year amounted
TO $4,000, and some crops sold AS hign
as $4,000 and $4,000 one orchard
containing 81 acres sold its crop for
$4,000 Virginia grows the hest nav
ored apple. The Lesislatlre appro-
priatcd $4,000 for the advancement OF
horticulture, which sum Is used by TIC
State horticultural Society. This So
clety is doing valuable work. The
Department Of Agriculture also an
propriates 81 600 annually TO this So
ciety.
Trucking.
Virginia is the birthplace OF ,ruciinr
in America. The Tidewater section Is
PARTICULARLY great trucking district
Also the Southwest raises large
amounts OF cabbage. which are shipped
to every part Of the Union; one station
shipped 1880 carloads IN one season
Inc department. appropriates $4,000
annually for the maintenance and sup.
port OF the Norfolk Truck and EXPERT
nent station.
Farmers Institutes
Farmers Institutes are being held
In every part of the State The rail-
roads have been cooperating with the
commissioner OF Agriculture in run
ming institute trains. where lectures
arc being delivered almost ,iaily on
Improvement Of the Soil" "IncrensinS
the Yield Of Corn Without Additional
Expense" Potatoes as a Money Crop,"
Fruit Growing, Better Methods Of
Tobacco Culture" and Stock Breeding
The attendance and interest In these
institutes are growing daily. and the
running Of these trains has enabled
Alr. koincr to reach n great number of
people in very short time .AlI-day
meetings are also being held in co,ln-
lies where railway accommod ons
cannot be had
Experiment Stations
IN addition 10 the trucking expert
'nent station at Norfolk. the Board Of
Agriculture has recently established
an experiment station in Augusta
county. In the centre of the Valley.
where experiments are being made that
will be helpful 10 the agricultural con-
ditions OF that section of the State
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-19
DEMONSTRATORS
ARE TO ASSEMBLE
(Continued From F'irst Pager

/
back to the beginning. 1 believe have
told this story before, but 1t Is well
worth repetition: The good work waa
started in Virginia nearly four years
ego. being financed by the Educational
Board OF New York, an organization
that has done a great deal for various
kinds Of educational development IN
the South. The good work along ag-
ricultura' lines started by this board
progressed so favorably and produced
such good results that all the people
Of Virginia. including that select few
who were elected to the Legisla tura
and other good paying Offices just had
to sit up awhile and take notice
The Commonwealth Comes III.
The State now pays something to
Keep the work going. The sources Of
revenue are now somewhat varied,
the State paying one fourth OF the
expense, the counties or such of them
as elect through their boards of SUI
perVlsors. so to say paying one-half,
and the New York Educational Board
doing the rest, that is, paying one
fourth. All Of the counties have not
yet Clipped in, and so the demonstra-
ton work does not yet extend to every
county In the State. Sooner or later
all Of the counties will come in All
ought to be in now, but unfortunately
there arc some counties In Virginia that
have the misfortune to have Boards OF
Supervisors who little behind
the timcs--just a little behind--not
more than fifty years to 200 years, but
even nifty years behind is a right good
stretch In the rear in this twentieth
century development time. These am
clients can't live always, and so there
may be a better time ahead.
Coming by Degrccs.
According to Mr. Sandy. only thirty
five counties out of tho 100 that arc
colored on the map OF Virginia. have
taken hold OF this dem onstration work
taken hold OF 1t by making through
the Board. Of Supervisors the necessary
appropriation. Presumably only these
thirty counties will be represented
in the meeting. llowe.;cr 1t is very
certain that il any representatives
should show UP from any Of the other
sixty-iive counties and want 10 get mn
der the intIuenceSof the twentieth CEN
tury agriculturi gospel they would
be admitted With the hope that they
might reach The mourncrs' bench, and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-19

in the end get converted to go back
homo and start revival in their re
spcctivc neighborhoods. And such re
vivals arc very much needed IN
whole lot of ncighhorhoods
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-07-18
SPEAKING APPOINTMENTS

Appointments for speaking in behalf
of Messrs. Jones and Glass. candidates
for u. s. Senate. are announced as
follows;
w. A. Jonea-July Is might Char
lottesvile; July 20. Nassawaddox,
Northampton county; July "a. Berry
Vile
Carter Glass-July "a. Houston. Hal
flax county; July q, Powhatan {. II.
July q, Madison c. H.; July 81,
LawrencevilIe; Aug. l. Portsmouth
Aug. 2, lvor, southampton county;
Aug. 2 night Suffolk; Aug. 10 might
Ashland.
A. F. Thomas Aug. II, Woodstock.
r. l.. Gordon, Jr.-July "A. Loving
ston; Aug. 7. Spotsylvania c. H.; Aug.
II, Chesterfield G. ii.
JohnGarland Pollard -July24, Orange
Aug "a. Heathsvile.
Thos. j. Downing-July "a. Warrenton.
o. ID. BatcheIor-Aug. |, York c. II.
Aug. II, Bowling Green.
Jas. Elliott Heath-Aug. 7, Accomac
C. II.
j. Miller Leake-July %, night, Han
over county.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-07-18
.ENTOAB 80 MINERS.
ReSCuerS Make Heroic IT,
forts to Reach Them.
TNfNTY.ONE BODIES FOUND
Explosion Was Terrific and Mass
of Flames Shot Upward From
Shaft, Driving Rescuers
Back.

Dubois, Pa, July FIFTY miners
a,e Imprisoned in the mine OF the
Cascade Coal and Coke company, al
Sikesyille. Pa, seven miles from this
city, az the result Of a powder expo
sion. Twenty-one bodies have been
found
The mine rescue car from the ar
senal testing station at Plttsburg was
called on and reached here. but as
yet the resCuers have been unable to
reach the imprisoned men.
II is feared that all have persisted.
The report OF the explosion was
heard throughout the surrounding
country, and a mass Of fame shot up
ward from the shaft.
Hundreds OF miners who were on
duty and residents OF the little town
hurried 10 the mine A force OF men
were at once put to work in an effort
10 quench the fire, but their efforts
were futile.
The men went to work on the night
shit shortly after o'clock. The mine
is 200 feet deep and the flames poured
UP at a terrific force from the bottom
OF the pit. The smoke and gas was
emitted I'm volumes at the surface
openings.
Women and men. many OF them
wives. mothers. sisters. brothers and
fathers. surrounded the terrible fur
mace. presenting a pltiable sight, as
they prayed and cried that their own
might be saved
Although the night was clear the
entire camp was enshrouded In heavy
clouds of smoke. At the entrance OF
the shaft this made the efforts OF the
relief party less effective, as the men
were blinded by the smoke and were
scorched by the intense heat Several
buildings close to the shaft caught nrs
and were burned to the ground.
The structure surrounding the open
ing OF the shaft was consumed In a
few moments after the explosion. He
rolc efforts saved the larger buildings
from total destruction. for when hope
of rescue was abandoned the men
were directed to throw water on the
buildings
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-07-18
LOCAL MARKETS.
Corrected by Simon Hirsh & Bro.)

Wheat, 85c to soc; corn, &c to 63c;
meal, 81. 40 to 81. 60 per l00;oats, 40 to 40;
old hens, live, IL to IL; dressed, IL to 10,
winter chickens, Is to 20. h.. dressed Is
to 20; spring chickens, Is to 20 cts ID;
eggs, ii to Is; lard, IL to l3; ducks.
live, 9 to 10; dressed Is to 16;butter, 10
to 20;country hams, IL to l5;bscon sides,
IL to Is: Irish potatoes, rs to 80; lambs.
$3.50 to 81 hides, green, z; dry
sailed, 10 to IL; dry hides, 10 to Is; calf
skins No. /, $i.0O to $l.25; baled hay,
$40 to $23 per ton; live hogs, 6 to 6 l-2;
beef, live weight, to s; pork, Z to 8;
wool, IS to 20 per ID: veal. 6 TO z; sweet
potatoes, 81 TO SIPS; turkeys live, IL to
is; seed Irish Potatoes, 81 to 81. 25; ship
stuff, SIG to $28; bran, $26 to $50 per
ton; black peas, $2.35; blaek-eye peas,
20 Or