The Green Forest tribune., 1912-01-19

Cement walks are joy forever in weather like this.
 Senator Phillips is reported as get ting along nicely with his broken leg.
 Good milk COW for sale, giving two gal. per day, for $30. J. L. Russell.
 Little Miss Hildred Phillips has been suffering severely from an ulcerated tooth for several days
 Owing to the inclement weather President Tillman of the University dld not Hill his appointment here for last Friday. He will make date later
 Rev. c. T. Edwards reports the mar riage of his son Ed to Miss Manda Cantrell, which took place at Ada, Okla, Jan. 8. There are two of the Edwards boys in Ada, Ed and Tommie, both holding positions as foreman in cement factory at that place.
 Lee Smith and Roy Trantham left for Cotton Plant Sunday. They were joined at Leslie by Chet Reeves. This trio with Smith as engineer now have charge of the M. & N. A. ditcher, and will likely be camping on the "south end" for some time to come.
 The old-timers have been more or less nonplused by the recent cold
 ..squall," several claiming it is a little the worst, while others find some parallel cases within their recollection. Isaac Brammer says the winter of 69-7O was just as bad if not little worse.
 The Tribune seldom willingly gives space to homemade poetry" We scarcely ever find such tolerable, let alone possessing merit, but the little poem published this week from the pen of Miss Jessie Curtis we consider rhyme of merit. The sentiment is sub- lime. The Tribune publishes it with the hope that it will be read by all of | its readers.
 Following is a list of new pupils l entering school this week: Earl, Gertie and Mamie Williams, of Omaha; Lelah Beck, Denver; Mary Campbell, Black Jack; Nellie Connor, Connor; Bertha Duty and Myrtle Villines, Boxley, | Newton county. Enrolment district pupils, 257; non-residents, 52; total, 3O9. Enrolment is 127 per cent of enumeration.
 Word has just been received here of the death of Aunt" Jane Dymp) Mcdowell, which occurred at the home of her daughter Mrs. John F. Shahan, near Van Buren, on Christmas day. Mrs. Mcdowell was quite aged and her health had been failing for several years. She was one of the old, old timers of this community, having been resident for more than half cen tury. She leaves surviving her six children.
 A letter from J. R. Crawford tells us that he still has a comfortable birth with the Waters Pierce Oil Go. work ing out of Jonesboro, having recently received substantial promotion in the way of increase in salary. He likes his home and work splendidly, but he admits that he finds nothing that looks like home in fact but Green Forest. He. asks about the good roads move- ment and elicts much interest in the general welfare of Green Forest.
 Tribune correspondents are requested to be as punctual as possible. We know that your remuneration is not great enough to cause you to take so much interest, but furnishing items from your neighborhood ought to be pleasant task for the reason that the budget you send in becomes a letter from home for many readers and a pleasant pass time for hundreds of others. Readers in the news from your particular section feel disappoint- ed when you fail to send in, much like you feel when you fail to get your copy of the paper. You are doing favor to many people in writing for your local paper and people ought to de- light in doing good.
 Quite sensation was created in town last Saturday morning when it was re- ported that George O'Neal, brother of our townsman c. c. O'Neal and a former resident of the community, had been shot and dangerously wounded by E. G. Mitchell at Harrison the day be- fore. Later reports said the wound was not serious. Mitchell and O'Neal had had some trouble and it is reported that Mitchell's attack with gun came without warning, the latter having came into Attorney Troy Faces office, where O'Neal was engaged in conversa- tion. c. c. O'Neal went to Harrison Saturday. He found his brother rest ing easy. The wound is in the shoulder. no bon,s being broken. Mitchell was inn lately arrested on charge with an Etds with A,tert to ksaf.