The Springdale news., 1913-01-03
ELM SURINGS.

i Mr and Mrs Toe Roulhae spent Christmas with re atives al Pea Ridge
 Rev. ]. II. Ruble is spending a few days with relatives in northern and eastern Arkansas.
 J. B. Ritter has moved back to his own farm and John Dobbs has moved to the i'm Brunetti place. vacated by Mir Ritter
 Miss Anna Wallace was the guest of Miss Lillian Denver one days last. week at the Deaver home just east of town.
 Ebert Ritter returned to Neo- sho, Mo. Monday after spending the holidays here with his parents He is attending school at Neosho
 George. Cal and John Burnett took advantage of the holiday rates and visited their grandmoth- CT few miles west of Fit Smith
 Robt. Griggs sold his farm one mile east of Elm Springs yester- day to a Minnesota man Mr. Griggs keeps possession of the place until March lst
 In addition to the regular local freight shipments. there have been 42 car lots of freight shipped from this station since an agent was placed in charge
 The new oil bulner engine Of the Fruit Belt By. made it's first trip a few days ago. and it's hoarse whistle easily distinguishes it from the ones that have been in use.
 Misses Tressie sherman, Esther Delozier and Polly Crane went down to West Fork today where they will attend teachers norm al Miss Amy Johnson will join them later
 Pitts Sturdy, who has been sick for some time. is not recovering his strength very fast. Al public working one day last week. enough wood was hauled him and Uncle Ed Flynn to last them some time
 Little Tom Webster and son Otto came Up from Peggs. Okla. to spend holidays in this section Mir Webster has been living down in Oklahoma for several years, but he manages to make regular visits to relatives and friends around Elm Springs and Colyflle
 Amos snavelly sold te The Fail- road people few days ago the pump which was purchased over a year ago to= Use in the mining shaft over in tie Bailey hollow, where Roaring Bailey used to dream that all these rocks were rich with the precious metals.
 Christmas here was observed in a quiet. simple way. The Metho- l dist Sunday school had a tree at the church Tuesday night. Christi mas Day was devoted to home gath erings. and the usual Christmas re- membranes. Senator Ben Great house preached at the Methodist church in the morning 10 good sized crowd. It was the anniYers- ary Of the speakers conversion to Christ. for it was Christmas Day, 1866 in the building where Mrs. Mary Steele now lives, that He was converted
 Elm Springs lost .one of its most highly esteemed old men in the death of Preston Anderson sun day afternoon He received a slight injury to one of his hands a short time ago which developed in- to blood poison Other comP1ica- ttions speedily caused his death. He was born in White County, Tenn, ] in 1&39 Later he moved to Mis- souri and there he married. He was Union soldier, but was in no severe campaigns In l88a he came to Arkansas. and except two or three short intervals, has lived at Elm Springs since. He was d member of the Adventist church. 1 but as no preacher of this church was convenient. his funeral was preached by Dr. D. C Summers. l Uncle" Preston was quiet. unas- suming, good man, and in the 25 years We have known him. not an lunkindly word have We heard spok- ] en about him Tecumseh extends condolences to the bereaved wife and children.
 Tecumseh.