The Springdale news., 1913-07-11
JOHNSON

A lot Of Johnson folks attended the Fourth Of July doings at Spring dale.
 Rev. Tucker was out from Fay etteyiIIe Saturday and Sunday con ducting religious services here
 Don't Worry, you'll get to go to the foot of the class, and have to stay in at recess if you keep on say in Mully 'ud ought to have wife!
 John Boswell is arranging for freak storms, and is hurrying along dug out of the hillside over there by his residence.
 \ lot of the local folks are still a grumbling about losing their pa per week before last-which prob ably is why theTe has been such all excessive lot of heat recently in the Clear Greek Valley-theIe Il be an earthquake the next time The News tai4s to rome.
 Bennett Maxey hasn't been doing any talking stunts in Johnson since Claude Davis moved back, so We fear that for once he has talked himself down over there at Claude's
 Frisco Agent Philips visited his family at WashbQrn. Mo, Sunday. Mr Phillips wants to geet his folks moved down here as soon as possible so as to get the children in school here this sumner
 George ThomH son and family, k II Lichlyter ard wife and John Horne and wife sIent a part of last week over on White river where they had an enjoyable outing but didn't catch many fish
 Local me,on growers are not do ing much braggiEg about their mel on patches this year. Uncle Bob Far isl used to grow the best melons around here, out thefe on his place tie other side Of stony Point.
 "a Phillips and Will Luper are regular boarGers at tie Cottage Inn but there s no landlady there while Mrs Kerr $ visiting Missouri rel atives, so Va and Will are board ing Up on the hiIl at E J. Stew ards.
 William $ Son ls about to write better Greenland items than "Bil, . who has several sons. but Johnson folks can ted which one does the items cause one Of 'em stutters, and the others are bashful, but this one always was a ready talker
 Several of the Springdale boys Lad a long run from the ole swim min hole Sunday evening to beat the thunder storm which headed some of 'em off before they found shelter in Johnson-bu they didn't care for the little wetting
 Some of the local songsters were having quite a musicfest at Dick Liehlyter' Sanday evening, but the angry muttering of that blue-blaek cloud caused part of the crowd to adjourn hastily-which is probably why We didn't get heavier rain here-stay next time.
 Charley Sisk and family, of OK lord, Miss are visiting Uncle Ben Johnson at Fayetteville Mrs. Sisk was a few years ago Miss Ina John son. Sae has resided away down in Mississippi since her marriage, but they always vtsit the old folks at nome every sumner.
 Johnson tolks would appreciate a letter from Polk Williams, John Vernon or Bfaek Greenhouse who Hye out there at lnez. New Mex say tell Us how Shannon Clark gets along out in sandy land without the pleasure of buying Post Dispatch every Sunday like he used to do back here along the Frisco
 The American Telegraph and Tel ephone Company has a big shipment of wire unlooaded here and cross pieces are being placed on the tele- graph poles along the Frisco for the purpose of putting the new tel phone wires there. This is new corporation which absorbed the Western Union sometime ago.
 Local folks are mighty thankful for the stray thunderstorm that came along from the northeast Sunday evening It brought a nice shower, and several hours of cooler weather with cloudy day yester- day until late in the evening-au of which was great help for all growing vegetation that had been undergoing a fine old drying out process for several weeks.
 The Democratic brethren are going to have to ring the welkin mighty