The Springdale news., 1914-08-07
nten,s of Interest

i
 
 1 The Bank of Rogers had total of 1 130 depositors, with a total amount de posted of s36O,000 at the time of the l failure.
 w. T. Dunn, a well known citizen of Madison County. residing near Ala. bam, died recently He was famil- l iarly known as Uncle Tipp.
 Mir and Mrs Virgil Pritchard are the guests of Mir. Pritchard's parents, Mir and Mrs. E. C. Pritehard on Mt. Nord Fayetteville Sentinel. John w Puckett, the new postmas- ter at Rogers took charge August l. No change will be made in the office force, as it is all under civil service. It is reported that the attendance at the University this year will be l larger than ever. Prof. Wilson states that at least $50 pupils will en- roll
 
 Bentonville is to have a big mid winter apple show, December g, 10 and 11th. Over 1000 bushels of apple will be exhibited and s40o in pre- miums is to be paid Somebody or something had better handle the Bentonville mail or the Bentonville Democrat and the Benton vile Sun will get real vexed at each other. They have been in a good hu- nor so long,
 The catalogue for the Washington county Fair is now out, and being dis 1 tributed The fair this year promis- es to be better than ever, and several new features are introduced, and given in the catalogue. 1 J. N Wade, of near Marble, in Mad son County, who had been a suffer CT from cancer for several years died recently. The last nineteen days of his sickness he could swallow noth- l Ing DuL q lew UTOpS Ol
 According to the government weath CT bureau the hottest day of the year, in Benton county, was Z9S de grees. Fourteen inches of rain fell in the last three monhts and 24 in ch as in the last months.
 ID I.t six-eylinder Studebaker. car in a fire near Maysville recently. The ear wak stored in a granary. which caught l fire, and the car entirely distroyed. The origin of the ire is unknown. Can't the war dspatchers from the new European struggle furnish a elf-pronouncer" for the names of the German officers, and also the diff ferent towns and cities? Mexico was bad enough, but this new one is a sumner
 Dan Allen, l3 year old son of Dan Allen, of Fayetteville, was accidental ly shot and injured at Monte Ne, Friday of last week, when a 22-cali- bre pistol with which he was playing exploded The bullet penetrated his left leg.
 Billy" Allstott, a local boy, who has been pitching and playing out field for Rogers this season, lost |
 his first game Tuesday of last week, when Bentonvile took his scalp by a score of , to i. "Porky" held them to 1 to the eighth, when he and his team mates took balloon flight. and the rest is history.
 Mr Roland Lea of St. Louis, arriY- ed last week and will spend few weeks vacation with his mother, Mrs. !. B. Lea on East St Mr Lea is q graduate of the E. E. Department of the University. and for the past two years has been connected with the Union Electric Company of st. Louis Fayetteville Sentinel. | lHe hdllEOdu 1oluilii9oiVl oi Al fNe'ii sas are threatening to turn the bet ter service on the O. X c. C.. out of Fayetteville case over to other par ties. The railroad did not comply with their order for the two extra trains. and Mir. Fuller, prosecuting attorney was instructed to bring le- gal action. In case he does not do so in 15 days the commission will em ploy another attorney.
 w R. Edwards, County Superin- tendent of Benton County, has called meeting at the Court House in Bentonville, for Saturday, August l., at which time plans will be formul 1 oin aar