The Green Forest tribune., 1914-08-14

w. B. Gibson and wife were over from Berryville Sunday.
 R. Debarr is visiting at the home of A. B. Wilson out on Dry creek.
 Andy Cox, accompanied by the "old Ilady" and Miss Joyce, has been visit ing in 'Lapland" (where Missouri laps over into Arkansas) the past week. Floyd Braswell has been on the job as substitute on Route l in the mean time.
 SPRAYED From Geo. Wards place about weeks ago, 2-year old dehorned Jersey heifer No marks or brands. If found advise Len Reynolds, Green Forest.
 A. A. Backus is at home again after an absence of several days selling optical goods in Benton county.
 Mrs. Backus is visiting Clifty rela- tives.
 Claud Fritz of Wesley is a guest of his brother Bill in Green Forest.
 Dr. Brassfeld requests the announce ment that he will preach at the Baptist church at the II o'clock hour Sunday
 A deed of conveyance from the Bank of Green Forest Wednesday gave Miss Laura Villines title to the splendid new store room under the Masonic hall in the opera house block.
 It is announced that Hon. Harry Myers, the Prince of Arkansas Repub- lican politicians and one of the South s greatest orators, will deliver speech at the reunion Saturday afternoon.
 A religio-set-to is billed to take place at Parker next Sunday between Eld. Rue Porter of the Christian faith and Ed. Sam Jackson Of the Baptist pursuasion. The question to be settled is whether or not the church was set up at Pentecost. It is expected that the doctrinal fur will be made to fly. The discussion opens at 10 a. m.
 The business men have all agreed to close their places of business Friday from 10 a. m. to D. m. on account of the reunion.
 An insurance adjuster is expected here any time to pay the loss on the Villines barn burned on Wednesday night of last week The policy was written by s. N. Edgmon.
 Miss Mariepuncan of Walters, Okla, lis here wishing her cousin Miss l Fred -Ramseyk
 The local rural route men have taken serious issue with Postmaster General Burleson on the matter of salary raise which was supposed to go into effect July 1, placing the salaries of carriers on standard routes at $100 per month. MT. Burleson holds that the law don t mean that, but so far as the Green Forest carriers are concerned it means that the salaries will remain 5000 a year. 1 MT. Burleson allows increases under this law only where the amount of mail matter carried has reached a cer- tain volume.
 There is a weird story in circulation concerning a tragedy supposed to have been enacted at a thresher about Kingston, or some other place in this country recently, which runs like this While the machine was in operation two boys on wheat stack got into a scuff1e and one fell sticking a pitch i lOI h III tilC lCSdCl OI bliC IIielShillS, "iO in his rage grabbed the boy and threw him into the cylinder cutting his body fragments. The crew then went to work and lynched the man and there the chapter ended. This story is un- doubtedly remnant of one started in Washington county, which the Spring. dale News exploded three or four weeks ago. The story is one of whole cloth. No question about it.
 In the death of Ed Gathright, the Pullman conductor who was a victim of the ill-fated motor, many Greer Forest people have lost persona friend. Gathright was different iron the average railroader of his class il that he was very sociable, cultivatins an intimate acquaintance with his patrons. During the winter he was visitor in Green Forest and spent { day or two in Green Forest with Stev, Michell bird-hunting. MT. Gathrigh was off duty travelling as a passenge