Newport daily independent., 1914-05-12
RATTLE AXE

My notes last week, as you perhaps
observed, were conspicuous by their
absence. Got busy with other things
and lost a day. Hope, though, the
Independent and its readers will sur
vive the loss.
Have never referred to the effort
being made by some correspondents
to have correspondents meet and get
acquainted. This would be, no doubt,
pleasant, and promote a new spirit
of interest, but fear Scribbler would
hardly have time to participate. Trust
the meeting will materialize and be
enjoyed by all who can attend.
Farmers generally wearing broad
smiles over crop conditions. Unusu-
ally good stands of corn and cultiva-
ton beginning nicely. While many
are done planting cotton, and most
others we'll in towards finishing. Sea-
sons and land conditions favorable for
termination, and good stands already
up in all early planting. OF course,
too much rain now can easily check
cultivation and put them in the
grass" but hope for better things.
River on the point of overflow all
latter part of last week, having stop
ped rising close to danger line about
Saturday. Early Monday morning
came heavy rain, causing another rise
OF several inches and covering practi-
cally all the bottom lands. This has
driven cattle out, and they are now
wandering about the lanes and high
points bordering on the overflow. In
dications now are that rain is over
and that there will be no further rise.
Trust it may prove so.
Health Officer Dir. Watson of New
port and DR.. Slayden of Tuckerman
came out Tuesday to investigate
smallpox. They decided to put famil-
les about six in number-under
yellow flag and quarantine restrictions
With this protection | presume we
shall begin our Sunday School work
again and allow preaching services
to be held regularly as heretofore.
The coo of the dove, croak of the
frog, pipe of the quail and honk of the
auto can be heard again in the land,
reminding us that winter is gone and
summer near at hand.
Abe Hester must have become in
some way offended at us Battle Axe
ties; he has quit coming over to see
us oftener than three or four times a
day.
Mrs. Lindley and Mrs. Gardner spent
Saturday afternoon among Tucker
man friends.
D. G. Dowell, Ralph Smith and For
rest Penix, with their families, Sun
dayed at j. w. Lindley's.
Tow Brown is now one of our "gen-
tlemen of leisure, mill work being
temporarily suspended. Yet he is not
an idler-works in his garden, runs
on errands for his friends, helps his
wife raise chickens and makes him
self generally useful.
j. w. Bowden and family down from
Postum Trot Tuesday, visiting friends
and waiting for grgound to become
dry enough to pillow. Jim says he
has some fYAe timothy and clover, now
slightly under water, but hopes water
will subside before damaging it ma
terially.
G. A. Pilquist is putting a fresh
coat of paint on J. w. Lindley's resi-
dence.
Farmers, the next time it rains so
you can't pillow, don't go to the near
est store or town to loaf. Get your
saw, hammer and nails and do that
little job of repairing your wife has
been asking you to do; and then look
around little and you will find sew
eral other small jobs we'll worth do
ing, and which will make your home
life more pleasant.
Scribbler