The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-09-03
iFrom Saturdays Daily Press.)

iFrom Saturdays Daily Press.)
j. d. Spencer and wife have
scne to Hayti, Mo-, on a visit to
| friends and relatives.
Mrs. G. M. Reeves and little son
are visiting Mrs. Reeves parents,
Mr., and Mrs. c.. V. Beloate at
/ Corning.
Roy McLerkin and Albert Batten
are putting gravel on some bad
stretches of road near the gravel
hill, southwest of the city.
Miss Helen Jackson returned this
morning to her home in Little
Rock after a visit of three weeks
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ.
Jackson.
Wilt Beadles who has been Wis
iting Mrs. R. L. Alexander and
James Alexander, returned this
morning to his home Vi Mayfield,
Ky.
Prof. L. B. Ray, superintendent
OF the city schools, has returned
from Nashville, Tenn, where he
spent several months taking a spe-
cial course in the Peabody normal
institute.
John w. Reichle, wife and baby
of North Vernon, Ind, arrived last
night and are the guests of Robt.
Wrape on Highland and other rel
atives. Mr. Reichle formerly was
associated with the Wrape mills and
has many friends here.
Harry Willis who has been work
ing for the Johnson-Avery Hard
ware Company at Newport, has re-
signed his position and will leave
within few days for Batesville
where he will work for Tom Wal
bert Mrs. Willis, mother Of Har-
ry, is visiting in Paragould until
her son gets located in Batesville.
Mrs. F. C. Cochran, who has
been in the Paragould sanitarium
for the past several weeks, return
ed to her home here Monday of
this week. Mrs. Cochran under
went All intricate surgical opera
ton while at the sanitarium.-
Piggott Banner.
D. A. Jennison, aged rs years,
"a veteran of the civil war, died
at his home in Carthage, Mo-,
Wednesday. Death was due to a
stroke of paralysis he sustained
four weeks ago. Mr.. Jennison was
the father of Mrs. P. c. Ritter of
this city Mrs. Ritter went to Car
thage several weeks ago and re-
NAMED at the bedside of her faith
er until the end.
H. C. Readecker, contractor for
the new water system, covering
West and South Pargould, stated
this afternoon the work of laying
the mains would be completed this
afternoon, and that on Monday and
| Tuesday water would be turned in
to the new system and the official
tests made. If no complications
arise it is expected the commits
sioners will permit property own
ers in the new district to tap the
mains after Tuesday.
"Snoozer' and SLEEPY" Hans
ford and Tom Lashlee are in jail
and Yes Grooms is under arrest
attempting to make a bond of ST.
600 on charges of robbing an Iron
Mountain freight car Of large
quantity of whisky Thursday night.
Officers have recovered twenty
three quarts of the booze and
claim to have sufficient evidence to
convict the Hansford boys, Lashlee
Grooms, and two other young men
of the crime. Preliminary trials
will be held before ESD. A. b
Hays Monday.
Several lawyers from Piggott and
Corning are spending the day here
arguing a lawsuit before Judge j
F.. Gautney. The litigation is be-
tween J. E. Matthews, former sher-
iff of Clay county, and c. A. Car
gill, former treasurer. In the final
settlement it was alleged Cargill
checked up short several thousand
dollars. He contended Matthews
as collector, had not turned ovel
all the funds to him. On the other
hand Matthews claims to have pait
to Cargill all amounts due the
county. The matter has got into
, the courts and is being threshet
. out before Judge Gautney.
Bob Williams, negro porter a.
Baugh's barber shop, was plasteret
with a fine of 500 in police cour1
/, Thursday on a charge of bootleg
ging whisky. The prosecuting wit
ness was Gresham Dover who swort