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led yesterday at Pine Log cemetery,
three miles north of Brookland
Bob Mcdonald, arrseted Friday
evening by Sheriff AL Grooms on
ten warrants charging illegal sale
of intoxicants, was released from
Jail Saturday afternoon on ten
bonds of $1,000 each, signed by w.
J. Mcdonald, father of the defend
ant.
Four men confined in the county
jail were indicted by the recent
grand jury. Charley Thomson was
indicted for burglary at Brighton;
Tom Butcher was indicted for bur-
glary for breaking into the building
occupied by the j. G. Hall Produce
Company; John Thornton was in
dicted for stealing a horse near
Marmaduke; Bill Cooley was indict-
ed for robbery alleged to have been
committed at Delaplaine.
Word was received here this
morning from Memphis announcing
the death of Mrs. Chas. Loesche in
hospital in that city. Mrs. Loesche
was taken to Memphis week ago
and was operated upon last Tues
day She died this morning at $50.
Her body will reach Paragould to-
night and will be buried at Gaines
Vile Wednesday. Her husband.
Chas. Loesche, and her sister, Mrs.
Jack Pearce, were with her at the
time of her death
R. L. Smith. road overseer for
this district, who was indicted by
the grand jury Friday on charge
of false pretense in connection with
certain claims filed by him against
the road district, stated this morn
ing he would make satisfactory
explanation of the matter within a
few days. He employed D. G.
Beauchamp as counsel this morn
ing but had not gone over the mat,
ter with his attorney thoroughly
enough to make a statement today.
However, he says he is innocent of
any offense and asks his friends to
suspend judgment until his side of
the case is presented.
Two travelling bags. containing
twenty-five pints of whisky, were
seized by Constable O'Neal Friday
and the contraband goods destroyed
Saturday by order of court. The
whisky was shipped from Cairo, via
Paragould to Cardwell. Two Para
! gould bootleggers went to Cardwell
to bring the booze back here for
sale, and the constable went to the
Missouri. town and back to Para
gould on the same train with the
bootleggers, having hid himself in
the baggage car. When the con-
stable showed himself on the arri-
val of the train in Paragould, the
parties owning the liquor wisely
declined to claim the baggage, and
the officer took possession of it.
The many friends of J. D. Spen-
Ger will be glad to know he is rap
idly recovering from severe at
tack of pneumonia.
AID Bertig and Pit Mack are
spending the day in Piggott attend
ing a meeting of the board of d.
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district.
John Black, for a number of
years school teacher in this
county, now located at Lepanto, is
undergoing treatment in the local
sanitarium.
Miss Berdie Hale of the agricul-
tural college, went to Paragould
Saturday night to visit with her
parents. returning last night
Jonesboro Tribune.
E. E. Stewart, who is in the san
itarium undergoing treatment for
typhoid fever, continues to improve
and within short time will prob
ably be out of danger.
Properly owners on the north side
of West Emerson street, between
Pruet and Second streets, are hav-
ing the sidewalks extended to the
curb line of the street paving.
w. o. Harkey of Dumas, was in
the city this morning enroute to
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sage announcing the critical illness
of his mother. While here Mr..
Harkey was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. C. Crowell.
Petitions are being circulated by
friends of J. v. Landrum, DR.. r. J.
Haley. G. T. Breckenridge and B.
H. Hancock asking these gentle
men to become candidates for
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