The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-09-03
LOCAL NEWS
(From Fridays Daily Press)


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The board of school directors of
the north side public school is hav-
ing the school building repaired and
greatly improved, preparatory to
the opening of school about the
middle of next month.
Miss Sallie Kennedy, who is
teaching at Sanford, was brought
to Paragould yesterday. Miss Ken
nedy has been quite i'll for several
days and is now in care of physi-
clans in this city.
A protracted meeting is in pro-
gross at the Pruet's Chapel Meth
odist church. Despite the very un-
pleasant weather of the past few
days, large attendance has greet
ed the minister.
L. B. Ray, city superintendent
of public schools, is expected to
arrive home from Nashville the
last of the week. Prof. Ray has
been attending the summer school
for teachers and taking special
courses in school supervision.
Little Miss Nadine, the six year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Weekly, died yesterday at
their home east of the city after
brief illness of malaria. Funeral
services were conducted this aft
ernoon and burial took place in
Linwood cemetery.
Sam McHaney and wife, who
have been visiting friends in Texas
for the past ten days, write
friends from Hope, Ark, that they
had not been much Inconvenience
by the storm and high waters, and
will reach home in a few days.
For the first time in many
months Pruet street was today
clear of building material and
other distractions. 1t has been
quite a while since the sidewalks
were free from scaffolding and pc
destrians could walk the entire
length of the street without giving
the walk to building crews, mate
rials, etc.
Mrs Eugene SkiIlern, who has
been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Griffin
Smith, returned to her home near
Cotton Plant this morning. Mr.
and Mrs Skillern own a splendid
farm several miles out from Cot
ton Plant, which will perhaps be
inundated by the backwater occa-
stoned by the White River overflow.
They expect to have $50 acres of
cotton submerged.
Word was received in Paragould
this morning that Mrs. Joe Wolf
had been appointed as one of the
delegates from Arkansas to attend
the annual meeting of the Missis-
sippi Valley Conference on Tuber-
culosis, which convenes in Indian
apolis Sept. 10th to Oct. 1. The
appointment was made by Gov. Geo.
w. Hays.
Miss Carlee Swindle has suffi-
GENTLY recovered from an accident
sustained several weeks since to
appear on the streets today. When
the home of B. F. Justice was
burned a heavy piece of furniture
fell upon her foot while she was
engaged in trying to save some of
the furniture. The injury was
very painful and has kept her in
doors since.
V. E. O'Dell of Flat River, Mo-,
has bought the ]. C. Jarrett two
story residence on North Seventh
street adjoining the old Meriweth-
err property, the latter having been
recently purchased by Joe A. White.
Mr. O'Dell expects to move into
his new home about the first OF
September. Mr., and Mrs. j. c.
Hurt, who now occupy the prop
erty, have rented the White prop
erty adjoining, which is being ex-
tensively remodeled
Wiley Mckenzie and wife arriv-
ed this morning from Springfield,
Mo-, and will spend several days
here visiting relatives and friends.
Their little daughter arrived sever
al days ago. Mr.. Mckenzie is man
ager of a department store in
Springfield, having recently moved
to that place from Oklahoma where
he had been engaged in similar
service, the concern he was with
having opened a branch store in
the Missouri city.
Teaching Jimmy How to Work,
or "Subtracting Real Blood from
Turnip" was brought to the at
tention of Paragould's idle curious
this morning when a youth who
termed himself Jim Smith, who
oIo;,,c m hail from Kansas City