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

ter, Mrs. John S. Wilkinson. Mr.
Block says the cotton and corn he
saw in Texas looked bad-far in
ferior to the crops in this section.
Cotton pick sacks-six foot, 39c
7 1-2 foot, ACC. 8 foot, 59c. Kim
brough's. wills
Miss Hazel Owens, little daugh-
ter of DR.. and Mrs. w r. Owens
is suffering with two fractured
bones in the right arm just above
the wrist sustained in a fall from
the "shoot-the-c hutes' at the coun-
try club grounds Tuesday after
noon.
Remember Saturday is the day
for you to visit Ellis Grocery. You
save money there on all your gro
Gerry needs. 1t
c. w. Stedman yesterday mailed
st. Louis exchange for $1,000 to
Chas. G. Henry of Newport, repre-
senting additional contributions
from Paragould people to the flood
sufferers. Those represented in
this last list of contributors, not
previously mentioned are Costen &
Hale, Hickson-Rogers Co., and Mrs
Marie Justice.
Don't miss our place and don't
stop till you get here. Well save
you money on your grocery needs
Ellis Grocery. II
Ed Zimmerman, formerly a res
ident of Paragould, now located al
Leslie, has returned to his home
after having spent several days
here visiting relatives. Mr.. Zim.
imerman is in bad health and was
brought to Paragould on a cot. He
had shown very little improvement
during his brief visit here and or
his return trip he was placed upor
a cot.
! You get FIVE GALLONS of the
very best Coal Oil at 35 cents. Ell
lis Grocery. This is a Saturday
special bargain. 1t
J. A. Apperson, the hustling and
affable owner of the Apperson au
tomobile agency, dealing in Apper
sons Jack Rabbit and Maxwell cars
has leased a piece of ground west
of J. B. Kirchoff's store and viii
at once begin the erection of E
building for garage and automo
bile repair shop. He will retair
his present display room and auto
warehouse in the brick building or
Pruet and Highland streets. Mr.
Apperson is a live wire in the auto
business and is proving a strong
factor in the development of thi:
Iline of activity in Paragould.
AS we have said before, we are
wanting your trade. The best o.
everything in groceries at the low
est prices. Ellis Grocery. i
Members of the automobile asso
citation, assisted by many volunteer
laborers, by Street Commissioner
Jim Boone and G. A. Steel, super
intendent of the street paving
forces, this morning began the
work of improving the Walcot
road from A. d, Grayson's resi-
dence to the country home of Judge
j. L. Light. Those in charge OF
the work are getting the road bee
we'll graded today and are open
ing the bitches. Gravel is being
hauled and placed upon the road
and the big steam roller used in
the street paving work is being
run over the gravel. The work
will continue tomorrow and per-
haps Saturday.
20 lbs. sugar for S100 with
lbs. World beater" coffee for
$1.00 at Cooperative Store Satur-
day. We cut the price on every
thing. Esp
!
say the waters in the drainage
bitches in that section of the coun-
ty are higher than they were ever
known to be and that much valu-
able lands with fine crops are be-
ing overlooked. The water from
! the Brighton ditch is filling the
low places in Brighton and will
probably cover the crops from
Brighton to the river at Bertig.
On Giles island it is said the water
has broken through and is flooding
i hundreds of acres on Bertig Broth
ers' big farm. 1t is stated there
are enough bitches to carry the wa
ter off the lowlands but the st.
Francis river is so full and the
channel so much INSTRUCTED that it
does not afford sufficient outlet for