The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-09-10

! lumber sheds for the Walnut Ridge
branch of the East Arkansas Lum-
Der Company. Improvements to
cost about $4,000 are being made to
the plant in that city.
Murrell Warrent, charged with
stealing a bicycle from a Lennon
boy thirty days ago. was arrested
Saturday by Constable John Wise
and this morning was given fine
of ten dollars by Esq. A. B. Hays.
In default of payment of the fine
and costs young Warrent went to
Jail.
Miss Ethel Hill of LATE spent
several hours in Paragould this
morning greeting friends. Miss Hill
has been doing hospital work in
Los Angeles, California, for the
past two years. Prior to that time
she was in Abiline, Texas, for sew
eral months.
Mrs. w. H. Wycott and Miss
Blanche Woolston who have been
at Detroit and other points in Mich
igan during the past two months,
have returned home and Miss
Blanche has resumed her position
as stenographer in the law office of
d. G. Beauchamp.
j. J. Cheney, aged sc years, one
of the largest and best known
planters in Dunklin county, Mo-,
died at his home in Cardwell yes
terday after a brief illness of penu-
monia. His remains were brought
to Paragould this morning and in
tered in Linwood cemetery under
the rites of the Paragould Masonic
lodge.
]. P. Cathey, former circuit
clerk, now a full Pledged farmer, is
spending the day in the city Por-
ter says he came to town to get
wagon load of cans. He and his
wife are canning the products of a
fine orchard and Porter says he
may not make much money on his
farm this year, but he is going to
have plenty to eat for many months
j. T. Thompson, prominent
stockman residing at Pocahontas,
spent last week in the western sec
ton of Greene county buying sheep
and cattle. He purchased two car
loads of sheep and one car load
of cattle from the farmers residing
in Poland township, the purchase
price of the sheep amounting to
$3.50 and that of the cattle $3.50.
DR.. NJ. c. Hughey of Rector,
health officer of Clay county, was
in the city yesterday morning en-
route to Knobel to cooperate with
the mayor of Knobel in Kidding
that town of the mosquitoes. 1t
is said the high waters that have
flooded that territory have brought
droves of large mosquitoes and
that the pests are making life a
burden both to the people and to
the live stock.
Dad" Glasgow this morning re-
ceived a letter from Dresden, Tenn,
stating that his cousin, Erwin Glas-
gov, aged % years, a substantial
young farmer of that community, !
committed suicide on Wednesday of
last week He told the family he
was going into the woods to hunt |
squirrels. Later his body was
found within two hundred yards of
the house. No cause is known for
his destruction.
T. ]. Wiicockson, road and |
bridge commissioner, stated this
morning the overflow waters in
the east bottoms from the st.
Francis river, and in the west bot |
toms from Black river had not on
ly destroyed the crops on large |
areas of land but had put many
bridges out of commission. He es-
Inmates it will require at least So
500 to replace the bridges washed |
away and to repair those that were
damaged by the high waters.
Mr.. and Mrs H. A. Cloyes re-
turned home the first of this week |
from Jordan, Ky. They were called
to Jordan by the serious illness of
Mr. Cloyes' grandmother, Mrs. p. |
A. Kelley, but the good lady had i
passed away before they arrived. |.
On their return trip home Mr.. and
Mrs Cloyes visited relatives and
friends at Fulton, KY, Union City
and Humboldt, Tenn. They also
made a short visit with Rev. and
Mrs j. r. Nelson at Wynne.-Corn-
ing Courier.
While driving from Paragould to
her home one mile west of the city
yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Jason L.
Light and little daughter were
thrown from the buggy when the
horse became frightened near AID