The Harrison times., 1916-01-08
Local and Personal
County Court this week.

Mr. and Mrs. J. l.. Clute, of Pin
dali, were Harrison visitors Tuesday.
&C. b. Parker has been elected bv
the council, night marshal at
monthly salary Of $40.
Contractor !. p. McReynolds
and family have returned from their
holiday visit in Missouri.
C. l.. Jones has moved his gen
eral merchandise stock from the
northeast corner to the new Mason
ic building
Both Mr.. and Mrs. John Muir
ply have been quite i'll this week
with grippe, but are somewhat
better to-day.
Veterinary D. B. Morgan will
be at Jones barn next Wednesday
afternoon and all day Thursday
the 18th and 18th.
The National Bank of Commerce
of st. Louis has been approved as
reserve agent for the Peoples
National Bank OF Harrison.
Miss Bernice Linenschmidt, of
Montgomery City, Mo-, is visiting
at the home of her uncle, Auditor w.
S Roberts of the M. & n. A.
Circuit Court next Monday.
The docket is quite light, only
thirty-three minor criminal cases
and about as many civil cases.
An interesting series of union
meetings have been held this week
at the Baptist Church, celebrating
the week of prayer for universal
peace.
Tax Collector Roy Milan has
his books in shape to receive contri-
buttons at any time. His itinerary
of the county can be found elsewhere
in this issue.
/-Wayne Hunt of Route l, who
has been figuring on moving to
Oklahoma, has decided that Arkan,
sas is too good a country 70 leave,
especially just now. ...
An odd fact about the weather
of New Years day is that the tenn
perature of the day was several
degrees above the highest on the
Fourth of July.
-Chas l.. Conner Coal Oil Day in
Harrison January 18th and 18th.
Price S12 cents per gallon, also
storage drums. For further infor-
nation see H. Y. Merriweather at
the Park Hotel.
-Harrison's Terpsichorean Club
has elected as officers for 1916: {. E.
Stone, president; A. c. Christeson,
vice president; W. B. Atkinson, Sec
retary; Fred Greene treasurer; c. V.
Rummel, custodian.
The Commercial Club meeting
last Tuesday was not so large as it
might have been, but an extensive
program for the New Year was out
lined which will take several big
gatherings to work out.
I After a visit Of two weeks at the
home of his father, c Nj. Burns, DR.,
sam Burns left Wednesday for his
home at Hennepin, Oklahoma. He
says Oklahoma is 10 better condition
generally than it has been for sever
al years.
.-Thos. NJ. Cory, with the Equit-
able Life Co., at Little Rock,
spent the first OF the week visiting
here and at his farm near Batavia.
He says the expansion and improve
meut of Harrison is most gratifying
to her old friends.
--Harrison's city council at it's
meeting this week, passed resolu.
ton extending the thanks of the city
to Street Commissioner w. f. Cor
don for his valuable and efficient
services in experimenting the con-
struction OF the new city hall.
With the opening of our Public
Schools on Monday last the new
ward school on Woodland Heights
opened the doors Of the new $10,-
600 building to large enrolment.
Prof. Fred Walker is principal of the
new school and is assisted by Miss
Diva Thompson and Miss Jewel
Davis.
The December just past has been
an unusually pleasant month ac.
cordiug to the local weather
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