The Harrison times., 1916-05-20
Local and Personal

DR.. ii. l.. ROuth, of Batavia, is
in town for a short visit.
Mr., and Mrs. NJ. McCurdy and
daughter are visiting at Helena thi,
week.
Mr.. Dewey Harlan left Monday
afternoon, after a short visit with his
family.
Mrs. Clio Harper, of Little Rock
arrived Monday, for a visit with her
parents.
-Harrison's Civic Improvement
League held ameetingat the City Hal
Tuesday evening.
To-day is Straw Hat Day" and
everyone is expected to destroy the
headgear of the past winter.
Mrs. Jane Smith, wife of a rail
road employe living on Woodland
Heights. died Thursday of peritonitis.
A small residence belonging to
Dug Wilson, in the east end of town,
was burned early Tuesday morning.
Two thousand dollars were sub
scribed for the new wagon bridge at
Harrison and every penny Of it was
collected.
Edwin Michel, who has been
travelling as a musician with Craw-
ford'S Comedians, returned home
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Hammer
schmidt left yesterday foranextended
visit with relatives in Missouri, Kan
Sas and Texas.
-Chancery Court adjourned We'd
nesday after four days session dur
ing which much important business
was disposed of.
Master Troy Merrill of Harrison
is looking forward with pleasure to a
visit from his sister, Reva, who is at
tending Joplin school.
The NJ. & n. A. railroad announces
Decoration Day Excursion from
Joplin to Elk Ranch and Eureka
Springs, Round trip 81.
Mr.. A. L. Felix and family left
Thursday for Higden, which will be
their future home. He will resume
work there in a Stave mill.
1t is rumored that there is to be a
new wholesale grocery firm in Harri.
son soon, composed of prominent
business men from BateSville.
AT last summer is with us. The
season of 1916 opens tonight at the
Lyric Airdome, the finest institution
of its kind in North Arkansas.
DIR. j. H. Fowler has purchased a
block of the stock of the Farmers
Bank, and will hereafter give some at
tention to the affairs of that bank.
Mrs. Leona Johnson is in Chicago
this week visiting with her son Earl
and daughter Lita, and participating
in little family reunion rich in pleas
ure and interest.
Mrs. Chas. NJ. Greene, ST., has
sold her residence in the north part of
town to j. n. Paul, and will build a
new home in the west end near that of
her son Charley.
Little Fred Newman, while return
ling from school last week, came near
being electrocuted by picking up an
electric light wire which had been
broken by the wind.
A final settlement of the accounts
Of the Variety Store of Guthrie &
Hunt, which failed here in January
yielded S15 cents on the dollar to its
creditors this week.
Mrs. ]. f. Andrews left this week
for New York where she will represent
Arkansas at the International Fed
Grafton of Womans Clubs, which will
probably be the largest gathering of
prominent women ever held
After a weeks illness from a ner-
vous breakdown Mrs. J. c. Newman
died at her home here Sunday morn
ing. Accompanied by her husband
and family, the remains left Tuesday
for their former home at Greenville,
Kentucky.
DR.. J. T. Bruton, of Carl Junct-
ion. Mo-, came in Tuesday to visit his
daughter, Mrs. W. S. Caldwell. He
says the mining business around Jop-
lin is very lively, and he is glad to see
North Arkansas coming to the front