The Springdale news., 1917-05-25


the committee for the distinguished
honor conferred and my friends for
the loyal support given me, but | feel
that | can do my country more good
by devoting my undivided attention to
aiding in the great work of winning
this war, even if this is done only by
pursuing the ordinary channels of
of business. Rogers Democrat.
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Yesterday afternoon the lightning
struck the barn of Taylor Cook, south
west of town, killing COW and set
ting the barn on fire. The barn and
contents, consisting of considerable
amount of feed, etc, were totally lie
stroyed We understand he had $1,000
insurance.-Bentonvile Sun.
The Fayetteville Chapter, O. f. S.,
No. 313, has been invited by Spring
dale to attend in body meeting of
the Springdale chapter and to exem-
plify the work in degrees of the lat
ter organization The Worthy Ma
tron, Miss Minnie Maddox, announ-
ces that the trip will be made in the
near future.-Fayetteville Democrat.
Nine young men residing in the
vicinity of Aurora, Madison COUNT,
enlisted in Co. "a" of Springdale,
last week. Their names are: Ellis
Dennis, Jim Nicks, Vol McElhaney,
John l.. Carter, James D. Dennis, Ed
ward McElhaney and Roy Dugeon.
This is certainly an excellent show
ing for that little community.
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+ M. Alberty received letter first
of the week from Waite Alberty
stating he had been assigned as assis-
tant surgeon in the naval hospital on
Mare Island near San Francisco He
expects to be located there for sever
al months before being assigned to
duty on ship.-Westville (Okla)
Record.
Deputy sheriff Mayberry was call
ed down on the river the latter part
of last week to make an investiga-
ton of the burning of couple of
homes in that section. The investi-
cation showed, beyond any doubt, that
a fire fiend was getting in some de-
structive work in that section, but
no clue could be found to warrant an
arrest-Westville fOkla.) Record.
S. p. Ray of our city has been in
for the past week to un-
dergo an examination from the doc
tors in that city as to a breaking out
on his hands which the physicians
pronounce as pelagra. Mr. Ray is now
taking treatment and his many
friends hope for his recovery. Sew
eral cases of this disease are reported
in this part of the eountry.-West-
Vile (Okla.) Record
And there is still a great deal of
doubt as to the amount of damage
done to the apple crop of Benton coun-
ty by the hail storm two weeks ago
In some orchards the apples that were
badly bruised are dropping and rot
ting and the yield is going to be very
light. Others say their orchards are
coming out much better than they
had hoped fer at the time of the
Democrat.
John Wright, two miles southeast
of the city, brought to the Star office
Monday a bucket full of the hail that
fell on the Bird instant, and he said it
would still be on the ground three or
four days longer, two weeks from The
time it fell. He said the hail was
two feet deep around his place on the
day it fell, and the fact that it was
still on the ground Monday verifies
his Observation-Disclosures Star.
John Grove of Gravette, who we
last week as having been
injured in struggle with several
members of the national guard, paid
$50 costs and fine as result of his
abuse of the president and the flag
Now Grove has experienced a change
of heart and wants to enlist in the
army. Keep this motto in mind:
"Obey the law and keep your mouth
shut. Rogers Democrat.
Probably the most valuable car of
hogs ever shipped from Benton
county was that handled by Culver
Crowder and O.. w. Carlson from Ben
toov;1lo Last wcok Tho hOrS wero