Cleveland County herald., 1918-08-22


The wheat threshing for Craighead
county is about over, and while the
crop in some portions of the county
has been cut short on account of
weather conditions in the early spring
and the rust, on the whole a good
crop has been made.
The Dewitt Enterprise says num-
Der OF valuable horses have died In
the vicinity of Dewitt lately. The
deaths are caused by the horses feed
ing on the dry and dusty grass be-
side the roads.
Arthur West of Mob1ey, Sharp
county, came to Evening Shade, che
county seat to register recently. AL
though he had lived in the county all
his life, this was his first visit to
Evening Shade.
A communication received at Rus
| sellVille from Roy l.. Black, who. with
other Russellville men, reached Eu-
rope July g. says that his division
was nearing the scene of real fighting.
G. II. Cole, an experienced dairy
man of Mena, warns farmers against
feeding green fodder to cattle during
the drouth. He says it contains prus-
sic acid, and has killed many cattle
W. B. Morgan, who lives eight
miles west of Magnolia, is praising
the patriotism of a young turkey gob-
bier on his place. The gobbler Is
now sitting on nine hen eggs.
Madison county fell far below irs
quota in the June War Savings stamp
campaign, and County Chairman J. S.
Combs of Huntsville has arranged for
an active campaign September 1.
Since the loss by fire of the Sloan
Springs plant of the Ozark Cider and
Vinegar Company the headquarters of
the company have been removed from
Sloan Springs to Rogers.
An old Bible which he took from
a federal soldier. in the seven-day bat
tie of Richmond was exhibited by Il.
P. Mutt at the Blue and Gray reunion
held at Ozark last week.
Twins were born to Mr.. and Mrs
Tom Morgan of Coy, few days ago.
These make IA children in the fam
| lily and are the second twins born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan.
A negro blacksmith of Batesville
who has been working there for 40
years, celebrated his seventy-fifth
birthday recently by shoeing eight
horses all around.
On account of war conditions the
annual Old Austin Homecoming and
! threeday picnic, which was to have
been held August Ia, Is and 16, has
been postponew.
The Rev Guy Davis, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Mowilton, has
been granted a months vacation by
his congregation, and left for south
! east Arkansas.
A carload of Irish potatoes was re-
Gently shipped from Eyerton to the
Harrison market by the Eyerton Min
ing and Development Company of
Camp Eunice
Complaints are coming in from va
| riOus parts of Franklin county that
pears are falling off the trees very
badly, caused by dry weather and ex-
cessiye heat.
An estimate for a gravel road IL
feet wide and 1851 miles long, cost
ing $S6,322.22, for Howard county.
has been made by the State Highway
Department.
w. H. Morgan who says his farm
is the poorest in Mississippi county,
has on his place patch of corn which
has from three to seven ears on each
stalk.
A baby boy at Blytheville had suf-
fered with a pain in his nose for three
months, but all efforts to ascertain
the cause of it failed. Finally the
child was taken to doctor, who dis
covered a shoe button embedded in
the nose.
President o. L. Gregory of Paris,
Tex, says that the Ozark Cider and
Vinegar Company will not rebuild
their plant at Sloan Springs this
year, owing to the increased cost of
lumber and machinery.