The courier-index., 1918-08-02

Stamps, will deliver an address to the colored people Of St Francis township at Union Liberty church Sunday night
 W. A. Johnston, IT., and R. L. Hope. who have been engaged in the real estate business as partners during the past two and half years have dissolved their partnership and in future each will operate inde- pendent of the other
 Miss lennette Pickar5, who has had charge of the domestic science deparment Of the Marianne High School for several years. has resign cd her position here ta enlist in the Red Cross Service She will have charge Of one of the concentration stations in the east
 Felix Hampton of Hope was here last. week to attend the funeral Of his aunt, Mrs R l. Hampton.
 The school census for Marianna for the year 1918 shows there are 496 white ehilren of school age and 1880 colored children. This is an increase of 75 whites and 400 blacks over the census for last year.
 Ernest Beck. who left here recent ly to work in the government pow der plant near Nashville. Tenn, has returned home on account of illness. Bruce Mulkey. who left at the time Mir. Beck went to Nashville, is per manently employed MT Beck says the government is paying big wages and the employment yields fine re- turns, from $50 to s75 week.
 Fred L. MacChesney and wife. who have been in Denver, Colorado for several weeks, are expected to re- turn to Marianna, about August 15. They left Denver about the first of the week and have gone to Hughes vile, Mo, on visit with friends and relatives. The public school of Ma rianna, of which MT. MacCbesney is superintendent, will open on Monday September g.
 Geo Norris, one of the best known prescriptionists in the city, has pur chased the Jackson drug store in Blytheville, and will leave within a few days for that city to take charge of the store. MT. Norris is an excellent young business man and thoroughly understands how to run drug store. His many Marian ma friends wish him much success in his new field.
 K Ensign O. G. McAlexander, who is in the naval aviation service at Pensacola, Florida, has been here the past week visiting friends and relatives. He holds a rank equal to that of second lieutenant in the army but with pay equal to that received by captain in the army. He is delighted with the service he Is in, but like all the boys in other branch es, he win not be happy until he gets to France.
 It. Wednesday at Hughes attending a big celebration, the occasion being the awarding of a banner to that school district because of the ex- cellent showing it made in the recent War Savings Stamp campaign in St. Francis county. The citizens of Hughes went far over the top, pledg- ing themselves to buy about $40,0O0 worth of the stamps. At the cele- bration Wednesday R. D. Smith made a speech along patriotic lines. News was received here Sunday afternoon of the death of Capt. Thomas Day of Memphis. Capt. Day is the brother in law of Judge E. D. Robertson, Senator James Robertson and John Robertson of this city. where he was we'll known and below ed by a large circle of friends who had known him for fifty years. The funeral services were held at the family home in Memphis on Monday afternoon, the Rev. W. D. Buckner of Calvary church officiating. Judge and Mrs. Robertson, Mir. and Mrs. J. T. Robertson and Mrs. Paul Benham attended the funeral.
 Guy Johnston, who has been i'll with pneumonia in the base hospital at Camp Pike, has returned to Mari anna for furlough of fourteen days. Mir. Johnston is member of an en- gineering corps of the army. station