The Springdale news., 1919-01-17

NT0N COUNTY, ARKANSAS. ise. Home Service and Junior Red Crass-was taken up in detail. Dele gates from Harrison. Berryvlle. Ben tonville. Springdale. Prairie Grovea West Fork. Fayetteville and Ieut.= town were in attendance.
 BiH Nail moved to his farm the past week. which was recently vacated by Tobe Tucker. It is remarkable but nevertheless true. that Grandma Nail can stand in her front door and see the lights in her seven sons homes.-l Lowell Correspondence in Rogers Democrat
 Avis 4. Campbell. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Campbell, south of the city, after a visit of few days home, left Sunday night for his command i'll New York. He IS in the aviation de- partment of the navy and has spent good portion of his enlistment in England Berryville Star.
 Red Cross workers in Washington county have made 127,59l articles since organization q little more than year ago. Eighty-two cases of articles have been shipped. Included are 52a knitted articles given to S. 4. T. (. students at the university and l3 layettes
 The home of Tom Short, six miles Northwest of Bentonville, together with all the contents. was destroyed by fire recently. All the family ex- cept one son were down with the flu and barely escaped with their lives. How the fire originated Is not known. Insurance was only S400.
 The j. L. Mitchell clothing store at 1 Fayetteville has been bought by C. W. and J. NJ Simmons and will be known as Simmons Bros Clothing store. ]. NJ. Simmons, who recently was discharged from the army has returned from Camp Joseph |. John ston and will be manager of the store.
 Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Moore were down from Rogers Sunday visiting at the home of A. L Berry Dr. Moore was recently discharged from the army, having been stationed at camp in Georgia. He took training for overseas work, and the signing of the armistice is all that deprived him of a trip to France.
 Dick Thompson, postmaster at Sulphur Springs. and long time resident of that town. died suddenly recently. He was about fifty years of age. and was at one time a well known travelling salesman. He usu= ally attracted much attention wher- ever he went on account of his size. weighing 100 pounds.
 ] Mrs Roger Williams has been elect cd to take the place of Mrs Mary Cummings Bateman as instructor in voice at the University of Arkansas. Miss Gertrude Crawford. who former i ly was instructor in voice in the Uai- 9ersity, but who for several years has been with a Mississippi college, i will be instructor in public school music
 Information reached Eureka Springs recently of the death of Gran Walker of that place, who died from wounds received in action October 9 He l vas 2 years of age and left home a year ago last September, going first to Camp Pike, thence to Camp Beau regard, leaving the latter place for France in June He is the fifth Eu- reka Springs boy to die for his coun- try
 The work of the Benton County Lo- cal Board is practically completed. In q short time a government inspect or will visit this, as well as all other selective service boards throughout the country, and after q thorough in speetion of the records and files of the board the same will be placed in steel filing cabinets and permanent seals placed thereon.-B Bentonville Democrat
 John Wright and Wes Howerton have had a herd of cattle around a straw stack on Charles Blair's farm for several days. and the cattle had eaten into the stack So far that last Monday afternoon 1t toppled over on the cattle. Help was called by Mrs. Blair, who saw 1t, and by working until about S:90 o'clock five animals were dug out Two of them alive and three dead from suffoeation.- Grand View correspondence Eureka Flashight.
 The following new officers were elected at the quarterly meeting of the Washington County Medical So- elety at Fayetteville last week. Presi- dent Dr. II T. Harr. Fayetteville; wee president. Df. R. T. Henry.