The Dermott news., 1919-08-21

Several Dermotters saw Mary Pick ford in Daddy Long Legs" recently in Little Rock and declare it one of the best pictures they have ever seen. It will be shown tonight at The Allied.
 There will be meeting of the s. l. A. Friday evening at $ O clock at the Dermott Hotel to decide plans for the Chautauqua. Everyone is urged to come who will President. the Reason we can save you money on what you buy from us is that We are not dependent upon one or two lines.
 Belser. Dishongh X Co.
 The Suburban Store. E. Schnelz. proprietor. handles chickens. eggs. butter. and fancy groceries of all kinds l Delivery to any part of city at all times Your patronage solicited If
 Mrs. R. F.. Thomas and daughter. l Miss Marie. of Fordyce are expected here today to spend few days as guests of Mrs U. (. Barnett Miss l Thomas is the teacher of music in the Fordyce school
 Mrs. Richard Buckner returned Sun day night to her home at Baton Rouge. after spending couple of weeks here at the l. A. Buckner home. Her hus- j ba,| | f,r with his parents.
 John Hammock expects to leave next week for the Marion Institute at Marion. Ala. where he will take six months course preparatory to taking the entrance examinations for the Naval Academy at Annapolis
 R. P Stinson and family motored to Hot Springs last week to spend several days. They returned Tuesday, making the trip from Hot Springs to Pine Bluff in four hours, and from Pine Bluff to Dermott in five hours
 The Dermott Gro X Com. Co. is having the wooden floors in their build ings on Arkansas Street all replaced with concrete and making other re- pairs to the extent of about S2. 500. Baxter X By the are doing the work.
 Mrs. Rose will be chairman of the meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society at the Methodist Church next Monday afternoon at 3:30 O clock We will have special music. All members are urged to be present. Secretary
 w. l. Splawn and family and R. J. Daniels and family have been enjoying a camping party at the Gaines place on Macon Lake the past ten days. Mrs. J. E. Daniels. Mrs. C. l.. St John and Mrs Ida Anderson were with them last week
 The meeting of the Southeast Arkan- sas Levee Board. to be held at McGehee for the purpose of discussing the ad- visibility of issuing $500, ,000 worth of bond. is to be held on Aug 27th, in- stead of Aug. 2ith as stated in this paper last week.
 Mrs Ada Rayborn, who has been visiting in Little Rock. and Miss Leona Rayborn and Mrs II. D. Elliott. who have been visiting in Nashville. Tenn, returned to their homes here last week. Mrs Eliiott's mother accompanied her for visit here
 C. F. Dowden and family are expect ed home today from Hot Spsings where they have bssn spending . Il couple of wssks. They were among a number of Dermotters who heard Wm. J. Bryan address an audience of near ly two thousand people at the new Methodist Church there last Sunday.
 Aa result of a quarrel over . team. which took place about five miles from Dermott in the edge of Drew county last Friday, Leon Matthews. . negro. lost an eye and sustained other injur. ice about his head as the result of shots fired by Louis Oliver. another negro. Oliver was arrested and later released on bail. pending trial.
 According to word received here yes terday. F.. P. Remley and D. Kimpel and party. who recently drove from here to the Pacific coast. expect to ship their cars and return to Dermott on the train. reaching here about Sept. 9th. This is with the exception of Mrs Ford. who is not expected to re- turn until the latter part of September