Cleveland County herald., 1921-08-25

Conway-Leo Hamberg, independ.
 ent cotton buyer at Conway has left
 for New York, Boston and other points, where he will negotiate with
 some of the largest cotton mills of
 the country.
 Batesyille. The recent heavy
 rains in this se&ion of the state did
 a lot of damage to farm products.
 One man lost his entire crop of wa termelons, by the overflow of a small creek on his farm
 Camden.-G J. Farabough of St. Louis has moved to Camden and will be bookkeeper for the Fooks Lumber Company. MT. Farabough recently was connected with the Illinois Gen. tral railway.
 Calico Roek-The Izard County Sunday School Association has just colsed it's annual convention here. E. C. Rodman and L. F. Evans were re- elected as county president and sec retary, respectively.
 DeWitt.-The annual old soldiers reunion was held Tuesday to Friday, inclusive, at Camp Pagan, 15 miles east of Dewitt, Veterans of the Civil, Spanish-American and World wars participated.
 Marshall. - A Tom Thumb wed- ding was staged here recently under direction of Miss Bertha Smelling, home demonstration agent, and the Busy Bee Agricultural Club of Mar shall The play was given at the Christian church and was attended by a large crowd.
 Hardy.-L. A. P Nicholson, far mer living several miles south of town, sold his farm a few days ago to a man named Reynolds, who came here from Texas. The new owner had occupied the property only four days when the residence caught fire and was burned to the ground.
 Marshall. = W. w. Albert and pr. D. G. Fendley have Just returned from an automobile trip to Oregon and oth- CT Western points. The trip was tenn porarily abandoned when their auto rolled down a high bluff somewhere in Idaho. However, none of the party was injured
 Mena.-Maud, brown mare pony, owned by Guy Beavers, carrier on Rural Route No. 1 oat of Mena, has been retired after II years service on l the route. Carrier Beavers estimates | that Maud travelled 45,666 miles over the mail route. The animal is now Is years old.
 Van Buren.-A perfect ear of corn l weighing two pounds was brought to | Van Buren by w. D. Arnold of Cross Lanes and placed on display at the Citizens bank. The corn was grown in the bottom on a 50-acre tract that is expected to produce 50 bushels to the acre.
 Van Buren.-The heavy shipping season for the cantaloupe crop here has been virtually stopped, according to word received from the Van Blu ren Truck and Fruit Growers Asso- citation recently. Small and scattered shipments by express are expected, it was said, but there will be no ship ments in consequence.
 Fordyce Overstreet, son of MT. and Mrs. Frank Oversrteet, has re. turned from three years enlistment in the navy, having received aR honor able discharge. Young Overstreet com pleted a course in wireless telegraphy while in the service, and at his dis charge was stationed on the U. s. S. Pennsylvania.
 Hardy.-The United States Army Goods Company of Memphis has do mated an army machine gun to the summer camp here The gun is now stationed at the miniature fortress at the campentranee. A special dedica- tion program was held wnen the gun was installed.
 Camden.-The large barn at the sawmill at McAnulty and Grayson, several miles west of Camden, was destroyed by fire last week. The barn contained about 50 heao Ql tine mules, which were driven out without loss. Several hundred dollars worth of harness was destroyed, in addition to large quantity of feed. The cause of the fire is unknown.
 Van Buren.-Work on the Kibler road here has been started by the road overseer of Crawford county. and three and one-half miles of the highway had been graded at last re- ports. A heavy rain has put the roads in excellent shape for working, it was said
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