White County record. [volume] (Judsonia, Ark.) 1922-200?, 1922-08-03

in the room attending him, shv at
once attacked her, and the two wom-
! en- engaged in a rOugh-and-tumble
fight Hart lay in bed, unable to rise
and watched the women fight until
officers arrived and took them IN
charge.
Ell Dorado-The FL Dorado Chamber
Of Commerce have gone on record as
favoring a more liberal Interpretation
of the Sunday "blue laws" which
have been in force here for several
weeks, by passing a resolution re-
questing the mayor and city council
to put cold drinks and tire service
on the necessity list" One can buy
ice cream under the present ruling.
Little Rock-A total Of approXi-
mately $4,000 bushels of Arkansas
sweet potatoes has been marketed
collectively by the growers through
the Arkansas Sweet Potato Growers
Association during the 1921 and 1922
marketing season, with an average
price of 81 a bushel of Porto Ricans
| and Y cents per bushel for Nancy
| Halls, (. o. b. the cars, according to
the annual report OF Turner Wright,
sales manager of the association, made
to the board of directors at it's an
nual meeting This includes the bulk
of the sweet potato crop of the entire
state.
Eudora-Will Reed prominent
planter, was shot and instantly killed
by L. E. Henderson, another planter,
near the mems plantations about three
miles south of Eudora. Henderson
has been arrested and taken to Lake
Village for a preliminary hearing.
Domestic troubles extending over
period of several years are said to
have led to the killing.
Pine Bluff.-Bernard Simon, son Of
J. B. Simon well-knOwn Pine Bluff
man, narrowly escaped drowning re-
Gently at Owoseo lake, near Auburn,
N. ", when he attempted to rescue
Miss Belle Aberson, aged 22,, of SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, according to word received
here The young woman drowned.
Simon and Miss Aberson were in
canoe when the craft overturned. In
trying to rescue the young woman, 81
mon was Handicapped with clothing and
heavy shoes. He was practically ex-
hausted when a rescue party arrived
in another boat. Simon is reporter
for a Rochester IN. " newspaper
and formerly worked nthe Pine Bluff
Commercial
Fort Smith. Warren w. Mathis, !
mine foreman for the Superior Coal |
Company at Williams, Okla, 25 miles |
west of this city. was shot from am
bush as he was on the way from his
boarding house to the mines. The un- /
identified assailart used a shotgun,
and u of the shots took effect in |
Mathis body. He was rushed to
Sparks hospital in this city, where the
shots were extracted and surgeons
said that his condition should not |
prove serious
Forrest City.-The special eastern |
Arkansas poultry, dairy, hog and |
sheep campaign, conducted by the /
Extension Department of the Uniyer
sty of Arkansas, the Memphis Bureau I
of Farm Development and the Rock
Island lines, in cooperation with local
people met in Forrest City and was
a huge success from every standpoint. |
Fully 5000 visitors came in from the |
surrounding country, and delegation |
of so men from Memphis.
Walnut Ridge-A heavy wind storm
which struck Walnut Ridge and sew
eral nearby communities recently I
caused considerable damage to utili-
ties plants and crops and many trees
were uprooted. The wind continued |
about four hours. Telegraph tele- |
phone and electric wires were put out |
of commission. Several transformers |
were blown down, necessitating the |
curtailrnent of electric current for sew
eral hours. A heavy rain accompanied |
the wind.
Van Buren.-W G. Emberton was
given verdict in Circuit Court here |
today for $4,000 damages against H. |
H. Rainwater for alleged alienation
of Mrs. Emberton's affections.
Arkadelphia.-Th last car of cam
taloupes to be shipped from Arkadel- |
phia this season has been shipped. |
The cantaloupes have been of a good
quality and the growers feel we'll re-
paid for their efforts, as they are
building I'D a good trade, and in car |
load shipments the prices paid were
satisfactory.
Huntsyille.-James Mason Of Whit |
ener had three Jersey dairy COWS to go
mad from being bitten by mad dogs. |
and formerly worked on the Pine Buff
to have fits.
Hope.-The Hawk Paving Co. of To-
peka. Kan, has several hundred men