White County record. [volume] (Judsonia, Ark.) 1922-200?, 1922-06-01

lumber market have caused an in
crease in the activity of the lumber
manufacturing business in this section
during the past three weeks. 1t is
estimated that there are so small saw
mills operating within 40 miles of
Camden. There is approximately IT,
100000 feet of lumber on the yards of
the small sawmills in Ouachita county
a good portion of which has advanced
as much as $40 a thousand during the
past thirty days.
Newport.-Henry Blake, aged 81, a
young farmer living near Remmel,
about six miles east of Newport, fell
into Locust creek while crossing on a
foot log and drowned. Blake had
started hunting.
Stuttgart-The annual meeting of
the Board of Directors of the Arkan-
sas Rice Growers Cooperative Associ-
alton was held here. The days bust
ness program was closed with a COM
munity meeting at local theater. The
| program included an address on CO.
| operation by F. M. Cooper of this
place, several musical number and
readings and a four-reel moving pic
ture show. The meeting was arranged
by the association and the Arkansas
County Farm Bureau.
onesboro.-James Maroon, a log.
ger living at Truman, was brought
to st. Barnard's hospital here suffering
from injuries which physicians say
will prove fatal. While he was loading
logs in the woods near Truman.
lightning struck him, hurting him
against the steel rail. He suffered
conclusion of the brain, and his collar
Done and hip are broken.
Walnut Ridge.-Walnut Ridge will
have a new $4,000 high school build.
ing within the next few months, ac-
cording to members of the School
Board. They say that the condition Of
the bond market has caused the build
ing to be delayed for the past year or
so, but that conditions are very favor.
able now.
Harrison.-Richey Brewer of Ponca
City, Newton county, has a quilt made
l35 years ago by the late Mrs. Betty
Green of Hancock county, Tennessee.
1t is made of wool, and was hand-card-
ed, spun and woven by Mrs. Green.
1t has been in constant use through
three generations, and still is in per
| feet condition.
"Bumbleton Folks" in the Ladies'
Home Journal, formerly with Fort
Worth StarTelegram and the Kansas
City Star, was the guest of the Rogers
Rotary Club recently.
Fort Smith.-W. H. Cole, aged 65.
local druggist, attempted to separate
Freddie Henderson and Bertha Gale,
both women, who were staging a live
ly battle on North First street, and
when he regained his equilibrium, he
possessed black eye, bruised head
and swollen cheek; had served one
hour in the county Jail, and was booked
with charge Of fighting for his pains.
Pine Bluff.-In Jefferson county one
marriage out of every three for the
past 10 years has ended in a divorce.
according to statistics compiled by To-
cal newspaper men. For the past 10
years, ending April 80, 1922, there have
been 1913 marriage licenses issued
in the county, 4,074 divorces granted
or 1872 divorces for each 100 mar
! riages.
Reydel.-The public school here was
blown from its foundation during n
heavy rain and wind storm recently.
servants house and a sawmill she'd
also were wrecked. Three and one
| fourth inches of rain fell between 10
and IL o'clock noon. Considerable
hail also fell
| arksville.-Clarksville residents
are rejoicing over telegram received
froA DR.. H. S. Lysle, president of the
! College of the Ozarks, who is attend.
ing the Presbyterian General Assem-
! bly, at Des Moines, Ia, that the remain
ing 81, necessary for the new ad-
ministration building for the college
had been raised at the assembly.
Fort Smith.-A deal involving more
than $4,000 was consumated here
when the Browne Hinton Wholesale
Grocery Company became owners of
the Richie Wholesale Grocery Co.
Helena.-Q. M. Wilson, merchant
at Oneida, near here, was severely
hurt Uhen his automobile struck a
pile of gravel on the Helena Ferguson
road.
notwithstanding his berries at
10 cents quart, j. w. Sansing, owner
of small county store near here,
realized over $50 and canned nearly
200 quarts for home use off less than
an eighth of an acre of strawberries
this season. A wet spring reduced the
yield considerably. He is planning