Pocahontas star herald., 1923-04-06
North Arkansas News

NORM Arkansas NEWS |
When the children are all home, ].
A. Methvin who lives on Water Greek
about nine miles south Of Yellville,
has difficulty in finding beds, for
there are 10 of them. Mr.. Methvin
is the father of 81 children, 10 of
Of whom are living. He has been
married twice, having II children by
his first wife, and seven by his sec
ond.
The Is months-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith, who live
near Urbanette. was burned to death
last week when the family home was
destroyed by fire. believed to have
originated from an incubator. The
parents were on the premises at the
time but the flames spread SO rapid
ly that il was impossible to enter the
frame building.
A. b.. Carrier, age 81, well-known
contractor, died suddenly from heart
failure while seated in a barber
chair at Heber Springs one day last
week.
The business men of Bald Knob
have organized the Bald Knob Cham
Der Of Commerce with ]. A. Adkins
president, and George Hammond sec
retary, The organization will en-
courage the planting of 1000 acres of
commercial peach orchards the COM
ing winter. Other lines that will de-
velop the farming territory tributa-
ry TO Bald Knob will be fostered
A special survey of crop damage in
North Arkansas resulting from the
recent freeze, made last week by
Chas. S. Bouton, crop statistician of
the federal government, shows that
the peach crop has been cut at least
65 per cent, pears S5 per cent, plcms
90 per cent. apples per cent, straw
berries 10 per cent, and cherries %
per cent.
Hardy. March 1.-Claud. Justus,
cashier of the Bank of Cave City, is
in Kentucky, where he viii buy two
carloads of dairy cattle for farmers
in the south part of Sharp county. He
also win buy 20 Jersey calves for the
Calf Club boys and girls of Cave City.
Fulton county fruit prospects still
are bright despite the severe cold
snap recently. Early peaches suffer
ed the greatest damage. Late peach
es and apples appear TO be damaged
but little and the strawberry crop
was not damaged to any great extent,
John n. Crutchfeld. prominent
citizen of Corning, died at his home
there last week.
While plowing on the old stephens
place near Success one day last week
Jack Quigley, who is cultlvating the
farm, unearthed several skeletons,
long since buried. With the skeletons
were found many broken bits Of pot
terry. The bones unearthed were bad
ly broken, but enough Of one was
found together to show that It was
Of man of unusual size, probably
seven feet in heighth.
A. A. King of near Ash Flat suf-
fered a broken rib and collar bone one
day last week when horse he was
riding stumbled and fell throwing
the man against the saddle horn.
j. p. Thrasher, aged GO, Of near
Piggott, dropped dead one day last
week just after he had finished pump
ing up an auto casing on his car
Independence circuit court con
vened at Batesville on the 2nd Of
April The civil docket is the llghtest
in years but the criminal docket is
heavy.
A late directory shows Jonesboro 70
have q population Of 1886.
Narcotics worth $1,000 were cap
tured by Chief of Police W. G. Craig
at the home of Mrs. Annie Hall at
JOnesboro last week. The dope was
in grip, which Mrs. Han said be
longed to her son, Willie Han. She
denied knowledge of the contents Of
the grip Willie Hall is at large and
officers are searching for him. He
brought the grip from Memphis ii is
said.
JEFF A. Armstrong, held IN jail at
Marked Tree waiting TO be taken to
the State Hospital for Nervous Dis
eases in Little Rock, set fire to the
| hnd clotbtp,, Ia bfs coll and ,rag 81