Pocahontas star herald., 1926-07-08
NoLANp NUGGETS

wheat harvest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Shivley were shop
ping in POcahontas last Friday.
Mrs. JnO. TarltOn of Lone Oak Is
visiting Mrs Ed Tyler at Cedar Ridge.
DR.. W. II. Hughes was a recent pro-
fessonal caller on Mrs. Flo Gwin.
Mrs. VIII West has returned to her
home here on the NJ. f. Sloan farm
Charlie Gwin is improving after a
recent attack of congestion.
B #. Sisson did some notary work
for Spencer Osborne last Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. Kiefer spent sun
day of last week visiting with Ed
MOntgOmery's.
Noel Myers transacted business in
| POrtia on Friday of last week
Mr.. and Mrs Ollie Mitchell have re-
turned from visit with relatives III
Missouri
jess Stayton of Cedar Ridge trans
acted business in Pocahontas on Fri
day of last week.
Mrs. Flo Gwin. Mrs. Gertie Hunt
and Mrs lucille Pyland are each re-
ported to be improving
Mrs frankie Oglesby and family
spent Sunday of last week visiting
Mrs. Jennie SlaytOn.
Several members of the younger set
attended the Fourth of July picnic at
Portia.
| Mrs. Van McGhee and Aunt" Joe
Easter were trading in Noland on Fri
day of last week
Mrs Sadie Morton and Mrs. Nettie
Rite of Swifton spent the recent holi-
days with relatives here.
II. B. HOoton and family spent last
week end visiting at the Pearl Pyland
home.
Mr.. and Mrs Elmo Young drove mp
from Swifton last Monday for a few
days outing.
Mrs Winnie Ragan spent last week
visiting with Mrs Pearl Pace at PO-
cahontas.
Henry Combs. stockman of Black
Rock. was up talking trade to 0Gr
folks last Wednesday.
Homer Ragan marketed a coop of
fine Il. L. II. friers at the PocahOntas
market last Saturday.
Paul Sloan was a recent inquirer
for stray hogs and Ben Seamons a
chronic case of mule hunting.
Crops pretty well hOed out. Crops
easily made on account of continued
dry weather. The hay crop is short
Mr. and Mrs. c. II. Moore returned
last Friday from Gary, Ind, where
| they had been working. They will
come back to Arkansas.
Miss Anna McGhee left recently for
Pittsburg, Po.. where she will take a
course in business training.
II. b. Hooton attended the burial
services of his cousin, Otis HOoton,
who died recently following an opera
tion for appendicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl Pyland of No
land and Floyd Brantley of Brockett
were Sunday guests with Mr.. and Mrs.
b. f. Sisson.
Miss Anna Sullivan who recently
underwent an operation for appended
tis, is now cOnvalescent at the home of
her sister in Hoxie.
Ed Montgomery has found a twenty
| FIVE grain. high button pearl which
brought him the neat little sum of one
hundred and seventy-five dollars.
A drouth of five weeks duration was
broken by a local shower bere Monday
evening accompanied by high north
west wind. Crops were slightly bene-
fitted
Calvin Coon was recent visitor
with former neighbOrs near Warm
Springs. While there, his mule tenn
got away and as we go to press he
has not yet found them.
Guss Cox of the U. s. SnagbOat,
"Quapaw." is at home on vacation.
Guss resigned his position on account
of i'll health and Is contemplating TAX
ing n course of medical treatment at
the hospital
The third was celebrated here by
several groups of town folks and coun-
try folks who hied themselves to the
river where the day was spent in fish
ing and swimming. Cold drinks and
refreshments of good quality and great
quantity were in evidence.
The summer term of school began
here last Monday morning with Prof.
Eugene Hall of POcahOntas as teacher
and an enrolment of thirty-eight
pupils. A number of grown ups at
tended a part of the first day.
The Holobaugh brothers have fifty
pound turtle at their home on Spring
river which they are keeping as a pet.
This little tOy was caught in Eleven
point.
Aunt Jane Wagner was recent
social caller with MrS. ENalyn SlSSOn.
She reports the arrival of a fine new
daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius
Persful on the oath Inst. Named Miss
Althea.
James Shivley and Noble Sisson are
each proudly displaying cotton blooms.
These are the first hill blooms of which
we have heard. Pretty good Mr..
Sisson had blooms in Just sixty days
after planting.
Mrs. Ollie Prater has recovered 'ufii-
ciently to return to her home here last
Tuesday morning. she was taken sud
denly i'll while visiting relatives in
Pocahontas.
The holland nine played the Skaggs
ball team on the home diamond last
Sunday, Noland winning. A previous
match betwee these two teams result
ed in score of IA to 16 in favor of
Skaggs. Come again, boys.
c. Il. Mitchell caught n turtle weigh
ing sixty-five pounds ON trOt line
in Black river last Friday. His tur-
tleship was of the hard shell variety
to the extent that a chisel was requir-
ed to dissect his armor. He was re-
ticent about telling his age but prob