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Pocahontas star herald., 1926-09-23
SKAGGs

Cotton picking is the chief job
around here.
Miss Eathel Benson is on the sick
list
Clara Lemons called on Cora Rose
Monday.
Ambrose Baltz was seen motoring
through these parts Sunday.
Mrs. Fannie Cremeens and children,
vergil and Clora, were seen around
here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrss Chas. Afford and chill
dren visited at Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Rid
dies Sunday.
Burl Dawson visited Ernest Riggs
Saturday night.
Misses Ora and Flora Early were
guests of Mae Haynes Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Lemons and
| little son, Dar0l Ray, Mrs. Geo. Lem
mons and daughter, Clara, were call
ers at the home of Willis Johnson Sat
urday night
Mr.. and Mrs. G. s. eagle visited
with Mr.. and Mrs r. b. Smith Sunday
night.
Lowell Benson was guest of Clea-
tus Rose Saturday night and Sun
day.
Elmer Fultner called on Arthur
Lewis Sunday.
Edd Thompson was seen in these
parts one day this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Estell Bramlett, who
have been working at Jackson, return
ed to their home here one day last
week
Several around here are attending
the meeting at Shannon.
Cora Rose visited Misses Eathel and
Verneal Benson Saturday night.
Elmer. Harold and Margery Lew
allen picked cotton for ]. NJ. Rose Mon
day.
Come along, all you interested cor
respondents, with that good news. Let's
make the or Star an interesting
paper.
There will be spelling match here
Friday night, il being the last day Of
our school Let's everybody come and
have a grand spelling match.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-09-23
OCONEE

Our school was dismissed Friday on
account of cotton picking.
James Armstrong is running Ton
Valleys mill.
J. Il. Jackson drove to Ravender
Springs Wednesday and Friday will
cotton.
Henry Smith returned home Satur
day.
There will be Literary Society al
the school house Saturday night.
Harry Smith has been working FOL
Delmar Massey.
Mrs. Mira Smith and her mother
have been on the sick list this week
Herbert Armstrong was a Sunday
guest of Ralph Cook.
Come on, Bakerden, with your news
We like to hear from you.
Elburn and Wilburn Rice were sun
day morning guests of Gilmore Jenk
ins.
Misses Pauline and Pearl Moore
have gone to the bottoms to pick OF
ton
Miss HERNIA Marshall returned home
Sunday to help pick their cotton.
Everybody come out Saturday mgh'
and listen to the debate.
Tom watley and family took a san
out west Sunday.
Mrs. Flora Crawford was a Sunday
guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
John Higgins.
Logan COomer and family returned
home Monday after a few days visit
with relatives near Martins Greek.
The road hands are still working ON
road these hot days.
James Armstrong has taken one ioao
of cotton to market.
We are hoping the Randolph County
Fair will not be hampered by Dao
weather this time.
Come on, everyone, and let's make
Arkansas come up to the front.
There will be singing at Henry
Smiths Sunday evening.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-09-23
PERU

Sunday school was well rendered
Sunday. We had visitors from Big
gers and Old Reyno. Glad to have
you with us. Come visit us again.
Bob Graham made flying trip TO
the hills Saturday, returning home
Sunday.
Harry Snodgrass and wife are TN.
ioying a visit from his grandmother
of near Doniphan, Mo.
Ben Timer and family visited at the
r. l.. Graham home Sunday.
Ben X. johnson is in a hospital ut
Memphis.
Several of our good people were
walking the streets of Biggers Satur-
day.
Miss Myrtle Pendergrass spent Sat
urday night with Jewell Snodgrass.
Everyone is cordially invited to
come to SUNDAY school Sunday even
ing. We win elect new officers for
our Sunday school
Jewell Snodgrasy visited Myrtle Pen
Idergrass Sunday.
j. Il. Gazaway and family attended
Sunday school Sunday evening.
Hurrah--for Old Reyno and its cor
respondents.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-09-23
MAYNARD

Most everyone is busy picking cotton
Mrs. Mollie Abbott and children
spent Sunday afternoon with her SIS
ter, Mrs. Ina Hill, and children.
Little Euell and L. II. Johnson spent
Saturday night and Sunday with Dee
Johnston and family.
Clara Weaver, Irene, Noel, R0sena
and G. L. Cannon spent Saturday night
and Sunday with friends at Middle
brook
Misses Naomi Abbott, Aubrey Ans
pach and Daisy Carter were Sunday
afternoon guests at the home of j. w.
Martin.
Mrs. Albert Taylor is right sick.
Mrs. Cannon and children visited
Mrs. Ethel Johnston and children SIn-
day.
Mr.. Sewell and family took Sunday
dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. Dick AGREE.
Stewart Hogan and wife were Sun
day guests of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bill Glover.
Mrs. Ina Hill and children spent one
day recently with Mrs. Mollie Abbott
and children.
Miss Bessie Loekard was Sunday
guest of Miss Irene Chambers
Miss Pauline Hatley spent Sunday
afternoon with Miss Geneva Johnston.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-09-23

This magnificent bronze by Harriet
Frishmuth is on display in the Palace
of Fine Arts at the Sesqui-Centennial
international Exposition in Philadel-
phia where the 150th anniversary OF
the signing of the Declaration OF indie
pendence is being celebrated. This is
but one of the many gorgeous and
beautiful things to be seen in the Fine
Arts exhibit. Famous artists from all
parts of the world have sent their
paintings. etchings and sculptures to
Philadelphia to be exhibited during
the exposition. which continues until
December l.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-09-23
ENGLISH BLUFF

We are having some unusually warm
weather for the time Of year.
few farmers have begun picking
cotton Most Of the cotton in TINS
community is late and opening slow.
John King and son, Fred, of Dalton
were up here last Friday to move
home single rig they had previously
purchased from John McFann.
Jim Eskridge of Lawrence county
was in these parts a few days ago
looking for cotton pickers.
Almus King and Ed Baldridge had
business in Esq. SCOTS court Monday
of last week. escorted by our constable,
George james.
RAY Ehrhardt and Fuel James left
here few days ago bound for Senath'
Mo. whore they intend to engage III
cotton picking for awhile. We hope
the boys will return home with their
rockets stuffed with green backs and
nice little smile on their faces.
| We understand that our old friend,
link Isaacs, and family. who left here
about one and one half years ago and
went to West Virginia, have drifted
back to south Missouri, where they are
picking cotton. We thought he was
goner but the cat came back. 1t seems
! that when one once drinks from the
clear sparkling springs of the beauti-
| full Ozarks of old Randolph county,
though they may roam this wide world
over they will come back.
Those who visited school at Cedar
Grove Friday were Mrs. Mary Risner,
Misses Myrtle Rhner and Pearl Du-
Bots.
A new 12-pound girl arrived at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel James
Thursday of last week.
Elijah Honeycutt and Emmett Me
haffy made a business trip to Poca-
hontas Saturday
Dolph Newsom and George James
took dinner with John McFann Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac James and Miss
Maud Stout motored to Alton, Mo-,
Saturday to visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII ChOate and baby,
Leota. and Mrs Melvina Jeffries were
! Sunday evening guests at John Nc
Fann's.
This writer is informed that Rob
Hicks, who lives on the Felix Taylor
farm, is putting up a large quantity
of soy bean hay
Win English and George James spent
Sunday at Farewell, Mo, with Joe
Roster, who is reported to be very lew
with typhoid fever.
Sam Ehrhardt had an old fashioned
barn raising Tuesday of last week. A
large crowd gathered and raised two
log pens and then moved some few
/ nd rai
Bynum Prevett They reported nice
time and plenty of good things to eat
and a nice singing at Sans Tuesday
night
Our school is dismissed this week
owing to our teacher, Miss Edna Robin.
EFT, being on the sick list. Jackson
Stanley took her to her home near
Warm Springs Sunday.
1t is reported to this writer that
our cOnstable-elect made a desperate
charge on a sorghum mill a few days
ago, installing it for a wild cat dis
tillery. However we are not vouch-
ing for the truthfulness of this state
ment.
The Ring school was vacated Friday
and the teacher Miss Maud Stout, re-
turned to her home at Water Valley
Sunday, accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac James.
John McFann and bunch of hands
are giving their attention to a strip of
unwOrked state road, trying to make
ends meet.
Dave Risner and his mother motor
ed to Thayer, Mo-, Monday to visit
relatives
Let's all he at the school house at
Cedar Grove on time Tuesday, Sept.
2S, to hear John McFann explain
Amendment No. ID.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-09-23

We ask our correspondents, when
writing obituaries, to refrain from the
use of poetry. Please give name, date
of birth, date of death, place of death,
names of surviving members of the
family, place of burial, date of burial,
name of person conducting funeral SER
vices. That is as much as space will
permit us to use. We kindly ask our
correspondents to keep this request in
mind.-The Editor.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-09-23
OBITUARY
Mrs. Nancy Ann Meredith

Born oct 20, 1855, died Sept. ~,
1926. She was married to James Cal
legly about 1873 and to this union s
children were born, of whom survive
her, namely Henry Gallegly and Joe
Gallegly and Mrs. A. c. Meredith Of
Maynard and Mrs. May Crews of on
City. La.
she was married to J. c. Meridith
in 1904
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-09-23
WARNING ORDER
In the Randolph Chancery Court.
Bessie Johnston ct al, Plaintiffs,

vs..
Joe Blackburn ct ux, Defendants.
The nonresident defendants, Joe
Blackburn and MOllie b. Blackburn.
are hereby warned to appear in this
court within thirty days and answer
the complaint of the plaintiffs, Bessie
Johnston ct al, or else the same will be
taken as confessed.
Witness my hand and the seal of
Randolph Chancery Court on this Sep
TENDER 81, 1926. Ben +. Mays,
Clerk of Randolph Chancery Court.
Schoonover & Schoonover and
John l.. BledsOe,
Solicitors for the Plaintiffs. 7it.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-09-23

L. B. PRICE, d. d. S.
Completely equipped for dental work
OF any kind.
Office upstairs in Old State Bank
building.
Phones, Office "a. Residence 244.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-09-23

One person out Of twenty three In
the United States is illiterate There
are five million residents in America,
chiefly Of foreign birth or extraction
who cannot read or write.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-09-23

A MOravian village attempted to kill
off its cats with poison gas to stamp
out rabies. The cats were merely joy
fully intoxicated by the vapOrs.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-09-23
E. NEWTON ELLIS

Lawyer-Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Schools provided with Furniture and
Supplies on short notice. Office In
Telephone Central Building.
Phones, Office 70, Home 20.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-09-23

Mosquitoes cause annual damage
amounting to one hundred million dol
lars, or ninety-one cents for each per-
son in the United States. Three nil
hon cases Of chills and fevers were
directly attributed to these pests 'ast
year.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-09-23
Notice

All persons knowing themselves 10
be indebted to the late w. c. Brown
please come in and settle up at once.
DIR. j. w. Brown,
Tot. Administrator.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-09-23

Excepting the Bible, Pilgrims Pro-
gress has been translated into more
languages and dialects than any other
book. The number now exceeds l07.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-09-23

The average weekly movie attend
ance in the United States is estimated
at one hundred and thirty million.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-02
Tears Obsolete?

A granddaughter of Sarah Bernhardt comment
ing on the fact that women longer were moved
to tears in the theater wondered if it is due to con-
sideration for their appearance shame for what
may, in these days Of sex-equality, be thought an
unworthy weakness. And she was reminded that
the majority Of women have in the last IL years
So had too intimate acquaintance with real TRACE
dy to be moved to tears by the make-believe, how
ever well portrayed
This is, no doubt, the explanation. And it has had
most beneficial effect upon the education of the
younger generation. Luckily for herself, the mod
girls training does not encourage weeping over
trfles Like her brother, she has learned to keep
"stin upper lip" and her healthy, open-air life
makes her still less addicted to tears. In fact ex-
cept for occasions of real grief tears obsolete
There is, however, another element that enters
into this fearless age. Men longer are so kindly
disposed toward tears, in fact they quite likely
to be irritated by them. So it is not altogether
surprising that woman has strapped her one-tinae
most effective weapon in favor of an more ef-
fective Very few men want clinging vine
type Of sweetheart OF wife today They want
girl who can play good game of tennis, golf, fish
a bit, swim well, ride horse, wear smart clothes
well and who wastes no time simpering or weeping.
In other words the modern man wants companion
and not teary dependent. In that he shows his
good sense
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Neglected ROadsides

One Of the most potent factors in beautifying the
country is the utilization Of roadsides for the plant
ing Of trees. There is nothing more attractive than
long, shaded avenues and lanes and highways, over
which countless thousands pass and repass. They
could be made one Of the most effective means of
advertising any locality if set with along their
sides.
And in this connection word might be said for
fruit trees because CT the beauty Of their blossoms
in the spring and the added value CT the fruit later
in the summer and autumn 1t may be taken for
granted, CT course, that the trees would be to some
extent damaged by the breaking off of blossoms and
that tho planters of the trees would reap but little
benefit of the fruits. But they would have bene-
fitted others even than trees planted merely
for appearance and shade And if the cost were no
greater than for shade trees the planters would
have lost nothing. Perhaps, in time, the motoring
public could be educated against wilful destruc-
tiveness
But whether fruit or shade trees selected, the
big thing is to plant some kind of trees. Nothing
speaks well for town, for its comfortable,
homelike atmosphere, streets lined with beauti-
full trees. Trees planted now in very few years
will be large enough to make very presentable ap
pearancc and many communities would do well to
start the planting now, as the establishment of fu
ture asset.
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THE STORY SO FAR

! Sandy Mcneil. in love with life,
marries Ben Murillo, a rich Italian,
to please her impoverished family.
Tyranny by Murillo and frequent
4uarrels follow. A son dies at birth.
Bob Mcneil, her uncle, aids in plans
for Sandy and her mother to take q
trip to Honolulu. There she meets
Ramon Worth. who declares his love.
.Murillo says he will never release
her. Judith Moore, cousin, tells
Sandy love is everything. Sandy leaves
Murillo and accepts the kindly atten-
tons of Ramon, whose home she
shares. When her mother dies she
leaves Ramon and goes TO live with
her cousin. Judith. Douglas Keith,
the. man whom Judith loves, intro
duces his friend, Hal Hume. a doc
TOT. to Judith. He, himself, falls in
lokc with Sandy. who reciprocates
his affection. This leaves Judith
broken hearted. Sandy meets Ramon
Worth, who has returned from the
Orient. and she tells Douglas Of his
return. They plan to run away to-
gether. The day before, Sandy goes
to Ramon's office at his urgent re-
quest. He shoots Sandy and COM
mits suicide. Sandy is taken to Hal
Hume's shack when it is learned that
her name is connected with the scan
dal. Then Douglas is called before
detectives who learn that he was al
Ranlon's office on the day of the
suicide,
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a startling thin1 1anne,ied. The
man III eigarstts. p1a& iAsily.
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home and it's family, there will longer be any
great problem Of hayward youth.
But can We arrive at this point! Is the present
generation capable Of making real homes? Has
the present generation the necessary appreciation
of beauty itself. to be able to mpart any character
istic Of beauty to home? Is the average parent
today imbued with enough Of the spirit Of fair
play to provide such atmosphere in home?
1t is extremely doubtful. The money grubbing
regime Of today makes SC many demands upon time
and energy that leisure is left to cultivate beauty
and the intense competition Of the period leads to
sharp commercial practices that tend to destroy the
fine sensblty Of honesty necessary to u true
spirit Of fair play. Thus the trouble lies with US,
the present generation, and not with the growing
youth upon which we heap much undeserved criti.
cism. .,T
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Her OlU,1 Wuul :: Z ss sRE

] going 70 b just like all the rest Of
my sex and settle down and marry
Was Il going to be Jerry. just be-
cause ! did not know what else to
do with myself? Though I knew
Jerry was worth loving. that little
speech OF Mamie's still kept bobbine
up in my mind. And measured BY
i. ] was sure that ! did not really
love him.
Mamie had said to me while talk.
ing Of Buddy Tremaine, "We don't
know why We love anyone. We
don't know Why We love this man
and do not love that man. We don't
know when love will come, neither
do we know when Il will 70. Bpt
there Is enc fact We never mistake.
we know when We are IN love-"
Because ] had doubts I knew that
as splendid ~ Jerry was, I did not
love him well enough to marry him.
And II ] did not do that, what Was
! going to dot could hardly 70
back TO the Norton Department
Store even II / wished. At this
moment ] hoped would never see
anyone connected with It again.
! wondered Il any other girl had
muIIed over problem rs was null.
ing over one now. II I married
! Gerald Hathaway. Jr., I would never
want for anything. He was rich,
good looking, and q far Is I knew,
very much IN love with me. I liked
to be with him, what moro did INV
restless heart desire?
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TOMORRoW-Jeny Makes .
Mistake.
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They're CRYING Fie Upon Us!

! Twelve years ago, few little dissonances in Eur
6pe swelled into the discord Of shot at Sarajevo
ahe nations went to war about it, one dragging in
another until almost everybody was into it,
: 1t was war to end war. Everybody said So
This thing would settle any arguments that might
come up for all time, the way one of the coore.
posters read
: Unfortunately it costs to fight. Guns and trans.
5ortaton have way Of eating up a persons pin
money. Thus Europe found herself little
short in change. But that easy There was
She United States, almost too rich to be true. 1t
was n day Of exuberant credit; almost anyone could
lure piece Of currency out Ct our Golfers, even
Germany.
imbroglio eight years ago. Mr.. Mellon sat down
and began thumbing few pages that had figures
pm them, and it discovered that the Old World
sitting not well on the off-side Of the ledger.
One by one the statesmen came to what
bargains they could drive The Pittsburgh gentle
man gently but firmly convinced them that, yes,
there really had been a war.
With Mr.. Melons ,verities in hand, the several
1ignitaries wended their way homeward and then
learned they had made their first mistake. They
had thought that because the cannon had ceased
firing the fighting all DONE 1t didn't take long
4Rr them to unlearn that
The franc skipped its way down the primrose
path Every time it fell four points France changed
cabinets. and it fell four points Somehow
the troubles with the franc seemed to perch them
selves right doorstep The French folk and
the French newspapers and the English began TAX
ing sly verbal poke at US here and there. The
word Shylock was mentioned in the Ralto, and not
in whisper either.
!: Now it has reached the point where the debt
is the cause of all the old worlds 1t used to
be the Teutonic autocracy, mlitarsm, ruthessness.
but the source of the infection has shifted to our
internal hoggishness. Oh, dear. it's always some
thing!
1t has reached the point where money Laden
Americans are finding it hard to force their way
about over there so they can squander dollar or
two on ovcrpriced knick -knacks. You will note by
this that the worst has really come, for the last
thing Europe was known to do was to block
the path of the American chunlp his tour Of the
whatn0t markets
Someone has said, we believe, that this was to be
an unprecedented Of peace. He must have
been heavy smoker. For, you can't stir up nearly
as much dirt with a cannon you can with pock-
etbook.
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"SANDY" :.: !:

Suddenly he glanced across. And he
bowed!
Immediately Douglas recognized
him--Avery Middleton. They we're in
the same year at college. A smarty
Alec--Doug!as always thought him a
marty-regular Jimmie Freshie-
Did Middleton know why he was in
! this office? Did he know that a man
had died here and he, arrogant young
Douglas Keith. was under suspicion;
brought here to be unnerved and
cross-examined?
He had hot. reckless notion to
swing out his fists, bolt from the
room. 1t appeared sinister that Mid
dleton should stand there bowling to
him--vicious and sinister.
! ,"YSN S4idn'tF notice that window
before, Mr.. Keith ?'
ri never saw that window bc'fore!"
F'Didn't happen to notice whether
t9e shades were up or down last
Monday nighty'
tDougfas threw him look Of fury,
the frank hazel eyes black and sting
inE. Unthinking, he skirted the chair
Meager had placed. pulled another to
the table. slumped into it.
AsYOu didn't like the chair l placed
for you? Why did you walk around
that spot? ] notice you avoided it.
Singular, that's where Worth's body
lay"
Douglas swung his shoulder as
though blows were aimed at his face.
He folded his arms in set despera-
ton. Whether the shade was up or
down last Monday night! No! He
hadn't noticed. But why did Meager
say it in that cold. sneering way
He wanted to beat his fists against
his teeth and curse furiously. And
he thought: "God--Almighty Cod
will he keep this up much longer !
How much longer!"
He saw Meager's ugly hand reach
ing across the table: "Look here,
Keith. you say you've never been
in this office? How did you happen
to know where Worth's body fell
You did know it! You refused to
walk near the spot. And the first
thing your eye fell on when you
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Home For the Child

There is growing realization that the home
must be made place for the safeguarding and edu-
cation Of children. The modern home has devel-
0ped more or less into convenient place to sleep
md eat, while the activities Of life are carried on
outside its wallis This applies to children Is well
= adults, and is held by many as the CHIEF factor
n. the waywardness Of the present generation Of
young people.
The hope Of the nation lies in its children. The
Assure should Be safeguarded by providing children
With an environment calculated to upbuild strength
u character, kesnnsss Of mentality and apprecia-
TN Of beauty and virtue. This i the province Of
home But many homes Of today are so utterly
s)aractsrless. wholly drab and minterestng that
Nv hold but little prospect for the proper physical
"a mental development q children.
sfhildren are keenly sensitive to beauty. The
1ne. then, should - bssutifaN enough to create
y uD - " ownsnhfp. Children ars kesnly sensitive
S3@ iair play and lpyaity. 1As fatally should be !
\ stant exanple 4 49, virtnss. when tie home
n1 thet ~ child ihxills n ~ eontact With its