Pocahontas star herald., 1926-03-18
North Arkansas News

North Arkansas News
Citizens Of Mountain Home recently
waged a city-wide war on rats.
Fred Goddard Of near ImbOden re-
ceived a large shipment Of young apple
trees last week He plans to set out
20 acres in apples.
Citizens and property owners Of New
port will build a bigger and better city
on the burnt ruins Of the former build
ings, so states the Independent.
The new union station at Hoxie was
opened last week with much pomp and
ceremony. Hon. II. L. Ponder of Wal
nut Ridge was one of the principal
speakers.
Wesley Stewart, aged "a, was In
stantly killed near Blytheville recently
when he stumbled while hunting, ac-
cidentauy discharging his gun, the
full charge entering his body.
E0llr DUIkluIlt6 WtIG ltUOllCO 1T
Walnut Ridge last wek. In the home
of A. S. Irby, about $50 was obtained
by the burglars. The home Of Sam
Levitt was entered and $50 in cash was
taken.
Lonnie Baldridge aged 81, batch
elor living alone on Half Moon noun
tain in Van Buren, committed suicide
last week by shooting himself with
% rifle. No reason was assigned for
the act.
Four days after being discharged
from jail at Russelville, where he had
served 11O days for manufacturing
liquor, Bill Barnum was re-arreste1
when he was caught operating a still
near Higden.
Burglars removed the combination
from safe in a store operated by j..
L. Dacus at WolcOtt, - miles west Of
Paragould, Friday night and escaped
with 5000. No merchandise was taken
from the store.
Elmer Barger of Lepanto is in a
critical condition in a Memphis hos
pital suffering from gunshot wounds
alleged to have been inflicted by his
wife whom Barger was trying to force
to do the new Charleston dance.
While cutting some timber neal
Rector last Tuesday, W. z. Crews, aged
about So, well known citizen of Clay
county, was struck by limb of a
falling tree and killed instantly. His
head was crushed badly by the falling
limb.
: The gin plant and buildings Of the
Sloan Gin Company at Portia burned
Wednesday night with loss of $40,
600. The gin was owned by Frank
Sloan, L. L. Miller and j. c. Childers
and was partially insured. The cause
of the blaze has not been determined.
: At meeting of the citizens of the
Eastern District of Clay county, held
at Piggott last Tuesday, plans were
endorsed that will result in the gravel
; ing Of the state highway between tht
Greene county line and the town Oi
st. Francis. 1t is reported that Clay
J County will be required to pay half OF
the expense of grayeling this road and
! the state highway department will pa,
the other half. Eighteen miles of The
road will be graveled at an estimated
cost of $4,000.
A verdict of one dollar and cost
I was the outcome of a $4,000 damage
suit filed by Curtis Sloan against DIR
A. ]. Clay of HOxie. The jury tool
the case Tuesday and returned a yer
: dict Wednesday morning. Tuesday
afternoon at five o'clock the jury re
: ported that they could not agree bu
under instructions from the court the.
! retired to deliberate until a verdic
5 was reached. Sloan, a minor, filed tn
suit by next friend, alleging that DR.
Clay failed to properly set a broker
limb.
After a visit Saturday to Thayer
No.. where he obtained q bath ant
haircut, and had his whiskers neatly
trimmed. james A. Huddlest0n, aget
II, who lives one mile north of Nam
moth Spring, entered his room and sho
himself through the heart. The trag
: edy occurred about p. m, and it wa
learned that the Respondent man had