Taken from the Clay County Courier, Corning, Clay County, Arkansas.......................1914. Misses Flossie BLUNK and Ada BURGESS of this city are at Leslie visiting friends where they will remain until sometime next month. Sam HAYS and family visited at the home of Charles VINES and wife in Ring settlement, Saturday night and Sunday; Mrs. Emma TRANTHAM and Misses Gertrude and Ada VINES were guests of Mrs. Frank PITTS, Sunday afternoon; An ice cream pary was given at the home of Tom ROBERTS, Saturday night and all who attended report a nice time. (Ennisville) Superintendent BOOSER and a number of teachers with about 100 pupils of Corning Methodist Sunday School enjoyed a fine outing and picnic last Friday, going via the BOOSER train and BLUNK boat and barge to the famous picnicing site at RICHARD shanty up Black RIVER. Miss Isabell JACKSON who visited home folks near Supply the past three weeks, left Saturday for Denver, near where she has a homestead of 320 acres. H.B. FRENCH, Uncle Dave WILSON and George W. PURVIS left Wednesday morning, over land for the "sunk" lands of Poinsett, Craighead and Mississippi counties, for the purpose of homesteading government land. Miss Lula FOREST, a cripple residing on houseboats with her brother-in-law and sister, J.B. DILDAY and wife on Black River at the end of BOOSER's railroad two miles Southeast of here, fell off the end of one of the small houseboats about 5 o'clock this morning and drowned under 10 feet of water almost instantly and before anything could be done toward rescue. Dr SIMPSON was summoned by telephone, was rushed out on a handcar while efforts were made to resuscitate the girl. Circumstances of the unfortunate girl's death were so tragic and heart rendering that her sister, Mrs. DILDAY, has been prostrated and under the care of a physician part of the time since, for, in the movements of the two women in preparing the morning meal on the two boats the terrible accident happened. Mrs. DILDAY in opening a door from the small kitchen boat was unaware that her sister was on a narrow deck in front of the out swinging door and as the girl plunged, Mrs. DILDAY, in her alertness grabbed for the girl's hair but succeded only in clutching th light dust cap she wore. Unusual also was the fact that the body was caught by a log or snag, for the body never rose as is usual, rendering rescue almost nil and although the rivermen present quickly dislodged the body and brought it to bank, life was extinct. Lula FORREST was a most amiable, patient, kind-hearted girl, loved by all of the few who knew her. The remains will be interred here tomorrow. At the I.O.O.F. installation last Tuesday night, officers for the ensuing semiannual term were installed as follows: W. M. LETBETTER, noble grand; Thomas W. WYNN, vice grand; Charles G. MOORE, secretary and T.P.CURRY treasurer. Ice cream was served in the hall dining room. Joe McCRACKEN's saw mill is running full time; Miss Mollie McNABB, who had been visiting her sister at Maynard, has returned home; Anson MILLER, Lem and Claib SCRIVNER, James MILLER and Raymond JACKSON returned from Kansas last week; Clara COCHRAN, Altka THARP, Elsie MILLER and Bessie SEE attended the picnic at Reyno, Friday and Saturday; Our school opened Monday, July 6 under leadership of Mr. CURRY, principal and Miss Glenna OLIVE assistant. A good school year is anticipated. (Palatka) Many of our people have the pearling this week. The big Heelstring ditch will be completed this Summer; E.T. S. WINNINGHAM found a 63 grain pearl in Black River one day this week. W.W. MORGAN has sold his soda and confectionary business to C.H.SKAGGS; Otis PARKS had a brother killed in some town in Illinois recently by lightning. Judge A.J. WITT of Pocahontas was here the 4th and spoke. Although the judge is getting to be quite advanced in years, he has lost none of his well known ability to speak. His address was quite masterful and well delivered. J.W. and Charles BLACK, Monroe G. HOFFMAN and their respective wives of Corning, motored over here and spent the 4th at the J.W. BAYNHAMS. (Success) Claude FOWLER was out riding Saturday and claimed to be hunting his hogs, but we found out better; Troy RUFF and wife atteneded the picnic at Success on the 4th; Charlie FOWLER seems to be keeping the rocks kicked out of the road between his house and SMITH's. Oscar TERRY left home but like the prodigal son, he returned; Mrs. Preacher JONES failed to fill her regular appointment, cause unknown to us; Uncle Sam WATSON has bought a fine buggy and says it looks pretty good in front of widow TEASLEY's gate. For sometime a number of Corning's most enerprising business men have been endeavoring to solve for this locality the good roads question, one of the most serious in Eastern Arkansas and the first public meeting with that aim, was held in the North room of Judge HOPSON's new brick building, Tuesday evening, when a good start was made and plans formulated. Judge HOPSON explained the object of the meeting and Dr. LATIMER was chosen as president, A.B. GALLEGLY, vice president, W.W. HENRY, secretary-treasurer and Judge HOPSON, W.D. POLK and M. BLOOM executive committee to plan and push the good roads movement. It is proposed to build one or more rock roads between Corning and her most important nearby centers of farm and trade-support. I will organize a Ben Hur Court here on Monday night, September 2. All members who have applications in , are requested to be present, as we will have brother John H. WORTMANN, supreme judge, of St. Louis, Missouri with us to assist in the work; and all who have not yet joined, will find it worth your time to investigate the Ben Hurs. See J.W. WATSON and have him explain the Ben Hur to you. W. M. WARD, the Starlight showman, suffered a serious accident Tuesday evening. Mr. WARD filled his pipe with tobacco and striking a match to light it, either the pipe or tobacco was 'loaded' and flashed up severely burning Mr. WARD's face and eyes. While it did not damage either of his eyes to the extent of losing his eyesight, it was a very painful and serious accident. Martin FOWLER, First Street restaurant man, has leased the large room adjoining this place of business, recently vacated by CLAGG barber shop, and is having same remodeled and counters put in, preparatory to opening up a first-class grocery store in connection with his restaurant. Mr. FOWLER is a young enterprising business man and solicits a share of your business in the restaurant and grocery store. Preparations are being made for a picnic here about the first of August. BOWMAN will be here with his swing. (Palatka) This week the big Heelstring ditch will be completed. Well, I suppose we can haul gravel with the teams for a while as several property owners in our little city comtemplate building concrete walks. Urah HICKS and wife are the proud parents of twins, fine boys, one weighing six and one half pounds and the other six pounds. Mother and babies are doing fine. (this was my grandparents and the twins were my uncles, Earl and Shearl HICKS). James JOHNSON of Datto and Miss Delcie BOSHEARS of Richwoods, were married at the home of the bride last Thursday. (Datto) Richard WHITAKER (re-apointed) of Knobel, J.K. BROWNING of Piggott and A. WEST of Rector, compose the new board of election commissioners for Clay County for the ensuring two years, recently named by the state board of Little Rock. C.R. CREWS and A.J. SIDES, respectively Democratic and Republican candidates for sheriff of Clay County, have been mingling with the "deer peepul" in the Western district for the past day or so. William HOSEY of Success, patenteeof a new up to date ironing board (for laundry purposes) is installing his factory with daily capacity of about 100 complete ironing boards in the J.W. BLACK Lumber Co. carpenter shop on Elm street in 'Corning. Mr. HOSEY expects to move his family here later. Secretary ANDERSON of Corning school board, has completed the annual enumeration of pupils in this school district, showing that there are 757 pupils of school age in the district (Number 8) at this time being about 50 more than the school census totaled in this district a year ago. Late last Wednesday aftenoon, Sam SMITH residing on his farm in Heelstring settlement, about 8 miles Southwest of Corning, lost his large new barn, containing about 300 bushels of new wheat, several tons of baled hay, quantities of other feedstuff; about all of his farm implements, Harness, etc. by fire, which is supposed to have caught fire from a match accidentally dropped by some boys who were hauling fodder from a field nearby to the barn. The boys did not discover that the barn was on fire until they had gone back to the field, then they returned with a rush, but succeeded in saving only a wagon, saddle or two and a few minor articles. Mr. SMITH was hauling logs to Black River a few miles away when the fire occured. The barn was not insured. to be continued............................... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Get a free Motorola Razr! Today Only! 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