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Volume 31—No. 1
Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas, Friday, May 4, 1917.
Eight Pages.
HAIL STORM CAUSES BIG DAMAGE
Strawberry Crop Probably Cut in Half—Loss About 30
Cars or $30.000—Apples and Peaches Suffer Heavy
Damage—Impossible to Estimate Total
Possibly the most disastrous hail storm that ever visited
this section fell Thursday morning between five and six
o’clock. The storm came from the northeast, traveling
to the southwest. It has been impossible to confine the
storm to any certain area. Reports have been received
here that the territory covered by the hail reaches as far
east as White River, and going southwest almost to
Steele. No hail of any consequence fell at Johnson, five
miles south, none at Elm Springs to any extent, but Ton
titown suffered a heavy damage.
At Tontitown the hail storm did severe damage to the
vineyards and truck gardens in that section. The grape
crop is reported to be damaged about one-third. Some of
the vines being torn, and badly beaten. Apples and peach
es suffered also in that section.
A report to this paper from Steele, received Thursday
morning at eight o’clock was to the effect that practically
no damage was done to the strawberry crop around that
place. Steele is about two miles south of Tontitown.
Hail fell at Habberton, west of Springdale, but not
enough to do serious damage. At Sonora the storm was
heavy, while at Monitor the hail did a great deal of dam
age to apple and peach orchards, and especially straw
berry patches. Some damage was done at Sonora. Lit
tle hail fell at Lowell, and very little three miles due north
of Springdale.
Locally, the damage has been ex
tensive, both as to garden truck and
to fruit. The strawberry crop has
been severely hurt in Springdale dis
trict proper, and some have estimated
that the crop has been damaged fifty
per cent. This means the loss of thir
ty cars of strawberries. In some in
stances the patches were riddled, and
the green berries cut from the vines,
and the vines pounded into the
ground. Small patches in Spring
dale, town property, were absolutely
ruined; the vines being torn and
mashed almost fiat with the ground.
Apples have suffered to a great ex
tent. Just how much the damage will
be cannot be told until later. The
small green apples have been bruised,
and it will probably be some weeks
before the extent of this damage can
be estimated. In all probability the
apple and peach crop will be cut down
considerably. Small apples that were
brought to this office Thursday murn
ing. after the storm are badly bruised
some were split in two by the hail,
and investigation in some orchards
show that there is haridv an apple
on the trees but that shows the mark
of the hail stones. Local growers
are of the opinion that the storm has
cut a large figure in the amount of
barreling stock for this vicinity this
year. Apples bruised now, carry the
mart.ct through to maturity, and ar
culls.
Gardens were mowed down by the
storm, and it will probably be first
of the week before the full damage
to the strawberry crop will be known.
The plants are covered with torn and
shredded leaves, and as soon as these
can be removed the damage will be
come more apparent.
No property damage has been re
ported, and the' storm was of about
thirty minutes duration.
RECK C IT INC FnR COMPANY \
Several New Members Join During
the Past Week—Company Now
KT> Strong
Reen^ting fur Company A was re
newed early this week, and the fol
lowing new members have been se
cured :
Ross E. Mason.
Clarrtce Liehlyter.
Clarence V. Steele.
Tom Hutchinson.
Chilles Sumpter.
Earl W. Mason.
John Bailey.
Ernest Weyer.
This brings the total number of ae
h cepted men >{ the company to So.
More than this number have bben en
listed, but some have been rejected on
account of disabilities.
ARE NEEDINt; I I NI'S
The ladies of the Cemetery Asso-!
nation have requested The News to
state that they are in need of addi
tional funds to carry on the work for
this year, and parties desiring to add
to the fund will please hand their a
mounts to the president, Mrs. W. H.
Needham, or the treasurer, Mrs R
P. Smith. Parties residing away from
Springdale, who are readers of The
News, and who wish to aid in this
most worthy cause can make their
remittances through the mail direct to
either of the above named, and may
rest assured that the amount will be
put to a good use.
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PUPIL’S REC ITAL
The pupils of Miss Clara Rice v ill
appear in pianoforte recital and op
eretta at the Auditorium, Friday
night, May 11 at eight o’clock. The
program will be printed in next weess
paper. Patrons and friends are o'
dially invited to attend. A small
admission of 15c will be chafgc.l to
defray expenses.
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( F\1 ETERY ASSOCIATION
- he Cemetery Association will me 4
Monday afternoon. All members n.
requested to be presc-nt, as there is
business of importance to he looked
after.
DAY SERVICE (IT DOWN
Lack of Patronage and Appreciation
of Service Given as Reasons by
Local Owners
Local powers patrons of the Spring
dale Light and Power Co., were noti
fied by mail Wednesday morning that
the day service would not start, until
one o’clock. Lack of patronage, and
appreciation of the service are the
reasons given by the local owners for
the change in the day schedule.
Following is a copy of the letter re
ceived by The News, and it is pre
sumed that all other power patrons
in the city received the same:
“To the Power Users,
Gentlemen:
"We are very sorry to have to
inform you that on and after May
1, 11*17, we will be compelled to start
the service at 1 p. m., instead of 9:15
a. m., as in the past.
This action is necessary owing to
the lack of demand and appreciation
for the current during the morning
hours. On warm days we will start
at 111, noon, instead of 1 p, m. on ac
count of fans.
We purposely established a low
power rate, thinking perhaps that it
would build up enough business to
keep the same on. However, low rates
and constant service has failed to pro
duce results.
As soon as conditions justity lon
ger hours we will be only too glad to
reinstate the service. *
Springdale Lt. and Power Co.
That such an arrangement will be
very unsatisfactory to the patrons of
the local light company goes without
saying. Speaking from a persona!
view-point. The News has invested in
a motor, and under the above regu
lations this motor can be used only
halt' time. And such service is prac
tically worthless, considering the in
vestment. ,
It is to be hup >d that -some arrange
ments may be made at an early date
.... k;nr to -elieve the pnb, m situa
tion, to the extent that Springdale
may be given a proper light and pow
er service, and service that the town
is entitled to—24 hour, continuous
^ service.
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4* MASS MEETING *
+ In view of the fact that the +
♦ editors and members of the Ark- 4*
* kansas Press Association and 4*
4* their wives will be in Springdale 4*
4* May lTtn from 8:25 to 11 o’- 4*
4* clock, 1 hereby call a mass meet- 4*
4* ing to be held Friday night, May 4*
4* 4th, at my office in the city of 4*
4* Springdale, for the purpose of 4*
4* considering plans and making ar- 4*
4* rangements to entertain the said 41
♦ party while in Springdale. 4*
4* Our town will receive a large 4*
4* amount of worthy advertising as 4*
4* a result of the visit of the edi- 41
* tors, and 1 urge every citizen, ♦
4* both men and women to attend ♦
♦ the meeting on the above date. ♦
4* It will be necessary to finance 41
4* the reception or whatever may be *
4" suggested, and a committee will 4*
4* have to be appointed to look af- ♦
4* ter this matter. ♦
4* The time is very short, and 1 4*
4* again urge all to be present. +
* Respectfully, ♦
4* L. A. Smith, Mayor. 4"
4* May 3, 1917. *
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FIFTH SIN DAY MEETING
The Fifth Sunday meeting of the
Fayetteville Association met with
Friendship church. Weather con
ditions being unfavorable on Friday
night, meeting began at ten Saturday
morning. In the absence of their pas
tor, L. L. Johnson, who came later,
H. W. Miller was elected Moderator.
After prayer and song: the program
was called for and carried out.
In the process of time we were
able to capture the names of the fol
lowing brethren which represented
the clergy: J. N. B. Hepler, J. D.
Spires, H. E. Plumlee. Elmer Rice,
W. I. Elledge, L. L. Johnson, Comer
Tillman, L. E. Barton, W. A. Moffitt,
I). L. Hood, H. W. Miller, eleven in
all, lacking one having the twelve;
well that must have been Judas. The
usual quota of deacons and visitors
.rom adjoining churches were pres
ent. The Baptist sisTers had an
abundance of dinner on the ground;
the brethren gave our beast proven
der also. We made our home with
Bro. Pricey Wilson. They treated
us like a brother.
Friendship Church was organized
in 1847 and has stood the seige and
storms of rear three-quarters of a
century and is still doing business at
the old stand.
The next. Fir\h Sunday meeting
will be held with Mount Vernon
Church, near Habberton. We are ex
pecting a spicy program.
Our brethren manifested a sweet
spirit in the discussion of the sub
jects all around. We believe the af
fair was brilliant and uplifting.
Long live Friendship.
RICHLAND VIEW
These showers have been coming
nicely, haven’t they?
Miss Josephine Ferguson went
shopping in Fayetteville one day last
week. t
Wood Phillips was unlucky enough
to have to plow his corn up and
plant again.
We’re living high at our house
since greens are obtainable. Come |
and see us.
Col. Langham and family, of Cosh- j
en, were Sunday visitors with his j
brother, Harrison.
Julius Gibson was a very welcome
visitor at singing Sunday afternoon.
Keep-a-comin’ Gibson. We need your
help.
Wheat and oats are coming out
now. The farmers were very afraid
for awhile that the small grain crop
would be a failure.
Willie Shafner, Cal. Wilson, Burton
Pitts and Hayden McElhaney were
fishing over on ’War Eagle last week.
They report a good catch.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Sanders, of Moun
tain Springs, were down one day last
week visiting at Elery Trammel’s. ■
They all spent the afternoon on the
banks of Richland, fishing.
Dean Trammel, of Habberton, was!
up Saturday night and Sunday vis- ■
iting with relatives. Dean says they j
are preparing a good program for |
Children’s Day fourth Sunday in May.
Misses Ida, Ada and Edith Todd,:
Lucy Bailey, Eva Howell and Messrs. '
Bailey, Lloyd and Sterling Byrd con- j
st.ituted the crowd that was so badly
disappofnted Sunday. They went to j
the Justice off th- Peace, N. S Tram
mel, expecting to find the bride and |
groom, but were outwitted after all, |
as the happy couple went in another
direction, it was supposed in quest of
another J. P., but so far as we can
learn they are not married yet. So ;
cheer up, young people, maybe you’ll
get to be at the wedding yet. If not |
this one, perhaps one all your own
Here's best wishes anyway.
soon.
PLEA FOR PROHIBITION
“Churches of Springdale in
behalf of humanity, and in order
to increase efficiency, and to save
for food the strain now used for
food the strain now used for alco
holic liquors, respectfully petition
the President and C'onstress of
the l nited States, to prevent the
manufacture and sale of alcoholic
liquors durinst the continuance of
the war.”
As a result of the union meeting
held at the M. E. Church, South, Mon
day nisrht, at which Dr. Madison
Swadener was the principal speaker,
the above night letter was addressed
to President Wilson, U. S. Senators
Roinson and Kirby, and Congressman
Tillman, and went forward from this
place Wednesday evening, as the op- !
inion and wish of the meeting.
A committee composed of Wilson
Cardwell, F. G. Robb, and Rev. W. I.
Elledge was appointed Monday even
ing to draft the message to be for
warded, and the above is the message
sent.
WORK or NEW LAW
Gov. Brough Notified By War De
--partment of Passage of Selec
tive Draft Law
Little Rock, May 1.—Governor
Brough and Major Henry F. Fried
man, assistant adjutant general, yes
terday acknowledged receipt of a tel
egram from Secretary of War Bakei
advising them of the passage o^- the
army selective draft bill by Congress,
and the action required of Arkansas
officials.
Governor Brough telegraphed theI
secretary of war that he would await
the; return of Genera! Lloyd England
from Washington, where he is attend
ing the meeting off the National De- '
fense Council, before perfecting the,
plan and working out the details of |
the organization.
“This is a matter." said the gover- I
nor. “that will come within the pur
view of the Committee on National j
Defense, of which General England
is chairman, and will work in cooper
ation with the Committee on Agri
cultural preparedness. 1 believe the j
men composing these committees will j
work out an admirable and practical;
program, thoroughly acceptable to the
War Department.
The telegram received by Goverm r
Brough and Major Friedman follows:
"Bill has passed both houses and 1
will go to conference on minor points
of difference today. The form in
which the bill has passed enables me
to confirm to you the plan outlined
in my letter of the 23rd inst., to ha\e
one registration board for each
county composed of local officials, as
far as- practicable local officials to
compose board in each -<*te to be
named by governor thereof. Bear in
mind that exemptions will not be de
termined at time of registration, but
will be deferred until a later date,
when quotas are assigned and selec
tive draft ordered actual registration
to be in voting precincts by registrars
appointed by ooupty boards where
state laws provides a personel of
registration for precincts. -It would
be advisable that county board
util
ize each personel in cities of ove
300,000, the duties prescribed for
county boards will be performed by
the necessary number of city boards
to be named by the mayor. Trust
you can go ahead with preliminary
steps. Full printed regulations cov
er rey detail of national, state, county
and precinct systems and duties of
all officers and persons will be mailed
on date of approval of act."
OSAGE
Reed Hubbard lost a horse a few
days a^o.
They are not much sickness in this
part of the country at this time.
Mrs. Seabon was quite sick for a
few days last week but is better at
this time.
Uncle Ed Pearcy and Mrs. Emma
Rife and also Bob Rife bought Ford
automobiles the past week.
Harlin Grammer of Healing
Springs and Miss Susie Brown of Si
loam Springs got married a few days
ago.
We are having plenty of wet weath
er for the last" two weeks, some of us
are done plowing, planting corn and
some are not. owing to the wet weath
er. ,
The big county road grader has
been doing some good work on our
roads for the last few days. They
have worked east to the Martin’s,
north of Cave Springs and will work
north and also west of Osage.
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The demand for new songs has
not caused any deficit in the an
nual supplv of spring poetry.
STRAWBERRY SHIPMENTS
Car Lot Loading "Will Commence
Monday of Next Meek—Express
Shipments Now Being Made
With fair weather, such as is now
being enjoyed, the car lot shipments
of strawberries from Springdale will
start Monday of next week. It is
understood here that the Johnson
growers will start loading their first
car, Friday of this week.
The present market for berries is
one of the best that has been known
in this section. Considering the
prices that have been received for car
lot shipments at points south, the
local market will be stronger this
year than in former seasons.
Sixty cars are expected from this
section, about equally divided between
the Berry Growers Association and
the Shippers Union. The quality of
the berry this year will be some bet
ter than last year on account of splen
did cultivation, and the berries will
be much larger. The rains of the
past week have aided materially in
the growth of the berries, and they
have not ripened as fast as they would
with warmer weather.
Present indications are that the ber
ry crop this year, while short, will be
one of the best known in this section,
from a financial \ stand-point. and
from the quality of the fruit. Most
all the berries will be Aromas and
Klondykes.
MASS MEETING
At Major's Office Friday Night to
Discuss Flans for Entertainment
of Arkansas Press Association
A mass meeting will be held at the
mayor’s office Friday night of this
week, at eight o’clock, for the purpose
of discussing plans for the entertain
ment of the editors of the Arkansas
Press Association and their wives,
who are expected to visit Spriv.rdale
on their excursion Thursday morning.
May 17th, from 8:25 to 11 o’clock.
It has been suggested that an in
formal reception be tendered the edi
tors, and also an automobile trip to
Tontitown. The trip to Tontitown
will be interesting in more ways than
one. Tontitown enjoys a reputation
all over Arkansas, and many of the
editors who have heard of Tontitown
will tie pleased with an opportunity to
visit the famous Italian settlement of
the Ozarks. Tontitown is not on the
route of the special excursion, and the
ideal point to reach Tontitown will be
from Springdale. Again, some of the
best apple and peach orchards of this
section are located on the road to Ton
titown and the vineyards will he a rev
elation.
It will be rfecessary to secure Lhe
services of all autos of the city to
handle the mimb» r of editors and their
party; there will be about two hun
1 dred, and local auto owners will prob
ably be ‘called upon to furnish their
machines together with a driver.
, The matter of an automobile tour,
and informal reception wil-I have to he
considered at the meeting Friday
night; also the means of financing the
entertainment decided upon. Every
one invited to attend.
GOSHEN
Rev. Ditterline preached at the M.
E. Church Sunday ni^ht.
Walter Mayfield has been clerking
( in Pope’s store for a few days.
We understand that the Goshen
switchboard will be in operation attain
in a few days.
Mr. Pope went down to Mountain- j
burtr Friday to spend a few days vi
siting with his family.
There will be a pie supper at the
M. E. Church Saturday nipht, May 5.
Everyone are invited to come.
Misses Pearl and l ake Clark visi
ted thCr sister. Mrs. Felix Hayes, of
Johnson, latter part of last week.
Mrs. Harry Stearns spent a 'ew
days last week visiting her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Neill of Prairie Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Walker and chil
dren of Braden spent Monday with
Mrs. Walkers’ parents. Col. and Mrs j
Phillips.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Clark and
children of Richland were the put sts
of the formers parents, Mr. and Mrs. |
John Clark Sunday.
Gypsy.
The French deputy who wounded
his opponent in the wrist “after a lonp
and furious encounter” probably
thinks trench life can’t be so bad,
after all. 1
CUT DOWN STREET LIGHTS
Economic Measure i’a-sod by City
Council !uesda; V .:H Cuts ( itv
Light Kill from $102 to $4.".
At the regular meeting of the City
: Council held Tuesday night, at which
all members were present except Al
derman Dyes, a resolution was pre
sented by the Light Committee, was
read and adopted, and the light bill
of the city as a result will be reduced
from $102 per month to the minimum
allowed under the franchise, granted
the present operators, $45 per month.
The resolution follows:
“We, the Light Committee, ap
pointed by the Honorable Mayor of
the City of Springdale, Arkansas,
respectfully represent to the Council
of the City of Springdale, Arkansas,
that in view of the depleted condition
of the City Treasury and in order to
conserve the finances of the City to
the end that it’s obligations may be
promptly discharged, submit for your
consideration the following resolu
tion:
"Be it resolved by the Council of
Springdale, Arkansas, that f*>m and
after this date the City will only be
responsible to the Springdale Light
and Power Company for the mini
mum amount named in the franchise
granted by the Council on the 7th day
of .January, 1908, to-wit $45.00 per
month, and in order to serve the City
to the best advantage with the lights
maintained recommend that they be
located at the following designated
i points, to-wit:
Lights on Emma Avenue in busi
ness section, same as at present.
“East side of rail-road: Turpen
1 and Sons store, one lijrht; Kimmons
Walker evaporator, one light; J. B.
Slauters residence, one light; corner
of Foust property, one light; at Gil
lett residence, one light.
"West side of railroad: At bridge
; by Renner residence, one light; at
W. G. Ownbey residence corner, one
light; at bridge near Springdale Mill,
| one light; at fire hall, one light, at
Dr. Crutchers corner, one light; at
Mrs. Purcell’s corner, one light; at
hitch rack, two lights; at Mason ho
tel, one light; at Auditorium, one li
ght; at ,1. O. Phillips corner, on« light;
at bridge near S. R. Baxter’s, one
light; at Alvis residence, one light;
at M. E. church, or.e light; at M. E.
church, South, one light; at Baptist
church, one light; at' Ceutral Presby
terian church, one light; at First
Presbyterian church, one light: at Lu
theran church, one light.
“Respectfully submitted,
L. M. Riggs,
H. W. Johnston,
Arthur Dyes,
Committee.
Springdale, Arkansas, May 1, 1911.
The above resolution was passed
without a dissenting vote, all mem
bers having evidently agreed on the
provisions before the Council met.
No questions were asked, a motion
was made and seconded to adopt the
resolution, and it vas passed without
| comment.
ITS NOW CAPTAIN BROGDON
Lieut. B. B. Brogdon of Company
A A. N. G., received his commission
Friday of last week and is now cap
tain of the local company, succeeding
Captain Ownbey, who was recently
appointed Major.
The appaointment of Lieut. Brogdon
occasioned no surprise to Springdale
people. He has been a member of
the company almost since it s first
organization, and has always been
found at his post of duty. His ap
poinment as head of the local com
pany will meet with the entire appro
val of local folks.
The appointment of a first lieu
tenant has not been made
THE first strawberries
The first crate of strawberries were
brought in by Anderson Bros., Friday
afternoon of last week. 1 his is five
days latter than the first crate last
year. Anderson Bros., brought in the
first crate last year. The berries
were of the Klondyke variety, and
were grown on a south slope. The
i'.rst quart of berries rtf the patch
this year were puked or Apri' -2.
The crate was sold to inllespie &
West, local commission men for $3.50.
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NOTICE
The'annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Peach Growers Ex
change will be held at the mayor’s
office, May 8, at 2:30 p. m.
Directors and officers for the year
will be selected. Each grower of
peaches will be expected to give in
! his order for packages at that time.
F. G. Robb. Sec.
“Prepare to feed yourself-’