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NEVADA COUNTY PICAYUNE. TWICE-A-WEEK. _ 29th Year. Prescott, Arkansas, Wednesday May 30, 1906. Number 27 excellent PROGRAM Will Be Rendered at Big Union picnic In Clark County Wednesday,June 20 CLARK MANIFESTS INTEREST Prominent Citizen* of Adjoining Show Much Interest. Jno. M. Milburn Writes Another Letter. It was our pleasure—one day last week to visit Prescott, and it is putting it mildly to say that we had a good time, in a good town. Nearly every man we met- and we met a whole lot of them- was in good spirits, chuck full of ener gy, and literally bubbling over with joy. occasioned by the splen did prospect for a bumpper crop. Prescott has about thirty hun dred inhabitants, and about t\\ en ty-nine hundred and nine..,-nine of them are as good folks as ever "come down the pike. 1 he\ love one another, and work to gether. for their mutual interest -as zealously and as loyally as a colony of Italian bees; yet, a risitor, from far, or near, is met at the entrance of every business house,and the threshold of every honif. with a cordial welcome. During our recent visit, we met many of the leading business men, and some ot the city and county officers. They all seemed to be occupying positions for which each was especially fitted and qualified. We called at the Picayune and News offices and found everything from devil to editor, as busy as a ‘cran-berry merchant.” But. notwithstand ing their close application to busi ness of a local character, we found every one of them to be enthusiastic supporters of the Big Union Picnic, and alive to the importance of building the bridge across Missouri river. Prescott is indeed, and in truth, alive, progressive and prosperous city and it deserves to be pros perous. Okolona Messenger. The big union picnic which was to have been pulled off on Blue Lake on the Little Missouri river the 23rd of this month has been postponed until the 20th lay of June m account of the backward ness of crops. The object of the picnic is to unite Clark and Nevada county in the matter of building a free bridge across Little Missouri. The necessity for building this bridge has become almost imper ative and from day to day it is proven that it should be built not only as a public necessity, but i as a preservation of life, as at thi ,joint one each of Clark and Nevada county’s best citizens met a watery grave either life being more valuable than the cost °f many bridges. It would seem that Clark and Nevada should get on the most neighborly terms and devise ways at once to see that this bridges is buiit. Nevada has wanted this bridge f°i a long time, but some how the People of Clark have been op posed to it. and just for why we I ai’e unable to say. Nevada, we understand, will Pay half the expenses of the building. Now it is up to Clark t0 get real sociable with our neighbors and pay the other half. The objection on this side- if ai^.'- is the rivalry of Prescott, this, however; should be no ob stacie, for if we had Prescott nght at our doors, it would only make competition closer and all would be benefitted in the end. Gurdon is not afraid of any competion, neither is Okolona — Gurdon no doubt will soon be sel.ing goods wholesale to sur rounding towns and why should we feel afraid of rivalry ? We say—build the bridge. Many prominent speakers are programed for the occasion, and the event promises to be the most fruitful and enjoyable of any ever transpiring in the two counties. If not already on the program for a speech—we would -uggest that County Judge Joe Hardage’s name be placed on the list. He is one of Clark county’s most brilliant young men.—Gurdon Times. Dear Editor Picayune;—The time grows nearer for the Big Picnic Basket Dinner and fish-fry on Blue Lake back of Jno. Hays' farm in Clark county. Ark. Did you read the fine piece of editor, Scott Harris’? He talks out in meeting. You can see that he is public spirited, can't you ? He is not afraid of competion, nor is his town, the growing city of Gurdon. and he is not putting on too thick a coat of praise for Gur don and her good people, either. Gurdon is putting on grown folks tdothes, and they are not much too big for her. There are such firms as Derring <£ Barnwell. G. M. Os burn. I. P. Rudolph vJc Co. (Hard ware and furniture) Gurdon Lum berbo., -Jno. Kosebery and others which would be a credit to Pres cott. You ought to see the Com mercial Hotel. It has not an equal for artistic beauty, neatness and real accommodation and up-to date convienence and capacity in the state. It was built and is owned by O'Neal & Bros., (one of whom is our Bob.) It has sev eral business firm in the lower rooms with the Bank of Gurdon, a modern post-office, besides more rooms and nice ones too, above than you count in a little while. It is nice and large sure enough. Mr. Percell who married one of Prescott’s best girls, Miss Bettie Green, is proprietor of this mam - mouth hostelry, and how he and his good wife do understand their business. She reminds the writer of how Mrs. Matt White-used to j ,1 several \ ears ago m to* notes business. Mr. Purcell toTd the writer that his guests runs from 10 to 4b a day. It is a $2.00' a day house, and it is worth it. Mrs. Purcell is Mr. Jno. Green’s daugnter, one of Prescott s first mayors, a fine polished man and citizen, who died at Eureka Springs several years ago. Her sister. Miss Mary, who married Dr. McGill, of Okolona, lives in that town yet. 1 be writer nears that she is in a low state of health which we were very sorry to hear. W^ll, dear reader, did you know the writer owns a saw mill * He does. If some one had made tnis prophesy of me six months ago. I would certainly have ’ >rand ed him a false prophet. It is lo cated in Ouachita county, near Chidester, a town brim full of people. Please do not say much about this before I sell lots of lumber at high price. I fear when the commercial world rinds out that I am making sure enough lumber—down goes the prices because of a surplus. So don't say much. Did you know Dr. \\. A. Puri foy, son of our uncle Jno. G., at Zama? He is a mighty big man doctor at Chidister and he is growing all the time in wealth and popularity. 1 am told that he ranks up with some of the heaviest tax payers in Ouachita countv, and he made it rolling pills; too. He has some Delta (Continued on page two.) MISSOURI RIVER CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTIM Josh Elkins Drowned While in the River Swiming. Josh Elkins, of this place, and a party went fishing last Satur day on the river near the mouth of Garland Creek. After they were tired of fishing the crowd went in bathing, and Elkins swam across the river and started to return when he got strangled and went down, and before help could reach him he drowned. .Mr. Elkins was about 50 years old and leave a wife and 5 child ren—4 girls and one son. Hewas a highly respected citizen, and esteemed by all who knew him. Mr. Elkins happened to an ac cident over two years ago, that almost proved fatal. He and his son and some other parties were out hunting when his son’s gun went off, shooting his father’s chm away. The Picayune sympathizes with the bereaved family in this sad misfortune. - -— The Value of a Newspaper. I never took a paper that didn’t pay me more than I paid for it. One time an old friend of mine started a paper way down South and sent a copy to me and I sub scribed just to encourage him and after a while it published an or der to sell a lot at public auction. So I enquired about the lot and told a friend to run it up to $50. He bid off the lot at $38 and it sold in less than a month for $100, so I made $02 clear by taking that paper. My father told me that when he was a young man he saw a notice in a paper that a school teacher was wanted away off in a distant county, and he went and got the situation, and a little girl was sent to him, and after a while she grew up sweet and and beautiful and he married her. Now if he had not taken that paper what do you suppose would have become of me ? I would have been some other fellow, or maybe 1 wouldn’t have been at all. That is to saw if I am not I. why who the de\ il am I, or words to that effect. ’ ’ Exchange. CONVICT MAKES ESCAPE AFTFR SERVING MONTH. J. S. Lee, Who Went Alone to Peni tentary to Begin Serving Sentence. Walks Out of Convict Camp. J. S. Lee. a white man, who came to Little Rock alone and surrendered to the penitentiary authorities about a month ago— after the Supreme Court had at fimed the decision of the Circuit Court of Polk county, sentencing him to three years’ imprson ment on a charge of manslaugh ter. has escaped from a convict camp near McGehee, and has not yet been re-captured. In view of the fact that Lee had voluntarily gone to the peni tentiary to begin serving his sen tence the officials were consider ably surprised when it was re* ported to them that he had dis appeared. He had been made a * “trusty” and found no difficulty in walking away from the camp where he was located. Lee was charged with killing Hez McGough in Little River county. He was tried and con victed three times, two new trials being granted. He was finally sentenced to three years in the penitentiary and the case was affirmed by the Supreme Co.urt. -- Sciatica Cured aster Twenty Years of Torture. For more than twenty years Mr. J. B. Massey, of 3322 Clinton St..Minnea oplis, Minn., was tortured by sciatica. The pain and suffering which he en dured during this time is beyond com prehension. Nothing gave him any permanent relief until he used Cham berlain’s Bain Balm. One application of that liniment relieved the pain and made sleep and rest possible, and less than one bottle has effected a perma nent cure. If troubled with sciatica or rheumatism why not try a 25 cent bot tle of Pain Balm and see for yourself how quickly it relieves the pain. For sale by Baker Drug Store, wholesale and retail. A Mountain of Gold could not bring as much happiness to Mrs. Lucia Wilke, of Caroline, Wis.. as did one 25c box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, when it completely cured a run ning sore on her leg, which had tortur ed her 23 long years. Greatest antis eptic healer of Pile.-, Wounde, and Sores 2r.c at All Druggist. O8M0FTS Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets, perfect Treatment lor const .pa;. and biliousness. 'jtair- One pill a dose. ———— -1 C In addition to our already large stock, we expect to receive a solid car of vehi- | cles next week. We have marked down nearly a!! the buggies we have on hand right now to move them to make room for this car. PRESCOTT ' ] HDW. CO. I (In the big building) HAPPENINGS OVER NEVADA News Gathered By Special Cor respondents Throughout The County. CHILDREN’S DAY GREAT EVENT Midway Community Had Big Day Sun day. Rural Mail Carries Have Fish Fry at Emmet Today. MIDWAY. Sunday morning after helping my wife milk and rounding up the kids, we struck the road for Midway. We arrived there at 10:30 a. m. and found a large crowd of people there. We man aged to get in the church and such singing I never heard before. The church was crowded so they had to let some of the singers take care of themselves until noon. It has been a long time since I had the pleasure of attend ing a childrens day at this place, I but Sunday was the grandest day ever enjoyed by me at this place. The little children recited some oi the nicest pieces I ever heard and the talk made by the Superintendent, Mr. Loe, on how a child should be trained to attend Sunday school will be remember ed in the hearts of many for years. At 1 o'clock the program was finished and dinner was announc ed in which all taken part—and all was taken care of. Now I will make a guess as to how many was here, which was about 600 in all. After dinner I started to make | the rounds to see some of my old friends that I had not seen in years. After inquiring about the Sunday school and finding out that it has been some years since Midway has such a good Sunday school. I began inquiring about some of the little children I have known and finding out that Por ter Davis is the Secretry I began to inquire for him. which was no trouble for me to find him for it seemed that all the people knew nun. 1 Knew at once wny it is i they have such a good Sunday | school. It all would take an active ! part in the good work as this I young man we would soon have more Sunday schools than we have. Porter say- that some of the Midway singers will be at Oak iGrove next Sunday to sing. Let all of the singers be here to sing and have good time. Bro. Reece delivered a good sermon in the after noon. Ser vices closed at 4 p. m. and we started for home, regreting very much that we could not attend a childrens day ever Sunday. PINEY GROVE. Crops are doing very well, but lowing to the foul condition of the land, caused by poor cultiva tion last year it is taking lots of work to save them, cotton seems to be doing better than corn. We noticed some on J. M. Livings ton’s farm Sunday that is be ginning to form squares. A shower would be beneficial to the work. We are informed by J. B. Youmans, carrier on Route No. 1 that the Route is doing a fairly good business. He has 48 boxes on the Route, and delivers mail within 1-4 mile on each side of DeAnn road. This is evidence that the people are pleased with the service. We like the arrangement of the locals from the different cor respondents, you have but to ! look over the headings and see • what the important news is, and then it is interesting to look through the colums and see where the news comes from. We love to read news. We were real glad to have our superintendant at Sunday school Sunday, but sorry to know he is still suffering with his foot. Miss Blanche Eubank has been suffering with Erysipelas in the face for several days but is im proving. Several of our young people attended childrens day at Mid way Sunday but were back in time for the singing at John Wheat's Sunday night. We are glad to hear that Rev. Vancamp Pastor of the M. E. church at Emmet has made an appointment for us the third Sunday in June, at 3 o’clock. EMMET. Mr. H. Zapee spent last Sun day with home folks. Sheriff Hood was among his Emmet friends Saturday and Sunday. Rev. Thomas of Boughton fill ed his regular appointments here Saturday and Sunday. Miss Alice Monson and Ethel Bailey, of Prescott, have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Calhoun the past week. Miss Bailey returned home Saturday, but Miss Munson will remain for the R. F. D. fish fry. Miss Beuelah Butts, of Phillips county, who has been visiting relatives in Emmet returned home last week. She will teach near Emmet next winter. A quiet little fish fry was en joyed by a few of Emmet’s folks one day last week, on the little Carouse near Mr. Will Thomp : son’s place. The following were present, Mrs. C. D. McSwain, Mrs. C. C. Calhoun, Launa Bar ton and Mr. Thompson and fam ily. They reported plenty fish and proved it by, bringing some nice ones back with them. Miss Hattie Almond was visit ing friends here Sunday. Mrs. J. V. Hulse is in Little Rock this week she will spend some days visiting friends in company with her sister. Mrs. Pearson of (ia. Mr. Carl Fields of Brynat Ark., was in our town Sunday the iruest of Miss Neta Barton. Mr. Will Kinsey, of Pike coun ty is visiting his sister Mrs. Van Camp this week. He will stay for the picnic May 30th. Oscar Allen and C. C. Calhoun were trying to pull off a ball game for the 30th, but have given it up in honor of the R. F. I). fish fry on that date. S. W. Conger, of Morris, was in Emmet in the interest of the Tyler nursery last week. —— - . . --- rRLMJU I 1 1 HKEE GAMES FROM MALVERN Saturday the Prescott ball team took the last of a series of three games from Malvern team by a score of 20 to 2. The locals had the visitors at their mercy from start to finish and showed early that the Malvern team was out-clased. Monday the team went to Ark adelphia to play the Ouachita college team two games. They were defeated in the first game by a score of 6 to 3. Prescotts line up was not up to the standard. One of the best players, Ben Waller, had a chill and was unable to play. The team made a fairly good showing as it was and held the College team down until the last half of the tenth inning when the oppos ing team ran in three scores. The Ouachita team will play two games at the East End Park here Thursday and Friday.