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r The Mail Order f DRUG STORE \ Hesferly’s ■tY-FIRST year ,>( roBER ; ",s PRESCOTT. NEVADA COUNTY ARKANSAS. <>< thki k i<>i8 m mmkk twknty rm u Be Patriotic anc Sava, THRIFT AND PATRIOTISM i;o .ami in hand. It has a different n:ea .irg to most of us today because thrift is imperative and a pat riot i< liny. The mere fa d that you htne a WINGS Atrei NT will ve a f-'id'iic of independence ami comfort. Many a man can trace his first step the road to sue ->ss when lie fat ed a savings account. {CUT COURT TILL GRINDING Nevada Circuit Court which ned last week is still making The case of Mark McCain, Hi with tlie killing of Slagle on itreetM of Prescott about two ;:pn was rrii-d and was acquitted ip jury. Tim i'll**' against John ■1 charged wih the murder of ,pgrns in the South part of the y was rei tinued until the Jan term it i-eurt. Tlie case of John ell, negro constable of l-cake ihip. for killing another negro tried and Purnell was acquitted, al east's against the railroad tried tlii« wet k, and tlie ease a t Martin Pickard charged with itotory crime was set for today. rsda.V). Tlf ease against the «tt lie & Milling Co., a suit for hii! dan ;.g<-‘ for the killing of i f’rc'v is l>* i; g triod at this term id detisioi we go to press. Mil l) Ol’T. t . Moore has sold his stock of rtes on West Front Sfeet to W. rwhy • d Sam tirren. Will says ho ' g-.i,I;g II II Dow to help \. in 'i . Mi-sis Frisky and • luce ' i h :•!.! g*'i!<leu;e:i and we h- •• ',•] 1 r>;i!. *.s ar il !,at . will mfiko good. Ldp i.,l sprays .it liiitlirio's. HERO FROM WEST ERN FRONT West Virginia Hoi Who lai»l I,eg In Frame to Accompany Exhibit Train. Private Raymond Weber. of Fora ]>any B., First Provincial Battalion, w one of the soldier hoys who will be sis'ii on the Lilierty Loan Exhibit Train that will visit Prescott, Ark., on Saturday, October 5. Tile special train will arrive at 2 ;4.*i 1’. M.. and will leave at 4 .45 P. \1. The train will Is- jiarked when' the pnhlie may eonvenie'iitly visit it. and every one is urged to K**e the wonde rful as seuibly of war tropliies and exhibits. Private \Vel*er's borne is in Sister vilJe, West Virginia. He saw seven months active service over seas Is* fore he was wounded, arid was in the hospital six months before he was in j vatilled home. A German shell stria i him on the leg u:.d tlie limb was amputated. Mill "CHRISTOPHER DEAD. laist Tuesday night ab< lit mid I night Nwl Fliristei•her. aged 1C. died at the local Sanitarium of this «ity. fie died from pne iiuoilia. Hi' tune! j,] vt as i i d t rolll tl e "i -:deuce et < • II 'Lristopher W* dm mIjij 11• rr«< ' a o'clock, conducted by i.i v 1 Uushi: a P>a 'ial • ’ I ' ' The deceased haw- *wo I '’ iteoi'g*' an’! ’ d>-k • ’1 Uid one sistei v» • M. I*1 :ml of Kiamet. u business we wer e fortu late enough to “SWING” |t a recent date has ena :‘fcd us to surprise the Pur basing Public bv (ffering omc STUPENDC1US VAL bES in a variety of lines. Jrough this EXCELLENT ^OKE we hope to <jV» i\G” a big part of our trade into LINE and *!so maintain our reputa :,on as LEADERS IN VAL -E-GIVING. OUR GROCERIES ALWAYS FRESH. W. K. Buchanan. _ Buy a War Savings Stamp. * j Ef'-. ... Btfi ) DISTRICT 14 GOES OVER THE TOP i ON VOLUNTEER DAY. Austin Autry -$..50.00 M. Alspaugh- .100.00 O. X. Autry- 50.00 I*. F. Amlrws. _ 50.00 T. Atkins__ 50.00 C. I!. Andrews ... 50.00 Ark. Nat. (Jus Co.. _.1000.00 H. H. Allen __lno.oo 'V. K. llitehunan _ _ 50.00 S. T. Boyd . _ 100.00 .lee Mes well ... _ 500.00 Henry Berry_ _ 50.00 Miss Lillie Butcher_ 50.00 Miss Mae Barksdale . _ 100.(to Mrs. A. Buchanan._ 50.(to l<l. A. Buchanan.. 100.00 i 1. A. Blakely_ _ . 100.00 It. L. Blakely ...._ 500.00 Hera Bryan __ 100.Ott j Mary Betnis _ 2000.00 Bank of I'reseott 10.400.00 Mrs. H. E. Beniis__ KMNI.OO i K«t. H. K. Beniis.. _ __ NOon.00 | A. S. Buelninan . 500.00 B. Cantlev _ _ 50.ott | Mrs. K. B. Cantle.v _.. ._ 50 00 Miss Mildred Cantle.v_ 5o.O‘i I Mrs. C. C. Calhoun_ 5o(t(t c. (’. Calhoun_ 5n.eo [neorge H. Christopher_ 5 1.00 <Champagne 250.00 \\\ L. Ca rut hers .. 50.(to .1 It Cornish--- _ 50.(to K. \V. Cloud_ 50.00 (Jeo. F. Cress_ KKMiO W. 1*. ('ummings_ 50.00 E. L. Cox_ 1000.00 It. L. Dillard_ _ .. _ 15(ton I no. A. Davis..._ . 200 no '. M. Di'tiiuan. . . 250.00 a. B. Daliymple-- . - 5(l.0(l 'Irs. J. W . Dill__ .. 50 00 T F. Dixon_ 50.00 Dsear Dawson _ 50.00 Mrs Nannie Dillon.. _ 50.00 Then Elgin _ 50.00 J. W. Franks.. _ 400.00 E. M. Frishy_ 50.00 First State Batik---7500.00 P. G. Gordon_ 50.00 Martin Guthrie _ 50.00 A. A. Gordon_ 50.00 Ethel B. Gee_ 50.00 M. W. GreeNon_ 100.00 Allen Gee - 50.00 S. J. Hesterly_ 500.00 Mrs. S. J. Hesterly .- - 500.00 Berry Hesterly_ 500.00 Earnest Hesterly - 50.00 Beulah Hesterly - .iO.OO It. IV Hamby_ 50.00 A. P. Hawkins- - It 10.00 L. P. Henderson -- 200.00 Josephine Hardy - 50.00 Mrs. It It. Hardy _— 50.0*t W. E. Hirst- 50.00 ,i. K. Hamilton — 500.00 G. u. Haynie- 250.00 ('. M. Hirst _ - . . KHMHi Mrs. P ('. Ilainhy — ltHNi.Oti p r Hamby MIO.OO Weils It. Hamby 5nno It. P. Hamm BM.On S. P. Hedilie 50.00 William Haas .. iro.te Floyd lluhbard \v. ii. Haas BJO.OO w. K Haas .. Infer. } I Johnson 20OJM V. S. Jones -’CHUM j ,| .a. t ion City Lumber Co. Francis Jordan .. - •',MH I Mi-s Sue Jones .si is ' It It. Heliums - -- Carl Kink - -- Paulas •.«« ■"•O.nt ;... ■ uli. ua ry »<H"H it I, y tore . - . . — .»0.(M V- Marti 500.CN W. M t< »e»- 1,M"M 1‘ Mi ad is,...- -- - .100.00 F. Matthews - lOOOJNi Mrs. Harry Morton - loo.or Mary Morton - Bt0.CN1 Harry Morton Ihum Mrs. Nat Martin ...- .SMNI Vi. |„ Moore.. -- 2o0.00 ! I D. Morrison - .JMl* H It MeKenale - ltMl.O. |S.' i„ ICiim — BKi.CMI : Mrs. F. E. Mnrrali- — 50.00 F E. .Mnrrali - 100.00 p. L. Meltae - 1500.00 ! Thos. C. Meltae Jr---- 250.00 ! Thus. C. McRae-3000.00 • VIrs. Thos. P. Meltae- 3000.00 Mrs. A. A MePunly----..- 150.00 j D W. MeCTendon- 30.00 R Maut/. M0.00 l . L. Moore- 50.00 Mrs. Thos P. Meltae Jr- 100.00 S. P. McGuire. - 50.00 Mrs S. I*. McGuire.-- - 50.00 I A Monson .. 1«'<*> V. It. Nelson.- 200.00 Mrs. N. It. Nelson - 100.00 Nevada Pounty Hardware fo„ 500.00 J. T. Nichols- .>0.0*1 Ruth and Pauline Nutt - 50.00 Ozan Mercantile Co_ 2700.00 Ozan Graysonia Lumber Co.-10,000.00 George I’eachy _ 200.00 Prescott Mercantile Co_ 200.00 Prescott Hardwore Co_ 0550.00 A. A. Reeder_ 50.00 W. VV« Rice_ 100.00 G. A Roy_ 50.00 Ritchie Grocer Co_ 1000.00 J. E. Regan. _ 50.00 Mrs. J. E. Regan__ 50.00 Jacob Suckle _ 100.00 Wren Scott _ .. . 100.00 Mrs. Wren Scott. .. ... 100.00 H. V. Scott ... _ 500.00 | It. H. Scott__... 100.00 i W. C. Smart. .... ._ 50.oo i A. II. Smith- .. .... 100 (M; ’ J. M. Stripling.... _ . 250.00 M. M. Smyth . 100.00 It. Stivers .... . .. 100.00 j C. 11. Tompkins .... . 100 do i Hattie V Tedfnrd 100.op P. R. Th< riitti 50 W. V. Tompkins. _ ~o<.> i Celesta Roberts Tysor 50 0: i S. T. White Jr_ . 50.cn j J. C. Walloci. . ... .. 200.00 I J. C. Williams_ 50.(mi I E. J. Watson A. M. Westmoreland-. loom W. W. White.. ___ 20 Sam T. White_ 100.00 W. R. White Sr. . 50.00 W. !t. Waller. .. 25 . (Hi H. J. Wilson._______ .. Will Waller . . C o t u Ruby Waller _ im ' > .1. A. White & Co_ 2m m S. It. Young_ 100.00 Walter Young __ ._ 100.00 W. K. Yancey_ 100.00 Total_$85,200.00 Mr. Farmer, we carry a complete line of stock remedies especially for your benefit, let us show you. Guth rie Drug Store, a good drug store. COUNTY COUNCIL OF DEFENCE The Executive Committee of the County Council of Itefense met at lii“ City Hall Tuesday night and discuss ed many questions that came up for consideration, -chief of which was the labor proposition in this city. The representatives of the different indus tries were present and it seems 1 tutt there is quite a congestion of laltor, not thut there is not laltor enough in sight but so many that arc not work ing hut a few days each week. The Council recommended that the officer of the law lie required to investigate and wherever they find a party that is not working to arrest that party at once and take them before the Mayor anil they will be tried upon a charge of vagrancy. This is no timt for loafers and tie people that are working and putting iq money to win this war will n< : tol crate idleness any longer. This Coup ( :l will meet once a week in the fu ture and expect to keep in cb-c tor w ith the o eer ,i:id hai k '.lieu, up ii this mutter. It has come to the p< int where it is "Work 01 Fight." — jd’OI I I < THIN (IF M " -HELLS AM) HU IT m To Sa\< Our Men from Lennar Poison Las. A Nation wide campaign is Icing made for the collection of certain fruit stones, fruit pits and nut shells to !"• usi <1 for making carbon to manufut tore gas masks for our soldiers ovei seas. The following are the kinds needed: Peach stones or seeds, apri cot, prune, plum, olive and cherry pits. Brazil, walnut, hickory and butter nut shells and date seeds. Then** stone and shells may he mix' d hut no tithe: kinds arc wanted except those mi tloned above. 200 pcaeh stones will produce tain sufficient to protect one scitli< r from Herman poison gas and eleven pounds of nut shells will do tin -aim You are urged to tiring all you «... this week to the His! Cross weir, room, at Scott Hall. This is an cmer gency matter. It is a question of sav ing the lives and health of our men overseas from Herman poison g.,> and every patriotic citizen in th whole country should ls> glad to collect all they possibly can. H. V. Scott', Chairman Nevada County chapter American Red Cross. Peach -ecd*. prune pits, nut shells make the l**st charcoal in the w, .il for gas masks. Boys should gathei and save all of these you cun Real Prog Store Service Whenever you need anything in the Drug line.come to us. If we can t supply it from our large stock, we ll get it for you. Prescriptions filled quickly and accu rately by Registered Druggists. h ou 11 find dealing here a pleasure If its in the drug store line you can find it here and usually at a saving. We pay the postage on evervthing but School Books. ' BUY MORE LIBERTY BONDS TWO REGISTERED DRUGGISTS t I L_ \id»s i.i e\ (, \nn DIED AT IJTT1 E KO( K The muii.v friends of Miss Lucy Gunn were shocked Tuesday ul'tei neon when the news whs received of her sudden death in Little Hock. Miss Lucy l ad been in ill health tor sonic time and expected to have an opera tion soon. The deceased was horn and reared in this county, near Laneburg. and has lieen teaching in the puhiie schools of Little Hock for about IS years. Miss Lucy wus a splendid in structor und stood high in education al circles. She leaves two brothers, Cleveland Gunn of Little Hoek and Meltae Gitn.'i of lauiehnrg, five sisters, Mrs. J. K. Daniel and Mrs. T. H. Duke of Pres cott. Mrs. .1. E. Williams of Murfrees boro. Mrs. .1. E. Waters of Iduhel. Mrs. T. W Scott of Camden and Mrs. John Duke of Little Hock. Also her aged parents, Mr and Mrs. J W. Gann of Laneburg Her remains were brought here and buried in DeAnn Cemetery. T. I*. DIXON DEAD. Last Monday afternoon, September .both, the death ungel called away fi in this world of action T I*. Dixon of Hosston. aged sb years. The de ceased is survived by his widow and four sons John. Joe George and 1 la i t' • I Dixon alt of Hosston roiiO 1. Two | daughters. Mrs J. A MsKiss.ti k and [Mrs .1 < I.ii Grant nl Hosston. The remains wore hurried ..t Hocl.y Mound •onutery. Tuesday. Hov Kil Patrick < ondueted tlie services. NEVADA COUN TY’S QUOTA IS $155,000.00 The United States (iovernment lias Fixed the Amount of Bond Sales a* Above and the Sales Must Be Made. St. l.ouis, \lo,, Sept 21, 1018.—The quota of Fourth Liberty laiun Roads to lie sold by Nevada County, in the campaign that opens Saturday, NepL 2K. und closes Saturday, Octolier 10, eovoring a |H‘ri<sl of three weeks la $l.Vi,000.00. Tliis county's quota in the Third Liberty Loan was $110,1.V) and the amount of bonds sold totaled FLilLViOi The present quota for the present campaign is considerably larger than for former loons, and to reach the sales a lotted, and go over the top and demonstrate to the world that our county is 100 per cent American de ls nds upon the prompt response of our citizens. This county lias done its full duty in (lie |iast, and now that our Isiya are on foreign soil, ready to wrest victory from tin* Hun, then* is no ques tion hut the loyal citizens of the couiv l,i will do their full duty. San it II United Meal, old style coutf t y meal, manufactured by Prescott Milling Plant. A-k vonr merchant ■or it. 10-18t Statement o! c< ndition of FIRST STATE BANK Prescott, Arkansas as made to State Bank Commissioner, at close of business, June 2t)th, 1P18. KKSOI'RCKN Loans ami Itlscounts $212,«71).7ti Overdraft* 318.11 Honds and Scrip - ... --- 1,111).30 Liberty Hoads 7,(MS2.3D War Savings and Thrift Stump* 2 01)5.04 Ret ei.ue Stamps _ 34.31) Hanking House, Furniture ami Fixtures... 11.ti31.02 CASH .... .. 42 200.3K Total ... .. _ $277,5311. ID LI A ill LIT1KS Capital _ ... . _ $ 50,000.00 Surplus and Profits. . _ 3,11)5.20 Other Liabilities _ 3.000.00 Hills Payable - - .. None DKPOHITS _ 221.340.00 Total . .. .. $277,53»S.ti> Tlie above stateraent is correct: L. M. SHARP. <'ashler. Deposits, June 2'.». 11)17 . 1)3,01)8.01 la i <.sits. June 2H. 101S. ... ... . .. $221,340.00 Must banks in the cotton section show decline at t! is season of year of from 25 per cent to 50 per cent ticui high statement last winter, while ours only show about 3 per eent, showing that we are gaining n :.ch new business to take up natural shrinkage We have made our motto' SAFETY, SERVICE, COURTESY, ..i d have never declined a loan for want of funds. We also wish to most heartily thank our good f ends and customers who have assisted in our rnar • veil us growth. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS; C. A sini’.h. Urn W. B. W»M«r. Vce’Pre*. L. M. Sharp. Cashier J. C. Woodul, A. H Smith. J. M Stripling. Geo. F. Cre*a.