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/ SEMI-WEEKLY VOL. XXV. ASHDOWN, LITTLE RIVER COUNTY, ARKANSAS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1»23. MM HER 46. DE MGLAY CHAPTER ORGANIZED HERE Texarkana Chapter Conferred Degrees oh Sixteen Charter Members at Ashdown—Barbecue, s Border Chapter Order of DeMolay of Texarkana conferred degrees on sixteen candidates, charter members of a chapter order of DeMolay organized here Monday night. The Texarkana degree team, twenty-four in number, were met at Pleasure L/ake at 6 o clock Monday evening by the local candi dates. A barbecue was spread at the lake and a great feast and social good time was had. At the conclusion of the supper the entire party drove to the Masonic hall at Ashdown, where the initiatory work was put on. Some forty local Masons witnessed the cere mony. Rev. W. G. Winans was invited in together with H. M. Powell. Rev. Winans made the boys a talk. The Order of DeMolays is a boys’ secret order for ages 16 to 21 and is sponsored by the Masons, Richmond Chapter No. S7 having sponsored the local DeMolay chapter. The boys themselves tfold all the offices, and the only requirement is that some master mason, must be present to act as advis er when they meet. The sons of mas ter masons, and boys vouched for by master masons are eligible. The minimum number of charter members were selected by the Advis ory Council, composed of nine Royal Arch Masons, Aor the purpose of per fecting the organization. After elec tion and installation of officers, the boys themselves will take over con trol of the chapter, receive and! ballot on petitions and confer degrees. The following Little River County boys were present and received the degrees last night: Paul Buster, Estes Johnston, Odean Phillips, Irving Joyner, Jim Sander son, Ben Sanderson, George Welch, Jim Steel, Jennings Russell, Edward Johnson, Matthew Cook, Spencer Nix on, Worth Burlingame, Charlie Coblu Lawrence Jester. The following officers composed the Texarkana team: William Henderson, Master Council or; Claud Hendrickson, Senior Coun cilor; Emmet Countryman, Junior Councilor; Revis James, Senior Dea con; Thomas Kevil, Junior Deacon; Harry Webb, Chaplain; Ethridge Mc Wiliams, Marshall; James Powell, Standard Bearer; William Scurlock, Almoner; Pames Knox, Senior Stew ard; William Hendirickson, Junior Steward; Wilbur Smith, Scribe; Rel mon McCorley, Treasurer. James Boswell, Heber Hoar, Napo leon Irving, Norman Smith, Johnnie Puckett, Carroll Williams and Aubrey Burton, Preceptors. Hiram Dillon, Sentinal. Clement Mays, (Jrator. Charles Morgan. Milton McKeehan, Advisor. W. T. Merchant, Past-Advisor. -o— Mrs. Duke Bailey of Foreman is spending a few days in Ashdown with friends. Planning Parking of Front Street At the latest meeting of the Ash down Improvement Club the project of parking the strip of ground between Front! street and the K. C. S. Railroad •ftas brought up and discussed with much interest. The committee previ ously appointed by the club reported favorably after a conference with Mayor May, who is always ready to ad vance any movement for civic im provement. This plan for beautifying Front street, as well as the railroad right of way, which first appeared in the News and was. immediately taken up by the mayor, as well as the A. I. C., would consist in levelling and fill ing in that strip of ground, in which it is understood the railroad agrees to assist, providing, planting addition al shade trees, grass, plants, flower beds, etc., everything which will make a pleasant, pretty parking place, such as is seen along the streets of other up-to-date towns and cities. This site which may be called the front door yard of Ashdown, would make a very favorable impression upon strangers, visitors and others if made attractive in the manner proposed; for everyone almost in these days has an eye for civic beauty, at least for the neat, pleasant appearance of a town. It has its effect even upon business, to say nothing of health and comfort, es pecially during the summer season. This is a project for the aesthetic improvement of Ashdown which the A. I. C. has long had in mind. It was unanimously voted at the last meet ing of this club that indorsement and encouragement of this plan be given, and that every assistance be rendered toward taking up this piece of im provement immediately. Every citizen should get behind this movement and lend assistance to the town council and club in this matter of improveing Ash down’s front door-yard. Club Reporter. 0 TEST COMINt* IN W illi Will Occur When French Atteinjit Force, Henry Allen Says. Duesseldorf, May 27.—Former Gov ernor Henry S. Allen of Kansas, who is visiting the Ruhr, today in discus sing the situation, said: “The French are getting out all the existing coal and coke, but the real test will come when the supplied of coal and coke are exhausted and they try to force the Germans to mine coal and produce coke. “The Germans themselves admit they are helpless, and fear a revolt should the French policy bring starv at'on. Many of the industrial lead ers in the Ruhr believe that eventually economic disaster will bring about a reign of Bolshevism.” Mr. Allen returned to Paris tonight. -o Mrs. J. H. Welch and children, are spending the week at Arkadelphia vis iting friends. “Thrift is commonsense applied to spending. ’ ’ —Theodore Roosevelt ♦♦'Very one knows the famous quo tations by this great American. ^Economy—one of the war's best gifts—applied to peace time will bring life-time prosperity. itegyssg State Bank? A. E. Waters. President J. L. Martin. Cashier NEGRO SHOT ANOTHER ON HIGHWAY NO. 7 Monday Shooting' May Prove Fatal to Green Williams Shot by Henry Creswell. In a shooting affray about 5 o'clock Monday morning Henry Creswell shot ancl seriously wounded Green Wil liams, the shooting taking place on the highway from Ashdown to Foreman about 6 or 7 miles west of Ashdown near the J. W. McCullough farm. Cres iwell lives on the Roy Eaton farm and Williams on the J. W. McCullough farm, their houses being on opposite sides of the road. Both were inegroes about, 40 years of age and married. Woman trouble was said to have been at the bottom of the affair. Williams and J. W. McCullough, on whose farm the former works, were having an al tercation and Williams was threaten ing to attack the latter when Creswell appeared. Williams tried to draw a pistol it is said, but the gun hung. Creswell drew and fired six shots, two taking effect, one alongside the spinal column and the other in the side. The wound is serious though not neces sarily fatal. Sheriff Collins aiTested! Creswell and brought him to town. After the shooting Williams ran to his house and hid his gun, which was later found by Sheriff Collins. -o Education Campaign Near End. The Little Rock movement for Christian Education, a part of the statewide Presbyterian campaign for $406,000, has opened up and with its conclusion it, is expected that the work in Arkansas will be completed. In the field section many of the churches have been visited but it was stated at headquarters that there were still a large number of Presbyterians yet to be seen. Fort Smith, Hope, and Morrilton have been practically com pleted and the campaigns at Texar kana and Pine Bluff are now being conducted. It has been planned to call a conference of the workers early in June and review the entire field with a view toward making a whirl wind visit to every section of the state just prior to the close of the work on July 1. The state executive committee, of which Governor McRae is chairman, will meet at that time and pass on the reports by the workers. ‘Our work so far has been remarkably success full,” says a statement from head quarters, ‘‘but we are still far short of our goal and it is necessary that every Presbyterian in Arkansas real ize the importance of the campaign if we are to succeed.” -—o NAVAL READINESS NEEDED Denby Tells War College World Is Full of Menace. Newport, R. I., May 26.—Warning that the navy must be< kept ready for defense "in a world full of menace,” was given by Secretary Denby in an address today to the graduating class of the naval War College. “It is a day when naval strength is vitally necessary, and a full grasp by naval officers of world1 possibilities highly important,” Mr. Denby said. “We think in terms of hope for con tinued peace; we strive through di plomacy, backed by power, to keep that desired peace, but we must not be blind to facts. “We know now beyond peradven ture that war between great powers or groups of powers will always in volve many other nations, and we can not say with certainty that such a war may not come at any time. “There need be no demand for ex cessive armament. There will be none for a great increase of our present es tablishment by the Navy Department at the coming session of Congress. We shall ask for additional cruisers al lowed under the treaty for the limi tation of armament. We shall ask for additional light gunboats, the vital need of which is being demonstrated every day; and we shall ask for cer tain submarines and airplanes. “There will be nothing extravagant in our recommendations to Congress, and we hope to be able to keep the proposed appripriations approximate ly within the limits reached last year.” - —o-« New Carrier Ruling. There has been a new postal ruling as applied to rural mail carriers as follows: “Rural carriers shall open and examine boxes of patrons only when signals are displayed to indi cate that they contain mail for dis patch. When the mail is collected from the boxes the carrier shall lower the signal whether he hae deposited mail in the box or not. The signal on the box is not to be raised by the carrier when he deposits mail therein. BODY OF FORMER GOVERNOR ARRIVES Taken From Train at Walnut Ridge and Escorted to Pocahontas tor U u rial. 'A alnut Ridge, May 27.—Accompani ed hy a commission composed of Sen ator W. A. Jackson, Judge John W. Meeks and R. Hamil of Pocahontas and Sheriff Bob Gillette of Randolph county, the body of Thos. S. Drew, Arkansas third executive, arrived at Walnut Ridge this afternoon, over the Frisco railway and; transfered in a hearse from the Lewis undertaking parlors to Pocahontas. There it will lie in state in the courthouse until with; appropriate exercises Decoration Day, it is reintered by the side of his wife, who is buried in the old Mason ic cemetery at Pocahontas. A throng was at the station when the body ar rived and the people stood with heads bowed and hats removed in silent reveranee as it was transferred from thd train to the hearse. On the top of the casket had been written Thomas S. Drew, Third Governor of Arkansas, going home to rest at Pocahontas, Ar-! kansas. Elaborate preparations have been j made for the ceremonies Decoration Day when many of the residents of Arkansas, Governor Pat Neff of Texas, j Governor McRae, Senator Caraway j and other county, state and district! officials will be present. The cere monies will be filmed by a representa tive of Patlie pictures. The 153rd in fantry band from Marianna will fur nish martial music and Company B, Walnut Ridge Guard Company, under command of Capt.. R. V. Smith, will at tend in a body and act as an armed escotr. Lieut. Joe Decker of Poca hontas will have charge of World war veterans. Civil and Spanish-Amreican war veterans also will march in the parade. Over 200 automobiles came from Pocahontas to escort the body there. ■o APl’ROI’RI AT10N LEGAL Attorney General Thinks That Agricul tural Departinent Dill Will Stand. Little Rock, May 27.—In an official letter to Ji mG. Ferguson, commission er of mines, manufactures and agri culture, written at Mr. Ferguson's re quest, Attorney General Utley express ed the opinion' that the appropriation act for Mr. Ferguson's., department, ordered expunged by the Senate after its passage, is valid and that the state auditor and state treasurer are legal ly justified in issuing warrants on vouchers and paying warrants from the appropriations. However, the ap propriations'do not become available until the beginning of the 1923-24 fis cal year, July 1. Despite the attorney general’s opin ion, the status of the bill will not be definitely fixed until the Supreme Court passes on the expunging pro ceedings now pending on the appeal of the Senate Journal Committee from Chancellor Martineau's decision that thq committee had no right to obliter ate or remove records of the bill from the Senate Journal. In its transcript of appeal, the committee contended that under the Senate rules a bill after its passage must remain in the Senate for three days, and that this rule had not been complied with when the Fer guson appropriation bill was sent to the governor. -o Two Stores at Columbus Robbed. Hope, May 26.—The little town of Columbus, sixteen miles northwest of Hope, was the scene of a burglary last night about 1 o'clock. The burglar robbed the stores of R. C. Stuart & Co., and W. A. Bolding, entrance to the former being secured by breaking out the glass of one of the large win dows. About $15.00 worth of goods was taken from the Bolding store, the loss at Stuart & Co’s, being confined to the damage done, as the robbeT was frightened away by Dr. J. R. Aut rey, whose home is just across the street. Being awakened by the crash ing of broken glass, Dr. Autry arose •and saw the thief as he was leaving, when he fired three shots at him. o Drilling Progressing at Two Test Wells Drilling is going on steadily at the Gaines test and good progress is be ing made. Naturally slow progress was made the first few days while the hole was] being started but the last of last week saw* this completed and the big drill on its way down. The Steele test is 2600 feet down. The rock formation was passed! through last week and gumbo encount ered. Thd Grote test near Arden has been inaotive for a few days. W. GREENE WINANS, Evangelist. H. M. POWELL, Singer Verdict For No. 7 ' in Federal Court Texarkana, May 2G.—The United States Court for the Western District of Arkansas, Texarkana Division, con cluded its labors and adjourned for the term today noon, most of the court attaches leaving this afternoon for! their homes. Before adjournment the jury brought in a verdict in the case of. C. A. Reese vs. Road Improvement District No. 7 of Little River County, finding for tjiq defendant. This suit originally involved quite a large road contract in Little River County, the contractors and road commissioners betting at loggerheads and the former brought suit for mon ey alleged due them and damages. Judge Frank A. Youmans enteredi a decree April • 23, awarding the plaintiffs a judgment for specific sum alleged due them, conditioned upon their satisfying a certain garnish ment proceeding brought against them by the Bank of Foreman, and the nature of this action was to de cide as to damages, if any, due them as the result of the suspension of work. The contractors and improve ment district split the cost of action equally by agreement. This was a case in which the con tractors sued the district for $11,00*1 in anticipated profits. WINANSPOWELL RE VIVAL OPENED SUNDAY Large (rowd Attends Opening !Ser vices—.Meeting will Continue for Three Weeks. The revival meeting conducted by the Winans-Powell Evangelistic party opened at; the big tabernacle on Com merce Street Sunday morning at 11. Tlie party is composed of W. G. Win ans, evangelist; H. M. Powell, direct or, soloist and young peoples’ worker; Mrs. H. M. Powell, pianist and soloist; J. W. Hammond, advance and taber nacle man. Mr. Powell, the director was not able to take any part on ac count of trouble with his throat) until Monday night. This party c? Christian workers are no stragers in Ashdown, having con ducted a great meeting at this place a year ago. Their work was found to be solid, and an unanimous call was made for their return. The evangelist spoke to a large crowd Sunday night on the subject, Roll Away the Stone,” and was founded on the raising of Lazarus from the grave. There was no ser vice Monday afternoon, but it was announced that day services would be held every day except Monday and Saturday, night services all the week. The meeting will continue for three weeks, and it is expected that a great meeting will be had. People from all denominations are invited to co-oper ate. ---o GROCERIES ARE HIGHER Lead All Commodities In Price In crease In April. Chicago, May 27.—Groceries averag ed a higher gain in April over the same month of the previous year than any other wholesale commodity, ac cording to a report of the Federal bank of Chicago, issued today. Wholesale trade in April lost some of the momentum apparent in the first quarter of the year, the report says. -o Little Rise in Red River. Red River is reported to have risen about a foot Monday. The stage at Index is 20.7 feet, Fulton 24, and at Arthur City 19.6. The flood stage at Index is 27 feet. Little River is again back in its banks and still falling. -o Purchase New Seats For Court House Judge W. D. Waldrop has purchas ed new folding seats for the sourt house, which will be installed soon. The seats were bought at a bargain from A. N. LaGrone at Foreman, who recently purchased the theater build ing and will change it into a business house. These seats will replace the old homemade benches and will be much more comfortable as well as to add to the appearance of the furnish ings. LEGAL HOLIDAY Wednesday, May 30th Memorial Day This Bank Will Not Be Open