Looking Back
(Editor’s Note: This column looking back at St. Francis County’s history is featured each Friday on this Lifestyles page along with the week’s History Photo. The items included in this column were printed in previous editions of the TimesHerald.)
September 1906 Called to Rest - Miss Emma Warr, the beautiful and accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Warr of Palestine, was called to rest Sunday afternoon, Sept. 9, 1906. She was only ill a few days and her death was quite a shock to her family and many friends. Miss Emma was beloved by everyone who knew her and it seems, oh, so hard to give up those we love so dearly. But God knows best. She was laid to rest in Bell's Cemetery, the service conducted at the house. She leaves a heart broken mother, father, two sisters, three brothers and a host of friends.
Colt Times - There is a great deal of sickness in our city. ***One of the negroes on Mr. Wolf's place brought the first bale of cotton to our town. ***Miss Grace Waldrep conducted Epworth League services. ***A crowd of boys and girls went muscadine hunting. Hope they won't have any chills. ***Mr. and Mrs. Stone are moving to Forrest City. We are so sorry to see them leave. ***Mr. Hughes Vinson arrived here from Texarkana, where he had been guarding convicts. ***Miss Pearl Davis has gone to teach school in Forrest City. Her pupils regret very much to see her leave. ***Mr. W.A. Waldrep will visit his mother in October. ***Mr. Garvin Brown, of Caldwell, was up Sunday night. ***Grandma Emily Sember met with a serious accident at her daughter's residence. She accidentally fell in her room and severely bruised her hip. She's confined to her bed and on account of extreme old age, 86 years, fears are entertained as to the result of the accident.
Dance - A very enjoyable dance was given at Stuart Springs by young ladies in honor of the young men. A feature of the occasion was that young ladies asked for the dances, thus giving them full programs. Music was furnished by the Marianna band. Those present were Miss Rose Deacon and Tom Bridgeforth, Tollse Rollwage and Lindsey Bridgforth, Miss Laird and Tom Folbre, Miss Lula Ferguson and John Grobmyer, Miss Eva Bridgeforth and Tom Rowland, Miss Louise Gatling and James Gilliam, Miss Attie Beck and Willie Merwin, Miss Emma Beck and Nathan Norton, Miss Ruth Hatcher and Walter Gorman, Miss Mary Alley and Otto Rollwage, Miss Anne Elise Williams and Willie Warren, Miss Bromyer and Joe Ferguson, Miss Beverly Horney and Tom Tarver, Miss Mabel Pettus and James Euart.
Rooster or Hen - R.G. Mitchell, a farmer living near Paragould has a chicken that is a great curiosity. The question as to whether it is a rooster or a hen is what puzzles Mr. Mitchell and his neighbors. The chicken was hatched nearly three years ago and as it grows into full grown chickenhood developed into a pretty hen. But last spring her henship turned to a rooster. The transformation came about by first shedding her plumage until hardly a feather remained, then the growth of a new plumage started and the once dainty hen now struts in the habilements of a full grown rooster. The tail feathers are those of a rooster, her comb is that of a rooster and she is growing a healthy pair of spurs. Mr. Mitchell says that during her career as a hen he does not remember that she ever laid an egg and since she has turned to a rooster he has never heard her crow. She is not companionable with any of the other chickens.
After Darkness, Light During the meeting for the men only at the gospel tent in Argentia the electric lights went out and for five minutes the evangelist Mike Cassidy preached to the audience in the dark. The effect of his pleading for men to save themselves was heightened considerably by the darkness, through which the clear voice of the evangelist rang out. The crowd of almost 500 men listened attentively and when the lights flashed up again just as the evangelist had concluded a prayer, a large number responded to his invitation to accept religion.
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negro Fighting women in known the Street as Louella - Two and Clara, had a fist fight and hair pulling time on the street near Cynthila's place on West Jackson Street. It took two officers to put Clara in the calaboose and a large crowd gathered to see the fun.
Hortense Right In Williams the Eye - Miss was painfully hurt by being hit in the eye with a baseball fouled from the bat of her brother who was playing ball with other boys of the neighborhood at the family residence. It was first thought that she was dangerously hurt but later developments denote that the sight is not damaged.
three Not deaths To Blame in - the There city were last Friday. But all were attributable to natural causes and no blame can be attached to the climate or location because the health statistics of this town show that it is one of the healthiest spots on earth.
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