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I ARKADELPHIA. THURSDAY JUNE 14. 1923 $1.50 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE ILWELL ACTIVITY IN CLARK HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS GKUWS KbllbK EACH DAY NEWS FROM OUR 0UT-0F- TOWN CORRESPONDENTS Happenings During the Past Week Chronicled at Curtis, Mt Hollywood, Ebeneezer, Lenox, Okolona, Etc. of the Big Oil Well Promoters Now Centered on Our County as the Most Promising Wild Cat Field pressed. Ralph P.

Dudley, a graduate ofEdinburg University, Scotland, who has been employed as a geologist by several of the big oil companies ot this conn-try during the past fourteen or fifteen years, declares that he has fouud a most promising structure in southeast Clark! and he has given it out that he will shoitly inaugurate exploration work thereon. He is at this time just starting test in Miss Carrie Belle Etchieson home from prayer meeting Sunduv niyht. Mark Walsh and Linnie Crolsin were the Sunday afternoon guests of Miss Nora Francis. Miss Clara Etchieson was the euest of Miss Mattie Lou Sanders Saturday afternoon. Misses Dicie and Ruthie Sprad-lin spent Sunday with Mr.

and Mrs. Allen Spradlin. Miss Annie Senders is visiting her sister at Prescott this week. Mr. and Mrs, Carl Etchieson and baby were the guests oi Mrs.

Penticost Sunday afternoon. Everybody come to prayer meeting next Sundav night. Come on Palestine, we would like to here from you. Dalark The hot weather has come at Celebrated soth Anniversary On last Saturday the ladies of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Arkadelphia Bap-tist Church celebrated the 50th anniversary of the founding of of their society in this city. The celebration was held in the hall of Ouachita College aud was attended by about 300 Baptist women besides many of the, members of missionary so-citieties of other demouinations, who were iuvifed to attend the meeting.

The meeting was presided over by J. H. Crawford, and the history of the society was-reviewed by Mrs. Lizzie Hall aud Mrs. J.

C. Wallis. Only three members of the original charter membership of 22 were present at the meeting, the roll call of the charter members being auswered by descendents of those old members, except these three in person, who were, Mis Euda Speaks, (Mrs, W. W. Gresh-am.) Carrie res ham (Mrs.

A. Trigg) and Miss Lizzie Hall (Mrs. Lizzie Hall.) The principal address of the occasicn was delivered by tha Rev. W. A.

Forbes of Prescott, who was pastor of the Baptist Church here fifty years ago, when the society was first organized. The charter members of the W. M. S. were as follows: Mesdames Cordelia Heard Marburv.

H. W. McMillan, T. A. Heard, R.

S. Wallis, W. A. Trigg, J. C.

Saunders, W. A. Anderson, James Carder, Wil liam Williams, Mirny, J. C. Ray and Mat hew Jones, and Misses Fannie Trigg, Florence Jones, Lizzie Heard, Euda Speakes, Josie Wilcx, Lucy Williams, Kate Gresham, Carrie Gresham, Marguerite Williams and Elizabeth Webb.

R7LKJ LAU6HS AT ME CA'SE ah's sorted KNOCK-KNEED BUT TAIN NONE O' MAM FAULT--AH WU1 A BOW-LAIGGED BABY EN PE DOCTUH TDK. EN STRAiGHTEN 'CM HT Mil -fcl Copyright. IMI by MeClura NwtpMf Syndicate Notice to Pensioners Since we published the letter from State Auditor Tucker to County Clerk Lookadoo in connection with the purging ot the Confederate Veteran pension list, quite a number of people have' drawn the conclusion that the signing of the usual affidavit was not sufficient and that there was yet another paper which each pensioner would have to sign and to sign which, it would be necessary for him to come to town and go in person before the county clerk. Mr. Lookadoo took up the matter with the state pension board aud has a letter from the pension clerk advising that the annual affidavit is all that old pensioners have to sign, as it contains the iudigency clause.

The county pension board consisting of L. C. Newoeiry, J. A. Holmes and John T.

Lee, will meet on the second Monday in July and all the signed annual affidavits should be in the hands of the county clerk by that time. Young People in Conference The annual Young People's Missionary Conference of the Little Rock Conference, M. E. Church South, is in session at Henderson-Brown College this week, and many delegates from the various charges in the conference are in attendence. The conference will last through Ftiday, Mrs, G.

G. Moore, is in charge ot the meeting and one of the principal speakers is Mrs. W. P. McDermoit, probation officer at Little Rock, who is secretary of the Y.

P. M. C. The recreation features are in charge of Miss Gilberta Harris of this city, and Miss Frances Turrentine is acting as chaperone. Putting On Good Shows Brunk's Comedians are playing to full audiences here this week.

Every night the big tent on the Clark lot is filled with people, and with the very best people of the city too. The shows put on are of the highest class and presented by actors who are actors. Seldom do we have better shows here. Let Legumes and Live Stoek, the two big L's in farming, help you work for a better living. fclark county is again show er decided symptoms ot are-rreuce of "oil fever," and pre are those wno ao nos nes-te to declare that it is "ui for of the infectiou other hand, as one likes the rounds of hotel, bank store, he finds a spirit of imism that just will assert ieif.

Two or three times i-etofoie, it is recalled, Ark-elphia has indulged the hope at it was to become au "oil Ptropolis." but something has ready intervened. But it is ely admitted that the iufee-n is spreading this way from Dion and Ouchita counties, iere it has been raging for a ar or more Smackover. with i Burton well unprecedent- output, having given Arkan-s worldwide fame as a pro icerof petroleum; hundreds other big wells also contrib-ing there fair share to that 1110 The outstanding ieumres ui ip m-psent revival of local in vest in oil development in and bout Arkadelphia are centered the Lirtleiobn test, now in n-w ogress ireveu miles southeast, iHheadvrnt of Paul Vitek, roraineut in Smackover devel foment, and Kalph Dudley. this should be added tne art. being made by "Bill" eador on his proposed test.

ven miles west of town. The weil is now Sown 540 feet. At that depth jDiuch casing was set last week, td next week the drill will jenetrate a sand that gives good iidications of valuable intoima-Ion even if dees it not produce 1. The mtentiun is to put hole down a couple of thou- iind feet, but the work is pro-ieediDg carefully and cautious-j for the benefit of all future operations in the vicinity if it roves worth while. Vitek, who has taken acreage 3 the vicinity of Bierne, will ommence his test, it is said, eforetbe end of the mnth.

ince he was spectacularly suc-essfnl in his Smackover opera- ions, the hope is entertained at luck will follow him into is region, where geologists iave been very favorably im- Wanted Oxen Teamster at $3.00 Log Cutters at $2.50 Saw Mill Men and up Rough Carpenters to build saw mill houses $2.50 and up puce to Doard near station )t $3.00 feo Mercantile Manufacturing Co. Curtis, Arkansas Kill the Flies Use i 7 Okolona Dear Old Standard, here I come asking for space in vour good paper to invite all singing classes to Okolona the 4th Sunday in June, 24th, to an All Day singing, We are planning the biggest day for Okolona she has ever known. Everybody is invited to come, bring vour baskets well filled and enjov the day. A program is being arranged and some of the best singing classes have had a special in-yitaion. We extend a special invitation to Arkadelphia people to come over that day.

It you have a class or quartet or duet or solo, please come and help us. For any inhumation vou would like to know you can find out through Bud Morris. This occasion will be at the Baptist Church, it being the largest church in town. tvu. Bethel We had a nice rain Monday morning but it was not very much appreciated bv the farmer.

Health is good in this community at present. Mrs. John McSwain has about recovered from an operation for appendicitis. Frank Armstrong and Earl Bishop were visitors at Copeland Ridge Sunday. The entertainment at H.

F. Bishop's Saturday evening was enjoved by all-Sunday School was rather dull at Mt. Bethel Sunday. Harold Bishop and Hubert Helms were, the guests of Edgar Green Sundav. Miss Eunice Bishop of Arkadelphia spent Sunday with her cousin, Eva Bishop of this Several of the Mt.

Bethel people went to singing at Springdale Sunday night. There will be preaching at Mt, Bethel, Sunday, June 17th, Everybody come. Mrs. J. M.

Green visited Mrs. Eaves Sundav afternoon. Curtis Everybody is getting along very well at present. Crops are very good considering so much cool weather and rain. There was and dinner on the ground at Hart's Chapel Sunday, and many people from here.

Mrs. Ewing seemed very lively and pleasant sitting out on the front porch Saturday, which is unusual for her to be out ot her room on account of her health, Miss Lilla Golden and Mrs. Erie Smith spent awhile with Mrs. Josie Smith Saturday afternoon. Mrs, Josie Smith spent the day With Mrs.

Maddie White Sunday, Everybody come to singing every Sundav night at Curtis. Ebeneezer Health is good in this community at present. Mr. and Mrs. Watson Fra'ncis and baby were the guests of Mrs.

Frances mother, Mrs. Penticost Sunday. Mr, and Mrs- Clib Etchieson spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Zib Golden Sunday.

John Kelly was the guest of Miss Hazel Thomas Sundav afternoon. Vilas Duke accompanied Miss lin Parks to prayer meeting Sunday night. Earl Etchieson and Mark Walsh were Thin Gravy visitors Sunday. Edgar Frazier accompanied Phone 125 Dallas bounty only a few miles northeast. Contract for the Meador well was let to an Ohio firm a few weeks ago, but work on the derrick was only begun this week.

All the other pre-jliminarv work is out of the and it is expected that the itest will be pushed forwaid rapidly. A number of other oil companies of mure or less note aud experience are taking steps to help iu forwarding the oil iu-tetests of the county, but none of them have progressed to the point where publicity is justified at this wricing. I Take it all all, however. may be said that it look uow more thau ever as if Clark county is to be forced to a show clown in the oii game. The J.

B. Foster Investment of this city, reports that it is having an increasing number of inquiries from all parts of the country about the outlook, which indicates that at a distance, at any rate, interest is ceutering upon this locality, Satan Is Coming Here It is a fact, and don't say that we did nt tell you about it in time. This is not a warning, for there is no occasion for a-larm. It is merely to inform you that you are goiug to have the opportunity to read in these columns one of the best stories that has come out in a very long time. That is the title of it all right enough- "'Satan." We are not going to tell you how "Satan" figures in this tale.

You are going to be consider able surprised about it aud, what is more to the point, you are going to be immensely a-mused and entertained all the way through by this new and unexpected way of presenting a story that is lull of romance, full of comedy, full of exciting and pleasing situations. The reading of "Satan" is in itself worth several times a year's subscription price to the Southern Standard; so if you are not already enrolled, we advise you to become a subscriber at once, in order not to miss any installment of this extremely clever and fascinating serial. Dandelion greens may prove a source of dandelion blues if thev are allowed to become well established in the lawn. Need Glasses? See Dr. Clark, member Arkansas and Amererican Optometric Association.

Office at Standard office. Satisfaction guaranteed. last and we are proud to se it. Miss Susie Green, who has been attending the Teachers' College at Conway has returned home tor the summer. N.

D. Mollis motored to Arkadelphia Saturday. H. Timberlake was on the sick list a few days last week. Andersen.

Eugene and Rivers Pearson, who hold positions in Little Kock, visited home folks Sundav. Mrs. O. Green of Arkadelphia was in Dilark Tuesday. J.

B. Evans motored to Spark-man vVednesdav. At the recent school election, A. Evans and Harvey Langley were the new directors elected. We are hopiug for a successful school next year; although, we regret losing Mr.

and Mrs. A. Francis as teachers. We wish them success with their new work at Wynne, Archie Pennington, a student of Henderson-Brown the past year, was buried at the Atchldy cemetery Thursday at 3 o'clock. Our sympathy goes out to the bereaved relatives and friends.

Mrs. L. A. Francis of Conway visited friends and relatives here the past week. She will return for the summer term of tha State Normal.

Mrs. Francis entertained the voung married people with rook O01 'A V4 Batteries Re-Charged Casings Vulcanized We haye just installr-d a new Marshall Constant Potential Machine for re charging batteries. It-will re-charge a battery in from four to six hours. Have your battery re-chai ged over night or while you are in town. No rentals to pay.

We charge only $1.50. per battery. Why pay the same price ami wait three or four days to have your battery re-charged, A graduate of Sweeney Auto School in charge. Also, announce that we are now prepared to vulcanize and repair auto casings of any size. All work guaranteed.

Reasonable prices. Come and see both -machines at work, JOHNSON DRIVE-IN SERVICE Phone 64 8th and Clinton Paris Green In all size packages. Save your otatoes STATION Old Barn to be Torn Down And now the long expected is soon to happen. Uncle Dock Greene is going to tear down the old barn at the corner of Sixth aud Clay Street. and build a handsomr, commodious and modern barn there.

And the worU is to be started in the very near future, according to information we have received. Tha new barn will be built of concrete and brick and will be built around the old Presbyterian church building, with that building forming a center for the new structure. This old barn is another of the old land marks which must give away to the course of modern progress. It has been there a long time, longer than the majority of our citizens can remember. In fact only a few can remember when it was built there.

Yet, it has served its purpose and very few will regret to see the ungainly and unsightly structure raised to to the ground. Incidentally it was fortunate that this property fell into the hands of R. H. Greene. He has the interest of the community at heart and when a new building is errected on the corner to replace this old barn wo mav feel assured that it will be something which we all, as citizens will feel proud of.

Don't be down on a new proposition until vou have investigated and found out all you can about It. Atter vou have read up on it you may not be down on it. DIPPING VAT CHEMICALS We carry a very large stock ot these chemicals and are in a position to save you money on these goods. Sloan Bros. Drug Store Fly-Tox In 50c and 75c Bottles Phone 25.