Baxter Bulletin from Mountain Home, Arkansas • 1

BAXTER BULLETIN VOLUME 29 Editor and Owners. Shira Paul Bodcnhamcr, MOUNTAIN HOME, BAXTER COUNTY, ARKANSAS, MARCH II. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, 11.50 I'ER YEAR NUMBER lii CLEAN-UP DAY. SOUTHERN DIVISION OF MINING BRIDGE WORKER Circuit Court Convened Here This Week. White River Pearls Have Been Disappear ing For Fifteen Years Mrs.

Jay Jones Given Two Years in Penitentiary. At-torneys for Her File an Appeal. The Older Mussel which All Been Taken. Younger Shells Dug Before Pearls Form. Circuit court convened here Monday with Judge John C.

Ashley on the bench and George M. Booth representing the state. Visiting attorneys are as follows: J. T. Jones and Jud Denton, Cotter; S.

E. Denton, Gass-ville; Henry Smith, Gamaliel, Shelby Ferguson, Ash Flat; John L. Bledsoe, and E. Newton Ellis, Pocahontas; Perry Goodwin and Oscar E. Ellis, Salem; Jewel Black, Yellville; To', Woods, Marshall; Judge Shinn, Harrison and W.

E. Taliuah Okla. Up until Wednesday at noon 12 indictments had been returned by tht grand jury. Most of these were for minor offenses. The most important criminal case coming up at this term of court was tried Tuesday.

Mrs. Elmer Jones wa the defendant and was being tried on The ladies of the Twentieth ('en tury Club are heading a move to clean up the college campus and grounds Friday, March the 14th, has been set for the time. We have been told that there will be lots of good eats for those who will come and take part in the work. All ho ran arc requested to bring rakes, shovels, hoes, to work with. Trucks will be there to haul off all of the trash.

This is a good move and should have the help of ev eryone interested in the town anil community. BANK OF GAINESVILLE WILL MOVE TO NEW HANK BUILDING. The Bank of Gainesville, Gaines ville, will move within the next few days to their new building on the west side of the square. The building is of stone, brick and concrete con etructinn, with a beautiful plate glass front. The stone and concrete work has been under the direction of Gus Messick and the carpenter work under the aupervision of B.

E. Downard, both of this place. The building is equipped with a moflern heating plant and has every ether facility that will make it convenient for banking purposes. The interior Is beautifully decorated in the latest color design. The Bank of Gainesville is one of the strongest and best known banking institutions in this part of the Ozarks.

It is headed by Senator J. C. Harlin, as president and M. T. Harlin, his son, as cashier.

The Harlins are widely known in banking circles in South Missouri, being interested in a number of the well known banka of thta section. MEETING OF MOUNTAIN HOME PUBLIC SCHOOL AND MOUNTAIN HOME COLLEGE BOARDS HELD. On Friday morning a meeting of representatives of Mountain Home public school board and the Mountain Home College board was held to dis cuss with Prof. Little of the State Department of Education the possibilities of using parat of the college building, library and laboratory equipment for the public high school. Prof.

Little advised that the state ready to cooperate with the dis trict in a program for better schools through the Equalizing Fund. Under with the territory in Mountain Home's section of the county being nrovided with standard high school advantages, the difference between the income of the territory served and the needs for elementary and high school program will be cared for from this fund. This will include a building program. However, if the district prefer to secure the facilities of Mountain Home College rather than go into the building program now it may be done. If this is done the higb school that is taught in th college building using the college equipment must be a free public high school.

The teachers must be employed by the Mountain Home school board. The college the direction and control of the Mountain Home schol board. The college department only would be maintained on tuition basis. No action was taken in the matter in this meeting. Numerou report bave gone out over the county about consolidation.

Some rcports.are that districts may be made to consolidate against their will with other district. This report is false according to the furnished by Mr. Little with the State Department of Education. It is left up to the people that compose the school district and their directors. Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Wolf visited Mrs. Wolf parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Clayton at Howard Ridge last week.

Read Robertson's ad this week on the back page. Lots of things that wil'. interest you. 3-1 1 The latest Records I handle the Brunswick line. John F.

Clayton, tf For Sale One good span of work mules and one good work mare. Set Bill Thomas, Gassville, Ark. 3-21 -pd Eugene Hoiton, meichan and postmaster at Lone Rock, is here this week as a member of the grand jury. CONGRESS TO MEET IN LIT-TLB ROCK THIS WEEK. The fifth annual industrial develop ment congress sponsored by the Am erican Mining Congress, and the first of the series to be held west of the Mississippi river, was held at Little Ruck on Monday, Tuesday and Wed ncsday of this week.

Vistors and del egates from all the Southern states attended. Governor Parnell took an active part in the sessions of the meeting, being host at a reception Monday night for visiting legislatom, congressmen, officers of the Mining Congress and other state executives. Gov. Bibb Graves of Alabama Gov. Wm.

J. Hollaway of Oklahoma, were executives present from other states. The program was fine from beginning to end and was an inspiration to those who attended. One of the finest exhibits of min erals of Arkansas ever exhibted was on exhibition at the Marion, where the meeting was held. Most of the big industnal leaders of the South were present and made addresses.

A considerable amount of credit for the success of the meeting is due to Henry Hand of Yellville, a member of the Mining Congress and the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce. LOCAL PASTOR HOLDS MISSION RALLIES IN MARION COUNTY. Rev. W. K.

Wharton, pastor of the local Baptist church, returned last week from points in Marion County where he, in company, with other minister, held a series of sfort meetings. The meetings were held at differ ent churches in Baxter County before going to Marion County. The object of the meetings was to stimulate an interst in the cause of missions among the churches. Plans are under way to employ a missionary to work among the churches of the White River Baptist Association. JIM ROLLINS WILL HE GIVEN TRY-OUT WITH CARDINALS.

Jim Rollins, a student at the A. M. College of Jonesboro, who lives at Gassville, will be given a try out with the St. Louis Cardinals this season. He is the son of Dr.

and Mrs. Rollins of Gassville, and has been playing amateur base ball since he was a small boy. He is one of the most successful amateur pitchers ever developed in this section. He will go to St. Louis as soon as school is out.

GASSVILLE NEWS. Lisle Shoemaker, owner of the FhoerAnker garage at Gassville, is building several new cottages at his camp to take care of the tourists this season. I. N. Coventon.

owner a filling rtation at Gassville, is building an addition to his station which he will use as a garage. The Arkansas Power Light is erecting new street lights at Gassville. They will be strung along the main street of the village and will give the town modest white way. S. E.

DENTON WILL MAKE HIS FIFTEENTH RACE FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. S. E. Denton, justice of tha peace of Whiteville township, with an office at Cotter, is the oldest justice from point of years served that there is in this section of the state. He has held the office for 14 consecutive terms, having served 28 years.

During his tenure in office he has tried 2,751) civil cases and 1,982 criminal cases, with only two reversals by the circuit court. He is candidate for the office again and so far has no opponent. EXTREME COj.D WEATMER F.I) MANY PEACH TREES I. THIS SECTION. The extreme cold weather a few weeks ago killed many peach trees in this section of the country.

Many fine trees are apparently dead and those who are considered authority say that it was due to the cold. Some say that few trees can survive when the cold weather drives the mercury as low as ten degrees below zero. All apple trees seem to be in good condition. Some reports say there will not be any blackberries mis season. SHOT AT COTTER GRAND JURY ORDERS RELEASE OF MAN HELD HERE FOR THE SHOOTING.

Shirley Hopkins, aged wus shot and seriously injured at Cotter Sunday afternoon by S. N. Cole, also aged 43. Cole was arrested by Sheriff Jim Martin and lodged in jail at this place Both were employed by the Bateman Construction which is building bridge across White river at Cotter. Sole says that Hopkins came to his boarding house in an intoxicated con dition, and began to curse and abuse him, threatening to kill him.

He says he told Hopkins that he did not want to have any trouble with him, but that Hopkin's continued his tirade, and made a move to either strike or shoot him. At this juncture, he pulled a gun from his pocket and struck Hop kins over the head. As he did so he says the weapon was accidentally dis charged, and the ball struck Hopkins in the head, going in near the right eye and coming out at the back of the skull. Hopkins was taken to a hos pital at Batesville, where he ia said to be recovering. Cole ha a wife and six children, and Hopkins has no family.

Both came to Cotter from Sneedsville, and have known each other for 20 years. It is said that Hopkins had a gun on him when he wa shot. The grand jury that has been in session here this week investigate, the case throughly and failed to return an indictment against Cole, recommending that he be released and exonerated. Evidence, it is said, went to show that Cole acted in self defense. It is said that Cole had served a deputy sheriff in Tennessee be-fote coming here and bore a good reputation.

SCHOOL NOTES. The third quarterly exams, were held at the school last Thursday and Friday. The grade cards will be given to the pupils as soon as possible. The parents are requested to look these cards carefully, noting each grade that the child has n.ade. If any questions arise concerning these grades, any of the teachers will be glad to discuss them with you.

Help us to help your child by giving these cards your careful consideration. The Mountain Home high school boys' and girl's basket ball teams played the Bakersfield, high Bchool teams at Bakersfield last Friday night. Both games were exciting and fast, but the superior team work of the Mountain Home teams led them both to victory. These two games were the last of the season for M. H.

H. S. The Mountain Home College board has been kind enough to let the ball teams have the use of the gym throughout the basket ball season and both teams wish to take this opportunity to thank them publicly for its use. CHRISTIAN CHURCH Sunday, March 10th. Were you in Bible school last Sunday? Anyway you will want to be there at 10 a.

m. and take pait in the songs and lessons Then at 1 1 o'clock you will be anxious to hear the subject, "Where Are The Dead?" Can we Jvnow anything about it? Is the spiritualist correct when he says be can and does talk with departed loved ones? What does the Bible say? If you cannot come at 10 o'clock then be present promptly at 11 o'clock. Christian Endeavor at 6:45 p. led by Miss Daisy Bryant. Topic: "Peter, a Great Evangelist." Preaching at 7:30 p.

m. Subject, "The Church in a New Adventure." Alfred Brunk. WEATHER HAS BEEN FAVORABLE FOR EARLY SPRING FARMING. On acount tif favorable weather in February and the first part of this month, farm work is well ahead of last year. Considerable land has been broken, and if the weather clear up, considerable early com will be planted this month.

A large acreage of oats has been planted. Produced Pearls Have ed The general direction of the movement of the pearls from the pearl fishers who found them to the ultimate purchaser has been East. They were first purchased by local buyers living in the river towns. They sold them to St. Louis, Chicago or Milwaukee buyers, who In turn pass ed them on to New York buyers.

The latter took them to London and Par is, selling them to the leading jew elers in these cities, and these in turn passed them to wealthy American women, who purchased them under the name of oriental pearls, bringing them back into the United States and paying 2." per cent duty on them. It is no exaggeration to say that a pearl which the pearl fisher on White 'river received $500 for was sold to the ultimate purchaser in London or Paris for $10,000 plus the duty in getting it home. Not much decrease in the number of pearls found on the upper White river was noticed until about 12 years ago. From that time on the decrease has been very noticeable. The last two years the finds have been neg-ible.

Not many pearls and all small. In the early days of the industry not a week passed but what several valuable gems were found, running in value from $300 to $1,000, with hund reds of smaller ones. Not In the last five years has a really valuable pearl leen found. In the days when the industry was booming the man who went adven-turiiig for gems was known as a pearl fisheis. He scorned the shells, seeking only for the treasu.e they held.

Today the limn who iliics shells is known as a shell digger, and while he looks for the gems, he figures on the shells which are worth around $50.00 a ton at any river town, to pay him for his labor. During the last decade the in dustry has lost all of its romance and most of its lure, for the source ol sudden and unexpected fortune has been withdrawn from it. While shell digging is far from a white collared job, it offeis any man chance to make a living who will ork. He is his own boss, don't have to ask for a job, tan lay off when he wants to and don't have to punch time clock in the morning. And he needs no man's permission or authority to go to work.

All he has to do is to locate a mu.sel bed and get busy. The harder he works the more he makes. The river beds are public property as far as the mussels Bre rnnccrned and if a man does not gel his share it is his own fault. Pearl fishing as a major industry on the upper White river will prob- bly never be established again, it possible but not probable, li mere 1 nt iav were no sneus our ioi 5 years, and the shells given time tc i Af valimhle accumulate inouiti pearls, the industry would thrive pain until the crop was But with a good cash market ior shells at every river town, this will hardly come to pass. MISSOURI FISH GAME COMMIS SION WILL HELP STOCK NORTH FORK.

In a letter received by local sports men from Guy Amsler, secretary oi the Arkansas Fish Game Commission, he states that the Missouri Fish Game Commission, will assist in stocking the North Fork river. This stream heads in Missouri and flows through several counties in that state into Baxter County, where it empties Into the White river. The stream has become popular for float trips during the last few years, and more bass are being taken fm it annually than it produces, tor the last seven years lo- cal sportsmen have been planting nirerlings in the stream with some success. Missouri now seems ready to keep Up her end of this work. Cream Wanted.

Store. Nelson's Cash tf Mr. and Mrs. Petit of Harrison were here for a short time Tuesday. Mr.

Petit is territory superintendent for the Willow Springs Creamery Co. of Springfield. Leffel Smith, wife and little daugh ter, accompanied by Mrs. Smith's sis ter. Miss Nova Teverbaugh, were up from Henderson Friday night for the American Legion social at the court house.

Bob Harris, former cashier of the Bank of Melbourne, but now cngag ed in the practice of law and abstract ing, at Melbourne, was here Friday enroute to Flippin with the Melbourne basket ball team. Mrs. Alvin Wilson is very sick at her home in the cast part of town. John Maisel, who recently moved his place that he purchased from John Rost last fall, has had a new barn built on the place. B.

S. Halber. Son were the builders. Mr. Maise is an expert fruit man and has beei very much in demand pruning tree.

nee he moved here. He has a nic orchard on his farm near Trimble Flat. Yoa get the best in barber work a. John Cayton' shop on the north side. tf List your farm with Deatherage Jolly, Cotter.

Ark. We have buyers coming every day. Jim Clinkenbeard of the Custe community, was here meet ing friends and attending court. METHODIST CHURCH. Sunday School at 9:45.

Preaching at 11:00 a. m. Epworth League at 6:45. Preachiag at 7:30. Children services just before preach- ing at tne evening uut.

for the morning hour will be, "Chris linnitv's Most Convincing Argu ment." Subject for the evening hou. will be, "Mountain Peaks of the Cos pel." Special music at each sen-ice Everybody welcome. I will preach a Wesley Chapel at 2:30 Sunday after-noji. We hope to have another goo crowd. John W.

Glover. YELLOW JACKETS TO PLAY WILLOW STRINGS. The Yellow Jackets have two goo-games scheduled for this week. Thursday night they will play Bruno on th Yellville court, and Friday they wil meet the Willow Springs Independen team at the local gym. This promise to be an unusually good game, as th Wilow Sprngs team has won uite ai enviable reputation in thi section They won the championship at th tournament at West Plain last week and have defeated some strong team: the past season.

This will piobabl; be the last game the Yellow Jacket; will play until next season. VDJOIRNED TERM OF O.UOKUJ-COURT CONVENED MONDAY. An adjourned term of the quorum court convened here Monday with 2 of the justices of the peace of tht county piesent for the meeting. The object of the meeting was to discuss seme matters that were left over ai the regular session of the court. The bou.v endorsed the effoits tha' re being made by Judge Ruthven tc have al road projects in the county completed by the state.

The pevpl in Baxter County are very anxiou hat work be started snon on all stat-projects that have U-en State Highway Department. Judge Ruthven complimented th membeis of the bedy tin their intercs in all county affairs and their witling ness to cooperate in every way pos sible. Twenty-five yearn ago $100,000 worth of pearls were found annuully in the White River between Newport and Cotter, and pearl fishing was an industry of some importance to the territory. Today more nholl are dug from the river bed annually than in the early day but the pearls have strangely disappeared from them, probably not fl.000 worth now being found in a season. It Is a mys tery that puzzles the shell diggers, but notwithstanding the narencs of the mollusks each shell is careful ly examined in the hope that one of the old time valuable gems will be found.

Men associated with the shell in' dustry on White river hold to the theery that a shell reaches a market able size in much fewer years than a pearl. The older shells have been ex hausted, and the shells being dug now are too young to produce the gems, The U. S. Bureau of Fisheries holds to this idea, saying: "The actual rate of growth of pearls in fresh WBter mussels is not known exactly, but it takes a number of years to produce pearls of marketable size, and the lack of pearls in the sheila is prob ably due to the fact that the river has been depleted of the older shells, There are several theories as to the origin of pearls. One is that they are formed about the cyst of a dis tomid or parasitic worm.

This to some extent is accepted as correct. That is, in some species of mussels pearls are freuently secreted about the cyst of a parasite, as has been shown by ma terial collected in this country. Other pearls are found formed about the eggs of parasitic water-mites, min ute spider-like creatures that make their homes in the gill cavity of tht mussels. Of the greater number of pearls, however, the original cause is doubtful, and the Bureau of Fisheries says that there is at present a disoosition on the part of students who have given the matter special attention to doubt the universal or even parasitic origin of pearls. All authorities are agreed that pearls are formed within sacs of epithelial tissue similar to that which secretes shell-layers, and in the case of rough pearls or baroques formed near the hinge of the mussel, the displacement of the tissue which causes the pearl formation seems to be always or nearly always connected with the presence of a distomid parasite.

In round pearl such a relationship is not usually so evident. The edible oyster never produces valuable pearls because its shell has but limited iridescence. All the stories of pearls that have been found in oyster soup, that would have been val-usble if they had not been spoiled by the cooking are very entertaining hn pnver true. Hot water, or boiling will not cause pearls to peel off as generally supposed, unless allowed to lie on the hot metal bottom of a cooking vessel. Nearly all the fresh water pearls found in this section are cooked, the mussels being cooked in ing water, which makes the shells easy to open.

Fresh water pearls have a much higher relative value than is commonly known. For a long time the value of such pearls was discounted commercially by the name and origin. Accordingly, in order to sell them tc the best advantage it was necessary to market them under the name of oriental pearls, and many of the finest fresh-water American pearls have reached the ultimate purchaser under such false classification. Within the last 20 years owing to the effoits of certain leading jewelers of New York, Milwaukee, and elsewhere, fresh-water pearls have become better known to the public and have received more and more their proper economic rank. White river pearls have always been classed as foremost amon fresh water peails and have always been in strong demand.

Few of these, however, ever reached the ultimate purchaser in Arkansas or even the Unit- a charge of man slaughter in connection with the death of Bud Maynard which occured last June. Mrs. Jonei was convicted by the jury and her pun ishment fixed at 2 years in the pen itentiary. Her attorneys filed an appeal Wednesday before Judge Ash ley. The trouble grew out of a fight that her husband, J.

Jones and Bud May nard had at Henderson last May. They were fighting when Mrs. Jones came to the assistance of her husband. She was alleged to have stabbed Maynard several time and he died from the effects of the wound a few day later. Mrs.

Jones had been out on bond since she was indicted by the grand jury. Mrs. Jones was apparently unmoved by the verdict of the jury. It was expected court would close Wed nesday evening including the work of the grand jury. COLFAX.

Mrs. Ethel Sales and Jennie Mor ris are on the sick list this week. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Tucker spent Sunday with Mr.

and. Mrs. Bill Per-ryman. Van Smith spent Saturday night with Linton Brown. Lizzie, Gladys and Alice Smith and Faye Perrynn nd CeciI Creel spent Sunday afternoon with Mr.

and Mrs. Bill Ferryman. Gladys Lovelady ate supper with Jennie Morris Sunday night. Cecil and Elvi9 Standi ate supper at Eli Smith's Sunday night. Mr.

and Mrs. W. A. Brown spent Sunday night with Mrs. Sallie Gilli-land.

Elvis Stancil and Faye Perryman ate dinner with E. C. Smith and family Sunday. SHADY GROVE. Health is the community is very good at this writing and everybody busy with their farm work.

Mr. J. B. Smith had a public sale at her place Saturday. She will make her home with her son, W.

A. Smith of this place. Harve Raymond, who Den working In the western part of the state this winter, returned home Sat-urday. Rev. D.

R- Robertson of Mount Olive, filled his regular appointment here Saturday night, Sunday and Sunday night. There was a large crowd out Sunday. Had fine singing and good services; also had services at 6 o'clock in the evening for the children which was well attended. Bro. Robertson will preach here agam the second Sunday and Sunday night in April.

Everybody is invited to come out and be at the services. Our Sunday School is growing both in number and interest. Everybody is invited to come and help us out. Mr and Mrs. John Pitchfo.d and little son, Leo, of Buford.

were i fiit.vfuhi unt attend ing with w. iiw.il"..., ed sen-ices here Sunday. Mr and Mrs. Will Peace were visiting with Mr. and Mrs.

Ed Fawcet Sunday. Mr. Dee Jackson is preparing to put in a lot of new wire fenca on his farm this spring. Dr. J.

T. Tipton had the misfortune to lose two of his swifts lat week. One of the animals was choked death when it became entangled in a chain. They were used by the doctor to train his fox hounds. Dr.

II. F. Palenske, the olJ reliable oti. ha in Mountain Home Ullkicv every month on 11, 12, 13, 14. tf James Minge.

the Park brothers, and a number of others from th? Gamaliel vicinity, were down a -tending court and looking at" er hu-incss. Why pay moie when ycu cm buy i 1 I ii one or tne Desi Robertson's for $1.83 a pair. U-lt Vin Hopper. Fate Hopptr, J. W.

Batchelder, J. E. Ftilank enu John Smothers, all of Buford, vers court THE FEATHERHEADS Oh. Well--- -40y xri L0, 7). JSrW-r- f0 ill iV ACj i -r I.