Scott Co AR Newspaper 22 Apr 1904

The Wasp
Waldron, Scott County, Arkansas, Friday, April 22, 1904
Copied below are items from the "Local Happenings" column:

Pike's for pictures.
Don't fail to see stock clothing at Bates'.
J.W. Gist of Blansett was in town Monday.
Judge Hon was on the sick list several days last week.
Old papers for sale at this office, only 20 cents a hundred.
T.G. Bates has the most up to date line of clothing in town.
John Hanley and John Williams of Poteau were in town Monday.
Go to T.G. Bates' for men's and boys' clothing. You will be pleased.
If you want to buy real estate see Simmons & Simmons, Waldron, Ark.
Lewis Walker and W.L. Speights of Caughron were in town Monday night.
Mr. and Mrs. R.P. Harris and children spent last Sunday at the Continental.
Manager T.W. Clark of the Consolidated visited Mena and Kansas City last week.
If you have real estate for sale list it with Simmons and Simmons, Waldron, Ark.
Col. A.G. Leming spent several days last week in Yell county transacting legal business.
FOR SALE OR TRADE, 35 head of cattle, 6 miles south of Waldron, address A.H. Broking, Waldron, Ark.
Mr. Eugene Saddler was in town Monday buying supplies for the Midland surveying corps which is now located on Mill Creek.
H.E. Brommer of Kansas City spent several days in town last week transacting business for the Consolidated Land and Lumber Co.
Roadmaster E.D. Land has been in Missouri a few days having been called there on account of the severe illness of Mrs. Land's mother.
Pike, the photographer, wishes to announce to the public that he has moved into his new building on North Main street, where he hopes to serve his old friends and make new ones.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Story, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Hall and Miss Maggie Maloy spent Tuesday on Fourche river trying to induce the "[illegible] tribe" to "catch on." The report they make sounds "fishy."
NOTICE-I have sold my entire interest in the mercantile corporation of Forrester & Goolsby to Mr. C.E. Forrester. Mrs. A.E. Goolsby, Waldron, Ark., March 31, 1904.
We received a card from Mr. Sam Thrasher of Annetta, Texas, this week requesting us to send the Wasp to his address. The Wasp is gaining more than a local reputation because of its independent ideas on matters.
The Wasp is indeed sorry to chronicle the death of Mr. Frances Meek, who died last week of the dreaded disease consumption. Frances was an upright young man and had many friends who will mourn his death.
Marshal Miller went down to Bates and arrested a man Monday supposed to be John Henderson, who is wanted at Seneca, Kansas, for bank robbery. He telegraphed the authorities there to come and identify him.
Mr. F.D. Hunt, Supt. A.W. railroad, left last Saturday morning for Colorado on a business and pleasure trip. Mrs. Hunt also went with her husband. The Wasp hopes that both will have a very pleasant time.
The Harris Lumber Company's interests in Scott county have consolidated with the Waldron Lumber Company and the firm of Bell & Edwards and the new corporation will probably be known as Bell & Edwards. They have been several days invoicing their stocks, both here and at Harris Spur.
Uncle A. Rogers of Poteau was in town Monday paying his taxes and transacting other business, and incidentally remarked to the editor that he is considering the proposition as to whether he will enter the race for state senator or representative. He says he does not feel that he would be worth anything to the people in either capacity, but that he wants the office "for the money there is in it;" that if others run for office on that platform and succeed he sees no reason why he should not also. Mr. Rogers is a good man--a much better man than some we know who aspire to office on the platform of graft, and his putting it in that way simply shows what utter contempt in which he holds men of that character.
Picture frames at Pike's.
We have a very interesting and newsy communication from Cauthron this week, but it does not appear for the reason that the name of the writer does not appear and it is a rule of the Wasp that correspondents must sign their true name to their communications. No one should be ashamed to sign a communication like this one, and we hope our friend will write again and comply with our rule.
The new town council had a regular meeting Thursday night of last week and transacted the following business:
S.K. Duncan, Jr., was elected town treasurer for the ensuing year.
Mayor Bates appointed the following committees:
Finance: Frank May and Frank Rawlings.
Streets: Jno. T. Forrester and L.P. Fuller.
Sanitary: Dr. I.K. Leming and Frank May.
No other business was transacted.
Working at Leming Grave Yard
On Friday and Saturday before the 3d Sunday in May there will be a public working to clean off the Leming grave yard. All interested in this grave yard are requested to participate. A program will be published later for decoration services on the Sunday following.

Abbott, Ark., April 12, 1904.
Dear Editor: At the closing examination the following grades were made by pupils who took the same. There being some who could not attend for various causes--among which causes were "don't care" and "do not like examinations." Only pupils who made an average of 65 or above appear.
Wilson Lewis 69; Louie Hodges 90; Myrtle Yowell 75; Ernest Page 74; Clara Hodges 75; Eugenie Hodges 92; Berry Dixon 72; Maud Hodges 94; Myrtle Page 76; Mittie Hawthorne 78; Nannie Dixon 90; Luther Hodges 75; Eva Dixon 92.
In the intermediate grades the following deserve mention:
Rene Phillips 80; Genie Lewis 78; Rene Yowell 88; Anna Kelly 85; Sadie Davis 82; Nina Bunrett [Burnett?] 85; Tenny Padgett 85; George Phillips 80; Marcus Lewis 82.
The following are the pupils making the best grades in the different studies: Maud Hodges, civics; Eva Dixon, arithmetic; Eugenie Hodges, grammar and algebra; Nannie Dixon, spelling; Clara Hodges, history; Louie Hodges, theory and practice and geography.
The best speech was by little Dewey Phillips. May he be another hero of the name.
Louie Hodges will teach at the Page school house, Lewis Yowell at Unity and Pad Cantrell in the Territory. Success to you, boys.
We are very sorry to know of the illness of one of our best pupils--Nannie Dixon.
Miss Maggie Yowell of this district is milliner for H.W. Dixon & Co. at Mansfield.
Some of our young people attended the singing convention at Hon Sunday. Some were disappointed because they did not know about such occasions as well as a great many other things of interest in the county.
Yours for the Wasp,
W.J. Holland.
Marriage licenses issued by the county clerk since our last report:
J.T. Wagner, Emily Carter
J.D. Speares, Condy Ennis
J.G. Graves, May Petters
John Titsworth, Leah Harrison
O.D. Cook, May Farmer
John Smith, Jessie Buck
L.A. Thompson, Annie Emerson
H.M. Cummins, Maud Thomas
J.W. Bradley, Maggie Autry
W.A. Bishop, Mae Sanders
J.T. Teagel, Mary L. Castleberry
K. Goolsby, Mattie Lewis
J.A. Stewart, Annie Richie
G.G. Gates, Lizzie Tedrick
W.C. Morrison, Velma Eddy
S.A. Chancey, Martha Holley
Newton Taff, Nettie Davis
J.D. Williams, Effie Payne
F.E. Chancey, Edith E. South
W.A. Moore, Ida Hon
A.J. Coburn, M.A. Scott
W.W. Wheelus, Minnie Gatlin
Sanford James, Mollie S. Vaughn
G.W. Crowley, Dovie White
R.G. Ham, Julia A. Shores
K.R. Hale, Lizzie Crowley
Jim Aikin, Maud Cline
L.M. Moore, Annie Harrison
S.O. Wigginton, Emma Essman
Wm. Hunt, Ida M.J. Cox
W.T. Cain, Willie F. Jenkins
S.P. Jones, Harriette Igo
M.C. Clendon, Martha Kemp
Sam W. McDaniel, Susie Claybrook
J.M. Martin, Edna A. Mitchell
W.L. McCain, M.A. Shrader
T.W. Tedrick, Mary Bell
L. Morgan, Louella Kimbrough
J.P. Journey, Jane Thompson
B.F. Atkins, Lora Farr
Geo. W. Huckabaa, Corda Gibbons
J.F. Rose, Dora Parker
J.W. Patton, Sue Matthews
W.A. Rogers, M.E. Claxton
I.N. Elrod, Sarah Ann Etress

Dr. E.J. Mills of Poteau, I.T., will be in Waldron next Monday, the 25th, and will have rooms at the Continental Hotel, where he will do dental work. Dr. Mills comes highly recommended, having been educated in his profession in Philadelphia. He is considered one of the best dentists in the south. The people of Waldron should take advantage of this opportunity to get first class dental work. The Doctor will make regular visits to Waldron in the future.
DENTAL NOTICE: I will be in Waldron the first Monday in each month and the week following. Teeth extracted without pain. A.E. Wiley, Dentist.