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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1915
Page
4
Property listings describe multiple parcels near Dermott and Det Oke. Prices range from 20 to 25 dollars per acre with easy terms. Several tracts feature cultivation, good fences, drainage, and one to four room houses. Distances given include two to three miles from settlements.
A two cent stamp unlocks a booklet on Dermott in Chicot County. The city sits in the delta with rich farm lands and a new drainage district. Dermott boasts water sewerage electric service, a fine public school, two hotels, banks, mills, cotton gins, a million dollar wholesale house, a passenger station, two newspapers, cement walks, and railroad access. Contact the Dermott Hoard of Trade The Dermott News or Dermott Realty Co for details.
Absences due to sickness lead to Tuesday afternoon school closure for holidays. Teachers and pupils express thanks to the School Board and plan to resume January 4. Staff will spend holidays at home. Laboratory renovations include new shelves and better organization. We science classes move to room Thursdays and Fridays for experiments. Contractor Row Lane finishes tree transplanting around the campus under the School Improvement Association.
A long row of Santa letters from first and second grade pupils expresses wishes for toys guns dolls and playthings. Names include Charley Stayer Mary Parrish Ernest Shute Dorothy Franklin and Evelyn Bowden. The piece notes the letters written under teacher Miss Lois Foster and comments on women and political duties with quotes from local women.
Frank Smith former sheriff of Chicot county and influential local political figure died in Little Rock last week. His body was sent to Eudora for burial, the former home of the late official. The Dermott News offers a combined magazine deal for subscribers at one year for 1.25 to attract readers.
Subject China of Today led by Marie Bullock includes scripture lessons and songs with quotations by Johnson Ber nice Courson Matt 25. Speakers include Scottie Courtney New China Luther Buckner HL New Education Mr Mathers 1H Great Changes in Seed emotions William Bullwelk IV Great Changes Industrially Frank Johnson Vo New Relievers Conditions Miss Josie Delaney Seng What Southern Baptists are Doing Kin Central China Missions Mr Freeman VS Interior Ching Mission NP Bynum 1H North All Mission Mrs JP Delaney IV South China Mission Harry Courtney conducts the program for next Sunday with song and benediction.
The regular meeting of the Political Equality League is set for Tuesday evening January 4 at eight o'clock at the Dermott Hotel. All members are requested to attend and the public is cordially invited. The program features speakers discussing common objections to woman suffrage and whether they are sound.
Items of interest among colored people should be left at the Palace drug Store or at this office. Various residents plan holiday travel and visits, including Rev. Morris and wife, Mrs. W. T. Johnson, Artemese Partee, Tula Lee and Augustus, Jessie Renrick, and Miss Neal Howard. Clergy visits and preaching noted at St. Paul Baptist Church and McGehee. Dermott real estate sales mentioned. Subscriptions urged. promotional pills offered by Hanchey.
The notice calls Saint John’s Day observances at Lodge No. 119. Members are required to attend Monday December 27th at noon for the transition from recreation to labor, led by W M GD Dukes.
Notice in this issue announces a Commissioner Sale of lands with unpaid drainage tax. Sale set for January 3. Owners wishing to redeem must learn the amount due and settle with Circuit Clerk Colmes Merritt at Lake Village. Chairman Wood Trotter notes this will ease deeds and titles.
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