Publication Costs the Tax Payers Seven Dollars
Memphis Tennessee April 24 1918 notes the city pays seven dollars for a publication, reflecting fiscal detail in local notices.
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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
6
Memphis Tennessee April 24 1918 notes the city pays seven dollars for a publication, reflecting fiscal detail in local notices.
The Missionary society held a church meeting last Monday with songs from Life's Railway to Heaven. The president spoke on Romans 14 8 10 urging love as the law's fulfillment. The juveniles reported 31 members with two new entrants and more boys than girls in prayers.
Jim Ferguson of Maral Searcy County enters the race for Commissioner of Mines Manufacturers and Agriculture to oppose John Page for a fourth term. He is described as congenial, competent, honest, and highly regarded by supporters.
Items of interest among colored residents list drugstore deliveries wagon sales and social events. Notices announce births graduations church concerts and meetings along with ads for waists, tonics, stoves, and antiseptics.
A lengthy proposed amendment seeks to alter the Arkansas Constitution to expand the judiciary to seven justices, with a chief justice and four associate justices, possibly in two divisions, and sets terms for selection, division structure, and staffing. It details funding via state bonds and a rural credits fund, plus governance by the State Land Board and State officials, with submission to voters at the next general election.
Elizabeth Keough of Dermott Arkansas died at twenty years old after a life of church service and teaching. She joined St. Paul Baptist Church, served as Sunday School secretary for six years, and attended Straight University in New Orleans before health issues. She was to marry Mr. Bishop Folk of Monticello and leaves a mother, sister, and many friends. Funeral was April 16 at St. Paul Baptist Church, with interment at Troy Cemetery. Memorial services followed May 9 run by the St. Paul Sunday School.
North bound and south bound schedules show arrival and departure times. East bound and west bound trains list No 103 198 Laval and No 847 M H L with arrivals in morning and afternoon. Local leaves at 9 00 am noted with agent B Ford.
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