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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1931
Page
2
Growers report rapid agitation and limited seed storage this Sunday as Hiskey and team say they have up to 300 bales of cotton in the county. Local officials note ongoing efforts to manage supplies amid uncertain weather and market conditions.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a motion or action in a house involving Dr F P Davis and a purchaser related to a dwelling. Mentions carpet covering valued over 800 dollars and an additional 750 dollars. Senator Benjamin Berkeley is referenced in a separate, unclear sentence.
McCaskill area residents attended the Blevits revival last week. Dr and Mrs Gantry were in Houston, Ralph Scott left for Conway last week. Freshman at Hendrix College. Mr and Mrs Gus McCaskill and Mrs W B Goley of Foreman visited relatives. Prof Golden of Conway was here last week. Miss Adell Wilson and Miss Vera Moses are back in Nashville High School.
Sunday gatherings at Belton drew strong crowds for the Sunday school and B Y P A activities. Mr and Mrs J Compton attended Doyle preaching while Leta Daniel returned from Foreman where she stayed with Miss Velma Coley. Ethel Scott of Doyle weekend guest of Miss Winnie Rhodes. Mrs L L Bolton of Nashville expressed regrets over a Thursday visit. Mr and Mrs JL Eley and daughter Louise joined relatives in Smackover last week. Mrs Cora Montgomery visited granddaughter Mrs Elton Daifel. Mr and Mrs Dee Chism of Nashville visited relatives here Sunday.
The Blevins football team opened the season last Friday with a 26 to 6 loss to Nashville's non letter men. The backfield showed punch and a sustained line attack produced a touchdown. Willie Stone excelled at tackle in his first game, with Artis Lowe and Geral Sheffield showing promise. Harold Husky, at center, was outstanding until an injury ended his game. Len Slagle also played well at tackle. Webb Nelson punted well, though long kicks were returned. Next Friday Blevins hosts Amity. last year’s game ended 7 to 6 for Blevins, and local hopes run high for revenge. Mr and Mrs Robi Beene of Tascor Arizona visit relatives in Blevins. A whisky bottle marks a Fort Scott line for over 50 years in Kansas.
Saturday night events at Sweet Home drew a large crowd for an ice cream supper. Several locals, including M. L. Stuart and Roy Thompson, visited Nashville on Friday. Highland visitors Mr. and Mrs. Claud Stuart spent Sunday with Mrs. W. T. Cooley. Ben Edminston of Pine Bluff plans a visit this week. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wisdom visited Will Wisdom in Belton on Sunday. Carl Roosy suffered serious scalding at the Bingen gin a few days prior.
Sidney Stone, ginner merchant and farmer, is very busy. He has reached 400 bales for the season by Monday afternoon and has run as high as 40 bales in a day. His recently built gin is capable of ginning a bale every 15 minutes with steady running.
Kingfisher Oklahoma reports mechanic Anton Goodwin claims to have invented an air craft motor radically different from existing designs. The design is described as using double explosions to generate propulsion, with early details provided by local sources in Kingfisher.
Norma Kent departs with Mrs Travers and son-in-law Mark Travers for a five week separation as the trio travels by car to the Travers estate. Norma endures a blur of emotions, clinging to hope while distant trains and an ocean liner loom. The journey highlights social tension as Mrs Travers extols Randolph lineage and Norma endures anxiety and dislocation. A trunk mishap foreshadows more disruptions to come.
Norma slips from the Travers house after a tense scene with Mrs. Travers and Tompkins. She fears her belongings may be at risk and hides a tearful plea to Mark as she navigates the dark hall, seeking a safe exit into the chilly December night.
Norma, seeking refuge, rides the Laurel Park bus toward Broad Street and slips into a cheap restaurant to eat and read the newspaper. She weighs where to go next, wary of her pursuers and wary of her family, planning a vague new life away from Marlboro. The scene ends with a cliffhanger as her name appears in the paper, signaling further drama.
Observation urges fall gardens to be treated as vital as spring plots. It argues farmers must master gardening, balance food, feed, and income, and focus on year round soil health with cover crops and varied legumes to lift farm value. Earl Page, Commissioner of Agriculture.
In the north part of the county several farmers have harvested part of their corn crop. Most will produce plenty of corn to feed stock with hay oats and other rough seeds. Much corn in bottom land was damaged by July winds and rain but early harvesting may still yield a fair crop. More hay is being cut than in many years as uncultivated ground now grows a fine hay crop aided by good curing weather.
Coker announces that finances are arranged for the regular school year opening in early October. Aiming for October 5 but no later than October 12, with classifications at Blevins on September 30 and McCaskill on October 1. The new building at Blevins is being completed while classes meet in the Methodist church. Faculty includes Superintendent J. Glen Coker, Horace Lay, Ruth Garland, Jamez Hermby, Warren Nesbit, Margarete Holland, Grace Williams, with Yard, fourth and sixth grades to be announced. McCaskill staff includes Golden F. Moore as principal and several teachers.
Large crowds attend morning and evening revival services with nearly 100 at the 11 o clock morning hour and over 600 present Sunday. Dr. David Shepperson of First Presbyterian El Dorado preaches strong practical sermons. Rev. E. T. Holcomb from Bentonville leads singing with a 50 member junior choir joining the adults. Miss Rashal Brown plays piano. Four cooperating churches back the revival with full support and ideal fellowship.
Eyal Bruce a student at Henderson State Teachers College visited home last weekend. Lyal played part of the game with the Henderson lettermen at Prescott Friday. Herman Brown, attending school at Malvern, was home last weekend.
Willie Weatherspoon, a Black man, was alleged to operate a still near Columbus. He fled when officers arrived, was pursued four miles south of Columbus, and reportedly sprayed with shot during the escape.
Miss Joyce Stephens daughter of Mr and Mrs P H Stephens left last week for Texas where she will teach this year Miss Stephens finished Henderson State Teachers college at Arkadelphia and this is her first year to teach California statutes provide an In filan cannot be a vagrant and cannot be arrested as one.
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