Ashdown News ~ 1908

 

The Nashville News 

September 26, 1908

Little River News ~ Ashdown Arkansas

 

Arkansas Democrat  1910

In the News ~ 1927

 

Southwest American, Fort Smith Arkansas 

12/18/1927

3rd Annual Meeting of Little River Baptist Association ~ 1917

 

Minutes of the Third Annual Meeting of the Little River Baptist Association at Ashdown, Arkansas on October 12,13 and 14, 1917

  

Page 16-17

Report on Obituaries:

We your committee on Obituaries report. From the reading of the letters of the church that ten brethren and sisters have been called from time to eternity, to wit:

Sisters & Brothers: Robert Brown, Mary Bill Webb, J.B. Jones, Ben Boyd, Rena Gordon, R.J. Bettis (Deacon), J.T. Holt, J.T. Cowling, H.L. Majors and R.H. Parker.

 

We extend our heartfelt sympathies and prayers in the bereaved. Knowing God's ways and dealings with his children are just and right. We all bow in humble Submission to his will.

Committee: J.C. Powers, J.H. Barkman, and Charles H. Parks.

Secret Lodges of Ashdown Arkansas ~1910

 

Little River News Excerpts 1905, 1915, & 1923

The "Little River News" was established in 1898. The "Foreman Sun" was another newspaper in Little River County, and it consolidated with the "Little River News" on January 1, 1975.

Excerpts From the "Little River News"

Friday, September 29, 1905

Local News:

Homer Turner visited his parents at Nashville Sunday.
C.N. Thill left Tuesday for a business trip to St. Louis.
Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Sullivan visited Texarkana Sunday.
W.W. Bishop made a business trip to Texarkana on Monday.
Judge L.A. Byrne of Texarkana was in the city Wednesday.
Mrs. J.T. Cowling visited her parents in DeQueen last Friday.
W.F. Bridewell made a business trip to Idabel Wednesday.
A girl was born to Dr. and Mrs. McCombs of Millwood, last week.
Hon. Otis T. Wingo of Dequeen was in town Tuesday night.
Deputy Sheriff J.S. Bush made a trip to Texarkana on Tuesday.
C.S. Cobb left Wednesday for a business trip to points in the territory.
Mrs. N.C. Jones is visiting her son C.E. Jones at Winthrop this week.
Mrs. Nannie White returned home Sunday after spending the summer in New York and other points.

NOTICE: You must do something with your cow. Cut her horns off or tie her head down at once or she will go to the woods and never return. This is the last notice, take fair warning now. Your neighbor NOTICE: I am in receipt of the above notice and if the writer will let me know which one of my cows she has reference to, I will put her up. Mrs. Ball

The following young people were hunting Wednesday night and succeeded in catching two o'possums: Misses May and Daisy Varley, Velma Hicks and Marion Post, and Messrs. Milligan, Gus Orton, Chas. Boarman, Chas. Bowles, Ed Stuart and Ben Nolan.

Friday, October 6, 1905

Little River County is to have a new 12,000 dollar courthouse. Citizens put up two thousand to add to 10,000 received for building.

The Ashdown Public School opened last Monday for a term of eight months of free school, with Prof. W.F. Burns of Arkadelphia as principal. Miss Nichols, of Virginia, is in charge of the intermediate grades, and Miss Sallie Collins, of this city, is in charge of the primary grades. The enrollment Monday was 110 pupils, but the number was increased by the end of the week.

Friday, November 17, 1905

Mrs. Dollarhide, wife of Judge J.S. Dollarhide deceased, died at her home at Rocky Comfort Monday at the age of 74 years. She was one of the oldest settlers of the county and her many friends will be grieved to learn of her death.
I.T. Winfrey, who is teaching school at Yellow Creek, near Saratoga, came over Friday and remained until Monday with home folks.
D.R. Fawcett has moved his store and family from Folmina to Ashdown and is now open and ready for business.
Bob Price, Ed Stuart, and Jeff Lott are hunting squirrels today.
Mike Allen, Henry Gist and Orus Leslie went hunting on Brushy Lake Tuesday evening. 

September 14, 1915

Front Street Ashdown is now eight feet higher than originally.. The big sewer ditcher, which has been working on Front Street this week, has unearthed a large number of old culverts and bridge timber eight feet below the present surface of the street. Old residents say that this was formerly the street level and was at one time the site of a ravine. It was gradually built up, leaving the old crossties over, which the pioneers drove far below the surface. It is also stated that at that time the street west ran under the Kansas City Southern tracks, which were on a trestle. 

Wilton Local News:

September 4, 1915

Mrs. E.C. Cooper and two little daughters, Thelma and Elizabeth, are spending a month at Hatfield to get the benefit of the mountain air and fine water at that place.
Pipkin has been spending his vacation with his mother, Mrs. Marshall Pipkin. He returned to Gurdon Tuesday.
Luther Clark, Grady Von, Lonnie Pugh, Homer Chambers and Willard Lay, who have been working in the oil field of Louisiana, are spending the week with relatives and friends.
Miss Lon T. Jones, of Ashdown was in town Monday visiting her father *** Mosely, who has been quite ill.
Winfield Mills leaves the first of next week to attend Hendrix college.

Foreman Local News

October 23, 1915

W.A. Bowden received a broken leg Saturday when a tree fell upon him. Mr. Bowden and another man were cutting down the tree.
The School Improvement Association is arranging to purchase a moving picture machine and will put on shows at the school auditorium every Friday night when the machine arrives.

Ashdown Local News

November 20, 1915

J.H. Embrey was at Foreman Monday.
Will Orton of Fulton was here Monday.
Dr. W.W. York was at Texarkana Monday.
W.W. Rayburn was at Lockesburg last week.
J.W. Everett of Horatio was in the city Monday.
Sam Dollarhide was here from Foreman Monday.
Gus McKean of Hope was here Monday morning.
Mrs. H.H. Hill is visiting relatives at Siloam Springs this week.
Judge and Mrs. Lon T. Jones were in Texarkana Saturday.
Mrs. Cora Millwee left Monday morning for a visit at Murfreesboro.
Hamilton Conger and Frank Blan spent Saturday and Sunday at Arkadelphia.
Ron Bryant is at Winthrop this week erecting a steel bridge over a creek near that place.
An old well in the middle of Front Street caved in Sunday night. Old settlers say the old well was filled up 14 years ago.

August 25, 1923

RED BLUFF NEWS

Mr and Mrs. Jim Buster of Ogden spent Saturday night and Sunday with the former's brother, Jess Buster and family of this place.
J.C. Stafford was in Ashdown Monday.
Mrs. P.M. Wood visited with relatives in AShdown Sunday.
Leslie Judd is very ill at this writing.
Jack Gorman is spending a few days in Ashdown with his friend, Wallace Dickenson.
Misses Amy Lee Gilbert and Marjorie Combs and John Crippens attended singing at Hopewell Sunday.
Mrs. R.P. Pasley and little daughter, Ivy Bell, are visiting relatives in Howe, Oklahoma.
A.N. Gilbert was looking after business in Ashdown Friday.
John Buster was a visitor in McNab Sunday.
Jess Buster is very low at this writing.

WINTHROP NEWS

Miss Juanita Huggins went to Texarkana Thursday.
Mrs. J.T. Gish and children are visiting relatives in DeQueen this week.
Miss Zenobia Webb entertained the younger set Saturday evening.
Oscar Lewis made a business trip to Texarkana Saturday.
G.B. Moncrief of Alleene was here Sunday.

King Ryder School ~ 1913

King Ryder School 1913

(photo courtesy Winthrop Historical School)

1-      ? Edward Williams

2-      ? Randolp Hess

3-      McKinley Connor

4 -     Virgil Sossaman

5-      Walter Olmstead

6-       Floyd McDonald

7-       Fred Smith

8-       Bob Wright

9-       ? Charlie Smith

10-     Elvin Olmstead

11-       Wiley Jones

12-       Eddith Barton

13-       Nannie Smith

14-       ?

15-       Walter Williams

16-       Lena Barton

17-       ?

18-       Sanford Weaver

19-       Dixie Smith

20-       ?Elbert Small

21-       Emmie Taylor

22-       Annie Jones

23-       Brian Jones

24-       Maidie Weaver

25-       Letty Mixon

26-       Olie Barton

27-       Mae Barton

28-       Francis Weaver

29-       Annie Sossaman

30-       Jim Wright

31-       Esther Connor

32-       Kitt Hess

33-       Jake Hess

34-    Randolph Hess

Early Millwood/Hopewell Days

Little River News

February 21, 1934

EARLY DAYS AT MILLWOOD

The community of Millwood, now known as Hopewell, ranks among the oldest settlements in Little River County.  The first school at Millwood was a three-month school taught in a log house on Mrs. Sye Baley’s farm.  The school remained for two years with Mr. Chillcott as teacher.  In 1872 a small school building was built where the cemetery is now, with Mr. Quinnin as teacher.  The school was located at its present site in 1890. 

On June 16, 1876 the first church in the community was organized with Rev. Berry as pastor.   Those who organized the church were J.B. Blackerby, B.F. Renfroe, Jim Henderson, Frank Wilkerson, and Dr. Parker.  The people contributed money to buy the lumber to build the church.  The lumber was hauled on ox wagons from Matt Moss’s mill at Peytonville.

A post office was located on Mr. Kitchen’s farm, which is now owned by G.H. Hatcher.  Those who were in charge of the post office were E. Payton, Arch Chancy, Mr. Kitchen, and Mr. Hicks, who operated it until his death.

At this time, G.C. Wheat took charge and a star route was then formed.  Albert Stevenson, a Negro, carried the mail

Mrs. N.A. Doughten is the oldest citizen of the community who is yet living.  She still takes an active part in the church affairs.

Some of the first settlers were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Clark, who settled a farm near Red Bluff, John Moon, who settled the L.H. Starks farm, and Mr. Renfroe, who settled a part of L.F. Fomby’s farm before the civil was.  Slaves were used on this farm.  Other early settlers were Doughten’s, Smith’s, Jones’s and Baley’s.

Ashdown Local News ~ 1912

Town Gossip

June 5, 1926 Little River News Article

SEVERAL YEARS AGO

June 8th, 1912

At a meeting of the stockholders of the Little River County Bank the following officers and directors were elected: J.T. Cowling, president; J.H. Wallace, Vice-President; Lon T. Jones, Cashier; J.L. Martin and Clifford Locke, Assistant Cashiers.

The Carey Davenport saw mill at Red Bluff was destroyed by fire Sunday morning.  The mill will not be rebuilt.

J.R. Bowles left last week for Jena, La., where he will have charge of a large lumber concern.  Mr. Bowles is a first class lumber man and will be able to deliver the goods. 

Dr. W.W. York has purchased a new automobile.  It arrived Tuesday and the doctor drove it about town like an old hand.  The machine is a Ford model.

The water was turned on Tuesday for the first time in the mains of the new system.  We will have plenty of good water now.

Contract has been let for graveling the street from the Little River County Bank to the Price Hotel

Call for your bread checks at the New England Bakery, 27 loaves for $1.00.

Miss Majel Quinn and Roscoe Wood have returned from Fayetteville where they have been attending the University of Arkansas.

O.D. Turner, G.A. Orton and C.N. Thill spent Wednesday and Thursday fishing on Little River.

1917 Little River Baptist Association Minutes ~ Obits

3rd Annual Meeting of Little River Baptist Association

Minutes of the Third Annual Meeting of the Little River Baptist Association at Ashdown, Arkansas on October 12,13 and 14, 1917

Page 16-17

Report on Obituaries:

We your committee on Obituaries report. From the reading of the letters of the church that ten brethren and sisters have been called from time to eternity, to wit:

Sisters & Brothers: Robert Brown, Mary Bill Webb, J.B. Jones, Ben Boyd, Rena Gordon, R.J. Bettis (Deacon), J.T. Holt, J.T. Cowling, H.L. Majors and R.H. Parker.

We extend our heartfelt sympathies and prayers in the bereaved. Knowing God's ways and dealings with his children are just and right. We all bow in humble Submission to his will.

Committee: J.C. Powers, J.H. Barkman, and Charles H. Parks

LRCGS, 2007