The Democrat, Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, May 2, 1929

Mrs. Dicie Rogers, wife of John Fount Rogers, residing on the McCabe farm on the Salem highway, died very suddenly at Hardy Tuesday. She was 73 years old. She and Mr. Rogers had been married 49 years. They had gone to Hardy to visit their daughters Mrs. Jim Clark and Mrs. Harmon. At the home of Mrs. Harman she took cramps and lived only 30 minutes. She was buried at Shiloh Wednesday, Eld. B. M. Lemmons conducting the funeral services.

Wm. Henry Clay Porter, Dead

“Uncle Henry” Porter died at home near Moten church at 5:40 p.m. May 1, 1929 after a brief illness of pneumonia ages 81 years and 9 days, and was buried this morning in the Moten graveyard beside his wife who preceded him several years. He had resided here in this township since 1868, coming from South Central, Mo., where he was reared to young manhood, being born in Polk County, Tenn. April 22, 1848. He was the father of four children, William, Sarah, Robert and Elizabeth, all living except Sarah. He was united with Christ in baptism Sept. 8, 1927. B. M. Lemmons, Church of Christ minister, preached the funeral and the class from same church furnished the music. Wm. and Robert Porter of Nettleton were present at the funeral. “Uncle Henry” was a Confederate soldier and a One citizen.

The Democrat, Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, Jul 19, 1929

Mrs. Stanley, Dead! Passes Away After a Long and Painful Illness

Mrs. Eva Stanley, 56, wife of John M. Stanley, died at noon Monday after a long and lingering illness, at their farm home 5 miles southwest of town. She and her husband came here from Wisconsin 29 years ago. Their two children, Inez and Mrs. George Mielke, were born here. Inez died several years ago. Mrs. Mielke and her father still survive. Mrs. Stanley was a good woman, a fine neighbor, and loved and respected by all who knew her. She was buried Tuesday morning in the Fryatt graveyard. The funeral service consisted, led by Mrs. T. S. Young, consisted of a beautiful dropping of flowers in the open grave.

Charged with Assault

A Former Fulton County Boy in Trouble

Luther Hazlewood, son of Jasper Hazlewood, formerly a citizen of our town, is charged by the courts of Howell County, Mo., with the crime of assault, alleged to have been committed upon the 9 year old daughter of Wm. S. Warner sister to his (Hazlewood) wife. He was on bond for his appearance at the next term of Howell county circuit court. Fearing he was fixing to absent himself his bondsmen turned him over to Sheriff C. R. Kelley, Sunday with the declaration that they would withdraw from the bond. It is said his father-in-law, Wm. S. Warner, is in jail in Pocahontas on charge of assaulting his 16 year old daughter.

The Democrat, Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, Jul 26, 1929

Jasper Hazlewood is here from Caraway visiting among his friends and relatives. It is good to see his face again and hear him crack jokes. He will be here until after the trial of his son, Luther which takes place July 29 at West Plains. The reader will remember that Luther’s bondsmen left him last week. The evidence against him was so glaringly groundless that the officials turned him loose on his promise to appear for trial. He was here Sunday, he and his wife,

Wesley T. Lunn and family of Shamrock, Okla., are here visiting his mother, Mrs. J. T. Lunn and his brothers and sisters. They went from here to Harrisburg to visit his wife’s people and will return here today. Wesley now ?nd for seven years has worked for Shaffer Oil and Refining Co. He has a 14-day lay off and will spend every hour possible in the home of his birth.

A baby boy was born Tuesday to Grover and Mrs. Risner on the farm near Myrtle, Mo.

The Democrat, Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, August 2, 1929

Mrs. Nora Lasseter Dead

Mrs. Nora Lasseter, born in Illinois Nov. 15, 1887, died in St. Louis July 27, 1929 at 5 o’clock, p. m. after an illness of two weeks, aged 41 years, eight months, and twelve days.

She was the baby daughter of “Mother” Moran and it was her request that she be laid beside her father, the late Rev. J. H. Moran, in the Field creek grave yard, Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Charley Wooldridge, the praying blacksmith, preaching the funeral sermon at the graveyard, assisted by a choir of singers. The burial was directed by Leo Carr of Thayer.

She leaves a husband, Jim Lasseter, mother Adaline Moran, on adopted son, Oral, two brothers, Jody and Arno Moran, three sisters, Mattie Lasseter, Emma Winians and Sarah Cook.

Before she passed away she gave those about her the assurance that all was well with her soul and that she was prepared for the journey with Jesus across the dark river.

Though born in Illinois Nora came to Mammoth Spring at the age of 6 with her parents. She was reared and educated here.

Not Guilty

Luther Hazlewood was set free in Judge Halstead’s court at West Plains Monday. He had been indicted on a charge of attempted rape on his 9-year-old sister-in-law. The evidence of the girl was not convincing and that of Luther’s wife, sister of the girl, was indirect conflict. She testified that she was in the adjoining kitchen preparing breakfast, knew that Luther was advising the girl, approved what he did, heard much of the talk and was frequently in the very room and never out of sight of them; that it was on April 9, three months before the indictment was sworn out; that the effort to advise the girl was made to save her from the fate of herself and sisters and not to harm her. Judge Halsted turned Luther loose, saying the state has no case.

The Democrat, Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, August 16, 1929

The Risner Brothers

From an Honored Pioneer Family of the Ozarks

We, wife and I, and Charley spent last Sunday at the home of Henry Risner 15 miles east of Thayer. His farm home of 160 acres is situated between Couch and Myrtle on mail route 2 out of Thayer. Henry is the youngest of four living brothers, and he was born in Mississippi March 5, 1859, passing his 70^th mile post of life five months ago. He and his good wife were married 49 years ago and have moved only twice since. They have resided where they now live 35 years. Henry came to Oregon county (Missouri) 67 years ago with his parents, brothers and children. He remembers that during the civil war the Jayhawkers would raid them, take all their food and stock and that the family would do with something to eat for 3 days at a time. The other living brothers are Wm., 79, John, 75, and Joe, 72. They are pioneer citizens. They bridged the branches and blazed the trails through this country long before there was a Thayer (Missouri) or Mammoth Spring (Arkansas). Henry drove a yoke of oxen, and came here to mill, an overshort water wheel mill located where electric light dam No. 3 is now. The mill was run by Joe Jeff for whom Jeff, Mo. was named in later years. These four boys, cousins of Mrs. Wahlquist, have been Christian men almost half a century, were never arrested on any charge. There was but one house, that a shanty between where the mill stood 60 years ago. Now the country is densely populated, here are some modern homes along the way and here at Thayer and Mammoth millions of dollars have been invested in property. These surviving Risner boys from a family of 11 children, 7 boys and 4 girls. They are all dead except these four who have 47 children, 93 grand children and many great grand children – and from this family alone our better half has probably 300 cousins in the first, second, third and fourth degree. The day was one of the happiest we have spent in recent years’ the only thing marring our pleasure being the worse than horrible road from Thayer to the place. Henry has one of the best orchards of apple, peaches and pears we have seen, and the trees are loaded, except a young orchard just coming on. After dinner we spent a couple of hours singing for Henry and his wife, some old songs he heard us sing 40 years ago. Henry, John, Joe, and William promise to all gather at our home in the near future. We are looking forward to the event with much pleasure – but we don’t want all our wife’s cousins to come at once.

There four men, their parents before them, and their offspring are Democrats who have never scratched the nominee of the party. No wonder Oregon County remains steadfastly in the Democratic column.

The Democrat, Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, August 16, 1929

Mrs. Fred Springer, of Cape Girardeau, and Mrs. George Green of Naylor, Mo., were the guest of Mrs. Sam Holt reunion last week.

A. A. Taylor, the jeweler, and family left Sunday for an extended auto trip into Virginia. They will be gone about three weeks.

Mrs. Wm. Lytle is home again after a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Pearl Campbell at Paducah, Ky.

Mrs. A. O. Tomsen, nee Dol??s Wright, and her baby girl, is visiting at the Geo. Bell home while here husband is changing station from Oklahoma to St. Louis or Chicago.

Harry Wood, Buffalo, N. Y., state agent in New York for the John Hancock Insurance Co., is here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wood, spending his vacation. He must be in Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 1. He is looking fine.

Clora Wells is at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Emerson after a long absence in Kansas.

Mrs. Dr. E. L. Page of Paducah, Ky., is visiting in the vicinity of Camp, while Lyman her son is fishing on Spring river. Lyman is a machinist in shops at Paducah, Ky.

Ernest F. Haden and wife, nee Miss Kathleen Hull, left yesterday for their Chicago home, after Mrs. Haden had spent a month and Mr. Haden a few days here.

Gus Shields, 80, German bachelor farmer on Gut Creek in the south east corner of our county, near Hardy was found dead in his home Wednesday afternoon by Herbert Robinson. He probably had been dead two weeks when found.

P. P. B. Hynson died Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock in a hospital at Amory, Miss. Where he has been a patient for eleven months, bedfast the past four months. He was born in Independence County January 2, 1851 being aged 78 years, 7 months, 26 days at the time of his death. No more valuable citizen ever resided here than Bert Hynson, and in the years of his activity Mammoth Spring was a live-wire town. We regret very much the passing of this good man.

Rev. Fred M. Glover is holding a protracted meeting at Liberty Hill in Sharp County.

Charley Wooldridge, Jr., here from Independence, Mo., visiting his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Charley Wooldridge.

Trez Hynson was here from Amory, Miss. Last Friday, enroute to St. Louis on business, but receiving a long distance message that his father was sinking he caught the first train back.

For a good every day household angel, give us a woman who laughs. Home is not a battlefield, nor life on long unending row. A trick of always seeing the bright side, or if the thing has no bright side, of shining up the dark one, is a very important faculty and one of the things no woman should be born without. We are not all born with the sunshine in our hearts as the Irish prettily phrase it; but we can cultivate a cheerful sense of humor if we only try.

Andrew J. Rogers, half brother to Josh Rogers, has been placed in the U. S. veteran hospital, Memphis, by Forrest-Stone Post No. 55, American Legion, ailment “locked bowels”. He is 28 years of age, has wife and 3 children and has tuberculosis beside the locked bowels. Little hope is entertained for his recovery. The Legion had him on a train bound for the hospital within a few hours after being advised of his condition.

The Democrat, Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, August 16, 1929

P. P. B. Hynson, born in Batesville, January 2, 1851, died in a hospital in Amory, Miss., on Aug. 27, 1929, aged 78 years, 7 months, 26 days.

He was buried in Riverside cemetery last Friday, August 30, after a beautiful funeral service in his church, St. Andrews Episcopal.

The display of flowers was gorgeously beautiful.

He was the father of three sons and two daughters, Trez, of Amory, Miss., with whom he spent the last two years of his life, Lear of California, Mrs. Rose Rowden and Mrs. Louise Harouff, both of St. Louis. His other son, Lawrence, was electrocuted while engaged with the Mammoth spring Light & Power Co., a few years ago.

All the living children, except Lear, were present at the funeral, and he came from his far-away Western home to visit his father only a week before he died.

P. P. B. Hynson was one of the most valuable citizens this section has ever had. During the years of his active life Mammoth Spring never fell down on any undertaking. It was he who built stell bridge that now spans our 18 acre spring. It was he and his boys who first introduced the telephone here. This was during the time that he ran the Mammoth Spring Monitor. It was he who brought the Frisco Employees picnic here and took care of 7000 visitor and the Arkansas Press Association for 3 days.

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Met most of the conditions, and situation of life with a joke. A matter of fact man he had his own way of extracting merriment from life and he never worried about matters that could be bettered in other ways, and this cheerful spirit remained with him to the last – also his clearness of intellect.

There was not a happier family circle in the world than his before death claimed his dear companion and the children were all at home.

He died full of years and ready to be gathered to his fathers, yet the grief that was felt over the close of long career was widespread and sincere.

His best monument will be the good report he has left behind him here where he has lived for more than 40 years and where he reared his excellent family of boys and girls.

He was a member of the order of Knights of Pythias and in 1890 it was he who solicited and carried the petition of this editor than a young man, into Spring River lodge No. 48.

He was always loyal to his church and lodge and loyal to his friends.

His life was pure and honorable and the lives of his children are the same. Wonderful monument.

There was a daily beauty about his life which won hearts. In temperament he was mild, conciliatory and candid, and yet remarkable for an uncompromising firmness that knew not defeat, gaining confidence when he seemed least to seek it.

He followed in the foot prints of the Savior of men.

A Good Woman Gone!

Mrs. Lee Dotson Passes Away at her Home

Mrs. Lee Dotson died Aug. 25 at her home at Couch, Mo., and was buried Monday at the New Salem cemetery. She was the wife of Lee Dotson, who lived here 1925-1926. She was mother of 11 children, 9 of whom survive her. She was born in Kentucky Dec. 24, 1877. She was married to Lee Dotson in Shannon County, Mo., near Winona Nov. 22, 1893.

Young People Wed!

Jesse Carroll and Miss Annie Glenn United

Jess W. Carroll, 22, and Anna Pearl Glenn, 17, were married Sunday at 10:30 at the home of A. J. Glenn, Rev. E. N. Bickley performing the ceremony, no one but the immediate family being present except Sybil Pressly and Francis Tribble. For the present the happy young people will be at home to their friends at the Glenn home. The groom is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Carroll. The bride is the accomplished and lovely daughter of Mrs. A. J. Glenn.

The Democrat, Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, October 25, 1929

A Good Woman Gone

Mrs. Nancy Simers Dies Smiling and Happy

Mrs. Nancy Simers, wife of J. H. Simers and mother of Wesley Simers, Mrs. Jason Caldwell, and Mrs. Albert Langston of Mammoth Spring, and of O. C. and G. H. Simers of Thayer, and Mrs. Bob Mauldin of West Plains, died Sunday night at her home five miles northeast of Thayer at 6:30 o’clock. She was 74 years of age on July 5 of the present year being born in 1885. She was the mother of 9 children. She was a member of the Methodist church and a devout Christian character and expressed herself as ready to go. From this attack she was sure she would not recover and she repeatedly told members of her family that all was well with her soul; that death is only a passport into Canaan’s land. She was ill about 10 days. She was buried at the Thayer cemetery Monday, all her 6 children, 20 grand children and two great-grand children being present. Rev. Smith, pastor of the Thayer Methodist church, conducted the funeral.

Fred Andrews and wife have moved from 244 Vance to 251 E. Iowa street, Memphis and orders their paper changed accordingly. It is done.

Model T Ford in Ditch

Driver is Hurt Badly, other Escape Injury

Jim Fletcher, driving a model T. Ford touring car last Sunday afternoon on No. 9, ran into a deep ditch at a point near the J. N. Sutherland home, demolished the car and sustained painful if not fatal injuries to himself, and slight injuries to a half dozen young people riding with him. The car left the street, ran down an embankment and turned upside down in a deep ditch. Eight persons were in the car and only Jim Fletcher, the driver, was hurt badly. Jim Fletcher was taken to the Veterans hospital at Memphis Monday.

The Democrat, Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, December 6, 1929

Welcome Hill

Paul Harris entered school Monday.

Edmond Glapenske is back in the neighborhood, working for Albert Bell.

Clarence Orr is making beautiful cobblestone bungalow of his home in this community.

Mrs. K. Thayer died last Wednesday at noon at the home of Dick Michaels. Interment was made in Thayer cemetery Saturday.

Viola News

H. H. Upton and family have moved to the S. B. King farm.

Miss Carmen Rolland spent Thanksgiving day at her home in Conway, Ark.

Bob Clay is now a full fledged citizen of Viola. Mr. Clay is a good business man and church worker and we wish him success in our community.

The Democrat, Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, December 20, 1929

G. H. Fink has one of his four stone bungalows almost completed.

W. O. Ellis is progressing nicely with his new stone bungalow.

Mrs. Paul Murphy is here from Kansas visiting her mother, Mrs. H. A. Emerson.

Bonny McCourtney, formerly of Thayer is now located in Pochon as the law partner of Judge John W. Meeks.

The Farmers Gin here is working overtime now to handle the cotton crop since the destruction by fire of the King gin.

Fred Whiteside has completed a 141-foot well on the old Dr. Garner property. He produced a well that cannot be pumped dry.

Don Shelton of Mammoth Spring, for tampering with the mails, was given one year in federal prison at Chilcothe. He stood trial at Batesville Monday.

H. A. Emerson, who is holding a position as railway watchman at Yale, is getting along fine. It was his first work since he was crippled on the track here several years ago.

Miss Lenore Sanders, 25, is probate judge of Ozark county, Mo.

Fuhrman Bros. are engaged at preparing the store room from under the Opera house for Pace Mer. Co.

The Bell Tel. Co., has purchased the Cabool to Jefferson City telephone line of the Ozark Central Co.

Geo. Humphries has just won a $3,000 damage suit against Frisco for Sim Bailey and the road has paid off.

The Ark-Mo Power Co., will build several large power dams on Eleven Points River in Oregon county, Mo., with which to later equip their high power electric service.

Roy Estes, convicted of stealing cattle from James Minge and trucking them to Springfield where he sold them, lost his Supreme Court appeal and will serve two years in the pen.

Bob Holt was injured in an explosion of a tank in the U. S. plant at Bartlesville. His foreman was killed and another helper died of injuries. Bob will get well. He is the son of J. R. Holt of our town.

John Parker, son of Mrs. John Carter of Mammoth Spring while working with the Frisco construction gang, got a foot badly smashed at Hoxie on Dec. 4 and he is yet confined in the Frisco employee’s hospital at Springfield.

Dave Killman of Mammoth Spring, arrested by Bert and Ike Graham and Dave Smith, deputy sheriffs for possessing a still was given one year and a day in Atlanta federal prison at Batesville Monday of this week. He pleaded guilty.

Hubert Burrow, 21, was shot and killed at Imboden Tuesday by a man named Byron Perkins. It seems that Burrow and Perkins’ wife were infatuated with each other, that she was caught with Burrow by her husband’s mother, and shot herself when she returned home. While she lay near death in a Jonesboro hospital, Perkins hunted Burrow and killed him.

N. E. (Pete) Daughtery, prominent citizen of Hardy, and Miss Ruby Wells, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wells of Mammoth Spring, were united in marriage last Sunday, Dec. 15 at the home of John W. Baldwin in Baldwintown, two miles west of town on highway No. 9 John W. Baldwin officiating. The Democrat joins the many friends in wishing these splendid people much happiness.

Geo. and Erwin Scott of near Calico Rock have pleaded guilty to entering the store of O. L. Wright at Moody, Mo., on night of November 30, blowing the safe, stealing $300 in cash, several notes, and a large quantity of goods. They were trailed by a peculiar brand of tire on their car. The sheriff’s office of Fulton and Izard county Arkansas took part in the hunt. After arresting George and Erwin at Calico Rock the officers went out of the home of Homer and Roy Scott and there found many guns, much ammunition and a big lot of stolen goods. These boys are no relation to Elmer Scott of our town.

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