It was January 1919, in Hopkins County: An announcement had been made that the Searls Shoe Company was the name of the new business that would be succeeding Thomas and Searls. Owners would be R. L. Searls, Robert L. Searls, Jr., and Earnest Deakin. Judge Tucker and County Attorney Tom Ramey had announced a full docket of cases to start the new year in County Court. Sam Coleman of the Nelta Community had arrived home from France, following being gassed in battle, of the war effort. Young Sam was said to have been wounded in battle in the Champaige sector with mustard gas and was with another fellow soldier from Nelta, Jeff Davis, who received three machine gun bullets. County School Superintendent, Dan J. Thompson, had announced that 70 rural Hopkins County Schools had met the requirements for receiving funds from the State Department of Education in Austin. Those schools meeting the requirements included: New Home, Cornersville, Black Oak, Cartwright, Coats, Winterfield, Bethel, Elm Ridge, Chautauqua, Pine Forest, Weaver, Evans Point, Saltillo, Stouts Creek, Forest Academy, Maple Springs, Hedge, Hopewell, Dike, Nelta, Oakdale, Independence, Birthright, Oak Grove, South Sulphur, Dennis Chapel, Corinth, Crisp, Emblem, Branom, Cassady, Cross Roads, Divide, Center Point, Overland, Plunkett, Ridgeway, Gafford Chapel, Beckham, Tarrant, Mahoney, Mt. Sterling, Paint Rock, Barker Springs, Shady Grove, Park Springs, Union, Liberty, Arbala, Reilly Springs, Green Pond, Hickory Grove, Star Ridge, Martin Springs, Rock Creek, Richland, White Oak, Wood Springs, Brashear, Sulphur Bluff, Cumby, Pickton, Center Hill, Prairie View, Ash Grove, Sunny Point, Palestine, Miller Grove, Rural, and Miller Grove. J.A. Morris, cashier of the Como State Bank, had passed away, in Texarkana, while visiting with relatives for the holidays, from complications related to pneumonia. County Cotton Statistician Dick Loving had received the official cotton report for the 1918 season, ending December 15th, and 24,972 bales of cotton had been ginned in Hopkins County, during the season. Captain J. K. Brim, of Sulphur Springs, had been reappointed inspector of the State Food and Drug Department.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 13:01:13 +0000
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