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CARROLL (Berryville Star.) Dr. W. P. George and wife visited Mrs. Annie George at Springdale Monday and Tuesday and report her to be improving Mrs. Nancy Duncan, an aged and well known resident of this county died last Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Calvin Humbert near Maple. The chancery court confirmed the sale of the effects of the Citizens Bank in Eureka Springs Tuesday and the receiver was authorized to close up the business With beautiful and appropriate ceremonies by the members of the church and of the Layman's conference the corner stone of the new M. E. church was laid yesterday afternoon. Emmett Leach's canning factory is running on full time now canning peaches. He is operating with about 25 hands, and by the time the peach crop is over he expects to be ready to begin on tomatoes Rev. C. H. Whitehead, of Harrison, assisted by Rev. C. W. Burks, of Siloam Springs, and Rev. Hudilburger will hold a series of meeting at the Presbyterian church here, beginning Sunday, the first day of Augus. C. C. Holloway of Metalton came to town Monday with the election returns for the new school district. The directors elected were C. C. Holloway, H. H. Presley and J. P. Hammons A school house will be built at once. Mrs. Ellen Taft, wife of Samuel Taft, died at the family home, about seven miles north of the city, about 7 o'clock yesterday morning. We understand her remains are to be sent to her old home in Missouri for interment. Mrs. Ollie Lewis and children who have been visiting relatives in Springdale for several weeks, returned home Wednesday, and little Miss Dorothy is very proud of the fact that her cousin. little Miss Francis White, came back with her There has been two dwelling houses destroyed by fire in the Kings River community in the last few days. Ben Rogers house was burned on last Wednesday while the family were some three hundred yards away at a shingle mill, and John Standlee's on Saturday Annual Layman's conference The closed of the Harrison district was last night by Rev. J. A. Anderson who delivered an able sermon to a large audience. The sessions throughout the conference were filled with interest and enthusiasm A great and good work is being carried on by this orgnization. County Clerk J. E. Gregson made his annual report to the state auditor Tuesday concerning the Confederate veterans of Carroll county and the same showed 144 old pensioners, 9 having died during the past year and eleven new pensioners recommended by the board last week Buoy and Aaron Parker, Melvin Presley and Vince Hobbs, of near Kingston, were here first of the week to receive a new metal separator which they will operate in their vicinity It is a new kind of