Opinion

In my life, prayer has been something I have usually preserved between God and me. Like many who believe in prayer, I’ve asked for help in my weakest or most fearful moments and in handling personal issues and the health of loved ones, friends and myself. I request assistance on matters that I feel I can’t handle alone, things I haven’t said to anyone, but in my prayers. I’ve certainly asked for forgiveness for any wrongdoings I may have committed. I talk to Him about world events that trouble me as I’m sure many others do as well. A relationship with the Lord is very personal. One thing I’ve tried to remain mindful of when talking with Him is to say “thank you” for my many blessings. Prayer shouldn’t be onesided and a “what can you do for me?” request all the time. And I try to remember that a prayer left unanswered is an answer and is a part of His plan for me.

Don’t ask me . . . I don’t know if Winter is coming or going. Last Monday we had such Wintry conditions that school was cancelled and today, one week later, it is shirt-sleeve weather out there. Right now it looks like Spring has sprung, but a person can never second-guess the month of March. It has been known to be the month with the most snow. I can’t seem to strike a healthy medium with the weather and the age-old “What do I wear”, question. Just as sure as I leave home wearing my snuggies it will be a beautiful, unseasonable warm, day and I nearly melt. But... let me shed them and all of a sudden right in the middle of the blowing and I nearly freeze every time I stick my head out. Of course, I have trouble getting along with the wind any time of the year... earaches!

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During the month of March, Black and Walk’s sawmill turned out 30 cars of lumber amounting to $5,216.68; in April 28 cars and in May 36 cars. The ladies of the Christian Church will give a lawn social at the Courthouse Square next Saturday night June 16, at which Ice Cream, Cake Lemonade and sodawater will be served. Music will be furnished during the evening by the Corning Band. The proceeds will go toward the debt of the Church. The Courier, with this issue, completes its 15th year of existence . E. V Sheeks left the first of this week for Little Rock to buy machinery for a new gin, which we understand, he will locate near his flour mill and electric plant he also attended the State Dem ocratic Convention in Little Rock, and the Congressional Convention in Newport of this week The ticket nominated at the National Democratic Convention at Kansas City today: William J Bryan of Nebraska for President and Adalai E Stevenson of Illinois for vice president. Dr Simpson spent the 4th in St Louis where he bought a railroad cycle which he may travel with, by virtue of his being railroad surgeon for Corning and other nearby railroad towns. The Baptist Church building has lately been greatly improved by repapering the interior and adding electric lights. The barroom is a bank. You deposit your money. and loose it; your time, and loose it: your strength and loose it: your independence and loose it; your wife’s happiness and lose it: your own soul. and loose it. Does it Pay? Joseph Dudgeon is having Z.T. Daniel move the old court square to the Corner lot South of the Dudgeon House. When the old structure is out of the square its absence will greatly enhance the beauty of the Court Square. and the large building will add much to the appearance of the corner where the little old building stood. Valentine Nading, an old German about 60 years of age, attempted to end his life by cutting his throat last Friday with a dull pocketknife at his home in the Heelstring settlement. He plunged the blade through his throat from side to side and his life had been despaired by one of the at attending physicians, Dr. F. Hill. Until yesterday when his condition became much better and he may recover. It seems. he was jealous of his young wife and had threatened to kill her and their seven months old daughter and then commit suicide, but Mrs. Nading called on Constable W.G. Smith in time to prevent a wholesale killing.

Hello everyone. I hope all are staying well with all this weather changing to cold, warm, cold and back warm again. It’s really been confusing my flowers. They have wanted to pop up and bloom. It’s hard on the body too. It makes my bones ache.

LITTLE ROCK – The legislature completed the first week of the 2022 fiscal session, approving budgets for numerous state agencies and advancing reforms of public health insurance systems. For almost a year a group of legislators has been working on the complex task of reforming state employee and teacher health insurance systems, which have experienced financial problems to the extent that lawmakers last year replaced their governing board.

The 93rd General Assembly is now entering the second week of the 2022 Fiscal Session. The session began with an address by Governor Asa Hutchinson in which he outlined his budget priorities for the next fiscal year.

There are plenty of things wrong with this country. Too much of this. Too little of that. And, of course, President’s Day. There are many, many dumb things about President’s Day. It’s actually hard to know where to start.

I am a Jeff. Always have been.

The big game’s a’comin’ and every year there’s a lot of talk about the commercials. Normally commercials are a thing I avoid. During a commercial break, I usually take a stroll or engage in light banter. I might fix a snack or even, on occasion, check the laundry.