Ben Lomond Happenings

 

Daily Arkansas Gazette 

Tue, 6/12/1906

Burglars at Ben Lomond 

Ben Lomond, June 11- Burglars entered the store of BW Fawcett and dynamited the safe.  An envelope containing several notes was the principal loss.  A small amount of money was also taken, how much is not known. 

Daily Arkansas Gazette

10/3/1907

Ben Lomond- Sawmill burned- W.A. Carrol lost his saw mill plant, together with six thousand feet of lumber, by fire at Mill's Ferry near Ben Lomond, recently. The property was uninsured. 

Daily Arkansas Gazette

11/10/1920 

Embezzler Gets Year 

Former Postmaster at Ben Lomond Sentenced in Federal Court. 

Special to the Gazette

Texarkana, Nov 9

In the federal court on the Arkansas side today, former Postmaster Brown at Ben Lomond, Arkansas, was convicted on a charge of embezzling post office funds and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas.  The case had been pending for more than a year. 

Daily Arkansas Gazette 

2/24/1907

Ben Lomond- Bank Opens

The bank at Ben Lomond opened its doors a few days ago, with Cortez Brewer, formerly of Murfreesboro, as cashier.  The president of the bank is W.C. Mize, and J.M. Sutton is vice president. 

Daily Arkansas Gazette

4/24/1910

Ben Lomond, The citizens of Ben Lomond, Sevier County, at a mass meeting Thursday night subscribed $15,000 to be donated to the first railroad that builds to that town. 

The desire of the people of Ben Lomond is to have railroad connection with De Queen, the county seat of Sevier County, from which several roads are now being projected.  Another meeting will be held Wednesday night, at which is is thought some definite propositions will be submitted and considered.