Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1918 — Champion Whittier. [ARTICLE]

Champion Whittier.

Big Flat, Ark.—W. J. Sword is ninety years old, yet he holds a state championship. Sword is champion whittler of Arkansas. He challenges all comers. With a trusty pocketknife he began whittling -on drygoods boxes fifty years ago. Now he carves out bird houses, »hoe handles and little windmills.