The Forrest City times., 1906-09-14
ARKANSAS BRIEFS
oeaf-Mute Institute Opening, Oct. 3

Htft are many dea1 children in | the State whose parents do not know l that there is a school for them. and many others, whose parents know ot the school but do not know how to l proceed to get them in school of the | splendid advantages of it, or the great necessity of an education to their l deaf children. hearing child can | learn to make it's wants known with out ever seeing the inside of a school room by hearing other people talk and learning to talk from them just as we all learned but young deaf child can not do this. He can not hear others talk and. therefore, does not learn to talk He can not make his simplest wants known, except by his crude signs which his constant companions alone understand He Is shut out from all the joys that We get from conversation with our friends. He becomes sad and morose and, breeding over the neglect of his friends. he becomes high-tempered. His parents not being able to tell him the difference between right and wrong, he is then a real danger to his community.
 Send him to school and all is changed. He is taught the difference between right and wrong, and to choose the right He learns that oth- CTS have rights and to respect these rights. He soon learns to write so that he can carry on a conversation with his friends. He brightens up and begins to enjoy life He is taught trade besides his book-learn- ing. so that he makes living for him. self after he finishes school Many support other relatives. They are the best of citizens. The boys are taught printing. tailoring, carpenter work, shoe-making, harness-making cabinet making and painting. The girls are taught all kinds of sewing, house. work and art. Every good citizen ought to aid them by seeing that their parents send them to school
 Any information concerning the school may be obtained by writing Arthur c. Mashburn. Superintendent. Deaf Mute Institute, Little Rock, Ark
 
 The Rural Letter Carriers Associa- ton of Arkansas held it's annual meet ing at the state house in Little Rock, September 3. The attendance was small owing to the fact that it was election day, but those present took up their work enthusiastically and made plans for increasing the mem | bprShin of tha accnoiation and aytaVd ing it's usefulness in many directions The association adopted a resolution declaring it's belief in the importance of good roads and it's appreciation of the fact that good roads and the rural free delivery go hand in hand Be lieving that the only way to educate the public on this question is through the public press, it was decided to ask the various county papers to devote space to the discussion of the ques- tion and to ask patrons and friends of good roads to contribute to the de- partment of the papers. Another re- solution was adopted asking the next 1 General Assembly to pass law requir- ing road oyerseers to work all roads GSldD4ISI- ed in preference to others. A resolu- tion was adopted extending the thanks of the association to Post. master General Cortelyou, Fourth As slstant Postmaster General DeGraw and Senator Clay of Georgia for the granting of six holidays each year, together with fifteen days leave of l al association were also extended to Post master Holt of Little Rock and his assistants, and to the officers of the association. Little Rock was selected as the next place of meeting.
 The directors of the Gravette Fruit Growers Association met September 1, and selected competent fruit men from their ranks to have charge of The barreling of apples in the orchards They are to see that apples are pro Jerly graded and labeled as well as lot shipped too green. Thus they propose to build up market for their apples. They will pay their inspectors $15.50 per day each, and consider it money we'll spent They have begun shipping through the Ozark Associa- ton, including the car lots of bulk apples.
 If the reports in the office of the collector of internal revenue at Little Rock are to be taken as a criterion, the legitimate liquor business in Ar kansas Is on the increase. AccorN ing to the reports recently compiled for the month of August, the collec- tions have increased s2.908.41 this year as compared with the same month lase year The total eollec- tions this gear amounted to s9,123.9i for the month, while during the same time last year $6,215.53. This in crease comss in the sale of the liquor ] taxes.