The Dermott news., 1914-08-27

All Over Arkansas


! eidl NtthS III f.ulpptdu 'lAI'o ~. N'iN
! ing clinics, reached home Thursday
after an exciting trip lie was com.
| PEELED to leave his baggage behind
and suffered many other inconyeni.
ences.
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George l.. Logan, an Arkadelphia
| boy. who went to the Philippine Is,
lands in 1909. has been elected by the
! philippine Commission as secretary.
J. VIII Baker was successful in his
race for assessor of Okmulgee county,
Okla. and II. w. Sitton was elected
representative OF stevens county,
Okla. Both were former residents Of
Mountain Home, Ark. and are brother
in-aws.
r. =. Patterson. ~ years old, who
has served as a Iellville justice OF
| the peace for the past - veafs was
admitted the bar al the term of court
Just closed He passed examination
creditably.
DIR Il. \ Hilton Is building two 100
ton silos on his farm near FL Dorado.
The BacheDenman Coal syndicate,
which lost four plants in the riot OF
striking union miners in the Hartford
Valley last month. and who since have
gone into receivers hands, gained per
mission in the United States court to
tho site
occupied by mine No. 1. which vas
DESTROYED In the riot
Il. W. TorreysCn. secre AIRY OF the
State Board of Education. is doing
much toward securing fuller attend
ance a. the state-aided high schools
Personal letters have been written 90
each of the thousand boys and girls
who graduated this year from the
grades urging them to attend some
high school. in which the state has
provided free instruction in high
school branches.
Mrs c. c. Whitney, president OF
Little Rocks Federation of Womans
Clubs. has been appointed chairman
Of Country Life Committee, Womans
Department National Civic Fedora
ton.
Scranton will celebrate its fifth an
niversary by holding two DAYS pic
mic August 81 and %. Several we'll
known speakers Hill be present.
a a.
Louis Werner has purchased and
erected ON his farm near Clarlisville
1oo-ton silo which he already has
filed with corn This is the first silo
bought in Johnson county.
The Hampstead County Republican
Central Committee decided to nomi
nate two candidates for county Offices
Sam r. Young will make the race for
representative and Joe u Eowden Will
run for circuit clerk. This IS the first
time IN about Il years hat a RepnbIt
can has run for a county ONCE in
the county.
Miss jamie Woodbury. OF Little Rock
has received postcard from her
cousin. the Rev. Peter Alnslee. oil
Baltimore. written al Paris. August Z
lie wrote. We are all in the midst
OF war. am trying to get TO America
hoping to reach baltimore about the
2ond Dir Ainslie had gone to the
church peace conference, Switzerland
n short time before the war began. as
tho personal guest OF Andrew Carne
gle.
Graduates of the University OF Ar
kansas never lack for employment
Homer c. Collins of Fort Smith. who
graduated from the Agricultural Col
lere in 1913. and is now an assistant
in the department OF Pathology IL
+ the university. has been offered n posi-
tion in the department OF cereal in
/ vestipation of the Bureau of Agricul
ture a, Washington The initial salary
/ Is 81 40 a year
Preparations have already began Tor
i the holding Of second Rural Lire
i Conference n the University or AT
+ kansas I'm Fayetteville in the summer
! OF 1918. The first one. held this sum
mer was "A great success, and has al
tracted great attention all over the
country DIR. ]. l., McBrien. specialist
+ In rural education in The Department
ot Education AT Washington, writes
that he attended similar conferences
during the summer in Nebraska, Iowa
Tennessee and elsewhere. and that
the University of Arkansas conference
was the most successful OF all.
Frank and Tom Kennedy OF Fayette
! willie have located what is believed to
he almost an inexhaustible supply OF
guano near Fayetteville and have pur'
chased the tract. with J. II. Marks OF
Iowa
Ninety four leases for COS and oil
have Just been recorded in the clerks
Office on land in the vicinity of Clarks
! Vile These leases were purchased
by company from california.