The Dermott news., 1914-12-24

] s Barkman of Little Rock has been appointed to Che position of in tornal revenue agent in charge of the recently created Arkansas. Oklahoma and Kansas dWiaion He will succeed David A Gates. who. after one weeks service in that position, was appoint ed deputy internal revenue agent al Washington D (
 The report of City Collector James Lawson of Little Rock shows that the total collections made by the city dur ing November amounted to $i074 29. of which $1.lo9 50 was on account of Police Court fines
 Campaign committees of ten in each county to push the membership for the annual convention of the Arkan. sas State Teachers Association, April S-1e. i'll titte Rock are being organ iaed Ky January tt is expected that these committees will all be appoint ed and the campaign will be pushed with great yiEor.
 The citizens of Sparkman. in the western part of Sebastian county have filed notice Of petition to ineor- porate their town at the next session of the county court.
 Philadelphia and Malvern last Thursday celebrated the switching on of the power in the lines Of the new Arkansas Power Company l. was a gala day al Malvern and after largo delegation from ArkadelpHia assisted in the opening of the plant ,heH re turned home and staged q carnival of their own al Philadelphia.
 Athletic Director Pickering of the University of Arkansas. who was call rd direct from the meetjuS of the Southwestern Athletic Association at Houston. Tex. 70 h3s home in Mfane- apolis. on account of serious Illness in his family. writes from Mnn,aao- lis that the university football schci ulc for 1913. as far a. completed. ls as follows October 9. Hendrix. at Bay ctt,vlllo. October q Ou9chita. at Fay ctteylllc, October =. Oklahoma \ X NJ at Fort smith November (. Lou isiana State University. at Shreye- port Thanksgiylne. Mississippi Uni- versity at Memphis
 James Bratton Sr.. living near Les lie. who raises Plymouth Rock chick ems realized SIS from the sale of 22 fowls He has Black Spanish hen that lad more than loo eggs before missing q day
 Fort Smiths city jail. which is al. most empty every day. is to be turned into a municipal lodging house by the city commissioners. Lodeers will be furnished with warm beds and break fast without charge lt Is hoped that this plan will reduce the number of idle in the city. as those unw orthy of charity will be escorted out of the city as soon as they are found,
 Claude Stephenson of Barren Hol low. SrarCy county. realized S55 from crop Of peanuts grown on quar- ter acre Stephens grew 70 bushels ot the Ne. l Jumbo and 10 bushels of the No Jumbo varieties. He sold the No peanuts at S2 and the No ? at 5n cents per bushel He also sold 20 bales of peanut hay at 5o cents per bale, making his total sales $55. The December cree report for Ar. kansas and the United States, issued l ny the Department of Agriculture. shows Arkansas farmers have sown ! lS4. .000 acres in wheat this fall. com. pared with l2S.000 acres a year ago. fhc condition of the wheat. the report states. is SA.3 per cent. compared with 9o3 per cent. the loyear average.
 All attempts Co save him having failed, Arthur Hodges. aged 2l. was electrocuted in the state pcnitentiary Friday. December IS. for the murder of Constable. Morgan Garner near Amity. Clark county. in July. 1913. when the officer had arrested him for a petty onense The date for his cleo trocution had been fixed four times
 A petition containin. l.750 names has been filed at Helena for the grant ing of saloon licenses
 Charging the receivership of the Bache-Denman Coal Company was de sired only to have the United States court take charge of the property un- til certain financial readjustments could be made, attorneys for the Sc. bastian County Coal Mining Company of Philadelphia argued in federal court a motion to move 10 of the com. panies from the reeeivership.