The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1914-11-19
All Over Arkansas


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George w Finch, until last April
employed by The Van Noys News Com
5any, With headquarters at Pine Bluff.
was captured after a desperate hand
t0-hand struggle in the Gravers bank
4 suburban institution, after he had
locked the cashier, bookkeeper and
ScrubWoman in the vault at the point
of a revolver Finch was taken by
George Bohriug. an unarmed consta-
Bile The bandit had obtained $4,000.
but had overlooked $4,000 in currency
IN the vault
in federal court Friday at Texar-
kama J " Whsle of Ashdown was
awarded Judgment for $4,000 dam
ages against the Kansas city Southern
Railway Company for personal in
juries 81
fhe FIRST shipment of cotton from
western Arkansas To Japan left Fort
Smith Friday for Galveston. Hereto
fore all local shipments were made by
rail to san Francisco and there placed
aboard boats Fridays shipment con-
sisted of 200 bales and goes to Kobe.
While her son, Oscar Parchman or
Van Buren, was playing football on
The University of Arkansas team
against Mississippi at Little Rock.
Mrs " l.. Parchman of Van Buren,.
while watching a football game at Fort
Smith from the sideHnes, was crash
ed into by two of the players who
ran out of bounds, the force of the
blow knocking her to the ground and
breaking her right leg between the
knee and axle
To locate longitudinal lines for SUP
veyiuL purposes an observa-,on s,a-
ton Las been built in the Little Rock
postotiice ward These lines are to be
used 10y government surveyors in as
pertaining if various state boundary
lines are correct The station, in
charge of + Morris of the United
States Coast and Geodetic Service. is
equipped with telescope. chrome
graph and a thermometer.
The new administration and girls
dormitory building of Henderson
Brown College at Arkadelphia was
dedicated Friday.
Judge K. y. Wilson of Russellviile
ard Attorney +. A. Williams OF Atkins
have formed a partnership in the prac-
: of In off In Rn II.
vile
Or. r {. Dorr of Batesville, Ark.
was elected first vice president of the
Southern Medical Association, in ses-
sion at Richmond, Va.
State Secretary H. Fry of the
Farmers Union of Arkansas last week
sent out - charters to new local
lodges He says interest among the
farmers Is great and that more new
members are joining the union and
more new locals are being formed
than ever before.
The first annual Arkansas Students
Conference of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association was held at Hendrix
College auditorium at Conway last
week
The Arkansas Tie and Timber AS
ISOLATION has been formed in Little
Rock. with T b. Morrison as presi-
dent and will maintain permanent
Headquarters at the Hotel Marion.
DR. Campbell, hookworm specialist.
who has made a tour OF inspection
and treatment in the southern part OF
Howard county reports that he found
- per cent OF 300 people examined
infected with hookworm disease.
Fort Smith dealers have contracted
With European agents for the ship
ment of five cars of horses and mules
to the assembling point at Kansas
City each week.
The Searcy city council granted .
50-year franchise to the Searcy Il
Kensett Transportation Company FOR
the operation of an electric interur-
ban line connecting Searcy and Ken
sett, and for street car line In
Searcy.
q. q.
A committee Of the Pine Bluff Cham
Der of Commerce has secured $4,000
from local business men in donations
to the United Charities.
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Graduates OF Arkansas Cumberland
College at Clarksville are Interested
in the announcement that has been
made of Home-comer's Day, Thursday.
November 20, at that institution. The
forenoon will be given over to adj
dresses, and the afternoon to ath-
letics, while the evening will be de-
voted to social and business affairs