The Spectator., 1915-06-18

 taxes, it will be impossible to attend to them, according to Jack Walker, revenue collector. Notices have been sent to individuals and corporations in time to allow payment before June 30.
 In the case of druggists and physi- clans who handle narcotics, the tax must be paid early enough to allow the issuance and return of the Ii. censes to them. If they wait until there is not time to do this, they will be subject to prosecution for violation of the act, which provides that with out license, they cannot even keep the narcotics in stock.
 Tobacco dealers, poolrooms, thca- ters and other individuals or classes of business subject to the emergency tax, will be required to close after June 30, if their tax is not paid. until they secure licenses.
 More than 500 miles of permanent highways that will represent an in vestment of more than four million dollars, are to be built by road i'm provement districts already organized, according to table prepared by the Department of State Lands, High ways and Improvements. Mississippi county leads with 100 miles of road contemplated to cost $500,000. The bonds of three districts have been sold and three other districts have them ready to sell. The other dis tricts shown in the table have been organized and preliminary surveys of the roads begun.
 w. N. Branuon, commander in chief of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans, issued his first order since assuming his office It calls attention to the efforts of the Southern Com mercial Congress to procure co-opera- tion from all sections of the South in the celebration of the South's Week, August 9-14, at the Panama-Pacific Exposition and urges all members of the Sons of Veterans to join the movement and assist the commercial congress.
 With the dismissal of suit filed by attorneys for the state against lands in Bradley county, and the payment of costs in the case of their citation for contempt of the United States Dis trict Court, the charge against Attor- ney General Moose, United States District Attorney J. V. Bourland and Jo Johnson of Fort Smith, will be dis missed.
 The report of Capt. A. B. Sloan, United States army officer, detailed to aid the Arkansas National Guard. on the camps of instruction for otti- cers and noncommissioned officers of the guard recently. ended at Fort Lo- gan H. Roots, has been mailed to the War Department
 The Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company has notified the Minimum Wage Commission that 1t will comHy with recent order If the commission under which the minimum wage to telephone operators is to be s20 per month, dating from June l.
 The legislative committee appoint ed to audit the state departments an nounced that l. F. Thomas, one Of The accountants employed by the commit tee since it began work, had resigned and that his resignation had been ac- cepted.
 Dr. c. ". Garrison returned from McGehee, where he assisted in open- ing a campaign against malaria and mosquitoes. The campaign is being conducted by the city and the Iron Mountain railroad.
 l.. Fl. Moore, secretary-treasur of the State Federation of Labor. has announced that the Union Labor BIl- letin has been purchased by the fede- ration and will be conducted as an organization paper.
 The Thymo Company, Hemp stead county corporation, filed notice with the secretary of state 1t had re- duced it's capital to $5,000.
 The D. M. Fender Mercantile Con- pany of Holmes, Randolph county, filed notice of the surrender of it's charter.
 Acting upon petition filed by A. M. Heisman of Memphis, Chancellor J. E. Martineau appointed Jack Ma loney receiver of the Arkansas Guar. anty Title and Trust Company. The liabilities of the company are in the neighborhood of $20,000.