Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-09-15

President Futrall of the State Uni versity is in receipt of letter from the War Department, which contains the following sentence:
 "I take pleasure in informing you that the secretary of war is gratified to note the steady progress and i'm provement in the military department of your institution, as shown by the report rendered by the committee of the general staff which is charged with the inspection of the military de- partments of educational institutions of learning.
 The report of Maj. Andrew Moses of the United States army, who made the inspection of the cadet battalion last spring, reads in part as follows:
 "The battalion presented an excel lent appearance. The uniforms are neat and well fitting; arms and equip
 ment in excellent condition. The cere- mony and drills were well executed
 and show careful training. All exer- cises were under charge of the cadet officers, who are well appearing, man. ly and intelligent lot of young men. Through the efforts of Lieut.. Bosehen, | a gallery range has been installed in | the armory and excellent results have | been obtained. The work accomplish ed during this session is regarded as
 an advance over previous years. The | corps of cadets is credit to the state. l believe the cadet officers to be well qualified for appointments as lieuten-
 ants in the United States army In speaking of the military depart I ment, President Futrall, who has just
 returned from a meeting of the Asso-
 citation of State Universities, held in | Berkeley, Cal, stated that the asso-
 citation had unanimously adopted e.
 solution introduced by himself, direct
 ing the executive committee to keep
 in touch with legislation that might be | introduced into the next Congress, | having as it's object the increasing of l the efficiency of the military depart
 ments of state universities and col | leges.
 Residents of Womble have petition ] ed County Judge J. B. Kelly to inves- | tigate and to reduce the list of county poll tax receipts. They allege the l list contains illegal names enough to give Womble, with LILA votes, ma jority for the county site removal. The
 poll tax receipt list as completed by | the county collector and filed with State Treasurer R. G. Mcdaniel when the settlement was made recently con- tains 2,26S names
 One of the best farmers in Baxter county from the standpoint of thor
 ough and careful preparation of the ground and producing mere than the
 s5+zze-6f s1zee-60f the crop, is Miss Ollie Bing-
 Ism, 14, who lives in the north part
 of the county, near Bald Dave noun
 tain. Her crop consists of approxi-
 mately five acres of corn and five acres
 of cane and is one of the best eultivat- ed crops in that section.
 For model electric town, Wilmot,
 considering it's size, probably is in a
 class by itself. It is one of the smal. | lest towns in the state having an elec- trlc lighting plant for municipal use, l but the dynamo and engine that fur. ! nish the electricity will proaaGe al- | most as much power as the one in
 Little Rock A committee to petition the olate Board of Election Commissioners to l name new commissioners for Perry county and to launch a campaign for i Perryville in the approaching county seat removal election was named at
 mass meeting. J. H. Bowen is chair
 man and w. F. Pitts secretary of the committee.
 Petitions are being circulated ask ing the picture shows in Texarkana to keep open Sundays. It ie said sev- eral thousand signatures have been | secured. Persons favoring the move | ment insist that majority of the peo- pie favor the Sunday performances.
 but this is denied by those opposing. The Helena public schools will open September 20, and, according to
 reports, the attendance will be large. 1 Superintendent Sheep, formerly of Elizabeth City, N. C., will again be
 the principal. He assumed charge of 1 the schools last year.
 During the recent high water at
 Paroquet, Mrs. Ernest Williams gave birth to a child. Owing to the flood | no physician could reach the Williams
 residence. Mrs. Williams and the | baby died
 William M. Block, 63, pioneer resi-
 dent Of Cross county and for the last 1 25 years resident of Wynre, died af-
 ter drinking solution of oxalic acid
 by mistake.
 Willie Freeman, a 13-year-old lad.