The Spectator., 1915-10-15

| it's own accord l would estimate the second years business at double the first. judging from records elsewhere, or 12,000 hogs.
 The factories will cut up, cure and smoke the products by the most ap- proved methods and the communities in which they are located will absorb easily the meat they have to sell. An other advantage of the system is that it will enable farmers to put up their I own meat at a nominal cost without waste. Much of the home prepared meat which spells is not properly chill- ed before being cured"
 The validity of large road i'm. provement district in Grant county, | created through a special act of the last Legislature, was upheld by the Supreme Court, thus ending hard fought controversy which originated when the bill creating the district was pending in the Legislature. The act provides for improvement and modern construction of the Pine Bluff, Sheri- | dan and Hot Springs road, insofar as ] it is in Grant county. The road runs the entire width of Grant county and passes through Sheridan.
 Two hundred and forty-four cases of whiskey found stored in a barn on South Eighteenth street at Fort Smith several weeks ago, must be re- moved from Arkansas by November I. or Sheriff Claud Thompson will be or oered to destroy it, according to Judge Paul Little. After the seizure the Ii. quor was claimed by M~ Munder, for. merly in the saloon business here.
 w. R. Williams. president, has just completed an elaborate program for the meeting of the Eastern ArkansaA Press Association. to be held at For, rest City October IS. The officers oa the association are: w. E. Williams, presiden,; c. A. Wallace, Des Arc, vice president; II. E. Wood. McCrory, sec retary-treasurer; T. P. Young. Hagen, corresponding secretary.
 Kate Bernard, philanthropist. hay ing about concluded her three weeks stay at Hot Springs, delivering ad- dresses to local club women on her work and is making Suggestions for their future activity, which. as she ex- pressed it. will get you out of the card playing and pink tea class and make your life worth while" 1 Taking it's cue from Little Rock, Pine Bluff is trying to borrow SIOO,. o.. on city scrip pay ble in three years and do business on cash basis. If the scheme goes through the city will save from S7,OOO to 10000 a year and city employees and city bills will be paid in cash
 The Randolph county district of Odd Fellows meeting was held at ! Biggers. Many delegates were pres- ent. Grand Secretary H. G. Nemnich was on hand. Tobias Chastain was recommended for reappointment as district deputy grand master. On account of conflict with a cir GUS the Conway street and school car. nival has been postponed until Octo. Der 2S and 29 Miss Dorothy Pyle was selected as queen of the carnival.
 The Fort Smith Real Estate Ex- change went on record as opposed to. any movement to amend or repeal the present fire insurance laws of Arkan- sas.
 George w. Duke. postmaster at Laneburg, was arrested there by gov ernment officials. charged with em- bezzling postottice funds.
 The Marshall bank has received a charter as national bank. It will he 1 known as the First National bank of Marshall
 Poinsett coVntys debt is S79.Ol4.o4. m increase of s21.74s.96 over last year.
 A symphony orchestra has been or ganized at Texarkana.
 w. A. and Luci2n Howard were con victed at sheridan in Circuit Court of killing John Broshears at Leola last July ana sentenced to three years m the penitentiary. Self-defense was their plea This was the most import. ant case at this term of court
 What Is believed to be a very large vein of bauxite has been discovered by s. M. Speer. while digging a we'll on his place about one mile north sS- Tinsman and six feet of the vein been dug into. .ks--