Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-02-24

State Superintendent Geo. B. Cook
 has just completed . series of tables which shows the relative standing and
 growth of all the special school dis tricts in the state
 For 1911 the tables show 330 spe- cial districts and 4,796 common school districts, with an average daily at tendance of S0,000 pupils in the spe-
 cial districts, and 175,000 in the com
 mon school districts. The average value sf school buildings and equip ment In the special school districts was $9, TAB and in the common school districts 1852, and an average value
 of school buildings for the entire state of SPAS. During this year the spe-
 cial school districts spent S1,70S,000
 and the common school districts $1,-
 S02,000. The balances to the credit of
 the special school districts were S278,
 900 and the balances to the credit of
 the common school districts amounted
 to $1,621, ,000.
 For the year ending June 30, 1914, the average length of school term for the entire state was 129.7 days. The average length of school term for the special districts was 14S6 days and for the common school districts 1895 days. This indicates a gain of one school month in the average length of the school term for the common school districts from 1911 to 1914.
 Former Sheriff s. w. Caudle paid to Washington county, through County Treasurer A. c. Watson, S1,14202 on delinquent realty tax and S42S.12 on delinquent personally tax money col lected by him during his tenure as sheriff. This makes total of approx imately $2,175 that has been collected by the county from former sheriffs since the recent decision of County Judge J. T. Flight to force settlement of realty and personally tax money er- 1oneously recorded delinquent, and the receipts for which had not been cred ited to the county. Whether former Sheriff Caudle will be held responsi- ble for S700 personality tax said to have been collected from the receiv- CTS of the Kansas City and Memphis Railroad Company has not been de- clded, according to Homer Pearson, special attorney for the company.
 The Budget Committee cut the Uni versity of Arkansas appropriation from $5S1, ,S33.83 to approximately S400,000, including the Branch Normal and the Medical Department. In 1913, the amount appropriated for the University alone was $2S7,594 A cut of $25,000 was made in the salary item of the College of Agriculture. Some of the other cuts the committee made are Agronomy, S1,000; animal husbandry, $2,500; horticulture, S3,- coo; veterinary science, S2,0O0; bac- teriology, $500; agricultural chemistry, $500, hog cholera, S2,5Oo; soils, s4,000; printing, $2,000; rural education, $4,- GOO; heating, S5,0OO; electrical engi- neering department, S3,000; school of education, S1,5OO; philosophy, $1,OOO.
 Dr. J. R. Jewell, dean of the depart ment of education of the University of Arkansas, and Prof F. S. Root su- perintendent of Fayetteville schools, left for Cincinnati O., to attend the annual convention of the National Ed ucational Association and to visit en route number of schools of inter- est and national reputation.
 Directors of the Fl Dorado School District unanimously adopted resolu- tions protesting against the bill pass ed by the State Senate which would postpone the date for paying taxes un- til October. The resolution declares that the bill would not benefit the farmer or the small taxpayer and that it would practically mean the suspen- sion of school sessions.
 Granny" Wagoner, 113 years old, of Lead Hill will no longer live on the ragged edges of uncertainty A few days ago the legislature passed bill granting her Confederate pension. When she was told that she had been granted pension she was highly elat. ed, and said she flowed the old Mar ster,' as she terms the Lord, would look after her."
 Declaring that one of Arkansas important industries will be ruined if the statewide prohibition law is allow ed to stand in its present form, the Rogers Commercial Club adopted re- solution calling upon Senator Duty and Representatives Young and Will