The Pulaskian., 1915-12-17

It is said the Kansas City and Mem phis railroad is willing to comply with the commissions order. The petition for an injunction was filed by the Frisco.
 At a meeting at Rogers the Ozark Jefferson Highway Association was or ganized to secure the Jefferson high way via Gravette, Hiwasse, Benton. vile, Rogers, Spring&ale and Fayette- vile. J. P. Dever of Springdale was elected president; John B. Edwards of Hiwasse, vice president; R. H. Whit low of Rogers, secretary; Col. Dave Peel of Bentonville, treasurer. Three directors will be selected from each town The directors will elect com mittees for prosecuting the work.
 J. P. Norman of Columbia county, aged S3, talks interestingly of early was boy his father went to Camden to buy school books for the children, but could get nothing but spelling books. His father subscribed for the Arkansas Gazette and MT. Norman and his brothers and sisters used the Gazette to learn to read. MT. Norman first began studying the Gazette years ago.
 Paul w. Daniels, state sales mana ger of the Southern Rice Growers Association for the State of Arkansas, sold to the Louisiana State Rice Mill ing Company of New Orleans, through their Arkansas representative, 100000 sacks, or 100000 bushels of Arkansas Honduras rice, the purchase price being $1.10 per bushel on No. l rice basis, off grades at association differ ences.
 Claude Mann, president of the Ar meeting of the association to be held in Little Rock Monday, January IT. It will be strictly business meeting. While it will not be as large as the big meeting to be held in May it will be even more important. Plans for the May meeting will be taken up.
 Gas has been struck in paying quan- titles and we'll sunk in a newly dis covered gas field about one and a half miles west of Ozark. Preparations are being made to sink more wells. A strong company has been formed to let contract. It is the intention to expend $5O,OOO in locating oil, and, in doing this, to utilize the gas.
 The Sparkman branch of the Arka- delphit Milling Company is installing a planer The company recently pur- chased additional ground adjacent to it's stave mill and will increase it's output Up to this time only oak prod ucts have been going out, but all kinds of timber will be handled now.
 Five hours after John Mccormick, a Springfield, Mo, man had traded a house and lot, representing the saw ings of years, for a six-cylinder Me- Farlane, the machine went up in smoke and the owner left stranded on the road between Springfield and Sul phur Springs.
 The Democratic state central com mittee met in Little Rock and adopted a resolution fixing the date of the state convention for Wednesday, May 31 The last state convention sele ct- ed Little Rock for the convention city
 The sawmill at Roseboro which was destroyed by fire 10 weeks ago has been replaced with more modern mill, which is operated by electricity and which is now hard at work.
 chautauqua for Harrisburg next summer is assured through the action of Harrisburg merchants who pledged the sale of $750 worth of tickets.
 The parsonage of the North Metho- dist Church at Judsonia occupied by the pastor, w. s. Brownwell, burned. A defective fiue was the cause.
 Frank Hancock, Pine Bluff car penter. recently was notified that he had fallen heir to fortune of S12,OO0 left by relative in Athens, Ga. Han- cock spent $60 for a round-trip ticket to Athens Arriving there he found he had been misinformed.
 Dr. P. B. Gardner of Jackson coun- ty, who went to Trinidad to assist in campaign for the eradication of the hookworm disease, has been promof- ed and is now the medical officer in charge on the Island of St. Vincent.