Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-08-23

vice Fund was received by Mayor Charles E. Taylor from Mayor Hen " c. Read of Fort Smith. This sum was derived from the July celebra- tion, which yielded $9374, and s6.37 contributed in small amounts by indi- viduals.
 This remittance, following the hand some sums sent from Helena, New port and elsewhere recently, greatly encourages Mayor Taylor to hope that the sum needed to make the ser vice a gift worth while will soon be forthcoming. Some of the members of the committee of 100 scattered over the state have said it would be easier to raise money after the hot weather, as many people are away for the sum- mer. Others have asked for sugges- tions as to how to raise money other than by soliciting subscriptions. At Newport the ladies got up a bazar and in Little Rock the chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion gave a Colonial tea. The letter of Mayor Read, indicating that he will have more money to send for the fund, gives. another suggestion that may be helpful to other communities. He says that last week an asphalt dance" was given in front of the Gold
 man hotel It proved very popular and amused the multitude. He says that another will soon be given and the proceeds given to the silver ser vice fund. Mayor Read thinks this outdoor dance form of amusement could we'll be undertaken in other ci- ties in the state for the benefit of the fund.
 Part Of the service-all there is money to pay for-has been ordered for some time and is now nearing completion But it is not complete service. It takes up the $2,600 on hand when the order was placed. No other state in the Union, having a battleship named for it, has present ed service costing less than $5,000 and few cost so little as that, some running up to s30,000 The hope of Mayor Taylor is to raise at least enough money to give total of S5, 900 with the amount already on hand. Judge John I. Moore of Helena, chief counsel for the state in the Cald- well & Drake State Capitol contro- versy, was in conference with John
 w. Blackwood of Little Rock, who is representing Caldwell & Drake, rela- tive to the next steps to be taken in
 the litigation. Rebuttal testimony will be introduced by Caldwell & Drake, after which it IS believed the notary vii, transcribe the testimony for submission to the board of arbi- trators, composed of Judge Jacob Trieber, Chief Justice McCulloch and J. V. Walker of Fayetteville.
 A meeting was held at Lake Village on August for the purpose of mak- ing an effort to bulId highway from the Louisiana State line through Chi cot county to Desha county, where it is intended that Desha county will take up and continue the road to the Lincoln county line, ultimately to be joined to the Pine Bluff highway at Grady, thus making a pike from Ba- ton Rouge, La, to Little Rock Control of the Arkansas Farmers, a Conway weekly newspaper, passed to
 J. B. Parker, formerly associated in the publication of Fort Smith dallies MT. Parker also acquires an interest | in the plant from l.. s. Dunaway, it's owner. He succeeds E. R. Thompson as editor and publisher. It is under stood that MT. Parker will make nu- merous additions to the equipment of the present plant.
 Brad A. Smith, of Hot Springs, the
 only candidate to qualify for the spe-
 cial election to select successor to the late Sheriff Charles c. Webb, was declared the Democratic nominee by the Garland County Central Commit tee and the special election was
 called off. J. c. Standiford, the only
 candidate for county surveyor, also was declared the Democratic nominee for that position.
 The Harrison City Council has or dered 20 blocks of concrete sidewalks to be put in within the next 60 days ] W. F. Gordon resigned as street con-
 missioner and the direction of street
 work in each ward was put in the l hands of the councilmen.