Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-11-29


 chairmen of the Brotherhood of Lo- comotive Engineers; Hugh Rives of Pine Bluff and E. R. Hess of Jones' boro, local chairman of the Brother hood of Locomotive Bremen and En- ginemen; c. J. Can't of Pine Bluff, local chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Trainmen. Compliments ask that MT. Martin be enjoined from bringing suits to enforce the law, and that the employees be enjoined from taking steps to carry out it's provi- sions.
 The railroads petition consists of a 150page pamphlet which gives al- legged facts and figures to show that the eigh-hour day would be harmful to the railroads. The road says that none of it's agreements with employees contemplate that an employe shall work a fixed number of hours and then cease working for that day, but that the peculiarities of railroad ser vice necessitate that employees engag- ed in the operation of trains shall re-
 
 the terminal where such employees re- side or can be accommodated with lodging between trips.
 Col. George Thornburgh, of Little ROCK, Ark, the well known Arkansas Prohibition leader, has been elected superintendent of the State Antisa- loon League. Col. Thornburgh and his assistants will immediately begin drafting several bills for presentation to the Legislature seeking to strength ed the statewide prohibition law. Every effort will be made by the Leg islature to stop the shipments of lf- quor into Arkansas from Memphis and other nearby points, if it can le- gally be done.
 Dr. J. T. Clegg, of Siloam Springs, president of the State Board of Health, has issued call for a general observance of tuberculosis Week" December 3-10 Preachers are asked to deliver special sermons on the sub- ject and the schools are urged to have program. Lack of funds is pre- venting the Board of Health from giving proper publicity to the matter, Dr. Clegg said.
 The Arkansas Railroad Commission received notice from the Interstate Commerce Commission that it had promulgated a substitute order in the Memphis and St. Louis freight rate case, which would cancel the Arkan- sas interstate class rates and subst1- ute in their stead a scale which To- cal shippers said would increase the rates from 25 to 50 per cent on all in- trastate shipments.
 G. w. Petty of Mena wel1-known merchant, was arraigned in court on complaint of E. l. Mckinley, deputy labor commissioner, on nine counts of violating the law covering the hours of labor for women. Petty entered a plea of guilty on one count and was assessed minimum fine, which he paid. The other counts were dis missed
 A state branch of the League to En- force Peace was organized in Little Rock. Gov-elect Charles H. Brough was elected president, Thomas J. Ter rell, secretary. President Brough will shortly announce an executive commit tee to conduct the work in this statA Fifty prominent citizens attended the opening meeting.
 Former Governor George w. Dona- gney has sold part of his plantation in the Tupelo Drainage District, seven miles southwest of Conway, to Dr. J. s. Martin and o. O. Scroggin of Mor- rilton. The consideration is said to have exceeded $25,O0O. w. J. Durham sold to William Jualls 203 acres of river bottom land for $20,000.
 The Marianna Commercial Club is planning another See Lee County Au- to Tour" This will be the fourth. Great good comes from them They bring the farmer and business man closer together and the cooperation necessary is evident from the former tours of the club.
 More than 1000 bales of cotton has been bought in Mineral Springs this season, and the long staple variety kept the average at $100 bale, ex- elusive of the seed.