The Pulaskian., 1916-06-30

the committe having property in the area desired by the sanitarium com pany willingly granted the extension, and said they would try to get the ex- tension from the other property own CTS. The committee will meet in the office of Capt A. H. Avery. It is be- lieved all property interests involved will grant the extension
 Former Governor O. B. Colquitt of Texas spoke at Texarkana in the in- terest of his candidacy for United States senator He was introduced by N. A. Shaw and spoke two hours He denounced both statewide and nation wide prohibition and also declared himself opposed to woman suffrage He said he thought President Wilson had been too lenient in his dealings ith Mexico and that the time is now ripe for drastic action
 The Union County Fruit Growers Association has been organized at El Dorado, with R. N. Benson president and Dr. J. M. Sheppard secretary. A large number of men will plant from two to five acres of strawberries by way of diversification A mass meet ing will be held in El Dorado Satur, day, July 1, to discuss plans for the association.
 Walter A. Hearn, who recently was graduated from Hendrix College at Conway, will depart for Shanghai, China, to become missionary of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, working with his father, the Rev. T. A. Hearn, presiding elder of the Shanghai district.
 Ouachita College will get S20,O00 for Baptist church of Philadelphia will get approximately $15,000 from the es- tate of the late Mrs. Florence l. Will son. Mrs. Wilson died on June 13. The estate is estimated to be worth S45, 900, most of which is in cash
 
 Representatives from Mammoth Spring Salem and Viola met at Salem and pledged themselves to pay the cost of survey of proposed road from the Sharp county line to Nam moth Spring, Viola and Salem An improvement district probably will be formed to build the road
 L. s. Hoenshal, editor of the White River Leader printed at Branson, is country to screw up enough courage to boost the price of his publication from $1 to $150 per year. He gives the reason for the advance as the high cost of material.
 Judge J. F. Roberts of Dora an- nounces that he will soon advertise for bids for a new two-story brick school to be located in new district which was formed out of part of three other districts.
 The Columbia Cooperage Company of McGehee has purchased an aband, oned hoop mill at Tallulah, La. This is the fourth plant the company has bought in this vicinity.
 The S20,000 damage suit of L. T. Lacy against the Pennsylvania Min- ing Company of Jamestown, Ark, was continued in the United States Dis trict Court until the next term.
 The electric light plant, which has been under construction at Gurdon for some time, was completed this week and the street lights were turned on
 Stone county has the best prospects for crops of all kinds in it's history. It includes hay, wheat, oats, corn, cot ton and fruits.
 The streets of Mulberry soon will be oiled. The funds were raised by subscription and by an appropriation by the city
 N. B. Burrow of Altus was elected chairman of the Republican Central Committee to succeed the late L. H. Moore.
 Engineer Guy w. Cobb and a crew of men have begun preliminary work for the new paving district at Jones' boro.
 The first cotton blooms in the vicfn- ity of Gould have been received here from G. H. Joslyn's plantation.
 good roads meeting at Williford named B. N. Yates, George Gray, Jeff Davis, Andy Sanders and Lee Higgin- bottom as delegates to a meeting to be held at Poughkeepsie to discuss plans for building a road from Willi- ford through Poughkeepsie to Cave City.