The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-31


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 Following an agreement at the Con- way council meeting the Street and Alley and Finance Committees met with County Judge F. L. Smith and agreed upon plans for improving the unpayed streets. It was agreed to put township gangs to work at grad ing. As soon as possible a contract will be made for dragging the dirt streets.
 Notrebe and Clancy, planters of Reydel, bought 1,5S3 acres of farm land from B. L. Sollars and son Of Pine Bluff for s45,000, and also paid $17S50 for the growing crops on the place, 2S mules, eight horses and farming implements. The land adjoins 900 acres owned by Notrebe and Clancy
 Mrs. V. A. Beeson has been notified of her appointment by Governor Brough as delegates to attend the Ma tional Charities Conference, which will meet in Pittsburgh, Pa, June 6 to 13. Mrs. Beeson is associate edi- tor of the Morrilton Headlight and member of the Arkansas Press Asso- citation.
 Dick Elder of Forrest City receiy. 5 I1 1f IIOJ stein cattle. He will use them to stock a new ranch he is opening up in the St. Francis valley, south of Proctor. The cattle came from Okla homa.
 Vice President Thomas R. Marshall will lecture in Helena on Saturday, June g, under the auspices of chau- tauqua which will open it's engage ment here on June for one week.
 Wild cane that grows along the up- per White River is in seed for the first time in the memory of the old est inhabitants in this section of the country. No one ever remembers see- ing it in seed before at any time The seed comes in punches at the top of the stalk and resembles small wheat
 Members of the county registration board-Sheriff w. G. Hutton, chair man; Dan D. Quinn, secretary, and Dr. c. s. Pettus of Little Rock took the oath required for registration boards The oath was administered by Judge Lea of the first division cir cult court.
 The business of shipping cream, which began at Rogers little more than year ago, has steadily increas- ed until now between 55 and 60 farmers ship cream regularly. The receipts average S7 per COW per month, or total of over S1,50O per month.
 The congregation of the M E. Church, South, at Russellville voted to send to President Wilson and to Congressman H. M Jacoway a reso- lution against brewing and distilling liquors during the war. At a meeting held at Texarkana it was decided that Texarkana will have a chautauqua this year. Truck growers around Blevins are now sending lettuce and cabbage 10 Northern markets. Magnolia inspectors will begin the work of cattle tick eradication in this locality at once, with the inspection of the vats. Dipping will begin June 1. It is planned to have every COW in the county dipped once each 14 days.
 For some time a large barrel paint. ed red has been the traffic guide in a leading business street of Bentonville, but the barrel has been replaced b~ 60-foot flag pole surmounted by the | flag.
 Many employees of the Missouri Pa. cific Railway, at McGehee, are sign | ing up for service in the engineering corps of the army, which will be sent to France at an early date. Several clerks in local offices have filled out application blanks and are ready for the call.
 Twenty Stuttgart residents have signed membership in local organi. zation of the Red Cross Society and have asked that charter be issued to them.