The Green Forest tribune., 1917-09-28
NUMBER 30

 awakening fo the fact that Hot Springs was sincere in its effort to as sist them m the good road line. and the road oEersecrs in tho various dis fric.s are busy. County Judge s. A. Buchanan of Hot Springs has sent the road machinery into Saline county, and it is anticipated that the high way will be graded within the next two weeks.
 The road in Garland county will a1- so he given the "0nce ever" although it is now in excellent shape IL will be Widened in some places. after which Hot Springs and Saline coun- ty will again request County Judge Miles Of Little Rock 10 repair that portion of the highway in Pulaski county, which will place tAe road in excellent shape.
 Judge Buchanan announced that as soon as the IIot Springs-Ljttle Rock highway is repaired. he would put l pat of the crew on the highway lead 1 ing to Mountain Valley and that an- other crew would be placed on the | road leading 10 Malvern, which will open up excellent communication with Philadelphia The latter road will not, however. interfere with the new road district that is being formed to build d highway over new route from 1 Arkadelphia to this city. This, when completed, will open up a wonderfully picturesque and valuable section. President j. (. Futrall of the Uni versity of Arkansas, at Fayetteville, who is chairman Of the Rhodes Schol- arship Committee for Arkansas has just been informed by the Rhodes trustees that there will be no election ] of Rhodes scholars in America for the ! year 19I9 The examination will be conducted at Little Rock October , 1 and 3, and those candidates who pass will be eligible al the next election 1 of scholars. provided they are not l then beyond the age limit. ! D. E. Nivens. active vice president i of the Citizens Bank at Pine Bluff, who has returned from a visit to the 1 Carolinas, where he inspected the cot ton mills, particularly the Loray mills, at Gastonia, N. C., came fully prepared 10 initiate a movement to ! organize a company for this purpose, and to organize a pulp or paper com pany.
 | Reports made by officers and com i mittees of the Pine Bluff Red Cross ! Chapter show much activity. Secre- { tary 10 Nfchol reported collections of 1 Sl.7Sl.21 and Secretary E. P. Bloom reported disbursements of $798.21. Of the balance, SS04 will be sent to na- tionaI headquarters at Washington.
 \ voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in the United States District | Courl at Fort Smith by Averel C. 1 Veach of Sulphur Springs. publisher 1 of the Sovereign Odd Fellow and the Master Mason. He lists his liabil- 1 ties at $5.133 and his assets at $9,- e7S.45.
 1 coantv Superintendent of Schools W R. Edwards e FentonFiIle las haen ;nvtted to dr7fver an address a tha Eara I1dacasIa and Life Con sz.a.= aa ne Saa.a Gzst}al statea s Iat;lo Rock October 25, 26 and 217. He will speak OH rural community d. vel5pment as related to rural schools.
 TEe Earle Cooperage Company, which has been shut down for about year. has been rejuvena5ed and will begin to turn out slaves again. This VIII call for still more men and ir VIII take a large force of men both at the mill and m the woods.
 While the troops were awaiting the parade of the John Robinson circus, young women members of the Conway Red Cross chapter tagged every pee- son on the streets. Between $50 and $100 was realized.
 W ]. Whipple. Walter and Houston Johnson and Bike Woods of Jonesboro nave returned from the distressed cattle district of Texas, where they purchased several carloads of Here ford cattle.
 Exemption boards in Arkansas have certified 26S0 negroes for service in The national army. according to fig prea gsvzn out by Adit-Gen. England. The negroes will begin to arrive at Camp Pike early next month.
 J A. Clement of Pine Bluff has sold to Joe Ross, a negro farmer GOA acres of land on the pike between Pino Bluff and Ladd for $3G,240.
 About 50 girl telephone operators from St. Louis and Dallas arrived in Little Rock to take the places of the operators who sent out on strike.
 Officers al the receiving station for Camp Pike are disappointed over the physical showing made by the draft ed men who have reported They say that inc examinations show that far greater per cent of the men are not physically fit for army service than they had expected
 W. A. Rutherford has returned from Midland. Tex. where he purchased 100 head of black COWS and six bulls He will have the cattle shipped to his 1 | ,fr