The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-30

 and beef type cattle to add to the Jer- sey and Holstein herds.
 A complete course in cotton grading will be conducted this term under su- pervision of a government agent.
 Monroe J. Blocker of Fort Smith, lineman, touched a wire charged with 2,30o volts of electricity and is alive. He was at work on the top of pole when he came in contact with the wire. He was rendered unconscious and fell on a transformer, which life.
 More than 45o.00o acres of land in Fort Smith trade territory in eastern Oklahoma will be sold at public sale between October 15 and October 3l, by Gabe E. Parker, commissioner of the Five Civilized Tribes. The land belongs to the Choctaw and ChicKa- saw Indians.
 o. R. Ewing of the firm of o. R. Ewing & Co., certified accountants of Memphis. accompanied by staff of assistants, J. A. Ross, J. R. Clinton and R. A. Tucker, have arrived at For rest City and are making an audit of the books and records of the off, eials Of St. Francis county.
 The North Franklin county Sunday school convention will be held at Mineral Springs, eight miles north of Ozark, September 8. A good program will be prepared for the convention. T. L. Dickerson of Watalula is presi- dent.
 Jake Graf of the Farmers Supply Company of Walnut Ridge slipped and fell on a sidewalk there a few days ago and broke a kneecap, which had been broken in fall several years before. He was taken to St. Louis for treatment.
 Some of the largest and most pro- life tomatoes ever grown in Desha county are in the garden of Mrs. c. Reynolds of McGehee The vines measure II feet high and are yet bearing fruit to within one foot of the tops They are of the Ponderosa Va riety
 Company l., Second Arkansas Ma tional Guard, has now settled down to daily drills. Many Confederate vet erans are coming to Ola to see the boys drill All express the opinion that the company is making a good showing.
 County Judge George B. Ewing of McGehee has purchased traction an. zine, which will be used in building roads drought Desha county. The tractor is now in use on roads near Dumas.
 Industrial Agent Stewart of the Missouri and North Arkansas Rail- way, reports the arrival at Alpena of a herd of 80 whitehead Herefords, shipped from a large stock farm in Texas.
 Dr. Lincoln Mcconnell. L. L. D., is coming to Batesville early in Septem- Der 10 deliver his patriotic lecture, ''The Devil and the Kaiser" He held a revival here several years ago.
 The effort to inaugurate an occu- patton license tax on the Arkansas side of the city of Texarkana was overwhelmingly beaten, 107 to 235 against, at a special election.
 The contract has been awarded for the building of largt bridge over Black river just north of Corning. This bridge has long been needed in that section.
 The village of Nimmons shipped g. TOO gallons of blackberries to the towns of Kennett and Piggott this year.
 A company made up largely of St Louis capitalists and some residents of Nashville. in Howard county, are planning to locate large manganese and iron ore smelter in Nashville to handle the ore from the mines in north Howard county. The company will spend s500.O0o on the plan.
 Marianna is suffering because she has not better railway passenger ser vice Two of the passenger trains have been taken off-the Helena to Euohle traina