The Dermott news., 1917-08-02

1 mcHt Dy way or the St. Joseph UT | phanage, and on the Batesville road
 for distance of three miles from
 Levy. which will put the improved
 road beyond the cantonment on the
 west side The entire cost will be ap-
 proximately s125,0o0. and it will be
 shared by Pulaski County. the State
 and the federal government. through
 operation of the Shackelford road law | It is planned to build an elevated
 crossing at Military Junction, where | the road crosses the main line of the | Missouri Pacific, as we'll as the Camp Pike spur of the railroad. John Kelley of Bigelow has invent
 ed and patented singletree. Mir. | kelley is grower of berries and
 grapes. and he found his vines were l damaged frequently by the ordinary
 singletree used on the blow with
 which he cultivated them. The sin | gletree he has invented is in the | shape of semi-circle and presents rounded surface which does not catch 1 the vines.
 Granville and Granville Mutt. stu 1 dents al the State Agricultural School | at Jonesboro for the past three years. ! and twin brothers who have never l been separated. enlisted in the Unit ed States army Both were selected | in draft drawing and. fearing that they might become separated. decided
 to join Uncle Sans regular forces. At meeting of the board of the !. O. O. F home at Batesville held re-
 gently. the resignation of W. D. Craw ford as superintendent of the home
 and a member of the official board
 was accepted. Mir. and Mrs. c. T. Reaves of Ozark were elected superin-
 tendent and matron. respectively. The four-year-old daughter of Mir. and Mrs. ]. w. Churchwell of Pleas
 ant Plains carried a safety pin lodg' ed In her throat for month She suffered little inconvenience for three
 weeks of the time An operation was
 necessary 10 remove the pin. At meeting of planters of Jeffer. son and adjoining counties at tho Chamber of Commerce al Pine BluI the new cotton ginners law was con
 demned and steps were taken to ap peal Ito the courts,
 All hands are busy at Cumberland College at Clarksville. For dormitory
 use { 900 cans of peaches are being
 canned Two acres Of beans and to- ing and canning
 Charles J Banks. merchant and
 postmaster at Dell Mississippi coun- ty. was held by United States Com. missioner F.. P Mathes al Jonesboro
 accounts.
 The Baxter Bulletin says big crops and prospect of big prices have kept the farmers in the fields and have re- dueed the number of pearl fishers in that section this year
 The SS0.acre tract of timber just
 south of Eureka Springs has been sold to Kelly and Glattly. timber men,
 for s2.200 Sanitarium Lake is sit uated in the center of this tract An increase of approximately 2.000
 in the school population of the Fort Smith district Is shown. The enroll
 ment is 9,552. compared with S.997 last year.
 X contract has been let for the building of a hard surface road from Wynne 10 the Crittenden county line The road is to be completed by Sep tember l.
 The cost of the recent term of Cir.
 cult Court at Ashdown. not including
 sheriff's fees. was sS3i.02. probably
 the lightest fin the history of the | county
 Willie Beck. l4-year-old adopted son
 of William McArthur. died at Morrii. | ton as the result of injuries suffered when he was thrown frsm horse on
 July 6.
 Jerome Wilson. farmer living south of Denning, sold BOT bushels of old corn at g bushel.
 Harry Fritzius of Blytheville. 1S
 years of age. probably is the young
 est noncommissioped officer in the American army. He Is a corporal in | Company M of the First Arkansas,
 and is now stationed at Fort Logan | II. Roots.
 l. w Williamson. the largest plan- ter in the upper White River country. a