The Monticellonian., 1917-08-02

 road beyond the eantonment on the west side. The entire cost will be ap- proxmately $l25.000. and it will be shared by Pulaski County the State and the federal government, through operation of the Shackelford road law
 Ii is planned to build an elevated crossing at Military Junction. where the road crosses the main line Of the Missouri Pacific, as well as the Camp Pike spur of the railroad.
 John Kelley of Bgelow has invent ed and patented singletree Mr kelley is a grower Of berries and grapes, and he found his vines were damaged frequently by the ordinary singletree used on the blow with which he cultivated them. The sin gletree he has invented k in the shape of semi-eircle and presents a rounded surface which does not catch the vines.
 Granville and Granville Mutt. stu dents at the State Agricultural School
  and twin brothers who have never been separated. enlisted in the Unit ed States army. Both were selected in draft drawing. and, fearing that they might become separated. decided 10 join Uncle Sam's regular forces.
 At q meeting of the board Of the I. o. O F. home at Batesville held re gently. the resignation of w. D. Graw- ford IS superintendent of the home and member Of the official board was accepted MT. and Mrs C. T. Reayes of Ozark were elected superin- tendent and matrone, respectively.
 The four-year-old daughter of MT and Mrs J. w. Churchwell of Pleas ant Plains carried safety pin lodg. cd in her throat for month. She suffered little inconvenience for three weeks of the time. An operation was necessary to remove the pin.
 At meeting of planters of Jeffer- son and adjoining counties. at the Chamber of Commerce at Pine Bluff the new cotton gnners' law was con demned and steps were taken to ap peal to the courts.
 All hands are busy at Cumberland College at Clarksville. For dormitory use 4,000 cans of peaches are being canned Two acres of beans and to- matoes will soon be ready for gather ing and canning.
 Charles l. Banks. merchant and postmaster at Dell. Mississippi coun- ty. was held by United States Com missioner E. P Mathes at Jonesboro on a charge of being s552 short in his 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 2,00) in the school population of the Fort Smith district is shown. The enroll ment is 9.552. compared with S,997 last year.
 A contract has been let for the building of hard surface road from Wynne to the Crittenden county line. The road is to be completed by Sep tember 1.
 The cost of the recent term of Cir. cult Court at Ashdown, not including sheriff's fees, was ss3102 probably the lghtest in the history of the county.
 Willie Beck, 14-year-old adopted son of William McArthur, died at Morrill, ton as the result of injuries suffered when he was thrown from a horse on July 6.
 Jerome Wilson. a farmer living south of Denning sold BOT bushels of old corn at g bushel
 Harry Fritzius of Blytheville, IS years of age. probably is the young est noncommissioned officer in the American army. He is a corporal in
 
 Company NJ of the First Arkansas, and is now stationed at Fort Logan H. Roots.
 ]. w. Williamson. the largest plan ter in the upper White River country. expects to gather 50.000 bushels of corn and 400 bales of cotton from his farm this year. Some of the corn