The Pulaskian., 1917-01-19

the week, Beat the Boil Weevil." was taken by all the speakers leaving Little Rock, for the campaign is in the counties that have been bothered by the pest. The snow and cold weather also gave subjects of inter est for the speakers in this terri tcry.
 Four miles of pecan trees, a dis tanee of 100 feet apart, is the expec- tation of the students in the Arkadel- phia public schools. Ben Condray and William Pearce, seniors of the high school, planted nuts this week from here to the Caddo river, four miles away, along the public road. Other roadways to and from the city may be planted to nuts. It is esti- mated that in 20 years the trees will be bearing
 N. c. Harris, through his attorneys. John l.. Hill and J. H. Bowen, has filed suit for $10,000 damages against John Q. Allen, sheriff of Perry county, George Vollman, J. J. Hunter and J. E. Mills, election commissioners, be- cause his name was not placed on the ballots in the general election. Harris charges that there was a con spiracy between the sheriff and the commissioners.
 B. L. and H. L. Wiley of Pine Bluff have purchased from Dugger & Cos horn of Memphis several tracts of cut over timber land near Humphrey and Wabbaseka, aggregating 3,13S acres, for which they paid s50.24o The pro perty is on the Cotton Belt and ad- joins the Wiley plantation
 The s5,UUU damage suit brought by $. D. Neil of Gentry against the Frisco railway has been compromised for $1,000. Neil was suing for dam ages because of the death of his son Ross in the wreck at Lebanon two years ago. The son was on his way home after graduation in St. Loui medical school. He was to have been married when he reached home
 The output of the zinc fields of northwestern Arkansas during 1915 was 500 per cent greater than the output of 1914. During 1915 many new mines were opened and there were many heavy additional ship ments. It is believed that final fig ures will show the 1916 output larger by greater per cent over 1915 than 1915 was over 1914.
 The biennial meeting of the heal camp of the w O. w. of Arkansas, to be held at Hope March 1915, will be the largest fraterna1 convention ever held in Arkansas, with more than 300 delegates from the W. o. W. and many more from the Wood men Circle, the women's auxiliary
 Postmaster w. L. Greer of Horatio claims to have located the meanest man in the person of a subscription solicitor, who sold years subscrip- tion to national weekly to blind negro near Horatio. Not a member of the blind negro's family can read
 Oil which, according to analyses made by chemists in Memphis and Birmingham is rich in paraff1ne and vaseline has been discovered on zinc lands in Baxter county, in Northern Arkansas, owned by A. J. Mathews of Houston, Miss.
 One hundred and thirty sick and wounded soldiers from the Mexican border arrived at Hot Springs on tho governments second special hospital train to be sent to this city.
 Edgar Masoner of Bentonville and w. A. Wilson of Springdale propose to build an electric light and water plant at Springdale at cost of s1O0,- 900.
 Work has begun on the new Chris tan church at Norfork, with the ex- pectation of finishing it quickly. Funds have been provided
 With more than 50 trappers in the country, hundreds of dollars worth of fur are being caught in Desha county
 John A. Worsham of Gardens Bot tom unloaded farm tractor at At kins for use on his farm.
 A man who died suddenly in Shreveport Ga.) hospital last week has been identified as the man who robbed J. w. Fraley, an aged Texan at Ashdown. He died within few hours after he had robbed ths old