Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-12-19

ment in notice on the first page. The Hope water and light plant had been notified by the gas company that the gas would be shut off from the plant, which meant that electric ser vice would be cut off from the Her. aid. The light plant is making efforts to get coal and wood.
 An automobile equipped with tanks for carrying whiskey was captured near Blytheville, Mississippi county, some time ago. The bootleggers in charge had loaded the automobile with whiskey in Missouri and were mak- ing their way to Memphis. They were arrested and fined. Aftcr law suit the car has been turned over to a Memphis concern, from which if was bought by one of the bootleggera, 1 who has disappeared. The car had not been paid for.
 Preparations are being made for the sale of thrift stamps and war say | ings certificates in Miller county, Ark ! ansas, and Bowie county, Texas. The allotment to be sold in Miller county is $31O000, and for Bowie county $800,000
 l Sam Parks, living two miles east Of Clarksville, was severely bitten by
 a hog while trying to get some pigs under shed. His abdomen was pain fully lacerated, while his right arm
 was almost torn from his body. He
 is in serious conditi1n. i1n--------~sf w. $. Cullins of Jamestown has in- vented machine to thresh unopened cotton bolls and is now using his ma chine at Desha. He charges 20 cents
 per 100 pounds for threshing the bolls. The lint from these bolls brings about 25 cents per pound on the market The ginning records show that Chi cot county exceeds the 1916 crop to date by about 1000 bales. With an extra large corn crop and the excel lent prices prevailing more money is in circulation in Cllicot county than during the last 30 years.
 The Lake Village City Council has accepted the offer of the International Health Commission, made by Dr. Fay lor for an anti-malarial campaign, and appropriated S1,500. The total cost will be $3,000, of which the con- mission provides half.
 The names of all members of the First Methodist church of Conway who have enlisted in the various mili- tary branches have been compiled and will be posted at the entrance to the church. The list contains more than 100 names.
 Charles Yount. brother of J. ". Yount of Monticello, was shot by robber of Kansas City some time ago. It was not thought that les wound would be fatal but he died in Kan sas City hospital last week.
 Two small boys while playing at the Lake Village depot struck match and ~h0 bales of cotton were ignited. All the cotton was singed and scorch- ed, but only three bales were serious ly damaged. The total loss is about $1,200.
 The Pine Bluff recruiting office re. ported that during the last few days 62 men have enlisted here and Pine Bluff has taken the lead over other recruiting offices in the state.
 Following short talks by members of the party on the Allies Red Cross Special, which passed through Plum erville, a local Red Cross chapter was organized with 1O6 members.
 Committees from clubs and churches of Clarksville have planned a community Christmas tree. A fea- ture of the program will be the open air singing by all the children of the city.
 D. P. Slaughter of Scott has just | sold A. F. Mackley of Piedmont, Mo, a farm for S50,000. Farm lands have greatly increased in value there in the past two months.