The Pulaskian., 1917-12-21

The Rogers Red Cross made a ship ment to St. Louis headquarters of $500 worth of supplies, consisting of 12 knitted swears, 115 wash cloths, 38 bed shirts, 130 napkins, 70 handker- chiefs, six pairs knitted socks, 25 bath robes, 40 hot water bags, six pairs knitted waistlets and 30 suits of pa jamas.
 The City Council of Lake Village will make a contract with the Inter- national Health Commission for an an ti-malaria campaign in Lake Village. The work will be about S3,000, Of which Lake Village will pay one-half and the commission the other half.
 Miss Margaret Callahan, homo dem onstrator for Chicot county, held a meeting at Dermott of the club Wo- men Of Dermott and the girls of the high school. Plans were made for the formation of a domestic science class and canning club.
 An attendance of 2,0o0 for the con- vention of the Southern Cattiemen's 5 Association, which will be held in Lit tie Rock February 5, and z, was pre-. dicted by Dr. R. c. Cow, state veteri- marian, who is secretary of the South ern association.
 For the first time in years White river is frozen over at many places around Cotter. Above the big dam near Hollister and Branson the river is a solid sheet of ice. Many of the ferries have been obliged to cease ope. rating.
 The citizens of Beebe have arranged for a "White Christmas" after two preliminary meetings, as a commun- ity affair, to be held at the auditorium of the public school Christmas eve, taking the place of customary sepa- rate trees in various churches of the town.
 At a meeJlng or the Texarkana (Ark.) Bar Association, which was attended by practically every lawyer in that city, it was unanimously agreed that one and all should render every possible assistance to the local draft exemption board and to registrants for the army.
 A company for the proposed Fourth Arkansas Regiment will be formed at Mammoth Springs and James E. An derson, who attended the officers training school at Leon Springs, has been commissioned by Adjt. Gen. Lloyd England to secure recruits.
 Malvern Lumber Company's mill, two miles north of Malvern, was de- stroyed by fire, involving loss of ap- proximately $4O,000. The planer mill, commissary and other buildings were saved The origin of the fire is un- known.
 The Olvey correspondent of the Har- rIson Times says it was reported al Olyey that several calves were frozen to death in that vicinity during the recent cold spell A number of chick ems and quail were also frozen.
 The Rev. G. E. McSpadden, pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Rogers has been appointed on the New York board of the Presbyterian church to conduct five or more con. ferences in the presbytery of Arkan- sas during the winter
 Tle sugar famine from which Searey has been suffering for nearly three weeks, was relieved when a car. load was received by wholesale deal. CTS.
 | The fuel situation at Newport has reached serious point and the Ark ansas Light and Power Company an nounces that it has only enough coal for another day.
 The Arkansas Glass Product Com pany of Van Buren announced the completion of it's plant and plans fol starting their fires January 1.
 The Newport Button Factory has on display in its office window a ser vice flag showing that nine former employees are in the army. The United Mine Workers of Dis trict No. II, Arkansas and Oklahoma were called into convention Januar,