The Dermott news., 1918-02-21

 treasury certificates pending tae issu auee Of fho next Liberty loan This amount was larger than tAe bank quota.
 F NJ. Weems of Paragould has field glass for which he paid S54, which he will send to the War Depar, ment, in response to requests for glasses to be used by the army and navy.
 Representative A E. Sho2kley of Saline county has brought d display 1 of products grown on his farm to tke Agricultural Department, and these samples are now on display in q glass case.
 More than 5ao children were placed on the honor roll in the public schools of Ratessjle last month They Were neither absent nor tardy and had tn average grade ol above 90 per cent. W. T. Taylor of Ludwig brought a l dead wild cal to GlarksVslle recently that measured seven feet from tip te tip. It was the biggest animal of the kind eyer killed in Johnson county. Dewitt chapter Rcd Cross has made it's fourth shipment 10 Sl Louis headquarters. The garments wers made by the local chapter. assisted by the St. Charles auxiliary. J. Rich. secretary of the IndepcNd- ence County Farm Loan Association. reports that Malcolm Moore of Moor field was the first man in She county to receive papers for loan.
 James H. Rice received a recruit ing commission to enlist men for ser vice in the battalion of engineers and reports that he knows ef about 30 men anxious to enlist.
 The pupils of the Stamps schools have already purchased $2,236 q worth of thrift and war savings stamps. Up 10 the present time there are 1l6 subscribers.
 An increase of more than million in the assessed valuations of Jeffer- son county is shown by the abstract for 1917 just completed by County Clerk C. NJ Niehol.
 County Food Administrator NJ. C. Hollis announced that he will inyesti- gate reports that Italians in the vicin- ity of Altheimer are hoarding flour and sugar.
 The semi-annual statement of tho city of Camden shows balance of $20.420 in the treasury. including money being accumulated to pay off city bonds.
 Plans were sent out by the State Highway Department for S7 miles ot road in Clark county, which will bs constructed al an estimated cost or S&4S. S.925.76.
 The two banks Of Fordyce have pur chased Sl6.OO0 worth of the treasury certificates which arc being issued by the government prior to the third Lib erty loan.
 The Clear Creek oil and Gas Com pany brought in a 1000, 0oofoot gas ser on the Powell farm quarter milo from Kibler in Crawford county.
 Governor Brough appointed J. N. Jarman Of Jonesboro to make the an nual examination of the accounts of the St Francis Levee District Board The appointment was made under Act 93, Section ', of the laws of 1913.
 Governor Brough granted a full par don to Walter Morgan. convicted of murder in the first degree in October. 1911, in the Poinsett Circuit Court and sentenced by Jndge Frank Smith, now a member of the Supreme Court, to be hanged.
 A special service was held at the First Baptist church at Camden to commemorate the seven years of ser vice of the Rev. w. NJ. Wright as pas. tor
 Mrs Henry Carnie of Eureka Springs is the champion knitter of the state She knit sock in three hours and F minutes recently.
 Many applications are coming in tc the State Labor Department for ser vice in helping Uncle Sam build ships