Cleveland County herald., 1918-11-21

IdluIe lIOul w UlJG county sent III HIS resignation to Governor Brough from France, saying that he was at the front expecting to be called into ac- tion at any time, and that in case circumstances should arise that would necessitatel the recovering of the general assembly, he wanted his coun- ty to be represented.
 That the new programme in food conservation will be one of the most important the people have ever been asked to observe, and that a most in- tensified campaign for it's fulfillment will be conducted in Arkansas, is. in- dicated in a telegram received at headquarters from Hamp Williams, state food administrator, who is in Washington attending meeting of federal food administrators.
 Persons unknown to officials of the State Food Administration are said 70 be circulating a report that, when the armisrice was signed. the author ity of the United States Food Admin istration and it's control over staple ar- ticles ceased, and that other war agep- cies, such as the Arkansas State Coun- cil of Defense. also passed out of bus. mess. Officials branded these rumors as being untrue.
 A committee of 40 carpenters were ordered off the ground at the govern ment aviation warehouse at Little Rock when they demanded an increase in wages and a revocation of the or der stopping overtime and Sunday work, according to R. J. Covender, business manager of the carpenters union-60 cents per hour or $4.20 q day being the present scale. They demanded 70 cents per hour.
 J. P. Buchanan, chairman of the bakers division of the state food ad- ministration, announced that all food administration regulations providing for the purchase or use of substitutes with wheat flour were cancelled, effec- tive immediately. The rules rescind- regulations requiring that bakers use certain amounts of substitutes in the baking of bread and pastries.
 Joy greeted the news of the signing of the armistice terms when it reach ed Camp Pike, but no formal demon stration was made at any time during the day, save for the shouts of the happy civilians that invaded the camp throughout The day with their flags, horns and COW bells.
 Two aliens not soldiers, were made United States citizens in United States District Court at Little Rock This was the first time since the Unit ed States entered the war that citizen ship was granted alien enemies in United States District Court here and it is, perhaps, the first time in the entire United States.
 The City Council of Little Rock de- clined to take action on the measure putting in effect the sllip-stop plan of operating street cars. The question came up on the report of the Public Utilities Committee and city attorney, to whom had been referred the com pany's proposed schedule.
 In resolution to the governor the Jefferson County Council of Defense asks him to make November II, the day of the signing of the armistice and the ending of hostilities in the world war, a holiday and perpetual day of thanksgiving from this year on"
 One million dollars for the farraers' give-a-bushel drive, is the figure set by c. K Elliott, state director of the movement, as the goal to be reached during the intensive campaign, which will be waged from November 19 to and including December ].
 There are 41,405 automobiles fin Arkansas, according to the last num- Der license on the books of the Au- tomobile License Bureau of the State Highway Department. The last li- cense number issued November 12. 1917, was 2S,664, which shows gain of 12,664.
 The total vote of the three-mfll road tax, according to the official count of the Pulaski County Board of Election Commissioners, was 235 for and 28 against.
 Contest over the sheriff's office in Crawford county was ended when recount of the ballots cast in certain townships was granted the candidates, Crockett Bledsoe, Democrat, and Jack Rogers, Republican. The recount gave Bledsoe the election by majority of IF.