Sharp County record., 1918-11-08

Expeditionary Force in France, is tc
replace Col Charles Miller as camp
cOmmandant and his staff will come
with him in about fortnight. Col.
Miller will remain as commandant Of
the Infantry Central Officers Training
School.
John D. Arbuckle, attorney general,
holds that If man serves a sentence
in a federal prison for an offense
which, under the statutes of Arkan-
sas, is a felony, he is barred from
holding Office in this state. The opin-
ion was asked for by Judge Prince Of
Perry county to fix the status Of a
school director who had served term
in a federal prison for forgery.
Something like S325,O00 has been
appropriated by Camp Pike authori'
ties for the reconstruction Of the road
system. All roads are to be treated
with binder, so as TO make them
practically the equal Of asphalt high.
ways. The work has already begun
In the new officers training camp
area where some $6,O00,O00 Is being
expended in buildings.
Construction has commenced on the
new Hostess House at Camp Pike
which is to cost upwards Of 100000.
1t is to be Of brick and reinforced
concrete construction, two stories In
height and to contain emergency dor.
mitories, large cafeteria space, spa
cious reception and entertainment
rooms and be one Of the most attrac-
tive buildings at the cantonment.
Camp Pixies new soldier paper,
Garry On" the successor to Trench
and Camp, will make its how Thurs.
day, November Ia. It will be a great
success according to reports being
made froIN the camp canvass now IN
progress. Indications point to a cir.
culation Of between $4,000 and 40,00n.
Officers and soldiers will be its edi.
torial and business staff.
Leonard Matlock Of Ralph, Marion
county, has patented an airpane for
which he claims many improvements.
One OF the features Of his machine Is
that tho propellers are all above the
base Of the machine, which is said
to make II impossible to upset It, It
also has large air chamber which
further stabillzes It.
A baby son was born a few days
ago to Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Hall OF
Grand, Prairie, Logan county Tie
child has living great.great.grand.
mother, living greatgrandmother
and living grandfather,
The Batosville Boy Scouts have m
organization Of 20 members, In the
recent wlndup work Of the fourth
Liberty Loan they sold nearly $4,000
worth Of bonds in one day,
The Van Buren, County Levying
Court made the usual levles for roads,
schools and county general purposes
and $1,000 was appropriated to tho
tick eradication work,
One of the largest sweet potatoes
seen in Newport Is on exhibition In
one Of the local bank windows, II
weighs eight pounds and was raised
by Mrs, T, W, Collier Of Tupelo,
A total of 1900 barrels OF npplcs
are now stored In the Bentonville cold
storage plant, according to Manager
II, Y, King, and more are being 70.
eeived.
lNirty'sovon carloads OF apples have
been shipped from Hlwaaae this eea,
son, and Milt MeAlllster Of that place
shipped the first carload of wheat last
week,
Support the United War Work Cam.
paign for the boys "0ver There"
The Rev, John 7, Walters, for the
past four years pastor of the Junction
city Baptist Church, has accepted the
paatorato of the Baptist church ut
England, This viii leave both the
Presbyterian and Baptist churches
there without pastor,
Out OF about 100 cases Of Spanish
influenza In Earle there haB been but
one fatality That wNs little child
A number Of the country people have
died and there are several eases OF