Cleveland County herald., 1918-07-04

strUction of the Helena-W West Helena
road, estimated to cost 100000. The
bids were considered unsatisfactory
and new bids will be solicited.
The largest farm sale ever made In
Prairie County was closed at Hazen
when John II, Jones sold units one
and two Of the Jones plantation to
Walter S. Vandewater at Kankakee,
Ill, for the sum of 100000.
Earl Swfndler, fled organizer, is
at Jonesboro to confer with the Of
ficers Of the local Young Mems Christ
ian Association on the organization OF
the county outside of Jonesboro for
war work activity.
A telegram was received by Joseph
l.. Solomon OF Helena, who was dis
trict director of the third Liberty loan
campaign, saying that Philips County
won the supreme honor flag, with
262 per cent.
Acting Governor Moncrief has
granted a pardon to Sam Lawson, ne
gro, sentenced in March last by the
Union Circuit Court for one year in
the Denitentiary for assault with in
tent to kill
The City Council of Paragould
passed an ordinance authorizing the
organization of the city into an i'm
prevement district for the purpose of
erecting municipal light and power
plant.
Only about 300 crates of blackber-
ries were shipped from Decatur last
week. During the same week last
year 1000 crates were shipped. This
shows the shortage of crop in this
vicinity.
The flour situation is so serious
that several bakeries around Fort
Smith are threatened with being
closed on account of having exceeded
their flour allowances.
Parker Bros. have installed a Muir
ray system gin fcur miles west CT
Camden. The new plant is a dou-
ble-7e, able to turn out a bale eyerv
thirty minutes.
The potato shipment at Ozark has
been completed. The yield has been
the smallest for years, less than 20
per cent. Prices ranged frem 81 to
$1.35 per hushel.
The Woman's Club is very grateful
to Mr.. Cooper of Stuttgart for a $50
check given by him to them to buy
knitting machine to knit socks for
the Red Cross.
Crop prospects at Murfreesooro are
the best for several years. Wheat is
giving a good yield and the acreage
is much greater than ever before IN
this county.
The first shipment of rice flour
was received at Arkadelphia by one
of the local Wholesale establishments.
The flour is to be sold as a wheat
substitute.
The Ola Red Cross is arranging to
have its second auction sale. It will
offer two registered Duroc Jersey
pigs, an automobile and several other
donations.
The Searcy Ice Company has COM
pleted the rebuilding OF the ice plant
which was burned in March. and is
selling ice manufactured at it's own
plant.
The Batesville Record has been sold
by the Richardson estate and IS now
being published as a weekly under
the management of Robert H. Wad-
dell.
The Chautauqua, which has been
in session at Searcy for the past
week, was a great success, and its
return for next year has been assured.
Ben Love, rural mail carrier for
Mountain Home, has patriotic
COW. She never thought of having
twins until after the war started. She
brought twins in 1917 and when Mr..
Love went out to his barnyard re-
Gently he found another pair.
The sale of Liberty bonds and war
savings stamps has decreased the re-
sources of Arkansas banks since
March by S6,546,12S15, according
to report made by the State bank
department.
Nearly every business man in Fort
Smith signed a petition asking the