The Monticellonian., 1918-08-30

 tance of 20 feet, but was unhurt. Preparations are being made at Mena for the annual teachers insti- ute, which will be held from SepteiE- Der 23 to 27. closing with the usual educational rally and club contest.
 The Mena City Council has passed an ordinance granting the Common ! wealth Public Service Company, OWE CT of the local light and ice plants, franchise for 21 years. l The "Giye=a-Bushel' campaign at | Hope was opened by Oscar von Ripcr, who gave a bushel of sweet potatoes. The potatoes were sold at auction and brought $5125. J. S. Goodman, editor of the Cotter Courier and also mayor of Cotter. has suspended publication of the paper and resigned as mayor He will move to Little Rock
 The Camden School Board has l made arrangements to use the Citi- zen's theater next year for a high school, while the new school is under | construction
 An oil well is being drilled near Lockesburg under the management of Hal Vaughan, and it is reported that indications of gas and oil have. been | found.
 The Clark County Lumber Com pany's mill at Smithton, which bufn- ed recently. will not be rebuilt at present, because of the shortage Of | labor.
 The demand for manganese. brought about by the war, is creating great stir in Polk county, where the ore has been known to exisit for many l years.
 A bridge party at Bella Vista, ar ranged by Mrs. Dunbar and Mrs. Blackmore, who are summer guess at the resort, netted $9 25 for the Red | Cross.
 The Export Cooperage Company at Leslie has raised a large service flag containing 16S stars representing the number of their employees now in service.
 T. F. Jones and his sons are saw l ing 100 walnut logs on their farm near Decatur to be sold to the gov | ernment for airplane construction William Rogers of New York city. vaudeville actor, formerly a resident of Rogers, has sent the local Red Cross chapter a check for $4O0 The annual report of County Ex- aminer w. H. Hughes gives a school population of Madison County at g. 059 males and 3,020 females
 Sam Roberts of England joined | the marines and is now in France ser wing in a company explained by j. ? Harvis of Pine Bluff
 The annual Greenbrier Sunday school convention will hold it's session at the Oak Bowery church Septem- Der IA and 15
 Wolves have appeared in the north | uyn arf of Anity. Some stock has been killed by them.
 Osage Mills, small town south east of Centerton, will hold its an- nual Old Settlers picnic on Au- gust 31.
 Arthur B. Webber of Mountain Home was drowned while swimming in river in France on the Fourth or July, according to information that has just come to his father. The boy was a soldier in the American Expe ditionary Force.
 | William Hein, of Des Moines. Iowa, a graduate of Ames, who hos been selected as the head of the depart ment of horticulture of the Agricul- tural School of Jonesboro, has arriy- ed and begun work. 1 Mrs. w. T. Hurley of BentonviI,e has just completed an intricate piece of crochet work which represents the great seal of the United States. All of the intricate parts are correctly designed. Mrs. Hurley, who is S4 years of age, has presented the piece to her great granddaughter.
 John A. Baker of DeQueen is the champion newspaper subscriber, ao- cording to the DeCueen Bee. He sub scribes to 14 dailies, 40 weeklies and numerous monthly magazines.