The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

l has been awarded 10 MT Lipsey. He i has been in France since 1917.
 The Citizens Telephone Company of Charleston has served nctIce that hereafter all calls must be made by number. It will no longer be possi- ble for subscribers to say Give me Jones' grocery, or Give me the de 1 pot" and get it. Mrs. Alabamo Jones died at Perry vile a few days ago. After the funer- al her son went to get $500 in gold which his mother had hidden on the i premises. He found some one had l stolen the money.
 The Fort Smith public school en- rollment on the opening day of the 1 1917-1S term reached 3,5S5, or I9 more than last year. The high school has 655 students, the largest number in it's history.
 The Banner correspondent of the Heber Springs Headlight says there is q great deal of excitement there over the discovery of manganese. It Is said the metal found assays from $4G to $50 per ton.
 r. L. Hodge. representing the M. T. Raiv1ey Merchandise Company of Memphis, recently took on account a rooster at McNeil, that had been sold for the Red Cross several times. bringing a total of $1S.50.
 Near Rison the threerear-old child of MT. and Mrs. John Cummings was playing in some freshly picked cotton. The baby dug trench in the cotton, fell into 1t and was suffocated before it could be rescued.
 A temporary price of s67 ton for eottonseed in carlots, and $64 ton in wagon lots, for the Fort Smith district, No. 2, was announced by the Food Administration.
 The waterworks and sewerage sys- tenn, which had been under construc. ton during the past IS months at Walnut Ridge, have teen turned over to the city
 The East End Batesyille school has been enlarged by the addition of 6 new sehoolroom, which was required on account of the increased school at tendance.
 There are a number of peach treos at Ozark in full bloom, and several have small peaches on them. Also there are few apple and pear trees in bloom.
 The cotton and corn crop at Ola will make only about 30 per cent and the farmers are planting rye and barley for winter pasture for their stock.
 A detachment of Sousa's famous Great Lakes Naval Training Station band will be at Ashdown October 12, to boost the Fourth Liberty bond cam. paign.
 The angelus will be rung hereafter at Siloam Springs. At the sound of the bell the people will pause to pray.
 The acreage of wheat sown in Full ton county in 1918 was 5,24O, against 3.0S3 for 1917, gain of 2,237 acres.
 A threatened epidemic of smallpox has caused the school at Spring Val ley. Madison county, to be closed.
 The stave mill of the Henry Wrape Company at Paragould, which was de. stroyed by fire three months ago, en- tailing a loss of S75, ,000 has been com pletely rebuilt and has resumed ope. 1 ration.
 Farmers around Ozark are coming in daily with some produce to give to the "give-a-bushel' movement $. B. Allen was knocked down and painfully hurt by q bull near England a few days ago.
 A huge war map will be erected at prominent dowtown location by the Fort Smith Advertising Club and the war moves of the allied armies against the Germans will be recorded each day.
 The citizens of Pea Ridge raised | s700 toward securing the route of the Ozark trail.
 1t is thought that Marion coun y will have fair this year in spite ui the war.
 The Republicans of Fulton have placed county ticket in the field.
 The Missouri Pacific railroad de pot at Haskell has been discontinued
 The Fl Dorado city schools opened with q record attendance of over 500
 The Bank of Melbourne recently in stalled safety deposit boxes. | A county fair will be held at Calico | |