The spectator., 1918-11-08

sion as well as the largest replace ment camp in the country. Major General Omar Bundy. commander or the second division of the American EXpeditionary Force in France, Is to replace Col. Charles Miller as camp cUmmandant and his staff will come with him in about a fortnight. Col. Miller will remain as commandant or the Infantry Central Officers Training School
 John D. Arbuckle, attorney general, holds that if a 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 school director who had served a term in a federal prison for forgery.
 Something like $S25,o0O has been appropriated by Camp Pike authori- ties for the-re- construction of the road system. All roads are to be treated with a binder, so as to make them practically the equal of asphalt high ways The work has already begun in the now officers training camp area where some s6,000,O00 is being expended in buildings.
 Construction has commenced on the new Hostess House at Camp Pike which is to cost upwards of S100,0O0. It is 10 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 Pike's new soldier paper. Garry On" the successor to Trench and Camp. will make it's how Thurs day, November 14. It will be a great success according to reports being made from the camp canvass now Tn progress. Indications point to cir culation of between 35,000 and 40.000. Officers and soldiers will be it's eci. torial and business staff
 Leonard Matlock of Ralph. Marion county. has patented an airplane 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 it impossible to upset it. It also has large air chamber which further stabilizes it.
 A baby son was born a few days l ago to MT and Mrs. Leon Hall of l Grand Prairie, Logan county. Tie child has a living sreat-great-grand- mother a living great-grandmothe and a living grandfather. The Batesville Boy Scouts have an organization of 26 members. In the recent wind-up work of the fourth Liberty Loan they sold nearly S9,O00 worth of bonds in one day. 1 The Van Buren County Lowing ! Court made the usual levies for roads, ! schools and county general purposes and $1.o0o was appropriated to the tick eradication work.
 One of the largest sweet potatoes | s,en in Newport is on exhibition in one of tlo local bank windows. lt weighs oigA, pounds and was raised by Mrs T. W. Collier of Tupelo.
 \ total of 17ooo barrels of apples are now stored in the Bentonrille cold storage plant, according to Manage, ] II. Y. King, and more are being re. cclyed.
 Fifty-scvon carloads of apples have been slipped from Hiwasse this sea son, and NIilt McAilister of that place shipped the first carload of wheat las, week.
 Support the United War Work Cam paign for the boys over There"
 The Rev John T. Walters, for the past four years pastor of the Junction City Baptist Church. has accepted tht
 pastorate of the Baptist church a
 England This will leave both thu Presbyterian and Baptist churche! there without pastor.
 Out of about 100 cases of Spansl
 influenza in Earle there has been bu
 one fatality. That was little child
 A number of the country people hav'
 died and there are several cases O
 pneumonia in the country. An excellent automobile road hal
 been made from Huntsville to Wash ington county line, connecting witt the Fayetteville road.
 William P. Collins of St. Pau