Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-06-27

Arkansas will be bone dry; county
judges will be required to have had
, tours years experience in the practice
of law before they can qualify for Of
fee.
I. T. Neergaaid of Lindborg, Kan,
| formerly an instructor of sociology at
the University of Minnesota, has
| been retained as assistant to E. d.
Philbrick,l secretary of the War Camp
| Community Service, which has juris-
diction over such activities at Camp
Pike, Eberts Field at Lonoke, ARK,
and Park Field at Wilmington. Tenn.
| The Searcy, Pangburn and McRae
Home Guard Companies were given
authority by the adjutant generals de-
partment to hold an encampment at
Judsonia on July 4. None of the ex-
pense Of the ecampment is to be
borne by the state.
The Export Cooperage Company of
Leslie has increased the price of I'M
skilled labor to $2.10 per day. Sew
eral women are working there, owing
| to shortage of men, caused by so
many entering the service.
Mayor w c. Middleton of Para
gould has issued a proclamation c4-
claring a half-holiday on June %, in
order that the citizens may work for
| the success of the sale of War Saw
ings and Thrift stamps.
Practically every county in Arkan-
sas is represented among the 300
| drafted men who are arriving on the
campus of the University of Arkan-
sas for two months intensive training
in mechanical trades.
Judge Marcellus L. Davis of Oar
| danelle was appointed a member of the
| Board of Examiners from the Fifth
Judicial Circuit to succeed Judge
John F. Sellers of Morrilton, who
| died recently.
The students of Arkansas College
at Batesville during commencement
presented the college with a Libert Y
bond. They also presented the insli-
tuition with a service flag with 35
stars.
The State Highway Department
sent plans to Crittenden county for
a 57-mile roadway to be constructed
of gravel in the vicinity of Earle The
estimated cost of the road is $4,000.
A service flag containing II stars,
was unfurled at the dedication pro-
gram of the Dallas County Teachers
Institute, in honor of the teachers
who have gone from that county.
The Missouri Pacific Railway Com
pany has offered a prize of SOS to the
members of girls canning club al
Camden making the best record in
fruit conservation.
Berry growers of the McRae dis
trict netted 100000 from strawberries
this year exclusive Of about two cars
shipped by express, which brought
fancy prices.
The children of Fordyce under the |
direction of Miss Ellen Knight, pre-
sented the patriotic play, "Liberty's |
Torch" The proceeds were given to |
the Red Cross.
Lieut.. ]. c. Jolly of the aviation |
branch of service is at Warren from
O., for few days stay
with relatives before he reports pack
for duty.
The Rev. D. A. Gregory. for the past
year pastor of the First Baptist |
Church at Stuttgart, has resigned
Miss Josephine Miller of Little |
Rock, representing the National Wo- |
mems Suffrage Association, who is or
ganiZing equal suffrage central COM
mittees in north Arkansas counties,
has completed an organization 1t this
place.
The local board of Independence
county has received a call for four
white men to go to Tulane University
at New Orleans for special training in
radio operation. The men will be sent
from here July Is.
The Dierks Lumber and Coal Com
pany began the construction of a To-
mile highway from Dierks to New
hope in Howard county. The highway
will be used by the mill to haul TIM
Der over. About 20 auto trucks have
been ordered for this service.
One Of the most successful sessions
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