The Dermott news., 1918-05-30


Dave Knox, age IA. crawled into a
VOLTS den near Mundell. shot the
mother wolf and captured six wolf
pups Wolves have been killing many
sheep in the vicinity of Mnndell, and
sheep raisers gave young Knox about
500 in rewards.
An examination 10 ill the postof
fee eHneaHey At Hurlhurt will be held
at Memphis June I. and another will
be conducted at Womble. June s. to
hll vancancies at Black Springs AMI
Yancopn. it is announced by postal
authorities.
l. c. Milstead. representative of
the Redpath Horncr Chautauoua Com
pany, is At Camden making arrange
mentz with the Camden Public Ser
vice Bureau fer the Chautauaua
course. beginning June 6
The Benton Baptist church. which
IsiS btCH uilAIN- ~tii4S tfFttiiN AVA Inv
past three months. is now completed.
During the time the church services
have been held al the high school
auditorium
The Camden City Council has pass
ed an ordinance creating an M
provement district to pave streets %
the business district and Washington
street through the residence district
Gordon Huffmaster. Inheritance tax
attorney, paid into the state treasury
SAGE So. the amoant of Inheritance
tax collected from the estate of James
7. Clarke Jr.. of Pulaski county.
The city council of Rison has grant
ed a franchise TO the Fordyce Light
4 Water Company to install water
system AT that place. work OF install
ing 10 be started within 30 days.
Several zinc miners in CushmaI
district are turning their attention to
manganese and are investing heavily
in machinery. A manganese field has
been found near Cushman.
Y shelton Of Pine Grove brought
4 load of wood to III Dorado recently
and donated It TO the Red Cross. H
said he VAS not able 10 give The
money. but could give wood
During April the surgical dressing
department of the Fordyoc Red Cross
chapter sent to s. Louis headquar-
tcrs six boxes. containing 1857
dressings and handages
New blower" CRATES have been in.
stalled under the furnaces OF the inu.
nicipa light plant boilers - Conway
and. Il is said viii save from Is to
- per cent of full
In order to help meet the shortage
in labor, especially in farm labor he
University OF Arkansas is enrolling
lis students in the United States Pub
lie Reserve
The Leslie Herald saws there ara
now in Searcy county not less than
eight deserters from the army and
some slackers that have failed TO
register,
John Negim OF Yellyille. Syrian
WHO vas born al Barnit in the How
Isad. bought $4,000 worth ef L4her-
~ bonds during the campaign just
closed
Y H. Eaves Of Little Rock has a.
+ copied the position of city editor OF
/ the Camden Daily Beacon Herald
A total OF sl.6741O019 was on de-
nosit in the three banks OF Conway
ut the close Of business May 10
A banana tree Is growing in the
yard of Mrs O a Atoncly In FL Do
RADIO with a bunch Of fruit on Il.
VII Cowan. a rural mail carrier.
serving route in Benton county.
sold H.5t775 worth of war savings
stamps and Eve $50 Liberty bonds
one day last week Mr. Cowan' =
route lies in the hill country along
White river.
Large shipments of Strawberries
are being made from Piggott by The
Eagle Nurseries The crop. however.
is not more than % per cent OF that
OF last year. and the berries are not
OF the same high quality
tornado struck Lowell, in Ben.
ton county. few days ago and lifted
r A. Todd's garage into the air and
carried II into corn field, The build
ing was torn to splinters. but the au.
tomobiles that were in II were not
damaged.