The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-17


in raising the necessary flnds.
Approximately $4,000 articles of
clothing, worth at conservative es.
innate $4,000, were gathered by the
Rotarians of Pine Bluff and will be
shipped to the Red Cross to the desti-
tute of France and Belgium.
j. w Sutton, who lives near Cros-
sett, expects to make 60 bushels of
wheat on an acre and a half on his
place. He says three-fourths of the
farmers in the Crossett district are
raising wheat this year.
Joe Asher of Little Rock is at Cam
den making an estimate of the cost
of paving the city streets. The city
is contemplating creating an improve
ment district to pave the principal
streets of the city.
The planning mill owned by the
Granger-Kelly Lumber Company Of
Eureka Springs was destroyed by fire
recently. Several carloads of lumber
were also destroyed The loss is plac-
ed at $4,000.
James Brewer. 20 years of age. died
at the home of one of his sons near
Shiloh. Sebastian county, few days
ago. Mr. Brewer was the father of u
children, 6 of whom were present at
his funeral.
Seeutmaster George H Hillhouse is
making plans to put on a minstrel
show IN Newport for the benefit Of
the Roy Scouts and the Red Cross.
Mrs Hersehel Cast will have charge
of the work.
Governor Brough granted pardon
to HUGHES Coleman. Is years old, con-
weed Of burglary in Woodruff county
at the September G91O term and
sentenced to four years in the peniten-
tiary.
oH ACCOUNT I'll III UtdllD W. W. W.
rer has leased the Hope News to w
r. Shook, who comes TO Hope from
Shreveport, where he has been con-
nected with the Shreveport Times.
w r. Elsev, postmaster at Hunts
vile, Madison county, has resigned
because the salary is not commensu.
rate with the greatly increased duties
and responsibilities of the Office
Advertising to aid the second war
fund drive Of the American Red Cross,
the week of Nav % has been made
possible through contributions OF
space by &c firms of Conway.
The Red Cross group at Cave
Springs recently made $40 on an
auction sale. Practically every Ben
ton county community has an active
group of Red Cross workers.
The Des Arc public school has a
record of 100 per cent in the Thrift
stamp drive. with a per capita invest
ment OF about 81. totaling about $3.50
for the entire school.
Asa Glover of Amity, who joined
stationed at Cambridge. Mass, was
recently to Miss Gertrude
Woodman of Boston.
The Rockwell Manufacturing Com
pany Of Camden is working on a gov
eminent order for 5000 screen doors
to be shipped to Camp Beauregard.
About so women, 30 white and 20
negroes. are working in the lighter
Jobs vacated BY men employees of the
Union Sawmill Company at Huttig.
The mems class of the NJ e.
Church. South. of Russellville, has
presented TO the church a large SER
vice flag, containing so stars.
The committee on the determination
of rats in Ratesville recently collected
more than $50 from local merchants
to pay reward for killing rats.
Three buildings, two Of which were
vacant. and the Peaque grist mill at
Amity were destroyed by fire recently
with loss of about $1,000
Forty-seven head of Shorthorn cat
Tie were sold AT Harrison by the
Northwest Arkansas Breeders Associ.
ation of Fayetteville.