Cleveland County herald., 1919-04-24

turn for an increase in anthracite rates. MT. Couch reported he also had 10000 tons of the slack on hand.
 The first official act of acting Gov ernor Ben F. McFerrin, president pro tenn, of the Senate and ex-officfo lieu tenant governor, who occupied the position as chief executive during the absence of Governor Brough, was to appoint J. T. Gill, special county and probate judge of Benton county, to hear several cases, in which Judge Joe Beasley is disqualified.
 Acting Governor McFerrin issued Q proclamation offering reward of S200 for the apprehension and convfc- tion of the burglars who on April 2 broke into the store of H. M. Steph- ems at Blevins and escaped with Lib ert bonds, war savings stamps, post age stamps, notes and merchandise valued at s27,5O0.
 A city ordinance was passed by the North Little Rock City Council. penalizing the transportation of in toxicating liquors into North Little Rock, similar to the state law. The fine was fixed at not less than S1O0 or more than S1000 or not less than 30 days or more than 90 days i'm prisonment.
 John l.. Bond, superintendent of public instruction, has mailed cleo tion supplies to the county superin- tendents and examiners to be used m the school elections throughout the state on May IT. School directors for each of the 5000 school districts in the state will be elected.
 Batesville has made it's first oiling of the streets since the spring season came and Main street will be thor oughly oiled and kept in good condi- tion until the city council can ar range for paving the streets, which will probably not be many months in the future.
 The Rogers Cooperative Press takes exception at certain residents of Rogers who, it is reported, have asked the Grand Jury to take action against the ladies of the Red Cross canteen at Rogers, who have been dis. tributing cigarettes as well as food to soldiers on passing troop trains.
 The program for the state conveu- tion of the Arkansas Press Associa- tion, Little Rock, May 19, was pre- pared by the Program Committee, composed of B. B. White of Benton, president of the association; R. O.. Schaefer of Little Rock, secretary, and D. DeHaven of Little Rock.
 The commissioners of the Wood ruff and Prairie County Road I'm. provement District No. 6 has let the contract for the construction of the road. The road will comprise 21 miles in Woodruff and Prairie coun. ties at an estimated cost of $40O 900.
 The Polk County Canta1oupe As sociation has signed contract to grow 400 acres of cantaloupes this year. They are guaranteed price of $750 crate. This association sold $500 crates last year.
 c. K. Wilkerson, superintendent of the public schools at Hamburg has, in about two days time, raised nearly $4,000 by public subscription for a new school gymnasium. The board has raised his salary $200 for another year.
 V. c. Petite, vice president of the Bank of Jonesboro and vice prest dent of Arkansas of the Victory loan, is in St. Louis, where he will have charge of the. campaign for Arkansas there.
 Arkansas Cumberland College ia one week received pledges amounting to $3,605 The college is now engag> ed in raising $1O0,000 fund, which must be secured by February ], 1920 to meet some conditional ofrera About $40,000 has been subscribed.
 An ordinance requiring the pay ment of an annual tax of $5 by eacn owner of motor-driven vehicle, as per mitted b an act of the recent legisla ture, was passed by the Little Rocs City Council.
 A. N. Thompson, with the naviga tion department of the government was at Mountain Home getting data on deposits of lithographic stone in this section.
 The twentieth annual convention oi the Arkansas Retail Hardware Asso ciation will be held tn Little Rock on May 6-S.
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