Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-10-30

Ian National Bank were authorized t" be sold by Judge Frank A. You nans of the Unitel States District curt, following the filing of a peti- ton of Henry P. Hiliiard, receiver for the hank, which failed in 1916. The receiver is granted the right to sell tie assets either at private or public sale.
 Forrest City.-At the special cleo ton held in St. Francis County Road Improvement District No 1, at which the question of whether second is sue of bonds should be made for the purpose of raising sufficient funds with which to finiah the roads. tho Ncte stood SIS for and 254 against the measure. A majority of Il for tbc completion of .he road.
 Huntsville.-After escaping death or injury in some of the fiercest bat ties on the French front, John Sams Of Whitner returned home only to be- come the victim Of a probably fatal accident. He was riding a horse It full gallop when q telephone wire, which had become loose and was fes- tooned across the road, caught him ty the neck.
 Blytheyille. - The report of the Sunday school census taken by the different Protestant churches of Blytheville, show 12 per cent of the 1,5S7 adults seen already enrolled in Sunday school, 49 per cent of the l., IA young ladies under 21 years of age enrolled and 424 members of churches with membership not yet placed in Blytheville
 Fort Smith.--That high grade dairy stock is the best investment is shown by the annual report Supt M J Mil Ter of the Sebastian County hospital filed in the County Court In August 1918, herd of seven Hol5tein cows vas purchas ed for the hospital ani since that time the milk ohtaine" has more than paid for the entire lierd
 Little Rock.-One of the largest pears ever grown il, Arkansas, weigh ing 25 ounces, was received recently by Jim c. Ferguson commissioner of T'nes, manufactures and agriculture, fem G. c. Morrow of Clinton, Van I;uren county. The pear will be pre- served and placed on exhibition in the Agricultural Departments mu- scum
 Washington, D. C.-June P. Wooten of Little Rock has been recommended as the successor to w H. Martin, present district attorney for the East crn District, who has resigned. A J. Walls. United States marshal for the Eastern District, ana John H. Parker for the Western District, were rec Cmmeuded to succeed themselves.
 Little Rock.-Nine hundred and cighty-one new act. have been placed upon the statute books of Arkansas this year. The regular session of the General Assembly enacted 696 meas IIes, the first special session passed ono act, and the iast extraordinary session added 2SA making grand tCtal for the three sessions of 9S1.
 Texarkana.-The Texarkana Cham Ter of Commerce has been notified by the Lawson Air Line Transportation Company, at Milwaukee, Wis, that ieXarkana is being considered as a landing station for ifs feee of 24 pas stneer ai,planes which are to be plac- ei in commission on transcontinent- al route within short time.
 Little Rock.-Wa l.. (Duke) Peo- ples. one of the organizers of the ne- gro organization charged with insti- eating the recent race troubles at Elaine, Phillips County, and who es- capped from the Arkansas City jail af. ter assaulting the iailor recently, has been captured. He was found hiding in a swamp near Winchester
 Searcy.-White county crops have been seriously damaged by the con- t.nuod hard rains of the past several days, the estimated loss on cotton a,one running into the thousands.
 Little Rock-On November 1 and 8 Arkansas will have an opportunity to see the footgall teams of the Sec end and Fifth Division in action against the Third Division at Camp Pike.
 Batesville.-An unofficial census Vas taken in Bates. file, when the re suit gave the city rroper total of l.