The Pulaskian., 1919-02-07

The movement TO reduce the acre
age of cotton planted this year was
Endorsed by the Little Rock Cotton
Exchange and Governor Brough will
be requested to issue proclamation
declaring Saturday. February is.
safe and sane farming day" and
calling the farmers of each county
to assemble to discuss methods of
reducing cotton acreage and in
creasing acreage OF grain ana food
crops
The War Department announced
the appointment of the following
candidate from the Third Arkansas
district for the West Point entrances
examination to be held beginning
March Is, 1919 Noble Beasley, prin-
cipal; James E. Britt, first alternate,
and Garland r. Libourn, second al
ternate, all from Bentonyille.
Members of the Executive Commit
tee OF the Arkansas Live Stock
Growers Association at meeting at
work for the passage of the bill in
troduced by Senator Lee Cazort,
which would appropriate 500 600 for
tick eradication work in Arkansas
during the next two years.
The Rev J. r. Howell, missionary
for the Pulaski County Baptist As
ISOLATION, was instantly killed by
falling down the elevator shaft in the
Donaghey Building at Little Rock.
He fell four stories and his body was
horribly mangled by the fall.
Auction sales of horses and mules
will be continued at the Camp Pike
remount station throughout Febru-
airy, i, was announced by Capt. HAIR
ny E. Hoy, who is in charge of the
sales
The oil and gas company, which
proposes to investigate the prospects
in Franklin county has applied for a
charter and upon receiving it will
perfect the organization by electing
Board of Directors and officers.
Adjt. Gen. Lloyd England issued a
statement advocating the location OF
permanent armory for the state
guard in Little Rock.
Guy Camp, one of the first II men
from Faulkner county TO get into the
National Army, crossed the Rhine
with the Army of Occupation soon
after the signing Of the arrnistice.
A Junior Dairy Association, COM
posed of 80 members, mostly of them
boys and girls, has been organized
in Baxter county for the purpose OF
promoting the dairy industry.
After many weeks Of futile search
by federal officers, eight alleged
members of the Cecil Cove band Of
draft evaders surrendered to Sheriff
Carlton of Newton county, and were
turned over to officers at Camp Pike.
I. M. Guthrie was elected chairman
of the Franklin County Memorial AS
ISOLATION at meeting for the pur-
pose of perfecting plan for the
erection of county memorial for the
boys who lost their lives overseas.
The government cotton ginned re-.
port shows 1888 bales ginned IN
Sharp county up to January i.
against 1902 bales the same date
last year, an increase of 9S6 bales.
J. w. Taylor. principal of the
Poughkeepsie High School, has been
appointed county examiner for both
districts of Sharp county.
In the United States Court at Fort
Smith Judge F. A Youmans approx
cd the deed made by /. H. Nakdimen
and G. b. Summers, receivers, trans
ferring the Fort smith, Subiaco and
Eastern Railway to the Common
wealth Trust company vi ot- LOUIS
Mo-, for $4,000.
The farmers 10 miles north Of
Ozark say that they arc forced to
sell al their marketable hogs on ac-
count OF diseases, wo,ves and two
legged animals"
| The drive for the Methodist CEN
tennial mission fund In the territory
of the North Arkansas Conference
will be directed by Dr. John Hugh
Reynolds, president of Hendrix Col
Elege. who has been named chairman
| for the campaign to open on April 27.
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