The Monticellonian., 1919-05-09

belief the cross is not of iron. but is of a high grade German silver.
 Capt. H. C. Smith. expert in the Of. fee of the United States public health service at Washington, arriv. cd in Little Rock to investigate the maladY known as sleeping illness. said 10 be prevalent in several parts of the country.
 Dr. F. C. Sage of New York City. a member of the Rockefeller founda- ton commission. has been at Arka- delphia 10 confer with President .. E. Dicken of Ouaehita College reia- tive to endowing the local institution with sf00,000
 Tn spite of the freeze which ae- companied a two days rain. the moisture which was badly needed has helped crops wonderfully. Oats. wheat and grass have taken on new life and corn blowing is in progress in all parts of Baxter.
 All fire insurance companies ope- rating in Arkansas have been noti- fed by the state insurance commits sioners to report their underwriting profit in the state for the past five years. that is from 1914 to 1918. in- elusive.
 The Arkol Company, composed ot Pine Bluff men and capitalized at s1a.o00. filed articles of ineorpatioa with the County Clerk L. T. Sallee and will begin at once developmen. of oil leases in Ouaehita county.
 II. W. Hollard, who has been at the head of the dairying department of the State School of Agriculture at Jonesboro for the past five years. has rendered his resignation to the board of directors.
 The peaches in the Charleston sec tion are developing like fairy tales, being as large as birds eggs and large sized marbles" The three sharp frosis did not seem to affect the peaches in the least.
 Conway county will build f44 miles of asphalt roads within the next two years. The grading is completed on five miles of the system and is pro gressing rapidly.
 The Rev. W. NJ. Hayes of Stephens celebrated his fftieth wedding anni- yersary recently at the Methodist church Fifty dollars in gold was given the couple
 The Supreme Court for the second time has knocked out the Panama Pacific Exposition appropriation bill passed by the Legislature.
 Gov. Brough has appointed VII. liam D Powell of Pine Blun county treasurer Of Jefferson county to sue ceed John Parsons. deceased
 Five poultry dealers report that q weekly average of over S. 0o0 worth of eggs and hens are bought and shipped from Charleston
 | is reported from Fort Smith that according 10 government officials. there are between roo and 500 moon shine stills in op-.ation in Arkansas and fully 1,ooo in Oklahoma.
 Hundreds of persons are visiting Homer and in the Claiborne parish district, where drilling operations are under way.
 Plans are being made in Fulton county Tor holding a county fair this fall al Salem, the county seat.
 John B Taxlor of Thibodaux= and Joseph Ii. Price of Lockport repre-. sented Lafourche parish at the con ference of statesmen and publishers 10 be held in Atlanta. Ga, on May I.
 Reports from over Hempstea1 county show that stock owners gen. erally are complying with the cattle dipping law
 Congressman Otis T. Wingo ad dressed a large audience at Null berry.
 Mrs. Pearl Felks. of CIarksvilIe died with q sleeping sickness. She was sick for about two weeks and did not seem to suffer. but slept almosi constantly.
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