Cleveland County herald., 1919-02-20

visiting his sister, Mrs. w. G. Win ters, 1916 Scott street.
 Mrs. Eleanor Slage, supervisor at large for occupational therapy Ill the United States army hospitals, with headquarters in Washington, visited Camp Pike and started the work in the Base hospital instructing the vocational workers in the educa- tional department regarding the re- construction work to be given the men.
 w E. Womble of the town that bears his name and Representative Kelly of Mt. Ida conferred with busi- ness men at Hot Springs relative to bill to be presented to the legisla- ture which calls for the formation of new road district to include Gar land, Montgomery, Hot Spring, How ard and Pike counties.
 F. B. Balentine, White county .arm demonstration, is planning to organize a club, to be known as "The Farm ers' Cooperative Shipping Assoc.a. ticn." The county farm agents will serve as marketing agents without compensation, thus insuring to the producer the full market price for his products.
 The building of bonded ware- houses and a general improvement of the marketing conditions in Arkan- sas will be fostered by practically all of the agricultural agencies of tae state, it was agreed at meeting I'll the eff1ee of Jim c. Ferguson, com missioner of mines, manufactures and agriculture.
 There were 215,923 bales of cotton on hand at the compress points of Arkansas February ', according to weekly cotton statement of the Ar kansas Cotton Trade Association. The report did not include the com presses at Cotton Plant and Jones' boro.a
 The School Improvement Associa- tion of Bearden has rtnted the local Knights of Pythias hall for five years and have purchased more than 200 opera chairs, which are being install ed. This will give Bearden an up-to- date opera house.
 A total of 1000 strawberry plants are being put out by W. H. Pope, wno lives one mile south of Searcy. Last year MT. Pope marketed over 500 crates of berries, besides making Fl bales of cotton, on his 50 acres.
 Food plus cotton equals prosper ity" This is the keynote of a bull letin just issued by Bradford Knapp chief of the States Relations Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.
 D. E. Richer, orchardist of Spring dale. has been engaged to assist the Agricultural Extension Division CT the University of Arkansas in horti-
  sas.
 The Rev J. David Arnold, who re- gently resigned the pastorate of tho First Christian Church of Fort Smith, has accepted the pastorate of the First Christian church at Fayette- vile.
 Dr. J. l. Norris, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Pine Bluff will go overseas as religious work di rector of the Y. M. c. A. War Work Council.
 The Madison county soldiers who are coming home are returning to their old positions, as all places were merely filled by substitutes during their absence.
 A meeting of ministers of the North Arkansas Conference of the Methodist Church was held at Con- way 10 consider plans in connection with the centenary mission drive to be pushed by the denomination dur ing the month of April.
 A mass meeting was held at Bates vile to appeal to the Missouri Pa cific Railway Company, for an addl- tional train on the White River branch, between Newport and Bates vile.
 Miss Cantrell, head nurse at the Russellville infirmary, was seriously burned and a patient was injured when fire destroyed the infirmary building. Miss Cantrell was burned while rescuing patients from the building.
 The local boards of Arkansas have been urged by Adjt. Gen. Lloyd Eng. lot hair