The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-21

must first be made to provide water,
light and heat. On account OF the
fire risk, no insurance can be gotten
at this time.
The state board of managers con-
sists of Fred w. Offenhauser, Tex
arkana; Mrs. Stella Brizzolara, Fort
Smith; Mrs. Lula Parse, Batesville
Mrs. Arthur Alexander, Scott; Geo.
B. Cook, Frank Dodge, DIR. Oates,
Mrs. David Kempner, Little Rock.
Mrs. T. T. Gotham Of Little Rock,
is chairman of the board.
Arkansas has been confronted by
coal famine on account Of the
strike.
Although the strike order has
been rescinded early in the week,
the men had not returned to work
as late as Saturday And in the
meantime the stock has been run
ming low.
In Little Rock the dealers re-
ported that there was few car
loads in the yards on Saturday.
Considerable domestic coal was be-
ing held by the railroads for emer-
gency use, and an effort was made
to induce the administration to re-
lease some of it for general con-
sumption.
On Thursday there was scare on
account of the temporary breakage
in the pipe line near Shreveport.
About the time the frantic house
wives were getting busy providing
other kinds of stoves, and wonder
ing where they would get their coal,
the news came that the break had
had been repaired and that the pres
sure had been restored.
1t was enough, however, to re-
mind the people of Little Rock and
several cities south of here that are
dependent on gas for cooking and
heating, how uncertain is the sup
ply. One of the coal dealers said
that if there was a general demand
for coal, the available supply would
not last three days.
The gas company has been advis-
ing its customers all summer to put
IN an auxiliary supply of wood OF
coal, but many have failed to do so
maintaining an implicit faith in the
inexhaustible supply of natural gas
***s*s
Attorney General John ID. Ar.
buckle has delivered an important
opinion of general interest through
out the state.
He had been asked if a school
board had the authority to exclude
from school pupils who are subject
to epilepsy. This often a vexatiou:
question with school boards. The
query was propounded to Supertin
tendent ], l.. Bond by board which
reported that the pupils in question
cause trouble and annoyance.
Attention is called by the attor
ney general to the fact that the di
rectors of a school have general su
perintendence of the school affair:
of district.
This authority is general in it:
nature, says the attorney general
and could not be construed to Civ,
specific authority to exclude pu
pill from the school merely becaus,
such pupil was afflicted with som,
disease, unless that disease went t,
NHN N~NNNht VI pSlHS illeCLlOuS, o.
to the extent of rendering the pupi
a nuisance to the SCHOOL,"
A teacher may report all case,
of infectious diseases to the board
which may suspend any pupil so af
fiicted.
Epilepsy, however, according t,
the information in the hands of tn,
attorney general, is not an infect
ious disease, and the conclusion
reached is as follows:
You are advised that in the
opinion of this office the director,
of common or public school dis
trict in this state would not be au
thorized to exclude a child from the
public schools merely because il
was afflicted with epilepsy, but the
affection, before the child could be
excluded, would have to go to that
extent that the presence of the
child, on account Of the frequency
of the spells, had become nuisance