The Pulaskian., 1919-08-01

E. Mckinley, deputy state com missioner of labor, visited points in northern Arkansas, where he inves- ttgated working conditions of women employees in hotels, restaurants and rooming houses. He said that he found the proprietors complying with the order of the Minimum Wage and Maximum Hour Commission in prac- ticaily every instance.
 Private George w. Garner, son of J. w. Garner who lives in Lonoke county near England. has been awarded a Distinguished Service Cross by General Pershing, on be- half of the president, for extraord;- nary heroism in action at Exermont. France, on October 4, 1918, it has been announced by the War Depart ment
 Efforts of the Ministerial Alliance or Little Rock to stop the playing of Southern Leageu baseball at Camp Pike on Sundays have been success Iul. It was announced at the camp that pursuant to an order from tho War Department at Washington no more professional games will be played in the camp on Sundays.
 Col. J. P. Fancher of Berryville commander of the John G. Fletcher Camp, United States Confederate Veterans, has called the twenty-ninth annual reunion of the members of the camp. The reunion is to occur ir Green Forest, August z, s and 9. and is not only for Confederate vet erans, but also for all Federal vel. erans
 "Fhe county teachers institutes in all the counties of the state have been unusually we'll attended this year, and the interest and enthus- iasm in the work has been good' John l., Bond, state superintendent, of public instruction, said. MT. Bond has just returned from Newton coun- ty, where he attended the institute.
 Authority to reorganize the Ar kansas National Guard, which was mustered into federal service snort ly after the United States declared war on Germany. was received bv Adiutant General Lloyd EngIand, from Maj. ] Mel Carter. chief of the Militia Bureau of the War De- rartment
 r. P. Clark. superintendent of the Arkansas Deaf Mute Institute since 1917. has rendered his resignation to the State Board of Control. effective at once. Dr. John Robert Dobyns, Tor SS years head of the Mississippi School for the Deaf has been chos- en to succeed MT Clark.
 There are seven different oil and gas companies holding leases on the greater part of the land in north Franklin county. besides several hun- dred acres south of the river.
 The wild blackberry crop in Ban ton county is one of the largest eve known and the berries brought into the city nd a ready sale at 50 cents a gallon.
 The cantaloupe movement has started at Loekesburg and several carloads are being shipped every day A great deal of difficulty Is heinz experienced in getting cars. but the railroad promises relief from this,
 Polk county,s youngest bride of the year was found when County Clerk Will Alexander issued a mar riage license to l.. M. Cogburn. agei i l9. of Amit and Miss Belle DilIbeck. aged II, of Big Fork.
 sixty-two Sebastian county boys and girls. members of the boys and girls farming clubs, took the short course in modern agriculture at the Russelwille Agricultural College.
 The Fort Smith Building Trades Cc<ncil was formally organized, with every organized building trade in the city as a member of the council.
 The canning factory at Berryyilla is being put in readiness to open l in few day