Cleveland County herald., 1919-01-02

J. L Bond, state superintendent of public instruction, has commissioned the following county examiners: L. F. Briggs of Yellville for Marion coun- ty; s. E. Walls of Sulphur Rock, for Independence county, V. M. Hardin of McNeil, for Columbia county; M. L. Mccall of Eureka Springs, for west ern district Carroll county; D. ;. ty; G e. Floyd of Glenwood, for Pike county,
 E. c. Johnson general attorney of the Bureau of Internal Revenue at Washington a native of Missouri ard at one time secretary of state of Arkansas, resigned 10 resume the practice of law. He has been in tho government service for 24 years.
 Work on the roads in Faulkner county during the next two years is promised for every one by County Judge J. A. Lea, who declares his intention of enforcing the old statute requiring so many days of work given the roads each year by every citizen.
 Calico Rock is in. now in the grip of all epidemic of influenza and many business houses have been closed, 1a- cIuding the hank and the railroad station, both of which are closed on account of all officers being stricken with the disease.
 Secretary of State Terrall announc- ed that the counties of Ashley, Car roll, Desha, Poinsett and Jefferson failed to send returns from the con- stitutional election held December IS. The other 69 counties voted against the constitution by 11,444 majority.
 Appropriations for the support and maintenance of the Arkansas State Normal School, in the first bill re- corded by the State Senate, total ,$11&,50O, according to B. W. Torrey- son. president of the school.
 Donnie A. Posey of Holland, re- ported recently by the war depart ment as missing in action, was safe and well on December 1, according to a letter received by his parents, MT. and Mrs. w. H. Posey
 A meeting was held in Evening Shade, when an organization was formed to be known as the Business Mer's Club, and the object is to pre- mote the welfare of the town and community.
 Houston tGean former cashier of the Twin City Bank of Argenta, was acquitted by jury in the Pulaski cir. cult court on a charge Of embedding bank funds.
 Fulton county now has Miss Scott as a county canning demonstration agent, and she is organizing the girls of that county into clubs for the sum- grer demonstration work
 The Officers Club at Belmont, near Camp Pike, was destroyed by fire The loss is placed at $45,000, with $27y000 insurance.
 The Bank of Bonneville, Logan county, was robbed by lone bandit who took S1,200.
 B. M Ruthpen of Cotter recently bought a Hampshire hog for which he paid $500
 The Independence County Swine Growers Association met here Jan- uary 19.
 Jefferson county ginnings of tho crop of 1918, prior to January 1, 1919, show a decline of 1869 bales from the year previous, according to statis- tics received by Judge l.. F. Cheek from the Department of Commerce at Washington.
 Mayors and other prominent citi- zens residing in cities located in the natural gas circuit held conference at Little Rock with the view of ob- taining relief relative to the gas SUD- ply.
 The merger of the Mercantile Trust Company and the Union Trust Com pany, two of Little Rocks strong est institutions, took place recently. It will be known as the Union < Mercantile Trust Company, with a capital of $250,000.
 Gaston saux, agec,1t2. widely known in the south as Hotel mana ger, died at New Orleans of infuen- za He managed hotels in Little Rock. vicksburg. New Orleans and oths1 southern cities.