The Dermott news., 1919-07-10

Arkansas Corporation Commission, and .. r. Findiey. reporter. returned from Bentonville, where they held con ference with residents of Bentonvliie relative to q change in passenger train service on the Frisco railroad. The railroad officials agreed 10 change the schedule in d manner satisfactory to the compIainants, Mr. BrasheI sad
 County Agents s. C. Thomas and Joel Lambert and delegation of Jet ferson County planters visited Tallu- Iah. La. to witness demonstration at plantation near that place by repre- sentatiyes of the Department of Agri- culture showing how the boil weeviI IS being destroyed by the use of poison ous spray.
 More than half of thc counties of The State We're represented in the sesef- ner's reception room by prominent cit i2ens who had been selected as chair men of county finance committees for diSiIl5 1ilt iullNlS Ut HUH d k'lNhbN'h VI celebration of the handredfh auniyers- ary of the State in Little Rock. No vembcr 17=22
 The Central Trades Council of Iir- tle Rock launched movement to or ganize citizens cooperative laundry which will Ee incorporatj> for $5o,nQN, in 10000 sharcs ef S5 each The issHe vii not be confined fo union labor hut vii be opened To subscriptions From other citizens it was auuoueed,
 Cotton conditions in Ashley ahfeot and Desaa Counties are yery bad. ac eerdinG 10 reports From planters thsfe. The continuous rams have resulted m the erass getting ahead of farm labor and to make matters worse the bell weevil has appeared this early in the season
 Mr and Mrs. Hohert Dihhs of Earle were appointed superintendent and ma tron. respectively. of the State Ma sonle Home and School at BatesHllte by the Masonic Home board Mir aEG Mrs Bihhs will succeed George M. Lonsan and wife. resigned
 A tack. which had been lodged in little Howard Anderson's bronchial tube for six months and nine days. was removed a few days ago. The child is years old and son of Mir. and Mrs Lou Anderson who live near Malvern.
 X delegation of prominent Helena citizens. headed hy Judge Moliter. ap- pearod before the State Highway Com mission seeking Federal and state aid for the Ma1yeil and West Helena road district. which is branch Of the Bank head highway system.
 All strawberry records have been broken by a citizen of Walker, in White County according to claims made by H K. Richardson of that that place He reports 1.330 net from one acre this season
 < II. Burnett, who lives on inc Robins farm on the Arkansas river near Conway brought in the first cot ton bloom of the season. The first bloom this year was 12 days later than that of last year.
 Business men of Clarksvillo fur nished a big dinner on the high school grounds for the boys of the corn clubs and the girls of the canning clubs ol Johnson County.
 Many acres of cotton have been abandoned in the vicinity of Gillette because of the continual ram. it is re. ported.
 Seator Robinson of Arkansas is lead ing the fight for the retention of the | United States employment service, | Plans are being made by Mountain i Home men to start the erection ol more houses. There is not vacant 1 house in the town. and there is a strong demand for more houses to rent
 W. S. McCorkle of Allbrook. Howard County. sold 146 bales of cotton in Hope last week at an average of 40ta cents per pound.
 The Osceola City Council has passed an ordinance fixing license on car nival attractions at $500.