The Dermott news., 1919-07-17

women ana l3b negro women are employed in hotels in 2S places visit ed. Negro women fare considerably better than the white women. the re- port shows. as they receive consider ably higher wages and have shorter hours.
 When ihe Arkansas legislature con venes in special session at the state capitol shortly to ratify the suffrage amendment to the federal constitu- ton efforts will be made to extend the sessicn for the consideration Of other legislation. according to sever al senators and representatives who were i'll Little Rock
 N .hc celebration of tho 25th yea of the founding of the Pine B)uT Christian Church. held at the high school auditorium more than S26 00a in cash was pledged as tho nucleus Of a building fund for the erection of T new church edifec which will cost ap- proximately $4o000
 Letters were mailed by Thomas X. Wilson, state labor commissioner. calling attention to employers of wo- men and children to many alleged VI. olafions of the maximum hour and minimum wage and child labor laws discovered recently by inspectors from the United States Bureau of La hor
 Al a meeting at Little Rock tho Aero Club of Arkansas was formed. with Capt. I (. Cone as president: First 1.ieut E II Griffin as vic pres ident. and First Lieut. Dave W Wei gel. secrCtary.trcasurer. Thc club will affiliate with tho Aero Club et America.
 The committee of citizens named hv Mayor RHckhouse to iraueurate Il campaign for beautifyins the eity and to improve sanitation conditions il LHae Rock. met in the mayors oflee and organized bv the election o' Frank NJ Blaisdell as chairman and Mrs Geo. \. Leiper. secretary
 Three thousand refrigerator cars now are stored in Arkansas and 3o additional will he diverted to tha. state daily to move the huge peacn and cantaloupe crop This is the in. formation obtained hv Representative Jacoway from the Railroad Admints- tration.
 Little Rock ranks eighth among the thirteen leading Southern States in the relative low average retail costs of forty principal food products, according to the latest report pub lshcd hy the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.
 The Raraca Class of tho Baptist church of Fl Dorado claims to have furnished more men 10 the world war than any other similar organization in the state Their service flag con. taina 44 blue stars and one gold one
 Dcpositors of the dcfupct Farmers md Merchants bank of Murfreeshoro were paid l2 per cent of thcir de nosits aeEreeatine s5.6e0. by the State Banking Department. it was an. nounced by W T MaxW ell commis. sioner
 Eureka Springs was chosen ao the place .or holding the 1920 convention of the Al lan Rural Letter Car. riers' Association at the final session of their two.day meeting at Little Rock.
 Charles Davis. son of Judge W r Davis has returned home from over. seas. He was the only Van Rnren county boy to win the coveted French war cross
 ! F White, a Washlnc'on coun,v farmer, recently sold carload o' hogs at Chlcaeo for s2IS0 Fer hun i drcdweirht according 10 information | received hy Jim C Fercuson. cemmis 1 sinnor af mines. manufactures ma ag. l riculture
 pr T Tipton. county healtA If . Neer of Baxter county. hgs issued | warning to the people af ihis county l against typhoid fever and has advised them fo clean up their premis es and | use plenty of ime
 Shipments Of peaches from Ozark has begun There is m imm,nas Crdp and inc fr-,it Ia t,,,,, on, 4. #