The Pulaskian., 1919-07-18


 the session for the consideration Of other legislation, according to sever al senators and representatives who were in Little Rock
 At the celebration of the 18th yea of the founding of the Pine Bluff Christian Church, held at the high school auditorium more than $26,000 in cash was pledged as the nucleus Of a building fund for the erection of a new church edifce which will cost ap- proximately $40,0O0
 Letters were mailed by Thomas A. Wilson. state labor commissioner, calling attention to employers of wo- nien and children to many alleged viz olations of the maximum hour and minimum wage and child labor laws discovered recently by inspectors from the United States Bureau of La boT
 At meeting at Little Rock the Aero Club of Arkansas was formed, with Capt J. c. Cone as president; First Lieut.. B. H. Griffin as vice pres ident, and First Lieut.. Dave w. Wei gel. ecretary-treasurer. The club will affiliate with the Aero Club Of America
 The committee of citizens named by Mayor Brickhouse to inaugurate campaign for beautifying the city and to improve sanitation conditions iii Little Rock, met in the mayors office and organized by the election of Frank M. Blaisdel1 as chairman and Mrs. Geo. A. Leiper, secretary.
 Three thousand refrigerator cars now are stored in Arkansas and 30 additional will be diverted to that state daily to move the huge peacn and cantaloupe crop. This is the in formation obtained by Representative Jacoway from the Railroad Admins 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 lshed by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.
 The Baraca Class of the Baptist church of Fl Dorado claims to have 1 furnished more men to the world war than any other similar organization in the state. Their service flag con | tains Al blue stars and one gold one.
 Depositors of the defunct Farmers and Merchants bank of Murfreesboro were paid F per cent of their de- posits, aggregating $5,600, by the State Banking Department, it was an nounced by w. T. Maxwell commits sioner.
 Eureka Springs was chosen as the place for holding the 1920 convention of the Arkansas Rural Letter Car riers' Association at the final session of their two-day meeting at Little Rock.
 Charles Davis, son of Judge W. T. Dayis, has returned home from over. seas. He was the only Van Buren county boy to win the coveted French war cross.
 
 J. E White, Washington counvv farmer, recently sold carload of hogs at Chicago for $21S0 per hun dredweight, according to information received by Jim c. Ferguson, commits sioner of mines, manufactures and az riculture.
 Dr. I T. Tipton, county health of. ficer of Baxter county. has issued a warning to the people of this county against typhoid fever and has advised them to clean up their premises and use plenty of lime.
 Shipments of peaches from Ozark has begun. There Is an immense crop and the fruit is large and finely colored.
 II. r. Poe of England, vice presi- dent of the association, was elected president to succeed John R. Cox of Waldron.
 For the first time this season the farmers of the upper White river country have their crops out of the l grass and weeds.