The Nevada County picayune., 1919-07-17


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 The report of the government 'a- Dor investigators says that 1SS white women and 136 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 the 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 10 extend the session for the consideration of other legislation. according to seyer- al senators and representatives who wore in Little Rock
 Al .he 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 new church edifice which will cost ap- proximately S40000.
 Letters were mailed by Thomas A. Wilson, state labor commissioner, ceiling attention to employers Of wo- men and children to many alleged vf- olations of the maximum hour and minimum wage and child labor laws discovered recently by inspectors from the United States Bureau of La bor
 At meeting at Little Rock the Aero Club of Arkansas was formed, with Capt. J. C. Cone as president: First Lieut.. B. II Griffin as wire pres ident, and First Lieut.. Dave w. Wei gel. secretary-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 il Little Rock. met in the mayors office and organized bv the election O, Frank NJ Blaisdell 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 hv Representative Jacoway from the Railroad Adminis- 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 lished by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.
 The Raraca Class of the 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 tains 44 blue stars and one gold one.
 Depositors of the dcfunct Farmers and Merchants bank of Nurfreesboro were paid 12 per cent of their de- posits aggreeatine S5600, by the State Banking Department, t was an. nounced by W. T. Maxwell commits sioner
 Eureka Springs was chosen az the place for holding the 1920 convention of the Alkansas Rural Letter Car riers' Association at the final session of their two-dav meeting at Little Rock
 Charles Davis, son of Judge w T Davis. has returned home from over- seas. He was the only Van Buren county hoy to win the coveted French war cross,
 J E White Washington county farmer, recently sold carload of hogs at Chicago for s21.S0 per hun dredweieht, according 10 information received by Jim C. Ferguson. commits sioner of mines, manufactures ana az riculture.
 
 pr I T. Tipton, county health of fcer of Baxter county. has issued a warning to inc people of this county against typhoid fever and has advised them 70 clean up their premises and use plenty of lime.
 Shipments of peaches from ozark has begun. There IS an immense CroD and inc fruit is large and finely