Cleveland County herald., 1919-01-16

There are several hundred cases of
influenza in Grant county, with four
deaths, according to reports received
by DR.. c. w. Garrison, state health
officer, and the number of cases is
The number of bales of cotton ginned
In Franklin County for 1918, S,462
against IL, 144 bales in 1917, decrease
Of 1852 bales, and the acreage was
nearly Is per cent larger in 1913 than
1917.
Pat Adams, a mining man OF Cush-
man, has discovered a big deposit of
in refining sugar, for making polisnes
and for numerous otEer purposes.
An agitation is being created in
Batesville favoring the erection of y
liberty hall to the memory of the In
dependence County boys who have
served in the war against Germany.
Camp Pike officials entered strong
denial to the charge that Iowa men
had been Disseminated against in the
matter of receiving discharges from
the army
Alexander Schmidt, former German
coilor poxu an A1Oorioan pricopar or
rived at Fort Roots in charge OF a.
United States marshal and was in
termed there.
The largest bond ever fled by a
county officer in Arkansas was the
bond for $1,106,500 which was filed
by Walter E. Taylor, as collector of
Pulaski county.
Lieut.. Col. Smith of Little Rock,
commanding officer of the old First
Arkansas Infantry during its training
period at Camp Beauregard, la, has
returned from France.
The Little Rock branch of the Fed
eral Reserve Bank at st. Louis has
opened for business. There are 43
member banks signed up. with appli-
cations Of others filed.
The number of bales of cotton gin
ned in Union county prior to Decem.
Der IS, 1918, was 1860, as compar-
ed with 16,249 up to the same date
in 1917.
A directory of Bentonville, which
will include also Centerton, Cave
Springs, Pea Ridge and all the rural.
routes of Bentonville, will appear i'll
a few days.
Lieutenant Colonel Lindsey and
Mrs. Lindsey have arrived to occupy
their home at Bentonville again, since
Lieutenant Lindsey's discharge from
the army.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cal Clark, living near Batesville, fell
into CRATE fire recently at the
Clark home, and was so badly burned
that it died from the effects.
NJ. White, who owns an extensive
goat ranch in the neighborhood OF
Meachum's Cave, on Polk Bayou, lost
over 100 goats during the recent cold
spell. They froze to death.
The Pine Bluff City schools opened
again for the third time this school
year, this time after holiday since
Thanks giving, necessitated by the in
fluenza epidemic, and the gas shortage.
The Rogers Home Guards at meet
ing Friday night voted unanimously to
request the officers to take the neces-
sary steps to demobilize.
Ben d. Brickhouse, state labor COM
missioner and former alderman. was
nominated for mayor in Little Rock
in the Democratic primary.
T. o. Branch, general contractor
for the Aircraft Production Division
of the War Department, who has con-
tracts with many of the 1000 raisers
of castor beans in Arkansas, has re-
ceived orders from Washington to
close the thresher on January 80.
Normal conditions at the Arkansas
State Normal School gradually are be-
ing restored, and before the end of
the session President Torreyson ex-
poets the enrolment to get back to
pre-war figures.
The shortage of gas did not afssct
the men at Camp Pike, which does not
depend upon gas for fuel. With am
pie quantities of wood and coal for
fuel, the big stoves In kitchens and
barracks and in the Y. M. C. A. the
soldiers were comfortable.
Tom ]. Terral. secretary of state.