Cleveland County herald., 1919-07-31

$l50 each this year to the members of canning and poultry clubs maK,ng the best records, according to an an nouncement made by Miss Connie J. Bonslagel, state home demonstration agent for Arkansas, authorized by B. C. Powell, chairman of the Agricul- tufal Committee of the Arkansas Bankers Association.
 E. l. Mckinley, deputy state com missioner of labor, visited points in northern Arkansas, where he inves- tigated working conditions of women employees in hotels, restaurants and rooming houses. He said that he found the proprietors complying with the order of the Minimum Wage and Maximum Hour Commission in prac- tically every instance
 Private George w. Garner, son of J. w. Garner. who lives in Lonoke county, near England, has been awarded a Distinguished Service Cross by General Pershing, on be- half of the president, for extraord:- nary heroism in action at Exermont, France, on October 4, 1918, it has been announced by the War Depart ment.
 Efforts of the Ministerial Alliance of Little Rock to stop the playing of Southern Leageu baseball at Camp Pike on Sundays have been success ful. It was announced at the camp that pursuant to an order from the War Department at Washington no more professional games will be played in the camp on Sundays.
 Col. J. P. Fancher of Berryville. commander Of the John G. Fletcher Camp, United States Confederate Veterans, has called tue twenty-ninth annual reunion of the members of the camp. The reunion Is to occur iE Green Forest, August 7, s and g, and is not only for Confederate vet erans, but also for all Federal vet erans.
 "Fhe county teachers institutes in all the counties of the state have been unusually well attended this year, and the interest and enthus- iasm in the work has been good" John l.. Bond, state superintendent of public instruction, said. Mir. Bond has iI1ct ret1,rpad f,o,,, Nro,r+o., o-..,, ty, where he attended the institute.
 Authority to reorganize the Ar kansas National Guard, which was mustered into federal service snort ly after the United States declared war on Germany, was received by Adjutant General Lloyd Eng,and, from Maj J. Mel. Carter. chief of the Militia Bureau of the War De- partment.
 T. P. Clark, superintendent of the Arkansas Deaf Mute Institute since 1917, has rendered his resignation to the State Board of Control, effective at once. pr. John Robert Dobyns, for B years head of the Mississippi School for the Deaf. has been ehos- en to succeed MT. Clark
 There are seven different oil and gas companies holding leases on the greater part of the land in north Franklin county besides several hur- dred acres south of the river.
 The wild blackberry crop in Ben ton county is one of the largest ever known and the berries brought into the city nd ready sale at 50 cents a gallon.
 The cantaloupe movement has started at Lockesburg and several carloads are being shipped every day A great deal of difficulty is being experienced in getting cars, but the railroad promises relief from this.
 Polk county's youngest bride Of the year was found when County Clerk Will Alexander issued a mar riage license to l.. NJ. Cegburn. aged 19, of Anit. and Miss Belle Dillbect, aged II, of Big Fork
 SiXtytwo Sebastian county boys and girls, members of the boys and girls farming clubs, took the short course in modern agriculture at the Russellville Agricultural College.
 The Fort Smith Building Trades Council was formally organized, with every organized building trade in tha city as a member of the council
 The canning factory at Berryville is being put in readiness to upss, In a few daSs.