The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-22

persiding clerk of the sixty-seventl
seventh annual session OF the SYNOD
or Arkansas which feld its sessions
here at the First Presbyterian church
approximately 100 ministers and rul
iEg elders from all parts OF the state
were in attendance
Little Rock-Dr, r. NJ Cow, state
veterinarian, has announced that 10
counties will be released from the
tick quarantine on December l. Those
to be released are: Pulaski, Saline,
Arkansas, Lincoln, Drew, Cleveland,
Pike, Howard, Sewer, Polk and Little
River, while 210 square miles will be
released in Miller county, $50 square
miles in Clark, $50 square miles in
White and $50 square miles in Prai-
| RE.
Fayetteville eat The six public
/ hearings conducted in Northwest Ar
kansas by Dr.. j. A. Elliott, secretary
/ OF the State Plant Board, and George
| &. Becker, chief inspector for the
/ board, the apple growers OF Benton
and Washington counties placed them
selves on record as being behind the
I Plant Board if regulations are passed
which will require the destruction Of
cedar trees in the apple belt
Little Rockville Industrial Trans
portation Company. with headquarters
in Washington, D. c.. has bought the
cid We'll packing plant, foot of East
Sixth street, and has renovated and
equipped it to handle 100 head of
hogs and 300 head of cattle per day
The company expects to spend $780,
900 in enlarging and perfecting the |
packing plant capacity.
Fort Smith.--One hundred and six
ty-four candidates were initiated |
with the first rank into the Knights of
Pythias Lodge at the district conven.
tiCn of that organization held here. A
feature of the gathering was the an
nouncement that Al Hassen Temple
Knights Of KhOrresan. of the Pythian
organization, would be removed from
Little Rock TO Fort Smith.
Little Rock.-Judge Trieber has ad-
mitted to citizenship the following:
B. Mendell T. Tut, William Miller,
Berthod Miller, E. Kocourek, Martin
Braunn. Otto Kaufman, Abraham
Lindenberg, Gustave Koenen, Steph,
en- Zdnavitch, John Louis Moix, Ru-
Golf Bosshardt, Richardson Frederick
Ertck, A. Lindstrom, Walter Wilhelm
and Rudolph Kull.
Notwithstanding P. Wooten Of
Little Rock was nominated by Presi.
TENT Wilson to be United States az
torney for the Eastern District of
Arkansas. Andrew Jackson Walls OF
little Rock was renominated United
States marshal. John H. Parker of
Fort Smith was nominated United
states marshal for the Western Dis
riot Of Arkansas.
Little Rock.-School children af- t
ected with epilepsy cannot be sus. t
pended from attendance at public f
chools in Arkansas unless the fire. A
uency OF their attacks become a nui. a
anee to the other pupils, according t
o an opinion prepared by Attorney D
ieneral Arbuckie at the request of d
ames l.. Bond, superintendent of pub a
C instruction. e
Jonesboro.--A very interesting ses. G.
ion OF the district meeting, KnNhts 81
Pytnias, was held here with Su. p
rene Chancellor Davis and sevaral
the grand officers of the state pres II
Mt, A large number of members W
'om visiting lodges were present and 81
1ck part in the meeting. tt
Fl
Fayetteville.-With the exception te
an official survey to definitely es.
'hliSh all boundaries, the work Of 81
tanning and plating the new farm CT
the University Of Arkansas il al
bout completed, according to Dean W
artin Nelson of the College of Agri- -
allure.
Little Rock-The following add.
onal officers in the National Guard
serve were announced recently.
apt Edward K. Hooper, field artil.
ry; First Lieut.. and Chaplain John
R. Score and First Lieuts. of In,
ntry Frank H. Freeman and John
Vaughan.
RussellviIle.-The Second District
yricultural school has set a new
sh record for attendance, the en-
llment being 312 All rooms in the
are filled and some Of the
cational training students are be-
placed in rooms out in town.
Flytheville.- Nathan Barrett, aged
dropped dead on the street here
Mr.. Barrett fell he exclaimed that
had been poisoned, but upon inyes. 4
alton two packages of heart tablets. M
ettle of paregoric and several pack. $
IS Of asperin We're found upon him I
IAN Buren'-G. T. Cazort of liar. lSS
ton, one of the wealthiest planters ig2
this section brought 500 bales of %,
ton into Van Buren, at the rate of 80 ~,
bales per day, The cotton had -
n stored on the Cazort place since - =,
Z. i-NO WI
little Rock.-SeveraI landowners OF
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