Cleveland County herald., 1919-10-30

Eans of the United States District l Court, following the filing of peti ton of Henry P. Filiiard, receiver for the bank, which failed in 1916. The receiver is granted the right to sell | tlIe assets either at private or public sale.
 Forrest City.-At the special cleo l ton held in St. Francis County Road Improvement District No 1, at which the question of whether a second is- sue of bonds should be made for the purpose of raising sufficient funds with which to finish the roads, the Ncte stood SIS for and 254 against The measure. A majority of II for tbe completion of !he road. Huntsville.-After escaping death or injury in some of the f1ercest bat ties on the French front, John Sans of Whitner returned home only to be- come the victim Of a probably fatal accident. He was riding a horse It full gallop when q telephone wire, which had become loose and was fes- tooned across the road, caught him ty the neck.
 Blytheville. The report of the Sunday school census taken by the different Protestant churches of Blytheville, show 12 per cent of the 1,5S7 adults seen already enrolled in Sunday school, 49 per cent of the l. IA young ladies under 21 years of age enrolled and 424 members of churches with membership not yet placed in Blytheville.
 Fort Smith.--That high grade dairy stock is the best investment is shown by the annual report Supt M J Mil Ter of the Sebastian County hospital filed in the County Court. In August, 1918, a herd of seven Holstein cows was purchas ed for the hospital and since that time the milk obtainad has more than paid for the entire Herd.
 Little Rock.-One Of the largest pears ever grown ir Arkansas, weigh iug 25 ounces, was received recently by Jim c. Ferguson, commissioner of rines, manufactures and agriculture, from c. c. Morrow of Clinton, Van I'uren county. The pear will be pre- served and placed on exhibition in the Agricultural Departments mu- scum.
 Washington, D. C.-June P. Wooten of Little Rock has been recommended as the successor to w. H. Martin, present district attorney for the East crn District, who has resigned A. J. Walls, United States marshal for the Eastern District, and John H. Parker for the Western District, were rec commended to succeed themselves.
 Little Rock.-Nine hundred and cighty-one new acts have been placed upon the statute books of Arkansas this year. The regular session of the General Assembly enacted 696 meas u1es, the first special session passed one act, and the fast extraordinary session added 2S4 making a grand totaI for the three sessions of 9S1.
 Texarkana.-TheT Texarkana Cham Fer of Commerce has been notified by the Lawson Air Line Transportation Company, at Milwaukee, Wis, that 1eXarkana is being considered as a landing station for It's fleet of 24 pas senger atrplanes which are to be plac- ;y, al route within a short time.
 Little Rock.-W L. (Duke) Peo- ples, one of the organizers of the ne gro organization charged with fnstf- gating the recent race troubles at Elaine, Phillips County, and who es- capped from the Arkansas City jail af- ter assauIting the jai1or recently, has been captured. He was found hiding in a swamp near Winchester
 Searcy.-White county crops have oeen seriously damaged by the con- t.nued hard rains of the past several days, the estimated loss on cotton alone running into the thousands.
 Little Rock-On November 1 and 8 Arkansas will have an opportunity to see the footgall teams of the Sec ond and Fifth Division in action against the Third Division at Camp Pike.
 Batesville.-An unofficial census Vas taken in Batesrille, when the re- suit gave the city proper total of 4,- 0o5 inhabitants. Tnis report does not include any suburban districts.
 Batesville.-The Mount Olive Slave Company of Batesville sold the steam CT Huff, used by he company for several years to transport timber, to Blanship and Jones of Newport. The purchasers will use the boat to carry timber on the White river.
 Sherrill.-Robert Kirby, negro farmer living three miles from here,