The spectator., 1919-11-21

Pine Bluff-M. F. McCrary of Ash. down was elected moderator and Rev. Hugh Robertson, pastor of the Pres hyterian church at McGee, was named persiding clerk of the sixty-seventh seventh annual session of the synod of Arkansas which held its sessions here at the First Presbyterian church. Approximately 100 ministers and rul- iIg 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 1. Those to be released are: Pulaski, Saline, Arkansas, Lincoln, Drew, Cleveland, Pike, Howard, Sevier, Polk and Little River, while 210 square miles will be released in Miller county, 450 square miles in Clark, $50 square miles in White and $50 square miles in Prai- rie.
 Fayetteville.-At the six public hearings conducted in Northwest Ar kansas by Dr. J. A. Elliott, secretary of the State Plant Board, and George G. Becker, chief inspector for the board, the apple growers of Benton and Washington counties placed them selves on record as being behind the Plant Board if regulations are passed 1yhi n1, will 10 cedar trees in the apple belt.
 Little Rock-The Industrial Trans portation Company, with headquarters in Washington, D. C.. has bought the cid Veil packing plant, foot of East Sixth Street, and has renovated and equipped it to handle 100 head of hogs and 300 load of cattle per day. The company expects to spend S50o,- 900 ins enlarging and perfecting the packing plant capacity.
 Fort Smith.--Onc hundred and six ty-four~ candidates were initiated with the first rani. into the Knights of Pytiias Lodge at the district convcn Ss = feature of the gathering was the an nouncement that Al Hassea Temple, Knights of khorresan. of the Pythian organization, would be removed from Little Rock to Fort Smith.
 Little Rock.--Judge Trieber has aG- mitted to citizenship the following: B. Wendell. T. Tut. William Miller, Berthod Miller, F.. Kocourek. Martin Braunn. Otto Kaufman. Abraham Lindenberg. Gustave Koenen. Steph. en Zdnavitch, John Louis Moix. Ru- dolf Bosshardt, Richardson Frederick Brick A. Lindstrom, Walter Wilhelm, and Rudolph Kull.
 Washington.-June P. Wooten of Little Rock was nominated by Prcsi- dent Wilson to be United States at torney for the Eastern District of Arkansas Andrew Jackson Walls of Little Rock was renominated United States marshal John II. Parker of Fort Smith was nominated United States marshal for the Western Dis tr1ct or Arkansas.
 Little Rock-School children af- fected with epilepsy cannot be sus- pended from attendance at public schools in Arkansas unless the ire quency of their attacks become a nui- sance to the other pupils, according to an opinion prepared by Attorney General Arbuckle at the request of James L. Bond, superintendent of pub lie instruction.
 Jonesboro.-A very interesting ses- sion of the district meeting, KnVhts of Pytnias, was held here with Su- preme Chancellor Davis and sevaral of the grand officers of the state pres ent A large number of members from visiting lodges were present and took part in the meeting.
 Fayetteville.-Wit the exception of an official survey to definitely es tablish all boundaries, the work oi planning and plating the new farm of the University of Arkansas is l about CO0lDlttet, dCIOl uliE Ut DCslh Martin Nelson of the College of Agrl- culture.
 Little Rock.-The following adet tional officers in the National Guard reserve were announced recently i Capt Edward K. Hooper, field artil lery;s First Lieut.. and Chaplain Johr l N. R. Score and First Lieuts of In fantry Frank H. Freeman and Johr R. Vaughan. l Russellvillo.-The Second Distric Agricultural school has set a new | high record for attendance. the en rollment being 312, All rooms. in thf dormitories are filled and some of thu vocational training students are be ing placed in rooms out in town.
 Ilytheville-Nathan Barrett, ages