Cleveland County herald., 1919-01-30

anu prosecuted Will IAC oO-
struction of more than 100 quarts of
whiskey which he had recently taken
from two negroes.
Prior to January 1 there had been
ginned in Clark county 1858 bales
of cotton, as compared with 1899
bales ginned to January I, 1918, &C
| cording to the ginners' report. This
shows a decrease in cotton for Clark
county of 1,130 bales.
Three county examiners were COM
missioned by J. L. Bond, state, super
intendent of public instruction. They
are: A. L. Murrell of Nashille. for
Howard county; H. A Rusting of At
kins, for Pope county; a A. Parsons
Jr. of Mt. Vernon, for Faulkner
county.
The farmers of st. Francis county
are just now beginning to reap the
fruits of same farming based upon the
| growing of more grain and live stock,
as is evidenced by the fact that two
carload shipments of hogs have been
made from this city to st. Louis mar
kets.
At a conference of shippers and
railroad officials at Little Rock it was
agreed that the Sailing plan" of
handling less than carload shipments
out of Little Rock, would be tempo
rarily suspended until complaints of
discrimination against Little Rock
| shippers could be remedied.
DR.. Frederick A. Merrill, regional
director, and his assistants. represent
rrs sfreau of Ed
ucation visiting the Arkansas State
Normal School in the interest of the
school garden army" which the bu-
reau is seeking to organize through
out the nation.
The school Of instruction for Red
| Cross workers was concluded at Con-
way after a session of two days The
workers attended represented units at
Russellville, Morrilton and other near
by cities, as well as units and auxil-
iarias of the county.
The valuation of personal property
in Crawford county IN 1918 exceeded
that of the preceding year by $685.
265, and in Madison county it was
$50, $50 greater, according to report
received by the State Tax Commits
sion.
At a luncheon given in honor of II.
M. Cottrell, agriculturist of the Arkan-
sas Probable Farming Bureau of the
Little Rock banker, by the CONNER
cial Club of Conway, plans for the
profitable farming campaign by Faux
ner county were formulated.
M. L. Altheimer, state chairman of
the Arkansas Armenian-Syrian Relief
Movement, which will begin its CAM
paign February 3, expressed himself
as pleased with the number of ac-
ceptances of county chairmanships he
is receiving.
Governor Brough issued a procla-
nation setting aside Sunday, Febru-
airy 9, as n special memorial day in
honor of former President Theodore
Roosevelt
Two hundred and fifty-four hand
knitted sweaters were shipped to ST..
Louis by the Women's Department Of
the Washington County Red Cross.
The Red Cross will continue to sup
ply hand-knitted garments to soldiers
and sailors overseas.
Roscoe kimberley, convicted last
February in Desha Circuit Court on a
charge of second degree murder and
sentenced to 10 years in the peniten-
tiary, was pardoned by Governor
Brough.
The first conviction for some time
for violating the federal game law
took place when Judge Trieber fined
two men of Pine Bluff SIS and costs
for buying wild ducks. The men told
the court that they did not know it
was unlawful to buy wild game.
A former Searcy boy, Col. Brehon
Burke Somerville, has been awarded
| the distinguished service cross for
acts of extraordinary heroism at the
front, according to the Washington
/ Herald.