The Pulaskian., 1919-01-24

| IL the Dill passes and It's provisions
complied with. the following ArkaIs
sas cities will be the recipients OF
Hun artillery: Fort Smith, Green
wood, Van Buren,, Paris, Bonneville,
Waldron, Mena, Mt. Ida, Murrrees
boro DeQueen, Ashdown, Nashville
and Texarkana.
J. L. Bond, state superintendent of
public instruction, has commissioned
the following county examiners: L. Il.
Briggs of Yellyille for Marion coun-
ty; s. e. Walls of Sulphur Rock, for
Independence county, v. M. Hardin of
Mcneil, for Columbia county; M. L.
Mccall of Eureka Springs, for west
ern district Carroll county; D. :.
Hastings Of Crossett, for Ashley coun-
ty; G C. Floyd of Glenwood, for Pike
county.
e. G. Johnson general attorney of
the Bureau of Internal Revenue ac
Washington a native of Missouri and
at one time secretary of state OF
Arkansas, resigned 10 resume the
practice of law He has been in the
government service for "a years.
Work ON the roads in Faulkner
county during the next two years is
promised for every one by County
Judge ]. A. Lea, who declares his
intention of enforcing the old statute
requiring so many days of work given
the roads each year by every citizen.
Calico Rock is in now in the grip
of an epidemic of influenza and many
business houses have been closed, in
Guiding the hank and the railroad
station, both of which are closed on
account of ali officers being stricken
with the disease.
Secretary of State Terrali announc-
ed that the counties of Ashley, Car
roll, Desha, Poinsett and Jefferson
failed to send returns from the cor
stitutional election held December Is.
The other 50 counties voted against
the constitution by 11,444 majority
Appropriations for the support and
maintenance of the Arkansas State
Normal School, in the first bill re-
corded by the State Senate, total
s11S,5OO, according to B. w. Torrey-
son, president of the school.
Donnie A. Posey of Holland, re-
ported recently by the war depart
ment as missing in action, was safe
and well on December 4, according
to a letter received by his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Posey.
A meeting was held in Evening
Shade, when an organization was
formed to be known as the Business
Mems Club, and the object is to pro
mote the welfare of the town and
community.
Houston Gean former cashier of
the Twin City Bank of Argenta, was
acquitted by jury in the Pulaski cir.
cult court on a charge OF embezzling
bank funds
Fulton county now has Miss Scott
as a county canning demonstration
agent, and she is organizing the girls
of that county into clubs for the sum-
ner demonstration work.
The Oflcers' Club at Belmont. near
Camp Pike, was destroyed by fire
The loss is placed at $4,000, with
$4,000 insurance.
The Bank of Bonneville, Logan
county, was robbed by lone bandit
who took $1,000.
r. NJ Ruthven of Cotter recently
bought a Hampshire hog for which
he paid $780,
The independence County Swine
Growers Association met here Jan
uary Is.
Jefferson county ginnings of the
crop of 1918. prior to January 1. 1910,
show a decline of 1869 bales from
the year previous, according to statis-
tics received by Judge L. f. Cheek
from the Department of Commerce
at Washington.
Mayors and other prominent cfti-
zens residing in cities located in the
natural gas circuit held conference
at Little Rock with the view OF OBJ
tanning relief relative to the gas sup
ply.
The merger of the Mercantile Trust
Company and the Union Trust Com
pany. two of Little Rocks strong.