Cleveland County herald., 1919-11-20

Pine Bluff-M F. McCrary of Ash. down was elected moderator and Rev. Hugh Robertson, pastor of the Pres byterian church at McGee, was named persiding clerk of the sixty-seventh seventh annual session of the synod of Arkansas which held it's sessions here at the First Presbyterian church. Approximately 100 ministers and rul- ing elders from all parts of the state were in attendance.
 Little Rock.--Dr R. M Cow, state veterinarian, has announced that 10 counties will be released from the to be released are: Pulaski, Saline, Arkansas, Lincoln, Drew, Cleveland, Pike, Howard, Seyier, Polk and Little River, while 210 square miles will be released in Miller county 450 square miles in Clark, $50 square miles in rie.
 Fayetteyille.-At the six publi hearings conducted i'll 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 which will require the destruction of cedar trees in the apple belt.
 Little Rock.-The Industrial Trans portation Company, with headquarters in Washington, D. C., has bought the old Well packing plant, foot of East Sixth street, and has renovated and equipped it to handle 100 head of hogs and 300 h.2ad of cattle per day. The company expects to spend $500,- GOO 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. tion of that organization held here. 4 feature of the gathering was the an nouneement 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. Wendell, T. Tut, William Miller, Berthod Miller, E. 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 Presi- 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 H. Parker of Fort Smith was nominated United States marshal for the Western Dis trict of 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, Knights 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-With the exception of an official survey to definitely es- tabliah all boundaries, the work of planning and plating the new farm of the University of Arkansas is about completed, according to Dean Martin Nelson of the College of Agri- culture.
 Little Rsck.-The following addi' tionaI officers in the National Guard reserve were announced recently: Capt. Edward K Hooper, field artil. lery; First Lieut. and Chaplain John N. R. Score and First Lieuts. of Ia fantry Frank H. Freeman and John R. Vaughan.
 Russellville.-The Second District Agricultural school has set new high record for attendance, the en- rolIment being 312. All rooms in the dormitories are filled and some of the vocational training students are be-