Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-12-18

Mountain Home.-H. D. Morton
president of Mountain Home College
at this place. and superintendent OF
a chain of Mountain schools over the
state, states that plans are under
way for tho erection of an annex to
the administration building OF the
college.
Carlisle. The City Council has
adopted an ordinance creating n
street improvement district in Car
Isle. The district will provide funds
for graveling one and one-half miles
of street AMI necessary grading and
drainage work.
Newport.-The Newport Baptist
Church contributed It's quota in tho
$75,000.000 campaign. The county's
quota was $4,000 and the local
church was given a quota of $4,000,
which 1t raised the first day of the
drive with a surplus of 5000.
Newport.-Fire originating in the
restaurant OF George Marks destroyed
four small business buildings on
Front street and caused loss of ap-
prcximately $4,000. Firemen work
ed for six hours before extinguishing
the blaze
Batesyille. : j. w Williamson,
has hog weighing 1,050 pounds. He
states that it Is his intention to feed
the hog until 1t reache sthe 1900
pound mark, thus breaking the record
of any hog raised in the United
States.
elphia.-Clark county is so
per cent short on this years cotton
crop, according to the figures of gin
ming reporter, w. s. Burton, whose
November IA report shows only 5.243
bales, as compared with 10,543 bales
to that date last year.
Paragould. = Ewel Langdon was
acquitted in the Greene Circuit Court
of robbery. Arthur Bess, who was
indicted on five counts for robbery
and grand larceny, was given SEN
tence of five years in the peniten-
tiary.
Conway. = Fresh eggs were quot
ed on the local market "a cents per
dozen. Retailers say that the short.
ened supply and the demand, which
will grow larger as Christmas draws
nearer, makes a price of 10 cents
apiece as not improbable.
Fort Smith.-W. S. Cochrane, state
game warden, has received $4,000
black bass from the government fish
hatchery at Mammoth Spring. The
bass will be distributed in Frog
Bayou and Lees Greek.
Lowell Two large land deals
were made when Everette Neal
ME Cowan for $4,000. j. w. Smith
sold his orchard to Z. s. Graham for
$4,000
Cotton Plant.-The Cotton Plant
Light and Power Company, which has
been out of commission for month
on account Of breakage in the ma
chinery, has installed new equiplC ent
and has resumed operations.
Dcntonville = Mrs. Ethel Johnson
of Sulphur Springs, was awarded ST.
500 damages by Jury in suit
brought against the Kansas City
Southern Roadway COMPANY for the
death of her seven-ycar-old son.
Mountain Home-W. r. Wolf.
county agent, has returned horne
from Starkville, Miss, with car
load OF Jersey COWS for Baxter coun-
ty farmers who are engaged in the
dairy business.
Mountain Home.-Crow hunting
hacs become a popular and profitable
sport in Baxter county and quite a
neat sum Of bounty money is being
distributed among the boys of the
county
Harrison. Miss Elsie Rowland
sales manager for the Red Cross
ODflStfoaS seal sale IN tho vicinity OF
lyon schoolhouse, has set a record in
the drive by selling 1000 seals in her
district.
Arkadelphia.-A meeting was call
Ed at the city hall at which the mat
ter of better electric light and water
service was discussed with President
Fl. G. Couch of the Arkansas Light
and Power Company.
! Centerton W. Gipple, the bic
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