The Nevada County picayune., 1920-09-02

Derks.-A number of young people from this place will lease soon to at tend college. Miss Daisy Dodd and !. Miss Louise Bean will enter Central College at Conway. Eustace Baggett and Thoe James will enter Oaachita College at Philadelphia. Hal Although and Miss Okla Pager will enter Hen derson-Brown College at Philadelphia. Miss Snow Westbrook will return to the agricultural college at Magnolia and Cecil Easteriing and Odell Forgy will enter Rice Institute at Houston. Tex.
 Pine Bluff.-The faculty for the Pine Bluff district standard training school for Sunday school teachers, which will be held here September 1925, has been announced. The Rev. H. B. Trimble will be dean with the following in- structors; J. L. Cunnigan of Dallas, Tex; Dr. J. l.. Neill of Nashville, Tenn; Dr. Emmet Hightower of Nash. vile, Tenn. Mrs. w. B. Ferguson of Oklahoma City: Miss Annie Marie Hanson of Nashville Tenn, and Mrs. Nance of Houston. Tex.
 Bentonville- e-Benton county school book contract made before the pass age of the state uniformity school book law expired last December and | all the schools of the county will use the uniform books this fall. Benton. vile, Rogers, Siloam Springs and Ora. vette have been using the state books, but the siX-year contracts in the rest of the county were made two years after the contracts in these | cities.
 DeWitt.-The annual four days re- union of ex-Confederate veterans at Camp Pagan, 12 miles from Dewitt has closed It was in many respects the most remarkable gathering in years. Only about a dozen veterans were able to attend but thcre were present number of the veterans of the Spanish-American war and hun dreds of the veterans of the late World war participated
 Batesville.-The White River Man. ganese Company have recently install ed washer on their manganese prop erty near Batesville, and is now clean ing the small ore from the dirt. and producing a very fine grade oi manga nese. In former operations in the manganese mines, only the large ore was considered valuable, but through this new process. which has proven very lucrative, much ore is saved.
 Dermott.-The Flying Squadron. motor convoy touring the state in the l interest of the reorganization of the Arkansas National Guard, spent day in Dermott. Col. Heber l.. MclSister l lectured to full house at the Allied theater. Much interest was mani l fested and plans are already under way for the organization of a com pany here.
 Conway.-Miss Katherine Burnett of Beton. S. C.. has been employed as head of the Home Economies De partment of Central College, 1t was announced Miss Burnett is grad uate of Carson Newman College of Tennessee and of Anderson College of North Carolina. She has also done postgraduate work at Columbia Uni. vcrsity, N. Y.
 Lead Hiil.-The gin belonging to the Lead Hill Milling Company, at this place. is being equipped with a new press and air feed pipe. and oth, erwise being put in condition for fall ginning The cotton crop in this vi cinity is fine. but there is only about a half crop of corn owing to dry
 weather.
 Fort Smith.-Since July 20 Fort Smith has had but .59 inches of rain. .5S of an inch lslying fallen since Au- gust l. The last rain of any conse quence that visited the city was on July l6 Up to the present time the drouth has only been injurious to pas lures, but crops are commencing to feel the need of moisture.
 Arkadelphia.-Mi Frances White
 side of this city. Miss Zella Taylor Of ! Pine Grove and Miss Bertha White of ! Star City. representatives of the Hen 1 derson Brown College Young Women's Christian Association. have gone to Estes Park. Col, to attend the nation
 al convention of the Y. w. c. A.. fin session there.
 Yellvlle-Ferd Owens of Joplin. 6 | large mule dealer, purchased a car of mules at this place. Dan Crawford sold him about half car and the rest he purchased from local farmers. They were average sized young mules and brought an average price of $187 l Mena.-County Superintendent w. i H. Morden has arranged with the as- i sistanee Of rural teachers, for a school l rally for Polk county, to be held in