The Nevada County picayune., 1920-12-23
STATE NEWS BRIEFLYTOLD , For Readers Who Are intere sted In Arkansas and It's Affairs.
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Newport.-R. T. Simmons, cotton enumerator of Jackson county, has announced the ginning of 1,2S4 bales to November 25 of this year compar. ed with 16.612 for 1919.
 Harrisburg-W. A. Card accidental ly shot himself with an army rife The steel missile entered the left side, shattered a rib and came out at the back. It is believed lie will recover.
 Fayetteville -- Of the 794 students enrolled in the Uniyersit of Arkansas at present, 656 are members of the Young Mems Christian Association or of the Y. W. c. A.
 Fayetteville. - The All-Southwest football team includes one University of Arkansas man, Ben Winkelmann, of Fayetteville. He played end all this season on the Razorback team.
 Hardy.-More railroad ties are be- ing delivered and sold here than at any time in many months. The low price of farm products is probably responsible for this fact
 Hardy.-County Agent c. A. Gates has called mass meetings at five towns in Sharp county in the interest of the Farm Federation Bureau, an organization which he hopes to effect in different localities of the county.
 yetteyile.-Nearly 300 calls for l teachers have been sent to the Uni- yersity of Arkansas during the past year. Since June the University has l placed 76 of it's graduates and former student sin teaching positions.
 Bentonvile.-W William Sterling Bat tis appeared here recently under the auspices of the School Improvement Association at the M E. Church, South. in impersonations of the char acters of Dickens.
 Hardy.-Sam Walker, farmer liv- ing two and one-half miles from liar. dy. has just harvested pumpkin that weighs 110 pounds. This is believed to be the record pumpkin of Sharp county.
 Conway-Faulkner county's place in the movement launched recently l for reduction of cotton acreage in the South was the subject of a special meeting of the Conway Commercial | Club.
 Bentonville. - The Rev w. James Robinson of Bristow Okla. preached at the local Baptist church recently. The church has been without a pastor since the Rev. s. w Brumfeld resign ed to engage in evangelistic work.
 Nashville. Farmers of Howard county are planning to plant increas- ed acreage to sweet potatoes. Several carloads of yams were shipped from here this year. Many curing houses have been built in the county.
 Newport-The Arkansas Bank x Trust Co. has added new member to it's list of bank employees in the per son of Garland Hurt, who has been secretary of the Chamber of Com, merce for the past year MT Hurt s special work will be 10 look after es- tates, guardianships and trusteeships.
 Hardy.-Almost every farmer in this community is expressing his de- termination to reduce the acreage planted to cotton neXt season. The cotton crop ill Sharp county is about all gathered and ginned, and by far the larger portion of it is being held by the farmers for higher prices
 Russellyille- Notice has been pub lshed in Pope count that a local bill will he presented in the General As sembly to amend the bill making ope- ration of pool and billiard halls illegal, to include Pope count The bill, if amended, will affect two pool halls operated in Russellyille and one in Atkins.
 Hardy.-R. T.. Semple and J. NJ. eausbie. farmers of Richwoods town ship. 12 miles south of here, have each added a thoroughbred Hereford bull 10 their farm stock, There is a gen, eral tendency toward improved breeds of all live stock in this county.
 Hardv.-lt is rumored that there will be several applicants for the post office here when the Republicans take up the task of running the country. It is known that several citizens are con- sflcring themselves in line for that place.
 For Smith.-The Noon Civics Club, which took the lead in the fight for The commission form of government in Fort Smith several ears ago, has en- dorsed in principle the city manager rlon of government, but reserved for