Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-07

shipped from this place in carldao lots. Growers ale receiving $1.50 bushel for the fruit, buyers taking the run of the pick They are being sllp- ped loose in tho cars and are eO4nS to Oklahoma and Texas points. There will be approximately Is carloads ship ped. Owing to the light crop the eVap- orator is not in operation this year. Apples are also being shipped from Harrison, Bellfonte and Olyey.
 Paragould.-The J. C. Penny Com pany, with headquarters in New York, which owns a chain of 315 stores over the country, has leased for 10 years from Griffin Smith, editor of the by him. which covers more than 15,. GOO square feet of floor space, and will enter the local mercantile field. The Penny company plans to invade the South, putting in 143 new stores.
 Hope.-If the presence of oil scouts count for anything Hope soon is to
  Practically every oil company operat- ing in the big fields of Texas, Louisia- na and Oklahoma has had scouts in and around Hope for weeks and many leases have been acquired The scene of the greatest activity is in the south western part of Hampstead county where locations are being made for several test holes.
 ParagouId.-The new consolidated water improvement district commits sioners have announced that water has been found in the new well being drilled near the old wells at depth of 51S feet The contractors then pene- trated AZ feet deeper to prove the strata A 10-inch casing will te put in. A 50-hosepower electric motor will be used to pump the water
 Hope. - The low price paid for cot ton is causing Hampstead county farmers to turn their attention to oth- e farm crops andindications now point to much larger acreage plant 5d u IIuCh III lJA1+ IGSllCDl 1idN Monts of the Hope Farm Bureau says that eantaloupes. watermelons. sweet potatoes and radishes will be planted upon great many of the farms.
 Malyern-A revival is being held in a tent near the Church of the Assem- bly, of God on Baker Hill. The preach ing will be by William Burton McCof- ferty of Fort Worth, Tex, assisted for a few nights by G. c. Mangure of Ov- erton, Tex Rev. Francisco Olazabal, Mexican missionary from Fl Paso, Tex, skope also.
 Searcy.9With an enrolment oi more than 1000, the Searcy public schools have opened here. Two hun i dred are enrolled in the High School this enrolment having more than dou bled in the past four years Supt F. c. Woodland predicts a banner year in attendance and successful work, as the faculty is unusually strong
 ringdale.-Miss Grace Funk, who has been visiting her parents at Rog- CTS, will leave soon for Iowa, where she will deliver a series of lectures rel atiVe to the work of the American Board of the Congregational church in China. where she has taught in girls school for the past 12 years. She will return to China about January l. Malvern.-About week ago, while working in the Van Veneer plant here. i J. B. Randle stumbled and in trying 1 to save himself from falling. caught at saw, which was running. Blood poison set in and it became necessary later to amputate the member The hand and about half of the forearm were removed.
 Springdale.-The Nelson Canning Company of this place has canned over 20 cars of apples, and will can about 20 more by the end of the sea son. It has also canned five cars of blackberries this season. The com pany, however, Is facing a car short age to handle it's output
 Springdale.-SamW Wheeler has sold his interests in the Farmers & Mer- chants Bank at Huntsville and his res idence property at Huntsville to w. A. Easterling of Wharton, and will move to Fullerton Cal, to reside. MT. East erling will succeed Mr Wheeler as cashier of the bank
 DeWitt-A three weeks revival in charge of Rev. Daniel E. Kelley of Hattiesburg, Miss, has just been clos ed here. It is reported that 162 per sons joined the church during the re- yival The evangelistic party left re- gently for Batesville, Miss, where they will hold another revival
 Paragould. The Rev. Dd F. Mat. thems of Ward, Lonoke county, and the Rev. Bob Gwnsby of Cardwell,