Cleveland County herald., 1920-04-08

Washington.-Mis Bessie W. New. son of Hot Springs, who graduated al the head of her class from George Washington University Law School here last June has gone to Oklahoma City to engage in the practice of law. AS national president of the Theta Kappa fraternity however she will make an inspection tour of the chap ters of her fraternity in the South and Southwest before locating in Oklaho- ma. Since her graduation she has been connected with the firm of Clop- hane & Latimer of Washington. Miss Newson took her Master of Arts de- gree at Vandrbilt University in 1916.
 Fort Smith. - Alleging that the commissioners of Road Improvement District No. l of Franklin county have repudiated an agreement to re- duee the assessment of the plaintiffs property to $250 per mile, the Mis- scouri Pacific railroad filed applica- tion in the United States District Court to reinstitute suit against the district.
 Conway. - A conference of preach CTS and laymen from the churches of Faulkner and Conway counties will be hell in Conway at the First Methodist church April ', the conference being one of 5000 similar conferences to be held by the Inter-Church World Movement throughout the United States.
 Mountain Home. Thomas Hall, farmer living west of town, met with a serious accident when he brought a load of hay to the livery stable here. He was delivering the hay and had just driven through the big door when a rafter caught him and br2shed him from the load.
 Paragould. - The Paragould High School has chosen the following rep resentatives to the Arkansas-Missou- ri Interscholastic Association, which meets here April 23 and 24: Declam- ation, Everett Rogers; reading, Merle Johnson; piano, Myrtle Raith; violin, Mabel Raith; voice, Agnes Graves.
 Fort Smith. Authority was giv- en Receiver A. L. Mills by Judge Frank A. Youmans of the United States District Court to purchase two locomotives for the Fort Smith and Western road. One of the engines will be purchased from the Baldwin Locomttve Works at a cost of S44, ,500.
 Fort Smith. - Charging careless ness of ether employees, John H. Mathews brought suit in Circuit Court today for $15000 damages from M. w. Elkan, contractor, who is building the Garrison avenue bridge. He charges he was struck with bridge timber and permanently injured.
 Searcy. = The general merchandise store at Garner, owned by J. A. Var ner of Searcy, burnel shortly after midnight The cause is not known. The building was owned by Mrs. s. A. Sloan and was not insured. Mir. Var ner carried $3,000 insurance on his stock.
 Huntsville Burglars broke into the store of Albert Keeney, near Wes- ly, recently, escaping with about $50 worth of merchandise A number of articles were found near the store, having been thrown away. There is no clue to the robbery.
 rrI,o o1d oJI the household goods of Richard John- son of Chaplin was destroyer by fire or unknown origin recently while the family were away from. home The loss of about $2,500 was not covered hy Insurance.
 Conway. = Miss Maggie Dennison, a former teacher in the Conway high school, will return to Conway and have charge of the science department next year Miss Dennison has been teaching in the Jonesboro high school for the past two years.
 Conway. Pupils of the Conway public school have agreed to give the proceeds of a days labor to a fund being raised to pay TOT sJereoptfcon apparatus recently purchased for use in the school.
 Bearden-The Bearden Electric Company announced the sale of it's franchise here to the Planters Gin Company. The new owners plan to overhaul the plant and install a 24- hour service.
 Cotton Plant. = Thieves broke into a garage here recently and stole three automobiles, which they drove sev- eral miles west of town and abandon |