The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-09-30

| Conway--tharles G. Holt has been
awarded the contract for carrying the
rural mail from Conway to Vilonia.
! Two trips will be made daily, and one
trip on Sunday, according to tn con
tract. Vilonia probably will be the
! first inland town in Arkansas to be
supplied with mail service twice daily.
! The new schedule becomes effective
October /.
Conway. r. Paul WAS elected
sanitary inspector of Conway by the
City Council at a salary of 800 per
month. Mr. Paul has ben conducting
the mosquito campaign this summer
under the direction of Mayor w. D.
Cole. John Durham, who recently
handed in his resignation as night
marshal, has withdrawn tn resigna-
| ton.
Malyern-The report Of the First
Baptist church to the association
shows that &c members were received
in the associational year just ending.
AZ members were received by eNper-
fence and baptism and "A by letter.
J. l.. Pratt was elected at tic business
meeting to succeed X. +. Snow as
superintendent of the Sunday school.
Hoxie The Frisco Railway Com
pany is building one and half miles
OF side track, extending the long side
track west of the crossing. The 10O,-
O00.gallon tank has been finished. and
ali engines take water here. The we'll
is 125 feet deep, and furnishes great
supply of water.
Foreman.--The cotton crop here
has been seriously damaged lately by
the boil weevil and other pests. Far
mers say that during the past rs OF
30 days there have been more yarie-
ties of worms in the cotton than ever
before. Worms have eaten pecan
tree foliage until the trees are bare.
omble-Womble' first bale of
new cotton was received here recently.
1t was grown, by Charles Bobo. and
one-sixteenth inches, strong fibre. Mr..
Bobo received SO l-3 cents a pound
and a premium of $40.
Perry first bale OF new cotton
brought to thel ocal market was re
ceived here recently. 1t was grown
by J. L. Eoff on the +. \. Classan farm,
two miles west of Perry. The cotton
brought 50 cents a pound.
Moryilton. -The Conway County
Club fair will be held here October 8
9. Thursday. October 6, will be Agri-
cultural Day; Friday. Educational Day,
and Saturday. Military Day. |. c. Per
kins and J. l.. Lucas will be in charge.
DISQUALIFICATION Covcy of Gentry
and John Skillern of Fayetteville have
accepted positions with the Benton
Vile cash store, which is owned and
managed by w T. Dudley and b. I.
Burks.
Ozark.-The school directors of the
Vesta district, near Ozark. have let
the contract for the erection OF new
building that will COST $4,000. The
contract was awarded to the Minden
Lumber Company OF Charleston.
Fort Smith.-The city commission
ers have passed IN ordinance fixing
the city tax levy fer general purposes
for next year at five mills. This has
been the rate for many years and IS
the limit that can be levied.
Bentonville Mrs. Grin r. Parker
has been mated special meteorological
observer. in charge of the local Wealth
er Bureau, her appointment dating
from September II.
Malvern.-Charles Clay, operator OF
an automobile spoke equalizing ma
chine in the mill of the Moline Timber
Company. sustained painful injuries
when his hand was caught in saw.
untsvil1e.-Harry Clayton OF Wes
ley accidentally discharged his shot
gun recently, which resulted in the
loss of two fingers from his right
hand.
Arkadelphia. Biz Evans of
Dallas, Tex, we'll known evangelist.
will open a revival at Friendship
church soon. 1t probably will continue
several weeks.
Conway store of A. J. Eth
i ridge. one mile north of Conway, was
j entered recently and large quantity
+ of merchandise stolen. The thieves
j hauled the loot away in a truck.
Huntsville. A threedays chautau-