The spectator., 1920-12-21
STATE NEWS .BRIEFLYTOLD Fer Roaderv Who Arc Into rested
 In Arkansas and lts
 Affairs.


 Russellville.-Rev. w. T. Ingram has tendered his resignation as pastor the Cumberland Presbterian Church R Russellville and 1t has been made Effective
 Eewport-R. T. Simmons, cotton b0umerator of Jackson county. has announced the ginning of 21,2S4 bales Do November 25 of this year, compar- bd with 16,612 for 1919.
 Rarrisburg-W. A. Card accidental
 shot himself with an army rife. The bteel missile entered the left side, bhattered rib and came out at the back. It is believed he will recover.
 Fayetteville. Of the 794 students hnrolled in the Uniyersit of Arkansas t present, 656 are members of the foung Mems Christian Association or bf the Y. w. c. A.
 football team includes one University of Arkansas man, Ben Wlnkelmann,. 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 eas called mass meetings at five eowns in Sharp county in the interest p3 the Farm Federation Bureau, an Organization which he hopes to effect b different localities of the county.
 Fayetteville.-Nearly 500 calls for esachers have been sent to the Uni versity of Arkansas during the past year. Since June the University has placed 76 of its graduates and former ttudent sin teaching positions.
 Bentonville.-William Sterling Bat ds 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 7, weighs 110 pounds. This is believed 10 be the record pumpkin of Sharp county.
 Conway.-Faulkner county's place Ia the movement launched recently kor reduction of cotton acreage in the South was the subject of a special meeting of the Conway Commercial Club
 Beutonville. 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. Brumfield resign d to engage in evangelistic work.
 Nashville. Farmers of Howard county are planning to plant increas- od 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 & Trust Co has added a new member to Its list of bank employees in the per eon of Garland Hurt, who has been secretary of the Chamber of Com merce for the past year. MT. Hurts special work will be to 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 In Sharp county is about all gathered and ginned. and by far khe larger portion of it is being held by the farmers for higher prices.
 Russellville.-Notice has been pub Nshed In Pope count that local bill will be 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 Russellville and one in Atkins.
 Hardy.-R. E. Semple and J. M. Causbie, farmers of Richwoods town ship, 12 miles south of here, have each added a thoroughbred Hereford bull to their farm stock. There is gen eral tendency toward improved breeds of all live stock In this county.
 Hardy.-It 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 sidering themselves In line for that place.
 Fort Smth.-The Noon Civics Club,