The Pulaskian., 1920-12-02
Arkansas News
 In Brief Form
Current Happenings From All
 Sections of the State.

v ' . v VI S'E tN &$E @ 7 DeWitt.-The music pupils of Mrs. Carl Owens gave 6 recital recently.
 Huntsville Grover Henderson of Red Star was thrown under log wag. on and badly injured recently.
 DeWitt-An automobile belonging toR.L. Coker, local business man, was stolen from In front of his store. The motor number was 3,976,702
 Walnut -oheriff-elect H. H. Caldwell is suffering from blood pois- oning in the left arm, caused by cigar burn recently.
 Leslie.-William Redwing, aged IA, son of N. w. Redwing, sustained a broken arm while cranking an auto mobile.
 Mena.-Mena is arranging to have a community Christmas tree, the first time that anythin gof this kind has been attempted here.
 Alma-The residence of Mrs. s. T. Howell was destroyed by fire recent ly. The loss was estimated at $3.000, with $1.500 insurance.
 DeWitt-Surveyor Qouertermous is busy laying off streets in the Bran stetter and Southern improvement districts in the town of Dewitt.
 Newport-A two weeks revival was opened at the Presbyterian church here. by the Rev. R. A. Brown, an evangelist.
 Conway.-The delivery of mail in the city of Conway will be extended in the near future by the addition of one carrier to the present forces.
 Evening shade-The Edwards gin at this place is doing the biggest bus mess in it's history. About 500 bales of cotton have been turned out so far and the crop is not all gathered. Hazen.-Bruce Broadway and Ellis Page were injured, MT. Page serious ly, when MT. Brockway's car in which they were driving turned over about four miles south of town.
 Walnut Ridge.-The administrator of the estate of w. D. White, deceased, has just paid further dividend to the creditors of the estate of thirty per cent of the original claim.
  Fort Smith.-A hearing on the pro- posed seven cent car fare will be held at the meeting of commissioners and representatives of different mems organizations of the city.
 Walnut Ridge = The residence of John Jaggers, between Walnut Ridge and Hoxie, was destroyed by fire re- gently. The loss is estimated at $4,- 900, partly covered by insurance.
 Mountain Home.-The Interstate Telephone Company of this place con- templates running line northeast or heretoward West Plains, Mo. It also expects to extend it's business into the rural sections.
 Fayetteville.-Wi a total enroll ment of 1922 pupils in the city schools at the beginning of the second month of the term there is much ey1- dence of the need for expansion of the local schools.
 Mena-While attempting to replen- ish a fire in a stove with coal oil the resulting flame burst adn severely burned Blanche Crosser. the little daughter of Mrs. c. H. Winter The child was burned about the face and hands, but will recover.
 Conway.-Accordin to information received here, commissioners of the Road Improvement District No. 5 or Van Buren county have awarded the contract for the construction of the Chnton-Damaseu highway to w. c.. Peel.
 Hoxie.-The Frisco railroad has be- gun replacing the 75-pound steel rails with 90-pound rails on it's tracks from Black Rock to Memphis. When the work is completed. the entire track from Kansas City to Memphis will be of 90pound rails.
 Newport Rev. W. F. Evans has closed his work as pastor of the First Methodist Church and left Tor Rogers. The Rev. MT. Evans has done one of the best years work in the history of the church an dhi sofhclal board has asked for his return next year
 DeQueen.-The DeQueen Chamber of Commerce gave smoker at the club rooms. L. E. Quinn, county su- perintendent. and E. B. Matthews or