The Pulaskian., 1920-10-21

husseilVille. The Bank of Rus sehYille is being remodeled and en- larged. New fixtures have been or oered and will be installed when the pulIdlng IS completed Partitions are oelng torn away and the entire length of the building on Jefferson street, a part of which had been used Tor other purposes, will be used by the bank,
 springdale.-The Bank of West Fork at West Fork has awarded fbe contract for the construction of a new oank building at that place. The build Ing Will contain three rooms, one to De used by the bank, one by the post oInce and the other as a grocery store.
 Cotton Plant-D J. Williams. man. ager of the Dixie plantation. five miles west of Cotton Plant. recently ha don display here a pumpkin that weighed 5pounds. It measured six Feet Tn circumference, and was over three feet long. It was of the Peter Henderson Mammoth variety.
 Batesyille. - Charles W. Potts of Deerwood. .Minn, president and gen eral manager of the Northern Mtnne- sota Ore Company, has purchased 500 acres of manganese ore land near Cushman. The property is known as the Aydiotte lana. and has been un- der development for several years.
 Dewitt = Growers Of Arkansas county expect the largest yield of rice on record. However, the market con ditions are disappointing. Practically every granary in the county is filled to capacity, and thousands of bushels of the grain are being placed in barns and other outbuildings.
 Ashdown.-Very little cotton is be- ing sold on the local market. There is no disposition on the part of the far mers to sell at the prevailing price, which is 22 to 25 cents for short cot ton. Most of the cotton is being stor- ed in the compress.
 Springdale.-Th Rev. B. L. Ayers of Lonoke has accepted the call of the First Baptist church at Fayetteville, succeeding the Rev. H. H. Burton, who resigned to accept the pastorate of the First Baptist Church at Spring dale
 Ashdown-H. P. Haislip has been appointed secretary of the Little Riv. CT County Farm Bureau. Permanent quarters for the bureau will be man. tatned at Ashdown MT Haislip will clissify cotton for members of the organization.
 Batesville.-The power house here caught fire. when the soot rom the brooches of the boilers beeame ignit- ed and set the roof on fire. The blaze was extinguished after about $400 damage had been caused.
 Knobel. The Western Veneer Products Company or this place has granted all the women working in it's yards a raise of 10 per cent in wages. The company is behind with orders, and cotton picking was taking the la borers.
 Lewisyille.-The Rev w c. Scott. fortwo years pastor of the Methodist church here, has rendered his resig- nation, effective at once He will go to Dallas, Texas, to enter Southwest ern Methodist University. His suc- cessor has not been appointed.
 Conway-Lieut. Walter c. Lybarg- CT of Greenbrier received his dis charge at Norfork, Va, after three years service in the United States Navy, and returned home recently. He was accompanied by his wife.
 Ashdown.-The new plant of the United Cotton Oil Mill Company has begun operations. The plant is equip ped with modern machinery and has eight presses. Fire destroyed the old plant on December 25, 1918.
 ngdale.-Work began recently on surfacing the new road under con- struction between Fayetteville and Winslow. A. c. Denton of Little Rock arrived here to direct the work of handling the gravel for the road.
 Cotter.-Milton Loughridge, son of l.. L. Loughridge of this place and veteran of the World war, arrived here a few days ago and will make his home with his parents.
 Mulberry.-Farmers of Crawford county expect an unusually large yield this year. The cotton is bNing har- ,,ae4ad ranidIv nickers receiving from