Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-26
STATE NEWS
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For Readers Who Are interested In Arkansas and it's
 Affairs.
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| LOp IS uuuSI way nSI6. ADOut InO- thirds of the crop has been planted.
 Coal Hiu,-A revival is being con iucted at the Christian church here by Rev MT. Billingsley.
 McCrory.-Mrs. H. w. Jernigan and C. P Musgrove recently were nomi. mated for school directors.
 Newport-Mrs. M. Balmaz has opened up a dry goods store in the Wishon building, on Front street.
 Rogers.-A plant for the manufac. ture of ice cream is being constructed here. Rogers supplies almost this en. tire section with ice cream. ;! Cabot,-J. w. bowman of Cabot bought the stock of the Industrial Transportation Company at a receiv :! er's sale, at 50 cents on the dollar.
 Hermitage.-Many farmers in this section are replanting their cotton. The first planting was ruined by the cold weather and excessive rains,
 Thornton. W. A. Wilson 1 has been reelected superintendent of i the Thornton public school for the l twelfth time.
 Houston.-several farmers of this vicinity are shipping cream to the Ter i ry Dairy Company at Little Rock. O. NJ. Montgomery made the first ship ment 12 months ago.
 McCrory.-The Rev. E, H. Wheeler, 1 secretary of the Methodist Sunday School Board, delivered lecture here recently. He conducted a Sunday school institute here
 Arkadelphia-Prof. Charles D. Johnson, member of the Ouachita Col lege faculty from 1916 to 1920, will return oArkadelphia and resume his duties as a teacher
 Cotton Plant.-The Rev. H. F. ] Wheeler of the Arkansas Sunday School Board delivered the com f mencement sermon for Cotton Plant High School last week.
 Hermitage.-The last bale of cot l ton to be ginned this season in this vicinity was ginned last week by Wheeler Bros The total for the year was about 2,70O bales. i Locksburg. = The commencement sermon for Locksburg High School was preached 1slnday morning by the Rev. c. E. Raymond of Newport. The graduating exercises were held the following Friday morning.
 DeWitt-City mail delivery will be installed here as soon as residents 1n- stall boxes and number their houses, 1t has been announced. The local postoffice has been raised from third to second class.
 Mena.-A 30-pound catfish brought to Mena recently by R. A. Tomlinson, local angler, sets new record for catches here this season. The big fish was caught in the Ouachita river, east of Mena.
 Hamburg annual institute for Ashley county teachers will be held at the Hamburg High School June 6 to Il. Teachers examinations will be held at the close of the institute. The institute for negro teachers will be held at the same time at Ham, burg
 Parkin.-The local School Improve ment Association has elected the fol- lowing officers: Mrs w. H. billiard, president Mrs. B. Brewster, secre- tary; Mrs. H. w. Jernigan, treasurer. The association is seeking to raise fund to buy a talking machine for the local school and furnish the school li- brary
 Walnut Rioge.-The Dorcas class of the M. E. church has just completed tour of adjoining towns with it's home talent play, "The Silverbrook Farm.'' It played at Walnut Ridge several days ago, and later showed at Portia and Alicia, The play netted about 5000, which will go to the new Metho- dist church fund.
 . Pre- escott-The local School I'm provement Association has elected the following officers for the ensuing year President, Mrs Samuel Orr Logan; vice president, Mrs. Robert L. Blakely; secretary, Mrs. c. c. Cal houn; treasurer, Mrs. J. c. Steger; reporter, Mrs Duncan L. McRae.
 Conway.-A style show, the pro- ceeds of which will be used to de- fray the expenses of publishing "The Ark" the student annual, was given recently in the auditorium at Central i College.
 Prescott.-The Prescott Chamber of Commerce has made arrangements with the National Cash Register Com pany to have c. A. Yunkes deliver a lecture, Getting the Most Out of Re- i tailing" illustrated with motion pie