The Pulaskian., 1921-11-10

SaiAto C1 allu G65 company. WntBl has blocked up practically all of the acreage in Drew county and which has awarded 10 drilling contracts, that within the next two weeks there will be three more rotary drills grind. ing away in the county.
 Pine Bluff. 4. T. Whitelaw, aged l6. high school student. who was shot by Policeman George Wise, is dead. Young Whitelaw and several compan- ions were engaged in Halloween pranks near the Central High School and in chasing the boys. Wise says he feii andthe pistol he was holding in bis hand was discharged. The bullet struck Whitelaw. puncturing the left lung and kidney.
 Little Rock. - Unless congression- al courtesies are ignored, ali letters passing through Arkansas postoffees which use electric cancellation ma- chimes will in the near future carry all over the world the information that Arkansas is the Wonder State. At the request of the Arkansas Advance rent Association. Congressman IT. NJ. Jacoway has introduced bill, II. F. S909. to permit the use of a special canceling stamp bearing the words, Arkansas. the Wonder State.'
 Delight. = Anticipating an oil boom here within few weeks. busi- ness mon of Delight have completed the organization of the Delight Cham Der of Commerce. Judge J. E. Kelley was elected president and D. c. Humphrey was named secretary. Ex- cellent showings at the Kelley test we'll near here have caused much ex- citement. It is generally believed De. light will have gusher fin a short time.
 Helena, -- The Phillins County Teachers Association. which met in the courthouse here, had Gov. Thomes s c. McRae as the guest of honor. Teachers and others interested in edu. cation from all points of the county at- tended and the sessions was one of the most important ever held in Hele- na. Governor McRae addressed a crowded courtroom on the subject of education in Arkansas ard urged un- animous support of the Forward Edu- cation Movement.
 Wheatley. Another good oil showing appeared at the Wheat'ey No. 1 we'll. one and a quarter mile north of here. The driller went through four feet Of oil sand from 680 to 6S4 feet and bailed out consid- erable oil with which the slush pit is covered. It was estimated that a TO- barrel well could be brought in at the present depth, but the drillers are un- der contract to get a 50-barreller or go down $500 feet.
 Litte Rock = The Warren Lodge of the A. o. U. w. won the S100 cash prize offered by the Grand Lodge for the greatest increase in membership during the Fifty-third anniversary campaign from September to Octo- Der 51. Grand Master Workman John R. Frazier has announced that the Warren lodge reported totaf of s125,000 in new business for the two months, and that the master workman of the lodge, Joe A. Yeazev, won the individual prize of $25 The Curuon Lodge won the second prize of $50 for a total of S105,000.
 Hamburg. The of well being drilled by Otto C. Seidlit near .i.,o created considerable excitement when 1t began to give up some Gil and con- tinued for nearly an hour This is con sidered very unusual at depth of 570 feet Oil scouts predict that oil in paying quantities will be found at this shallow depth. MT. SeidIitz says he has contracted to go 5000 feet and will continue to drill and later will test out the shallow sand by drilling another we'll
 Little Rock-Impressive cereme. n1es were heid in connection with the breaking of the ground for the cen tral wing of the new sS00,000 Baptist hospital to be erected on the hos, . tai site bounded by Twelfth, Thi teenth, Marshall and Wolfe street The program included addresse S by ministers and doctors. The centraI wing of the hospital will be erected at cost of approximately s10o.00o.
 Monticello. People of Belgium appear to be making more rapid strides, despite devastc ion in many of their cities, than residents of other countries in the World war, according to the Rev. s. R. Twitty. pastor of the Methodist church here, who has returned from the Methodist Ecumen- ical conference, which was held few weeks ago in London.