The Pulaskian., 1921-09-15

kansas started recently in tent in the woods on Stilwell Heights.
 MarshallA revival is being con- ducted at Flippin by the Rev Joe A. Deathe %dge, pastor of the local Chris tian church.
 Knobel. Farmers in this section staged two-day picnic and fair last week. Many fine exhibits of live stock, products, etc., were on display.
 Bentonville.-The public schools of Hiwasse opened September 12, with F. M. Brinegar as principal, and Miss Lula McAllister and Mrs. Katherine Stroud as assistants.
 Marshall-A contract has been let for the construction of four and one half miles of highway to connect Dis trict No. 1 of Searcy county with the Ozark forest reserve road.
 Marshall.-Cireuit Judge J. M. Shinn has appointed John Bradley of Snow. ball, W. J. Gates of Atlas and w. W. Fendley of Leslie as road commits. sioners for Searcy county.
 Altus. The public school here has opened with a full list of teachers. George l.. Amos is superintendent The enumeration of pupils is SIS, an increase of 102 over last year.
 
 Ashdown.-The City Council has elected C. I. Bowles as superintendent of the, city water plant, succeeding c. D. Rowe, resigned. The plant has recently been completely overhauled.
 Walnut Ridge.-The Hoxie-Walnut Ridge Compress Company has closed it's books for the last years operation. The compress had the largest busi- ness this year in it's history. More than 40,000 bales were handled.
 Newport-Formation of an associ- ation to start movement to pave the streets of Newport is being discussed, cil by c. A. Lawrence, a construction engineer.
 wisvi1le.-Ground was broken here recently for 10,0OO-bushel sweet potato curing house. The building will be owned and operated by farm CTS around Lewisville and will be ready for the fall crop.
 Van Buren.-Farm & Bly have been awarded the contract for repairs on two of the county's steel bridges. The contract price for repairs on both of the bridges was $2,550, with 30-day time limit on the work.
 Newport.-The Baptist Missionary Women's Society made it's annual re- port, which showed that during the year ending September l, it had ex- pended $766.57 for various church work and that $50 singular personal services had been rendered, including a list of clothing sent to the Blevins storm sufferers.
 Searcy-The first session of the North Arkansas Conference training school for Sunday school workers has closed, at which time certificates were conferred on 32. The school has been in session since Sunday, August 2S. There were eight members of the fac. ulty and over 100 students and visitors enrolled.
 Des Arc-A much-needed rain fell here recently, but it was too late to help cotton. It is expected to aid in producing largest crop of sweet DO. tatoes that has ever been raised here. Cotton in the northern part of Prairie county is about 50 per cent normal The top crop has been destroyed by the boil weevil and army worms.
 Black Rock = Charles Rowland, farmer living near here, had narrow escape from possible death when the walls of we'll in which he was work ing caved in, burying him under nine feet of rock and earth. It required seven hours for neighboring farmers to dig him out. He was not seriously injured.
 Prescott. The Nevada County Teachers Institute, with an attendance of 174, has adjourned here after a weeks session. The teachers voted unanimously requesting c. M Hirst. superintendent of Prescott schools, to conduct the institute next year. The institute was conducted by J. R. Grant, state superintendent of rural schools, assisted by J. W. Teeter, county super. intendent, and Miss Bess Dodd and Miss Moore of the State Department of Education
 Lockesburg. The School Improve. ment Association entertained last week in honor of Mrs. Edah H. Maul den, former superintendent of the Lockesburg school, who will teach this