Washington telegraph., 1921-04-01
STATE STA NEWS
BRIEFLYTOLD
For Readers Who Are Interested
o. In Arkansas and Its r.I.
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Rotary Club was discussed. ~
Harrisburg g-Landen & Landen, Ok
iahoma motion picture show men,
have leased the Brown movie theater
here.
Harrisburg The Rev. Jefferson
Sherman, Methodist pastor at Earle,
is here to assist the local pastor, the
Rev. B. C. Few, in a revival.
Rogers.-At a program given by the
Rogers High School $3.50 was
cleared Proceeds will be used for
incidental expenses of both classes.
Fayetteville.-M w. Muldrow, coun-
" farm agent for Washington county,
attended the farmers meet at Little
Rock, March %. n. .... -l.'..
Camden.-Harold Lazarus, recently
of Jonesboro, has purchased the
Woodruff Plumbing Company. Mr..
Lazarus formerly lived at Camden.
Hope-The egg market reached the
low level, when eggs were being sold
on the local market for 121 cents per
dozen. This is the lowest price
touched since before the war.
Fayetteyille.-An historical society
has been founded at the University Of
Arkansas under the guidance of DR.. n.
A. N. eleven, for the special investiga-
tion of historical subjects.
Harrisburg girls and one boy
will graduate from Harrisburg High
School April 20. They are Misses
Katherine Sewers Ellie Jewel Hazel
wood Callie Agnes Lamb and Lorraine
Dobson and Frost SorrelL . r
Ashdown.-An Older Boys Confer
ence of the County Y. NJ c. A. will be
held at Ashdown April 1, and 8.
John G. Hunter of Little Rock, state
secretary, will attend. Delegates from
Hope, Nashville, DeQueen, Texarkana
and Mena have been invited.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. struck the
barn of j. Ed Rogers at Prairie Grove,
and one mule was killed. There were
five head of stock in the barn at the
time. The barn showed no trace of
the lightning, except a strip of
shingles torn off of the roof,
Batesville.-A Civic Improvement
Club was organized by several ladies
of this city, when the following Off
GERS were elected for the year; Mrs.
J. H. Kennerly, president; Mrs. Ram
sey Weaver, vice president; Mrs. J, L.
Biggs, treasurer; Miss Maggie Case,
secretary. 49,. ........ ...-
Conway-C. A. Holland of Conway
has formed a partnership with w. o..
Edmondson, who moved here from
Mountain View. Stone county. Mr..
Edmondson was state senator from
the Sixth Senatorial district OF Arkan-
sas. He also served for IA years as
county and circuit clerk of Stone
county.
Springdale.-The store Of Lee Dom
aldson, at Sonora, FIVE miles east Of
here, was robbed recently. A large
quantity OF shoes, overalls and shirts
was taken. Entrance was gained by
breaking the glass out OF the front
door. No arrests have been made, al
though officers are working on the
case.
Pine Bmff.-Forty of the so pure
bred Duroc Jersey hogs auctioned
here by Grover Cleveland of Wabba
seka were sold, most Of them being
purchased by Jefferson county farm
ers. The hogs, which were one yeal
old, weighed an average Of 800 pounds
at an average price Of $50 apiece. The
sale wassIargely attended.
Paragould. -Supt. J. w Ramsey OF
the city schools has receivea a letter
from Joseph p. Degan, president oi
the DegaR Publishing Company, com
mendings "a budget of work done by
Earl BreIer, a student in Jhe loca
high school stating the work is
placed in a class with Eastern cham
pionship schools. A medal5was sen
to young Brewer.
BatesyfIe.-A meeting OF the for
mer graduates of the Batesyille Higt
School was held recently at the higl
school auditorium, when speeches
were made by several business mel
and a general spirit of enthusiasm
was created for the track meet which
will be held in this city in April.
Texarkana.-Spring Lake Park. the
city's principal pleasure resort, anC
which recently was opened to the
public for the first time in several sea
sons, is being rehabilitated and placed
in first-class condition again.
De VITA war on rats has beer
decreed by the good people OF Gillet'
and the youngsters are disposing o.
the rodents in rapid style. Two hun
dred and nifty wharf rats fell victim:
10 the eferts of the rat killers las
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