The Pulaskian., 1921-09-22


 Fort smith.-Flora Ellen Early, four-year=old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J F. Early, S20 South Sixth street, who fell backward into a tub of boil ing water, is dead Her body was lit erally cooked by the boiling water before she could be snatched from the tub
 Camden-The Chambers of Com. merce of Bearden and Warren will be, entertained in Camden about Stepte n. Der 29, by the Camden Chamber of Commerce. This meeting is tAe re. turn of visits made by the Camden Chamber Of Commerce to w. f1rren and Bearden several weeks ago.
 Helena-The followirlg lg is list of jurors for the October term of. the eastern division of the east district. United States co'4rt, which convenes in this city Tuesday, October IA: Grand Jurors--B. M. Smith. Wynne; s, Straub, Helena; J. B. Brown, Brink. ley; J. M. Hudson. Poplar Grove.
 Little Rock.-Jimmy Delk, former evangelist, was arrested charged with false pretense. He was realeased on bond. The charge was preferred by two of his former coworkers, J. C. Cagle and J. R. Vinsant, charging him with obtaining s57 in one instance and S375 in another under false pretense.
 Little Rock.--More than S5,000 Tn gasoline sales tax was collected dur. ing July. according to J. D. Reed, sDe cial agent in charge of the gasoline sales tax. Many dealers are still re. ported delinquent, MT. Reed said, and the delinquent list will be turned over to the prosecuting attorney for ac- tion.
 Little Rock = The Arkansas Rail. road Commission and a representa-. tive of the Interstate Commerce Com. mission held a joint meeting to con. slider rates on road building material The railroads are seeking 35 pef cent increase on shipments of gravel and sand to conform with interstate rates.
 Mena.-Fear of a suit for breach of promise is believed to have caused R. o. Owen former real estate dealer of Mena, to end his life at his coun- try home, near Rainbow Springs Owens lifeless body was found by his bride, whom he married only AS hours previous to his death. A bullet through the head caused death.
 Little Rock.-The Pulaski County grand jury submitted it's final report and was discharged by Judge Wade. The court commended the jury for It's work in bridge and road district in- yestigations, and upheld the legality of the probes, saying that he would instruct the new grand jury along lines similar to his original instruc- tion to the outgoing jury.
 Washington, D. C.-Arkansas ranked sixth in the production of cotton for 1919 and seventh in the number of acres planted to cotton, according to report of the Census Bureau. While the state does not rank among the greatest cotton producers, does not compare in size with some of the Southern states, after all its cotton crop is about as good for the size of the state as that of some of the larger producers.
 Ashdown.-This years cotton crop will be the smallest ever produced in iftla Pivar nounfy hut tbo fo ,,,,occ next year will be able to produce a crop on very little money. The farmers this year have produced the largest produce crops on record Crops that have heretofore been wasted are being taken care of this year The sweet potato crop is enormous, the largest ever produced here, and through early marketing of part of this crop and curing the balance the crop will be saved.
 Little Rock.-Release of approxi. mately S400,000 for immediate pay ment to the five road districts of the state together with the allotment oi approximately $250,O00 worth of fed. eral road equipment for use in expe. diting road construction in the sectio formerly served by the defunct Mis-. souri and North Arkansas Railroad was secured as result of a confer. ence of the State Highway Commis. sion with chiefs of the Bureau of Pub. lie Roads at Washington, 1t was an. nounced by Herbert R. Wilson, state highway engineer.
 Forrest City. All crops are heavy this year except cotton, which was an extra good prospect, but the boil weevils and worms have seriously dam aged crops and only half crop Is ex- pected on 30 per cent reduction in acreage. The corn crop is extra heavy. and large yield is expected. The hay a,.o~ te ,snucifaIlxr baauxy afc1 tho Co