The spectator., 1921-08-12
STATE NEWS BRIEFLYTOLD For Readers Who Arc interested In Arkansas and It's
 Affairs.

opened up a restaurant here.
 Perryville.-Perry County Circuit Court has been convened here. The docket Is said to be unusually heavy
 Conway Roy NJ. Evans has sold his interest in the West Side grocery to his associate, B. c. Thomasson.
 Des Arc.-A community concert was given at the First Methodist Church here last week
 Lockesbu-g social was given on the lawn of the Methodist Church by the Epworth League recently.
 Newport county has a scholastic population of 101S3. of which 5,432 are enrolled in the differ ant schools out in the county.
 Paragould-Rev Alonzo McKelvey has closed successful revival meet ing at Light schoolhouse, two miles east of Paragould.
 Camden.-The Community Music School at Bethel has closed the sum- mer session. There were so pupils who took the course under the direc tion of MT Perry
 Newport-A car of Fl Dorado crude oil has reached Newport, which will be used by the Arkansas Light and Power Company at the local plant oil burners have been installed.
 Judsonia.-G. M. Walters and Loren Waggoner have opened a new grocery store and meat market in the building on Main street recently occupied by Hunsaker & Orr.
 Conway-Dr. F. L. Shaver, head of the department of religious education at Hendrix College, has left for points in Missouri. where he will deliver sev- sral lectures.
 Conway-Prof H. w B. Barnes. headof the Conservatory of Fine Arts at Central College. is spending a few days in Chicago in the interest of the Institution.
 Bentonvile.-A mill owned by C. J. Edney, about three mils from Gentry, was recently destroyed by fire. The loss is about S1,200, with no insur- ance. The origin of the hre is not known.
 Conway.-The interior of r..e Grand theater 8 being refntshed and re ssse~s.ea. .r.e r,.>no ytill Oe painted gray, with pink panels. cream colored ceiling and dark oak wainscoting in- cluded in the scheme.
 Decatur-H. Clay Riley farmer living northwest of town. lost his barn and its contents by fire recently. Be sides valuable team, Mir. Riley lost big crop of hay, corn, farming ina dement's and wagons.
 Norfolk-N. A. Gillihan, merchant f this place, Is building an addition Go his business house. When the work Is completed Mir. Gillihan will have one of the largest business houses in town.
 Conway.-A party composed of s. G.. Smith. president of the Farmers State Bank; Frank Farris, cashier of the Farmers State Bank, and C. E. Dur ham of the Durham x Co., Realty Company. has left for an overland trip through Northwestern rkansas in MT Smiths automobile.
 Fort Smith. th.-Co-operation of the tI,n aftt nr,N- ment in the installation of electric warnings on the railroad crossings on North Sixth street and Van Buren roads has been promised Mayor Pagan Bourland by C. A. Perryman, agent of the Frisco.
 Bentonville MT and Mrs. Arthur LaSarge of Arkansas City, Kan, are now occupying their cottage at Bella Vista, the summer resort just north of town They are the first summer visitors to come here via the sky route, having flown from their home city. LaSarge was an aviator in the World War. and made good record. He also is pilot for the flying field at Arkansas City.
 Conway Faulkner county farm club boys and girls won two contests at Russellvile, according to word re ceiyed from County Agent T. M, Will Hams. The stock judging contest was won by the boys and the sewing by the girls.
 Fort Smith.-The ear of E. O. Hen mig was taken by automobile tire thieves The ear was found five miles south of town in perfect condition, but with every tire gone. This is the first instance of this type of depredations reported here.
 Newport-Added impetus was giv- en the fight being carried on by the