The Pulaskian., 1921-10-13

 of Benton county are raising but few hogs this year, due, it is said, to the low price paid for hogs last year
 Waldo.-SeveraI public schools in Columbia county have formed an as sociation, and will stage athletic and literary contests during the year.
 Fort Smith.-Acting under orders ol Circuit Judge John Brazzolora, 15 gal Ions of corn liquor was destroyed ln front of the Sebastian county jail.
 onesboro.--James Alex Paddock aged 31, a veteran of the World war, ] committed suicide at his home here this morning by drinking about two ounces of carbolic acid.
 Malyern.-The cotton crop of Hot Spring county is moving rapidly. Farmers as a rnle seem to be selling their cotton as soon as it is ready for the market.
 Fort Smith. Receipts at the ForI Smith postoffce during September were Is per cent greater than in Sep. l tember, 1920, and 7 per cent greater than in August of this year.
 Hamburg. Hamburg Sweet Pc. tato Growers Association has been or ganized here. The organization will be incorporated, and has applied fof membership in the Arkansas Sweet Potato Exchange.
 Blevins.-The BIevins Board of Trade is planning an extensive cam paign to interest farmers in this see tion to raise more truck. The organ ization also will join other associa- tions in a fight on high freight rates.
 Harrisburg-City Marshal J. W. Sewers has quit his job It is said he became dissatisfied when the mayor acquitted several persons whom he ar rested on charges of violating the city stock law
 Little Roek.-The gasoline sales tax for Pulaski county for the three months ending September 1 amount ed to $14,000, according to J. D. Reed, special collector in charge of the one cent per gallon tax on gasoline used for motor vehicles.
 Evening Shade.-'The cotton crop in this section is being rapidly gathered and ginned. Not more than half crop will be produced. The farmers are jubilant over the price, however, and it is estimated that the present crop will bring in as much money as a bumper crop at the almost certain low price.
 Fouke.-The cotton crop in this sec tion of Miller county is one of the shortest on record. Fewer than 1,OOC bales have been ginned here this sea, son, and practically all the cotton has been gathered. From 5000 to 3,50C bales is the average yearly ginning here. Forage crops, however, are in fine shape.
 Fayetteville. The University oi Arkansas stock judging team left re- gently on an extended trip into the North, where it will attempt to vindi cate Arkansas training and stock judging in competition with other uni. versailles. The team, which was made up entirely of University agri. cultural students, was accompanied by Prof. H. E. Dvorachek, coach.
 ragoold.-Residents of the Jack son commissary neighhorhood. F miles west of Paragould, believe that they have discovered a silver mine or several veins of silver They are doing a lot of digging and samples of the melted ore were exhibited here. Whether the substance is silver or some other bright metal. no one here knows.
 Oscecla. - The Mount Zion Baptist Association held it's annual meeting here. The Rev L. D. Summers, finan. cial agent for the Jonesboro Baptist College, was moderator. Every de. partment of the church activities was carefully studied by committees anG the reports were very gratifying The report on Christian Education was especially good.
 Little Roek-The record for the number of warrants issued against the state treasury in single year has been broken by the. three past guar ters of 1921, and September of this year broke the record for the amount of money spent for state purposes in single month. According to figures in the state auditors office. the Septem Der expenditures exceed s3.00o,000 an average of more than $1o,000 8 day.
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