The Pulaskian., 1921-12-08
GLEANINGS
 From Over-- THE STATE

For more than 50 years in the south we have seen million men producing more than billion dollars worth of cotton each year whining at the feet of cotton buyers, factors and specula- tors in order to eke out a mere Dit. tance for their existence, declared Col Clarence Ousley at Blytheville before large audience.
 
 Because they papered their home on the Sabbath, MT. and Mrs. Frank Den. ming, both in charge of hte Sunday school clases at Walnut Ridge, were arrested and are awaiting trial. & **
 Helena.-The local Y. w. c. A. has 1 opened cafeteria in their cozy head quarters over Miles Pharmacy. This will enable the working girls and wom- en who have to lunch up town to get a square meal for reasonable price.
 
 Mountain Home.-Plans are under way to organize a sweet potato grow CTS association in this part of Baxter county. If enough farmers can be in- terested, curing house will be built here and large acreage planted.
 
 Camden-There were 4,149 bales of cotton ginned in Ouachita county from the crop of 1921 prior to Nov. Ii, 1921, as compared with 6,506 bales to Nov. IA, 1920, according to the re- port of J. F. Walker, government cot ton reporter.
 Diversified farming expected to ma terially cut cotton acreage in the Par agcald section of state.
 Contractors at Blytheville preparing for building boom in spring.
 Gonway.-County Judge E. k. Smith, in statement on county finances, gave notice that pensions heretofore given to indigent mothers would have to be withdrawn, as the fund appropri- ated by the quorum court for this pur pose has been exhausted.
 Petitions asking removal of August Ganser, chief of the North Little Rock police department, on grounds that he has knowingly permitted gambling, bootlegging and immortality to run rampant in the city, are being circu. lated.
 A family reunion of the Carter fam fly was held at the home of Ed Carter at Sulphur Rock, when the five re- maining brothers of 8 large family of Ii children met and dined together for the first time in 26 years.
 A few of the representative business men and farmers of Marianna and vi cinity held a meeting this week at which about one-third of Lee .countys quota of 5000 bales were pledged to the cooperative cotton marketing as sociation.
 Marked Tree.-Two men are being held here in connection with the dyna- mating of the county bridge across the St. Francis river at this point, and officers are searching for new clues in an effort to establish motive for the attempted destruction of the span
 
 Texarkana.-At called meeting of the Arkansas side city council the board of public affairs was authorized to negotiate the. purchase of an ad- ditional combination fire truck. the cost of which is said to be $12,500, for the use of it's fire department. The proposition to build new ward fire station was also discussed, but action was deferred.
 Jackson county farmers will meet this week to organize farm bureau. A county fair association has been organized in Stone county.
 Bentonville.-F. A Wood, county superintendent of schools, will hold the regular quarterly teachers exami- nations on Dec. 15 and 1s.
 
 Little Rock-Four hundred and forty employees of the Missouri Pacific have been laid off at Boring Cross in the last few days.
 BentonviIIe.ZA special feature or Better English week, as it was ob- served by the Bentonville High. school was a system of penny fines for mis- takes in English, the money derived from the fines to be applied toward the expense of a paper to be gotten out on Dee. Is as part of the schools ob- servanoe of Good Citizenship week.
 
 H. D. Landry, St. Louis, named as sistant general freight agent for Cot ton Belt at Little Rock.
 
 A. F. Galloway nominated sheriff at primary election at Marianna. ;4t1o poo1y Mice Emna F,nerick