The spectator., 1921-05-10
STATE NEWS RRIEFLYTOLD For Re aders Who Are Interested In Arkansas and It's Affairs.
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Nashville The community sing here held recently was attended by large crowd
 Russellville. - Dr. E. R. Fulkerson of Japan lectured in the Methodist church
 Rogers-The auto camp ground was opened to tourists May 1. Many Improvements are being made.
 Grandview-I. NJ. Booten of Blue Eye, Mo. has been checked in as agent here. He is the third agent to be installed here since the strike.
 Dierks.-County Superintendent L. E. Quinn of DeQueen will make the Grammar School graduating address here May IS.
 Pine Bluff-An all-day singing is promised as an attraction for Sunday. May 1. The singing will start at 10 o'clock and will be held in the court house. A basket picnic is also planned,
 Dumas Merchants of Dumas are waging a war on rats. offering two and one-half cents for each rodent killed or captured. Over 1,600 have been killed since the drive on rats started two weeks ago.
 yetteville-"Where Did We Get Our Present Calendar" was the sub ject of an address by Dr. A M. Hard ing, professor of astronomy, at the meeting of the University Mathematic Club here recently.
 Russellville.-The Pope County Farmers Union met with Center Val ley local recently. delegates from 30 locals, representing a membership of over 1,200 in Pope county, being present.
 Springdale.-Mr. and Mrs. Rich mond Johnson, near Huntsville, Madi- son county, celebrated their 66th we'd ding anniversary April 19. They were married near Draketown, Madison county.
 Philadelphia. - In the recent class of army promotions Lieut. l. l.. Lum- mis of Ouchita College Reserve Off, cers Training Corps. was promoted to captain. He has been with the Ouacn- ita cadets two years. and during that time has brought the corps to high state of efficiency.
 Mena.-Boy Scouts from Texar- kama, Fort Smith, Port Arthur, Tex, and other points have arranged to wis it at different times this summer at the scouts camp on Mountain Fork, west of Mena, where one of the finest places in the West is available for out door life and sports.
 Springdale.-The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary So cieyt, Fort Smith district, Methodist Episcopal church, held in Springdale: President, Mrs. H. k. Osborn, Rogers 1; vice president, Mrs. T. w. Shipley, Springdale.
 Dumas-The Dumas Shrine Club was organized here last week It is composed of members of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine living in this section, The ob- ject of the club is the advancement of the interests of Shrinedom in gen. eral and Sahara Temple, Pine Bluff, in particular.
 Grandview-W. E. Hollibrook, su- perintendent of mountain schools for the state, spoke here last week in the interest of special district high school. Plans are being laid for a Junior high scohol this year, and also to take advantage of the Smith Hughes plan to secure an agricultural teacher.
 Russellville.-J. A. Smallwood, To- cal freight and ticket agent for the Missouri Pacific Railway for the last l years, is back on the job again. suc- ceeding V. V. Barger, who was trans ferred to Claremore, Okla. MT. Smallwood resigned last December. sold his home and property here and moved to California, but soon saw the error of his way and returned.
 Batesville Gideon Day" was ob- served here Sunday by leaders of the Gideon movement D. T. Goldsmith, of Van Buren, state president of the organization, and other prominent speakers conducted a Gideon ser vice" at all the Protestant churches in Fayetteville.
 Conway.-Dr Elmer T. Clark, di- rector of publicity of the Educational Campaign by the Southern Methodist church, has contributed more than loo volumes to the Hendrix College H. brary.
 Conway.-Mrs. Jennie w. Erickson of Little Rock, superintendent of edu-