The Nevada County picayune., 1921-01-06
STATE NEWS
 :BRIEFLYTOLD For Rsade7 Who Arc interested In Arkansas and fts Affairs.

|
 Mulberry-The boys of the Mul- berry High School gave a pie supper to raise funds with which to buy basket ball suits.
 Carlisle.-A home talent play was given by the Carlisle public school | for the benefit of the Arkansas PuDhc | Health Association seal sale. Alp proximately $10 was taken in. Hamburg.-The Rev. Y. P. Scruggs, for several years pastor of the Pres byterian church here, has resigned | to accept work at Roanoke. Va. Ills successor has not been named. Warren-R. L. Hoyle of Banks
 has succeeded Night Marshal T. B.
 Beard January 1. MT. Beard has re- signed to become deputy under Sheriff elect J. c. Lee. Diaz-Heavy rains and COM weather has greatly reduced the har-
 vesting of the cotton crop in this sec
 ton. About 40 per cent of the crop
 remains to be picked. Dtaz-ln keeping with it's usual customs, the Williams Mercantile
 Company of this place distributed
 Christmas packages to it's tenants and
 customers.
 Arkadelphia.-Byro Butler, son of
 MT. and Mrs. J. w. Butler of Arka- delphia has been made agricultural agent of Hot Spring county to sue
 eeed W. c. Nickery.
 Evening Shade-Wes Sharp, em- ploye at the Edwards gin here, sus-
 tained a crushed hand when the member was caught in the press. Physicians amputated one finger Philadelphia. - Lafayette Wright, district salesman of the Cudahy Pack ing Company, with headquarters here,
 has been transferred to Little Rock as city trade salesman.
 Batesyille-A gift of 204 books from
 the Presbyterian bookstore at Texaf kama and another of 150 books from the library of the Rev. c. P. Bridwell of Malvern, have been received by
 Arkansas College.
 Bleyins.-A barn on the farm of
 of John T. Norman, near here, was burned. A large quaitity of feed and farm implements was destroyed. There was no insurance. Lightning
 started the blaze.
 Paragould.-V. H. Edwards lost his house and it's contents yesterday by fire. The family was not at home when ne fire was discovered. defective fue was the cause. lnsur- ance was carried on the house to the
 amount of $500.
 Mountain Home.-Farmers who own land i'll the White river bottoms have filed protests with the Water Power Commission in Washington, D. C.. against construction of the Cotter
 dam, alleging that the bottom farms
 might be submerged if the dam is built.
 Mountain Home.-Bob Perry of Melville has reported big demand
 for land on the White river above
 the proposed site of the dam near Cotter A core drill will be moved to the dam site in January to deter-
 mine if there is a solid rock founda tion.
 Conway of the war films
 secured by the American Legion for free exhibition in Arkansas have been granted to the Theodore Campbell
 post of Conway. They will be shown by T. NJ Williams, county agent. who plans to run the pictures in several towns and communities and at the
 local courthouse.
 Bryant-The Community hall here, which was recently erected at a cost
 of $4000 was formally dedicated Sat
 urday night. The principal speakers
 were Superintendent Fuller of the
 were Superintendent Fuller of the
 American BauXite Company and MT Edwards and MT. Matthews of the State Department of Education. Arkadelphia.-Th Medlock farm
 dairy two miles west of here. is build
 ing up new industry i'll interesting
 neighboring farmers to bring their surplus cream to the dairy and pool
 it for the purpose of cooperative
 shipments.
 Philadelphia ice plant to be
 run in connection with the Gurdon
 Light and Power Company will soon
 be installed at Gurdon, The maehin-
 cry has been ordered and the plant
 will be fitted up so that it will be in operation early in the spring