The spectator., 1921-10-18
NelUs From AU Over Arkansas An Epltor1s Of Items Condensed For Quick and Easy
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 staple was unusually long
 Malvern. The town of Malvern has an annual payroll of more than S1,o0o,o 900
 Batesville.-Onls Is marriage ii- censes were issued ill this county dur. ing September.
 Fayetteville. A meeting Of the fruit growers of northwest Arkansas was held at Springdale Friday. Octo- ber IA
 ionway.-The first completed sec. ton of the Conway. .Palarm highway, extending a little more than a mile south from the Conway cotton com press, has been opened
 tlarksville. - Mrs. Henry Ethridse whose home is near Clarksville, mar rowly escaped death when a COW she was about to milk pushed her against pest and gored her The cows horn tore gash in her stomach that re ouired p stitches to close Mrs Eth. ridge will recover
 Morriltor. The Robert Dowdle Chapter of the United Daughters ot the Confederacy after an interesting program elected the following off. cers: Mrs, Herbert Fizer. president: a Mrs. K. A. Baird. vice president; Mrs. Will McCluns. recording secretary: Mrs. J. C. HOtcomb. secretary and treasurer; Mrs Wood Rainwater, reg lstrar: Mrs. Will Hoose, auditor: Mines. l.. E, Love and Joe Irving. his tolisns
 Little Roc'l.--An allotment of IA. he0 pounds of picric acid, left over from war supplies. has been made to Arkansas by the federal government. according to NJ. T. Payne director of the University of Arkansas Agricultur. al Extension Division. The acid whicl, Is an explosive of high quality. will be sold for agricultural purposes only and in minimum lots of 100 pounds and maximums of 1000 to individual purchasers. It will be moved into the state only in carload lots
 Jonesboro. James K Sartaiu. ! aged 45, until recently postmaster aC BIytheville. committed suicide by swallowing poison, according to infor- i nation received by federal officials 1 here Sartain's body was found in his automobile at his farm about seven miles from Blytheville, it was sad, A message received here from Blythe ItxNI heart disease. Sartaiu was removed from office several weeks ago follow i ing the alleged discovery of short i age of approximately $S,000 in his ac- counts Little Rock-A per capita variation of s14 for school expenditures Is shown in a report which has been compiled In the department of educa- ton showing the expenditures for the scholastic year ending June 50, 1921. | The highest per capita expenditure. all funds considered, was SIS i'll Ark i ausas county and the lowest was s4 in { Stone. Inasmuch as the state appor- i toned s3.61 to each child for educa tional purposes. Stone county raised only an additional $1.S9. The average per capita expenditure throughout the | state was Si3. Pulaski county ia sl | above the average for the state [ with 314
 Little Rock Governor McRae. wao has appointed a commission to make an independent investigation Of the state farms. said that he had intend ed his commission to conduct it's probe after the Jefferson County Grand Jury had reported. The sovernor's commission is 10 in. vestigate. with special view to rec ommending changes in the penal sys- tenn. Is any are needed. but also will 70 into the charges of alleged brutal ity. The commission Is composed ot I. NJ Futrall of Paragould. Judge John NJ. Moore of Little Rock. the Rev. 4. c. Millar of Little Rock; Mrs. A W. Troupe of Pine Bluff. and Mrs. Minnie U Ruthertord-F'uiler of Boone vile.
 Gurdon. Five men of near Bierne are under arrest. and ls l5-galion bar rels of wine, valued at $5.O00, auo still were taken by Fred Wright. dep uty sheriff and John Overton. l Smith and Ed Bloomfield. special off eers. when . series of raids were made about four miles west of Bierne
 Ciarksvills.-Judge A. B. Priddy of the Fifth judicial district has announc. 1 sd a decision giving J. J. Montgomery 1 the office of county judge over c. D. | Ferguson, who was the contestee for | the judgeship of Johnson county,
 Prairie Grove - T. C. Lefiore. far mer Of near Prairie Grove, Is in a ! critical condition following injuries | received while cutting wood near his 1