The spectator., 1921-08-30
STATE NEWS BRIEFLYTOLD For Readers Who Are interested
 in Arkansas and It's
 Affairs.
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 St. Louis Southwestern railway sta tion here is under way
 Camden.-Mrs. NJ. Baum of Cam den is taking a course in kindelgar ten instruction in Chicago during the summer months.
 Camden - Street Commissioner Thomas Morton is scarifying several of the streets and applying new gravel in several places.
 Scranton.--Con crops in this vi cinity were badly damaged by wind during the recent wind a1d rain storm
 Eureka Springs Beneficial rains have fallen in this section the past two or three days, breaking a long drouth.
 Oazrk-A successful revival has ujst closed at Grand Prairie. There were seven conversions and eight ad- ditions to the Methodist church.
 Mena-After a delay of almost year, new contract has been let for the paving of Mena's principal bu3i ness street with asphalt and con struction work has been started again. Walnut Ridge - The rock road con meeting Walnut Ridge and Pocahontas Is completed. A high dump making the approach to the bridge was opened about 10 days ago.
 Fort Smith.-Frances Greer, nina year-old girl. broke her arm when she fell over an iron pipe in the front yard Of the Greer home The break is a compound one below the elbow
 Walnut Ridge. - The drive put on here by Mrs. Ellen Rogers at the re quest of Governor McRae for the bene- fit of the Arkansas Anti-Tul erculosis Society netted $25.
 Hardy.-The watermelon crop in this section has been unusually me this season. No melons are shipped from this point but the local market has been well supplied.
 Warren-Joe Coggins. working on H. L. Turner's Sunfiower plantation, brought in the first open cotton in this section this year. The cotton is Of the long staple variety.
 Van Buren.-A small restaurant near the Missouri Pacific railroad sta ton here was slightly damaged by fire when a defective fue resulted in q slight blaze.
 Fordyce. Elliott X Ramsey, local merchants. are having their building repaired new wooden awning has been added and improvements in the interior are being made.
 Conway.-The home of w. J. Hun ter at Vilonia, 15 miles east of here. turned recently. Mir. Hunter was in Little Rock attending the Arkansas Ginners' Association meeting.
 Ashdown-The corn crop in this section is fine, and this years yield will be one of the largest on record. An abundace of potatoes, peas and an enormous hay crop is being grown. s Piggott.-W -Watermelons and canta- loupe shipping in this section has ceased on account of the high freight rates. and these two edables can now he bought on the streets almost for song
 Conway.-Final settlement for 1920 tax collections have been made by Sheriff and Collector W. NJ. Brady with State Auditor J. G. Tucker. Sheriff Brady paid into the state treas ury $43,S3709.
 DeWitt-Crop conditions in Ark ansas county have shown much i'm provement during the past two weeks. Good rains have fallen In prac- tically every section of the county. Farmers are elated.
 Mountain View.--Rev. J. M. Gibbs of Mountain Home is assisting the Rev. Mir Suggs, pastor of the rlptist church here. in a revival here, It mas been in progress some time and 22 conversions have been reported. It is one of the most successful meetings ever held here.
 Hardy.-Recent rains have been beneficial to growing crops in Sharp county Corn and cotton crops along Spring river are unusually fine, and crops in the kits are above all av- craze.
 Gurdun.-The Dildy-Johnson Co.,, wholesale grocery dealers of Hope, is preparing to establish branch, dis tributing house in Gurdon. The off cers of the concern have made sev- tl,t DIa ;,, off tn