Cleveland County herald., 1921-08-25
STATE NEWS
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For Readers Who Are lntere sted In Arkansas and It's
 Affairs.

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 Altus.-Crops in this section are showing much improvement since the recent rains.
 Waldo.-Work on remodeling the St. Louis Southwestern railway sta tion here is under way.
 Camden.-Mrs. NJ. Baum of Cam den is taking course in kindergar. ten instruction in Chicago during the summer months.
 Camden Street Commissioner Thomas Mortos is scarifying several of the streets and applying new gravel dn several places Scranton.-Corn crops in this vi cinity were badly damaged by wind during the recent wind and rain storm
 Eureka Springs. Beneficial rains have fallen in this section the past wv oi titiSO us'yo, pIedhiHS d 1OHS drouth
 Oazrk.-A successful revival has uist closed at Grand Prairie. There were seven conversions and eight ad- ditions to the Methodist church.
 Mena.-After a delay of almost a year, new contract has been let for the paving of Menas principal busi- 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, nine yearold girl, broke her arm when she fell over an iron pipe in the front yard Of the Greer home. The break is d 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-Tut tereulosis | Society netted S25.
 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 we'll supplied
 Warren.-Joe Coggins, working on H. L. Turner's Sunflower 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 tion here was slightly damaged by fire when a defective fue resulted in a slight blaze.
 Fordyce-Elliott & Ramsey, local merchants, are having their building repaired. A 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, burned 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
 Piggott. tt.-Watermelons and canta- loupe shipping in this section has ceased on account of the high freight rates. and these two edables can now be bought on the streets almost for song.
 Conway.-Final settlement for 1920 tax collections have been made by Sheriff and Collector w. M. Brady with State Auditor J. G. Tucker. Sheriff Brady paid into the state treas ury S4S,SS7.09.
 DeWitt.-Crop conditions in Ark ansas county have shown much i'm proyement during the past two weeks. Good rains have fallen Ill prac- tically every section of the county. Farmers are elated.
 Mountain View-Rev. J M. Gibbs of Mountain Home is assisting the Rev. MT Suggs, pastor of the raptist church here. in revival here. It has 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 hills are above an av- craze.
 Gurdon.-The Dildy-Johnson Co, wholesale grocery dealers of Hope, is