The Pulaskian., 1921-09-22
Arkansas News
 In Brief Form Current Happenings From All Sections Of tho State.
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 Harrison. The Boone county fair will be held at Harrison october 6, ' and 8. Plans are being made that will make the event one of the big gest of the season.
 Melbourne.-Cotton buyers al this place estimate tn cotton crop of Izard county this season at $500 bales, com pared with 5000 bales, compared with 5000 bales last year.
 Nashville. first sales day un- der the auspices of the Nashville Ad- vertising Club was held here recently and proved successful Large crowds came from many miles away.
 Arkadelphia--The Clark Fair com. mittee met at the courthouse for the purpose of arriving at decision 1n regard to holding the annual agricul- fural fair in this city in the fali.
 Camden.-The rig for the test well to be drilled by the Fl Dorado-Colum. bia Oil Corporation in 14-17-22, Co iumbia county, has arrived and has been placed on the drilling site.
 Leslie.-Efforts to lease the section of the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad between Leslie and Kensett are being made by the Export Cooper age Company of this place, it is said.
 Little Rock.-The Arkansas Su- preme Court has re-convened for the fall term after the summer recess. Forty-six pleadings were heard by the court. 22 licenses to practice law granted and 16 submissions allowed.
 Pine Bluff.-It was announced here that H M. Jones, president of the Camden oil and Refining Corporation, is planning to build a refinery in Pine Bluff as soon as plant now under construction at Camden is completed.
 Bald Knob.-The barbecue and pic nic promoted by the Strawberry Growers Association held here drew one of the largest crowds ever seen in Bald Knob. More than 5000 people attended
 Conway. = Plans for the Hotel Revilo, which will be erected here by Robert B. Oliver of the Oliver Con- struction Company, are nearly fln- ished. Construction is expected to start soon.
 Little Rock.-According to report received in the office of Adjutant Gen eral Beeson, Arkansas with National Guard strength of 1.606 officers and men is twenty-fifth state in the strength list.
 Bentonville.-Ear Smith, county farm agent, and Mrs. Elizabeth Temple, county home demonstration agent, are making plans to hold a series of community club fairs in the county this fall.
 Conway-With what will probably be the largest enrolment i'll the his tory of the institution, the twenty eighth annual session of Central Col lege for Women was opened with in formal exercises.
 Pine Bluff.-The Lincoln County Grand Jury, which was organized at the beginning of the May term of Lin. coin Circuit Court, has made it's final report to Judge w. B. Sorrels at Star City returning 129 true bills.
 Little Rock.-Former Circuit Judge G. w Hendricks and Abner McGehee have announced that they were can. didates for prosecuting attorney to succeed George w Emerson, who is rounding out his second term.
 Little Rock--Robert C. Gresham, g. years old, who was stabbed several days ago in restaurant at Dewitt, died in a hospital here. J. Bruce. 1aborer, is charged with stabbing Gresham and is in jail at Dewitt. Van Buren.-For the first time in history the boil weevil has invaded Johnson county, according to former Senator G. T. Cazort. The army worl.l, in addition to the weevil, has been spreading havoc in the Johnson coun. tv cotton fields.
 Washington, D. C.-The Civil Ser. vice Commission was asked by the postmaster general to conduct an ex animation to test the fitness of appli. cants Cor the postmastership at Blythe. vile, Ark No date has been set for it.
 Nettleton c. R. Brock. merchant at Netleton, three miles from Jones boro is Tn a serious condition with three bullet wounds in his body, said 10 have been inflicted by Ben Flowers. also of Nettleton. Flowers is in the county jail charged with assault to kill.
 Conway.-Faulkner Countys total assessed valuation of real and per sonal nrnnartv is &1A5 6Q6 nndar the