Cleveland County herald., 1921-09-22

history the boil weevil has in, aded Johnson county. according to former Senator G. T. Cazort. The army wor n in addition to the weevil, has been spreading havoc in the Johnson coun ty cotton fields
 Fort Smith Flora Ellen Eary, fouryear-old daughter of MT. and Mrs. J. F. Early, S20 South Sixth street, who fell backward into a tub of boil l ing water, is dead. Her body was lit erally cooked by the boiling water before she could be snatched from the 1 tub
 Camden-The Chambers of Com. nerce of Bearden and Warren will be entertained in Camden about Steptem. Der 29, by the Camden Chamber ot Commerce. This meeting is the re- turn of visits made by the Camden Chamber of Commerce to Warren and Bearden several weeks ago.
 Helena.-The following is a list ot jurors for the October term of the eastern division of the east district, United States court, which convenes in this city Tuesday, October IA: Grand Jurors-B. M Smith, Wynne;; s. Straub, Helena; J. B. Brown, Brink. ley; J. NJ Hudson. Poplar Grove
 Little Rock.-Jimmy Delk, former evangelist, was arrested charged with false pretense. He was realeased on bond. The charge was preferred by two of his former eoworkers, J. C. Cagle and j. R. Vinsant, charging him with obtaining $57 in one instance and $375 in another under false pretense
 Little kock.-More than S5,000 Tn gasoline sales tax was collected dur Ing July, according to J. D. Reed, spa cial agent in charge of the gasoline sales tax. Many dealers are still re ported delinquent, MT Reed said, and the delinquent list will be turned over 10 the prosecuting. attorney for ac- tion
 Little Beck. = The Arkansas Rail road Commission and a representa-. tive of the Interstate Commerce Com. mission held joint meeting to con. sider rates on road building material The railroads are seeking a 35 pe1 cent increase on shipments of gravel and sand to conform with interstate rates
 Pine Bluff-Friends of the late T E. Owings, secretary of the Carpen. ters Local No. 576, who lost his life Labor Day in an attempt to rescue Miss Ruth Carlisle from drowning in the Saline river, six miles from Pratts. vile, will make application to the Carnegie Commission for recognition of his heroism.
 Little Rock.-The Pulaski County grand jury submitted it's final report and was discharged by Judge Wade. The court commended the jury for it's work in bridge and road district in- vestigations. and upheld the legality of the probes, saying that he would instruct the new grand jury along lines similar to his original instruc- llOl IO LllS OulSOllS
 Russellville-Gil Parker, farmer of Cagles Rock, tried an ex- pertinent in growing late watermelons, and says his patch of one acre and a half will bring him at least $400 AL though more melons were raised in this vicinity than ever before. they have all been marketed and Mr Parker has the market to himself. His melons sell readily at from 30 cents to $1.
 Little Rock.-Hugh T. Brown of the tive Association, announced that A. E. Woer of Mena, and Joe w. Kinzey of Magnet, who have joined the asso- ciation's field forces. will go to Ash ley and Dallas counties. They will give the association force of seven organizers. Intensive campaigns are under way in the counties of Clark Lawrence, Columbia, Drew, Desha and Monroe.
 Little Rock-Release of approxi l mately $400,000 for immediate pay ment to the five road districts of the state together with the allotment ol approximately $250,O00 worth of fed eral road equipment for use in eXpe diting road construction in the sectioI formerly served by the defunct Nils soui and North Arkansas Railroad was secured as a result Of a confer ence of the State Highway Commis sion with chiefs of the Bureau of Pub lie Roads at Washington, it was an nounced by Herbert R. Wilson, state highway engineer.
 Forrest City. = All crops are heavy this year except cotton, which was an extra good prospect but the boil weevis and worms have seriously dam aged crops and only half crop is ex. pected cn a 90 per cent reduction in acreage. The corn crop is extra heavy. and large yield is expected. The hay erOn is unusually heavy also tho far.