The log cabin Democrat., 1921-12-01
'. ). HILL TO HEAD
 COMMERCIAL CLUB
IMPORTANT SESSION HELD
Annual Reports of Officers, Election and Addresses by Farm Experts
 Feature Club Meeting.

ports on the work of the club for th'
 past year, discussion of several mat ters of community interest and ad- dresses by w. H. Laney of the Unlteo States bureau of marketing and Dear Bradford Knapp of the college o1 agriculture, University of Arkansas featured a lengthy but highly inter- esting and important session of the Conway Commercial Club last night.
 With two members nominated for each office, the results of the election were unusually close. V. D. Hill, cashier of the Faulkner County Bank & Trust Company, was elected presl- dent over Fred Gordy, manager ot the Plunkett-Jarrell Grocery Company, by a majority of two votes, and the vote on the other positions was almost as close. The other officers elected were as follows: Vice-president, George | Shaw; secretary, Ingram HartJe; treasurer, Paul Clayton; members of the executive committee, Jo Frauen- thai, w. D. Cole, P. F. Cleaver, How ard Terry and Opie Hartje.
 At the conclusion of the meeting a resolution submitted by Jo Frauenthal that highly commenting the work of the retiring president, P. F. Cleaver, was unanimously adopted on a rising vote.
 President Cleaver called the meet 1 ing to order and asked for a talk by 1 County Agent T. M Williams. MT. Williams stressed the importance of the marketing problem for agricultur- al products, but said the matter of building up soil and of producing a desirable product was of first inn portance. Mrs. c. D. Turner, home agent, was requested to discuss her work in the county. Tn presenting her the president said she had proved a Posey, who had been promoted to the work of district agent. Mrs. Turner said her efforts were directed at mak- ing the home on the Faulkner coun- ty farm better place in which to live. Elmer Halter, superintendent of the Faulkner county poultry show. spoke for few minutes on the poultry in dustry in this county and the plans } of his association for the show opening , today.
 W. N. Deaton, former superinten. dent of the Arkansas reform school now valued citizen of Conway, was called upon to discuss another mat ter in which the club has been in. terested during the past year, the juvenile court and probation officer Mir. Deaton said that although an ap propriation for the purpose of em ploying paid probation officer was . not available, Mrs. George w. Clark wife of the circuit judge, had very , generously volunteered to serve in thi: l capacity without pay. Judge E. L smith IS cooperating, MT. Deaton said and has completed the organization o1 the juvenile court by the appoint ment of an advisory board composed of Mrs. Clark, Mrs. C. H. Nelson, Mrs P. F. Cleaver, Supt. R. E. Womack W. $. Cazort and Mr. Deaton. Judge smith also spoke for few minutes on the subject and said much good work could be accomplished in the ore. ventlon of incorrigible and delinquent boys and girls from entering upon life of crime.
 The annual reports of Ingram HartJe as secretary and John E. Lyon as treasurer were then submitted. The secretary's report showed the follow. ing expenditures during the year: Ex. pense of visit of Senator George F Hartje and Representative E. T. Her. ring to northern agricultural and normal schools, S250; club expenses for year, including telephone, janitor panquets, postage, stationery and in. cldentals, S4S5.21; farm and home demonstration work, s2,122.9s; state fair exhibit, $50; tick eradication work, $2O0; dairy station, s194 38. 792.57. Y''
 Treasurer Lyon reported receipt, during the year from dues S3 94e 5C and from refund of state fair exbibi, expense $117.6S, making total of s3 961lS, and balance in the treasnry ot S292.47. Mir, Lyon called specia attention to the fact that S150 wa, appropriated and given to 10 Frauop thal as county chairman for the ev. pense of the Faulkner exhibit at +bf state fair. MT. Frauonthal manapef the work so economically that all ox cept $32.32 was turned back into tb, club treasury.
 President Cleaver's annual report followed and it is matter of repret that space in the Log Cabin Democrat will not permit its publication in full I He summarized in a very interestino manner the activities of the club dur. Ing the past year, The establishment , of the dairy station was one of tho first undertakings and this has al <4r- IL