Judsonia weekly advance., 1921-02-10
STATE NEWS BRIEFLYTOLD For Readers Who Are interested
 In Arkansas and It's
 Affairs.
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field lost his building and stock by fire. The valuation was about $6,000.
 Thirty-nine boys, pupils of the Poughkeepsie School. signed pledges against the use of tobacco.
 Rector.-Several cases of measles have been reported by local physi- clans.
 Mena. - Kelsy Foust and A. M. Campbell, young men of Cooper, Tex, have bought the White House Cafe here and have reopened it.
 Hermitage Rev. A. F. Roberts of Crossett has been called to the pas torate of the Baptist Church here. It is not know whether he will accept
 Mammoth Springs.-Much interest was shown in an old-fashioned spelling bee at the High School. Many per sons both old and young, attended.
 Ozark-The business men of Charleston, near here, have organized the Business Mems Association, with w. k. Bumpers as president and B. J. McCausey, secretary.
 Conway.-Dr w J. Johnson of St. Paul, Minn., associate secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Temperance and Moral Welfare, will deliver a lee trtr f
 Commissioners of Street Improvement District No. 16 of Jones' boro have filed suits against 6S real estate holders who have failed to pay the improvement taxes.
 Hamburg. - Considerable trackage was torn up here when a box car at tached to a local freight train was derailed and tumbled into a ditch. No one was injured.
 Shirley.-Hebert Luter, who has been in the employ of the M and N A. railway for several years, and has done relief work at the Shirley sta ton many times, is being checked in as regular agent here by Auditor Fox.
 Hope.-A gas furnace that was de- signed by A. B. Steen of this place was given a tryout in local foundry today, when it was demonstrated that brass could be melted within one hour and cast within two hours.
 Mena.-While attempting to get a handcar off the track and prevent it's destruction by an approaching train, William Pettigrew, section foreman for the Kansas City Southern at Acorn, was struck by the train and seriously injured.
 Russellville.-Jay B. Iden, eorre- spondent of "The Country Gentleman" spent two days in RussellYille and vicinity, getting data for a series of articles on the Arkansas river valley | which is now running in that publica- tion.
 Mena.-Polk County has added ba- nanas to the list of homegrown fruits. | A banana tree which grew at Janssen | Park in Mena during the summer and | was moved to the greenhouse when cool weather came, has produced | nearly TOO bananas to date.
 Russellyille.-The Russellville lodge | of Elks was the first to come to the rescue of the Russellville public schols, which would have to close about March 1 unless funds are raised outside the regular school tax to ope- rate the remainder of the terms.
 Bald Knob.-County Judge F. o. l White and the road commissioners of the White and Jackson County Road District No. 1 met here and decided that, owing to the unfavorable condi- tion of the bond market, that work on the proposed highway would be de- ferred two years.
 Russellyille.-The local board of the Christmas seal campaign reports $787 sales in Pope County, with some dis tricts yet to report. This amount will enable Pope County to continue a DuDllC uGdILu HOIhGI III LAG GOuhlyy devoting half time to Pope and half to Yell County.
 Searcy-Reviyal services being held at the Church of the Nazarene are well attended, and much interest is mani fested. The preaching is being done by the Rev. R. J. Kirkland, pastor of the church, assisted by his wife, Mrs. R. J. Kirkland. The district superin- tendent, J. E. Moore, also has assisted in the meeting.
 Helena-Mayor Gilbert Yeager of Helena was the honor guest at the Lions Club luncheon. The mayor ex- plained about the new city park which is now being graded.
 Fayetteville Feathers Jr., son of Dr. John Feathers of this place, has been promoted to the posi- tion as assistant civil engineer for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, with headuuarters in Cleveland, Ohio. MT.