The Pulaskian., 1922-01-05
Arkansas News
 in Brief Form
Current Happenings From All
 Sections of the State.
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 HuntsYille.-Kel1y Boyston has pri. Vately published small volume deal ing with pioneer days in this county.
 Little Rock.-Wages of Male Farm Labor When hired by the year the average paid on Arkansas farms to each hand was $21.66 per month with board, and without board $52 per month. For harvest work the average wage with board was St.4O per day and $1,S3 without board. The average wage per day paid for other than harvest work was SLIP wits board and $1,49 without board. The wages are highest in the Northern and Northeast Counties and lower in Southern and Southeast Counties. This is partially due to the character and size of the crops, which regu. lated the demand for labor in the re. spectiye territories.
 Wilmar.-Wilmar Lodge No. sis, Free and Accepted Masons, has elect ed the following officers Worshipful Master, A. s. McArthur; senior ward en, L. A. Whorton; junior warden. Jeff Smith; senior deacon, A. L. Pin ner; junior deacon, Louin McKinstry.
 Ozark.-L. L. Heckathorne has bought half interest in the 0. K. shoe shop at Charleston.
 Eudora-- Bank of Eudora and the Merchants and Planters Bank of Eudora have merged
 Huntsville The Rev. Oscar Davis of Spring Valley is conducting a re- vival at Hartweu
 Elisha EIkins of Wes- ley recently killed a hog that weighed 300 pounds.
 Ozark.-The enior class of Branch high school presented a three-act comedy, Much Ado About Betty" at the Charleston school auditorium re- gently
 Morrilton.-Carl Schaefers, aged 15, son of George Sehaefers, Missouri Pa cific construction foreman, accident ally shot himself while hunting in the woods near here. He died about 10 minutes after the accident.
 Green Ferest.-Mrs. Ona Coxsey has purchased the Sneed ranch near Osage in Carrell county, paying $14,- 900 It is said to be the best farm in the county.
 Little Roek.-Report on Firewood: The average number of cords burned on farms in the State this year is 15 1-2, as compared to twenty last year and 19 tn eyear before. The average value per cord was $40, as compared with s370 last year and $S.50 in 1919. The heaviest consump- tioin has been in the rice district, where part of the farms burn wood fuel for power for the pumping plants. Electric power, however, is doing a larger ratio of the work there than in former years.
 Monticello. = Announcement has been made here that the Rev. Stewart K Oglesby, IT,, pastor of the Presby- terian church at Oxford, N. C., has ac- cepted the call extended by the local Presbyterian church and would arrive here about January 15. This church has been without a pastor for over a year. The last minister was the Rev. F. Shepperson, who went to Chester, S. c.
 Walnut Ridge-The new Baptist chareh under construction at Sedg- wick is nearing completion. It prob ably will be completed within two or three weeks.
 Coal Hill.-Miss Harriett Shrigley has received her commission as post master at Coal Hill.
 Philadelphia. Henderson Brown College orchestra gave concert here last week. Solo numbers were by Misses Frederick Naylor, soprano; Pearl Miller, violinist; Virginia Farra, pianist, and Selwyn Seller. reader.
 Scranton. local ginner has closed for the season. The total gin- nings was about 1000 bales, which was 600 bales less than last year.
 Hope.-H. E. Fenton, district di- rector in eighteen counties in south west Arkansas for the cotton cam paign to sign up the 100000 bales was here recently in the interest of the cotton pool movement. Director Hen ion announced that the Hampstead county quota of approximately 5000 bales is more than half raised and that indications point to this county going over the top by the end of the