White County record. [volume] (Judsonia, Ark.) 1922-200?, 1922-09-14

ROgerS.-The Ozark Cider and
Vinegar Company have begun operat-
ing on full time at the main plant
here, and the several branches in
Benton and Washington counties. The
combined grinding capacity is about
100000 pounds of apples every "a
hours. The long drouth and high
temperatures have damaged the apple
crop in northwest Arkansas. The
crop of Jonathans, one of the heavi-
est the section has ever known, be-
gan dropping just before the apples
reached maturity, and SO heavy was
this drop that it is etimated that near
ly rs per cent of the crop went to the
evaporators and vinegar plants. In
normal times these windfall apples
would have been shipped out as bulk
stock bringing the growers from so
cents to $1.00 per bushel. This year
the prevailing price at the factories
has been about 25 cents.
Fort Smith.-Fort Smith capitulat-
ed to caravan of more than
1900 Shriners who invaded the city.
Sixty two novices were initiated at
a ceremony staged by Al Amin Tenn
pie of Little Rock "Shriners Day"
began with the arrival of the special
train from Little Rock bearing the
members of the Al Amin Temple.
There was something doing every min
ute. Twelve hundred fez-wearers
were in line of march when the big
parade formed and marched down
Garrison avenue. The mysterious
yelled Hindu girl was the center of at
traction. Immediately after the pa
rade, a business session was held
at the Joie theater, followed by the
ceremonial, which was concluded at
o'clock.
Little Rock.-The Boys and Girls
of the state are facing real oppor.
tunities to realize actual class on
some of the past years work by en-
tering exhibits at the Arkansas State
Fair, to be held from Oct. 9 to Is.
The Fair management this year is of.
fering $1,1S6.50 in this department an
inducement to the boys and girls of
the state to take an active interest
in the State Fair.
Little Rock-From a slave cabin
to the leader of more than three mil
lion negro Baptists in the United
States was the distinction won by
Dir. Elias c. Morris, aged 81, who
died at the home of his son, F. D.
Morris, Sixteenth and Bishop streets,
and whose body was allowed to lie In
state "a hours in the chapel of the
Arkansas Baptist collage
Czark.-Farmers and stock raisers
in this section are disposing of their
cattle as fast as possible, as the pas
lures here are parched and there is
but little water. The long drouth in
Franklin county is said to be the most
severe in history
Conway.-The arrest OF about 100
Conway residents on complaints filed
by the sanitary officer for failure to
pay the fee for sanitary work has
been ordered by Mayor W. D. Cole.
Hot Springs.-W. A Brown of Car.
tersville, Ca, died in a local hospital
and several others were very painful.
ly but not seriously injured when a
large touringg car driven by Will
Howe, proprietor OF the Rockafellow
hotel, overturned on the Country
Club road about mile from here
while going down a steep grade.
Fayetteville.-The School of Medi.
cine of the University of Arkansas
has been rated for the third consecu.
tive year as Glass A institution, &C.
cording to the recent report of the
Council of Education of the American
Medical Association of current date.
Little ock-Arrangements have
been completed by the State Far
management for the amusement fea.
lures of the fair to be held from DC.
tober to Is. Contracts have been
signed for the carnival features and
the free hipprodrome attractions.
Cotter.-When H. D. Routzong. edi.
tor of the Record of this place, wants
to go fishing, he shuts up and goes.
leaving his bushes in charge of the
citizens. He has just spent a week
fishing, and notified his subscribers
that &. j. Loop, cashier Of the bank.
had the key and would take any mon
ey rendered; that Happy" Kendrick
would pay his bills, and Tom Shiras
editor of the Bulletin at Mountain
Home, would do his lying for him
while he was gone.