White County record., 1922-07-06

searcy.-The Missouri & North Arkansas Railway is being rehabili. .ateo at a cost of $769,oo0, J. c. Murray, general manager, announced shortly after he had jsined the Lit tle Rock trade booster excursion. Every effort is being made. he said .o put the road, on which traffic was st a standstill for nearly year in first-class condition.
 harrison.-Norman Stevens, strlklng employe of the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad, and j. S. Selby, local grocer were arrested on charge of conspiracy. The men were arrested by Sheriff Sibley Johnson anu three deputies. They are said to nave been bringing into Harrison a quantity of ammunition. includino several boxes of shotgun shells loaded with buck shot as well as many his. tol cartridges.
 North Little Rock.-Fire of under. termined origin destroyed warehouse oihces and two elevators of the Hayes Grain * Commission Company cover. Ing almost an entire block of North Little Rock between Fourth and Fifth streets and Popular and Magnolia streets. All of the buildings with tbeir contents of hay, grain and feed were destroyed c. E. Hayes, president of the company, said that the loss will total approximately s125,o00
 Washington.-A reduction of 31 900 barrels in the petroleum production or Arkansas for May is shown in tha report of the United States Gso4og- lcal Survey. According to this re- port' Arkansas production for the month was 1.053000 barrels. com. pared with 1,OS4,0OO barrels for Apr making 1t the seventh oil producing state.
 Arkadelphia.-Organization of tba olark County Fair Association. was perfected here when representatives rom Amity, Manchester and Caddo townships met. The place of tho Tar will be Philadelphia. The date Will be in October Plans are being formed to'hold a series of community Ialrs throughout the county early this 1aii' the best exhibits to be sent to the county fair, and the best of the county fair to be sent to the state
 Crossett,-The Cooter neighborhood k miles southeast of Crossett where about a dozen dipping vats were blown up recently, was visited by more than 200 members of the Ku hluk klan, all wearing white robes It was said the object of the visit of tue klanSmen was to impress upon the alleged opponents of the cattle dipping law that they must desist from further destruction of the vats.
 Fit. Smith.-Six local physicians were summoned today to appear in Munich pal Court tomorrow morning to an. sWef to charges of having failed to re- port births as required by state law and city ordinance, the charges fol- lowing the filing of a report with Mayor Pagan Bourland by Mrs Mary Ellls Brown, statistician for the Bu- reau of Vital Statistics at Little Rock.
 Russellville.-Jim Burlington. coal miner and farmer, committed suicide by blowing the top of his head off with shotgun. Burlington was 95 and had wife and five children.
 Pine Bluff.-Ben Veil. planter near here, bought 600 discarded officers caps at the Camp Pike sale and now ms colored farm hands have become generals, majors, brigadiers, etc.
 Little Rock.-George w. Fooshe of Memphis is looking over the field here With a view to selecting a site for a cotton mill that will give employment to 5000 persons or more, 1t was an- nounced recently.
 Fayetteville.-Admission to full col legiate standing in the University of Arkansas will be given to those who pass satisfactorily an intelligent test to be given by Dr. J. c. Jordan. Uni yersity examiner, even though those who take the test have not completed the high schol work ordinarily re- quired for university entrance.
 Conway has been started on the new athletic field at the Arkansas State Normal. placed west of the dormitory for girls. and large enough to provide two poot ball fields and one baseball field, with a quarter-mile circular track on it's edge
 Ozark.-Ose hundred and forty dol. lars in gold was found buried near the home of the late Mrs Queen Campbell, who died recently It is believed there is a considerable sum buried near the place