Judsonia weekly advance., 1922-03-16

 as standard colleges.
 Arkansas is rapidly consolidating it's rural school districts, thereby mak- ing possible the establishment of strong schools with high school ad- yantages.
 Arkansas has State Agriculture Mechanical and Normal College for negroes. It also has three denomina- tional colleges for negroes.
 Arkansas rural schools are offering vocational education courses, teach ing agriculture and domestic art.
 Gilsonite, a rare mineral used in making glossy paints for automobile bodies, is a recent discovery in Ar kansas.
 Insulator brackets used by tele- graph and telephone companies all over the United States are manufac- tured from Arkansas hardwood.
 Arkansas leads in the production of oak railroad ties.
 The largest nugget of zinc ever mined in one piece weighed 70 tons. It was quarried in Marion County, Arkansas, in 1893. A small piece of this, weighing 12,400 pounds, was ex. hibited at the Chicago Worlds Fair, and after taking a first premium for purity was placed on exhibition in the Field Museum, Chicago.
 Arkansas produced the largest mug get of lead ever mined. It weighed 2,400 pounds and was mined in Ma rion county. It was exhibited at the St. Louis Exposition.
 Arkansas has a marble which is elastic, bending under pressure and rebounding when the pressure is re- leased. This elasticity enables the stone to adopt itself to variable ell mates without disintegration It is quarried in Independence county in large quantities.
 Batesville marble, quarried in Ar kansas is more dense and compact than granite, therefore absorbs less moisture. It is fine grained and is especially adapted to the sculptor's chisel
 The largest block of marble quar- ried in Arkansas weighed 220 tons It came from near Batesville, Inde. pendence county.
 Arkansas has a chain of mountains extending along the entire western border, over 2,000 feet above the sur rounding plain, which shelter the re- mainder of the state from the cold waves and blizzards experienced north and west of them.
 An Independence county boy has six-year average of 92 1-2 bushels of corn to the acre.
 The faculty of the University of Ar kansas hold degrees from 65 different colleges and universities.
 Seventeen members of the faculty of the University of Arkansas are listed in the latest edition of Who's Who"
 Six hundred school teachers attend ed the six weeks summer school term at the University of Arkansas in 1921.
 The University of Arkansas is one of the few colleges in the United States employing trained dietitian, thereby safeguarding the health of the students through a balanced diet.
 The University of Arkansas main tains plant for the manufacture of anti-cholera serum for hogs, which is supplied to the farmers of the state at cost
 The University of Arkansas main tains an Extension Service in agricul- ture and home economics by which 75O,O00 people were reached this year.
 Arkansas university, through it's agricultural experiment. station, has issued more bulletins during the past five years than similar institutions of other states in the South.
 Over 65 per cent of Arkansas high school graduates continue their edu- cation at the State University.
 The University of Arkansas con ducts instructions by mail in agri- culture, engineering and the liberal arts and sciences.
 Students from the University of Arkansas are accepted in the leading universities with full credit for the work performed.
 AkanSaS planters OflglnaIeu Iue plan of cooperative system of ac- counting, whereby an expert account ant supervises the bookkeeping for a number of large plantations.
 Arkansas has 5,240 miles of rail. road, networking the state like a street railway system.
 Arkansas has a compulsory educa- tion law and every child between the ages of 6 and 15 years is com pelled to attend some school. Arkansas has begun to develop it's water power. Work is progressing on two projects which call for the expenditure of $20,000,000. Arkansas supplied 76,241 men in the World War. One of the first soldiers wounded in action was an Arkansan. Arkansas furnished 25 general off.