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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
8
A correction states Mr Thane supported the contemplated levee bill while Dermott citizens challenged it. They argued that a flat tax on all lands is not just or equitable, correcting the phrasing from drainage to levee bill in last week's News.
A tornado tore across south central Arkansas Tuesday afternoon, killing at least ten people and injuring sixteen, with additional deaths and injuries feared. The Arkansas Gazette reports fatalities near Carlisle England Sherrill and Pine Bluff along a 75 mile path.
Secretary R O Schaefer of Little Rock announces the Arkansas Good Roads and Drainage Association will hold its 1917 meeting at Hotel Marion Auditorium January 18 and 19. Delegates from towns counties and commercial groups are expected. The program includes road construction films and growing interest in good roads spurred by government land distributions Alexander road law and projected national highways.
Engineer C C Burkett under the State Highway Commission finished a Tillar to McGehee to Trippe survey and will complete leveling Friday. He will file a report and costs. The project aims to tap the Chicot road to form a continuous Little Rock to state line route, linking with Dermott Lake Village plans.
Our fellow townsman minister N C Denson is a candidate for the Chaplain of the next State Senate. A petition circulated and signed by nearly every man in Dermott supports his bid. Denson is one of the oldest ministers in service in the state and veterans recall his Civil War service under General Lee.
The column reports a friendly gathering with Presbyterians last Sunday at 11 a.m. A Leap year party drew the town’s youth on Tuesday evening. The debt-payoff campaign proceeds well. Watch night service is planned for next Sunday night. all are urged to attend.
Washington December 18 The Joint Committee on Interstate Commerce suspended hearings on government regulation of transportation pending January 1 and likely after March 4. Shippers investors and business leaders urge unified federal railway regulation to restore credit and efficiency. The public seeks a clear nationwide system while railroads push for capital access and improved facilities.
A Civil War era letter from Deming describes Co. K tents being bunkered for winter, soldiers greeting Searg't Par rish back, and Serg't Mason returning from El Paso with news of a jolly time. It recalls a Thanksgiving citron mistaken for a 35 lb watermelon and includes a border life poem about home, sun, and longing, ending with a note for merchants to remember the motto P of A.
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