"All inspectors," the instructions continue, "are authorized and directed, immediately after December 1, 1916, to proceed in the manner above indicated to force the payment of all oyster ground rentals which were due September 1, 1916, and which are still unpaid at that time. I am directed by the commission to say that this must be done and that no further delay will be tolerated.
"There was a great decrease in the number of tongers licensed during September of this year. Of course, the inspectors cannot be blamed for this. It is due to the fact that men who formerly engaged in the longing of oysters, because of the unprecedented prosperity of the country, found more lucrative employment in other branches of industry."
Commissioner Parsons returned to his office in the State Capitol yesterday, none the worse for his harrowing experience last week, when he was caught in a train wreck in South Carolina and marooned for four hours in a railroad cut before a relief train arrived. There were no fatalities.
ARKANSAS SPECIAL MAKES VISIT TO RICHMOND
Slint Resources of the State, and In Accompanied by Intelligible Party,
The special train composed of twelve all-steel cars, known as "Arkansas on Wheels," arrived in Richmond early last night, after making stops of one hour each at many points in Virginia and North Carolina.  At practically all the points, large and enthusiastic crowds viewed the exhibits from the Western State with much interest. The train started from Little Rock Tuesday on a fourteen-day tour through fourteen States of the Union. 