The Mena star., 1899-02-22
STATE EXCHANGES.

| Exempt factories from taxation for ten years and Arkansas wilt take on new life indeed, Tn a much-to-be de- sired line Eureka Springs Flashlight.
 Dardanelle will buy the waterworks system of that city from Capt Evins, the present owner The works are valued at about SIP. 500 = Bellville Headlight.
 We hope that the legislature will yet see it's way clear to pass a reform school bill and thus partially redeem itself for refusing to consolidate state and national elections. = Magnolia Journal.
 mers came in with great rush to get seed potatoes. If the weather will permit several carloads will be plant ed within the next two weeks. Little River News.
 It is mistaken idea that real cold weather in Arkansas is an impossibili- ty. The recent cold snap thoroughly demonstrated this fact to the surprise of our o, dest citizens. It's duration, however, was only two days, and our boasted Italian climate again rules supreme. -Siloam Springs Democrat 
 Outside papers have various schemes to raise money to build a new state house. but the Pine Bluff Courier pro- poses the most original. Here it is: at seems to us that it would be wise and judicious act for the legislature to pass law that the legislature shall not meet again for ten years, and take the money which is squandered in fool ish legislation to build much needed adornment to the state. State Re publican.
 J. F. Sessions of Mena, was arrested last week on complaint of Postoffice Inspector Houk for using a postal card to tell man named Cutler that he needed watching" It seems that Cutler owed a nephew of Sessions a small bill, and Sessions, taking up for the nephew, wrote Cutler, making the charge above named. Sessions gave bond for his appearance before the next sitting of the grand jury. Fort Smith Elevator.
 The Rogers Democrat severely con- demns the legislators who voted against the reform school bill. Among other good things it says: 1t is nn- fortunate that there are men in every legislature who can see no good in anything that fails to help their own county. A state institution fails to appeal to them In any way. The question of right and wrong is to them only question of dollars and cents. State Republlcun.
 Saturday night was the coldest weather ever experienced in this sec tion of country. It was eighteen degrees below zero. Some thermome- ters registered higher and some lower. Some are fearful that the fruit is all killed, but our most experienced fruit men say but little. if any damage was done so far. But little suffering is reported among stock-men as they were all we'll provided with shelter.- Gravette News.
 In 1877 there were 2,472, TOT children enrolled in the public schools of the South, or fl per cent of the population. In 1897 the enrolment was 5,39s, orc. or sl l-3 of the population. The in- crease in the two decades was about 50 per cent The appropriations for school purposes increased from S11,- 250, 900 in 1877, or Go cents per capita, to S31, ,000,000 or SIPS per capita Measures for increasing the appropri- ations for school purposes are pending in nearly ali the legislatures of the southern states. The Alabama house of representatives has just passed