The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-11-02
In the contest for the Office OF
county judge of Garland county in
which z. w. Lakeman charged that

which z. W. Lakeman charged that
0. Ell. Sumpter and r. L. Will
| liams had conspired to beat him for
Office, and in which the attorneys
of Sumpter filed an application in
the Supreme Court for a writ pro-
hibiting the Garland Circuit Court
from acting in the case, has been
denied, and the case will come up
in Garland county.
Three of the state officials will
be retired this week. These are
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Hinemon, who will be succeeded by
j. j. Doyne, Commissioner of State
Lands Conway, who will retire in
favor of l.. l.. Coffman, and Com
missioner of Mines Manufacture and
Agriculture Bradford. who will be
succeeded by Guy B. Tucker.
Victor Price is being tried at Fay
etteville this week for the alleged
murder of Fred l.. Bussey, prom
inent man of Iowa, who with his
family was moving to Arkansas
when he was shot in the back by
a party thought to be Price.
William Walker, who was arrest
ed at Cove, Polk county. on charge
of selling liquor without paying the
government tax, has been taken to
Fort Smith to await the action of
the Federal Grand Jury.
Mrs. Henry G. Bum, wife of
Henry G. Bum, former chief JUS
tice Of the Supreme Court of Ar
kansas, is dead at her home in El
Dorado, after an illness extending
over several months.
Four negroes were arrested in
Morrilton, charged with the killing
of Will Moore, a white farmer, and
a young man by the name of Joe
Jones. The shooting was the result
of a saloon row.
J. II. Hinemon, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, is in
favor of seven year course of study
in the grammar schools of the coun-
try instead of eight as now pre-
walls.
Crawford county is in the midst
of very warm political campaign,
both the Democrats and Republic
cans making a fight for the county
in the coming congressional cleo
ton.
n. J. Hazel, mayor of Marked
Tree, was seriously shot by negro
recently in an attempt to prevent
the negro from paying attentions
to another negro's wife.
NJ. w. Swope of Eureka Springs,
raised $50 bushels of potatoes on
one-half acre of ground, some of the
potatoes weighing as much as two
and one-quarter pounds.
Lewis Noles and J. C. Ratlif have
been indicted by the Grand Jury of
Gs,!and county for alleged viola
ton of the election laws in the cleo
ton of September Sd.
F. E. Conway, Commissioner of
State lands, who retires this week,
will occupy the position of deputy
under Mr.. Coffman, the incoming
Land Commissioner.
A small fire occurred in the res
idence portion of Ageeville recently,
at which time J. G. Pennington and
family lost their home and house.
hold effects.
Perry Day, a railroad man, has
been arrested at Fort Smith, for
shooting woman at Hope recently.
Day claims that the shooting was
accidental.
The secretary of the Good Roads
Association is mailing an open let
ter to the county judges asking their
cooperation in the work of the AS
ISOLATION.
The Light and Water Plant of
Sloan Springs has leased its plant
to an individual party for term of
three years for a rental of $50 per
month.
In contest for the office of cir
cult clerk of Carroll county, A. j.
Russell, Republican, won the nomi-
~