Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-05-31
ARKANSAS BRIEFS

river. Several little boys and girls
were playing in a room when one of
the boys found a 32-caIibre revolver
hidden under a stack of papers He
took the pistol from its hiding place
and the little son of Judge Shipman
then got possession of it. He was
playfully toying with the revolver,
when it was discharged, the bullet en-
tering the abdomen of little LOWE,
ranging straight through and out of
her back. The little girl never fell
or even screamed, but walked into an
adjoining room, where she was placed
upon a bed, and died about 80 min
utes after the accident.
The official schedule for the annual
excursion of the Little Rock Board of
Trade which will be held June ~, 13
and IA has been prepared by the Off
Gals of the Iron Mountain railroad
and delivered to the secretary. Ac-
cording to the schedule the special
train bearing the excursionists will
leave Little Rock June II at 1870 a.
m. and after making numerous stops
will arrive at p. m. at Warren, where
part of the night will be spent. The
second night will be spent at Cam
den and the train will arrive in Lit
tie Rock at p. m. on the 14th of
June. Accommodations will be pro-
vided for only 100 persons, and half
that number of tickets have already
been sold.
Pine Bluff is to have an eight-story
office building in the near future. The
building will be put up by the Arkan-
sas & Texas Consolidated Ice and
Coal Company at the northeast corner
Of Second and Main, now occupied
by Fred Senyard's saloon and Sulli-
vans cafe. Jeff Hicks, president of
the company, has had the plans for
the building for several months and
the prospects now are that the build
ing will be erected as soon as the
present lease on the property expires.
Thomas P. Johnson, "a years of age
the oldest negro lawyer in the state
died recently at his home in Little
Rock after a SO years practice of
law. He was licensed as attorney in
July of 1870. He was a slave and be-
longed to a planter in Desha county
of this state. He was twice elected
president of the Negro Bar Associa-
ton. This Association attended the
funeral in body. The services were
held from Miles Chapel, Fifth and
Collins streets.
The stockholders of the Patton
Singing School, which organized last
year, met a few days ago and reor-
gained by electing A. w. Coulter
president and Leslie ]. Savage secre-
tary. The organization is known as
the Patton Normal Musical Institute,
and its purposes having conducted
under the supervision of Prof Pat
ton class in singing at Hamburg
some time during the month of Sep
TENDER. Prof. Patton has contracts
for several classes throughout the
county and this school is the last of
the series.
Fayetteville has already begun to
feel the effect of the coal strike Most
of the large coal users have been
making turns one way and another
to keep up their stock of fuel The
city waterworks company's supply of
coal was short and they bought so
cords of wood, which they are now
using. Washington county, however,
has an abundance of as good coal as
can be mined anywhere, and should
the coal shortage continue it will re-
suit in developing the home product,
any of which is worth S. ton.
A ponderous lemon is being exhib-
tied at Elliott. 1t weighs 80 ounces
and measures 16 inches in circum-
ference. 1t was raised by Miss Lutte
Frazier.
The remains of B. F. Walker were
taken from the river near Combs the
other day. Mr.. Walker, who lived
with his wife and daughter near Gin
cinnati in Washington county, disap-
peared from his home about two
weeks ago. When found he had a
15-pound rock tied to his neck.
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cured a patent on an automatic re-
frigerator and cheese-cutting cabinet.
He is having the first one manufac-
tured, and is considering the organi-
cation of a company for the manufac-
ture of the cabinets.
The Paris Coal Company, of which
Joe Pendleton is manager, will begin
sinking shaft about one mile north
of Paris in about thirty days. Presi.
dent Wright of the Arkansas Central
was in Paris recently and went over
the ground for the purpose of select.
ing route for a switch to the mines
The school election at Tuckerman,
resulted in the reelection of S. w.
Harvey and w. M. Tins as directors.
A 5-mill tax was voted and the propo-
e;% 70 hull o