The Forrest City times., 1906-06-22
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 who said his name was ! 4. Kemp. is still in the hands Of the police. and
 confined in the Phillips county t2il On
 2 warrant charging him with forgery.
 T. developed that his real name Is aOt | Kemp. but N L. Keller. Kemp being
 the name Of partner of his. 2 Texan. Eho made his escape as soon as Kelley
 was nabbed. l. has also developed | that Kemp alias Kellev. first tried 10 work the draft scheme on the First | National Bank When he stated his purpose. however. Cashier Faulkner. | of the First National would have noth- i ing 70 do with 1T. saying they did not do that sort Of business According 10 Chief Clancy. ss soon as the sus- pect had been eross-questioned closely ! by the chief and city attorney. Edwin Beyens. he confessed that his name was not Kemp. HH said that his l partner was named Kemp. but his name was Kelley. City Attorney l Bevens looked up the law and says | he feels secure in holding the suspect | for forgery. now that hs confesses to an alias The forgery was signing another mans name 10 the telegram
 The annual chautauqua will take place al Fort Smith June 24 10 July I. ia the new auditorium. The build. ! ing of the new auditorium is nearing | completion and the doors xill be open d 10 the public for the first time on the occasion Of the Chauianqua. Ex. Governor Bob Taylor, Sam Jones. 1 Dr Gunsauius, Senator LaFollette. and other good features will be heard. There will be a new N. E. Church built in Earle soon. The members have already bought the lot and made up ss@9 of the building fund. They propose 10 build s2.5q0 edifice. The new bank building of. the Bank | Of Earle will De a two-story brick.
 The contract has been let to Eberhart 1 of Memphis, and the work is now
 progressing nicely The contractor
 bid the work in for s7.77777. The up- stairs will be elegantly fitted offices. and the bank will occupy the lower
 floor The entire building will be 1 wired for electric lights. When com
 pieted the Bank of Earle will have one l Of the most commodious and elegant i buildings in eastern Arkansas.
 In discussing the work of the AT.
 kansas State Fair Association. Hon. l Hamp Williams of Hot Springs says.
 All our plans have so far carried
 out satisfactorily and everything Is in working order. Every department has 1 been organized and We are now ready l to assign the exhibits, concessions. etc. l The fair will open on October l. and
 close October 10, and the citizens of
 the entire state are rallying to the | support of the enterprise. II will be 1 undoubtedly the greatest event in
 which the entire state is yitally inter.
 ested, which has taken place .n Ar 1 kansas for many years
 One thing that gives the manage
 ment an advantage and untold help
 is the fact that the Oaklawn race track
 and grounds have been given us free of charge. This track represents an | outlay of half million dollars and is | itself worth the trip to Hot Springs
 10 see. We can care for 10000 visitors l day in our city and we expect that
 many on the opening day of the fair, October 1"
 Attorney Norwood and Alley. repre- senting citizens of Mena in the con. troyersy over the Mena Hendrix
 Academy, have filed a suit in the
 Chancery Court against the president
 and Board of Directors of Hendrix
 College and J. E. Wooten of the Com
 mercial College. The suit is brought
 to oust the defendants named from
 any right or title now claimed in the
 property and to quiet the title in the
 city of Mena. The papers as filed pro vide that if the lease now held by 1 Prof Wooten shall be declared valid
 the hotel property. now claimed as
 rental Tor the lease. shall become the
 property of Hendrix Academy
 Al meeting of the Peach Growers
 Association at Rogers. il was the opin. l ion of all that the crop is not as badly
 damaged as at first reported. The
 members present thought the pros. i poets were good for fifteen cars at 1 least and decided to ship in car load
 lots as formerly. The crop is scat
 tering and no uniformity was notice
 able m the reports Of the various
 growers. Some orchards will be prac.
 tically bare while others will have
 fairly good crops
 ]. W. Yoohers had the misfortune
 Of losing his store building and con
 tents at Weidman, on the White Riv.
 er railroad recently The building probably caught fire from being struck by lightning. His loss is about s3.000.
 The Russellville Chautauqua will be
 held at that place July II to 18th, Capt. Richmond P Hobson is an nounced as one of the speakers at thi. meeting.
 The Western Union telegraph line has been completed to Pike City. Mir,
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