Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-08-09
ARKANSAS BRIEFS


Pearls were first discovered in those
rivers six or seven years ago. and
for long time residents along the
rivers abandoned their agricultural
and other pursuits to search for
pearls. According to local dealers it
is but rarely now that Arkansas
pearls are offered for sale in Little
Rock, whereas there was formerly
great market for them there 1t is
said that the pearl industry in Ar
kansas is almost at a standstill, al
though a pearl found in White river
was sold about three weeks since for
$1,000 TO buyer for Memphis
establishment.
Mrs. Mary J. Wignall of Vande-
WORT, Arkansas an heir under the will
of the late Russell Sage, who died in
New York ten days ago, leaving an
estate of approximately $100,000000.
Mrs. Wignall is niece of the noted
fnancier and under the terms of the
will bequeathing $4,000 to each niece
and nephew, falls heir to that amount
in the event she does not contest the
will, in which case the bequest is set
aside, according to the terms of the
will. Mrs. Wignall is a daughter of
Elizur w. Sage, a brother of Russell
Sage. Her father was twice married,
and she is the eldest daughter of the
first wife. She resides in Polk
county in Vandervoort, a village of
one hundred inhabitants.
The Arkansas Normal College to be
established at Eureka Springs is now
definite certainty. A college char
ter is being arranged for, providing
for collegiate, normal, music and
commercial departments. The trus
tees of the institution include:
Mayor Wood, Hon. C. D. James, Post
master Rosewater, Rev. N. Chestnut,
Rev. ]. E. Denham, Supt. Barnett, DR..
C. A. Reed, Mr.. Giles E. Miller, w.
T. Shepherd.
One of the most important cases
disposed of at this term of the Polk
County Circuit Court was that of the
Arkansas Improvement Company VS..
the Kansas City Southern Railway
Company The plaintiff, who is the
owner of the Stilwell orchard, north
of Mena, brought suit for $4,000 dam
ages alleged to have been caused by
fire, originating from a locomotive on
the Kansas City Southern. The jury
awarded the plaintiff $1,000.
The Rose City Lodge of Machinists,
Little Rock, has instructed its repre-
sentative on the Central Trades Coun-
ell to vote against the proposed Labor
Day parade. The men believe that
the day should be spent as quietly as
possible and that march in the hot
sun would be harder than work. Each
of the unions in the two cities is
allowed to vote for or against the
parade:
The Jackson County Sunday School
Convention will meet at the Metho-
dist church in Newport, Tuesday,
August 7. All pastors and superin-
tendents are delegates by virtue of
their office. Each school is entitled
to one delegate for each twenty-five
enrolled.
Preliminary steps have been taken
at Harrison to organize a bar asso-
citation to be composed of members
of the bar in that federal district.
The lawyers in that section of the
state have been invited to be present
at the October term of the court to
perfect the organization
The l. o. o. F. lodge, to be known
as Little River Lodge, No. 431, has
been organized at Foreman. About
twenty-five charter members were en-
rolled, and the new lodge starts off
with fattering prospects for the flu
ture.s
The Crossett Lumber Company of
Crossett is contemplating bringing
some settlers from the North to locate
on a large tract of land which 1t owns
in the vicinity of that place. At pres
ent it intends to bring 800 white fam
lilies from New York state and will
settle them upon three hundred farms,
into which it will divide its lands.
M L. Gray, who resides on rural
route No. 2, Little Rock, about three
and a half miles from the city, owns
a calf three days old which has two
tails The calf is very large for its
age.
The Forrest City and Cutoff Tele-
phone Company has been organized
with ]. j. Barron president, Dan
Wylds, Sr., vice-president, and D. B.
Harper secretary and treasurer.
Work will begin at once in building
the line, which will extend from For
rest City to Cutoff. distance of
seventeen miles.
The Building Committee of the Y.
M. c. A. is working on plans for a |
building at Jonesboro. The plans |