The Nevada County picayune., 1907-04-12
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Attorney General William F.. Kirby has rendered an opinion at tbc request of the auditor of state in regard to the matter of paying in- terr,t on the purchase money yet due on f.e state 'onyict farm. in which bc .tatr, that the state is not bound ,o thc paymen of and does not owe any intcre,t ul on the deferred pay mcut, of the purchase money of the farm The sta.c farm was bought Noyo4tor q. 902, at a cost of Slfo.lO0. and inc contract proyid- ed .or the payment of interest on the jnstal mcnts rem aiming unpaid at the rate If per cent per annum No jntere.t was eye paid and StO.000 of tha prinei9 pal is still due The opin,sn cites section 5S55 of kirby,s Diet-. which authorizes the pur- chase of a farm and Is the law un- der which the state farm was ptr- cba,ea.
 At meeting of representatives of the .Arkansaw Travellers, Travellers Protective Association and United Conn efcial Travellers held in Lit tc Rtck recently, the commercial men epresentirg three organiz- tlone jointly pic d9ed themselves to sesuf, &200,000 in preferred stock for tFe Little Rock and Hot Springs Hectic Railway, provided the pro- mot,l, of the road will give them Sj0.a90 III common stock fol the purptsc of building a hospital for eommcrcial men on the company's me If road.
 .A.veine that both home and for ign ire insurance companies do iAg business in Arkansas have liolat- sl#thc act which provides penalties #rr0ols. trusts and conspiraeies to aoHtloi prices. etc, Prosecuting At- leIHeF RhotoA filed thirteen suts de mandJag total of $33. .000, ,060 off pcTatie> \ few hours later suits We,c instituted against seven con- aaEja,. from each of which iudg- ueIt of Sl.000,0 i> asked. and agaust which penalty of $3,000,- 9o0 demanded, making total of H5A9a, ,000.
 Atahama and Tennessee capital f>ts are satisfied that the lands of >cott county are undcrlaid with coal, .he veins of which are from two to ,IN Il ehcs thick. Option, have been sctar d on many thousands of acres of lad in ihe county. The Tenncs- >eaaH are preparing to close their deals and pay out over $200,000 in iIe purchase of iand. The Alabama capitalists will taSe up their options wtalt the next three weeks
 N. Scott smith. .he new super nteu lent of the reservation at Hot >rrnss, has announced that the ofli- iai I5me of the reservation will he slah9cd to the Il nited States Res er'atIoa,' instead of the Hot | >Prnga reservation. :. under which l name it has gone for many years. Inc r.; son assigned for this change | I> that Ill the documentary evidence 2f the government justites it.
 H. (. Johnston's 5-year-old boy Read, was accidentally killed at his | home near Cushman recently. The | boy took a broom and lifted the muzzle of a shotgun off rack over the door. Both barrels of the gun were discharged, the contents enter Ing the boys body and killing him.
 ". P. Campbell. travelling sales man, committed suicide in the de- i"t at Ashdown, by drinking a quan- nty of carbolic acid. There was note in his pocket giving his name and requesting that his wife at Nash vile, Tenn. be notified of his death.
 Thomas Niece, 21 years old, was found dead in field in Big Creek bottom near Fordycc. Deceased was subieet to epilepsy. and it is bciiey- .t that he died while suffering from ah attack of the disease.
 pr. !, $. Corn. wcll-known phy- nelan of Nashville. died very sud