Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-11-26
N E w S
.-.uzu..u.Hmp- OF -.4l-.nzz,-H.E,,-
ARKANSAS :

i
sale of whiskey within three miles
of the school house in Washington,
Hampstead county, was settled in
favor of those opposed to license to
operate saloon in Washington and
circulated a petition among the peo
pie who lived within three miles
of the school house. The prohibi-
tionists circulated counter petition.
1t was supposed by many interested
that the petition for license was
more numerously signed than the
other and that license would be
granted. When the case came up in
court such a great number Of wit
nesscs appeared against license that
Wilson withdrew his petition and
Judge Briant decided against license.
Wilson paid the sherif.'s costs and
the prohibitionists paid all ether
costs.
The little six-year- old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Kenner Reed of
near 4ellville, met death by smother
ing to death in cotton pen, The
mother left her three small children
at the cotton pen to play while she
was picking, and when she returned
to the pen to empty the cotton she
had picked she found the two
smaller ones on the ground by the
side of the pen asleep, and looking
in the pen she saw the feet of the
older one protruding from the cot
ton. she lifted the child out and
found she was dead.
Kaney and Butler of Chanute,
Kan, have just unloaded car of
machinery at Monte Ne and are put
ting it in place 100 feet east of the
Monte Ne depot, to drill a hole, if
necessary, $500 feet deep, prospect
ing for oil, gas and zinc. Geologi-
cally this well will be one of great
interest in disclosing the formation
in the Ozark mountains. Geologi-
cally they will start in formation,
according to biologists that is 1900
feet lower than Fort Smith. 1t will
be the first deep hole to go down in
the Ozark region.
Charles Austin, aged %, former
cashier of the Bank of Mineral
Springs, surrendered to the officers
at Hope Thursday after having been
fugitive for nearly year. He dis
appeared after locking the doors of
the vault which, upon being opened,
revealed that $4,000 was missing.
He made bond after his arrest of
$1,000. His reason for surrender
ing was that he is tired of lodging
officers.
James Jones, farmer living near
Bethesda, left his home Sunday
morning to look for some hogs which
had strayed When he had gone
some hours, his family became
alarmed and search was instituted.
No trace has been found of the miss
ing farmer and it is feared that he
has met with some serious accident
or has been foully dealt with.
The organization of an industrial
home in Fort Smith for the pur-
pose Of aiding in shaping to use
fitness the lives of the youth of that
city who have no natural protectors,
is being perfected. A nucleus has
been raised for the necessary funds,
statistics are being gathered and
details of the organization perfected.
Appleton is the name of a new
town to be located in Boone county
at the junction of the Missouri Pa
cltic and Harrison and Mineral Belt
road. The first important enterprise
to be established in the new town
is a canning factory with a daily
capacity Of 1000 cans.
The first term Of Circuit Court
ever held at Fordyce convened Mon
day, with Judge H. w. Wills pre-
siding. Rev. r. W. MsKay, former
ly pastor of Winfield Memorial
Church, Little Rock, delivered an
invocation. The prosecuting at
torney for THAI district is Paul
Matlock. The county seat Of Dali
!as county was recently removed
from Princeton. No court house
has been built yet.