Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-12-03

time society leader of Pine Bluff,
was acquitted Of a charge of grand
larceny in the Circuit Court Mon
day. He admitted taking a diamond
locket from Mrs. Van Knox, at
whose home he formerly lived, but
declared that he intended to return
it to its owner. He was acquitted
by a jury in four minutes. He
pawned the diamond and it was re-
covered before his arrest. The state
failed to prove felenious intent. I'm
mediately after his acquittal Nelson
was rearrested on a charge of OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses,
but friends made bond for him.
Prosecutor Jones says he will be ar
rested to answer several other
charges.
At a meeting of a committee of
ten members Of the Conway Baptist
church at Conway the question of
building or remodeling the present
church in order to give more room
was discussed and it is understood
that the committee will recommend
the erection of a handsome new
house of worship, but members Of
the committee will give out no de-
tails until their report has been made
to their church. ut is recognized
by all of us" said the pastor, Rev.
J. J. Hurt, Monday chat our
church is very weak financially and
that we must sacrifice to the limit
in order to erect a church building
adequate to our needs, but our peo-
pie seem ready and anxious to go
under the load
At the meeting of the Sloan
Springs City Council $4,000 of city
scrip was destroyed. During the
past two years the city issued $12,-
los in scrip. When the present
administration took charge the total
floating Indebtedness of the city was
$4,966.51, of which $4,190.28 was
issued by the Kemper administra-
ton and $139.74 by the Zimmerman
administration and $3.50 by the
Steele administration. During the
past seven months Of the Paul ad-
ministration scrip to the amount of
$822.98 was issued. After the can
collation. of the scrip, the total float
ing Indebtedness of the city stands
at $2,18O.43.
The Circuit Court of Monroe
county convened at Clarendon Mon
day morning with a large number
of cases on the docket. Judge Eu-
gene Landlord will preside and the
interests of the state will be looked
after by Prosecuting Attorney
George W. Clark. In his instruc-
lions to the Grand Jury Judge Lank-
ford laid special stress upon the law
prohibiting the carrying of conceal
ed weapons and cited the killing of
Senator Carmack as an instance of
the evil of carrying the Convenient"
pistol. The Grand Jury was secured
with some difficulty, as nearly half
the first panel was excused for vari-
Gus reasons.
County Judge Jesse A. Harp of
Sebastian county dismissed Saturday
the petition asking the revocation of
the saloon license Of Harper & Viii
at Fort Smith. The petition was
based upon the allegation that the
Fort Smith firm had sold liquor to
a minor, but the evidence proved
that the order was received by mail
from an Oklahoma town, accom-
panied by a postoffice money order,
and that the firm could not have
known that a minor had sent them
the order.
Rains have fallen generally over
Grant county and have extihguished
the forest fires, which were doing
considerable damage, While the
damage to property has not been so
great, ut the mast, or fruit of the
oak, which is so essential to the big
hog raisers and which is a very
large crop, has been entirely wiped
out where the fire went.
Henry Simmons, a former deputy
sheriff Of Cross county, was arrested
Saturday and placed under bond on
the charge of assault to kill. Sim
mons was engaged in quarrel with
brakeman named Thompson, whom