The Forrest City times., 1909-10-15
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 The ulask county grand jury re- tGrn,E neteen indictments
 I've five bales of long staple cotton. (alued al s2.30o. were total iy desN N1yed by fire si Tucker
 FredRWilsou. Pine Bluff contrac- tor. anf Howell X Maddox. merchants of HoI Springs, have filed petitions in baHNnptey at Litue Rock
 RubA Smith was seriously burned by an 4Xplosion of gas III the South. eru AITlracitc Coal cumplny's mines. two mi les south ot RusseIHiHe.
 Allet & Bakers cotton gin. flour and erst mill, at Mena, were de- stroyeA by fire. The loss Is estimat- ed at 13,5oo. with insurance to the value sl,35O.
 $. C1 Stone killed the largest deer in the lBay bottom that has ever been seen tu the vicinity of Harrison IL weighH 253 pounds and had sixteen points Hon it's horns
 Gus 5currie of Newport. negro. found .Ruilty of murder in the sec ond degree for the killing of Ike Bowers, was sentenced to twenty-one years in the penitentiary
 The Pulaski county equalization board has increased the assessments of nearly every leading corporation in Litte Rock. The total increase amounts to more than $500.0o0.
 Governor Donaghey has offered a reward of si00 for the arrest and conviction of Charles NJ. Amary. who is ehaj jged with killing sam Bunch at Mapila, Mississippi county, on oo- tober |
 The contract for the erection of the new court house at Hampton has been It to E. R Koonee, and work on the building will be commenced 's cost p7,fso. s@sa; tune. ''s building is to
 The negro Oaaehta Baptist college and industrial sdhoo at Camden was totallyI destroyed by fire The origin of thel fire is unknown The build. ing wa valued at s3,000 and was in- sured for sl.5OOl
 The pew dredgeboat which is to be built 4 Corning will be the largest one of the kind In northeast Arkan- sas. + will cost about s25, ,000 and will hfve over 100000 feet of lum- hAY t.,t stss
 Complaint is made that the game 1 fish which were once so plentiful in 1 Cache river are getting very scarce, and It has been suggested that the using of nets that are unlawful may be the cause of the scareity l At meeting of the Retail Mer- l chants association in Carlisle it was l decided to offer premium of $75 im cash and merchandise for the farm CT hauling the greatest number of people to the fair in one load 1 The students of Ouaehita college have submitted the following ques- Ion for the Ouachita-Hendrix debate 1 to be held in Little Rock this win ter: Resolved. That the United l States Should Enact a Snip Subsidy 1 Law" Hendrix has the choice of l sides.
 Chance McGee, a negro. who shot and killed Nathan Tripp, another ne- gfo on the Howsen place at Moscow several months ago. and who has been sought by the officers ever since, went to Pine Bluff and sur rendered 10 the authorities He says he waF forced to kill Tripp in self defenst He WAS locked up, pending trial.
 Bes@e Poynter. 4-yoar-oIa daughter | of Peiry Poynter, was burned to death lwhile playing in the yard at 1 the hdm of her parents at Cotter. Some matches she held in her hand became ignited and set her skirt on fire
 A contract has been closed to fur nish water for the city of DeQueen with the owners of the DeQueen Ice 1 and .IAght company, and for a con- i sideralpon Of $l00 per month the city is to Have all the water 1t may need or require.
 
 Arrangements have been made for Union day at the Ouachita valley harvest at Camden, and ail the mem bers of the union are to be present Friday, October 22. arrayed in over alis and blue jumpers to participate 1 in the parade.
 F F. Wright of Philadelphia Is go- ing to plant twenty acres in pecan trees. Nurserymen claim that this section is well adapted to the rais- ing of oceans. and Mr Wright Is con- vinced that his orchard will be a | krOfitable one