Pocahontas star herald., 1911-03-31
STATE NEWS TERsELY TOLD.

Several months ago, while brake
man on local freight train was rlG
ing into the little town of Brookland
ON the COW catcher Of a locomotive
the engine struck a team driven by
Dr. W. F. Jinks and the brakeman
was killed, His wife sued DR.. Jinks
for $4,000, and the case was tried
last week at Jonesboro. A verdict in
favor Of the defendant was rendered.
Five unusually large sassafras logs
were brought into Jasper recently.
One Of them was six feet long, an
ciher eight feet, two ten feet and one
twelve feet The largest log was fit
ty-two inches in diameter at the butt.
The five contained 5,267 feet of lum
ber. Several timber men said they
were the largest and frest sassafras
logs they had ever seen.
Sheridan Dorsey, charged with petit
Larceny, broke Jail at Huntsville last
week He was captured few hours
dlter ne escdpeu.
John Tilder's barn at Fordyce, with
800 bushels of corn and several tons
Ct hay and other provender, was de-
s.royN BY fire last week
jan Bede Johnson, who formerly
liv6d'M Bradley County, has heen con-
yicted of the murder of a constable at
Jasper, Texas, and sentenced to i'm
pisanment for life. He has been
sranted rev trial since the convic-
tiCn, and the case will be heard next
June.
Jack Alexander, negro who lives
at Stephens, claims to be 104 years
old, When one of the older white
residents of Stephens was a child
he lived in South Carolina and knew
the negro, who was then middle
aged man.
An ordinance prohibiting the spit
ting on sidewalks and in public places
az Harrison has been passed by the
Harrison town council
Mrs Rebecca Williams died last
week at Waldron. She was probably
the Oldest resident of Scott County.
Had she lived until the oath Of next
month she would have been 99 years
old.
Pope County will hold fair next
October. II. W. Patrick has been
erected president of the fair associa'
ton
An oil well is being sunk at Hud-
son, three miles south of Ashdown.
Hosea Keeling has sold the Leslie
News and Edward p. Payne has leas-
ed the plant from the new owners and
win in future edit the paper.
The Ciaighead County grand jury,
in its report, recently filed, suggest
ed that Jonesboro drug stores be re-
CURED to remain closed on Sundays
except that on demand the druggist
may provide medicines in case OF
sickness.
Professor A. NJ. Mccain has noti-
fec the Camden school board that he
will not be an applicant for re-elec-
tion to the position of superintendent
OF schools there. He has had sew
eral offers, among others the princi-
palship of the Clary Training School
1T Fordyce.
The plant of the National Slate
Company, which is located sixteen
miles east of Mena, is ready for op-
Grafton, and the shipment of slate
rom there will soon begin.
Judge j. r. Reeves has been indict-
ed at Jonesboro for forging the name
of j. G. Nichols and others to the
will Of Mrs. Jane Dixon. Mr.. Nichols
swears that he did not sign his nam'
az II appears in the will.
A. dog suffering with rabies was
shot and killed near Van Buren re.
Gently after it had attacked several
horses and other animals.
The Harrison Board of Education
has decided 70 borrow $4,000 for the
purchase Of grounds and the erection
OF high school building.
While standing near stove at
Oppelo the clothing worn by the B.
yeas-old daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. W.
s. Hoskins became ignited and the
litue girl was fatally burned. Her
G-year-old brother, by heroic efforts,
e> tinguished the flames by wrapping
a sweater around his little sister.