The Forrest City times., 1913-09-26

Prattsville, near Batesville reports that oil has broken into his we'll and 1t is creating some excitement in the neighborhood
 An effort is being made to organize a company of militia in Stuttgart, and the town also hopes to be able to fur nish a regimental band of 30 pieces.
 Fifty box cars belonging to the Cot ton Belt Railway Company. at the gravel pit three miles west of Jones' boro. were destroyed by fire, the origin of which is unknown. The average cost of box car is $400, which makes a loss of something like $200oo. David Mitchell, a 17-year-old boy living near Mulberry, was drowned when he attempted to leap onto moving ferryboat
 The Craighead County Sunday School Convention met at Bay last week. Nearly every Sunday school in the county was represented
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 Dependency, 1t is thought, impelled by the death of his daughter, Mrs. Marie Douglass, at Morriton, caused John Harrod of Conway to attempt suicide. Just as he raised the pistol to shoot, his wife, Mrs. Martha liar rod, entered the room and. sizing up the situation at glance, knocked the weapon from his hand just as he pull ed the trigger.
 Crescent College, located at Eureka Springs. was opened last week with a full enrolment
 John H. Page, commissioner of mines, manufactures and agriculture, hopes to bring over 000 immigrants to Arkansas during the winter months. Mir. Page Is in the East now making arrangements for the various rail- roads to bring the immigrants to this state.
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 Col. w. II. "Con" Harvey of Monte Ne, leading good roads advocate of the Southwest and one of the central figures of the Bryan presidential cam paign several years ago, announced his candidacy for Congress from the Third District He Is the fifth to enter the race. One of Col. Harveys chief blanks in his platform will be good roads, with government financial as- sistance to build them. Another is to prevent the establishment of great fortunes.
 Attorney General w. l.. Moose, at the request of Governor Hays, render ed an opinion declaring that the Kid der act of 1913. prohibiting news papers from publishing the details of an electrocution, is valid. The law. the attorney general says, makes the publication misdemeanor. punishable by not more than one year in prison or a fine not to exceed $l ,000 MT. Moose admits the constitutionality of the law may be questioned on the ground 1t violates the constitutional right giving freedom to the press.
 The Little Rock public schools re- opened after a summer recess of more than three months. Nearly 1,000 pu- pills were enrolled in the high school, which is the largest attendance in the history Of the Little Rock High School. The graded schools also showed a large increased attendance over last year.
 Judge George w. Reed, of the Fourteenth Judicial District, since he has been on the bench has paroled and suspended sentences against 45O youthful offenders allowing them 70 go their way on probation, but warning them that if they should again be brought into his court for other viola tions of the law he would not only give give them the full penalty in the new cases, but would revive the old ones against them. Of the 450 boys and young men thus paroled, only one has ever been brought before Judge Reed again.
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 Jonesboro will. at an early date, begin the erection of 30,000 city hall and fire department, this being the result of favorable action taken at a meeting of the city council
 Prof. M. J, Russell of Hendrix Col lege, Conway. will attend the meeting of the American Athletic Union in St Louis as Arkansas representative. Ar kansas has only recently become af- fiIiatpd with the un{On
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 Acting upon the application of A. NJ, Heseman and Morris NJ. Cohn. executors of the Abe Steiwel estate, Chancellor ]. E Martineau placed the Little Rock Trust Company in the hands of Saw w. Reyburn. president of the Union Trust Company. as re- ceiyer. Steiwell, who died three weeks ago, was principal stockholder and president of the Little Rock Trust Company, The receiver said deposit ors and creditors will be paid in full