Judsonia weekly advance., 1913-09-10
ARKANSAS ITEMS.

penltentIary commissioners, who was in Little Rock says the crop on the state convict farm in Lincoln county is far above the average, and will yield about 2,000 bales this year. The corn 3Gs0000 bushels and the truck crops about normal
 There is well-defined rumor at Batesville that the railroad proposed from there to Hardy to connect with the Frisco at that place may yet be built
 Another chapter was written in the Independence county depository mat ter when Judge Emmett Jeffrey is- sued restraining order to prevent County Judge Scott from again letting the funds of the county or declaring any bank the county depository
 The depot, three box cars and an empty oil tank were burned at Mesa station. On this branch of the Rock Island three wrecks, motor car burn- cd, depot robbed, engineer burned, and now the Mesa fire, all have happened on the 21 miles between Stuttgart and Mesa during the past 30 days.
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 Catholics of Pine Bluff propose to build a s75,000 cathedral.
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 A Hc fnr te broken by Pine Bluff last week when total of l00,024 bales were received at this market. The receipts for the previous season were 87,SS9 bales and the 100000 mark was never before reached.
 Congressman T. H. Caraway of the First district returned to his congress sional duties after a two days visit to Jonesboro. He is fighting for reduced rate for travel over the Mem phis bridge across the Mississippi river, and believes that he will be sue, cessful.
 Students from northern states are enrolling at the State Agricultural College at Jonesboro (s %a
 A story of a lost silver mine which was worked by the Indians more than 300 years ago somewhere near the Ouachita river has been revived at Camden, and is arousing considerable interest The devolpment of the Fig 1 nite coal fields and the kaolin and fire clay deposits of the county have laid the foundations for speculation as to other minerals
 %1 1S <S Fearing d water shortage the Fort Smith water department announced that only water for household pur- poses could be used until the present drouth abated. With Poteau river the source of the city's water supply, fall- ing on an average of three inches every 24 hours, and with the river at the lowest stage known in 50 years, the water situation in Fort Smith is commencing to assume dangerous pro- portions
 A campaign for raising $10000 for the Arkansas Holiness College at VI lonia was inaugurated at the annual was subscribed before the meeting adjourned.
 More than 500 people assembled at Holly Springs to witness the unveil- ing of monument erected to the mem ory of Robert o. Woozencraft by the Woodmen of the World l.. B. Stone of Camden consul commander of the Ouachita camp, conducted the services.
 The campaign to clear the streets and premises of Conway of grass and weeds is being pushed with good re- suits.
 Work has been commenced on the new First Christian Church at Fay etteville, which will cost about $3O,0Oo when completed and furnished.
 Thos. Billahunty, manager of the Lockesburg Hardware Store at Lockes- burg, was run down and killed by passenger train at Spiro, Okla, on his return home from Fort Smith, where he went to buy goods.
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 In compliance with the act of the last legislature, the office of the St. Francis Levee Board has been re- moved to Marion from Memphis.
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 Two young ladies of Hot Springs were lost for . day on West Mountain. They finally wandered to the poor farm five miles from Hot Springs.
 The city council of Batesville elected Dr. Stark Craig as city health officer.
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 A prize for the best specimen of the "razcr-back" hog exhibited at the Faulkner County Fair at Conway has been offered by w. Calvin of Hamlet, in the hope of. reviving the species which has almost become extinct in this county. The few remaining speci- mems are so wild that none have been