The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
State Brevities


The city of Coway will employ d
street commissioner. The night mar
shal's salary will be reduced from $50
to $40 per month.
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The first issue of the Bulldog, the
new publication of the students of
Hendrix College at Conway, has made
its first appearance. The new journal
is a fiye-column folio and will be is
sHed the 10th and 25th days of each
month. 1t will cover every phase of
college life.
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An officer had lively time in Little
Rock at a. local depot when several
women made rush for him and a
prisoner whom he had in custody. The
officer had brought the prisoner from
Colorado and with him he had brought
the prisoners son who he is charged
with Kidnapping The women were
friends of the child's mother and were
successful in gaining possession of
the boy.
Representative O1dfield has returned
to his home in Batesyille and will
spend several days comforting with his
friends. He will not discuss the local
post office appointment.
As result of a recent court de-
cision Carlisle will soon sell improve
ment district bonds and will construct
six miles of concrete walk in the city
Cotton has been materially damaged
in the field in this vicinity. On ac-
count of the scarcity of hands to pick,
the picFers are being paid from IS
cents to SIPS per hundred and there
are few pickers at these prices.
When Elder J. n. Pennington of
Charleston officiated at a double we'd
ding last week the number of mar
riages he had performed reached the
total of l .0S4 Elder Pennington wants
to reach the ,100 mark by January l.
The Franklin County Board of Equal
ization made an increase in taxable
real estate property of $525,055 over
1912, an increase of % per cent. The
taxable personal property in the coun-
ty. according to the boards figures,
is $f,477000, a decrease of $920.
w. Y. Powell of Little Rock and J..
A Laird of Cotter were appointed
from the governors office to represent
Arkansas at the National Conserva-
ton Congress in Washington, Novem-
Der Is. - and 20.
The Hampstead County Quorum
Court adjourned after a two DAYS SEES
sion. 4 four mill levy was made for
general purposes. and three mill
levy for building and maintaining pub
lie roads J. ". Gresnoe WAS elected
road and bridge commissioner. Among
other appropriations made by the
court was $4,000 for building bridges,
also 5000 for the Boys Corn Club.
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J. r. Holland. who is alleged 10 have
posed as a capitalist, was convicted
in Mena on a charge of pandering and
sentenced to five years in the peni-
Tertiary. This is one of the heaviest
sentences imposed on a charge of this
character in this state.
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A local organization of cotton plant.
ers in the vicinity of SCOTS Crossing
near Little Rock recently sold go
bales of cotton TO a Memphis firm. The
association also reports the sale of %
cars of cotton seed.
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The Rev. John w. Mann, Baptist
minister of Little Rock, was married
in Pine Bluff last week to Miss Gussie
Jones.
Gus Hendricks city marshal of Ben
ton has resigned his position because
charges had been preferred against
him. Nv Hendricks said the charges
We're filed by personal enemies.
A hunting party from Malvern made
q trip into Louisiana and returned
with goo wild ducks.
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