Judsonia weekly advance., 1913-08-13
ARKANSAS BRIEFS.

sons who left the child were futile. The child was taken in charge by County Judge J. D. Singer, who gave the child to Pete Belongy, who says he will adopt it.
 Machinery for the new electric light al Heber Springs will be placed in position in few days.
 Jonesboro is preparing to pave two more miles of streets.
 Plans for the improvement of the state capitol grounds have arrived in Little Rock and will be considered by the commission August 20.
 The old Little Rock race track, To- cated at the foot of East Ninth street, containing 71 acres. was sold at auc- ton by Chancery Clerk J. s. Maloney, acting as commissioner for the court for 5,200.91.
 Mrs. W. T. Potter of Hoxie was awakened by hearing burglars in her room and when she screamed she was slapped in the face.
 The entire Jonesboro Board of Health resigned because of friction with the council.
 Eight persons escaped from the jail at Newport recently.
 
 The body of a woman, wrapped in canvas and sewed in 8 sack was dis covered in the Mississippi river near Arkansas City.
 Miss Floy Wells, g years old, was fatally burned at Charleston when her dress caught fire. Miss Wells was ironing, and when her clothes became ignited her mother attempted to smother the flames. but the young woman was so badly burned that she died later.
 For the first time in several years robbery was committed in Mountain Home recently A local merchants home was ransacked during his ab- sence.
 The heaviest late summer forage crop ever sown in the vicinity of Cot ter has been put in the ground during the last three weeks and good stands are reported. The short corn crop which was caused by the dry weather caused the heavy sowing of forage. The late. crops consist of cane, millet, cowpeas, etc., and will be used to sup plant corn as feed
 A good roads rally was held at the courthouse in Conway at which County Judge John w. Holt and Road Com missioner ". R. McHenry were the principal speakers. Plans for the con struction of the 20-mile model dirt road from Conway to Naylor were adopted.
 Miss Jessie Flossman, young wom- an living one mile west of TeXarilana, fell from gree striking picket fence. Oneaof the pickets pierced her head, causing three fractures. She may die.
 After chasing the beast for several hours, P. M. Brashears killed large wolf in the woods near Leo,a. Farmers are losing many hogs that are killed by the wolves, which have become nu- merous.
 The logging party" dispatched by the officers of the Southern National Highway Association, which proposes to build an ocean-to-ocean road through tl,e South fro.n Los Angeles, Cal, to Washington, soon will be started to- ward Arkansas, according to advices received in Little Rock.
 The new electric chair for the cleo tgoeution of criminals was tested out last week. With current of 22O the penitent.ary power plant, a heavy steer in good condition, was electro cuted, the current being varied from 22O0 to 200 volts tHice during the space of 30 seconds. That no difficult ties will be met in putting to death the criminals sentenced to this fate, is the opinion of the members of the penitentiary board and Professor Glad son The chair was built under Pro- lessor Gladson's direction, at total cost ot. s7o2.o5.
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 Thes fifth annual Faulkner county fair will be held at Conway October 6 to 1 1 inclusive and the poultry show is to be one of the chief attractions. < *
 President John Hugh Reynolds of Hendrix College at Conway announced the election of Miss Myrtle Greeson of Conway as teacher of piano and harmony and Mrs. Fannie Dunaway Hosau art and expression. The de-