Judsonia weekly advance., 1913-10-01
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

passed an ordinance which taxes tele- phone poles p cents each. 3 q q The Farmers Union of Ouachita county has called it's regular fall meet ing for October 10. The most import ant business to come before the union is the perfecting of plans for reorgani- | zation.
 The fall term of the Faulkner Chan cery Court was adjourned last week by Chancellor Sellers of Morrilton, until November 3. <s 6a Regular service has been started on the new Rock Island branch from Nal vern to Camden.
 Sidney Suggs, state highway com missioner of Oklahoma, has accepted an invitation to address the good roads congress at Ft. Smith October l F.
 The contract was awarded by the building committee of Galloway Col lege for the construction of modern gymnasium building to cost $6,6S5. e {. 6 Mrs. Gus Neustadter of Paragould died from injuries received in an auto mobile wreck Mrs. Neustadter sus- tained a mutilated left arm, crushed -;J chance for recovery. After a final refusal of the pro- prietors of the Paragould heading fac tories to recognize the local Coopers International Union, 150 men walked out on strike last week. A street car conductor was held up in Fort Smith last week while police man was riding on the front platform. Brushy township was awarded the prize of $50 for the best work on the roads, at meeting held in Waldron. Prizes had been offered for the best | work done.
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 The Caroline Association of the Bap- tist Church will hold four-day ses- sion at Carlisle beginning October 10. <9 (s 6
 Capt Charles R. Trowbridge of St, Paul, Minn.. for several weeks temper ary superintendent of the Hot Springs Reservation, has been appointed per manent superintendent by Secretary of the Interior Lane The North Arkansas Fair held a four days meeting at Berryville last week. More than 5000 persons were in attendance for the opening. The live stock, farm products and poultry were first class.
 | The annual reunion of the Arkansas lDiyision of Confederate Veterans, will be held in Little Rock early in Octo- her. The Sons of Confederate Veter- ans will meet at the same time.
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 The State Normal opened last week with an increased attendance.
  A business Mems League has been organized at England with 40 mem bers
 The Johnson county Sunday School Convention will be held at Spring Hill October 25 and 26.
 $. E. Mars. who has for the past 30 years owned the Fayetteville Democrat and who fer 15 years has owned the Fayettville Daily, both strong and prosperous newspapers, has retired, both papers having been so,1 David A. Gates Jr. of Little Rock, who takes charge October 1. Mir. Marrs has been stricken with paralysis and he fears further physical effort or mental worry might retard his recovery.
 Superintendent Cook reports that l last year there were 346 new school l houses erected in Arkansas at cost of S1,O19,133, or g 945 each as com pared with 282 in the preceding year at an average cost Of s3,596 each. 
 In response to question by Prose cutting Attorney Gibson of Hot Springs | Attorney General Moose has ruled that boards of equalization have the power to reduce assessments on property after Improvements have been burned | c N 6 Wesley Forey of Fisher, near Jones 1 boro, died from injuries received iron | a flying slab of wood while working ir | his hickory mill.
 The Board of Equalization of Law | renee county is increasing the assess ments in order to put the county on z better financial basis
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 At revival held at Harmony, neal | rlarksville, 49 conversions were re ported.
 | While John Sopher a well knowl
 farmer residing short distance iron | Paragould was gathering muscadine | ill tn. St Francis bottoms he observ
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