The Forrest City times., 1913-09-19
ARKANSAS BRIEFS.


 The city council of Conway has un- der consideration an ordinance to tax telephones 25 cents per pole.
 Pearls valued at s3,000 have been found during the last eight weeks in Macon lake, 10 miles south of Dermott. The largest pearl, which sold for S75o, was found by a fisherman. Several small pearls, valued at from s25 to $100, have geen found by local pearl fishermen. That there were valuable pearls in Macon lake was not known until few weeks ago.
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 The Christian church at Kirby held revival There were ? additions to the church.
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 Rice cutting will soon begin in the vicinity of Stuttgart
 There are no vacant houses in Nal yeTn although there is a big demand. It is estimated that the apple crop in the vicinity of Nettleton will be 10,- GOO bushels this year
 A gorilla, owned by carnival com pany at Jonesboro. escaped from it's cage and for an hour caused alarm among Jonesboro residents.
 
 The city council of Russellville has elected a new police chief, Leslie Ed wards.
 Just 50 years ago last week the city of Little Rock was evacuated by the Confederates and the Federal army O. 10000 men, captured the city with but little resistance.
 The first good rain in several weeks fell at Everton last week. Crops were too badly damaged to be materially benefited.
 Ground mas ben broken for a new depot at Batesville.
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 The state convention of the Woman's 8 Christian Temperance Union will meet at Camden on October ?. About 100 delegates will be present.
 Stuttgart homes have been the vic tins of several robberies lately.
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 The equalization board of Jackson county has increased the taxation rate one-eighth of a mill.
 The drouth of many weeks at Ben tonville has been broken by good shower The rain was the first since July 27. It will have a good effect on fall apples which were beginning to suffer.
 The Second District Agricultural Col lege opened at Russellville last week with a record breaking attendance.
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 The contract for digging the Purcell Slough drainage ditch has been let. The ditch will be 10 miles in length. Harry Leigh, who works on Black river steamboat near Beebe, fell out of tree, a distance of 45 feet, and no bones were broken.
 Will Smith of Pocahontas had his hand severed at the wrist while work. ing in sawmilL
 Pearls to the value of s2,0O0 have been found in Black river in the vicin- ity of Pocahontas during the past month
 The merchants of Stuttgart are ad vertising the fair to be held there. by placing stickers on all outgoing mail and packages.
 Negotiations were concluded at Ft Smith to secure a s250,000 plant for the manufacture of sorghum and to can fruit and vegetables. The plant Is to be erected by NJ. c. Clymer and R, C. Best of St Louis, who operate a similar concern in that city.
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 Joe Barrett, of Herman high school and Clifton kollar of Oak Grove school were the winners of the Boys Corn Club contest of Craighead county. The boys will attend the Tri-State fair in Memphis.
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 w. l.. Lohmeyer a German farmer residing near Paragould, has demon strated what can be done with red clover. Last year he picked q number Of clover heads in order to get sup. ply of clover seed unmixed with weed seed. This year he sowed a three-acre patch with his seed The first cutting sold for s4S, The second cutting he threshed, getting ten bushels and 15 pounds of pure clover seed. The threshed hay sold for Sl7 and the seed sold for S9225. making his total in. come from the three acres s167.26 and he still has pasturage for his stock.
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 The Dermott public school, which was to have opened last week. will not begin it's fall term untiI Sentenbar