The Forrest City times., 1913-11-07
STATE NOTES


 The city of CoWay will employ street commissioner. The night mar shals salary will be reduced from $50 to $20 per month.
 The first issue of the Bulldog, the new publication of the students of Hendrix College at Conway has made it's first appearance. The new journal is q five-column folio and will be is. sued the 10th and 25th days of each month It will cover every phase of college life
 Pulaski county. anticipating a de- crease in revenue. has discontinued the use of state convicts on the county roads.
 An officer had lively time in Little Rock at local depot when several women made a 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
 
 friends of the child's mother and were successful in gaining possession of the boy.
 The Clebu%e County Fruit and Vegetable Association met in Heber Springs Saturday and elected officers for the coming year.
 Representative Oldfield has returned to his home in Batesville and will spend several days conferring with his friends, He will not discuss the local post office appointment.
 The body of Dr. F. NJ. Cullom O Hartman was found in well early Monday morning. It is not positively known how the physisian came to his death but it is supposed that he faint ed and fell into the well.
 As . result of recent court de cision Carlisle will soon sell improve ment district bonds and will construct six miles of concrete walk in the city A new bank has been opened at Nor rilton
 J. R. Holland, who is alleged to have posed as a capitalist, was convicted In Meua on a charge of pandering and sentenced to five years in the peni- tentiary. This is one of the heaviest sentences imposed on charge of this character in this state
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 The Rev John w. Mann, a 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. MT Hendricks said the charges were filed by personal enemies.
 A hunting party from Malvern made a trip into Louisiana and returned with 300 wild ducks.
 The Democratic primary for the cleo
 
 be held in Little Rock November 8. The Franklin County Board of Equal i2ation made an increase in taxable real estate property of $525, ,055 over 1912, an increase of 23 per cegt. The taxable personal property in the coun- ty. according to the boards figures, is st,47G000. a decrease of $920.
 The Hampstead County Quorum Court adjourned after a two days ses- sion A four mill levy was made for general purposes. and a three mill levy for building and maintaining pub lie roads. J. NJ. Cresnoe was elected road and bridge commissioner. Among other appropriations made by the court was $l0,000 for building bridges. also $200 for the Boys Corn Club. (. C.
 A local organization of cotton plant CTS in the vicinity of Scotts Crossing near Little Rock recently sold 760 bales of cotton to a Memphis firm The ! association also reports the sale of 28 cars of cotton seed. At the Lawrence county fair last week a wagon was exhibited which was built 5 years ago.
 The Daily Democrat is the name of a new daily paper that will soon begin publication in Helena
 At the october term of the Hemp stead County Circuit court the docket was cleared Seven prisoners wera sentenced to the penitentiary
 The Board of Equalization of Greene county made 200o raises in assess ments.
 . Q a riley Melton of Bard. near Para gould, was killed when he fell from 6 log wagon and log fell on top of him.
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 Carl Nurdock of Economy, commit ted suicide near his home when he