The Green Forest tribune., 1913-12-26
Arkansas Briefs

| ", Tn recent convention, voted 10 petition the legislature to abolish the system of free labor on the roads and enact a law requiring all those sub- ject to road duty under the existing laws to pay a tax of $2 year.
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 About fifty of the earlier settlers of Texarkana have formed the "Old Settlers, Society of Texarkana, Arkan- sas and Texas One purpose of the organization will be the holding of 8 general reunion of all old settlers at least once every year.
 M. A Littleiohn of Star City was iE1- stantly killed when a stick and dirt chimney which he was building on his h>use collapsed and fell upon him.
 Mrs Edith Woodword, matron at the Union Station in Fort Smith, has heen appointed a member of the Pos lice Department of that city. and is said to be the first woman in Arkansas to hold a commission as a peace off, ficer,
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 The mail hack which runs from Cot ter to Mountain Home recently car ried E sacks of mail. weighing nearly ton, at one time. The volume of the mail carried to interior points is said to have greatly increased since the parcel post became effective.
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 | N11 I Cfp povv and Mrs F. Webher of Cypress Junc- tion, was shot and killed tr an elder brother, Damon The elder boy is said to have picked up a gun which his father had laid down and, thin1. ing it un-lcaded, pointed it at his brother and pulled the trigger!
 Dr. J. H. Hutchinson of New York, a representative of the Bureau of Mu- nicipal Research, is making a survey of the various municipal departments at Pine Bluff. with a view to reducing the city tax rate and increasing the efficiency of the various departments. J. F. Hopkins of Mablevale, one Of the four founders of the Gamma UB- silon chapter of the Sigma Nu fra ternitY at the University of Arkan- sas, is aead The funeral WIS attend ed by special committee represent ing tie present chapter a Fayette- vile. Judge Greenfield ttarles of Helena is now the only ona of 'thC original founders of the chaiter llv- ing.
 John Perry, a carpenter, fell tl1ty feet from the roof of the new hlgh school auditorium but is expected to recover from the injuries which he re- ] ceived
 NTwo hundred and fifty miners eIpz pIoyed by the Western Coal and Min ing Company at Altus, were laid off when Mine Inspector Shaw ordered mine closed until a new air shaft has been put do7vrl~by the company. It was expected that tBA work would re- quire about two weeks.
 A new annex to the Dermo Ntllc school building has been compy,- cost of $16,o00 and was opeHed with a formal entertainment and exhibition l of the work of the students.
 The Merchants and Planters Bank of Humphrey recently declared divi- dend of 30 per cent and increased sits capital stock from $10.O00 to $15000.
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 J. T. Mitchell & Company of Port land recently shipped 20 cars of cat tie to St Louis and are still feed\g more than 1.400 head of cattle.
 The business men of Searey have inaugurated a monthly trades day, with balloon ascensfons and other en- tertainments provided for each occa, sion.
 Prof c. C. Denney of the pedagogi- cal department of the St ate Normal School will be a candidate for mayor of Conway, it is said
 Dr. w. s. Kennedy of Hope saved the life of his daughter, Doris, l8 years old, when the girls clothf7g caught fire from a gas stove. father caught the girl in his arms smothered the flames, receiyir ful burns on the arms and hant girl was not seriously burned.
 R. D. White a Conway drugs fined S100 for the second eight days for keeping his dr open on sunday. The defend taken an appeal to the circI and will test the law, as it is a, to the sale of cigars and soft dr on Sunday.
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 An old cotton mill which ceasf operations more than ten years a and which was one of the landm of Philadelphia, has been torn do The use of crude machinery was en as the reason for the failure mill to prove a success.
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 Hiram J. White, a farmer W ed near Belmont, Crawford arose from bed at 1;30 o'clock morning and committed suicl shooting himself in the .he shotgun ii hed e9