Judsonia weekly advance., 1913-10-08
Arkansas Briefs


 The body of Otis Williams, a negro, vas found in bayou near Pine Bluff, with indications pointing to foul play. e (, e | Dick Hampton and John Blanton are held at Bonneville on a charge of | having tied Henry and John Rasp- berry, farmers, and beaten them until they disclosed the hiding place of their savings, amounting to $500.
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 Mayor M. H. Greer of Searcy gave formal notice that the Hid" would he off in that city during the White county fair.
 The first car of rice shipped out of Arkansas county this year brought 95 cents a bushel A good yield is re- ported. On r acres of land T. H. Shrode secured an average of IS bush els per acre.
 A large delegation of good roads boosters from Huntsville joined 100 good roads advocates of Fayetteville in jollification meeting at the Elks' hall in Fayetteville.
 Farmers in the vicinity of Dermott complain that the excessive rains of the past two weeks have greatly dam aged cotton in that vicinity.
 permanent organization was form | n3 bIy ho rood pf pnntOn county at meeting in Bentonyille. Reports of the overseers showed that more work had been done on the roads in Benton county during the past 10 months than ever before in a similar period of time.
 As a result of investigations made by Dr. A. E. Wight, inspector in charge of tick eradication work in Arkansas, county will be placed above the fed sral quarantine line.
 Thieves broke into the Wells-Fargo Express office at Forrest City, steal ing 10 suits of clothes, two quarts of whiskey and a suitcase.
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 Shipments of Elberta peaches from Bentonville still continue. The ship ment of Elbertas began August 1 and the season has been remarkably long. The variety now in the market is a late cling of excellent quality. | Newspaper men of Arkansas and Oklahoma, who visit the Arkansas Oklahoma Interstate fair at Fort Smith will be entertained by the Fort Smith Ad Club with luncheon and auto ride.
 A. B. Steen of Oil City, Pa, has pur- Company of Hope and will enlarge it Several men associated with MT Steen will move from Pennsylvania tt Arkansas, it is announced. e 3 e E. Newton Ellis, deputy prosecu ting attorney for Randolph county, has resigned, stating that the compensa ton was not sufficient to justify his giving his duties the necessary time  The fruit growers of Baxter and ad joining counties have formed the White River Fruit Growers Associa tion, with Major Leflet of Buford as temporary president.
 Large crowds attended the White county fair at Searcy, the attendance on one day being as high as 5,0000.
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 The Camden Land and Investment Company has been organized with a capital of 5000 by Camden capital lsts, together with Horace I. Bedell of Minneapolis. Offices will be main tained in Minneapolis and Camden. More than 10000 persons attended the Washington county fair at Fay etteville on several days. On one day the business houses of Prairie Grove closed and the entire population, head ed by a band, attended the fair
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 Myrtle Holiday, an 11-year-old girl of Van Buren, was bitten by a giant water moccasin while playing on the banks of creek. Physicians say she will recover.
 As a result of a movement started by the Mammoth Spring Commercial Club merchants of Mammoth Spring and farmers of the surrounding terri tory joined in good roads day, spend ing the time at work on the roads. l <E
 F. H. Watson, Jonesboro representa- tive of a Liverpool company, closed one of the largest cotton deals ever made in that section, purchasing 1,000 bales in one lot for $120,000.
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 An unusually large crop of nuts has made squirrels so plentiful in the vi cinity of Mountain Home that they have become a pest. They have done considerable damage by eating corn in the fields.
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 Representatives of lumber and manufacturing plants from Searcy to