The Green Forest tribune., 1913-10-03
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

 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 8.
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 Regular service has been started on the new Rock Island branch from Nal yern to Camden.
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 Sidney Suggs, state highway com missioner of Oklahoma, has accepted an invitation to address the good roads congress at F't. Smith October 12.
 The contract was awarded by the building committee of Galloway Col lege for the construction of a modern gymnasium building to cost $6,6S5.
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 Mrs. Gus Neustadter of Paragould died from injuries received in an auto mobile wreck. Mrs. Neustadter sus- tained a mutilated left arm, crushed side and broken hip, and had no chance for recovery.
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 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 a strike last week.
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 A street car conductor was held up in Fort Smith last week while a 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.
 The Caroline Association of the Bap- tist Church will hold four-day ses- sion at Carlisle beginning October 10. 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.
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 The North Arkansas Fair held a four days meeting at Berryyille 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 Division of Confederate Veterans, will be held in Little Rock early in Octo- ber. The Sons of Confederate Veter- ans will meet at the same time. 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.
 S. E. Mavrs, who has for the past 30 years owned the Fayetteville Democrat and who for 15 years has owned the Fayettville Daily, both strong and prosperous newspapers, has retired, both papers having been sold David A. of T +o1 charge October l. MT. Marrs has been stricken with paralysis and he fears further physical effort or mental worry might retard his recovery.
 Superintendent Cook reports that last year there were 346 new school houses erected in Arkansas at cost of S1,019,133, or $2 945 each as com pared with 2S2 in the preceding year at an average cost of s3,596 each.
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 In response to a 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.
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 Wesley Forey of Fisher, near Jones' boro, died from injuries received from a flying slab of wood while working in his hickory mill.
 The Board of Equalization of Law renee county is increasing the assess ments in order to put the county on better financial basis.
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 At a revival held at Harmony, near Clarksville, 49 conversions were re- ported.
 While John Sopher, a well known farmer residing short distance from Paragould was gathering muscadines Ill the St Francis bottoms he observ- ed a strange noise in the vicinity of his feet. Upon looking down he saw a large rattlesnake coiling itself about his ankle MT. Gopher escaped injury by jumping-and the snake which ceasured more than six feet was killed.
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 Earl 3. Kidder of Little Rock, au- thor of the law enacted by the last Legislature substituting electrocution for hanging, has announced his candi- dacy for state senator from the district composed of Pulaski and Perry coun- ties.
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 Maj. R. B. Heating of McCrory, Ark, clerk to the recently named joint con gressional committee to investigate h. dian affairs throughout the country, has his head in the clouds over the arrival of a 10-pound baby boy at the