The Green Forest tribune., 1913-09-19
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

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 Just 50 years ago last week the city of Little Rock was evacuated by he Confederates and the Federal army D. 10000 men, captured the city with but little resistance.
 Rice cutting will soon begin in the vicinity of Stuttgart.
 A gorilla, owned by a carnival com pany at Jonesboro, escaped from it's cage and for all hour caused alarm among Jonesboro residents.
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 Joe Barrett, of Herman high school and Clifton Kcllar of Oak Grove school were the winners of the Boys Corn Club contest of Craighead county The boys will attend the Tri-State fair ill Memphis.
 The state convention of the Woman Christian Temperance Union will meet at Camden on October ?. About 100 delegates will be present.
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 Stuttgart homes have been the VIC tins of several robberies lately The equalization boaEd of Jackson county has increased the taxation rate one-eighth Of a mill. (. e 8
 Harry Leigh, who works on Black river steamboat near Beebe, fell out of tree, a distance of A feet, ano no bones were broken.
 Will Smith of Pocahontas had his hand severed at the wrist while work ing in a sawmill.
 Pearls to the value of $2,000 have been found in Black river in the vicin- fly of Pocahontas during the past month
 The merchants o9 Stuttgart are ad- vertising the fair to be held there, by placing stickers on all outgoing mail and packages.
 Steamboat traffic on Black river as far down as Black Rock has been stop ped on account of low water,
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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 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 $4S. The second cutting he threshed. getting ten bushels and b pounds of pure clover seed The threshed hay sold for $17 and the seed sold for S92.25, making his total in come from the three acres $167.26 and he still has pasturage for bis stock. Negotiations were concluded at Ft. Smith to secure a $250,000 plant for the manufacture of sorghum and to can fruit and vegetables. The plant is to be erected by M. G. Clymer and R. c. Best of St Louis, who operate a similar concern in that city.
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 The first good rain in several weeks fell at Everton last week. Crops were too badly damaged to be materially benefited.
 The city council of Conway has un- der consideration an ordinance to tax telephones 25 cents per pole.
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 Pearls valued at $3.000 have been found during the last eight weeks in Macon lake, 10 miles south of Dermott. The largest pearl, which sold for $750. was found by a fisherman. Several small pearls, valued at from $25 to $100, have geen found by local pearl fishermen. That there were valuable pearls in Macon lake was not known until a few weeks ago.
 The Dermott public school, which was to have opened last week, will not begin it's fall term until September P, /on account of the $16,000 addition not being completed. The building when completed will be one of the largest public school buildings in southeast Arkansas.
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 The drouth Of many weeks at Ben tonville has been broken by a good shower The rain was the first since July 27 It will have a good effect on fall apples which were beginning to suffer.
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 The Second District Agricultural Col lege opened at Russellville last weel with 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
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 Ground mas ben broken for new depot at Batesville.
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 The Christian church at Kirby helt revival. There were 25 additions tC the church.
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