The Forrest City times., 1913-12-26
Arkansas Briefs

ty. in a recent convention, voted to petition the legislature to abolish the system of free labor on the roads anu enact a law requiring all those SUD- feet to road duty under the existing laws to pay tax of s2 year.
 About fifty of the earlier settlers of Texarkana have formed the 'Oio Settlers Society of Texarkana, ArKan- sas and Texas One purpose of the organization will be the holding of a general reunion of all old settlers al least once every year.
 NJ. A Littlejohn of Star City was Tn stantly killed when stick and dlrt chimney which he was building on his house collapsed and fell upon him.
 Mrs. Edith Wcodword, matron at the Union Station in Fort Smith, has been appointed member of the Po- lice Department of that city. and IS said to be the first woman in Arkansas to hold a commission as a peace or ficer.
 The mail hack which runs from Cot ter to Mountain Home recently car ried 15 sacks of mail, weighing nearly a ton, at one time The volume ot the mail carried to interior points is said to have greatly iscreased since the parcel post became effective.
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 Fred Webber. 10-year-old son of Rev and Mrs F. Webher of Cypress Juno tion. was shot and killed by an elder brother, Damon The elder boy Is said to have picked up gun which his father had laid down and think ing it un-loaded, 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. !. F. Hopkins of Mablevale, one of the four founders of the Gamma Up- silon chapter of the Sigma Nh fra ternity at the University of Arkan- sas. is dead The funeral was attend ed by special committee represent ing the present chapter al Fayette- vile Judge Greenfield Quarles Of Helena is now the only one of the original founders of the chapter liv- ing.
 John Perry, a carpenter, fell fifty feet from the roof of the new high school auditorium but is expected to recover from the injuries which he re- ceived
 Two hundred and fifty miners em- ployed by the Western Coal and Min ing Company at Altus. were laid off when Mine Inspector Shaw ordered a mine closed until new air shaft has been put down by the company. It was expected that the work would re- quire about two weeks.
 A new annex to the Dermott public school building has been completed at a cost of Sl6,0O0 and was opened with a formal entertainment and exhibition of the work of the students.
 
 The Merchants and Planters Bank of Humphrey recently declared a divi. dend of 30 per cent and increased it's capital stock from s100O0 to $l5,0O0.
 J. T. Mitchell & Company of Port land recently shipped 20 cars of cat tie to St. Louis and are still feeding more than 1,4O0 head of cattle.
 The business men of Searcy have fnaugurated a monthly trades day. with balloon ascensions and other en- tertainments provided for each occa. sion
 Prof C. C. Denney of the pedagogi. cal department of the State Normal SCNOOl VIII De CdHuludle TOT mayor of Conway, it is said.
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 pr. W. s. Kennedy of Hope saved the life of his daughter, Doris, l3 years old, when the girls clothing caught fire from gas stove. The father caught the girl in his arms and smothered the flames. receiving pain. ful burns on the arms and hands. The girl was not seriously burned
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 R. D. White, Conway druggist, was fined $l00 for the second time in eight days for keeping his drug store open on Sunday. The defendant has taken an appeal to the circuit court and will test the law. as 1t is applnd to the sale Of cigars and soft drinks on Sunday.
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 An old cotton mill which ceased operations more than ten years ago and which was one of the landmarks Arb Iol,,bfo boo, +~ru.