The Forrest City times., 1914-07-17
State News


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 The Elberta State bank of Co,,.. roilt has sold out to the plantcrs. bank and Trust Company of Nashville nat the enterprise was not nrof;t que investment was the reason ne s"eu oy the stockholders for the transfer. '"0
 AuJulaht General Lloyd England of 'ne Arkansas National Guard has for. "arded to the company commanders anu stan officers throughout the state 'oi nal notification of the date of the annual encampment to be held at Fort Logan H. Roots August H. ,r, '
 mere will be heavier nlantipg or iate forage crops in Baxter and ad- Jolhing counties this summer and fall 'hah Tor many years past. The rains VI 'ie passed few days have put the siouhd Ill flne shape, and much plant Ing IS In progress now of cane millet | and COW peas.
 eosiIdh l. H. CaraWay has | introduced a bill whereby all Confed. crate and Union veterans are made 1 eiglble for appointment under civil service rules to any position in the | government service, regardless of age provided they are physically fit | e e e
 The semi-annual reports of cornora- 'ohs subject to the supervision of the Blue Sky" department of the State Bank Commission are now due and are being received. They were due July 30. There are 120 such corporations in the state. The reports of bank and trust companies, called for by the bank commissioner, are also being re- celved. There are 440 financial insti- tu.lons subject to state supervision.
 Those who recently accompanied Governor Hays on his trip to the Panama Exposition found in San Fran cisco large and active Arkansas So- ciety. The officers are: President, J. 5. P. Dean; secretary, Mrs w. R. kel- ley; treasurer, G. H. Roberts
 At a meeting of the stock holders of the State National Bank in Little Rock a Liquidating Committee was named consisting of H. NJ Johnson, the cash fer, Thos. C. McRae of Prescott, Max Mayer, Maurice Altheimer and w. NJ. Lewis. The committee named H. M. Johnson as the liquidating agent. This must be confirmed at another meet ing of the stockholders 10 be held in 90 days. While no statement is yet available of the bankN condition, it is generally believed that it will pay depositors in full and good dividends to the stock holders
 G. A. Hulen. county examiner for Lawrence county has removed to | Craighead county, and tendered his resignation. County Judge Dud Bas sett has appointed R. C. Waldron as his successor, and the appointment has been sent to Supt Cook to issue the i license
 The production of coal In Arkan- sas in 1913 was 2,343,107 short ;ons, valued at $3.923701 compared with | 2,l00,S19 tons, valued at s3,5S2,7S | in 1912, a gain of 133,2SS tons in quantity and of s340,912 in value. i County school fairs and contests are l becoming quite popular throughout the state. At least half the counties are undertaking them. Boone county leads 1 in one of the most successful school fairs of the country, and the organi- cations are well under way in Monroe, Faulkner Saline and a number of other counties.
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 "The garden is holding up fine. and we have shown that proper cultivation will beat the drouth." This is the re port of R. J. Hubbard, superintendent of the Special Consolidated public school. writing of a school garden that has been worked under demonstration methods.
 Sheriff J. H. Parker of OuacNita county, who was nominated and con firmed as United States marshal for the Western District of Arkansas re- gently, has received applications from geo people seeking positions as der- ! uty marshal.
 Creditors o- the Central Bank and Trust Company. which failed at "ort Smith December 30, 1911, will re- ceive % cents on the dollar, accorG- ing to the receivers final report, which was approved. The bank failed after being in existence four months. It carried but small amount of deposits and was mem her of string of banks affiliated with Night and Day banks at Mem phis and in Arkansas and Oklahoma cities.
 An appropriation for $237.840 for the building of a storm sewer system upon the Hot Springs reservation is carried in the sundry civil approprla- ton bill, which was reported to the