The Forrest City times., 1914-07-10
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 He hank of Hisden, located at Hig- ueh' Tn Cieburne county, called upo. 'he state Bank Commissioner Monday ,o take charge of its affairs. Guy Fhiillps, one of the state bank exam. lhefs' was sent to look after if temnor. ailly and make report as to its con. uiuoh. A special commissioner will De appointed later. F. N. Henderson IS president, and the bank has A capi. tay stock of only 5000.
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 me state Board Of Election Con- nllsSloners have agreed to meet July 10 Tor the purpose of selecting the county boards of election commission CTS. Recommendations have already been received from about two-thtrds of the counties, by the party organiza- tions and others. Each county is to have two Democratic members and one Republican. It is understood that In some Of the counties the Progress. slVes will ask TOT recognition.
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 col. j. R. Taylor, editor of Arkansas Progress, received a message from Paragould Monday calling him home on account of the serious illness of his son Clyde Taylor. He was stricken With paralysis Sunday and the report Indicated that he was in a serious condition.
 Upward of 200 cadetships at the West Polnt military academy are to be filled in 1915. One is to be made by Senator Clarke and one from each Congressional district in Arkansas.
 The national treasury reports the following taxes received from Arkan. sas: Corporation excise and income. .$110,7S4l0; individual income, $41,- 239.25.
 According to Washington dispatches. President Wilson is considering the appointment Of George B. Rose, well, known Little Rock attorney, as minis ter to Uruguay Members of the Ar kansas delegation expect Mr Roses nomination to go to the Senate within a few days
 The semi-annual meeting of the Ar kansas Sheriffs' Association will be held in the Pulaski county courtroom "Wednesday, July 22, at 10 a. m. The purpose of the meeting will be to make the service more efficient.
 The receipts at the office of the col lector Of internal revenue in Little Rock, for the month of June, 1914, were S236o00. as compared to $1G4.Q00 for une, 1913. The increase is due to the income tax and the fact that corporations are no longer exempt.
 Russell Rice, 28 years old deputy prosecuting attorney of Benton cOun- ty, on July stabbed Lloyd Karnes, 23 years old. Karnes walked about 40 feet and dropped dead with wound through his chest. Rice was arrested and is held charged with first degree murder.
 Wallace D. Reynolds of Corpus Christi. Tex, has been secured to take the place of Prof Parker in the Aca- demy of Hendrix college, while Prof, Parker is spending year in Colum- bia University. Prof. Reynolds has 6 degree of B. Ph., speaks Spanish flu ently. and is an athlete who has taken prominent place in college foot ball, baseball and basket ball, and on the track.
 The Arkansas Railroad Commission has ordered the Iron Mountain and Rock Island railroads to file plans for a new modern union station at For res. City subject to the approval of the citizens of Forrest City.
 Camden's first Chautauqua closed Wednesday night after a fiVe-day ses- sion. The Chautauqua was more than a success from standpoint of inter- est and education.
 Following a plan adopted by County Judge E. E. Mccall. Road Commission CT A. L. Morgan and w. W. Brown have begun the work of building : road from Camden to the Calhoun county line.
 The end of the record drouth of 4Z days in Sebastian county came July 7 with terrific rains that resulted in in iuries for more than a score of per sons. Dense sheets of rain falling near Manev Junction, west of Hart ford on the Oklahoma-Arkansas line caused a Midland Valley passenger train to crash head-on into a Midland Valley coal train, causing II persons to be hurt.
 Of the 2254 patients treated at the Iron Mountain hospital in Little Rock during the yea ending June 30, less than one out of every hundred died according to the annual statement oi the institution. There were only 2l deaths.
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