The Forrest City times., 1914-05-08
Arkansas News

,,. D. iFAOf O. Fort oill'h were reelected vice presidents F w. lrIand and F. N. Hickman of st Louls were named secretary and treas. uref respectively and Vincent M Miles ot Fort Smith assistant score. tary-treasurer
 me sunday school of the Ozark NJ E. Church, South, celebrated the fortv- flrst anniversary of the founding of the school Sunday morning.
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 J. $. Hill, 5S years old, died Saturday night at Morrilton from injuries receiy. ed earlier in the day when he was Kicked by horse He is survived hv his wife and four children.
 The Arkansas river is slightly below normal all along it's Oklahoma course but when the flood from the Cimarron gets in.o the Arkansas at Keystone and joins that from the South Cana dian at Hiasaw should the crest come together, great damage is expected.
 
 S. (. Alexander of Pine Bluff was chosen president and Ad Hamberg of Little Rock vice president at the an nual meeting Monday afternoon of the Arkansas Cotton Dealers Association. Other officers named were. A. 2. White of Little Rock, who Was re-eIect- ed secretary and treasurer. and the fol lowing directors: o. 0. Scroggin. John Monteath, Ad Hamberg, 7. C. Alexan- der, T. ?. Burns. L.. T. %rkdun. Tom Hutson, l.. 4. Foster and w. T. Allison.
 Senator Elmer ]. IMndy of Mena, hold-oyer member from the Thirty third district, is in the race for the presidency, and unless the political prophets are misled will get the place without opposition. Ben l.. Griffin of little Rock, Louis Joseph of Texark- ana. |. X. DOWdy of Batesyille. Carroll Armstrong of Morrilton, J. T. Robert son of Mariana, L. E. Sawyer of Hot Springs and F. NJ. Rogers of Arkansas City are among the house members be- ing mentioned as candidates for the speakerslrp. Of these Mr Griffin and MT. Sawyer are avowed candidates.
 The "co-eds' of the State Normal College at Conway have adapted base ball as a recreaton and bid fair to rival the real "Pedagogue' team, com posed of the young men. A full quota of two teams appears on tho campus each afternoon, in various kinds of uniforms, and indulge in the national rastime.
 Illness prev enting Gen. J. ". Kil- tough from attending the reunion at Jacksonville, Fla. the staff of General Klllough has been ordered to proceed to Jacksonville and report to the ma jor general commanding the Arkansas division, instructor to the staff and honorees are conta ned i9 a gen eral order issued hy Maj. General J. k. Gibbons, commanding the Arkansas di1sion. United Confederate Veterans.
 
 Among those who have already an nounced as candidates for the Speak ership in the 1915 session are Louis Josephs of Miller L. E. Sawyer of Garland. k. A. Dowdy of White, and Ben L. Griffin of Pulaski. There may be others later.
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 Cicero Ramsey. a native son of Stone county. having been reared near Mountain View, is a gunner on the lattleship Florida. At the time of the battle of Vera Cruz, Mir Ramseys en- Hstment in the navy lacked 20 days of expiration.
 Major Derosy Cabell of Arkansas has been relieved from duty at the Army War College in Washington and has been ordered to join his regiment the Eleventh cavalry.
 Mrs. ! C. Creighton Mathews of New Orleans director of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, address ed the A. F W. C. session al Helena on the subject, "Th2 Drama League of America" She reoomnendel that a Drama League be .ormed by the Ark ansas federation and that a lOard of censorship be established. Mrs. Mat thews also said that most modern plays are dlsgraceful and pufliC men ace and intimated that the general public is looking to the 1lub women to find a remedy. She thinks the Drama League should have a junior depart ment. Her remarks were most apprO priate and to the point and met with a hearty response from the audience,
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 Officials of the state Fede: atlon ol labor announce that the petition tc initiate a new child labor Jaw il Ark areas now contains more Lha2 the re cured number of signatures and thai the law will be placed on tte ballo' to he voted on a the e.ectioA in Sep tetnher. The law requires r. 6l4 sig natures aefore an act can be initiated thls year. Officials haze announced that the peution contnns more thar l6 900 names.
 Lee Darlington is dead and Slmor udge and sam Walker are injured Walker probably fatally-as the resul