The Green Forest tribune., 1915-10-01

The Executive Board will meet in the office of Secretary-Treasurer l.. II. Moore in the Donaghey building. The Auditing Committee will make it's semi-annual audit of the secretary treasurer's books on the preceding Saturday, and will report to the board Sunday The board will outline the federation's work for the year and probably will be in session several days.
 The board consists of the following vice presidents: John Mitchell of Little Rock, William Merk of Fort Smith, E. w. Abston of Spadra, Abe Holden of West Hartford and H. K. Vones of Russellville. Thomas A Wilson of Pine Bluff. president of the State Federation of Labor, also will attend the meeting.
 Because John M Smith, it is al- legged, did not file with the secretary of state either $5,000 bond as clerk of Montgomery county or $2,0O0
 
 asked to declare the office vacant. A delegation making the request pre- sented to the governor statement from Earle w. Hodges, secretary of state, to the effect that the bonds re- quired by law had not been filed in his office. However, it was admitted by one of the delegation that MT. Smith made bond of $5.0Ov at Mt. Ida, as required for the clerkship. It was alleged he made no bond of $2,- 900 as required for the recordership.
 Complaints of employees of lumber companies having headquarters out of the state that they are forced to pay cost of collection on pay checks given them will be investigated by the State cording to Deputy Commissioner of Labor B. I. Mckinley He said the law which requires the payment of men in cash will be .rigidly enforced, and that companies violating the law will be prosecuted
 The winding up of the auditing of the books in the office of the secre- tary of state, the investigation author iZed by the last Legislature, is prac- tically completed. The experts who went over the books of the secretary of state finished their report and it will be turned over to Col. George Thornburgh this week, when it will be made public.
 Dr. c. w. Garrison, state health of ficer, returned from Zion, Izard coun- ty, where he went in response to let ter from local physician which said there was serious outbreak of ty- phoid fever in a neighborhood near the place. Dr. Garrison brought sam- ples of well water from the neighbor- hood. These will be tested
 Maggie Townsend, the negress who participated in the battle on Island 37, in the Mississippi river between Ar kansas and Tennessee, between former III octtu O OI NlSSlSSlppl county, aided by state militiSmen, and bootleggers on the island, died at the state convict farm at Cummins.
 Governor Hays appointed former County Judge A. J. Craig to succeed James Evans as circuit clerk of Inde- pendence county. MT Evans bonds men told the governor Evans was en- gagged in a dispute over his accounts and that he would resign if Judge Craig were appointed
 State Senator T. c. White of Pine Bluff, one of the prohibition leaders of the last Legislature has been ap- pointed to fill the office of additional deputy internal revenue collector un- der Internal Revenue Collector J. S.. Barkman.
 Green county may have TO session of the Equalization Board this year Several weeks ago Governor Hays ap- pointed w. J. Moore, w. T. Crowley and Callus Harvey as members, but MT. Harvey and MT Crowley refused to serve.
 Because J. V. Ferguson, a member of the Penitentiary Commisson, was unable to be present, no meeting was held to take up the recommendations of the committee appointed to investi- gate conditions at the state penal in- situtionS.
 The Morrison Company. Little ! Rock concern, filed notice of dissolu- 1 tion.