The Spectator., 1915-05-07

1 According to the dusty records found in the office of County Clerk Ellis c. Goodgame, this Dallas) County was 70 years old April 2S, Ar kansas was made a state in 1S3b ana this county was created in 1S45, It being one of the first counties which included a large area. The seat Of | government was first founded at Dal- laston, but this town soon changed its name to Princeton after the county seat was located there Princeton was the county seat till 1908, when by a vote of the people the courthouse was moved to Fordyce, and has re- mained there since.
 The records of the first county court proceedings are rather interest | ing. as only S129 was the entire eX- pense of running the government for that term. An order was made al- lowing a premium of S2 for the scalp of each wolf. A petition was present ed to the court by Pleasant Gardner praying for public road from Prince ton to Camden. The court appointed Archer Hays, William Hooper and | William Daniel as road commission CTS. Many petitions followed for pub lie roads in different parts of the county. One-eighth of one per cent tax was first levied for the county revenue, and also one-eighth of one per cent for road tax. Thc citizens immediately realized the need of courthouse, and Judge Coleman ap- pointed Alexander Dortch as court house commissioner The courthouse was completed about 1850. which was one of the finest buildings of the state at that time. It was used as the reg ular temple of justice until 1908, when the records were moved to this city. A new S60,000 courthouse and a $10,- 900 jail has recently been constructed here as the home of the county gov ernment of Dallas County.
 No appeal will be taken by J. F.. Madding from the decision of a jury in the Second Division of the Pulaski Circuit Court, in which Mrs. Lucy F.. Harrod was given default judgment for $65.000 damages, according to n report from Pine Bluff, the defend ants home Mrs. Harrod, widow of 1 the late James H. Harrod asked for 1 damages for the death of her husband. who was run down by an automobile driven by Madding July II. 1913 The ,l ,,1 tory and $15,000 punitive damages. J. A. Bauer, of Searcy, the largest individual grower of strawberry plants in Arkansas, says that from present prospects White county will ship easily 500 cars of choice berries for which between SS00,000 and $1.- 000,0n0 will be received During the past season he has sold more than | 10,000,000 plants in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Prospects are the most fiattering in the history of strawberry growing in this county, and weather conditions have been ideal.
 John Nj. Davis, State bank com missioner, has reported to Gov. Geo. W. Hays the gift of S1,35S.50 toward the fund to maintain Arkansas eXhi- bit at the Panama Pacific Exposition, the money having been given by 95 banks of the state. The donations were made in response to the recent appeal for additional funds. Many banks and trust companies had made donations previously.
 The town of Sparkman, In the west ern part of this county. boasts of the fact that it is the smallest town in Arkansas that has electric lights. The Sparkman electric light plant opened with l.. J. Goodrich as manager, and is receiving the hearty support of the people Sparkman has less than 500 population.
 The mid-year meeting of the Little Rock Conference Board of Education will be held at Hendrix College at Conway June Is and 16, in connec- tion with the conference for ministers. which will then be in session.
 Almost the entire carload of regis tered short horn cattle brought to Fayetteville for sale at actual cost ty | the Arkansas National and the First National banks of this city have al ready been disposed of
 A model practical school of seven grades at the Arkansas State Normal School of Conway, the only one of it's kind in the state, is proving vast help in the training of teachers.
 Harrison and Forrest City will oil their streets soon to defeat the dust this summer and many other Arkan-