Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-01-12
STATE ACQUIRES
 TITLE ID ISLAND
LARGER BY 55 6-1o ACRES AS A RESULT OF A DEGREE OF Pu-
 LASKl CHANCERY COURT.
AUTHORITY OF ACT OF 1915
Action Was Directed Against R. D. Plunkett, Who, 1t Was Charged, Has Had Possession of the Prop
 erty and Claimed It.

erty and Claimed It.
 Little Rock
 Arkansas became 55 6-10 acres larger in its Official" area as the re- suit of decree handed down in Pu- laski County Chancery Court in an action in which the State is given title to an island in the Arkansas river opposite Crystal Hill. Suit to have the title vested in the State was instituted by Attorney General Wal lace Davis by authority of an act of the 1915 legislature authorizing the attorney general to file suits to re cover State lands.
 The action was directed against R. D. Plunkett, who, it was charged, has had possession of the property and claimed it. The complaint says the island has been in existence for 20 years or more. but was only surveyed recently Chancery Clerk Jack Ma loney was appointed court commis- sioner to advertise the island for sale inside the next month It will be sold to the highest bidder. costs of the ac- ton paid from receipts, and the re- mainder of the money turned into the State treasury.
 A bundle of oak and pine boards oI, in aoy1. sions constituted an exhibit filed in the Supreme Court with a transcript of the testimony in the case of ". A. and Lucien Howard, appealed from Grant county In fight July 4, the men are alleged to have beaten John Brashears so badly that he died. Each was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to three years. The boards exhibited are alleged to be those used by the Towards in the fight. Two of the boards were broken.
 With s4,O00 paid into the office of the internal revenue collector u Little Rock by surety companies on VI. Brubaker, Fort Smith distillers whose plants were closed out several months ago on the ground that they were dis filling illicitly, the government has received $19,O00 from surety com panies alleged to have been liable for S35,000.
 The Lignite Products Company of Camden, capitalized at $100,000, filed articles of incorporation. It is author ized to manufacture and sell Ignite products and to conduct a mining business The capital stock subscrib- ed is $25,000 The corporators are J. E. Newton. George B. Kimball, Wal ter Concannon and Dana D. Flanagan. Because he believes he does not owe an account of S2950, Virgil H. Wright of Levy, an employe of the Iron Mountain railroad, filed peti- tion in bankruptcy in the United States District court and paid $35 fil- ing fees, rather than pay the account. His attorney is Fred Mcdonald, ity attorney of Argenta.
 Little Rock may have an Orthodox GreeA Church To work in it's inter est was the purpose of the visit to Little Rock of Archdeacon Damianos Hermogenes of Memphis, who was here to confer with Joe Stathakis, Pete Kumpuris, J.s Lampos, Charlie Pappas, Nick Pales and others.
 T. E. Wood of Marianna was elect ed chairman of the Arkansas Railroad Commission. He succeeds J. Sam Rowland of Harrison. MT. Rowland and w. F. Mcknight are not seeking reelection. MT. Wood Is a candidate without opposition for nomination for 8 second term.
 Baughman Cabinet Shop of Pine Bluff was incorporated, capitalized at S6,000..
 The supreme court set January IT
 
 for the hearing of the test case to determine whether candidates for cir cult judges and chancellors whose terms expire in 1918 must run in the March primaries, as contemplated in the election consolidation act passed by the last Legislature.
 
 Ream & Co, Little Rock. bond concern: capitalized at $5,O0O. The officers are: E. M. Ream, president; C.. C. Ream, trustee; Charles Jacob son, secretary.
 Providing pensions for all surviving Confederate soldiers CT sailors under the same conditions that Federal vet erans are pensioned, 2 bill has been drawn by Francis Tracy Tobin. attor. ney, of Philadelphia, for presentation to Congress.
 With q strip of bed ticking which she had torn from bed, Miss Et,lcl