The Nevada County picayune., 1917-01-18

tIdIeHCe OuSieS, | ieAdS eAltISlOH ui rector spoke at this afternoons meet ing. The speakers at the meeting were J. S Knox and H. K. Sanders of the extension division.
 It Is expected that a conference soon will be held by business men of Pine Bluff and Cleveland county, in an effort to reach an agreement for securing a ffrst-class highway from this city to Kingsland, where it will connect with a good road extending to Fordyce and Camden. Arrangements will have to be made to construct steel bridge over the Saline river, at q cost of about s11,000
 w. U. Mcbride. who is mining man. ganese a few miles below Guion at Walls Ferry, has struck the largest deposit of manganese ever found in this field. He has found what appears to be a solid bluff of ore. Single hand ed he Is putting out more than a ton a day, and as soon as the weather will permit he will put on a big force He will make a shipment this month from Walls Ferry.
 During a violent electrical storm at Quitman lightning struck the front porch of the residence of Will Dawes A little son of MT. Dawes was under the house playing with a dog. After the bolt struck he rushed into tho house exclaiming, "T know the dog is dead. I saw the lightning hit him full in the face" The boy was not injured, nor was the dog.
 Criticism of the free Use of the gov ernor's pardoning power, in behalf of yiolators of the liquor laws, featured the instruction of Judge R. H. Dudley of the criminal division of the Cir cult Court of the eastern district of Clay county, to the Grand Jury al Piggott. Judge Dudley laid stress on the crimes of liquor selling and gamb- ling.
 Otho Hicks of Hardy was painfully burned Christmas day He had a bot tie of alcohol in his pocket. The bot tie broke or the stopper came out and part of his clothing was saturated with the fluid Ii caught fire from cigar he Was smoking, and before as sistance reached him he was serious ly burned.
 Last year R. c Rose of Osceola rented II acres of land to a negro on halves, and when the cotton crop was picked and sold the negro's half was q little more than $500 Eight hun. dred dollars for the rent of II acres of farm land for one year is consid- cred good even in Mississippi county.
 The biggest land deal in several years was made in Clark county, ]. c. Clark selling 4000 acres of timber land between Gurdon and Rierne 10 B B. Young for SS0,00O Yonne land for the timber. After cutting the timber he will sell the land which is practically all fine soil.
 The Walnut Till correspondent of the Rogers Democrat says Mrs w T. Slinkard. who is 49 years old and is the mother of 15 children and f6 grandchildren, walked five miles one day last week to visit and minister to three sick families
 The Supreme Court reversed Chan. cellor Martineau of Pulaski Chancerv Court in allowing S9O00 in fees to officials of the Fourche Drainage Dis. trict, abolished by the Legislature several years ago.
 Deposits in the Peoples Bank of Peach Orchard show an increase of 300 per cent over last year. The stockholders, in annual meeting. da. clared a dividend of 10 per cent.
 Licenses to 550. motorists have been issued in Franklin county. mak@g a road fund of S5.500
 A new Presbyterian church will he erected at Charleston
 John Rezz. fur dealer of Me Gehee, has just returned from. the hof. toms near here where he bought a big lot of coon, mink and possums from q trappor. He says there will be sIo.. 900 worth of fur shipped from Desha county this year.
 Out of a population of 15.000 poonle Baxter county has only II banners They are cared for by families in diff. feront parts of the county. The al. lowance for their upkeep for tho last quarter was S36170.