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V Little River News. SEMI-WEEKLY VOLUME xxm. ASnDOWN, LITTLE RIVER COUNTY, ARKANSAS. WEDNESDAY, MOVERBEK Hi. (!)•_*! MMl BEK !)(j. may resume drilling 1 AT STEELE WELL SOON _ Meeting of Land Owners Monday A greed to Release $5000 in Escro for Drilling Expense. The chances are good now that op erations at the tSeele well at Pine Prairie may be resumed soon. It is understood that new money is ready to come into the development. At a meeting, at the courthouse here Mon day afternoon a proposition was brought before the landowners, who made up the block of leases on which the well is being drilled, which may clear up the obstructions that caused the suspension of work. The propo sition in substance was that the $5000 now held in the bank here as a gur antee that the well be drilled accord ing to contract be released to the op erators provided as agreed by them that an additional $5000 be placed in the bank here, and that together with another $4,500 now held in a bank at Hot Springs, and that the whole sum of $14,500 be used strictly for drilling expense and casing. It was thought that the amount would be ample to complete the contract and finish the well. After hearing the proposition and discussion a resolu tion was presented covering it and | was adopted by a unanimous vote of j the landowners. It was explained that the $5000 here could not have been used for any purpose, and that it was necessary that it be used to complete the well. The well is down S00 feet an:l a heavy standard rig with all tools is still on the ground. Those interest ed expressed themselves as willing to do any reasonable thing that would in sure development. The operators on the other, hand, who we re not present at the meeting, it is understood had said that due to the tightness of mon ey they must have this money to com plete the work. -o FIRE AT MINERAL SPRINGS Livery Barn and Two Small Business Houses Destroyed. Mineral Springs, Nov. 21.—Fire that started in the old livery barn owned by J. E. Green destroyed the barn and its contents, consisting of about 200 bushels of corn and con siderable hay and four sets of team harness. The loss on the barn and contents was about $1,000. Later the fire spread to two frame buildings on the south side of ‘he barn, which were occupied by negroes as a res taurant and a grocery, destroying these structures and most of their contents. There was no insurance. Had it not been for the untiring ef forts of the fire brigade the loss might have been much greater. -o Card of Thanks. We wish to thank our many friends for the kindness and sympathy shown us during the sickness and death of our darling baby. We also thank them for the many beautiful flowers. —Mr. and Mrs. Wade Welch. The Supreme Court Affirms The Will Owens Case The supreme court in a recent de cision affirmed the Will Owens case. Owens is a negro, who lives at Pine Prairie. He was sentenced by the cir cuit court to a term in the penitenti ary on a charge of assault with intent to kill. The case was appealed and later affirmed. Owens left Monday night for Little Rock to voluntarily give himself up to the penitentiary au thorities and begin serving his sent ence. T. B. Cook who was his bonds man, was willing to trust him to go alone. -o- x TEXARKANA CELEBRATION Many Organizations Join in Ob servance of Armistice Bay. Texarkana, Nov. 11.—Armistice Day was observed here on an elabo rate scale under the auspices of the local American Legion, assisted by several visiting companies of veterans The feature was the parade at 10 o’clock, led by veterans of the World War, followed by Spanish-American war veterans and veterans of the Con* efderacy, all in uniform, women’s auxiliaries, various fraternal orders, and civic societies, Red Cress, Boy Scouts. Other features were a football game, an athletic carnival at the Legion Hall, a barbecue at Spring Lake park and a dance at Foreman Hall. o DIAMONDS ON DISPLAY Two Stones Recently Taken From Mines Are Valued at stH'.'b’O. Murfreesboro, Nov. 11.—The Ar kansas Diamond Company has on dis-, play in the show windows of the Whitten Drug store two very beau tiful diamonds taken from its mines recently. One is a blue-white stone weighing .51 carats and valued at §316.20. The other is a flawless ca nary, weighing .45 carats and valued at $157.50. The mine is being operated full 'time. New, modern diamond mining machinery recently was installed and considerably increases the output of the plant. -o NEGRO LANDS IN JAIL Texarkana Black Wounded by Oiti cers When He Falis to Halt. Texarkana, Nov. 11.—Porter Love, negro, was lodged in jail on the Ar kansas side last night on a warrant charging him with burglary. It is al leged he was caught robbing the house of Walter Harris, in North Heights. The sheriff and a deputy chanced to be in the neighborhood and gave chase to the negro, who refused to stop when told to halt. Several shots were fired at the fleeing black and one passed through the negro's arm, causing him to stop. The wound is said not to be serious. Love will be given a trial in Municipal Court to morrow. Pay off the Mortgage on Yo\irself The lives of millions of people are ruined because they have never reached the point where they own themselves. It ought to be worth while to pay off the mortgage on yourself. Saving money will do it. Begin now. ARKANSAS STATE BANK NO RED TAPE-WE DO OR WE DON’T A. E. WATERS, President. J. L. MARTIN, Cashier. C. M. SUTTON. Assistant Cashier. 4 Per Cent Paid on Saving Accounts, and Time Deposts AMERICA DECLARES FOR LONS NAVAL HOLIDAY Secretary Hughes Startles Delegates When He Lays All Cards on Table at Conference. Washington, Nov. 12.—A radical reduction and strict limitation of naval armament by the chief naval powers was proposed by the United States “right off the bat” at the opening of the international confer ence here today. Without and warning and to the patent surprise of the foreign dele gates, Secretary of State Hughes popped the concrete proposals before them with dramatic force and telling effect. Before the delegates scarcely were aware of what was happening, Mr. Hughes, true to his promise, had laid the cards of Uncle Sam’s hand face up on the table. The effect of the unexpected move was heightened by the spontaneous endorsement of the executive pro posals on the spot by the legislative branch cf the American government. The senators who occupied one bal cony and the representatives who were in another simultaneously arose as Mr. Hughes concluded presentation | of the reduction program and loosed | a torrent of applause. It was the ! great dramatic moment of the ses sion. The American Proposals. The American proposals summariz ed follow: 1. The United States, Great Brit ain and Japan to agree to a navy building holiday for 10 years during which time no new ships shall be built except for replacement of ton nage within the agreed maximum of each nation. I 2. All uncompleted capital ships and numerous specified older capital ships to be scrapped at once. 3. All building programs, either actual or projected to be abandoned at once. 4. The sea power of the three na tions to be maintained on a basis of a tonnage parity between the Ameri can and British navies and of a Japanese navy of three-fifths the tonnag^ of either of the others. 5. The capital ship to be the unit of measurement of naval strength and a proportionate allowance of auxili ary craft to be prescribed. 6. The size of the capital ships built for replacement shall be limited to 35,000 tons, compared with 40,000 tons, the maximum now building, and aggregate, capital ship tonnage to be limited to 500,000 each for England and United States and 300,000 for Japan V. Auxiliary cruisers and destroy ers, the keels cf which have been al ready laid, to be completed, but re placements to be on a basis of ; maximum 450,000 tons each for Enj land and the United States and 27t 000 for Japan. S. Same provision for submarine with the maximum tonnage, ‘J0,00t each for England and the United States and 54,000 for Japan. 0. Total tonnage of airplane _ar tiers to be limited to 80,000 each for England and the United States, an 1 48,000 for Japan. I • ( xiiy cay *al ships mi .«t plane carriers 20 years old, misters! 17 years old, and destroyers and sub j marines 12 years old may be replaced. 11. Limitation of naval aircraft deemed impracticable because of eas« of converting commercial aircraft tc war uses. 12. Conversion of merchant ma rine to warships to be regulated by 'agreement. 13. No ships to be built for or dis ! posed of to other nations. I i | - ! I «<M>.P0IM> WOMAN DIES lies idem of Galena, Mo., Was One r Heaviest of Her Sex. Galena, Mo., Nov. 11.—Mrs. Saman tha Minton, who weighed more than GOO pounds and believed to be one of tlie heaviest women in the world died at her home here today after i year’s illness. Her body was cigh feet in circumference. ?.lrs. Mintoi was 37 and is survived by a bus band. Pie Supper al Hicks. On Friday night, November 1st! there will be a pie supper at Hick school house for the pupose of rais ing money for the pastor of on I church. Everybody invited and a the girls bring their pies and ha 1 'them ready to auction off at 7:30 p. i“ Don’t forget the date and he ready buy you a nice pie before its too lai~ e TWIN CITIES fiRE pirnmns a divorce _ Administrations a( Texarkana Arc j (liable to Work Together in Harmony. Texarkana, Nov. 13.—The troubles between Texarkana Ark., and Tex arkana, Tex., which started over the 'discontinuance last April of the joint arrangement by which the Fire De partments of the two sides of the city were operating under one fire chief, -are as far from settlement as ever, and there seems to be no chance of ’an adjustment. It is said that in surance rates soon will be raised at least 12 per cent unless the joint ar rangement for fighting fires is put in force again The Texas side insists that if tiie old order is restored, W. J. Springer must be reinstated as joint fire chief, but Mayor McLain of the Arkansas side refuses. Today it was announced ,that the Texas side also is preparing to discon tinue the arrangement with Arkansas1 'for the joint inspection of meats and dairy products, which has been in ef feet several years. It is said Tex arkana, Tex., is preparing to sever re lations of every sort with the Arkan- j sas side and to look after all its own affairs. Mayor McLain, in the mean • time, declares Arkansas is entirely j competent and able to look after all i Its business without advice or help j from outside. lie said Texarkana.! 'Arkansas, is willing to have a joint j Fire Department with the Texas side, 'but insists that such arrangement 'must he on a fair basis and that the Arkansas side must have a square deal which, he said, Texas does not show a disposition at present to allow. o SEVEN A HE INDICTED Federal Court for Texarkana Dnision of Western District Coin ours. Texarkana. Tex., Nov. 14.—Federal court for the Texarkana division of tli':' "Western District of Arkansas eon j veiled here today with Judge Frank A. Youmans of Fort Smith persiding. A Grand Jury, with William J. Harts I field of Washington, foreman, was Impaneled, and later in the day re turned the following indictments: J. E. Dahsko ami E. B. Parker, El Dorado, charged with trying to evade payment of revenue tax on dance hall; Booker Kennedy, robbery of postoffice at Buckner; H. D. John son, El Dorado, making false entry on hooks of National bank; Walter Seay, robbery of postoffice at Eagle Mill; E. O. Gunter and G. C. Shaif, raising a federal reserve note to higher denomination. During the daythe district attor ney also lied information against the Pure Bred Cotton Seed I • Proves to Be Profitable Little Rock, Nov. 12.—Pure bred , ::otton seed has proved profitable to • Robert Stallings of Morrilton. be | writes in a letter to E. J. Bodman the i vice president of the Union and Mer- • cantile Trust Company of Little Rock, ! As chairman of the Committee on Ag riculture of the Arkansas Bankers' Association, Mr. Bodman has started I a campaign to introduce better cotton ! seed for planting inio Arkansas and has ordered a large quantity of se'd j from the Pedigreed Seed Company of Har'sville, S. C., one of the best known and most reputable cotton seed firms • in the country. “Last winter I bought 10 bushels of Webber cotton seed from the Pedi greed Seed Company,” wrote Mr. Stallings. “This cotton was full one and one-fourth to one and five-six teenth inches in staple and sold for 40 cents, while cottc ' and one sixteenth inche staple was selling for 22 and 23 cents.” -o BANKERS HOLD TO ABM Advised bj Illlnols Association to Ret and Use Guns. Springfield, 111., Nov. 14. - Alarmed' at the frequency of bank robberies, the Illinois Bankers Association has advised banks, especially smaller ones to “obtain shotguns and use them.” NO nmiK TO OWN STILL At Lea si Is Is Not Considered an Offense in Texas. Austin, Tex., Nov. 9.—It is not a violation of the state law to possess j equipment for manufacturing intoxi-1 eating liquors, the Court of Criminal Appeals held today. Oil; Notice. We will only gin one more day, Fri day of this week. Parties wanting to gin with us will bring the* cotton in 'on that day. Will pay $27.00 fer seed. —Brown Gin Co. It Bridge Work Besomed. The work on the bridges on the Ben Lomond and Steel bridge road has again started, and it is understood that the work will he rushed to completion, getting this road ready for the gravel this winter. Overcome Troubles at Grote Well Near Arden 1 The Grote well at Arden is now bet ter than 750 feet and it is reported that some recent troubles have been overcome. They have been drilling in a soft formation which lias been very difficult. They are now waiting for 'more 12i inch casing as they want to keep the hole large as long as possi ble. Progress recently has been ne cessarily slow hut the hole is in good shape. \M AT LITTLE KOOK *(. Louis Cotton Compress Warehouse No. I Destroyed—5.000 Bales Bum. Little Rock, Nov. 13.-—More than 5. (00 bales of cotton in Warehouse No. 1 of the St. Louis Cotton Compress Company, Seventh and Locust streets. North Little Rock, was destroyed by tire of unknown origin early last night. The cotton which was owned princi pally by the Lesser-Goldnian Cotton Company and Ad Hamberg & Oo., was valued at more than $500, 000. The building destroyed resulted in an additional $30,000 loss. The entile losses are covered by insur ance, according to officials of the compress company and the Lesser Goldman Company last night, wlxv were at the scene. P. H. Good, general superintendent of the St. Louis Cotton Compress Company No. 2, with Hayley M. Ben nett of the Lesser-Goldman Cotton Company, arrived on the scene within a Short time after the lire was dis covered and directed a force of negro volunteers who worked heroically at removing burning hales of cotton. The negroes followed the firemen who checked the flames at the east end of the warehouse sufficiently to permit handling. Another company stream manned by several negroes, drenched the hales as they wero brought cut. o PAYING Sl'IT CON i’lM Ell Contractors m Texarkana Have Only Partly Completed Contract. Texarkana, Nov. 11.—The suit pend hig in the Miller County Circuit Court between Paving Improvement District No. 20, on the Arkansas side, and tilt: Burke Construction Company, which involves the paving of practically all the downtown residence section of the Arkansas side, has b t continued un til the next June term of the court at the instance 1 <.'■ ■ improvemei; district. The contin ance is said to have been asked £< the purpose of awaiting the result of a similar suit, pending in the itde.courts. MAA llhtMil, I HI1K HUS Bishops of Yorllitrn >!. K. Church licet iu Detroit. Detroit, Nov. 11.— Peeking to map a plan for reuniting the Methodist Episcopal churches, North and South, the commission on Methodism unification, compose 1 of bishops of the Northern church began a two • days’ session he”* is afternoon. The meeting is the held by tho commission sin» appointment at the last general nrvjV cnee of tho chui * L» s. Skips Bilim r, <• ids. DeQumn, Nov. 14— ,T. W. Park has shipped a of hi kory nuts to Chicago, the first early. I of nsts ever shippe • from thin 1 :t. nunity. The Strong Directorate ;>{ 1 his bank has influenced nu.::; people in open Ing their checking account her,. Juuictl by nit. it men trained in financial affair?, every deposit! r shares in the security given. If without a hank ing home we invite you to look up the -acim! - f oar Directors, then become a iep "her. Till: Vi Oin.lt MY I S Y ft I t' RDI j ' rou IV K GIVE VO!' 1 I'l B t 'JINT