The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-02
Dover Sneeials

" eaJner IS cooler than It was laSJ week. . A pleasant shower wet the dusty streets Wednesday night and made respiration more comfortable. :. The whistle and rush of ma chinery tell us that the fleecy staple is fast being prepared for the market.
 Sister Bettis is on the sick list
 We hope her recovery is in the near future. Mir. Charley Young was bitten last week by copperhead snake He is not seriously sick. .
 W. H, Poynter returned from Little Rock Saturday, where he answered to the quizzes of the Federal grand jury. Quite a number of Piney citizens passed through town Satur
 day and Sunday, en route to Little Rock. Messrs. Will and James Grimmet and W. H. Macon left here Saturday evening to make it conven- tent to board the east-hound train Sunday morning so they could an swer to the charge of selling wild eat whisky" We hope they can prove their innocence and show to an out ward civilization that the accusa tions of others is nothing but the falsifying allegation of some timer ant accuser and that it is not those who hold the offices of dignity and trust alone who are virtuous. We draw the line "Let him that is not guilty cast the first stone. .. Wm. Simpson and w E. White returned Saturday from business trip into Boone and Newton counties. Sew eral new students entered school Monday. With the best situation in the county. with community of morality and 8 town of religious in- stitutions, Dover can promise all of it's patrons a successful term in the training of the rising generation.
 Prof Hays visited on Piney Sunday. Uncle J. l.. Hicks is 1 building for himself residence fronting the residence of Mir. Ellis.
 Methinks l hear the jingle of wedding bells. .. Rev. Bettis gave us two interesting sermons Sunday at a. m. and ' p. m. But this is nothing unusual with him. The District Institute convened here Saturday. Chairman Pless being absent, Prof. J. A. Evans acted as chairman. We learn they had a splendid time, but did not ascertain to whom the honor of delivering the oration of the day belonged that is, whose outbursts of eloquence lquenched the incorporate fires of mans ambition, snatched the burn ing brands of oratory from the arse
 nal of aspiration, and marked as an epoch in his history an illustrious pitch of voice. Mrs. Brown took our venerable citizen, Uncle Henry 1 Kirchoff, to Russellyille Saturday so he could hoard the train for Little Rock <. Uncle Perry Renfrow went below Saturday. We do not know when he intends to return .. When we look over the commercial counter viewing the stunning prices for our cotton and other produce, we ask the question, What must be doneY In answer comes the mighty reverbera- ton as if it was upon the distant Lake of Scotland, echoing success lively three or four times Hold to your democratic principles, approve of the administration work, help to jar and shatter the ties of trusts.
 Uncle Joe Howsrd passed thro' town Saturday, stopped, pulled the latch string, found the Institutes door opened, he was m their midst, and--made his maiden speech. One of T. J Ledford's sons was stabbed by Mr. Bates last week, and at present we cannot ascertain whether it will prove fatal or not. His physician thinks probably it l will. VAN TulLps