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The log cabin Democrat., 1906-12-13
CABOT.
From the Guard, Dec. !.

J. H. Brawley has purchased the handsome residence of w. r. Koonce and will in a short time, Ii rumors be true, commence keeping house in reality.
 Rev. w. S. Young of New Lon don, Ark, has been invited by the Baptist church to visit them with a view to calling him to the pastorate of that church. Rev. Young will be here about the mid dle of the month for several days.
 Rev. B. F. Milan returned Tuesday from the southern part of the state where he has been hold ing protracted meeting.
 The town authorities have or dered the old sheds in front of the stores torn down, in order to have the new sidewalks laid.
 Rev. Sturgis has had his house north of the Baptist church recov- cred and otherwise improved, ana has moved in.
 l.. K. Duncan, who has been living at the Nicely farm south of town, has moved into the city and will engage in the mercantile bus mess in the Thompson building South of railroad. He and family will reside with Mrs. Sallie Gin gles.
 Rev. w. H. Woodfn is attend ing annual conference at Wynne this week.
 Pendergass & Felton's gin caught fire Tuesday and by heroic effort was extinguished without much damage. The fire is sup posed to have originated from a match in cotton elevator.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-12-13

Slower to the place where the stolen stuff had been secreted. Stover then arrested him and he implicated Price, and he too was arrested. Saturday morning they were given a preliminary trial be- fore Justice of the Peace Allen, and after pleading guilty were committed to the county jail at Perryville, to await the action of the grand jury, which meets next February. The most of the goods were recovered, consisting of I5o knives, lot of silver spoons, pipes, cigarette books, rings and four pair of shoes. The prisoners were carried to Perryville Saturday af- ternoon and placed in jail. Great credit should be given Messrs. Jones and Stover for ferreting out the offenders.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-12-13
4 Sheep Dog.

During the late Rev. Elijah kel- loge's pastorate in Maine he was consistently opposed by a citizen of no religious convictions, who took malicious satisfaction in dis covering and publishing incon- sistencies in the lives of the mem- bers of MT. Kellogg's church. For reasons of his own, which the Bos- ton Herald does not give i'll print ing the story, the citizen decided to remove to another part ot the state.
 Meeting MT. Kellogg one day, shortly before his departure, said
 "Well, 1 suppose you have heard that l am going to leave town, and l dare say that you will be glad of it."
 "FGlad of it? Why no" replied Mir. Kellogg. II shall be very sorry to lose you. You are so use ful to me in my work here l hard ly know how l can spare you.
 Spare me?" repeated the citi- zen, greatly puzzled. How IS that3"
 Why" said the old minister, with a gentle smile. every time a sheep gets its foot out of my fold you bark from one end of the town to the other. You are the best watch dog l ever knew. Youth S Companion.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-12-13
BORDER COUNTY NOTES
 NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS, COLLECTED FROM
 THE COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES.

paid s5o for the privilege of carry ing a gun. Another pistol wa: found in the room. Cards and other gambling devices were cap tured which the sheriff has in hi: possession. MT. House says that he would have called upon some others in the same community who were engaged in the same kind ol business, If he could have divided his forces.
 On Monday morning Sheriff House filed with the county clerk his bond as collector of the taxes of Lonoke county for Ioo6. The taxes charged to the collector amount to $Io2, ,oI7.3I, the bond required by law would have been for SI3o ,ooo.o but that filed by the collector is for S2I7 100000 be- ing S87 ,ooo ,oo more than that re- quired by law.
 The. Bank of Lonoke was opened for business on November 2S w. P. Fletcher, ST., is president; w. P. Fletcher, IT,, cashier, and (. $. Taylor, bookkeeper.
 Mrs. Joe P. Eagle was brought home from Little Rock Monday af- ternoon much improved after hav- ing spent severalsweeks ill the Bat tie Creek sanitarium suffering from paralysis.
 Hon. Joe T. Robinson left for Washington, D. C., on Thursday of last week to be present when congress convened at noon Mon day. He expects to return in time to spend Christmas at home.
 Rev. BE B. Thomas returned from Warren Tuesday morning where he attended the annual meet ing of the Little Rock conference. He says heAwill move from this place to Camden about the 2oth of this month.
 On Friday and Saturday more than five hundred bales of cotton were sold here, and on Saturday night about eight hundred bales were on the platform and the street, it being impossible to get cars in which to load it. Lonoke is fine cotton market and the people are taking advantage of it and bringing it here from all sections of the sur rounding country.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-12-13
MORRILTON.
From the Democrat. December :,

From the Democrat December 7
 T. B. Adams, at one time resi- dent of this section, but now living near Conway, spent Wednesday among friends here.
 Rev. J. w. Keithley and wife left yesterday for Dermott, where he has been transferred by the bishop.
 Harley Levels of Van Buren county was arrested here yesterday by Sheriff Hutto, upon request by telephone, charged with circulating obscene literature and assault and battery. He gave bond and was released.
 Perry Shumate, a negro living three miles east of Solgohachia, is in jail charged with whipping a four year old child to death. The child was the daughter of Drucilla Blanton, a colored woman who works ill Morrilton, but it was liv- ing at Shumate's house. He came in from his work late Tuesday af- ternoon, and becoming angered at something the child had done whipped it so severely that it died in a few hours. Coroner Totton went out yesterday and held an inquest and brought in verdict as follows: That the child came to it's death by being whipped or kicked by P. A. Shumate and or dered him held without bond
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-12-13
LONOKE.
From the Democrat, December 6.

From the Democrat, December O.
 The Rev. w. I. McInnis, pastor of the Presbyterian church, after faithfully serving the church here for a period of four years, preached his retiring sermon to his church last Sunday morning. The service was we'll attended, and with deep regrets his people'gave him up to go to field of larger possibilities.
 On Saturday December I Sheriff M. c. House accompanied by C. w, Turner, John Petty and J. w. Sadler, deputy sheriffs, made a raid on gambling house i'll In, dian Bayou township near Coy station, where they arrested twen- weight men for gambling. They were carried before ]. H. Garner, justice of the peace, and each ol them plead guilty to gambling and were each fined SIo and the cost. One of the men when arrested, had a pistol in his possession, and in addition to the fine for gambling
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-12-13
PERRYVILLE.

Col. ]. F. Sellers, a leading attor- ney of Morrilton, was transacting business in the court house Tues day. He appeared before Coun- ty Judge Stone in an injunction suit by the Fourche River Lumber Co.,, to restrain the Bryant Lumber Go. from cutting or removing tim Der from tract of land. J. H. Cherry appeared for the defendant and the court granted a restraining order as prayed tor till circuit court.
 United States Special Agent Telle, of the Little Rock land office, was visitor Wednesday. He was looking after his blooded stock he has on his ranch south of town. He is having lot of improvements made on his farm.
 The little brick boarding house just opposite our office, with the high plank fence, has five borders. The house is kept now by sheriff Oliver, and he has recently fitted up the front room and put in a stove to make it comfortable for the guard and prisoners. The names kof the lodgers are-Frank Clayland, Fayt Price, John Price, Silas Watson, burglary. Dan Clifton, fine for fighting. He was pardoned by the governor for a fine imposed by justice of the peace in Conway county.a Price and Watson were brought back this week lfrom the Pulaski jail where Sheriff Shelton took. them last September for safe keeping. MT. Oliver brought them back ow- ing 10 a kick about their treatment at the jail in Little Rock. The county has the bill to foot anyway.
 The friends of. uncle John Ise- man, a prominent German farmer living north of Perry, will be sorry to learn of his death, which oc- cured short time ago.
 A large number of people from the east end of the county attended the court of O. F. Wood Monday. He fined two or three of the boys for gambling.
 Arch Lung and family are going to move in a few days to Texana, I. T. We regret to lose them as citizens hope they may prosper and have good health at their new home. The News will reach them and keep them posted on times in Perry.
 The state Baptist mission board at it's session this week appropriat- ed the church at this place S75. .oo.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-12-13
Laid the Ghost.

A young curate was asked by his hostess how he slept. He said he had passed a very good night. On the last morning his hostess said. MT. -, you perhaps notice how very particular we were in our inquiries every morning as to how you had slept, but the truth is that the room you occupied is said to be haunted, and we were anxious to know if you had seen the ghost. .
 "The ghost" repeated the cur ate, thoughtfully. 70, yes, l do remember the first night I was here some fellow came and stood by my bedside. "
 "O," said the company with great interest, and what did you do?"
 "I said, Please, will you give me a subscription for my Sunday school? He instantly disappear ed and I never saw him again. - Ram Horn.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-12-13
CLINTON.
From the Journal. Dec. 6.


 Hou. Garner Fraser spent the first of the week in Little Rock where he has a case in the supreme court.
 Timber men are gobbling up all the timber land in the east part oi the county. If our people are not careful we will soon be in the rocky hills without wood.
 A large delegation of our school people attended the entertainment at Choctaw last Friday night.
 Twins boys were born to MT and Mrs. Ed Smith of Culpeppe, Tuesday. Mrs. Smith is getting along nicely, but one of the ba bies died Tuesday night.
 Squire Riley fined Leo Myover Bozy Riggs and Marion Carmi- chael S each for malicious mis- chief last Saturday. It seems that about a dozen of the boys about town turned some saddles for the Choctaw boys on Thursday night and Squire Riley took it upon himself to have four of the boys arrested and the three named sub mitted and were fined five dollars apiece. The other boys have no, been arrested and we don't SUD- pose they will be. Although the evidence showed them equally as guilty.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-12-13
HOUSTON.
FromIthe::Banner,:: December 6.

Miss Emma Jones, teacher of the first, second and third grades in the Houston public school, re- ports an enrolment of 56 pupils, excellent attendance, pupils in good. health and doing good work.
 The oyster supper given by the K. and IL. of H. last Thursday night was a success in every par ticular, and the hope is expressed that they may repeat the, experiment in the near future. Not a guilty oyster escaped.
 There will be Ia Christmas tree at the Free Will Baptist church Christmas Eve night.
 C. D. Clifton, who has been in jail at Perryville for several days, was fined SIo and costs Monday.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-12-13
His Idea.

Rastus-"What is yo idea oA heaben?'
 Ephraim-"A A place whar de an, imals hab de body ob melon. ds laigs ob 'possum an de wings oh a chicken. New York Sun.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-12-13
Don't it Jar You?

To have cough that you can't leave f-ev,, when you go to bed? Put 1t away for good k using Simmons Cough Syrup. IL heals inaams ton of the throat and luugs-gives you rest ar peaceful sleep.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-25
MAGAzINE OF A

1t will interest periodical readers
to know that Walter A.. Johnson,
formerly of Doubleday, Page & Com
pany, has, with others, purchased
The Four-Track News from Mr..
George H. Daniels, and beginning
with the October issue the new pub
fishers will change the name to The
Travel Magazine The pages will be
enlarged to accommodate more beau
tiful pictures, to be superbly printed
on the finest paper throughout the
magazine. The new title, it is be-
lieved, viii lenable others, besides
the several hundred thousands OF
people who have already been read
ers of The Four-Track News, to bet
ter understand the publishers inten-
ton of making a helpful and inter-
esting magazine, which is to tell peo-
pie, in a practical way, when, where,
and how to go; in short, the maya
zine is to be more than ever an ex-
ponent of the travel idea.
The number of people who travel
in this country and abroad has been
increasing rapidly of recent years.
Well-to-do people are more and more
seeking new recreation and changes
in environment winter and summer.
Active-minded men and women seek
opportunities for new interests and
occupations which travel opens up
Altogether, The Travel Magazine will
have a wide and delightful field to
fill, and as the new publisher has
taken an active part in the promo
ton of Doubleday, Page & Com
pany's magazines, Country Life in
America, The Garden Magazine, etc,
during the past five years, tits prob
able that the periodical will fill it
well.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-25
Persprmg Humanity I'm certainly glad to see you headed toward the exit" sign

that the most acceptable bridge
would be a suspension bridge. The
bluff at the foot of Market street,
this city, and the bluff on the Staten
Island shore opposite, would greatly
facilitate such a structure.
This would afford clear passage for
all vessels and would connect the is
land with the main land at a most
desirable point.
Some official action should be TAX
en- in the matter to bring the bridge
commission down here to see the adj
vantage to be derived. Perth Amboy
and Staten Island would be greatly
benefited by a bridge. When both
states are talking on the subject is
the time to act.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-25

that at Elizabeth. Then there is the
termination of the Staten Island
boulevard directly opposite this city.
This is to be one of the greatest
highways in the country. Traffic by
automobile is becoming more and
more general and the short cut across
Staten Island, to say nothing of the
beautiful ride, makes this route more
popular every year.
The one great drawback is the fer
ny. 1t is a common sight to see a
dozen or more automobiles stalled on
one side or the other waiting for the
boat. Then, when one does arrive,
the rules of the company limit the
number of machines that can be car
ried at one time.
We have mentioned the nearness
to the fertile farming districts of
Monmouth and Middlesex counties,
and referred to the fact that such a
bridge would bring the New York
and Staten Island market close at
hand. This, in itself, is a big feature.
Hundreds of men who work in this
city but live in Tottenville, or who
live here and work in Tottenville,
cross the sound daily. Hundreds
more cross to do their shopping. 1t
would be a revelation to many to sec
the crowds coming from the ferry
boat every Saturday night to do their
purchasing here.
But aside from all these reasons
why a bridge should be built here,
there stands out the item of cost.
Nowhere could a bridge of the most
desirable type be erected with less
expense than at this poirt. The in
creasing on Staten Island
demands that no hindrance be placed
in the way of vessels. This means
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-25

The following from the Trenton
Times must be considered high trea-
son, by Dory Strong, who has been
getting unusual support from that
newspaper. 1t is directly to the
point, however. 1t says:
s.The preliminary estimate of the
Middlesex county tax board shows
increases aggregating $~7,637,O0O
over the valuations last year. The
greatest increase is in Perth Amboy,
nearly $4,000, 900. New Brunswick
shows but a little more than $780,
600, which is less than that made by
any of the larger municipalities OF
the state thus far reported. There is
apparent need for the county board to
give some attention to New Bruins
wick's valuations"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-25

tions and prevent political corrup-
tion in every form.
Every man who believes In the
principles as here stated is invited 70
fill out the above coupon and send 1t
to the NEWS office.
This is a movement to down the
bosses, overthrow the corporation
control of the state legislature and
put the reins Of government in the
hands of the people direct.
Every honest citizen who has the
welfare of his country at heart should
be glad to assist. Every name lends
encouragement to the cause, and each
man can do his own little part. The
ring is powerfully e~ntrenched and
the success of this movement for the
cause of good government depends on
the individual voters.
Everybody join the movement.
Don't think there will be enough
without you. Suppose everyone
thought that way. Remember the
names received on these coupons will
not be made public. It Is merely Q
pledge that you are with the League
IN its campaign for clean politics and
good government.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-25

Citizens of this county are asked
to sign the above coupon and send it
to the EVENING NEWS office as soon
as possible. The names thus sub
scribed are not to be published, but
merely to be enrolled as members of
the Independent Republican League
of Middlesex County. They will be
kept on file in the headquarters of
the league.
The objects of this league to which
the citizens are asked to subscribe
as above, are:
One. To promote the best inter-
ests of the republican party in the
county of Middlesex.
Two. To eliminate bossism and
corporate control Of the republican
party.
Three. To further the cause OF
equal taxation, limited franchises
taxation Of franchises, popular selec-
ton Of United States Senators. popu-
lar interest in primary elections, and
such other progressive measures as
mas be necessary in the interest Of
lie people
-Four. 10 E1omnte honest cleo
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-25
A 1T OVER"

In spite OF the efforts of Boss
Strong ond his personal organ TO be-
little the Fordyce campaign, the en-
thusiasm is growing. This has al
ready developed into a campaign
which has seldom been equalIed in
this county.
Addressing 800 men at noon, Il
hundred or more men i'm q country
school house in the early evening
and then to be hastily summoned tt
another end of the same township to
\ attend II firemen's celebration that
same night, where after 10 O'Clock,
the band played Hail to the Chief"
and the people cheered, is II days
work that counts.
THE COUNTY is BEING ARGUS.
ED AS NEVER BEFORE.
The issue is BOSSISM and the peo-
pie are delighted when they hear
about is Every man who listens
e@es out hnd TALKS TO HIS
FRIENDS. That is the way the
movement spreads.
A noticeable feature about the
campaign is the fact that the men are
NOT SURPRISED at what they hear.
Most of them say that is what they
had suspected all along, but they
NEVER HAD ANY ONE TO SPEAK
OUT AND TELL THEM ABOUT 1T
BEFORE.
Now that their suspicious have
been confirmed and they KNOW that
Bcss Strong is using the men elected
to serve the people, as tools to carry
out the orders he gets from the cor
porations, THEY ARE DETERMIN.
ED TO DOWN THE WHOLE sYs-
TEN AND THEIR VOTES WILL
COUNT AT THE PRIMARIES SEP.
TEMPER 20.
Talk it over, is the request that
comes from, the Fordyce ranks. The
people + urged to talk about it, for
it is the talking and thinking that
brings the voters to the full r~caliza-
ton Of the conditions as they exist.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-25
AN INSULT TO THE PEOPLE.

Boss Strong continues to sit in
his office in New Brunswick and
shout Liar. Liar!" to those who ac-
cuse him of being a lobbyist for cor
porations at Trenton; of handling
county affairs to suit himself; of
insisting that the individual property
owners shall be assessed at true value
while he himself is a member of a
board which has repeatedly assessed
railroad property at from 100 to 400
G cent. lower than the individual,
while HE DARES NOT COME OUT
BEFORE THE PEOPLE AND DE-
FEND HIMSELF.
His childish way of shouting
Liar at everybody who says any
thing about his disgraceful record at
Trenton is furnishing amusement for
the whole county.
He has been challenged to come
before the people, but he is afraid.
Senator Jackson has been chal-
lenged to appear before his constitu-
ents, but he dare not.
YET THESE MEN ASK THE PEG
PIE TO VOTE FOR DELEGATES
WHO WILL GO TO THE CoNvEN-
TION AND DO AS THEY SAY.
1t is an insult to the people of Mid
dlesex county.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-25
NIcClure'S.

1.-THE Story of Montana" the great
serial for the year, begun in the Aug
ust McClure's, gains impetus as it
goes along. From its striking pic
ture of the early days of the common
wealth, it turns to the development
of the mining industry, the pictures
que conditions and enormous for
tunes which resulted, and the bitter
and William A. Clark. The story of
the quarrel, of Clark's first attempts
to reach the United States senate, of
his spectacular defeat, and OF the
Montana capital fight, is told in the
September McClure's. 1t makes one
of the most interesting pages in Am
erican history.
"a Royal Romance" by C. N. and
A. M. Williamson, is a timely narra-
tive of the young King of SPANS
courtship Of an English girl. One OF
the remarkable features Of the arti-
Gle is the account of a personal inter-
view with the Princess Ena. The
thirty years war between the New
York Mutual and Equitable compan-
les is related with some surprising
disclosures in chapter V. of Burton j.
Hendricks THE Story of Life-Insur-
ance." Eugene Wood contributes an
original article on Niagara
The fiction department of the Sep
TENDER McClure's lives up to the rec
ord made in the August number! Kip
ling, in the fifth of his Robin Good
fellow stories, tells the charming
legend of how the fairies were ferried
out of England. Perceval Gibbon APP
pears for the first time in McClure's
with a remarkable South African
tale, "The Trader of Last Notch"
''B. jones, Butcher" is a satire by
Samuel Hopkins Adams, in which
one man, single-handed, fights a
trust. John Mcintyre tells an anus
ing tale of boy life in a Catholic
school, under the title of "The Three
Wise Men," and James Hopper con-
tributes a comedy of Filipino life,
Benevolent Assimilation There is
a realistic narrative of a western pol
itical campaign, by Viola Roseboro,
and a poem by Florence Wilkinson,
THE Mountain God"
The frontispiece of the September
number, from a painting by N. G.
Wyeth, represents THE P%rospector,'
a significant figure in western his
tory. w. Hatherell has drawn the
pictures for James Hopper's story;
Andre Castaigne and Frederic Dorr
Steele illustrate Kipling's fairy tale,
an dL. Raven Hill has made artistic
drawing for THE Three Wise Men"
Eugene Woods article on Niagara is
accompanied by some remarkable
color reproductions.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-25
THE STATEN ISLAND BRIDGE.

The opportunity to urge Perth
Amboy's claim to a bridge across
Staten Island sound between this city
and Tottenyille, which now presents
itself, should not be lost. Elizabeth
is particularly active to get a bridge
at that point, but she has no more
claim for such a structure than Perth
Amboy, and It is doubtful is as much
reason exists for a bridge there as
here.
Il is safe TO say the traffic between
this city and Staten Island eaaals