The log cabin Democrat., 1906-09-06

 tist Association. says that since the last meeting of the association at Sulphur Rock he has laborcd on his own responsibility siXty-threc days, preached SiXty-fve sermons. travelled 54G miles. organized one church, at Cord. and received from the people in all $7.90. He is still working and will organize another church soon.
 The planters of the State, just at the beginning of the cotton-plcklng season, say they are confronted by a shortage of labor, which promises to seriously interfere with the hand ling of the crop. On the large plan tations of John NJ. Oracle in Jctfer- son county it has been found neces- sary to abandon about 1000 acres of land because of the impossibillty of securing negroes to work 1t.
 Emasuel Boone, of Barring Gross. died recently, and in his will 1t was found that he had given plot of ground on the north side of the river from Little Rock to that city. Little Rock was preparing to take legal possession. when codlcll to the will was discovered, which gave the aforesaid land to the city of Ar genta. And now. Argenta Is glad, and Little Rock is-mad, perhaps.
 It is proposed in Little Rock to have tie street railway provide "sight-secing ear" to run over the lines once day for the benefit of visitors. This Is done in many cit ics. and fl is thought feasible 10 adopt the practice in Little Rock during certain seasons of the year.
 E. M Woods. a negro author of St. Louis, is publishing a volume to be known as ''The Blue Book of the Negroes of Little Rock and Ar oenta. Woods is author of ''The Gospel of Civility" and "T'he Negro in Etiquette.
 W. II. Haley, a New York negress. was ejected from a dining car on the Iron Mountain railroad in Missouri last August. and has brought suit in the United States Circuit Court at Little Rock for 5000 damages.
 Patents have recently been issued to Arkansas inventors as follows: Fred W. and k. J. Gratiot, Argen- la. Iubricator; John Howell. Hous- ton. railway tie; Frederick w. Nit chell, Fort Smith, invalid bed; Wal ter o. Perry, Hazen, extension bed stead.
 R. E. l.. Eagle of England has sent to the Little Rock board of trade a stalk of corn measuring if teen feet and nine inches in length. It was so long it could not be placel in tn. baggage car and was tied un- der the car.
 The funeral of Lieut.. Clarence England, U. s. A., navigating of fcer of the cruiser Chattanooga, who was killed in the harbor of Che Foo several weeks ago, was held in Little Rock August 27, and the body inferred in Oakland Cemetery.
 The first bale of new cotton in the Little Rock district was sold in that city August 28, and brought eighteen cents. It was raised by Dan Dickens, a negro, who lives twelve miles south of Gurdon.
 Tom Kay, farmer, assaulted Rev Vim. Stallone on country road in Garland county recently. He used a scantling, and hurt the preacher very badly. It was all about a cow-and-calf deal.
 The work of completing the total pension allowance has been com pleted and by September Is it is ex- pected the various pension vouchers will be in the hands of the county clerks ready for distribution.
 Henry Mangel, ma engineer, was killed August go, at Myrtle station, 50 miles north of Cotter. He was leaning out of his cab, when he was struck by a mail crane.
 Both cells of the Argenta cala-