The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-23
The strong and earnest surDort

luton unanimously passed by the Farmers Union at its convention ln Little Rock, shows the healthful trend of public opinion on the all important subject embraced in that amendment. It has been plainly shown by State Superintendent of Public Instruction John H. Hine- mon, in his unselfish tour of the state in the interest of the proposed amendment to our state constitu- ton, that its passage into funda- mental law will not, cannot, increase taxation, but only gives those direct ly interested the power to tax them selves for the purpose of popular education. This true status has been so plainly established that even he who runs may read, and the result is the people of the state, and espe- cially those most yitally interested, the country citizenship, are fully awakened to the importance of the matter, and will cast their votes in favor of progressive popular edu- cation at the coming election. Tho Farmers Union, representing tho bone and sinew of the land, and the fact that is has emphatically en, dorsed the measure speaks volumes in favor of the enlightened forces of the toiling masses of the common wealth. The fact is, what is called ''the common people" have always been actuated by the principles of common sense; all they ever want or ask, is to have a subject clearly and plainly defined to them, in or. der that they may act promptly, in- telligently and wholly without pre- judice. The Farmers Union, speaking in their behalf, has declar. ed in favor of ''Amendment No. S." and it will carry at the September election. And 1t Is only fair to state that through the modest though strenuous and constant labors of Supt. Hinemon in making a plain exposition of the matter, the pros- pective success of that amendment shall be in no small part due.
 During a recent fire in Little Rock, the State Guard suffered 8 loss of something like $1,000, the state having on storage in the burn ed building a large number of sup. plies. Sixty old magazine rifles were ruined, only the barrels and some of the locks remaining not damaged. These can be made overi Many blankets and shirts were de- stroyed, as we'll as a great deal of camp equipment and cooking uten- sils. Over a dozen bugles were de- stroyed, and back of the state house, in the yard there is an immense pile of fire-scarred and twisted de- bris, out of which the salvable stuff is being sorted. A great many leg gins were saved, but more were de. stroyed.
 William Lewis, a unique charac- ter, 90 years of age, died recently in Washington county. He was a vet cran of the Mexican and civil wars, He was born in Virginia and was at one time prominently identified with affairs in Indian Territory. At the time of his death he was living with his sixth wife, and was said to be the father of 2S living children, and his grandchildren are so numerous that the number was unknown, even to MT. Lewis. In the early days he was a government scout. and was in Arkansas in 1886, when the state was admitted to the Union.
 Jack Cox, Floyd Stokes and AL bert Jones have been arrested on charge of stealing lot of dynamite and railroad tools from a car on the night of July 1. They were arrest ed first and fined on charge of dy, namiting fish. Being unable to give a satisfactory account of how they came into possession of the dyna- mite and as they began using it a day or two after the robbery they were arrested on the second charge
 Col. s. W. Peel, of Benton county, gathered 374 barrels of Maiden Blush apples from four-acre or