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The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-12
DAMASCUS.

Weather more settled to day
than for the last few days past. -.
Crop gathering is almost thing Of
the past in this community. 80.
Every body is scrambling to meet
their obligations, though it will be
hard for some of the good people
to make buckle and tongue meet.
The most of the people in our
community can satisfy their debts,
but how are they going to live an
other year? There is some sick
ness in our community at this
writing Hammer Terry and
wife of three miles east of here are
happy over the arrival of a boy
baby last Friday evening -. Born,
to Mr.. and Mrs. George Estes last
Saturday night, fine baby girl.
Both mother and babe are doing
we'll. =. NJ. V. Shofner moved to
his home one half mile south OF
town last Wednesday and DR.. A.
|. Hutto moved into the house
vacated by Mr.. Shoffner. A
teachers meeting was held here
Saturday. There being no one
present who asked for the next
teachers meeting the place for
holding the next meeting was left
open. We have learned upon
good authority that they have
small pox at Bee Branch, six miles
north of here. Mrs. Mary Pat
terson was taken suddenly i'll last
night and suffered very much for
a few hours with nervous trouble.
December O.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-12
ROCKY GAP.

Mr.. Title has sold his farm to
John WEIGH, the consideration be-
ing 5000. Mr.. Title has pur-
chased a place from J. c. Cole on
the Cribs hill and will move
there right away Mrs. R. Hay
don and babies went to Conway
Saturday evening All report a
good time at the open session OF
the Farmers Union last Saturday
night. -. We will have a Christ
mas tree at Providence is the YER
dict of everybody. r. Hayden
is building another room to his
residence at the Gap. The work
is being done by +. F. Hughes.
-. Mrs. Arch Sewer is visiting
Mrs. Hayden this week. u. L.
Adams is doing quite lot OF i'm
proving on his place west of the
Gap. Work OH the McCallie &
Willis new mill is progressing
nicely and they expect to be ready
to cut some lumber by the last of
the week .....E A. Atwater left
suddenly for Conway Sunday -.
r. Hayden w~nt to Conway on
business Monday &c. A. Harrl-
sons single mill is suffering from
a breakdown go. w. Allison
has moved to the single mill to
drive a team for Jas. Smith L.
c. Sewer has rented land from
Laura Carnahan and will make a
crop next year Health is good
Dec O
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-12
COUNTY NEWS NOTES
ITEMS OF INTEREST, GATHERED BY OUR
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS

...>B. NJ. Vestal went to Conway
Saturday &C. c.. Sowell has re-
turned from Little Rock. He says
work is scarce there at present -.
F. A. Vestal went to Little Rock
today with a load of marketing.
=. Don't forget that next Satur-
day night is election night for Sal
tillo camp. Be sure and come out
and help elect the officers and be
satisfied with same -. Julian kel-
ley of Fourche is here looking for
a location IT. C. Havnie and
Jack Patty went to Conway Thurs
day on business $50. Sam Milan
gave a working last week and the
boys went in and helped him COW
er his new mouse and barn wv.
c.. Basket is moving to the Hugh
Russell farm on Palarm creek. -.
Howell McCord went to Chadwick
Wednesday on business. j. D.
Hendrickson of Mt. Vernon visit
ed his brother, Jesse, last week
while enroute to Conway.
December O.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-12
CHAMPAGNE FROM sPoNGEs.

'The champagne makers of Reims
buy a lot of our sponges, said a
wholesale dealer. ''They squeeze
champagne out of them. They must
squeeze, in the years course, 1,0OO,-
600 bottles Of champagne out of
sponges. Mystifed, aren't you?
''But there is no mystery about
the matter. Champagne, is it fer
ments, is powerful stuff; it breaks
the strongest bottles, and in the past
all the champagne that broke its
bottles and escaped was lost.
Now. though, they pack the
champagne bottles in clean sponge.
and every day or two they 90 over
the plant and, if any of the bottles
have broken, they squeeze into casks
the wine that the sponges have re-
tanned.
'This wine. reclariiied, refined
and bottled again. makes a very
good second quality drink"
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-12
CATO.

Health is very good in this COM
munity THE Cato High school
has organized literary society
which will meet on every other
Friday night. Joe McRaven is
president, Ed Skinner, vice presl-
dent and Virgil Dawson, marshal.
-. Rev. j. w. Grissette preached
his farewell sermon on last Sun
day :. Miss Mary Miller has
returned to Little Rock ....
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Trout gave an
entertainment last Monday night
which was enjoyed by all present
...... Misses Esther Oinnis and
Myrtle Smith are going to Tennes-
see to spend Christmas with rela-
tives and friends =. School is pro-
crossing very nicely. ED Glenn
ent was one of the prominent
young men of Cato who attended
the wedding of Miss Mary Sanders
and Razey Ardney on Thursday
night. .Razey Ardney and Miss
Mary Sanders were married last
Thursday night at the home of the
brides father, Parson Sanders.
Quite a number of Cato people
were present, and the bride recelv-
ed many useful and valuable pres
ents. After the ceremony all went
to the dining room where an ele-
giant supper was served. 80. Mr.,
John Chrissenberry has moved his
family to Cato and opened a stock
in DR.. Harrod's drug store. -.
There is a mad dog craze in this
part OF the country. The report OF
shot gun with Wintred Burgin
as the man behind the gun was
going to end the dogs career, but
his shot did no harm except TO dig
a small hole III the ground -.
n. Greene has moved to Cato and
has sold out to Mr.. and Mrs, Nc
Atield OF Little Rock, who have
moved out We wish them well
III their new homes. -. Some cot
ton passed Friday and Saturday
on the way to Lutte Roc k. Hog
| killing Is the 80 nov ...... T.
/ Hogan went to Little Rock on bus
mess Friday There is talk OF d
:ural route from Cato to Tate :
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-12
SALTILLO.

Health is good at present, ,..'.
Cotton picking is about over -.
One O left Cans cows that got bit
ten by mad dog some time ago
went mad last week and Jeff killed
her and he says one of the others
looks curious. -. Anderson North
of Magazine is visiting his brother
in-law, +. F. Park Jesse Ora
ham has rented land from |. W.
Shaw and has moved. -. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Stewart are the proud
parents of fine boy VINO made
his appearance Saturday morning.
Mrs. B F. Bergman gave the
BOYS and girls an old ragtime
dance here Friday night. -, Madi-
son Williams OF Funston is visiting
B. r. Williams and family here
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-12
INDISPUTABIE.

A party OF Distinguished English
men. which Included, the World :
Work says, a judge of the high court.
an editor Of the Saturday Review,
and naturalist, were sitting in the
editors room when a singular spider
ran across the floor and disappeared
under some books.
1t was gaint, one of the largest
species found in England, and the
naturalist lifted the books instantly.
The spider darted toward the old
justice. He sprang up, and the
spiders life ended.
''It was a very rare Species" muir
INJURED the naturalist, regretfully.
81 made it rarer,' said the judge.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-12
PLEASANT VALLEY SCHOOL
HOUSE.

Claud McDougal carried cotton
to Conway Wednesday. Health
is good here. u. D. Burchfeld
aud son left for St. Louis Thurs
day. The wedding bells are
ringing in this section "A. A.
Milan is on the sick list this week.
Misses Luda and Julia and
Grover Owens left here Thursday
for their home near Atkins after a
week visit. .....J. D. Burchfeld
carried cotton to Conway Wednes-
day.. Mrs. Alice Evans of Glea-
son was here Monday and Tuesday
visiting her mother and sisters.
Miss Dovie Brown is visiting rela-
tives and friends in Conway this
week
December 9.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-12
ROUND MOUNTAIN.

John R. Wright of Holland has
moved on his farm here that he
bought from Rev. c. H. Nelson.
Our Public Schoo. began
Monday with Prof. Jno. Blythe as
teacher. John Crowley after
spending two weeks on the noun
tain, returned to Little Rock last
Tuesday -. Mrs. Mary Turner
has rented John Crowley's home
place and moved on to it last
week j. NJ. Harden has rented
Mr.. Crowley's Grand View place
and will move to day The peo-
pie of this district have built a nice
frame school house valued at
$500. =. There was good attend
ance at Sunday school Sunday.
Several of the new corners being
out ALT Hardin visited on the
mountain Sunday.
December 9.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-12
RELY ON THE ARCHITECT.

The members of New York
country club the building and decor
alton of whose club house had been
placed entirely in the hands of the
architect, even to the minutest fur
nishings, last week found themselves
in need of new window shades and a
few other small household necessl-
ties. Instead of buying the things
themselves they sent for the archi-
tect to come out and look things
over and order appropriate fittings,
"That is not at all an unusual
case" he said. II can show yol
houses that | planned more than
twenty-five years ago that have never
been furnished with so much as a
new chair without consulting me
first. Having deferred entirely to
my judgment in the first place, those
confding patrons are afraid to trust
their own taste in the smallest mat
ter, and they will probably continue
to ask my advice in every little de-
tail of decoration 50 long as they
occupy the house"
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-12
BRISTOL.

Crawford Strickland of Beebe
was in Bristol Tuesday $50. Mrs.
Lee Stone is visiting relatives in
Little Rock =. Ed Young returned
home this week after an absence
of over a year in Kansas, Okla
homa and New Mexico. =. .Judson
Dickens has returned home from
Shawnee, Oklahoma :. Doss Bir-
mingham has returned home from
Leslie. =. .Thos. Day will return
from Chicago Dec. 24....It is an
evident fact that after one has
drunk water from the Bayou he
will return to it. 1t is reported
that John and Vernon Wells will
be home in a few days from Leslie.
-. DR.. and Mrs. Dickens visited
friends in Enola Thursday. -.
c. Wells has rented the Blasin-
game farm half mile south of
Bristol 800. Rev. Frank Webb OF
Enders preached at the Stone
school house Saturday and Sun
day -. Prof. Farmer is teaching a
singing school at Stone school
house. He has an enrolment of
fifty Lumber is on the ground
to build the new church at Union
Hill. The building committee are
Lee Stone, John Clark, L. M.
Stone and E. w. Day We wish
to thank those who so literally do
mated toward building this church.
800. The infant of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Harland died Tuesday.
Their many friends extend sympa-
thy TO the bereaved parents. 49,.
Geo. Brown is moving to the B.
F. Winton farm School will
commence at the Stone school
house December I6 with Crawford
Strickland as teacher. 1t looks
like there will be no school at
Bristol. Rev. Franklin Stone
breaches at the Baptist church
every third Sunday. Arthur
Richard will soon move to his ia
theirs farm south of town. Fred
w. Day and Will Farmer were
elected delegates to the Free Bap-
fist quarterly meeting to be held at
Gr>enbrier Dec. 27..... Our corn
cribs are about 400 miles north Of
here and our smokehouses are III
Kansas City.
December 9.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-12
BENEFIT OF BRIEF REST
Comfortable Position and il Possible
Complete BIankness of Mind
Will Do Wonders.

Few women know how 70 rest
properly without sleeping. The av-
erage woman when she has a few
moments to rest will sit in a rock
ing chair and rock vigorously. Moth
ing skaters the nerves more than
this habit, which seems chronic with
the American woman. To rest so as
to obtain the most benefit remove
as much of your clothing as YOU
have time for. Then select comfort
able chair and lie back and put the
feet on footstool. This is much bet
ter than lying on couch. Do not
sleep, read or think. Let your mind
be as near perfect blankness as IS
possible. After a little practice one
really can achieve blank mind. At
ter half an hour of complete relax
alton of all the nerves one feels rest
ed. This is more satisfactory than a
half hour nap, which some people
claim is bad for the figure. OF
course working girls cannot do this,
but when one comes home tired out
and has an engagement for the
evening such rest will work Won
ders and make you a much more
agreeable and witty companion.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-12
Three Years for 25 Cents.

Farm Progress, the big farm
and agricultural monthly of St
Louis, Mo-, announces that the
subscription price will be advanc-
ed to IS cents per year beginning
January I, 1908 Until that d ate
subscriptions will be accepted at
the old rate of three years for Is
cents. Farm Progress is one OF
the best farm papers in the coun-
try, and we'll worth the advance
asked. Send in IS cents at once
to pay for three-year subscrlp-
ton, if you are already paid up IN
advance send in Is cents and have
your time extended three years
longer. A beautiful fruit picture,
size 22X29 inches, will be sent for
: cents additional to cover cost OF
tube and postage. Address all or
ders to Farm Progress, St. Louis
Mo.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-12
OLD CAR HIS HOUSE AND SHOP

Old-fashoned sbobtail" horse cars
have been put to curious uses when
rescued from the junk pile, but it
was left to New York scissors
grinder to convert one into a house
and workshop. He has it mounted
on a four-wheeled truck drawn by
two horses. A coat of navy blue paint
hides the dirty yellow of former
days. The interior is divided into a
sleeping and eating apartment and
scissors grinding shop, where the
hum of a gas engine calls attention
to the man at work inside.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-12
MOORE.

Money situation is talked of a
good deal. :. Crops are gathered
here. ID. J. May went to Conway
Thursday on business. u. K.
Blair was out dehorning cattle
three days last week. -. Miss
Willie Blair returned to Argenta
Thursday night after spending a
few days with her brother, Ed
ward. IN. B. Moss of Barney
was here last week on business.
Arthur and Issue Peel of Re-
publican visited home folks Satur-
day night and Sunday. -. Miss
Essie Satterw hite visited Ed Will
son and family few days last
week =. J. A. Tucker and daugh-
tiers, Ethel and Arie, were in Con-
way Friday. Mrs. Alice Smith
visited Mrs. Ella Blair Sunday.
Our school is progressing nicely.
Will Powell visited Edward
Blair Monday night. Arthur
and Oscar Peel were the guests of
Mrs. Ebert McNew yesterday.
Bonnie Glenn happened to the
misfortune of losing pocket-b book
and several dollars between here
and Conway last week. u. K.
Blair's young mule got very badly
crippled last Friday.
December q.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-12
ROUGH ON POETS.

Our weekly charwoman (wrltes a
correspondent in the Manchester
Guardian), on being asked how her
neighbours boy was getting on, re-
piled Il don't think he's getting
on at all, ma am; he never keeps
his places, and | saw he was work
ing for Mr., confectloner,
and, believe me or not, YOU never
see such a sight in your life; his
apron were that black YOU wouldn't
fancy anything as it had touched
he'd a rag aroung his neck and
no collar, and is 'air-well, is air
was that dirty and long, just like
a poet, !" Like what:' asked.
Just like a poet, ma am; that
dirty and that long :"
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-12
HOW MONEY HELPS
TO make THE man

MONEY in the bank is more than
money-it is character. The man
with bank account is seldom out of
work. His thrift is recognized. 1t
makes him good workman. If
man is selected for promotion the man
with bank account is apt to be chos-
en-. He is looked upon as a reliable
man. He is a good citizen. This
Bank solicits the accounts of wage
earners, farmers, merchants and all
others who wish to become thrifty.
1t does not matter how small your
first deposit may be, it will be none
the less appreciated. Bring your
money today and start an account with
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-12

Mill and return. Miss Ada
Brown, accompanied by John
Dukes, went to Little Rock on
business Monday.
December O.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-12

Mrs. Henpeck-What do you con-
slider is the most attractive period in
a woman's life?
Mr. Henpeck-When she i. asleep,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11

An employe Of the agricultural de.
partment has received a letter from
his home in Alabama, and which con.
tains the information that the heat
there is something tremendous and
that hens are laying hard.boiled eggs
The writer states that no stoves have
been used for cooking for several days,
the people using the hot stones which
are scattered throughout the town.
Back in 1896" relates a former ed
itor of a weekly paper in Georgia, but
now employed in the pension office,
I'VE had an awful hot spell in my
state. Fact Is, a great many Of our
people thought the last day was close
to hand, and SO strong was this be.
lief that hundreds Of my subscribers
who never had paid a cent came to
town and forked over every red they
owed. If it had not been for that hot
spell / do not suppose | ever would
have collected for the best weekly In
Georgia.
when the car was over and the
weather moderated | quietly sold my
paper and pulled out. | thought 1t a
deuced good time to stay even. Hot
weather that can make a delinquent
subscriber square up with the printer
Is hot some and a little more"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
Remarkable Photography,

Photography has caught the fast.
est express train in motion by means
Of the cinematograph, and II also
shows the growth Of . flower. A bud
which byrsts into bloom In, say. is
days. - exposed to . camera every
40 minutes during the 16 days, and
when the pictures developed from the
Minis are assembled In order in the
moving picture machine. the observer
may re-. to his delight, ali In q min
ute or two, the gradual breaking Of
the bud-the blossoms OPEN close by
night and reopen in the morning, the
leaves grow under the eye, the sta,
mems peep from cover. and. finally,
the full-blown fower.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
Didn't Want New Money.

Merchants of the far west are sus-
picious OF b~rand-new paper money, ac-
cording TO a compositor employed at
the government printing office at
Washington. When he received his
money Tor leave and back pay it was
delivered to him just as it was re.
ceiyed from the treasury by the pay.
master.
when planned to spend my a
ticn with the folks in my home state
west of old Big Muddy | thought to
surprise them by having only brand
new money! he said in telling the
story, and consequently was careful
not to fold it. After ] had been about
the little town for a few hours | felt
OF nay chin and concluded to get a
shave. The barber did not know me,
and when | took a bright new dollar
out of my bill book he took it gingerly
and turned 1t over and over. This all
you got?' he asked. | was amused at
his g~resnness, and said there were
more where that came from, and took
the whole fiat bundle out of my
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
Preserves Now Packed Elsewhere.

Down in North Carolina said a
Washingtonian the other day, "a well
known family has had the habit for
generations OF having the caskets for
the various members of the family
prepared years In advance OF the an
~ticipated demise Of any member. A
special room has been provided for the
collins and for a number OF years the
women folk have packed jars Of pre-.
serves In the caskets as the sweets
kept we'll when so packed. About two
years ago n Of the members OF the
family died and after she had been
placed In one OF the caskets 1t ri
sealed and placed In the room togeth-
er with the other cofins. Later the
funeral cOrtege wcnded Its way to the
neighboring cemetery and deposited
the cssket In q vault preparatory to .
later interment, The next day one Of
the members OF the family went TO
the conn room to get . jar Of pre-
serves, opened the top OF one Of the
coflns and revealed the features Of her
relative. Now Il = said the stores 81
preserves and jelIies are packed In an.
other part OF the house."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
coLoREp PEOPLE in CAPITAL
Nearly 10000 Of the Rae. Are Living
In the City.

Mere eolored people live In Wash.
ington than in any other city. $4,000
Of the total population Of $780, 900 be-
ing African. Many Washington col.
ored people are among the most adj
yanced of their race, and Washington
is the only city where there is a dis
tinct Afro-American society which ap-
plies the standards of American NOR
ais and manners to its own conduct.
While the colored people are repre-
scented on the school hoard, have
places of honor and profit under the
district government and enjoy equal.
ity before the law, the presence OF
such large numbers Of the race is
partly responsible for Washington's
peculiar government, for not all Wash
ington colored people are of the bet.
ter class. Many Of them are ignorant
and shiftless, and the criminal rec
ords OF the district show this lower
class in an u~nfayorable light. The
last annual report showed that of the
total number of births among the col.
ored population of the city, more than
70 per cent. we're iilegitimate. 1t
would be practically impossible to per-
suade congress, as at present consti-
tuted, TO give the District of Columbia
suffrage on the South Carolina plan
and thus eliminate the colored vote.
II universal manhood suffrage was
granted, the national capital would be
ruled by the colored people, and there
is no party or faction in congress,
however small, which is willing that
such a condition of affairs should be
brought about. This condition deters
agitation for the suffrage.-N. o.
Times Democrat.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
SLEEP BROKEN BY ITCHING.
Eczema Covered Whole Body for a
Yesr-No Relief Until cuticura
Remedies Prove a Success.

"For a year | have had what they
call eczema. had an itching all over
my body, and when | would retire for
the night it would keep me awake half
the night, and the more / would scratch,
the more 1t would itch. | tried all
kinds of remedies, but could get no re-
lief. N
4 used II cake of Cuticura Soap,
one box Of Cuticura, and two walls Of
Cuticura Resolvent Pills, which cost
me a dollar and twenty-five cents In
all. and am very glad | tried them, for
| was completely cured. Walter w.
Paglusch, 207 N. Robey St., Chicago,
Ill, Oct. s and 16, 1906"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
HIS MEMORY WAS GOOD.
Commodore Vanderbilt Had Not For.
gotten Old Days.

The coming of age of Miss Gladys
Vanderbilt and the payment to her OF
some twelve millions of dollars inher-
itance has brought out a new crop Of
anecdotes about the Vanderbilt for
tune, One Of the latest illustrates
the democratic spirit Of the old COM
modore. @
Sitting on the porch of a fash
ionable hotel at q fashionable resort
on one occasion, 1t is related, the
commodore saw a lady approaching
with whom he was acquainted. His
wife and daughter, who recognized
her, could scarcely contain their an
ger when he arose and politely adj
dressed her.
Don't you know" said the daugh-
ter after she had gone, that hor.
rid woman used to sell poultry 10
us?"
Yes" responded the old million
aire, and | remember when your
mother sold root beer and | peddled
oysters in New Jersey"