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The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-21

in the floor near a door. The child went to the door and when its mother went to enter the house, the little fellow fell backwards into the tub and was so badly scalded that it died in the evening after the accident in the forenoon. The be- reaved family have the sympathy of large circle of friends in the loss of their little darling baby boy.
 o. F. Wood, a justice of the peace, is often under the law call ed on to do things that he very much dislikes to do. Often friends and neighbors fall out, disagree and go to law and he is in his of 6cial capacity, called on to try the case. A few days ago he was at work on his farm and some of our boys, big boys, were passing along the public road, and were thought lessly firing pocket cannon-a pistol. He had to fine the owner of the pistol, and we hope the young man fned-we will not call his nam--and others will take warning and never carry pistol again. Stop it, boys, and leave them at home and do not break the law and get in trouble. It is a bad habit and will sooner or later cause regret and sorrow.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-21
MORRILTON.
From the Democrat, March +. Court adjourned Tuesday.

From the Democrat, March II.
 Court adjourned Tuesday.
 There were four additions to the Presbyterian church Sunday.
 Workmen are laying concrete sidewalk by the Methodist church.
 Up to Wednesday night there had been 1856 poll tax receipts issued.
 MT. and Mrs. John Mccoy are rejoicing over the arrival of big fat boy at their home Friday night.
 Judge Wallace came down from Russellville Tuesday, opened and adjourned chancery until next Monday.
 Mrs. George Grammar left Satur- day for Ft. Smith to join her hus- band and make that city their future home.
 Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. Harve Bradley are rejoicing over the ar rival of a sweet little girl at their home Thursday.
 MT. and Mrs. Phil Egan are re- joicing over the arrival of thell first born, a daughter, who arrived Thursday.
 The constructing committee O. the waterworks company refused to accept the concrete foundation for the dam, and contractors are this week making 1t comply with the requirements of the plans.
 The Home Telephone Company has put on night operator and we now have telephone service at all hours. Its good thing for the public, and shows the company has the good ot the service at heart.
 The Morrilton Park Company is having the grounds at the park leveled off, the stumps dug up, trees trimmed, and are arranging to put in all necessary amusements, buildings, etc, to make 1t an ideal resort.
 R. N. Tillet, a we'll known young man living three and one half miles northeast of Mcrrilton, died Monday. He was taken sick with pneumonia, partially recov- cred and suffered a relapse. He was a member of Morrilton lodge No. 266, I. o. o. F., and was fol- lowed by members of that order to the grave. His remains were laid
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-21
BORDER COUNTY NOTES
 NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS, COLLECTED FROM
 THE COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES

to rest Tuesday in the Plumerville cemetery. Services were held at the grave by Odd Fellows.
 Barbary Lamberts, a colored woman living on Division street, was seriously burned Monday night. She got up in the night and went ipto the kitchen for some purpose, when her clothing caught fire from the lamp, and before it could be put out her lower limbs and arms were seriously burned.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-21
BEEBE.
From the News. March +.

The tax collector is here this week raking in the shekels.
 All indications point to a good fruit crop this season in this vicin- ity.
 Another car load of axe handles are being shipped out this week by our local factory.
 Several car loads of commercial fertilizer have been sold in this vii cinity this season.
 Mir. and Mrs. John Aunspaugh are rejoicing over the arrival of a new daughter at their home.
 McRae will have a depot and an agent to attend to it if bill intro duced in the legislature by Repre- sentative Hodges becomes law.
 A family by the name of Tabor have moved here from Conway, renting one of J. E. Turnage's res idences near the Christian church.
 ]. D. Reed was called to Birm- ingham, Ala, last week on ac- count of illness in his family, and after reaching there he decided to remain, so his goods were shipped to that point this week.
 Turner Snow, colored, charged with murder in the first degree, was tried in the Pulaski circuit court last week and acquitted. Snow was raised in Beebe and sev- eral parties from here testified as to his previous good character.
 Municipal slates are now the order of the day. The News would suggest that in order that the best men in the town be select ed to fill our municipal offices, a mass meeting be held for the pur- pose of naming a ticket to be voted April 2.
 Charley Mitchell, residing a few miles west of town, was last week offered $500 spot cash for pair of young mules which he raised. The price offered shows that they were extra good ones, and this beiug true, it shows what can be done here in the way of raising stock of this kind.
 There is hardly a town in the United States, as large as Beebe, and many places not half so large, but what have from one to half dozen free rural mail routes. There is only one reason for us not hay ing them and that is the almost impossible condition of our public roads. Every other requirement can be complied with save the above mentioned one, and this alone prevents not only some good man or boy from getting a good job, but our people from enjoying the privilege of a daily mail ser vice.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-21
LONOKE.
From the Democrat, March l4.

Mrs. Nancy P. Watson died in Lonoke at the home of her grand son, Charlie Vermillion, on Satur- day, morning 9. She had lived in this part of Arkansas for many years until four years ago she went to Texas, where she remained for two years, when she returned to Arkansas and resided with her grandson from that time till her death.
 On last Friday at Tomberlin Oliver Leeth while standing in the door of his store fired two shots at John Bevils killing him, both loads of shot taking effect in Bevils head. From reports it seems that the two men had a few days previous quarreled about some chickens, and Leeth had heard that Bevils said he would kill him and was going armed. Bevils was blacksmith and Leeth a mer- chant, both in business at Tomber- lin.
 When the door of c. G. Miller's s drug store was opened Saturday morning, 1t was found to be full of smoke, and upon examination found that a box that set near the stove in the back room, and which had saw dust in it, had caught fire and burned a hole about two feet square in the floor and burned a sleeper half through, and was still burning. There being no draft under the building is supposed to be the reason why it did not burn faster, which is fortunate, for had it burned just few feet more it would have set gasoline ann coal oil on fire, and then 1t would have been all day with several of us.
 There was a change in the schedule Sunday of the departure of trains from Lonoke and we must confess twas for the better, if from no other reason than that it is not necessary to remain in Little Rock all night now, as anyone can re- turn here from there at midnight. In the new schedule Nos. 7 and 8 stop here giving us three trains each way a day.
 J. R. Walker, who lives on Grand Prairie and who came here from Illinois some three years ago, was in to see us few days ago. He will leave with his family in a a few days for Grenade, Colorado, where they except to reside in the future. The people in the com munity where Mir. Walker now lives regret to see them leave as they are good citizens and neigh bo-s, but hope that they may pros per.
 Hon. Joe T. Robinson accom- panied a committee of ffty-three congressman and senators, appoint ed by Congress, who sailed from New York Wednesday of last week to Panama to inspect the canal. MT. Robinson will return to To- noke about the first of April. Mrs. Jesse Miller and daughter, Mrs. Robinson, returned yesterday from Washington, visiting in New York City and St. Louis while enroute home. They also visited in Fayetteville and Clarksville, in the former place Grady Miller, who is student of the University of Arkansas.
 In the death of pr. John P. Fletcher, which occurred on Sat urday morning, March 9, Lonoke
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-21
PERRYVILLE.
From the News, March 16

From the News, March 16
 A heavy hail storm visited this place Wednesday and a heavy rain storm ragged all the afternoon.
 School closed here Friday. Mrs. Stevens and son left for a visit to her parents near Rover, and MT. Loudermilk, the other teacher, and family also left on a visit to relatives in Van Buren county.
 s. V. Taylor, jr., whose residence on Maumelle was destroyed by fire recently, has purchased the Sellers property of Mrs. Freeman and has moved to it.
 Teams are hauling lumber and placing 1t on the lot near M. A. Vandalsem where the Baptist church is to be built.
 Our sheriff has no boarders at the little brick house just across the street from the News office, kept by the county for persons un- able to pay for fines imposed or give bond.
 Died, on Tuesday night, March I2, 1907, at the family residence at Aplin, Mrs. G. D. Camp, aged g years of consumption. She leaves a husband and other relatives to mourn her death. Her brother, Lee Bull, died on the and inst. with consumption.
 George Ussery, aged IS, son of Andrew Ussery, living at Cherry Hill, died on the I4th of pneu- monia and catarrh of the lungs. His remains were laid to rest on the following day at the family grave yard near Cyrus Creasy's s place south of town.
 The mud holes in our town are thing to be avoided after dark if you know where they are. The street to the bridge and the lane beyond the bridge is in very bad condition and the hands should be warned and repaired at once.
 The citizens met here Wednes- day at the court house and held mass meeting and nominated the ticket for the incorporated town of Perryville: For Mayor, John L. Hill; for Recorder, John A. Me Bath; for Marshal, o. R. Fall; for Treasurer, E. H. Rankin; for Aldermen, John Bland, J. E. Rose, w. F. Pitts, w. L. Tarvin and R. A. Bower. At the meeting w. T. Gadd was chosen chairman and w. A. Harp secretary, who have certified up to the election board the above ticket as nominated.
 T. J. Hollingsworth and family have rented the Canady place of Sam Thurman and moved to it. MT. Hollingsworth will live there and farm this year. He will also attend to his barber shop here on Saturdays to wait on customers who wish a hair cut or a shave.
 We learn that John Hatburn put up a mud mill and ground his mud to build a French chimney to his new residence. He put so much straw in the clay that it caught fire and came near burning up the house and the top of the chimney actually burned off foot or two. There must have been oil i'll the soil, if not the grass, that caused the fire. The mud was we'll ground and mixed, yet it burned.
 The little three year old baby boy of MT. and Mrs. Clip Sanders living east of here on the Barber place, was so badly scalded Thurs day that death soon relieved 1t of its suffering. Mrs. Sanders was fixing to scald and clean up the house and had a tub of hot water
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-03-14
is 1t a Feeler?

Not long since three Of the Georgia
delegation in the house Messrs. Bart
lett, Lee and Hardwick gave dinner
to Governor Elect Hoke Smith of that
great state, which was attended by all
the rest cf the delegation. The func-
ton was pulled off at the New Willard
in washington. Next morning the
newspapers hailed Governor Smith as
new Richmond in the presidential
field and said sundry nice things about
him as "the good southern man" for
whom divers persons have been look
ing and longing for, 10, these many
years. His excellency has just come
out of a redhot campaign, which at
tracted general attention--in fact, ma
tional attention-to the Georgia con-
testants for the governorship. Prior
to that he had been in the limelight as
member Of Cleyeland's cabinet dur
ing the second term. That he is a man
of ability is generally concededs Wheth-
er the time has arrived when the south
ern Democrats will place a man Of
their own in the running and whether,
if they conclude to do that thing, Gov
ernor Hoke Smith will be the man /
am not trying to determine. am sim
ply noting fact which has caused
some stir in the public prints.
The discussion of possible candidates
can do no harm. Quite the contrary
Senator John Warwick Daniel, Senator
Culberson and Governor Joseph Win
gate Folk are frequently mentioned in
this connection. On the Republican
side most of the prominent Republic
ans receive an advertisement of that
fiattering sort. The plain truth is that
when the Democratic nomination is
mentioned one name Blyan's - like
Abou Ben Adhen's, leads all the rest.
Whether Secretary shaw's business
connection in Wall street will elimi-
nate him from consideration as pres
idential possibility remains to be seen.
He must have thoroughly considered It
himself before making it, for he is not
a man who does things in haphazard
way. He does not go off half cooked.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-03-14
Especial washinglon Letter. i

"NHE ship subsidy bill is dead,
81 thank God The Democrats kill
ed it. If they had done nothing
else laudable in the Fifty ninth
congress, that one achievement would
fntltla us 10 receive the thanks of the
taxpayers Of the land for saving them
fnoln spoliation at the hands of as
greedy lot of pap seekers as ever
haunted the corridors of the capitol.
A more unjustiiable piece of legisla-
ton was never proposed The Repub-
leans first killed our merchant ma
rine by one idiotic scheme of taxation
and now propose to resurrect it by an
other idiotie scheme of taxation Yes,
we killed it. We assume the RESPONSE
bility. Many men had hand in this
patriotic work We fought it tooth and
nail in the house and lacked only three
votes of doing it to death there.
shall always mourn about not getting
those three votes What a magnificent
victory it would have been for the
house Democrats. outnumbered almost
two to one and with the power to fill
buster reduced to the minimum, to
have killed that monstrous measure
Aided by handful of conscience Re-
publieans, We put up as brave fight
as congress ever knew and lost by
what the Kentuckians call "a George
town Craze"
So most of the honor goes to the SEN
ate Democrats, and the lions share
belongs to Carmack of Tennessee.
Other Democrats abetted the brilliant
Tennesseean. but his name leads all
the rest. What splendid close it was
to his brief and brilliant senatorial ca
reer. He may never hold office again,
but so long as he lives he can look
back with ineffable pride and unal-
loyed pleasure to his last two days In
the senate of the United States, and so
long as gratitude finds a place in the
human heart the toiling millions should
call him blessed and Democrats should
shout his praise. During his service
in Washington two great opportunities
came to Carmack for the display of
his shining talents, and 1t demon
SLIstcS tHt HUI > CACCpt1Oi4di pdA to
that he seized both with resolute hand
and unquailing courage. The first was
when. during his first term, the Re-
publicans tried to unseat him. He
made a speech in his own defense
which for audacity and brilliancy has
not been surpassed in my twelve years
in the house, and it not only Won his
case, but placed him among the ora
torical top notchers in the house and
sent him to the senate. That was his
first speech IN congress. HIS second
opportunity came on the ship subsidy
bill, and he used it to the utmost for
the good of the country and the glori-
fieation Of his party Holding the floor
for two days and until the hour of II
noon arrived on March 4, he earned a
senatorial salary for 1000 years.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-03-14
Greasinq a Fat Hog.

There is an ancient dictum TO the eff
feet that there is no sense in greasing
fat hog. yet that is precisely what
congress did in passing the SO called
Aldrich currency bill 1t contains sew
eral bad features, but the worst of all
is that it diyerts custom duties from
the treasury into the pet national banks
of New York especially into the Rookie
Teller bank. It gives him hundreds Of
millions of deposits annually on which
to trade and draw interest. The gov
eminent of The United States gets not
one penny of interest on these deposits.
It's an outrage. Several states let daily
balances out to banks which pay the
highest interest. Missouri IN this way
receives about 100000 annually. Dem
ocrats have introduced bills Of that
sort into congress which would bring
the federal government three or four
millions of interest annually, but the
Aldrich machine will not let them be
enacted into laws. How long. O Lord,
how long, viii the people stand such
performances
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-03-14
III &.


So long as grass grows or water runs
the 8 to Z decision Of the presidential
commission which gave the presidency
to Rutherford B. Hayes. when Samuel
]. Tilden was elected. will be a stencil
in the nostrils of all decent people.
A few days ago a high court in New
York decided by 4 to 8. that George w.
Perkins was guilty Of no crime when
he took the money Of widows and or
phans held in trust by him and other
insurance magnates and gave it 10
huge gobs to the Republican campaign
fund. OF course under that decision
Perkins goes free, but it will change
the opinion Of no honest and intelli-
gent man touching the real character
of that transaction. Nothing so thor
oughly attests the moral degeneracy
of the evil times on which we have
fallen as that Republican newspapers,
great in wealth and influence, defend
this transaction BY Perkins and this
decision Of the court, on the ground
that anything done to defeat William
J. Bryan is justifable. Yet the Repub-
lican party claims to be the party of
purity, enlightenment and patriotisml
Surely there never was a sadder or
seyerer criticism on the utter hypoc-
risy OF the Republican party than these
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-03-14
Y b. c.

Most folks know that the congress
Of the United States sits two days out
of every month and at odd times be-
sides--as a common council for the
District of Columbia, but they may not
know that it is the most preposterous
legislative performance known to this
continent. It is precisely that. never
theless. The chances are that every
man in house or senate would make a
respectable and effective city council
man If he possessed the necessary in
formation as to local affairs, which he
does not. On the contrary, he has not
the information and in the very nature
of things cannot have. So things per-
tanning to the District are done in
most haphazard fashion. The severest
commentary on representative govern
ment ever made is that right under the
shadow Of the capitol dwell 100000
American citizens who have absolutely
no voice whatever in the conduct of
their own affairs. It is a crying shame
IAN anomaly which should be abated.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-03-14

The Clock That Stopped.

Supernatural occurrences We're the
subject Of conversation when Wall
street man told this story: 'The day
after our chief went to Europe last
SIMMER the clock In his private Office
stopped, and il never started to run
again until the day after he returned,
three months later
How did you account for the phe-
nomenon y
'sOur office boy is member of the
Never-do what ou-don't-have-to Lodge
Of Amalgamated Counting House As
sistaDts. New York Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-03-14
Somewhat Mixed


Hon. Philander G. Knox United
States senator from Pennsylvania and
ex-attorney general of the United
States. is receiving some considerable
notice in the public press. Indeed, he
is receiving notices of two very diff
ferent sorts His friends are Whoop-
ing it up for him for president, which
is no doubt sweet incense in the nos
trils Of Philander, but at preachers
meetings he is being denounced by
resolutions for his speech in defense
of Reed Smoot of Utah, which resolu-
tons are no doubt stencil in the
aforesaid nostrils of Philander. II he
is wise, as bis whoopers-up assert, he
will not turn up his nose ait the afore-
mentioned resolutions, for preachers
meetings are not to be sneezed at as a
force in politics. II Senator Knox has
any doubts on this subject he could
easily obtain ample and accurate in
formation by private inquiry Of SEN
ator Joseph Benton Foraker and SEN
ator General Charles Dick, both from
Ohio They can speak from positive
knowledge as to what preachers can do
when they really take a hand in poll
tics. They could tale unfold which
would make each particular hair upon
the Knox Uranium stand on end, like
quilts upon the fretful porcupine, for
it is not many moons since the preach
ers OF Ohio helped nightly in electing
a Democratic governor in spite of all
that Senators Foraker and Dick could
do and much to their disgust. It is
safe to say that IL the Catholic and
Protestant clergy were united and ac-
live in campaign their influence
would be decisive of the result
There is no question that millions Of
good people--not preachers only, but
iaymen as well-and most of the wo-
men are opposed to Shoots remaining
in the senate and that they will call to
a severe accounting all who have aid
ed in keeping him there. They are not
many of them constitutional lawyers,
but they have lots of common sense
and know right from wrong.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-03-14

atterances Of the Republican press
commencing Perkins as d patriot.
In this connection let It not be for
gotten that few years ago the SUI
preme court Of the United States rem
derea S to decision to the effect
that the income tax was unconstitu
tioEal. Notwithstanding the fact that
income tax laws similar to the knock
ed out one had been held constitutional
for nearly a century The most dis
gusting feature of that decision was
that it was rendered by reason of the
fact that one of the judges changed his
opinion as to the c0nstitutionality of
the income tax law overnight. When
we in 1896 criticised the supreme court
for that decision we were denounced
as traitors Courts, SO they said, were
sacred institutions, and we were pesti-
lent disturbers of the peace, but when
President Roosevelt jumped on a fed
erai Judge aud trampled him into the
mud by reason Of a decision which he
deemed wrong these same men who
In 1896 cursed us through all the col
ors Of the rainbow sang very small
Two or three things ought to be
stated In this connection: 1. No man
or officer on tribunal in this country is
too good or sacred TO be criticised
Thomas Jefferson, the greatest philos-
opher that ever devoted his life to-
craftsmanship in all the hoary regis
tiers OF time, counted free speech and
free press as the most valuable in
strumentalities Of government 2. With
such decisions not only unjust, but
palpably wrong being ground out, fa-
voring the great and discriminating
against the small, can sensible folks
wonder at the serious unrest which is
growing among the masses and the
widespread distrust Of governmental
methods which undoubtedly exists?
The income tax decision and the Per
kins decision will do more to breed
Socialists than all the agitators in the
land could do by speaking in public till
they are black in the face Ii small
yiolators Of the law are to be punished
and great ones are to go scot free,
what is the sense in going through the
expense and worry of such stupen-
dous farce as d trial?