The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-05-14
The month of May will be a busy

and laymen of the Episcopal church
of Fort Smith. Wednesday the
Mems Club gave a dinner, at which
DR.. Charles II. Brough delivered an
address, the subject of which was
Characterization of the World"
From May Z to II the theological
school will be in session, with dozen
or more candidates for holy orders
in attendance. The Diocesan Coun-
Gil of the state will be in session May
1915, at which there will be i'm
pressive rites of ordination Of four
or five candidates, who are expected
to graduate from the theological
school. At the same time there will
be a meeting of the ,Woman's Auxil-
larry, a missionary body.
The property owners of Clarendon
propose to vote at an early day on
the question of establishing in that
town waterworks and sewerage sys-
tens. The scheme is to organize an
improvement district and provide
for the issuance Of bonds to the
amount of $4,000. During the past
three years concrete crossings have
been laid in Clarendon, a new $780,
900 school house is being paid for
and 81, 500 has been paid in improv-
ing the White river levee, and all
without an increase in taxation.
Many of the property owners ap-
pear to be willing to incur the addi-
tional expense of $4,000 to estab-
lish waterworks system and sewers.
The outgoing train on the Mem
phis, Paris and Gulf road was delay
ed two hours one day recently by a
horse, which fell into trestle near
Nashville. Three horses were on the
track and two of them passed safely
over the trestle, but the third fell
in and the timbers had to be sawed
out before the animal could be extri-
Gated. Beyond few scratches the
horse was uninjured.
The closing exercises of the Prairie
Grove public school are being held
this week. Glass Day exercises were
held in which the following partici.
pated: Ruby Coffey, Effie Carl, Beu'
lah Shafer, Ruby Dorman, Bessie
Pyeatt, Tallie Crawford, Minnie
Blakemore, Opel Dorman, Hugh
Rogers, Gertie Mars, Emma Dear
ing, Silas FcCuistion.
Andrew Treadwell and Thomas
Ford of Mountain Star were arrest.
ed on the charge of killing Penn
Watts, 10 years of age, who lived
in the Mountain Star neighborhood
and who has been missing for about
two weeks. The two men have been
held to await the action of the Grand
Jury.
At a recent mass meeting of the
citizens of Houston an anti-saloon
league was organized by the election
of the following officers: President,
R. F. Watson; first vice president.
DR.. Cole; second vice president, A..
F. Nilsson; secretary, Isabel Davis ;
assistant secretary, Carrie Harrison.
During an electric storm at Lux
ora Sunday night lightning struck
Howard Taylor's cabin on the Nor
row lace. The bolt went down the
stovepipe in the negro's house, para
lying Taylor's and his wife's legs.
A dog and a chicken that were in
the house were killed.
A wholesale grocery company is
being organized at Heber. The CAPT.
tai stock will be 10000, of which
$4,000 has been subscribed. Those
interested in the new enterprise are
J. G. Mcdaniel, j. P. Lackey, A.
T. Gardiner, S. D. Morton Jr. and
J. G. Cleveland.
The Powell Township Sunday
School Convention was held at New
Haven Sunday and was well attend
ed. Among the speakers were Rev.
Joseph A. Smith and W. O. Trout
OF Jonesboro, Rev. W. W. Reed, Pc
ter Murry and j. B. Dickson.
The Eldon Handle Company,
which recently established its plant
at Dardanelle, is now in operation,
The machinery for the plant was
moved from Meta, Mo. The concern