The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-04-30
F. T. Philips and J. r. Akines,


legged violation of the city scavenger
ordinance, have taken an appeal to
the Circuit Court, with the view or
attacking the validity of the ordl-
nance. The defendants contend
that the ordinance was beyond the
powers of the council to enact. Mr..
Philips was charged with refusing
to allow the scavenger to enter his
premises for the purpose OF per-
forming his duties, and Mr.. Ak
ines was charged with refusing to
pay for the work after it had been
done. The City Council in De-
cember granted an exclusive fran
chise to H. j. Archer for the scav-
enger work in Conway for one year
and provided penalties for failure
to comply with the regulations pre-
scribed by the ordinance.
New improvements in Camden
are being made, and the cost OF
which will aggregate many thous-
sand dollars. About $25, 900 IS be-
ing spent on streets and sidewalks
The Baptist and Methodist churches
aer each being improved at a cost
of several thousand dollars. The
contract for the new Ouachita hotel
the construction of which will cost
from 100000 to $4,000, will soon
! be let and Lide & Bros are tC
build a two-story brick to cost So
900, and Rumph & Tyler are build
ing a new brick which will cost about
$1,000. There are more than ~
residences in course of construction.
These buildings vary in cost from
$500 to $500, the average cost be-
ing $1,000. The contract for the
new waterworks system will be let
in few days.
Dave Kinslow, the negro who IS
to be executed at Hot Springs,
May 1, for the murder of j. NJ.
Kent, a white man, is not only SUI
perstitious, but keeps a record IN
his cell Of all portentious signs and
dates that have figured in his career.
He firmly believes the hoodoo num-
Der, Is, is responsible for his luck
which is finally to bring him to the
gallows. He was born on March IS,
1873; was sentenced on November
IS, 1907, to be hanged. and on
April Is, the Supreme Court denied
his application for new hearing.
Klnslow SAYS that it has a ways
been a recognized fact in his family
that a man born on March - was
destined to come to some bad end.
The engine pulling the south
bound Iron Mountain passenger for
Texarkana, which left Little Rock
"Wednesday afternoon at 4 :05
o'clock, left the track at Benton
about six o'clock that night and
tore up the track to such an extent
that no trains have been able to get
through Bryant since. 1t was II
o'clock Thursday night before the
track was cleared and trains able
to pass. No one was in iured in the
wreck. The train was pulling on to
a siding at Bryant for north-bound
Iron Mountain passenger No. IS,
from Hot Springs to pass, when the
engine suddenly jumped the track.
Fortunately for the engineer and
fireman, it did not turn over.
A fraud order has been issued by
the Postoffice Department against
the Southern Commission Com
pany, at Fort Smith, Ark, which
has been declared a lottery and a
fraudulent scheme The company
engaged in the sale of so-called dia-
mond contracts, the purchaser agree
ing to pay the company $1.E5 a
week for period Of SO weeks, for
which the company obligated itself
to return to the purchaser, when
his contract was the oldest outstand-
ing, a diamond Of value $195, or
$1G5 in cash.
The work of installing the water
plant at Dumas was completed Mon
day. A large force is engaged in
laying the foundation for the big
iron tank. The engine and machin.
cry are on the ground and the work
Of laying the pipe will be commence
ed some time next week.
A gold wedding RING. lost by its