The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-05-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.

under steam at the wheel when their
frail limbs and bodies were too weak
10 stand the terrible punishment and
strain, the general session of the
national conference of charities and
correction at st. Paul's Church,
Richmond, Va, Sunday night,
aroused the public to the importance
Of adequate laws to protect them
from the evil Of factory work Three
speakers, natives and residents of the
South, first championed the cause
Of compulsory education and then
attacked the employment of children
IN cotton mills where they helped to
give leisure and comfort to lazy and
worthless fathers. The broad state
ment was made that illiteracy would
disappear from the South if these
young people could be dragged from
spindle and loom and turned over
to the tender care Of teachers.
Grasshoppers have appeared in
Karnes, Watson and Atacosa coun-
ties, Texas, and are playing havoc
with the cotton. About 500 acres
of the crop have ben practically de-
stroyed, and the pests are making in
roads in other fields. The farmers
are organizing to fight the pests,
which appeared suddenly and in i'm
mense numbers. Great fear is felt
for the corn and cane crops, which
are fine in that section, although
very little damage has been done by
the 'shopper' to these crops so far.
Rewards are offered for effective
methods of humiliation Of the
grasshoppers, which have not been
seen in such numbers for twenty-five
years.
Heavy rains for week have
caused flooded condition along the
rivers of Southern and Central
Indiana and Eastern Illinois. At
Vincennes the Wabash river is twen-
ty feet and rising an inch an hour.
The highest stage ever reached was
twenty-three feet in 1875. Thou
sands of acres are flooded and the
damage to corn lands will be in
estimable. Much wheat land has
been ruined. The levee broke Fri
day night in two places. The Ohio
river at Evansville is $50, or six
feet over the danger line, and still
rising.
Considerable damage has been
done to the Georgia cotton, it is be-
lieved, by the cold weather. Early
vegetables have also been injured.
Thursday night the temperature
went to AS degrees, Friday night to
As. Such unseasonably low tenn
peratures are inimical to cotton. In
the northern part of the state much
cotton has, without doubt, been Kill
led. Early vegetables, while not as
seriously damaged, have been great
ly retarded.
The inability of King Manuel to
liquidate some of the bills for the
roval funeral recalls the fact that
king, while expensive in life, is
even more so in death. The funeral
expenses Of WILLIAM !; of Germany
were $4,000. Those of the late
Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia
amounted to 100000. The cost of
Queen Victoria's burial was $175,-
900, while that of the Duke of
Wellington cost $350,000.
Because he had "passed" fifteen
straight times in crap game held
between society bloods and scions of
old families at an old, deserted mill
near Palmersville, Tenn, Burcham
Matheny was accused of ringing
IL loaded dice. In the shooting that
follower Bostic received mortal
wounds. Matheny escaped. Both
are members of prominent families.
The Crescent Iron Rolling Mills
CT Bristol, Tenn, employing $50
men, resumed operations Monday
with a full force. The mills have
been idle for about three months.
Charles E. Letton, formerly chief
clerk in the office Of the state tax
collector for the first district of New
Orleans, has been sentenced to serve
seven wears in the penitentiary after