The log cabin Democrat., 1908-04-09
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I Cave Coleman, negro, at Para gould one night recently, smashed the windows of his residence with stones and threw two notes of warn- ing into the front yard, which stated that all negroes in Paragould had to leave town or suffer the conse- quences. The notes were signed 'Dirty Dozen" Coleman reported the matter to the police, and two off, cers have been guarding Coleman's house since then. None of the al- legged "dirty dozen'' has made any attempt to carry out the threat con- tained in the notes thrown into Cole mans yard. There are few .ne- gr0es in Paragould, and all are said to be law-abiding The authorities say the warning notes were written by irresponsible men, and have ad- vised the negros to pay no attention to them.
 At the recent meeting of the Bap- list Association at Magazine the in- trodctory sermon was preached by Rev. George Young. The meeting was organized by the election of J. M. Martin modrator and J. A. Mar tin clerk. The Sunday School mass meeting was conducted by I. K. Demphrey. Appropriate addresses were delivered by w. T. Berry, W. J. Pinkerton and E. H. Gray. The next meeting of the association will be held at Riley, Yell county.
 The public school at Lowell closed Thursday, the pupils rendering an interesting program. Those who par ticipated in the exercises were: An- derson and Homer Elliott, James and Charles Neil, Lydia Craft, Thomas and Thelma Martin, Kath- erine Martin, Helen Long, Ruth Wilmoth, Hazel Barr, Annabelle Davis, Lucille Davis, Dora Kimmons, Vivian Mayer, Grace Davis, Leone Boyd, Una Greene. Pearl Howery, George Smith, Carl Howery.
 The Green Forest Cornet band has been reorganized as follows: James Brassell, Charles Ward, Frank Ward, Robert. Graham and Elmer Wise, cornet; Richard Taylor and George Buell., alto; William Coxsey, tenor; George Phillips, baritone | Elijah Wise, tuba; Charles Smith, bass drum; Jewell Braswell, snare drum.
 Worth Paden, the 6-year-old son of Bud Paden of Fort Smith, met with a peculiar accident recently, which necessitated the amputation of one finger. The little fellow tum- | bled out of a window at his grand mothers home, and in falling his ring caught on a hook so laceratine the finger that it had to be taken off Fruit lands in Polk county that sold last year for $S and $10 an acre are now bringing $15 and SIS, and as much as $35. A farmer at Gran his, who paid $6 an acre for 11O acres a few years ago and set about one-third in peach trees, recently re- fused an offer of $100 per acre for the property.
 Experts have examined the clay and shale deposits in the vicinity of Van Buren and pronounce them as valuable as any ever discovered. They state that there is no doubt but that some time in the future Van Buren will be the center of great brick producing field.
 The committee of ladies from the Village Improvement Club of Var Buren has selected a site at the court house park on which to place the handsome foutain purchased some time ago. The work of constructing the concrete basin will be commenced soon.
 l.. c. Holt has purchased part of the stock of drugs of l.. G. Sag, CT at Harrison. Mir. Holt will con tinue the business at its present To- cation and MT. Sager will ship his part of the stock to another place | c. c. Owens & Co.,, have purchased l. W. A. Gains stock of groceries al Siloam Springs.