The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-04-23
Burglars entered the Cotton Belt


Der of small articles. The locks on
the door of each depot were broken.
The cash drawers were unmolested.
The robbers also broke open a
freight car standing on the side
track and stole several cases of
breakfast bacon and condensed milk.
Thomas w. Jackson, author of
"a Slow Train Through Arkansas"
and Through Missouri on a Mule"
was at Des Arc recently securing
material for another book, which
he expects to complete and publish
some time during the summer. Mr..
Jackson is cruising up White river
i'll gasoline launch, accompanied
by his wife, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bass and Miss Sadie Praeter of ST..
Louis. The party will 90 up White
river as far as Batesville.
Henry Smith, % years of age,
was shot and instantly killed by R.
A. Morrison at GAINESVILLE Sunday
night. The shooting followed an al
tcrcation over drove of hogs which
belonged to Smith. The hogs had
been impounded by Morrison, and
smith went to the Morrison home to
redeem them. Morrison was stand
ing in his doorway, and as the men
grew angry, Morrison, it is alleged,
leyeled a shotgun on Smith and pull
led the trigger, the charge striking
him in the breast, causing instant
death. Morrison is man more than
80 years of age and has a family.
Following the shooting he surrend-
cred to the officers, and is being held
in jail at GAINESVILLE, pending a pre-
liminary hearing of the case. Smith
is a well-to-do young farmer.
B. B. Biffle, recently elected may
or of Piggott, refuses to qualify for
the Office. Mr.. Biffle says: 81 did
the best | could for the city through
out the year, and | feel now that
someone else should shoulder the re-
sponsibility that I have carried for
the last year" Mr. Bitfle is also re-
ported to have said that where a
town is divided against itself as
Piggott is, that he will not serve
as its executive officer.
! The district conference Of the
Harrison District Conference of the
VI. E. church, South, which will be
held at Berryyille May 40, will be
attended by about 60 minister's The
district includes Baxter, Marion.
Searcy, Newton, Madison, Carroll
and Boone counties. There are IS
pastoral charges in the district with
a membership of over 1000.
H. d. Rogers and f. E. Bell Of
Pine Bluff contemplate putting in
another telephone line which will
connect Monticello with Pine Bluff.
The company's system already ex-
tends through Lincoln county to
Rolls Bluff. 1t requires the con-
struction of only IS miles Of line
to connect with Monticello.
At a mass meeting of the citizens
of Rogers Tuesday night a resolu-
ton was adopted asking the Board
Of Education to submit at the COM
ing annual school election a propo-
sition to issue bonds to the amount
OF 100000 for the purpose of pro-
curing funds for the construction Of
new school building.
The Avoca Shippers Union held
its annual meeting and reelected
all of the old officers as follows:
Hunter Peel, presider :: F. NJ. Hell
terbran, secretary; W. B. Heller
bran, inspector; f. NJ. Seamster,
general manager; j. T. Gramlin, F.
NJ. Seamster and f. NJ. Helterbran,
Shipping Committee.
Arrangements are being made by
the business men of Augusta for the
entertainment of the delegates to
ways Association, which will held
its annual meeting in that town this
year Several committees have been
appointed to look after the details
of the entertainment.
The Dierks Lumber Comany has
decided to put in sawmills near
Dierks and cut all the timber blown
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