The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-07-23
Former CITY Marshal Dean OF

near the depot at Nettleton SUNDAY
morning and was seriously injured.
It is claimed the parties were drink
ing and invited Dean to 60 to the
depot and take a drink with them.
When near the depot Dean says tho
men knocked him down, kicked him
and struck him in the face with
clubs. His face was cut and badly
bruised. He claims that Roy and
Homer Shores assaulted him and
that Bob Young and Perry Patter-
son stood guard while he was being
assaulted. All the parties were ar
rested and will have their prelimi-
nary hearing before justice of the
peace Saturday. Dean is in a pre-
carious condition. The attack is said
to be the outgrowth of an old fued
resulting from. the arrest of some OF
the parties some ime ago when Dean
was marshal.
The Going Telephone Company
was organized recently at Harris
burg. The officers elected were L.
c. Going, president; W. N. Harris,
vice president and general manager;
May E. Hart, secretary and treas
urer; j. G.. Mitchell, auditor. The
company is capitalized at $50, 900,
of which $4,000 has been subscrib-
ed. 1t is expected that within the
next six months about $4,000 will
be expended in the building and
acquisition of telephone exchanges
and long-distance lines in and to
the towns of Eastern Arkansas. The
new corporation takes over the Har-
risburg Telephone Company's sys-
tenn and franchises. The headquar-
tiers Of the company will be main
tanned at Harrison.
The Craighead County Farmers
Union held an all-day session at
Jonesboro Thursday and adopted a
resolution requesting every union IN
the county to set apart one day in
the fall and one day in the spring to
be spent by the members in killing
rats. The next session of the union
will be held in Lake City the second
Thursday in October.
Three charges have been preferred
against Cathey Lake, growing out OF
the recent shooting at the picnic at
Fine Springs, carrying a gun, dis
turbing the peace and being in an
intoxicated condition. He was put
under a $3.50 bond. His trial has
been set for the October term Of the
Crawford county circuit court.
Every business house in Chester,
Crawford county, except two, was
destroyed by fire early Saturday
morning The buildings saved were
Smith Bros general store and DR..
Grays drug store. The buildings
burned were those of D. M. Barren,
DR.. Walker, J. T. Tribble, C. Culps
and P. I. See.
The Southwest Arkansas Con-
federate Veterans Association will
hold its reunion at Mcneil July 29-
81. Addresses will be delivered by
R. S. Warneck, DR.. G. M. Norwood,
w. X. Ramsey, Oliver Jones, John
C. Wright, Rev. T. H. Ware, G. T.
Beggs, A. S. Mrgan. j. Reeves and
J. r. Thornton.
The new school board of the
Stephens school district at its meet
ing Monday elected c. j. Parker
chairman and j. B. Harper, secre-
tarv Miss Efie billiard of Lewis
vile, Miss Newell Belger and Miss
Elma Morgan we're elected teachers
of the public school for the year.
Prof. Oates has completed the
census of the population, which
shows the number of residents in
side of the corporate limits of VALID
ron to be 975.
The first number of the Newton
County Times, weekly newspaper
published at Mt, Judea, by Talmage
Greenhaw, made its appearance
Thursday.
A Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union was organized at Big
gers Thursday by the election of the
following officers: Mrs A. Bourne,
president; Mrs. Willie Bigger, Sec