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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-11-20

Aberdeen had an election to vote
on the issuance of $4,000 in bonds
for the purpose of aking up school
warrants to that amount. The war
rants draw 2 per cen interest, and
they expect t sell the bonds to
draw a Az per cent rate, and there
by effect a saving.
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WISE In HIS OWN CoNcEiT.

st. Paul Dispatch: On reading
Mr.. Bryan's apology for the action
of the American people in rejecting
him again, one is forcibly reminded
OF the kind of man described by
Solomon as wiser in his own con-
ceit than seven men who can rem
der a reason. The 100000 voters
who preferred Taft are wrong, in
Mr.. Bryan's opinion, but they will
know better after they have had
more time to learn. 1t was the
same way in 1896, when he was
defeated and wrote The First Bat
tle," declaring that the fight for
free silver would be kept up until
it was o Now he says that the
1908 election was only one battle
lost, and hat the war" will go on.
We shall see. Then he proceeds
to put up a few men of straw and
valiantly knocks them down by in
timating that the republican party
is opposed to publicity of campaign
subscriptions, popular election of
senators, and safeguarding Of bank
deposits, and in favor of corruption
in politics, the oppression of the
struggling masses, a robber tariff
and the impunity of the trusts.
The people will be shocked to hear
that they have Endorsed all those
Infamous propositions. They will
deny it and reject Mr.. Bryan's as
sumption that. by refusing his rem
edies, they have elected to suffer
from sundry diseases, real and inn
aginary.
The trouble is that Bryan has
looked on himself as the only and
infallable savior of his country. He
Is the salt of the earth and wisdom
will die with him. Those who read
must be in q terribly depressed
state of mind. What dreadful woes
the country has yet to suffer before
1t will turn to Bryan's way of think
ing, for he intimates that it will
turn, and it cannot be expected to
do so, unless it shall have cause to
ISpGuG Vi lLS T0CcuC uGC1SlOu. IL
is altogether a doleful outlook.
1t is characteristic of Bryan to
be stubborn in the wrong-for a
little while. He thinks it necessary
That the voters made a mistake, be-
cause he must be consistent with
himself. Really his views are IN
called for. He might, with perfect
self-respect, have said that the peo-
pie have disagreed with him and
he bowed to their will; that he, with
others, must now wait for the next
turf of events, leaving political is
sues to shape themselves according
to the way the successful party
should meet and deal with the prob
lens of the future. But there would
not then be much occasion to rave
and snort in his paper.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-11-20
SURGICAL POSSIBILITIES
The Many Things the Scalpel Artis
Can do With the Human. Lody
in Operations.

in Operations.
New York Tribune: Mo44erlul
things are being achieved b.. modem
surgery, and the way man 5 inter
nal machinery d be removed while
he waits, polished up with sanu pa
pen and put back with a tew drops
of oil where The irictlon co4.es caA-
not fail to impress the Iayn4an with
the fact that, while he IS 4uarfully
and Wonderfully made u. LIE start,
he is still more so by tbs llnle he
has lived his life ana the a4rseous
have finishd adding to or liking
from.
Frequent dispatches have appear
ed in the apers relative l o ,.e
manner in which determinations Ia, :
been accomplished by surgical op-
erations y drunken thief, we are
told, by a simple twist OF the sur
geon's wrist is transformed into
"a model man, who may, presumably,
sit on a jury, and help sena 10 pris-
Nh ~ w oA4SIS \ liShS
the facilities for reforming along
modern lines. The stupid boy in
school is made bright, and the youth
who plays hockey, instead OF being
treated by the birch Dough, as would
have been the ase half a century
ago., is now bundled Off to the hos
pital and comes back with a code
of morals which would make that
ton signed by the members of a
Black Hand organization.
Carried to is logical conclusion,
this new development of surgery
possesses still more wonderful pos
sibilities. When we find an indi-
vidual whose management of a
financial institution is such as to
give rise to the impression that
he considers himself amenable only
to higher laws than those which his
fellow men have placed on the stat
ute books, we have only to take a
hammer and chisel and chop off that
portion of his brain which is the
cause Of his moral obliquity. If
the management of a corporation
insists on getting mor than its
share of the business of the coun-
try. while it may have no soul, it
will be possible to gather together
it's collective craniums and express
them to the Office of the expert,
where the necessary convolutions-
or rather the unnecessary ones
may be rubbed out or filed with
parafine. When a man is found to
possess that sort of disposition Which
leads him to ask his wife, when she
suggests the necessity of money
what she did with the quarter he
gave her last month, a telephone
call to headquarters will be prompt
ly followed by the patients meta.
morphosis into a kind and indulgen1
husband.
These considerations are sufficient
to make clear the advantages of the
new science over the old. But this
is not all. In years to come it may
be possible, when the members o:
a party find some individual pos
sessed of a determination to ru1
for Office at the head Of the tickle
every four years, to call in the fam
lily surgeon to take out a few cog
wheels and change the gearing t.
make him a calless Cincinnatus.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-11-20
Walter wellman, of Chicago Rec

Walter Wellman, of Chicago Rec
ord-Herald fame, political prognos-
ticator, is not enjoying a very high
reputation at the present time and
is being jollied to quite a liberal ex-
tent on his before and after election
statements. 1t is said that Mr.. Well
man will not attempt to take a hand
in the formation of Judge Taft's
cabinet. If things do not come out
as Mr.. Wellman predicts the fault
can be ascribed to the obtuseness of
Judge Taft.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-11-20

The women out in Colorado had
the distinction of electing Judge
Ben Lindsey to further preside over
the county and juvenile court. He ran
as an independent candidate against
and the women claim they scratched
their tickets sufficiently as to elect
him. That indicates the women has
something of the instinct of indie
pendent voting.
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hear him exploit himself. Egan has
been on trial and found guilty. The
people are now on trial at the bar of
public opinion by Egan. They flock
to hear him roast other members OF
the bar, traduce members of the
supreme court, and the people gem
orally who differ with him. Could
this happen anywhere else? 1t is
not Il very high compliment to the
intelligence and moral sanity of this
community that they will flock to
hear him, and vote for him after
what has taken place-a community
is judged by its acts Sioux Falls
has always had q record of doing
things out of the ordinary, and It's
hero-worship of lagan is about the
GROWING act of all it's other vag-
aries.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-11-20

Gompers, the labor leader who
aspired to become a vote broker,
that is an individual who claims to
have a few million votes in his
hands to deliver where he sees fit,
has been d~iscredited to some Xtent.
He failed to deliver the goods that
he disposed of before election.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-11-20

"Tama" Jim Wilson. who has had
charge Of the agricultural bureau
at Washington for so many years,
will remain a member of Judge
Taft's cabinet. according to the press
reports. Mr.. Wilson has shown his
fitness for the work of the depart
ment in hundreds of ways, and the
farmers all over the United States
will agree with Judge Taft hat Will
son could not be improved upon.
of trading Wilson's position in the
cabinet for another Iowa gentleman.
Hans DeMuth, the popular and
versatile gentleman that presides
over the Deutcher Herald, of Sioux
Falls, is preparing to issue a boom
edition of his paper. 1t is something
out of the ordinary for a German
newspaper to do work of this kind,
but there are many communities into
which the Deutcher Herold goes
where an American newspaper is
never read. and Mr.. DeMuth is of
the opinion that much good can be
accomplished for South Dakota in
this way. Mr.. DeMuth has the ability,
and South Dakota can furnish the
facts and statistics to get out a
| grand edition Send over a copy of
the boom edition. Hans and also send
along an interpreter.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-04-30
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
Distinguished Speakers to be Here for
Public School Commencement.

Two distinguished Arkansans
have accepted the invitation of s..
S. Waters to speak at the public
school commencement exercises
this year. The commencement
sermon will be delivered on Sun
day morning, May 10, at the Meth
odist church, by DR.. Ross Moore of
Pine Bluff. DR.. Moore delivered
the commencement sermon of Cen
trail College several years ago and
is regarded one of the finest pulpit
orators in the state.
The address to the graduates will
be delivered Friday evening, May
IS, by President John N. Tillman
of the University of Arkansas, who
also has state wide reputation as
brilliant speaker.
Thursday evening, May ID, a
concert will be given by the pupils
of the school. There will be FIVE
graduates from the high school and
large number from the grammar
school.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-04-30
FAULKNER HAS CANDIDATES
J. B. Higgins in Race for Chief Clerk and
G. D. Sowell for Sergeant at Arms.

From present indications Faulk-
ner county will furnish at least two
candidates for the Offices at the
disposal of the next general as
sembly. J. B. Higgins, editor of
the Arkansas Farmer, some time
ago announced his intention of
making the race for chief clerk of
the lower house, to succeed Ed. l..
Lucas, who will probably not be a
candidate for reelection. Mr..
Higgins held the Office of journal
clerk during three sessions and
made splendid record for eflcien-
cy. His popularity with the mem
bers who have been returned is
such that he is doubtless now the
strongest candidate out for the
position.
George D. Sowell of Vilonia has
authorized the announcement that
he will be a candidate for the posi-
ton of sergeant at arms of the
house of representatives. Mr..
Sowell has always taken consld-
erable interest in politics and is
we'll and favorably known, both in
the county and state at large.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-04-30
BOND ISSUE is DEFERRED
School Board Appoints Special Committee
to Investigate the Matter.

The resolution authorizing the
issue of bonds for the erection of a
new public school building was
not adopted at the meeting of the
board of directors Saturday night.
The board is unanimously in favor
OF the new building, but questions
arose as to the best method of pro-
cedure, and it was thought best to
investigate the matter little fur
ther.
A special committee, composed
of Messrs. Frauenthal, Witt and
Anderson, were appointed to look
into the details of the bond issue
and report at special meeting to
be held next Saturday night, at
which some definite action will
probably be taken.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-04-30
SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Office of Street Commissioner to
be Abolished.
Night-Watchman ]. B. Wallace Reelected
Standing Committees are
Appointed.

A resolution to repeal the ordi-
nance creating the office of street
commissioner was unanimously
adopted at the meeting of the city
council Tuesday night, and the city
attorney was instructed to draft an
ordinance to this effect.
The committee appointed to in
vestigate certain charges of neglect
of duty against Nightwatchman J.
B. Wallace report that they were
unable to obtain any evidence to
substantiate the charges. The fol-
lowing applicants for the position
were placed before the council:
J. B. Wallace, d. A. Thornton
and G.. w. Stewart. On roll call
Mr.. Wallace received five votes,
Mr.. Thornton one and Mr.. Durham
one.
The mayor announced the ap-
pointment of standing committees
as follows:
Streets and Alleys-Martin, Nc
Culloch and Schwarz.
Improvement-Newbern, Bull
lion and Holman.
Finance-Schwarz, McCulloch
and Holman.
Judiciary-Bullion, Martin and
Newbern.
Light Plant-McCulloch, New
bern and Martin.
Ordinance = Holman, Bullion
and Schwarz.
A number of matters were dis
cussed and referred to the various
committees for consideration. Ac-
counts amounting to 1913 were
presented and allowed.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-04-30
LADIES ARE MAKING PLANS
Association Preparing to Raise Funds for
School Improvement.

At meeting of the school i'm
provement association of Conway
composed of the ladies of this city
held Monday afternoon, it was de-
cided to raise fund of $500 for the
purpose of equipping an emergency
room in the new school building
and adeing to the public school Ii
brary. About $50 was cleared at
the recent art exhibit, and this
amount will be used in the fund
mentioned. The association will
give a lawn party on the court
house grounds Friday evening,
May 8, the proceeds of which will
also be used for this purpose.
Mrs. J. J. Doyne, wife of the
state superintendent of public in
struction, was visitor at the meet:
ing Monday, and favored those
present with very interesting talk
on school work.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-04-30
ANOTHER COLLEGE LOCATED
Business Institution to be Found
ed Here.
Prof. J. E. Wootton Decides upon Con-
way as Location for His
Commercial College.

Another factor which will
strengthen Conway's reputation as
an educational center is the location
of a commercial college in this
city, which was decided upon by
Prof. J. E. Wootton last Friday.
The new institution will begin its
session about the middle of next
month.
Temporary accommodations tor
the college will be provided by the
Board of Trade, but Prof. Wootton
expects in the near future to erect
a building especially adapted to
his school.
Prof. Wootton several years ago
leased the Hendrix academy prop
erty at Mena, in which he con-
Quoted very successful business
college. A suit was brought by
certain interested parties to cancel
the transaction between the col
lege and Prof. Wootton, mention
of which has several times been
made in these columns. The re-
suit of the suit was that the school
was closed, and for the past year
Prof. Wootton has been teaching
commercial branches in the South
ern Normal University at Hunt
ington, Tenn.
He desired permanent location
for a school of his own, and at the
invitation of Pres. S. Anderson,
came to Conway last Thursday.
So we'll pleased was he with the
city and the people that he at once
decided to locate the institution
here.
Prof. Wootton left Friday night
for Mena, where he will close up
some business matters, after which
he will return to Conway and make
preparations to open the col lege.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-04-30

plant the same acreage as last year
and with favorable weather we
would likely make anyway I3 900, =
900, possibly more. What would the
price be under the present trade
conditions? Not over an average
of eight cents per pound and per
haps lower. Say that it averaged
$1,000 per bale, the crop would
about IS 5 20, 900, 900, at least $500
900, 900 loss to the south. How
to bring about this reduction.
1t is not too late yet to plant
corn, alfalfa, sorghum, cane, mil
lett or cowpeas for hay. Or it will
pay you to let the land lie idle for
a season rather than plant it IN
cotton at loss. Let every planter
that reads this article at once ar
range to reduce his own acreage in
cotton and show the article to his
neighbor, or better, call meeting
at every country school house in
the south and discuss this matter
intelligently, then go home resolv-
ed that each one will do his part.
If you have any neighbors that
will not reduce send me their
names and l will take the matter
up with each one personally. This
is no small matter, and | hope that
members of the Southern Cotton
Association and Farmers Union
will stand side by side in this great
fight With heavy acreage Wall
street will set the price for our cot
ton crop, with light crop we can
get our own price within reason.
Don t delay, but get busy at once.
There is plenty of time yet if you
will only do your part. In 1905
by reducing the acreage IS per
cent. the price advanced FIVE cents
per pound, and we can do it again
l will be glad to hear from every
farmer that reads this and indorses
it. Do you want to return to the
old days ol five cent cotton? If
not, join this movement and we
will make the south more prosper
Gus than ever.
J. A. TAYLOR,
President National GinneEs AS
sociatior, Memphis. Tenn.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-04-30
BOARD FOR NORMAL STUDENTS
Pres. Doyne Wants Accommoda-
tions for About $50.
Board of Trade to Make Canvass of the
City-Work on Building is Pro-
crossing Nicely.

Board and lodging for at least
$50 students of the State Normal
school is wanted by the president
elect of the new institution, Mr.. j.
I. Doyne. Attention has already
been directed to this matter, but so
little interest was manifested in ap-
plying for student boarders, that
Mr.. Doyne came up Monday to
talk over the situation with our
citizens. A meeting was held in
the Board of Trade rooms, and af-
ter a discussion of the matter it
was decided to appoint committee
to make a canvass OF the city to
obtain accommodations forthe stud
ents. 1t is also probable that one
or more large boarding houses Will
be erected in the vicinity of the
Normal campus. Mr.. Doyne
hopes that the next legislature will
make an appropriation for young
ladies' dormitory to be built in
time for the second session of the
school, but for the hrst year the
students must obtain board in pri-
vate homes.
Mr.. Doyne will on July I tender
his resignation as state superlntend-
ent of public instruction, and will
shortly thereafter come to Conway
to make his home and assume his
duties as president OF the Normal.
Work on Normal Building.
Work is progressing rapidly on
the Normal building and a large
force of men is kept busy every
day that the weather permits. Ev-
erything seems to indicate that the
building will be completed III am
pie time for the opening OF the
session on September IA.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-04-30
CLEANUP cay OBSERVED
Large Amount of Work Done, Despite Ad-
verse Weather Conditions.

In spite of the fact that a high
wind was blowing all day, making
it nearly impossible to destroy trash
by fire, large amount of work was
done in this city on last Monday,
cleanup" day. After the mass
meeting held a week before, many
of the citizens began to put their
premises in order at once, so that
a considerable portion of the clean
ing up was done before Monday.
The result of the movement is that
the lawns, back yards and alleys of
the city present better appear
ance than for many months.
The city is arranging to haul off
all accumulations of litter which
cannot be burned, and the council
on Tuesday night instructed the
improvement committee to pur-
chase a suitable dumping ground
for this purpose.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-04-30
DECIDE NOT TO SELL COTTON
Farmers Union Men to Hold For
Better Price.
Fifteen Cents or Rot the Slogan of
Warehouse Depositors, who Held
Meeting Here Saturday.

By decided majority, the de-
positors of cotton in the Faulkner
county warehouse decided last Sat
urday not to sell their cotton at the
present market price. According
to those present at the meeting,
Fifteen cents or rot' was the slo-
gan of nearly all who were in at
tendance.
A large number of depositors at
tended the meeting, and a deter
mined spirit to hold out for bet
ter price was very manifest. The
directors were instructed to ship all
cotton which cannot be financed
here to the warehouse at Little
Rock, where arrangements have
been made by Union officials with
cotton firm to advance about SIS
per bale on all cotton stored with
them. The banks and merchants
of Conway, however, have been
taking care of this matter, and it
is probable that none will have to
be shipped to Little Rock.
There are at present nearly 9oc
bales in the Union warehouse in
this city.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-04-30
Garbage On Public Roads.

Judge, J. A. Lea asks the people
of Conway to refrain from dumping
garbage and tin cans on the sides
of public roads entering into the
city. He says that this makes it
impossible to use the road machin-
cry in grading. Although it is a
violation of the law, he does not
wish to prosecute anyone, but
hopes to see the practice stopped
at once.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-04-30
Work on Normal Building.
FOR TAFT AND PROHIBITION
Organization Forces Win Out in Republican
State Convention. *

State Convention. q *
The Republican state convention
in session at Hot Springs Tuesday,
adopted resolutions favoring the
nomination of Taft for president
and declaring for statewide prohib-
ition in Arkansas. A complete
state ticket, headed by John /.
Worthington for governor, was
nominated. Powell Clayton, H. L.
Remmell, F. w. Tucker and J E.
Bush were elected delegates at
large to the national convention,
Bruce Cox, formerly of Conway,
is one of the alternate delegates at
large. The organization forces
won out over the Holt Reding
faction by heavy majority.
w. B. Owen was elected state
central committeeman from Faulk-
ner county, and O. J. Owen is one
of the members of the executive
committee.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-04-30
Joint Meeting Held.

The Epworth League and Christ
ian Endeavor Society held joint
meeting at the Methodist church
Sunday night, the program as pub
lished last week being carried out.
The meeting took the place of the
regular services at the Presbyterian
and Methodist churches and was
we'll attended.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-04-30
F. N, Bruce Dead.

F. N. Bruce, former mayor of
Morrilton, and a son of S. d..
Bruce of this city, died Sunday in
New Mexico, where he had gone
in the hope of restoring his health.
The body was taken to Morrilton,
where the interment was had yes
terday.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-04-30
Rev. MaurV Resigns.

Rev. c. H. Maury, who has been
pastor of the Presbyterian church
in this city for the past two years,
rendered his resignation at the
service Sunday morning. The
session has not yet taken action on
the resignation. Rev. Maury and
family will remain here at least un-
til June I.