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The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-11-12
BRYAN ISSUES STATEMENT.
No Harsh Words From the De-
feated Leader.
Has Faith that Democratic Principles
Will Eventually
Control.
FROM FRIDAYS DAILY.

VIM. ]. Bryan yesterday issued
the following statement at Lincoln,
Neb.:
"The election has gone against
US by a decisive majority. The
returns are not all in and it is i'm
possible at the present time to an
alyze them or to say what causes
contributed most to the Republican
victory. We made Cur fight upon
a platform which embodied what
we believe to be good for the
American people. but it is for the
people themselves to decide what
laws they desire and what methods
of government they prefer.
81 have faith that the publicity
which we asked for. will yet COM
mend itself to the American peo-
pie; that the election of senators by
the people will be secured that
the iniquities of the trusts will
arouse an opposition that will re-
suit in the elimination of the prim-
ciple of private monopoly.
Lam con6deht that the people
will see the necessity for the labor
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-11-12

involved in the present suit was at
that time set apart and allotted to
H. H. Benedict as his part OF his
fathers estate. 1t seems that
shortly after this partition suit
probably about 1876, H. H. Bene-
dict left Faulkner county, and lett
his land in charge of c. A.Grittlth,
Benedict's therin-law. Grlfhth
continued in charge OF the Land
involved in the suit, together with
the other lands belonging to the
original Benedict tract up until
1902, when he sold all his land to
S. G. Smith, the 200 acres which
had been allotted to H. H. Bene-
dict being included in Grittlth
deed to Smith.
1t was claimed on behalf of Ben
edict that he sold his land to Grit
fifth in 1895, and that the purchase
price was $1,000, none OF which
was paid in cash, but eight notes
were given therefor. six for 500
each, maturing annually alter the
sale, and two for $500 each, and
these 5000 notes maturing with in
tervals OF two years between them,
and between the other notes, max
ing the last note due in 1904. 1t
was also claimed by Benedict that
Griffith had made $500 payment
in 1902, and that Griffith had also
acknowledged the justice OF his
debt in 1907, just before the bring
ing of the suit. The deed which
Benedict made to Griffith, in which
it was claimed that these notes
were all specifically mentioned,
was never placed on record, and
both the deed and the notes alleged
to have been given for the purchase
money of the land were lost. Crit
fifth, however, testified that Bene-
diets claim in regard to the sale
and the deed and the notes was
substantially correct, but there was
considerable conflict in the testi-
mony as to the date of the alleged
sale by Benedict to Griffith, and
the date of the notes, and the case
hinged principally upon this point,
as, if the sale was made at the time
Benedict claimed it was, the two
last notes for the land would not
be barred by the statute of limlta-
ton of five years. Benedict and
Griffith both stated that the sale
occurred before the death of Laura
Griffith, c. A. Griffith S wife, and
it was shown conclusive]y by wit
nesses for Mr.. Smith that she died
in 1894.
Another feature of the case was
Griffith S contention that he did not
intend to sell this land to Smith,
but it was shown conclusively that
the land was included in the deed,
the deed further stating that it was
intended to cover all the land Crit
fifth had any interest in in Faux
uGI Guilty, duQ lAdt oliiiitA aoO
never attempted to claim owner
ship of it since his sale to Smith,
but that Smith had been is posses
sion of it ever since the sale.
The chancellor held that the
preponderance of the testimony
showed that the trade between
Griffith and Benedict, if such there
had been, was made in 1892, ana
that all the notes were therefore
barred by the st .tute of limitation
as to Mr.. Smith. From this de-
cision an appeal was prayed by
counsel for Mr., Benedict.
Mr.. Benedict, the plaintiff, was
represented by Hon. w. P. Feazel,
of Nashville, Arkansas, a promin-
ent lawyer of southwest Arkansas,
aud former circuit judge of his
district, and S. c.. Smith was rep
res ented by Frauenthal & Robins
o( %L;e Ctfx,
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-11-12
FIFTH SUNDAY MEETING
Program of Baptist Meeting at vilonia
November 27-2o.

The Greenbrier Baptist associ-
alton will hold its fifth Sunday
meeting at Vilonia November 27
to 20 inclusive. The following
program has been prepared by a
committee composed of Gush Bush,
T. w. Waller, T. F. Forrest and
G.. M. Ford
Friday, 1890 a. m.-Devotional
services, led by Ed. w. f. Rob
ertS.
II a. m.-Introductory sermon,
Ed. J. A. Batson.
1880 p. Reorganization.
ais p. m.-"Why Should the
Baptists Preach the Gospel to the
World?" Elders P. H. Glover
and VIM. Driskill.
1880 p. m.-Preaching by ED.
A. Mcpherson.
Saturday, 9 a. m.-"Individual
Evangelism" Elders ]. ]. Hurt
and A. Mcpherson.
II a. m.-Preaching by Ed. ].
J. Hurt.
1880 p. m.-"Dist'nctive Duty
of the Laity," Elder II. P. Glover
and O. o. Florence.
2:3o p.m.-"Distinctive Duty of
Deacons, Elders J. A. Batson and
w. r. Hendrickson.
1890 p. rn.-"Christ's Ability to
Save" Elder A. H. Autry.
Sunday, 9 a. m. Sunday
school mass meeting, led by Elder
J. J. Hurt.
IL a. M. Preaching by Elder F.
P. Turner.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-11-12
WORK AGAIN DELAYED
Shortage of Pressed Brick Delays Public
School Building.
FROM FRIDAYS DAILY.

Another shortage of pressed brick
has again delayed work on the new
public school building, and only a
few bricklayers are employed on
the structure at present. Contract
or S. NJ. Apple states that the brick
factory in Kansas was put out of
commission for nearly three weeks
on account of heavy rains and high
waters, which caused them to get
behind with their orders.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-11-12
OFFICIAL VOTE
OF Faulkner
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.

Commissioners w. H. Duncan
and 7. B. Higgins completed the
canvass of Tuesdays election re,
turns this afternoon. The ofhciai
returns gave Bryan a plurality OF
1927 and Reid majority OF 1884
Debs received 90 votes, Chain 90
Watson IS, Hisgen 9 and Preston o.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-11-12
Normal VS.. Atkins.

FROM THURSDAYS DAILY.
The Normal football team will
play the Atkins high school in this
city next Saturday. 1ti
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-11-12


Hon. Thos. Gale, who was elected to
Congress from Alaska, is well known on
the Pacific slope, where he has resided.
His Washington address is 1872 9th St.,
\. W., Washington, d. c.
Washington, d. c.
Peruna Drug Co., Columbus. Ohio.
Gentlemen lean cheer1uiy recon-
mend Peruna as a very efficient reni-
edy for coughs and colds.
Thomas Gale.
Hon. c. Slemp, Congressman from
Virginia, writes 81 have used your val
liable remedy, Peruna, with beneficial
results, and can unhesitatingly recon-
mend your remedy as an invigorating
tonic and an effective and permanent
cure for catarrh."
Man-a-Iin the Ideal Laxative.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-11-12
Installing Steam Heat.

Col. G. w. Bruce is installing
steam heat system In his residence
on College avenue.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13
CONGRATULATIONS, PINE BLUFF.

Rev. M w Manyille goes to pin, Bluh, after having served the full pastorate in this city provided under the Methodist rules of government. A mental reflection of the incident proves that Pine Bluff is to be con- graduated. Rev. Manville is a Cod ly man whose beneficial influence will De felt in any community.
 He belongs to that type of min- is'efs whese lives are consecrated to bringing men to emulate the example or the lowly Nazerine. He does not drive. But the influence of his pleas- ing manner, his benign smile, his cor fial hand grasp with whosoever he
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13

comes in contact Is bound to leave an impression.
 Further than having administered faithfully the duties of his pastorase her for four years, Bro. Manville has been useful public citizen. He en- tered into the spirit of our State Far because he believed in the future of Arkansas and he believed the develop ment of that future hinged on showing to the world what Arkansas can do n the matter of horticulture and asri- culture and mining development. Through the three State Fairs he was
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13
WHAT POLITICS COST NEW YORK.

The public debt of New York City
 materially exceeds that of the United
 States and tho difference in interest
 rates makes the burden decidedly
 greater. Including interest, install
 ments and sinking fund payments, the debt costs five dollars a month for every family. Figures in the publish
 ed budget for 1909 show $156,545.14S
 as the estimated expense of running
 the city. This represents an increase
 of Sl3,00o,0O0 over the total for 1908. At this rate of increase the tax-payer
 ten years from now will have to face a budget calling for $370,O00. .0OO; and
 former Deputy Comptroller Levey re- gently pointed out, with general as- sent that if prevailing methods con- tinue such q result is almost certain. It is further pointed out that the com pletion of the Hudson river tunnels Will open up for settlement enormous tracts in New Jersey, rendering the clty's taxes no longer recoyerable 'AA'N"S>h N-NNNSSlNG ISulS. Here was much talk of seeking an injunction against recent loan of $12500.00O on the ground that the city was exceeding it's constitutional debt limit
 If the taxpayers of New York were getting anything like their moneys S worth, this constantly mounting bur len might be borne without much for a long time yet. bat hey are not. Unless all calculations lave gone wrong. the city does not get more than forty cents of value Il the dollar expended. Frequently here are jobs which cause one dol ar's value to cost many dollars mostly petty jobs for taking care of olitical hangers-on. Government of his sort is becoming excessively bur ensome even for New York. And as he worst of the situation the tax ayers are so hopelessly outvoted that overnment on business basis ap- ears to be the most distant prospect naginable
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13
Purchase of Big Clothing Stock.

MT. U Ill. Gammill, of the Pine Bluff Mercantile Company. returned satur- day from Mt. Carmel, H., where he has been for the past two weeks f, the interest of that store. While there ne closed a deal with the Wise Cloth Ing company of Mt. Carmel for a sl''ooo stock of High Art clothing. which will arrive Monday and will oe placed on sale Wednesday at 50 cents on the dollar. The big stock makes whole carload of 60.o0o ca pacfty and consists of 7S cases of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13
an ever ready servant in the field of

an ever ready servant in the field of
 patriotic duty.
 Pine Bluff must be good to Rev
 Manville, for if it isn't his credit is good on the Hot Springs Western. and ne can ever come back to the well come arms of this people. And even II Fine Bluff is good to him, and gives him all the blessings to which he Is entitled, we will still want to borrow him back for about two weeks in every year when the Arkansas State Fair doors are open.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13
goods. making probably the largest single purchase ever received in tn. city.

Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock a, 'ne '. M. c. A. there will be an extr. meeting for men and boys. cenor,, secretary A. B. Richardson, of Pin. niuH' will speak, his subject heinz
 Give God Chance" Mir. Richardso, IS a strong and forceful speaker, and It Is hoped to make this one of the olssest meeting ever held at the 'Y."-Jonesboro News.
Evening star., 1908-01-15
The Boyertown Horror.

All the aids to calamity seem to have
been present in the Boyertown theater
horror. The structure, though of brick
walls had wooden interior, and no
doubt there was plenty of infiammable
furniture and fittings. The theater was
,Instairs. as most small-town opera
houses are. the ground floor being given
up to places of business. The way from
the street to the theater was up flight
OF wooden stairs, and these stairs were no
&wider than they commonly are in public
halls in small towns, much too narrow
There were coal oil lamps ranged along
the platform after the fashion of foot
lights With this method of illuminating
the stage it is easy to believe that there
were kerosene side-lights and no doubt a
hanging fixture or two. with d cluster
of lamps hanging from the ceiling.
Added to all these dangers the audito-
rum was crowded. Then there came an
explosion of a stereopticon gas tank. a
cry of fire and a panic. The panic was
of the usual horrible kind, crazed women
and children beaten down and trampled
on by fear-maddened men.
1t would be useless to insist on even
elementary fire precautions in small-town
opera houses, because no one sees the
need of such precautions till too late.
The Boyertown tragedy could happen in
almost any of the towns and little cities
tha. dot the United States.
Evening star., 1908-01-15
America and japan.

Asked about the story from Rlo de
Janeiro. that the American SHIPS are III
danger there from Japanese conspTa'oiS'
Mr. Miyaoka of the japanese embassy
here pronounced it too ridiculous Tor us
cussinn He took its measure with per-
feet accuracy. And yet that story Is VI
a piece with nearly all the talk oil war
between America and japan. The whole
patter runs along the same absurd ana
improbable lines. \ little thought. founded
upon information within the reach oil
every thoughtful person, dissipates II all
Japan. we are told. If we don't watch
out. will strike us suddenly. as she dld
Russia. Could there be a greater dlf-
ference between any two things than the
difference existing between the relations
of Russia and Japan at the time the lat
ter struck the former on the water al
Port Arthur, and the relations today oil
Jan.n and America? Russia and Japan
had been on the verge of war for months
The world was looking for war RUSSIA
seemed to be the only great power with
out the proper appraisement OF the real
situation. She was bluffing and procras-
tinatine with nation which had become
exasperated.
WnSrc Is there SIpuilu loi wei o"."o'-
America and Japan? Who was deceived
by the talk which ragged for awhile about
Japan's designs on the Philippines? VINO
has ever taken seriously the stories OF
the massing of ex-soldiers from japan in
Hawaii with the object of seizing those
islands? Who but stock market gamblers
here and abroad have tried to read war
into the sending of the American fleet To
the Pacific? In a word, what word better
describes the whole business than hula
baloo?
Secretary Taft in Philadelphia last night
spoke, as he usually does, words of infor-
nation and meaning. He ought to know
what is going on. He certainly represents
his own government in the matter. He
sees no signs of war. either in his own
country or in Japan. He shows how stu
pid the story is which converts the fleets
journey into a menace to Japan. or into
"A mere swagger for general effect.
The fleet has accomplished a third OF
the distance marked out when it left the
mouth of the Potomac. and war has not
been declared. But rumors will continue.
We NAV hear next that the Japanese
have mined the Straits of Magellan-in-
deed. that idea has already found express
sion-and that the rheumatism OF Admiral
Evans is nothing but nervousness pro-
duced by the thought of that terrible
water.
Evening star., 1908-01-15
Death of Randall.

The author of Maryland. Ny Mary
land" wrote other poems. but all were
overshadowed by that stirring perform
ance. 1t alone gave him fame. and it
alone will preserve his fame Mr.. Ran
dali was little more than a lad when
he penned the sentiments. which were
instantly successful, and which have
grown in the appreciation of the admirers
Of such effects ever since. IT was not
only capital war song. but practically
the only one of ringing fervor contributed
TO the Confederate cause. The remark
has often been made that the muse did not
favor the Confederacy. OF orators it had
number, and some were Of the finest,
but the poets seemed to lose their power
after the great struggle began.
Evening star., 1908-01-15
Light on the Russian Darkness

Prof. Paul Milyoukov leader of the
constitutional democrats of Russia and
a member of the third duma, is frankly
pessimistic concerning the present out
look in his country. He told an audi
ence in New York last night that he
could see no immediate prospect of peace
and progress in the land of the cZar.
Here are his gloomy words:
wherever we turn or look. we only
meet with new trouble to come. nowhere
with any hope for concliation and social
peace"
But this does not mean that Prof.
Milyoukov believes that all is lost in
Russia. or that the common people will
cease to struggle for a broader range
of political. intellectual and commercial
freedom. Throughout his address, which
proves to be the most instructive outgiv-
ing on the subject of Russian affairs ever
addressed to the American public. runs
the thought that ultimately the cause of
progress and liberty must triumph.
This is indeed the thought of great
majority of the people of this country.
They cannot conceive the final and per-
manent domination of the absoutism that
has brought Russia TO so low a plane in
scribe to the doctrine that military force
will forever avail to sustain a throne.
The genius of the era is opposed to such
despotism as that which the reaction
lists of Russia would establish. 1t is true
that the problem in Russia is compli-
Gated by the deplorable depth of ignor-
ance in which the mass of the people are
sunk. 1t is rendered difficult by the
lack of consistent party organiza-
tions The fail-Te of the successive
dumas has been directly attributable to the
absence of leader, capable of ralying
the forces of progressive protest against
the further dominance of the bureaucrats.
But these failures may be corrected and
these deficiencies supplied in season. The
process of awakening the people to an
appreciation Of their requirements and
their opportunities may be a slow one,
but it will eventually work results. The
very troubles in the duma will bring
about the necessary disqualification OF
forces.
Prof. MiIyoukov declared in his New
York address that he appealed to the
people of America, not for financial aid,
but for sympathy. He has that already.
There is unbounded sympathy in this
country for the struggling people of the
graft-ridden land, the land of tyranny.
of barbaric punishments. of retrogressive
politics and deliberate withholding of en-
lightenment from the people. There can
never be a sincere sentiment to arouse
any considerable number of Americans In
behalf of the Russian autocracy, even
though the opponents of the present
regime may at times go to the extreme
of murder and devastation. 1t is impos-
sible that this country should in the final
analysis refuse sympathy in the first
struggling for the tight to participate in
their own government
Evening star., 1908-01-15

necessary. But it will never be less nee
essary than now Is the city to be aban-
doned by the government in its most con-
spicuous and important thoroughfare be-
cause Of the fact that the nature of the
ground there calls for foundation Work a
little more costly than that involved in
building enterprises on higher ground!
The Senate yesterday gave answer to
this question in the negative. by passing
the bill to purchase a Mall-avenue site
for the proposed buildings to house the
Departments of State. Justice and Com
merce and Labor. This measure IS I'M
mediately in line with the policy upon
which the Hepburn bill is based. 1t rec
ognizes the fact that the proper site for
any additional public buildings erected
by the government is between the Mail
and Pennsylvania avenue. 1t furthermore
establishes the principle of considering an
area larger than single square as ma
terial for one or more than one size, by
prescribing the closing of streets lying
within the stated boundaries. The Star
has always maintained that the only
proper manner of treating the Mall-ave-
enue triangle was to take it as whole,
and then. in apportioning the space with
in ii to the various public necessities. to
ignore street lines and to place the build
ngs and arrange their approaches with
view to the highest artistic effect
AS far as solid foundations are con-
cerred. no fear need ever be felt lest any
south-of-the the-avenue site is unsafe. The
base of the new municipal building is as
substantial as that of any other public
structure in Washington. Before it was
bull. a great power house stood upon the
same ground 1t is today generally recog-
nized that absolutely solid foundations
may be secured anywhere within the
boundaries of the proposed government
building reserve.
Evening star., 1908-01-15
Demands Of the Philippines.

1t Is not at all creditable to this country
that the Philippines should be compelled
to offer America free entry into their
country of some important products in or
der to induce the United States to grant
them more freedom in trade. Apparently
firing of their efforts to secure something
like the same treatment which this coun-
try extends to other countries that fly
the American nag. the Philippine national
assembly recently instructed its comrnis-
sioners to the United States to endeavOr
to secure reciprocity. Ii naturally seems
absurd, as well as unfair, that an Ameri-
can dependency should be obliged to ask
reciprocity instead of equal rights with
a country by which it has been adopted
but the Philippines have apparently aban-
doned hope of receiving the whole ioai
and will now try to be content with half
q loaf.
Evening star., 1908-01-15
Grip and the Mild Winter.
ron, Tho Nam yorl uorogd

AS the popular belief is very strong that
the present prevalence of the grip and
other like diseases is chiefly due to the
abnormally mild winter. it is interesting
to note that the distribution of barometric
pressures over the country is now indica-
tive of colder and more seasonable wealth
er Diseases of the respiratory organs
have recently been reported as unusually
multiplied and severe in most of the
states east of the Mississippi. Though
temperatures since Christmas in these
states have been occasionally much be-
low the seasonal average. they have fire.
quently been exceptionally high and
marked by rapid variations. 1t Is there
fore not unreasonable to conclude that
the unreasonable weather conditions have
increased the susceptibilities of people
to such maladies.
Evening star., 1908-01-15
A Minute Monster.

The CRATER hath no terrors,
The burglar seems benign:
Mans various crimes and errors
Like radiant virtues shine,
Compared to deeds which now and then
Provoke our grief profound.
We live in fear and trembling when
The grip germ comes around.
He haunts you in the nighttime.
He sneers at you by day;
There's no serene and bright time
In life when he gets gay.
You drink strange brews and drink again;
Take powders by the pound,
And everything's failure when
The grip germ comes around!
Evening star., 1908-01-15
Plight of the Army.
Springfield Republican

That the condition of the United States
Army should command the most intelli-
gent attention that Congress can give to
it at this session is entirely beyond con-
troversy. An army that, in spite of the
best efforts of recruiting officers. is al
most 10000 below it's authorized enlisted
strength and whose commissioned officers
at the year end were too few by 3S4, not
withstanding that commissions have been
freely offered to young college graduates
in civil life-that such an army needs
some consideration Is an assertion that
calls for no argument.