The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-07-16

came IN on q Frisco train shortly
before noon, and got off there by
mistake, thinking she had to change
cars. r. B. McMahen and several
railroad agents noticed her likeness
to the pictures Of Mrs. Guinness
which had been printed in the news
papers, and sought to question her,
but she refused any information
about herself or her destination, ex-
cept that she had recently come
from Memphis. She boarded Cot
ton Belt train for st. Louis and left
as soon as possible. Many people
there believe she is the woman whose
deeds shocked the civilized world
and about whose reported death
there is so much mystery. She be-
came very angry when several men
followed her, and expressed her
opinion of them in anything but
complimentary language.
J. E. Johnson, an old citizen Of
Hampstead county, opposes the pro-.
posed removal of the county seat
from Washington to Hope. He gives
the following reason for opposing
the plan: am now 60 years old. The
first taxes | ever paid in my life were
for the purpose Of building the court
house and Jail at Washington. We
have a nice place for the county seat,
as good as we could get at Hope. We
have only in very recent years been
free from court house taxes. To i'm
pose taxes on the people for another
generation would look like an impo-
Ssltion. There is plenty of good wat
er at Washington and the people have
free access to it, while in Hope, if
person wants a drink he must ask
for it"
A. B. Hyatt, young man who
lives at Van Buren,, came very near
receiving rough treatment at the
hands of spectators at the celebra-
ton at Electric Park at Fort Smith
for whipping his 7-year-old step
daughter. He handled the child so
roughly, it is said, that the crowd
became incensed and for time it
seemed as if he would be thrashed.
Hyatt escaped, but was later arrest
ed and locked up in the Fort Smith
jail. His explanation for whipping
the girl was because she cried and
wanted to go to her mother, who
was in another part Of the park.
The Hot Spring County Farmers
Union will hold its quarterly meeting
at Social Hill July 14-15. The edu-
cational program will be as follows:
''The Goat as a Land Cleaner and
Meat Producer" Jacob Hickman !;
"The Initiative, Referendum and Re-
CALL" John Tisdale; "Will 1t Pay to
Manufacture Our Own Products ?'
John Onglis; GLOW to Utilize Our
Waters for Power Purposes" Frank
Ferris; GA Flank Movement, or the
Co-operative Method of Doing Busl-
ness" Nancy B. Miller.
J. S. England of the firm of Robe
& England, publishers of the News
! Democrat of Mena, filed an applica-
ton in the Polk County Chanccery
Court at Mena Friday for the ap-
pointment of a receiver for the
newspaper plant. The court decided
that the expense Of receiver should
not be incurred if it was possible to
avoid it, but that if the equity OF
each party were decided the property
might be sold or otherwise be dis
posed of to the greatest advantage OF
the owners.
The 7-year-old son of Mrs. c. d..
Rains of Bay, in Craighead county,
accidentally shot and killed himself
Wednesday. while carelessly hand
ling a pistol. The father of the boy,
C. D. Rains, was killed three years
ago by log rolling on him at a mill
where he was employed.
The city administration of Sloan
Springs has purchased 2O0-horse
power engine for the municipal
water plant, together with other
machinery. The machinery was
shipped from Columbus, Kan.
Dickes & Rummell Bros. Of
Lockesburg are making arrangements