The log cabin Democrat., 1908-02-27

roll of Company D. Davies Battal-
 ion. Arkansas Cavalry, (. :. A., oI which J. P. Wiilccckson was cap tain. All enlisted in 1861 in Greene county. The muster roll IS the property of Mrs. Lucy Willcockson and is an old faded document. The
 following were the officers of the bat
 talion: J. P. Willcockson. captain; l J. R. Brashears. first lieutenant; J. l C. Anderson. second lieutenant; A. ] Mashow. third lieutenant: k. $. ] Freeman. first sergeant; E. l. Eu-
 banks. second sergeant; M. Hamp-
 banks. second sergeant; (. Pillow,
 third sergeant: W. Welch, fifth ser
 gcant; J. Eddings, first corporal; J. l Mclaughlin. second corporal; John
 Clark. third corporal; J. B. Nil
 bourne, fourth corporal.
 Tom Wilkes was shot and instant | lv killed Wednesday evening about
 dusk one mile south of McRae as he
 was on his way home from Beebe'
 Seven buckshot. fired by an unknown
 person, entered his back. Wilkes
 was somewhat noted character
 in White county. About l2 years
 ago he killed young man by the name of McAfee near McRae, but was never tried for the killing, as it was clearly a case of self-defense. John Reed, a one-legged man ot Greenwood. bound over by the Grand Jury to answer to the charge of Tor ccrv and taken to Fort Smith for safe-keeping, made his escape from an officer Tuesday in a simple and bold manner. Reed asked permission to step into an adjoining room to consult an attorney, which was granted. and that was the last seen : of him.
 Burglars have been operating at
 Horatio for several days, the last crime committed being the robbng of D. l.. Cowder's jeWelry store. The ! burglars entered the store through rear window, securing a lot of iewnlry and dry goods. The house of the railroad section foreman was also entered, the miscreants taking watch and about $25 in money. i, Sister John of St. Anne's Convent at Fort smith died after an illness l extending oyer four wears. Tuesday. l in the world Sister John was known at Ella Roach. She had lived in : Fort smith 50 years, first entering
 the sisterhood there. going there from County Cork, Ireland, for that purpose. She was 90 years of age. Albert Towns and Bob Davis, two negro brakemcn on the Memphis, Helena and Louisiana railway, were Wednesday arraigned before the , United States commissioner at Hell ena. charged with robbing the mails ) They were both bound over to await the action of the federal Grand Jury.
 V. NJ. Briggs. the Rock Islands
 agent at Bonneville, was shot twice Wednesday and seriously wounded , by Harry Leach, who has charge of the railroads pumping station at Bonneville It is thought Briggs will recover. Leach surrendered to the officers
 The Merchants Association of Prescott has decided to order car load of improved cotton seed for the farmers of Nevada county, in order to prevent the appearance of the boil
 weeyil in that county. The cotton seed will be sold to the farmers at I cost.
 R. A. Drinketh, an employe of the Gates Lumber Company at Will mcr was struck by its carriage in the mill Monday, receiving injuries which caused his death. His left hip was broken and the lower part of his back was crushed.
 Drumming for Hot Springs ho-
 tels is rapidly becoming thing of the past. For the first time in weeks there was not a single hotel drummer on any of the passenger ! trains arriving at Hot Springs Tues day.
 G. Earle Kinney rctres from the editorship of the Judsonia Advance,