The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-06-04
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ooro Trust Company was declared
off Friday at a meeting of the stock
holders of the trust company. There
we're only two stockholders who IA
vored the sale. The book value of
the stock is $1.69 on the dollar,
while the offer Of the Jonesboro
bank was SLIGO. The trust company
has been in business several years
and has been very successful. After
paving an annual dividend Of 10
per cent for four years and 10 per
cent for the past two years the earn
ings have accumulated until it Is
said each 1000 Of stock is worth
now $1,000.
United States district court con-
vened at BatesviIle Tuesday, with
Judge Jacob Trieber on the bench.
Four postof1ice inspectors, c. 5.
Granger, L. A. MCGEE, A. d. Bun
sen and J A Elvin, are in attend
ance. Mr.. Granger is the inspector
who worked up the case against
Clarence Fry, who is charged with
taking from the postoffice at Alonzo
a letter addressed to Miss Anne
Blount and destroying it. The case
will be tried at this term of the
court. Fry has been under $500
bond since his arrest, a year ago.
An insane man, who claims to be
president of the Ford National
Bank, and who proved to be J. S.
Hameter of Fort Worth, Tex, was
arrested by the officers at Fayette-
vile Thursday, After being placed
under arrest, he made his escape,
but was retaken after vicious fight
in which he made an attempt to
reach the sheriff's pistol, and after
wards used his fists when fooled IN
his efforts to secure the weapon.
Friends of the man arrived in Fay
etteville and took him back to Fort
Worth.
The $15,5O0 of bonds Of Drainage
District No. 2 of Craighead county,
running serially 10 years and bear
ing 6 per cent interest, were pur-
chased Saturday at par by the Amer
lean Trust Company of Jonesboro.
The ditch to be constructed is about
seven miles east of Jonesboro and
will be about four and one-half miles
long. 1t is expected to render avail
able Apr cultivation about $4,000
acres of land. This will be the first
drainage ditch to be dug in Craig
head county.
The Franklin County Holiness
Association is making arrangements
for the greatest meeting ever held
ii its tabernacle north of Ozark.
The meeting will be held September
3-13. Rev. Bud Robinson and Rev.
Bob Averill of Pencil have been en-
gagged to do the preaching. An ef-
fort will be made to have the taber-
nacle lighted by electricity, also to
have incandescent lights every 100
yards along the road leading to the
camp grounds.
The Rose Hill School Ditrict at
Texarkana held a second election
Saturday and r. S. Mudford, who
was declared defeated in the first
election, and who says he was not a
candidate in the second, was elected.
The second election was neld to sat
isfv a number of citizens who OBJ
iected to some of the methods Of
procedure in the first.
The Bank of Wilton has been or
ganized at that place with a capital
stock of $4,000. W. G. Greening
is president and J. f. Smith, n
D. Cooper, S. S. P. Mills, P. S.
Trustworthy and T. d. Cathey, direc-
tors, A new building will be erect
ed by the bank, which is expected to
be open for business by July /.
The Socialists of johnson county
will hold a convention at Clarksville
June 10 to ratify the state platform
of the party and formulate a county
platform also to ascertain the num-
Der of votes each candidate will have
received in the referendum to be tax
en- in the county, and to elect coun-
ty central committee.
Petitions are being circulated in
Little River county requesting Will