The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-06-11
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four miles from Mena, Tuesday
night. When the robbery was dis
covered, the authorities and neigh
bors were notified and everybody in
the vicinity started in pursuit of the
robber. Shortly after midnight the
thief threw the money into Mr..
Keener's front yard. Mr.. Keener in
formed his neighbors that he had in
his possession the date of every gold
coin and the number of every gold
certificate, together with other facts
which would enable him to identity
every coin and certificate that was
stolen. When Mr.. Keener returned
to his home shortly after midnight
Wednesday night, he saw a man
standing beside his fence. Mr.. Keen
er called to the man, who fled and
made good his escape. The follow
ing morning Mr.. Keener found in
his front yard the two socks of stolen
money, one containing the gold, the
other the gold certificates.
The potato movement from
Lockesburg was begun Wednesday
and from two to three cars are ship
ped from there daily. The price
through out the week has been held
down to great extent by the ex-
cessive and continuous rain, which
has caused many carloads to be put
on the market in bad condition. A
deal has been closed for the remain
der of the crop at IS cents per bush
Ell at the car. Some of the growers
have been getting good yields, their
land producing from 60 to 100 bush
els per acre.
Two cisterns, one on the premises
of Norman Pedley, the other on the
property owned by F. A. Maillaux,
in Van Buren,, caved in Tuesday,
taking the pumps down with them.
The collapse of the cisterns was due
to the floods which so filled the sandy
lands with water that the outside
pressure was sufficient to crush the
walls of the cisterns.
The question of dividing Poinsett
county into two judicial districts,
with Marked Tree as the county seat
of the eastern district, is being
strongly agitated by citizens in the
territory affected. 1t is expected that
Representative J. G. Clanton will is
troduce a bill in the next Legislature
providing for the division of the dis
trict.
Clarence Fry, who was indicted
more than a year ago on the charge
of destroying letter addressed tc
Miss Annie Blount of Alonzo, and
whose bond was forfeited by his non
appearance at the recent term OF
| the Federal Court at Batesville, was
rearrested Friday. He was again
released after he had given bond OF
| $500.
William Newly, who operates a
plantation near Blockton, Monroe
county, was held to await the ac'
ton of the Federal Grand jury on
the charge of peonage by Commits,
sioner Crum at Helena Friday. II
is alleged by Ernest Wagner that
Newly had him arrested and forced
him to work out a farm on shares.
A. J. Hudson. postmaster at Hi
vase, was waylaid and knocked
down by some unidentified person
Tuesday night as he was entering hi:
home. Mr.. Hudson was returning
from Benton. where he had gone t.
consult the prosecuting attorney con
corning the robbery of the postoffic'
at Hiwasse recently.
E. n. Plank of Decatur, Bentor
county, shipped 5000 crates of straw
berries this year, which netted hin
about $4,000 He paid out abou
$4,000 for labor. He also shipped
SIS crates of peaches, 3 crates of rasp
berries and crates of blackberries
from all of which he secured gooC
profit.
| A. J. linus, who has small farm
near Berryville, made net profit o.
S25 from a half-acre of Strawberries
this season.
The reunion of George W. Murphy
Camp, United Confederate Veterans
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