The Springdale news., 1908-02-21


 vile Courier-Democrat, entered upon its thirty- fourth year last week. The subscription price of the Courier-Demoerat was recently increased from o1.00 to sl.50 per year, and it's worth the money Frank H. Hitchcock has retired from the post office department to manage the Taft campaign, and his first work 1t is said will be to get the r ed- eral office holders of the south and the negroes lined up for the administration candidate.
 Count Laszlo szeehenijivdxehinity and his bride. who Miss Gladys Vanderbilt. sailed last week for Hungary. The Count took five million dollars of Vanderbilt money home with him. although We told this was spurelya d love match h
 The supreme court last week rendered decis- ion which ought to have the effect of shortening future sessions of the general assembly at least thirty days. It declared nul and void law en- acted by the last general assembly requiring the Iron Mountain to stop certain through train at Philadelphia.
 Hetty Green, who is probably ole of tile richest women in the world. predicts the nomination of Roosevelt the Republican candidate for presi- dent. Hetty may not be much on politics. but the artistic ability with which she aceumulates the American dollars causes Us to give her opin- ion some consideration.
 L. s Mar>hals H. L. Remme and Frank Waves spent several days in Washington recently for the purpose of finding out the choice of= Ark ansas Republicans for president After consult ing with President Roosevelt and Powell Clay ton il was their unanimous opinion that Arkan- sas k enthusiastically for Taft So it's alI set ted
 The report that Donaghey rode a freight train out of Pine Bluff the other day in his haste tc get out of town to escape joint discussion with the other candidates for governor k pronounced By his friends to be a vile sander It is surpris- ing al the number of slanderous stories that can be started d good man when he starts out to run for office.
 The fact that there twenty-three divorce cases doeketed for the present term of ehancery court again emphasizes the ease with which peo- pie max get married and the up-to-date facilities provided by modern civilization and progress for
 
 Iy. If divorces were less easy to obtain there would probably be fewer hasty marriages.
 The members of the state charity board who were recently deposed by Governor Pinda1. but who refused surrender their office on the ground that the governor had no authority to remove them, were last week sustained by the circuit court. The action of the circuit court will probably not be accepted hnal, however, and the case aiH likely go to the supreme court.
 call has been issued for meeting of the Democrats of rexa, to be held at Waco March : to protest against the election of Senator Bailey as detegate-at-farge to the national convention. Among other things tile call says; His attempt to dictate the nomination ot candidates for state officers pledged to his interest rather than the public welfare creates political emergency such x never before eonfr nted Southern state It k very evident that those Texas Democrats haven't been keeping themselves posted on events Tn Arkansas.
 Fayetteville people have been agitated consid- erably here of late over the number of entrances that the new postotfce building 10 be erected by the goyernmen. will have. It k to be built in the center of the square, and of course none of the business men wanted to be back, of the postof1ce and in order to please everybody ef- fort was made to have four entrances, but th1s was not found practicable, so by agreeing to give them an entrance on the west, north and east sides, with an entrance from the south side for