The log cabin Democrat., 1908-11-25
FROM THE
 CAPITAL CITY


 Little Rock. Nov. 5.-The fifty fifth session of the Little Rock con- ference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South formally opened at the First Methodist church, Bishop E. R. Hendrix presiding. There were about 500 in attendance. The conference went immediately to work with the appointment of committees The examinations were conducted yesterday afternoon for the entrance of new ministers. There will be no session of the con- ference tomorrow and there will be no conference sermon, Bishop Hendrix having been chosen to deliver the sermon at the union services of the Hunter Memorial church tomorrow morning.
 Dr. C. B. Wilmar, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal church, iii At lanta, who came to Little Rock and occupied the pulpit in Christ's Church one Sunday and was re- quested to became the rector of the church, after considering the call for several weeks, has decided to remain i'll Atlanta.
 People of Arkansas must think I am governor of tbe state," re- marked Ben Griffin, former secre- tary of the Farmers Union yester day when he was in the city, for my mail every day is heavy with appeals from someone in Baxter county, and someone in Pike coun- ty, and someone in Drew county, and so on all asking me to get them a job. They have missed their guess, I am a plain farmer now, but go out on my own hook now and then to give a few Farmers Union lectures.
 Former secretary Griffin says he is now farming and this year made a bale and a part-bale of weeds and part cotton. He says the farm CTS over the state are holding some but very little. He also prophe- sies a material reduction of acreage next year.
 Providence seems now to care for the state farm, more than other portions of the state, in order to make up for the washing of the cotton by the spring rain. While there were heavy rains in almost all parts of the state Monday, very little fell at the farm, and the 45 convicts taken there by Warden Smith were able to go right in and assist in the gathering of the crop Tuesday. Two weeks more of clear weather will see the entire crop at the farm picked. There will be about 1000 bales, against 1875 fast year.
 Answers to the inquiries as to crop conditions, sent out by Com missioner Guy B. Tucker, are com ing in slowly. He has received over half the reports of the 75 counties of the state so far, but not a sufficient number to issue his final report. The reports received show the crop to be considerably better than was anticipated, and most of it picked and sold.
 The Little Rock High School football team, chaperoned by Supt. B. w. Torreyson, of the Little Rock schools, and accompanied by number of school boys and girls, leave tonight for Fort Smith, where the Little Rock team tomorrow meets the team of the Fort Smith High School, in a game to decide the championship of the state. Neither team has lost game this year, and each has defeated its op- poaents by topheavy scores. Little Rock has met the stronger teams oi the two, and the local rooters are counting upon an easy victory from the Fo1t Smith team.
 Attorney General Kirby is con templating a trip to Washington tc appear in the Supreme Court of the United States Monday, to argue