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The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-09-10
SPRINGFIELD.

We had nice rain Friday.
c. c. Morgan and family and J. L.
Morgan and family of near Vilonia Wis
tied friends and attended church here
the past week.
W. R. Hairston and family of Con-
way attended the meeting here the past
week.
Iohn Hairston aud family of Morrill,
ton attended the meeting here last
week.
Rev. Brown of Lanty spent the past
week here among friends.
A. S. Thompson spent the past week
out in the northwest part of the county
in the interest of his school here.
Edmond Wilson of Damascus is erect
ing a nice cottage on his property about
one mile southwest of town.
G. w. Ford and family of Conway at
tended the meetings here last week.
r. l.. Armor and sister, Miss Dannle,
and Miss May Lockhart spent the first
of last week at Ozark attending the
Amrill- Hutchinson meeting.
Rev. J. H. Glass, presiding elder of
the Morrilton district, came out from
Conway Saturday and held quarterly
conference here.
Dan Morgan and family of Oklahoma
vitited relatives and friends here the
past week.
John E. Lyon and Earl Mayhem of
Greenbrier visited Will A. Berry the
latter part of the week.
A. d. Malone and VIM. Hanna were
out from Plumerville Sunday.
There were crowds of people here
Sunday from every place within IS
miles of this place to listen to Irwin F.
Harris preach.
w. Z. Halbrook, principal of the
Choctaw High School, visited us the
past week.
!. d. Bolton, who was reported as
seriously i'll last week, is yet very low
and grave fears are held for his recov-
cry.
Elmer Schoggen and wife left for
Ouitman Saturday, where he began his
school work Monday.
The farmers have begun to pick cot
ton, and claim the crop considerably
shorter than was previously thought
to be. Sept. 7.
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WOOSTER.

Mrs. Nettie Wofford and son, Willie,
visited relatives at Conway last week.
Mrs. Mary Patton and son, Leon,
were sick last week.
A. J. Burks, Mr.. and Mrs. f. Law
renee and Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Reynolds
attended Baptist association near Oar
danelle last week.
Prof. Beckett began a singing school
at Cadron church near here Friday.
w. W. Reed of Greenbrier, who is
building G. w. McClain's residence,
spent Sunday with home folks.
Ira Hartman was the first to bring 1908
cotton through Wooster last Saturday.
Jim Patton will complete his new res
idence here soon.
S. J. McMahan and family visited the
family of w. w. Reed near Greenbrier
yesterday.
A. d. Hogan went to Conway Monday
w. P. Shaw and Barney Graham went
to Conway Friday.
Miss Ora Arnold and Otis Kemper of
Hammondsville were the guests of Miss
Nora Patton yesterday.
Misses Nora and Alma Patton enter
tanned quite number of their friends
here Saturday night, in honor of Miss
Arnold of Hammondsville and Miss
Kitty Sims of Damascus. All enjoyed
a pleasant evening. Sept. 7.
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SALTILLO.

The weather is hot and dry and there
is lots of sickness.
We are sorry to note the death OF j..
H. Walls of near Engleside. The be-
reaved wife and children have the SYM
pathv of the entire community.
Saltillo Camp No. 4S2 w. o. w. will
unveil the monument of Willie I.
Kelley at Oak Bowery cemetery on the
first Sunday in October, at ? p. m. All
neighboring camps are invited to attend
and take part in the exercises.
T. H. Vestal had the misfortune to
get one of his fingers nearly mashed Oft
a few days ago in hay press.
Clint Venable has hired to I. II. Yes
tai for the fall season.
The people of this neighborhood have
been blowing about their cotton crop
a great deal lately. But the last two
weeks has caused many to change their
minds, and they are now all reporting a
short crop.
The Saltillo Milling Co. blew their
whistle Saturday to notify the boys that
they were ready to do business in the
ginning line.
Mrs. w. l.. Johnson. Jr., is on the
sick list.
Well, boys, give the nominees good
majority on next Monday IA be sure to
forget the independent man. Vote her
straight Sept. s.
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GREEN BRIER.

John Lyon and Earl Mayhem were at
Springfield several days lately.
A. A. Wilson and family and Prof. L..
T. Kennamore and family attended SER
vices at Springfield Sunday.
w. NJ. Lyon was in Tuesday.
The work on the public school build
ing here is under the management of H..
L. Tyler and is moving along nicely.
Mrs. James Glenn is visiting i'll east
ern Arkansas and Tennessee this week.
w. NJ. Owen and sister, Miss Clara,
are attending the holiness campmeeting
at Ozark this week.
w. A. Waddell and Bart Glenn
brought in the first two bales of cotton
to be ginned here last Thursday.
c. H. Chuck has purchased horse
and buggy, He says prosperity has him
good and hard.
J. A. Mobbs of Voca, Okla, is here
visiting relatives and friends and look
ing after other business. He says old
Faulkner county still looks good to
him.
J. S. Dickens left Saturday evening
for Ozark to attend the holiness camp
meeting and hear Bud Robinson, the
evangelist, preach. Sept. 7.
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CATO.

The protracted meeting commenced
here last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haze of Argenta are
visiting relatives here.
Henry Price, who has been working
in Little Rock, died last Tuesday and
was brought home and buried We'd
nesday.
DR.. Webbs baby died in Argenta Fri
day and was buried at Cato Saturday.
Mrs. Pruett of Little Rock is here
visiting her niece, Mrs. Harrell.
Mesdames Webb and Thomas are here
visiting their mother, Mrs. Dock Den
mis-, few days.
w. R. Flack of Oklahoma has been
here for several days.
c. Mcpherson and wife visited DR..
Pairet's family yesterday.
Quite a crowd went to the baptising
at Harmony Sunday.
Mr.. Diffee will start tomorrow for
Oklahoma TO look for location.
Uncle John Huddleston has been real
sick the past week, but is now reported
as some better. Sept. 7.
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DAMASCUS.

This vicinity has been visited by an
other qrouud-soaking rain which fell
last Friday morning. .
walter GRAY shipped 90 head of cat
tie to St Louis from Conway last wee K.
He is at Flat Rock and Heber this week.
There is still plenty OF sickness III
this community.
Judge Linn sold to MI bOA hne
Young horse last week.
lanes ZONES started last Thursday on
a far west trip for the beneht OF ms
health He will go to some point III
New Mexico. 5
Yancey & Barrett have glnned anu
put up one bale OF cotton to GATE.
title Frank HUT is very Ill with re-
mittent fever at this writing.
Sorghum making is the order OF the
day in our vicinity at the present.
Frank Thomson is reported on the
sick list this week.
There are new ones making arrange
ments every week to attend Damascus
high school. hoar
very i'll for the last few days with spinal
and nervous troubles.
Several in our community are PICK
ing cotton this week.
The infant of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Cunningham is reported very Ill at this
writing. .:,,;
w. 0. Wilson of our town is building
an up-to-date modern cottage on MS
farm at Springfield.
Grandma Lydia Hutto of this place
is reported as being ia very feeble
health
Mr.. and Mrs. A. f. Newton OF our
town are visiting their daughter, MIS-.
Ida tones of Oklahoma.
William Gilmore is erecting a new
residence in the south part OF town;
A number of our boys were summoned
to attend circuit court IN Van buren,
county this week.
From all appearance cotton crops
will be very short in our community.
The Van Buren, county candidates
will speak here on Sept. 10.
All who contemplate attending hlgn
school this fall and winter Will DO well
to investigate the Damascus high schooi
before entering anywhere else.
Damascus has the best Sunday school,
prayer meeting and other religious IN
fuences of any interior town IN the TWO
adjoining counties.
Politics is now at fever heat on the
streets of our town though it will all be
over after next Monday. Sept. s.
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CENTERVILLE.

We had a nice rain the past week
which was very much needed for pota-
toes, turnips and pastures.
1t is now certain that the cotton crop
will not make but about half of what
was expected.
John Thomas went to Conway yester-
day with his bl other-inlaw, who is 10.
eating at Sandtown.
w. c. Troxell and wife have returned
from their visit to Texas and seem to
like home.
w. A. Woolly and family of Heber
will return to their home today. They
have been visiting here for several days.
Mrs. Sarah Williams is slowly i'm
proving from an operation which she
had performed some time ago.
Our school was out last Friday. The
directors secured Prof. Herring to teach
our winter school.
S. w. Cardin of Happy Valley was
here Yesterday.
H. g. Perry and family went to Con-
way last week to have the little boy at
tended He is under the treatment of
Drs. Brown & Westerheld.
Quinton Snow and Ewing Woolly left
yesterday for Lonoke county, where
they intend to pick cotton.
Sorghum making is now in full blast.
Tommy Johnson had the misfortune
of stepping on a nail one day last week
which inflicted a very painful wound.
Rome Williams and children visited
at Barney Saturday night and Sunday.
A My. Ward of Wooster was here last
week. From the signs OF the times
wedding bells Will be ringing soon
Misses Maud Storms of Beebe, Myrtle
Spain, Maud Kimble and Ruth Kimble
of Quitman were the guests of Mrs O. J.
Woolly day before yesterday. The
young ladies were accompanied by
Messrs. Owen and Robins of Rosebud
and Jesse Maneese and Oats Woolly of
Quitman.
The interest in the meeting here is
growing. 1t is likely the meeting wi
continue through this week. Sept. &.
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REPUBLICAN,.

We are having some cold nights at
present.
Ham Mobbs is transacting business in
Conway today.
John Lane has returned from Gle
burn county after two weeks visit
among friends and relatives.
J. P. Lyons was numbered with the
sick lass week but is better at this writ
ing.
A large crowd from here attended the
Harris meeting at Springfield last week.
Ira Harmon carried new bale of cot
ton to Conway last week.
Homer Belote of Happy Valley is
hauling lumber from divers saw mill
to build himself house.
A heavy rain visited this section last
Friday.
d. NJ. Shipley has purchased a farm
in Glenn-town and moved to it Friday.
George Newburn made a business trip
to Conway last week.
Lucian Major of Conway visited his
daughter, Miss Icie, here last Sunday.
E. S. Henderson was out peddling in
Glennt town last week for H. J. Mobbs.
Tom Lane returned 10 his home in
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Faulkner COUNTY NEWS
Items of interest gathered by special correspondents
for the thousands of Log Cabin Democrat readers.
ROUND MOUNTAIN.

Mrs. w. 7. Hall returned home last
week after spending month with rela-
tives at Conway and Springfield. She
is much improved in health.
Died, on last Thursday, w. IL.
Chrouch, with paralysis. He had not
been in good health for year or two.
Mrs. Blackwell and Miss Fife Day
visited their sister, Mrs. Geo. Saterteld
last Monday.
I. M. Hardin is working with Henry
Curedon in the life insurance business.
DR.. Frank Sweet of Casa was called
to attend his step-father, Mr.. Chrouch,
last week.
Ebert Sewer and wife of Houston at
tended the funeral of Mr.. Chrouch last
week.
Bro. J. D. Roland preached the funer.
al of Mr.. Chrouch last Thursday and
announced that the protracted meeting
here would begin next Sunday night.
Cotton picking is opening up this
week in earnest and the crop Is going
to be very short.
Galley Sewer has returned home from
Kansas and says old Arkansas looks
good to him.
w. M. Barley and wife visited w. 7.
Hall and family Sunday evening.
Mrs. Emma Cureton and children Wis
tied at Conway several days last week
returning home Saturday.
Ben Goodman has moved his family
to the Mountain for month or two.
Sept. 7.
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Elder Mason Commended.

Editor Log Cabin Democrat;
Elder w. B. Mason, formerly OF
Guy, your county, now OF Quit
man, Ark, has been in and near
this place for the last 80 days,
preaching the gospel of Christ for
the Christian people. AS he came
truly recommended as Christian
gentlemen in every respect and
worthy in the cause of Christ, we
wish to say that Bro. Mason got
his lesson before he came here,
and is a defender of the blessed
gospel. He has Just closed de-
bate with an inhdel, Harmon
Nowlen, and we of the Baptist,
Methodist and Christian faith de-
sire to say through the columns OF
The Log Cabin Democrat that
Bro. Mason is a power in Gods.
work, never tires and is always
ready for the service of the Lord.
J. w. EVANS,
CHARLEY DICKENS,
N. J. Waller.
Hope, Ark, Aug. 80.
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MOUNT VERNON.

Rev. Cantrell filled his appointment
at the Baptist church day before yesteI-
dav. He delivered interesting sermons
I. B. and Charley Taylor OF Argenta
are in town visiting B. H. Taylor
Mrs. NJ. S. Brown and niece, MISS
Corinue Ingram are to leave today tor
visit to relatives at Conway.
NJ. A. lobe and Armstrong keathly
left TODAY for Little Rock with herd oil
cattle.
Leo Grafton and Mrs. John Ingram OF
Conway visited relatives and 1rlehds
here last Sunday.
w. M. ZONES of Heber and J. B. Jones
of Trenton, Tenn, are visiting their
brother, E. E. Jones.
Rev. Cantrell immersed Lilburn and
Wavnene Henry in the mill pond Sun
dav morning. All their friends were
glad to see them take this noble step.
Rev Gus Graham and wife of South
ern Arkansas visited the family OF /. I.
Watson last week. :,
Misses Flotie Fisher of Rose Bud and
Mable Charles of Conway, who IS tea2h,
ing school at Nebo, spent Saturday anu
Sunday at the home of E. E. ones.
Crawford Strickl land of Beebe visited
"friends" here day before yesterday.
Edgar Henry has returned from VS.
it to Little Rock.
Mrs. Leila Smith and children OF Lit
tie Rock are visiting at the home OF
Mrs Smiths mother, Mrs. Mat Ussery.
Miss Elma Ingram and Minnie ZEE
ZONES visited in Rose Bud one day last
week.
5. P. Grafton and son, Leslie, of Enola
were in town Friday.
The Sulphur Springs and Mt, Vernon
boys played game of ball here last
week, the score being to 10 IN favor OF
of the former.
We had quite hail storm with much
wind and rain in and near town day be-
fore yesterday night which did some
damage to crops and broke out fe"
window lights.
E. E. Jones has sold over one hun.
bred thousand shingles this summer
and has bought one hundred thousand
more to sell. People are improving
their homes and farms in a substantial
way.
II. E. McCaig has the first bale Of
cotton here. Sept. s
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BRISTOL.

Will Young is building new barn.
John Day of Chicago is visiting his
brother, E. w. Day.
Rev. las. Moore of Quitman has COM
menced ten days meeting at Hogue
tabernacle.
Bros. Moore and Pruitt will commence
a meeting at Union Hill Church the
third Sunday in this month.
Ed Pruitt is preparing to move TO
Lonoke county.
We are informed that Esq. Jack Hen
nv has accepted position with Con-
way business firm and will move to
Conway Monday.
The road supervisors are doing splen-
did work on the roads.
Hon. Isaac Reynolds, candidate for
county and probate Judge, delivered an
interesting address here one evening
last week.
The cotton crop here is not any bet
ter if as good as last season.
Rufe Brown and his two children are
sick.
Doss Stone is able to be out again.
Looney Gunter is very sick with ma
larial fever.
John Wells is reported quite sick.
Mrs. Ola Hunter, who has been visit
ing relatives here returned to her nome
in Vilonia Saturday.
7. c. Wells has returned from two
weeks visit in Oklahoma.
Mrs. Annie Strickland is having
new addition built to her residence: =.
Mr.. Mangrum has about completed
his new residence.
Lee Stone is painting his house which
adds much to its appearance.
The infant of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Stone
died August 80.
After several weeks visit in Illinois
and Indiana your scribe is back in old
Arkansas, the best all-round poor
mans state in this great union OF states.
1t takes about $4,000 to fit farmer out
as a renter in Illinois or Indiana. The
renter furnishes every thing except the
land and pays half the crop as rent, be-
sides paying rent on dwelling house,
barns and garden. While in the north
had the pleasure of meeting our Ark
ansas State Geologist, Fred Whitlock,
who was visiting his mother in our old
home town. Mr.. Whitlock made the
trip from Little Rock to Terre Haute,
Ind, in his automobile. We talked
with several people who are planning
to move to Arkansas this fall. They
would hardly believe land was selling
as low as $40 per acre in Arkansas.
Sept. 7.
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ROCKY GAP.

Joe L. Adams went to Conway today
A protracted meeting began here Sat
urday night and will continue all this
week.
Andrew Jarrett has gone to Little
Rock to be treated for rheumatism.
ID. o. Harton and son, George, are
here today.
Thos. Williams of Perryville is here
this week.
John Ingram gave the Sunday school
a splendid talk Sunday.
"Old Button" MI. Singers horse,
hung himself lately, and is now where
all good horses go.
The l. o. o. f., with the help of the
Conway team, put two candidates
through the initiation degree Thursday
night. Sept. s.
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HOLL

Quite nice shower fell night before
last, with some hail, but not enough to
damage crops in this section.
Mr.. Surratt, our road overseer, has
been very busy with the boys for the
past month repairing the roads. Good
for him, he is the right man in the
right place.
G. w. Burks, our worthy black smith
returned from Plainview last week
where he has been prospecting. He
says he likes Holland better than Plain
view.
Erwin Surratt and wife, accompanied
by Grandma Tucker, are visiting at He
Der.
]. B. Fleming and H. M. McGaha
went to Conway today.
Mrs. Mollie Rains is still very sick.
Our farmers are very busy this week
picking cotton and peas.
Rev. Flippen closed very successful
meeting at Oakland night before last.
l.. P. Grisham went to Heber last
week.
S. H. McCarty had one of his colts
cut very badly on barbed wire last week
F. NJ. Dowdy and wife went to Gin
ton last week to visit their daughter,
Mrs. James Thomas.
Mrs. Bell Atkins and daughter, Miss
Winnie, of Cadron Valley attended
church at Oakland day before yester-
day.
H. L. Parsons and family went to
Barney last week to visit Mrs. Powell
Mrs. Maud Spruce and little son of
Little Rock are visiting relatives at Hol-
land this week. Sept. s.
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CHADWICK.
Health is good

Health is good.
Crops looking badly.
We had big rain that damaged cot
ton nightly last night.
]. NJ. Jeffries and wife, Will Dillon
and wife and j. c. Jones and wife of
this place attended the baptising at
Harmony yesterday.
G. c. Jones went to Ola last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Tucker of Harmony
visited their daughter at this place day
before yesterday.
]. NJ. Jeffries carried cotton to Con-
way last week.
T. F. Jones and Mr.. Phillips of Ar
genta was here last week.
w. S. Riggs has moved his saw mill
down on Calouge creek. Sept. s.
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Little Rock today after a months visit
with his father and other relatives.
Several from here attended the bap-
Using on Mill creek last Sunday.
The Missionary Baptists filled their
regular appointment here last Sunday
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LONG STREET FIGHT
ON THE SABBATH

at the end of their fierce twenty-min-
ute round
\ crowd Of spectators watched the
contest. and was constantly augmented
as minute after minute went hy and
no knockout vas scored. Clever work
on either side VAS mpartially APP
plaudcd.
When the contestants had quit.
through exhaustion and by seeming
mutual consent. the burly form Of
Chief Larson was seen coming down
Front street. He was running. and
seemed anxious to take a hand i'm the
fray. The chief got there just in time
to see the fighters disappear i'm saloons
on opposite sides of the street The
crowd gave the chief the "Ha Hat"
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-11-02

spirited street fight took place
yesterday. shortly after the noon
hour, at the junction of Front street
and Lanes way
rhe combatants We're tall man and
a hot man. names unknown. who
seemed to have strong grievance
each for the other. At any rate they
fousnt viciously and gamely for fully
twenty minutes.
The tide of battle ebbed and flowed
up and down Front street and down
Lanes way nearly to the beach and
back again. Blood flowed freely. and
the honors shifted from one To another
of the contestants. varying with the
vantage ground and slippings incident
TO fisticuffs on an icy arena The
fighters We're both pretty well blown
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SKATING RINK
TO OPEN SOON

The Golden Gate Skating rink, which
Mas the source al 81 much enjoyment
last winter, will be reopeued within
thu next TWO or three days An Of the
arrangements have hoeu practically
completed and TIE ice put iu tho best
# condition.
Many special attractions viii he
offered At the Golden cate rink this
year and it bids fair to b. ono Of the
most popular places la town.
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HE RESISTED
and COT SHOT
Nuggets Special Service.

PORTLAND. NOV. - Il. Daney
Was killed today by Patrolman Stahl
because he resisted arrest
Daney is Thought Ia be Tire Great
Northern car thief who is wanted i'm
Seattl" hy the authorities.
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NOME HIGH SCHOOL
TEAM ACCEPTS CHALLENGE

The high school basketball team has
accepted the challenge of the Fort
Davis basketball team for the Shaw
Brewster trophy The dates viii be
arranged shortly The Fort Davis
team i practicing for the event.
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BOILER FOR SALE.

Good 9Th. p. boiler for sale In,
quire J. Nugget
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-11-02
AT THE CRESCENT.

ROOMS for the winter 81. S2o go
per month.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-11-02

Warm. pleasant rooms. from $40 to
SIC, at the Arlington. Call and see
them.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-11-02
THE SENATOR
i'm SEATTLE
Nuggets Special Service.

SEATTLE. Nov. The Senator ar
liyed this morning. and reports lad
weather cucuuutt.r-
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Call up Peoples Laundry for rough
dry work
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-11-02

Imported coburser draft beer on tap
at Board of Trade.
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MUSIC LESSONS.

VIOLIN LESSONS \. pa1
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-11-02

6latz Private Stock a. the Bank.
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Billiards and pool. Board of Tra1s