The log cabin Democrat., 1909-05-14

well known fact, so well known that 1t excites general comment, that when Conway people find the com
 mon good at stake every chance of
 failure is eliminated by the erection of such hedge of harmony that
 harmony that jealousy and dis i cord cannot enter. A people so ab- sorbed in the general welfare lose sight of self and with the altruistic instinct dream of high ideals, and ill their waking moments energize every faculty to secure them"
 MT. Frauenthal gave a brief his tory of the erection of the build ing. The project, he said, was launched on Feb. IS, 1908, at a meeting of the citizens and the school board, at which a building to cost S4o, ,ooo was decided upon. A committee composed of Mir. Frauenthal, Mayor A. J. Witt and Secretary $. F.. Anderson of the board was appointed, and, through the legal firm Of Frauenthal X Robins, floated a bond issue of S27, 500 with the Mercantile Trust Go. of St. Louis. Architect Charles l.. Thompson of LittleRock was employed to draw the plans and John C. Hamilton was engag- ed as superintendent. A building committee was appointed, with D. o. Harton as chairman, which ad- vertised for bids, and on July IS, the contract was awarded to S. M Apple, whose bid was S35, ,ooo. It was later decided to have steel ceilings throughout the building, at an additional cost of S75o. Mir Apple agreed to take as part pay ment SIo,75o in second mostgage bonds at par, the last bond matur- ing in II years. The first mort gage bonds are payable annually, the last maturing in 20 years, and all bear six per cent interest.
 The board, said MT. Frauenthal, has purchased over 500 new desks and about GOO opera chairs, at a cost of S235o. With the amount contributed by the School Improve ment Association, he stated that the district was able to pay all but about SI5oo, which will be carried i'll equal payments for one and two years at six per cent. The old building, he said, would be sold and removed, and S35, ,ooo insur- ance had been secured on the new building.
 Mir. Fraucnthal paid a tribute to the women of the School Improve ment Association, who furnished the auditorium with electrical fix lures, had contributed $500 toward the purchase of desksand have at all times manifested deep interest in the school. He also rendered the thanks of the board to the senior class who presented beautiful table and some handsome chairs to the school.
 Concluding with word of praise for the faculty, MT. Frauenthal said: "To Prof. Waters, who is the type of the sincere, earnest teacher, and to his faithful assistants must be accorded tribute for jealous performance of duty, for much aid to us i'll our labors and for every endcavor to create out of the. raw stuff that is hidden i'll the boy a finer, stronger, broader, nobler type of man.
 A benediction by Rev. J. B. Steven on CT ded the exercises.
 Space forbids a description of the building, which is model one in every respect, capable of accom- modating 700 pupils, with the lat est devices for heating, lightning, and venelation. Of its construc- tion Architect Thompson said that Contractor Apple had erected a building far above the average. X (.a,- ;,,cNaot;o,,