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The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-02-18
PLANS FOR BAPTIST CHURCH
Decided Upon by the Building
Committee.
Work on New House of Worship to Begin
Within Thirty
Days.
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY,

At a meeting OF the general build
ing committee held yesterday af-
ternoon plans for the new Baptist
church were adopted, and it is ex-
pected that work upon the structure
will begin within the next thirty
days. When asked for particulars
this morning, Pastor J. ]. Hurt
made the following statement:
cat the request of our committee
several weeks ago Mr.. Chas. L.
Thompson, of Little Rock, and I
took a trip through certain parts
of Arkansas and Texas for the pur-
pose of inspecting some of the most
modern and best equipped church
houses. Mr.. Thompson then drew
plans for our building, incorporat-
ing as far as possible the most at
tractive features embodied in the
buildings we saw.
"We believe that our church
building will be beautiful in sim
plicity, and one of which the entire
town may we'll be proud. The
means at our disposal will not ad-
nit of much fancy work, but the
fnishings will be in good taste.
The building will face eighty feet
on Robinson avenue, and the
main entrance will be on this street.
The main auditorium will accomo-
date 600 persons. Adjoining this
on the left will be the Sunday
school auditorium, which may
be thrown into the main audito-
rum by removing sliding
partition, thus giving 500 ad-
ditional seats. There will 21
Sunday school class rooms. The
building will be of brick, trimmed
with stone.
"The committee thought best
not to fix any definite amount for
the total cost, but rather to proceed
cautiously. The plans adopted
were with reference to the general
design only, and the building may
be constructed at from SIS 900 up,
depending upon the amount OF
money that may be raised. The
committee thought it unwise to go
into debt for any considerable
amount at any time. Outside as
sistance has been prom ised, but
the amount has not been named
definitely. The total amount OF
money to be put into the building,
therefore, will depend very largely
upon how much can be raised out
side of Conway.
The detailed specifications for
foundation and brick work will be
ready by the latter part OF this
week. Bids will then be received
for the work, and there is no reason
why it should not be commenced
by March S to 10. The first in
stalment on the subscriptions will
be due March I, and the work on
the structure will move forward
Just as fast as the money can be
COLLECTED -
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-02-18
To Build Addition.

Sam Sarason has let to S. NJ.
Apple the contract for building a
second story to the one story adj
dition at the rear of his store. All
of the rear walls will be torn away
in order TO put up an IS-inch wall
for the lower story and I2-inch for
the upper story. The work will
be begun at once.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-02-18
Agent Not Yet Named.

Secretary G. L. Banner of the
Board of Trade has not yet been
advised by State Agent ]. A.
Evans of the appointment of a
special agent for the agricultural
work in Faulkner county. Special
Agent w. ]. Apple took trip
through the county last week and
found every thing in good shape.
The county agent is expected to
euter upon his duties next week.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-02-18

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Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-02
DR.. LOCKE MERELY coMBATs
MODERN SPIRIT OF INQUIRY

Los ANGELES, March 1.-[Editor
Herald1: DR.. Locke thinks all the
world loves a fighter. Perhaps, but not
the sort of a fighter who gets knocked
out in the first half minute OF the first
round. Not the sort OF warrior who
starts an attack on the impuriey OF
the modern stage by signing for the
morality of the classic drama.
l wonder If DR.. Locke appreciates the
sort If fight he is up against. He is
simply bucking the modern spirit of
inquiry, being himself member of the
Index expurgatorius" school.
To DR.. Locke, as to all the suppress
sors. a long list of institutions is sa-
cred-"my country" the home, the
church, etc., etc. Whatever else may
be criticised they must be immune.
Unfortunately for the doctor the SCI
'entitic spirit, which has conquered the
world, takes exactly the opposite view.
holding, in fact, that the more sacred
a thing is considered the more 1t must
be turned over and examined to see II
1t is not a fraud.
You talk of patriotism. All, patriot
ism is often the last refuge Of scoun-
drels." We must put it under the mi
croscope. The home-the home Is often
another name for "let the world go to
the Dickens so long as / and mine
flourish; let US probe 1t. The church
the church may be the ranlSest super
stition; let US give 1t an overhauling.
II DR.. Locke thinks he can kill the
modern spirit of criticism he has my
sympathy. I hardly think he will have
the sympathy of the wideawake, liberal
newspapers C. Il. SPREADING.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-02
SHOWS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THEOLOGY AND RELIGION

LONG BEACH. Feb. 2s.-[Editor
Herald: l have no quarrel with De
Witt Clinton. He is of a class 1 have
known for many years. Their chief
characteristics are prejudice and ig-
norance. Possibly not ignorance of
books, but of the truth. Like ali of
them he confounds religion with the
ology. They are alike as are light and
darkness. Religion means the relation
that man bears TO God and is the SCI
ence of mans spiritual nature. The
ology is the theory and practice of
priestcraft. Religion is peace, purity,
love, charity. justice, right living,
beauty of soul; the spirit that the
great Nazarene taught and lived. and
that here and there few of his fol-
lowers have taught and lived. The
intolerance, cruelty. The whole cata-
logue of crime spells its history. Re-
lfgion lives in the individual soul, in
spires 1t to noble Deeds has no fellow
ship with institutions, organizes none.
Theology has been setting up its braz-
en- images in all time and prosecuting
to the death all who would not crook
the knee in worship of them. Theology
has killed the prophets" from the be-
ginning of time. II hung Jesus on the
accursed tree, and IL he or one of his
disciples should appear today theology
would cruelty hint must, In self de-
Tense. / say 1t would-no, 1t wouldn't.
We. the people would save him. Every
man and woman has a portion OF re-
ligion in his self. 1t has always been
so. Sometimes the religion is mightier
than the theology, and that life is
noble, beneficent. Sometimes the the
ology is dominant and the life Is in
famous. cruel Internal in thought and
deed. Religion has always been help
ing man to rid himself of oppression,
to lift himself to higher levels, to dis
suade him from war and make him to
love his fellow men. Theology has
spent its power In riveting chains upon
mans body and soul. 1t is the despot
and robber of the poor in every land
where the people are not In revolt
against 1t.
sENEx.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-02
HOMAGE
HOMAGE in the United States.
III Humbug.

HOMAGE in the United States.
II Humbug,
- 1t cannot be true.
Yet the morning Hearst paper says
Mr.. Taft, who in few days will he
in Washington in a fine new automobile
decorated with the national coat of
arms, that the congregation of the
church at which he worshiped stood up
until he had taken his seat, and stood
up until he had left the church--in all
this fuss and ceremony strictly con-
forming to what some people may call
royal etiquette, and what we call
fatiguing funkeyism. 1t certainly must
have made bluff blunt Bill Taft very,
very tired.
But the yellow journal brings an ac-
cusation against citizens of the United
States which should not be passed over
lightly. If true, it is a painful and
pitiable example of the drift from the
first principles of Americanism which
has been responsible for much trouble.
The published report says that at the
church attended by Mr.. Taft there was
a big crowd waiting to do homage to
him"
We do not know what was the form
of homage rendered to Mr.. Taft by the
big crowd. Perhaps the men and
women knelt down. Perhaps they made
a human corduroy road, over which he
walked. We cannot believe they went
SO far as to stand on their heads. But
our contemporary says they did
homage" This is familiar word in
connection with royalty, especially at
coronation time, but an inauguration
is not a coronation.
Surely our contemporary is mistaken
in saying the crowd waited to do hom-
age to Mr.. Taft.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-02
Here Is q Correct List
of Railroad Stock Holders

Lord strathoona -. 100000 2,sso,ooo
Margaret Howard -. 100000 l'fVe'VoV
The Great Northern is known as
Hills road, but Il appears that he Is
now more largely interested in the com.
peting line. The principal indiviuuai
stakeholder In the New York, new
Haven & Hartford company Is L. z.
Ledyard, with par holdings Of $2,0b4, 200.
], p. Morgan owns $507 900 of the stock:
c. M. Pratt. 100000, and w. w. Aston,
$500, 100. The Mutual Life company or
New York hold 1864, 900 Of New Haven
stock, the American Express company.
$2,849,300, and the Pennsylvania rail-
road, 100000. II. c. Prick holds S4,5OO-
900 in the stocks of the Chicago ~
Northwestern, "a. 900 of Pennsylvania
stock and Sc, 900 Of Norfolk q West
ern. OF the Union Pacific the Wall
Street Journal says:
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and II. II. Harri-
man alone are registered holders or
$50, 900, 900 of all the Union Pacific stock
outstanding. In addition to the regis
tered names shown above, there are
large blocks of shares in the hands OF
banking affiliations of Kuhn, Loeb 81
Co. in various parts of Europe, togeth-
err with large blocks of the stock held
In various houses in New York, which
evidently represent Kuhn-Loeb or Har-
riman affiliations. 1t is evident that
Messrs. Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and 70. III.
Hartman manage to keep their finger
on upward of 100000, 900 OF the entire
stock of the Union Pacific company.
Control rests with them, and of course
control of the Union Pacific means con-
troll of many things"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-02
TAKES EXCEPTION TO AN
EDITORIAL ON ROOSEVELT

ALTADENA, Feb. 2S.-[Editor Her
add: 1t is usually possible and a
pleasure to say amen" to each of The
Herald's editorials, especially when you
deal with a subject such as "child
labor as you did SO ably in this morn
ing's Sunday edition, but 1t Is positive
ly nauseating to read the poor apology
which you make for President Roose-
velt's objectionable sin against the
people of India. You say that "At the
same time the church people before
whom the president lauded the Indian
government knew full well that IL 1t
were not for British rule in India there
would not be a Christian church or a
white missionary in Hindustan." IL the
death by starvation of 25,s00,000 human
beings and the further death of 100000
a month from the black plague, d.
rect result of poverty wholly incident
to British rule In India, Is the price
which India pays for her Christianiza-
ton, then it is price which should
bring the blush of shame to the race
of every man and woman in all Chris
tendon. To try to hide the presidents
gross betrayal of the cause OF humanity
behind the garments Of religion IS 10
bring all religion into the contempt OF
every right minded, self respecting man
and woman in the nation. For one
want to protest in the name OF God
and humanity against this Proclamation
of all true religion. Let not Teddy
ophobia" carry you so far as this. l
am a loyal supporter of The Herald
when The Herald Is right. but my very
soul revolts at this worse than special
pleading for the president, who is not
infallibie. ]. MALCoMB JONES.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-02
BELIEVES SOULS ARE KILLED
BY WRONG AND SELFlSHNESS

LOS ANGELES. March 1.-[Editor
Herald: In reference to the sacred
ness of Sunday, we have no reason to
believe, from the teachings of Jesus,
that he held one day more sacred than
another. The early apostles met and
worshiped on the first day of the week,
and some of them also kept the Jewish
Sabbath, but the first Christian ruler
of Rome was the first man to put a
Sunday law into effect. He seems to
have originated the idea that the day
was sacred, as he originated sons other
ideas which would have made the early
apostles gasp had they come to life in
his time. Some of the ideas which he
inherited from his pagan ancestors
have been handed down to us, which
I have learned from my own expert
ence. Imagine a young girl when she
comes to years of discretion waking UP
to the shocking fact that she is god
dess worshiper. find from the teach
ings of Jesus that Christianity is for
soul culture which is brought about by
the system OF life taught in the SER
mon on the mount, and keeping near to
God. 1.-THE soul that sinneth II shall
die" means the gradual killing out of
the soul by wrong and selfish worldly
living and by neglecting the spiritual
side OF our natures A YOUNG GIRL.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-02
CONTRASTS BERNARD sHAW's
WORK WITH THAT OF GOETHE

LOS ANGELES. March 1.-lEditor
Herald: If working Girl Went 70
see that classic drama, "Faust, can
understand her finding herself In .ne
most reckless frame of MIND ana goiils
on a jamboree, for the moral or tausl
is that all the wisdom that comes with
wears is not to be compared with YOUTH
AID wine and women. This was un-
uuestionably the great Goetnes iuea,
but then Goethe believed in life among
the celebrated lines in "Faust peing:
Seize human life at every point
where'er you touch there's interest
without end"
But if working Girl" felt hilarious
after seeing Mrs. Warren's Proies-
sion" she is certainly the queerest
woman l ever knew. The play, writ
ten by an ascetic--for Bernard Shaw
is a vegetarian, a total abstainer ana
n man who lives only to work ana
preach-is simply an ice cold douche I;
a disuuisition on he fact that what Is
politely called the white slave trai-
fic' is one of the most highly devel,
oned institutions of modern times, and
will remain so as long as economic
conditions render it impossible Tor
large masses of men to marry-as long
as we maintain large standing armies
and navies. for instance.
1 happened to have read the pay
and extracted from IL sofhe inNaiuaoiS
data for serious articles, and Went
to see II when it was performed here
recently. II Mr.. Locke thinks the
young bloods and old rakes of the town
made up the audience he is profoundly
mistaken.
There were a score of people there
whom knew, every one OF them so
cial students; the sort of folk VINO DO
settlement work and read papers on
economic problems We all sat as
solemn as owls, with an occasional
shudder when a Zolaesque description
of factory life was rolled out.
No: DIR. Locke may rest easy. WORK
ing Girl" was never contaminated by
seeing Mrs. Warren's Profession, ana
if he thinks he can prove to any one
who knows anything that Bernard
shaw Is an advocate of sexual license
he has another guess coming.
ECONOMIST.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-02
HARPER's MISTAKES

MAYOR HARPER'S appearance IN
M Eagles hall was characteristic.
AtA A man who said he had commit
ted forgery in order to attend one OF
the recall meetings made little talk
which evoked wild enthusiasm, and
then Mayor Harper received an ovation
In his address he said ED Kern's all
right, Notwithstanding that little fran
chise matter"
Mayor Harper has a right to devote
Sunday to campaign speeches. No one
can forbid him. No doubt he thinks
he is pressed for time, and must use
every minute.
But if he takes his Sunday receptions
to indicate that he will be vindicated
by the majority of his fellow citizens,
who are attending church or quietly
resting with their families while the
mayor is hobnobbing with his friends.
he is as badly mistaken as he is about
anything that has marked his career
of mistakes. This is not rowdy city.
It is not a bad town"
People who like to lead decent, sober,
respectable lives far outnumber those
who don't. This is a city to which
men bring their families, under the inn
preston that it is an ideal home and
family city. They know their wives
and daughters prefer clean city to
one that is dirty, and they come here.
They know a boy has a far better
chance of growing up straight" when
!, &c IN Inf If
gambling joints, dance halls, dives,
and all manner of lawbreaking insti-
buttons. Los Angeles loves to be clean.
That's the Los Angeles way" and it
attracts to this city clean men and
their clean families. Harper was elected
to office because he said he would give
the city clean, business mems admin
istration. Undoubtedly most of the
citizens who voted for him believed
him, and were deeply Disguised to find
he had merely used the plea of respect
ability as a vote-getter. Harper un-
doubtedly fooled most of the people
some of the time, and probably all of
the people some of the time, but he
cannot fool all of the people all of the
time. In fact, he cannot fool the peo-
pie any longer. He must surrender the
mayors chair and office to that hon
est and sincere citizen, George Alex
ander, who will honestly and sincere
ly administer the affairs of this city.
If anyone should be in doubt as to
the power behind the Harper campaign,
let him make an investigation as to
the sentiments and the voting inten-
tons of the Republican machine men.
Let him satisfy himself as to whether
the Republican Parker machine to
a man is not in favor of the cleo
ton of Harper. If Mr.. Harper is not
recognized machine mayor and ma
chine candidate, if he is not approved
and backed by this infamous Walter
Parker machine, why is it that every
machine influence in the city is sup
porting him?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-02
DEPEW REDIVIVUS

r THE dinner given by the Metro
n politan club of Washington to
n Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry,
Senator Chauncey M. Depew spoke on
1.-THE Navy"
Thus is Senator Depew reinstated as
the principal spokesman for the Amer
lean nation.
1t is wonderful how much the peo-
pie of this country will forgive in a
fellow citizen who has the gift O. the
CAB.
An ordinary human being, under the
strain and stress of the criticism lev
eled a, ainst Senator Depew, would
have been "down and out" long ago.
But, with constant consciousness of
amiability of intention, and backed by
the solid support of some of the rich
est men in the country, the oratorical
lawyer-plowboy from up the Hudson,
though other politicians may come and
others may go (under cloud), goes on
and on forever. In some respects Mr.,
Depew resembles Mr.. Gladstone. There
was not anything on earth on which
Mr.. Gladstone could not put plausible
face. His explanations were always
convincing. Once upon time, one of
his friends said to another, TOO bad
about Jones' 1t looked as if he would
have had bright career in parliament,
and here somebody has been and gone
and discovered he is a bigamist. He
has a wife too many, one whom he
married when he was a youngster-"
"A wife too many!" exclaimed the
other" That's nothing. Tell him to gct
Gladstone to explain her away"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-02
NOT HERE TO ARGUE, BUT TO
REVEAL ECONOMIC SOLUTION

LOS ANGELES. Feb. 2s.-[Editor
Herald; What's the matter with
America? It's a twenty four-hour
stretch for gold. What will cure Amer,
lea? Give each American all the goid
he needs. Who can supply 1t? The
trust. It's the mission OF the trus. 10
do that very thing. If the trust does
not mean just that to Americans, II
means nothing. Competition has had
its day. American civilization is done
with competition in business. It's
relic of barbarism. It's criminal for
Americans to take the best in a trade
from a child, a woman or a less skill
full man. 1t is viciously un-Amerlcan'
America means, If 1t stands for any
thing, of, for and by all Americans.
Trust, combine, corporation, co-opera-
ton are but different names for or, FOR
and by all Americans. America Is our
parish, our family, our civilization. We
dare not go outside our own family
jurisdiction.
l am not here to argue but TO re-
veal, to remind. Where is the business
man who does not already know that
the trust idea of business Is correct,
has come to stay, aye, is even now in
vincible, welding government, both
city and state, as child does toy.
And just as properly, government Is
only a defensive function, and neces-
sary only when the individual, or
America az a whole, needs defense.
The best governed is the least gov
erned. The greater the corporation the
more equitable until all Americans and
all productive property are included.
The transition from competition to
combination Is now on. God hasten
the time when of, for and by all
Americans shall be as much fact in
industry as 1t is now in government,
not as a part of (as Socialists adyo-
cate), but as a counterpart.
DOCTOR SMITH.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-02

A Los Angeles minister in his last
Sundays sermon pointed out that
Christ was a radical reformer. This
is true. Modern people think they
would not prosecute and cruelty him If
he returned to earth, but all human ex-
perience shows this thought to be err
ror. He would be arrested for speak
ing on the streets without a license.
He would be accused of sedition. He
would be imprisoned. No radical re-
former can hope to escape the fate of
all radical reformers, the greatest OF
whom was Jesus.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-02
A REFORMATORY PRISON

4 T the instance of the Common
"a wealth club of California, an Or
IA ganization devoted to social i'm
provement, a bill has been introduced
in the legislature to establish in this
state a reformatory prison.
The authors of the bill have pro-
ceeded on the idea that the penalty of
Imprisonment inflicted upon criminals
should have, as far as possible, a refor-
matory influence.
AS our prison system is at present
organized there is little or no attention
given to this most important part Of the
penal law. On the contrary, so brutal
izing are the associations of our state
prisons that a youthful criminal whose
nature has not been entirely warped
and ruined is likely to come out of a
prison term more thoroughly criminal
than when he enters one. of the places
provided by the law for the detention
of those members of society, who by
injuring society through some unlawful
act have shown that it is dangerous to
society to permit them to be at large.
A reformatory prison conducted upon
proper lines such as are laid down in
the bill should improve the character
and capacity of the criminal by making
him a better citizen and better equip
ping him to make an honest living
when he is again restored to society as
a free member of it.
The reformatory prison will include
an indeterminate sentence which will
contemplate the detention Of the GRIM
inal as long as he is unfit to be free
and his restoration to society when he
demonstrates that he is fit to be trusted
with liberty. AS the time of the pris-
oner's release depends upon himself,
this fact, of course, affords a powerful
incentive to reform.
The reformatory prison plan also in
cludes an educational system which
gives manual training and instruction
in trade and industrial occupations, to-
gether with instruction in the ele-
meLtary and higher classes of literary
education; gymnastic training, military
drill and other forms of control calcu-
lated to inspire self-respect in the crlm-
inal and make him not only a morally
better citizen, but industrially a more
useful citizen as well.
The state prison, as we now know it,
sends the discharged prisoner forth no
better equipped educationally than
when he entered the prison, and with
the stain of his convict experience upon
him and the moral deterioration which
is certain TO follow his association with
other hardened criminals.
The reformatory prisoner, on the
other hand, after having been taken
through an educational course which
makes him more intelligent and eff
ficient member of the community, is
released at first upon parole conditioned
upon his good behavior, and after en-
ployment has been secured for him
upon the recommendation of the re-
formatory officers, and he is finally dis
charged only when he has demonstrated
his moral ability to stand alone.
This class of prison discipline has
proved of great value in other states
where it has been tried 1t is in the
line of true reform, and the legislature
should by all means provide for its
trial in our state by passing the bill
providing for it,