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ever we feel duh we begin to paint to
each other the glories OF that wonder
full trip. Such sunsets, such gorgeous
flowers, such majestic effects IN noun
tains and canyons. We took de light in
the Indian reservations and in examining
the textile industries and marvellous rugs
and potteries. We are prouder of our
Indian curios than of any of the tro-
phieS of our travels.
Senator and Mrs Tillman have one of
the most interesting families to be found
in official Washington. They have five
children and five grandchildren and with
the combined generations they make up
one of the happiest groups describable.
The Oldest is the son, benjamin Ryan
Tillman, jr., who is associated with ms
father He is married and has three
dainty daughters who spend tWo-thirds
of their time with their grandparents.
Miss Iona Tillman is well known in So
cial circles She was the organizer and
first president of the club composed of
girls from the congressional families.
Miss Tillman now fayors affiliating with
the congressional club proper She has
many adtlerents in her own club and the
members of the other organization be-
lieve that the variety which the young
people would give the rather staid pro-
gram hitherto followed would prove ac-
ceptable.
The second son. Henry, is married and
resides in Greenvi'le, S. c. The youngest
daughter. Miss Sallie May Tillman. has
been living with her brother and attend
ing the seminary in that town.
Miss Sophie Tillman. the second daugh-
ter, has just graduated with high honors
from the Hollins Institute AT Roanoke.
Va. She received the degree of A. E.
with the first honors of her class. Miss
Sophie is still considering the PROPOSE
it is more than likely that she will desert
Minerva, at least for time, and make
her bow to society during the coming
winter.
Evening star., 1909-06-27

men and then drew the Mexicans after
him. After he got the Mexicans in ne
secretly sent Deaf Smith and some COM
panions around to the rear. and they, with
axes, destroyed Vince's bridge, practical
ly the only route of escape for either
army. Buffalo bayou, which skirted the
battlefield on one side, was In flood. San
Jacinto bay, which .bordered it on anoth-
.er side. was broad and deep. To the
south and partly to the west was mo-
rass. When Santa Anna and Houston
met, April y, 1885, the Mexican army
numbered LOO; the Texan, 700. The in
vading force was worn by long marches
and had no idea the Texans would haz-
ard general engagement. AS for the
Texans, they had to conquer then and
there or be butchered. But Houston had
no doubt of the result. That morning
when he awoke and saw the blazing sun
risen And it had.
AS battle San Jacinto stands unique.
The Texans charged once. Remember
the Alamo. Remember Goliad." was
their battle cry In fifteen minutes the
Mexican army was routed. OF the whole
1,1D, more than 700 We're slain, $50 were
wounded or taken prisoners and only a
few escaped. The Texans lost killed
and 30 wounded. Houston was shot
through the ankle. and his horse. after
being wounded ten times. dropped dead.
An empire had been won.
Santa Anna, in the uniform of a COM
mon soldier, was captured the following
day. He was on the bank of a bayou,
trying to escape. 1t was not until he was
brought into camp and the prisoners
shouted "El Presidentei" that his iden-
tity was discovered.
But for Houston Santa Anna would
have been killed; but. wise man that he
was, he knew that Santa Anna alive was
invaluable to Texas. while his assassina-
ton would bring upon the young republic
the condemnation Of the world. Only the
Will of Houston saved Santa Anna that
d and in the later days of his captivity
WIen he was condemned to death.
*
Houston's wound was so serious that it
nearly cost him his life. He had to be
taken to New Orleans for treatment.
When he returned in September he was
elected president of the republic, to serve
two years. Out of the chaos of the re-
public of that day he brought order and
system, but his successor, Mirabeau b.
Lamar, plunged Texas into an abyss of
debt. In 1S41 Houston again was elected
president. Meanwhile he had made a
trip east, and May 3, 1910, he married, in
Marion, Ala, margaret Moffette Lea. a
talented young woman, who eXerted a
powerful influence on his life from that
time
Houston sought by every means in his
power to bring about the annexation of
Texas to the United States. Three times
the formal proposition was made and
three times rejected. The north opposed
annexation because it meant another
slave state in the Union. Finally in
1874 James K. Polk was elected Presi-
dent of the United States on the annexa-
ton issue, and Mexico as was expected,
declared war.
From the state Of Texas Houston was
the first United States senator, He served
until March, 1859. Strange figure he was
in the Senate chamber, clad in tiger skin
suit, wearing big boots and his massive
form wrapped in an Indian blanket. His
ambition was to be President of the
United States, but the nearest he came to
Evening star., 1909-06-27

ROMANCE Which Led
II to Her Marriage With
Prominent Senator Was One
of Prettiest Known-She Is
One of the Best Known
Women in Public Life
Keeps Abreast of the Times,
But Is Devoted to Her Home
Her Present Hobby Is the
Cultivating of Asparagus.
Evening star., 1909-06-27

HEN I was a girl OF
about fifteen" said
Mrs. Benjamin Ryan
Tillnan to the
writer, 81 was sit
ting by a window in
my fathers house
on a rainy day In
the early spring.
This house was in
Elbert county. East
Georgia, and 1t was
near the great high
Evening star., 1909-06-27

and these days in the open are worth
winters waiting. Read of the barbecue
before the war and you will find that the
same program is still followed in South
Carolina.
1--WE are not much concerned about suf-
frage, and what is called so solemniy in
the north the new womans movement
has made but ripple on the water down
Evening star., 1909-06-27

Mrs Tilman is the daughter of Samuel
Stark. revered citizen and extensive
land owner in Eibert county, Ga. She
was carefully educated at home and pos
sesses all the accomplishments of a gen.
tlewoman of the old south. She tells with
quaint detail all that it was considered
essential for a girl to know in her young
days-how she helped to shred the fax
Evening star., 1909-06-27

the shortest and
most brilliant of campaigns, as states
man the future historian is likely to give
higher rank to him than does the present,
and as a man his career stands out With
out parallel in American history. with
q paItry force of undisciplined men ne
won an empire--an empire greater In ex-
tent than the thirteen original states
with marvellous skill he guided through
the shoals and the rapids the ship or
state which he commanded; practically
alone he strove, in the early days OF
secession, to hold Texas to the Union
But greater than any victory he won IN
war or state was his victory over him.
self. Wild. primitive, violent and pas
sionate, he conquered himself.
March =, 1893, at a little place in Rock
bridge county, Va, called Timber Ridge
Church. Sam Houston was born Ills
father died In 1906 and then the WIDOW,
with her six sons and three daughters, set
out across the Alleghanies to make a
home for her family IN what was then
the wilderness of Tennessee. 1t was
from this mother that Houston got most
of his striking characteristics. She was
strong of spirit maSterful and lndom-
liable, and SO was he-
Back in Virginia Sam had little oppor-
tunity for schooling, but he got hold o.
the depths. 1t was Pope's translation or
the ..Iiiad'' Its reading became an OBJ
session with him. Fiery tempered, intoi-
Grant of interference, he became fepei-
tous when his elder brothers Sought 10
make him give up the book. In Ten
nessee they tried to make blacksmith
out of him, and, failing in that, they put
him in a frontier store as clerk ihdl
they tyrannized the boy there Is no douo.,
for he abandoned the store and his nome
10 seek refuge among the Indians he
was adopted by Oo-loo-tee-kah, one oi
the chiefs of the Cherokees, as his son
and remained with The Indians untn ne
was eighteen years old. He spoke thelr
language, dressed as they dressed, painted
himself as they painted, and llVed the iiie
of the Indian. When he was eighteen ne
returned to civilization because ne Wanleo
10 earn enough money to discharge some
debts He opened school, ana not oniy
cleared enough to free himself from MS
obligations, but 10 pay for short course
i'm the Maryville Academy.
In 1919 he enlisted as a private In the
3ath Tennessee volunteers. The war OF
1912 was in full blast at that time, but
there was another war also that con-
cerned the people of the west just as
mreh. That was the war with the
Creeks. the most powerful and warlike OF
ali the Indian tribes Iecumseh anu mo IN his ,
brother the Prophet, had been respons Die
for the Fort Minis massacre. and Cen
Andrew jackson had been ordered to take
the field against them
When Young Houston bade farewell to
his mother this was her parting in]unc-
tion. Go, and remember that while the
door of nv cabin is open to brave men, II
is eternally shut TO all towards
The battle of Horseshoe Bend was
the biggest and probably the most des-
perate in which Indians have been en-
eaeyed with white men. Tecumseh and
his warriors had fortified themselves
behind palisades. Houston, who had
been promoted to ensign, was on top
of the palisade when barbed arrow
struck him in the thigh. He asked the
Evening star., 1909-06-27

comfort in the old ways. though no one
could accuse US of being unprosressive.
Many women are managing farms sue
cessfully. / have five acres In asparagus,
and tie success which has crowned nay
Evening star., 1909-06-27
one OF THE
H0ST PICTURE SQUE
FIGURES lN
AnERICAN HISTORY
won AN ErIPlRE
BIZ a
nAsTERIY
RETREAT
-
N THE roster Of

= 49, S1 ~oA -
gre a t Americans
comparatively few
names deserve to
be placed before
that OF Sam Hous-
ton. Barbarian he
was to a decided
d G gre e. military
genius he proved
himself in one OF
the shortest and
Evening star., 1909-06-27

If ever a general deliberately planned a
Sam Houston did at San ia.
cinto. Into a cul-de-sac he led his own
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18
MONUMENT RAISED TO HORSE
II Inscription Is Correct, Animal De-
served Tribute Paid by Crate
full Owner.

There are some very curious
monuments to animals scattered
over the countryside. The one with
the most remarkable story crowns
Farley Mount, near Winchester.
Underneath it lies buried, as an in
scription on the exterior records, "a
horse, the property of Paulet st.
John, Esq, that in the month of
September, 1888, leaped into a chalk
pit 25 feet deep a-fox-hunting, with
his master on his back, and in Octo-
Der, 1884, won the Hunters Plate
on Worthing Downs, and was rode
by his owner, and entered in the
name of Beware Chalk Pit" This
inscription, which is a copy of the
original, was restored by the Right
Hon. Sir William Heathcote, Bart,
in 1870. A duplicate is in the in
terror, which is provided with three
seats intended for the accommoda-
ton of wayfarers.-Wide Awake
Magazine.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18
RELICS OF EARLY CHRISTIANS
Discoveries Of Importance to Anti
guardians Recently Found on the
Blue Mile.

Early Christian remains have been
found at Wad-el- Hadad, on the Blue
Nile, the chief interest in which lies
in the fact that this is the first time
such relics have been found so far
south. A number of graves were
found containing skeletons, with
feet to the east. Round the head of
each was a quantity of pottery con-
sisting of bowls and jars, all in a
good state of preservation. On one
of the bowls is a Coptic professional
cross, and the same emblem is
scratched inside the lips of the jars,
where it is associated with two other
Christian emblems, the fish and the
palm branch. On the neck of one of
the jars is a mason's mark, and an
other of the jars, which are of red
ware, has spout as well as handle.
A comparison of the pottery with
that found on Nubian sites between
the first and second cataracts makes
it probable that it should be dated in
the seventh or eighth century, A. d.
The pottery has been sent to the
Khartoum museum.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18
THE AUcrIoNEER's HOUR GLASS.

An auctioneer Of Philadelphia col
lects all sorts of objects pertaining
to his ancient calling. He has,
among other things, an interesting
set of auctioneers' hour glasses. The
auctioneer, century or so ago con-
cluded a sale not by saying Going
-going-gone!" and rapping the
counter with his hammer, but it was
his better method to turn up free
running glass toward the end of the
bidding, and to end the sale ire
vocably when the sands ran out.
This saved confusion and dispute.
The auctioneers' glasses in the Phil
adelphia collection are picturesque.
One is of tortoise shell and mother
of pearl. Another is of amber and
gold. A third is of teak and ivory.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18
MAINE HUNTING STORY.

Dan Chaplin of Cornish went fox
hunting one day recently in the vi
cinity of Trafton mountain. His
hound got on a trail and chased a
red fox for some time, and when
within range Dan saw the fox had a
gray squirrel in his mouth.
He shot the fox, which released
the squirrel. 1t then ran up a small
bush. The hound after making sure
that the fox was dead made a leap
for the squirrel, which was probably
stunned, and captured it. The case
is unparalleled in these parts
Lewiston Journal.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18
GLAD ANYHOW.

81 beg your pardon. I thought
this was Mr. DINGHY"
81 am Mr.. DINGHY"
"Then l am glad to find that I
was mistaken in thinking that I was
mistaken"
'Hey?"
81 say when I thought l was mis-
taken | was mistaken in thinking l
was mistaken, and being mistaken in
thinking | was mistaken when l
wasn't mistaken, l was glad to find l
was mistaken when / thought | was
mistaken, because | wasn't mistaken /;
or, rather, I was mistaken when |
thought / was mistaken, and so |
couldn't have been mistaken; well,
at any rate, I'm glad. Looks as if
we were going to have snow, doesn't
II ?"
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18
ELEVATOR FOR A CAT.

A woman who lives on the third
floor of a Brooklyn boarding house
sends her cat out for an airing each
day in the simplest way imaginable.
At the same hour every morning
the neighbors see her lower tabby
from the window to the back yard in
small basket.
The instant the basket touches the
ground the cat jumps out and cele-
brates her freedom in ways cats
have. The woman hauls up the
basket.
An hour or 80 later she lowers it
again and the cat, without being
otherwise reminded that time is up,
scrambles in and the basket ascends.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that bids will be re-
ceived by the Board of Directors of Levee Dis
trict Number Two of Faulkner County, Arkan-
sas, at the law Office of r. w. Robins in the
City of Conway. Faulkner County, Arkansas,
Saturday, March o. 1869. for the construc-
ton OF Levee and two Concrete Culverts and
other works in said Levee District Number
Two, in accordance with the plans and specih-
cations thereof prepared by G H. Burr, Engi-
neer, and which plans and specifications may
be seen on application to said G. ii Burr, Ensi-
neer, at Conway Arkansas. The right to reject
any and all bids is hereby reserved and the sue
cessful bidder will be required to execute such
bond for the faithful performance of his
tract as theBoard of Directors NAV determine.
This 8,h day of March. 1909.
S. 6. SMITH,
20 2t President Board OF Directors
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18
Teachers Examination.

Notice is hereby given that
there will be an examination held
in Conway, Arkansas, Thursday
and Friday, March IS and 10, for
the purpose of ascertaining the
qualifications of those desiring to
teach in the public schools of
Faulkner county. All applicants
will be required to use pen and
ink. T. F. FORREST,
w2o 1t County Examiner.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18
THE PEOPLE-OH, GEE!

''The American people," began the
new United States senator; but the
presiding officer raped him to or
der.
''The senator will confne himself
to matters of interest to this body"
The senate then went into COM
mittee of the whole for the consid-
Grafton of the anticipated size of
dividends from their holdings for
the coming year.-Puck.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18

Few people in Conway realize
what great institution the State
Normal School is to become. With
its present insufficient appropria-
tions and equipment it has exceed
ed expectations by enrolling $50
students already. If properly sup
ported by the state there will be
500 students i'll attendance before
the institution is FIVE years old.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18
DO FOR THE CHILDREN.

"Ah, madame" said the French
maid. '1ettle Fido weell no eat re
bonbons.
''The dear, intelligent, little dog
giep' exclaimed Mrs. Swellman.
''There must be something wrong
with those bonbons. Yvette Give
them to the children" catholic
Standard and Times.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18

The Log Cabin Democrat hopes
that the new moving picture the
atre will enjoy profitable patron
age and that there will be no loss
of business by the old show.
Moving pictures furnish more in
struction and enjoyment for the
price than any other form of
amusement.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18
ABDlCATION.

"Ponsonby used to think he was
born to command"
"About what time in life did he
change his mind?"
"The day after he became the
property of Mrs. Ponsonby."
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18
The Biggest Circulation.

N. w. Aver & Sons Newspaper
Annual for 1909, the most reliable
newspaper directory, credits the
Log Cabin Democrats weekly
edition with the largest circulation
of any county newspaper publish
ed in Arkansas.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18
lNCOM PATIBlE.

Prominent Citizen-The trouble
with me is that l am too much oc-
cupied. Ny social duties are so
complex
His Physician-Complex? Try
the simple life, my dear fellow.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18
MAY BE DEFEATED.

The lower house on Tuesday
postponed consideration of the
Gam bill until Friday, and at this
writing there is some hope that the
house will refuse to concur in the
senate submission amendment,
thereby adopting the only means
possible for the defeat of the pro-
posed measure. 1t is stated in the
Little Rock papers that the Gam
bill will be permitted to die and
another statewide prohibition
measure introduced.
Whether the Gam bill is passed
as submission or statutory law,
If passed at all it will set back the
cause of temperance in Arkansas
at least twenty years. If it should
become a law without the senate
submission amendment it will,
through the iniquitous provisions
permitting the almost indiscrimi-
nate sale of liquor by druggists,
undo all of the prohibition legisla-
tion which the prohibition forces
have been years in acquiring. If
Il should be submitted in its pres
ent form to vote of the people its
provisions will have become
thoroughly understood by the time
fixed for the election, and it will be
overwhelmingly defeated by the
prohibitionists themselves. Yet
the very fact of the defeat of a
statewide prohibition bill by the
people will do untold harm to the
cause of prohibition.
The editor of this paper was dis
GUESSING the Gam bill with one of
the leading members of the house
the other day-a member who is a
true friend of prohibition. II
have been severely criticised for
voting against the Gam bill" said
This member, "bu l always
ask my critics, Have you read
the bill?" and the invariable answer
is No. And many of them after
reading the bill have agreed with
me that it ought to be defeated. >
This bears out our previous asser
ton that the bill was being urged
beople who know nothing of its
provisions.
The drugstore provisions of the
Gam Ii are practically the same
mas those which made prohibition
Kansas farce for many years. And
now that Kansas has removed these
provisos 1000 drugstores are adver-
tised for sale in that state.
Let the legislature give the peo-
pie an opportunity to enact If they
desire a real prohibition measure.
We believe that it will win, and if
such measure is submitted it shall
have our support, but if it should
be defeated, it will leave ia force
our present laws, and under them
the sale of liquor will gradually but
surely be driven from this state.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18

Mr.. Porker (of Chicago)-When my
books were made up, l found I'd killed
lust one hog short of a million. I'd
like to have made it level million.
Dolly Trotter lawfully boreO-
You are not thinking of committing
suicide, are you?
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18
Rev. Waldrip to Lecture.

Rev. Marion Nelson Waldrip of
Morrilton will deliver a lecture en-
titled Jack and the Beanstalk"
at Hendrix auditorium Monday
evening, March 22.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18
THE REASON.

He-I cannot express to you my
gratitude for your kindness in Civ
ing me the first dance last evening.
She-Well, you see, it was a char
ity ball.-Fligende Blaettcr Mum
ich.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18

The Springdale News is the
latest recruit to the cash-i1-ad-
vance subscription plan. Our ex-
perience with the system has been
entirely satisfactory both to the
publisher and the subscribers.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18
WHY WORRY?

"But, my dear, why should you
worry over a bill just after you have
been married ?"
'Well, it does seem trifing when
one thinks Of that"
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18

Robert Raudell arrived last night
from Sulphur, Okla, for few days
visit with relatives and friends.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18
TOUCHING.

care you quite sure of his affec-
tion?" asked her friend.
eyes," she replied, pointing ten
derby to her engagement diamond,
'here is the touchstone."
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18

Engraved cards and invitations
and embossed stationery. Leave
orders with Conway Printing Co.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18
Our Famous
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The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-03-18
A TOUGH QUESTION.

''Say, pop, what's the race prob
lem?"
picking the winners, my SON."