The log cabin Democrat., 1910-08-29
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bly, be private, though the stateN laws
permit a public execution for such
crimes.
A reggedy, raggedy man, climbed
out of box car at Gentry recently
and proceeded to claim ownership to
Oldton and the Nebo hotel prop
ertv. He claimed his father had sold
the property without his mother sign
ing the deed. The fellow sleeps in
box cars and corn fields and is saw
ing expenses for the litigation he says
will follow.
Gravette has purchased the light
ing system for the town.
The Texarkana school board will
distribute 5000 paper drinking cups
among the school children to prevent
spread of disease by each child having
it's own cup.
A dstillery has begun operations in
Fort Smith
w. F. Talley of Gurdon is about to
be successful in his fight for recog-
milton as a direct heir in the distri-
button of a $4O00,O00 estate in Cali
fornia.
A humane officer has been appoint
ed at England.
Capitalists are inspecting the coun-
try about Fayetteville for the purpose
of determining whether a road to
Hindsville will pay. If they decide
favorable Fayetteville will be on
railroad to Sloan Springs with an
eastern terminus at Hindsville.
Rev. J. J. Vaulx, for nearly 30
wears rector of the Episcopal church
at Fayetteville, has celebrated the
4Sth anniversary of his priesthood
He is one of the best known Episco-
pal rectors in the state.
Arkadelphia was bothered with a
very polite chicken thief until an un-
firing officer discovered feathers
about sealed cave on the Ouachita
river bank. A watch disclosed the
niger in the woodple and ne was ar
rested. much to the relief of chicken
owners.
Clara Crane, girl residing near
Alonzo, Independence county, killed
diamond rattler with stick, not
knowing what it was. Eleven rattles
and button were taken off the snake.
The shuttle train between Fort
Smith and Fayetteville on the Frisco,
put on for convenience of summer re-
sorters, has been discontinued, it not
proving a paying investment.
A broom factory has been establish
ed at Bingen.
Contemplating has become general
in Hampstead county.
The Republicans are making much
capital in their opposition to A. W.
Covington, Democratic nominee for
state senator in the Johnson-Polk
counties district, in the fact that he
entered a plea of guilty in the federal
court in Little Rock in 1896 to illicit
distilling.
An electric plant will be put in at
Lonoke to run the rice plants.
The leading citizens of DeQueen,
much in the majority, have appointed
a committee to bring about harmony
with the insurgents, which body is
composed of suburbanites taken into
the city against their will, and which
element wants an election held to de-
eide the question of surrendering the
DeQueen charter.
J. NJ. McCracken and Inez White,
two students Of the Arkansas school
for the blind, are giving concerts in
western Arkansas to raise funds to
bear their outside expenses at the
state school this year.
Iona Gates, little girl residing
in Mena, put her hands in a pan of
hot candy last week and had them
severely burned.
Paragould is making an effort to
raise a sum sufficient to erect Y. M.
c. A. building.
Fayetteville has passed an ordin-
ance forbidding expectorating on the
sidewalks. The tobacco trade has fall
len off since the ordinance went into
effect
Citizens of Malvern have erected
a club house on Ouachita river.
Young men of Ashdown have or
ganized the Ashdown Silver Corne
band and will engage an instructor
Reports state the Rock Island con
templates an extension from Ho
Springs to Murfreesboro.
Rev. 7. S. Potts of Memphis opened
the big Baptist revival in the larg
tabernacle at Eagle park, near Lon
| olra Sunday