The log cabin Democrat., 1911-03-16
ARKADELPHIA A
 CLOSE SECOND A CONWAY MAN HONORED
HAM AND EGGS" M'CULLOCH ELECTED ONE OF THE soy
 EREIGN DELEGATES.

By the narrow margin of eight votes Hot Springs won over Arkadel- l phia in the contest to secure the ninth biennial convention of the head camp, Woodmen of the World of Arkansas. The fourth ballot, taken at 2;45 this afternoon, showed the Vapor City to have received 132 votes to 124 for Philadelphia. As soon as the uproar following the announcement of the vote subsided a motion to make the choice of Hot Springs unanimous was carried without dissenting vote.
 The third ballot, taken immediately after reassembling this afternoon, re- suited as follows: Hot Springs, 123; Philadelphia, 100; Jonesboro, 51. Fol lowing the rule previously adopted, Jonesboro was dropped, and the fourth ballot was between Hot Springs and Philadelphia.
 Philadelphia led on the first two ballots, and but for the expression by 1 the Circle in favor of Hot Springs, the Clark county town would in all ! probability have won the contest, as l the tnal vote was extremely close, even with the handicap under which the Arkadelphians were working.
 Following the selection of the next meeting place, the head camp proceed ed to install the newly elected officers.
 The officers installed are as follows:
 Head Consul-W. H. Rector of Fort Smith.
 Head Adviser-H. R. Lucas of Star City.
 Head Banker-T. H. Bond of Yell ville
 Head Clerk-R. E. Miller of Pine Bluff.
 Head Escort-S. W. Bethune of Crossett.
 Head Watchman-T R. Bryant. Head Sentry-L. B. Harris of New port.
 Head Managers-John T. Barr of Hope, John Patton of Morrilton, L. E. Thrasher of Philadelphia, A. C. Kel- ley of Stamps, N. NJ Alexander of Batesville.
 The head camp adjourend at 3:15 o'clock to meet in Hot Springs on the second Tuesday in March, 1913.
 The entire session yesterday after noon was devoted to the elections, the choice of delegates to the sovereign head camp not being decided until this morning.
 R. B. McCulloch of Conway, who won the sobriquet of Ham and Eggs at Fort Smith two years ago by hi sspeech which captured the con vention for Conway. was elected as one of the delegates to the sovereign head camp on the first ballot, stand ing second in the list of IS nominees voted on late yesterday afternoon, the report of the tellers being read as soon as the convention assembled this morning. Four others received ma jority of all the votes east on the first ballot and were declared elected, as follows: bio Lewis of Prescott, w. F.. Lennon of Little Rock, Head Clerk c. Fred Elza of Benton and A. M. ! Ponder of Walnut Ridge. On the sec ond ballot to select the sixth delegate former State Senator Otis T. Wingo of DeQueen received a large majority and was elected.
 The sovereign head camp will meet at Rochester, N. Y, in June of this year. Besides being one of the high ! est honors in the gift of Woodcraft, the position will afford the delegates a splendid summer trip without cost. { The delegates to the last sovereign i head camp at Detroit received S15 per diem and 10 cents for each mile trav- [, eled.
 Following the election of the dele i gates, Chairman Otis T. Wingo pre- , sented the report of the committee on resolutions. The head camp, it is ex- plained, has no authority to enact | laws of the order, the resolutions adopted being in the nature of me