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The log cabin Democrat., 1911-08-17
FEW INMATES
 TRY 10 ESCAPE

Little Rock, Aug. 17.-"Fewer in- mates of the reform school have es- capped since l took charge" says Per ry Chapple, superintendent of the state reform school, "than during any one month previously since the insti- tuition was opened. Let the boy in the reform school know he is human being and that something is expected of him and he takes more interest in the work. He must have work to do though, or he is liable to make up his mind to leave. Nearly every boy who has made an ecort to escape has left Saturday afternoon or Sunday, when he has time to think about escaping there being no work to do. The boys do not mind staying at the institution, but they hate to think of being forced to stay there. If they were not in the institution under sentence, it would be hard to drive them away, and it is the mere thought that they have to stay that makes them run away. I had one boy with an excellent rec ord, and only p days to serve, go away when he was sent after bucket of water. He had been a trusty for six months and could have gone at any time. We will get our spoke and handle mill running next week and then there will be more work for the boys and the state will receive some revenue from their labor, as I have made arrangements to sell what they produce"
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-08-17
SALTILLO.
August 16,

A fine rain fell here Sunday and Sunday night. We have plenty of stock water now.
 Health is good in this community
 We had no school Monday on ac- count of the teacher being sick.
 Several of the young people attend ed singing at Mt. Olive Sunday.
 Cotton was never so fine at the time fo year, but corn is sorry.
 Rev. W. M. Kelley went to White county last week.
 Q. W. Strickling and Wright Thrasher went to Adams lake Friday fishing and report they caught plenty of fish.
 Herbert Stewart has a new buggy
 B. M. Vestal and H. B. Martin at tended church at Inglesde last Thursday night.
 Jule Kelley and family are visiting over in Perry county at this writing W. NJ. Bellyman and family visited at Ingleside Sunday.
 August 16.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-08-17
BINDERS.

A fine rain fell here Saturday night and Sunday.
 Several people from here attended the picnic at McNew's Chapel last Saturday.
 Henry Burkett and Daniel Herring spent Friday and Saturday at Heber Springs.
 Mir. and Mrs. w. A. Webb visited relatives at Conway Friday and Sat- urdayA R. Edwin Perry is teaching a vocal music school at the Colony church, near Bee Branch.
 Ira Clark is teaching a successful term of school at Fairview.
 Frank Duncan of Guy spent Satur- day night and Sunday with w. T. Shelby and family.
 The protracted meeting will begin at the Methodist church today. There were no services Sunday on account of the rain.
 August 16.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-08-17
F.:
day on account of rain.

day on account of rain.
 sam McKaskle made flying trip to Oklahoma and back again last week
 The contract for the new two-story school building and Odd Fellows hall was closed here Thursday and was awarded to H. L. Tyler the lowest bidder. Work will begin soon in order to complete it in time for school this fall
 Dr. w. W. Martin and Herb Martin of Martinville were here Monday en route to Conway.
 Jim Griffith and family left for Hammonsville to make their home.
 August 16
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-08-17
Personals

FOR RENT.-A cottage. J. D. Col Her.
 Mrs. Walter Terry is visiting in Little Rock.
 Mrs. George H. Burr is visiting in Little Rock.
 E. W. Jenkins went to Little Rock this morning.
 Fresh mutton at Thomas & Sons butcher shop.
 FOR SALE-Nice milch COW. See A. M. Ledbetter.
 FOR SALE-Good gentle family horse. J. Haydon. WANTED-Milk customers. John Harton, phone 51. If
 Henry Reid of Clarendon is visit ing relatives here.
 See our display of fine Candies. Baskin Grocery Go.
 John Hess has returned from a visit at Armstrong Springs.
 For a first-class shave at 1Oc, go to Harrod's barber shop.
 Mrs. Laura Mitchell is visiting rel atiVeS in Little Rock
 Rev. G. M. Ford left this morning for his home at Cabot.
 Fresh home ground meal at Baskin Grocery Co. Phone 254.
 z. Frank Blair left this morning for visit to his daughter at Atkins.
 Miss Alice Dixon of Little Rock is the guest of Miss Neil Noe.
 My fine mare colt for $S0 if taken on 23d inst. w. A. Isgrig.
 A good easy shave for 1Oc at liar rods shop, North Front street.
 Wm. Cady, Baggage and Express man. Day or night. Phone 321&10O. ii
 FOR SALE-A bicycle, good as new. Apply to T. E. Wren, this office
 John Jones of Stringtown, Ala, ar rived this morning for visit to his nephews, w. N. and c. c. Jones.
 J. T. Witt of Cummins is visiting his daughters, Mrs. Addie Gould, Mrs. Freeman and Miss Floy Witt here.
 Remember, nice present given away every night at the Electric The ater. Good Western Picture tonight.
 Mrs. Hargrove Smith and Miss Be thunia Lea are visiting in Little Rock.
 Raymond Reid is spending today in Little Rock.
 R. A. Dowdle passed through Con- way yesterday en route from Little Rock to Morrilton. He was making the trip in his new auto.
 LOST-In town yesterday, half grown, black, part shepherd dog. h. formation will be appreciated by J. E. Little and reward for return of dog
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-08-17

head of colts.
 Albert Boardman, Jr., is in Little Rock, having had an operation per formed for throat trouble. He is re- ported getting along all right.
 Watermelons are so plentiful they are being thrown out right and left.
 Now is the time to SOW turnips, as the ground is wet. Brother Farmer, SOW a heap of them, for there is no better feed for milch cows than tur- nips.
 August 16.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-08-17
HAPPY VALLEY.

Plenty of rain and crops looking fine, but We have not had much hay saving weather yet. There are sever al sick in the valley at present. Little Wilkie Cardin is very sick with scar let fever.
 MT. Venable and family were called to Springfield, Ark, Saturday on ac- count of the serious illness of Grand ma Simmons.
 The series of meetings held at Star Gap by Rev. H>rring and Rev. Polk
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-08-17
CENTER POINT.

Everything is on standstill, owing to the heavy rains since Saturday. The cotton crop is now made, so far as the rain is concerned. Farms look good again this year and land is going higher and higher here every day.
 Claud Boardman is the champion mule buyer, as he has now about 20
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-08-17
GREENBRIER.

Revs. J. J. Hurt and E. R. Steel of Conway will address the superin- tendents of Sunday schools and pas tors of the churches of Hardin and Union townships next Friday, August IS, at Greenbrier.
 II. s. Tyler of Greenbrier has been awarded the contract for building the public school building and I. O. o. F. hall at Wooster, and he will commence
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-08-17
HEKDERS0l. CROWN COLLEGE
sFks9elpti,. Arkansss

f<fhNGeiphh, Akanfss
 2 Ideal home school tor both .ry~1 In beautifui "A and heahiuI AIkadelpha. Splendid buildings Good equipment Modern improvements. Pleasant sur lo1ndings Excellent Faculty of earnest sympathetic, aolary, Christian teachers. Three years preparatory fon YaGB iestne degree of A. B. Best advan ages In both vocal and instrumental music i'm the best CoascIyspp-y. Departments of Fine Arts. Fxpress;on, Domestic Se sarc, Bhieal Literature and Sunday school ped1rnsy ea moral tone. Couee; ideals and stand 1Its Pa cniai discipline Military training. Equipped Dans5rN. Manly sio'ts. Drills and ersfcises in open ur. rer"r@ 7ad individual attention aad interest by et PERSONAL IS!GXEsr PLAH."
 Fc? Catalogue address GEO. H. C&OWELL, Ph. D., President, Ark gtAphia, Arkansas.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-08-17
THE CONWAY PRINTING co.
 FRANK E. ROBINS, Editor
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

The Log Cabin Democrat is autho- rized to announce John Long as a can didate for Constable of Cadron town ship, subject to the special Democratic primary.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-08-17

Old papers for sale at this office.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-08-17
Crescent College and Conservatory
 FOR YOUNG WOMEN

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The log cabin Democrat., 1911-08-17

The Log Cabin semocrat is autho- rized to announce |. L. King as a can- didate for constable of Cadron town ship, subject to the action of the spe- cial Democratic primary.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-08-17
Log Cabin Democrat

Entered at the postofiice at Conway, Ark. as second-class mail matter
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-26
Veterans Who Were Boys Together.

Editor Kennebec Journal:
One of the features of the Encampment
of the G. A. RI at Augusta recently was
the pleasure expressed at the meeting
of veterans that had in their boyhood
days been piaymates attending the same
school, and had enlisted in the same
regiment and company, and during the
war had marched side by side. slept in
the open or in the same shelter tent,
drank from the same canteen and divided
the last hard tack together. After their
return they had drifted apart, one re-
naming at the old home and the other
making a home in the West. After
period of half century to meet was
pleasure that we could not we'll define.
This is frequent occurrence with those
who served in the volunteer army during
the War of the Rebellion. With those
that served in the U. s Navy it was
very different. Two may have enlisted
or shipped on the same day, been mus
tered at the same time and gone on
board of the receiving ship at the same
time and been separated The same day II
a draft was made for crew to some
other ship, and see no more of each other
until the close of their term of service
that is TO say. if they were fortunate
enough to return. While the State of
Maine furnished many of the best sailors
in that branch of the service, yet II Is
very rare that two meet after so long
lapse of time that We're shipmates dur
ing the Civil War. Therefore if two meet
who belonged to the same squadron, or
were engaged in action together, 1t is
quite enough to afford them much pleas
ure. and this occurred during the en-
campment at Augusta last week. Capt
John Morang of Augusta and Williston
Jennings of North Wayne, both shipped
i'm the L. s. Navy when but little more
than kids, the captain serving on board
of the T. 5. Frgate Roanoke the nag
ship of the squadron at Hampton Roads
on the sth and 9th of March in 1862, and
Jennings on the Cambridge. Both ships
participated in the engagement on the Sth
when the Merrimac with others of the
Confederate fleet, sank the Cumberland
and burned the Congress, and also dis
abled the Minnesota, Roanoke, st. Law
renee In fact, every warship in the
squadron had sustained more or less
damage. They also on the 9Th or next
day, witnessed one of the most noted ma
val engagements between the Merfimae
and Monitor, that the world ever saw,
and which changed the construction of
the navies of the world. A full hour was
devoted TO "reminiscences of that en-
gagement. Capt. Morang knowns OF but
one that was shipmate with him al
that time that is now living, Alfred Han
Iv of Pittston. Me, while Mr.. Jennings
knows of but one that was shipmate
with him at that time, VIM. Buffum OF
Providence. r. l. Should these veterans
remain in the flesh, arrangements Will be
made in the near future for reunion
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-26
Havemeyer a Philanthropist.

Most people will accept the testi
| mony of young Hevemeyer with
grain of something besides sugar, sc
far as it pertains to the philanthropit
gar investigating committee at Wash
ington on Tuesday, Horace Have
meyer, son of the founder of the su.
gar udst, Explained how his father
sold sugaritrlist stock to thwart spec
ulators. He said that his father dis
posed of most of his holdings in the
trust because he discovered that GER
tain spectators were engaged in an
attempt to boost the price of the stock
to a point where 1t would bust" The
young man declared that his father
would not consent to a scheme that
would injure innocent stockholders,
and that therefore he had reduced his
holdings to a normal figure. This
somewhat startling statement coupled
with stirring eulogy OF the elder
Havemeyer by the son gave the COM
mittee something to think about
Asked about the beet sugar holdings
of the estate, Mr.. Havemeyer said it
owned 1900 shares of preferred and
81, PAS of common in the Great Western
with a value of IS, 494. 600 and 23.174
shares of preferred in Utah-Idaho
with a value of $751; With i'm
portant holdings not enumerated, Mr.
Havemeyer said the total value of the
beet sugar holdings is sl0,006. 400. Gu
ban holdings of the estate are s., $780,
in the Guantanamo, 100000 In Trini-
dad and 100000 in the Cake cruize,
bringing the total value of the estate
up to $4,000. 1000.
Young Havemeyer told the commit
tee that If the courts would only let
him get control OF the National Sugar
Refining Co., he would devote himself
to offering keen competition for the
consideration of the trust He deelar-
ed that he did not own share of
trust stock and that he has no SYM
pathy with the new regime in control
of that corporation. The committee
might consider that with the young
mans leanings and his inherited de-
sire for control of things that per-
haps he would be glad TO engineer a
powerful and successful rival to the
trust with the hope that there would
be $40. 600. 600 On the side for him as
well as for his sweetened father.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-26
Bangor Teaching Local Option.

The expansive Bangor Plan" il
seems, is destined to demonstrate the
beauties (?) of local option. Bangor
Democratic officials have boosted
of the effectiveness of their plan OF
regulating" the liquor traffic. 1t has
been a notorious example of commun-
ity defying the commonwealth, be-
cause the rum element in that par
ticular community was stronger than
the law-abiding.
But the Bangor plan overshoots the
mark when it engages in the precise
deviltry of which temperance people
have accused local option-not only
violates the laws locally but takes &C
tive part in violating the laws in COM
munities which are trying 10 do bet
ter.
1t is shown conclusively that liquors
are being shipped in large quantities
purposes in dives. and for pocket ped
dlers, from the Bangor headquarters.
Bangor is helping to circumvent the
orders of the Kennebec county Of
fcials While the order has gone
forth to make Imperial Kennebec as
dry as a water tight covered bridge,
Bangor is discovered to have been
shipping whiskey into Waterville by
the trunkful
Delightful. isn't it?
Well, that describes a condition that
the Rum Trust and the Beer Trust
would substitute for prohibition-local
option and then license. They would
make wet all the towns possible,
and then they would flood the dry
towns from all sides. Every wet"
town would not only be engaged in the
rum business, but would be doing all
in its power 10 aid the Rum Trust and
the Beer Trust TO violate the laws of
its dry" neighboring town.
OF course some of these liquor inter-
ests will try to convince you that they
prefer prohibition, and all that. but
the same ones will probably tell you
that they are in the liquor business for
moral and philanthropic purposes.
These liquor sellers have no other pur-
pose In life than TO benefit mankind.
What a beautiful thing it is to con-
templatel
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-26
Coming Events

June 20-27-Thirteenth TrienniaI Con-
vention International Sunday School AS
ISOLATION, San Francisco.
June N-2S-Midsummer Meeting Maine
kineo.
June 27-30-Conventson Northern New
england Dentists Association, Fabyans,
June 2s-2s-Annual Meeting Maine Med,-
cal Association. Augusta. siSiaai-
June 28-29-State Convention. of Kings
Daughters. Warren.
June 2s-S0-Forty-fourth annual meet
Kineo.
June, 29-Meeting of Governor and
Council, Augusta
June 29-30-Maine State Epworth Lea
que Convention, Houlton.
June W-kennebec County Christian
Endeavor Convention. Winthrop.
July S,4IAnnual Outing Maine Sports
mems Fish & Game Assn, Kineo.
July 4-5-Lubec Centennial.
July R-17-National Young Peoples
Christian Union, Portland.
July 13-Meeting of Governor and Coun-
ell, Augusta.
July 27-2s-Annual Convention Maine
Electric Association. Augusta.
Aug 6,l2-Old Home Week Celebration.
Aug. s-Annual Reunion of Luella F.
Beale Student Association. Winthrop.
campment. State Campground. Augusta.
Aug. S-Celebration OF ,50tn Anniver-
sary of town of Washington
Aug. 12-Chesterville Center School Re-
union, Chestervile Center.
Aug. 12-A-Annual muster Camp Ben
son. Veterans Association, Lake Sebasti-
cook. Newport
Aug 15-25-Christian Endeavor Summer
School, Charlestown.
Aug 16-Reunion Old Home Week
Assn, of Weeks Mills. New Sharon.
Aug. 21-26-National Encampment OF
the G. A. r.. Rochester, N. Y.
Sept. n-Special election I'm Maine on
prohibitory amendment, Davies direct
primary bill. Portland debt limit and
declaration of Augusta as State Capital
Oct 12-14-Bangor Musical Festival.
Oct. 16-1S-Portland Musical Festival.
Oct. 25-26-27-Annual Convention Maine
Teachers Association. Augusta
Nov. H-15-16-Annual Convention Maine
State Pathological Society, Augusta.
Maine Fair Dates.
Aug. 8-11-Stake races, Augusta.
Aug. 15-16-17-Cornish Fair Cornish.
Aug. 15-17-Waldo County Agricultural
Society Fair, Belfast
Aug. 15-l6-17- l8-Portland Agricultural
Aug. 22-2s-24-25 Eastern Maine State
Aug. 2s-Sept. 1-Central Maine Fair.
Sept. l-5-s-7-Maine State Fair. Lewis
Sept. 6-s-7-Machias Fair Assn. Ma
Sept. 6-s-7-Hancock County. Fair. Blue
Sept. 6-s-7-Northern Maine Fair Asso-
ciatfon, Pressure Isle. 912t
Sept. 9-First Annual Boys and Girls
Fair Of Winthrop Grange, Winthrop.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-26

the Imagination because of their speed
and only seeondarily because of their
size. The piling on of decks means
only the uneeasing transformation of
a ship into a hotel. No matter how
many decks are reared. there can be
only one uppermost deck. fully ex-
posed to the sun. The amount of
open-air playing space is not pro-
portionately what it used to be on the
older steamers. The pleasures of the
new liner are pleasures of the interior.
The palm room and the Turkish bath
have replaced horse billiards and
quoits AS for the graceful structural
lines that justified the name of ocean
greyhound. they are rapidly disap-
pearing, and will soon be quite gone.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-26
SOME POSTSCRiPTS.

Small metal clasps to be attached
to the top of d shoe have been in
vented by a New Yorker to receive
the ends of shoe laces and prevent
them becoming united.
Primarily for military use are sew
eral types of electric fash lights de-
signed in Germany which can be car
ried by person yet which Will leave
his hands free.
The amount of concrete that Will be
used in the Gatun locks of the Pan
anna canal would lay a six-foot Side
walk from New York to San Francis
co and back to Chicago.
Concrete houses are warmer in win
ter and cooler in summer than prlct
structures, concrete walls being les
easily chilled and absorbing less hea
than brick ones.
To the close of 1910 1858 persons MAJ
been granted aviators' licenses II
France. 46 in Germany. As in Eng
land, 80 in Italy. q in Belgium an
&c in the United States.
Like miniature stonecutter's ham
mer, but hollow, is an ice pick In
vented by Massachusetts man Z
split ice with the sha1p~eud and Gu
it into cubes~with the other.@sssssssss,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-26
George Otis Smith,
Boston Herald1

=aE s,' CBoston Herald)
The people of New Hampshire and. in
deed, of all New England. have especial
reason TO be interested in one George Otis
Smith, who is at present director of the
United States geological survey. He was
born on the anniversary of the birthday
of George Washington, in the town of
Hodgdon, Maine, in the year 1871. and
being native of New England it might
reasonably be expected that he would be
somewhat concerned for its interests.
Yet it so happens that he is the one
man who stands in the way of the reser-
walton in the White mountains which
congress made especial provision for
The United States forestry service has
made careful examination of $1,000 acres
of forest. This land lies on the steepest
north slopes of the Presidential range
and the northwesterly slopes of the
Franconia range, and it all drains into
the Connecticut river. 1t Is asserted, and
seemingly with good reason, that il these
lands are not taken there will be no ex-
cuse for taking anything in the White
mountains. Under the Weeks bill the
forest service must have the approval of
the United States Geological Survey be-
fore the appropriation for this reserva-
ton can be drawn upon. and the director
of this survey is George Otis Smith, who
has assumed the responsibility of refus-
ing or falling to grant the permission
necessary. AS a consequence the 81, =
900 appropriated for this fiscal year for
this purpose will revert to the treasury
and be lost for this purpose unless it is
brought into requisition before July l.
The forestry service has done its part
and the delay is due solely to the drec-
tor of the geological survey, George Otis
Smith. He is denying to New England
an appropriation made by congress for
this special purpose. Presumably he is
secure in his official position and thus
beyond the immediate reach of the indig-
nation OF the people of New England,
but he should be made TO feel the weight
of that indignation, as expressed by
every newspaper, every board of trade
and every forestry organization which
has been interested in the movement for
the Appalachian forest reservation
New Hampshire especially should be
heard from, and in terms which are not
capable of being misunderstood.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-26

A writer in Harper's Magazine con-
tends that college and university work
throughout the country is marked by a
lack of seriousness. He says that
while the old college system had little
place for technical training the new
system has but seant place for those
who desire learning for its own sake.
1t is true that whereas % or 80 years
ago the possession Of an A. b. degree
meant that its holder had pursued a
certain course of study ii now means,
in many of the larger colleges, that a
man has studied something or other
from books and lectures for a certain
number of hours day during four
school years. The smaller colleges
can never hope to compete with the
great universities in giving their stu
dents a chance to study everything
under the sun that they happen to
want TO study, but they can do a great
service by seeking in some respects to
return to the old purposes of education
and consequently producing cultured
rather than specifically educated men
and women