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The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-10-24
BALKAN WAR
CUSTOM OBSERVED

New York, Oct. PA cable dis
patch from Paris contains the follow
ing account of the beginning of the
Balkan war:
when the sultan of Turkey gave
orders for army mobilization he sent
to the czar of Bulgaria a sack of mil
let with the following letter:
Ferdinand effendi Mobilize if
you like, but be assured there are as
many soldiers in Turkey as there are
grains of millet in this sack. Now, if
you wish, declare war
The czar's reply was in kind. He
sent very much smaller sack. filled
with tiny grains of most virulent
red pepper of the country. With it
went the following:
The Bulgarians are not numer-
Gus, to be sure, but to stick your nose
into their affairs is like sticking it
into our national condiment. Try it
and see; they'll sting you so sharply
that the whole of Asia will not be able
to save you.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-10-24
GRAND LODGE |.
0. 0. F. CLOSED
WAS HELD AT PINE BLUFF

The sixty-third annual meeting of
the Grand Lodge OF Odd Fellows c.os-
ed its session at Pine Bluff yesterday
Hot Springs was chosen for the 1918
meeting. Thes following officers were
elected and installed: John w. Reed,
Heber Springs, grand master; John
w. Meeks, Mammoth Spring, deputy
grand master; O. C. Veach Gravette.
grand warden; John T. Paul, New.
port lre-elected), grand secretary; P.
b. Kelly, Eureka Springs, grand
treasurer
The report of the trustees of the
Shirey estate that the rental income
from lands of the estate amounted to
$4,000 annually and that timber land
had been disposed of for $4,000.
A resolution was adopted providing
for the erection of a monument or
marble shaft over the grave of A. w.
Shirey. At meeting of the Rebekah
State Assembly resolution was
adopted urging the grand lodge to
take this action.
Grand Master Reed announced the
following appointments: E. Fl. Ruff,
ieber Springs, grand marshal; Rou
Mllum, Harrison, grand conductor; B.
F. Bryant, Rogers, grand guardian:
K. G; Chandler, Heber Springs,
grand herald.
Following the usual custom. Past
Grand Master Louis Joseph of Texar-
kama, presented retiring Grand Mas
ter George W. Pardee of Little Rock
with handsome gold medal
The per capita assessment of go
cents for the orphans home at Bates
vile was found insufficient to meet
the expenses of the institution owing
to the large number of recent arrivals
and was raised toe80 cents.
The trustees of the orphans home
met last night and elected the follow
ing officers: Louis Joseph, Texarka-
ma, president; Mrs. Ida NJ. Beloat,
Corning, vice president; John T. Paul,
Newport, secretary; DR.. r. G.. Floyd,
Eureka Springs, treasurer, and DR.. J.
W Case of Batesville, physician.
Mrs. ldonia Daniels was reelected
matron of the home.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-10-24
ALL READY FOR
NOVEMBER 5TH
MUCH ACTIVITY IN STATE
WILL BE LONGEST ELECTORAL.
TICKET EVER VOTED IN
ARKANSAS.
BY CLIO HARPER. }

Little Rock, Oct. 24-All is in
readiness for the November election
IN Arkansas-electlons are more a
habit than an event IN this state The
tickets are all complete, and the vot-
ers of Arkansas wIh have tnelr choice
among i've parties tor the presidency
The minority parties, however, will
not attempt TO elect members OF con-
gress, ana even the Republicans have
CnIy five nominees IN the seven dis
trictS.
1t is the longest electoral ticket ev-
ef voted IN Arkansas, there being a
total OF 20 names from which to Sc
lect
there has been considerable ante
election activity in the state. The
newspapers have been pushing the
Dollar Campaign Fund with commen-
danle Zeal ana have collected about
$l,oUO III that manner. A finance COM
mittee, OF which State Treasurer j. w
Crockett is chairman, and the Wood
row Wilson College Mems Club have
been very busy and have gotten to-
gether about $4,000 to aid the Wilson,
Marshall cause. The amount so far
contributed, however, is less than 10
cents tor each Democratic voter of
the state, which is considered very
small when the prospects for success
are the most brilliant in the history of
the party.
One feature of the campaign is the
part that has been taken in 1t by the
women, presaging the time when, and
they believe 1t not far distant, when
they will have the right of suffrage
here in Arkansas, and actually par
ticlpate in the election of the presi-
dent. A Woodrow Wilson Woman's s
League has been organized here with
Mrs. J. E. Martineau, wife of Chan
cellor Martineau, as president, and
Mrs. Earle W. Hodges, wife of the
secretary of state, as vice president.
They declare that their purpose is not
to fight for suffrage, but for the sue
cess of Governor Wilson. The women
admirers of Theodore Roosevelt
some faceteous person has dubbed
them the Moosettes-have organized
under the leadership of Mrs. Jean
Rutlinger, declaring that they favor
him because he is so outspoken for
equal suffrage. The Republican lad
les alone have taken no positive stand
in the ,campaign. Aside from these,
the Political Equality League is ac-
lively spreading it's propaganda, al
though it has refrained from attach
ing itself to any political organiza-
ton.
There is not great deal of spell
binding in the state-oniy enough to
keep the intel est alive, as it is well
known that Arkansas will continue to
go Democratic until the Mississippi
begins to run uphill and Chicago be-
comes a Christian city. In the Second
District, Congressman Oldfield and
his Republican opponent last week
opened very thorough campaign of
the district, speaking every day up to
November 2. In the Third District
Congressman Floyd has been cam
paigning since October Is, and will
close at his home, in Yellville, Novem-
Der g. Troy Pace, the electoral condi-
date, is accompanying him. Other
nominees for elector and congressman
will be heard on the hustings with
more or less frequency.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-10-24
AVERY {. MOORE
IS HONORED

Former State Auditor Avery E.
Moore has been appointed by Cover
nor Donaghey expert accountant to
check up the funds in the state treas
ury, He appeared at the state house
Wednesday, presented his commission
and took charge. The state treasurer
turned over to him total of $780,
578.43 in cash of all funds. This ap-
pointment is always made secretly, no
one knowing until the appointee ap-
pears, presenting his commission, who
will have this honor. Mr.. Moore is
one Of Faulkner county's most dis
and honorable citizens, ev-
cry way worthy of the trust imposed
upon him.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-10-24
FAIR PREMIUMS
TO BE PAID SOON

Manager J. A. King of the Faux
ner county fair requests the an
nouncement that checks will be mailed
within the next few days to all the
winners of premiums IN the 1912 fair,
and no premiums will be paid at the
fair association headquarters. On ac-
count of illness the manager has been
delayed in making out these checks,
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-10-24

If you want to witness something
worth while in the moving picture
line, go to the Arkway tonight and
see the feature reel entitled, "The An
imated Weekly" This reel is compos-
ed of all the principal events happen
ing throughout the United States dur
ing the week, and is well worth the
price of admission-and more.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-10-24
NOTICE.

After the first of November we are
going to collect for laundry each week
and will send the bills around each
Monday.-d3t. (adv.l
CONWAY STEAM LAUNDRY.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-10-24
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

W. H, Tew, %, and Jessie Harri-
son. 16, CONWAY.
VIM. M. Ven alkenburg, 27, Little
Rock, and Ml!.red Little, 2l, Conway.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-10-24

One frst-class butcher shop for sale
or rent. Call at J. H. Dunn's Office,
Conway. Ark. 4td-4tw
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-10-24

but he has a complete list of the
names and addresses of those entitled
to premiums and they will be mailed
out at once
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-10-24
WEATHER FORECAST.

Tonight and Friday, unsettled
weather.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-09-12
TyyENTY-SIX TO SIX.

Last week The Advocate had occa-
sion to express its doubt as, to the re-
LIABILITY Of prophecy uttered by a
distinguished fellow citizen foretelling
how the Negroes Of West Virginia
would vote in the next election, and
to question whether the wish was not
father to his thought that they would
be found in the national Republican
camp, as Of yore.
In this connection. his attention and
that Of those who think like him Is
called, to the straw. vote taken in this
city this week. In strictly Negro
establishment, 26 Of the, 80 voting o.
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=
for facts are apparently strangers in
the Clarion office. If our memory is
not at fault, The Mcdowell Times AMI
this paper-two of the Clarioh'5 group
have published editorials against
the proposed constitutional amend
ment. The Mountain Leader and the
West Virginia Register have exercised
their prerogative in keeping silent
The Advocate holds no brief for the
other papers in question, but it pre-
sumes that they have good and suffi-
cient reasons for taking the stand
they do. AS for this paper, t is op-
posed to the ratification Of the. proh:-
bition amendment for reasons which
have appeared hitherto in these COL
umns, reasons founded not upon maud
lin sentiment but upon a close study
Of the question as set forth in tht
writings of men prominent in the
pulpit, on the bench, and, in fact, IN
every walk Of life.
Common sense and human exper-
iClce show that prohibition does not
prohibit, as will be s2en in the report
Of the u. S. Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue for 1906 when in prohibition
Kansas the proportion Of retail liquor
dealers to population was 1 for every
366; in Maine, / for every 1,158; in
North Dakota, 1 for every 319.
The Clarion intimates that the pas
sage Of the amendment will reduce the
rate Of deaths from alcoholism. Let's
see. The average per 100000 Of pop
ulation in the prohibition states Of
Maine, NV Hampshire and Vermont
! in 1900, was 2.41. In ten licensc
states, including Texas, Kentucky
| Missouri s'1d West Virginia, the aver
! age was 1853. In these same prohibit
! ton states the birth rate per 900, a.
reported in the same Census, was fo
, Maine 81, New Hampshire OF, Yer
mont (decrease) Is. In the licenst
states Of the same group the average
was 1913, the highest being 151, thu
: lowest 90.
With these figures disproving 1t
statement that the birth and deaf
rate will be favored by prohibition
The Clarion must content itself unit
next week when the statistics o
! crime, pauperism and insanity in tn
prohibition and license states will .
given in these columns. And theT
too further attempt will be made t
dispel all doubt as to where The Advc
cate stands as regards the amendmen
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ECONOMICS
= .

The Metropolitan Realty Investment
Company of Ocala, Fla, have" just
bought $4,000 worth of property in
that city.
In Georgia bill is before the leg
islature providing certain quaiifica-
tons for locomotive firemen which is
framed to discriminate against Negro
firemen.
1t is said that the Pullman porters
are not provided for in the employers
liability and workmens compensation
act now before Congress.
Large farmers conferences have
been held at Lawrenceville, Va, at
Harrisburg, Pa, and at Prairie View:
Texas.
l.. B. Jeffries, colored man, has
been awarded the contract for erecting
a four-room primary school at Green's
boro, N. C. Many Of the contractors
! refused to submit plans because Ne.
groes were allowed to compete.
There are twelve cities In the
! United States with more than 10000
colored people, according to the cen
sus of 1910; the figures follow, to-
gether with the percentage Of coloret
to total population:
Washington, D. c., 94,446,, OF 3d.
per cent.
New York, N. Y. 91,7o9, or 10 pc
cent. -.
New Orleans, La, 89,262, or 1853 pc
cent.
Baltimore, Md, S4,749, or 1872 pc
cent. .. .
Philadelphia, Pa, 84,459, or 5.5. pc
cent &c.. :
Memphis, Tenn, 52;441, or 400 pc
cent
Birmingham, Ala, 52,a05, o., 80,
per cent.
Atlanta, Ga, 51,902, or 1915 pc
} cent.
i Richmond, Va 46,733, or, 36,6 pc
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convictions have been had in five per
! cent. of them, then this paper will
gladly confess it knows not whereof
! it speaks.
That this state of affairs obtains so
! largely throughout the Union, North
as we'll as South, is the result of tn,
custom, if not of the law, compelling
the prosecution to try the accused II
the county in which the crime was
committed. If the accused has reason
for the belief that public sentiment
will prevent his getting a fair and i'm
partial trial, a change of venue is fire.
Quently granted. No such privilege is
allowed the State. However evident it
may be that the public applauds the
criminals deed and that his trial will
result in acQuittal, the State must take
its chance and fight the battle no mat
ter how great the odds.
TO particulariZe, attention is called
to recent lynching in the State CT
Pennsylvania. The grand jury brought
in indictments on incontrovertiHle tes-
timony; the prosecution arrayed the |
facts in every horrible detail before !
the trial jury, yet one after anothc:
the accused were found mot guilty ;
SO evident did ut become that a YER !
tict of guilt could not be obtained |
rom any jury in that county that an
attempt was made to have the other
rails transferred to another. The at
empt failed and the prosecution gave
Up in disgust.
AS it was in Pennsylvania, so We
ear it will be in Mercer county where
public sentiment is much the same.
The father Of the assaulted girl was
rrested for participating in the
His liberation was hailed
With frenzied delight by the populace
nd there are many other indications
hat the mob's act has the approval of
he masses. saSsg
In the face Of all this, one must be
indeed optimistic who can see any
hing else than the same old bluff
worked off in Mercer county, West
'irg'inia. Pigs is pigs" wherever
hey are found.
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who have worked at the polls on ele2-
ton day that the Negro is not the sole
offender in this respect, that there is
an element Of whites-yearly growing
larger-not adverse to being "reim-
bursed' in varying amounts for time
lost" This fact was glaringly dis
closed in the investigation of election
frauds in Adams county, Ohio, a few
years ago, nearly all of whose white
voters were found to be boodlers of
the deepest dye. Now comes Geo =
gia with 500 of her citizens, in one
county, of families Of old lineage and
blue blood indicted for the Negro
crime of vote-selling. Amt it awful?
An attempt is made to lessen the
Nervousness Of the offense by saying
that no white man sold his vote in the
days OF Universal suffrage-before the
Negroes were DISTINGUISHED. Suppose
they did not? Are they any less gull
ty now than the Negroes were then?
And If, as was said the black men
were disfranchised en- masse because
some Of them we're venal, would it not
be logical and consistent to measure
out the same treatment to tn white
mCl?
There have been the purchase and
sale Of votes since the first republic in
Greece, and there is likely to be a
continuation Of this custom so long as
the right Of franchise exists Long
before the Negro was enfranchised ii
this country, traffiCing III votes was
known to and condemned by many OF
the moulders Of public thought. Sine:
the founding of the Republic men
high up have bartered their influenc:
for offfte-lt1orally more criminal If
degree THAI the acceptance O. money
for their votes.
All tlis was lost sight Of in tn:
hue and cry, led by such gentlemen a
Senator Benjamin TilIman, Senate
Hoke Smith and Governor Cole Bleasv
Of the South, against the Negro
Now, since they have removed tn
mote from eyes Of the black Georgians
they might extract a few beams from
, the optics Of those vote-seIlnp blu
| bloods.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-09-12

From the results of the official
count Of ballots cast i'm Ohio constitu-
tional election it would appear that
Mr.. Harry G. Smith, editor of the
Cleveland Gazette, was a little prema-
ture in patting himself on the back
for the "successfup outcome of his"
fight for the elimination Of the word
'white" from the constitution. That
amendment WAS lost by about $4,000,
more is the pity.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-09-12
CHARLESTON DISTRICT TICKET.
THE PRINCETON HORROR

To one not acquainted with the
American public, the activity of the
Mercer county officials in probing the
Princeton lynching would convey tn:
impression that outraged justice would
soon avenge herself by Furnishing the
guilty murderers. May be she will,
and let us pray that she does, but
there is but little upon which to base
such a hope.
The guilt Of the accused Negro is
far from being established, the identi Y
Of m&,ly taking part in that exhibition
Of barbarism is very generally known
still there are many grounds for doubt
whether a single one Of them will pay
the penalty for the commission of q
crime equally as heinous as that they
sought to punish. The law is plain on
the subject, tbs true, and Governor
Glasscock has offered to back up the
investigation with the States Fe.
sources, yet the future may be safelJ
discounted by stating that anothe
Negroes life has been snuffed out witt
impunity.
Why?
Let those whose belief is at var
lance with our prediction review tn
prosecutions OF lynchers in this an,
other states. II they find that out O
the many hundreds Of such instances
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-09-12
TURNING on THE LIGHT.

In its issue Of the 9Th inst, The
Clarion, published at Clarksburp COM
plains IN one paragraph because d
group OF papers-The Advocate among
them-~remains silent editorialIy as to
the prohibition amendment, ard in
another charges them with opposing
it, -. .
CIearnesa Of expression and regard
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-09-12

Dallas, Tex, 18,024. !
Chattanooga, Tenn, 1924.
Little Rock, Ark, 1859
Shreveport, La, 1896.
Boston, Mass, 1854.
Fort Worth, Tex, 1920.
Columbus, Ohio, 1879. :
Wilmington, N. c., 12,1O7.
Charlotte, N. c., 11,752. =
Portsmouth, Va, 1857.
Columbia, s. c., 11,546.
Lexington, KY, 11,0t1.
San Antonio, Tex, 1915.
Negroes constitute more than half
the population Of Charleston, savan-
nah, Jacksonville and Montgomery:
and one fourth or more Of the popula-
ton of twenty-seven principal cities.
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no STRIKING NEGRO MINERS

Let every striking Negro Goa! miner
consider again, and this time with
deliberatiOn and the careful considera-
ton of both sides of the controversy,
whether he can afford to be guided
further by the advice of those who
make their living out of labor unions.
While he himself is strengthened by
! the growth of unionism, he sht uld re-
member that the organizers and other
| officials of the. unions are greater ben
efciaries and that they, therefore,
will go to greater lengths and will
take more desperate chances-with
their salaries going on all the time
in the fight against capital.
The Advocate does not believe the
miners are getting all they deserve,
neither does it believe that they will
ever get it by resortng to violence
or by making such demonstration as
those in this city recently. The first
| time, they came to protest agar st the
mine guard system and to demand pro-
tically abolished and protection fu~-
nished them by the only means at the
command Of the constituted authori-
! ties-martial law, they "invaded' the
! city again, oStensibly to protest
against martial law, but in reality 10
! hear Socialistic speeches delivered by
candidates for office on the Socialist
! ticket. --..--.--.--.-.-..-.-. ....--
And what did they hear? The re-
cital Of visions, the telling of dreams
of kanawha river flowing with mo-
lasses and every tree bearing flap
! jacks when Socialism shall be en-
| throned in the State House. Labor
shall then come into its own, capital
will hide its head in shame, and the
millennium will dawn for the Amer
can serfs, poems and slaves"
If this could only come to pass! II
the beautiful word picture the SOcia e
ist orator paints could only be a real
ity' But this is too much to hope for
in this waste, bowling wilderness.
The surest relief offered for thu Ills OF
which the miner complains, and tho
force most capable of furnishing that
relief is the Progressive party, which
unlike the Socialists, offers an Amerj
can-made platform adapted to Ameri
can conditions. It is national, not in
ternatiOnal like Socialism, and springs
Z from some Of the best brain OF thu
nation. In it's ranks are men an
women verstd in every phase Of econ
omics, acquainted with every dcrail o
y the relations between capital and q
' Dor, and pledged before God and maj
TO throw about the employee ever,
safeguard he could in justice demand
Every pledge it makes can be full
' filled and those who make them ma7
j be relied upon for their execution
l. Perhaps they are less vehement THAI
y the Socialist leaders, but their since
y ity is none the less great. SO, let til
4 Negro miner beware, lest he drop tn
, substance for the shadow lest i'm con
! tending for his own rights nc be no
. used as q cats paw to secure The ad
IL vanccment Of others.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-09-12
EyERYBODY'S DOING 1T.

One Of the stock arguments or the
framchisement has been the tendency
of Negroes to sell their votes. Recent
reports from Georgia should incline
them to amend their opinions so as to
include some white men. =.
1t is a fact generally known to all
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-09-12

cent.
Chicago, H., 44,103, or 20 per cent.
st. Louis, Mo, 1890, or Ga per
cent
Louisville, Ky, 4O,522, or 1871 per
cent. -,
The o1,7O9 Negroes in New York
City are divided as follows:
Manhattan Borough, 6O,534.
Bronx Borough, Ait.
Brooklyn Borough, 22,708.
Queens Borough, 3,198.
Richmond Borough, 1852.
There are twenty-seven cities in the
United States which had in 1910, be-
tween 10000 and 90, 900 colored tnhab-
.itants: -
Nashville, Tenn, 36,523.
Savannah, Ca, $685..
Charleston, S. c., 81 ,056.
Jacksonville, Fla, 1929.
Pittsburgh, Pa, 1888.
Norfolk, Va, 25;039
Houston Tex, 23,925.
Kansas City, Mo-, 1856.
Mobile, Ala, 22763.
Indianapolis, Ind, 81 16.
Cincinnati, o., 1858.
Montgomery, Ala, 1922.
Augusta, Ga, 1894.
!
Macon, Ga, 1880.
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the question OF presidential prefer
ence were for Col. Roosevelt. "One
swallow does not make summer. it
is true, but its appearance is indica-
tive of the early approach of that sea-
son.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-09-12
EDUCATION

Andrew Carnegie HAS sent $4,000 in
part payment Of his pledge Of funds
ito build. a new girls dormitory nj
Wherefore University.
Lieut.. John e. Green, of the United
States Twenty-ffth Infantry, will be
at the head of the military department
at, Wherefore University for another
year.
George f. P. Cook. for .thirty-six
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-09-12
JUDICIAL TICKET.

For Judge Of Circuit Court, 10Th
District,
S. G.. Burdette
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KANWAHA COUNTY TICKET

KANWAHA COUNTY TICKET
For Sheriff,
Bonner II. Hill.
For Prosecuting Attorney,
Thos G.. Townsend
For County Commissioner,
--.. DR.. NJ. p. Malcolm.
For Assessor,
Henry "A. Walker.
For House Of Delegates,
John Bannister,
G. G. Reynolds,
Adolph f. Scherr,
A. G.. Vandine,
w. w. Wertz.
CHARLESTON DISTRICT TICKET
For Justice of the Peace.
G.. w. Dering.
Marion Gilchrist.
For Constable,
G.. D. AGREE,
HansfOrd F. Jenkins.