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The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-23
MILL LEVY FOR
SCHOOL BENEFITS

Little Rock, Dee. 23.-The PROPOSE
ton for setting apart of a mill levy
for educational purposes in the state
is everywhere meeting with favor. At
"a recent meeting of the Commercial
League in Little Rock it was present
ed by President ]. II. Reynolds and
DR.. o. H, Brough of the University,
and President George A. Cole of the
Russellville Agricultural School. All
agreed in declaring most unanimously
and emphatically for the liberal sup
port of the states educational institu-
tions.
Prof. Reynolds calls attention to
the harmony and cooperative spirit
prevailing among the various schools
He is himself friend of every school
in the state No one has worked hard
er for the development of the high
schools, while agricultural and pro-
fessional education has no stauncher
friend in the state. During the last
four years he has spoken in almost
every county in the state in the inter
est of agricultural education.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-23

Mike Heigel and wife are the happy
parents of boy, born yesterday
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-23
GOVERNOR SHOWS
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
IN GRANTING REPRIEYES
SPARING THE DISSERTATION OF
THE HOLY WEEK BY
EXECUTIONS.

Little Rock, Dec. 23.-Christmas
week in Arkansas will be spared the
distinction of being a hangmans
week, as threatened for a time. Until
Governor Donaghey intervened, three
white men were doomed to die during
that week for taking the lives of 9th
Iers. But it is not likely that any one
will be hanged
Worthen Lawhorn, the 18-year-old
youth of Saline county, who had been
condemned to death for poisoning his
rival in love, Henry Green, was saved
from the gallows by communication of
his sentence to life imprisonment.
Stronger pressure was never brought
to bear up the governor than was ex-
erted in this ease.
Two executions We're set for the
same day, December 27, at Pine Bluff.
John T. McNay, sentenced to death
for the killing of j. W. Ethridge, was
granted respite until January 8 to
enable him to present his case to the
supreme court of the United States.
Un'ess some relief is given there,
Governor Donaghey will grant no
further reprieve in this case.
W. c. Alexander is also sentenced
to be hanged at Pine Bluff next Fri
| day for the murder of one J. P. Kel-
ley. A reprieve was granted him last
summer for further investigation as
to his sanity. DR.. Green of the state
insane asylum, a distinguished alien
ist, as well as others, has proclaimed
him insane, He never recognizes any
one, not even his nearest relatives.
hut all day long marches up and down
the regular beat in the pententiary
walls, like a soldier on duty. If he is
shamming, he has done so most con-
sistently for many months, without
once giving evidence of sanity. While
Governor Donaghey has made no an
lhouncement of his intentions with ref
~ NiiNN ~ llilo tStsCf IL ID diiilOSG Il GER
tainty that Alexander will not be
hanged Friday, December 81.
One noted murder case which Gov
ernor Donaghey is likely to bequeath
to his successor is that of w. S. Rhea.
whose attorneys have been making so
hard fight for his life. His chief
counsel, Ex-Governor X, o. Pindall,
says that aftidavits have been secured
from the negroes who were given pen
Iitentiary sentences in connection with
the case, completely generating
Rhea. The case is now before the su-
preme court of the United States on a
technical point involving the validity
of the court before which he was
tried
ICUT THE HIGH COST OF LIVING.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-23
SUPT. COOK TO SHOW
DISPLAY OF DRAWINGS

Little Rock, Dec. 23.-One of the
interesting exhibits which the Arkan-
sas teachers viii see during their visit
to Little Rock this week has been ar
ranged in the hall at the department
of education under the direction of
Supt. Geo. B. Cook. 1t is an exhibit
of drawing, from primary grades to
high school, contributed from the
schools of North Tonowanda, N. Y,
by Edwin A. Grover, publisher of the
Prang system, which is in use in
many of the schools of the state
These are merely to show what can be
done, and will be replaced by work
from Arkansas schools as it is re-
ceived.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-23

Mrs. C. w. Cox and her talented
daughter, Miss Louise Cox, have ar
rived from New York and are the
guests of Col and Mrs. G. W. Bruce.
J. 0. Coleman and family arrived
in Conway last Thursday from He'd
rick, Okla, and are located at the old
kuykendall place. Mr.. Coleman comes
to Conway for the benefit of our edu-
cational advantages.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-23
CONCRESSMAN-ELECT
FOR UNEXPIRED TERM
S. NJ. TAYLOR WILL PROBABLY
BE CANDIDATE TO FILL JOE
T. ROBINSON'S TERM.

Pine Bluff, Dec. 23.-Chairman ].
M. Elliott and Secretary Meyer Solm-
son of the Sixth congressional com
mittee Saturday issued a call for a
meeting of the committee to be held in
Pine Bluff at noon, December 26, to
declare nominee for congressman to
fill the unexpired term of Governor
elect Joe T. Robinson. Mr.. Robinson's
resignation becomes effective January
IA, and special election has been
called by Governor Donaghey for JAN
uary 10. 1t is probable Congressman
elect S. M. Taylor, who will take his
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-23
18TH AMENDMENT
DECLARED INVALID
DECISION MADE TODAY
BOND AMENDMENT NOT LE-
GALLY ADOPTED, SAYS SU-
PREME COURT.
5pecia to the Log Cabin democrat

Specia. to the Log Cabin democrat
Little Rock, Dec. 23.-The supreme
court today handed down a decision to
the effect that the proposed amend
ment to the constitution of Arkansas,
commonly called the "bond amend
ment, - was not legally adopted. The
court based its decision on the ground
that the constitution of Arkansas pro-
vides that not more than three amend
nents may be voted on at any one
election. and there having been three
amendments already proposed, before
this amendment was proposed by the
initiative proceeding, this amendment
should not have been voted upon at
I'll. The supporters Of the amend
ment urged that this provision of the
constitution was only intended to linn
it the number of amendments that
might he submitted by the legislature,
and did not affect amendments pro
posed by the people through the ini-
tiative. petitions, but the court over
ruled their contentious.
THIS amendment was Of considera-
he interest to the citizens of Conway
as it was hoped that by means of it
the necessity of creating improvement
districts, with burdensome tax on
real estate alone, would be obviated.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-23
JOHN H. PAGES
WEEKLY LETTER
UTILIZING WASTE MATTER
THE VALUE OF THE DAIRY
COW AS A RICH SOIL
BUILDER.

The dairy COW not only furnishes a
means by which ready money can be
made from the sale of her products,
but furnishes very valuable means
of helping to solve the more important
question of soil fertility.
A COW produces IA tons of solid and
liquid manure yearly, a ton of which
contains SO pounds of nitrogen, 5.8
pounds of phosphoric acid and 8.S
pounds of potash, which, at zoe per
pound for nitrogen and SC each for
phosphoric acid and potash is worth
$240 for plant food.
1t is true that all this manure is not
saved, but consider that wheat or oat
straw contains SO pounds of nitrogen,
A pounds phosphoric acid, 1874
pounds of potash, per ton, and on the
above prices for these ingredients are
worth S296, and forest leaves con-
tain 10 pounds of nitrogen, 80 pounds
Of phosphoric acid, and 6 pounds pot
ash per ton, and are worth $346. Say
one-half the value is preserved and a
liberfl quantity of either straw or
leaves is added as bedding for the
cows, the loss by not being able to
save all will most certainly be made
up. Think what this amount of ma
nure per cow means to poor landi
The dairy cow is indeed valuable
soil builder. Arkansas has the graz
ing land, climate and the location.
Why not the dairy?-John H. Pages
Weekly Letter.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-23

VIM. ]. drummer went to Little
Rock this morning on business.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-23
Admission, 5 and 10 cents

seat March 4, will be named by the
committee.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-23
CONWAY GIRLS ENTERTAINED.

Miss Mamie Jett entertained the
vacation set with a delightful 500
party on Saturday evening in honor
of Misses Doris Owen and Nannette
Aiken of Conway and J. Nj. Johnson
of Ashdown. The house was done in
Christmas green, bells and wreaths
and crimson shaded lights. Ten tables
were surrounded by the animated
players, and at late hour a delicious
Christmas luncheon was served. Miss
Carl Voss and Owen Lyons won the
prizes. Miss Frances Morrison won
the consolation prize. Arkansas Ga
zette.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-23
OLIPHANT EXONORATED
ON SELF-DEFENSE

Little Rock, Dec, 23.-The jury in
the murder case of Gardner Oliphint,
the young Little Rock attorney and
court reporter, returned a verdict of
acquittal in Pulaski circuit court Sun
day morning. They took the case late
Saturday afternoon, and that night it
looked like hung jury, Oliphint
was charged with having shot and
killed James Sheppard, a negro, last
October. He made out a strong case
of self-defense.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-23
SLIGHT BLAZE
YESTERDAY

A gasoline stove exploded in the
kitchen at Frank Rumback's yester-
day and set fire to the inside of the
room, doing about $15 damage before
the flames were extinguished. No in
surance.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-23

W. H. Chapman, Winnebago, Neb.,
tells how he did it. "My two children
had a very bad cough and the doctors
did them no good got a
bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound, and before it was all used the
children were free and cured of their
cough. | saved a doctors bill for one
25-cent bottle of Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound" No opiates. For
sale by Greeson Drug Co. (adv.)
W. N. Owen went to Little Rock to-
daV
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-23
WEATHER FORECAST.

Tonight, fair, preceded by snow
phase; eastern portion, freezing tenn
perature; Tuesday, fair.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-23

Mrs. j. |. McClurkin and children
are visiting relatives in Lamar.
The Ordway new era., 1912-07-26
Minor Mention.

The new Moose hall at Rocky Ford
has been dedicated.
Two canning factories are now in op.
Grafton at Loveland. ....t
The West canal Of the Uncompahgre
project is being completed.
w. B. Monson. Doyleville pioneer.
died at his home In Ohio City.
New alfalfa hay is selling on the
Uintah reservation for IS per ton.
Gunnison County Cattlemen's con-
vention at Gunnison was an absolute
success.
The assessed valuation OF the city Of
Grand Junction will exceed $2.000.O0O
for 1912.
Boulder and immediate vicinity suf-
fered little damage from the recen!
cloudburst.
According to reports crops In the
vicinity OF Elizabeth were damaged
by the recent rains.
John w. Vandeyenter, former state
statistician and Colorado newspaper
man. is dying at Minkato. Kan.
San Luis Valley Drainage district
No. l, at recent election at Alamosa.
voted unanimously for a bond issue.
Ellis. three-year-old son OF Richard
Blackwood Of La Sale, died from
burns received when he fell into q tub
of boiling water.
Former Governor Alva Adams has
formally announced his candidacy for
United States senator as successor to
Senator Guggenheim.
The "Gipsy war" in Pueblo Is daily
waxing warm. Several Of the ncmads
have been arrested charged with as
sault to kill.
The Golden Athletic Club has filed
with the secretary Of state articles Of
incorporation. The club has recently
built q 100000 building.
Assessment returns this year on dia-
monds and jewelry by tax payers o:
Mesa county total less than $4,000. ex.
cluding jewelry stores.
Ellis. the four-year-old son OF Richie
Blackwood. Is at his home at La Sale
In q critical condition as the result
Of falling backward into a tub OF boil.
ing water.
Pueblo police believe they have
clue that may lead to the arrest OF
counterfeiters who are flooding the
country with bogus dollars, halves and
quarters.
An auto going almost sixty miles an
hour struck and instantly killed John
NJ. Lloyd. aged sixty, at Colorado
Springs. Lloyd was dragged 800 feet
and his skull fractured.
Henry Coons. forty.four. yardman.
was arralgned in q Justice Court at
The Ordway new era., 1912-07-26
SPORT.
WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING.

George L. Cochran. third.baseman
for the champion Cheyenne Indians,
has been signed by Dale Gear for To.
peka in the Western League.
The total scores Mt the Olympic
games at Stockholm follows: United
States. 100; Sweden, II; Great Brit
ain. So; Germany. &c; Finland, %:
France. 10; South Africa, II; Den.
mark. II; Norway. 10; Italy. o; Car
ada, s; Hungary, 8; Australia, Q; Rus.
sio. Greece. Belgium. Austria 3 each:
Holland. 2.
Jack Johnson has given out the in.
formation that the ban which the New
York boxing commission had placed
on him Is about to be raised. In proof.
Jack showed a letter from Billy Glib.
son, manager Of the Madison Square
Garden. Five bouts are promised John.
son II the ban Is lifted. First he must
agree to meet Langford and Jeanette.
Then he will have matches with Pal.
ger. Burns and Flynn. All are to 60
ten rounds. and johnson is to get $15,.
900 for each match.
The Ordway new era., 1912-07-26
D. & r. G. Spends Big Sum.

Denver vice president Brown OF
the Denved & Rio Grande railroad,
has awarded to various car companies,
for delivery within ninety days. con-
tracts for 700 box cars, 100 stock cars.
$50 coal cars and fifty cabooses. at
cost Of $1.1O0.0OO. The box cars will
have capacity of 100000 pounds: en-
tire framing OF steel. Stock cars OF
same general construction. capacity
50, 900 pounds. Coal cars to be of steel
with drop doors SO that entire load
OF coal or ore may be automatically
Jumped. Cabooses will be Of wooden
construction with steel underframe.
This equipment order follows close
ly placing of the order for thirty
freight locomotives with the American
Locomotive Company OF Schenectady.
N. Y. and Baldwin Locomotive Works
at Philadelphia.
The Ordway new era., 1912-07-26
NEWS OF COLORADO POINTS

| Pueblo charged with a statutory Of.
tense. The complaining witness was
Mary Ossanko. an Austrian girl.
That the streams in Colorado ara
the property of the people of Colorado
was the decision made recently in the
District Court Of Grand county. in q
United States Intervention case.
Killed and then robbed is the opin.
ion Of the coroner after investigating
the death OF an unidentified man. aged
about fifty-five. whose decomposed
body was discovered five miles north.
west Of Lyons.
Amos Roster, a veteran Of the Civil
War. died suddenly of heart disease at
Boulder. He was sixty-eight years Of
age. served three years in the Civil
War, and had resided in Boulder TWEEN.
ty-two years.
Contracts for 1900 freight cars. to
cost $1,100.000. have been awarded to
various car companies by Vice Presi.
dent E. L. Brown Of the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad. The cars are to be
delivered within ninety days.
A cloudburst on Currant creek.
twenty miles west OF Canon City.
washed out fifty feet OF the pipe line
which supplies water to the city. The
city will probably not suffer a water
famine as repairs were started at once.
A search by deputy sheriffs In the
Mike O'Grady house. west of Evans.
resulted in the finding of big faro
table and specially made card tables.
In the opinion Of officers. O'Grady has
been conducting q wide-open gambling
house. O'Grady Is under arrest and
says he will not assist the officers In
| their work.
Governor Shafroth has appointed
twenty delegates to represent Colo
cial Congress which will be in session
at Salt Lake City. August 81 to 30.
The delegates are: Omar Garwood.
Denver; Samuel N. Wheeler. Grand
Junction; Alva Adams. Pueblo; T. c.
Henry, Denver: Jared Brush. Greeley:
A. NJ. Gooding. Steamboat Springs:
Clyde Lawson. Denver: L. C. Paddock
Boulder: w. A. Maxwell. Brighton: H.
S. Groves, Denver: A. J. Woodruff,
Denver; Merle Vincent. Paonia: D. c.
Beaman, Denver: Frank Annis. Ft.
Collins: Mrs. Mary C. c. Bradford.
Denver: T. J. Ehrhart, Centerville:
Fred G. Bonfils. Denver; d. C. Bailey.
Denver: H. J. Holmes, Glenwood
Springs. and Frank J. Cannon, Denver.
The Keota district. twenty-five miles
east Of Greeley has been visited with
cloudburst and q terrific hailstorm.
Crow creek. a dry stream. is flooding
its banks. and. as there are no bridges.
ranchmen on the east side are ma.
rOOned
The Ordway new era., 1912-07-26
Western Federation Of Miners.

victor.-By an almost unanimous
vote, the Western Federation OF Min,
ers In convention here. decided that
local unions could make long time con.
tracts II they desired. There were but
two dissenting votes.
The check.off system. whereby min
ing companies pay the dues OF each
man to the union, taking the money
out Of his pay check. caused a lengthy
argument but was accepted.
The flag question. which caused 4
heated debate. was settled when the
American flag that waved over the
bull pen in the strike Of 1904 was pur-
chased and draped above the presi-
dents chair, A motion to change the
name of the federation to the Interna.
tional Miners Union was tabled.
The Ordway new era., 1912-07-26
Drowned on 12-story Roof.

New York.-Robert Kinsella, EN-.
ployed by a corset company at 120
East Sixteenth street, was drowned on
top Of twelve-story building at tina:
address when he wen. to the roof to
release a foot and a half Of water
which had collected there when the
drain pipe became clogged up. He
ran his right arm down into the drain
pipe after he had cleared away the
rubbish at the mouth Of the hole. When
the suction of the rushing water
caught him he was drawn into the pipe
up to the shoulder. Despite the ef.
forts Of three companions to pull him
out the suction held him firm and his
head was drawn into the water, which
still remained on the roof. In plain
sight, loking up at them through the
few inches Of water that covered his
face, he was drowned.
The Ordway new era., 1912-07-26
WESTERN.

The Western Federation Of Miners
opened its twentieth annual convcn-
ton in Victor. Colo, Monday with lis
present.
Hop growers on the Pacific coast
have threatened to cease planting the
vine SO essential to the manufacture
Of beer II transcontinental freight
rates on hops are not reduced.
Kansas City. Kan. Is practically
without q water supply as the result
Of the dynamiting OF sixteen.inch
flow pipe. The explosion occurred at
a point where the pipe runs near the
surface.
Mrs. Hiram Waite. twenty.one, OF st.
Louis, her sister. Miss Nellie Ander-
son, twenty.six, and Edward s. New
lin, former sheriff OF Lyon county,
were drowned in the Cottonwood river,
at Emporia, Kan.
To please the dying wishes Of his
sixteen.year.old sweetheart, Anita Ara.
gon, Joseph NJ. Ruiz was married to
her Mt Redwood City, Cal. An hour
after the performance had been com
pleted the youthful bride was dead.
Colorado ranks first in cattle, first
In hogs. first In poultry, second IN
horses, second in domestic animals
and second in all livestock among the
eight Rocky Mountain states, accord
ing to the official census bulletin just
issued.
Mrs. n. C. womack, wife Of a prom
inent physician of jackson, Miss, and
daughter Of the late Senator "A. ]. Nc
Laurin, seized a charged electric light
socket at her home and was hurled
against a stove and died almost in
stantly from her injuries.
Ten bodies have been recovered and
from five to ten more are believed to
be dead as result Of cloudburst
thirty miles from Lovelock. Nevada
which destroyed the mining camp OF
Mazuma and partially destroyed the
nearby camp of Seven Troughs.
The convention OF the Master
Plumbers Association Of Colorado
New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho. Utah and
Wyoming, which has been in session
in Cheyenne. adjourned after electins
officers. The new officers are: N. W.
Haas, Colorado Springs, president: A.
P. Gumlick, Denver. vice president:
John F. Wallace, Denver. secretary
and treasurer.
The Ordway new era., 1912-07-26

It is now thought Congress will ad-
journ Aug. 3.
Herbert Knox Smith has resigned
as United States commissioner OF cor
porations.
As q measure OF economy Congress
will not pass a public buildings bill at
this session.
The Senate indirectly rebuked Pres.
ident Taft for his course in connection
with the Senator Loriner case.
Beet sugar manufacturers and ship.
pers have begun fight before the In
terstate Commerce Commission for
lower freight rates.
The House public buildings commit.
tee agreed to report favorably upon
the bill to increase the cost limit OF
the Denver public building to s2,00O..
600, an addition OF 100000 over tho
present authorization.
The House passed the bill to create
a department of labor. the secretary Of
which shall have place in the Cab
met. The measure long has been
pressed by organized labor. 1t now
goes to the Senate.
Prize fight moving pictures became
thing Of the past in the United
States, when the House passed a Sem
ate bill prohibiting the transportation
OF such moving picture films between
the various states and territories or
from foreign countries. The President
is expected to affix his signature to
the measure.
The cash transactions Of Lee Nc.
Chung, treasurer OF the United States,
| with the business world during the fis.
cal year 1912, climbed to the enor.
nous total Of $4,S37,22G.3SS, the high.
est in the history of the country. This
amount, 5000. 100000 greater than the
previous year, represents the com.
bined income and expenditures of the
government.
A bill amending the Sherman anti.
trust law in many particulars will be
included In the report of the majority
members Of the House special com.
mittee Of inquiry into the United
States Steel Corporation.
The Senate passed without discus.
sion the terror battleship" resolution
by Senator Tillman. proposing that
the United States build the greatest
warship possible under modern naval
conditions, to put an end to the race
for naval supremacy" Tilman pro-
poses to name the ship the Terror"
The use of copper salts in the
"greening" of foods, principally canned
peas and beans, will be prohibited
after January l, next, by pure food
decision signed by Secretary Wilson.