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The log cabin Democrat., 1912-03-23
RUSSELLVILLE WINNER.

Russellvile, March 3.-Russellville
high school won the annual three-cor-
nered debate of high schools last
night when the local team won from
Conway and the Russellville team at
Camden won from that high school.
The question was: Resolved,
That United States Senators Should
Be Elected by Direct Vote of the
People," the home team in each town
having the affirmative side of the
question. Russellville was represent
ed by jim Winn, Frank McKennon
and Miss Lallah Bernard; Conway's
dcbaters being Fred Bailey, Sol Glenn
and Miss Minnie Jones. The opera
house was packed, and much enthus-
iasm was displayed.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-03-23
OWEN ENDORSED
AS POSTMASTER

Postmaster O. J. Owen was en-
dorsed for third term as postmaster
OF Conway at meeting of the Re-
publican county central committee
held at the courthouse here this af-
ternoon, and a county convention was
called to meet here April "a. The
committee meeting was well attend
cd, practically every township being
represented either in person or by
proxy. Chairman w. M. Lyon of
Greenbrier presided The endorse
ment of Mr.. Owen for postmaster was
unanimous.
The county convention is called for
the purpose of nominating county
ticket, electing delegates to the state
and district conventions and re-or-
ganizing the county central commit
tee.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-03-23
RUSSELLV|LLE Is
WINNER OF DEBATE
CONWAY YIC1ORIOUSH HERE
CAMDEN LOSES BOTH ENDS OF
THE TRIANGULAR HIGH
SCHOOL DEBATE.

By winning at home over Conway
and also at Camden Russellville high
school came out victorious in the sec
ond annual triangular debate last
night. The Conway high school team
won over Camden here, but the visit
ing team lost by narrow margin at
Russellville. The latter won at Cam
den, giving the Russellville school the
victory.
The debate between Camden and
Conway in this city was attended by
a crowd which filled the public school
auditorium almost to it's capacity
Howard Merrill presided over the
meeting, which was opened with an
invocation by Rev. p. H. Hensley
The debaters spoke in the following
order: Affirmative, Clyde Ellis, Cam
den; negative, Byron Shaw, Conway;
affirmative, Miss Beatrice Heller
Camden; negative Miss Lucille Lea,
Conway; affirmative, Emmett Peace,
Camden; negative, Harvey Bragg,
Conway. The subject was Resolved,
That United States Senators Should
be Elected by Direct Vote of the
+ eople" While the affirmative offer
Ell some strong points to maintain
their position, the arguments of the
negative clearly the stronger and the
decision of the judges was unanimous
for the home team. The judges were
DR.. A. c. Millar, president of Hen
dirk College; DR.. J. w. Conger,
president of Central College and
Prof. c. C. Denney of the department
of pedagogy in the State Normal.
According to the members of the
Conway team which went to Russell
vile, the decision at that place was
very close. The judges in the debate
there used the percentage system of
grading, and on a scale of 1000 as
perfect, Russellville made TAO and
Conway 733.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-03-23
LITTLE ROCK GLAD
FT. ROOTS is SAVED

Little Rock, March 23.-The people
Of Little Rock are deeply grateful to
the United States Senate for it's ac-
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-03-23
ORGANIZE CLUB TO
SAVE OLD CAPITOL

Little Rock, March ga mass
meeting is being held today at the old
state house, upon call Of the Current
Events Club, woman's organization,
to plan state historical museum So
ciety for the preservation of the old
capitol. 1t is proposed to improve
and refurnish the rooms of the old
building to make them suitable for
museum purposes and for public
meetings. Secretary of State Hod-
ges has been mentioned as president
of the Association.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-03-23
UNIVERSITY PLAYS
HENDRIX THURSDAY
OTHER COLLEGIATE BASE.
BALL GAMES POSTPONED
ONE WEEK.

The first big baseball game of the
season in Conway will occur next
Thursday, March %, when the Uni
versity of Arkansas team will play
Hendrix College at Hendrix park.
The varsity nine will stop at Conway
on their way to Little Rock, where
they play the st. Paul American AS
sociation team on the following day.
The continued rains and winter
weather are very discouraging 10 the
coaches of all the local teams, who
have had almost no opportunity to get
their men on the field. Hendrix Will
go against the University withont
any team practice, but it is supposed
that the visitors will start the season
under the same handicap.
Coach Wilson has arranged return
games with the University at Fay
etteville April II and Is. These
games will follow two with Cumber-
land at Clarksville April Is and 16
A game with Russellville Aggies to be
played here April 10 has also been ar
ranged
Arkansas College of Batesville has
postponed their trip to Conway and
Clarksville one week. The BatesvilIe
team was scheduled to meet Hendrix
at Conway next Monday and Tues
day, Cumberland at Clarksville Wed
nesday and Thursday, and Normal at
Conway Friday and Saturday but, on
account of the backward weather
these dates have all been advanced
one week.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-03-23
WINGO SOCIETY CONTEST.

A preliminary contest to select -four
declaimers was held by the Wingc
Society of the State Normal last
night The final contest will be helc
in May, gold medal by Senator Otis
7. Wingo being the prize. The fol
lowing spoke in last nights contest
Elmer Wray, Vernon Thompson, Lon.
ME Webb, L. Francis, Homer Bruce
W. Francis and James Davis. The
first four named were selected as the
best declaimers by the judges, A. c.
Martin and S. w, Rogers.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-03-23
NEW PHONES INSTALLED.

The following new phones have
been installed since the publication of
the Conway directory, February l.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-03-23

tion in voting against the war depart
ment proposal to abolish about % of
the smaller army posts of the coun-
try. This would include Fort Logan
II. Roots, just across the river from
Little Rock, where 256 men are now
stationed, with an annual pay roll of
about $4,000. When it was an
nounced that it was proposed to aban-
don the post, the commercial organi-
cations began deluging the Congress
sional delegation with protests.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-03-23
RECEIVES HALF MILLION
STRAWBERRY PLANTS

Secretary w. d. Cole, .Jr, received
a shipment of half-million straw
berry plants from G. l.. Mays today,
but on account of the weather only
few of them could be delivered to the
members of the recently organized
Truck Growers Association A large
portion of the plants will be set out
by the Conway Strawberry Company,
stock company recently formed
here, which will cultivate so acres in
Strawberries.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-03-23
NO CROWD OUT TO
HEAR JUDGE PRINCE

A heavy rain which fell here today
served to prevent crowd from at
tending the speaking advertised by
Judge P. H. Prince to take place at
the courthouse at l o'clock this after
noon. At 3 o'clock the speaking had
rot begun and only about dozen men
had assembled at the courthouse.
Judge Prince stated that if the rain
had not occurred at least i 900 peo-
pie would have been out to hear him.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-03-23
". C. T. U. SERVICE.

The Women's Christian Temper
ance Unio nof Conway will hold a
memorial service in honor of Frances
Willard at the Methodist church to-
morrow afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
Mrs. John Fl. Hinemon of Little Rock
VII deliver an address on the life and
work of Mrs. Willard.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-03-23

Robert l.. Rowe of Greenwood is
here today in the interest of his
brother, Styles T. Rowe, who is a can
Gdate for attorney general.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-03-23

Because of my age, will sell my
dairy. Excellent location, ideal stock
farm to lease Best time in the year
to enter dairy business. Come and see
it See my son or myself. J. NJ.
Jackson. 159-3t
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-03-23

Mrs. W. B. Hines is the Conway
agent for the Spirella Corset. Phone
orders to her. No. 81. DIT
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-03-23
METHODIST SERVICES.

The pastor, Rev. E. R. Steel, viii
preach at both morning and evening
hours. He extends a welcome to all
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said 4 win cali fss you {. .~o
O'Clock"
What for2" he asked
Il win tel You that later do not
intend TO waste your valuable time;
nor can afford to lose mine. sup
pose you can trust me?"
All right" he sighed. I'm wait for
you"
I then drove 70 the Rue Bleue. and
caught Boissier just as he was leaving
the houce. When he saw me he held
out both hands.
What cheer, Martini"
4 am glad / caught you. Professor
Leroy. the wellkhown spiritualist
from Brussels. is here He has invited
me to private seance. and allows me
10 bring few friends. Xavier is COM
ing, and / want you to give US the
pleasure of your company"
Leroy. Leroy" he replied; II never
heard that name. But If Xavier comes
| win join your party
Il am sure you will enjoy it. Here
Is the address. Three o'clock, sharp"
At the Avenue Kleber, Mile. Ger
maine told me she had a bad cold.
but would wrap up well and assist at
the seance.
AS l left her house, heard my name
called, and a carriage stopped a few
yards from me recognized Nine.
A., Xavier's sister
my dear Goron," she cried, In an
anxious tone, ''how is it | have not
heard from you? Have you forgotten
your promise?'
Il have forgotten nothing In order
to help your brother have even en-
barked on a strange adventure. Hith-
erto have had to do with living men;
now am fighting ghosts"
The next day | found Xavier more
peevish than usual pretended not
to notice this, and when his brougaam
drove us to the Place Nalois, l said:
Xavier. l have invited you to an
odd performance Promise me to
keep your nerves under contrci, aud
not to utter a word during the seancS
until l give you leave On my part.
promise you that. in all probability,
you will sleep better tonight than you
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GOT THE BEST OF UNCLE
Old "5rer Fox" Was Distinctly There
When 1t Was Matter of
Nice Diplomacy.

One summers night Uncle Rube
was aroused from his sleep by a great
cutlery at his henhouse, and, on arts
ing. he found that fox had been
caught in trap set at the door.
Ding your buttons, but I've got ye
now!" exclaimed the farmer as he
hunted around for the ak I'm larn
We to come snoopin' around here after
my hens,"
rs it your idea to murder me in
cold blood?" calmly asked Iieynard.
"I'll murder ye in any kind Of
blood"
But don't rush the thing. You are
a farmer. but you are also a business
man, and want you to harken to me
minute"
Well say your say, but don't be
long about 1t"
In the first place" said the fox.
its midsummer, isn't it?"
I'm not disputin that"
Last winter my pelt was worth a
dollar and a half, owing to the condi-
ton of the fur. At this season you
could not get 30 cents for it. There's
a loss of s12O, at least. isn't there"
Looks like it to me-" replied I'm
Gle Rube, after a bit of mental arith-
metic.
We'll. is it business to take 80 cents
now when you could Set $3.50 by wait
ing till November"
"N-o-a-p. l guess not"
Then, as a business man. you will
release me and trap me later!"
The thing was done, but after the
farmer had returned to his bed he
began to muse.
Dog ny cats, but there's something
didn't think of. While fox skins
have gone down to so cents. the price
for chickens have gone up to 70! And
there's another. The price for fox
skins may be $3.50 in November but
where's my fox. I'm farmer and a
bus:m6ss man. but"
Moral-Cvr hind sight is always
better than our foresight.-Joe Kerr.
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VERY well J D.rgaise not to make
mistake" In a bitter tone. he add
cd. My fancee. as you viii see, Il
emancipated. and Goes not object tc
dining with me in a restaurant with
out a chaperon"
As | alighted at Voisin's broughan
drove up with Xavier, BOLSTER. and
Nile. Germaiae. the latter a slim, pale
girl. with a curious way Of looking al
people from the corners Of her gray
eyes.
She spoke very little. nor was
Xavier in a mood to talk. Boissier. on
the other hand. was in great form
and talked 10 everybody, including the
walters. He seemed to have taken a
great liking to me. and. shaping me
on the back. said:
Martin. l shall be delighted to as
sist YOU. II you want any advice from
the other world"
THAT is awfrlly good of you" re-
piled; the sooner the better. as
want to get back to Bordeaux.
We arranged to meet the following
afternoon at his apartment in the Rue
Bleue: and. at his request, Germaine
promised to come. too.
she is wonderful" remarked Bots
sier; she seems to command the
spirits,"
Xavier and / saw Germai2e home,
and we walked a little way together.
How long have you known Bots.
sier?" / asked
About six months"
Was It through him yon made Mile.
Germaines acquaintance?
Yes. | saw her the first time at
the seance Of the s s. Society. where
Boissier had taken me"
DO you mind giving me the name
of the fortune-teller you consulted
here ia Paris?"
Xavier hesitated q moment
"Madamoiselle Clomentine is her
name
THE woman in the Avenue Tru-
daine?"
Yes. Do you know her?"
No: know OF her" And with that
wished him goodnight
When called at the Rue Bleue.
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Calumet Ends nRad Luck.v

Remember when you were a youngster.
What trial baking day was? II Mother
was lucky, everything went finely-but IL
she had bad luck" her cakes and her
pies and her bread were failures. Her
success in baking seemed to depend al
most altogether on luck"
Nowadays there's no such thing as
baking luck" At least, not in the kitch-
ems of the up-to-date cooks. Simply be-
cause Calumet Baking Powder has smash
ed that old time idea 1t has made bak-
ing sure of success. 1t has made mex
perienced cooks able to bake perfectly.
and day after day ii is saving hundreds
of dollars worth of time and materials by
doing away with costly failures.
Calumet Baking Powder is the purest
baking powder made-and guaranteed not
only 20 BE pure, but to stay pure in the
CAN and in the BAKING. Calumet has
twice been officially judged the BEST
baking powder understanding the high
est awards at the Worlds Pure Food EX-
09f2). Adv.
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/ have for the last three months. Is il
understood"
He nodded assent. and I knew |
could trust him.
When we reached the Place Valois,
Professor Leroy was arranging the
dining-room where the seance was
to be held
We waited in the drawing-room for
Germaine and Boissier. who arrived
within five minutes of each other; we
then followed the professor to the
diningroom. The blinds had been
room.
Leroy babe Xavier and Germaine sit
down In one corner of the ROOM and
Boissier and me In the opposite one.
You will he began. witness
some extraordinary manifestations.
Some of the phenomena may even be
Of a startling nature. for l am the first
man who has succeeded in making
persons communicate direct with de-
parted spirits without passing through
the hands e. a medium. The expert
ment is a difficult one, and its success
depends on the relations that have
existed between the questioner and
the spirit evoked"
Addressing me. he continued:
Monsieur. | shall begin with you.
Please think of = departed person
with whom you wish to speak.
Il have thought of one" | replied
Tho goTl bonG y
right shoulder, and, raising the other
in the air uttered few words in a
weird-soundiue tongue We waited a
minute, but no response came.
The same experiment. was tried with
Xavier and BOLSTER, but with no bet
ter results.
Il do not know how 10 account for
this" said tie professor. in a vexed
/ tone. q have never yet seen the
spirits so hostile shall now ask
mademoisene to recall some one with
whom she would like to converse"
q have done so" said Germaine
The professor then laid his hand on
her shoulder but the moment he
lifted the other. noise burst upon us
as II all Bediam had been let loose. II
lasted only q few seconds, but it
made our very bones leap.
Good heavens. what was that? ,"
asked Navier
4 don't know" said the professor
this Is quite new to me We shall
soon see
He again touched Germalne. aud
once more The deafeniug din arose,
worse than before.
Xavier and Germaine. looking very
scared rose from their seats. when
[ the professor stopped them.
Sit down he shouted "Hark. the
spirits are there: l can hear them"
After silence that seemed oPpres-
sive, We heard a low moan in the dis
lance. which grew louder as It came
rearer Nren it had reached our
room, ii stcrped. There was another
minute Of suspense, and then a voice,
very far oG called out. Lily, Lily!"
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pnmanoler Balls

At time when the plague was rife
in England pomanders and perfumes
were in great request as safeguards.
Beads and bracelets of pemander
paste were worn as disinfectante. Po-
mander balls were carried in sticks
with perforated handles, particularly
by physicians. or people put them into
the pockets of their clothes.
Linen bags made of lavender flow
ers or rose leaves seem to be the
only survival of the deliberately made
bags concocted in those days. and the
perfumes used in their manufacture
arc entirely forgotten. Perfume then
was always a powder and this was
burnt somewhat after the manner of
incense) over hot Goals in order to
sweeten the atmosphere. Nowadays
perfumes have as a rule alcohol as
their base and would have been called
essences in those times.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-11-27

medicine in catarrhal conditions.
coughs. colds and grip, and many 9TH
er ailments to which the family is
subject. But since the change in the
formula of Peruna | do not find il
quite as useful to myself My bowels
are naturally very active. l cannot
take cathartic of any sort. 1t does
me injury 20 do so. The old Peruna
contained no cathartic ingredient
and was therefore a very useful medi-
cine to me. But I notice that the
new Peruna has a. slight laxative ac-
tlon, which almost makes it pro-
hibltory for me to use. | was won
dering if there was not some way in
which / could obtain the old Peruna
as you used to make it,"
TO this letter I made the following
reply: Yes, the new Peruna does
contain a laxative element. You
should therefore take the old Peruna
tha-tar-no) which has no laxative
quality. While prescribing the old
Peruna found it quite necessary fire.
quently to prescribe the laxative Man.
ain in connection with It. Therefore
Manalin was combined with Peruna,
IN order to meet those cases that re-
quire a laxative. But in case M
laxative is required the objection to
the new Peruna you speak of arises.
Many of the people who used to take
the old Peruna found difficulty in TAX
ing the new Peruna To meet those
cases l ain having manufactured the
old Peruna under the name of Katar-
no, and If you are anxious to get the
old Peruna exactly as it used to be
made you can do So"
Pe-ru-na, Man-a-lin and La-cu-pia
manufactured by the Pe-ru-na com
pany. Columbus, Ohio. Sold at all
drug stores.
SPECIAL NOTIcE:-Many persons inquire
for The Oldtime Peruua. They want the
Peruna that their Fathers and Mothers used
to take. The old Peruna is now called Ka-
tarne. II your druggist or dealer does not
keep II for sale write the Katarno Company,
Columbus, Ohio, and they will tell you all
about it.
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A well-esteemed preacher in a New
England community that was rather
notorious for the stinginess of its In
habitants suddenly announced his
resignation. and the deacons imme-
diately sought him out for his rea-
sons
MY decision has been brought
about by the negligence OF my congre-
cation" announced the divine.
why. sir" protested one Of his
hearers. Il cant see how you can &c.
cuse us Of negligence. The church Is
crowded every Sunday
"Oh. yes" agreed the preacher;
but what / accuse them nf Is coJ
tributory negligence. -Lippincott's-
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Germaine was sitting in a listless at
titude on the sofa. Bolssier was a;
boisterous as ever
Come on. Pythonissa." he shouted
to the girl; mount your tripos; oul
friend Martin is in a hurry"
Cermaine sat down at the table
placed piece OF paper in front of her
took up a pencil and looked at me
from the corners OF her eyes. while
| Boisser held his hands over her head
Having remained a minute in that pc
sition he beckoned to me to come
close up to him, and whispered;
Put your question:"
Il should like to know" | said
where Maillard. who died year ago
hid the documents for which his rela
lives are searching
Germalne, her eyes half-closed. be
gan to write slowly. and l read: In q
black bag"
Where Is the bag?" | asked.
Again the pencil moved. and wrote:
I'm the garden"
Go on with your questions sale
Boissier
"No, thank you" retorted; "yor
have given me most valuable informa
ton; l can act upon that"
The banus OF Xavier's marriage
were 70 be published on the 18th; il
was already the 9Th. and | shudderec
when thought how little time was
| left to me to slit this business.
! went home and traced my plan
The Investigations had TO make
would take me away from Paris fully
three days; and there remained, there
fore. only another three days to pu
into execution the scheme which
trusted would bring everything tC
light
During my absence. l had BoissieI
aud Germaine watched. on my re
turn I learned that the latter had me
Xavier twice, but otherwise had no
called anywhere nor received visitors
with the exception OF Boissier, whit
had gone To her house and stayed
there halg an hour
Boissier. on the other hand. haI
been very busy lie had met Xavie
every day; he had spent an evening
at Mile. Clementiuc's private resi-
! dence at Suresnes lie had also beef
! seen in earnest conversation with twt
ladies. who proved 10 he counecte,
with Clementlne's establishment,
Moreover. he had dined with an indi
viaual called Riyieve who occupied
bedroom above Boissier's apartment
This Rivlere had once been arreste,
on n charge OF emhezzlement, but har
been discharged
My scheme was rot only a risk.
one. but needed elaborate preparation
/ started early by calling or a bach
elor Friend. and obtained his permits
sion 20 use his apartment in III
Place Valois tor she following after
noon. At my request. he also instruct
j ed his housekeeper, I'm elderly woman
TO place herself az my disposal From
there went TO Xavier.
Keep yourself freo tomorrow.
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Shoe TaIk.

The Inventor was talking to himself.
What with my heatless light, my
Ieakless fixtures. my invisible ash
can and my disappearing bed. have
made the life of the urbanite well
worth the living"
"Wrong!" corrected the down
weighted Benedict You have yet to
perfect the footless meter and the
vanishing gas bill."-Judge.
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Milx Wooer.

Ardent Suitor-"I lay my fortune at
your feet" Fair Lady-"Your fortune!
l didn't know you had one" Ardent
Suitor-"Well, it isn't much of for
tune, but it will look large beside
those tiny feet. Boston Transcript
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Is Peruna a Laxative?

I am in re-
ceipt of a letter
from a mechan-
ic who is at the
head of a pros
porous house
hold. Peruna
has been used
in his family
for a good
many years. He
writes as fol-
lows:
AS you know.
we have used
Peruna in our
home for a num-
Der OF years.
We find il a re-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-11-27

People win encourage your fads as
long as you are willing to squander
your money on them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-11-27

Mrs. winslow-s Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
ton ,lays pain cures wind collie, s5c bottleasS
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innnnrtanr fo Mothera

We have noticed that the men who
die for women nearly always do so at
the hands of an injured husband.