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The log cabin Democrat., 1912-04-30
SHOULD Wait TILL
GROUND Is WARM
WEBB ADVISES FARMERS
NOT TO PLANT COTTONSEED
IN COLD GROUND-CULTIVA-
TON MOST IMPORTANT.

County Demonstration S. B. Webb
today issued the following circular
letter to the demonstrators and CO.
operator farmers in Faulkner coun-
ty:
: Conway, Ark, April 80, 1912.
ct seems to be the general impress
sion that the planting of cotton
should be extremely early in order to
best combat the boil weevil, when the
facts are that it is not the earliest
planting that makes the earliest cot
ton crop in any case.
I'VE contend that early maturing
varieties of cotton planted as soon as
the ground is warm, and cultivated
rapidly, makes the earlier crop.
Cotton will do no good in cold
ground, as it is semi-tropical, there
fore you should be careful not to
plant too early, and wait until the
ground is warm before planting.
Cotton usually dates from the
tine it is worked out, and not from
the date of planting. This season is
very late, and if cotton had been
planted it would not have done well,
as the ground is yet too cold
"Do not become discouraged on ac-
count of late spring, but plant when
the ground gets warm, with the early
varieties of seed, and be sure that
you can work same rapidly. Plant
plenty of corn and peas for feed for
stock, have your gardens, and remem-
Der that $50 out of every 500 worth
of cotton raised in Arkansas is spent
for meat and feedstuffs. This you
should raise on your own farm. Our
slogan is to make living on the farm
by growing all feed for stock, and
make cotton the surplus crop. Pre-
pare good seed-bed, plant early-va-
rieties of seed when the ground is
warm, with intensive cultivation.
rs. B. WEBB, Special Agent"
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-04-30
Hrs. Cooper Hinton
PROBATES WILL
OF 5. 7. HARDIN

The will Of the late Samuel T. Har-
q n was filed for probate by the exc
eutrix, the wife of the deceased, this
afternoon. The will, which was wit
messed by DR.. |. N. McColum of this
city and j. A. Norris of Dubach,
La, directs that three-fourths of the
income from the real estate and per-
sonal property belonging to the es-
tate be paid to the widow, upon whom
is enjoined the care and education of
Mr.. Hardin's two younger children,
Kat Blanch and Hugh Thomas Har-
din, aged 10 and II, respectively. The
other heirs of the estate are Emery
Hardin, aged II, and Charles R. Har-
din and Mrs. Willie Shaw, adults. All
of the real and personal property
aside from the dover as stated is to
be divided equally among the five
children. w. B. Wilson was appoint
ed administrator of the estate.
The personal property is estimated
to be worth $2,250 and the real estate
consists of 240-acre farm between
Holland and Enola and a residence in
the city of Conway.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-04-30

their mother and father, appeared at
the Arkway theater last night, and
not only delighted but surprised the
entire audience with their wonderful
and clever singing and dancing.
Their songs were the latest and every
movement of these little folks showed
careful training. They will appear
at the Arkway tonight and tomorrow
night in a changed program and
those who failed to see these clever
little performers last night will make
no mistake in attending tonight Ad-
mission as usual
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-04-30
LETTERS OF DAVID @.
DODD ARE RECEIVED
ARKANSAS HISTORY COMMITS
SION SECURES VALUABLE
ACQUISITION TO ARCHIVES.

Little Rock, April 3O.-Secretary
Herndon of the Arkansas History
Commission has just received some
valuable material concerning David
0. Dodd, the gallant young Confeder-
ate hero, who was hanged as spy by
Gen. Steele in Little Rock in 1864.
There are about rs of his original let
tiers, written to his mother and his
father, A. M. Dodd, in 1929, and
which have ever since been preserved
by his sister, Mrs. Sinhora Dodd
Booth of Washington, D. C. The let
tiers are very interesting, casting
many sidelights upon the stirring
events of the times. None of the let
tiers were written after his arrest.
There is also an old Bible with David
o. Dodd's autograph, which was per-
sented to him on his tenth birthday
for excellence in penmanship.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-04-30
TEACHERS INSTITUTE
TO BE HELD JUNE 81

The annual county teachers insti-
tute for Faulkner county will be con-
Quoted at Conway June 81 by County
Examiner j. NJ. C. laughter, ac-
cording to an announcement issued
by the state department of education
yesterday. Prof. w. E. Halbrook of
Choctaw will conduct the institute at
Bentonville June 24-29, and Prof. H..
S. Traylor of Conway will conduct
the Prairie county institute at Hazen
June 81.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-04-30
SPECIAL REUNION RATES.

The special train for the benefit of
veterans and sons of veterans desir-
ing to attend the reunion at Macon,
Ga, will leave the Union station at
Little Rock Sunday, May 5, at 1870
p. M, arriving at Macon Monday,
May 6, at IL 80 a. m. Agent ]. w.
James of this city will be glad to fur
nish detailed information as to rates,
sleeping car reservations, stop-over
privileges, etc, to anyone on applica-
ton. d4t-w1t
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-04-30
UNWILLING AT LIBERTY.

Conway camp No. 50. w. @ W.,
and Sunnysde camp No. 460, ". O.
W., will unveil the monument erected
to the memory of L. W. Jones at Old
Liberty, six miles east of Conway, on
Sunday, May 5, at 8 o'clock p. m. All
are invited to be present on this oc-
casion
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-04-30
TRAIN SERVICE RESUMED.

Station Agent J W. James receiv-
ed advices today to the effect that
the Iron Mountain had resumed train
service from Little Rock to Memphis
and the trains are running on the
usual schedule. The delay from the
flood is one of the longest in the hist
ory of the road.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-04-30
GAMES CALLED OFF.

Coach W. F. Tate received tele-
gram yesterday afternoon stating
that the Hot Springs high school
baseball team had disbanded and call
ing off the games scheduled to be
played at Conway Wednesday and
Thursday of this week. Coach Tate
is endeavoring today to secure games
with Russellville high school here this
week
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-04-30
COMMITTEE NAMED.

At meeting of the directors of the
Faulkner County Fair Association
last night, an executive committee
was named to handle the details of
the fourth annual fair to be given
here October 3-11. The committee is
composed of b. L. Harton, J w.
James and G. w. A Wilson. The
work of preparing the material for
the fourth annual catalogue, which
has been unavoidably delayed, will be
taken up and completed at once.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-04-30
REHEARING is DENIED.

In the supreme court yesterday a
rehearing in the case of G. r. Strick-
land ct al VS.. NJ. Strickland, Jr., was
denied The court recently reversed
the case and remanded it to the
Faulkner circuit court for new
trial
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-04-30
EJECTMENT SUIT FILED.

Maggie Beckett and others today
filed an ejectment suit in the Faux
ner circuit court against John Beck
EFT, claiming they are entitled to the
possession of the north half of the
northeast quarter of the northwest
quarter and 80 acres off the north
side of the northwest quarter of the
northwest quarter, section Is, town
ship 8, range II. The plaintiffs claim
ownership to the lands as heirs OF
William r. Beckett, deceased
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-04-30
INFANT ROBERTSON DEAD.

Ambrose, the six-months-old son of
Rev. and Mrs R. A Robertson, died
Saturday night of pneumonia, and
was buried Sunday afternoon at
Oak Grove cemetery, Rev. E. R. Steel
conducting the services.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-04-30
RECITAL POSTPONED.

On account of the illness of Mrs.
Conger, the recital to have been given
last night at Morrilton by the Central
College orchestra, has been postponed.
The entertainment will probably be
given Thursday evening.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-04-30

In the whole field of medicine there
is not healing remedy that will re-
pair damage TO the flesh more quickly
than BILLIARDS. SNOW LINZ
MENT. In cuts, wounds, sprains,
burns, scads and rheumatism, its
healing and penetrating power is eX-
traordinary. Price 25c, SOC and 800
per bottle Sold by Nelson Drug Co.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-04-30
GIVEN BIBLES

The Conway camp of Gideons have
just placed 80 Bibles in the rooms of
the hotels at Arkadelphia.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-04-30

Arthur Bradley of Morrilton is Wis
iting here today.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-04-30
MARRIAGE LICENSE.

Arthur Morton, 20, and Viola
Braun, 10, Conway
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-04-30

Old papers for sale at this office.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-04
Umpire Sheridan
 Simply Can't Retire

"SOMEHOW I can't keep my word
 N0 about retiring from the game" says Jack Sheridan. dean of the Amer ican league umpires. I've quit half a dozen times to go into the undertaking business, but when the ball players have begun kicking in the spring I've had to come back at Ban Johnson's 8 request. They pensioned me last year the magnates-and they pinned a medal on me. I went to the coast last winter prepared to live in peace and happiness the rest of my days. I was contented with the world in general when I got a wire from Johnson to don the spangles again. And do you know that really felt the blood boil
 ing in my veins as I started east! l
 prefer umpiring on the bases nova :
 days because the strain isn't so great but I can call 'em behind the bat as well as ever"
 Sheridan at one time was the king of umpires. He was absolute master of the situation President Johnson built up the present competent umpire staff acting upon Sheridan's suggestions
 The veteran umpire said: Enforce the rules as they are written and make the | players afraid to kick Then rowdy baseball will disappear" That always has been Johnson's policy.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-04
Sam Johnson Oldest Jockey

ONE of the quaintest characters seen o on the turf today is Sam Johnson. hotter ,5nown as Chief" Johnson, the Indian jockey. who is without doubt the oldest race rider whose name still anDears daily on the board. Born in Wagoner. Indian Territory. forty two years ago. the chief has been riding races for twentysix years. His first winning mount was on a quarter horse called White Stocking at Bonham, Tex and his first winning mount on a bie track was on Leachman at New orleans twenty-three years ago. The chief comes by his Indian blood from his mother. who was a full blooded Cherokee. He is able to make ninety eight pounds.
 The chief has ridden for many nrominent owners. including J. w. Fuller. s. J. Charles, Ed Fitzgerald,
 Thompson brothers, Red" Walker and w T. Anderson, and when asked how many different tracks he had ridden over during the twenty-six years re- nlied that he couldn't count them To the chief belongs the distinction of winning a race over the jumps and on the flat in one day. It happened at Kinloch park, St. Louis, he winning on Compass and repeating on Itacatiara, both horses being owned by Red" walker.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-04
Jesse BuTkett Was q
 SupeTstitlOuS Ball Player
OF all the superstitious ball players

OF all the superstitious ball players
 none can hold a candle to Jesse Burkett, the old Cleveland outfielder.
 Jesse and the rest of us were out at Delmar track. in St Louis." says Bob by Wallace of the St. Louis Americans in telling the story. Jesse got down s20 at to on a good thing that may be running yet.
 "Burkett had been tipped to this by George Keister, race track man. After the race Jesse turned on Keister with one of his snarls, and Keister, knowing his fear of hoodoos, said:
 "Pl put the Spanish curse on you for week for that
 "The next day Burkett failed to get a hit and muffed a fly. The day after he booted a grounder and struck out twice. That night he hunted up Keis- ter.
 "'Come up to my room.' said Bur- kett.
 "Keister went along, and Burkett un- wrapped package. displaying beau- tiful Ascot, and said George, I'll give you that scarf-it cost me $2-if you'll take off that Span- ish curse.' 'rKeister snapped his fingers three times and said Its off, And the next day, strange to say, Burkett made three hits and flelded l like 8 fiend."
Arizona republican., 1912-09-04

Fl OVID you like to be the umpire ?"
 was the title of a song that fell from the syncopating pen of one of the great American dramatists. The ques- tion was asked and never answered.
 But now comes Garnett c. Bush, a St. Louisian, who deposes that the life of the indicator is rough-with a bold face R.
 Bush, just twenty eight years old, is now a National league holder of an in dicator and holds the unique distinc tion of being one of the youngest men ever honored with a permanent berth in the parent body. He won his posi- tion on merit He earned his spurs during seven years service in the bush" leagues Now he is regarded as one of the finds" of the decade. The question naturally arises: Is Bush an umpire? There have been men who held the indicator in the big league who were undertakers, clerks, blacksmiths. ball players and anything but umpires. However, Bush is essen tially an umpire. He has been convict | ed of being one, and that's evidence be- yond doubt
 l Yea. Bush has "criminaP' record which proves conclusively that he is a | good umpire. Looking back over his | tempestuous career in the minor league, one sees that the St. Louis man has been "jugged' no less than four 1 times. and in each case he was tried and found guilty of being an umpire a fearless umpire.
 | To enlighten the reader on this sub | ject 1t would be well to state that in the minor leagues there are such things as "homers," the same being umpires who always favor the home club. Bush never was and is not homer" He rendered his decisions as he saw them without fear of man or police force.
 What was the result?
 Not infrequently he was arrested and put in Jail. In Keokuk, Ia, one day about five years ago Bush was called upon to give hard decision on a play at the plate. The tying run for the ]. home club was coming in In the tentf inning. A relay from the outfield was made perfectly, and the ball beat the runner coming from third by a hairs dth.
 You're out!" shouted Bush.
 You're a thief" roared the fans. { There was a riot. The police force who was sitting back of the home clubs bench. came on the field anC took the first punch at Bush. Then ht hustled the umpire off to jail.
 When reached the jail" says Bush T had on my mask and protector. 4 pair of vegas were sitting in the eel that also was to occupy. One of then said to me. What they got on you pal%
 I'm an umpire I told him.
 Well, you're in bad was the reply
 'T was arrested down in Texas an other time for appearing on the street The previous day I had chased six O the home players for some reason O other. When I left the hotel they tool me in tow. They put me in jail at
 o'clock in the afternoon and kept m there until 7:30 that evening. The, charged me with being an umpire
Arizona republican., 1912-09-04
Hard to Get AIexander'S Goat

CLARK GRIFFITH, manager of the V Washington Americans, was tell ing some friends the other day about an attempt he made to get Pitcher Alexanders goat last summer. He parked from the coaching lines, insin- uating that Alex had a streak of ocher up his spine and that the young pitch CT in company with his hollow horned ruminant. was about to cut the rope and begin a cloud shattering aviation. The Philadelphian stopped pitching for an instant. addressed Griff and told him some sweet aphorisms that sent the veteran staggering to the bench. com pletely obfuscated.
 It isn't often that pitcher can come back strong and upset the coacher As
Arizona republican., 1912-09-04
PUCNISTS ASK EXORDTANT PURSES FOR BATTLES7

orbitant prices for the privilege of wit messing f1stic contests then the fighters will come down in the prices some of them are asking before they will show. Boxing with a five ounce glove and even suffering a knockout now and then is not so hard as many people who pay to witness these things sup pose.
 There was a time when fighting was a much severer test than it is now, and the price a fighter received was far below what 1t is at present. Fighters were plentiful enough then and all ways will be so long as fighters are permitted to battle.
 Battling with gloves, even to fin ish. and risking loss of a title. three or four times a year is much easier than real work for fifty-two weeks, and this includes the training and all the hard ships that go with the business of pugilism. Many of our fistic experts who pull down sums ranging in the thousands for one performance would not make as much in an entire life time if they had to dig it out of the workshops and factories.
 All this is not intended as an argu- ment to support a theory that boxing should be put on a salaried basis. New ertheless the price paid the fighter should be somewhere within reason of | what his performance is worth and | the public given the benefit of the consequent reduction that would be possible in the price of admission to see the glove wielder at work. It is not disputed that he gives an inter I npODie want to witness, but this fact should not be taken advantage of to make them pay several times more than it is | worth.
 Contests today are mild in compari- son with the real fights that have made | ring history. but the pay in a majority of instances is princely compared witt | what champions of old received. The | punishment and inconvenience en- | dured in these modern contests are no
 to be compared with the fearful sui ferings of former prize ring days. Thi: is true of all angles, frorI the time z match is made down to the time of it: settlement in the ring.
 There was a time when training fol
 light in itself meant physical torture The face. neck. hands and arms of fight CTS or the OlQ SCnOOl were plChleu 10 LII 1 hardness of a walnut to better with
 stand the slashing and battering the,
 were sure to receive. The flesh iron | about the eyes cheeks and neck 0
 fighters was literally massaged ava,
 so that there would be little left t
 swell The same thing was done fo
 the hands so that there would be n meat to puff and render them useless.
 Training periods sometimes laste
 for months under a dieting of COars
 foods and abstinence from almost ev
 erything that makes life worth living
 These fights were to a finish. with tw
 ounce fighting gloves. skin tight glove
 or no gloves at all, and there was n
 limit to the strength and enduranc
 that might be required. Every siney
 of the body was trained to stand tn
 test. and there was something more [
 be done than merely making weigh ! exercising the muscles and seeing tha
 the wind" was right-something tha
 some of our professional boxers nov do in a weeks time.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-04
Baseball In the Philippines

TT Is an unfailing source of pleasure to Americans visiting the Philip pines," said c. H. Keith of Kansas City.
 Mo. recently, ito watch the interest
 manifested in baseball by the little
 Filipino boys and in basketball by the girls. The United States army was
 primarily responsible for introducing baseball into the islands, but the schools developed it and added basket ball.
 "At Baguio, in the interior of Luzon. Igorrotes may be seen pitching curveg with the skill of the small boy in an Indian school Still clinging to their ancestral loin cloths, the boys add blouses bearing the letters of their teams and thus present a strange pie ture. So the national game has spread through all the archipelago. 6 Interpro- vincial meets attract the villagers. young and old from the adjacent coun- try. They not only come to see. but
 they come to root for their tavorite teams.'
Arizona republican., 1912-09-04

NO team can be classed as a great
 ~ ball club if 1t lacks a high class catching staff. It is almost impossible to figure out the immense difference a classy and an ordinary catcher make in ball team.
 The Washington team is a corking good ball club this year, but no one factor has played a more prominent part in the success of the club than the catching department. In John Henry and Eddie Ainsmith Clark Grif- filth has two of the greatest receivers in the business. Both have wonderful arms, and it is always a good bet that the runner who tries to steal will be thrown out. Both are fairly good hit ters, death on foul flies and for catch
Arizona republican., 1912-09-04
By TOMMY CLARK.

THERE is one play in baseball that
 when tried fails on an average of nine times out of ten, and yet on the possible chance that the runner may be cut off at the plate it is attempted almost whenever the occasion offers, on the chance that it may be the one time it is successful. The play comes up with a man on second and a single is made to the outfield. Nearly all ways the outfelder takes a chance and heaves the ball home, with the result that the batter goes to second, from where a single would score him, where as if he were held at first it would take two safeties to send him home. It looks like the better play to throw to second. but. as has been said, the field CT is generally willing to take the chance.
 In recent Washington Detroit game the play was tried seven times
Arizona republican., 1912-09-04

and was a dismal failure six. The one time, though. that it succeeded it was the factor which probably saved the game for Washington. Bush, Cobb and Crawford singled in succession Two runs had been made, and Mo riarty was on second when Louden drove the ball to center for slashing single. Milan got the ball, and. mak- ing the throw to the plate, got Mo- riarty at the plate by four or five feet
 It was the one time in the game that the play was carried through. and that one time more than cOunterbalanced all the other failures. It is the one chance for which players are always trying.
 Taking that play as a general thing straight through the season, it is likely that it more than evens up in favor of the team at bat. There is not much chance to get the man at the plate try ing to score from second on a single.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-04

And Packey Mcfarland, though holding no championship title did re- ccfve $1O,00O for boxing Matt Wells, England's lightweight champion. ten rounds
 Are they worth it? Do they earn it '?
 Ask some of the fighters of long ago and compare their battles with those of today: then figure it out.
 When the public refuses to pay ex-
Arizona republican., 1912-09-04

CTS they are mighty fast on their feet. Better, still, they do not get their pitchers continually in the hole by calling for waste balls. So true are their arms that they don't have to con- tinually resort to the waste ball to get the runners stealing.
 The Boston club is going well be- cause Bill Carrigan is having the best year of his career: because Cady, se- cured from the Newark club of the Eastern league. has developed into a star in a year: because Nunamaker who Is doing very little catching of late, is a better receiver than the regu- lars on number of the major league clubs. True. Carrigan has not very good arm, but he manages to get the
Arizona republican., 1912-09-04
Baker Is TiTneIIest Hitter

IF all the members of the Philadelphia Athletics had hit in the timely fash ion that John Franklin Baker has done this season few of the Mackmen would have been left on the bases during this campaign, and the probabilities are the White Elephants would be way out in front instead of trailing the Red Sox and the Nationals, for J. Franklin is leading not only his league, but also the National, in driving in runs.
 Baker has passed the three quarter post in bringing home the tallies, hay ing seventy eight to his credit. He is closely pursued for the honor of being the timeliest hitter of the major leagues by Larry Doyle, the Giants captain.