The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-10-23
CHURCH ARCH|vf
SHOWS GROWTH
M. f. C. s. CORNERSTONE
COLLECTION SHOWS PROGRESS
OF CITY AND CHURCH
SINCE 1897.
From Mondays Datlp

from Mondays Daily.
The Methodist church Bulletin yes
terday contained the following inter
esting story of the opening of the
corner stone of the old Methodist
church, which is being RACED prepare
tory to building q new church:
On last Tuesday the workmen
reached the cornerstone of our old
church. In it was found box which
contained the Journal of the Arkan-
sas Annual Conference which met at
Ozark November 1922, 1897. In it
are found reports from r. M. Tray
lor, f. S. H. Johnston, S. F. Goddard,
A. c. Millar, Henry Hanesworth, J.
M. Cantrell, j. 3 Stevenson and
beautiful tribute by Rev. Geo. w. Hill
to Rev. V. V. Harlan, who had just
passed away at Clarksville. The re-
port of that year shows that we col
lected $50 for the Sunday School, $500
for our preacher and S1,313 for all
purposes.
A senior quarterly and the October,
O8, number of the Review of Missions
were in the box. The Sunday School
was then interested in studies in the
history of Judah. The Cuban Mission
was just then being opened and was
drawing the attention of our church.
Next we found copy Of the car
kansas Methodist under date of Oc-
tober 5, 1898. 1t was owned and edit
ed by DR.. J. E. Cooley and Hon. Geo.
Thornburgh. Near the Methodist was
found the christian Advocate" edit
ed by Bishop Hoss and J. w. Boswell.
Just at that time there was consider
able comment on the War Claim"
proposition and an attorney named
Stahlman and our book agents, Smith
and Lamar, were Being severely criti-
cised. A number of Conference reso-
lutions on the subject are in this is
sue of the Advocate.
Current copies of the Conway DEM
ocrat and Log Cabin were in the box.
The former was then 10 years old, the
latter 20. Conway was then in the
midst of a smallpox scare, and we
found an article written by President
Millar on the situation. Hendrix had
just opened with sixty boarding stu
dents. There was still talk of the
way Admiral Dewey used ammunition
on the morning of May day that year
and of the trouble the Minnesota In
dams were giving General Bacon and
his troops.
Next was found catalogue of
Hendrix and Mirror. The latter is
a splendid issue and contains articles
by H. B. Mckenzie, John P. Steel, o.
B. Harvey, Nick Can't and others.
1t contains a short story of the two
literary societies. The editors and
managers were Garner Frazier, F.
Hutchinson, H. B. Mckenzie, c. N.
Clark, E. X. Sewell, J. L. Bond, and
F. C. Cannon. DR.. Lee and Mr.. Till
man were the commencement speak
ers that year. The Mirror contained
an appreciation by the editor of the
Hendrix girls.
There were two song books, dis
cipline and Bible belonging to Bro.
Johnston in the box. The Bible had
the following interesting bit Of his
tory written by it's owner: "This BIZ
BILE was used for a number of years
by F. S. H. Johnston while he was P.
E. of Fayetteville District. He got
into swollen stream Dosage Creek
and he and horse were washed down.
This Bible was taken out some dis
lance below The discipline was pre-
scented by Rev. P B. Summers, who
was the P. +. at the time.
We found the entire roll of men,
bers of the church and Sunday
School. In these lists are many who
are present today, but many who
have moved away or gone to the bet
ter Land. There were $50 members
of the church and 227 enrolled in the
Sunday School. The officers and
teachers of the Sunday School were
as follows: F. S. H. Johnston, pas
tor; l.. B. Griffing. superintendent;
Rosa Martin, secretary; r. B. Nc
Culloch, Mrs. S. G. Smith, Mrs. j T.
Murphy, Mrs. M, H. Cole, r. L. Mas
sey, Mrs. Effie Lincoln, Gus Banner
H. H. Probst, Miss Myrtle Greeson,
Miss Bessie Randell, Miss Artie Mar
tin, Miss Nellie Randell, A. c. Curtis,
and F. c.. Cannon, teachers. The larg-
est class was taught by Miss Bessie
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