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The log cabin Democrat., 1913-09-08

the Commercial Appeal, issued today. Much of this loss has been due to the natural decline of the plant with ma turity. This is especially true in
 promise is still good for an excellent yield. But in the remainder of the belt natural deterioration has been augmented by heavy loss, due to the hot, dry weather, and, in infested areas, to the boil weevi.
 In all of the western section of the belt and in Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama, the deterioration, due to dry weather, has been marked, and the promise of the yield has been ap- preciably cut. A large majority of in this territory state that the prospect has changed from the best outlook in years 30 days ago to one of the worst of many, many years. The plant is shedding heavily and young bolls are being forced open prematurely by the heat and drouth. There is almost solid unanimity of opinion that top crop is practically out of the question.
 In Mississippi, Louisiana and parts of Southern Alabama the second matching of the boil weevil is doing great damage, and farmers have giv- en up as hopeless all efforts to pick them from the cotton and burn them. Their damage in Texas is incense quential.
 An unusual amount of cotton is open for the season of the year, and in spite of the hot weather picking is going on rapidly, with the result that September ginning figures bid fair to break all records. East of the river there is a disposition on the part of farmers to hold their cotton for even higher prices. There is hardly a single complaint of lack of sufficient labor to gather the crop expeditiously. West of the river continued clear, open weather is desired to expedite the gathering of the crop, as it is generally acknowledged that rains would prove of small benefit in pro- noting further growth or fruitage
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-09-08
At The Theatres
THE ARKWAY.

"The Gratitude of Wanda" a two- reel Bison, will be the feature at the Arkway tonight. Wanda, an Indian maid, is rescued from the brutal at tentions of half-breed by Wally, a young rancher. The half-breed vows vengeance, while Wanda goes to the rancher's cabin to thank him. There she meets the rancher's wife, Pauline, and little baby, and becomes attached to the child. The half-breed later at tempt to shoot the young rancher, but is frustrated by Wally and his friends, who handle him roughly. He incites the tribe to an attack on the rancher's cabin. Wanda overhears their plot and protests. She is bound and thrown into her tepee Wanda finally frees herself and saves her friends.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-09-08

the lingering hope that their property might have been saved
 The relief committee in which all authority is centralized spent the day dispensing help. There are more to be supplied than had been expected. The farthest scopes of the fire had reached little districts where all the occupants owned had ben taken by looters. Supplies were necessary.
 From Little Rock is being furnish ed bread and necessities. The city has the usual plentiful supply of water in it's mains.
 Local reports of insurance compan- ies authorized the statement that the insurance loss will be little less than $2,000,000. w. w. Little and Capt. J. H. Avery, two of the leading in- surance men of the city, authorized the statement that it was doubtful if the insurance loss would reach more than s1,75O,OO0.
 The decrease in the insurance loss, however, does not accompany any de- crease in the summary of actual loss- es, for gradually this figure has been climing until it will reach nearer ST. 000,000 than $6,000,000, as formerly declared.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-09-08
THE GRAND.

Sea sickness, an ambitious mother, a rival suiter and the fates generally, conspire to prevent the proposal of Jack Hardy to his fair fellowpass- enger, Marion Van Sicklen. He gets to the point several times, but before the words can pass his lips something invariably interrupts his declaration The manner in which he at last suc- ceeds in getting his hearts desire forms fitting close to the series of untoward incidents that takes place on the voyage across the Pacific. If you like real good fun, go and see this comedy, which will be played tonight at the Grand, together with "Yoko- hama Fire Department" an inter- esting topical picture showing the Japanese method of fire fighting.
 "Her Mothers Oath" Biograph, and "The Cloak af Guilt" Kalem, will be shown at the Grand tonight.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-09-08
RAINS WILL BE OF
 GREAT BENEFIT

The rains which have fallen since Saturday and which are reported to have been general over the county, will be of great benefit to the farm CTS, it is stated, although they came too late to prevent severe loss in cot ton. The premature opening of young cotton bolls will be stopped and the bolls will fill out much better than if the dry, hot weather had continued. Late fall pastures will be greatly helped and stock water, which was becoming scarce in many localities, will again be plentiful.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-09-08
LITTLE ROCK WILL
 CONTRIBUTE SlO,OOO
MASS MEETING HELD TO CON- SIDER RELIEF FOR HOT
 SPRINGS SUFFERERS.

Little Rock, Sept. 8.-At mass meeting of Little Rock citizens held at the city hall Sunday afternoon, for the purpose of taking action to- ward the relief of the fire sufferers in Hot Springs, there were about 75 of the representative business men of the city present.
 Mayor Chas. E. Taylor, who had spent two days in the stricken city, and is familiar with the situation, was made chairman of the meeting, Fletcher Chenault secretary and George Thornburgh treasurer.
 Reports were made of the needs of the people, and it was agreed as the sense of those assembled that Little Rock should contribute $10,000 to- ward the relief of the victims. This is to be raised as speedily as possible, as the demands for aid are urgent. Committees were appointed to canvass the city at once, so that as much as possible of the $10,0O0 may be in hand by this evening, to be forward ed at once to the relief committee. Specific committees will take care of the down town district, and the re- spective aldermen were designated to appoint b-committees to canvass the outlying wards.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-09-08
DEAD! DEAD! DEAD!

The deadest things on earth, are bedbugs, ants, fleas, reaches, chicken mites, lice and other insects sprayed with Ross Dead Quick" Spray. It kills their eggs and breaks up the tribes. Kills and keeps away mos quitoes. Nice and clean. Nothing like it. Sold in Conway by Greeson Drug Co-d6t-w1t
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-09-08
INCREASE ESTIMATE
 OF FIRE LOSSES MAY GO TO s7,ooo,0oo INSTANCES OF HEROISM COME TO LIGHT FOLLOWING HOT
 SPRINGS DISASTER.

Hot Springs, Sept. S.-Sunday was
 day of summing up by the people of Hot Springs; a day on which they got vivid conception of the immen- sity of the smothering to the city the flames of Friday afternoon brought. For the several thousand visitors who poured in from nearby towns to spend the day it was a Sunday of out-pour- ings of sympathy.
 Some heroisms are being recited, one in particular being that of S. R.
 w. Clark, engineer at the main tur- pines of the electric railway company which supplies the city with it's mo- tive power.
 The turbines are located in the midst of the fire district. When the blaze had reached the building others fled. Clark remembered that it was the power of his engines which four miles distant kept the electric pumps running that pumped the water from the bayou creek to the large supply reservoir. He knew the fire would extend far and wide, for at that time it was uncomfortable in the gush of the hurricane that had sprung up So he operated his engines in the plant until himself scorched and burned hn {ho gan to fall about him. Then he drove the motive power to it's highest speed and left the turbines in their furnace to grind until the last moment poss- ble. Through this fact partly was due that water was furnished the fire fighters throughout the whole fire.
 A little boy II years of age rushed to frame building, an easy prey for the flames in the path of the blaze. The building was the means of an in- come for his cousin, little girl now in school. It was left to her in a small heritage. It was occupied as saloon. The youth summoned his friends and they threw beer and selt- ger water and every available liquid over the place and kept the roof and one wall dampened as best they could The building was saved.
 All over the burned area today have been groups of insurance experts, about them the local agents of the companies. The special representa- tives question every foot of the burn- ed ground, what had been there, what insurance, who with, and all the other information necessary to summary of the financial loss in this line. From out of the city today vaca- tionists began to pour in; those who had been away spending the August and September periods. For the most part all received the death blow to
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-09-08
PREDICTS BRIGHT
 FUTURE FOR CITY PRES. REYNOLDS SPEAKS tURGES NEED OF CLEANER TOWN AND COOPERATION
 WITH COLLEGES.

In his address at the Methodist church yesterday morning, President Reynolds said that no other town in
 the state, except Little Rock, had a brighter future than Conway; that Conway is pre-eminently a college town that the town and her colleges were tied in interest so closely that what injured one would injure the other; that Conway never would or could be an important commercial point in view of being so close to Lit tie Rock. He said, however, that by reason of her colleges, her central To- cation and her proximity to Little Rock, it is within her power to become the most important residence city in the state. He further stated that the town sustained a most vital relation to her colleges; that financially the colleges would become her greatest single financial asset; that in the fu- ture the patronage of her colleges, in cluding, of course, the State Normal, would run up into the thousands; that the town determined the conditions of physical life and environment of the students and would mould the stu dents conception of model town of streets, alleys, back yards, homes, churches and city government. He also emphasized the potency of the public opinion or community senti- ment in the town in the education of the students.
 At this point the speaker said that community opinion makes or unmakes, strengthens or enervates character, that whatsoever the college faculties might do they would fail in character building if the sentiment of the town was low; that the faculty could not overcome the demoralizing influence of public opinion if the latter was for the wrong rather than for the right thing.
 In conclusion, the speaker urged that the town should have general cleaning up, and stay clean; that back yards and alleys should be kept clean; that the back end of stores, restau- rants and hotels should be cleared of all rubbish; that goods boxes and re- fuse should not be allowed to be thrown at the rear of any stores; that a system of garbage disposal should be established, and that garbage cans should be at the rear of every resi- dence and store, into which all refuse, cans and garbage should be thrown. This will cost few dollars, but fail ure to do it will cost the town fifty or a hundred times as much as garbage system will cost He said that failure to do so will cause many people of means to pass Conway by who other wise would settle here and bring with them their money.
 President Reynolds also insisted that the town must support and stand by the college authorities, and uphold college government. Moreover, he said that the town people should never invite students to a social function if their attendance would be a violation of college regularities.
 President Reynolds also insisted that a sane and sound public opinion on all questions should be developed; that the individual citizen should be on the alert to encourage college boys with sound advice and good examples; that the people should cooperate with and turn critic of college government.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-09-08
ATTENTION, w. c.

A called meeting of the Woodman Circle will be held tomorrow after noon at 8 o'clock for the purpose of initiatinn candidates.
 dit. ROSA L. HICKS, Guardian.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-09-08
COTTON AGAIN LOST GROUND OVER BELT MORE RIORATION PLANT SUFFERED SEVERELY FROM HEAT AND DROUTH
 DURING WEEK

Memphis, Sept. S.-Deterioration has been heavy to the cotton crop over the entire belt during the past two weeks, says the weekly report of
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-09-08
NEW HAY
 FOR SALE. ROLLS BROS. Phone 269
A MODERN BATHTOOM
Phone 269

A MODERN BATHTOOM with its beautifully white tub, its nlckle fixtures, its convenient an. purtenances tempts to more fre- quent bathing and consequently better complexion and health Have us estimate on the cost of in stalling such an outfit in your bath room, including the plumbing work. It will be the bast invest. ment you ever made.
 Home Heating & Plumbing Co Apple Building Louis Lock, Mr.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-12-04

The Jeffersonians cannot assume response
biIity FOR unsolicited manuscripts or letters
sent them. When found available, they are
published; if accompanied by stamps for re-
turn postage they returned if not avail
able.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-12-04

is thrown out for q ptsrpoee.
You can see what that purpose is when
you notice that Fulton County is named as
one of the counties which pay in more money
than it draws out.
What's that got to do qosth It.?
The wealth Of Atlanta was not created bv
Fulton County. There isn't country county
in Georgia that does not contribute to the
riches of Atlanta.
In travel, In the shipment of freight, in the
buying of Atlanta's goods and products. and
III dozen other ways, oil Georgia 4oowiShes
At2a4ata
The same thing is true of the other cities.
The counties in their territory are their
natural feeders
The new IDEA which has been recently
advanced seems to imply that the country
counties are suckers, instead of feeders.
That isn't true, just the opposite, is the
truth. 1t is because the country feeds the
city, that the city has the greater wealth
Therefore, when Atlanta pays more taxes
than it draws out, Atlanta simply hands over
portion of what she had already got from
the country counties.
That nero idea IS csctoa8 WATCH IT!
a. This new law creates more t50qo fou4s
hun9red new office holders. They will be
appointed, not elected.
Their pay shall not be less than three doll
lars day. But how much n4ore? And how
long may they serve, in any one year?
Those new Office holders will cost you not
less than $4,000 year
And If bod naess are Gp1>osr6ed, then can
use their porocr to spite their enemies and to
favor their friends.
If they abuse their power, the people are
helpless, The people have no chance to vote
those tax assessors out.
A7oy man trlhoee ereen~s gets dsppoi7ated on
the Board, MAY DO HIA DIRT, and the
victim has no remedy that will not cause him
7as54o~s erpeaSe,
Do you want to put yourself in the power
of your personal eneT1iese
Would you hose f~ots1soeed youw Repre-
sentative to h0ee pot s"oh a kna0 on you9
(5.) The people OF the State were not
given any voice In this matter
They were not told In advance that such a
law was to be offered.
Ought not the people to have been put
upon notice?
You. can't propose a local law without
advertising it, SO that all who object to il
may be heard.
But here we have new law, affecting
every locality, and it was slipped up on the
people, when they had not been notified.
WAS THAT RIGHT?
(6.) These tax assessors who may be your
enemies, can set their valuation on your
merchandise, your store, your mill, or youE
farm, but they are mot alloeoed to. set q vazwe
on the corporation property of the railroads,
etc., that may be situated IN the same town
and county.
Is that rightg
Why are the ro52ronds to be euenapt from
this local tao assessment?
O.) The powers granted to the local.
assessors and the State assessors are too vast
and arbitrary, not checked and balanced as
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-12-04
Saving Souls BY the Sorghum
NEOlaSseS RfetElOd, I'm Korea.


Tenn, publishes magazine named The
Missionary Voice.
This magazine prints letters from the for
eign vineyard, in order that those of us who
dig for ducats IN the home territory, may
feel that we are getting a good run for our
money.
One of these cheerful and inspiring letters
was written by Brother Carl H.. Deal who
is winning souls in Korea.
Brother Deal writes
I have been working hard developing our
industrial work. learning what language 1 could
between times, teaching English in the school,
and teaching regular classes in the Industrial
Department-vIZ., dyeing, photography, weaving,
and hosiery-besides running the carpentry,
farming, boarding, siIk-raising, etc. Besides the
above, have taught the boys how to make sorg-
hum mOlasses and few other things
| thought that when those Baltimore luna
tics bought stove-pipe hats for the negroes in
Africa, and thus prepared their woo1ly
heads for the Message, we had reached the
limit of the ridiculous.
But it seems that | was mistaken. T often
am, it seems.
According to Brother Deal he begins his
task Of converting a Korean, by teaching the
heathen-who has been sitting in darkness
how to balance himself on his hind legs, and
take photographs with kodak, and "make
sorghum molasses and few other things"
What other things?
According to Brother Deal he teaches the
Korean how to speak, read and write Eng
fish; how to dye, take photographs, weave,
knit socks, do carpenter work, farm, raise
silk, make molasses, "and few other
things"
What do you suppose John Wesley, or
Adoniram Judson would have said about
such missionary methods as those?
In what way is the taking of photographs
and the making Of sorghum syrup correlated
to 500 preach the GOspez?"
What right has any church to demand that
you furnish the money for all this teaching,
instruction, and training in mechanical pur-
suits, which have no sort of connection with
the preaching of the Word?
II have taught the boys how to make sorg-
hum molasses, and "a few other things"
besides having taught them English, dyeing,
weaving, &c.
At whose expense were these yellow boys,
in far away Korea, taught all these trades,
after having been schooled in English?
At yours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-08
LAST LEG OF CRUISE.
Battleship Illinois, With Middies
Aboard at Euncha1 Madeira.

With 223 midshipmen of the first and
third class aboard, the battleship Illinois
has left Funchal, Madeira. on the last
leg of her foreign cruise. The vessel will
land the future admirals at Annapolis
August %.
Advices from the vessel declare the
midshipmen were entertained royalty at
the various foreign ports at which the
warship touched and that the cruise had
been a highly profitable one for the class
men.
While at Antwerp, the advices stated.
the Illinois had as its guest Charles D..
Hayes. who served in the civil war
aboard two of the first armored war
vessels in the United States Navy, the
double turreted ram Keokuk and the
monitor Montauk. The veteran wrote to
the commanding officer his regrets that
he was too old and feeble" to visit the
ship. whereupon the officers went ashore
and took off the old sea fighter and his
aged wife for day aboard.
The Illinois will arrive in Hampton
roads August % to take part in the big
gun practice. One week later 1t Will
arrive at Annapolis. and the midshipmen
will be given months leave of absence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-08
FOR DIPLOMATIC POSTS.
Examination Notice Shows Purpose
to Continue Civil Service Principles.

Secretary Bryans announcement that
an examination for the diplomatic sec
retaryships will be held here September
% is taken to indicate his purpose to con-
tinue civil service principles in the state
Department. Already about forty candi-
dates have signified their intehtion OIL
taking the examinations. which Will De
conducted by a board designated by the
President
Hitherto the examining board has con-
sisted of the assistant secretary OF state,
the solicitor of the State Department.
the chief Of the diplomatic bureau. the
chief of the bureau Of appointments OF
the State Department and the chief ex-
aminer of the civil service commission.
The names of the successful candidates
will be placed on an eligible list, from
which appointments for embassy ana le-
cation secretaryships' will be made. Not
ali Of the vacancies will be filled directiy
from this list, as many will be filled py
transfer. u.
civil service examination Of candidates
for consular appointments Will be neio In
the near future, but the GATE has no'
been determined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-08
GOOD AS NEW BILLS"
Bureau of Chemistry Makes Report
on Laundered Paper Money.

Laundered money is just as good as
new bills only a short time out of the
printers hands according to the bureau
of chemistry, which reported today to
United States Treasurer Burke the re-
suits of recent chemical analysis OF
the washed notes. The analysis disclosed
only a slight difference in the appear
ance in the washed and unwashed bills.
The report says that the washed bills
are lengtnened slightly i'm the laundering
process but that neither the brilliancy
Of the ink nor the engraved surface IS
affected II is found that the old bills
have lost some of their crispness. but
thew retain tensile strength and Will
stand n great deal of circulation. The ex-
pertinent developed that genuine bills
withstood the washing process, but that
counterfeit currency was instantly de-
tected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-08

rode about the camp and inspected each
section, and was very much pleased
over conditions.
| Today will complete the officers
school of instruction. and from now on
| the officers will have much more time
to spend with their companies. and
the expectations are that there will be
some bloody" battles fought in the
vicinity of Bolivar Heights The
officers school, 1t is declared, has been
very successful. and when the District
national guardsmen return to Wash
| ington they will have officers in their
companies whose efficiency as National
| Guard officers will be second to none.
Prompt Answers to Problems.
Late yesterday afternoon the various
classes took numerous trails leading
away from the camp and problems were
furnished them by the regular army
instructors. the men being left to
work them out themselves Their an
variably correctly
The junior officers went out toward
Halltown, where they could get a good
view of number of the mountain tops
structor put them through questions
in company attack. He asked them
what they would do with their packs"
whether or not they would carry in
tack, etc.
I The Quartermaster's Corps was taken
to the summit of fire" ridge, where
the officers, with large amounts of pa
per- made many figures and sought to
answer the questions of the regular
officer as to how to take care of large
numbers of men and animals together
with the transportation, while on the
march.
While they were sitting under the
shade trees, and attempting to look
like they were working out something
hard. a photographer took their pic
lures. The general staff officers came
over the crest of the hill. Where q
good view could be obtained of the lay
of the ground, and there they were in
structed in the various problems of at
tack and defense.
Bolivar Heights and vicinity will be
well sketched by the time Camp Ord
way closes. Large numbers of officers
with their sketching boards took to the
hills to make a sketch of the country,
and they did fine work, if successfully
hiding ones self while sketching is con-
sidered good. A newspaper photographer
with travelling case. camera and all, went
hurrying after them, but few minutes
later he came putting and blowing over
the summit and reported failure. He