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The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08
EBENEZER.
May s..

Health is very good in this COM
munity.
Most everyone is through planting
cotton.
The little rain which fell Sunday
night was very much appreciated by
everybody. The ground was getting
dry and hard.
Early corn is looking very we'll.
Several of our girls are at Conway
this week picking strawberries.
Misses Vida Sanders, Della and
MAY Witcher are at Conway this
week.
There was a large crowd attended
the decoration at Cypress Valley last
Sunday.
Nav 6.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08
MALLETTOWN.
May 8.

L. T. Patton from Wooster was in
our community last Thursday buying
sheep.
John Mallett returned to his home
at Higdon Monday, after a few days
visit with relatives here.
Jennie Mallett went to Springfield
Saturday.
Some from here attended the sing
ing at Republican Sunday.
Esrom Mallett and wife visited rel
atives at Kendall Sunday.
Some from Greenbrier attended the
graveyard working at this place Sat
urday.
Grant Pate and family of Kendall
were here Saturday.
Edmond Wilson and wife of Spring
field attended church at this place
Sunday.
Bush Kirkpatrick from Greenbrier
was in our midst last week buying
cattle.
George Mallett has bid Mallettown
a long farewell and gone to Higden
where he will make his home. He
sold his crop to Mrs. Jennie Mallett.
Everybody remember the children
day program the fourth Sunday in
May.
Nav g
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08
DAMASCUS.
May 8.

Cotton planting is the order of the
day in this community at this writing.
Naaman Robinson and one of Geo.
Ethridge's boys of Conway stayed in
town last night.
Miss Ethel Julian will begin two
weeks normal in the school building
here next Monday morning, May IL.
The young people here have reor-
gained their Sunday evening singing
for the spring and summer.
Prof. O. T. Richardson of Beebe,
has been employed to teach the next
term of Damascus high school.
Nav 8.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08
SALTILLO.

w. A. Pearson went to Conway on
business Saturday.
Miss Emma Gwatney of Marshall
visited her sister, Mrs. James Martin,
last week.
Prof. ]. r. Giddens visited friends
here Sunday.
I'D. Dunaway of Conway was here
writing insurance the first of the week.
]. L. George and Dr. T. b. Snoddy
made a business trip to Conway We'd
nesday.
John Bergman is up again, after a
long illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Shaw visited rel
.atives at Chadwick Sunday.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08
ENOLA.

We received nice rain this morn
ing that was highly appreciated.
Jesse Bryant and wife visited James
Sanders and wife Saturday night.
w. Burton and family of Naylor
visited Grandpa Reynolds Saturday
night.
T Elder P. H. Glover preached at the
Baptist church last Saturday and Sun
day.
4 Luther Thompson and wife visited
at Centerville recently.
S. E. Lasley has sold his mill and
gin to Sam w. Shock; consideration,
$4,000. Mr.. Shock is talking of build
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08
WOOSTER.

w. W. Bishop and family OF Con-
way were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. Robinson Sunday.
f. Kendall was here last week from
Oklahoma.
A. ]. Burks moved to Morrilton last
week, where he will make his home
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Robinson were at
Conway last week.
Sam Donaldson, one of the Oldest
darkies of this section, died at his
home, five miles west of here, Satur-
day night. According to his state
ment he was only. about IS, as he
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08

claimed to be about grown during the
Mexican war, However, some have
estimated his age at more than 100
years.
Mr. ard Mrs J. L. Patton went to
Conway Thursday last.
l.. r. Patton is out buying sheep.
Messrs. CISCO and Naaman Robin
son are buying hogs this week
J M. Mckay went to Conway Sat
urday.
r. H. Burks was in Morrilton Sat
urday.
Nav g.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Robert Threets, 81, and Fannie
Story, IS, Conway.
Frank Jones, %, and Annie Fields.
10, Conway.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08

Improved Simpkins Cotton
Seed for sale, see u. g. Daws
SON at The Conway BOffIin9
Works. ZfW"
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08

Jesse Caples of Chadwick visited
relatives here yesterday.
May Z.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-19

these bonds they could sell of
to school teachers, to widows. to other
credulous investors. and make mar
ket for the bonds by investing the
moneys OF estates, Of which they were
executors or administrators, and even
the money Of minor heirs.
The "blue-sky law adopted by the
last legislature makes this sort Of A.
nancinx forever impossible hereafter.
II its penalties are enforced. And IN.
less its penalties are enforced 1t will
excite no terror among the unscfupu.
lous and there will be no let-up In the
Issue Of such cat and dog" securities.
Wherever there has been issue Of
bonds in violation of its terms, or
wherever bonded land has been sold by
the trustees Of the land and the prs
ceeds thereof wrongfully converted to
private use. there Is criminal response
bility. And It is this responsibility
which must be emphasized by prose-
cutting officers OF the counties Of Iowa
II the law Is to command respect and
the credulous and undiscerning invest
or IL to be protected against avaricious
greed.
The nation should have a ''blue-sky
law" II the commerce clause Of the
constitution win admit It. Suggestion
Of the need Of such statute IS con-
tanned in circular issued by c. H.
Venner 4 Co., investment bankers OF
New York. attacking a 330.000,000 Is
sue Of per cent 1nterborougn Rapid
Transit Company's bonds. being offered
by q number Of leading banking firms.
on the ground that the impression Is
given the investor in the advertise
ments OF the issue that the bonds are
q first mortgage on New York's sub
way, whereas such Is not the case.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-19

better In Dubuque now than thirty
years ago. The doors Of the saloons
close now Of nights whore they ran
wide open then; but the time and the
people have changed. Dubuque still
holds her unenviable pre-eminence.
There is not another town in Iowa
where the saloons can drive IS or Is
per cent Of the voters into the petition
pens. Dubuque is still owned body and
breeches by those Of all men least fitted
to control the destinies OF cities or OF
men.
1t is bad advertising. To announce
that IS per cent Of the voting popula-
ton favor an economic evil, a vicious
regime Of city government such as sa-
looms invariably promulgate, Is not
publicity Of nature to attract favor
able notice. In effect 1t is publishing
census Of retrogression and failure
compared with other Iowa communities.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-19
Tn1EsREPUBIIcAN MARsHAILTowN NOVEMBER T. 1915

highways besides . considerable mile
age Of concrete. The rural pavementG
vary from twelve to eighteen feet Wide
and the brick with cement dller costs
about $1,000 per mile Tor each foot
OF width. County road bonds are is-
sued to distribute the cost over .
period OF years in easy tax assess
ments.
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lands Of
Chicago, having to deal with q vendor
OF fake medicine, offered leniency
conditioned on the culprit demonstrat-
ing the efficacy Of his hair tonic on
two baldheaded lawyers. ''No use.
judge" whispered the faker: heads
addicted to hairsplitting never re-
spond to modern treatment"
The automobile makes sensational
news for the newspapers all right. The
Iowa City Republican Of Monday had
TOUR good stories in four different
spots on the front page. all recounting
dangerous accidents with autos on the
streets OF that sleepy old town.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-19
ousuouEs BAD ADVERTISEMENT.

Inc Dubuque Telegraph Herald
makes the unofficial announcement"
that So per cent Of Dubuque's legal
voters have signed the petition Of sa-
loon consent. This, as the Telegraph
Herald says furnishes an index to
local sentiment" Such mild oppo-
sition as seems to have been offered
did not take practical form until the
petition was we'll under way. The
Dubuque paper concludes:
THAT sentiment in Dubuque is over
whelmingly in favor Of saloons there
seems little room to doubt. When
Claude Porter first ran for governor
and the suspicion was broadcast that
he was a prohibitionist, he went out
Of Dubuque county with 1900 fewer
votes than he got when the liberals
passed the word that he was safe"
altho the total vote cast at both
elections was practically the same
When s5 per cent of the legal voters
should be accepted as the overwhelm-
ing sentiment Of the city. 1t is also a
line on the moral standards and intel
lectual advancement of the community.
In this day and in Iowa 1t Is not credit
able to either when s5 per cent Of the
sovereign voters Of a community sign
saloon petitions. It also discredits the
commercial keenness Of the business
men Of the community when more than
nine-tenths of them hasten to establish
forty or more saloons as direct COM
petitors with themselves. For it is
generally known and conceded among
the most intelligent tradesmen that
money spent over a saloon bar IS not
used in the purchase Of staple articles
buque will handle an even million Of
money each year for the next five years
thru the signatures and influence Of
Dubuque business men. That is $1,000,
900 in the Ave years mainly diverted
from the little grocery stores, the
butcher shops and other merchandising
ventures, from the improvement Of
smaller homes, from every avenue OF
legitimate and thrifty expenditure. The
probabilities are that 100000 is toe
low as an estimate However, when
the various expenses created against
the city and county by saloon opera
| ton have been added with the criminal
costs as q leading item the sum should
be sufficiently appalling to give pause
| to the thoughtful.
Dubuque has held an unenviablt
reputation and an unholy prominence =,
a booze stronghold since the memory
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-19
NEW JERSEY SCHOOL MONEY.

Definite state aid for vocational
schools is part Of New Jerseys new
provision for industrial education, as
enacted by the 1913 legislature and
outlined in a bulletin issued by the
New Jersey board Of education. OFF,
cials Of the United States bureau OF
educat ton who have examined the plan
say it represents one Of the best be-
ginnings yet made toward adequate
vocal ional training by the state.
The New Jersey plan provides that
any school district, whether city. town,
township. or borough, as we'll as any
county. may start vocational schools
and get state money for their support
Separate schools may be organized. or
departments established in existing
schools, according to local convent
ence. The thorough practicalness OF
the plan may be seen from the recon-
nenGa tons for efficient ms bers OF
advisory boards for the vocational
schools: II the training is for the in
dustries. then two Of the members are
to be an employer and an empioye
respectively, representing distinct
trades or occupations. Where the
school is one that trains for home
duties, it is suggested that the mem
bers shall be persons who have had
actual experience in the occupations
carried on In the household. as mis-
tress Of a home, house daughter, or
housekeeping" Similarly, an advisory
board for an agricultural vocational
school is expected to have as mem
bers at least three successful farmers
Of the neighborhood.
The local community furnishes the
building and one-half the cost OF
equipment and maintenance, while the
state pays the other half Of the cost,
the amount not to exceed 5000 in
any given year for any one school.
The school must be officially approved
by the state board Of education before
it can receive any money. The sum
Of $50 900 has been authorized by law
for the year. in BRIEF" says Mr.
Carris, summing up the plan, the
state will give money for the equip
ment and maintenance Of approved
roca .!onal schools on doilar-fo dol
lar basis. in proportion to the amount
spent by the local community out OF
funds raised by local taxation to the
amount Of $4,000 annually"
The New Jersey authorities are par
ticularly insistent that vocational
schools shall be established only after
a community has given careful con-
sideration to its vocational needs. A
list Of questions is suggested. by means
Of which the local community can find
out, first, whether the industrial needs
Of rhe neighborhood demand better
vocational facilities; and second, just
what type of schools-day, evening, or
part-time- may be necessary to meet
local requirements.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-19
FEEL YOUNG!
~ Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets For
You'll

Beware Of the habit OF constipation.
Il develops from Just a few constipated
days. unless you take yourself in hand.
Coax the jaded bowel muscles back
20 normal action with DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets, the substitute for Gallo
mel. Don't force them to unnatural
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DR.. Edwards believes in gentleness'
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DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets open the
bowels; their action is gentle. yet posi-
tive. There il never any pain or grip
Ing when DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets
are used. Just the kind OF treatment
old persons should have.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are q
vegetable compound mixed with olive
oil. you will know them by their olive
color. Take one or two occasionally
and have no trouble with your liver.
bowels or stomach. Ten cents and 20
cents per box. The Olive Tablet Com
pay, Columbus. O.-ADV.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-19
WHAT'S n woarH 70 GET DRUNK.

A good opening for skilled work
man offered in a Marshalltown estab-
lishment the other day. The corpora
ton wants a skillful man at good pay
in a job that never loses a working day
and that lasts thru life or good be-
havior II the man Is the right kind. I,
thought 1t had found him.
A skilled workman out Of job
wanted one. He applied for the one
mentioned above. He needed it. He
was fast enough, knew his business
we'll enough to hold it e he could get it.
Just one thing kept the man and
the job apart. The latest employer of
the skilled workman replied to an
chanic in his line. capable enough,
above the average" and all that:
but he had discharged him for
intoxication. That was ali there
was to 1t. He had no chance after that.
He couldn't be considered further.
1t wasn't a question Of morals in this
case but Of cold business and self pro-
lection. The corporation simply couldn't
trust costly machine under drunken
hands 1t couldn't afford to have that
machine idle while the man might be
drunk. It needed the output every hour
of the working day. And SO the Job
that needs man and the man who
needs a job can not get together.
There's a bar between them.
The man no doubt needs the job. II
he has q wife and children they need
1t. Men who work for wages and
salaries can not lie idle long in these
days Of high living cost Probably the
man and his family, II he has one,
needs the job worse than the job needs
him. and 1t needs him much. Yes. It's
tough" tough on the wife and chill
dren, tough on the Job, tough on the
man himself. but what Is to be done
about it? II he insists on his personal
liberty" he can't hold q job, before long
he will be unable to get one even Il the
personal liberty" shops (for the loud
est advocates Of personal liberty insist
on sober employees and their moneys
worth Of service) and the family must
suffer. the Job that needs him must
wait for better man. And 80 good
workman and a useful citizen passes
into the bum" class.
Does It pay? Does It pay to acquire
skill and decapitaltze it thus? Does 1t
pay the man or the job or the COM
munity to destroy the usefulness Of a
man and the hope Of home! Is there
a greater fool on earth than the skilled
workman who trades steady Job. a
comfortable home and happiness for
the rotten whisky friendship" Of a
bootlegging drug store or the compan.
ionship OF saloon habitues? That is
what 1t amounts to. No drunken man
nowadays can hold good job. even If
he can get it. What is it worth to get
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-19

ter Of tooeganlsation ~ has rigor-
ously kept the personal element out Of
the discussion. With him the object
OF reorganization has not beeen to en-
able few leaders to arrange for thc
people whom the people should have
for leaders and what policies should
be promoted, but to put II into the
hands Of the people to choose for them.
selves their leaders and their policies.
1t Is such singleness Of purpose A. this
that has kept the senator armed
for his struggle and that has made
1t possible for him to see the matter
thru without loss or compromise. 1t IL
to be hoped that such singleness OF
purpose may long prevail within the
republican party.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-19
Topics of the Times

There never was a man who could
set people cheering in as many differ
ent languages as Theodore Roose-
welt. ex-president of the U. S.
How long will 1t be before Huerta
goes to join Felix Diaz on a gunboat
or old man Diaz in Europe or Madero
wherever he is?
The man who got a dollar as dam
ages for the alienation OF his wife's
affections seems to have convinced the
court that the woman was worth
som ething.
Let's all be Spugs this year. Know
what Spug is?
The hen is the cashier Of the barn
yard.
Allegheny county Pennsylvania.
equal in area to two counties in Iowa
! and with Pittsburg as center, now
has 437 miles OF paved rural roads.
forty-two miles of which are Of brick
and the remainder of asphalt laid on
macadam base. These roads are from
fourteen to sixteen feed wide and cost
from $4,000 to $4,000 per mile. Ten
millions Of county road bonds have
been issued and the annual road tax
for maintenance and retirement Of
principal on the bonds has never yet
exceeded three-fourths of one mill.
This mileage Of rural pavement Is
equivalent to the entire county road
mileage in the same area in Iowa.
! In the pre- convention campaign Mr..
Bryan completely overshadowed Cam
didate Wilson. "Bryan's policy and
Bryan" were watchwords. But now
President Wilson completely shades all
other democrats. The change is one
most uncommon in politics.
Juarez changes hands As often as a
school boys jacknife This time
Huerta got the boot.
| The drift Of sentiment IL toward the
republican party but It IL still drift
What is needed IL a high tide.
In the one county SURROUNDING the
city OF Cleveland there are now 4ot
miles Of brick pavements on rura
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-19
Iona Newspapers
THE HUNTERS TRAIN.
fCorwith Hustler.1

No wonder the branch trains come
Ioaing in from one to twenty-four
hours late. Travellers aboard some Of
the trains report that often when a
covey OF chickens is flushed by the
train that the engine is stopped. the
trainmen get off. gun in hand, and go
hunting. They are reported to be hav-
ing good success between Kanawha
and Corwith and between Corwit!l
and Algona. This Is railroading with
vengeance. No wonder the people
have no train service.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-19

The seven Cent Es0s.
Remarked the hen:
First place I beg;
All other claims
Come down Q peg +
Except for me
There'd be no e8g!
Remarked the egg:
What nerve. b'Sse!
I am the first.
AZ all must seo:
That hen must come
From one like mel" ;,
Consumer cried:
"You both are dense:
You can't exist
Sans Iecompense:
First must be raised a.
That seven cents!"
New York 0un.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-19
THE LAST CALL.
Humboldt Republican.l

l1IAuLOOAos 1SSPNOlENothJ
Strange, isn't 1t? We know We
must 90. we are warned countless Of
thousands OF times. but in the rust OF
life's battles there Is no room for con-
sideration of the future-the future
when LIES victories sink into nothing.
when our accommodations are dross in
our ha nds. and when our dearest pos
sessions must pass to the hands OF
others. Few there are Of US who live
the right life-the life that accumu-
lates content instead Of money. good
deeds instead Of property. Americans
have not learned the art Of living. And
they will not learn 1t In your life or
mine The opportunities OF gratifying
the desires are too great in this land.
1t Is too easy to get what we want, and
there Is too much pleasure in posses
sion. Not until the last call comes will
we realize. and then 1t will be too late,
and we will not be ready.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-19
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The Register and Leader believes
tnat senator Cummins' judgment has
oeen vindicated in the months that
nave passed since he first proposed an
extraordinary national convention. 1t
Is now practically assured that the
convention will be held. Senator Cum
Minis Is entitled to all credit for his
part In getting the agitation under way
and to the benefit Of every doubt in
forecasting the possible results"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-19
) INES: JOSEPH l!l1M 6QHkNlbs

Molly Elliott. Of South Carolina, and
Mrs. Joseph Tilton Bowen. Of Illinois.
are two prominent delegates who will
take an active part in the proceedings.
The women will petition congress for
an amendment to the United States
constitution permitting woman's suf-
fraRe
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-19

Neutrality-suspicious. are now COM
ple4ed here for the national wom-
ems suffrage convention, which opens
Nov 20 and continues to Dec. 5. About
500 delegates, representing every state
in the union. will attend. Mrs. Cath
crime w. McCulloch, Of Chicago. will
be one OF the chief speakers. Miss
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-19
THAT $500 AN ACRE FARM.

tGfunOS HepuDNCan.J
The Waterloo papers have been
raising an awful fuss about the CAL
ioway farm sale last week where the
price was $500 an acre. The farm was
160 acres and brought 100000 but the
farm had improvements valued at $4O,-
900. thus leaving the net value Of the
land only 1910 an acre. So much has
been spread broadcast about the sale
that we can not resist the temptation
to cite a Grundy county case, In con.
trast
Last spring D. J. Peters sold thirty
three acres adjoining the town Of
Wellsburg for $4,000, or amost $500
an acre. and when It came to the Inn
provements 1t had only house and
barn worth around 5000, or a little
better This leaves the net value OF
the Grundy farm somewhere between
$500 and 1888 an acre, or consider
able Of shade over the Galloway deal.
OF COURSE the Galloway farm was q
little better than four times the size Of
the Peters tract and bigness always
lends enchantment to q deal and for
that reason the $50 900 farm sale with
$40 900 worth of Improvements at
tracted much more attention than did
Grundy'S 5000 sale. However. since
the Waterloo people have seen At to
argue the value per acre side Of the
transaction Grundy county makes no
apology in getting into the game also.
One thing more 1avors Grundy. The
Galloway farm was located near Wat
erloo, . city claiming to outnum6er
Welisburgs population by 100 to !. as
Waterloo claims $4,000 people and
Wellsburg has around 800. This gives
the Galloway farm q distinct advan-
tage. especially as to q ready market.
Grundy county has no envy OF Black
Hawk. or anything she has. but whom
they get to quoting acreage prices
down along the banks Of the Cedar we
must ask them to go ahead with their
figures gut always remember N the
end that they must take on their hats
to old Grundy county.