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The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-18
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present fall. An inquiry at several of the local real estate offices develops the fact that not one of them has a house for rent on it's list and inquiries for them are being received almost every day. In several cases two or more families are using the same house. One of the agents stated that during the past fall there have been unquestionably large number of prospective citizens kept away from Conway for the reason that they were unable to find suitable houses in which to move. This is in spite of the fact that probably more. residences were built during the past year than in any previous year. It is certainly an indication of a rapid growth in the city's population and the probabilities
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-18
FIRE SMOU[OFR|NC
 IN BIG COAL PILE

lgnited by spontaneous combustion four carloads of coal stored in the bins at Hendrix College are slowly burn ing and all efforts to stop the fire have proved unavaiEng. Business Manager w. B. Hubbell said today it will probably be necessary to remove al the coal from the storage rooms and spread it out on the ground.
 The fire is said to have been caused by leaky steam pipe running un- derneath the bins and allowing a quantity of water to soak into the coal, generating gas which caused combustion. The coal was foode with water to a depth of several feet yes terday. but as soon as the water drained off the same cause started the fire to burning again
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-18
CONVENTION GOES
 10 PINE BLUFF GOLFERS" ARE BARRED
VOTERS WHO SCRATCHED NOM. NEE CANNOT VOTE IN
 PRIMARY.

Little Rock, Dec. 1S.-For the se,- Iond time, Little Rock loses the Demo crate State Convention. By vote of II to 10, the state committee decided to hold the next convention in Pine Bluff, June 3. It was Little Rock man, Wm. Stoddard, who cast the de- ciding vote. He held the proxy of Claude Mann of Malvern, under posi- tive instructions from MT. Mann to vote for Pine Bluff. The Fort Smith members voted for Pine Bluff. and while this is said to have been in pay ment of debt for Pine Bluffs SUD- port on former occasion, by many it IS construed as an indication that Fort Smith will make an effort to get the next convention. Several years Springs.
 The committee adopted resolutions affecting all candidates for places on county central committees who failed to support the Democratic nominees at the last general election, when Gov ernor Geo. w. Hays was opposed by Harry Myers, Republican, and Col G.. w. Murphy, Progressive They also adopted a resolution which will allow the election judges the right to ascer- tain whether the person presenting himself to vote in the Democratic primary refused to support the Demo- cratic nominee with the last 12 months, and to prevent him from vot- ing, if it is shown that he did refuse to support the party ticket.
 The committee met in the rostrum of the Hotel Marion at noon yester- day when they made the call for the state primary to be held March 25, and transacted other business pertain ing to the next election and the state convention.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-18
CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS BUSY

Although the weather has been ex- tremely unfavorable and the streets and roads almost impossible, Conway merchants are enjoying a splendid trade and the rush of Christmas shop- ping is beginning to be seen. If clear weather prevails from now until Christmas every store will probably have all the trade it can attend to.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-18

MT, and Mrs. w. B. Young are ex-
 pected to arrive tomorrow morning from Eufaula, Okla., and will spend Christmas with relatives in Conway Mrs. F.. k. Mitchell returned to her
 home at Morrilton this morning after
 a visit to her sons, William and Elm
 melt, who are students in Hendrix College
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-18
CONWAY HAS NO
 HOUSES 10 RENT

Probably never before in the his tory of the city has there been such a scarcity of residences to rent as has existed in Conway throughout the
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-18

are that If census were taken now it would show an increase of at least 5O per cent over Conway's population in 1910.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17
Watch for Fraud.

The WOrthleSsness of Dr. Fried mann's alleged consumption cure seems to have been made perfectly plain, and the general conduct of the German physician, in our opin- ion. convicts him of being a faker. Nevertheless, his preparation has been sold to a patent medicine manufacturing concern, and we shall doubtless see it advertised with flaming headlines in papers that are willing to share the profits that come from sWindling the igno- rant. Dr. Joseph J. O'COnnell. health commissioner of the port of New York. sums up the findings of the investigator of the health de- partment regarding the Friedmann cure as follows:
 He finds that the patients sub jected to this treatment have not improved. but have lost ground to an extent greater than might be expected from the natural ravages of the disease. He finds that where the tuberculosis condition had af- fected one side prior 10 inOculatiOn with the serum lsic) there was aft CT such inoculation an unnaturally rapid development of the tubercu- lar process on the hitherto healthy side, which indicates that the Op- eration of the alleged cure had a tendency to accelerate rather than retard the progress of the disease" The Progressive Farmer.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17
BACK TO LAND AGITATION
 HAS ABOUT SPENT ITSELF
d. \. Anderson Says Good Move Has About Played 0ut-Colouy of
 SlONac> for Sheridan Niripit

NDoul Played Out-Colony of
 slo'ac> for sheridan Vicinity.
 Little Rock, July ll.-~rhe back to the land movement from tbe ct,- les has about played out" re- marked J. \. Anderson. head Inf lbo immigration department of the NlsSourl pacilic-Irou Mountain railroads, who spent Sunday in Little Rock. but We are having to- day twice as many inquiries regard ing Arkansas lands than ever bn- lore. We expect to have donbio the usual number of people coming to Arkansas in the fall.
 he class the cities sunnI, ,o li' farm are foreigners who have no. been here vely long. They arc 1r, I9l deNIrahle except in colonies Inose who are now asking for Ar N.'lSaN lands are farmers in inc northern and eastern states, and when they come they bring win ,..i .I'p'n 'h" modern and economic methods of conducting farms Whinb "III be copied by our oId -tino Iarmers, and thus elevate fhr wboie ,,i community. '''' "''oi'
 We are arranging to put a large
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17
WHOM WE HELP.

When some people are asked to do something for this town they seem to think they are asked to do something for somebody else.
 Well, they are. But they cant do something for somebody else without doing something for them selves also.
 The school taxes you pay help educate other mems children. But other men help educate yours.
 Other people are doing things for you all the time. If other men hesitated you would suffer.
 Since the beginning men have lived in communities. Why? So they could help each other.
 The more we help each other the more we get good out of the com munity.
 Help. That gives you the right to make the other fellow help also.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17
\ Dummy.
The Husband.

See the husband.
 Once upon a time he passed his eayer hours in billing and cooing. Now, however, he passes them in billing Note the crafty smile upon his ingenious eountenance. Only by long and continuous practice can such a smile be produced. Has the husband had a long and continuous practice? He has.
 The husband is a hardy animal common to all zones. He usually. however, begins life in the ,orid zone; from thence he goes to the temperate zone, and he usually winds up in the frisid zone. Later on, if his wife dies, he goes back to the torrid zone. Sometimes he goes back there anyway.
 The husband works hard for a living. Sometimes the American husband supports his wife. When this happens, however, 1t is usually regarded as an amiable weakness.
 No husband is without honor. save in his own family circle. Here he is used to carve and keep away burglars. He also trims Christmas trees, interviews the plumber and occasionally hires the wrong cook.
 Husbands have been common lo all ages. In ancient Rome they did pretty much as they pleased. and were in the habit of ordering the rest of the family about with im- punlty. That is one of the ways in which Rome differs very materially from modern America.
 There have been several notable husbands in the history of the world. Among them We may men ton Henry VIII and Nat Goodwin.
 The habits of the husband are very simple. In the morning he reads the words of one syllable in his newspaper Then he kisses his wife farewell for the day with fbe firm resolve to make enough money 10 buy her at least part of hai At night he drags himself home weary and worn and so tired thai he falls asleep on the sofa-from whence his wife drags him to go fo social function. which usuanv lasts until one a. m.
 On Saturday night, however the husband is not so tired. although he has worked harder than ever during the day, His eye is very bright, for that is the evening lbaf he playeth poker at the club.
 In America husbands are roughly speaking divided into two classes, namely: Those who are bullled by their wives: and widow ers.-Life.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17
"Better Babtes''
 GOerpmbEre
What Is Being Done Throughout
 the United States in Carrying Forward the Most Popular and
 Important Movement of the Day.
From Woman's Home compton.

From Womans Home Compton.
 Better Babies" is the most pop ular movement of the day. It Is sweeping the country like wildfre. Those who started it are having difficulty in keeping pace with it,
 The movement is the outgroWth of a scientific and honest health contest for babies, which has re- placed the old = fashioned beauty show at state fairs and similar gatherings. At these new contests correct proportions, fine human mechanism and intelligence, not dimples and curling locks, win prizes and put on their mettle the parents of babies who fail to quail fly. You cannot make a homeIy baby over into a dimpled cherub or Cupid, but you can make a dell- cate, dull child strong and bright. No baby is permanently disquali- fled in a Better Babies contest. Straight ahead stretches next year, with the chance that sensible, scientific care, as outlined by the physicians in charge of the con- test, will evolve a Better Baby for the next fair.
 A Better Babies contest is just about the most optimistic and hopeful gathering you can picture. it's appeal is universal and unfail- ing It appeals to scientists, those grave men who, in the centers of learning in Germany. Bohemia, France and Engalnd, are forming societies for the conservation of child life. a valuable asset to every nation. II appeals to physicians, who know how much misery could be prevented, how much unneces- Sary disease abolished. if babies were given the right start. It ap- peaIs to state and city officials, who know that healthy children mean a healthy municipality and state prosperity. It appeals to the wom- ems organizations devoted to say ing and helping children, pure food and milk committees. sanitary school and playground associations, child welfare in all its phases. And if appeals first, last and always 10 the parents who want their babies 10 be better.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17

colony of Slovacs in the vicinity of sheridan. These people are nat AIlIlN farmers, coming from a country where agricultural pur- suits predomlnate. They will make The country about Sheridan bloom
 Nr. Anderson is en route to the "uli coast and will slowly work his way back, looking over the crops m different sections, and getting in- formation as to the kind of farmers lhat will be best suited for the dif- lerent sections.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17
And For Three Summers Mrs. Yin cent Was Unable to Attend to
 Any of Her HousewOrk.

Pleasant Hill, N. C.-'T suffered for Ihree summers" writes Mrs. Walter Vincent, of this town, "and the third and ast time, was my worst.
 had dreadful nervous headaches and prostration, and was scarcely able to walk about. Could not do any of my housework.
 also had dreadful! pains in my back and sides and when one of those weak. sinking spells would come on me, l would have to give up and lie down, until it wore off.
 was certainly in a dreadful state of health, when l finally decided to try -aE-ai. t.le womaa's tonic, and firmly
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17
DAVIS DRUG co.

bottle will cost you nothing You alone to judge
 again and again We nave seen how ,e" urops of this simple wash applied o tne skln. takes away the itch, in- permanent
 n IT. D D. Prescription made by the R D, I' ID, Laboratories of Chicago IS U15iI,posed ,,'5. of thymol. glycerine, oil or Sooilhs ingredients. And if you are Just crazy with itch. you win feel aoothed and cooled, the itch absolutely this D. n. D @ have made fast friends of more man man one family by recommending thls .Shltdy 70 skin sufferer hcie anu .,, sneIe re ana We want you to try it no" bf'Ilf, Co
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17
SEEDTINIE.

You don't plant oats upon hill A hundred miles away, And somewhere else your corn to
 drill
 You know would never pay. You plant at home to get the yield, Whatever crops are grown For planting in some other field Will never help your own. And it's the same with dollars. too For dollars, too, are seed; The cash today away you threw Tomorrow you may need. Don't send your wealth afar oroam, But wiser learn to sow Just plant your money here at home And watch your dollars grow.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17
BETTER THAN SPANKING

Spanking will not cure children of wetting the bed be- cause It IS not habit but dangerous disease The C. H. Rowan Drug Co., Dept 826, Chicago Ill., have discovered and to make known its merits they will send soc pack age securely wrapped and prepaid Absolutely Free to any esros esGer qf The Star This remedy also frequent @ to urnae and inability to control urine during Gn s' 6 U[ qay Tn old or young The c. H. Rowan Drug Go IS an Old Reliable House Write to them today for the Lee rec neqlcne Cure the afflicted members of your family
 e" tell your neghbors and friends about this remedy
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17
UW Personal Guarantee
 to all Skin Sufferers

z We have been in bus,ra... ,..,.
 TOT some time. and ess Ta m this town patrons right. "uNising our fo,IUa when We tell you that wo A.. sGenq sIsn3 the eczema remedy and we nave iron G eIo6 I95eH Of it with the ,at we you can depspS 1aTsntee backed by ourselves S'yr aqvice aq not in order to seii ei"t we give our carsa medicine to skin suderere -e" bottles businosW" we Know how it win beirrt @ he- 11,'iess U,n n, If we help our patrons ls'p our know" "efP si.l m stock and sell. all tbo v,.,, this 9e'n remedies. But we viii vel s. kind of skiR i9o troi,G, orf suffering from sny sny Iiish riSl or letter, we want S'e, ven a. psoriasis, A&S 9iFFlue of D. p. D. pp.soys. pp sTy a tuil
 ' 't does not do the work G pqSh; tSis
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The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17
COULD SCARCELY
 WALK ABOUT

believe l would have died if I hadn't taken it.
 After l began taking Cardui, I was greatly helped, and all three bottles re- lieved me entirely.
 l fattened up, and grew so much stronger in three months, I felt like an- other person altogether"
 Cardui is purely vegetable and gentle- acting. Its ingredients have mild. tonic effect, on the womany constitution.
 Cardui makes for increased strength. improves the appetite, tones up the ner- vous system, and helps to make pale. sallow cheeks, fresh and rosy.
 Cardui has helped more than a million weak women, during the past 50 years. It will surely do for yov, what if has done for them. Try Cardui today. Nrlte 10: Chattanooga Medcine Co. Tas,.s, Al. NlSoIA hept., NhaftanQOca. Tenn far slg,-sf 7 t
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17
Who Are the Bid SinnpPS9

Dear Charlie-NoW and then some addle-headed reformer gets a mo- ton in his head that the capitalists are moi good people. and should be jailed or put in the penitentiary for an indefinite time. In fact, the idea seems to predominate that these capitalists are big sinners and are doing wrong. and many people blame them for inc conditions that
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17
Too Many Hired Men"

It would be difficult to convince the average man of large affairs that there is anything wrong with our twentieth century business and industry. And yet ii is a startling thought that, out of he thirty mil lions of people of these United States who are classified in the federal census as employed in galnfuI occupations more than two-thirds-ovcr tWenty-lwo mil lions of such employed citizens. have been crowded out of all indo- pendent sources of livelihood. In other words, over lWpnty-tWo mil- lions of breadWinners have been forced into the "hirrd man" class. with means of livelihood dependent upon tenure of their job or ability to get another. Less than eight million are toiling under the spur of creating and making a success of their own independent enter prlse-with the list growing small CT each year.-SouthWest American. For Sale-Full blood Duroc Jersey
 male hogs. F. J. Smith. Star
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17
90 Cents Worth of Food for Week.

Ithaca, \. Y., July i0.-The low cost of living, which a Cornell freshman set by living on S5 cents a week last winter has been broken ny Clara S. Loewus of Towanda, Pa~ who claims to have lived at me rale of 90 cents a week for her food for the last 20 weeks. She IS violin student at the Chaca Con servatory.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17
Jobn b. }eage's
 CQeeklp 1etter
July Work and Live Stock Farming

July Work and Live Stock Farming
 "A dry June for a good crop i; an old and true saying in Arkansas We have had the dry June-tht dryest for twelve years. and within the last ten days rains have been pretty general. Reports to this off, flee indicate bumper crops. The long dry period has given our farm CTS an opportunity to get their crops free from weeds and grass and the recent rains came at an opporune time.
 At this particular time it Is es- pecially important to save the moisture that the recent rains have given us. Crops require a great deal more water during fruiting season than they do at any other time, and the moisture must be saved by shallow cultivation. It takes from two hundred to five hundred pounds of water for each pound of dry matter during the growing season. The plant must have moisture during the fruiting season. Good cultivation will make July a busy month.
 If side applications of fertilizer are 10 be used. and they should be-, especially on cotton, unless suf- fciency was applied at the time of planting, it should be applied now. Watch the plant growth and soil so that you may determine the kind of fertilizer to use. Nearly all of our soils need nitrogen, and if you de- eide you need to apply nothing but nitrogen. use either 75 or loo pounds of nitrate of soda per acre or 50 pounds each of cotton seed meal and nitrate of soda per acre. Apply on cotton early. before the week of general blooming; while on corn about the time it begins to tassel.
 The above plan is good to put ni- trosen into the soil for the present crop. but now is also the time to think about the soy beans and COW peas. in preparation for future crops. Sow the land that grew oats to COW peas or soy beans. Land that will produce l5 to 20 bushels of corn to the acre will produce a ton of COW pea hay, value. say, at Si0 and will store s worth of nj trOgen in the soil. The soy bean will produce as much hay, will store somewhat more nitrogen and it will produce more seed. When this hay is fed to live stock. 80 per cent of its manurial value may be returned to the soil. Soy beans and COW peas not only work for nothing, but board themselves and pay for the privilege.
 Over S6.O0O.0OO was spent last year in Arkansas for hay and feed, nearly all of which could have been raised at home. Grazing crops will save feed bills this fall. and hay crops will reduce the item ma terially next winter, and they both will build up the land and cncour- age the live stock industry. The number of people in the United States is increasing at the rate of about 20 per cent. and the number of live stock is constantly docreas- ing. There is a place for live stock and live stock farming in Arkansas. The hay and grazing crops that can be planted now are an important item in live stock farming.
 John II. Page, Commissioner.
 July l2. 1913.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17
Bloodine Blood and Kidney Tablets.

For sick kidneys. bladder diseases, Trheumatism, the one best remedy. Reliable, endorsed by leading phy- slclans, safe, effectual. Results last lng. Have cured thousands. 70 cents a box. Mail orders filled by ine Bloodine Corporation. Boston, Mass.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17

If you feel blue" mo account" lazy. you need a good cleaning out. HERBINE is the right thing for that purpose. It stimulates the liver tones up the stomach and purifles the bowels. Price soc. Sold by Me Nerney's Pharmaey.--Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17

Bloodine Cough Checker will luickly allay that hacking irrita- ion accompanying a severe cough IT cold; Keep a bottle constantly lt hand.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17

For SaIe-Modern bungalow, ten
 acres, complete water system, all improvements, at bargain. Ad- dress II. II. Thaeker, care Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17
BUSINESS COLLEGE NOTES.

Miss Mae Hudgins enrolled for course in stenography this week.
 Mrs. Matte C. Littleton finished the bookkeeping course Wednesday,
 Robert Medford's brother of Cal- win. Ok, was a pleasant visitor III our school Wednesday.
 Mrs. Justus is certainly doing fine work with the little ones, and they all seem to be fond of her.
 A number of pupils from the public school are taking review work with us this summer
 We regret that Harry Lewis had to be out of school this week on account of his mothers illness.
 Blanche CumminS and Ida Lynne finished the shorthand course this week with much credit to them selves and to our school.
 Winnie Dickens is now making her home with her grandmo,her and will continue in school lill she completes her course in shorthand.
 Prof. StautIer says We have the most comfortable school room for a summer school that he ever taught in. and he Ina, been teaching for many years.
 The following are those who have made marked proereS, in the pen manship department this summer: Ellis Goss, Dale Cunningham and w. H. Pigg.
 We are happy to inform the pub- lie that our summer school has come quite up to our expectations land already friend, are telling of neW pupils who expect to enroll with Us in the fall term.
 Prof. StaufIer syas he never taught in a school where there was better order and better general in- terest than in our school. He says we have especially good material in the shorthand department.
 If you are a friend to Mena we know you are a friend to the Mena Business College. for all admit that good private school is a drawing card for a town.
 \ Dummy.
 What is a dummy? Prof. Justus says a dummy is a fellow who won't learn when he has a chance, It is better to be an idiot than a dummy, for. the idiot is not rcspon- sible and the dummy is.
 Solomon says: He that refuseth instructions despiteth his own sDlll co
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17

For Sale-Full blood Duroc Jersey
 male hogs. F. J. Smith. Star Farm. totf
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-17

Wrlte 70: Chattanooga Medicine Go. Ladies, As.
 vlsory Dept. Chattanooga. Tenn, for Spsrisf l1i. Ir+lH,tfNHs on your case and 6t-pave bost ''El1-- treatment TOT "oaien' seat in plain wrapper J.s,