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The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-03-13
APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED.

Little Rock, March THE senate
and house in joint session confirmed
he appointment of the penitentiary
commissioners, John V. Ferguson of
Lonoke, J. A. Bradshear of Harris
burg and T. P. Murrey of Little Rock.
Mrs. Ferguson is a real estate dealer
of Lonoke and former circuit clerk.
Mr.. Bradshaw is a farmer and has
served as sheriff of Poinsett county.
Mr.. Murrey is proprietor of the Glea-
on hotel, Little Rock.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-03-13
RACE FOR PRESIDENT
PRO TEN WARMING Up

Little Rock, Mach 8-The race for
president pro tenn of the senate, which
is the same as Acknowledgements, as
the one selected must serve until a
successor to Joe T. Robinson is
chosen, is warming up. Senators
Harris of Monroe, Futrell of Greene
and Lundy of Polk are the ones most
spoken of as candidates, with Senator
Moore of Phillips : dark horse.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-03-13
ANOTHER MGRATH STORY.

The third of series of short sto-
ries by Harold McGrath, appears or
the inside of this paper today. These
stories show the author of "The Man
on the Box" The Goose Girl" and
other best sellers of the day at his
best This is an unusual newspaper
feature, to which we have secured the
exclusive rights in this territory.
Next week the first of a series, of
stories by Octave Thanat will be run
The title of this story will be an. Ar
kansas story, Through Terrors of the
Law"
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-03-13
SECOND BOARDOF HEALTH
BILL IS INTRODUCED

Little Rock, March 8.-Not dis
couraged by the way the house romp-
ed on the bill making an appropria-
ton for the maintenance of the board
of health, Senator Hughes introduced
a bill in the senate Friday afternoon
carrying an appropriation of $17,940
to maintain the new state board for
the biennial period. There was an OBJ
lection to the bill being read a second
time, but President Oldham ruled it
was a privileged bill, being an appro-
priation measure, and he would not
place stumbling block in its way.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-03-13
HENDRIX LOSES FIRST
GAME OF TOURNAMENT
STAGE FRIGHT IN FIRST Pc
ROD RESPONSIBLE FOR COL
LEGIANS' DEFEAT.

Jonesboro, March I'm the first of
the series of the state college basket
)all tournament for the state cham
pionship, the Aggies of Jonesboro de
feated Hendrix College in fast and
interesting game, the score being 81
to 20.
In the first half Hendrix exhibited
igns of stage fright and made a poor
showing, but in the last half they
anne back strong, playing the Aggies
off their feet, but the lead in the first
half could not be overcome Gossett
and Nixon, forwards of Hendrix,
played excellent ball. For the Aggies
the entire team played good ball, Tur-
ncr and Keller leading in basket
throwing. The team from Arkansas
Conference College failed to show up,
leaving the contest between Hendrix
and the A oUipS The Imam.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-03-13
TRAIN SERVICE CHANGED.

Missouri Pacific trains Nos. 119 and
120 will not stop at Spadra as hereto
fore, but will stop at Clarksville.
Trains Nos. 1O5 and 100 will stop at
Spadra on flag only.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-03-13
BACK TO OLD LOCATION.

T. R. Douglass & Sons, who have
been doing business on North Front
street for the past 10 months, have
returned to their old location on the
west side. Lack of room to display
their large stock is given as the rea-
son for the change.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-03-13

Summary-Goals from field, Keller
4, Hammonds 2, Reese 1, Farley 2,
Turner 6. Gossett A, Nixon 4, Wilson
Il, Giles l; goals from fouls, Turner 6,
Hammons l, Gossett 8; referee, Shau-
yer; timekeeper, Blanford.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-03-13

For Sale-Lots 20, 81, p, %, "a
block 6, Harkrider addition to Con
way. En-. Balmaz, Ri. A.
-3Ow2t* (adv)
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-03-13

For Sale-1,OOO bushels of river
raised corn in the ear. Campbellite
variety, soc per bushel. Chas. Lem
hart, Route No. 3, Conway. Phone
BIT, 5 rings.-29-10tw (adv.)
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-03-13

Fine Durham male, two miles south
east of Under. Services, 81 cash
$3.50 credit. J. ]. Lowry.
-w2t* (adv.)
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-03-13

J. J. Rosemond, a prominent farm
er of Vilonia, is trading in Conway to-
day.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-03-13

Summary-Goals from field, l.
Iner 10, Keller 7, Hammons 4, Farl
Reeves A, Nixon; foul goals, Turner
eferee, Shaver; timekeeper, Blank.
ford time of halves, 20 minutes.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-03-13
Ayers SarsapariIIa|
Changes tendency Inward disease to
tendency toward heath. No alcohol
Sold for 60 years.
Il Ask Your DOCTOR J. G. Aver Co.
Lowell, Mass.

second. Farley and RISE guards
played brilliant games.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-03-13

The lineup:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27

the holes or trenches foot deeper
than necessary. and fill in that foot
with rich earth over six inches of
stable manure. leaving the earth rath.
er loose.
Trim OF all broken. rotten. or dis
eased roots. spread the roots well and
set the plant in the hole 30 that II
will be an inch or two deeper than II
was before. Fill the hole halfway
with fine rich earth, mix in a quarter
of pound of some complete fertilizer,
soak the earth with water and then
fill up the rest of the hole. Tramp
the earth down firmly and heap it up
to take care of settling later on.
The branches should be trimmed13n
proportion to the root trimming, OF
the plant will die through lack OF
food. Keep implanted shrubs moist
and cool. If necessary to delay plant.
ing. lay them slantingly in a trench.
cover the roots with moist earth and
keep them watered.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27

Despite the fact that the Liberty Bell is
of the most treasured OF national relics. 1t is not
originally an American product but foreign i'm
portation: and imported from England, too where
1t was first cast according to the order given in
October 1851, by the superintendent of the state
house Of the Province of Pennsylvania-now indie
peppddence Hall,
the bell and by August 1852. it arrived in Phila
delphia and was erected on trusses in the state
house yard. While being tolled and tested early
in September of the same year it was cracked by
the clapper. though by unusually powerful
stroke. Concerning this accident, Isaac Morris
wrote, March 10, 1883
Though the news of our bell cracking is
not very agreeable to us, concluded to send It
back by Captain Budden. who had brought 1t from
London last August. but he could not take 1t on
board. upon which two ingenious workmen under
took to cast 1t here. and am just now informed
they have this day opened the mould and have
got a good bell, which, confess, pleases me very
much. that We should first venture upon and
coed in the greatest bell cast, for aught know.
in English America. The mould finished in
very mastery manner. and the letters. / am
told, are better than (onl the old one. When we
broke up the metal our judges here generally
agreed it too high and brittle. and cast sew
eral little bells out Of it to try the sound and
strength. and fixed upon mixture of an ounce
and half of copper to the pound of the old bell.
and in this proportion we have it..
Herman Pass. from the Island of Malta and
Jacob Stow, son OF Charles Stow, the doorkeep-
er OF the assembly, were the two ingenious work
men referred to in the above letter After the
second casting of the bell it again hung and
tested in the spring OF 1853. More defects were
soon found, however. The American casters.
Pass and Stow. who were not bell founders by
trade at ALL had put too much copper in the metal
that Its sound was impaired. Disappointed
with that failure and also nettled at the gibes OF
their townsmen concerning It, they asked permits
sion to cast the bell a second time Thomas Les
ter, the original maker of 1t, also offered his
services. but the authorities decided to allow
Pass and Stow to proceed again, and thus the
third and present casting made. and again
the bell was raised; this time in the state house
steepe itself That operation completed by
the end of August of 1888. when the American
casters were paid eco 13s Cd. for their labors.
Then began its chimes. August 27. 1888. when
It called the assembly together. ringing out the
old, ringing in the new; sounding its melodies for
innumerable public and private events during
more than four-score OF years
Tho FIRST individual for whom II rang Frank
lin; sent home to England" to ask redress for
the grievances of the colonies In February, 1857
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27
PLANTING Shrubs.

Spring is the favorite season for
shrub planting. Not that most shrubs
cannot be transplanted at almost any
season of the year, but we all feel
more interested In outdoor things
when the robins first come back
Shrubbery about the house is a con-
slant Joy to all who behold 1t. Break
ing up harsh lines and joining to-
gether the more antagonistic features,
1t gives a finish and an air of per-
manency to any place.
In choosing varieties for special
uses, particular attention should be
given to. the form, color and charac-
ter of blossoms, and foliage, together
with blooming period and general ap-
pearance Of the shrub. Tall, struggling
shrubs, like some Of the lilacs and
azaleas, give better effects when
placed at distance. and either mass
ed or planted against buildings, fences.
etc. More symmetrical shrubs and
the smaller varieties can be planted
singly or grouped in beds in the fore
ground.
For planting about porches, moth
ing is more handsome or more grace
full than bridal wreath. 1t can we'll
be supplanted with several other
shrubs which bloom at different times,
however.
The hardy SNOWFALL is more salts
factory planted alone in an expanse
of green lawn. This is also the case
with any of the larger symmetrical
shrubs.
Fol- hedges. probably nothing will
give better results than California
Privet or Arbor Vitae. Barberry, jap
anese Ounces. Sweet Briar and many
others are frequently used for lower
and less compact hedges. road Dor
derB, etc.
Where It is desired to conceal
buildings. nothing Is better than liIacs.
sumach, and some OF the dwarf ever
greens.
In preparing to plant shrubs. dig
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27

The bell echoed the hopes of the peoples hearts
and its melodous Bon Voyage" sounded over the
Delaware he sailed away.
When the planning and splitting mills were
closed and the manufacture of iron and steel prod
ucts prohibited by acts of parliament In
Pennsylvania and the kings arrow was affixed
upon pine trees and the trade of the colonies in
all parts of the world restrained, the bell was
again tolled to assemble the people in the state
house yard to protest against such outrages.
Thus did the bell. long before the Revolution
become the beloved symbol of truth and freedom.
reinforcing with pugnacious and violent peals the
cry of determined citizens in the largest political
meeting held up to that time in the state house
yard that of the ship "Pollys detestable
tea" that had just been brought into the port
should be funneled down their threats with par
lament duty mixed with it.
When the port of Boston closed In May
IVA and the heart of the country was growing
heavier with its aflicton, the bell was once more
carefully mufled and tolled In solemn and pro-
phetic manner both to announce the closing of
the port and. little later. to call a meeting to
relieve suffering in Boston on account OF the
restriction OF its trade.
AS the conflict with England approached the
bell was rung more and more; its use became
matter of course and then. on April 20, l715'
Just after the reports came to Philadelphia OF the
Battle of Lexington 1t rang wildly to assemble
5000 people in the state house yard and to In
spire their souls TO resolution pledgng their
all to the cause of liberty.
1t rang also to assemble the Continental con-
gress to it's daily sessions, both at Carpenter
hall and independence hail. and. finally, its crown
Ing achievement, the Wild defiant and joyful
ringing that more than all the previous reverbera-
lions it made gave 1t the sacred name OF THE
Liberty Bell" occurred on July land not the
4th as is generally believed. after the Declare
ton of Independence had been adopted
This greatest of Its jubilees called the citizens
together in the yard hear read in the stentorian
tones of John Nixon the first public proclamation
OF the Declaration. and never did the old wooden
rafters of the state house steeple rock and trem-
BILE with more sympathetic vibration than at this
time.
When returned to the old state house steeple
again one of its first uses was to ring upon the
announcement of the surrender of Lord Cornwall
lis in October. 1881. and in the following month
TO toll In welcoming Washington to the city. A
year and a half later 1t helped to proclaim the
treaty of peace with Great Britain, and in Decem.
Der 1889 1t muffled for the first time in many
years though not to mourn for lost liberty or
over tyrannical deeds, but to lend Its almost
hushed music to the funeral solemnities of Wash
ington himself.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27
BACK YARD FARMER
Interesting Pointers on Garden
ing for the City Man or
Suburbanite.
WHAT 10 PLANT AND WHEN
Advice by an Expert on Agricultural
Matters-VInes and Climbers
When to Plant shrubs-
RaspberrIes.
BY PROF. JOHN WILLARD soLrE.

BY PROF. JOHN WILLARD BOlTE.
The function OF vines and climbing
plants in landscape art is to screen
and soften mechanical features. to hide
unsightly objects, to blend together
into a harmonious whole, various dis
cordant elements.
Varieties are a matter of taste, and
II you will leave to your wife the ques-
ton of proper location for vines. you
will not go far wrong. from an ar
tistic standpoint. The truth is that
good vines are almost always in har-
mony, no matter where they are
placed. Use them freely where you
have a bare place.
Many an untidy fence can be made
into a bower of delight by properly
placed vines. The honeysuckles, wood
bine from the deep woods. Kudzu vine,
wild grape, clematis paniculata, and
many others, can be secured at tri-
fling expense. grow quickly, and are
hardy.
In the more southern states. Smiths
hybrid moon-vine is particularly de-
lightful.
The Jewel of porch climbers is the
Jackmann type of clematis. White.
lavander and pink. the blossoms come
in reckless profusion. and II you
are careful to get strong pot-grown
plants, plant them in rich, deep
earth, without disturbing the roots,
and do your transplanting about June
1. you will almost certainly succeed.
Be sure to plant In a sunny spot,
where water from the caves will not
compact the earth. Water well until
the plant gets a good start.
A fast growing. pleasant vine for the
new porch is the Japanese Ivy. A
few plants put in the soil alongside the
porch in the sun will rapidly spread
by way of the roots, and will form a
thick. fragrant curtain of light green.
clear to the top of the porch by the
middle of summer. This plant in
creases SO rapidly that one must be
careful to prevent its crowding out
other less aggressive neighbors.
Scarlet runner beans are a great IA
vorite in northern chimes for yearly
planting. as are the wild cucumbers
with their tracery leaves and tendrils
and their cool prickly fruit pods.
OF course where climbing roses can
be successfully grown, there is abso-
luteiy nothing to compare with them
in their gorgeous magnihcence. They
call for the same soil conditions and
care as bush roses. but they are less
hardy as rule in the inland and
northern states.
In the eastern states and anywhere
that cool. moist summer and even
winter temperature prevails. the Eng.
lish Ivy grows in profusion. Nothing
can be more satisfactory. particularly
in connection with stone or brick
structures of massive appearance. 1t
seems to live forever in hospitable
environments. and 1t will frequently
cover an entire house. even to the
chimney top. It Is well to prevent 1t
from covering wooden surfaces. how
ever. as its thick foliage holds moist
ure and hastens the decay of the
wood. the rusting of nails. etc.
Many ways Of supporting vines are
used. from strings to graceful wooden
trellises. Chicken wire may be used to
advantage, and will last a number of
years. LS,E e.pif-->
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27
RAISING Raspberries.

There is no fruit more desirable or
more easily grown than the red OF
black raspberries. The plants cost
little and one can get them for nothing
by making cuttings from wild bushes.
They are much more easily grown
than Strawberries, and are much less
trouble. The strawberry bed must be
hoed. trimmed and weeded regularly
or it will be completely covered up,
but the raspberry will produce luxuri.
antly under adverse conditions and
even downright neglect
Two thirty-foot rows, one of good
red and one a black variety, will fur.
nish abundant fruit for the average
family and the entire cost of having
all the raspberries you want for
months time every year need not ex.
coed the cost of little fertilizer and
little Bordeaux mixture.
A raspberry patch will bear some
fruit the second year and 1t will carry
heavy crop thereafter. for as much
as ten years.
They will grow well In any we'll
drained, fertile soil and the black
varieties require q little richer soil
than the reds. Neither will do as
well as the blackberry on sandy OF
poor soils.
Buy your plants from a nursery man
and put them into a well prepared
seed bed in the spring. Plant in rows,
having the plants about two and one
half feet apart. Set the plants a lit
tie deeper than they were at the
nursery, firm the soil well and water
occasionally for week or two.
The ground should have a liberal
covering of stable manure before turn
ing over, and 1t will be well to work
into the soil around each plant about
one-fourth of a pound of a mixture OF
bone meal, three parts and muriate OF
potash one part. Fertilize in this pro-
portion each year. keep the ground
cultivated and you should have heavy1
crops Of large. Juicy berries evef!
year.
Beds located in exposed positions In
very cold climates will need to have
the canes laid down and covered with
earth and straw during the winter.
When the bushes are properly
pruned and fertilized. 1t will not be
necessary to support them, but there
40 AAs&hy ooNAhtd6Cb III Lytuk luS
canes up to wire supports.
Be careful in the pruning. After
the first year cut all of the old canes
out as soon as they have fruited. At
the same time cut out surplus and
feeble canes. In the early spring cut
out all canes which have been winter
killed and trim all remaining stalks
about third.
Rust and anthracnose are the most
common diseases. Spray with Bor
deaux for the first one and cut out and
burn the diseased canes II rust ap-
pears. Slugs or worms can be killed
by spraying with hellebore or arsenate
of lead.
Raspberries frequently produce $500
quarts of fruit per acre in a single
year.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27

would plant Baldwins the same az
other standard kinds. 40 by 40 feet.
and between them l would set Ouch
ess and Wealthy, which bear early and
can be removed when they begin to be
crowded, says a writer in an exchange.
For an orchard to receive good aver
age care, 1 would prefer the standard
varieties. including Baldwins. Green
ings, Spies, Stark, Hubbardston.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27
Cause Of Rumble Foot.

While humble foot is generally
caused b. fowls Jumping from some
high point to the ground and striking
a stone or some other obstacle. 1t can
also come from fowl treading
heavily on such an object
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27

During the first winter provide
some sort of sheltered yard for the
colts SO that they may run about and
exercise for few hours every day
when the weather is not too stormy.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27

Hens will eat great quantity Of
coal cinders and they are very good
for them. Try putting a load in the
chicken yard and watch the result.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27

Planting tree does not consist
simply In digging hole and placing
the tree in 1t and filling up the hole.
Many trees are planted that way.
though.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27

The farmer who goes Into the bust
ness OF rearing draft horses should
stick by the business through thick
and thin, through good times and bad.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27
Improvement of Horse.

The Improvement of the quality of
the grade horse in the country has
been made by farmers who are will
Ing to pay reasonable price for the
services of a high class stallion.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27

S60 Ell is extending i Ia definite settlement
e Of the question as to whether the relic
should be permitted to travel any more appears to
be about due, and Just nov. when the anniversary
of the nations Independence is upon us, is rea-
sonabe time for discussion of the matter
Wfred Jordan, curator of the Independence
Hall Museum measured the second crack before
the bells last journey and then measured 1t again
after its return. He found that 1t had increased
in length to slight degree
No one knows Just when this second crack
occurred, and opinions differ; but compared to
the old crack 1t is of recent origin and is dis
unctly visible. Mr.. Jordan. however. was the first
to call attention TO a long and almost Invisible
extension OF the second crack and finds that 1t
now reaches one-third way around the bell. from
the end of the old original fracture. which was
chiseled out in 1915 In an attempt to make the
bell sound properly.
Putting end to the bells pilgrimages would
in sense at all be due to a disincinaton OF
the people or councils Of Philadelphia to allow the
west to vie& and possess the sacred relic even
for short time. Indeed Philadelphia would be
only too glad tQ send i, for since the bell has
already helped BY It's travels to lessen the sec
tonal feelings between the north and south, SO IT
would help unite the citizens Of our republic who
live the Atlantic seaboard with those who live
the Pacific.
Little do either sections realize how intimately
the bell is connected with the contamination OF
nation, early political ideals and with the
fondest of Its impulses in Colonial days. This old
bronze relic not only helped to proclaim lnde-
pendence. but for years before 1870 rang loud to
celebrate the hopes OF the people and rang low
to intone their woes!
Upon Its sides is this inscription:
And proclaim liberty throughout all the land
unto all the Inhabitants thereof.'-Lev. 20, 10.
strange Providence indeed wrote that inscription
on its crown many years before its throbbins
Changers and melodious eloquence had aught at
all to do with liberty!
Announcing proclamatons of and treaties
of peace; welcoming the arrival and bidding God
NrntV,u ANA
accession OF the English royal family to tho
throne and the secession therefrom of the Amsri-
acan coloniesi Its more customary use, however,
was to call the members OF the assembly Of Penn
iylvnnia together at the morning and afternoon
sessions and TO announce the opening OF the
courts.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27

INCE negotiations have already been
opened by the management of the
Panama exposition and commonwealth
OF California with the city of Philadel-
phia to obtain the Liberty Bell as one
of the exhibits for that occasion, and
SINCE It seems that the crack In the
bell is extending. definite settlement