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The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-02
SPRINGFIELD.

A nice rain fell here last Saturday g Farmers are just about done gath ering their crops.
 Miss Sybil Love of Shreveport, La. is visiting relatives here
 Mrs. Jim Yancey of Adona visited relatives here the past week.
 Walter Berry made business trip to Conway last Thursday.
 Cecil Dancer and family visited rel atives at Plumerville last Sunday
 Miss Blanche Moore, who is attend ing the State Normal School at Con- way, spent the Thanksgiving holidays with her mother here.
 Dr. J. w. Powell and family of Russellville visited relatives here the past week.
 Miss Zella Bell of Plumerville visit ed relatives here the past week.
 Miss Alice Berry, who is teaching in the public school at Conway, spent last Friday and Saturday with her parents here.
 School is progressing nicely. New pupils are being enrolled every week
 The sewing circle met with Mrs. Nettie Scruggs last Friday. A very enjoyable and profitable meeting was held. Refreshments were served.
 An old-time spelling match was held at the school building last Thurs day evening. A large crowd was in attendance and everyone seemed to enjoy the occasion.
 The public school basketball teams of this place are doing some hard practicing. We predict many victor ies for them,
 December 2.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-02
GUY

We have at last been visited by a good rain which has settled the dust. and smoke
 School is progressing nicely, new pupils are still coming in each week.
 Emmit McCuistion, who has spent the past year here, returned to Okla homa last week He was accompanied by his sisters, Misses Etta and Lizzie, who will spend the winter there
 The S. I. A. met Wednesday night of last week and rendered nice program. The S. I. A. will give a box supper next Saturday night in interest of the school, and everyone is invited to attend and try to make the occasion both enjoyable and profit able.
 Mrs. Garland Edwards returned to her home in Little Rock Tuesday, after a visit with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Glover, the past few weeks
 Sam Beall and wife have moved into the house with Lealon Harton for the coming year
 R. B. Rowan and family, who have been in Oklahoma the past two years, have returned to Arkansas to make
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-02
GREENBRIER.

The long drouth was broken here last Thursday by rain.
 A. II. Tucker attended the Rural Carriers Convention at Little Rock last Thursday. He was accompanied by his wife.
 P. c. Cain, our road overseer, has done some fine work on the Thorn Hill. north of Greenbrier
 J. l.. Corners new residence IS nearing completion
 There will be a Christmas tree at the Baptist church Christmas eve night. A grand time is expected.
 Carl E. Moore and wife moved m the Methodist parsonage last week. and will make it their home for while
 E. l.. Morris has moved his family to the old telephone office, north of the postoffice on Front street, ana will make it his home for while.
 The concert given by the Green
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-02
BLACK FORK.

The rain has cleared the smoke away.
 The young people enjoyed sing ing at T. w. Trapell's Sunday night.
 D. S. Skinner is moving on E. M Browns place near Enders. s. w. Cotton will move where MT. Skinner lives.
 We are progressing nicely with our basket ball games We play half a day at time rain or shine.
 M E. Johnson has returned from a hunting trip in Perry county.
 Mrs Elvie Willmoth has sold her interest in her fathers real estate to her brother, James Hall, considers tion $50
 J. A. Mode of Guy was in our community Sunday.
 Thurman Utley will leave in few day to make his home with his brother Ed.
 Lee Smith paid our school visit Thursday. Come again Lee, we are always glad to have you with us.
 Melvin Blessing of Conway also visited our school Thursday and wit messed the ball game between thu Black Fork team and Guy.
 December l.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-02
TWO JOBS WHERE THERE VAS
 ONE

Ii is now announced that the forced retirement of Dr. Greene, supern- tendent of the state hospital for the insane. will necessitate the appoint ment of an alienist expert in nervous diseases since Dr. Young, appointed to succeed Dr. Greene as superintend- spt, is not qualified by experience and training to act in the double capacity, as was Dr. Greene. Possibly the pet " politicians whose activities and harassments brought about Dr. Greene's resignation had this fact Tn mInd. since they seem to have been on the job in making places for all the people they could at the expense ,f the taxpayers and to the loss of credit and dishonor of the state.
 A movement has been started m Little Rock. by resolutions adopted by she Civic Forum organization, to ask Governor Hays to call for the reslg- nation of Secretary Hart, of the State Charities Board, who, especially seems to have been responsible Tor iftEn DcILS CHlIOS eNihN~7' '"''N-
 apces. that disgusted Dr. Greene to tbc point where his self-respect re- guired that he resign Good cltlzens gn all parts of the state should follow .his lead with lette~s to the governor protesting against the prostitution of ub5s important institution for mean little political snaps and the ms management of the funds in such a way that over thirty thousand dollars aas been added to the feeding of the wards of the state and an approprla- sfun for a power plant has been eX- seeded by another like sum, all over the protest of pr. Greene.
 This is matter that concerns eV- cry taxpayer and every citizen who Aas at heart the credit of the state arc the welfare of hundreds or ui,- rortl1oates who have had such excel tent care and treatment at the hanus ,t Dr. Greene. An institution that was d disgrace was made py nm U a, credit to the state but the poii.i- -ans have driven him out because ne .sood in the way of efforts to provide
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-02
HOLLAND.

Still cloudy and warm here.
 A good rain fell Saturday and Sun day which was much needed.
 The smoke has cleared away, and people have quit rubbing their eyes
 Several new pupils at school this morning
 Every body is done gathering their crops and most of the children have started to school.
 The school organized literary society Friday afternoon, and we all hope for great success, for this is a very important work. Prof J. H. Fretwell, who is teach ing at Levy, Argenta, Ark, spent IThanksgiving at Holland He return ed Sunday.
 Mrs. Den Spruce of Hot Springs. is visiting at this place. On account of it raining Saturday the people didn't meet to clean off the graveyard.
 We are expecting to have Xmas tree at this place Xmas, let everybody come and try to have nice time notwithstanding the hard times of the present.
 Miss Ida Herring of Enders, visit ed Miss Ora Goodrich last week. T. H. Shaw went to Conway to- day. Willie McGaha killed huge eagle down on the Cadron Friday. It measured feet inches from tip to tip, and weighed Is pounds. It was what is called the bald eagle. Prof w. F.. Doak is going to move to Conway in the near future. We regret to see him leave, for every Sunday found him at Sunday school He is going to farm, and we know he will make success for he knows a good deal about farming
 Arthur James of Fl Paso, has been visiting his father, w. K James, the past week
 Everybody come to singing Sun day afternoon.
 December 1
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-02

Ibrier brass band at the auditorium on last Thursday night was well at- tended The receipts of the evening was $17.
 Daniel Moore and wife and Capt, Jack, of Pangburn, was here the past week the guests of relatives and friends.
 J. A. Pierce has taken charge of the D. A. Glover stock of goods.
 A. H. Tucker has bought from r. M. Douglass of Guy, a fine horse.
 R. Harrison of Plumerville was here the past week to spend Thanks giving with his wife, who is one of the teachers in the public school at this place.
 Jim Robinson of Conway, who IS attending the State Normal school, spent Thanksgiving with home folks,
 Idus Woody and Bobby Cook re- turned from Ft. Smith last week.
 J. A. Pierce and family have moved into the D. A. Glover residence and will live there the next year.
 F. P. Henderson has moved into the w. M. Lyon property in the east part of Town and will make it his home for the next year.
 H. s. Tyler, ex-justice of the peace, has been appointed notary public. He has received his commission and seal.
 Remember 25 days from today is Christmas. Everybody get ready for, Santa Claus, for he is coming.
 December 1.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-02
AN AMENDMENT AMENDED.

4 Little Rock correspondent in forms us that the legislative commit tee of the Arkansas Federation of Labor has revised the proposed amendment to the initiative and refer endum laws of the state, has with drawn the original petitions to which about 5000 signatures had already been secured and is circulating peti- tions in it's revised form. The new amendment will eliminate three inn portant features to which objections had been raised.
 The first is the provision prohibit ing the supreme court from declaring unconstitutional any act initiated and adopted by the people. The second change is in the provision which pro- hibited the legislature from amending or repeating an initiated act, the re- revised amendment permitting the Legislature to do this by a three fourths vote. The third and most inn portant change is the entire elimina- tion of the section which gave prece- dence to local legislation over state legislation.
 So far as we know, the Log Cabin Democrat was the first newspaper in the state to point out these objection able features in the proposed amend uent. Two weeks ago an editorial vas published in this paper calling at nntion to the extreme danger of granting unlimited legislative powers 10 counties and municipalities of the state. Following this both the West srn Methodist and the Baptist Ad- vance editorially raised the same ob- Iections to the measure, as did Dr. D.. Y. Thomas in letter to the Arkansas Gazette on last Sunday.
 While we have not yet seen copy of the amendment as amended, we trust that the framers have also re- vised the phraseology of the entire measure. The construction of the original draft was in some instances absolutely meaningless and in others ,bscure and difficult of interpretation.
 As the Log Cabin Democrat stated rwo weeks ago, there are some good features in the proposed amendment, particularly the one restricting the sse of the emergency clause" by the legislature. But the bad features so far ourweighed the good in the orig mai amendment that we much pre- ferred to leave the constitution and laws unchanged as to the initiative and referendum The state is fortu- nate that the committee has seen fit to make these desirable changes in the amendment, for backed by the powerful influence of the labor unions < might have been adopted in it's original and dangerous form.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-02
BRANNON.

w. o. Brannon is no better at this writing. He fell last Friday morn ing and cut his face very badly.
 Grandma Harris is no better. She is very low.
 M. D. Nowell and Mrs. Lewis of Quitman, were happily married Thursday. We wish them a long and happy married life.
 We'll, that cheap cotton will soon be thing of the past.
 H. H. Bennett will move on the B. F. Monroe place soon.
 December L
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-02

their home. We welcome them back.
 Several families arrived here last week from Tennessee, in view of beating here.
 Uncle Dickey Price, one of our oldest and best known citizens, is in very feeble health at present. He is with his daughter, Mrs. Jim Mont gomery.
 Misses Mary Canister and Edna Gentry of Greenbrier visited at Dr. Banister's Sunday.
 December 1.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-02
NAILOR.

We received a two-days' rain Fri day and Saturday.
 w. C. Graham and w. Nj. Brady returned from Conway Monday.
 Mesdames w. M. Brady, G. A.. Brown, J F. Jenkins, l. N. Reynolds, Annie Hill, B. Fowlkes, J. L. Roberts, A. E. Hendrix. H. w. Brantley, V. A. Brady, Thos. Bryant, Katie
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-02

places for relatives and henchmen. Will the people of the state submit without resentment to such destruc- tive, cheap politics?-Fort Smith Times Record.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-02
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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-16

must finally surrender. A line of re-
treat still remained open toward Rolla.
That night he spiked his guns, blew up
his magazines, abandoned the fort and
took the road ~northward.
Part of Prices force, under Shelby,
had gone north toward Potosi. This
force blocked Ewtng's retreat in that
direction. Then he took the road to-
ward Rolla.
Ewing marched on with his in
fantry for thirty-nine hours, pursued
by Shelby's cavalry. The Federal
troops were exhausted when Shelby
struck them. but they made a stand
and held their ground for thirty hours
more, though they were short of am
munition. At the end of thirty hours
the gallant little band were REINFORCED
by a cavalry regiment under Colonel
Beveridge. 1t had been sent to their
aid by General John Mcneil from
RolIa. Shelby was at length driven of
by the combined forces. and Ewing
and Beverage returned to Rolla.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-16
Copyright by Review Of Reg

suers could interfere to throw up some
earthworks. Averell attacked here.
and Early again retreated.
Sheridan's desire was to cut Early
of entirely, and the retreat from
Mount Jackson without a battle was
attributed to Averell's lack of energy
In attacking on the 23d, and he was
superseded by General w. H. Powell,
who had led a brigade under him.
Early halted again on Rude's hill, Oh
the east side of the Shenandoah and
mountain locked on the east and the
west. Powell's cavalry took up the
pursuit, and the infantry of the Sixth
and Nineteenth corps followed On par
allel roads. Early again retired.
Between Two Fires.
Meantime Torbert was south, moving
on the eastern or Luray route with
Merritt's and Wilson's divisions OF
cavalry, but Fitz Lees Confederate
horsemen kept such good ward Of all
the passes through Massanutten noun
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-16

Tumbling Run. literally scrambling
over rough fields. stone walls. rocks and
felled trees. Across the e they
plunged. up the precipitous height.
The Confederates broke from the
trenches and in their haste to get away
left sixteen guns in position OF the
formidable hill which had been the
stronghold.
Opequan. or Winchester, and Fish
er's Hill. fought respectively Sept. 10
and %. were virtually combats on a
single field.
Sheridan's loss was about 400 men
and Early's about 1900. chiefly prison
ers. The principal resistance to Sheri-
dams columns had been that offered to
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-16

four miles, and this breadth Is spanned
by a ridge at right angles, the eastern
extremity resting lear the Shenan-
doah river. and the northern base be-
ing bordered by a deep stream or run
Merritt's cavalry found that Early's
flight had ended here. and a halt was
made until the infantry came to the
front. Early was in position behind
the stream, Tumbling Run, and was
adding to some old earthworks and
otherwise making preparation for de-
Tense. The forces engaged at Win
chester on the 10th were all here, the
commanders-Rodes and Breckenridge
only being absent. Breckenridge had
been sent to southwestern Virginia and
Rodes was killed on the 10Th.
Sheridan's march up the historic
pike from his victorious battlefield at
winchester was cautious. The whole
of the 10th passed In getting the In
fantry to the front. and that night the
Federal outposts were in the northern
limits of the town of ~Strasburg.
Battle of Fishers Hill.
Early's army was weaker than when
Sheridan met it on the 6pequan by
the 1000 casualties suffered there.
Yet he was confident of holding Sheri-
dan off at Fishers hill, for the guns
he had posted there commanded the
pike for q long distance, his TANKS We're
guarded by cavalry, and the two days
and nights of grace which Sheridan al
lowed him were used in fortifying his
left flank, which rested in the broad
valley on the west
Sheridan Unanswered throughout the
21st to place his three corps Of infantry
in position for assault. At nightfan he
advanced his pickets through the town
Of Strasburg and drove the Confeder-
ate skirmishers back to the defenses OF
Fishers hill. The morning of the 22d
disclosed fresh defenses of earth,
stone and abatis that had beeen pre-
pared during the night by Early's
troops. Sheridan found a heightsnorth
of Tumbling Run which commanded
Early's position, and this was carried
and held after a sharp fight.
In spite OF his success In gaining the
height confronting Early's main posi-
ton, Sheridan looked upon that ground
as impregnabie and decided to turn the
enemy's left flank. BY skillful
vering he threw AverelTs cavalry d.
vision and Wright's infantry corps for
ward and at the same time dispatched
Crooks command on a circuitous
march of five miles, beyond Early's ex-
treme left. When Early saw Averell
and the Sixth corps advancing he gave
up hope and ordered his troops TO re-
tire after nightfalL But sunset is IA
vorable for sudden attacks, and just
about that time Crook, who had moved
Unseen by the enemy, rushed his line
forward and was over the enemy's
trenches before he was discovered
Sweeping Defeat For Early.
The charge of Crook was immediate
" followed up by the Sixth corps, on
Crooks left. Still to the left and on the
ground before described as Early's
right flank and main position, the Nine
teenth corps descended the ravine OF
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-16

Crooks lanking column by General l.
L Lomax Confederate cavalry diyi-
sion. The losses In the two BATHS
amounted to over 5.400 on Sheridan's
side and nearly the same on Early's.
Fire and Sword.
The pursuit was taken up by Sheri-
dan on the 23d, this time General Ave
rell's cavalry division having the lead.
General Early was found drawn up
near Mount Jackson. another height
crossing Shenandoah valley. An out
lying range of the Massanutten noun
tains on the east here reduces the val
ley again to about three and a half
miles In width, and the north fork of
the Shenandoah guards the eastern
side. Early found time before his pur-
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-16

The charge of Crook was immediate
ly followed up by the Sixth corps, on
Crooks left. Still to the left and on the
ground before described as Early's
right flank and main position. the Nine
teenth corps descended the ravine Of
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-16
The War Fifty Years Ago

Battle at Fishers Hill In the Shenandoah Valley.
Second Defeat of Early's Confederates by Sheridan
Within Three ~Days-Retreat and Pursuit-The
Torch In the Valley-Confederate Raid In Missouri.
General Sterling Price Leads a Column From Arkan-
as-Battle at Pilot Knob2Raiders March Toward
ST. ~Louis-Federas Retreat. Closely Pursued.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-16
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SIS West Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-16
Prices Missouri Raid.

Fifty years ago this autumn the
Confederates. assisted by the organiza-
ton of sympathizers known variously
as knights of the Golden Circle
american Knights and "Sons of
Liberty" planned to wrest the state
of Missouri wholly from Federal
hands. General w. S. Rosecrans, for
mer commander of the Army of the
Cumberland, was at the head of a
military division known as the depart.
ment of Missouri. including Arkansas.
Part Of the Confederate plan was
an invasion of the state by General
Sterling Price. General Joseph Shelby
had 1000 Confederate cavalry in Ar
kansas and a miscellaneous host of
partisans and Independents from Ar
kansas and Missouri Joined him. With
this force Shelby moved to Batesville,
In northern Arkansas. and waited for
Price. On Sept. 81 Price Joined Shell
by, and with $4,000 to $4,000 men the
two crossed into Missouri between the
st. Francis and Big Black rivers. They
marched toward Pilot Knob and Rolla
In the general direction of st. Louis.
Rosecrans was obliged to guard a
district 400 miles long and 300 miles
wide. and he had only $500 cavalry.
A railroad leads from Pilot Knob to
st. Louis, eighty-six miles distant. At
Pilot Knob, to oppose Prices whole
army, there was only one Federal bril-
gade, under General Hugh Ewing.
This brigade at the close of September
vas all there was between Prices
army and st. Louis. Rosecrans' few
brigades were quickly scattered through
the state at important points.
Battle of Pilot Knob, Sept. 81.
Price marched with great swiftness.
recklessness even. at first. for he ex-
pected the Sons of Liberty in every
county to flock to his standard. On
Sept. 81 he appeared before Pilot Knob.
There was a rude though strong forti-
1catlon here, Fort Davidson, which
General Hugh Ewing occupied with
1000 men. The defense was gallant.
Price made two assaults, both of which
were repulsed. After these two attacks
Price desisted for the time and with
drew with his army to a position that
entirely commanded the little fort. He
had lost in the fight thus far 1,20O
men. Ewing lost 200.
Ewing knew that the attack would
be renewed next morning and that he
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-16

tain that Torbert's effort to head off
Early failed. Early's movements were
rapid. sometimes at double quick, but
be had an object to gain IN holding of
a battle for the time. Kershaw's
division of infantry had again turned
about on its way to Richmond, and
Early was retiring to form a junction
with 1t. This could be done at Browns
Gap, where the railroad from Rich
mond by way of G~ordonsville and
Charlottesville passes through the Blue
Ridge mountains to Staunton. He
reached here on the 26th. and on that
day Merritt's cavalry was al, Port Re
public, west Of him. and T0fbert east
and south of him. having swept on be-
tween him and Kershaw to Staunton
and Waynesboro, southeast of that.
When Merritt reached Port Republic
on the Goth he came in contact with
Kershaw's infantry, that had now en-
tered the valley. Merritt was forced
out of Port Republic by Kershaw, but
the alarm of Torbert's raid at Waynes-
boro drew all the Confederates to that
point, and on the 2sth Early and Ker-
shaw were together again facing north,
and Sheridan held a line across from
Port Republic to Harrisonburg. Here
the line stood several days. and all the
byways of the region were secured by
horsemen burning grain. mills and
forage.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-16
D. Can't. GEORGE |. KrLr4HR. Lat. U. ). v.

"HE road taken by General Ju-
bal Early's army from Win
chester battlefield, after its de-
feat on Sept. 10, fifty years
ago., was the old beaten path Of the
valley pike toward Strasburg, the next
defensible position south of Cedar
Creek. On the morning Of the goth
General Wesley Merritt's cavalry start
ed down the pike, followed by the in
fantry corps of Wright, Emory and
Crook, and the cavalry divisions of
Wilson and Averell took the side roads
right and left. Just south of Stras-
burg the M%assanutten mountains on
the east narrow the valley to about
Evening star., 1914-10-11

Mr.. and Mrs Edwin Markham Mac
Leod announce the engagement Of their
Cliff Of this city. Both Miss Macleod
and Mr.. Gift are well known in local
musical circles, Miss Macleod being
| contralto soloist last season at the
First Baptist Church and Mr. Gift
having been a member of the choir of
| the Church of the Incarnation.