The log cabin Democrat., 1915-11-11
NEWS OF CONWAY
 FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

(From the Log Cabin, Nov. 6, 1900.)
 Most of the columns of the Log Cabin for this date were filled with returns of the presidential election, showing McKinley's defeat of Bryan by an overwhelming majority of the electoral vote.
 Mrs. Leona Hall Markham, wife of J. T. Markham, died in Little Rock on October 31.
 "A. J. Witt will return from Hot Springs the latter part of this week and will resume his work as sales man for c. M. Armistead Mir. Witt has been in Hot Springs a few weeks for treatment for rheumatism"
 ~John T. Young and wife returned Monday night. MT. Young has been working in the Democratic head quarters at Chicago for several months and came home to vote. Mrs. Young spent the summer at her old home in Princeton, Ky"
 President Millar of Hendrix Col lege has gone to Mena to participate in the dedication of the Hendrix Academy at that place"
 A recital given at Central College November ,, was attended by large audience. Those on the program were Mrs. Ida Walker Ball, director anC pianist; Mrs. Vida Brookfield Brown violinist; Misses Lancaster and Me Cure, pianists, and Mrs. Floy Kim brough Stevenson, reader.
 Capt. w. H. Hancock is handling the yardstick at the New York store. J. H. Harrell entered upon his tern of office as constable O. Cadron town ship. E. G. Browning and H. H Probst, reelected justices of the peace, also began new terms.
 Frank Stermer, the county sur veyor, was in town Wednesday. He was feeling pretty good because he had just received check for $100 fol some surveying he did for the Arkan. sas Northern railroad. Capt. Bruce Bullion has also been paid off. He worked with Mr. Stermer."
 Ed Green accepted a position as mailing manager for the Gazette anC moved his family from Conway te Little Rock
 Thomas A. Smith of Harve town. ship left a few days ago for Texas He had some trouble with a few o1 his creditors before starting, who in. sisted on being paid. They sent ar officer out for Tom and were a source of worry to him. He finally arranged his finances and went to the Lone Star state.'
 Misses Iva Walthall and Cora San. defur were hostess at a Hallowe CT party given at the home of MT. anc Mrs. E. w. Can't.
 "John Farrar has returned from Alaska, where he went to look fol gold. He went to Cape Nome, arriv- ing there about June 1 and leaving about the last of August this year He thinks there is considerable golC there, but the reason he gives for not staying is that most of the claims were in litigation. He says the re- ported Restitution of the people does not exist"
 1 T. B. Snoddy of Greenbrier, who had recently been married to Miss Ida King, left to attend medical col lege in Memphis.
 The entire territory of the incorpo rated town of Conway was, upon the petition of 10 property y-owners, laic off by the council into an improvement district for the purpose of purchasing the electric light plant, then operated under private ownership. This was the first improvement district organ ized in Conway. The plant was pur. chased for S8,500. From this nucleus the city has acquired, through i'm provement district assessments anc out of the earnings of the plant, g combined electric and waterworks system valued at about $125,000.