The log cabin Democrat., 1916-07-24
NEWS OF CONWAY
 FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

(From the Log Cabin, July 23, 1901. ) Cage Thayer, 38, who had recently moved from Conway to Houston, was accidentally killed at the latter place July Is, 1901. He was unloading a car of telegraph poles, when an engine ran on the sidetrack, wrecking the car and killing MT. Thayer. A public school building, two and one-half miles south of Springfield was burned by an incendiary. The Conway baseball team played two games at Russellville, winning one, 10 to 8, and losing the second, 20 to 5.
 Mike Gram, formerly of Mayflower and son-in-law of w. G. Naylor of that place, was killed on a steamboat at Black Rock in fight with Ten nessee pearl buyer named Phillips, July 16, 1901.
 Among probable candidates men, toned in the Log Cabin were J. M. c. Vaughter and G. w. Clark for state senator; J. G. Lille and J. G. B. Simms for representative; w. H. Duncan, J. A. Lea, A. M. Ledbetter and John Campbell for circuit clerk; M. Strick- land and J. H. Harrell for sheriff; C.. W. Rice and K. K. Wilkerson for county judge; A. J. Witt and H. H. Probst for county treasurer; Frank Stermer for county surveyor. T. J. Bullion was expected to receive a sec ond term as county clerg without ap- position.
 The only thing with any moisture about it around here is Boards street sprinkler"
 George Simon, Jr., is building . residence on his fathers place east of town. We learn that he is soon to get married.
 The worst drouth and heat wave in the history of the county was prevail ing. It was said that thousands of acres of corn in the county would not produce bushel to the acre and much of it would not produce even a grain to the acre.
 George Thomas was filed by light ning near Quitman July 22 He had sought shelter under tree during a thunderstorm
 J. N. Walton of Conway, J. L. George of Saltillo and S. Wofford of Green brier were appointed by Governor Da- wis as the Faulkner county board of equalization.
 "J. E. Little and family have gone to Magazine to spend the summer. MT. Little was up there few days before his family went over and said that while the thermometer was 1O3 at the depot, at the foot of the mountain, the temperature was 85 on the mountain top"
 A daughter was born to MT. and Mrs. G. o. Agee.
 Victor Holding, miller of the Con- way Milling Company, says he tested some Faulkner county wheat a few days ago, raised by Mr. Surratt at Greenbrier, which weighed 65 pounds to the bushel. He says it is no trouble to make good flour with that sort of wheat"
 Miss Ida Fluckiger is spending few days in town experimenting the publication of the mammoth July number of the Central College Maga- zine"
 George Baimat was in Little Rock Wednesday. He reports that the river is so low at that place that a game of baseball was being played on sand bar in the middle of the stream"
 Wallace Townsend and Guy Mur- phy came uy Thursdar from Little Rock to go out to Pinnacle Springs with party for few weeks stay. The party consisted of J. T. Murphy and family, Misses Foreman, Prince and McKie and Bruce Bullion, William Moose and Addison Paine Guy Mur- phy came up Thursday from Little broken neck in some athletic events at Hendrix College several months ago. He was not expected to live, but he Is able to go around without crutches now and is improving all the time. His recovery is regarded as be- ing very remarkable. He expects to