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The log cabin Democrat., 1916-08-17
FIRST BALI S0LD: EARLIEST ON RECORD
 'SHUG' CIRCUIT REPEATS
Enterprising Negro Farmer Wins Distinction Two Years in Success
 siOn-COttOn Brings IS Cents.

The first bale of new cotton was sold at Conway today for IS cents pound.
 The arrival on August r broke two records. It was the earliest first bale ever sold at Conway, and it was the first time the same man produced the first bale two years in succession. This distinction goes to Snug Crout, an enterprising negro farmer. The bale was grown on the Oonnell farm on the Arkansas river. about 10 miles southwest of Conway. It was ginned early this morning by K. B. McCulloch, who also ginned last years first bale.
 The first bale arrived three weeks and one day earlier than last year and about two weeks earlier than the average date for the past 13 years.
 The cotton was of the Express va rlety and had a full inch and an an eighth staple. It was graded as mlddllng. After bids had been made by several local buyers the cotton was purchased by w. B. Stark. buyer for Frauenthal X Schwarz at IS cents a pound. It was sent direct to the Conway Compress Company. Mr. Stark said the length of staple and quality of the cotton would jus tlfy price of IF cents a pound on the present market, the premium be- Ing only about $5 on the bale. Last year the first bale sold at 10 cents pound, when the market was IA cents. The market price for mid ding cotton of ordinary staple to- day is about II cents a pound. Frauenthal X Schwarz have pur- chased 10 first bales sold at Con- way during the past 13 years.
 The record of first bales as shown by the Log Cabin Democrat files since 1903 is as follows:
 1915-Shug Crout, Arkansas river September 8; sold to D. o. Harton for 1Oc.
 ls14-H. H., King, Beaver Fork; August 25, sold to Frauenthal S Schwarz for 12c.
 19l3-H. w. Ravens, Wooster, Au- gust p; sold to Frauenthal & Schwarz for 14c.
 1912-O. K. Bradley, Lollie, Au. gust 29, sold to Frauenthal & Schwarz for 15c.
 l9ll-H. w. Havens, Wooster. and A. M. Sellers, Pickles Gap. arrived here practically at the same moment on September 5 with new bales. One sold to Frauenthal & Schwarz for loc, the other to S. G. Smith for 14c
 l9lO-J. M. King, county farm. September 16; sold to Frauenthal & Schwarz for 200.
 l909-J. E. Little brought in first bale, August IF, which was sold in Little Rock as the first bale in the state First bale sold in Conway. August "A, by T. z. Higgs, Arkansas river; sold to Frauenthal x Schwarz for 15c.
 l90S-A. w. Harrod, Holland. Au- gust 26; sold to s. G. Smith for 14 1-2c.
 l9O7-W. J. Caid, Holland, Sep tember 6; sold to Frauenthal & Schwarz for 20 1-2c.
 l9o6-W. H. Mosley, Mayfiower. September 4; sold to Frauenthal & Schwarz for lie.
 l9o5-J. c. Clark, Holland, Sep- tember 4; sold to Martin & Harton for II 1-2c.
 19O4-T. B. Padgett, Conway, Sep tember 6; sold to Frauenthal & Schwarz for 12 1-2c.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-08-17
m. on "Women in Politics."

m. on Women in Politics."
 The crowd tomorrow is expected to be much larger than today's. A member of the committee in charge of the encampment told reporter for the Log Cabin Democrat today that more than 5000 people are ex- pected to hear Mrs. O'Hare's ad- dresses. She is defending the So- cialist side of political debate at Center Ridge today, which, it is said, is partly responsible for today's small crowd here, many people in the county attending the debate. Mrs. O'Hare will arrive in Conway to- morrow morning al 8:43 o'clock.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-08-17

On account of some improvement Tn the condition of my son, whose serious illness has prevented me from attending to practice for sev- eral months, am now able to re- spond to calls within the city limits and will be in my office from 10 to l1:3O a. m. each day, and at other hours by appointment. Dr. G. s. BroWn.-dtf
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-08-17

1-2 mills to 2 mills. The pro-rata of the distribution will not be known for several days, until all the col lections are in, but it will fall con- siderably short of 100 cents on the dollar.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-08-17

The regular meeting of the Mothers Club will be held tomorrow afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. w. B. Clayton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
Judge mcfarland Says Adults
Can Care for Themselves.
He Takes a Shot at Censorship
of Movie Films.
MANY BAD PICTURES GET BY
While Ban Is Placed on Really
MeritOriOus Productions.
Much Juvenile Delinquency Due
to Wild West Scenes.

Figurstively speaking, Judge Hugh
MacFarland of the probate and
Juvenile court, today walked over the
methods of the Kansas censor board
with spiked shoes. Jurge MacFarland
publicly denounced the method of
censoring films which appeal almost
exclusively to juveniles. wild west and
bandit films, especially wherein hold
up men and outlaws are made heroes
were the brunt of the judges attack
He declared that such films are sell
dom censored and tend to work ON
and mould the minds of juveniles. On
the other hand. he pointed out that
much uncalled for fuss is made by w.
D. Ross and his assistants over films
appealing to adults only and which are
seldom witnessed by children.
Failure of the censors to put the
ban on cheap wild west or blood and
thunder pictures is sending children
into the juvenile court continually"
said Judge Mcfarland. THE fact has
cropped out in so many cases that L
can make no estimate of the number
of cases the fact is responsible for. I
am not aainst motion pictures for
children. Instead 1 am in favor of
them. 1t has been demonstrated that
they can do a great harm and If this
be so they can do great good. The
latter has also been demonstrated.
You read every day or SO OF the
censors putting the ban on some stunt
of Theda Bara or Anna Held. These
actors appear only in high class pic
lures. They are shown to and appeal
only to adults of the better class
whose minds are too strong to be at
fected even If the film is a trifle Ques-
tionable.
Cheap Films Get BY.
ION the other hand, the cheap films
depicting situations and affairs which
appeal to children, may be getting some
attention, but by far they are not get
ting enough. Such films are being
shown nearly every day and tend to
make children would-be outlaws.
"It was only a few weeks ago that
a strong example of childrens going
wrong owing to wild west and bandit
pictures came up in a case in this
court. Two boys not started into
their teens were picked up at Law
renee for running away from their
homes in Topeka and stealing a horse
and buggy. They were brought back
to Topeka.
when they appeared before me /
asked them what they had been DOING
the night before they ran away. They
said they had been to a picture show
l asked them what kind of pictures
they had seen. They said cowboy and
robber pictures. After they had come
out of the show they had stolen the
horse and buggy and run away. The
boys admitted they had obtained the
the film. The censors by not giving
proper attention to such films are
sowing the seed that will result IN
such performances"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
CAN FILL TwINE ORDERS.
Plenty of Sisal on Hand at Kansas
Prison, Says Harger.

Leavenworth. Kan, March 1.-TWO
and one-half million pounds of binder
Irvine has been sold from the prison
supply" according to C. M. Harger,
chairman of the state board of correc-
tons. Most of the Irvine has been
purchased by farmers and farmers or
CARNATIONS. Dealers have also been
supplied with the prison product but
the bulk of the sales already recorded
have gone to farmers unions Fully
rs per cent of the Irvine will go to farm
organizations.
"Orders are now being filled and
shipments are being made regularly.
However, most of the sales are for
later delivery. Orders are coming in
daily and it appears certain that the
entire output of the prison Irvine plant
will have been sold long before Kansas
wheat is ripe enough to harvest.
I'VE are well prepared to take care
of orders up to nearly 100000
pounds. We have now on hand at
the prices about 1000 bales of sisal
and 1000 bales are now en- route from
Yucatan. Mr.. Codding estimates that
this amount will run the plant until
the 1916 wheat croy is harvested"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
OUR FASHION LETTER
CHERRIES ON HATS
Few Left for Milady's Pies and
Cocktails.
This Years Garden "Lids" AL
most Grow.
BY MARGARET MASON.

IOE inc otdtC OOuAANA'
Can she make a cherry pie, Billy boy,
Billy boy?"
Now really that's a question very
silly.
All the cherries green and red
She is wearing on her head
In a cap-a-pie effect" says little Billy
New York, March "a cherry may
play it three ways and still be we'll
placed-in a pie, cocktail or on mi
lady's bonnet All three are ideal set
tings for a cherry, but naturally the
third is the charm. Just as every
cloud has a silver lining, so does every
smart spring hat have its first fruits
and the cherry is the favorite of the
bunch. Dame Fashion is masquerad-
ing as Pomona. In consequence, every
peach, topped with a few cherries, goes
around looking like a mixed fruit salad.
It's quite all right if the peach con-
fines the cherries that go to her head
to the ones on her hat. If she lets the
cherries in a cocktail go to her head
too she is apt to look more Ike a com
pote. See Webster's Unabridged:
"Compote-A combination of stewed
fruit" The shapes of the new hats
cunning little high crowned effects
without brims, or the fetching little
Directoire bonnets, lend themselves
very prettily to the cherry habit Fol-
lowing the cherry, the favorite fruits
for hats are green and purple grapes,
peaches plums, straw berries, oranges.
lemons and apples for daughters of
Eve. Some of the big, flat garden
hats have an array of fruit around
their flat, platelike brims, their vivid
colors glowing against a background
of glossy green leaves, for all the
world like Mike the Dago's pushcart
display.
But why scratch the rest of the 81
varieties off the sartorial menu? Sure
ly a Casa ba Chapeau, a Banana Bon
net or a Pineapple Picture Hat would
be tasty little headpieces for the fruit
full fashions.
Just to what lengths can fruits go
is best answered by the fact that not
only do they grow on spring millinery,
but on parasols, bags, umbrella han
dies, neck ruffs, belts, sash endc, jacket
lapels, blouses, frocks. negligees and
even lingerie are clusters of them
grated.
The new lawns, organizes and spring
silks are printed in fruit designs and
even the newest jewelry preserves the
peach, the plum, the cherry and the
grape in gold and platinum. in enamel
and precious stones.
Verify. an up to date peach in a
cherry hat and a pear of lemon kid
gloves. according to the current modes
could never be a gooseberry in any
crowd. Rather is she the apple of
every male eye, with all of them plum
crazy about her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04

Did you ever nurse friend through
a siege of golf? No? Then You have
been lucky. Il
My friend Jack had it and I bore
with him as he passed through the
several stages from an interest to a
fad. then an obsession and gradually
faded away to quiet memory.
one Saturday night, when as usual
he came to my rooms for an evening
at cribbage, he seemed strange AMI
finally blurted out: Med, you're not
living right. You stick around these
old rooms playing cards and reading
and smoking too much. You should
get out in the open. in Gods sunshine
and fill your lungs with fresh air.
Whats the answer" 1 asked. DO
you want me to join the Boy Scouts ~
Then he confessed that the answer
was golf and that he had gone in
for it.
wait a minute" he said. 81 want
to show you" He went out and soon
returned with a bunch of golf sticks
that he had left outside.
Il shouldn't have left these outside"
he said. Some one might have stol-
en- them"
What would anyone do with them
if they stole them ?" asked.
why, sell them, of course ne re-
piled. "One can always sell second
hand golf sticks
IT guess you are right" I returned
"One can sell any old thing second
hand. Why, I knew a man who sold
a second hand accordion. 1t was this
way
Never mind about your old ac-
Gordon story" interrupted Jack.
Look at my golf sticks
1 couldn't get him off of it and had
to admire his drivers and irons and all
that junk. Then he started to tell
me of the pleasure of the game-of
the wonderful exhilaration that went
through one when he hit the ball
squarely and saw it go spinning
through the air.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04

But" l interrupted, eff you really
want the real exhilaration you should
split wood or beech logs that nave
been sawed into stove lengths-go out
some frosty morning and split a few.
When your ak strikes the frozen Aog
it splits open with a loud report and
the nice fresh clean wood is good
for the eyes"
"Oh, rats with your chopping wood"
said Jack disgustedly. and he vas off
again on the glories of golf.
1 had to go out to the links with
him. They had fixed them up on the
old Hayes farm where l had hunted
quail many times.
On one place down on the lower
pasture was a great pile of stone and
rubbish. [ asked why they didn't
clear that away and was told in q dis
gusted tone that that was hazard"
well" I said, 81 don't see any
hazard about that. 1t seems to me
to play golf wouldn't be liable to fall
over those rocks unless he was play
ing in the dark"
More disgust and I was told that
the hazard was for the ball, to in
crease the difficulty of the game.
Their brilliant idea struck me and
1 told Jack that this principle should
be applied to other games. would
not have my pool table repaired nd
recovered Those rough places were
hazards intended to add interest TO the
game. Then l would make n new
rule TO the effect that if you pocketed
your cue bail 1T must be gotten out
of the pocket with a special cue shap
ed like a gravy ladle, A hazard should
be placed around the center arch of
a croquet ground just to delay the
camel In volleyball this principle
could be worked out by scattering
few cook stoves around the court.
Jack didn't seem to fall in with
my idea and made a sarcastic remark
about senility, which I ignored.
why" he said. you must play this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
IN new CHURCH SOON
Congregation of AuburndaIe Is Meet
ing in Basement Now.

The Auburndale Christian church,
which has worshiped for some time in
a tabernacle at the corner of Linden
and Stephens streets, will soon hold
services in their new place of worship,
Underwood and Duane streets. A
final service was held in the taoer-
nacle last Sunday and on the following
day the old building will be torn down
and the lumber used in the construc-
tor of of the new structure. The
basement of the new church is forty
feet square, without the vestibule, and
will be an attractive, well lighted and
comfortable meeting place. 1t VIII De
used as a place of worship until the
superstructure is erected, which viii
be done as soon as all expense for the
basement has been met. During the
intervening time between the tearing
down of the old building and the
completion of the new. which VIII be
about three weeks, the regular Serv-
ices of the Sunday school and En-
deavor society as well as the church
services, will be held in the home CT
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. o. Hogbin, los
Exeter street.
The evangeIistic campaign was IN
augurated Sunday morning ana the
final rally of this work will be he'd
n the new building on Easter SUNDAY.
q confidently expected that many
persons Will become members of the
church during this campaign. The
conducting a large class in personal
evangelism preparatory to this cam
paign.
Tire work of this church was started
by the Christian Women's Board Ct
Missions about five years ago, but
steps toward permanent bull nS
were not taken until a little over a
year since, when Mrs. HaZelrigg took
charge of the work. Plans were laid
~ that time for a new church bn'ld-
trc. and lots were purchased and paid
for Since then money has been
raised to secure a loan to build the
basement The final step of building
the church building will be taken
when all obligations on the basement
have been liquidated. Mrs. HaZelrigg
and Rev. j. d. Zimmerman, chairman
of the building committee, have work
ed tirelessly toward the end in view
and would have had the basement
ready sooner if it had not been TOR
the severely cold weather
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
ROAD LAWS ARE BAD
Kincaid Cites Decrepit Clauses in Stat,
utes of Kansas.

Manhattan, Kan, March 4.-"The
highway laws of the state of Kansas
are like patchwork, placed together by
succeeding enactments from 1858 70
1915" ]. T. Kincaid, president of the
Kansas Good Roads association, told
the highway officials who are gath
cred here at the State Agricultural coli
lege this week.
1.-The greatest need for change" said
Mr. Kincaid, sis for a concise, simple
and clear statement of the laws, 80
that the layman may understand them.
AS it is, it requires the services or
the courts to interpret them"
Mr.. Kincaid cited a clause in the
Kansas constitution. which, il not re-
pealed, may possibly lose the state tho
sum of $747,000 in the near culture.
The clause provides that I'm no Gaze
shall the state be a party to any I'M
ternal improvements" The Shackel-
ton bill passed by the house on Janu-
airy rs. provides that the federal gov
eminent shall appropriate a certain
sum of money, to be expended IN inn
proving roads of the country. but HAT
the money shall be spent only in such
states as will appropriate like
amount, to be used for the same pur-
pose. Under the constitution, kansas
cannot legally appropriate this money.
and her share of the federal approprt-
ations.. which would amount to about
$4,000, according to Mr.. Kincaid, Is
apt to be prorated among the states
which can qualify.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
QUESTION OF A CIPHER
On Its solution Depends Size of Play
ground Fund.

Does the board of education have
$1,000 coming to it for use in its play
ground fund. or is the amount due
only $3.50?
Miss Alberta Hale says it is $3.50.
NJ. c. Holman. clerk of the board of
education, says it is $500. Miss Hale
is backed up by the county clerk, who
says the levy for that purpose was
100 of a mill. That levy for play
ground purposes would create a fund
of $3.50 on the property valuation of
$685. 100000. Mr.. Holman declares the
levy was ITO of a mill. Miss Hale is
distributing the funds according to the
published leyies and is standing pat.
There may have been an error some
where but county officials say the levy
certified to them for playground pur-
poses was 100 of a mill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04

It was then a Kansas newspaper
man, Thomas w. Morgan of Ottawa,
took hold of the biggest federal pri-
son in the United States and began
quiet, constructive campaign of weed
ing out inefficiency and 'mpressins
upon the minds Of prison employees
that results were the only records he
kept of mans capabilltY. And
around the appointment of Tom Nor
gan to this position hinges an inter-
esting story.
One could not say ne has not been
more or less of a politician bit he
had no idea of applying for such
big Job, after Wilson was elected. y
postmastership at Ottawa mixed with
the editorship of his old paper, the
Ottawa Republic. was his dream. At
that time he was n Democrats mem
Der of the board Of = DIRECTIONS under
the Stubs administration.
An Inspiration.
One day Tom Morgan visited the
federal prison and heard that Major
McClaughry contemplated resigping.
1t flashed into his Ihind that day TO
make an attempt to land the job It
wasn't many days until the Kansas
man was pacing tho broad streets
of Washington.
Kansas statesmen were behind him
but aside from this he al 40 pull"
Finally Morgan reached the attorney
generals inner office after dozens of
called on that gentleman on the same
mission. Always Il clever talker Nor
gan must have been at his rest that
day for two days after the interview,
word reached him that the plum was
his.
His Problem.
Thirty months ago the walls weren't
up on the east cell wing, the cell block
containing the 500 sanitary cells with
running water and mazda electric
lights was not even begun. 1t was
up to the Democratic administration
to make good and it looked as though
Morgan had a white elephant on
his hands. The government supplies
engineers and superintendent and
few of these were replaced. Changes
in this department are about the only
noted on the prisons payroll. Civil
service and business judgment not pol
itics rules there. The real work had
to be done by convicts. who when
they entered prison knew absolutely
nothing about construction work.
A kind Providence must have smiled
upon Tom Morgan. Almost the same
day he stepped into office, the alleged
dynamite conspirators. thirty-three
men trained in every phase of the con-
struction game, entered prison. Every
advantage was taken of this oppor-
tunity. Frank Ryan, former internal
tional president of the steel workers
and a builder with years of expert
ence, was made assistant superintend-
ent OF the work. and in two weeks the
greatest exhibit of steel construction
work ever witnessed in Kansas was to
be seen daily on the big hill north
and west OF Leavenworth.
Is "Dynamiters'' Left.
There are thirteen Of the so-called
dynamiters remaining in prison. Two
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
A FORECAST.

game to appreciate it. 1t is above all
a gentleman's game"
Yes" I replied, tom Atkinson
says the same thing of poker"
Then he got peeved.
But 1 stayed with him through it all.
1 watched him lose balls and break
clubs-listened patiently to his splen-
did profanity-hung on to a tree wncn
the earth fairly trembled as he dug
great holes in the sod with his mighty
strokes and 1 did such other things
as a friend should do toward a COM
rade who is passing through the dark
shadows.
AT last, after many weary weeks,
he came out of it and told me that
he never really thought golf was such
a wonderful game, as 1t seemed when
he knocked the ball into the ar some
one should shoot at it.
No, I don't think he plays quite as
good a game of cribbage as he did be-
fore he had the golf fever.