The log cabin Democrat., 1920-12-29
WILSON TOWNSHIP
 WANTS' SECEDE
WOULD GO 10 PULASKI
Effort to be Made in Legislature to Detaeh 29 Sections of Land from
 Faulkner County.

The 29 sections of land comprising Wilson township, in the southeastern corner of Faulkner county, will be detached from Faulkner county and annexed to Pulaski by the forty-third general assembly, if movement just begun by citizens of the territory af- fected is carried to a successful con- clusion.
 Representing those favoring the transfer NJ. T. Springer and Fulton Farris of Cato were in Conway today and arranged for legal notice of the introduction of bill for an act for this purpose to be inserted in the Log Cabn Democrat The territory sought to be added to Pulaski county consists of the entire lands in Wilson township as at present constituted, consisting of six rows of sections each five sections east and west, with the exception of one section in the south west corner of the tier, belonging to Pierce Creek township, thus making an area of 29 square miles.
 Messrs. Springer and Farris stated that they were reluctant to under take the proposition, as no one in Wilson township objected to belonging to Faulkner county, but the only req son was one of convenience. Little Rock, they state, is and has always been the natural trading point for this section of Faulkner county and it is much more convenient for them to go to Little Rock to attend court, pay taxes and perform other civic duties than to come to Conway To reach this city, they said, they have to travel p miles of bad road, whereas in going to Little Rock they have to traverse only seven miles of earth roads un- til they reach the hard-surfaced high ways of Camp Pike, from which they have splendid road the remaining seven miles to Little Rock. Two school districts are now partly in both counties, they stated, with the school buildings in Pulaski county, and the principal church at Cato is also over the line in Pulaski county.
 The gentlemen stated that in dis cussing the matter with several prom inent citizens here they found little evidence of active opposition. Sena- tor George F. Hartje, however, frank ly informed them that he would op- pose the measure when it reached the senate, on the ground that to dis turb present county boundary lines would set precedent that would cause trouble for the future, and also that it would be unfair to the remainder of the citizens to relieve Wilson town ship of its share of the county in- debtedness. Messrs. Springer and Farris did not get to interview Repre- sentative E. T. Herring, as he resides Tn another part of the county.
 An effort was made in the legisla- ture of 1918 to detach the southern four sections of land in Wilson town ship, including the town of Cato, and add them to Pulaski county, but the bill to this effect met defeat, largely on account of opposition by the Faulk- ner senator and representative. Messrs. Springer and Farris said to- day, however, that they found the sentiment for transfer so strong throughout their township that they had decided to endeavor to detach the entire township. More than 90 per cent of the citizens of the territory affected favor the change, they stat ed.