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DAILY EDITION The Log Cabin Democrat. VOL. i NO. i CONWAY, ARKANSAS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1908 TEN CENTS PER WEEK 1 HEAVY VOTE IS BEING POLLED BIENNIAL STATE ELECTION ON Faulkner Will Roll Big Majority for Don a g hey. Liquor Interests Claim Pulaski will Give License 2000 Majority and 25 Counties will go Wet. All tlay a steady stream of voters have been going to the three polling places in this city and at three o’clock this afternoon the indica tions are that all previous records will be broken in the vote cast here. Telephone report from various townships are to the effect that, al though little interest is apparently being manifested and no excite ment prevails, a good turnout is being had and more than a normal vote will be polled. Every indica tion points to the fact that Faulk ner county will give her favorite son, George W. Donaghey, an overwhelming majority. Iti several townships there are warm races for township officers, and the aspirants lor these offices are doing their best to bring out every vote. As far as can he learneii the pre diction' of the Republicans that Democrats would scratch the nom inee for county judge, J. A. Lea, have failed to materialize. Re ports from the negro townships are that the coloted vote is going ing to Lea on account of the lily white utterances made by I. R. Reynolds on the stump. There seems to be no question that Faulkner county will vote for road tax, against license and the sale of wine, for Amendment No. 9 and against No. io. Much Interest in Pulaski. Little Rock.Sept. 14.—Special — Election day dawned lair, and re ports from over the state give the same atmospheric conditions, with tew exceptions, where a drizzling rain is falling. Front the interest manifested here, the vote polled will exceed materially the number of ballots cast in the Democratic primaries in the spring. The Re publicans and Prohibitionists are working exceptionally hard, with little prospects for success by eith er. The anti-prohibitionists are are claiming a plurality of 2000, though it will hardly be that large. i ne election so uir, nas oeen an orderly one, all saloons being closed tight, and there being no disturb „ ances at the polls. Under instruc ™ tion of Sheriff C. C. Kavanaugh, the electioneerers are kept ioo feet from the polling booths, and this has prevented clashes between the prohibition and anti-prohibition elements. The poll tax require ment is not being enforced in any of the local wards, and many ne groes have voted, but many of them have voted the Democratic ticket straight, and the majority ' have voted for license. Another y strange tiling about the negro vote, is that the majority of those who are casting their ballots in Tittle Rock are supporting Amendment No. 9, which makes the poll tax receipt a requirement of a voter. From all indications, even Tittle £ Rock is going overwhelmingly against Amendment No. to. Liquor men are today claiming at least 25 counties of the state will be wet after the election today. W. N. Owen is back from Fay etteville, where he is arranging to add another link to his chain of moving picture shows. JUDGE LEA ANSWERS REYNOLDS Makes Vigorous Reply to Charg es of Opponent. Rival Nominees for County Judge Met at the Court House and Discussed Is sues Saturday. Vigorously asserting that he stood squarely upon his record which he believed to be the best in the history of the county, Judge J. A. Lea made a stirring speech in reply to his Republi can opponent at the court house Saturday afternoon. Mr. Rey nolds spoke first and was greeted by an audience of about 40. He charged that Judge Lea’s admin istration of the probate court was poor; that the indebtedness was reduced at the expense of public improvements; that the conditions of the county jail and court house were bad; that the road fund was improperly ad ministered, and that the proposed new bridges were “political” bridges. in Ins reply Judge Lea called attention to the fact that Mr. Reynolds was a Republican, al though he did not so state in his speech. He vehemently de nounced the G. O. P. and re ferred to their record of four years in this county, taking charge with #15,000 cash in the treasury and leav ing the county $96,000 in debt. He answered Mr. Reynolds’ charges to the satisfaction of his Democratic hearers and said that he was proud of his record as county judge. ODD FELLOWS ENTERTAIN Enjoyable Evening Spent at Masonic Hall Here Last Friday. More than 100 Odd Fellows participated in an entertainment at the Masonic hall in this city last Friday night, when about 20 members of Providence lodge were guests of the local I. O. O. F. organization. The Center Link team conferred the first de gree upon George Billingslea of the visiting lodge. Refresh ments consisting of ham, chick en, pickles, pies, cakes etc.,were served. Wellington Robbins, J. A. Pence, W. H. Duncan, Char ley Hairod and O. L. Honea were the local committee on ar rangements, and the refresh ments were prepared by J. S. Watkins. Republicans Want Sheriff. In l’erry, another sister coun ty to Faulkner, the Republicans are making a hard struggle to re-elect the present sheriff, J. E. Oliver, who defeated the Demo cratic nominee two years ago. N. B. Harris is the present Dem ocratic nominee opposing Mr. Oliver. _ Pappas Sells Restaurant. C. Pappas has sold his restaur ant in the rear of Menty &. Dol lahite’s store and returned to Little Rock to make his home. Mr. Pappas wishes to thank the people for thetr patronage dur ing his stay here. Prof. Glddens Buys Farm. Prof. J. R. Giddens, county treasurer, has bought from H. W. Havens 40 acres and an adjoining 40 from J. C. Garrett, near Linder. The total consideration was $450. V <> Miss W. R. Cooper ANNOUNCES HER Fall Opening TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY September 15th and 16th And invites every lady in Conway and vicinity to call and inspect her magnificent line of Fall Hats. In Wilson Bros, and Livingston’s. ♦ ♦ ♦ ■f t ♦ ♦ | EDITORIAL THE FIRST ISSUE. This is the first issue of the Daily Edition of The Log Cab in Democrat. If onr intentions are carried ont, it will be the poorest issue, because we ex pect each succeeding issue to be better than the one which pre ceded it. The encouragement which the Daily has already received is very gratifying to us. We have set our mark for 500 subscribers and we are agreeably surprised to be able to send the first edi tion to considerably more than one half that number of actual subscribers. One copy of today’s paper will be sent to every home, in order that those who have not sub scribed may have an opportun ity of seeing the Daily Edition. We shall be glad to receive subscriptions from every person in the city who feels that he can afford to pay ten cents a week for the paper delivered and every one else who feels that the Daily will be worth 25 cents a month when sent by mail. CIRCUIT COURT TOMORROW Special Session will Convene in This City. Trial of J. W. Cartwright, Wife-Murderer, to be Taken Up—Judge Lankford Expected Tonight. A special session of the Faulk ner circuit court will convene in this city tomorrow morning for the purpose of a trial of the case of J. W. Cartright, who killed his wife near YVooster a short time ago. A report was sent from Conway to the Little Rock Gazette that the special term would probably not convene, but according to the officers here there is no foundation for this report, as nothing has been heard from Judge Eugene Lank ford since the order for the spec ial term was received from him. Judge Lankford is expected to arrive this afternoon or to night, remaining at home this morning in order to cast his vote. At the sheriff s ofhce it is stat ed that Cartwright, who is now in the penitentiary for safe keeping, ^ will not be brought here until the court so orders. It is probable, however, that this order will be made immedi ately upon the arrival of Judge Lankford, in which case Deputy Sheriff J. S. Johnson will bring the prisoner here tomorrow morning. Mr. Smithson Dead. Mrs M. J. Smithson died at her home at Adona, Perry coun ty, Saturday of bronclial trouble, after a short illness. She is sur vived by nine children, five daughters and four sons. The body was brought here Sunday, the interment being had at the Stone cemetery, north of Cou waX, Rev. J. A. Crye conduct ing the services. L. S. Dunaway left this morn ing for Dardanelle. MRS. COLLIER DIED SATURDAY Wifeof J.D. Collier Expires After Long Illness. Funeial Services Held at Ten O’Clock This Morning, the Interment Being at Oak Grove. Shortly alter 8 o’clock Saturday night Mrs. Lethe R. Collier, wife of J.D. Collier, died at her home in this city of tuberculosis, after an illness of several months. Mrs. Collier’s health began to fail last year and she spent the past winter in southern Texas, returning home in the spring and gradually grow ing weaker until the end. The funeral services were held at the family residence this morn ing at io o’clock, being conducted by Rev. J. B. Stevenson, and were attended by a large number of friends and relatives. Mrs. Collier was born at Mal vern, Ark., Sept. 16, 1872. She was married to Mr. Collier at Mal vern on December 28, 1898, com ing to this city to make her home. She was for many years a faithful member of the Methodist church. Mrs. Collier is survived by her husband, two children, Helen and Mary, aged 9 and 3 respectively; two brothers, S. G. and W. H. Smith of this city; four sisters, Mrs. B. G. Graham of Newport, Mrs. S. C. Scull and Mrs. W. D. Ash of Little Rock and Mrs. Nora Leigh of Malvern; and her mother, Mrs. L. L. .Smith of this city. NEW SECRETARY CHECKED IN M. F. Dickinson Succeeds Ben L. Griffin as State Union Secretary. Last Thursday Chairman R. H. McCulloch of the state exec utive committee was here to check in Prof. M. F. Dickinson of Paragould as state secretary treasurer of the Farmers’ Union, succeeding Ben. L. Grj#iu. Mr. Dickinson was elected at the state convention in August and has spent the past month famil iarizing himself with the duties of his new office. Mr. Griffin has been secretary of the state union since a few months after its organization, and during his administration the union has grown from an in significant number to one of the most powerful bodies ever organ ized in the state, with a member ship of about 80,000. Committee to Decide Location. The executive committee of the Farmers’ Union will meet in this city next Wednesday to de cide the matter of a permanent location of the Union headquar ters. « PENSION CHECKS SENT OUT Nearly $8000 Distributed in this County irom Pension Fund. Seven thousand, nine hundred and ninety dollars in pension checks have been distributed to 148 beneficiaries in this county by Clerk J. H. Hartje. The checks were received last Friday, a number calling at the county clerk’s office to get them Satur day, and the remainder, ac companied by a nice letter from Mr. Hartje, went out on this morning’s mails. A total of #11,750 in pensions were allowed in this county, and and the fund was sufficient, to pay 68 cents on the dollar of each pension. Ready Money Makes a man confident and gives him chances to make more The best way to possess ready money is to SAVE AS YOU EARN. The best way to save is to put it in some good strong bank. The best bank is the FAULKNER COUNTY BANK, which invites you to become a depos itor. You will be in mighty good company :::::: FAULKNER COUNTY BANK t The Price of a Watch is governed largely by the quality of the movement in the case. The case is a protection to the delicate machine inside, and while it may vary from the silverene to the expensive gold, there is still a greater difference in the grades and prices of the different movements. To the inexperienced all watches look pretty much alike as far as the movement is concerned, and it is only by exper ience that one is enabled to determine between the dozens of grades of the same maker. I have had the experience and it is at your service if you buy of us. J. J. LIVINGSTON Where the Quality Is Always Right Get the habit of going to the Moving Picture Show It s a good habit and inexpensive \°u Set "lorl; for your money at a first-class moving picture show than at any other kind of amusement. A refined entertainmeut for refined people. Program, Monday Night, Sept. 14th. “A Pour "Footed Hero,” “Life iu a Burman Teak Forrest,” “Retribution of The Brand of Cain.” Program, Tuesday Night, Sept. 15th. Peculiar People,” “(xrand-Pathers Pills,” very funny “Wierd Symphony—Lady Barrister.” ADMISSION ONLY to CENTS CONWAY COUNTY MAY 60 WET Rumor to That Effect is in Cir culation. Election Machinery Said to Favor Change and Work Has Been Done in a Quiet Way. That Conway county will vote for license at today’s election is a rumor that has been current for the past few days. Accord ing to a story going fhe rounds the election commissioners favor a wet county and have appointed judges of the elections whose views coincide with their own. In addition to this a campaign has been made in a quiet way without attracting the attention of the anti-saloon forces. Con way county has been dry for the past six years, the majority against licence being very large at the last election. DURHAM & HOLMAN Buy and sell city property, both improved and vacant. We have a large list of coun try farms for sale. We also sell all kinds of insurance life, accident, fire and tornado There are two classes of peo ple in whom we are especially invited—Those who waut to buy and those who want to sell. Come and see us. DURHAM & HOLMAN Uarriage Licenses. Since our last issue • Couuty Clerk J. H. Hartje has issued nage licciv er. -to the fo'lowiiiml Lee Matthews, 22, and Rolland, 18, Kuola. B. F. Burnett, 43, Wooster, a! Minda Ilolloway, 20 Greenbrier. W- M. Kirby, 21, and Ida C. Wright, 16, Vilonia. Henry Snow, 21, and Pearl Ray, 20, Greenbrier. If you want to profit by the growth of Conway, buy a lot in the Boulevard Addition where property is bound to go up 200, 300, 400, 500 per cent. BAHNER & CO. BUS TO ANY PART OF THE CITY Meets all trains. 25c to any part of the city. Will call at your home by phoning me at any time. Phone No. 119. - - E. L. KING. We thank our many custo mers for their past patron age and solicit the same in the future. NELSON DRUG CO. Frauenthal & Schwarz CAN FILL. YOUR WANTS IN Furniture, Carpets, Matting and Stoves And in fact everything to furnish your home at much less price than Little Rock price. Comparison will prove this. Quality is equally as good. We accom modate with Installment time payment, if desired. Frauenthal & Schwarz