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DAILY EDITION
The Log Cabin Democrat.
VOL. i NO. 92 CONWAY, ARKANSAS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1908 TEN CENTS PER WEEK
A Happy and Prosperous
New Year to All.....
We wish to thank all our friends and custo
mers for their patronage during the
past year and solicit the same
in the future.
Philip Yaeger’s Barber Shop
FIRST CLASS WORK ONLY
RESIST LEASE
TERMINATION
Little Rock, Dec. 30.—Special.
—Attorneys for the Arkansas Brick
and Manufacturing Co., which
has held a ten-year lease upon th i
state convicts, expiring tomorrow
night, today notified the peniten
tiary board that they would resist
any effort upon the part of the
state to terminate the contract Jan
uary 1. They claim that the state
should have furnished them 300
convicts every day during the life
of the lease, which, according to
their figures, would leave them en
titled to work 500 convicts every
day for two more years.
Attorney General Kirby holds
that the state is required to fur
nish only 100 men, but has the
right to increase the number to
300.
The brick company threatens to
sue the membersof thepenitentiary
board aud their bondsmen for $100
000, the amount they allege they
would be damaged, if an attempt
Is made to recall the convicts.
WILL RETIRE FROM OFFICE
Retiring Auditor Moore will “Make Share
Crop with Hie Wife.”
“I am going to make a share
crop with my wife,” said Dr. A.
E. Moore, the retiring state auditor,
before leaving for Little Rock to
complete his term of office, which
will expire about January .18.
Dr. Moore, who has been spending
the holidays with his family at
Enders, said he would not occupy
a position under his successor,
John R. Jobe, who is at present
deputy auditor. Mr. Jobe has an
nounced that Col. J. C. Colquitt,
the present insurance clerk, will be
his deputy, and Karl W. Hodges
will continue as printing clerk. It
was thought that Mr. Jobe would
retain Dr. Moore in the office if
possible, but the latter has decided
to retire to his farm in the northern
part of this county.
COLD WAVETO
ARRIVE TO-NIGHT
The balmy, spring-like weather
of the past few days is to be suc
ceeded by extremely frigid tem
perature tonight and Thursday,
according to the forecast issued by
the weather bureau this morning,
which predicts that the thermom
eter will drop to 12 degrees below
the freezing point by tomorrow
morning.
The forecast: Tonight and
Thursday fair and much colder;
cold wave, with temperature about
20 degrees Thursday morning.
Today’s Marriage Licenses.
Kelcy Higgs, 22, and Iva Muse,
19, Conway.
Judson Goad, 21, and Ruby Nel
son. 18, Conway.
B. F. Bass, 19, and Addie Han
na, 17, Vilonia.
Hodis Dickerson, 20, and Daslea
Helton, 18, Conway.
Conway Men Elected.
Two Conway men were honored
at the election of officers of the
State Athletic Association at Little
Rock yesterday. Prof. O. D.
Longstreth of the State Normal
was re-elected president of the or
ganization and Prof. M. J. Russell
of Hendrix was chosen secretary.
Two Broken Hearts
Tonight at the Electric Theatre a beautiful yet pa
thetic picture will be produced entitled “Two
Broken Hearts.” It is very interest
ing and shows much of
real life.
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The Full Program Tonight is
as Follows:
Lovers Guide
Naughty Little Priucess
Two Broken Hearts
His First Frock Coat
A Love Affair
Song—Let Me Write What I Never Dared to Tell.
1908 A RECORD
BUILDING YEAR
PROBABLE TOTAL IS $175,000
Amount More Than Double Any
Previous Year
Panic in Early Part of Year Kept Record
in Conway From Running
Much Higher.
With a total approximating
$175,000, the amount expended in
building and construction in Con
way during the year just ending
was more than double that of any
previous year in the history of the
town. About half of this sum is
of course accounted for by the State
Normal and new public school
buildings, but, on the other hand,
the panic in the early part of the
year was responsible for a consid
erable reduction in building opera
tions.
From several contractors and
mill men an estimate has been se
cured by The Log Cabin Democrat
of the amount expended in build
ings completed aud under con
struction during 1908. The list is
by no means complete and the
figures, while perhaps too high in
some cases and too low in others,
are believed to be an approximately
correct estimate of the cost of the
buildings.
The list may be divided about as
follows; State Normal and public
school, $yo,ooo; business houses,
$44,000; residences, $27,000; mis
cellaneous improvements, $10,000;
concrete sidewalks, $5,000; total,
$176,000.
The estimates furnished us follow:
State Normal School.$50,000
Public School. 40,000
BUSINESS HOUSES
Donaghey & Apple block . . 15,000
Cole & Co. 8,000
McCulloch & Allinder, ice
plant. 8,000
Dr. H. E. Cureton. 1,000
Bank of Conway. 2,500
Martin & Harton. 1,000
Halter Bros. 5,000
Dr. Geo. S. Brown. 2,500
Conway Printing Co. 800
RESIDENCES
J. T. Phelps. 800
L. H. Pyle. 400
Louis Constantine. 300
Herman I mboden. 1,000
H. W. Hoover. 800
Dr. H. E. Cureton. 1,000
Dr. J. E. Godbey. 1,800
Mrs. S. M. Plant. 2,000
W. N. Owen. 1,000
lid Brannon. 1,000
Claud Powell. 1,000
Luther Burns. 1,000
E. F. Parks. 350
! Mrs. Fanny Farmer. 250
Theo Thessing. 300
Will Suggs. 300
Mrs. A. J. Livingston.... too
R. IL Jones. 300
Luther Bolls. 650
W. H. Adams. 500
J. M. Rottou. 400
C. A. Simmons. 1,000
Joe Phelps. 1,300
H. O. Moore. 2,000
T. J. Middleton. 750
Harkrider Addition. 1,200
W. A. Bragg. 1,000
Alvin Graham. 900
John Hartley. 1,000
Mrs. Lyda Smith. 600
G. M. Walthall. 600
John Harrod. 350
G. D. Joslin. 600
Miscellaneous improvem'ts 10,000
Concrete sidewalks. 5,000
Grand total. $176,000
Conway Candidates Confident.
J. B. Higgins, candidate for
chief clerk of the house aud J.
Bruce Greeson, candidate for jour
nal clerk of the senate, returned
last night from Tittle Rock, where
they have been spending a day or
two in tta* interests of their races.
Both express themselves as being
well pleased with the situation and
seem to feel confident of their suc
cess.
A Successful Hunt.
W. I). Cole, Jr. and Rev. C. J.
Greene returned last night from a
three days hunt in Pulaski. They
had a successful hunt, Mr. Cole
killing two deer and one turkey
and Mr. Greene one deer and two
turkeys.
John Robins has moved into his
new residence just completed in
the Harkrider addition.
DR. GODBEY BREAKS CHAIN
Defies threat of Disaster from
“Chain Letter.”
Professor in Hendrix College Characterizes
Ghain Lettsr as “Veriest
Voodooism”
Dr. J. E. Godbey, professor of
philosophy in Hendrix College,
and one of the best known Metho
dist ministers in the state, received
yesterday a “chain prayer letter,”
and, unmindful of the threat of
disaster contained in it, will not
carry on the chain, which he
characterizes as the “veriest voo
dooism. The letter received by
Dr. Godbey was unsigned, and was
as follows:
“i2-i8-'o8. I am sending you
a prayer please follow instructions.
Oh Dear Lord Jesus We implore
do have mercy ou all mankind.
Keep us from all sin by Thy
precious blood, and take us to
dwell with JThee in Etirnity
(Amen. This was sent out by
Bishop Laurence commanding
this to be sent out to nine persons,
they who will not send this prayer
will be afflicted by a great mis
fortune. One person who paid no
attention to it met with a terrible
accident. He who will send this
out to nine persons, commencing
today, and one each day for nine
days will on the ninth day ex
perience a great joy.
,‘This was sent to me exactly as
I am writing it to you.
“Do not break the chain.
“A-tnenn. ”
In reply to the letter Dr. Godbey
writes to the Log Cabin Democrat:
“I cannot comply with the re
quest of this letter.
“First, because as a request it
has no meaning. The prayer
proposed is in general terms for
the salvation of all men with our
selves. All Christians who pray at
all, daily pray for these things;
therefore, the request is meaning
less. I cannot be a party to this
sham.
“Second, the threat of some
fearful judgment upon anyone who
breaks this chain is a blasphemous
presumption on the part of the
author of this scheme. It is the
veriest voodooism. I cannot be
come an agent for a voodooist.
“Third, the promise of rewards
and threats of penalties here pre
sented misrepresents the principles
of God’s government, taught in the
Bible; misrepresents God and his
cause. I cannot become an agent
thus to degrade and misrepresent
true religion.
“Fourth, the statement accom
panying it and which I am to copy
and send as I receive it, is a lie.
Bishop Lawrence is successor of
Phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop
of New York. He denies having
any connection with this silly and
sinful fraud, and I notify all whom
it may concern that to circulate it
is to circulate not only a lie, but
a slander on a good man.
“I have been familiar with this
trick fora good while and have
discovered that it works not with
intelligent Christians who know
that the Lord and his cause are
not represented in it. The silly
ones who fear to break the chain
are folks who have not enough
acquaintance with the Lord to
lake any risks in the matter.
“I break this chain, and if any
friend fears for my fate let him
know that more than two years ago
I broke this chain and denounced
this fraud. We pity the poor
souls that can be scared by this
bugaboo. A negro when asked if
he was afraid of ghosts said, “No,
massa, I'se seen too many of ’em.”
“The letter bearing this request
'"--1
GARY OWEN
THE
MONARCH OF
5-CENT CIGARS
White
Drug Company
was mailed at Malvern, Ark. It
must have been sent as a joke. I
should be sorry to believe that any
one over whom I have any in
fluence should be fool enough to
send it in sincerety. The editor
of The Log Cabin Democrat is re
quested to send this answer to the
Malvern papers.”
Wedding Last Night.
Judson Goad and Miss Ruby
Nelson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
F. P. Nelson, were married last
night at the Methodist parsonage,
Rev. J. B. Stevenson pronouncing
the ceremony.
Sells Moving Picture Show.
W. N. Owen of this city has sold
moving picture show at Monti
cello to Oglesby Bros., of this city.
They will move their families to,
that place and take charge at
once.
Administrator Appointed.
Letters of administration were
issued by County Clerk J. H. Bai
ley this afternoon to S. C. New
berry for the estate of S. E. New
berry, deceased.
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Vantrump Place
For Sale!
Situated four miles southwest
of Conway.
120 Acres
Sixty Acres in Cultivation.
Price $850
if sold by January 1st, 1909
DURHAM &
HOLMAN
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
NORTH BOUND
No. 106.10:10 p. a.
No. 104. 10 a.‘m.
No. 132.6:30 p. m.
SOUTH BOUND
No. 105.5:58 a. m.
No. 103. 6:30 p. m.
No. 131. 9:10 a. m.
A MILLION old papers for sale
at this office.
Oakland Dairy
Pure, fresh milk in sealed
bottles delivered to your door
twice dailv at
25c Per Gallon
Leave orders with our driver
or address
Thurston Fulmer
R. F. D. No. 6, Conway, Ark.
Three Classes I
Can Help
I am the county agent for railroad
lands. Three classes of people
will find it will pay to buy this land:
1. The tenant. I can sell good
land cheaper than rent, on easy
installments.
2. The farmer who owns ad
joining land and needs more.
Railroad land will never be any
cheaper than you can buy it today.
3. The man who has money to
invest will find railroad land a safe
and productive investment.
W. H. Duncan
Christmas—
Juletiden—
Weihnacht
Call it what you may, one of these words will recall the
happy days of your childhood, the scenes of your na
tive land and memories of those left long ago. Do not
forget them this year but with your greetings
Enclose a Draft
l'or whichever it may be—
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Depositors
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