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The Log Cabin Democrat XXXV. NO. 0 CONWAY. ARKANSAS . THURSDAY. OCTOBER '*• '”3 I CON90UDATH* iSSSSffiSSKS*1-"-.1’" CONWAY’S GROWTH AMAZTS OK. OATS EIRST VISIT IN ID YEARS METHODIST EDITOR, HOWEVER SAYS STREETS NEED IMPROVEMENT. Dr. W. B. Hays, an alumnus of Hendrix College, and one of the new editors of the Western Methodist, wrote the following article for the Methodist last week, (jiving his im pressions of Conway after an ab sence from this city of 10 years: . “After an absence of ten years 1 took occasion on October 4th to visit Gonway and Hendrix College. Con way, I was told, has had a steady growth all the while, but to one who has not been there for ten years its growth seems phenomenal. There are many more up-to-date business houses, a number of splendid resi dences, a State Normal school and many other improvements too numer ous to mention at this time. It seems strange that so little has been done in the way of civic im provements on the streets leading from the business center of the city to the colleges. They should be made the most beautiful streets of the city, reflecting the great pride the people there have in these splendid institu tions of learning. These institutions are the greatest assets of the city and beautiful paved streets leading up to them would greatly increase their value to the city. “The Hendrix College campus is fast becoming a place of beauty. Some of the trees that the writer helped to set out while a student are now beautiful shade trees. It is re ported that the college has the largest attendance of its history. It is a splendid body of young men who were not only courteous but brotherly, and'when they heard of my former as well as present relations to the col lege the interest they manifested showed the strong college spirit that exists among them and is so essen tial to college life. “The church at Conway was never in better condition. There were 042 in the Sunday school and the church was crowded at the morning service. There was great feeling manifested when the pastor announced that this would be the last Sabbath they would hold services in that church. It is a beautiful building and has been in use only about twelve or fourteen vears, but it is too small and is to be replaced by one much larger and better equipped for up-to-date church work. “Bro. Steel is in great favor with his people and is to be highly com mended for his earnest endeavor to jerect a building' there which wiil meet jail the demands of his growing con igrepation and properly potentiate Jour church in that city. "Dr. Reynolds has a splendid body 1 of teachers, and is wide awake to all |the interest of the school. Its great jest need at present is a new dormi Itory. A number of young men jhave been turned away for lack of | room. 1 "One of the pleasant features of 'this trip was a visit to the home of ; Dr. J. A. Anderson, so well known to the readers of this paper as one of its former editors. He is plan ning a trip to South Texas, where i he expects to take a well earned : rest.” FAIR CLOSES IN BLAZE OF GLORY BIG FIREWORKS TONIGHT 1 j BABY SHOW AND CITY BEAUTI FUL AWARDS — FRIDAYS BIG FEATURES. I At midnight tonight the curtain will be rung down on the fifth annual Faulkner county fair. The closing night will be featured by the grand est fireworks yet given, including the “.Merry Widow Fan,” a gigantic py rotechnic creation, and an immense crowd is expected to take in the car nival. While the fair officially ends tonight, the fair grounds will be full of people again tomorrow, as both the Clifton-Kelley carnival and Sells Floto circus will occupy the grounds throughout the day and night. While the crowd, as usual on the last day, is rather small, today's at tendance is considered good. The feature this afternoon is the baby show, in which neatly 100 Faulkner county babies have been entered. The awards of the City Beautiful Association, which been awaited with much interest, were announced this afternoon. They were as follows: Best large lawn, So in gold, to Mrs. H. O. Moore; first honorable mention to Mrs. .1. Frank Jones. Denney cup, for neatest and most artistic small lawn, to Mrs. C. H. Newbern; honorable mention to Mrs. C. W. Jones. Mrs. J. A. Pence prize for most beautiful porch box, to Mrs. J. R. Piercey; honorable mention to Mrs. .1. E. Little. Mrs. Jo Frauenthal prize for best kept negro’s yard, to Charles and Millie Jackson; honorable mention to Isaac Payne. Miss Irene Dungan, who has been a guest of Miss Ruth Hartje the past month, will return to her home at Huniholt, Tenn.. Monday. a Think it ower im\j eft /n /A admymoney YAa/iA Had Mr. J. i»i. Jones liad his money and valuable papers in our banK be wouid not be suffering the loss he sustained a few days ago near Quitman. He had his money in a trunk and while he was away from the house a thief got it. * Be wise and bank your money. We will keep your papers Scat The Faulkner County Bank Your Account Will Be Welcome. REFERENDUM IS BARRED ON WHISKEY EAW Special to the Lot Cabin Democrat. Little Rock, Oct. 13.—No referen dum vote will he permitted on the Go ing anti-liquor act passed by the last legislature, according to a decision of the Arkansas supreme court today. The court’s decision was read by Judge Frank Smith, all members con curring. Oral arguments were had on the case last .Monday, the liquor men making a hard fight against the act, which does not become effective until January 1, 1914, but which contained the emergency clause. Some of the labor union officials joined in the fight against the law, claiming that if the validity of the act were upheld the referendum power of the people would be vitiated. Under the new law, which was sus tained today, before liquor can be le gally sold anywhere in Arkansas, it will be necessary for a majority of the white men and women of the city or town to sign a petition for its sale and the petition to be published in fu l in some newspaper of the city. It is believed that this will practic ally bar the sale of liquor throughout the state. KING WILL TRAVEL FOR ROYAL ARCANUM As soon as he completes his settle ment of the accounts of the fifth an nual Faulkner county fair, J. A. King expects to enter upon his duties as deputy supreme regent of the Royal ( Arcanum, a position to which he was appointed some weeks ago by Su preme Regent Wickersham. In this position Mr. King will push the work of increasing the membership of the order in this state, with a view to or ganizing a grand council in the near future. FAULKNER EXHIBITS GO TO STATErFAIR The prize-winning exhibits in all departments of the Faulkner county fair, except livestock and poultry, have been stored in the Martin & Harton building and will be shipped to the state fair at Hot Springs just prior to the opening of that event. It is believed that the exhibits will be far superior to anything previously entered by this county at Hot Springs, although Faulkner has car ried off honors each year at the state fair. Manager J. A. King and Assistant R. F. Adams are at work cheeking over the report of the judges, and stated today the full list of premiums in the boys’ corn and cotton clubs girls’ canning club and the agricul tural and livestock departments will be ready for publication at an early date. PEPS BROWN WILL ENTER JUDGE’S RACE News received here from Des Arc is to the effect that F. Ep^s Brown, former prosecuting attorney of the Seventeenth district and at present a member of the Arkansas Tax Com mission, will enter the race for circuit judge to succeed Judge Eugene Lank ford. This will make the contest a three-cornered affair, with former Prosecuting Attorney Geo. W. Clark of Conway and former Circuit Judge J. S. Thomas of Clarendon as the oth er two candidates. MARRIAGE LICENSES. James Smith, 38, and Maud Blair, 26, Greenbrier. G. L. Killough, 45, and Mrs. Mollie Powell, 55, Guy. • D. J. Graham and Ethel Patv, Sal tillo. Henry Austin, Dunn, 3^ Hapids, La., and Bertha Parlier, 21, Conway. LINER BURNS 136 ARE LOST I Special to the r,oar Cabin Ln mr*cn»t. Little Rock, Oct. 11.—An Associate |ed Press dispatch received here this jafternoon states that the Valturno, a British liner, burned in mid-ocean Thursday. Ten ships, summoned by wireless, watched the liner burn, unable on ac count of the intense heat, a severe storm and explosions aboard the doomed vessel, to render any assist ance. One hundred and thirty-six mem bers of the crew and passengers were drowned when the life bodts in which they were lowered were wrecked in the storm. Five hundred and thirty succeeded in leaving the burning vessel and were rescued. CNARGE OF ASSAULT ON MAYFOWER MAN A warrant charging John Morton with assault with intent to kill was issued here this morning on the com plaint of L. Davidson, who alleges that in a difficulty three miles west of Mayflower this morning Morton struck him over the head with a scale stick. The trouble is said to have arisen over a dispute in a settlement between the parties for some lumber. I0TH CANDIDATE FOR ASSESSOR ANNOUNCES The Log Cabin Democrat today re ceived the tenth formal announce ment for the office of tax assessor, a larger number than ever appeared in this paper before. The last two can didates to announce were C. E. Gen try of California township and Aus tin Johnson of Mathews township. Those who had previously announced through the I»g Cabin Democrat are. J. P. Finton of Union, John H. Pow ers of Stone, George T. Fiddler of Cadron, Eber L. Dawson of Cadron, J. W. Rea of Mt. Y’ernon and W. O. Durham of Cadron. In addition to these, R. A. Reynolds and Roy Rog ers of Conway and T. W. Cavin of Eagle township have stated that they jwould be in the race and their formal announcements would appear later, {making a total of 12 aspirants for the assessor’s office. telephonFcompany i HAD EXHIBIT AT FAIR i The Southwestern Telegraph & J Telephone Company indicated its in terest in the Faulkner county fair by {installing an attractive exhibit. The .exhibit was arranged under the di ! rection of Local Manager G. W. Sam ' mons, who exerted every effort to make it illustrative of the Company’s i desire to furnish an excellent grade jof telephone service at reasonable I rates. { An attendant in charge of the tel ephone company’s exhibit explained I to the many people who visited it, the ! inner wirkings of the telephone sys item; showing them how telephone messages are handled in the central office; the method of maintaining anti I improving the telephone plant ;the | liberal provisions made for the com fort and welfare of employes. Literature, setting forth the uni versal character of the Bell system, l was distributed from the booth. This j literature shows that the Bell system | now operates over 7,500,000 tele ; phones in the United States; that it | reaches more han 70,000 cities, towns 1 and villages, and that every day it handles more than 25,000,000 tele phone calls. The telephone has become such a necessary factor in our daily life, that few people stop to consider that it is practically a new invention. The telephone is only 37 veal’s old. It was at the Centennial exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876 that Alexander Graham Bell first exhibited the origi nal telephone. For several years thereafter the telephone was not com mercially practicabe, be/ause it could connect but a few people on one line, thus restricting the service. How ever, when the telephone switchboard was introduced, the scope of the ser vice was broadened. From the few scattered exchanges which were es tablished in the late seventies, the telephone development has advanced by leaps and bounds, until now the Bell system reaches 70,000 places. The extent of this system is better realized when it is considered that there are but 00,00(1 post offices, 00, 000 railroad stations and 25,000 Tele graph Offices. 5TH ANNUAL FAIR PROVFD A SUCCESS MANAGEMENT IS PLEASED ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 12,000 AND 15,000 ATTEND DURING FOUR DAYS. Although no official figures have bean made public by the management, it is certain that the fifth annual Faulkner county fair which came to a close last night was the most suc cessful fair ever held in this county. It is conservatively estimated that between 12,000 and 15,000 paid ad missions to the grounds were record ed by tne gate beepers. I he carnival company which furnished amusement for the fair, reaped a harvest, ac cording to Mr. Kelley, manager of the company. Every afternoon and night vast throngs of people crowded the midway, and very few who visit ed the grounds failed to attend a number of the shows. At night it was almost impossible to go through the midway, the people being jammed and packed so closely. Nothing but praise is heard when the fair is spoken of, Manager d. A. King, who, for the third consecutive year, was at the head of the fair, be ing highly complimented for its suc cess. The weather was ideal for the fair, with the exception of last night. However, before the rain began, about 1,000 people had arrived at the grounds to see the last night’s ^jgle bration. During the rain the shows continued to give performances, and large crowds attended. Despite the rain, the fireworks dis play was given and proved to be the best during the entire fair. The Ix>g Cabin Democrat regrets that it is unable to publish the list of prize winners in the baby show. Through an oversight upon the part of the management no record was ikept of the names of winners. The j babies were designated by numbers, land as these numbers were called the i proud mothers came up and were I presented the beautiful cups and • spoons by President J. J. Doyne of | the State Normal. The grand prize, however, was won by Thomas Barton, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Canada of this city. Mrs. C. L. Powell and daughter are visiting relatives and attending the the fair. Mrs. Powell will be remem bered by her Conway friends as Mis.« Hortie Witt. m. t. suvicts a PUBLIC SCHOOL OLD CHURCH DISMANTLED jsCHOOU AUDITORIUM TO BE PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR NEXT YEAR. The congregation of the Conway Methodist Episcopal church, south, held their first service yesterday morning in the public school audito rium, which will probably be their j place of worship for the Sunday morning services for the next year. The evening services will be held jointiy with the Presbyterian congre gation at the church of the latter. The building which was so rapidly outgrown by the Methodist congrega tion is being dismantled by a large force of workmen and within the next two or three weeks there will be little left of the house of worship which on : ly a decade ago was a new edifice and ! the pride not only of the congrega tion but of the entire city. The old building was erected in 1898, during the pastorate of Rev. F. S. H. John ston, now presiding elder of the Mor rilton district and still a resident of Conway. Its cost was about $10,000. But so rapidly has the membership and attendance grown that the build ing was overflowed almost every Sun day and an enlarged house of worship became an absolute necessity. For many months the church offi cials studied plans for additions to the old building, but it was finally de cided that the best means of relieving the situation would be the erection of an entirely new and modern church building. As no use could hfeve been found for the old church and no other available site secured for the new. it was decided to i-aze the old building and erect a new one oh the same grounds. As soon as the old church is torn away work will be started on the foundations for the new building. It is expected to complete the founda tions before winter and nothing will then be done toward the building un til next spring. As soon as weather conditions will permit next year the work will be resumed, and it is hoped to have the new structure completed and ready for use by the time the schools reopen next fall. MRS. MARY MILAM DEAD. Mrs. Mary Milam of Linder, one of the oldest pioneers of Faulkner coun ty, died at her home Sunday night at the age of 86 years. She was the widow of the Late William Milam, familiarly known as “Uncle Billy,” who died about one year ago at the age of 96. She is survived by sev eral sons and a number of grand children. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon, conducted by Rev. J. C. Cantrell. Burial was at Spring Hill cemetery. -o U. D. C. TO MEET. The United Daughter-- of the Con federacy will meet tomorrow after noon at 3 o’clock at the home of Mrs. |G. W. Bruce on College avenue. All members are urged to be present as the election of officers will be held. KNOWLEDGE Of Correct Business Methods is of inestimable value to the man who wants to accumulate a copetence for old age comforts, for his children or for the power and influence money gives. When you deposit your earnings in a sound, well-managed home bank and pay your bills by check you gradually acquire sys tematic business habits in the execution of your financial affairs. Why not come in and open an account with us now? You will have more money in six months than if you wait six months to make the start. Sank Of Gonway