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Newspaper
Conway Log Cabin
Location
Conway, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1901
Page
2
The Conway Log Cabin notes national trust regulation matters, anti trust bills passing the Arkansas House, and a Senate plot to curb gambling with fines from 500 to 1000 dollars. It cites the sugar trade issue and protests a state plan to regulate trusts. A recent Arkansas storm caused extensive damage and sixteen deaths.
Former President Benjamin Harrison is dangerously ill with pneumonia at his Indianapolis home, as doctors monitor his condition and provide care.
The article urges every southern family to plant pecan trees noting their hardiness and shade value. It argues sidewalks should be lined with nut trees, predicting annual municipal revenue of three to five thousand dollars within ten years. Farmers can plant nuts without abandoning crops, then profit once trees bear. It cites Pinebluff North Carolina as a source for young trees through the Pinebluff Grape & Pecan Company and urges readers to request circulars.
A Southeast of the city storm last Saturday evening caused roof and window damage to many businesses and homes. The event left few injuries, with Tom Fowler hospitalized briefly after a house blowdown. insured losses varied as insurers lists show extensive property damage to stores, mills, churches, and a post office.
A large crew from Morriston and Little Rock assists in storm damage repairs. Conway Telephone Co manager L H Pyle says phones will be restored as fast as possible, likely ten days. The storm tore off the Light Plant roof and blew down the smokestack, knocking out part of the building. Mr Gantt secured the engine, preventing greater machinery damage.
Pine Bluff citizen W T Langford received a threatening letter demanding 50000 dollars at his alley corner with a warning to avoid capture. Police have not yet arrested the sender. Thomas Conway, Lion Mountain railroad foreman, died of pneumonia in Van Buren after his wife’s death a week earlier. The Diamond Joe railroad between Hot Springs and Malvern was purchased by Missouri Pacific, creating sharper competition with Little Rock and Hot Springs Western.
Gordon Lumber Company has purchased the Arkansas Southwestern Railway from Smithton to Pike City and work has begun to extend the line toward Fort Smith via Caddo Gap, connecting with Iron Mountain's Camden branch.
A unique triple wedding was held near Prescott with J. C. Holcomb uniting T. J. Ward, Ward Lancaster, PF. G. Holcomb, Ada Martin, Katie and Ettie Ward. Ward is 66, his bride 22, marking his third marriage. In Lancaster, Thomas Stewart assaulted foreman Grant Coombs, striking him on the face, breaking bones and rendering him senseless before further blows ended the scene.
Senator Shackleford introduces a bill in the senate to re enact section 11 of the new state capitol bill from the 1899 session. If enacted it will complete the capitol on the same lines as it was begun.
A son blessed Mr and Mrs Monte Newport at Eureka Springs on March 4 weighing twenty four ounces and measuring six inches long. Doctors report the infant is perfectly formed and expected to live.
A notice states that the person who took Mr. Owen’s extension ladders will be paid for return. Ladders cost six dollars. The author, IV. Lytie, offers credit for returned sections and warns of possible grand jury action if not returned.
John Wesley, described as a colored rapist, confined in Clark County jail awaiting execution, was burned in effigy in Gurdon on the night of the 4th. He is believed to have committed a similar crime near Gourdon to the one for which he will forfeit his life.
A large gathering of Login county farmers met at Booneville and organized a horticultural society. They expect a significant increase in fruit acreage this year. The article notes horseless carriages fuelless engines and the wireless telegraph as top innovations. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is advertised as curing stomach troubles and sold by Dr C J Hamilton.
In a busy session the Senate passed Dowdy and King measures on pay and pensions while approving insurance and railway rules. House bill on street railways failed to restart the consolidation measure. anti trust bills drew strong debate. A reader letter from Neosho Falls praises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin.
The House considered a bill to appropriate 10000 dollars for a Confederate monument. An amendment proposed reducing the appropriation.
In this historic advertisement Benson's Plaster is extolled as the universal external remedy trusted worldwide. It claims cures for coughs, colds, lumbago, kidney trouble, rheumatism and lame back, with 5 000 physicians and druggists praising it and fifty five awards in tests. Seabury Johnson advertised shipping in the United States for 250.
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