»- Woodmkk County Mva
VOL. VI.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1900.
NO. 2.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
»N EPITOME OF THE MOST IM
PORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
north, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
A carefully Digested and Condensed
Compilation of Current News
Items, Domestic and Foreign.
^ MISCELLANEOUS.
A severe earthquake is reported
in German New Guinean, in the South
Seas, which caused great loss of life.
A tidal wave swept the low-lyingcoast
of the islands, leaving hardly a native
hut standing.
Janies H. Delaney, a Chicago and
New York business man, was found
dead in a boarding house in Chicago
with 3 bullet hole through the back
of the head, and near by was his wife,
also dead, having been shot in the
mouth. The theory is that the woman
killed her husband and then shot her
self. She was stage-struck, and the
! police say consorted with other men.
The impression in grain centers is
that the northwestern spring wheat
crop has been overestimated.
Bradstreet says the coming holiday
trade will be a record-breaker.
Shipments of wheat from Argentina
prove larger than estimated.
The release of gold by the Bank
of France to the Bank of England
has caused a business boom in Lon
don and throughout England.
The rise in cotton goods and the
delayed deliveries are due to the facf,
it is said, that wholesalers made no
' effort to provide for requirements un
til it became evident that no conces
sion in prices could be secured, and
tl«e manufacturers now control the
situation.
Joseph F. Smith, president of the
Mormon church appeared in the dis
trict court at Salt Lake City, Utah,
pleaded guilty to a charge of unlaw
ful cohabitation and a fine of $300
was Imposed. The complaint was
based upon the fact that on May 21
last President Smith's forty-third
child was born to Mary T. Schwartz
Smith, the Mormon president’s fifth
wife, at her heme in Salt Lake City.
Executive officers of western roads
met in Chicago and resolved to con
tinue to issue pases to members of
tinue to issue passes to members of
\Y. S. Hat lan, manager of the Jack
son Lumber Co., was found guilty of
peonage at Pensacola, Fla.
Royal S. Soper, for many years pub
lisher of the Elmira (N. Y.) Gazette,
dropped dead at his home of heart dis
ease.
Because strikers and strike sympa
thizers ran strike-breakers out of
town, and paraded and stoned street
cars, the mayor of Toronto, Can.,
called lor government troops. They
arrived in a few hours, and order was
restored.
Mayor Eugene Schmitz of San
Francisco, upon his arrival from Eu
rope, declared political enemies were
responsible for his indictment.
During the past fiscal year 220,020
miles of railway in the United States
earned $2,319,760,030. After all ex
penses and betterments, etc., were
paid the net earnings were $787,597,
S77> being $3,580 per mile.
At a session of the National Acad
emy of Science in Boston,' Dr. Alex
Graham Bell, of Washington, ex
pressed the opinion that the problem
Df flight had been solved by Langley
and his Hying machine.
Chihuahua, Mexico, has been visited
•v heavy rains, in some places eight
0 ten inches. Snow is almost un
known there.
oiueiary ot the Treasury Shaw and
uni. J. Bryan were cheered by thou
s*nds at the Transmississippi Coin
“leicial congress at Kansas City, Mo.
‘ r- hiyan objected to subsidies for
steamship lines, as urged by Secre
Root. He said that Mr. Root and
j r- Shaw were the two greatest men
m Roosevelt's cabinet.
T ne official count ousts the negro
judge, Ferdinand L. Barnett, of Chi
cago. and seats Thomas B. Lantry.
Lantry is a democrat.
Late news from Austin, Tex., as
mts that there is no foundation for
e report that H. Clay Pierce, of the
waters-Pierce Oil Co. had been in
dicted there for perjury.
nree unions of cotton mill operat
1 s at Fail River, Mass., have voted
p11 ike if their demand for an ad
ance of 10 per cent in wages is not
complied with.
...Ar Norfolk, Va., ten thousand
,umbo” torpedoes exploded in a
wh'6 ." rccLing it. A negro porter,
0 was packing torpedoes for stor
“ Unt51 Christmas, was blown half
■ acroas the street, and was slight
ly injured.
In an interview at Kansas City. Mo.,
sav.rt ai,J ot State Root Is Quoted as
„„ ,n® , lat Mr. Roosevelt will not ac
tin' 9 renon'Ination if tendered by
a„i. 'ePnbRcans. When Mr. Root was
Kai.. ' Le was a candidate, Mr. Root
be -' * am not a candidate and won’t
uongj essionai inquiry into Roose
velt's dismissal of negro troops is said
to be absolutely certain.
At Kokomo, Ind., Mrs. Abbie Ross
confessed to burning her house for
the insurance, and was sentenced to
prison for two years. She is a widow
with six children.
The official canvass of the vote cast
at the late election in Ohio has been
completed by the secretary of state.
The total vote was 812,263, and the
republican plurality 56,390.
The annual report of Commission
er of Navigation Chamberlain states
than on June 30 last the documented
merchant vessels of the United States
numbered 25,006 of 6,674,989 gross
tons. Of the 1,221 vessels constructed
during the fiscal year only three were
ocean steamers.
The Rank of France continues to
assist the Bank of England in the de
mand for gold made upon it.
Secretary Taft, overruled by Roose
velt, directs that the negro troops be
discharged, as previously ordered.
Wheat receipts in the northwest are
far below what they were last year
at this time, and there is an impres
sion that the farmers are holding and
waiting for a raise.
The rivers tributary to the Ohio are
bank full and in several instances
over the lowlands. The Ohio is rising
rapidly. Millions of bushels of coal
have been shipped by river from Pitts
burg to the south, and millions more
w'ill follow.
H#avy wind and rain storms visited
various localities in Indiana, Illinois.
Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky, doing
considerable damage.
The railroads of the entire country
have decided to inaugurate an era of
most rigid economy, according to the
Chicago Record-Herald. The plans
which have been decided on will re
sult in a decrease ip expenditures dur
ing the next twelve months of between
180,000,001) and 1120,000,000, as com
pared with the sum spent during the
year just closing.
President Hill of the Great Northern
railroad declared before the interstate
commerce commission that he does
not own any elevator stock, and that
no man connected with the Grea’
Northern can own any stock in any
thing along the line of the road.
David R. Francis, president of the
Transmisslssippi Commercial con
gress, during the convention at Kan
sas City, came out strongly in favor
of the Monroe Doctrine, expressing
himself as unalterably opposed to
any European power acquiring addi
tional territory in America, North or
South.
On January 1 a branch of the
Deutsche Sud Amerikanische bank of
Berlin will be established in Mexico
City. The banks will have a paid-up
capital of 10,000,000 pesos.
It is reported In St. Louis that An
drew Carnegie has set aside a fund of
$1,000,000, the income of which is to
be used to further the propaganda for
international peace, and that Con
gressman Richard Bartholdt is to
have charge of it.
Forty-two passengers were drowned
following the sinking in Puget sound,
near Seattle, of the steamer Dix,
which collided with the steamship
Jeanie. Thirty-nine were saved. Only
one woman passenger was among the
rescued.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., son of the
richest man in the world, told his Sun
day school class that the man who
has to work for a living is the hap
piest man of all. "All the money in
the world will not take the place of
friends,” said he.
Acting under orders from Secretary
of War Taft, further- discharge tf
troopers belonging to the three col
ored companies charged with “shoot
ing up" a Texas town was suspended,
to await further advices from the
president.
Before the Transnussissippi com
mercial congress at Kansas City Elihu
Root, secretary of state, delivered an
address telling of his recent trip to
South America and the wonderful
commercial possibilities of the coun
tries there. He came out strongly in
favor of a subsidized commercial ma
rine, as that is the only way, he said
that the United States can compete
with the subsidized lines of England,
Germany and other nations.
In an address at Kansas City E. H
Harriman, the railroad magnate, said.
"The impression prevails that I ecu
trol more miles of railroad than any
other one man. That statemt nt is
made frequently. I deny it; is is not
true. I do not control one mile of
railroad. There are 1-4,000 or 15,000
persons who co-operate in the control
of the railroads and other corporation ;
in which I am interested. No one matt
could do the work and do it right."
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy has
received David Cubing, of California,
in private audience. Mr. Lubing is.
the promoter of the plan for an in
ternational institute of agriculture,
which has been taken up by the
king.
The president has issued an order
completely reorganizing the canal
zone, placing the canal work and the
government of the zone under the con
trol of Chairman Shonts.
Mrs. Frank R. Stocaton, widow of
the novelist, died at her home i*
Washington.
NEWS OF
ARKANSAS
State Cotton Sold.
The State Penitenttary Board yes
terday sold the 500 bales of cotton
now on the wharf at the convict farm
in Lincoln county to T. H. Hutchison,
representing W. A. Short & Co., for
prices ranging from 8 to 16 1-2 cents
a pound. For several days* the board
has had samples of the cotton on ex
hibition in this city, in the hope of
securing a good price for it, but the
highest bid for the entire amount was
9 1-2 cents several days ago. Members
of the board decided this was.' too low',
and the cotton was held until yester
day, when it was decided to sell it
according to grade at prices ranging
from 8 cents to 16 1-2 cents. The cot
ton has not yet been weighed, but it
is expected the price will be between
$23,000 and $24,000.
Uniformity of Text Books.
Green County, one of the eight coun
ties of the state to vote for county
uniformity of text books, will make
a change in the uniform books in use
the past six years. In order to elim
inate the lobbyist from before the text
book commission, book men are lim
ited to a certain number of minutes
in which to present their publications,
end are otherwise restricted by the
regulations of the commission.
Closing Down Factories.
The recent heavy rains have caused
nearly all the mills and factories in
and around Paragould to close down
for want of timber to work, there being
too much water on the ground to per
mit of moving the logs and bolts to
the railroads'. As a result of the stop
ping of the factories, there is a fuel
famine, as most of the residents of the
city depend on the factories to furnish j
them with fire-wood.
Want Convicts Sent Home.
Chief of Police Hawkins of Little
Rock will make an effort to have the ;
state legislature pass a bill provid
ing for the shipping home of convicts
after they have been released. At
present they are turned loose in the
capital city when released from the
penitentiary, with no provision by
wrhich they can be sent to the coun
ties where they were convicted.
State Bulletin.
It is the present intention of Guy B.
Tucker, commissioner of mines, manu
fatures and agriculture, to issue
monthly bulletins in regard to the crop
conditions of Arkansas, and in order
to gather statistics will send blanks
to farmers1 in all sections of the state
writh the request that they fill out and
return to him.
11,000 Pounds Honey.
Michal Brown of Argenta is one of
the largest honey producers in the
state, having produced 11,000 pounds
of honey from his five apiaries dur
ing the past year. He has all told,
212 hivesv with a total of 8,480,000
bees. Mr. Brown started with only
five colonies of bees eight years ago.
Mile Creek Dam Broke.
The upper dam in Mile Creek, near
Nashville, constructed by the Brown
Henderson Lumber Company to give
them better facilities for handling :
their logs, broke recently, caused by j
heavy rains in that section.
Lightning Struck Three Times.
During an electrical storm at Mal
vern recently, lightning is said to have
struck the residence of J. Frank Wil
liams three times and at each time
set the house on fire. By supreme
efforts, the fire was quenched on each
occasion.
Two Boys Shot.
Thomas and Janies Burrow, two
unall boys living near Huttig, were
shot by bird hunters while engaged in
picking cotton in their father’s field,
and one of them will lose an eye.
$50,000 Damage Suit.
Mrs. Emma L. Scott has brought suit
in the United States Circuit Court
against E. P. Ladd to recover $50,000
for the death of her husband who was
alleged to have been killed by Ladd
at Ladd's sawmill in Jefferson’county.
Fined For Giving Away Whiskey.
Tollen Miller and Berry Bean were
each convicted in the Crawford Circuit
Court recently on a charge of giving
away whiskey on election day and
each was fined $100.
Work Resumed.
Work on the Mammoth Spring gov
ernment hatchery has been resumed.
New ponds are being made and the
earth used for grading and leveling
other parts of the ground.
Memorial Service.
The Arkansas conference in session
it Paris, held a memorial service in
honor of Bishop Tigert, amt then ad
lourned for half an hour
Bishop Atkins Presides.
Bishop Atkins of North Carolina will
preside over the Little Rock Confer
ence at Warren and the White River
Conference at Wynne.
BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION AT
TEXARKANA.
The fifty-eighth anmuiT "Season of
the Arkansas Baptist State Conven
tion has just closed a very successful
meeting at Texarkana. Questions of
great importance to the church were
discussed at this* meeting and plans
made for an active religious cam
paign during the coming year.
The place for the next meeting of
the Convention will be Little Rock,
with the First, Second and Immanuel
Baptist churches. The convention scr
mon will be preached by H. L. Win
burne of Arkadelphia, with H. C.
Rosemond of Paragould as alternate.
The State Missionary Board will
also hold its meeting in Little Rock
on December 5. At this meeting a
state secretary for the young people’s
work will be named, and plans out
lined for the following year’s mission
work.
The Committee on Nominations
named the following gentlemen to
serve on the various boards:
Ministerial Education—J. W. Con
ger, H. L. Winburne, W. A. Forbes.
N. R. Townsend, F. Neil Johnson, C.
C. Tobey, H. P. Johnson.
Baptist Young People’s Work—H. L.
Winburne, Ben Cox, O. J. Wade. J. H.
Gunn, Ross Moore, W. T. Amis, Dr.
J. C. Sattles, S. H. Campbell and J.
B. Meadows, Jr.
Trustees for the Orphans' Home—
Waller Wilson, N. C. Denson, D. T.
Hyatt, Z. T. Wood, J. W. Kimbro, F.
P. Turner, Kie Oldham, G. H. Gam
mill and M. P. Watts.
Ministerial Relief—O. J. Wade, J.
T. Christian and Ben Cox.
Delegates to the Convention of North
America—W. E. Atkinson, J. Wj Con
ger, A. J. Barton, W. W. Rivers, J. J.
Hurt, Ben Cox, W. T. Amis, S. H.
Campbell, H. L. Winburne, J. T. Chris
tian, F. F. Gibson and Ross Moore.
Messengers to the American Bap
tist Education Society—J. W. Conger,
W. W. Rivers and J. J. Doyne.
Missionary and Sunday School
Board—W. E. Atkinson, J. T. Chris
tian, E. P. J. Garrott, Ben Cox. S. H.
Autrey, U. S. Thomas, O. J. Wade,
L. P. Turner, J. B. Alexander, H. T.
Bradford, W. T. Amis, F. F. Gibson,
Ross Moore, H. H. Street, J. J. Hurt,
John Ayres., J. H. Kitchens, S. H.
Campbell, J. S. Rogers, J. B. Searcy
and A. J. Barton.
State Teachers’ Meeting.
The Arkansas State Teachers’ Asso
ciation will hold its annual convention
in the High School Auditorium in Lit
tle Rock, December 26, 27 and 28. A
very interesting program, interspersed
with music, and addresses by men
prominent in affairs of the state, will
be features of the meeting. Among
the many subjects to be discussed at
this meeting, and which will be of
interest to the educators are: “Some
mistakes in teaching Arithmetic,”
“Language study in rural schools,”
“Help and hinderances in rural school
work,” "School exhibitions in rural
schools,” “The bad boy,” “The
Vaughter Law, its merits and defects,”
“One examiner’s privilege toward an
others license,” “Co-operation between
the examiners and the school direc
tors,” “How the examiners help to
hinder the work of the State Super
intendent,” “Uniform grading of teach
ers’ license,” “The County Examiner
and the Reading Circle,” “Fallacies
about education,” “Social life in col
lege: its needs, dangers and regula
tion,” and “What ought to be done by
the college for the religious training
of students.”
Damage Suit instituted.
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Williams of Red
field, has filed suit against the St.
Louis, Iron Mountain and South
ern Railway Company, for injuries
alleged to, have been received
while attempting to alight from
a train which was not stopped at
the platform. She claims that her
injuries were received through the
negligence of the company's em
ployes, who allowed her to fall to the
ground.
Burglars Made Haul.
Burglars entered the residence of
R. L. Draper in Little Rock recently
and stole a purse containing some
small change and some provisions,
»nd made good their escape.
Stocked With Fish.
J. W. McGee, who lives near Sidney,
has stocked the waters of his private
take with 400 black bass. They were
secured from the government hatchery
at Mammoth Springs.
New Hardwood Plant.
The Southern Mill and Land Com
pany will move its plant from Mis
souri to Little Rock within a short
time. The company have a pay roll of
about $5,000 a month.
21 Years.
Will Dilbeck has been convicted in
the Circuit Court at Batesville for
the murder of Will Weatherford and
sentenced to 21 years imprisonment
in the penitentiary.
30 Carloads.
The canning factory at Bentouvllle
has closed for the season after ship
ping all its canned fruit and apple
butter, about 30 c%f1oads in all.
Sued by U. S.
Complaint has been filed in tha
TJniteS States District Court -oh-- the
suggestion of the Attorney General
of the United States against the Iron
Mountain Railway Company, alleging
violation of the safety appliance act.
The complaint sets out various dates
and specific instances when the com
pany is alleged to have hauled cars
between states when they were not
properly fitted with automatic coup
lers, which work in such a manner
that a man is not forced to go between
cars to either couple or uncouple
them. Also that on different occa
sions, engines hauled cars between
states which were not sufficiently fit
ted with air brakes.
Hammond Packing Case Set.
The Hammond Packing Company
case, the suit now in the Supreme
Court to test the constitutionality of
the act providing for taking of testi
mony before a special commissioner
in another state, will be argued before
the Supreme Court December 17. The
case was first set for argument De
cember 10, but by agreement of the
attorneys for state and defence the
date was changed.
Against Closing Drug Stores.
W. H. Cole, a druggist at Fort Smith
will test the right of city officials to
close the drug stores on Sunday. He
has prepared a printed form which
he requires all purchasers buying ar
ticles on the Sabbath, to sign, testify
ing that said article is a necessity.
According to some of the attorneys,
this will make each one signing the
blank a defendant and equally guilty
with the seller.
Fine Cotton in Logan County.
John Poindexter, living near Paris,
is said to have raised the finest cotton
ever seen in Logan county. He se
cured thirteen pounds of seed from a
relative in Texas, and has thus far
gathered 2,000 pounds of seed cotton.
Fifty of the bolls is said to produce
a pound of cotton.
t-aiijc QMijjmcnib 10 i crriiory.
The Anderson Lumber Company of
Fort Smith is shipping large quantities
of lumber to the Indian Territory.
One of the shipments is of lumber for
the big school building at Okemah,
which, it is said, will be the finest
building in the Territory.
Scarcity of Labor.
Helena is complaining of the scar
city of labor in all branches of trade
and manufacture. Steamboat men are
offering $100 a month for deck hands,
and are glad to get them at that price,
while sawmill and factory hands are
getting from $1.50 to $2.00 per day.
Big Price for Cotton.
Commissioner of Mines. Manufac
tures and Agriculture Tucker, has re
ceived a sample of cotton from Wood
ruff cotton that sold for a record
price. The cotton sold at Memphis
for 19 cents, nearly ten cents higher
than the market price.
Cases to Be Dismissed.
From an authoritive source comes
the information that the prosecuting
attorney will nolle prosse the remain
ing two suits against Sheriff Williams
of Hot Springs. When this is done
Mr. Williams will immediately assume
the duties of office.
Assignment at Morrilton.
The firm of Burrow-Moose Mercan
tile Company, one of the largest es
tablishments at Morrilton, has made
an assignment to J. S. Moose in favor
of its creditors. The assets are esti
mated at about $55,000 and the liabil
ities at $65,000.
Found Dead on Track.
Don Kemp, a white man, was found
dead on the railroad track at Spadra.
He was supposed to have been killed
by a freight train, but later develop
ments aroused the suspicion of foul
play, but no arrests have been made.
Closed Down.
For want of logs, the Pine Grove
Lumber Company at Princeton has
been compelled to close down. The
lack is due to the fact that farmers
in that vicinity are so busy with their
crops that very little logging has been
done .
Will Ask for Change in the Law.
The sportsmen of Bentonville want
a change in the game law in regard to
quail, and will petition the legisla
ture to make the open season from
November 23, to January 15, instead
of from November 1 to March 1.
Power of Railroad Commission.
The power of the state Railroad
Commission is involved in a suit at De
Witt in which the St. Louis South
western Railway Company is being
sued for the alleged failure to furnish
cars to shippers at Stuttgart.
Sentenced to Penitentiary.
J. J. Hunter who has been on trial
in the Pulaski Circuit Court for the
killing of W. F. Meeks in Perry county,
has been sentenced to six months In
the penitentiary.
Assessment Reduced.
The Board of Directors for fencing
district No. 2, In the Opello district,
has reduced the assessment from one
half to one-quarter of a mtll.
ANNUAL SESSION GRAND LODGE
F. AND A. MASONS.
Royal Arch Masons and Order of
The Grand Lodge of Masons of Ar
kansas has closed its annual session
in Little Rock after a most successful
meeting. There were more than 500
delegates in attendance to mark the
sixey-fourth annual session. On the
evening of the first day’s session the
“Master Mason’s Degree” was confer
red on a candidate at the Scottish
Rite Consistory by Magnolia Lodge
No. GO, C. E. Rosenbaum, W. M., sev
eral members of Western Star Lodge
No. 2, assisting.
This was complimentary to the offi
cers and members of the Grand Lodge
and was particularly impressive on
account of the costuming and magni
ficent stage effects available in the
Consistory building.
Among the many questions of im
portance before the body, that of
the sale of the Masonic Temple in
Little Rock attracted the greater in
terest. This building not only affords
a place for the grand lodge and other
Masonic bodies, but has a great
amount of floor space which has been
rented out. A committee was appoint
ed to act in conjunction with the
Board of Control, and will report at
the next session of the grand lodge.
The Board of Trustees of the Ma
sonic Orphan’s Home reported the
work incident to the proposed build
ing of the home, progressing favor
ably. A site has been offered at
Batesville for the home, and the lodge
has empowered the committee to go
ahead and erect the building as soon
as it has funds at its disposal to pay
for the building upon completion. In
this connection the committee may use
the funds of the grand lodge except
$10,000, which is set aside to care for
the bonded indebtedness on the Ma
sonic Temple. Following a custom
prevalent in the Arkansas jurisdiction,
the new officers were elected by being
advanced from their several stations
and are as follows:
Grand Master—Jacob Trieber, Li'
tie Rock. /
Deputy Grand Master—M. W. Gvee
son, Prescott.
Grand Lecturer—J o h n Oatliout
Booneville.
Grand Orator—W. S. Chastain, Yell
Grand Senior Warden—E. A. McCol
lock, Little Rock.
Grand Junior Warden—A. J. Witt
Pocahantas.
Grand Treasurer—C. E. Rosenbaum
Little Rock.
Grand Secretary—Fay Hempstead
Little Rock.
Grand Chaplain—Rev. Geo. B. Nor
ton, Newton.
Grand Tyler—Edmund Metcalf, Lit
tle Rock.
Eastern Star.
ville.
l ne vrianci cmapier or me Ji.asi.ern
Star, also in session at the time, closed
with the election and installation of
the new officers. The following were
installed
Worthy grand matron, Mrs. Ella
Leonrad, Gravette. worthy grand pat
ron, W. B. Sexton, Mansfield; asso
ciate grand matron, Mrs. Minnie Simp
son. Conway; associate grand patron,
E. E. Ammons, Jasper; grand treasur
er, Mrs. Cora Westerfield; grand sec
retary, J. Frank Hopkins, Mablevale;
grand conductress, Mrs. Lillian Lee,
Benton; associate grand conductress.
Miss Nola Eastwood Ross, Pine Bluff;
grand lecturer, Miss Mollie Morgan,
Weeks; Ada, Miss Sue Williamson,
Winchester; Ruth, MLe Sue Baynham,
Fort Smith; Esther, Miss Louise Ken
nard, Jonesboro: Martha, Mrs. Mol
lie Hotchkiss, Hot Springs; Electa
Mrs. L. A. Chestnut, Saline; grand
warder, Mrs. Lon Williams, Elkins;
grand sentinel, F. C. Bartlett, Conway;
grand marshal, Mrs. Anna Treadway;
grand organist, Miss Maude Havener;
grand chaplain, Mrs. Esther Schimmel
pfennig, Little Rock.
During the last days of the week
the Royal Arch Masons convened in
the Masonic Temple, with practically
every chapter in the Arkansas jurisdic
tion represented. This meeting marks
the fifty-seventh annual session, and
was devoted to the transaction of busi
ness pertaining strictly to the order.
During the sessions there were ad
dresses by prominent members, replete
with things instructive and entertain
ing to this branch of Masonry, while
on the evening of the first day, the
Order of the High Priesthood was con
ferred on a class of twelve candidates.
Before adjournment the new officers
were elected and installed and are as
follows:
Grand High Priest—John T. Hicks,
Little Rock.
Deputy Grand High Priest—Sam H.
Davidson, Evening Shade.
Grand King—R. B. Hegins-, Russell
ville.
Grand Secretary—John C. Bene
Batesville.
Grand Treasurer—John Brodie, Lit
tle Rock.
Grand Chaplain—F. E. Taylor, Me
Crory.
Grand Lecturer—John M. Oathout,
Booneville.
Grand Marshal—Durand Whipple,
Little Rock.
Grand Captain of the Hosts—Mark
P. Olney, Mena.