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VOL. II.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1902.
NO. 34.
Arkansas State News
In Memory of Revolutionary Dead.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution of this state are prepar
ing to mark the resting place of
revolutionary soldiers buried with
in our borders.
A list of those buried in Arkan
sas is as follows:
Washington ‘ County — Warren
Philpott, aged 84; Aaron Smith, 75,
resided with George Taylor; Mar
tin Eandleman, 71), resided with
Jonathan Holden; Samuel Gregg,
88, resided with Henry Gregg;
James Leiper, 79, resided with J.
Leiper; John Liggett, 77, resided
with Win. Mayfield.
Scott County—Peter Richie, 98,
resided with James Richie.
Pike County—AVm. Jenkins, re
sided with Jesse Jenkins.
Marion County—Obadiah Wood,
95, resided with Wm. Wood.
Madison County—James Gage,
8(5, resided with Jacob Gage; Jas.
Stuart, 87, resided with Pleasant
Stewart; Daniel Sutherland, 85,
resided with John Holman.
Lawrence County—Wm. Mc
Ivnight, Sr., 80.
Johnson County—Philip Jones,
78.
Jackson County—Joel Hill, 78.
Independence County—Benja
min Harden, 77, resided with E. L.
Harden.
Hempstead County—James Wil
liams, 78, resided with J. W. Wil
liams: Eli Collins, 83, resided with
R. Collins; Wm. Black, 85.
Crawford County—Wm. Orrick,
85, resided with Samuel Orrick.
Benton County—John Robinson,
81, resided with J. II. Morrison.
Randolph County—Edward Hut
son, 84.
Pope County—Daniel Cownover,
77.
Saline County—Asher Bagiev,
89: Benjamin Bradley, 80.
The above names are found in the
census of pensions for revolutionary
and military purposes, June 1, 1840
Baptist Sunday School Work.
Rev. H. H. Street, secretary of the
Baptist state Sunday school board,
submitted an interesting report at
the state convention held at Conway
During the past year 79 schools were
organized and supplied with Bibles
and literature, and over 2,700 pu
pils belong to the new schools; 268
individuals and homes were found
destitute of the word of God. There
have been given away 232 Bibles,
testaments and religious hooks;
twelve colportagers have labored in
thirteen associations during the
year. They have worked 1,303
days, traveled 14,457 miles, preach
ed 672 sermons, witnessed 215 con
versions, baptized fifty, made forty
five addresses, visited 2,128 fami
lies, organized nine churches and
distributed Bibles, testaments and
tracts wherever they have gone.
Secretary Street has been regularly
employed since December 1.
Lynching at Wynne.
Isaac Wells, colored, was taken
from an officer by a masked mob at
Wynne and hanged to a tree on the
outskirts of the town. Wells had
tried to cut the throat of Conductor
Max Campbell, of the Iron Moun
tain railroad between Augusta and
McCrory. The conductor tried to
collect fare from the negro. A dis
pute arose and the negro made a
vicious lunge with a knife at • the
conductor’s throat. The blade en
countered Conductor Campbell s
collar, which saved his life.
Woman Seriously Wounded.
While a little daughter of Worthy
McKinney, who lives five miles
west of Mena, wag clearing off a
mantel over the fireplace, a 32 cart
ridge dropped into the fire, and as
the mother was peering into the fire
the cartridge exploded and the brass
jacket struck her in the forehead,
inflicting * serious wound.
Educational Work.
Prof. J. H. Hinemon, state super
intendent of education, is sending
out the following circular:
Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 20, 1902.
To the County Examiners, Superin
tendents and Principals of
Schools, Teachers and Friends of
Public Education in Arkansas:
Your attention is respectfully
called to the fact that at its last
session the State Teachers’ Associa
tion, representing every section of
the state and all classes and grades
of schools, by resolution pledged
their united and enthusiastic sup
port to the following measures:
1. A normal school or teachers’
training school, or teachers’ college.
2. Effective county supervision.
3. Increased revenue by equita
ble assessment.
4. The consolidation of small
school districts into larger ones.
5. An increase of the state school
tax.
To labor for the accomplishment
of these things we are bound by the
action of the association.
Of all the interests of the state
those which pertain to the educa
tion of her people are most import
ant. In urging these just and laud
able measures, we may feel sure of
the active co-operation and hearty
support of the great body of the peo
ple. The public school has come to
stay ; it has won its place in the con
fidence and affection of the people
and they will be willing and ready
to approve any action which is
clearly for the development and im
provement of the system. With full
faith in the justice and righteous
ness of our cause, let us concentrate
our efforts and unite our energies
on these measures.
There should be no confusion or
discord in our ranks. Whatever our
individual views and preferences
may lie. we should be willing to sus
tain the action of our organized
forces and do what we can to carry
out their plans.
This department is now making
systematic and definite plans for
advancing our educational work
and for pressing these urgent needs
before the people of the state, and
in doing this your full and hearty
co-operation is-earnestly sought.
Colored Baptists.
The negro Baptist state conven
tion, which was held at Pine Bluff
last week, was attended by over 1,
800 delegates. The feature of the
session was the annual address de
livered by President E. C. Morris,
of Helena, who has served in that
position for twenty-two years. He
told the negroes not to get discour
aged on account of race prejudice,
as it would mold them into stronger
men and women. “It is prejudice,”
he said, “which gives employment
to every negro preacher, teacher,
doctor and lawyer, and has built all
the negro churches and schools,
started every negro store, hotel, res
taurant, every bank and insurance
company; in fact, every enterprise
owned and operated by negroes is
the result of the American color
line. Stay in the race and build it
up, is my advice to my people. The
negroes should give less attention to
politics and more attention to busi
ness and getting homes.” The fol
lowing officers were elected: Hr. E.
C. Morris, president; J. T. Robin
son, recording secretary; J. W. 1
McCrary, of Fordyce, corre
sponding secretary; W. A. Holmes,
of Helena, statistician; .T. M. Har
ris, of Texarkana, treasurer.
New Sunday School Secretary.
The State Sunday School Board
in their regular meeting at Fort
Smith, elected Rev. Harvey Beau
champ to succeed Rev. H. H. Street
as Sunday school secretary. Rev. ,
Street has resigned to enter the
ministry in his horie state, Virginia. |
Rev. Beauchamp *s a well-known ,
evangelist, and has been connected
with the state work for some time. (
Business Houses Burned.
The greater portion of tire busi
ness part of Havana, in Randolph
county, was destroyed by fire last,
week. The losses are: Hotel, $2,
000; barber shop, $200; J. E.
Mitchell & Bro., general merchan
dise, $3,000; L. S. Bentley, $1,000;
J. E. Parkham, $300; J. N. Smith,
$1,700; Brickman & Jennings’ sa
loon, $300; O. S. Ferguson’s goods
were damaged to the extent of $75.
The losses are partially covered by
insurance.
BRIEF MENTION.
Henry Depriest was perhaps fa
tally injured in a gin at Jackson
ville, his arm and face being badly
mangled.
Leslie McAlester, a colored coach
man of Eureka Springs, suicided by
drowning. He had become insane
over religion.
Will Lafayette, a Sebastian coun
ty constable, was convicted of ac
cepting a bribe and sentenced to one
year in the penitentiary.
One hundred and fifty members
of the Tri-State Medical Associa
tion, which met at Memphis, went
to Eureka Springs on an excursion.
The reward for the murderer of
Miss Shillcutt, which crime was
committed near Little Rock several
weeks ago, now amounts to nearly
$700.
J. II. Thomas, a young white
man, was killed near Gurdon by a
falling log. He was standing be
side the railroad track when the log
fell from a car.
Edith, the seven-year-old daugh
ter of J. W. Jones, a farmer resid
ing four miles from Bentonville, fell
into a well thirty-five feet deep and
was not injured.
Jimmie Mal8ne, aged 19, was
playing in a gin press near Bates
ville, when the fellow block and pin,
weighing about TOO pounds, fell
and crushed him to death.
F. A. Young, an ex-Union soldier,
was found dead at his home in
Miller county. Young lived alone,
and had boon dead several days
when the body was discovered.
Carter Lowry met with a fatal
accident while feeding the edger of
a planing mill at Warren, a plank
being shot back from the saw and
striking him in the stomach.
A coal miner named Jack Bar
tholic was instantly killed at Prai
rie Creek mine No. 3 near Hunt
ington by a trap of runaway cars,
which struck him in the breast.
A pardon granted to Mike Bean
November 9 has been recalled, on
account of Bean’s conduct. He was
convicted in Johnson county in
1901 of grand larceny and sc
teneed to two years.
United States Marshal A. S.
Fowler, of the western district, has
appointed the following deputies
subject to the approval of the Unit
ed States attorney general: Chief
deputy, Capt. W. G. Akers; office
deputy, F. 1). Learning; office depu
ty and stenographer, Thos. J. Doyle;
Reid deputies, John T. Burris,
John McClure, Fred E. Johnson.
A Mr. Lindly, foreman of a
railroad gang, was run over and had
both legs cut off by a train at
Plummerville.
The trial of Messrs. Martin, Alex
inder and Copeland in federal
rourt at Texarkana on the charge
)f cutting several million feet of
:imber from government land, re
sulted in a verdict of acquittal. The
?ase attracted considerable atten
:ion on account of the prominence
ind wealth of the accused.
Cleanliness in Chinches.
The bishop qf Fano, in north Italy,
provides for the association of cleanli
ness with godliness in his instruction
;o pastors. In all churches after feast
lays the floors are to be cleansed
ivith a weak sublimate solution. At
east once every seven days pews and
lonfessional benches must be wiped
vith a damp cMthingand the grating
if the confessionals washed with lye.
News of the World
Iron Mountain switchmen have
been granted an increase in wages
of four cents per hour.
Many tinplate mills in this coun
try which were idle during the suirt
mer have been started up, giving
employment to a large number of
men.
The British government is en
forcing the collection of 15 pence
on each pound income of Americans
in that country to aid in paying
the Transvaal war debt.
Gen. Toral, the man in command
of the Spanish troops at Santiago
and who surrendered to the Ameri
cans in the late Spanish-Ameriean
war, has become a raving maniac,
and is now confined in an asylum.
In his mad ravings Toral declares
the success of American troops due
to Sagasta, former premier of
Spain.
The Pennsylvania mine workers,
through their representatives, have
agreed with the mine owners to at
tempt to adjust the differences ex
isting between them outside the
anthracite coal commission. The
proposition was made on a com
promise basis and negotiations, it is
said, will be entered upon at once,
with a reasonable hope of settlement
with the aid of the arbitrators. The
rough proposition which is to form
the basis of negotiations is a 10 per
cent increase in wages, a nine-hour
day and trade agreements between
the miners and the company by
which they are employed.
The annual report of A. B. Ser
ven, chief examiner of the civil ser
vice commission, shows that during
the last fiscal year there were 60,
558 people examined in and for the
classified service, of whom 40,509
passed and 13,298 were appointed,
promoted or transferred. In addi
tion 1,174 persons were examined
for the Philippine service, of whom
480 passed and 694 failed. The
great complexity of the work done
under the direction of Chief Exam
iner Serven is shown by the large
number of examinations which in
clude the subjects of special, pro
fessional, scientific or technical char
acter. Of these there were 208
examinations in which 8,257 per
sons took part. Well nigh every
field of professional or scientific in
quiry and research is represented in
the variety of the examinations.
W. J. Campbell, who has arrived
at San Francisco from Guatemala,
brings additional details of the
damage caused by the recent vol
canic disturbances. In an interview
Mr. Campbell said: “There is no
clear idea yet of the loss of life re
sulting from the volcano’s eruption,
but from what I could gather be
fore leaving the country, I believe
that 5,000 natives have been killed.
There was some talk at San Jose,
too, of some of the refugees having
been waylaid by robbers, but I saw
no instance of this. In fact, I both
ered very little about anything ex
cept the fact that I had been im
poverished, and I took the first
means of getting back to this coun
try. I heard at San Jose that Presi
dent Cabrera was trying to suppress
the news, but he could not reason
ably' have expected to do anything
like that, for the evidence of ruin
was apparent to everybody. Some
of the coffee fincas that have been
nearly ruined were worth more than
$1,000,000. The plantation of Al
bert James, which was wiped out of
existence, had machinery upon it
worth $300,000, all of which is de
stroyed. Some months ago James
refused an offer of $1,500,000 for
the finea. Adolpho Myers’ finea,
worth $750,000 in gold, was entire
ly ruined. Both of these fine places
lay from 20 to 40 miles west of the
volcano. The town of Quezaltcnan
go is practically ruined, for the
houses are cracked and broken
down; the people are moving out
and the neigrborhood is covered
with Band and ashes.”
Marshal Nicholas Hoflerton, of
Independence, Ivy., was killed in
a desperate battle with a farmer
named William Mice, who was him
self fatally wounded.
Peace between the American
Baseball Association and the Na
tional Association, by which the
former becomes a member of the
latter, was the outcome of the con
ference in Chicago.
Mrs. U S. Grant, venerable wid
ow of the soldier president, is in
feeble health, and for the first time
since her strength began to decline
her family and friends are appre
hensive of grave results.
Newman Erb, trustees for the
stockholders of the St. Louis, Mem
phis and Southeastern Railroad
Company, and its late president, an
nounces that on the 17th inst. the
sale of the stock of that company to
the St. Louis and San Francisco
Railroad Company was concluded at
$47.50 a share.
Gustave Stewart, a laborer, was
gradually buried alive at Marion,
Ind. He was excavating for a sew
er when a portion of the earth caved
in, pinioning his lower body. He
remained conscious for some time,
and before assistance could be ren
dered he was completely covered by
the crumbling earth.
Within the next few weeks in
creases of the wages of their em
ployes will be announced by various
railroad companies that will, in
round figures, swell the yearly in
come of the 650,000 men affected by
at least $15,000,000, and probably
by more than $20,000,000. A con
servative estimate of the sum is
$17,000,000.
President Mitchell, of the miners’
union, was a witness for three days
before the strike commission, during
which he was subject to a most try
ing cross-examination by attorneys
of the coal companies on conditions
in the anthracite region and the
laws and management of the union.
Friends of Mitchell claim that he
proved by his testimony every con
tention made by the union.
Of the twelve large exhibit pal
aces to be erected on the world’s
fair grounds there remain but three
for which the contracts are yet to be
let. They are the transportation,
horticulture and agriculture build
ings. Of the buildings now under
construction, three of the largest—
the liberal arts, varied industries
and electricity—are under roof and
so near to completion that the
tracks constructed for the hauling
of heavy material to them are being
torn up.
Astonishing revelations of great
loss of life and property caused by
the eruption of the Santa Maria vol
cano in Guatamala are being made
daily. Eruptions continue. Many
hundreds of human beings perished
and the destruction of property is
considered greater than that in the
island of Martinique by the erup
tions of Mont Pelee. All the es
tates in the neighborhood of the
volcano are buried under volcanic
ashes which reach to the tops of
houses. The richest coffee estates
are completely ruined.
Archbishop Ireland has declared
himself in favor of the army can
teen at army posts. “It will be a
grand thing” said the archbishop,
“if we could persuade every man in
the United States army to become
a total abstainer, but until we can
accomplish that end we must face
the conditions as they are. Expe
rience has proved that the lesser evil
consists in permitting the soldiers a
certain latitude within the army
posts. By so doing .we make them
happy and contented and prevent
infractions of discipline and deser
tions. It is the lesser of the two
evils.
%
The New York Herald lias nomi
nated Roosevelt and Dewey as tha
republican candidates for 1004.
A freight depot at Pell City, Ala.,
was wrecked by an explosion of dy
namite and four men working in the
building were killed.
Senator Cullom, of Illinois, has
announced his intention of introduc
ing at the next session of congress
an anti-trust bill.
Miss Florence McFarlan, aged
21, was stabbed to death at Roch
ester, N. Y., by Mrs. Lulu Young.
Jealousy prompted the deed.
President Roosevelt did not get
an opportunity to shoot a bear in
his Mississippi hunt, but one ani
mal was run down and killed by a
guide.
Harry Allemang, the baseball
player who was shot at Mason City,
W. Ya., by burglars, will recover.
It was thought at first that he was
mortally wounded.
Capt. Edward Williams, wanted
in Chicago on the charge of acting
as bribe giver for large property in
terests in evading paying taxes, has
been taken into custody.
The czar has issued a proscriptive
order in regard to foreigners visit
ing Turkistan the object being to
keep secret the movements of Rus
sian troops in that territory.
For the first time since the civil
war there is one regiment in the
United States army without an offi
cer in it who participated in the
great battles between the states.
At the annual meeting of the
American Federation of Labor held
in New Orleans, a resolution oppos
ing ship subsidies and in favor of
the Isthmian canal was adopted.
Sylvester Richardson, a 15-year
old boy, is under arrest at Mavs
field, Ky., on the charge of attempt
ing to wreck a fast mail train by
placing obstructions on the track.
The Baptist state convention ap
pointed a committee to confer with
the other faction, known as the
Baptist State Association, and it is
probable peace will be declared and
the two bodies united.
The Northern Central and. Phil
adelphia, Baltimore and Washing
ton Railroad Companies have an
nounced an increase of 10 per cent
in wages of all employes receiving
less than $80 per month.
W. J. Lomasney, a young bank
teller, committed suicide in a justice
of the peace court at St. Louis,
where he was in attendance as a wit
ness. An investigation of his ac
counts revealed no shortage.
A vast vein of ore, running $44
per ton of gold and silver, has been
discovered half a mile from Silver
Cliff, Col. The ore is lying just be
low the surface, on government
land, and everything for miles
around has been staked.
Four masked men held up a pas
senger train on the Colorado and
Southern near Trinidad, but secur
ed no money on account of the re
sistance of Messenger Sherwick.
One of the robbers was shot by the
plucky messenger, when the other
kicked him up and disappeared in
the woods.
An Italian anarchist fired three
ineffectual shots at King Leopold
while lie was passing through the
streets of Belgium. The .would-be
assassin was rescued from a mob by
the police. The unfired cartridges
in his revolver were found to be
blank, and it is thought those dis
charged were also harmless.
Not until they wrent^to attend
his funeral at Marion, Ind., did the
two wives of Thos. N. Davis know
that he was leading a dual life.
Both women were mentioned in the
deceased’s will. One lived at Ma
rion and the other at Bowling
Green, for years without any knowl
edge of the r Nations of each to Da
vis.
Representative Babcock, of Wis
consin, has declined tp permit the
use of his name for speaker of the
next house, and the Wisconsin dele
gation decided to vote for Mr. Can
non, of Illinois.