Wondrukk County News.
VOL. VI.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1907.
NO. 35.
ARKANSAS
Estate news?
Killed by Brother-in-Law.
John A. Phillips, a merchant and
farmer at Parkin, was shot and killed
recently by his brother-in-law, James
A Donnahoe. Phillips was said to b«
a man of violent temper and had
mistreated his wife on several occa
sions. She had separated from her
husband and had appealed to her
brtohers and to the officers for pro
tection. Her two brothers went to
her home, which was her individual
property, to move their sister to a
place where they could protect her,
and found Phillips in the garden
destroying the vegetables. He had a
large knife in his hand, and as James
Donnahoe opened the gate, he made
for him with the knife. Donnahoe
fell back, but Phillips followed him,
whereupon Donnahoe pulled a pistol
and tiered four times, three bullets
passing through the breast and stom
ach and one through the head. The
coroner’s jury exonorated Donnahoe.
Farmer Assassinated.
John Anibel, a prominent white
farmer, living nine miles north of Van
Buren, was found dead beside the pub
lic road leading past his farm, -with
a Winchester bullet through his
brain. The bullet was fired from am
bush. Anibel was not known to have
an enemy in the world as he was a
quiet, inoffensive man, and the cause
of his assassination is a mystery. His
family and the tenants on his farm
heard the report of the gun used by
the assassin.
Puching Work on A., L. & G.
The contract for cutting the right
of way and for grading the first six
miles of the Arkansas, Louisiana and
Gulf Railroad south from Hamburg
has been let and work will begin from
Hamburg south in a few days. The
work of construction will be pressed
from Monroe northward and from
Hamburg south, and the road will
probably be built and in operation be
tween the two points mentioned with
in tho next 12 months.
Found Dead in Woods.
Emma Ratcliff, a young girl about
18 years of age, was found dead in a
strip of woods near her father’s home
not far from O’Neal, in Independence
county recently. The young lady had
been at work in the field with her
father, when she was taken sick and
started home. She had to pass
through the strip of woods, and there,
two hours latter, her mother found
her corpse. It is supposed she died
of congestion.
Survey of State’s Soil.
According to information received
from Washington, a soil survey of
Arkansas will be made in the near fu
ture. The object of the government in
making this survey is to ascertain just
*hat kind of soil is in various parts
of the state, and to give out the best
information possible as to what kind
of crops to plant in various sections.
Miss Nellie Maxwell Dead,
Miss Nellie Maxwell of DeVail’s
Blug died recently after a lingering
illness extending over a period of two
years, of cancer. Miss Maxwell had
® large acquaintance and was promi
nent socially.
Died From Fright.
Ben Sutzer, of Buffalo, in Marion
county, was found dead near his home
recently. Heart failure is supposed to
a'a been the cause f his death su
perinduced by fright In a thunder
storm.
Vimgar Plant At Siloam Spring*.
1 he A. L. Gregory Vinegar Company
aducah, Ky., will establish a vine
.r factory at Siloam Springs, the
Pant to have a capacity of 100,000
*hels of apples a season.
First Car of Peaches.
^rst car Peaches, consisting
' 600 crates of Poole's Early, a
. Arkansa« va*'iety, was shipped
°f Fort Smith recently.
New Postoffice at Nash.
Ilshat" ,)0s,:0*ce has been estab
John \v1 Js'as*1’ Pt'airie county with
'V' Barnes as postmaster.
Negro Kills Playmate.
he 1,6081110 angry at one of
8an „aymates while playing ball, Lo
itruck if”’ a negr0> 12 years old'
year ames " hite, another negro, 16
ball ?10 d’ over the head with a base
died I'i oraCtUr!n* the 8kulK The boy
Both i e on kls Wfty to the hospital.
oth boys Uvea in Little Rock.
New Churches at Hartford.
Christian church has been
byteria and a brlck oae> th6 Pres
et nar(nf' ls ln course of construction
MAJOR W. E. WOODRUFF DEAD.
One of the Oldest Citizens of Arkansas
Passes Quietly Away.
Major W. E. Woodruff, one of the
oldest citizens of Arkansas, and at one
time treasurer of the State, died at his
home in Little Rock recently after a
continued illness of several weeks
duration.
Major-'Woodruff was born in Little
Rock June 8, 1831. His father, Wil
liam E. Woodruff, was one of the pio
neers of the State. He came to Arkan
sas from Long Island, New York, in
1818, and in November of 1819 pub
lished the first issue of the Arkansas
Gazette, the first paper in the State,
at Arkansas Post, then capital of the
territory. He then removed the paper
to Little Rock in 1821, when the latter
place was made the capital.
Major Woodruff passed his early life
in Little Rock. At the outbreak of the
Civil War he volunteered his services
to the Confederacy, organizing the
Woodruff Battery, of which he was ap
MAJOR W. E. WOODRUFF.
pointed captain. The battery rendered
valiant services at the battle of Oak
Hill, after which it was disbanded,
but afterward reorganized. He served
with distinction all through the war
and was given the rank of major in
recognition of his services.
At the close of the war Major Wood
ruff returned to Little Rock. In 1866 hi
bought the Gazette from W. F. Holtz
man, and in 1867 Major W. D. Blocher,
his brother-in-law, became a partner.
In 1870 he sold the paper, but repur
chased it in May, 1872, and operated it
until November 20, 1876. In 1881 he
was elected State treasurer and re
elected several times, finally retiring
from office in 1890. For some time he
devoted himself to his large planting
interests, but of late years falling
health compelled him to give up his
business cares.
He is survived by his widow, who
before her marriage was Miss Ruth
Blocher; a son, W. E. Woodruff, Jr.,
and a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Wilder,
of New York City.
Major Woodruff was a man of schol
arly tastes, an'd his library is one of
the largest private collection of books
in the State. He was a writer of some
note, having published some time since
a boosk recounting his war experience
and entitled, “Among the Light
Guard.”
The funeral services were conducted
at his late residence. The pall bearers,
selected from among his old friends
and associates were; Active, Samuel
W. Holtzman, Judge W. C. Ratclitfe,
Fay Hempstead, Henry W. Parker,
George R. Brown, Joseph Kendrick.
Honorary, Major P. K. Roots, Peter
Hotze, Col. George Murphy, C. J. Lin
coln and Col. John M. Moore.
To Reclaim Rich Lands
The work of reclaiming a large body
of swamp lands in southeast Arkansas
known as the Boggy Bayou swamp,
has begun. The body contains about
130,000 acres, part of which, it is
claimed will raise two bales of cotton
to the acre. The amount of land
which is not tillable and which will
bear the expense of the improvement
is 70,000 acres. Bonds will be sold
and the tax will be only $1 per acre,
and this will be paid at the rate of
five cents per acre per year.
Installing New Mill.
A large mill is being installed at
Huttig by the Union Sawmill Company
of Union City. Twin band saw's will
be used in cutting the timber,
Falla to Find Flow.
The men in charge of well No 3 of
the Territorial Oil and Gas Comuany,
near Van Buren, say that the well
is practically completed, and to all
appearances It will prove a duster.
At a depth of 1,400 feet they struck
a small flow of gas. and. at a depth of
2,300 feet another slight flow was en
countered, but the entire amount
brought in will be too small *o justify
its being connected up. Those is
charge claim to have passed through
a heavy deposit of gas sand, but it
was barren.
State Capital Notes
Little Rock.—According to an opin
ion delivered by the attorney general
upon the request of Judge Sumpter, of
Garland county, citizens of towns and
cities can be compelled to work on
streets. After quoting from Kirby’s
Digest, he say3: “Municipalities have
jurisdiction and control of their streets
and the duty to improve and repair
them, and also the power to require by
ordinance that the male residents shall
work so many days in each year tn
their improvement, and the county
court is without authority to make an
order under said section that will com
pel the residents of such cities and
towns to work upon the streets there
of, and this even where the cities and
towns have passed ordinances requir
ing it, as is in this last instance they
would be compelled to work under the
authority of the ordinance and not of
the order of the county court.”
Six Transcripts Filed.
The transcripts in six cases were
filed in the Supreme Court recently,
four of which were of cases in which
judgments had been secured against
the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern Railway Company, as fol
lows: W. F. Heird against the St.
Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
Railway Company, on appeal from the
Pope Circuit Court. The suit was
brought to recover $350 damages al
leged to have been sustained on ac
count of the removal of a cattle guard
near the premises of the plaintiff
which permitted cattle to enter his
fields and destroy his crops. Marie
Fuller against the St. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern Railway Com
pany. Plaintiff sues as administra
trix of the estate of her deceased hus
band, Sylvester Fuller, who was killed
in a railway accident at Dermott while
employed as a switchman by the
defendent railroad campany. The
amount of damages asked is $25
000, the lower courts having given
plaintiff $750. The case was appealed
from the Faulkner Circuit Court.
William Day against the St. Louis,
Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Campany, on appeal from the Faulk
ner Circuit Court. The plaintiff is a
paralytic anfl claims that he pur
chased a ticket at Little Rock to Con
way with the understanding that he
was to be informed when he reached
that station and was to be assisted off
the train. He claims he was carried
eight miles beyond Conway and that
the trainmen refused to assist him
in debarking from the train. He
is suing for $1,500 damages. Harriet
Gwaltney against the St. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern Railway Com
pany, on appeal from the Faulknei
Circuit Court. The suit w'as brought to
secure $10,000 damages alleged to have,
been sustained by being thrown from
a car. The lower court gave plaintiff
a judgment for $2,500. Richard B.
Cook against the Ong Chair Com
pany, on appeal from the Pulaski
Circuit Court. The action is for $5,000
damages alleged to have been re
ceived by plaintiff by being injured
by machinery in the plant of the de
fendent company. The judgment in
the lower court was for $1,500 in favor
of the plaintiff. Alva Moore against
J. W. Campbell, chief of police of Hot
Springs, on appeal from the Garland
Chancery Court. The plaintiff was
arrested on the charge of violating the
anti-drumlng ordinance of Hot Springs,
and was restrained of his liberty and
afterwards fined $50.
Jones Notes Cancelled.
The Jones' notes as provided by the
act of the recent legislature, has been
cancelled and about 123,000, as
specified by the act has been trans
ferred to the general revenue fund.
The law requiring this change in the
funds Is known as the Stevens’ act.
It directs the State treasurer to cancel
what is known as the Jones notes for
the sum of $44,576.85 for funds trans
ferred by authority of the act of June
1, 1897, from the swamp land fund to
the sinking fund, also to cancel the
Jones note executed under like autho
rity for the sum of $59,339.10, trans
ferred to the sinking fund from what
is known as the internal improvement
fund. It also provides that $10,336.60
credited to the swamp land fund be
transferred to the general revenue
fund and $12,881.17 in currency to the
credit of the internal improvement
fund be also credited to the general
revenue fund. In addition to this it
provides that the levy of one
uuarter mill for the purpose of paying
the current interest on the bonded in
debtedness of the State, and to create
\ sinking fund for the redemption of
the indebtedness, shall not. after the
;nd of the present fiscal year, be levied
jt collected until the year 1911, and
that for the year 1911, and every sub
sequent year this It provides that.the
levy of one-eighth of a mill to pay the
nterest on the State’s bonded indebt
edness- and to create a sinking fund
lor the redemption thereof.
Pardons Granted.
Acting Governor X. O. Pindall has
granted several pardons this week,
among them being Will Muldrow, con
victed in the Howard county circuit
court in February, 1900, on the charge
of involentary manslaughter and sen
tenced to one year in the state peni
tentiary, and one to Mrs. Vanpelts, re
cently convicted of bigamy in the
Crawford Circuit Court and sentenced
to three years in the penitentiary.
Several years ago Mrs. Vanpelt’s hus
band was anjudged insane and was
and was adjudged insane and was
committed to the State Hospital for
Nervous Diseases, where he is still
confined. Mrs. Vanpelt, having been
informed that she could remarry, pro
cured a marriage liense and was mar
ried to John Ferguson, a coal miner in
Sebastian county. The justice of the
peace who married the couple swore
out the warrant for her arrest and she
was indicted, convicted and sentenced
to three years in the penitentiary.
Sheriffs Made Settlement.
Nine sheriffs and collectors paid in
to the State treasury this week, $184,
582.99. Those settling with the treas
urer and the amounts are as follows:
George L. Craven cf Logan county, 20,
584.74; R. J. Hodges of Prairie county
$18,9(37.83; F. F. Kitchens of Phillips
county,$28,784.26; A. G. Sanderson of
Miller county, $27,166.44; Perry Wil
11am of Howard county, $9,611.46; H
S. Simmons of Jackson county, $28,
625.99; J. A. Canada or White county
$22„802.37; W. D. Preston of Desha
$17,786.31; C. H. Barham of Lafaytt.e
county $10,254.39. The total receipts
in the State treasury for the first nine
days of the third quarter beglning July
1, are; General revenue fund, $119,
899.13; liquor license, $950; pedlers’
license, $175; common school fund,
$147,755.15; Confederate pension fund,
$73,647.50; sinking fund, $18,377.31.
state capitol fund, $36,702.01.
State Normal School.
The State Normal School Board will
hold a regular meeting the latter part
of this week at which time it is ex
pected that the location of the Nor
mal School will be decided. There
are several towns making an effort
to secure the school, among them be
ing Benton, Conway, Fort Smith, Rus
sellville and Quitman. At the second
meeting of the board it was stated
that biddersfor the school could modi
fy their proposition and that the board
would be open to the reception of new
ones. This order was rescinded by
the board at a meeting held on the
train on the return of the members
from their visit to the proposed sites
and unless some change is made in
the present intentions of the board,
the matter will be decided at this
meeting.
Sheriffs in Session.
The Arkansas Sheriff's Association
was in session this week at the Pu
laski county court house. They were
unanimous in their stand for the en
forcment of the pistol and liquor laws
of the state as passed or amended by
the last General Assembly. They also
passed resolutions asking the sheriffs
of other states to aid In the capture
and extradition of escaped criminals
from Arkansas and pledged themselves
statto aid the sheriffs of ather states
to work likewise to aid the sheriffs
of other states. It was also the
sense of the meeting that every sheriff
of Arkansas should take particular
pains to notify the public press the
moment a crime is committed. The
sheriffs believe that publicity will aid
in tracking criminals instead of acting
as a handicap.
Offered to City.
The Street Railway and Electric
Company have offered to the city what
is known as Glenwood Park for the
sum of 140.000, and West End Park,
exclusive of the ball park, for $20,000,
the city to make public parks of the
property. The Park Committee seems
unwilling to assume the responsibility
of purchasing for the city as much
property as offered at what it considers
the outside fiigue. The cmmitteemen
have under consideration several other
pieces of property quite as desirable
for park locations, and more reason
able in price. They have not, however,
abandoned the idea of purchasing the
tracts offered J>y the street railway
company.
Jesse R. Grant A Visitor.
Jesse R. Grant, youngest son of the
late Gen. U. S. Grant, and a possible
candidate for the Democratic nomi
nation for president, was a guest in
the capital city this week, ' getting
acquainted” as he phrased it, with
the great state of Arkansas.
Improvements at Penitentiary.
The hospital at the new penitenti
ary will be enlarged at a cost of $1,
000, In order to care for all sick con
victs sent there for treatment.
Young Woman Drowned.
Miss Eva Ballew, r. young lady about
18 years of ago, living near Meadors,
county, was drowned recently in Frog
bayou. Miss Ballew with a number
of olhersi was wading in shallow water
when she suddenly stepped off into
water ten feet deep and was swept
away . Her brother-in-law, Mr. Baker,
attempted to rescue her and nearly
lost his life in the attempt. The body
was recovered a little later.
Stock Raiser Kills Himself.
L. W. Browning, a well-known stock
raiser, living about ten miles north
of Eureka Springs, blew out his brains
with a shot gun recently. Mr. Brown
ing, who was 55 years old, lost $1,000
in the failure of the Citizens’ Bank at
Eureka Springs a few days ago, and
a day or two later his invaild son died,
and this is believed to have been the
cause of his despondency and desiro
to end his life.
Newspaper Men Sentenced.
Because of an editorial severly criti
cising the methods of the county
courts, W. T. Amis, general manager,
and R. O. Schaefer, managing editor
of the Citizens’ Daily Buletin, of Hot
Springs, have been fined $25 or an
alternative of going to the county jail
and serving it out at 75 cents per day.
The newspaper men say they will
neither pay the fine or serve the
sentence.
Was Drowned While Swimming.
Jack Beavers, a 17-year-old boy of
Buffalo City, Marion county, over
estimated his powers as a swimmer
and was drowned in \\'hite river. He
made the statement that he could
swim across the river with his cloth
ing on, but had only gone a short dis
tance when he began to sink and was
drowned before help could reach him.
Valuable Stone
Experts have been investigating the
stone deposits in the vicinity of Adams
mountain in Franklin county, near
Ozark, ami pronounce it to be the best
in the country. The deposit contains
glass properties and is similar to stone
quarried in Missouri and shipped to
the large factories in Kansas and there
crushed for glass-making purposes.
Jail Completed
The new Craighead county jail at
Jonesboro has been completed and
accepted. There are six strong cells
and enough cages to accommodate 100
prisoners. There are five bath tubs
for the prisoners and the building is
lighted by electricity. A hammock is
in every cell. The building cost over
$28,000.
Young Lady Uses Buggy Whip.
Miss Vera Barry, a prominent young
lady of Fayetteville, horsewhipped
Jack Stroud, upon one of the main
thoroughfares of that city, because, it
is alleged, he had been circulating dis
paraging stories about her. Witnesses
say the whipping was a severe one.
Killed by Train.
Frank Burrows, employed in the
veneer works at Newport, was struck
by a passing train and instantly killed.
He, with a companion, were sitting on
the end of the ties on a siding and did
not notice the approach of the train.
His companion escaped by jumping.
Richard Pate Killed.
Richard Pate of Plumerville was
killed at Morriltou, where he had gone
to take part in the festivities of the
Fourth, by falling under the wheels of
a passenger train which he was at
tempting to board..
Fell From Bed and Killed.
Mrs. Mary E. Johnson, aged 78 years,
fell out of bed at her home near
Bloomfield, striking her head on the
floor and producing concussion of the
brain, which resulted in her death the
following day.
Found Dead In Bed.
Mrs. Sallie Hogan, an old lady, aged
about 83 years, was found dead in
her bed at Siloam Springs recently
by members of her family. Her
death was due to heart trouble.
Methodist Conference in Session.
The fortieth annual session of the
Pine Bluff District Conference of the
Methodist Church, South, has just
closed at Rison.
New Spoke Factory.
A spoke factory will be established
at Hot Springs and negotiations are
going forward to secure a lease.
.Operations Stopped.
One man was arrested and fined
$5,500 and sentenced to 900 days in jail
for operating a blind tiger at Mam
moth Spring, but the fine was after
wards held up, upon payment of $500
and costs amounting to $1,000 and
a pledge in open court that the
parties would ciose up entirely.
Former Sheriff Drops Dead.
David Fee, of Peel, former sheriff of
Marion county, dropped dead in a field
not far from his house recently. His
death was due to heart failure.
FATAL TRAIN WRECK
Six Persons Killed Outright and Over
20 More Badly Hurt.
Knoxville, Tenn., July.—Six person*
met instant death and twenty were in
lured when eastbound special No.
i2, on the Southern Railway collided
with a switch engine one mile west
of Johnson City at 7:30 o'clock Sunday
night. The switch engine was in
charge of a hostler, who, when he saw
the fast train coming toward him, re
versed his engine and jumped to safe
ty. Scarcely had he done to before
.he passenger crashed into the light en
gine with fearful force.
The engine of the passenger, bag
gage car, mail car and second-clas3
coach were derailed and overturned,
but the switch engine was not lifted
from the rails and with full head of
steam started on a wild run, which was
not ended until a switch was thrown
for it, and it was derailed at Carnegie.
The lives of the mail clerks were sav
ed because of the fact that their car
was of heavy steel, construction. The
heavy car however played havoc with
the light second-class coich behind,
which was entirely telescoped.
The second-class coach was occupied
by George Moore, white, a labor agent
for the Virginia and Southwestern Rail
road, who was conducting a party of 20
negroes from Alabama to North Caro
lina. Moore was perhaps fatally hurt,
and six of the negroes were killed out
right and all the others maimed and in
jured. The dead: Six nnindentified ne
groes. The injured: Engineer Sam
Bush, of Knoxville, right arm broken
and slight internal injuries. Fireman
Harry Bryson, Knoxville, slight inju
ries. F. O. Shipe, mail clerk, seri
ously injured. Arceola Moore, mail
clerk, one leg slightly hurt. George
Moore, labor agent, badly crushed,
probably fatally hurt. Physicians from
the national ooldiers’ home at Johnson
City were the first upon the scene.
Relief trains were sent to the wreck
from both Knoxville and Bristol.
Shoots At President.
Paris, July.—The national fete Sun
day was marred by a dastardly attempt
on the life of President Fallieres by
Leon Mailie. a naval reservist of
Havre, who, it is believed, is suffering
from a mania of persecution. Mailie
fired two shots at the president, but
did not hit him. He was at once plac
ed under arrest. On account of the
activity of the anti-militarists, who
tried to organize a demonstration
against the army throughout France,
exceptional precautions were taken to
safeguard President Fallieres. Tha
attempt on his life occurred on Ave
nue Des Champs Elysees while the
president was returning to the palace
from Long Champs, where he had re
viewed the garrison of Paris in the
presence of 250,000 enthusiastic peo
ple.
Premier Clemenceau and M. Lanes,
the president's secretary, were with
the president in his landau, which
was guarded by a squadron of curi
assiers. The carriage had safely
emerged from the Bois de Boulogne,
where the anti-militarists had station
ed themselves with the intention of
hooting the soldiers, and was descend
ing the broad Champs Elysees amid
the acclamations of the crowds
thronging the sidewalks, who were
shouting “Vive Fallieres!” “Vlfe L*
Armee!” when at the corner of Lesu
eur street, Mailie, from the curb, fir
ed two shots point blank at the pres
ident in quick succession. Miraculous
ly no one was hit. President Fal
lieres was cool and collected when the
cortege stopped. The diplomats who
were following the president’s landau
alighted from their carriages and hue*
ried to the side of M. Fallieres. Find
ing that nobody had been injured, by
the tpresident's orders, the cortege
moved on. In the meantime two po
licemen seized Mailie, who made no
resistance, but the police with diffi
culty prevented the crowd from lynch
ing the prisoner until a cordon of re
serves came up and conducted him
to the station. There Mailie refused
to give any reasons for his act.
Greek Joints Demolished.
Roanoke, Va., July.—Roanoke is
quiet Sunday after four hours of riot
ing Saturday night, when a mob
wrecked nine Greek restaurants, three
Greek shoe-shining parlors and two
Syrian shops. The riot was caused
by a dispute about 5 cents between a
Greek employed in the Belmont Greek
restaurant, on Salem avenue, and an
American, who went there to buy a
sandwich. Seven places were wreck
ed on Salem avenue, three on Jeffer
son street, one on Nelson street and
one on Railroad avenue. Five men
have been arrested and lodged in jail
and one of them has been released on
$250 bail for his appearance at the
hearing of the case in the police Court
next Thursday. None of thq, Greeks
are under arrest. At all of the wreck
ed places the proprietors sot to work
claning out the debris, to be renrdy
to resume business.