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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, December 23, 1904.
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EX-GOVERNOR EAGLE ■
GONE TO HIS REWARD
Passed Away at his Home in Lit
tle Rock Tuesday Horning.
Was Governor From 1889 to 1893
and Was One of the Best Men
Ever Elected Governor.
Little Rock. Dec. 20. Lx liov-j
crnor Janies P. Eagle, one of the
most distinguished men of the
south, died lit his home at 210
JEast Seventh street at 0:05 a.
m. today. Governor Eagle had
been ill three weeks with a com
plication of ailments. He had been
in decline for several months, but
did not take to his bed until three
weeks ago.
For several years Governor Ea
gle has devoted his time to church
work and the supervision of his
plantation. He had recently as
sisted in holding numerous reviv
al meetings throughout the state,
and his labors had always been at
tended by the most marked suc
cesses.
Three weeks ago lie became ill,
and he seemed to realize that the
end was coming. Last Friday Gov.
Eagle became unconscious, and
since that time had been in a com
atose condition. He did not ap
pear to lie conscious of anything
transpiring about him, and gradu
ally grew weaker and weaker as
loved ones watched the life-tide
ebb out. Throughout the night
they watched and waited for the
white-robed angels to come for
him, and at 0:35 a. m. the sum
mons came.
Governor Eagle had no children.
He is survived by one brother,
Col. W. II. Eagle, of Little Rock,
and three sisters, Mrs. Mattie
>yd. Mrs. Mary .1. Jones and
iMrs. Sallie Mower, all of Lonoke.
James P. Eagle was born in
rMaury county, Tennessee, August
10, 1837, and was brought to Ark
msas by his father, James Eagle,
wimhb tt hid of 2 years, who settle!
in PuTaSlri^county. twenty-three
miles nortliw?v3fYncTiitt 1 e Roes,
engaging in farming.
He was reared on a farm, dofng
all sorts of work, and was a
tical farmer.
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He enlisted in the L on teen*rate
army in 18(11 as a private soltiier,
anti was in many battles and! was
once badly wounded. In 18T2 lie
was elected to the legislator*;, l>e
ing nominated for that otlico with
out his knowledge. /
In 1874 he took an active/part in
the Brooks-Baxter war, the result
of which was to throw otT the op
pressive reconstruction state gov
ernment, and give back ten the peo
ple state government. He was
one of the three commissioners to
adjust the Baxter claims growing
out of the war.
In 1874 he was a member of the
constitutional convention which
framed the present constitution.
Subsequently he served two
"terms in the legislature. For
a while he wa speaker of the
house.
In Inns he was elected governor
of the state, and in ISOO he was re
elected by a graat majority, re
cording probably the largest vote
ever cast in the state for a gover
nor.
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St. Bernard's hospital at .Jones
boro is being enlarged at a cost of
$30,000.
TWO DESTRUCTIVE
FIRES AT SEARCY
One of the Most Destructive Fires in
History of the Town-Though to
be pf Incendiary Origin.
Searcy was the scene of two ve
ry disastrous tires Inst Sunday.
About 7 o’clock Sunday morning
Alexander’s billiard hall took tire,
and the flames soon spread to ad
joining buildings. .fohn (road s
confectionery and cafe were burn
ed: loss, building and contents.
$2,500, partially insured. Alex
ander’s billiard hall loss was $2,-;
000, partially insured. Chandler’s
undertaking' establishment' loss
was $2,500. partially insured.
Word & Benson's grocery store
loss was $4,oimi, small insurance.
This all burned before 11 o’
clock and at 12 o'clock tire started
on the west side of town in Mc
Queen's general merchandise store
which rapidly spread to the ad
joining building. The loss to the
Searcy Bank which occupied an
adjoining building, was about $1,
000, fully covered by insurance.
McQueen’s loss was perhaps tlie
heaviest of tlK* lire, $4,ooo, with
only $l.o0o insurance. Wood
son’s grocery store lo'-s was $:».
j oOO, partially insured. Smith's
general merchandise loss was $1.
I OOO, no insurance. Damage to j
Shumate's stock was about $1,000.
This was ('in* of the most destruc
tive tires in the history of the
town, and is thought to be of in-;
cendiary origin.
25 CENTS CAUSES KILLING
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J. J. and H. H. Warren Shot to Death
by John Bickerson Near Lux
ora Last Saturday.
A press dispatch from Luxora
last Saturday says:
“An old feud between two farm
ers and two merchants living at
Rosa, five miles from here, termi
nated today in a triple killing, J.
J. Warren, with his son, II. II.
Warren, both farmers, and Ed
Bickerson, a merchant, lost their j
lives, and John Bickerson, broth- j
er of Ed Bickerson, is held on a!
charge of murder.
“The Warrens, it is said, had a
dispute some months ago with Ed |
Bickerson over a settlement of an j
account, the sum of 25 cents being
the amount involved.
“As the Warrens entered Rosa
today Ed Bickerson came out of
his store and the quarrel was re
sumed. H. H. Warren drew a re
volver and shot Bickerson dead.
John Bickerson, a brother of the
deceased, hearing the shot, came
out of the store door, revolver in
hand, and began shooting at the
Warrens, killing both of them be
fore they could return the fire."
Will Amend Pistol Law.
Senator Hinkle will introduce a
bill in the next legislature to make ,
pistol toting punishable by tine:
and imprisonment. The senator
believes that the certain punish
ment in the way of being confined
in jail will have a good effect on
the boys who are inclined to vio-j
late tin' present law.
It strikes us that tin* if the pen
alty of imprisonment was made
certain so that when a young man
is convicted of pistol toting lie
would be compelled to go behind
the bars, it would be a good
amendment to the law and we trust
that Senator Hinkle will be able to!
get this measure through. Bates
ville Bee. _
A case of smallpox has been re
[ ported at Wynne.
SULPHUR ROCK HAS
CANDIDATE FOR PAGE
Master Kirk Vaughn Aspires to be
Page of State Senate Other
Personal Brevities.
Special to The Journal:
Sulphur Rock, Dec. 21. — Master
Kirk \ aught), of this place, will
bo a candidate for page in the
state senate at the convening of j
that body on the 9th of January. 1
Kirk is a grandson of I)r. H. \V.
\ aughn, one of the oldest settlers
and best known citizens of this
part of the state, and is one of
Sulphur Rock's brightest and best
boys.
HI!IKK HKKSON \l. MENTION.
Doc Caldwell was seen on our
streets Tuesday.
Mrs. ,1. ( '. (iibson has been right j
sick for several days.
M. M. Moore of Magness was
in our town Tuesday.
Dr. Wylie Hodges of Newark
was on our streets Monday.
Mrs. (hammer and son, Pete,
went to Batesville Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Bishop of®
Charlotte were in town Monday.
dago Braden was visiting his
mother here the first of the week, j
Mrs. Hattie Murphy and Mrs. j
Lizzie Vaughn went to Batesville
Saturday.
Miss Kent* Cunningham has been
very sick for several Hays but is
better at this writing.
Miss Erma Sanders, who is now
working for Maxfields at Bates
ville, spent Sunday with home
folks.
Hamlin Morgan, of Moorefield,
visited his cousins. Misses Vonnye
and Nettye llevens, of this place
Monday.
Grandma Caldwell and her
daughter, Miss Tilda, left Tuesday
night for Georgia, where they will
spend Christmas.
Rev. C. H. Newman tilled his
regular appointment here Sunday
at 11 o'clock and Rev. W.F.Way
man at 7:30 p. ni.
J. W. Aldridge, Whorton Mag
ness and AV. F. Jernigan of Mag
ness attended the I. O. O. F. Lodge
here Saturday night.
Mrs. Julia Herrington returned
from Batesville Saturday where
she spent several days visiting
Mrs. R. 1). Williams and family.
There will be a Christmas tree
at the hall Saurday night and Old
Santa Claus will make his appear
ance if the weather is not too bad.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Moore left
Tuesday night for Paris, Tenn.,
where they will spend Christmas
with the former's mother and oth
er relatives.
One of Maryland Fuget's child
ren was burned right badly Mon
day. Dr. lievens was called and
dressed the wound and it is getting
along nicely.
The Sulphur Rock I. O. O. F.
Lodge will meet the first and third
Saturday nights and second and
fourth Friday nights in each
month after the first of January.
boy burned to death.
Helena, Dec. 19. Little Steve
Dawson, the 12-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs William Dawson,
while burning paper yesterday af
ternoon, ignited his clothes and
received burns from which he died
\ this morning.
CUNNINGHAM HELD
FOR THE GRAND JURY
Was Charged With Robbing H. E.
Hawthorne’s Hardware Store
Some Time Ago.
Harry Cunningham who was ar
rested some time ago on suspicion
of having burgarlized the hard
ware1 store, and who subsequently
I broke.jail here and escaped, wie
recaptured at Newport last week
by ('unstable Carruthers. lie was
was brought up by Constable
I Clark Friday morning and arraig
ned for trial in Judge Tharpb
court Saturday, but the trial was
I continued until Tuesday, and Cun
ningham was placed in jail ai
Batesville for safe keeping.
lb1 was brought down for tria
I Tuesday by Sheriff Kaneaster, bui
waived the preliminary hearing
His bond was fixed at *1.000, whie 1
he failed to give, and was agair
placed in jail to await the actioi
of the grand jury.
Col. li. S. Coleman Dead.
Col. II. S. Coleman, cx-mayor
of Batesville and the father of Rep
resentative Dene II. Coleman, died
iat his home at Batesville last Sat
| urdayv at the advanced age of 75
S years. He had been a citizen of
Batesville for 2‘J years, and was
! one of the county's best citizens.
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS
Items of General Interest Gathered
Fresh From the Columns of
the Daily Papers.
A stave and heading mill is a
prospective new industry at Calico
Kock.
The canning factory at Berry -
ville has put up 10,(MX) cans of to
matoes this season.
Coal in paying quantities has
been discovered at Mabelvale, nine
miles south of Little Kock.
Charles Reeves was shot in the
arm while out hunting near Gil
bert, and the arm had to be ampu
tated .
T. C. Allbright’s residence at
Pocahontas was destroyed by tire
Tuesday. The loss is $1,500; in
surance $1,00<>.
J. H. Hawkins has been appoint
ed sheriff of Little River county
to till the vacancy caused by the
death of Sheriff Patterson.
Mrs. Thomas, a widow living
near Coombs, was robbed of $68
and beaten almost to death a few
nights ago by unknown parties.
Major General Haynes has just
tinished a roster of the state mili
tia, and the report shows a total
strength of 2,141 officers and men.
Last Sunday some*dogs scratch
ed up the dead body of a small boy
who had been buried in an old box
in a vacant field near Hot Springs.
Elias Powell, colored, has been
sentenced to hang at Texarkana
January 31, for the murder of a
white man committed eight years
j ago.
The nine-year-old son of George
Witty, of Pollard, lost two lingers
and thumb a few days ago, as the
result of playing with a dynamite
cap.
Madison Britt, a prominent
young man of Stephens, fell from
a passenger train near Camden
Sunday while it was running at
full speed, and sustained injuries
from which he died Monday.
SAYS COTTON WILL
AGAIN GO TO 10 CTS
Prominent Farm Authority Says
Price Cannot Stay Down.
If Farmers Will Stick Together Cotton.
Will Sell For 10 Cents in Few
Months, Says Bedding.
R. ,f. Redding, of the Georgia
Experiment Station and who is
considered good authority on a
wide range of agricultural topics
by the army of people who read
his writings in the Atlanta Consti
I tution, lias the following to say in
j regard to the price of cotton:
“The cotton growers arc face
to face with a problem, that? differs
from the boll weevil quest,ion in
the fact that it presents it self at
once to every farmer who lias un
sold cotton on hand. Vme late
meeting of the southern cotton
grower’s convention utanimously
recommended that no nnrn cotton
be sold at present prices*or at any
price loss than 10 cents. ■They in
sist that even if we are Asking a
1 ‘2,000.000-bale crop, it Mould be
worth and ought to con«?pd 10
cents a pound. Cotton mde ex
perts, editors of promineflf news
papers and others told tlwtarmers
a year ago that the woy needed
a 12,000,000-bale Ami'jfian crop,
and that the manufacturers would
take every Gale of f at gyf»>d
prices. Some advised farm
ers to ‘go in’ for such a crop with
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did ‘go in,’ without any particular
purpose to produce a 12,000,000
bale crop, but with the purpose
each to make as many bales as ]>os
sible. Our prominent men, even
including an ex-presidential candi
date, now advise the farmers to
hold on to their unsold cotton, in
sisting that if the large remnant
still on hand he withheld from sale
that the market will react and go
back to 10 cents a pound in a few
months. 1 have already said that
1 believe so, too,—if the farmers
will stand squarely together like a
stone wall and resist further ef
forts of the bears to keep down,
the price. It is to lie hoped that
they will—this one time more, get
together on the 10 cents a pound
or no sale proposition, as they did
on the bagging trust light, ‘no
jute bagging for me,’ several years
ago. 1 do not see how any loss
can result from such a position.
Certainly it cannot reduce the
price still lower than now. On
the contrary, the natural and in
evitable tendency will be to elevate
prices. Cotton manufacturers
must have cotton. They made
money on last year’s prices,
or at least on prices not in excess
of 12 cents. Cotton speculators
must have cotton to cover con
tracts. The business of buying
and selling cotton, that occupies
the brains, energy and money of
so many capitalists, brokers and
speculators, cannot long continue
without some ‘spot’ cotton. One
half the cotton dealers would as
soon see cotton again at 10 cents
us to continue at 7 or 8, and a ‘lit
tle rather.’ I believe that if the
farmers will stick together to do
their part, their friends, the
‘bulls.’ will do the rest, tjav^^we -
will see cotton selling ap>lo cenfe>
in a few months just as if ‘nothing
had happened' to the contrary.”
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