NEWS OF ARKANSAS.
Mighty Good Advice.
Bishop Evans Tyree, in address
ing the A. M. E. Conference at
Morrilton, gave utterance to the fol
lowing: “I am glad that I am a
negro. I have neither desire or in
clination to get away from my race.
I know that our people are not just
what we would like to have all of
them be, but by the help of God we
intend to lift them up to a higher
plane in this country. I say this
country, for this is our country; we
have labored and helped to make it
what it is. We have helped to clear
away the virgin forest, helped to
pave the way, and today we arc here
with our white neighbors and intend
to enjoy it. We are aware of the
fact that there is no social equality
and perhaps will never be, for none
of us are trying to bring it about.
Every intelligent, sensible negro
wants to be entertained by his own
and the same is true with the whites.
They do not want to entertain us
socially, nor do they want us to
entertain them, but they want every
man to cultivate and build up his
own social standing. Lift up our
own women. It is along this line
that we must work and not play.
Get something in your head, in your
heart and in your pocket and the
world will respect you. The negro
must lift up himself. He must be
something in this country. Do not
!•© get discouraged, but work hard.
4.4 The negro must fight sin and wrong.
We are not doomed to Africa, but
p| here is where we must stay, here is
where we must fight evil. We must
■ break up Sunday excursions, whisky
drinking, knock the bungs out of the
: barrels and let the whisky run out.
j£jj| There is nothing that lias retarded
| the progress of our people more than
■ whisky drinking and I think it
should be stopped.”
Seek to Estop Prosecution.
The Waters-Pierce Oil Company
by its agent, E. D. Irwine, last week
filed in the supreme court a petition
of prohibition against the officials of
Pope county. On April 7 Prosecut
ing Attorney Russell filed a com
plaint against the Waters-Pierce
Oil Company as a corporation or
ganized under the laws of Missouri
in 1878, alleging that since March
6, 1899, said company has been guil
ty of certain violations of the anti
trust law of 1899. Service of pro
cess was had on E. D. Irwine, as
the agent of said company. With
out entering his appearance or waiv
ing defect of service, Irwine filed
a suggestion of the dissolution prior
to the date of the summons served
on him, of the Waters-Pierce Oil
Company, organized under the laws
of Missouri in 1878, alleging that
the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, of
which lie is agent, and which is at
present doing business in this state, j
was organized in Missouri on May !
29, 1900. Upon this ground they
moved that the cause be abated.
The court overruled this prayer, and
thereupon the oil company, without
entering its appearance, filed a mo
tion to quash the service qf sum
mons. This was overruled and the
oil company was ordered to answer at
the November term of 1901 of the
Pope circuit court. Upon this state
of facts a writ of prohibition is
6ought, restraining attorney and cir
cuit judge from further proceeding
in said cause. The prosecuting at
torney contends that the reorganized
company is the same as the old one.
The Batesville Extension.
Very satisfactory progress is being
made with the construction of the
White River railroad westward from
Batesville. About 900 men are at
work, a larger number than at any
time heretofore, and about 300
teams. About 70 per cent of the
work on the first twenty mile sec
tion has been done. About the first
of December track-laying will begin
and proceed at the rate of one mile
a day.
Bank Robbed.
The bank at Black Rock was
robbed early on the morning of the
6th inst. of $2,000 in cash and $10,
000 worth of pearls, the thieves
wrecking the vault with dynamite.
A New Gould Line.
Articles of incorporation of the
Memphis, Helena & Louisiana rail
road company have been filed with
the secretary of state and a charter
granted by the board of railroad
commissioners. The proposed road
is the longTalked-of Gould branch,
the ultimate terminus of which, it
is said, is Mew Orleans, to give a
short line from St. Louis to the Cres
cent City, parallelling the Missis
sippi river. Ths officers are not
given, but Geo, J. Gould is presi
dent. The proposed road will be
gin at a point on the Memphis
branch, 2,000 feet west of mile post
87, in Crittenden county, about four
miles from Memphis, and run in a
southwesterly direction through sev
en counties, Crittenden, St. Francis,
Lee, Phillips, Arkansas, Desha and
Chicot, to a point on the state line
between Arkansas and Louisiana in
Chicot county.
Roads Consolidate.
The St. Louis and Memphis Rail
way Company last week tiled its map
and profile with the secretary of
state. The road is to run through
Mississippi county through Blythe
ville to Luxora, in a southern direc
tion, wholly in that county. Per
mission was given at a meeting of
the state board of railway incorpor
ators for the consolidation of the
St. Louis, Caruthersville and Mem
phis, the Memphis and St. Louis
Railway companies and the first
named road under the name of the
St. Louis and Memphis. The road
is now built to Blytheville, and au
thority was granted to extend to
Luxora, a distance of nineteen
miles.
Death of a Pioneer.
A few days ago near Hoover,
Benton county, Mrs. Mary A. Pal
mer died in her ninety-seventh
year. She was born in Virginia,
January 28, 1804, moved with her
parents to Bedford county, Tenn.,
and was married to Alfred Palmer
in 1821. To this woman was born
twelve children, six of whom sur
vive her, four girls and two boys.
She had forty-two grand children,
twenty-eight of them still live. She
had about sixty-five great-great
grandchildren. She went to Benton
county with her husband in 1852
and settled on Pea Ridge for a few
years, then moved to the place where
she died and had lived there ever
since.
Minor Postoffice Changes.
The following changes of fourth
class postmasters have been made:
Brownsville, Cleburne county, H. C.
Brownfield, vice J. J. Fraser, re
signed ; Gill, Lee county, W. A. Hol
well, vice W. T. Ilolwell, resigned;
Hiwasse, Benton county, A. J. Nich
os, vice F. M. Marr, resigned; Kirk,
Saline county, W. S. Drennan, vice
J. S. Jones, resigned.
Charged With An Old Crime.
Julius Shipp, colored, who, it is
charged, shot from ambush and kill
ed Mat Mosley, white, in Cleveland
county in 189G, was last week ar
rested at Pine Bluff. Ever since the
crime was committed Shipp has
been living on a plantation less
than twenty miles from the scene
of the killing.
Conductor C. F. Frey, of the
Choctaw, while switching in the
yards at Forrest City, was caught
under his engine and his left leg
was so badly crushed it had to be
amputated.
Brakeman Killed.
Brakeman J. S. Maloch was killed
in a head-end collision on the Fort
Smith road at Palarm. Both en
gines were wrecked and several cars
demolished. Maloch had only re
cently recovered from injuries sus
tained in another wreck.
Jeff Davis Killed at a Dance.
Jeff Davis was shot to death at
a colored dance near Wrightsville,
Pulaski county, by Fred Roberson.
Will Hawkins is in jail charged with
being accessory to the crime. It
seems that Hawkins and Roberson
planned the killing, Roberson being
furnished the pistol by Hawkins.
All the parties are colored.
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