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Sharp County record., 1879-09-11

last week was we'll attended.-----At
the recent school election in Law
renee, nearly all the districts east of
Black river voted a tax. Those
west of the river did not vote g tax.
CROSS,
A man named Riley Cox, of Gross
county, was shot dead in his cotton
field by some unknown person on
the Sd INST. lie is said to have been
a bad man, and was accused Of kill
ing some stock belonging to his
neighborS recautly, and had threat
ened to kill several persons IN that
section. A Young lady, Miss Car
ter, who was standing near Cox at
the time of the shooting, received a
buckshot wound in the shoulder.
GREENE.
A petition for the pardon Of
Herb and VIM. Oornman, who are
in the penitentiary tor grand larce-
ny, will be presented to the govern
or shortly, They were convicted
at gainesville, last March, having
taken g change Of venue from Clay
county.
Sharp County record., 1879-09-11
Edrml For Sole.

A farm of 60 acres, miles southwest of
Evening Shade, near La Crosse and Jack
sOnpOrt road; 40 acres in cultivation; 10
acres timber, mostly oak-good for rails.
Good family residence, with seven rooms;
smokehOuse, barn, stable, cribs, &C.; two
wells, one of them convenient to residence;
good apple and peach orchard on the place;
also an abundance of shrubbery. Good To-
cation for physician. Price, $1,000, one
half down, balance in two payments of
$3.50 each, one and two years after date.
For further particulars, call Oh or address
j. w. Buckley, Evening Shade, Ark,
Sharp County record., 1879-09-11
EVENING SHADE.
Court Directory
SHARE n0UNTN

Circuit: Second Monday in February and
4ugust, :. C0WtU First Monday in January,
4Wil. July and Octdber. 49,. PrObGte: Firsi
Monday in FebrHrA May, AaguSt and No
rember
Sharp County record., 1879-09-11
A Good BdrQdi7l!

A farm of 80 acres, 8 miles north of Eve
ming Shade; 30 acres in cultivation. 80 uD-
der fence; one log dwelling, smokehouse,
barn and stables; good spring near resi-
dence. Over 100 apple and peach trees on
place. Also, 2 good work horses, l two
horse wagon, cows, yearlinR calves, 81
sheep, 20 hogs, several plOws and other
farm implements. Will sell the whole for
800, cash. Call on or address j. w. Buck
ley, Evening Shade, Ark.
Sharp County record., 1879-09-11
Church Directory.
EVENING SHADE,

NE ChWch, South: Preaching first andthird
,Sdbbaths in each month, PrayT-moeting and
lecture ereyy Wednesday ni0H VI b Umstead,
p g.. Baptist church: PreachinG second Sab
bath qnd SATURDAY night let0re, IN each month,
Preaching toWfh Sabbath in each month"; "
b Baiyd, pastor sabbath School at W y
Chmch att O'Clock. " p MOKie. Supt
Sharp County record., 1879-09-11
Local News,


seriously ill Of pneumonia for sew
eral days.
Mr.. E, W. Moser, living six
miles west Of town, informs US that
he had q bale Of cotton picked and
ready for the gin by the 9th inst.
Marriage licenses were issued
this week for S. NJ. Cunningham
and Jane Barnes, W, H. Butler and
Sarah Garner, Robson Kellett and
Nancy Butler.
The first bale of new cotton we
have seen this season passed through
town this Thursday morning going
to the Batesville market, It was
raised by Mr.. John Sharp, on his
farm about eight miles northwest Of
town.
Col, Abernethy and family have
been on O visit among friends in
Lawrence county, and returned
Tuesday. The Colonel informs us
that crops are generally good in
that section of country.
Squire Calvin No bley, Of Reeds
creek, called on us yesterday. He
informs us that Maj. Van Shaver is
seriously i'll, and it is feared he can
not recover. Capt. Joshua Wann
has also had severe and protracted
spell of sickness, but is now conva-
lescent.
Mr.. J. Dowdy, of Independence
county, was in town this week, cir
culating a petition for executive
clemency to Kemp, who is under
sentence of death. We learn that a
considerable number of persons in
this vicinity have signed the docu-
ment Similar petitions will be
circulated in lizard and Independ
ence counties.
--Messrs. Metcalf, Shaver, David
son, Wright and Cochran returned
last Saturday from st. Louis, where
they purchased large supplies of
goods for their stores. Teams were
started to the railroad Immediately,
some of them returning this morn
ing, and a general opening up of
new goods has commenced.
AS will be seen by advertise
ment, Messrs. G. W. Davidson and
NJ. G. Wainwright have formed a
copartnership IN the mercantile
business in Evening Shade. They
are located at Mr.. Davidson's old
stand, and, with new and largely
increased, stock of goods, will be
ready at all times to supply their
customers.
The following is list Of letters
received and not called for, during
the past week, at the Evening Shade
postotfice:
SB Black, N A Buchanan, Sarah
BiggerS, G W Cargill, W H Francis,
Addie Garner, W II Goodman, II
Kunkle, James P King, ] Fl Lane,
T J Morgan, J A Osborne, D V
Rogers, Josiah Richardson, J NJ
Steele, T G StarHey, Alf Thomas,
Jim Wagle. Postal cards-Martha
German, Jesse Mathis, Allen Nc
novbll Rr,nn pro+nr Tork Row
Sharp County record., 1879-09-11
REMOVAL.

The Evening Shade postoffice will
be removed this evening to the Por-
ter building, near Shaver & Sons
store. Please read this several times,
so you will not forget it.
Sharp County record., 1879-09-11
NOtiCe.

Is hereby given that application will be
made to His Excellency, VIM. r. Miller,
governor of the state of Arkansas. as soon
as proper petitions can be obtained for that
purpose. to extend executive clemency to
Joseph Kemp, now under sentence of death
in the circuit court of Sharp county, Ark.
Sept. 1st, 1879. H. s. COLEMAN,
ATTORNEY for Kemp,
Sharp County record., 1879-09-11
Mail Directory
EVENING SHADE.

Walnut Ridge: Duly; arives at SPIN; de.
parts at / pm.
La Crosse: Daily; arri0es at p ~; departs
at pm.
BdtesUile: Senli-weeklH mrires ria Mar
riUe Mondays and 1hHriSdays at p m; departs
ria POlk Bayou ThWsdays and Friddys, Ia NJ.
MartWs Creek, ria Ash Fiat; Weekly; arrires
Saturday, ut 6 p NJ; departs Friday at tam,
Sharp County record., 1879-09-11
Other Counties,
BANTER.

oOYS-oi oti o ~ ~ 'z---E> sIIt- 'f+fN -"
SSGnt from Baxter county for exhibi
tion at the St. Louis fair.--An
effort is being made to organize
Joint stock company to build good
Touring mill at Mt. Home.---Judge
Charles Lance, an old and promi-
nent citizen of Baxter, died last
week.
FULTON.
j. M. Archer & Co., merchants at
Salem, offer premium Of a SO coat
on the first bale Of cotton sold them
this season.----A farmer in Fulton
is raising crop Of rice, which will
be ripe about the Goth Of this month.
The Salem academy began its
third session on the 1st instant.
INDEPENDENCE.
A telephone line has been estab-
lished between the telegraph office
and Smiths warehouse at Bates
ville,---A new postofice, called Mt.
Etna, has been established in Inde-
pendence.---The public school at
Batesville will open on the 18th inst.
The public school at Sulphur
Rock has 100 pupilS,---Three men
attempted to rob the mail from
Smithville, near Batesvllle, one day
last week. The carrier was riding
mule, which took fright when the
robbers approached, and enabled the
carrier to get away from them with
out losing the mail, The robbers
offered no violence, but attempted
to pull the mail pouch from the sad
die, where the carrier had it buckled
tast.----A Miss Jensen, of Batesville,
has been interceding with the gov
ernor for the pardon Of Lancaster,
the murderer. The Pilot says she
was not acquainted with Lancaster
till after his sentence, and her action
in his behalf portrays fanaticlsm.
JACKSON.
Cotton plckers are in demand
Jacksonport wants shoemaker, a
tailor and a tiAner.---Two valua-
BILE mules belonging to a colored
man were drowned in the river at
Point Ferry last week.--A pro
tracted meeting at Centerville, last
week, resulted in 90 accessions to
the church. Fourteen bales Of
new cotton were sold at Newport
last Friday.
The public school at Bradford has
an attendance of about 6Opupils,-
One man sold 700 watermelOns III
Searcy this season.--Ten couples
commenced matrimonial felicity in
White county during the month OF
August.
LAWRENCE.
They hold prayer-meeting every
Thursday night at Smithville.-
The teachers institute at Smithville
Sharp County record., 1879-09-11
Official Direotory-
DISTRICT AND CIRCUIT.

Congressman touth district. III VI Guptcr
STATE Senator, secgnd disirict. II BJedkins
circuit Judge, Third circuit .,. IL II PoWH
Prosecuting Atty. third cir. Charles coffin
Sharp County record., 1879-09-11
Societies.
EVENING SHADE.

Rural Chapter, No 50, Il. Il. ~, meets third
SATURDAY in each month"; ~ Ercning Shddo
LOdge, No 149 A, p. g. 4. VI, meets Saturday
night before the first SabbaH in each month ..
Bcrear LOdge, No 81, l. 0. o, f., meets Friday
nights S0mi-mOnthlH
Sharp County record., 1879-09-11

The undersigned is now running a daily
hack from La Crosse to Smithville, Ark,
making connections with the hack from
Walnut Ridge, on the st. L., ]. NJ. and S.
railroad. Leave La Crosse at 1 o'clock a. m,
arTive at Smithville 1890 a. M; leave Smith
yllle at II a. m., arrive at La Crosse 9 p. m.
PasSeDgers carried at reasonable rates.
Respectfully, D. N. HELMS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-06
MIR. FauntlerOy,

We are sorry for Mr.. FAUSTLERoY, OF
Winchester. Some sort of fermentation
possessed the good people OF Frederick
county last year and threw the popular
Judgment into confused and abortive cor
dition, which resulted in an absurdity such
as had never been known in Frederick
county before. Mr.. FAUSTLERoY was the
prominent feature. He stood for the folly
Of the day. 1t could not be diminished OF
increased by bringing forward anybody
else. FAUNTLEROY was the major, anu IL
was impossible to find minor to the pup
lie folly as long as he was in the case.
At present the people OF Frederick seek
to retrace their foilies and repair their er'
ror and help TO restore Virginia to her WIS
dom, dignity, and honor. They have, IN
the hone of accomplishing something in
this line, nominated EDMUND ?. DANDRTDGE,
OF winchester, for the House OF Delegates.
Mr., DASpRIDGE is man and gentleman
man OF honor and public devotional man
who can never be party to any public act
which may help to impair the public honor
or diminish public good faith. And Dir.
FAUNTLERoY, upon seeing that Mr.. DAND-
RIDGE is nominated, lets on an absurd affec-
talion Of consequence, and declares that he
lis still candidate for reelection, and will
q show good and conclusive reasons why
"no one should vote for supporter Of the
s. brokers' biU.'" Up to this ;. announce
ment" we had some hope of the very civil
and very ciyilly-educated Mr.. FAUNTLERoY;
and now we give him up. 1t is time indeed
that old Frederick should "readiust'' her
folly, and never again send such fanatic
as Mr.. FAUNTLERoY to represent her:
His subsistence, and the election of a
gentleman SO sensible, practical, and we'll
ordered as Mr. DAsDRIDGE, viii go far, to
compensate for her iollies, and bring her
back to the state Of composure, civil order,
and public devotion Restoration and pro-
longed peace and happiness to the shenan.
doah Valley n 800; NV
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-06
rhe state,s ssevsnae: &

Day by daS the preDS iasl iFo1l u'l ssa1 1nI
cause Of thas A gitasoa. We are about to-
bull down one mere of-tfien. Pbc Con-
scryaeiye State ecntrnt eommittee IN their
addrssse9 August sth ESTIMATED ihes ann nai
revenue Of the COMMONWEALTH at s2,564,--.
s5Iss gum and again did The central Ma.
rioNE organ show that the committee, had
made too high an estimate. Well the hscal
year 1s7sy79 has ended, and we are now
able to state hat the revenue of%the state
for ttat period was. Omitting both the bal.
anee, iuf the treasury October !, 1878 and
tt,e balance In the treasury October |, 1879.
and emitting also the amount borrowed:
durina the year, the revenue Iof1the state
was s2.672, s02.01. This includes ABOUT
sac, 600 overpaid by the treasurefs, " We
learn. Subtract that sum, and the revenue
OF the Commonwealth has exceeded .oy tne
ann, OF over $4,000 the estimate OF the
State Central Committee r. i ,...' =.
We give below the figures. They were.
obtained in the Capitol. The table includes
borrowed money and both balances. All
the borrowed money has been repaid. ! The
balance in bank to the credit OF the fre cas-
~ is larger than the statement OF disonrse'
ments indicates, but this is attributable 10
the fact that some Of the warrants issued
have not been pres ented for payment: i.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-06
State Honor---State Credit.

We reproduce the following extract from
Mr.. HGNTER's letter. It is proud, truthful.
and orthodox. 1t is orthodox Firginian,
and is elevated by its dovetailed alliance
with English spirit, pluck, and faith. What
Virginian can read this without an impul-
sive desire TO grasp Mr.. HUNTER by the
hand and assure him OF sympathy? Un-
doubtedly correct was a distinguished
friend Saturday morning in remarking that
this sentence reminded him OF Mr.. HUNTER
in his proudest senatorial days, when els
tening senator's" hung upon his words OF
wisdom. We implore our run-mad " Re-
adiusters," so called, to pay attention to
this extract.
What after this is the vulgar talk Of
BLAIR, FULKERsoN, SPEssARD, etc.?
Nothing can be more dangerous than TO
tamper with credit, public or private. The
material resoul ces of a State are TO be mea-
sured by its property and its credit. Who
ever impairs either Injuries the State, and is
bound to take heed well what he does. The
credit is more Immediately available some
times than the property, and often indiS-
pensable, both to progress and national de-
fence. No great State can get along well
without it. In this view it ought to be re-
membered that property and labor are not
the only factors in credit. Public honor is
an important factor too. How often bave
we seen some man trusted for the spirit that
is within him, and this enabled to raise
himself from deep financial depreSslon-a
spirit which will accept 70 defeat without
resistance, and which would perish sooner
than wilfully suffer an attaint upon its hon
or. Men without honor or character them
selves will sometimes trust such man lar
ther than lien upon houses or lands. Honor
10 such man, or to State so inspired, Is a
bulwark and defence of priceless value.
Old England understands and appreciates
that. She knows how to preserve
and to guard it. With the aid OF her
pluck and her credit she maintained
an equal struggle with Napoleon and
CONQUERED him at last. Qhus strongly
backed, she feared neither the military &C.
nius Of Arcola and Mareugo nor tue lpilu-
ence of the star OF AusterlitZ. The other
nations of Europe, at some time or other,
alI succumbed before these influences. But
England feared them not. Sustained by
her courage and a wel-preServcd credit. she
brayed them all, and conquered IN the end.
So will it he with other nations which cher
lsh their honor and sustain their credlt.
Our case is small, | know. compared with
these great Instances OF the triumph OF a
Weli-sustalned credit; but it is the same in
kind if not in degree. 1t is useless, how
ever, to enlarge upon the importance of pub
lie credit. All must acknowledge its high
value and the great uses to which it may be
sometimes put. I know that reckless and
giddy nations sometimes abuse il and waste
it in ill-conSidered schemes; but these
are things to be guarded against, and the
abuse furnishes no argument against the
proper use and preservation OF the thing
itself.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-06
FROM THE BORDER.

BRISTOL GooDSoS. October >, 1879.
Editors Dispatch: 1t is fortunate for the
people Of Virginia that there is so faithful
a sentinel upon the watchtower as the
Richmond Dispatch. 4 few months ago,
it was generally supposed and most
earnestly desired by the honest masses OF
the people, after years or agitation and
strife by few demagogues and aSpirants
for office-anything from seat in Congress
to district conStablc-that the falr. honest,
and equitable settlement OF the publlc-debt
question by the passage by very large MT
iority Of what is known as the McCulloch
bill would be quietly acQuiesced IL, and
peace, good order, and pros erity once more
reign in Virginia; bur, unfortunately Tor
the good Of the people and the honor OF the
State, they have been most egregriou>ly dis
appointed. To General William Malone
more than any other man, in fact more
than all others combined, Is due all the dis-
turbance, trouble, and agitation that Is no"
harassing the people from one end OF the
State to the other, and solely to crafty his
yindictiye and personal ends and lust Tor
Office. 1t is evident that his opposition to
the late settlement is not based on any pa
triotic pl inciple or loyalty to the State, for
in his Mozart Hall Convention speech he
acknowledged and stated that the debt
Justly due by Virginia was upwards
Of nine hundred thousand dollars more
than is embraced in the McCulloch
bill; yet he said emphatically it was
Justly due, and ought to be paid.
In that same "BIack-and-Tan" Convention
Malone and his followers set up new par
ty, whose principles, if principles they
have, are utterly at war with the true Con-
sentative party Of the State; and soon after
the passage Of the McCulloch bill we find
Malone, Massey, Paul, aud some Of the
lesser lights OF the Mozart-Hall clique
|tramping over the State for the purpose OF
quilting and deeeivingi the honest masses
and renewing the agitation which the peo-
pie had hoped and thought was at an end.
Then it was, Messrs. Editors, that the Dis.
patch, true, as 1t has been for over . quar-
ter of a century, to all its former instincts
OF honor and honesty when the prosperity
and glory OF Old Virginia was concerned
gave the alarm, called earnestly and
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-06
From the Christ,ansHurg MCsSengerl
Judge Staples and ahe Public Debt

As an effort was made last court-day by
some Readjusters to create an impression
on the audience listening to Major Daniels
able speech that Judge Staples agreed with
the Readiustcrs, we deem il proper to state
that gentleman'S position, As it appears
from his published opinions in the cases of
Antoni Us. Wright, % Graft, and Clark Us.
Commonwealth, reported in the Virginia
| Lac Journal for April, 1878. In both
these cases Judge Staples, differing from all
| The Judges, strongly expressed bis opin-
ion that the Legislature could not bind
the State to receive coupons for taxes
and dues to the State; that con-
tract 30 to do would be a surrender Of
State sovereignty which no Legislature had
power to make, and that subsequent Lee
| gislature might lawfully repeal any lew or
contract giving taN-receivablc coupons.
! That was the question Of lar before the
Court, and his opinion was as above indi-
Gated. But it by no means implied that he
was in favor OF 4 fcrcible REIMBURSEMENT OF
the debt, or that he would ever lend bis
voice or influence in favor OF any party that
would refuse to pay the Just debt Of Viz
ginn. Lest his opinion on the law que>-
lion might be misunderstood, he said, IN
Antoni Us. Wright:
"Upon this question OF public faith |
will say this, that for four years Virginia
bore uDOn her bosom the burden OF L con-
fliot as great as any recorded in history. She
came out OF the struggle PROSTATE and
bleeding without currency, without any
organized system Uf labor. with vast num-
bcrs OF her citizens reduced TO hopeless in
solyencv and ruin. For years after she was
kept in subsection to military power. and
vet her statutes exhibit the gratifying spec
tacle OF an honest cudeavor on the part OF
her representatives, while still under the
shadow OF these disasters, to make some
provision for the payment OF her creditors.
| believe it will still be done, and payments
be made from time to time until the last
farthing is paid"
And IN the case OF Clarke rs. Common
wealth (unother coupon case) he said: :"
concur with Judge Christian, when he said
in the homestead case, The inviolability OF
contracts, public and private. is the founda-
ton OF all social progress and the corner
stone OF all forms OF society wherever en-
lightened Jurisprudence prevails. Good
faith is essential in States as we'll rs indivi-
duaIs neither can be just or permanently
prosperous without it, Upon that subject
my own voice. feeble as it is, cannot have
an uncertain sound
AS question Of LQu Judge Staples thinks
the State is not bound to receive coupons
for taxes: as question OF right, faith, and
public credit he believes the State should
fulfil her obligations, discharge her debts by
honest payment, and in the preservation OF
"the inyiolabilty OF contracts, pubiic and
prirate," preserve the f0WndntiOn OF all
social progress and the cornerstone OF all
forms OF society.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-06
The Winchester Discussion.

The Winchester papers bring Us sketches
OF the debate in that city on Wednesday the
1st OF October that show that it was one Of
the most able and instructive Of this daXof
heroic discussion and unsurpassed public
devotion. Messrs. ECHoLs and TUCKER,
DIR. CURRY, and General PAYNE unclaimed
the attention Of an immense audience Tor
hours, and excited a degree OF enthusiasm
in the public cause never surpassed. II
would be supererogatory for us to pile up
the descriptive passages OF our winchester
contemporaries concerning the speeches OF
the distinguished orators. What We nave
already published relative to the very re-
markable discussion and the grand display
OF forensic ABILITY is fully borne out by the
accounts they give.
There was no presentation Of the sad case
OF the Mozart advocates save that in the
speech Of Captain RIDDLEBERGER, Of She
nandoah county, who was civilly heard and
replied TO by DR.. CURRY. From every &C.
count we have heard there never was more
complete and overwhelming answer and de-
feat given to any orator than that which
DR.. CURRY gave TO Captain RIDDLgBERGER.
II is idle to attempt description Of it.
The Doctor met him at every point and an.
swered II. There was no escape. And
finally, when DR.. CURRY reminded him that
he voted fifteen times sors GILDERr.a C..
WALkER, tho author Of the n funding bill''
for the United States Senate, heessayed to
break hts disco niftnre by declaring his
readiness 70 vote for DR.. 'CraRYs himself OF
9saesal PAysE Tor the United States Sem
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-06
Mr.. Harris Called On for a Line.

= - n -. OCTOBER 2, ISiJ.
Editors Dispatch: For long time have
been curious to know how the Hon. John
T. Harris, the representative OF the Staun-
ton district in Congress, stands in regard to
the present status Of the State-debt ques-
ton. As one of the gentleman's constitu-
ents-and one, by the way. who has always
voted for him and still regards him. one OF
the most efficient congressman, Virginia
has--I think have q right to ask Long
John to ADVISE his people how to act in
this matter, Win he do its WESLEY.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-06
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS.
balance OH hand. so
The disbursements include the coupons

The disbursements include the coupons
and the cash paid in the shape OF interest.
Under the McCULIoCH bill, when it goes
fully into operation, the WHOLE amount to
be paid for interest will be say s9SS,00O
So here it is demonstrated that il the Nc
CULLoeH bill had been in operation last
wear, there would now be in the treasury
several hundred thousand dollars. We
have not statement Of the amount paid for
interest during the year Just ended, but we
suppose it was not less than S1,2l5, 000-thc
amount paid last year. Estimating it at
that sum, we see by the above figures that
if the State bad had last year the benefit OF
the MCCuLLoCH bill, she would now have
in her treasury over 1922, 0O0-sayed money.
What next will the Agitators say?