Sharp County record., 1888-10-25
Messrs. PicKens & Vance have

Messrs. PicKens q Vance have
sold ther sorghum mill, but not be>
fore they made up over 400 gallons
of fine molasses. The Record man
was so lucky as to get gallons from
these gentlemen, and it proved to be
frSt~class article---an article that
all of Louisiana could not initiate.
About 1900 people attended the
barbecue at Center last Saturday,
Col. Abernethy is said to have made
one of the best speeches of his life
before dinner, and Hon. Sam Il.
Davidson made a short speech after
dinner. Everything passed off
quietly, there not being but one
drunk man on the ground. The
meats were we'll cooked and the
tables nicely arranged and every~
body was pleasant and happy. A
delegation of forty or fifty from
Evening Shade were in attendance.
>>~MiSs Hattie j. McLaln whom
our readers doubtless remember, is
IN Florida yet; nor did the yellow
fever panic cause her to refugee to a
safer climate She luckily lived in a
favored section, Formosa, where all
atmospheric influences were conduc>
i've to health rather than the great
plague of the "Sunny South" Miss
Hattie is one of the stockholders in
an Improvement and building associ>
alton and, we hope, is realizing a
handsome income.
I'm a letter to the editor, Rev. J.
L. Masters gives an account of a
picnic at Fair View church on the
18th inst, which was largely attend
ed by both young and old. The
children were allowed to eat first,
and were shown other marked court
estes by the "big folks" Several
addresses were made during the day,
and Rev. Lowery preached good
sermon to the parents present upon
the Importance of raising their
children so the present generation
will be better prepared to raise fam
lilies that will be an honor to them.
Geo. S. Jernigan came up Sat.
urday from Scott township. He
brought the sad rews that Mrs. j. f.
Wikerson, mother Of our worthy
county examiner, was thrown from a
mule early Saturday morning and
seriously hurt. She and her husband
had Just started to Evening Shade on
a visit and had come but short dis
t5a.silc9. While passing house dog
ran out and frightened the mule
which Mrs. w. was riding, making
the animal jump and throw her off.
She received an ugly wound on the
head and was bruised about the
chest. Press left Immediately to be
with his mother, but returned
Monday night and reported her i'm
proving.
Col. Featherstone speaking at
Newport week before last, was asked
by a union labor man to state to
which party he belonged, acknowl-
edged that he belonged to no party,
but supposed he was nearer the
union labor party than any oiher.
There is no union labor party in CON
gress and not likely to be soon.
Col. FeatherStone does not belong to
either of the parties which have an
existence, and hence has the poorest
show in the world to accomplish
anything in the way of destroying
the trusts and monopolies which he
talks so much about. What can he
do aloneY To accomplish anything
he would have to ally himself with
the democratic party, because that
party is pledged to, and is using its
best endeavorS to throttle these trusts
and monopolies. The republican party
bas made no such pledges. Now, we
ask, would it not be better to elect
a man who belongs to the party
which is pledged to reform and
which has, at least, some showing
forsuccess in carrying out its pledges,
rather than man who occupies the
position of a guerrilla? Judge Cate
belongs to the regular democratic
army of reform, while Col. Feather-
stone acknowledges himself guer-
rilla. He may be willing to do a
great deal but cannot, unless he will
join the regular democratic army
and this he refuses to do. Demos
Gratis, which will you support?--
Jonesboro Times.