The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-08-07
A ROW IN THE CAMP.
LOGE HARRIS AND RELIABLE EAVES
LOOKING FOR GORE.
They Have Lively Mill Which Results
in Black Eye and Scratched Face
Honor is Satisfied. rr-r

They Have Lively Mill Which Results
in Black Eye and a Scratched Face
Honor is Satisfied. .rr.rs &
Wednesday Of last week was live
~ time among the radicals in Raleigh.
The meeting of the State executive
committee had been called to meet on
that date. John B. Eaves. the ''old
man Not Afraid ofthe-Devil," had
called the meeting without consulting
the secretary. Loge Harris, and. the
latter resented it. X. t. - -
The two leaders met each other just
outside of Purnells office. Harris,
large, fair, bulky looking and nervous,
and Eaves, tall, wiry, dark (almost
black, and as calm and serene as the
surface of barrel of tar. He had
swung one leg over the balcony, was
supporting himself by post and leis-
urely smoking and deliberately talk
ing.
After some preliminary talk, says
the Oh. onicle, Harris began to sail in
to him with reference to his mode of
procedure in calling the committee to
meet. Eaves had done this without
consulting Harris, the secretary, and
this was Just what Harris was feeling
sore about. $50 " =
As he wound up he began to accuse
Eaves Of running his collectorship in
favor of Washington cliques and rings
regardless of the consequences to his
own people. Harris was pretty rash
in some of these statements, but he did
not disturb Eaves' serenity by his re-
marks. Finally Harris asked:
"Why did you call this meeting of
the committee without notifying or
consulting me as secretary%
Eaves-I did it in the exercise of
my right and power as chairman.
Harris-Did you mean to ignore
me or show any discourtesy to me by
the action?
Eaves-No.
Harris-Well, if I thought you did
1 would denounce it righ. here, and I
just want to say that 1 would tell you
plainly what l thought about you.
Harris was getting very nervous
and excited here, but Eaves' serenity
was undisturbed, and he took the
cigar from his mouth and let the
smoke curl up into the air with pro-
voking nonchalance and calmness.
A few more words were passed and
Harris was heard to make this en-
phatic remark, his eyes flashing and
his muscles twitching:
"Well, [ think it was rascally
trick"
Eaves-(not moving from his posi-
tion) You don't mean that.
Harris-Yes 1 do mean it; and if
you take that you are not worthy the
name of a man.
Eaves was about to make some re-
ply, but he didn't have time. Harris
lifted his arm and down came his hand
on Eaves' head with laundering
blow, knocking his hat half across the
street and almost knocking Eaves over
the balcony rail.
For second Eaves was dazed with
astonishment. Then he drew his leg
over the balcony, Strengthened up, and
his long slender arm with wiry dark
claw like fingers at the end, shot for
ward, and Harris whole face was in
the grasp of that claw A second
more and they clinched, and there was
a reeling and rolling to and tro on
the balcony. The faces of both men
showed that they were deathly in earn
est in the struggle. There's no know
ing what "might have been," but
there was in reality no result; for the
noise of the struggle attracted the at
tention of five or six men in Purnel!'s 8
Office, and they rushed out and sepa-
rated the combatants after lively
struggle. Harris was literally lifted
off the floor and carried into an.insur-
ance Office, and Eaves was led into
Purnell's by other parties.
As Eaves walked into the Office he
was still smiling serenely. Some one
asked him "what is the matter?"
He said, 81 don't know; ask Har
ris."
Neither one of the parties was hurt.
Eaves had received big blow, and in
return had scratched up Harris face
to some extent.
Deputy John Upchurch was on the
scene and put them both under arrest,
and some parties stayed around the
offices to prevent the two men from
coming together again.
A hearing was had before magis.
trate and the matter settled. And. the
two billigerepts went their way.