Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1897-02-19
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fpat If ruurh tlscgssi0n nj str We
notice Small Farmer" and Straw
herr lave ,aken he ie5f md 1re
rzillng .DDdlv Tor q change md 80
are confdrri hat othg-p viii .oon
toll0w n heir 'ooissr-s TIE iae'
- gornpthing's pot 20 r~ done with
aar Jresent svstrrn Of woodworking
"a 1zs BEEN kuawing % rhe yltai. NJ
orr government fnr anne lime. 4 NOT
longer. and 10 'hp-p air.. gOfnr'hlug
done Drr-tv MON lhe zrplt stat. 1f
4rkansaw RI g0ug Lo Clear some
thing drop" The JroBie Rave J>~r
f1rlirrs.-.sf Over by brutal uad
1vprsep-s vino have Iypr y0rtdng
the -~v ifp 1Ui Jf Them .Or rears
nn'il they sFp 1piriy trfuucf, 20 ,o
sUpak We Jrrp hsd a h~aithy, %
bsst DsnDir Now look Il .beTn' 4
yale. ank. .onV, timber, slender,
siab-sldsd. Dsdrage!ed sud Ds'f-ld,
den population, made 80 by orer-
work N sur yUblic roads Talk
abont q road tar, and vOur avs for
the Dreven,loa 81 srnr;ty 70 animals
" las W. need "a .aw hat will
warm ,bg .aekpss If lhsse eoufoHu-
TED road 1ossps who have been
grinding down, - % we're I've road
working c,ass of This country. We
nae On think .hAt The tories We
heard about the s7usify Of bosses 20
men on the ruad ve-e untrue To
ssslsfv orr own .urOslty Ee vent
ont pith road gang Dne tav .4ss
sumner and found slss' they we're
100 true. We ID not have 10 work,
The aw makes DrOvisO, that where
a man DOCS no, have anv washing
done m the neighboyhood for len
Gays he il exempt from rsad duty
We always take advantage Of tins
weak place in the sw, and il ~ Onr
oninOn that the members Of the Ieg-
isisture bad IN eye singled 20 thIs'
vheo lbey framed That .aw True
force Of habJ, might have had some
hing 10 DO with 10, However, The
beng depression, ge drop d and
20 on with the main Job again. IL.
vas ~ sar'y ~ D'ciOeS = m when
We arrived ~ The place designated
~ a starting point, We thought
We would bs on the ground eAr'v
bot imsuine orr ssfonirhmedt wheg
We saw sitting there IN The gray
dawn three ren Who Had reached
the point shead of ~ The bOs~
had no, yet arrived but We I'D not
have iOug 70 e2':, IN about half
an hour ve ssw him coming; lhe
men Jaw him TOO snn Ooked A. zach
olher gerovfulv. He gss -dlng Az
old gray bor@, and aylug across
lhe saddle IN front Of him vas what
We took 20 be DOie, How ".
pItied those men But when We
drew nearer, sa'y u was Oh, horror
doubles5aTei shot gin. Nine
hungry demonstrating hounds fol-
lowed 10 hs wake, lie rode ne, and
IN tone u authority, remarked %
the men, sc is we'll Yon are ON 5hs
yround 10 early Alter ghClug
his Dlps 40 asiG get on yonr hore
,ea, men, We've 90g a,onc three
aries II road 10 YSrk, AMI II ws
6on's aurrv up We viii noe get over
il by dinner Lone" She men obey
ad Reluctantly, and 5he Whole posse
started ar down 5he r1ad One
poor fellow I'D not haVs any horse,
and blamed = that road bo@ ildn'g
make HIM wax ADD carry a ZTsaC
blQ are. We Travelled On '1v half
mile rI5adns 3soppng, when We
came - A 'prng by Ihs r5ad-slds,
in the shade 81 Vslnug lfss Fisys
the b6ss 9vfeTed a halt md ,aiS
- Msn, there has 2ot n be tompthlhQ
done here. The law mnss be car.
red ont "a Toe letter Hers yos
man with tne are, notch lhis val
nut" The man vent no n The tree
And chopped thrss bggs a0tches m
iC, each Of thew A. large a. the fret
zen cent snt On eheese lie then
ordered IKE men % move rOck
about the ave n a Deck measure,
which lag in The middle n the hlgh'
Way. W. viii bet that rock would
have weighed az mdct a, forty
pounds When The men got II out
Of the road they we're actually tram
SOWING. Oh 10 pas awful % see
nov thoss men bad 10 work. While
lhs msn were working at the rock
We a6tloed The boss going IN the dl'
rec1lon NJ the spring When ho
reached 10 be tarue1 around, put hl.
hand on hls pistol pocket and sad
With A peculiar look in hi, eye which
re thought mean, blood, "coine here
men" They obeyed without delay.
Indeed, they seemed perfectly sub
mnve They sank down On the
grass in tue cool shade by the
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