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Sharp County record., 1900-08-03
A CALL.

The DEM 3cratic county central
committee of Sharp coun y is
hereby called to meet at Evening
Shade August 4th, 1900, at / p.
M, for the purpose of making ar
rangement for the county cam
paign. The members of the
committee IRE as follows:
Big Creek, W. E. Taylor.
Big Rock, "A. D, Taylor.
Cave, T,'S. Ottinger.
Davidson, H. V. Underwood.
Hardy, Percy Pepoon.
Highland, H, E, Dark.
Jackson, G. H. Myers.
Johnson, P. G. Kinks.
Lave Creek, S. T. Welsh.
Lebanon, Jas. V. PEBBLES.
Morgan, B. j. Flanagan.
North, II. F. Henry.
Piney Fork, I. &, Ritchie.
Richwoods, C. Fl. Martin.
Scott, DIR, ]. W, Tibbles.
Strawberry, W. T. Campbell.
Sullivan, D. A. Whitener.
Union, John Henry.
Washington, G. W. Blan.
All members of the county CEN
trail committee are urged to oe
present either in person or by
proxy, and all of the candidates
are invited to attend for tue pur-
pose of advising with the commit
tee. PERCY PEPooN,
+. G. ltITcHIE, Ch'm'n.
sjdc'y.
Sharp County record., 1900-08-03
Notice for Publication, 1884
Land 0llce at Little Rock, Ark.
June the Both, 1900.

Land OICt NJ LlILTG kOCk, NIX. I
June the 3Jth 1900.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his inlen ion TO
make final proof IN support OF his claim and
that said proof will be made before the county
clerk Of sharp county Arkansas, ut Evening
Shade, Arkansas on August l4th 1900, VIZ;
PleasaAt NJ, Chrisenberry
II. l.. No, 2OSiB for the northeast quarter OF
northeast quarter oinorthwest quarter OF south
ter Of the southeast quarter section 2j township
IL north range west
Henumcs The following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of
said land, VIZ
Geo, M0bley, John luckey, Paul Wainwright
and Wiley M6bley, all Of lienguy, ARK,
Wllliamu Whipplle,
htgSter.
Sharp County record., 1900-08-03

WANTED IA esse Of bad health that RtpAN'S wifi
n9 benefit They bauish pain and proong life. One eye,
l ,cl'el Note ihe word RlPAN'S on The package apS
be had AZ any drug store Ten samples and one thousand
ielGonas will be mailed to any address for dye cents.
Street, New yafk
Sharp County record., 1900-08-03
Notice for Publication 1856.
Land ONCE at Little Rock, Ark, !

Land OnICe NJ Little Rock, ARR,
June 10th, 1900.
Notice IS hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his intention TO
make final proof IN support OF her claim and
that said proof will be made before the County
tlcrk OF sharp county, at Evening Shade, Ark,
on july 2S, 1000. yi2
Mary u. Holt
Widow OfLewiA b, Holt dcGcused
II h No. ls')3I for thr southeast quarter south
west quarter section 81, township 10, north
range D wost and lotb of northwest quarter
section township Il, north range b west
She names the following witnesses 10 prove
her continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said land, viz,
7, j. sChules, J, u, Cash, y, 7, Murphy and
W. \, stewart, Of Center, Ark,
Wn, q, Whipplc, Register,
Sharp County record., 1900-08-03
THE COLONIES YARNS.

A certain Colonel Fontaine, of
Mississippi, has a local reputation
as a spinner of yarns. Here are
some specimens:
"When General Grant had
Pemberton cooped up in Vicks-
burg it became highly necessary
that we should communicate with
him and let him know that the
eyes of his country. was on him
and that we was cheering Of him..
We was $50 miles above the town,
and between US and it was a mint
of Yankee gunboats. They was
tearing up'n down the river all
day an night, chompin' the
wattah and snortin' like hippo
potamuses. | volunteered for
the duty and this is how did
done it: | stuck the letter to
Pemberton in my shirt and swum
out in the stream about dark, and
waited for one of them din ged
gunboats to come along. Them
days could swim for twenty
four hours and never feel it.
About midnight one came tearing
down. AS she went by me |
grabbed the gunnel, foot above
the water, and hung on. She
was goin' fifteen miles an hour
and my laigs floated on the sur
face, but it made no difference.
All the way down our boys was
shootin' at her from both banks
and that made it interestin' for
me. One bullet hit the hand by
which | was holdin' on-here is
the scar now but I nevah lost
my hold, We was just ten hours
maxim the run. When we hit
the upper aidge of Vicksburg, I
swum ashore, handed over my
letter to the general, went into
the wattah agin, went through
the Yankee fleet and brought up
fifty miles below. l got the
thanks of the Confedrit Congress
for that, but the records was
burned"
Sharp County record., 1900-08-03

Ollo tllllo 1 Was WdlklIlS
through the woods up in the va
zoo country with my shotgun on
my shoulder. 1t was 10 o'clock
at night and darker'n the inside
of COW. Suddenly l heard close
by me the deadly rattle Of a
snake. | knew that in another
minute | would be a dead man.
| brought my gun down, fired
one barrel in the direction l sup
posed the snake to be, saw him
kwiled by the flash Of the powder
and before it died out killed him
with the other barrel. Pm pretty
fast with a gun.
'Fishin' in the Yazoo is good
sometimes and bad sometimes,
but there is always catfish. l
was after 'em once. There had
been heavy rain, the river was
bank-full and | was usin' a hand
line. Suddenly I felt a slight tug
and began to draw in. The fish
pulled heavy for a light bitter, but
l hauled away. When | got my
hook to the bank, on the end of
it was nothin' in the world but a
stone Jug about two-gallon size.
The hook was down in the Jug.
| broke the thing to get the hook
out, and when did so uncovered
a gaspersoo that must have
weighed five pounds. That fish
got into the Jug when it was little
and staid in until it was too big
to get out. The mouth Of the
Jug was upstream and it lived on
such food as drifted in"
Sharp County record., 1900-08-03
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice for Publication. 1877
Land 01lce ut Little Rock, Ark.
IIlnp the AlLh llOl (

Land Office ut Little Rock, Ark.
June the 3Oth, 1900.
Notice 10 hereby given that the following
naIned settler has filed notice ofhls intention 10
make final proof in support of his claim, AMI
that said proof will be made before the county
clerk of Sharp county, Arkansas, at Evening
Shade Arkansas, on August llth, 1900, viz;
James Nj. Vance
H. 4. No. 20O43, for the south half southeast
quarter section Il township Ii north range D
west.
lie names the following witnesses toprove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of
said land, viz:
Sam Anderson, Dave Anderson j. I. Powell
and Geo, Runsick, all of Balboa, Ark.
William q. Whipple.
Register.
Sharp County record., 1900-08-03

"1'm q surveyor by trade and |
don't lift my hat TO any man that
ever carried a chain. Once | was
engaged to survey an enormous
body of land in Western Texas,
1t was an old Spanish grant and
the deed said that q grindstone
he'd been used to mark one Of the
corners. That was 200 years
ago. Well, | got my boarin's
and started cut. | surveyed 20
miles north by northeast, thirty.
one miles east by southeast,
eighteen miles south by south
Sharp County record., 1900-08-03
Proposed Amendment TO The
State Constitution.

NJ Office Is hereby given that the following
~ joint resolution, proposing an amend
ment to The State Constitution, was passed by
the General Assembly at Its regular session OF
1899, aud that the same win be submitted to the
electors OF the state ut the next general election
to be held Scptember3, 1900, for adoption orre-
lection, Wis
PROPOSED AMENDMENT,
'"rhe suretics upon the official bonds OF all
State officers shall be residents Of, and have suf-
lcient property within the State, not exempt
from sale uudcr execution, attachment or other
process OF amy court, to make good their bombs,
and the sureties upon the official bonds Of all
county officers shall reside within the counties
where such officers reside, and shall have slir-
llCient property therein, not exempt from such
sac, to make good their bonds, Provided,
however, that any surety, bonding or guaranty
company, organized for the purpose of dong =
surety or bonding business, and authorized to
do busines, in this State, may become surely on
the bonds OF all State, county, and municipal Of
lICers under such regulations as mny be pre-
sCrlbcd by law Approved May 3, lSo0,'
Each cIeCtor may vote for or ayainst above
amendment.
Witness my official signature and seal Of olligo,
this l4th day Of February, 1900.
ALIEN, c, HULL,
(SGAL,) secretary of state.
Sharp County record., 1900-08-03

W. D. Cochran has The largest
stock of stoneware evor brought
to Evening Shade,
Sharp County record., 1900-08-03
Warning Order.
Sharp County tlclit (,Wt.
Southern DlgtriCl,

ShNfp county IlWIt ItWl.
Southern District,
o, G, Blackburn, Plaintiff,
w
Anna Blackburn, Del't,
Tho defendant Anna blackburn IL warned
appour III this c@uit within thirty days and ans
wer the complaint Of the llNiDlll,
June lSlh, 1900. H. Is HILL, Clerk.
Wright n oldllcld attorneys for plaintiff,
Evening journal., 1900-08-20

vention chairman will press a button
and from the Union ticket will drop a
name. The Union Republican conyen-
tion is to assemble again on Thursday,
and it will be decidedly interesting 10
note in what condition the slate made
at the Union reception of Monday a
week ago will be returned to Thurs
days gathering. Delawarean.
The Republicans OF Delaware want
to win. They know full well that with
a united party victory is sure, and the
doom Of Democracy sealed. They are
in no humor this year for playing poll
tics. They are sickened with strife
dissension and petty party quarrels
which only lead to defeat.-Dover
State Sentinel
Let us have harmony and peace-all
along the line. let all past preiudices
be buried. Let every man who calls
himself a Republican enlist in the
ranks against the enemy.-Georgetown
Union Republican.
Evening journal., 1900-08-20
No Need for Concern

From Charlotte IN. C.) Daily Observer
A copy of the Wilmington. Del,
Evening Journal Of the 18th, with the
following editorial was received at this
Office yesteday.
Howard MWilkinson, of Dover, has
played the part of craven, and the
young woman with whom he eloped is
guilty of conduct as unnatural as It IS
disgraceful. Delaware society is well
rid Of two such moral lepers, and II
North Carolina or South Carolina wants
to harbor them it is welcome to the
increase Of population. Wilkinson adds
to the enormity of his offense by at
tempting to justify it, but the fact re-
mains that he deserted a good woman
because she protested against his at
tentions to bad woman. He increased
the gravity OF his offense by roDbing
her of her personal belongings as well
as her happiness and peace Of mind.
But what shall be said OF the woman
in the case, who stole her sisters hus-
band and now is living openly and
brazenly with him as his wife? In the
social annals of Delaware there never
has been such an exhibition Of heart
lessness and shamelessnes. II the
good people Of Charlotte, N. c., oi
Greenville. S. c., can receive such per.
sons and give them countenance and
support the social fabric Of those com.
munities must be wei tattered."
The Journal need not vex its right.
eous soul. Charlotte society did moi
hasten to receive this couple to its
arms. Indeed, an Observer. reporter told
Wilkinson that there was not resting
place here for the soles Of his feet, and
upon the advice OF the reporter Wilkin.
son and the woman moved on aftel
having sojOurned here twenty-foul
hourse and no more. Charlotte hal
open gates and a cordial reception fol
Northern immigrants, but not OF thii
sort.
Evening journal., 1900-08-20
The Reaction Has Come

From the Sussex Journal.
The Addicks people hold another
convention next Wednesday to ratify
their illegal one of the 9th inst. Their
action in moving up the date OF their
first call to the 9th, and then calling
another for the 23d, has been the
laughing stock of the county for the
past two weeks. They have shown
what an "assanine" set they are by
their frivolous actions. The better ele-
ment of their own faction are chag-
rined by the revolving fiasco.
The Addieks state chairman says
that the Addicksites stand ready to
share the offices with the Regulars, the
former taking first choice, but in their
convention of the 9Th, the Addicksites
not only took all the best offices, but
also had the audacity % naming the
Regulars on the ticket without even
consulting the Regular leaders. Com
mon decency would have dictated that
they at least leave the places open.
But the action of the Addicksites is
already having its reaction. The Reg
ulars now say that Marshall for gov
ernor and Layton for Congress must
come off the ticket and the language
Of the demand is couched in no un-
certain terms. There is no alternative
to the command Of the Regulars. 1t is
now ND to the Addicksite chairman to
see that he heeds the request of the
Regulars. He is invested with the au-
| thority to do So The convention of
the 9Th, gave that. Now will he show
/ his maqnanimity and do the best thine
for the party?
The Regulars hold their convention
next Tuesday and it remains to be
seen II they will maintain their stanC
and nominate a full ticket regardless.
OF the action Of the Addicksites. Il
Regular newspaper talk counts for any
thing, then the Addicksites will not b'
allowed to take all the crow and leave
nothing but buzzard for the other fac
tions.
Evening journal., 1900-08-20
Addicksites Condemn Addlcks

From the Sussex Republican.
The Republicans who condemn the
ticket selected by the Addicksites, are
not all to be found in the Regular
camp. Many Union Republicans, who
want to see Republican success do not
hesitate to condemn the Addicksites
for their nomination of extremists who
will not poll the full Republican vote.
This constant dictation Of Addicks
Is CALLING, and self-respecting men who
think for themselves are not disposed
to take just what is served up with
out being consulted in the matter.
That speech OF Addicks', in which
he nominated all the nominees in the
New Castle county caucus, is a fair
sample OF his methods. He commands
and his followers obey. He selects a
ticket and they nominate it without a
question. He is supreme boss" His
word is law in the Addicks camp.
Evening journal., 1900-08-20

convention held last week. They went
into the matter with their eyes wide
open.
1t is probably true that their origi.
nal plans have been completely chang
ed, through two causes. One, because
OF the storm OF popular indignation
and contempt which their clumsy at
tempt at trickery evoked The other
and most cogent reason is because Of
a mandate which they have received
from those high in national Republican
places. Their whilom friends in and
out Of the Philadelphia Convention
have been more than chagrined BIZ the
failure OF Delaware Republicans TO &C.
cept and abide by the verdict of that
convention. Their modification now
becomes unbeaTable when they behold
their new protege playing such buf.
foonery before the eyes Of the whcle
country. Thee former friends are they
Who have brought about the call for
another Addicks convention. They
see the mistake that has been made.
They see that the Philadelphia Con-
vention has almost wrecked Republican,
ism in Delaware. They now propose
attempting to rectify this error. They
have put the screws on Addicks, and
intend that his party shall becompelled
TO accept the most important OF the
nominations to be made by ho Regu-
lar Republican Convention OF the 21st.
This is the origin of the call for a
second convention. True, ]. Frank
Alice had been given the power with
which the nominees OF the Regular
Republican Convention might have
been accepted, but such an exercise of
power was not deemed desirable for
public comment.
Evening journal., 1900-08-20
THE EVENING JOURNAL MONDAY AUGUST 20. 1900

of the trial was a great shock to
Powers and his friends, who had count
ed on a disagreement. An effort will be
made to obtain a new trial and that
falling an appeal will be taken. It is
held that partisan bias actuated the
jury and there are ugly insinuations
about the one Republican juror who
fell in line with the Democrats so cas-
ily. However, II he was a party to the
crime, he should be punished.
Evening journal., 1900-08-20
SLIP or The PEN

"The charge that Mr.. Addicks. OF
any other man, made the ticket and
forced the Union Republicans to adopt
it is simply assanine. The Morning
News knows it, If 1t possesses any
knowledge"
The above clipping was credited To
the Sussex journal by the Evening
Journal. Evidently this was an unin-
tentional mistake by the Evening Jour
nal, as we never wrote such. In fact,
we entertain the very opposite opin-
ion. We hope the Evening Journal
will acknowledge the mistake and cor
rect it. We don't care to be recorded
among the Addicks apologists.-Sus-
sex Journal.
Yes. it was a slip of the pen. The
Sussex Journal is wholly blameless of
having advanced such silly argument.
The Georgetown Union Republican
was the Addicks paper which printed
the declarations which everyone knows
is contradicted word for word by the
speech Of Addicks in caucus.
Evening journal., 1900-08-20
NEWSPAPER OPINION
A Slate Suggested

From Milford News and Advertiser.
There are hosts of good men in the
ranks OF the party, who would grace
the ticket, and while something should
be conceded to Union Republicans, the
Addicksites should receive no consid-
Grafton. (The above distinction is
made by many members of the opposi-
ton faction.) We suggest ticket
composed about as follows:
Governor--Theodore f. Clark.
Congress-Hiram lR. Burton.
Attorney -General-RObert j. HOus-
ton.
State Treasurer-Martin B. Burris.
Electors-E. G. Shortlidge, Harry A.
Richardson, Daniel J. Layton.
Lieutenant-Governor-John Hum.
Insurance Commissioner - Clark
Mensch
Auditor-John w. Messick.
Mr.. Clark is a gentleman without re-
proach, clean, intelligent and upright.
AS the governor Of Delaware he would
be an executive Of which she could be
proud. DR.. Burton is a Union Repub-
lican, but has made but few political
enemies. 1t is necessary that we should
be represented in Congress by a Re
publican, and we believe he would
draw almost the full strength OF both
factions The Regular Republicans
might concede the nomination to such
a man in order to secure the represen-
tative in Congress. Robert ]. Houston
would make an excellent attorney-gen-
eral; he is clear-headed, good-natured
and persistent. He is absolutely hon
est, and if in the discharge of his duty
1t became necessary, would prosecute
violations OF law without regard to
party affiliations. The other men
named are of the highest type OF citi-
zens, and none would need apologies
We shall publish the ticket next week
which will be nominated next Tues
day; 1t may be totally different from
that which we have named, and equally
as good. There is a wealth of mater
ial TO draw from, and the members Oi
the convention will be freemen. They
will have the temerity to think fol
themselves and no boss will sit astridt
/ their necks to dictate their conduct.
Evening journal., 1900-08-20
PENINSULA PRESS

No Union Republican conventions
as far as reported yanked OFF the
ticket. The state chairman is not ap-
parently in any haste to exercise his
Drerogatives.-Dover Delawarean.
The registration Of voters is much
more prompt this year, at least in the
two registration days already passed,
than was the case two years ago. This
Is a healthy sign. and indicates that
the mass OF people are more decided on
state and national matters, than was
the case at Ahe last election, and are
ready to declare themselves so. 1t in
dicates a fierce battle in this state this
year.-Smyrna Times.
The Democratic Convention OF the
First Congressional districtm met at Ocean
City on Wednesday and nominated the
following candidates for Congress:
long term-John P. Moore, Of Worces-
ter county; short term-Edwin H..
Brown. OF Queen Anne's county. The
combination Is a strong one and will
poll the full party vote.-Crisield
Times.
Among the items crowded out this
week is an editorial on the guberna-
torial situation, and an item about the
attack on the editor who is now i'll
with nervous prostration, by a Chesa-
peake bay sailor.-Sussex Countian.
The First District Democratic Con-
gressional Convention met at Ocean
City last Wednesday and nominated
~ b..
ter Shore counties in the fifty-sixth and
flfty-seventh Congress for the short
and long term respectively. The con-
vention WAS harmonious throughout
and the result, practically as predicted
Snow Hill Messenger.
From what we know of Dr. Black
he wants to go before the sta'e not
only endorsed by the New Castle cOun-
" caucus but by the state convention
He does not desire a halfway nomiaa-
tion. The only way to get a popular
expression. then, is to have not one
wooden delegate In the convention. BY
the so-ealled precedent idea, allowing
the caucus Of this county to name The
candidate, it is plainly a sectional anC
not a state matter.-New Castle News
After the Philadelphia Convention
the Addicksites saw visions of thei
old enemies coming to them in humil
ity and suing for peace. They dreame'
that the battle was already won, ant
assumed tones OF arrogant authority
But the relation was short-lived, an'
now behold the Addicksites again wear
J ing the robe OF humility and beggin
! for quarter. Just what quarter will b
extended them, the 21st- will disclose
g Meantime, they tremble with fear tina
they will be accorded nothing-Dove
Index.
II reports are all true the Addick
men are not satisfied with the tick'
Z dictated to them, nor are those place
J. upon the ticket satisfied that the strin
attached TO some Of them may not l
pulled by a hand that is well-known
b them, and someone else substituted,
T. be In turn replaced by someone else.-
Delaware Democrat.
a Next Tuesday tha Regular Republ
cans will hold their state conyentiC
In Wilmington. From present indie
p tions we opine that the Union eonvel
a ton in the person OF that party's sta
1t chairman will occupy a room som
v whc-c rear next Tuesdays conventis
hall. with strings leading therefrom
~ each candidate named at Dover
Is Monday week. Occasionally. as ci
IL cumstances require, this Union co
Evening journal., 1900-08-20

every Republican in the district is a
free agent We do not believe that Mr.
Knowles will gain any votes by max
ing attacks upon State Chairman
Philip O. Churchman and City Tax
Collector Lewis both Of whom reside
In the ward, and have a perfect right
to use their own judgment in the mat
ter OF its representation to the extent
of their influence in ward affairs. His
assertion that they are using money
to defeat him needs neither contradic-
tiCn nor comment.
Evening journal., 1900-08-20
The Second Convention

From the Dover Index.
After having tried to make the pub
lie believe that the Addicks sideshow
Of the 9Th was the real performance,
the Union Republicans now advertise
the 23d as the date for the opening Of
the big show. The funny part Of the
whole funny business, however, is that
no one but the Addicksites, them
selves, seem to have been fooled. As
things have turned out, IL really ap-
pears that the actors in the burlesque
Of last Monday week though they were
playing In earnest. Why, otherwise,
should the chairman of their State
Central Committee have been given
the power to haul down and put up
candidates. nOlens volens? Such power
was entirely unnecessary, with a new
convention in view.
Il seems, therefore, that the Union
D Republican leaders we're not, in the
first instance. settled upon holding g
/ second convention. II would be inter.
estlng to discover just what settleC
them in this determination.
They were not ignorant OF the re-
4 quirements OF the primary election
u law Of New Castle county. They wer'
fully informed Of all the pros and CON
On the question Of the legality Of tn