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Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1902-05-16
PLANVILLE.

Mrs. Nora Franks is very low
with typhoid fever.
Joe Williams is in Lawrence
county on business.
Wheat is a failure in this neigh
borhood. Oats look fine but need
rain.
The young folks spent Sunday
evening very pleasantly in sing
ing at Henry Bacon's.
Cotton is about all planted
The people are getting a very
good stand Of both corn and cot
ton.
Elder Wigsg preached an inter-
esting sermon here Sunday to a
large audience. He breaches
here every second Sunday
Misses Oda Tindle and Salone
Gulley of Evening Shade and
Miss Della Atkinson of Balboa
attended church here Sunday.
Luke Atkinson lost a fine COW
the other day with some unknown
disease. There are several more
sick with the same thing in the
neighborhood, and it is feared
the cattle will all die.
Henry Bacon says be wants the
school directors in this district
indicted for neglect Of duty. He
says he went ito the school cleo
ton last Saturday and stayed all
evening and not a soul come to
hold the election.
Success to the Record and its
many readers.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1902-05-16
MAXYILLE.
.rons look tolerablY we'll.

Crops look tolerably well.
The farmers are well up with
their work.
G.. NJ. Brickle visited friends
near here Sunday.
A large amount of sorghum is
being planted as a forage crop.
Maxville now has a flourishing
Sunday school with H. N. Morris
sup't.
Rev. H. N. Morris preached
here Saturday night and at Bal
boa Sunday.
Rev. Sullivan of Grange
preached to a large congregation
Sunday evening.
W. l, Simpson was looking af-
ter business interests and other
interests at Cave City Sunday.
The young people are to meet
at the school house next Satur-
day night to organize a literary
society, this is a move in the
right direction and should receive
the encouragement of all our
people.
We will bet our old hat that the
man who applied for pension OIL
account of the miraculous in
crease of his family, as reported
in last weeks Record, was jeff
Davis "heeler" before the late
primary election.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1902-05-16
CENTER.

Mrs. Willie Clear of Evening
Shade has been visiting relatives
here lately.
Health is good, and everybody
busy trying to make something to
live upon hereafter.
A new boy at the home Ct Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Osborne. All do
ing we'll but Sam, and he may yet
survive.
Alex Paden and daughter and
w. II. Hulett went to the reunion
and are we'll pleased with their
visit to the Lone Star State.
Andy Hogan and Richard
Dickey have put up machine
shop at Esq. Stewards. They
had their well at that place 40 feet
deep when the box on their drill
bar bursted,
Luke Gates was postmaster
and merchant several days while
Mr.. Paden was in Texas, Luke
kept good cold water for his GUS
toners, and was as handy as a
pocket in a shirt.
Corn is a good stand and some
large er ough to pillow. Cotton is
up in a tolerably good stand,
that which was planted before the
rain. Wheat.is coming out some,
but from present indications will
be the next thing to a failure.
Oats look well.
Our farmers are diversifying
their crops this year. They are
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1902-05-16
Pointed Paragraphs.

After a mighty lie has prevail
ed, men call it the truth.
When a man is old enough to
know better, he is too old to do it.
Unless a man is intelligent and
consistent, he never changes his
mind.
The more some people try to
explain the deeper they get in hot
water.
Love may make the world go
round, but money helps to push
it along.
Rain falls alike upon the just
and the unjust, but the latter use
it as a aser,--Chicago News.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1902-05-16

We live by our blood, and on
it. We thrive or starve, as
our blood is rich or poor.
There is nothing else to live
on or by.
When strength is full and
spirits high, we are being re-
freshed, bone muscle and brain,
in body and mind, with con-
tinual flow of rich blood.
This is health.
When weak, in low spirits
no cheer, no spring, when rest
is not rest and sleep is not
sleep, we are starved ; our blood
is poor; there is little nutri
ment in it.
Back of the blood, is food,
to keep the blood rich. When
it fails, take SCOTS Emulsion
of CodLiver Oil. 1t sets the
whole body going again-man
woman and child.
YOU have not tried it, send for free sample,
lis agreeable taste will surprise you
SCOTT s. BOVINE, Chemists
4o9-4iS Pearl Street, New YORK
SOC. and $780, all druggists.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1902-05-16
News OF Our Nei9hbors.

J. D, Oliphant of Agnos recent
ly killed a wild gobbler weighing
Is pounds.
The Journal says carload after
carload of mussel shells are ship
ped from Newark.
"A modern two story hotel, a
bank and three business houses
ARE under way OF construction at
Newark, all Of brick.
Walnut Ridge has secured the
fPocahentas route machine shops,
the Iron Mountain round house
and a large cotton seed oil MILL
VIII. Hale, recently sent to the
.penitentiary from Fulton county,
fer obtaining money under false
pretenses. has escaped, and sou
is offered for his capture.
Bill Taylor killed wild turkey
recently. 1t dressed "a pounds
and its beard, which Mr. Taylor
left at the Bulletin office, is eight
inches long.-Mt. Home Bulletin
The White River railroad sur
yey does not touch Mountain
Home, bat that enterprising town
is going to build an electric road
to the nearest station on the new
road.
The Committee appointed by
the Democratic Central Committee
for the purpose of recounting the
votes of the different townships,
met Monday morning to proceed
with its duties, and after spending
two days in making a recount de-
.cided to discontinue for the reason
that it became convinced that the
ballots had been tempered with
since they we're cast by the cleo
tors and counted by the judges
,Batesville Guard.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1902-05-16

1T is a compliment to Arkansas
and to one of the best men in the
state, that the Southern Baptist
Convention at Asheville, N. G.,
should have given such a large
majority to ex-Gov. J. P Eagle
for president of the organization
The vote as cast was as follows;
Eagle 515, lowering 225, Marsh
115. Mr.. Eagle was nominated
by Rev. AN. Couch Of Arkan'
sas, and the nomination was Sec
onded by DR.. W. E. Hatcher, OF
Norfork, Va.-Arkansas Demo-
crat.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1902-05-16
STATE NEWS.


school building.
The Arkansas Medical Society
met at Little Rock this week.
The delinquent taxes in Pulas-
Xxi county amounts to $500.
The Arkansas Teachers As
ISOLATION meets at Hot Springs
June "A.
Hail G block of brick buildings
were burned at Texarkana Mon
day night.
Henry LeSane hangs at Mari
anna today for a murder COM
mitted several years ago.
The town of Benton has
population Of 1900, having nearly
doubled within the past year,
Elliot Lee, colored, was struck
by lightning and instantly killed
or a plantation near Little Rock.
Willis Haggard, farmer near
Van Buren,, has cleared $500 off
of a four acre patch Of strawber-
ries.
Joe Brown, aged II years, was
killed by the accidental discharge
Of a gun in his own hands at Os-
ceola.
Chas. Bogard was killed by
lightning while riding horseback
near Heber. The horse was also
killed.
Thirty five newresidences have
been built in Prairie Grove the
past year, and there is still a de-
mand for houses.
A two-year-old son Of W, A.
Morris fell into an open cistern
at Huntsville and an ugly cash
was cut through his skull.
Gov. Davis has pardoned W.
F. Garrett and W. L. LeGrand OF
Clark county, who were recently
convicted of nonfeasance in
office.
The citizens Of Johnson county
have organized an association to
raise funds With which to build a
monument to the memory of
sheriff John II. Powers, who was
killed recently while resisting
bank robbers.
While Francis Clarke OF Hick-
man, Mississippi county was
grinding an axe, Matt Harrington
a negro, slipped up from the rear
and killed him with shot gun.
The whole white neighborhood
turned out after the brute, and if
caught he may be lynched.
Elder Jeter, a colored pastor of
a colored Holiness church in Lit
tie Rock, in a sermon last Sunday
predicted that the city of Little
Rock will soon be destroyed by
some great convulsion, similar to
that which has just destroyed
Martinique. He has just had an
interview, he says, with the Ruler
of the Universe, who revealed
this to him. His remarks had a
great influence over many Of his
ignorant listeners.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1902-05-16

planting more sorghum and CATER
corn than ever. Marshal Causbie
will have 10 acres in CATER corn
and several acres in sorghum.
He also sowed 4 acres in alfalfa.
Alex Padcn sowed seyeIa. acres
in alfalfa this spring.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1902-05-16
Governor Davis has established

Governor Davis has established
a new rule for the pardon or ne
,,groes, as shown by the following
letter to Hon. H. K, Toney OF
Pine Bluff: 81 am in receipt OF
your favor and in reply to same
beg to say that the condition
which | attach to these pardons |
am making in good faith, and if
YOU will show me a ticket to Bos-
ton for this negro | will immedi-
fately issue his pardon, and this
letter to you will be your guaran-
tee that | will issue same"
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1902-05-16
Notice for Publication lO317.
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark.
Auv . iLt, [

Land Office at Little Rock, ARR.
May 3, ~? I
Notice il hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his intention 10
make final proof in support OF his claim and
In / said proof viii be niae before The Clerk Of
SHARP county, NJ Evening Shade, Ark. on June
IA, 1902, viz:
Ira !. Smi
II. F.. No. 2l0Cl for the MOI theast quarter
northwest quarter section "a, township IL, north
range g WI 81.
He names the following witnesses To prove bis
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of
SAT-! land viz: =,
J I. ilarell, G. NJ. Brlckle, I. b. Arnold
and j. E Wikerson, all of Sidney. Ark
II. ii, MYERS, Register
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1902-05-16

Folcy's Kidney Cure nd,
kidneys aud bladder rich,
lalns rothlng Injurious. NJ
Edwal DIS.
The RECORD and the St. l..
Republic 4 year S1.75.
RIA" OR INFLANED L7ses.
Yield rapidly to the MO-,
"nrarge and healing ouabm'
Folry's Honey and Tar l '
r'ntS rncnn oa.a and con,,nn,I
frcm a band cold settled n" ''
umgs. w. a. Edwards. " u
a lot of old papers for sal. i,
this office.
PNEUMONIA FOLLOWS A c9ln
Bnt never follows the NJ. !.
FoIe! x Honey aud Tar. It s,,'
che cough, heals and strengthen, I
nngS and affords perfect secru w.
from an attack Of pneumonia pl
fuse substitutes, w. A. Edwa,a. W.
Take the Record and keen =,
with the news. !
La grippe coughs yield oui,l,
to the wonderful curative qualiG.
of Foley's Honey and Tar. TIs,
Is n9thlng else Just as good" y
i. Edwards.
The RECORD prints the new
and you ought to take it.
Frequently accidents occur IN I,
household, which csnse burns, eu
spralns, and bruises. Fer usa
such eases Billiards. Snow Llnim,
has for many years been the 90
slant favorite family remedy. Pr
p and so ctsr at Shows dr.
store.
Don't irrltate your lungs With
atubborn cough when pleasant a
Elective remedy may be found
Billiards. lIorehound Syrup. Pr
% and 80 cents at Shows Dr.
store,
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1902-05-16
Stories OF Major 0tcy.

Col. Peter j. Otey, of Virginia,
who represented the Lynchburg
district in congress for years, and
who died recently, could tell ne
gro dialect stories better than any
other Southern member, says the
Washington correspondence Of
the New York World. Col. Otey
liked to tell stories, too, and
always had a big audience when
he started in in the cloak-rooms.
He used stories to Illustrate his
speeches. Only a little time ago
he was speaking of the impossi-
bility of regulating moonshlnin9
by law.
81 was talking to a moonshiner
a few days ago." he said, land |
asked him how long the moon
shining business, in direct viola
ton OF the law, would be kept
up"
"Just as long replied the moon
sinner, as there is s cents profit
in a 10-cent drink of corn whis-
key"
Otey's greatest speech was
made in the second session Of the
Fifty sixth Congress, 1t was an
appeal for the removal Of the tax
on tobacco,
He wound up by making plea
for tobacco for soldiers and sail
ors, saying:
SIN fact, there is no solace in
camp life or on shipboard like the
pipe, and nothing slaves off hun
ger and thirst like the chew Of
tobacco.
Otey was the originator, in
Congress at least, Of the story Of
the two cross-eyed men who were
riding on bicycles and collided
Both riders were thrown to the
ground. One got up and said an
grily:
"Why don'tyou look where you
are going?"
The other one, rubbing hi
bruises, retorted:
"Why don't you 60 where YOU
are looking?"
At a session a few months age
Mr., Otey desired to address the
House on a certain measure then
pending, He applied for time,
but it could not be granted him.
"Mr. Speaker, he then re-
quested, 81 ask that | be allowed
one minute in which to talk"
The minute was given him,
Mr.. Otey stood in the aisle beside
his desk and stared in absolute
silence at the speaker. At the
expiration of the min tie he sat
down without having said a word.
The next morning he arose at his
seat, and, addressing the speaker
demanded to know why his speech
Of the preceding day had not been
printed in the Record.
81 SEQ a lot of things there not
nearly so wise as the thoughts
presented so eloquently," he
said.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1902-05-16
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS,
Notice for Publication O362
Land Oilice at Little Rock, Ark /
April IL, 1902

Land Onice at Little Rock, Ark
April II, 1921
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his intention 10
make tlInl proof IN support OF his claim and
that said proof will be made before the County
Clerk Of sharp county, ut Evening Shade, Ark.
ON May q, 1872, viz;
John ". Pendelgrass
II. Il No 20iS2 for the west half southwest
quarter, section /, township Is, north range
west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
OF SAID land viz:
r. " Goodwin. j II. Couch, j. |. Nicely and
John Mcconnell, all of Ash Flat, Ark.
II. II. MYERS Register.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1902-05-16
THAT NEGRO PARDON.
Gov. Davis GETS What he Wanted
Notoriety and Much Comment.

pardoning a negro on condition
that he remove to Massachusetts.
He has also received many letters
from Massachusetts and else
where denouncing the act, Here
are some comments:
H. B. Davis, Richmond, Ind
81 write to say that Southern
Black is preferred to those Of
Southern White in any Of our
Northern States "
Col. Thcs. w, Higginson, Bos-
ton, Mass, who commanded a
negro regimenton tho Union side
during the Civil war-"Mass-
achusetta should feel compliment
ed at the action of the governor
of Arkansas"
Representative Mccartney of
Boston: sit establishes a very
dangerous precedent. The mat
ter should be met by legislative
action on the part of Massachu-
setts."
Representative Kiley of Bo8-
ton: cit is an insult to the state
that should meet with the censure
and condemnation of all fair
! minded and honest thinking citi-
zens, not alone of Massachusetts,
but of the state which has, I'M
favorably for itself, been so dis
graced by its chief executive"
Gen. G.. W. BlacEmar, COM
mander of the G. A. r., Bos-
ton:-"I consider the action Of
Governor Jefferson Davis as I'M
worthy of notice-ir is beneath
our contempt. He has only sue
ceeded in showing himself worthy
of his namesake.
Representative E, B. Calender
Boston: "If the file affords such
precedent, then the Bay state
would be justified in instituting
retaliatory judgments and de-
creeing banishments Of Italian
murderers to the paradise of bow
lie knives and revolvers. How
ever, Massachusetts can afford to
welcome the Southern culprit,
remembering that God gave him
a soul and that Arkansas cannot
by legislation take that gift
away"
B. F. Carroll writes from
Blooming Grove, Texas:-"ll-
lustrious namesake of the i'm
mortal hero of the Lost Cause,
permit an old 'hayseed,' whose
first wall was near the home of
him whose name you bear, and
who found his way to the wilds of
grand old Texas over half GEN.
fury ago, to present you a oou-
quet, plucked from his farm, in
token of his appreciation Of the
philanthropic deed you performed
in pardoning that buck baboon
and turning him loose among
those Down casters, who caused
us SO much woe and loss. May
those delectable Yankees take
kindly to the brute.
A. S. Vandeventer, a Fayette
Mo-. lawyer, writes:
"Dear GOVERNOR have heard
many expressions of approval,
even from Republicans, of the
clemency you extended to the
negro convict, upon condition
that he would within thirty days
depart himself from Arkansas
and become a citizen of Massa-,
chusetts. If you will clean out
the penitentiary and the jails of
the negro criminals, and send
them into the New England states
where they can riot and rolick in
the sweetest pleasure of social
equality, | am candidly Of the
opinion that all opposition to your
promotion in the future will be
less effective than a boys whistle
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-19

question was sent by the Philadel-
phia paper that he was working for
at the time TO cover the mastering
in. While several of the other cor
respondents gave heed to a few dis
gruntled soldiers and. as a result,
telegraphed columns to their respect
i've papers about the bad food furnish
ed the boys" and all that, he tried
to take broader. more patriotic view
in his dispatches.
II wasn't long before the guards
ohcers noticed the tenor of the
young mans stories, and Adjt. Gen.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-19
"Miss Pratt Unable to Attend School,"

him to inspect 1t and what was his
surprise to discover n hard granite
with an unusual color-golden yellow.
He almost shouted his joy. The next
day he told Mr.. La Fargo that he had
found the exteriorPstone they were
looking for, and just a glimpse at a
specimen convinced Mr.. La Fargo that
his colleague was right
This granite which at close range
presents an appearance like small
particles of pure golden butter float
ing separately on a surface of milk, at
distance gives the impression that it
has caught and reflects the smellow
golden glow of a setting sun. And
until Mr.. Helms disco Vered 1t ii was
being used for dams and similar
work.
duck shooting trip led to the un-
earthing of limestone for the interior
finishing.
Messrs. Helms and La Fargo grew
tired of working on the cathedral
drawings, so Tets take a short rest"
Mr.. La Fargo suggested. Mr. Helms
fell in with the idea, and it was agreed
to go DUCK hunting along the Missis-
sippi river in Minnesota, where Mr.
La Fargo had hunted as a boy The
two men had not been in Minnesota
many days before MIR. La Fargo no.
out here and there. He had the stone
examined, and he found that although
1t looked somewhat like limestone il
resisted the ordinary limestone tests.
Next thing Mr.. La Fargo discovered
that. while it had the softening effect
Of limestone, its hardness made it a
fine stone for carving purposes. Aft
ter a few more tests and a little fur
Their investigation both he and his
partner knew they had the interior
stone at last Then they quietly went
to work and secured options and fin
ally lease that will insure the cathe-
dral all the Frontenac limestone 1t
will need. The stone was so named by
Mr.. La Fargo because it was near the
town of Frontenac, Mimi. that he first
noticed the outcroppings
Years Spent ON the Drawings.
These two architects have been
working with their assistants on the
cathedral drawings since 1883. OF
course, there have been times when
not much work has been put on the
plans, but, on the other hand, there
have been long stretches of months
when practically the whole Office force
bent all energies on them. At present
the plans are in such shape that work
on the choir can go right on until il
is completed. The plans for the tran
septs and nave portions are still to be
worked out in detail. for they have
been considered largely only in so far
as they have to do with the choir and
the great tower that will surmount II.
How many hundreds of times the plans
have been changed here. there, every
where the architects have wearied Of
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-19

Stewart especially was pleased with
them. Straightway he sought out the
writer. complimented him in the pres
ence of his fellow scribes. and fol-
lowed this by praising him TO Gov.
Hastings, who was in immediate COM
mand of the camp. The Governor in
turn, wrote an eulogistic letter on the
newspaper man to his employers. A
week later the correspondent found
that his salary had been substantially
increased, and he has been grateful
to Gen. Stewart and ex-Gov. Hastings
ever since. Duane.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-19

counting; and they will be subject to
still more hundreds of changes in the
years that are to come.
Just at present the architects are not
doing much on the plans by reason OF
the fatality that has pursued the build
ing committee of the cathedrars
board or trustees, who must pass on
the drawings. Dean Hoffman was this
committees chairman. He is dead.
Only recently Samuel D. Babcock, an
other member, died. The third and
only living member, j. Roosevelt, Is
in Europe. AS soon as he returns the
trustees will appoint a new commit
tee. 1t is hoped that this will not be
far In the future.
Nor will 1t be SO vera long now be-
fore the first of the eight great mono
liths for the choir will be delivered.
A Massachusetts quarryman has been
working three years to get out these
huge stones, each weighing $40 tons in
the rough and 200 tons dressed, and he
yet has to quarry several. They will
be brought here by Sea, and the real
fun will begin when they are started on
their journeys through the streets to
their final resting place. The cathe-
dral authorities fully expect to have
TO pay several thousand dollars dam
ages for broken manholes, torn up
streets, crushed catamarans and what
not. And then, when the monoliths
are finally at the cathedral grounds,
some one will have to tackle the ex-
ceedingly difficult problem. of setting
them. The setting of the fifteen-ton
monoliths in New York's new Hall of
Records was considered quite a feat,
but here are monoliths Weighing over
thirteen times as much.
Dimensions of the Cathedral.
The dimension of the cathedral.t in
the creating of which the architects
had no modern guide are interesting.
AS planned now, the external length
is $40 feet and the internal length 20
feet less. The total width through the
transept is 296 feet, of the front 19z
feet of the nave 80 feet, and of the
choir "a feet. The width of the central
aisle of the nave is 54 feet, and the side
aisles are each 10 feet wide. The length
of the transept is SO feet, Of the nave
1S4 feet, of the choir 100 feet, Of the
portico 80 feet, of the ambulatory is
feet, and of the Belmont Chapel. the
easternmost part, 55 feet. These lengths
added give an internal length of 500
feet. The combined seating capacity
Of all the different parts win be about
$500.
The hight of the nave is log feet.
and of the choir 2 feet more The hight
of the dome is 252 feet and it's diameter
LOG feet. The hight of the great tower
is 425 feet and of the two lesser towers
24S feet, or only So feet lower than Trim
ity Church spire. which a few years
ago was one of New York's highest
Continued On Page Nineteen.
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Continual On Page Nineteen.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-19
A Young Chicago Girl :" Studied I

"DEAR Mrs PNKHAMI wish to thank you for the help
eft have received through the of Lydia
table Compound and Liver Pills. When about