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Sharp County record., 1905-09-29

Snead. He served in the State
legislature in 1887, was elected
sheriff in 1902, and is now serving
a second term in the latter office.
He is president Of the State Sun
day school association, and is
actively connected with tho State
and national good roads associa-
ton. He has done much to
develop his home city and county.
~
"Bob" Rogers was born at
West Point, White county, Ark,
January %, 1868. His father
died when he was eleven years
old. He worked on the farm of a
neighbor four years, supporting
his widowed mother, then worked
as carpenter five years in the
car department of the Iron Noun
tain Railway at Barring Cross,
Ark. He was educated in the
common schools. He was first
elected page in the legislature,
then journal clerk, then a MEM
ber thereof, representing Craw-
ford county, then prosecuting
attorney, then attorneys general,
carrying fifty. six counties out ol
the seventy-five over two oppon.
ents-both good men. He is a
member of the Methodist Church,
a prominent Odd Fellow, Elk,
Shriner and 32d degree Mason.
David L. King, Of Sharp coun-
ty, was born in Southern Missouri
about forty-six years ago. When
David King was three years old
his father, a Confederate soldier,
removed to Arkansas, where the
candidate for governor was
reared. He was fond Of study,
and in 1880 was granted State
teachers license. He was also
devoted to farming, and took
considerable interest in the
political welfare OF himself and
Sharp County record., 1905-09-29
Mrs. Mary X, Roane, widow oi

Mrs. Mary K, Roane, widow Of
ex- Governor John S. Roane, is
now living at Tulip, Dallas coun-
ty, and recently received $3.50
as her portion of the Confederate
pension fund. There is a feeling
that the next legislature should
provide an increased pension for
the widows of ex- governors.
Sharp County record., 1905-09-29

w. w. Martin Of Conway,
who owns a lot of property, is
not a -dodger. He appeared
before the Board Of Equalization
and protested against his assess
ments being lowered and advised
the board that it could do the
right thing by raising other as
sessments. The board lowered
his assessments just the same.
Sharp County record., 1905-09-29

For one time in his life, Gov.
Davis has been beaten at his
own game. In a rough and
tumble stump battle, with the
Queens English as the weapon
of warfare, the governor has
been fairly vanquished by "Bob"
Rogers. The governor has al
ways heretofore excelled in this
sort of scramble, and at Ozark is
the first time he was ever known
to holler "calf-rope."
Sharp County record., 1905-09-29

neighbors. In 1890 he was elec-
ted clerk of Sharp county, and in
1892 was e-elected to that office.
Since 1894 he has successfully
practiced law. In 1900, after a
hot campaign, he was nominated
over Thomas |. Hercn for State
senator, and took a leading part
in the senate of 1901 to 1903.
He is best known as the author
of the King antitrust bill, which
was indorsed by two Democratic
conventions and finally passed.
He was also the author of a bill
to increase the powers of the rail-
road commission.
John S. Little is 80 years of
age, and q native of Arkansas.
He was born and reared on a
farm near the town Of Greenwood,
where he now lives, and where
he has spent most of his life,
being a regular farm hand during
his boyhood days. In 1871 he
raised the cotton, with his own
! hands, that enabled him to enter
Cane Hill College, in Washington
county, Ark. In 1873 he taught
school and began the study OF
law, and in 1874 was admitted to
the bar and located at Paris,
Logan county, for the practice of
his profession, where he resided
six years. In 1877 he was elected
prosecuting attorney Of the
Twelfth judicial circuit over four
competitors, and was reelected
three times without opposition.
In 1884 he was elected represen-
tative of his county to the legis-
laturo, serving one term. In 1894
he was elected to congress over
the Hon. Clifton Il. Breckenridge,
which position he now holds. He
had opposition but one time since
his first election, and in that con-
test carried every county in his,
district.
Sharp County record., 1905-09-29
CONTINUED from last week. J

lNOllkllluCu llOlll laob WOON'J
This country in the early days
was very thinly settled, and but
little of the land was in cultiva.
ton. Very fine grass grew all
over the country and stock of all
Kinds that ran on the range would
get very fat during the summer
and early part of the fall, and
would 90 into winter in good
condition. For some years after
we came to this country, stock
would not have to get out of
sight of the farms to find all the
good grass they wanted, and
farmers who tried to and would
keep milch cows, could have any
quantity of good milk and butter.
Work horses and work cattle
were the only stock fed any dur
ing the spring, summer and fall.
Some farmers did not have hor-
ses, but owned oxen, and would
cultivate their crops with oxen,
which were really good substi-
,tute for the horse. In winter
the work stock and milch COWS
were fed regularly. The unused
cattle were fed some shucks and
the pickings of the cornstalk
fields, while the unused horses
were fed a little corn and fodder
about three months in the year,
and they also were put in the
cornstalk fields to gather what
food they could there. The peo-
pie hauled their firewood with
oxen, hitched to q truck wagon.
The tree was felled in the woods,
but no limbs were removed from
it; the stump end gotten on the
trucks and fastened there with a
logchain or rope, and the whole
tree, limbs and all, was dragged
to the wood yard. There the
boys would have a job at all
leisure times. M
There was a great abundance
of wild game in this country,
such as deer, turkeys, squirrels,
rabbits, coons, foxes, opossums
and the wolf. Some nights the
wolves would make the woods
ring with their hideous howls,
and make havoc among the
sheep, calves and pigs, while the
foxes would look after the smaller
pigs and the chicken roost. The
people could have fresh wild
meats at most any time by TAX
ing a little nunt in the woods.
Several families usually had a
good lot of dried venison hams
cured for winter use, while others
would dry the hams for market.
Dried venison hams always de-
manded a good price. These
hams we're sold to merchants at
Batesville, who shipped them
south. The other parts of the
deer were dried for regular eat
ing in summer and fall. Some
Sharp County record., 1905-09-29

Arkansas fruit display at the
worlds fair last year. The only
public office he ever held was that
of State senator, to which he was
elected four years ago. He has,
however, taken a prominent part
in campaign work for the Demo-
cratic party.
Sam @. Sewer was born neaI
Molten, Ala, April 8. 1851. His
father was Benjamin B. Sewer,
his grandfather was Samuel
Sewer, and his great-grand :
father was John Sewer, an early
governor Of Tennessee. His
mother was the daughter Of Joseph
Ewing, Of Mount Hope, Ala. He
went to Camden, Ark, at the
age of 10, and has resided there
continuously from that date,
marrying, in 1872, Miss M. B.
Snead, daughter of DR.. H. T.
Sharp County record., 1905-09-29

There is a strong possibility
that State Superintendent j. H.
Hinemon may enter the race for
governor.
Sharp County record., 1905-09-29
EARLY HISTORY.
"reminiscences of the Settlement of Evening Shade and
Immediate Vicinity by CIV. Shaver Pioneer.

families woulJ kill and cure
opossums for winter and spring
eating.
In those days, men could go
into the wood: with their flint
lock rifles and Don find and kill
a deer, turkey = lot Of squir-
rels. Men w$ald have great
sport in the spang and summer
! by several NEE ing in the woods,
with a lot OF trained hounds, and
making drives or the deer. They
usually got al many as they
wanted when making these
drives, for deer were plentiful,
In the winter the, deer hunters
would still hunt, as they called
it. They would 90 into the woods
on foot, in the parts where the
deer usually ranged, without
t h ir dogs, and find the
deer themselves, and a regular
hunter was very apt to capture
one or two deer. | remember old
man Lott, who lived between
Strawberry and Big Creek, among
the poor, rocky hills, where he
settled for the purpose of hunting.
When snow was on the ground
he would come 10 our house on
foot, with the legs of his brown
jeans breeches stuck down into
his long, white stockings, a red
hunting shirt lver his other
clothes and WEARING a black
wooden hat, to eN. my father to
60 with him des2 hunting. They
would walk all Gay in the cold
snow and never failed to kill
some deer. The old man said
his red shirt and white stockings
would attract the attention of a
deer so he could walk up close
enough to shoot it down. The
boys would have fine sport with
their dogs chasing and catching
rabbits, catching and killing
squirrels and hunting and killing
coons and opossums at night.
In the year 1916, Thos. V
Stephens Sr., and family came
into this country and settled and
opened up a little farm, five
miles west of Evening Shade
in lizard county, near what is now
known as the Kettle Pond This
farm was recently owned and
occupied by Daniel Yeager. Mr..
Stephens was the father of Thos.
V. Stephens, lately removed from
Ash Flat, who is an enterprising
farmer and good citizen in the
strictest sense Of the word. He
and his family take pardonable
pride in being related to Lon
Stephens, Ex-Governor of the
state of Missouri. Also Mr..
Stephens Sr. was the grandfath-
er of our very worthy and en-
terprising townsman, George W.
Moser.
CONTINUED next week.
Sharp County record., 1905-09-29
The Candidates
For Governor.
Short Sketches of Those
Who Would be The
States Chief Exec.
ut1ve.
(Mcmphis Ncws-ScImltarD

John P. Logan, of Sloan
Springs, was born at Camden.
Ouachita county, Ark, April 6,
1859. He is engaged in farming
and fruit growing, and has been
for the past six years president Of
the Arkansas State Horticultural
Society. Last year he was elected
president of the National Horti-
cultural Society Of the United
States. He had charge Of the
Sharp County record., 1905-09-29

Governor Joe Folk of Missouri
denies having said that he
"ttakes a drink when he feels like
it," Mind you; Gov. Felix just
denies having said such thing.
Sharp County record., 1905-09-29

Dave Young of Hot Springs
says he paid Governor Davis
$3.50 for a pardon, and the gov
ernor says it's all lie. So there.
you are.
Sharp County record., 1905-09-29

The Pulaski grand jury has
convened again, and is ready to
hear the confession of any peni-
tent who has S100 of slush fund
about his person and is scared
badly enough to want to be rid O
if.
Sharp County record., 1905-09-29

The Piggott Banner seems to
doubt that there is an editor in
Arkansas who neither drinks,
smokes, chews nor swears. kut
there is, according to the editor
of the Newark Journal, and he is
"it."
Sharp County record., 1905-09-29

This is from one of Gov. Davis
supporters, the Walnut Ridge
Blade: "Upon second thought,
Rogers will not likely kill Davis,
for Davis is doing more than
anyone else to elect Rogers,
Sharp County record., 1905-09-29

Hon. Christopher Columbus
Tarver, two times representative
in the legislature from Cleburne
county, is a candidate for agrl-
cultural commissioner.
Sharp County record., 1905-09-29
Weber 4 Damme Wagons.

During the progress of the erection of our new
store building we intend offering the people some
unprecedented bargains in all lines Of merchandise to
dispose of our stock, We will make it very much to
the interest of purchasers Of good goods to to
this store to do their trading, and you cordially
invited to drop in at any time, examine our stock and
get prices.
Sharp County record., 1905-09-29

Charley Jacobson is mistaken;
he didn't write the anti trust law.
He copied it ON his typewriter,
Sharp County record., 1905-09-29

cult Court, Northern Dis
First Monday in January
july, Southern District
nd Monday in February and
iiIt Court-Third Monday
injury, April, July and Oc-
" Nd County Court in the
v hern District.
lbbate CONFEDERATION Dis
N Third Monday in March,
September and December.
A]1ern d District-Second Mon
N March, June, September
[]eoember.
Sharp County record., 1905-09-29
OEFICIRL

confessional.
lber Of Congress End District
BRUNDIDGE JR.
Senatorial.
,.ber State Senate, Second
rict.-J. E. MCCALL.
judicial.
70 of the 10Th Judicial Cir
]. w. MEEKs.
Atty. II. |. HERRN.
County.
'esentative-E. B. ANDREWS.
lty Judge-J. W. SMITH.
&c. D. RITCHIE.
'.iffG. H. MATHEW.
surer-E. l.. DICKERSON.
ssor w. r. HORN.
sSeyor- N. SIMPSON.
Sharp County record., 1905-09-29

RELIGIOUS

Ireaching at the Methodls
,ch second and third Sunday
,ach month by Rev. W. S
thworth, pastor.
lnday School every Sunday
ming at 10 O'Clock. o. c.
YER superintendent.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-20
CONVENTION OF NATIONAL
GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION
First Session field in Jacksonville Yesterday
Attended by Large Number Of Delegates
and Interested Spectators.

st. Petersburg. Jan. 19.-During the
annual ceremony of blessing the wa
tiers in front of the winter palace by
Emperor Nicholas this morning, sew
eral shots were fired from across the
Neva and bullets entered windows OF
the palace. No one was hurt, but the
incident caused considerable alarm.
One bullet cut a clear hole two inches
III diameter through the upper win
dows of Nicholas hall, Immediately
above a window from which a group
of correspondents and officers were
viewing the ceremony. Electric lamps
on the opposite side of the hall were
smashed and fell to the floor with a
clatter. An officer picked up the bull
let which was of iron and resembled
a shrapnel ball THE imperial process
sion soon afterward re-entered the
palace. The emperor had been al
ready informed of the occurrence and
as the procession passed an officer
pointed out the holes in the windows.
The emperor was quite unmoved and
hardly glanced at the place indicated.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-20

Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. 19.-The an
nual convention of the National Good
Roads Association held its first ses-
sion here to-day, large number OF
delegates and interested spectators
being present when the meeting was
called to order. President w. H.
Moore was detained by railroad ac-
cident, in which he was slightly IN
jured, and his place was filled by
former State Senator A. S. Mann, vice
president and state organizer.
The morning session was devoted
to addresses of welcome by mayor
Geo. NJ. Nolan of Jacksonville and
Capt. C. E. Garner president of the
Board of Trade, and responses there
to. Hon. James Wilson, United States
secretary of agriculture, addressed the
convention upon the subject of "Agri-
culture and Good Roads" and Cover
nor Napoleon B. BrOward made an elo-
quent address upon Good roads and
their influence in the development of
Florida" The last address at the
morning session was delivered by
Hon. James B. Frazer, governor of
Tennessee, his subject being Good
Roads and Convict Labor.
At the afternoon meeting General
Nelson A Miles addressed the conven-
ton on Good Roads as an aid to the
army" Hon. Stuyvesant Fish, presi'
dent of the Illinois Central Railway,
spoke on Relation of Railroads to
Initial Roads," Hon. ]. White, Indus
trial agent of the Seaboard Air Line
of Portsmouth, Va, THE Railroad and
Its Relation to the Farm" Several
other short addresses were also made
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-20
House Completes Consideration OF Former
and viii Vote on Measure T0-Day--4um-
phrey Attscked Transport Service.
CHARGE OF GRAPE SHOT
FIRED AT WINTER PALACE
During Ceremony OF BIessing the Waters by
Emperor MISUNDERSTANDING Gun Acct
dentaHy Loaded with Shell.

The grand duke Vladimir, eldest
uncle of the car, Immediately opened
an investigation and interrOgated the
witnesses and an official account or
the shooting was published later as
follows: During the ceremony oI
Blessing the Waters of the Neva to-
DAY, in the presence of the emperor,
as the usual salute was being fired an
accident occurred, a charge of grape
shot instead of the saluting charge
being fired from a gun belonging TO
one of the batteries stationed near
the bourse Some bullets struck the
facade of the winter palace near the
quay garden, breaking four windows.
One policeman of the st. Petersburg
force was wounded According to the
information at hand, no other accident
occurred. The inquiry still contin-
ues"
It was later stated that the charge
of grape shot was fred by the 18th
battery of the First Horse artillery,
the most aristocratic corps in the
Russian army.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-20
On Trial for Disclosing
Jap Military Secrets

Last October. Collins wrote from 70,
kohama detailing the proposed des
patch of japanese troops, giving their
number, their destination and their
purpose to General Dessino, but the
letter was stopped at NagasakL
The maximum penalty for the of
Tense is six years Imprisonment The
passing of sentence is deferred until
the oath instant.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-20
FOR EDUCATION
OF THE NEGROES
ssHsTRoNe ASSOCIATION NOW
HAS A TOTAL MEMBERSHIP
OF OVER EIGHT HUN
DRED.

Ncw York, Jan. 1J.-At the annual
-',lg mere Of the Armstrong AssO-
.n2. interested in educational work
g The negroes, an increase o.
a.F POO members, making the total
VAS reported.
p recent innOyatiOn-that Of holding
.iHsS IN private houses. was dis
SEQ Only comparative strangers
20, work among the negroes have
-- invited TO these meetings which
'.a resulted in many contributions
.r association funds.
= % addressing the meeting. DR.. II. B
.>,'- of Hampton Institute. said:
". have one hundred more stu
, Than ever before and a compare
Increase in the number of teach
Ne have increased the school
Use .o .0ur instead of three years
!. a wears post graduate. To. meet
'Asra expense We shall have l.
$4,000 this year. The endOW
T. --nd. now 100000, ought Id
---sased."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-20
QUARANTINE
REGULATIONS
ISSUED BY AGRICULTURAL DE-
PARTMENT TO PREVENT
SPREAD OF DISEASE
AMONG CATTLE.

Washington, Jan. 1S.-The depart
ment of agriculture has issued regula-
tions on the establishment. on Febru-
airy 1, of federal quarantine over a
large part of the southern and other
states, to prevent the spread Of septic
southern fever among cattle. The
quarantined territory, includes the
eastern part of North Carolina,
all of South Carolina, Indian
Territory, Alabama, Mississippi,
and Louisiana, part Of Vir-
ginia, a large part of Georgia, and
parts of Tennessee, and Oklahoma.
The quarantine will be in force until
November 1, but the date is subject
to change.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-20
BY New Delegate to
Congress from Is
land OF Porto
Rico.
STONE, OF MISSOURI. OPPOSED
STATEHOOD BILL ON GROUND
THAT 1T coNFERs CITIZENSHIP
UPON INDIANS WHILE RELIEV-
ING THEM OF DUTIES OF A cITl-
ZEN.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE house
completed consideration of the army
Appropriation bill and will vote on the
measure tomorrow. During debate
the new delegate from Porto Rico,
made his first speech in the house and
took occasion to praise the United
States for it's attitude toward his
island home. incidentally he saw no
need for the maintenance of the prOvis-
ional regiment of troops in Porto Rico.
A vigorous, but fruitless attack was
made on the army transport service
by Mr.. Humphrey, of Washington Mr..
Humphrey declared the transport SER
vice a national disgrace and said it
cost million and half more than if
performed by private parties.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-20
CHEAP GRADE OF
PEPPERMINT OIL
BEING USED IN CANDIES AS RE
SUIT OF OPERATIONS OF
SPECTATORS

New York, Jan. 19.-Eforts of spec
ulators with Western capital to secure
control of domestic PEPPERMINT oil are
reported by wholesale druggists here
to have been attended by unexpected
results. Rumors of largely decreased
production and advances in the market
price caused large manufacturers of
low priced candies to import quaint
ties of dimentholized PEPPERMINT oil
as an experiment.
The cost was only about half that
of the domestic oil, and while the lat
ter is much superior in flavor, the Jap
anese product was found, according to
the manufacturers, to be perfectly sat
isfactory in the making of cheap can
dies.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-20
TRAGEDY NEAR
ROANOKE, VA
FATHER AND SON. FOUGHT DUEL
WITH TWO OTHERS AND
THREE ARE DEAD.

Roanoke. Va, Jan. 19.-Meager de-
tails of a tragedy twenty miles south
of this city last night have just been
received here. James Abasch and his
som fought with revolvers and shot
guns, a duel with L. A. Parrd and a
man named Holly, as result of which
the first three named are dead, and
Holly is said TO Be in Jail 1t is said
that one OF the men insulted the wife
of one Of the others and when they
met the shooting began.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-20
Cotton Mill Operatives
Resume Work at Fall River

Fall River, Jan. 19.-The thousands
of operatives who have been idle for
nearly six months as the result of the
great textile strike returned to work
to-day. Every mill in the city was
brilliantly lighted at o'clock, the
opening hour and the streets in the
mill section of the city were throng-
ed. All operatives appeared confident
that conditions would be greatly inn
proved as the result of the agreement
reached yesterday between the manu-
facturers and the union leaders
through the efforts of Governor Doug
las. Although the 1919 per cent. re-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-20
Playing For Delay.

N.-hEgton. Jan. 19.-In view o.
.a..y presentation to the Senate
Phi. House articles of impeachment
Judge Swayne. some senators
..0-e' lie case might be postponed
.. taa next session. but after an eX
ia ,E- Examination OF precedents,
0.a.-, ..Sagreed. MIR. Platt did not
." hat Justice 10 Swayne would
..-f The least pOstpOnement afteI
lGarges had been presented. am
rel If the Senate could postpone
Eminent lawyers Of the senate con
'ed there was no other way than
proceed Immediately with consid
on Of the case. Still others de
I'D IL would be extremely Difficult,
axe up the case in he six week
of the session and carry on other
-sary business.
aker Cannon did not name z
lmltJee Of the House to present
.rricles 10 the Senate. havine
.r.3 from senators that they desir
delay. II rests entirely with the
0l~s TO decide when the matter shall
& sent 10 the Senate.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-20

duction on account of which the strike
was inaugurated went into effect with
the returning strikers to-day, the feel
ing seemed general that the govern
Orr's arbitration of the question of
the margin of profit for the manufac-
turers between the price or raw cot
ton and that of the finished goods
would bring about a higher scale of
wages in the near future.
Many will wait until Monday before
going to work, preferring to start at
the beginning of a new week, but to-
day marked the real end of the textile
troubles.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-20
Campaign Against Vice
Is on i'm New York City

New York, Jan. 19.-Police activity
continued through the early hours to-
day in the campaign against gamb-
ling houses and illegal resorts. A
SQUAD of officers closed in on a sus-
pected house in West Twenty-eighth
street and found gambling in prog
reSs.
The frightened players struggled
with the detectives. All were permit
ted to escape except two men who
were charged with conducting the
place. The furnishings were seized.
Earlier IN the night raids were made
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-20

Yokohama, Jan. 18Th. B. Collins, a
man of Portuguese blood, but who has
long been a resident of Japan, was
publicly tried to-day on the charge OF
disclosing military secrets. The evil
dence showed that Collins visited PorI
Arthur and Tientsin last year and re
oeived a thousand yen from Generals
Ogorodinkoff and Dessino. together
with a private cipher that he might
transmit information.