Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-22

IN account of the generals declining
fealth. and his departure, accompa.
MED by Mrs White, for Los Angeles
Cal, 10 reeuperate for several months
recalls to mind long and mos event
ful life, as we'll as most useful ca
rCer in many respects
General r. King White-a name
that must ever remain engraved upon
The history of Arkansas. name
known from the Ozarks to the Missis-
sippi. from the Missouri line to Louis
lana. name that must 60 down Is
factor in the making of this territory
has reached the full meridian and
while broken in health and shattere
in fortune by the fickleness of fate
sfands yet as a power to be reckoned
with. Five times has H. King White
been honored with the mayoralty of
Fine Bluff, his adopted city. He was
prosecuting attorney of this district
for an even twenty months He W;
state senator for an uneXpired ter
during one session of the legislature,
ard was the very first Democrat elect
ed to the state senate after the war
He was he first mayor of this city af
ter it became a city of the first class
With population of 5000 (the United
States census reports gave the popu-
lation at 3,412. but a special census
vas taken, showing the city to have
the population required for a first
c;ass city, 1t is easy to criticize
and easy for one to tell how this or
tiat man could have improved upon
his condition; but it is an almost uni
7ersally agreed opinion on the part of
his friends that if H. King White haf
used different diplomacy than that
o which he has ever been accustomed
he could have had any gift in the
'Zeping Of the people. politically speak
ing. He has passed through nearly al,
the vicissitudes to which mortal mar
is heir From wealth and affluence
he has stared need in the face; from
practical poverty, he has again risen
to prosperity. Then again would a
change cone over his fortunes. and
perhaps he would find himself on the
middle ground of prosperity. Polt,
lcally, he has fallen from the heights.
only to rise again, and his whole po
litical record has been. and is to this
lay. remarkable in many respects.
The time he ran for mayor three
years ago, he had two other candi-
dates against him. Predictions were
nade that he would be beaten. A
the last election, the opposition never
summoned courage enough to meet
him, and he had clear field.
But it is not altogether on account
of his fnacial or political record that
the man is remarkable. The first is
mis- private business, and he alone has
the right to speak. The latter belongs
to the public, and may be examined
7 he remark is frequently heard tha.
tEose who are sometimes his bitter
est adversaries in a personal way will
vote for him at an election The rea-
son is not hard to find. AS one prom
inent man put it, "There's always
doing when Gen. White is
IL office" "Something doing" in this
instance means work of substantial
nature toward the Improvement of the
city. Whatever ay be urged agains,
Lin in other respects, it must be
granted him that during the mar i
years he has held Office in Pine Bluff. |
al various times, he has done more to- |
ward the permanent Improvement O
the city than any other one man.
During the past three years of his ,
administration alone, the enormous ,
sum of $4,000 has been spent o
public improvements of a permanent
nature. This included the expend-
-ure of $4,000 for the new city hall.
ire station, etc Seven miles of brick
pavement have been laid under his
administration. When he went int
>ffice there We're about ten miles Of
leverage here. Now there are II
niles, 1t may be interesting to note,
co, that all of the sewerage of the
,ity, has been laid while he was may
Il, What is greatest of all however.
s the fact that Pine Bluff today is en-.
NYiny The Greatest hnnn. and nro.