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NEWPORT. ARKANSAS, MONDAY. JUNE J9, 1905. NUMBER 44.
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POLITICS PLAYS
PROMINENT PART
In Removal of University Presi
# dent and Arouses a Storm of
Censure for Gov. Davis'
Machine Board.
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•Fayetteville, June 19.—There
■ moval of Dr. Henry Hartzeg
from the presidency of the State
University is raising a storm of
* eensure for the Davis machine
f responsible for the act.
During the last gubernatorial
campaign when Gov. Davis and
Judge Wood, rival candidates,
spoke at Fayetteville the stu
dents •©£ the State University
made ® demonstration in honor
of Judge Wood. This -action
caused the -removal of Dr. H. S.
Hartzeg as president of the uni
versity, although he had no more
to do with it than the man in the
moon. Gov. Davis is -said to
have "told scene of his friends that
Dr. Hartzog would not be in the
university two years longer, and
he has kept his word.
At first, there mas orlv one
trustee in sympathy with the
governor in his scheme. A sec- <
ond trustee desired the office for •
himself. Bis vote against Hart
zog was obtained by deluding
him with the promise that the
position would be left vacant for
a time, and then given to szid
trustee. Rumor saith that at ;
one time it was the plan to in- i
duce this gentleman to resign by
a promise of the office. Shortly
afterwards -he would have been
informed that it was impossible
’*** to deliver the goods. A third
trustee desired the election to J
the treasurership of a man who
would deposit the university j
, funds in a bank in which he was*
interested. A bargain was easily j
made. A fourth trustee, who;
had been counted as favoring
President Hartzog, had a sister
who wished a position to teach
in the university. The lady was;
elected, in open violation of the
state law of 1903, which po.si-1
tively forbids the trustees to;
employ any of their relatives in j
any position in the university. ;
When the case of President!
Hartzog came up said trustee!
refused to vote for him.
During the graduation exer-;
cises Gov. Davis delivered a short!
address, and with characteristic J
modesty admitted that he had
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university since he had become
governor. He was moderately
applauded, as was also Judge,
Tillman. But when President
Hartzog arose the applause that
greeted him was spontaneous,
enthusiastic, deafening. It was
* hurricane-like in its intensity.
0' When the speaker was finally
able to make himself heard he
Y\ began by saying that he had not j
^ ‘intended to utter a word on that
occasion other than those de-|
manded of him by official duty,
but the magnificent reception!
given him by the audience, now
that his connection with the uni
versity was terminated, caused
him to feel that he ought toj
thank briefly those who had:
helped him in his efforts to build
, up the university. He felt that
the platform of a university
chapel was no place for a polit
ical speech. (Wild and contin
ued cheering.)
During his administration he;
had tried to lift the university j
out of politics and as a result he j
had gone down with his flag
nailed to the mast, in defeat but
not in disgrace. (Here he was
again interrupted by tremendous
cheering, which grew in volume
and enthusiasm all through his
remarks, until the audience be
came almost uncontrollable.)
Turning and facing the board
of trustees he said he felt that
it would be ungrateful in him
not to mention by n&me two
members of the board, Capt,
Jerry South and W. H. Lang
ford (cheers—‘"Hurrah for South
and Langford’ ’) who had always
stood by him in his efforts for
the university. He had never
heard that either of those two
men had made a promise one
day only to break it the next; he
had never heard that South or
Langford had either for a money
consideration or a political favor
bartered away the interests of
the university. For the other
members of the board he had no
malice in his heart.
The ovation given President
Hartzog was a triumph such as
comes to few men in the course
of a lifetime. It -came from the
citizens of a county that has al
ways been loyal to Gov. Davis,
from the friends and neighbors
and business associates of the
(of the local trustee, from the
dwellers in the city where tne
newly-elected president had spent
his youth, boyhood and manhood
—from people who have long
known and respected Judge Till
man for his honoraole career at
the bar and on the bench. It
was a triumph that may well
make a man feel that it is better
to be Tight than be president.
FUNERAL SERVICES.
The funeral of the late W. D.
Ross was held at the family resi
dence Sunday afternoon at 4:30,
the service being conduai ed by
Rev. M. B. Umsted of the Meth
odist church, after which the
service was turned over to the
two lodges of which he was a
member, the Woodmen ef the
World and the Knights of Py
thias, burial following at Walnut
Grove cemetery.
The flowers were beautiful and
in profusion, given by the many
friends of the deceased.
leathers Elected
Walnut Ridge, June 18. — At a
meeting of the city school board
last night the following teachers
were decided upon for the next
term of the public school: Prof.
J. D. Beakley, principal; Miss
Winifred Walker of Searcy, first
assistant, Miss Hattie Bassett,
second assistant; Miss Hallie
Rnwloe f'nirit flCRistant ■ Mrs.
Mattie Phelps, primary depart
ment.
Rev. C. Pops began a pro
tracted meeting at the Methodist
church Tuesday evening.
LETTER LIST.
Following is a list of letters remaining uncalled
for in the postofficc at Newport. Arkansas. June
19,1905:
Burke, W C Mayo- Edgar
Burton, Nobe Perrin, Claude
Davison. Miss Lula Roberson, Miss Will
Dreakford, J C Sanders, Mrs Mary
Ewing, Bud Turpen, Miss Susie
Glasha, Mrs Sussa , Veckles, H R
3reen, Mrs Dolla (2) Weaver, Miss Eva
Harrison, Clay White, Miss Father
Howard, Robert Williams, Miss Carrie
Isom, F A Williams, J W
Gerry, Bill.
When calling for any of the above letters please
say “advertised.” W. B. EMPIE.P. M.
Trainman Dead.
Pocahontas, June 18. — John
Sarouthers, a conductor on the St.
Louis, Memphis and Southeast
ern, died at Hoxie Wednesday
and his remains were brought
here for burial. His father was
marshal' of Pocahontas for sev
eral years; and is now marshal
ef Hoxie. His wife died about
three months ago.
Pasturage—About 680 acres of
grass and cane pasturage across
river on Rolling Bend farm. Ap
ply to Mantooth proa. 41dl2t
TEACHERS PEEASEB WITH HOPKINS.
' Institute at Bellefonte Proved Successful
! and Resolutions are Adopted Prais
ing the Instructor.
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Bellefonte.,. June 18.—The Pes
I body institute for this section
‘which was held at Bellefonte
| closed yesterday. Teachers were
; in attendance from Boone, New
ton, Carroll and Searcy counties.
The -enrollment was 163, which
; was far above any previous en
rollment. The average attend
J anee was excellent and the in
terest continued till the last ses
: sion. One striking indication of
i interest was a session last Satur
day., 'held by request of the teach
ers.
The work done will prove to be
a great aid te the teachers in
their work. At the close of the
session the following resolutions
were adopted:
*!We, the teachers of Boone
county, take this method of re
turning our -thanks to State Su
perintendent Hinemon for locat
ing in our midst one of the Pea
body institutes and for sending
us such an able instructor as
“We also wish to thank Prof.
Hopkins for his work with us.
‘“Especially do we appreciate
hie efforts t© cause us to -see the
necessity of studying work, of
making our work in arithmetic
practical, interesting and in
structive and of endeavoring to
create in our students a love for
the best literature. We assure
him that his work has
inspiration t© us and that he has
our best wishes wherever he
may go.”
Hartzeg’s Farewell.
Hen. W. H. Langford of Pine
Bluff is quoted by the Fort Smith
Times as detailing the fact that
after the defeat of Dr. Hartzog
for the presidency of theUniver
i sity of Arkansas, he was loudly
i called for by the students and
| others present in the auditorium
| of that institution. He stepped
forward and in substance said:
“I have been displaced through
the intrigue of a low-down, mis
1 erable politician. There are but
! two members of the board of
i trustees who have not truckled
to this low-down, miserable poli
tician, and they are W. H. Lang
' ford of Pine Bluff and Jerry
| South of Baxter county.
| “1 am a citizep of Arkansas
and I am going to stay a citizen
of Arkansas, and I am going to
stay here to attend to the low
down, miserable politician who
has had me displaced.”
Mr. Langford said further that
the remarks of Mr. Hartzog had
an eleetric effect upon the audi
ence and especially upon the stu
dents.—Little Rock Democrat.
Contract For fail let.
Pocahontas, June 18.—A con
tract was closed this week for a
new jail for Randolph county
with F. B. Hull Company of Mis
sissippi, for $6,000. It is to be a
two-s^ory brick, fireproof build
ing, with three cells and a wo
man’s and jailer’s departments
on the first floor.
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