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Volume 30—No. 47
Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1917
Ten Pages.
killed by A (IDS
John Stokes, a well known farmer
of this section was run over by a cow
Tuesday afternoon, about three o’
clock. and died from the effects at
twelve o'clock Wednesday.
Funeral services, which will be un
der the Masonic lodge of Elm Springs
have not been fully arranged, as some
of the children of the deceased are in
far away states. It will not be held
until a son in New Mexico can be
heard front, or he arrives here.
Unde John was feeling extra good
on the day of the accident, and had
been working in the field. He with
stood an operation only a short time
ago, and was just getting over the
seriousness of the case. He was one
of the old settlers of this section and
enjoyed a large acquaintance.
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WILL GRAHAM DIES SUDDENLY
William (iraham, a well known citi
zen of this section, who resides in the
Accident neighborhood, a short dis
tance cast of here, was found dead in
the toilet room of the Southern Hotel
at Bentonville Tuesday night at ten
o’clock. Death was due to natural
causes.
Uncle Billy, as he was more fami
liarly known was a member of the pe
tit jury at the present term of court
in Bentonville. He was 76 years of
age, and rather feeble.
He went into the toilet rom about
8 o’clock and was not noticed after
that, until his body was found by the
hotel porter about ten. It is suppos
ed that he died shortly after reaching
the toilet. No inquest was held.
He is survived by h:s wife, two sons
and two brothers who live at Lowell.
Two other sons, S. M. Jr., and Ben, re
reside at thi- place, and two daughters
live in western statts.
Funeral services were held at the
home of the deceased Wednesday af
ternon, conducted by Rev. W. i. KLed
ge, pastor of the Baptist Church at
this place.
MORE fishing information.
Little Rick, March 2i—There is
never a closed season on fishing with
hook and line, or with fly. There lias
been a report circulated over the state
that fishing was to be closed during
certain months of the year, and that
even the boy with the red worm was
to be put under the ban. Memebers
of the Game and Fish Commission
desire to correct this impression. Dur
ing the spawning season the wooden
minnow may not la- used, but the flv
can be used by those holding license.
There s r.< lieenst required to rUh
with worms.
Open Season Extended
The Game and Fish Commission
held a meeting Tuesday afternoon and
decided : > extend the or* n season on
fishing to April J. m:Tn.vht. The
Seas* :. T.lHi ' <>-• j dlls MliV
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. T. U. PROGRAM
,s the program for the
trie local W. C. T. U. to
le M. K. Church, Monday
Mart
i.’. .ti
ll _0, at .-cli are
: to attend the meet
Galbraith.
Place in
did National Life—
-Mrs.
f oliow :l
meet:: g *
be helti at
afternoor..
cordially
ing:
Song.
Scripture reading- Mrs.
The Reform Paper, .t’s
Countv. Church
Rev M ill Piper.
Why Take the Union Signal
Blanche Sturterant.
Special Music,
lnfluenct
on the Character
W 1. Elledge.
How (an We have ( leaner, Better
Motion Pictures in Our Town—Rev.
A H. Dulaney.
Motion Pictures, Upbuilding or De
basing?—Mrs. H. ( Hankins.
Discussion.
Benediction.
of Moving Picture Show
*f Children—Rev.
Bl Kk SHEI)
.]irr Morris and wife went to Rog
ers last Monday.
, There was singinp at Ri Webb's !
Wednesday night.
Albert Ingram from ... ro.-s White
River called >n Miss i' mr.ie Morris
Sunday
Dan Davis and family spent Satur
day and Sunday with the father if
the latter. Mr. Gosscen of Hnidsville. |
There s not much doing around in
this \ -ighborh >od, only garden mak
ing ..n<i plowing. (Who could want j
for more—Ed)
Rev John Garven preached at the
Shed Sunday morning and Rev. Webb
in-the evening. There was a good
attendance at both serenes.
There was quite a scare around tor
a few days on account of a mad-dog.
Truman Blackburn finally killed the i
dog- under .’ess Cooks’ house
Milton Puryear took a load of chic- !
kens to War Eagle Monday. 1 hic
kens are still a good price, 15c per lb.
I am afraid if pric< don't drop ve
men w..n't get many young fryers to
eat.
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(. ROSS ROADS
Most everybody is sraying now.
Little Kenneth Rlumlee is still
quite sick.
The Sunday School is g< •: g to have
an Easter program.
Mr. and Mrs. Gulley spent last Sun
day at Carl Hewitt's.
Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Rlumlee went to
Zion last Saturday and carried Miss
Vivian Cates \ :th them.
There was a surprise party at Bert
Piem’- last Wednesday night, it be
ing his birthday. All report a fine
time.
We are having a good prayer meet
ing at this place and all who are close
enough should come. Walter An
drews will lead next Sunday night.
Mr. Richie of Lincoln, who owns the
place that is occupied by Rlumlee
Brothers, is spending a few days here
and doing some work on the orchard.
PHENIX BOUND OVER.
Family I luht Draws $10 Fine for
Father, $5 Fine for Mother and
Son Bound Over to \wait \ction
of (■ ratio Jury Fnable to Make the
$1,000 Bond.
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The preliminary hearing of 'it
participants in the Phenix barm.'y
troubles, which reached a climax in
.the serious fight at the home south of
Springdale Wednesday f last .veek.
•was held before Justice Atwood or
Monday afternoon. There were three
charges in the case: The father,
Henrv Phenix, was charged with as
sault* and battery, and the mot er
was charged with assault and battery,
and the son, Richard Phenix, was
charged with assault with intent to
: kill.
All the cases were heard at m
time, as the same evidence applied
in all cases. .Attorney Flower- re
presented the state, anti H. I.. P< ar
son the defense.
Several witnesses testified, and
from the testimony .t was clearly a
ease of family troubles that have been
brewing for some time. The- wife
of the young man -wore pHtiveiy
that her husband was crazy at times,
land this seems to be the general p
: inion.
After hearing the evidence the
<’ourt assessed a tine of $10 and costs
on the senior Phenix; a line of $5 and
: costs on the mother, and bound the
! young man over to await the a tion
i of the grand jury, fixing bond at
Sl.Ouu, which he was unable to make.
PATRONS’ DA 5 IN
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The teachers < f the public > hools
are preparing an exhibit of tne pu
pils work. The work will be put on
display in the several rooms, and the
patrons are invited to visit the schools
and inspect the work.
The teachers will be in their res
pective rooms to explain the work and
answer any ar.d «»11 questions.
This day will be known as Patrons’
Day.
The School Improvement Asso
ciation has decided to hold an en
terta.nment in connection with this
day in the evening. The enterta n- i
ment will consist of drills, senes, cho
ruses. and speeches by the pup Is of
the grades.
Patrons' Day and tne entt t a n
rnent w.ll be held Friday, March >0.
f ume and entourage the children.
St■ retar;,.
Held Successful Rev it a! Campaign
Evangelist H. C. Hankins, ar.-l A.
\V. Bwers, sinpi r, returned home
Monday evening from Lowry City. 1
Mo., where they h..d ‘ een f r the past
w weeks entranc'd in a revr al cam
1 paipn. They met with splendid re
sults at the meetinp, 154 answering
the call. Lowry City is a smn.i town i
of about 500 inhabitants, but the ser
vices closinp nipht wen attended by
almost l.UoO people.
Evangelist Hankins and Sii ptr
Bevers will leave latter part of this
week for Deepwater. Mo., here they
will nold another revival. This place
is only a short distance from Lowry
City.
KK'HLAM) VIEW
Regular March weather.
Jesse Ik-an of near Bentonville, is
visiting a few days with his uncle,
IVlk Phillips here.
The Crochet Club met at Cyrus
Trammel's last Wednesday, and will
meet with Mrs. Holland Culwell Wed
nesday of this week.
Misses Jewel Bailey of Fayette
ville, and Floye Oliver of Maguire,
wa re visitors i.\ our neighborhood ’at- 1
ter part of last week.
Several of,Miss Ida To id's *'rk ads
surprised her with a dinner Sunday ;n
honor ol her twenty-first birthday.
AH had an enjoyable time.
Mi. and Mrs. G. C Trammel itn
tho-1r daughter, Miss Bernice, of Hab
berton. were visiting with relatives
here Sunday and Monday.
Cyrus Trammel very probably has
a jersey heifer with the smallest calf
in this part of the country. He had
to build a scaffold for iT so that it
could reach the cows teats. It s nor
mal and doing well.
Harve Trammel and family will
move soon to Sam Buchanans’ place,
at Mountain Viev , where he will put
in a small crop of tomatoes. The
canning factory at Elkins is an as
sured fact. 171 acres have been sub
scribed.
Several from h* rt attended the sale
at John Fleeners Wednesday. Mr.
Fktner and family will leave soon*
for Evansville. Indiana for the benefit j
of Mrs. Fleener’s health. She is a.
sufferer from rheumatism with com- i
plications.
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Shoffner, and
Mrs. Fula Sullivan with her .-on, Karl
attended a birthday dinner at Will
Kennan's near Tuttle, Thursday It
was Mesdames Sullivan and Kennan's
birthday. Tfcey would probably be
beter known as Eula and Bea.Iah
Shoffner A rbe time .vas enjoyed
ed by all.
Evelyn, i
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Arrange lor National Meeting
A meeting of the Little Rock Press |
Club, local commercial organizations !
and the special committee of the Ark- ,
ansa* Press Association is to be held j
in Little Rock Monday, March -<>, for
the purpose of considering plans for
bringing the 1919 meeting of the Na
tional Editorial Association to Lit
tle Rock.
MRS. OWNBKY AI'I'OINTKI)
Mrs. \Y. G. Ownbey, of this place,
received her formal notification of her
ppointment as cha;rman for Wash-'
ington county of the National Lea- 1
true for Womes’s Service, Tuesday of
this week. She will have entire
charge of the “mobilization” of the
women of Washington county who de- '
sire to lend their aid and assistance
in case of war. All women desir
ing to enter the service will write to
Mrs. Ownbey, and sh< will forward
them proper blanks for enrollment.
The National League for Women's j
Service is a nation-wide movement,
and the work is divided into four clas
ses: Social and Welfare, Commissa
riat, Motor L»r ving and General Ser
vice. It is anticipated that appli
cants will desire service in the branch
to which they are best adapted—that
a stenographer will not apply for
service a- a Red Cross nurse—that a
woman able to drive a motor car will
not apply for service as a stenogra
pher.
Mrs. Ownbey 1s now in charge of
the enrollment of the women of this
county, and her lists and applications
are forwarded to head-quarters at
Litth 1C * k. and from there to nat
.onal head-quarters. The* League
nas already grown to large porpor
tions, and the women of the United
States are responding to the call for
service in large numbers.
If you desire to do your portion
write or call Mrs. W. G. Ownbey, who
will give you all particulars.
RECRUITS f OMIN'J RAPIDLY
Captain Ownbey. ••-ho is recruitin'
officer lor Companv A. A. N. (I.. is
now asking for recruits for the local
company in order that the Federal
support may not be withdrawn.
Since the apropr'ation by the la^t
Legislature better inducements are of
fered to members of the guard. and
-everal have already “signed up" to
become members.
The \rmory here is to he greatly
improved, arid the men are allowed
51.00 for each nijiht they attend drill.
C WE HILL
Mr. and Mrs. Will Tyree have a new
girl bom to them the loth ir.st.
Dave Redden of Greasy Valley,
transacted business here Friday.
Bern to Mr. and Mrs. Vol Reed, the
loth inst, a boy. All doing nicely.
Leonard Yates came down from
Fayettevf le Friday eveniing. They
say he “hiked."
Rev. and Mrs. Bradshaw were h* re
Sunday afternoon. Rev. Bradshaw
•-•■ ' •- h:s rec.aar appointment.
-bf I'.. - . s family of Rhea. sport
Sunday and Sunday night with T. P>
David, h - father. Uncle Tom <
von fined to his home now.
M F. Butt s spent Sunday anti he
-•ad a - wife Monday and Monday
•fight with i brother-in-law and
family. R* . J. K F. Crazier.
St v. d A rlrjnx -ame home Satur
day form Cove Creek, where he had
been teachi .. :’.-r the past --h
t»-rm He retorts a good school.
Isaac c< - he.s traded for th- -tor
mail fine fr< m here to Lincoln, an .
Will take charjre the first of the next
month. He will live at Capt. Joe
McClellans.
Mr. and Mrs. Oren Dixon, and
children, and Miss Williams, ail of
Greasy \ alley, spent the day in
Cane Hill. Sunday. All visiting C.
J. Allen and family.
Henry Leach. Loyd Howard. Dutch
and Clem Reed of Evansville trans
acted business here Monday. They
were en route to Fayetteville, where
they had been on legal business.
Miss .Yeilie Edmiston has be*p
teaching at Skylight this winter. She
returned home last week. Her
school was not unite out, but the com
munity was full of measles and she
decided to dismiss. She taught a
wry successful term of school.
Sam Hodges of FIv Creek, spent
Monday in Cane 1! 11. He left late
in the iftemoon with Henry Leach a
Henry’s ar for Evansville to spend
a few days He may stop at Evans
ville, but wt rather think he is head
id for a more western city.
A. H and L. R. Reed and O. E.
Giidev "]! pulled iff a three cornered
bind deal on Skylight last week, and
A. H and L R. Reed become the own
rs of the J dm Freeman place, and
>' E. Glidewell that of the L. R. Reed
place. They had their legal work
done here.
XX
If it happens it is in The News.'
GROWERS HOLD MEETING.
Over Thirty Fruit Growers of This
Section 'let Here Monday I'nder
Auspices of Frisco Department of
Development—Car Nitrate of Soda
to He Purchased—Plant Act Dis
cussed.
Over thirty of the most prominent
fruit growers of Washington, Benton
and Madison counties met heie .Mon
day in an all day session at the Ma
jestic theatre under the auspices
of the Frisco Department of Deve
lopment. This was the first of sev
eral meetings of a like character to
be held at different points through
out this section. The meetings have
for the:r object the betterment of the
fruit growing industry, and are creat
ing quite a bit of interest.
i). E. Eicher, of this place presided
during the greater paTt of the ses
sion, and talks were made by many
of those present. Ore of the prin
cipal subjects of the meeting was the
use <ff Nitrate of Soda as a fertili
zer. The use of Nitrate as a fertili
zer is just being tried out in this sec
tion. and ,t is hardly possible to give
results. It was decided at the meet
ing that a car of Nitrate of Soda, to
cost about $1500, which will be used
as a fertilizer, and the results wat
ched with interest.
The Plant Act passed by the last
Legislature was thoroughly discus
sed, and a special talk was made by
Representative Cardwell. Other
meetings will be held to discuss the
Plant Act, and it's operation.
FINDS LONG LOST SON IN j \IL
\ 15-Year Search by W. A. Morgan
of Columbus, Kan.. KntG at Joplin
Joplin, Mo., March 19—After a
search lasting tifteen years, W. A.
Morgan, of Columbus. Kan., found his
son in jail here. Lee Morgan of
Springdale, Ark., the son, is charged
with robbing a jewelry store.
“I’ll stand by my boy,” the father
said
When \Y. A. Morgan returned to
his Arkansas home after a day’s work
tifteen years ago he found a note from
his wife stating he would never "see
me and the baby again.”
Efforts to locate a family of the a
this sect,on hate prov
ed futile. It is very doubtful if the
proper address of the boy is given, as
all effort - to locate such a family
that ever lived in this section, with
such a hi- ory ha failed.
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First to Pay Taxi License
While there w • re no races antici
pated among the local taxi drivers to
we who should be the first to pay the
new license; still there s some honor
r. being the first person to donate to
the up-keep of the city along this line,
by paying the license, and the honor
goes to Edd Carrel, as he was the first
to hand his $10 to Mayor Smith, and
receive h:s permit to operate a taxi
line in Springdale, under due protec
tion of law.
And He Had the ”13” Down Fat
Local folks who were fortunate
enough to be on the street last Fri
day afternoon, anywhere between the
hours of one and three had the pleas
ure of having some very perplexing
questions answered.
For instance—When will the Euro
pean war end? Answer: February
13. 1918.
When will the United States enter
the European war? April 13, 1917.
Another very interesting statement
was that the 1,000 year reign of
Christ would commence on November
33. 19201
The speaker was a gentleman from
Pittsburg, Kansas, and was on his
way home after walking around the
world- <<r rathe r starting, as the pres
ent war stopped the journey after on
ly 17,000 miles had been covered.
He had his baggage, which he car
ried over his shoulders, labeled: A
round the world on 13 cents, and lie
used a great many thirteens in his
talk. He sold books, and after his
talk sold quite a number to local folks
who were interest* 1 ,n his remarks.
--—♦ —
Mr. and Mrs. Thad Kerry were out
from Fayetteville Wednesday after
noon.
THE INI \NTItY (. \ N (■.
.lust got through with the job we were on;
Here we are gentlemen, here’s the whole gang of us,
Size up our work, it will give you the hang of us;
\Y' \ been a busy set since we’ve been gone.
Ye . ('amp I teeming's our letter of reference,
•lust reab the letters sent by our friends;
What i an we do for you? (lot any preference.
We’re ready for anything destiny sends.
What have you for us. now we are back again?
Wt. who have guarded the border for you.
Are our jobs waiting? Will you put us to work again?
Haven’t you something to give us to do?
Clot any jobs “going begging for workers?"
Any "old thing" for a full sized man,
Don't for a minute, think ye are shirkers,
Those you won't find in tlu Infantry clan.
Take a good look at the whole husky crew of us,
< olonels, Majors, Captains and men.
Taking togehter you’ll find quite a bunch of us,
Ready, if need be, for trouble again.
Bronzed by a tropical sun that is blistery,
Chocki'ul of energy, vigor and tang;
Trained to help in the making of history;
Who has a job for the Infantry gang?
—Contributed.
BERRY NOT \ ( XNDIDATE
\ report published in the Fayette
ville Democrat of Wednesday, con
tained the information that Millard
Berry, of this place was a candidate
for delegate to the Constitutional
Convention from this county.
Mr. Berry stated Thursday morning
that this report was in error ;r*> he had
no intentons of being a candidate for
delegate.
Wilson Cardwell, also of this place
has been mentioned as a candidate for
delegate from Washington county, but
so far he has not decided to enter the
race.
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ALLEN G \TES IS A CANDIDATE
Little Rock, March 21 — Allen Ca
tes. publisher of the Fayetteville Dem
ocrat. filed his pledge today as a can
didate for delegate to the constitu
tional convention from the Third Con
gressional district.
Mr. Cates has been editor and pub
lisher of the daily and weekly Demo
crat at Fayetevile, the county seat of
this county for soma time. He has
ben very active in politics since taking
charge of the Fayetteville paper, hut
this is his first entrance into politics, i
personally, in this section. He former
ly resided at Little Rock, and enjoys
a wide acquaintance over the state at
large, and is especially well known u>
this county.
FROM THIRD DISTRICT
The following have filed statements
under the corrupt practice act, and arc
candidates for nomination as delegate
at large from the Third Congrt-ssion- .
al district to the < (institutional Con
vention :
Ben McFerrtn, of Boxley; R. K
Thompson, of Eureka Springs; and E.
G. Mitchell, of Harrison.
Allen Gates, of Fayetteville, is alsi
reported as a candidate from this dis
trict. One delegate at large to elect.
LOTS OF PEACHES
Investigation of Peach Orchards In
This Section Show Plenty of Pea
ches—Some Growers Are Now
Predicting 73 ( ar Shipment.
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The past week has been almost
ideal for this section, and the fruit
trees are beginning to show forth the
green buds and leaves. Before long
this section will be the beauty spot
of the country—when the appie and
peach trees are all in bloom.
That this section will ship ewn
more peaches than predicted last is
sue, has already been deem by tne j
majority of peach growers of this
country. The past few days have al
lowed the buds to swell, and glow
ers that tiiirty days airo reported no
peaches are saying today that they
will have a good crop. Many or
chards that v. -re report d to contain
no peaches were investigated Sunday,
and the limbs found to be well loaded
with healthy buds, and in large num
bers. Some growers believe that this
section will not be visited by another
cold snap, and for that reason many
are predicting that Springdale will I
ship from 75 to 85 cars of peaches the 1
coming season.
TIME LIMIT EXPIRED
(Fayetteville Democrat)
The time limit has expired for the
filing of proper pledges by candidates
and prospective candidates to the
constitutional convention. The time
limit expired Wednesday and County
Clerk Clem Pearson was notified of
that fact Thursday by a tlelgram from
C. C. Calvert, secretary of the state
central committee. The date of the
primary was a few days ago set for
April 14 by the state central com
mittee and in order for the primary
to be lepal pledpes must be tiled not
later than thirty days prior to the
day of the primary.
Those who have filed art: B. H.
Greathouse, J. II. Mellroy, J. ]!. Wal
ker. H. L. Pearson and J. \V Baxter.
Three are to be nominated. The pen
oral election will be June 26.
Georpe T. Lake, chairman of tin
county central committee, has not yet
received any instructions from the
state central committee, and said
he will not take action until he is
piven instructions. It will be necess
ary for the county central commit
tee to convene and call a primary and
for this action to be taken after the
time limit for candidates has expired,
as would be necessary in this ease, is
unprecedented.
There is open dissatisfaction ex
pressed on all sides by reason of the
situation. For prospective candidates
to be shut oT is not condoned by any
one and several candidates who have
already complied with the law are just
as free m expressing this opinion as
others. '1 he primary was arranped
fur in such a hurry-up fashion that
not many parties in Fayetteville, and
scarcely any outside Fayetteville,
knew of the call, not mentioning the
necessity of complying with legal re
quirements.
It has been supgested, and is nut
at all unlikely, that Washington coin
ty ignore the primary call and enter
the election without a p'rimary. There
was considerable sentiment fo*- De
procedure before the primary was
called and the method of its calling
has lent strength to the movement
Mrs. Laura Duggans, of Fayette-,
ville and Merman Walkes of Avon,
South Dakota, were married in
Springdale Saturday. Mr. and Mrs.!
Walkes will reside in Springdale, Mr.
Walkes has purchased property near j
there.— Fayetteville Democrat.
PRIMARY APRIL I4TH
Action of Democratic State Central
( ommittee in ( ailing a Primary for
Selection of < andidates for Dele
to Constitutional Convention
ior \pril I t Not .Meeting H ith Ap
proval.
• Ry Clio Harper)
Little Rock, March 20—The action
o! the Democratic State Central Com
m ”*ee .n ailing a primary for the
selection of candidates for delegates
to the ( (institutional Convention on
April I I, is not meeting with unqualD
fied approval.
it is be ng condemned in some quar
ters, as at Fort Smith, where the
X am Civics Club denounced it as ar
bitrary. “resulting in closing the
doors to the best men of the state.”
The complaint is not so much against
the primary, as it is the date that has
been set. Had it been called thirty
days before the election, or on or
about May 2ti, prospective candidates
would have had an opportunity to
enter the race and filed their pledges
under the Corrupt Practice act, which
requires that they be filed not less
than thirty days before the election.
As t is, only one day was given for
the filing of pledges after the Com
mittee had called the primary The
news of the Committee’s action did
not reach many of the interior coun
ties ir; time to enable the candidates
to act, and in consequence large num
bers of candidates have not tiled their
pledges. Some contend that this will *
render them ineligible for election.
On the other hand, some are con
tending that the action of the Com
m:ttee is nut mandatory, and that the
holding i1' primaries is only optional
with the individtlaJ counties. This
is the view that is held by J. G. Fer
guson, chairman of the Searcy Coun
ty committee, who is himself, a can
didate for delegate. He says that
Searcy county will hold no primary.
However, Tom J. Terral, assistant
secretary of the State Committee, con
tends that the action of the Comm
ittee was mandatory, and that the
County which fails to hold a primary
may timi itself without a delegate,
or represented by a Republican. He
calls attention to the fact that the
Comm ttee defeated a resolution off
ere . by one of the members to make
the call for primaries optional.
Th s and the question of women
being perm tted to vote in the pri
mary are the i."Ues now confronting
the Demo n y of the** state. Ac
cor line to op no i? that have been
given by the Attorney-General and
others, they cannot vote, at the ap
proaching primary, hut others hold
an ..pposite view, and are contending
that a proper cor.struct on of t^pe law
will enable them to cast their first
vote at tlie primary on April 14, pro
vided they possess the other qualifi
cations. Tins is especially true of
those who have become of age, 21
years, since the last t me for the as
sessment of taxes. A liberal con
struction is being placed upon this
provision by some who contend that
all women, whatever age, have become
of age since the passage of the law
by which they have been partially
enfranchised. So far, nothing has de
veloped upon which it seems probable
that a test case can be predicated, and
developments must be awaited.
In the meantime, new candidates
are coming out daily, and taking the
state at large the average of the men
grades rather high. The indications
are that a class of men will be chosen
to constitute the convention that will
be above theaverage, and those who
had feared the reverse are admitting
their error. Many men are offer
ing thorns* ives as candidates to whom
the $4 per diem could be no induce
i ment.
Comparatively few members of the
Legislature are candidates for dele
gate. Amonj- those who have an
noUJiced: Representative Joe Hard
ape, of Clark county, one of the lead
, rs of the Economy Squad, and Re
presentativt “Bill’ Waggoner, of Lo
noke county, who was also a captain
; jo that organization, are candidates.
Mr Hanlagt for the S xth district,
and .Mr Waggoner, for his county.
In the Fourth District, Representa
tive .Jo .lohnson, of Fort Smith, from
'the north end of the district, and Jas.
D. Head and W. H. Arnold, from the
s ,uth end, are candidates for district
'dele.: ate q of which two are to be
; elected.
Mr. Johnson tiled h:s Corrupt Prae
t pledge, also his affidavit under
the W.n . ont t-Holloway Act, within
thi r quired t.rne, Incidentally he
afirms that, he has no connection
.chat, t r with any corporations. He
. - o of the most active members
th< 1;. -t House, was a floor lead
er • the c-i al suffrage amendment
m 1 .*15, which lost through a tech
mc. lity. and was also one of the chief
advocates of the Riggs bill passed by
the last Legislature, winning a clean
ut victory although opposed by some
d the strongest members on the floor.
H s , : as a delegate would give
the cause of suffrage one of its
.-tropp, supporters in the conven
tion.
Mill Other Indictments Coming
• rn- "■ are well founded, there
are -till other indictments and arrests
preliable in the bribery investigation
that is being conducted by Prosecut
ing A tti,:•!)'w M. E. Dunaway, at Lit
tle Ro k Tl)e trials will begin next
month.
Lieut. B. B. Brogdon, of Company
A, who has been at El Paso, Tex., for
the past few weeks is expected home
this (Thursday) evening.