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OXE DOLLAR PER YEAR. IN, ADVANCE. [jj PERSONAL MENTION j
.1. E. GOLD. Manager.
Entered at postoftice a t Washington. I
Ark., as second-class matter.
Action Is Natural
P. S Meehan, Hancock, Mich.,
writes: “I have given Folev I
Cathartic Tablets a thorough trial
and can postively state they are i
the best laxative I ever used.
Their action is natural.no pain
or griping, and they clean the
system in flneEshape.” Stout
persons say the; buoyant, free
feeling they bring is a blessing.
Sole here at Gold’s Cash Store.
Let Brough Prove It
Dr. Brough charges me with not supporting the
Democratic ticket.
In answer to this charge I will state ithat as
soon as I reach Little Rock I will make an affidavit
that I have always supported the Democratic ticket
and I challenge the Dr. to make an affidavit that I
have not always done so and let the law take its
course.
Judge Smith HAS PAID HIS TAXES in Arkan
sas for 39 years. I demand that Dr. Brough make
an oath that he paid’his taxes.
L,. C. SMITH
Candidate for Governor.
‘LET THEPEOOPLE RULE” adv t
THAT GRADUATED LAND TAX.
SHOULD CONGRESS DO THIS?
You have heard a certain candidate for Congress tell how
he would levy a federal graduated tax on lands. Mr. G. W.
McDowell, a prominent farmer and highly respected citizen of
Hempstead County, living on a rural route near Hope, Arkansas,
wrote the Ways & Means Committee about this proposition
to which Mr. Claude Kitchin, the Chairman of the Committee,
replied. Read both letters. Mr. McDowell’s letter is on file in
the Committee Rooms in Washington. D. C.. and the original
reply of Mr. Kitchin s is in the hands of Mr. McDowell.
THE QUESTION.
Hope. Arkansas. Mar. 4. 1916.
Ways and Means Committee,
House of Representatives,
Washington. D. C.
Gentlemen:
I am a farmer and 1 don't claim to
be an expert on raising money to run
the Government, but 1 sec the papers
arc lull of talk about different ways
of getting money to pay the running
expenses and that you: Committee will
have to draw laws to ra this money.
It always seemed to me that we poor
folks pay too much taxes and the rich
folks do not pay enough, and if I was
making laws I would change this o
the rich who can afford to pay taxes
would have to nay their share. The
income tax is a good way to raise
money but I don’t think the rates arc
high enough. T have read that Con
gress might raise the rates and I hope
they wilt.
The people who arc getting rich mat
ing guns and shells for the countries
at war and trying to get its into if
ought to have a tax pm on their go ■ !
for the licncfit of the Government I
have beard it discussed here ah -m
putting a Federal ta-. on lands ami
some say this can be done while other
say it can't be done. 1 V’i’M like to
know if this <•"'«'■' : - ,1, • There
lots of pconlc and corporations in thi
part of Arkansas who own a great den’
of land which they do not put to -,nv
good use. simply hold ’• for ”»cci la<" ■■
and it ha' been sa : d ’’’at if Con'" r c<--
would put a graduated tax on this ’■•••
so that if a man owned one hnndyt
acres of lai that he was not wor’ g |
himself, his taxes would be so
per acre, and if he owned two hundred
acres it would I>c taxed at a higher ra'e j
and so on until if be owned thotvands
of acres the tax would l>c espial to the
value of the land, ami some thin! 'his
would It a good thing because th'''
would sell the land ami renters could
then buy homes. I would like to know
if this could he done by Congress.
Very truly yours.
(Signed) G. \V. McDOWELL.
The above should settle this question so far as the power
of Congress is concerned. As a Democrat and a States’-rights
Democrat I believe thet whatever tax is levied and collected on
lands, graduated, or otherwise, should go to the support of the
public schools; the State’s charitable institutions, such as the
Blind School, Deaf Mute Institute. State Hospital for Nervous
Diseases, Old Soldier's Home: the construction and maintenance
of good roads, and for other local and state purposes.
W. S. GOODWIN,
Mrs. G. W. Ellis visited Hope
1 Wednesday.
Miss NNließoyce of Route 1 visited
Mrs. R. W. Patterson Thursday.
■ Prof. J. W. Rainsey, spent Satur
day and Sunday in Little Rock..
Misses Helen Harkness and Mig
non Johnson of Fulton were Sun
| day vistors.
Mr. J. A. Lively of Bismark. Okla.,
visited his sister‘Mrs. H. B. Wilson
from Saturday til Sunday.
Miss Ora Smith is spending the
week with Miss Irene Amonettc at
* Yancy.
THE ANSWER.
Washington, D. C., March 8, 1916.
Mr. G. W, McDowell,
Hope, Arkansas.
My dear Sir:
Your letter of March 4th, addressed
to the \\ ays ami Means Committee of
the House of Representatives, has been
received. In reply 1 beg to say that I
agree with you that the Income Tax
should lie increased, and there should
also be levied a tax upon munitions of
war. I Ixtlievc this is the sentiment of
the Ways & Means Committee, especial
ly of the Democratic Members of the
Ways and Means Committee.
1 note that you state that it has been
suggested by some in your State that
there should be a Federal graduated tax
"ii land. With such suggestion. I do
not agree; in fact, 1 am confident that
n t a A'cndicr of the Ways and Means
Committee, cither Democrat or Re
publican. would support such a proposi
t on. nor do I think there is a Mem
ber in Congress who would support
it. Congress, from the beginning of
th'. Government, never undertook to
tax lands. This is one of the funda
mental rights of the State, and proper
ly is left entirely with the States.
; I have received hundreds of letters with
respect to methods of raising taxation
j for the Federal Government, but your
I letter is the first suggestion I have
bad to levy a Federal tax on lands.
With assurances of my kind regards,
I beg to remain.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) CLAUDE KITCHIN.
Mr. A. E. Taylor, the govern
ment soil surveyor is in town to re
sume his surveying.
Mrs. R. B. Thompson of Tex
arkana visited Mrs. R. W. Patter
son Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Carrigan of
Wichita Falls, Texas, and Miss
Mary Carrigan of Hope spent sev
eral hours in town today.
Hon. E. B. Stotsenburg, Attorney
General of Indiana . accompanied
by his wife, formerly Miss Nobie
Borden of this place, spent several
hours in town Wednesday.
Mesdames Allie B. ShulFsTLula
B. Jett and Miss Nannie Jett, of
Fulton, and Mrs. W. A. Jett of
LittD Rock were visiting friends
here Sunday, making the trip from
Fulton in an automobile.
The pupils of Mrs. Old’s music
elsss will give a recital Friday night
of next week, March 31st, at the
High School Auditorium. The
High School Chorus and Quartet
will give some interesting numbers,
and a Shamrock Drill by the girls
of the Grammer School will add in
terest to the program. The pro
ceeds will go towards school ex
penses. Admission 15 and lOcts.
Notice of Assessments.
Notice is hereby given that the
Commissioners of the Ozan Drainage
district, in Hempstead county, have
subscribed their assessment and de
posited the same with the undersigned,
as County Clerk, where it is kept and
preserved as a public record. The
lands that have been assessed for
drainage purposes in said district
are as follows:
The oast half of the southeast quar
ter of Section nineteen; the east half
and the southwest quarter, and the
the east haff of the southeast quarter
of the northwest quarter of Section
twenty; all of Section Twenty-one: the
north half and the north half of the
southwest quarter, and the southwest
quarter of the southwest quarter, and
the north half of the north half of the
southeast quarter of Section Twentv
two: the west half of the northwest
quarter, and the north half of the
northwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of Section Twenty-three: the
cast half of the northeast quarter of
Section Thirty; the northwest quarter
and the north half of the northeast
quarter of Section Twentv-nine; the
north half of the northwest quarter,
and the northwest quarter of the north
cast quarter of Section Twenty-eight:
all in Township Ten South. Range
Twenty-five West.
And the owners of said lands'. if
they desire, mav appear before the
County Court Os Hempstead county on
Wednesday, April 5, 1916. and present
complaints, if any they have, against
the assessment of any lands in said
district.
Wash Hutson,
Countv Clerk.
TO THE VOTERS
I see that my friend Mr.
Goodwin has sent outanotherad
dress to the public, in which he
savs that 1 introduced several
bills in the Senate, and that I
fought the measures offered Jby
my colleagues. I secured the
passage through the State
Senate of every bill and resolu
tion I introduced except one.and
I DID NOT OPPOSE A SINGLE
MEASURE INTRODUCED BY
EITHER OF MY COLLEA
GUES. 1 secured the passage
through the Senate of every
measure which either Mr. Steed,
or Mr. Gentry, or Mr. Moses,
th e three Representatives from
my district, got through the
House, excepting possibly one or
two which came in too late for
consideration.
I think that statement from
Mr. Goodwin is so small as to
show that he is entirely toosmall
to represent the people of this
district; besides, it is untrue,
and is printed on the inside of
his booklet which has on the out
side these words “I STAND
FOR PEACE! TRUTH!” 1 do not
want to be unkind, but I believe
that a man who would knowingly
publish a falsehood to get into
office would be dishonest after
he gets it.
Now my friend Mr. Warnock
says that I am running in the
interest of Mr. Goodwin. He
cannot make a single man who
knows me believe that state
ment to be true. He told
John W. Baker, who lives at
Calhoun in Columbia county, that
my race would hurt Goodwin
more than it would hurt* him.
And his campaign manager for
Clark county. Mr. T. N. Wilson,
told me the same thing. Yet he
tries to make it appear that I am
running in the interest of Mr.
Goodwin. Bob Warnock is a
much.better horse jockey than he
is a statesman, and he is trying
to “Jockey” this race. I expect
to beat them both, and do it fairly
and honestly. Mr. Warnock’s tac
tics in this is in keeping with his
pretended scheme to have cong-
ress pass a law taxing land, when
he knows, or should know, that
congress has no such j tower. It
is like his pretended desire for a
graduated tax on his 4,(M)0 acres
of land and city property so high
as to make Jit “unprofitable to
hold” (see his obituary, page 4)
This deception, or rather this
attempt to deceive—for the peo
pie have more sense .than he
thinks is in keeping with his
statement that he wants the gov
ernment to put a tax on land cor
porations so high that it will
make the business unprofitable,
while he himself is a stockholder
in a land corporation inLouisiana
which has 10,000 acres of land.
Some of his neighbors doubt his
sincerity when he says that he
wants to tax bis own business;
out of existence. They under
stand it better though when they
seem to hear him whisper, “I am
just saving thattofool the people.
I know that congress has no
such power.”
lam going to see that Mr.
Warnock gots a graduated tax
on his large land estate. I in- ]
troduced a resolution in the Sen
ate which passed that body, pro
viding for an amendment to the
State Constitution for a gradu
ated income tax and a graduated
land tax. 1 expect to get it
through the next session. Then
we will get a State law exempt
ing a small home from taxation,
and increasing the rate on these
“Overholders of land”, like my
friend Bob Warnock.
1 have never deceived the peo
ple. I have always been true
and on the side of humanity and
manhood. If the jxjople elect
me to congress, 1 will be true to
the people. There are nostrings
on me like large land estates.
Dear Friends! Stand true for
civic righteousness this onetime
and the victory will be ours. Mr
Warnock will get this office if
money can buy it. It remainsjto
be seen if the liberties of the
people can be sold to the highest
bidder. If so, then it will be the
same old story, “The people sold
again”. Shall that be the ver
diet? Or shall jt be the triumph
of the cause of humanity?
Your obedient servant,
J.O. A. Bush.
Candidate for Congress.
I’. S. See that some friend works
at each box.
VICTORY
CHARLES HILLMAN BROUGH
a man who has never refused to support the Democratic nominee, a man who stands
for constructive administration, a man who has character which withstands the tin
derhanded assaults made upon him by desperate and unprincipled politicians.
EARLE W. HODGES’
tactics, instead of injuring Cnas. H. Brough, called attention to Brough s eminent
qualifications lor the oilice and thus rallied to his standard the fair-minded, liberty
loving peojde of Arkansas, who insist upon an audit of state hooks.
Charles H. Brough Has Been Winning
votes every day since the campaign started; he has made tremendous gains in the
past two weeks. His opponents are making Mr. Brough more votes in every county
they enter. The people see the difference and his popularity grows in leaps and
bounds.
Judge Smith Was After Pie in 1900
Judge Smith claims he is a “potlicker'’ candidate. In years gone by he was a “pie’’
candidate. The Republicans of this state are always after pie. Judge Smith wrote
a letter to 11. L. Remmel, a well known Republican, telling him he was going to sup
port him and not Jeff Davis, the Democratic nominee, in a general election. The let
ter was published in many papers. Judge Smith admits he wrote the letter. He
was after pie and potlicker both at that time.
Charles H. Brough is the Candidate
who will rescue the government from the ring, the man who will break up the nest
of politicians who have fed and waxed fat through State Capitol connections these
many years.
REPORTS FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THE STATE
INDICATE THAT DR. BROUGH WILL BE NOMI
NATED WITH A MAJORITY OF 40,000 AND THAT
HE WILL CARRY AT LEAST 65 OF THE 75 COUN
TIES IN ARKANSAS
A last word to my supporters—BE SURE TO VOTE—
My majority will be so large the nomination cannot
be stolen from me.
C. H. BROUGH
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR CHANCERY JUDGE
We are authorized to announce Hon. I
M. E. SANDERSON of Texarkana a-I
a candidate forChancery Judge of the
Sixth Chanc District, subject to the
action of the Democratic Primarv Mar.
30th.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER
We arc authorized to announce H.
R. WILSON as a candidate for Rail
road Commissioner from the Southern
District, subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
REPRESENTATIVE
_ \Ve are authorized so announce I’.
T. STAGGS, of Deßoan Township,
as a candidate for Representative
from Hempstead Countv in the next
General Assembly, subject to the ac
tion of the Democratic primary.
We are authorized to announce
lion. Jas. W. Ellis of Ozan as a can-
I didate for Representative in the next
General Assembly, subject to the ac
tion of the Democratic party.
FOR CIRCUIT CLERK
We arc authorized to announce
OLIN C. HATLEY of Blevins as a
candidate for Circuit Clerk and Re
corder. subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
We are authorized to announce A.
M. GRATIOT of Deßoan Township as
a candidate for the office of Circuit
t 'lerk of Hempstead County, subject to
the action of the Democratic party.
FOR SHERIFF AND COLLECTOR
We are authorized to announce B.
‘ C. ( Berry ) Acker of Hope as a candi
date for the office of Sheriff and Col
i lector of Hempstead county, subject to
the action of the Democratic party.
I We are authorized t o announce
HANNIE E. BALL of Mine Creek
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“DUTY FIRST”
WIN wiw GOODWIN
"DUTY is the subiimest word in the English
language."— KobL E. Lee.
A. H. Francis, Zenith, Kas.,'
writes; “I had a severe pain in [
my back and could hardly move, i
1 took about two-thirds of a 50e j
i bottle of Foley Kidney Pills and
now feel entirely well.” Middle
aged and older men and women
find these safe pills relieve sleep
disturbing bladder ailments.
On sale at Gold’s Cash Store.
“DUTY FIRST"
WIN with GOODWIN
"DUTY is the subiimest word in the English
language. "— KM. E. Lee.
township a candidate for Sheriff and
Collector of Hempstead county, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
Primarv election.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER
We are authorized to announce .1. W.
Phillips of Ozan township as a candi
date for the office of Treasurer of
Hempstead county, subject to the ac
tion of the Democratic party.
J. P. OF OZAN TOWNSHIP
We are authorized to announce .1.
W. Gilbert of Washington as a candi
date for Justice of the Peace of Ozan
township, subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
We are authorized to announce A.
I). (Dock) Monroe of Washington as
a candidate for Justice of the Peace of
Ozan township, subject to the action
of the Democratic Primary.
W.> are authorized to announce .1. D.
ELLIS as a candidate for .1 ustice of the
Peace of Ozan township, subject to
the action of the Democratic primary
election.
ROAD OVERSEER
We are authorized to announce O.
T. jLannie] Beck as a candidate for
Roadoverseer of Ozan township, sub
ject to the Democratic primary elec
tion.
We arthorized to announce G. W.
Griffin as a candidate for Road Over
seer in Ozan township, subject to the
Democratic primary election.
We are authorized to announce J.
P. FOUNTAINE as a candidate for
RoadJOverseer of Ozan township, sub
ject to the Democratic primarv elec-'
tion.
We are authorized to announce
JOHN S. HARTSFIELD as a candi
date for Road Overseer of Ozan town
ship, subject to the Democratic pri
marv election.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
DEPARTMENT OF THE IN
TERIOR. U. S. Land Office at
Camden, Arkansas, March 1”. 1916.
i Notice is hereby given that John
I King of Westbrook. Arkansas, who
;on January 26. 1911. made a Home
i stead Entry, Serial No. 01700, for the
IN. W. 1-4 N. W 1-1 Section 30 Town -
j ship 9 S., Range 21 W.. sth Principal
I Meridian, has filed notice of intention
Ito make Final Five Yea: Proof, to
I establish claim to th" land above de
-1 scribed, before the Probate Clerk of
of Hempstead County, at Hope. Ark
ansas.
Claimant name* as witnesses:
James P. Wordlaw. MCcaskill, Ark.
James J. Lively, ~ ..
Robert L. Wilson.
George R. Briggs. ~
12t5 R. D. Newton. Register.
“DUTY FIRST"
WIN «!w GOODWIN
"DUTY is the subiimest word in the English
language."— Kobl. E. Lee.