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Wltin xm ^ ' 5 A9BD0WN, LITTLE BIVEB COUNT* ARKANSAS. ' SATURDAY, NOVEMBER «, 19SO. ' JHm$EB f .
400 ELECTOR FOR
SEMATOR HARDING
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Landslide Gathers Momentum as Addi
tional Remits are Reported; /•
Few States Doubtful.
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New York, Nov. 3.—Th* —•<*« of the
Republican election waT h presi
dential and congressional, Continued
rising tonight as belated reti.fos filter
ed in. ...ft y
Among new development; vers de
feat of Champ Clark of Missouri, for
mer speaker and present Democratic
leader in the House; election %r, a .Re
publican congressman from Texas;
re-election of a Republican senator
from Missouri, an<d a sudddfi jump ot
Senator Harding into the lead in Ok
laboma. Another border stale, Ten
nessee, hung by a narrow margin, -but
with the Democrats . leading,
A Republican Senate majority ot
about 10, as. compa»»d,with but < two
at present, and a House majority ot
around .100, as against. 40-odd, were
other forecasts of the overwhelming
majorities.
With about eight atates still in the
doubtful list in presidential and sent
toria1 contests, the hnge-majorities ««•
sure Senator Harding and Governor
Coolidge of at least 400 electorial
votes, with Governor Cox certain of
on./ 137, and all from the "solid
south including* Kentucky, T ha
CRcVuliHeans’ today added' Idaho, Mary
land end South Dakota to their
strut* oil the face of large major
ities. Of the remaining States the
Republicans were reported leading in
Oklahoma, Ariiona, Missouri, Mon
tana, Nevada' and North Dakota.
Democratic margins in New Mexico
and Tennessee were reported.
Parley P. Christensen of the Farm
er Labor party issued a statement de
claring that the election spelled elim
ination of the Democratic party. He
predicted a rout of the Republicans by
his organization in 1924.
With the majorities piling UP in what
Democratic leaders said was a ‘‘sol
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emn referendum” upon the League of
Nations, President* Wilson withheld
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any copunenti Databrtdge Colby.
Secretary of state, expressed disap
pointment. Senator Johnson of Cali
fornia, leading “irreconcilable,” said
that the election meant the "end of
- the league,” and another. Senator
Reed, Democrat of Missouri, declared
that the fight upon the league issue
was a tragic mistake and had split the
Democratic party.
Vtormgr Speaker Champ Clark pro
bably Will be succeeded as minority
leader by Representative Kitchin.
Democrat of. North Carolina.
The Republicans broke into the
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solid Democratic congressional dele
gation from Texas through the defeat
of Represenjtatve Bee of San An
tonio, a relative of postmaster Gen
eral Burlesoi^ another * Democratic
veteran,(Representative John W. Rain
ey of Illinois also went down to defeat.
Community Fair Held at
Oak Grove this Week
A splendid community fair was held
at Oak Grove Wednesday ot this week-.
On Tuesday night a. bpx supper was
held At which auflpiept money was
raised to pay for the prizes the fol
; lowing day. On Wednesday morning
1 the neighborhood turned out with
their prizes and the morning was
was epept in arranging them. Practi
cally everyone in.the community hag
something on exhibit. At the noop
hour dinner was, spread on the ground
and all had a good time. The after
noon was spent in judging and award
ing prizes. There were numerous
'amusement features, sack races, three
: legged ran* and egg races by the bpys
{and girls and men and women as well
: as other forms of amusement. . i
Miss Gladys Norwood,., club agent,
gave a demonstration In culling the
| chicken flock and shewing how to. find
' out and got rid of the loafers.
| After the premium*-were awarded a
i committee was appointed to arrange
i for a permanent fair. This ‘fair .wag'
! the first held at Oak Grove, and waa,
in every w»y a success.' ‘
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G.O.P. GOVERNOR FOR TENNESSEE
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Returns Indicate That All Taylor Has
Befttep Roberta, Incumbent.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 3.—On ths
face of incomplete returns from 90'
out of 95 counties in Tennessee, Alt
Taylor, Republican candidate for gov
ernor, is leading Gov. A. H. Roberts,
Ids Demoera/tlc opponent, in the race
for governor, by more than 18,000
votes. Several of theebunties -not
heard from ate in Bast Tennessee and
normally ere Republican, They are1
expected to Increase Tailor’s lead.’
and several others, including a former
police chief, were wounded in the fight
which proceeded the wholesale lynch
ing. The negroes burned met death
in houses in which they had congre
gated which were fired. The sixth
negro- killed -was taken from a jail ear
ly this motnihg by a mob.
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DRUG USER IS WOUNDED
Shot and Slightly Hurt la Did HR
Ameting Officer.
Texarkana. Nov. 3.—Gordon Gentry,
a young white man whose home is’-be*
lieved to’ be Memphis, was brought
here from Atlanta, 30 miles south of
here, and placed in the county jail last
night on ,a charge of violating the
anti-narcotic act He - whssuffering
from wounds in the face and heog'
caused by a fcharge-of bird shot fired
at him by Marshal Roberts 'of Atlanta;
after he; had resisted arrest and wad
firing at the’ officer iHtlE a pistol. His
injuries are not seriOus'.
It is said Gentry had just received
76 ounces of morphine by express
when arrested. He waived examina
tion before United States Commission
er Thomas N. Grahan this ’morning
and was held for the federal'grand1 jufy
on a bond of 91.000, in default of
which he was taken to the jail.
Why Farmers Bank Here
We went you
to feel at Lome Farmers bank here because we make it
• L,_L our business to furnish good hanking ser
vice to farmers. Both in and out 6^ crop
season, we co-operate with them in every
possible way.
We have no theories to advance on run
ning a farm but we do understand the
farmers’ financial problems and we shape
our service to meet them. Any farmer
who banks here can tell yen hqw helpful
our service is. We would bp glad tQ £erve
you also.
ARKANSAS STATEBANK
“No Red Tape«We Do or We Don’t”
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UT1U RIVER ELECTION
RETURNS ARE SLOW
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0* Partial fcetprqi all Amendments
i.. Seam to Hue .Carried la the
County—Democratic.
The election returns from Little
Fiver county precincts are slow in
coming in and no further returns are
expected until after the official coun*.
Returns have toes pad from six pre
cinct* out of the twenty. The six prpr
cincts reported .are the three wards
in Ashdown, Jefferson township, Jack
son .to^pphip, t,wc boxes, Arden aud
Red River.
| Red River township went Republican
for governor, the vote being, McRae 5ii.
Townsend 86. -B'ount 4. Blount was
the negro candidate, but the negroes 1
failed to vote for him. It is expected
that Johpsop apd Riehland also wept
Republican, as }hey have a large negro
vote. Arden jrent Rcpubitjap hr two
tnajority on United States Senator. AH
Other races went Democratic In* this
box by small margins. The Demo
cratic .majority in.the county will be
latte.,. ^ ........
All amendments were carried. The
vote so -for ?retUfD9&. gives: For tbs'
Amendment 13, 396, against 296; for
amendment 14, .488, -against 2Q4; for
amendment 16, 373, against 162,
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METHODIST LADIES MEET
Mrs. J. S. 'Watkins Entertained Mis
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slonary Society Wednesday.
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The Watkins’ home wan the scene of
a pleasant- social function on Wednes
day afternoon, when the members of
the Woman's Missionary Auxiliary, as
sembled to pr.y_a tribute of love to.
their pastor’s wife, who in closing the'
fourth year as an active member of
this society. -The week of prayer pro
gram was first well rendered, with
Mrs. Pfeifer as loader, assisted by
Mesdames Cook, and York.
; After the pragrgm all were invited
to the dining room, where refresh
ments were served from the table, the
center of which was marked with a!
'Mf’basket of white Chrysanthemums'|
resting on'a center piece of lace, one j
of the same flowers ornamenting each
plate. Just as we were ready to par?
take of this sumptuous repast, Mrs.
Rbyholds entered bearing a large
birthday cake, on ^gich were forty
live lighted candles. This she pre
sented to Mrs. Barnett whose birth
day were delighted to honor. Her pre
sentation speech was an original poem,*
.appropriate' for the occasion and *of
Which -our members were justly proud. |
The" handles ‘were then blown out by
the members, each one expressing a
good wish for the honoree, Before*
‘leaving the dining room, Mrs. J. M.
Johnson presented a Bet of iced tea
spoons and salad forks from the soc
iety, with expressions of love and ap
preciation for so valued a member and
regrets over her early departure.
The hostess. Mrs. Cyrus Watkins, was
assisted in serving by Mesdames York,*
and Reynolds. A large number ot
Methodist women enjoyed this plea
sant occasion, which was planned as a
sunrise for Mrs. Burnett.
LIQUOR VIOLATORS FINED
Six. Plead Guilty In Federal Court to
TW
Violating Law*.
Texarkana, Nov. 2.—In Federal
court, on the Texas side, yesterday, the
following pleaded guilty to charges at
violating liquor laws; John Lee, fined
'^100; Lester Holland, fined $100; Eu
gene Deshazo, fined $100; Charles Mil
,'ler, fined $100; J. B. Sparks, fined
$250; Virgil Houston, negro, fined $100.
L, P, Hargrove, charged with dis
posing of government property, en
tered a plea of guilty, but the court
deferred sentence.
In his charge to the grand jury,
Judge Elates emphasized the necessity
of a vigorous enforcement of the pro
hibition laws. He said he had been
infromed by prohibition enforcement
officers that Bowie county is one of
the three notorious counties for vio
lation of the prohibition laws in the
United States. The judge also urged
that careful investigation be made of
all reports of violation of tho profiteer
ing lawB.
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Synodical Will Meet.
The Ninth Annual Synodilal of Ark
ansas will be held in the Second Pres
byterian church, Little Rock, Nov, 16
18, Send names of delegates and
time of arrival to Mrs. F. W. Allsopp,
600 Gain us St., Little Rook.
Big Republican Gains
In Both Houses
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New York, Nov. 4.—The last con
t w '
test of Tuesday’s election' (or -United
States senator—that of Kentucky—
was decided late tonight and resulted
in the election of Richard P. Ernest,
the Republican candidate;'Over Sena
te Beckham, Democrat. This made
the tenth turnover, in favor oftbe Re-'
publicans and Will give that party 69
seats in the Sdndte to 37 tqr the Dem
ocrats.
Of the 34 contests for seats in the
Senate the Republicans won 26 and
the Democrats 9. The Rlepubllcaaa!
elected 16 senators to succeed Repub
licans jand w-In place >ot Depiocrats
The Republicans’ gains were made in
Arizona, California, Colorado. ’Idaho,
Maryland, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon,
South bakota and Kentucky.
Thh House. will etepsaecnted by
287 Republicans, 141 Democrats, 1 In
dependent-Prohibitionist and 1.‘Social
ist, on the face of present returns,
‘which still fair to account for five
representatives, one each from Jiasy-.
land, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mex
ico and two from North Dakota
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HEIiD FOB MOONSHINIJtO
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Sevier Codnty Man Held by Federal
Court for Moonshlning.
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Texarkana, Nov.. .2—A. Tuttle, 'a
farmer living in Sevier county, near
DeQneen, #ai held for the'‘ federal
grand jury in a bond of $500 on a
charge of violating the prohibition
laws, following a hearing before Unit
ed States Commissioner Hudspeth yes
terday. In default of sureties he* was
committed to jail. The testimony 1
showed that Sheriff Thomas ot 8evter
county found tbs defendant in pos
session of a well equipped 10-gallon
copper still.' FO*r large barrels of
mask: was also found and confiscated.
The sheriff turned tho prisoner over!
fo Deputy United States Marshal Jim,
Davis, who brought him here. ' Horace
Davis, a young Texarkana man, was'
held by .the commissioner in. a bond of
$360 following a'hearing on k stutrgs
of violating the Anti-Narcotic Act.
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B. T. P. U. PROGRAM.
Following is the B. Y. P. U. program
for Sunday night at 6 p. m.:
Subject. ‘The -Outlook for . lasting
Peace;’ D. H. Tj.npkins; ncnptnro
lenson, Isotab 0: 6,< Psalm 122: 6 to
9; CharHno- DupiPe; introduction ty
leader; vWhqt a world war .mMha, tty
Mrs. ,C. A. Bishop; Arbitration cannot,
bring peace, Beth Cowling; Some sign
ificant reasons, Oleta • Thomas; Hear
the Word of Jehovah,-MrO, Roy OooSs
by; Seeking that which is forbidden.
Miss Agnes Cowling; How ,to have a
world peace, Mrs. Ataway.vsongl Take
my life and let ft fit; rV r'
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Week of Prayer.
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The week of prayer which has, been
observed mM Week by the women of the
Methodist ■ Missionary Society closed
Friday afternoon. This had been a
season of study and prayer, for girts
and young women, and entered..-Into
with zeal and1 enthusiasm by«' lost of
the menibers. If you would be a
mother to helpless and dependent girls
your, beet opportunity is through the
influence ofi the. VaabU Home: apd
school of Thomasville, Oa. The gifts
and prayerh thia will make' the
institution adequate in equipment and
power. If you are a Methodist wom
an and have Jailed to make an offering
for this Worthy cause send your checks
to Mrs. ’Cyrhs Watkins, the efficient
treasurer.' .The ottering was the larg
est in the history of the society. The
fuitli has been increased and ail have
been spiritually blessed from these
services.
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NEtfttOES BUBNED TO DEATH
Fire Negroes Burned to Death Follow
ing Election Day Murder.
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Orlando, Fla., Nov. 3.—Five negroes
have been burned to death and an
other hanged to a tree as the result of
a fight which started at the polls at
Oceoee, near here, last night, after
election officials had refused to per
mit Mose Norman, a negro, to Vote on
th£ ground i^at he had failed to pay
his poll tax.
SOME FORM OF LEAGUE
IS EXPECTED ANYWAY
Bat the Republican Supporters Believe
Article X Will Be
Eliminated.
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New York. Npv. 3.—The League of
Nations in .same farm without Article
X.
That In substance, is wbat the Unit
ed States may expect In the form of
a world, organization to establish per
manent peace, as a result of the land
slide that has given the Republican
presidential candidate of both. Ahe ,«*t.
ecutive and legislative branches of
the government, according to Oscar S.
Strauss, Henry W. Taft, and other pre
league Republicans who supported
President-elect Harding.
"The issue has been Article X,”
said ,Mr, Taft today, "although efforts
hare been made to focus the league
fight, elsewhere. My view is that thp
American people disapprove of Ar
ticle X, unless adequately safeguarded -
If it is inserted, at all, it must be so
qualified as to postpone its obligation
as.. regards the United >■ States until
some specified case shall arise which
calls, for an^American .decision; ■ and
then in the face of a concrete case,
Congress, acting under its war power,
shall determine the country’s course.
This would be a colorless provision,
and it is probably preferable that Ar
ticle X be eliminated entirely as far as
the United States is concerned.”
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OKLAHOMA SWINGS TO G. 0. F.
Gives Republicans 8,609 Lead In 2^00
Oat of 2^85 Precincts.
1 Oklahoma City, Nov. 3.—Oklahoma
swung safely Into the Republican col
lumn at midnight tonight on the (ace
of complete but unofficial returns
from approximately 2,000 of the 2,(86
precincts in the. state. It appeared at
that time that the state would split
Us congressional delegation, probably
even.
A tabulation of 1,974 precincts out
of 2,685 for president gave a Repub
lican majority of 8,613, the vote be
ing: Harding, 172k313; Cox, 163,800.
For United States sehator 2,048 "pre
cincts gave a Republican majority of
17,637, the figures being Harrell, 183.
412,' Hspria. X66A76
- A .woman representative in Congress
from Oklahoma -became a realty ..tor
night.whgn belated returns gave,vic
tory to Alice-XL-Robertson, a IRepub
ltcan.■ over W. S-W* Heatings, Dejnpr
cratic incumbent in the Second dis
trict. ■ — • •’ 1
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Election "News by Wire.
Ashdown received the election news
Tuesday night over a special Assoc*
idled Press \rire run Into the' Hew
Johnson Hotel, L. W. Warrock, an
ex-operator, manager of the hotel, do*
ing the'receiving. The news came in a
constant -stream- as- fast as the. teie
gaph ihstmmwati could click it off. The
Republican, landslide was- evident ear
ly in the nighW.butjnay -of-the faith
ful- remained until a late hour as the
news gnsw*-more decisive. Democratk
papers in the, east, began to .coneeds
defeat early in the night,
Officers Capture Still but
No Trace of Operators
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^Sheriff J. |R, Pierce, Constable J. R
Furlow, (0^ D, Turner .and. Florence
Chancery captured a wildcat still os
jted River .beck, of the Rasgeil farm v
Thursday afternoon. The still vu
hidden in a thicket and appeared te,
•have .been there for at least, a year.
They destroyed and burned it before
returning* but brought a pert of it
home’ ; No one was csmtnred in coi
nection with its operation,
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< FARMERS TO RAJ SB TOMATOES
Will Meet at Hope and Ograniae in
BsslneesUke Way.
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Hope, Nov. 3.—A meeting of the
farmers of- the Hope itawfe territory
will be held Saturday to consider tips
advisability -.of gutting Into toma^
°®a business basis during,
the cbmihg year. The fanners haws
announced..their intention of planting,,
from 200 to 300 acres to topiatoes
neat'.year, and the .purpose of this
meeting 1b to discuss building a pack
ing sited and buying -crates, paper,
and aeed in wholesale lots. A large,
packing <shed probably will be erected
beside the, potato curing, plant built
by the farmers here a few weeks ago.
and which has been fllledwlth pota
toes. Farmers in tb* Blevins com
munity realized more than $160 an
acre from their tomato crops, • ....
i A. C. Monts, president of the Hemp
' stead County Farm Bureau, today
said:: "The farmers of Hempstead
county have fully decided upon cut-,
'ting acreage planted to cotton during
1921, and those few who have found,
it profitable to grow truck are Influ-,
encing their neighbors to Join with
them: ' A. number of ns grew water.-,
melons and cantaloupes last year and
we found these crops yield a better
and Which has been filled with pota
toes also will bring us more money to
the acre than cotton. .There is no
good business Judgment in a farmer
growing cotton with'high priced lobor
at the prevailing prices. There is
hgrdir a, prednrt . i^f not yield
a hatter return thga cotton at present
prices.”
' It Is planned, to organise a tomato
growers’ association that will market
their products on a cooperative basis.
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Young Lady is Kitted in
' Automobile Wreck
, Mrs. Geo. M. Johnston received a
message Thursday rilgght stating that
het sister, Miss Lilly Rose Couch, had
bden' killed in an automobile wreck at
Weatherford,' Texas. Miss Couch i
well known here, having lived here for
several months and also taught school
at Richmoud. Shot ha* many, friends
in Ashdown. No particulars could he
learned, find Mr. arid Mrs. Johnston
left' iihmediately for Magnolia' where
the burial will be held.
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A young fanner, went to 11a hanker a alert
five ago and aaked to benaw W00.M. After een.
suiting the depositor* ledger and noting the een.
dltiea of this tenaea's account, the banker said*
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"Alright sir, yon eaa hare It."
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"I observe that while year aeeonnt Is not large
yet ft has been gradeeny.lneffeaalng. whMi shows
*!»* y«n a** succeeding. I alee note that yon art
.apparently doing all year business with ns, whleh
shows that yon are oar friend, and we always
** m •****”
Was the banker’s eoaelnsJon logical I
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This bank freaches and practices the Golden
" MbIb.
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