The Forrest City times., 1894-11-02
The Rambler.

We notice our friend Geo. Rowland of Telico. on the street with seven bales or lt otton on one wagon.
 We hear some say they will never plant smother cotton seed, but in this they are wrong, for it is better to produce some cotton, for even if it costs more in iaoor than you get for it--yet it Is money crop, and will always fetch money. when goobers, corn. potatoes. turnips. dr'ed iruH, honey and such plunder will not sell at all. Make your living and raise oniy N moderate acreage in cotton and your cilil- dren will be shod and clothed every wln- ter.
 The school house et Forrest City looms up immensely and is credit to the pfes- ent board of Trustees and those who coh- tributed towards it's erection. MT. James russell spent much of his time there while the work was in progress. The walls contain the best hard brick Ot any building in he city.
 Mir. Russell is almost as deeply inter- ested in the St. Francis Levee. Arnold and DeGaris the contractors are wealthy men. and have some twenty suo'C0ntrac- ters under them and during the past lew weeks of fine weather they have made great progress ia this beneficial work.
 We notice with pain that the newspa. pers of Tennessee are having cOntrOver- sv about the primaries, evidently some one has been running one Of the old games over there. Tue Memphis Commercial Appeal swears by all that IS good that in order to purity the stream we must purity the fountain head. The primaries must be legali.ed and tricks and schemes of d. shOiuest politicians punished by law ex- actIy as though occurring in tue general elec,,on. The Nashville and Chattanooga papers endorse this doctrine aud 1t IS be- leyed that the coming Tennessee leg,sla- lure will pass some such law. 1t occurs to us that Arkausas is bitten by the same dog.
 Our views are this. That in politics the independent candidate is not iI 1t. The Third Party is also not in it, from the fact that all important issues occurring in poll tics only have two sides, and the man Ol party that can see both sides Is as l.eat curiosity as a square ginllet.
 This is a government by parties, not in dviduals, aud will always be so, and 1t is important that the voter and the c.indi- date be we'll protected in the parry prma- ries and party unity. Party harmony de- pends entirely upon the fair treatment Of democrat by democrat, republican by re publican. The source or fountain head Of political sienches is in the primaries, and the honest voter and honest candidate Ia too often tricked by the machinations of some clique or combination Of political rings, tricksters and their machine heeiers. aud there is no redress. Nc use of pray ing after the Devil comes," is an old saying that fits the case exactly. But by all means let the legislature of Tennessee legalI:e primary elections. and give the voter or the candidate redress for fraud or trickerv. If ihe law works well there. let us try il in Arkansas. But II Is the writer's belief that. let 1t be convention or primary, mass meeting or caucus, the DO IilicaI wire-pulier will out-trick the honest voter any and every time he attempts it The women think they know man. but there are two cases where they don know him or know what he will do. The first is when he is mad, tie second is when he IS in politics.
 Now, as to cotton. A bale of it at five cents brings ptiful little price, but the pitiiul little price will buy a world of dry goods, boots shoes ..suga- or flour. Ever. thing but meat is low; and this reminds me that the best and saiest pla"e to win ter a hog is in yOnr smokelouse. shall winter almost all mine there, lel them be little or big.
 The one that gets pinched by five cent o.ton is the mdn in debt or with taxes 10 pay.
 But tiis is queer world. You caIcv man d new wagon. and ten chances 10 one he will kick if you don't give hin some axle grease, too. 50 let us all cheer up We can never use the m again with the powder that is already burnt. EcOuO- my. diversified crops and f.t hogs will make inc future brighter. J. H.