The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-02-13
HON IN CARTER
A Candidate for Congress, Third Con
grsshonal District Of Arkah.
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Young Statesman.

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Congressional District Of Arkansas.
As a home man, and because he is
fully worthy and competent, the
will take pleasure IN
supporting him. He Is now PROSE
cutting Attorney of this, the Eighth
Judicial District, aud has filed IL
very acceptabiy, and is entitled TO
promotion. He has risen from a
plow boy on bis fathers farm, TO a
high and honorable position IN his
chosen profession, the law, now be-
ing one Of the most successful and
rising attorneys m this part OF the
state-a self-mlde, useful man.
And he has ever been a hard work
er, in the ranks Of the Democracy
of the state having attended many
OF our state conventions as a dele
gate, be has gained a statewide
reputation, as a frst-class speaker.
All his life he has been a strong ad-
vocate Of free silver coinage.
As the people are entitled to
full knowledge concerning those
who offer for an important office,
We deem it right and proper to
speak at some length of Mr. Car
ters past life. His father, Hon,
Henry W. Carter, moved from
North Carolina to this state, with
his parents, in the year 1874, set
Ting at Lewis vile, Lafayette coun-
tv; his grandmother diedsoon there
after and was buried in the old
Lemay cemetery. After his grand
mothers death his grandfather
located in Pike county, Ark, where
he soon after died. HIS father was
an only child. After the death OF
his grandfather his father went TO
Locksburg, SeYier county, and for
some time lived with Judge Steel,
who was later made Circuit Judge
of that district. His father mar
ried in Pike county in 1850, a Mrs.
Scott; by this marriage they had
eight children, he being the seventh
one. His mother died in 1868. His
father served as a Confederate sol
der, from the beginning of the
war; was in Col. Monroe's regiment,
after whom he was named. His
father was a farmer all his life-is
yet on his farm in Pike county;
served as a member of the COnsti-
tutional convention of 1874, also
served one term in the Arkansas
Legislature.
Mr.. Carter was raised upon
farm near MurfreesborO, Pike
county, and, as is usual with such
BOYS, his father kept him busy IN
the exercise of all the duties per
tanning to farm life. In those days
school advantages were poor, and
his father and one or two neighbors
hired teacher to teach their chill
dreu, and thus gave them all the
educational advantages possible for
their limited means. When Is years
of age, having few dollars, with
the permission of his father, he
went to school for one term at Bin
gen, Hampstead county-was en-
abled to do this by supplementing
his small fund by working nights
and mornings and Saturdays; after
this he entered the State University
and by the same method secured
advantage of a term there. Then
induced Hon. E. B. Kinsworthy,
who had graduated at the Univer-
sity the year he was there, to take
a school at MurfreesbOro, and
studied under him for one year,
while attending school under MIX.
he worked in the Circuit Clerks
Office. He then worked upon the
farm and taught school for year
or two, which gave him the means
of finally completing his education
at Ouachita College, Arkadelphia,
graduating in 1899. In October Of
that year he came to Texarkana,
and begun the study of law in Scott
& Jones office, where by close appli-
cation he stood an examination in
December 1890, and was admitted
to practice law by Judge Elmore
Mitchell.
In 1892 Mr.. Carter made the race
for Prosecuting Attorney of this
the Eighth district, and was elected
The district is composed of the
counties of Clark, Nevada, Hemp
stead and Miller. He carried Clark
and Miller, which gave him the
nomination; his opponent was ]. H.
McCollum of Hope, who had served
but one term, In 1894 he was again
a candidate aud Mr.. McCoIlum was
again his opponent, and on account
of the increased representation of
Nevada and Hempstead counties, il