The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-11-09
ARKANSAS LETTER.
Interesting Communication From
"Rippling Waves"

"Rippling Waves"
LUxoRA, ARK, Nov. 4, 1900 Ed
tor HERALD-The fir,t frost OF the
season fell here Thu sdsy uight, but
twas only slight, and did not Injure
anything. The farmers wish for a
killing iIost to check the second
growth OF cotton and kill the leaves.
some of 1t Is so large aud the limbs
lap so that IL makes the pick ing quite
labcrous. Much OF the tieecy Staple
has been gathered aud sold by the
farmers OF this section, but there ave
hundreds of bales yet in the fields /;
many being unable to get hands,
have not picked over the first time.
Four hands ON tn s farm sometimes
snatch out over tour hundred pounJs
day whit n there IS no dew. FIRE.
quently It Is eight or niue O'Clock
before they Can start to picking, so
heavy is the dew. The average IN
this section Is about three quarter
Of a bale per acre, while in Othels
we are told it Is a little more and at
some places it is much less.
Corn is yielding from forty to fifty
bushels per acre, aid those who
sowed alfalfa have moved it five
times this year. The price paid for
picking cotton this fall is sixty cents
per hundred, and farm work is
seventy five cents per day.
The health of the country gener-
ally is very good. All the diseases
that children are heir to, have passed
through here this fail, it seems.
Whooping cough ard mild form OF
scarlet fever are prevailing now.
Great excitement prevails here
now over the whiskey problem. Al
the last election, Sept. Bird, the men
voted whiskey in, and the good wo-
men, encouraged and aided by few
good men, cahvassed Osceola aud
petitioned the vile stuff out before
any one had time to buy and bring
it in. Luxora, seeing the success OF
her sister town, was encouraged tC
do likewise, and also succeeded n
getting names enough to stop the
sale of it here, too, after the first Of
January next, when the license will
expire. The whie8ey men are max
ing desperate fight to keep 1t here
aud will, of course, use unfair means
to that END, but the same Judge wht
decided in favor of Oaceola's wishes
has the same authority over Luxora
1 almost blush to speak of the
fraud practiced in the last election
here on September Bird. There were
only two parties represented, Demo
Gratis and independents, the Repub
licans voting " it'll the former, as Ii
not usually the case. Some hither
to staunch Democrats had become
tired of the management of affairs
and sought change in putting GU
an independents ticket, claiming i
to be truly Democratic. The Demo
Gratis were victorious, but thei
victory was of short duration, as tht
Independents contested the election
and exposed the ranke9t kind o
fraud. Since every man must show
his poll tax receipt, many of thu
negroes remained in the cotton field
and took no interest in the matter
while many voted on home made re
ceipts, which fact was proven II
court; also many of those who wer'
in the fields were registered as hav
ing voted, poll tax paid and all bu
the most ludicrous thing was tina
negroes names were used as voter
in some townships Who were prove
to have been dead as long as tw,
years, reliable WITNESSES testifyinj
that "they were still dead" Only
the offices of Sheriff and Circui
COurl Clerk were contested. De
PENDANTS have taken an appeal Il
the Supreme Court, but the moneyet
men of the County are against then
which, with the exposition of sucl
, fraudulent means practiced, mos
+ likely will defeat them.
The friends of Ollie Davis may b.
glad to hear that he Is we'll PLEASED
with the position of drug clerk, ant
is gaining friends fast.
On account of being injured in al
accident during the latter part c
August, Bonnie Nicholson was un
able to return to the, Blind SchoO
until near the middle of October
ne was exceedingly proud of tb
handsome gold medal which he woI
in oratory before the close of til
last session.
Mr.. Henry Cox Of Columbia wa
10 Luxora Saturday. He is statione,
Juce oslooo WIG 'fVOts IA bAO OhptO.
Of the Government.
AS this has doubtless already be
! come tiresome to some of tn
readers, perhaps l had better clos
aud tell something of the rive
works in my next letter
Wishing success to the readers {
the finest Weekly paper in All
;. county, and to the Editor, VIII
knows how TO SEND out splendi
e Daily also, 1 am the same,