The Daily soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1???-1911, 1902-04-04
HOPKINS AGAIN
Adds More Emphasis to His
Views Concerning the
County Farm.
A Plea for Humanity and a Few Jolts
for Those Who Criti-
else Him.

The campaign is now ended. What
I may say as to the present manage
ment of the paupers and insane Oh
our hands at the county farm, can
not be construed as political issue.
NV views on that subject are too
we'll known for it to be necessary to
continue repetition of the same
thing.
The stand which | have taken in
behalf Of humanity seems to have
met with some opposition from
sources least expected. Greg john
ston s whack at me seems to be one of
many which grow spontaneous on
Gainesville's little red hill, e the
idea Of spending a little money in be-
half of Gods creation. It there is
anything that should open up the
avenue to mans pocket book, it is to
see q human being in distress that
money can relieve. To meet Mr..
Johnston on the proposition that we
need the county farm; I contend that
it be used for the purposes for which
it is intended, and let us prepare a
place for the insane aud idiotic
women confined in that place, which
makes it the blackest spot on Greene
county face, and a disgrace to the
officials who tolerate it. Our leg;sla-
ture has been working on the problem
of enlarging our state asylum or
building another at some point in
the state, but nothing definite has
been done. 1t may be ten years
aApEpre home is provided by the
stale for these subjects. Shall we sit
down and calmly fold our hands and
watch this state of affairs for a
period of ten years without any re-
horse of conscience? God forbid.
Mr.. Johnston suggests bonding the
county to get out of debt, This idea
seems plausible but the only candi-
date we have for representative is
opposed to it. And as the legislature
has a whack at it before we can do
such thing, we will have to fall on
some other plan to get out of debt.
The revenue is equal to the emer-
gency if properly applied, the fault
lays at home.
| met some opposition in the
person of DR.. Olive Nolder. | am
not personally acquainted with DIR.
~NQIIder, but from her reputation |
had formed the highest estimate of
her worth as charity worker as
well as a physician. But as her
views are so adverse to mine | must
confess that | was surprised when |
met opposition from that source. ]
will not accuse tae doctor of exercis-
ing the widest kind of nonsense, Gas
she did me) but | must say that |
believe that her assertions were
made without the least consideration.
wonder If the doctor was ever at
the county farm. Does she know
anything about the quality of the
soil on that farm? Could she give
you any idea of its worth to the
county per annuln? Judge Jones
anticipated improvement was only
the building OF another shack to put
the males in, and DR.. Nolder says
that it would be just what Greene
county needs. You can plainly see
her estimate of the souls OF those
fallen people, since she is willing to
see them crammed into those novels,
where there is no earthly hope of
restoring a single one of them, and
she says it's just what we need. The
doctor places great emphasis on the
fact that she is public official, and
that her service is worth something
especially when rendered to such
class of people as we have at the
poor farm. | don't suppose she
would prescribe for one OF them un-
less the county would pay her for it.
J. T. HOPKINS.