The Forrest City times., 1908-02-21
Candidate for County Judge
New Castle Times.

Sunday, the 18th, surely borrowed three or four days from March and added them all together from the way 1t blew up here in these hills.
 Mrs. w. II. Peavey, widow of the late Will Peavey, had the misfortune to lose her chimney in the hard winds the other night.
 Dr. ]. F. McDougal was in Forrest City Saturday as delegate to the Farmers Union from this section. Banner Terry is shaking hands with the red necks and hill billies in this neck of the woods this week. Banner is fine 'lectioneerer, as it is, and if he could talk little plainer, he could beat Kirby for governor.
 Mrs. Emma Pirtle is still confined to her room with the grip. She has been sick eleven days.
 MT. E. l.. Horton's little daughter, Ophelia, is still no better. Dr. Rush was called to see her last week and pronounced her case pneumonia. We hope that she and Mrs. Pirtle will soon be on the road to recovery, if it is the will of the Great Giyer of all Things.
 MT. Bob Glenn has child with pneu- monia, and one very badly burned.
 Prof. James Wilson visited Ma rianna Friday night to see his little girl, who is living with her aunt in that city.
 Who said Johnson township got drunk last election? for it didn't-but tie boys did-some of them at least. But the candidates are running this time on a prohibition ticket as far as some of us voters are concerned, for ye scribe has not been offered smile since the campaign opened, but SUD- pose they have heard that we have sworn of again.
 see, MT. Editor, a great deal said pro and con in the papers, about this candidate for governor, and the other candidate being in favor of working the convicts on the roads, and In the mines and in various other places. If am smart enough to say anything about it: I would say put them on our county roads. Take all such labor and build so many miles of macada- missed road in each county each year, and then everybody would be ben etitted and everybody would get some of the money back that they have paid out every year for prosecuting and sending those poor unfortunate fellows to the pen. Say, flor argument sake, that we people up here in John- son township had such road to For rest City, we could take two horses or mules and pull 4OOO or 5000 pounds to our markst and make two loads per day, and not hurt our teams. As it is nowadays, with mud up to the axle, it takes all day to get there and back with 1900 or 1900 pounds, and don't get time to change a word with our friends, only on business, and if we stay out until o'clock, the old woman is ready to say, drunk again as usual" when we have been flogging old Beck all day fin order to get back to her and the little ones before dark. Now, let anybody figure out how much time we would save in one year getting our crops out in the fall If We make S2.50 to s3 per day hauling with four mules we think we are getting rich. Now, if we had good macadamiZed roads, il would be the greatest thing for us that has ever happened. There are but very few people it seems, who realize what good roads and iron bridges would be worth to the farmers of this or any other county until we think of the time we would have to stay at home and work and of the stock that we pull to death every few years. l am for the man for governor, or for the legisla- ture, who is in favor of good roads and iron bridges, and all improve ments for the good of us all. Give us the improvements and we will work and pay for it.
 MT. Ellis, candidate for assessor, iS mixing and mingliing with the dear people of Johnson township this week Look out boys, crippled man is pretty hard to vote against. It's 8 pity there are So many good men out for that office this time, for we cannot vote for but one at time.
 The old lady is picking her geese today, and it makes us wish there never had been q ground hog
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