Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-24
ton with the full reports fir its read

ton with the full reports fir it's read CTS throughout Southeast Arkansas from all sections of the state.
 The Graphic, ike all otr~; metro politan newspapers over tho state, will cooperate with the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company in getting the returns from all the rural districts, town and cities.
 The plan in brief | to l semble the returns at the division aGd district offices and send jhem into the main central headquarters in Little Rock. Tine state is div ded into seven tele- phesse districts with headquarters at the following P aces: Helena, Pine Bluff, Jonesborc, Little Rock. Fay etteville, For smith and Texarkana. In each of these districts there are a certain number of csurties in each county there are a certain number of exchanges and smaller offices. One man will be in charge of the whole state. Under him will be the maA- agers Of each Of the seven districts. Under each district m 9nager will be the heads Of the county organizations In each, county viii be mer from each voting Dree net and small exchange By syste matte method the retu4n- from the electisn judges will be re- ceived as fast as the count is made and the results flashed through the different subdivision offices to the headquarters in Little Rock.
 At the Headquarters office will be a force of experts. many of them old newspaper reporter with longtime experience ill handling election re turns, the whole resu.ts as they come in detail from the different parts of the state will be summed up and the status of the election will be flashed all over the state every hour.
 The Graphic has made arrange ments 10 securejthe returns complete from it's main telephone headquarters at Little Rock and will aid the local telephone officials to send in reports from this and adjoining counties as it receives them. Election judges and clerks should complete their count as early as posg bla and report them cor- rectly, so that E9 changes will have to be made aftefEf5ey aref isted s -
 The Graphic will flash the returns every few minutes from different cit ies, towns and precincts. Manager crate with this office in compiling the returns and the Graphic has installed a private telegraph wire in the South western office, With expert telegfapher in charge, to send the returns to the main office in Little Rock and at the same time receive the returns from the main office for our immediate usr. These returns will be thrown on can vas as scon as they are reculrcu. A special telephone will be ilrstalled in this office to be used for elections re- turns, only and another phone, con, meeting this office is to be installed in the special office to be provided for the machine man Whc will flash the returns from this office.
 The Graphic hopes,to give the com plete returns by midnight. The sys- tenn has been so perfectly arranged by the Southwestern company over the state that this can be accomplish ed and the newspapers realizing the perfection of the system will depend largely upon the Southwestern ser, vice for returns from all of the rural districts. Telephone operators throughout Arkansas have been in structed to remain on duty all night Wednesday in order to ha'adle the re- turns, no matter how late they come ill.
 Great interest eenters in the con tests for state offices, especially the governors race and in Pine Bluff the interest will center largely in the race fer Congressman from the Sixth District, in which Colonel s. M. Taylor will undoubtedly be victorious. The race for United States Senator will also come in for share of inteIes: here.