Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-10-05

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for election to office.
Let us take, for illustration, the Of
flee of county ana probate judge, as it
is, probably, the most important Of
flee the people of Jefferson county are
called upon to fill. The constitution
of Arkansas provides that the county
court shall have exclusive jurisdic-
ton Gin all matters relating to coun-
ty taxes, roads, bridges, ferries, pau
pers, Migrants, the apprenticeship of
minors, the disbursement of money
for county purposes, and in every
other case that may be necessary to
the internal Improvement and local
concerns" of the county.
The county taxes amount to many
thousand dollars each year. The
county carries on it's business equal
in volume to that of the average mer-
camille establishment. The man who
has exclusive jurisdiction" should be
q
ficiently bank, store, railroad or
any other commercial enterprise. He
should, by all means, be man who
has made success in his own bust
ness affairs. If he has not managed
ssown money judiciously, is he like
ly to display more judgment in hand
ling the county's money? If he has
not preserved his own property, will
he safeguard the public's?
Again, it is provided in the constitu-
ton that the county judge shall be the
judge of the probate court and shall
have exclusive jurisdiction Gin mat
ters relative to the probate of Wills
the estates OF deceased persons, exc
cutors, administrators, guardians and
persons of unsound mind and their
estates"
We may be Indifferent as to how the
money we pay as taxes is expended
we may not care how the roads of the
county are maintained, but, surely
everyone is anxious to see the wishes
OF the dead carried out, the estates OF
the widows and orphans preserved
and safeguarded.
The man who has exclusive juris-
diction" of these matters should be g.
man to whom we would be willing to
entrust the management of our es
tatA1, the protection of our wives and
the custody of our children, should we
be the ones to die during his term of
office.
Under recent law, the county judge
is also the judge of the juvenile court
and has the supervision and control o.
neglected and erring boys and girls
The man who exercises that "exclu-
sive jurisdiction should be man
whom you would be willing to control
the destiny Of your girl, should she
by any chance, be classed among the
neglected or erring.
In short, the one who occupies the
very important position of county
judge should be a man of known in
tegrity, of moral uprightness ana OF
good, sound business Judgment. AS
nothing is more important to the bust
ness success of a community than
good roads, he should know how to
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good and keep them good. He should
be able to deal humanely with the
paupers and other unfortunates with
out wasting the funds of the county
He should be watchful for the inter-
ests of the estates of those who are
dead, of those who cannot care for
themselves. To do this properly he
should be prepared to devote practi-
cally his entire time to the duties of
the office.
We have used the county judges Of
flee merely as an illustration. Our
public affairs are important, and the
people should think of those matters
before voting for any candidate for
any office. In every instance the man
for whom our ballot is cast should be
the man who can give the best SER
vice and whose private life has been
such as to merit our confidence.
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Every woman who is troubled with
fainting and dizzy spells, backache,
headache, weakness, debility, consti-