The Harrison times., 1914-08-08
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS
St.OO Corn In Arkansas WAR In
Europe Will Save this Country
Money--J. c. Reid Candidate for
Governor of State.

LITTLE Rock, Aug. 5.-To steal
an ear of corn in most sections OF
Arkansas will this year constitute a
felony, and one convicted of such a
crime will Immediately be confined
in the walls Of the penitentiary, for
no county will run the risk of hous-
ing the culprit and having to feed
him with rations as short as they
will be In contemplation of tn
lack of feed for the winter months,
Arkansas is being devastated Of
stock as rapidly as it can be moved
to market Even the razorback that
has never asked for helping OF
corn, and which resorted to mast
when it could not negotiate the dis
tance over or under or through a
fence, is crowded into the cars which
carry him to the bacon factory.
The method OF farming and farm
management which has kept the
state back is largely responsible for
the present shortage, for IN many
localities where intensified farming
was followed, the corn crop will be
good, and the farmers will reap the
harvest Of 81 corn
The Little Rock correspondent OF
the TINES journeyed inland for some
miles in North Arkansas during the
past week '0n Sunday he stopped
for dinner in a very prosperous rural
community, Chicken and potatoes
were the only home grown contrlbu-
tons TO the meal Canned kraut
came from Michigan. There was
corn meal aud -four from Kansas,
canned beans from Illinois, and the
canned fruit was labeled as though
/ it came from California, but it had
the Arkansas flavor, Chickens were
all this farmer had to send TO mar
ket, Instead Of taking them to
market himself, he sold them to a
peddler for tinware at price rdcu-
lousy cheap Even at that the far
mer was prosperous and his home
was one apparent luxury-or would
be so considered il it were in city,
This is but another tribute to the
greatness OF the Arkansas soil,
which will make a living for its
owner whether it is worked or not,
and whether it is roined upon or
not
The war in which all Europe is in
volved will save many dollar to
the unsophisticoted in Arkansas 1t
will keep many dollar at home
which otherwise would go rainbow
chasing in Germany, Within the
past few weeks all telephone man.
ayers IN the principal cities of Ark
ansas have received from a concern
in Germany a dollar in United States
currency requesting in return a copy
of the latest directory issued by this
telephone exchange In each in.
stance the request has been complied
with,
The recipient of these exchange
lists uses them for the purpose OF
getting names and addresses in the
United States, To many of the tele-
phone subscribers letters are written
in which proposals are made to rs.
sist the vietimin locating an estate
in which he is interested as an heir,
or to share buried treasure if he will
supply the capital with which 70
conduct the search, The writer al
ways claims to have charts showing
where to find the money, or to have
information from u convict as to
where it is buried but lacks the
money with which to conduct a
search, OF course many of the di'
rectories fall into the hands OF peo'
pie engaged in legitimate trade, but
recently received letters indicate
that they are more often otherwise
used but with the Germans too
busily engaged in protecting their
6reside, the crop Of Arkansas suck.
ers will have TO look to other
sources for fleeing this fall
The rumor that Charles {, Reid
will be u candidate for Governor in
the next primaries will not down,
though his friends insist chat he will
not enter the political arena again,
Mr. Reid has always expressed Il
similar yiew assigning rs the chief
reason a promise he made to Mrs
Reed when he voluntarily resigned
from Congress Mr. Reid for many
years represented the Fifth district
in Congress aud could have eontih-
ued there indefinitely had he so de.
sired Mr.. Reid is one of Little
Rocks leading attorneys, and his
practice il worth many times what
he would receive ~ Governor OF Ar.
kansas, II Ia generally conceded,
| however. chat n Mr. Reed has nnis