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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-02

We are authorized to announce r. B. Trigg,
Barren county. candidate for the State
senate from the 10Th district, subject to the
on of the Democratic voters in the August
primary. The district is composed of Adair,
barren and Metcalfe.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-02

Mr.. Wood Paxton shipped afull
grown mink to John Fish, st. Paul,
Arkansas, last Saturday. He received
s. 90 for it.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-02
FOR CIRCUIT COURT CLERK.

We are authorized TO announce Lee A. Law
less a candidate for reelection to the Office Of
Circuit Court Clerk Of the County Of Russell
subject to the action of the Republican voters
of said county. as expressed at the August
primary.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-02

Mr.. Anthus 10y was in Columbia
Monday with his twin sons, Robert
Miller and William Rowe. They will
be years old the 9th of August.
They are as much alike as two black
eyed peas.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-02

MIR. N. T. Mercer lost a fine Jersey
cow last Tuesday night. She was val.
ued at $780,
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-02

We are authorized to announce A. A Hudles-
ton. of Cumberland county. candidate for re-
election tc the Office OF Commonwealth Attorney
in this the Twenty-ninth district. subject to the
action of the Republican voters in said district.
as expressed at the primary to be held the first
Saturday in August, 1915.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-02

Lightning killed mule last Thurs.
day afternoon for Mr.. j. H. Young.
1t was valued at $3.50.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-02
FOR THE STATE SENATE.

We are authorized to announce D. E. Hatch
er. of Barren county candidate for the State
Senate. subject to the Democratic voters at
the August primary, The district is composed
of the COMMITTEES of Barren. Metcalfe and Adair.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-02

Mr. ]. o. Russell lost a valuable
COW last Friday night. About six
months ago he paid ninety dollars for
her. She leaves a heifer calf.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-02
CIRCUIT COURT CLERK.

We are authorized TO announce that w. 7.
Price lisa candidate for reelection to the Office
Of Circuit Court Clerk of Adair county. subject to
the action of the Republican voters of said party.
at the August primary,
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-02
FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE.

Judge ]. c. Carter, of Monroe County, author
ICES US to announce his candidacy for reelection
to the Office of Circuit Judge in this the Twenty
ninth district, subject to the action of the Repub
lican voters, as expressed at the polls at the
coming August primary.
CIRCUIT JUDGE, 18TH DISTRICT.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-02

We are authorized to announce Judge /. H.
Thurman, of Washington County, a candidate
for reelection to the Office of Circuit Judge in
the Eleventh District, comprising the counties
of Green, Taylor, Marion and Washington. SUBJ
ject to the action of the Democratic party, as
expressed at the August primary.
. FOR OOMMONWEALTH's ATTORNEY.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-02
Louisville and Chattanooga Routes.


plish what we desire.
We should stick to the line
from Louisville to Chattanooga.
1t is the short line-shorter a
hundred miles or more between
the two cities than either the
Eastern or Western line through
the States as adopted by the
Commissioners.
Theirs is in effect a BELT
line," while ours would be d.
rect line through the belt, and
through the center of the two
States. Being the short line.
and with beautiful and varied
scenery from one end tothe 9TH
err, it would certainly attract
tourists over it. Besides it's To-
cal advantages would be beyond
measure,
Letters are coming to US from
Tennessee and the Kentucky
counties South of US saying:
LETS go forward and build the
line? We can do it, and we will
be on line of road two thousand
miles long,"
The Tennessee counties have
the bonds voted, and are ready
to begin work, and they write to
us to come on by way of Albany
and join them.
Clinton county proposes to fill
in her part.
What say Adair and Russell?
1t is up to US, and it lis the op-
portunity of a life time.
We suggest, and it is the sug-
gestion which comes to us from
the chairman Of the line in Ten
ressee, and from citizens of
Clinton county that meeting be
called at some convenient point
to effect an organization in Ken
lucky, such as they have in Ten.
nessee, to press forward and to
a successful issue this great en-.
terprise.
Adair county would be expect
ed to build from Columbia to the
Russell line, and take care of
the road north to the Taylor line.
Russell would be expected to
cross its border at Greensboro,
or at some other point. North of
us we have pike lines leading to
Louisville, and through the blue
grass to Lexington, and on to
Cincinnati. With this gap filled
in from Columbia to the Ten
nessee line, below Albany, we
would have a continuous line TO
Louisville by way of Albany,
Columbia, Campbellsville, Leb-
anon, Springfield and Bardstown,
on what is known as the short
! line across Kentucky and Ten
nessee, connecting the two cities,
Louisville and Chattanooga.
It is the logical route between
the north and the south-be-
tween Chicago, ILL.,, and Miami,
Florida-whether it is ca lied by
the name of Dixie or something
else. For long years we have
been talking of a pike to the
Cumberland river. Now, we
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-02

Born, to the wife of Jasper Jeans,
May 3lst, daughter.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-02
FOR LEGISLATURE.

We are authorized 10 announce that L. T.
Neat is candidate to represent Adair and Cum
berland in the next Legislature, subject to the
action of the Republican voters, as expressed at
the August primary.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-02

We are authorized to announce Nat S. Cohen.
of Madison county. a candidate for Commissioner
If Agriculture, subject to the action of the Dem
ocratic voters of Kentucky, as expressed at the
August primary.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-02
WE'D. JUNE, 2. 1915
Announcements.
FOR CIRCUIT COURT CLERK.

We are authorized to announce F. A. Strange
candidate for circuit clerk of Adair county, sub
ject to the Democratic primary to be held in
August.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-02
WILLIAM F. KLAIR....fAYETTE COUNTY.

Candidate for Reflect as Railroad Commission
er Second District of Kentucky. Subject to the
action of the Democratic party in the August
Primary.
FOR COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-02

FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-03-05
THROW OUT THE LINE.
Give Them Help and Many ParagOuld
People VIII BE Happier.

Throw Out the Life Line
Weak kidneys need help.
They're often overworked they
don't get the poison filtered out of
the blood.
Will you help them?
Doan's Kidney Pills have brought
benefit to thousands OF kidney suf-
ferers.
Paragould testimony proves their
worth.
Mrs. E. NJ. Stuart, col E. Court
ST., Paragould, Ark, says: "One of
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small of his back. He noticed this
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ings. He read of Doan's Kidney
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year ago and haven't heard him
complain SINCE
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Stuart recommends. Foster
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(advt.)
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-03-05
News Notes and Comments
A GIFT FROM GOD.
A gifted child is a gift from God.

A gifted child is a gift from God.
S accident when such chid comes to
your house and starts fight the top of its
chosen path.
is Gods work. 1t is Gods plan to send inspired
little ones to humble homes, so that humble shall
become great names.
1t is by this method that He keeps balance here
on this little ball of mud
1t doesn't just happen that the aborers child wants
to do great things, and does them, despite handicaps
1t is the Divine Plan that name shall become
great the only great name-but that others
shall have honor also. God plays fair
with His children whether they deserve it or not
Please don't try to thwart Gods plan.
Don't try to cheat God
Don't choke the gifted child to death.
Let Jimsie ride gray horse in the clouds Let
play she is Princess Happydreams. Let Bobbe be
Prince Evertrue Let them sleep in make believe tree
tops or castles whites marble dressed in beautiful
roses.
Don't smother the spark of inspiration.
Think of the plan which you can't understand Your
child may play bigger part in it than yonShreveport
Times
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-03-05

he would be imprisoned for contempt.
Senator Going closed with the state
ment that the Catholics had nothing
to conceal and did not now object to
inspections of their places, of which
they are justly proud, but that to
force such a bill upon them was
reflection upon the Catholic man
hood and womanhood of the stag e
When the roll call was taken Sen
ator Greenhouse explained his vote,
as a Protestant, by expressing the
belief that tire were no institutions
in his district that need inspection.
and he would vote for the bib in ore
der that these institutions might
have the opportunity to prove the
ISLANDERS uttered against them to be
untrue The large Catholic settle
ment of Tontitown is in the district
represented by Senator Greenhouse
and within few miles of his home
in Washington county.
The vote on the bill was as fol-
lows:
Aye-Ashley, Bush, Cabiness, Col
Inns, Davenport, Duty, Edmondson,
Ferguson, Garrett, Greathouse, Ken
dali, Overman, Owens, Sims, Slaugh-
ter, Smith, Smith, Toler, Wagner,
White and Mr.. President-22.
Nay-Adamson, Burgess, Calvert,
Going, Harris, Jones, Moore and
Vann-8.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-03-05

From Thursdays Daily Press
Coffee that's good, 2 IL cents
pound. Ellis Grocery. 1t
Rufus A. Edmondson of Marina
duke is spending the week in the
city attending court as one of the
jurors.
Feed oats, 20 cents a bushel. FL
lis Grocery. IL
Fred Lucre who left LATE last
year to reside in Prairie county, has
grown tired of his new location and
has returned to LATE.
Seed Oats, 70 cents bushel En-
lis Grocery. 1T
r. w. Preston of Tennessee, has
bought a fine farm in the Beech
Grove neighborhood from w. H.
Cunningham, the consideration being
$4,000.
Get your spring dresses at Kim
brough's. 1t
j. c.. Holifield has arrived here
from Kentucky to take charge of the
Dick Horne place in the Camp
Ground neighborhood which he pur-
chased recently.
Closing out GU rentire line of rugs
at cost. Kimbrough' 1t
That it pays to raise good live
stock has been splendidly demon
strated by Joe NJ. Rogers who resides
southwest of Paragould. Last spring
Mr.. Rogers bought thoroughbred
Aberdeen Angus male and COW from
a dealer in Illinois. The other day
in Alabama for sixty dollars.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-03-05
UNwRITTEN SOUTHERN HISTORY.

The following editorial issue of the
New York Commercial contains references to little known
history about Texas and Tennessee and is highly inter
esting that is reproduced in full
A resolution has been introduced into both houses
Of the legislature providing for the division of
Texas states, be made of the agrarian
districts and the Panhandle the other of the
industrial sections, and Texas Very probably
resolution pigeonhoed the proposition by
means need be considered empty The pur-
pose sponsors the resolution likely is to provide
an to be raised the legislative primaries of
only party that really exists in Texas The Houston
Post says going hear more and more of the
proposition future" and the Houston Post is
considered generally as the bell-wether of the liberal
democrats in the and south of the Lone Star com
monwealth.
1t was in 1883 that Henry W. Grady, speaking at
Dallas urged ACCESSIBILITY of dividing Texas into two
The blank look in the faces of his audi
ence caused Grady to withdraw the suggestion and to
than quarter of century the proposal is
brought all seriousness before the solon of the state
and being debated in every bawck Grady of course
enuncated nothing new; while the early fathers of
oresaw that in the ulness of time the state would
have to be divided subdivded, their children
grandchildren of the late SOS and COS drunk with
the wine of empire dream found it hard TO
Der the laws of hospitality guest far forgot
himself to comment approvngly the proviso in
gress in ls45.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-03-05
LOCAL NEWS
(From Wednesdays Daily Press)

(From Wednesdays Daily Press)
Best coal oil, 5 gallons for a.
cents. Ellis Grocery. 1t
Esq. ]. r. Washington, residing on
the Alexander farm east of Para
gould, spent the forenoon in the city
on business.
Best coal oil, 5 gallons for As
cents. Ellis Grocery. 1t
Mrs. E. C. Bowman returned last
night from Hot Springs where she
spent several weeks for the benefit
of her health.
Best chops 100 pounds Saturday
for s1.65. Ellis Grocery. 1t
Mrs. C. w. Stedman has gone to
Imboden and Walnut Ridge to at
tend missionary meetings of the
Methodist church.
Bran and chops mixed 100 pounds
for s1.45. Ellis Grocery. 1t
The balmy sunshine Of the past
few days has thawed out the city
agriculturists and they have begun
active operations putting out
spring garden.
Stick peas, Is cents pint. Ellis
Grocery. 1t
DR.. ]. r. Gourley and wife have
returned from Little Rock where they
went in behalf of bill to create a
board of examiners for chiropractors-
The bill passed both houses of the
general assembly and will now go to
the governor.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-03-05
Beware of OintmentS for Catarrh
That Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the OF smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except prescrip
tons from reputable physicians, as the damage
they will do is ten fold to the good you can pos
sbly derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
ma nu fractured by +. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.,
contains no mercury. and is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. In buying Halls Catarrh
internally and made in Toledo Ohio by II. ].
Cheney & Co, Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists Price, Toe per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-03-05
CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS,

CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS.
: The bill to consolidate elections in Arkansas
which has passed both the house and senate is the sue
cessfu elimination of effort at every biennial session
of the state legislature for twenty-five or more to
accomplish this Heretofore the black counties
have been successful in wardng off the blow to free
dom of the ballot in the negro counties Whenever the
hill has been before the legislature the members from
tbe .black counties have raised the cry of domi
nation and the bill has been regularly defeated
A demand for consolidation of the elections was
made by old popust party as far back as 1854 AT
that time the democracy of Arkansas opposed it for
the reason suggested the opponents of the bill in the
negro counties argument in favor of the bill is
purely an economic the matter of saving to the peo
nile of the state $4,000 two years by hold
ing two elections when it contended that one was
sufficient By consolidating federal supervision of the
elections is assured if there is abuse OF the bal
lot calling penalties they must be assessed IN
the federal 1t has been charged and measure
by it doubt true, that frauds on the paiiot nave
been perpetrated in certain counties with unfang reg
uary that the assumed right to deprive the negro
of the exercise of the elective franchise has also
been his white brother when the interests
of those charge of the election machinery deemed 1t
10 their interests to do so. If consolidating the eiec
tions the effect of purifying the ballot IN places
where it has become corrupt the end attained VIII not
be repulsive large contingent of our best citizenship
Anglo Saxon supremacy in all things is a para
mount principle with most white men and we all recog
nize the fact this is white mans country, but
the wise provision the federal constitution which del
egaes to each right to prescribe the quafca
tions is cure for negro domination
even with federal supervision of the elections In those
southern states where consolidation of federal
and state elections the fear of domination gives
property qualifications together with other means
known to the white have resulted in per-
petuatng the supremacy of white the colored
race There are no negroes in congress and are
likely to be there In district Overwhelmingly colored
there is nothing prevent the elecng repre-
sentative to congress except the superior alerness and
intelligence the white whose political and social
supremacy is always apparent
Very few negroes are elected to the legisla-
lures where they outnumber the whites five to one
Since the days of reconstruction we call to mind on
~ of negro member of the Arkansas leg
islature that was when Desha county sent negro to
the senate for of 1889 and 1891 He was
humble of and while educated and inelli-
gent he "cut no ice" in legislation. He mere fig
urehead, back and kept it, In past elections
the white politicians in the black" counties have been
acy and that their inventive genius will
fail them in future elections, with consolidation
OF the elections.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-03-05

President Houston, and the others Who with him,
shaped the governmental policies of the republic of
Texas looked the centuries ahead and to
it that the cesson contained clause providing that
could resolve itself into any number of states
ing five Neither congress other body legisla
tive executive or judicial but only the sote Texas
ITSELF initiate act the question In other
words whenever Texas fit to cut itself into smaller
states each those states will simply become at
fufledged commonwealth, each entitled to star
the field of senators in the upper house
of the United States congress. There will be oppor
tunty for political filibusering against statehood BILL
or to trade vote for it postoffioe in Podunk
The one gaus boys in the political trenches of Texas will
have something to say the SUBJECT but not the boiled
shirt brigade Republican Massachusetts, occasion
ally democratic Illinois progressive California.
Texas, all the states, alone has this privilege
served to it. One other satepeculiary which, like
Texas also had enjoyed independent for awhile
admitted with special grant to it, but that grant
has long been dead though died only after having been
exercised in accordance provisions That
was Tennessee, which most of the early Texans
came. Possibly old Sam Houston, who governor of
Tennessee before he headed Indian tribe had
designs on presidency of recalled the bargain
driven in behalf of his native state and the five
state clause was the determination to
equally novel privileges the republic that
rendering its independence and accepting in
full partnership in a going concern
Tennessee had four years of existence as the indie
pendent Franklin 1t had been coded to the I'm
ion by Carolina which neglected to readopt its
child when failed to accept the gft whereupon
the inhabitants of the Waauga and other settle
ments set up government. Later, when North
Carolina decided to rencorporate the hinterand it
had thought the Franklin authorities yielded
only under pressure, although the empty
and its officials paid various animal pets whose
standardized by statute Then congress de-
the cesson The treaty contained clause binding the
government to interfere with slavery with
in the borders of Tennessee The Emancipation procla
nation did not the slaves in Tennessee, and they
were liberated later by the state government.
and Texas in their histories furnish many
parallels Both had independent existences Texas was
largely by Tennesseans David Crockett but
one of many Tennesseans who fought Texan ndepend
ence and, Houston, governor of Tennessee, then
president governor of Texas, not the only Ten
nessean both states in official capacities And
the only states which were admitted to the
Union special privileges reserved to them Tennes-
privilege of controlling slavery in its borders was
recognized Lincoln although the state had seeded and
thereby the abrogation of the treaty which
had admitted it the Union Texas shortly ex-
ercise privilege and two more political house
holds where hitherto has deemed sufficient
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-03-05
FOR SALE. MAILING Ii

Approximately six thousand names
of male citizens of Greene county
address of each, carefully compiled
and printed in book form. Price
$3.50. Call on or address G. H..
Powell, county clerk, Paragould,
Ark. *6&w1t
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-03-05
LINCOLN'S CREED.

do the very best know how-the very best can;
and | mean to keep doing until the end. Il
the end brings out all right, what is said against
me won't amount anything. If the end brings
out wrong, angels swearing that right would
make Observation-Disclosures Lincoln
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-03-05

SEEDS-Best red clover, $11.15
per bushel Timothy $3.50 per BUSH
ell. Red top, $3.50 per bushel. Ellis
Grocery !.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-03-05
WE LIKE OUR SUGAR.

More sugar is consumed by the American people per
capita than by other people in the world and they
are each year eating
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-03-05

Best Burbank eating potatoes 75c
/ bushel. Ellis Grocery. ii
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-10-23
Prizes Offered.
MIS-. NIcNIiIlan Electef,

At meeting Of the Parish Aid
Society OF Christ Episcopal ciNrcn
held Friday afternoon in the pas Ii
house, upon the resignation of TIE
newly elected president, Mrs. Lynn
s. Horror, Mrs. Lester IS. Mcmillan
was made president by acclamation
to serve for the year. The vice pres
ident, Mrs. Emily S. Gerard. pre-
sided and the meeting was opened
with prayer by the rector. the Rev.
Charles B. Mitchell.
After the reading Of the minutes
by the secretary, Mrs. B. D. Avis,
Wednesday afternoon. December L,
was decided upon for the date OF
the annual Christmas sale to be held
in the parish house. The women