The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-10-29

doctrine was carried out the cost of
maintaining the circuit courts would
be materially reduced
Side Swipes Lawyers
Who Select Judges.
''In the old days." continued
Judge Light, "the people, blessed
with a few good lawyers scattered
about over the judicial district, had
to go out every four years and go
through the ordeal of selecting their
own Judge. 1t is different now.
! These matters have been taken out
of the hands of the people almost
entirely, and the courts are run by
these willing and generous-hearted
attorneys to suit themselves. it is
true, the circuit court expenses were
mere trifle in the old days as
compared to the expenditures at
this time. But what of that? Do
not old styles go out of fashion and
new ones take their places? That
is what we are told by way of JUS
tifying this enormous expenditure,
eve used to empanel a grand jury
and they made such inquiry and
investigation as seemed to be nee
essary under the circumstances, and
our morals were then guarded and
protected in keeping with other i'm
provements and advancements of
the times, but the modern way is to
assemble the grand jury in charge
of a stenographer and a deputy
prosecuting attorney, who succeed
in bringing in indictments freq lent
ly in more than 100 instances,
of which three-fourths should have
been threshed out in the back town.
ships without being drug in here
at the expense of the people.
My idea is, if all your business is
to be taken from your courts and
drug into the county seat for ad-
justment, then let's ask that the Of
flee which you hold be abolished
and save the expense of supplying
you with a record"
Demonstration Carried
Eleven to Sixteen.
1t was expected a strong fight
would be made upon the motion
to make a substantial appropriation
for farm demonstration work, but
when Thos j. Bentley's report was
read much of the opposition to DEM
onstration work was knocked out.
With practically no discussion Esq.
Bob Hays made a motion to appro-
pirate $1,000 for demonstration
work next year. Esq. A. B. Hays
of this city acted as second to Esq.
Bob Hays. Upon roll call sixteen
justices voted for the appropriation
and eleven against it. Those VINO
voted against the appropriation were
y. w. Thompson of Clark town
ship; j. l.. Tyner, Cache; w. F. Par
ker, Cache E. P. Holt, Hurricanes;
j. R. Gossett, Hurricane; j. A. Ev-
ans, Hopewell; j. G. Lee, Brecken-
ridge; Pat Schisler, Shady Grove;
f. Floyd, Blue Cane; w. T. Hicks,
Salem; A. l.. Buchanan, Friendship.
Following the vote on the farm
demonstration, Judge Light made an
appeal to support a motion made by
ESQ. Bob Hays, seconded by ESD. j.
r. Miller, for an appropriation or
$500 for a canning demonstration.
When Judge Light had concluded his
address, he invited j. M. Browning
who recently came to this county
from the Oklahoma agricultural
school to manage the Bertig farms
east of the city, to address the
members of the court on this I'M
portant work. Mr.. Brown1ag's
talk was forceful and logical and APP
parently he convinced several men,
bers of the court who were opposed
to the canning demonstration, that
they were wrong, Only four magls-
trates voted against the approprla-
ton. They were J. R. Gossett, OF
Hurricane; ia. Evans, Hopewell:
Pat Schisler, Shady Grove, and w.
T. Hicks of Salem.
Following the announcement OF
these votes Judge Light said Tom