The Little River news., 1916-02-09
DEM. CENTRAL
 COMMITTEE
Met at AshdeWn Saturday Afternoon Set Candidate Fees and Attend
 To Other Business.

The Little River County Democratic Central Committee met at the court house in this city Saturday after noon, with N. C. McCrary of Rich mond as chairman. S. c. Reynolds, secretary, resigned at the opening of the meeting on account of his lnera- bership on the committee having be- come vacant on account of his having been elected as a committeeman iron, Ashdown, while city oi the second class, which has been abolished by a ! supreme court decision. A. D. Du- !1aney, the member from Jefferson township, was ineligible on account of being candidate, and Geo. R. Steel was elected to fill the vacancy MT. Steel was also elected secretary of the committee. The committee was composed of the following mempers present: C. E. Gauldin, Jeff Davis , township; W. T. Osborn, Lick Creek; A. E. Hale, Franklin; Walter Martin, Richland; E. H.. Hollowell, Arden; ,, R. l.. Dawson, Arkinda; Geo. R. Steel, Jefferson; N. c. McCrary, Red River; ?. s. KinsWorth, Cleveland.
 A resolution was adopted setting , the fees to be chargd the candidates for getting their names on the ticket. , The following fees were set: County Judge s15; Sheriff, s20; Clerk, s2O: Representative, s7.5O; Assessor, s12- 30; coroner. s2.50; Surveyor. s10: Treaourer. s15; Congressmep s1O; Prosecuting Attorney. $1O; Chancel- Tor, $10; township officers, $1. Fees for state offers ar set by the state central committee
 Lively Scrimmage.
 A lively scrimmage was started ! when a resolution was introduced by Geo. R. Steel, setting March 1st as the :! last day for candidates to file pledges and money with the secretary for the , purpose of getting names on the tick
 
 1 that may have been already set by l judicial of other committees in res , pect to candidates coming under their 1 ;urisdsction. N. c. McCrary called A. F Hale to the chair and introduc- l ed resolution setting March 1st for ali candidates. A heated argument l followed, led by N. C. McCrary. on one side and Ed Jones cm the other. The ! aoint that raised the issue was the 1 fact that last winter or fall the Judi cial Committee of which MT. Jones was chairman had set January 1st as ths last date on which judicial candi- dates may file pledge and deposit {; money to get names on the ticket. Since the Circuit Judges are eliml- hated from the race by the Supreme Court the only office affected is that ot prosecuting attorney more ""rticu- larly A. D. DuLanev. the only candi- date complying with the resolution. MT. McCrary said that it was contrary to the state central committee and had TO precedence over the county com mittee. Ed Jcnes argued that it did cial committe together and ask them to rescind their action so that others might run if they wanted to. but de- clared that the county committee could not set aside the action of the 1 judicial committee. The vote on MT. McCrarys resolution showed it to be lost, and the resolution respecting the i judicial committees resolution carr;- ed. It was stated that Sevier and Pike counties had taken like steps
 To Vote on Stock Law.
 Dr. A. B. Bishop, not being a member of the committee asked to be heard which was granted He asked that the committee allow g place ori tho ticket fer a vote for an against Q stock law for this county. If the stt ok law was favored by the primary vote it would be as an instruction to the next representative to inIroducc and get such a law passed. P. S. KinsWorthy. acting on the suggestion made a motion that we should vc.se on the proposition in the primary that a four wire fence should be consider ed a lawful fence in Little River coun- i ty, The motion carried.
 County Convention.
 The date of the county convention was set for Monday April B Each township will be allowed one delegate ifor each 30 votes boiled in the last general election for the office of gov ernor, provided each township shall , have one delegate.
 1 Next Meeting.
 l The committee set March II as the