Pocahontas star herald., 1916-03-24

white In other words volunteer white sesteSo'9p on DI S5
borfool and no one ever disputed this position Bgt sIec ]
and believe that the white need have no lear OF t9e eto
farmer being successful competitor because OF Ihe [I AZ @ %
is F i i0n iss II he Mr. Hodges Agricultural segre-a-
ton would mean separation of the ",eS 'G e'C J b III fIps
ura districts the whites to occupy one district ana ana IG p
another and each to do his own amng, 's M MoTu ] w T
tive Of the agricultural interest o t9e 2out 5 1v m k fii
and would become charge u4 and menace to society ge
%hfe ne man without e negro " S U | are Una,y dependent one
upon the otherhe negro for his living and the white man Tor
his labor Therefore agricultural segregation IN the Sou' Is "
Am Not in Favor of Social Equality.
Mr. Hodges that because said Social solidarity Is IN
eXorabe that am in favor Of social equality inns statement
used in the report simply that the negro Is here TO a
expect TO better ourselves we must better h ou! IN no ~
means that am in favor Of social equality or aSsocaohs Any
school boy who knows how to Websers Dictionary could cor
In this report offered remedies prevent the menace in
crime vagrancy ignorance the The
white man ought to remedy expect make country at
tain its manifest destiny To withdraw from the negro the gud-
hand of the white would be shk duty and make
the stumbling block the white mans pathway to pros
perty in the South.
The Commission Was Composed OF Southern Men.
Every member of this Commission member Of the fac
uty of Southern university they Of culture and in
egence and that capable Of understanding and a
defy any man to take the report made by this Commission
and draw any such conclusions Mr. Hodges has drawn Every
member Of that believed separate schools separate
churches separate for whites and blacks every member Of
that Commission opposed holding political posi-
tons South opposed negroes serving ues every
member of that Commission and is in harmony with the
In his attack upon growing out Of this report Mr. Hodges
has wuly, maiciouy end Intentionally and without any cv
dence upon which to base it, msstad my position; he has done
f ifr 10 bT ae b % u i J @ T b u Known VI obe % L
this and would have been compelled resign the position
held at the University of Arkansas and Southern man.
native of Mississippi and born Of Sou mother would have
become social outca and renegade The statement made
in that report which Mr. Hodges could have correctly used as
Gle who is instrumental in settling the race question de-
serves more at the hands his eowman than the whole race
Of demagogues put together"
Other Falsehoods Of Mr.. Hodges.
they read and hear what Mr. Hodges has say that
the conduct OF public official who afraid for his books to be
audited who has boasted the machine candidate
is by election frauds to defeat the sovereign will Of the people
In number OF places in this State he has charged that have
invested the money have saved since coming to Arkansas in
Utah. That is false and he knows it,
In ot;er places he has said that member Of the Nor
mon Church That false and he knows it, Still in another place
he stated was Mormon elder and preached in Mormon churches
That statement was false and he knew false at the time he
uttered it.
In other places he told that father was colonel negro
regiment IT, That & statGent was false and he knew it.
That statement was false and he knew it.
With reference to his record Mr. Hodges has stated in
places IN t state that he has deposited the States
in his own banking account That statement is false and
In ether places in the State he has said that three
members of the Supreme Court advised him let the commit
tee audit his books That statement false and he knows it,
port Of some aehood that Mr. Hodges has made to bolster his
totteng campaign Now at last in his desperation he puts
stem his fast ebbg political tide It will be time for you
by your vote which deserves at the hands OF ms
felow-man whether should be cut down in my ngnt Tor ce
honest and intelligent politics. whether there will be contn-
uance OF the serVlIe yoke Of complete machine rule
1T IS GRATIFYING THAT MR.. HODGES IN ALL HIS
VICIOUS AND FALSE ATTACKS, CAN NOT AND DOES MOI
ASSAIL MY MORAL CHARACTER, MY HONESTY, MY DEM DEM
0CRACY OR MY ABILITY TO MAKE YOU CLEAN AM
EFFICIENT GOVERNOR. HAVE CONFIDENCE IN ToI
JUDGMENT. A-,>
ndidate f0v Governor