The Little River news., 1916-01-15

 ject to the Democratic primary of March 29, 1916.
 In announcing for reelection I am sure the School Book Trust" will willingly spend hundreds of dollars to cause my defeat, because the dis cussion of the book bill which provid- es for the state to establish state printing plant and print school books and furinsh them to the children at actual cost, will finally drive the boo. trust from Arkansas.
 School books are sold at such an enor- nous profit that many a child is kept from school. It was estimated by the State Supt., of Public Instructions that the school books for 1914 cost the children of Arkansas five hundred thousand dollars, and believe at least four hundred thousand of this went to the Trusts as profits. Therefore, I think that the profits saved in one ' equipment for printing books.
 The bill providing for a States Or phan Home, which I introduced, and the School Book bill, were, I think. amCng the best constructive legisla- tive bills introduced in the last legis- lature. The best assets the State of Arkansas can have is an educated cit izenship, and the best two plans to at tain this asset is to care for and rear the orphans and to provide school books at a nominal price that all can reach.
 To say or to think that I made no mistakes in the last legislature would be unreasonable. Who is it that does not make mistakes? However, we feel that Little River County had as few to her credit as the average cour- ty. She was honored by the appoint ment on four important committees, as follows: Education, Temperance, Public printing and Practice of Medi- cine, being chairman of two of them
 On economic questions. voted against all bills that would increase the burden of taxes. I procured the passage of bill prohibiting the Coun- ty Judge of Little River County from paying the County Health Officer a salary of $5O.OO per month, which sav- ed the tax payers $500 a year. The bill. hower3r, provided that the Coun- tv ITdge should pay tle County Health officer for such visits az he should make during an epidemic.
 If I dir enough to merit your a"- proval t first session, certainly I would be Utter able to serve you to {, better g., lntage the second session. I have ren Democratic voter for forty years. and it has always been the rule and usage to give a man a second term. If it were not. I would not ask for a second term.
 The tick eradication law will be submitted to the people at the Novem- Der election. and I am trying to ar range to have the bog law submitted to the people at the democratic pri- mary election for their approval or re- lection. then the wish of majority will be a basis for the next represen- tative to act upon.
 Respectfully,
 DIR. A. B. BISHOP.
 <Ashdown, Ark advt Editor Little River News:
 was member of the last legisla- ture from Nevada county, and voted for the Bishop School Book Bill, but it failed to pass. Since the first of Nov. I travelled over considerable portion of the state selling gents fur nishings, and I find it is being dis cussed everywhere This discussion will finally result in a demand upon the legislature to enact it into a law, then the children of Arkansas will be the great beneficiaries
 w. R. SPEED,
 Prescott, Ark. Jan. 10, 1916