The Pulaskian., 1916-04-21
Former congressman 8. Prundiags

Former Congressman 8. Brundidgs of Searcy was in Little Rock making final arrangements for the initiation cf the primary election law to be sub- mitted to the voters of the state at the election to be held next November, when all state, district, county and legislative officers are to be elected. The bill, with but few slight changes, is the same as the one in- troduced in the last Legislature by the committee appointed at the last Democratic state convention, Dr. c. H. Brough. Democratic nominee for 1 governor, and number of other prominent Democratic speakers Will take the stump for the bill, which | provides uniform day for primary elections in Arkansas, aud places every safeguard around the ballot to l prevent fraud, and makes conviction certainty for violations of the act. The bill passed the last State Senate with only two or three votes against ] it, but was killed in the House. That 1 it will be approved by the people at 1 the polls is generally conceded py almost everybody. MT. Brundidge will make number of speeches for the measure during the last few weeks of the campaign Several other statutory
 measures will be submitted at the same time, and in addition three con 1 stitutional amendment submitted by the last Legislature will be voted on at the same election.
 l There is much interest at Benton vile in the instructions of Circuit Judge J. S. Naples to the Benton
 County Grand Jury at the last term of court on the new game law and it's effect on the closed season for fish ing in Benton county. Some holders of an annual fishing license under tie
 1915 act, contend that they have
 right to fish during the entire year,
 but Judge Naples instructed the
 Grand Jury that no one can take
 game fish, by live bait. wooden mln- now or otherwise, from April 10 to
 June 20, notwithstanding the posses ion of a license reading for the year. l Governor Hays was hanged in ef- figy at Benton. One of the figures
 was suspended from wire stretched
 across the main business street and
 another from an electric light pole near the Iron Mountain depot. Each
 figure bore a large card inscribed
 Governor Hays" It is supposed
 that the acts were caused by tAe
 governors action in committing to
 life imprisonment the death sentences I of Clarence Dewein and Joe Strong,
 who had been sentenced to be electro
 cuted for the murder of l.. H.
 Thompson, an aged merchant of this l city, Novembere g, 1913.
 Malaria eradication is proceeding
 rapidly at Crossett, Ashley county,
 which officials of the United States Public Health Service have selected as one of two communities in Arkan-
 sas to be made model from an anti
 malarial standpoint, according to Dr.. l c. w. Garrison, state health officer,
 who returned from there. Dr. Garrf- son intended to visit the other com
 munity, rural district in Chicot
 county, but he was prevented be 1 cause of lack of time.
 J. s. Yarnell of the Searcy Fruit
 Growers Association has secured $125 in cash prizes from the local l business men, which will be awarded
 as prizes to berry growers of this
 section during the 1917 season. A prize of $50 will be given for the 1 best showing made on a one-acre
 tract and S75 on a five-acre tract. l Prizes will be awarded on the basis of revenues derived from shipments 1 through the local association.
 More than $6,00O,000 new capital
 was invested in Arkansas between l 1909 and December 31, 1914, accord 1 ing to a statement issued recently
 by the Bureau of the Census, United l States Department of Commerce. The Cdpledl luVCotCu III dil iuuuotliCo at
 the close of 1909 was $70,174,0 900. At
 the end of 1914, $76,S66,00O was ln-
 vested in the state.
 The Rev. J. w. Best, who has been
 superintendent of the Tuckerman
 schools for the last year, has been
 reelected for next year The first 1 two assistants, c. K. Coe Jr. and Gar
 land s. Wick, also were reelected.
 The other teachers will be elected in
 the near future.