The courier-index., 1917-12-07
LITTLE ROCK LETTER
fBy Clio Harper.)

pock. Dec. 4.-Even primary
 p''ie for women, as provided by
 rnteaoe rae act of the last leslslatcre,
 nieaontirely settled vet. There is Fot .orht in the minds O. some
 .,ar if will stand the test of the
 It is to be settled finally il
 's that will De taken to the Su-
 s Court from For5 Smith, where
 no oonstitutionality of the act has
 ooossailed by q les Eg candidate.
 nrimaries are legaiiled, it is
 onded that the electors must
 ons all qua,,ficatIons required e,aotors in general elections.
 women of Little Rock will
 no woak exercise the right of suf-
 for the. first time in the mu-
 's., election to be held in Little
 p' and North Little Rock. Their ka to vote has not been brought | cmestion by any candidate as 1 Al first it was proposed that women be given one judge and clerk at each polling place, but
 1. did not insist upon this, as they
 m desire to do anything that tht eventually invalidate the cleo
 Tn North Little Rock the com <,ao finally decided to give them ranresentation at the polls, and ], file Rock they are permitted {t hut no judge. In the event of N close contest, it is possible 4 this might be made the basis [eourt procedure, but otherwise it bot believed the question will rise A the meantime, the women are Eanizing solidly and advancing knaganda that is very effective in interest of securing the insertion Ia suffrage plank in the new con- Sntion to be written next July. .v are pursuing course that kes friends, and are not following lead of the militants represented Miss Vernon and her followers Inv of the delegates to the conven-
 are committed to the doctrine of hal suffrage, including President En Mehaffy, and while there will some opposition, it is believed M it will prevail.
 After it has been written into the hstitution, however, it must run gauntlet of public opinion as ex- kssed in a special election for it's ification. If the recommendation Gov. Brough and others prevail, |ich seems likely, the question ll be decided upon it's merits as tinct from other issues. Contro- fsial questions, such as suffrage h prohibition, will probably be omitted individually, and the de- It of any one will not imperil the Institution as whole.
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 Every person who has a gross in he in the course of the year, from v source, must tell Uncle Sam all but it. And after certain exemp hs have been allowed, he must N a tax on the net that is deter he'd on a fixed schedule This bans that everybody, nearly, will Fe some part in the payment of the bt of running the war, which is B biggest business enterprise the hHtry ever engaged in. Every be anyone writes a letter to one tside his own town, he contributes e cent to the war fund. And ere are hundreds of other things which he must ray war tax. |me persons seem to have taken vantage of this tax to boost their Ices beyond reason, and this is to the subject of an investigation by ents of the government. For in lnce, war tax of one or two pts on the price of admission to moving picture house does not Ptify an increase of ten to fifteen hts' for the price of a ticket.
 Every person who belongs to a hb of any kind that collects dues
 sl2 a year or more must pay a