The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1917-09-21

disclosed by close examination of
the personnel of past sessions.
| While osme of the members are
agltating postponement of the SEES
sion, larger and possibly a more
influential element, supported by Gov
| Brough, is contending for no delay,
insisting that there is no assurance
| that conditions will be any more
| favorable next May, or next August,
or any other time
1t is believed that a constitution,
framed upon broad and conservative
| ly progressive lines, Invested of the
! Socialistic devices that have hamper
| ed the recent constitutions of some
| other states, will meet with the APP
prevail of the people The personnel
| of the Convention is somewhat above
the average for popularity selected
deliberative bodies for the most part
consisting of men of mature exper-
| fence, whose good judgment can be
relied upon Radical and extreme
! legislation, particularly on the sub
/ ject of taxation, must be avoided,
! There are two new provisions, how
/ ever, the outgrowth of recent years,
! and the awakening of the public con-
! science, that will undoubtedly be en-
! quilted upon the constitution. These
1 are woman suffrage, already partially
! granted by the statute, and prohi-
| bition, also secured by statutory en-
! actment Suffrage, restricted to pri-
maries, will have it's first tryout at
J the ensuing primaries. Even those
who have opposed it realize that it
| is inevitable, and even If obstructed
J now must come in the very near
/ future, a matter of very simple just
! ice. In like manner, prohibition has
come to stay, and while there is a
| certain element that will naturally
! vote against a constitution providing
for prohibition, their number is neg
ligible when compared with the
stronger and more influential ele-
ment that will vote and work for the
stronger provisions against the
liquor traffic.
81 always voted for license, and
signed petitions for license, but | will
never do so again." is one of the
most common expressions among the
business and professional men of the
city. Nine months of practical pro-
hibition has demonstrated its effec-
tiveness and it's value in an economic
sense, TO say nothing of the physical,
moral and spiritual benefits.
! Prohibition and suffrage have come
to stay and there is no way to escape
| them
Don't feed green corn to your
| hogs and cattle in the same lot" is,
the advice of DR.. r. M. Cow, state
veterinarian, from Washington, where
he went to consult scientific govern
ment authorities.
He explains that farmers have
been accustomed to feeding green
corn to hogs and COWS in the same
lot. The hogs eat the forage. leav-
| ing an undlgestible cud, which is eat
Ell by the cows. 1t contains a poison
which causes a malignant, infectious
| itch, producing death in a few days.
| 1t is accompanied by a fever for
which no effective antitoxin has been
discovered. The simplest remedy is
the most obvious one, not to feed
the COWS and the hogs together.
Dr. Cow reports that it is unlikely
that there will be any government
regulation of live stock and corn
prices, as it will be possible, and 1t
is the purpose to prevent speculation
in these necessities, and to license
the warehouses and packing houses,
whereby government supervision will
be insured.
A fortune awaits the man who can
invent an effective device for the
locking of automobiles so that they
cannot be stolen. The theft of auto
mobiles, by joy riders principally, has
become a fine art in Little Rock. In
two months seventy-Tive cars were
reported to the police as having been
stolen, and all but one of them have
been recovered. Usually they are
found out in the suburbs somewhere,
or on country roads, where they have
been abandoned, probably after the
gasoline had been exhausted. Ordi-
nary automobile locks appear to be
of no value. 1t has been suggested
that heavy chain and Yale lock
be provided to chain two side wheels
together This would be some trouble
but would cause less inconvenience
than to lose the car and have It
driven and maltreated all night by a
bunch of carousing JOY riders.
What to do with the automobiles
is also becoming serious problem IN
Little Rock, just as it has in all
cities. The automobile craze is daily
becoming more intense, and the many
dealers and agents are unable to
meet the demands of the public for
cars. This year will see as many
new automobiles bought in Arkansas
in, kA cfat a