The courier-index., 1918-02-08

The law is designed to expediatt the official returns, to safeguard the ballot, and provide machinery fol the prevention of fraud The pro visions for the signing of the voter. name to his ballot comes from the law
 Violations of the law are punish
 able by severe penalties, fines of
 from $100 to $500. and Imprisonment
 of from 30 days to F months, for a
 violation of any of the following
 which are declared misdemeanors:
 Knowing casting a vote when the voter is not qualified elector.
 Knowing receiving vote when the l voter is not qualified elector.
 Casting a vote in a primary of a 1 party to which the voter does not adhere, or affiliate; provided this does not apply to any one in good faith abandoning previous political ] affiliations.
 The wrongful and fradulent cerifi- cation of any vote or return.
 wrongful or fraudulent summary of the vote posted or filed with the County Clerk
 The destruction, abstraction or talk ing away of ballots, lists of voters eturns or certificates. or the making of false certificates.
 The failure of the judges. and clerks to make or deliver sthe lists or certificates required
 ,x,;lF, struction of the summary of votes posted at the election precinct by the judges and clerks
 Giving or receiving money or any thing of value to influence vote. ]
 The wilful violation of any portion of the act
 It will be seen that the law makes many radical changes in the manner [ of conducting elections. all of them ! designed to make the elections fair and honest
 It rudely shatters what former election manipulators considered their inalienable rights to run elections to | suit themselves.
 The days have forever gone when dead men and Newfoundland dogs were voted. when minorities were manipulated into majorities. and when elections were looked -uponl more or less as. farce
 One effect of the war and the demand that is mades oh every ybody's time is that therB.H Dot so much reading now as there was. One of Little Rock s. most brci found students remarked the other lay. 'I have not read a book in .hree years It is not an indication , of lack of literary progress or in .ellectual development, but simply hat they have no time for reading. The man who can do public work has nore of it forced upon him than le can perform. and the more aes- .hetic things of life are naturally neglected.
 There is enough wood wasted III Arkansas every year to provide 1uei to furnish every family in the state with eHenSh to prevent the recur- renee of fuel famine.
 Of all the anomalous things that ever happened, a fuel famine m Arkansas is the most remarkabie
 There is only one thing that can compare with it-and that IS even an apparent shortage of fool
 There are enough idle acres III Arkansas to feed the United states if jntersiveiy cultivated:
 Of course. the question of labor in ,arvenes ai this point, and this may have become more acnte on account of the large number of men that have been drafted and have volun .eered for the military service
 The fact remains however, and It s recognized by our economists hat Arkansas has only skinned a mart of the cream off the rich sur face of it's possibilities. II is ridiculous that any community I in the state should complain Of shortage of fuel, when enough IS ruthlessly wasted in clearing field { of new ground to provide the needs of an ordinary town for a season.
 We have been too profligate with our resources. and it is well that 1 something has come to call halt.
 The effect of these conservation
 movements will be felt more and
 more. and 1t will last in many cases
 long after the war.
 There are few salient facts of
 outstanding significance that must
 be emphasized by the leaders in
 Arkansas:
 We must cut out waste.
 We must raise enough at home to
 feed ourselves.
 We must make intelligent use oi
 natural resources.
 We must substitute wood for other