The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1918-02-15

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Smeade Powell of Camden is also a
prospective candidate for the place.
He has been saying for several
months that he would be in the race
but has made no definite, positive
announcement recently.
When it comes to the lower house
OF Congress, there will be about the
usual number OF contested places.
/ Caraway OF the First, Tillman Of the
! Third, Wingo OF the Fourth, and
Taylor OF the Sixth are safe so far,
but there is no principal so thorough
/ ly established in our political eth
] les as the inahenable right of any
man to run for any office he is
eligible to fill
| Others will not escape so easily.
There are already two after Old
/ fields place in the Second~-W d.
| Davenport and w. A. Hodges. Prose
cutting Attorney NJ E. Dunaway of
campaign for the seat occupied by
H. M. Jacoway of the Fifth. A 8
cornered race is being pulled off in
the Seventh. with John l.. Carter
and Tillman Parks pitted against
w. S. Goodwin, who aspires to an
other term
But even with these aspirants for
office, the people. up to the present
writing, decline to become excited.
He entered the office of the re-
cruiting station.
want to enlist" he announced
I'm what branch of the service 2"
queried the officer.
We'll, ] think replied the re-
cruit, that | prefer the aeration
corpse, because if / have to go over
there, | want to see as much of the
country as possible
Did the cold weather kill the boil
| weevil?
That is question just now con-
fronting the south, and its answer
is being awaited with deep concern
not only by the farmer but by the
agricultural scientist. Neither of
them know Some say the pest has
been effectualiy frozen, but others
say he thrives in zero weather.
Undoubtedly, great quantities of
the weevil have frozen. but whether
the proportion is sufficiently large
to bring about an appreciably large
reduction in it's ravages remains to
be seen.
But there is another pest far more
destructive than the weevil we know
coming north out of Mexico the
red boil weevil, an Egyptian impor-
tation, which is said to cause the de-
struction of 75 per cent or more of
a crop
The Old style boil weevil is a
| menace THE red boil weevil is a
disaster. 1t is already in southern
Texas, and the cotton raisers of the
southern states are taking counsel
how it may be combatted.
1t has been reported that after
several years of experiment the gov
eminent has discovered an effectual
antidote for the boil weevil that is
F, to be given to the people. 1t should
be as effective against the pink
variety as the other kind.
Arkansas has furnished all the
white men for the first draft of
| 10,267 men. They are now in train
ing and are making good soldiers.
The government recognizes no dis
| tinction between the National Army
and the National Guardsmen-they
are all American fighters from whom
| great things are expected when they
get 'over there" Only about a
| thousand Arkansas negroes have
been called so far, but second in
crement of negroes will report at
Camp Pike the week of February 30
| 20. The races are kept strictly
apart in camp and there has been
no trouble whatever in camp or in
: the city between the white and col
/ ored
Delegate Isaac McClelland of Grant
county will propose in the Consti.
tutional Convention the grant of
power to the General Assembly to
levy a tax not exceeding three per
cent of it's value in the raw state
/ upon "all or any part of the natural
resources of the state. IT is pro
| posed, as a start that this tax shall
be levied upon lumber and all tim
Der products, coal lead, zinc, gas,
bauxite, oil, land all other products
| that are mined in this state" The
Valuation shall be made by the State
! Tax Commission or legal subat;-
tute therefor
| Little Rock is making good as
convention city. but then that is