Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-05-16
Encouragement to Right Living.

not as they say do; so the court be
ing in the position of highest honor
and greatest power. should set the
example IN the highest type Of
moral living and have it 50 that
the finger of condemnation could
never be pointed at the courts.
Year after year boys and girls are
coming to manhood and woman
hood and taking their places among
US. The school directors and teach
ers, the ministers and the parents,
are doing their bit to fit these BOYS
and girls for useful and clean lives
and it is both the duty and the priv
llege of the court to throw its in
fiuence into the balance and give
its helping hand in the general up
| lift of our citizenship.
| He who lives rightly and dies
honorably and fearlessIy has at
tanned the highest STANDARD of hui
man achievement. When Jesus
was crucified many, no doubt,
thought His life ended in failure;
yet the most brilliant pages of his
tory chronicle His life and His
works while many who illumined
the horizon of the world achieve
ment while here have passed I'M
noticed to an unmarked grave. 1t
is noble to live life full of righte-
Gus deeds and to walk in the paths
of virtue and truth and he who I'M
der God is given the privilege to
assist others in seeking a higher
standard of life and habit is equally
worthy of praise; so if | should be
your choice shall feel it a God
given opportunity to render some
real service to my fellows and to
that end | shall exert the most
honest effort of my life. Mrs.
Browning has sweetly sung:
sick man healed by Thee Shall make Thee
strong;
poor helped by Thee shall make Thee
rich,
Thou shalt be served Thyseif in every sense
of service which Thou rendefeSt."
Conclusion.
A true servant of the people
should be familiar with the needs
of the people. honest in his inten-
tons to serve them, tireless in his
efforts to secure for them the
equal protection of the law and
to protect them against unjust and
unfair discrimination. | believe
that | am familiar with conditions
in the Tenth Judicial Circuit. I
know that l am honest in my de-
sire to serve the best interest of
the whole people and if I sAeNsd be
honored with election. 1 pledge
best efforts III the se--' my
whole peenle : wee OF the
ipc+ ri securing for them a
80, economical, efficient and reas-
enable administration of the laws
| am glad that the day is here when
"mud-slinging' and circulating
false reports is looked upon as
dirty politics; and the man who
would malign the character of his
opponent for the purpose of winning
the office himself is considered {
dishonest politician. The man WHIT
would gain public office by abuse
and vituperation or by arraying Of
seeking to array neighbor agains
neighbor and friend against frien(
, is untrue to himself, to his home
, to his country and to his God ant
Justly deserves the condemnation
of every honest voter. | bellev'
the people of the Tenth JudiCla
| Circuit stand for clean politics ant
| praise God for it.
When this election is over, | sha
still live among the people of th
Tenth Judicial Circuit. | am nc
rich. / have only my good nam
: and if it should be ruined, ] woul
: be poor, indeed. | won d not de
: stroy the confidence my friend
have reposed in me for any publ
, office. | realize that many pei
!, picking questions confront a judG
which must be fearlessly met an