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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-06-20
COUNTY WILL GET
TWO ARMY TRUCKS
FOR ROAD WORK
Judge Williams Promptness
Will Prove Benefit to Road
Districts.

jefferson county will receive two
big army trucks as it's part of the
governments allotment of trucks to
Arkansas for road work. This an
nouncement was made yesterday by
County Judge R. H. Williams. Sixty
nine additional two, three and five
ton trucks have been allotted to the
state according to William B. Owen,
state highway commissioner, bringing
the total for the state to 200.
Judge Williams made application to
the state highway commissioner for
two trucks for jefferson county some
time ago.
The trucks will be loaned by Judge
Williams to the various road districts
needing them. The trucks will cost
the county only the freight to Pine
Bluff.
WABBASEKA TEAM
AGAIN BEATS GRADY
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-06-20
Mrs. Chas F.. Stiff.

Salt Lake City, June 19.-Mrs
Chas. F. Stiff, wife of jeweler of
Little Rock, Ark, here attending the
Rotarian convention, dropped dead at
the Salt Air resort last night while
attempting to board a train return
ing to the city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-06-20
FOCH FORMS ONE FRONT

Paris, June19.- (Havas)
Eoch is forming one front against the
Germans from the Rhine to the Dan
nbe. L.lntransient says it is informed
The allied commander-in-chief it is
added, will henceforth extend his COM
mand over the Czecho-Slovak, Ruman
ian and Polish armies.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-06-20
Swimming Party
for Girls at "Y''
Monday Evening

Monday night will be community
night at the Y. M. C. A. when the
Ladies' Auxiliary to the Y. M. c. A.
will entertain the business girls of
the city with swimming party.
This announcement was made yester-
dayby Mrs. w. M. Toney, who has
charge of the ladies' swimming
classes.
The pool will only accommodate
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-06-20
NEW PASTOR AT SHERIDAN.

Sheridan, June 19.-Rev. H. D.
Crumpton, of Batesville, has been
named by Presiding Elder w. C.
Watson, to succeed Rev. A Turren-
tine as pastor of the Methodist
church here
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-06-20
EMIGH SELLS RESIDENCE

Among the pieces of valuable resi-
dence property changing hands this
week is the j. S. Emigh place, on
Iwenty-third, between Cherry and
Poplar, which has been purchased bv
David Zehner and J. W. Bishop for
$4,000. Mr.. Emigh has leased the
property until January, and will con-
tinue to make his residence there
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-06-20
LICENSED TO WED.

License were issued yesterday for
the marriage of Earl Caldwell and
Miss Callie Holcombe; w. M. Ross
and Mrs. Laura Robinson, and Arthur
Edwards and Anna jackson.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-06-20
ANIMAL PRIVILEGE LlChN'

Are now due, and unless ?11 !pn a'i all
in THIRTY DAYS VIII onalty.
yiolators to arrest and esanassttsssurants
Hotels, rooming houses, - r sts. clothes
d Cleaning and pressing .,s shsgs, thea
shining parlors, hat ei nns peddlers
tres, motion picture SHOWS Subject to
And all other business suffice motice.
Privilege license will TAKE Collector.
S. BLOOM, CITY, G aPT'
J. FRANK STE NV: - Police
6-3-1mo o"'
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-06-20
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LIGHTNING FIRES OIL TANK.

Ell Dorado, Kans.. June ia bat
terry of five 1600-barrel oil tanks near
here was struck by lightning late to-
dav and entirely destroyed. Loss is
estimated at $4,000.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-06-20
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FURNISHED OR UNFURNIsHED
House wanted. Give location de-
scrlption, rent and term in reply
to Homeless" care Graphic. 500 St
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-25
2. County Ratables

(a) Charge: They state we had an increase in ratables OF
$1,000 100000, and yet we raised the tax rate.
(b) ANSWER: In 1915, under Democratic Rule the
County Ratables were 500, 576375O0.
IN 1917, under Democratic rule, the County Ratables were
S103.2 92, 3770O, an increase of $13,0 00,0 10000. Yet in 1917 they
jumped the tax rate not a few points, but jumped it Fourteen
Points and in normal times.
In 1915. under Republican control, there was an increase in
ratables to $112,S20, 5000, an increase of $9yo00,0oOO0, Yet we
reduced the tax rate three points.
In 1919, instead of being an increase there was an actual de-
crease of $4,000 900 in ratables in order to comply with the pro-
visions of the new law then going into effect.
So much for the ratables!
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-25
7. Interest on Bonded Debt

(a) Charge: They charge we increased this item from
100000 to $4,000.
b) ANSWER: In 1916 the interest on bonded debt was
S73, 241.4 In 1917 the Democrats jumped it to %$93615.51, an
increase of $4,000. In 1918, without figuring a cent for Repub-
lican work, we had to provide $103, 41551 to pay the interest on
Democratic obligations, another $4,000 increase. Thus in three
years they jumped it $4,000. To date this year we have spent
only $97y351 .38. Figure it out
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-25
|. Taxation

(a) Charge: They charge us with being extravagant and
failing to reduce the tax rate.
ID ANSWER: In 1916 the County Tax Rate under DEM
get was $488, 1870.
In 1917 the Democrats added to their budget 22~1,319.58,
making a total of $~710O38.58 and jumping the County Tax Rate
from $40 per 500 to .658 per 500. AN INCREASE OF FOUR
TEEN POINTS IN ONE YEAR. This. mind you, was in normal
times.
In 1918 the Republican Board took Office and promised a re-
duction. THROUGH PROPER ECONOMY THE REPUBLICANS
REDUCED THE TAX RATE IN 1918 FROM !658 PER 500 TO
.629 PER 500, A DECREASE OF THREE POINTS at a time
did in spite of the extra 100000 we had to add to our Sinking
Fund because in previous years the Democratic Board, in order
to make the budget look good, had neglected to properly provide
for this item. THIS WAS PROMISE AND PERFORMANCE
WITH A VENGEANCE.
In 1919 the County Tax Rate was raised only six points over
the Tax Rate of 1917. We were confronted with war conditions
and had to pay war prices like every body else and yet at a time
when living conditions and prices were increased nearly one hun
dred per cent, your County Government was run so carefully and
well that the increase was but Six Per Cent. But that doesn t tell
the whole story. Of this six per cent, the Board of Freeholders
had absolutely no control over certain items that were increased
Courts, Lunatics, Elections, etc, for a total of over 100000 was
added to our budget through no act of ours. This would normally
represent nearly ten points by themselves. This budget making
with but a six point increase over 1917 represented good and
very good management and economy. Again we say our Promise
squared with our Performance at a time when prices were alb
normal and q reasonable increase only natural. NO BUSINESS
MEN WILL DISPUTE THE REAsoNABLENESS OF THIS
CONDITION.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-25
5. Workhouse and Jail

0) Charge: They charge they kept down expenses at the
workhouse.
0) ANSWER: The public well knows what the recent in
vestigation showed. It well remembers how MIR. Goodwin first
charged our Board with being nggardly in the spending Of money
there and how he later, under investigation, not only apologized,
but said our Board gave him everything he asked for. Their
economy has It's monument in THE Workhouse Scandal" Rather
dangerous for them to claim credits on this score.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-25
g. Bridges

() Charge: They charge that Senator Brown had the two
bridges taken over by the State. Before Brown was elected a
Senator, F. VIM. Hilker, in July, 1918, then a member of the
Board of F%reehoIders and now Candidate for County Clerk had
a resolution offered at a regular meeting requesting the State to
take over these bridges.
Having paved the way and Brown being in the Senate and
representing both parties, a bill was offered. The County So
hctor and the Board of F%reeholders worked hard for its passage
and through their efforts Browns bill was passed. If any doubt
remains on this let the Senator speak Quit
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-25
6. Incidentals

() They charge we have increased incidentaIs from
$4,000 to $4,000.
C) ANSWER: This item is a fixed item and incidentals
are expected to increase along with the cost Of everything else.
1t doesn't necessarily follow that we need, or in fact, will spend
it all. We ask them why, in 1917, they transferred $30,40502
from the Road Account to the Incidental Account?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-25
Committee has issued an attack on
Herewith this attack is laid bare and 81

ferent contractors. These were awarded, of course, to the lowest
bidder. Such a variety of bidders getting work is a good indica-
ton that our road contracts are on the square
As to the repair work not only did Gundrum, a Democrat,
get some, but Reyes, Liddle & Pfeifer, Utility Construction Co,
Irving Demarest and others got a goodIy portion.
AS to competitive bidding we have followed the practice Of
what 20 out of q counties in the State do and what the Demo-
cratic Board has itself done for the five years they were in power.
Do they attempt to deny this?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-25
10. tuberculosis
(a) Charge: The Democrats claim we increased this item.

(a) Charge: The Democrats claim we increased this item.
() ANSWER: When number patients were tremendously
increased, a cause over which we had no control, would our DEM
ocratic friends have us turn them back on the community in
order to keep this item down. When they were in office they had
the money to build a sanitarium which they now cry for. They
spent all the available money and did nothing more or less than
present us with a site for one with no money to build a hospital on
They well know we drafted a bill asking for 93arsy ass IBIS
work and that we were refused by the Legislature.
Here are the figures:
1916 Democratic Appropriation $~28,143.35.
1917 Democratic Appropriation $34OO55O.
This 1917 appropriation fell short by ~$8,o367o, which the
Republicans paid in 1918.
1918 Republican Appropriation $46,159y81
r. 1919 Republican Appropriation to date $S4,649J8o
No saving at the expense of the tuberculosis sufferers we say.
The above answers will show how utterly ridiculous and alb
surd are the wild statements of the Democrats made in their des-
perate desire to get back in Office. The figures on these things are
given in detail so that once and for all the humbug they are try
ing to fool the people with will be shown. Now let us ask them
a few questions.
~ Why was Kerr prevented from running in 1917? He
wanted re- election and he and the whole Democratic Board was
unceremoniously kicked out by the leaders. Was it because the
Democrats were afraid to run them? If Kerr was not good enough
then, how is he any better now? The Republicans are running
their same candidates this year and are not afraid to do it.
e Why did the Democrats neglect the Sinking Fund for
years so that now on the order of the Commissioner of Municipal
Accounts, it is necessary to put into our budget 100000 or more
additional every year. In 1916 they put in $4,000. In 1917 the
Commissioner made them put in $~92,46812. In 1918 the Commits
sioner ordered $500 and in 1919, $123,000. Instead of taking
care of it when they should, the Democrats make the taxpayers
for these present few years at least, pay the difference in direct
taxation. Was it done to make the budget look good for the
Democrats or through amateurish bungling?
() Why did Kerr as a member of the old Board of Demo
Gratis insist on trying to nuDify an election by holding over with
+bo old Roord9 noas he want to he elected again 81 a s to try and
nuIHfy the results of elections to come? He must think the voters
forget easily. .,H ... t...a. >eH.t
az What has the Democratic party ever done to entitle
them to be put in office? They cant give Hague's administration
in Hudson as a recommendation. What issues have they got that
enhtle them to office?
We say 'Trot Them OUT
~ CLARENCE M. HAIGHT AND LOUIS j. BELLoFF RAN
TWO YEARS AGO. TO-DAY THEY RUN ON THEIR RECORD.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-25
The Democratic County
Republican Board of FreehOlders.
up in it's true light.
Read The Answer:

ponth-a little over So per day. We increased it to about So
per day. Anything wild or extravagant about that wage?.
(c) Charge: They next say our Board and officers were in
creased $4,000 in two years.
() ANSWER: The new law which we had to have passed
in order to loosen the strange grip the Democrats had on the
county and legRate them out Of Office Gan election wasn't
enough) provided for two extra Freeholders, at a salary OF $1,000
per annum. One of their OWE party got $4,000 for one year
(untl election) under this law. The remainder went to minor
employes-no officer or member Of the Board sharing in the slight
est in any increase. During these times, abnormal as they are,
and in view of the increases all over the country and in fact we
don't need to go any further than New Brunswick where the
Democratic County Committee Chairman, the present City At
torney, has received an increase of $1,000; the Democratic City
Clerk, $1,000 increase, etc, there was ample justification to in
crease this item. For a county of its size and work, Middlesex is
vastly underpaid and we challenge comparison.
And while on the salary question the interest Of the tax
payers did not prevent three Democratic lame ducks being
slapped back on the payroll by the Democrats.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-25
8. Roads

() Charge: They charge us with having overspent our
road money.
() ANSWER: In this, they either Intentionally mistake
the facts or they, through ignorance, deceive. Our road appro-
priation has no deficit in it and it won't have. How do you like
that, MIR. Democrat?
() Charge: They say that through the State taking over
roads we should have less to improve and thus should have saved
money.
() ANSWER: We agree with them, only the State did
not take the roads over until October s, 1919, after we maintained
them all this year. That's kind Of important too.
C) Warrenite-They charge us with Warrenite.
() ANSWER: What MIR. Haight objected to in the used
Warrenite on the River Road was its use on a water bound maca-
dam base. We wanted a concrete base. All our roads laid with
Warrenite are on a concrete base and have given good satisfac-
ton. We might also call attention to the fact that we have used
Amesite on Plainfed Avenue and Tarvia binders on other roads
and offered to use National Pavement on Amboy Avenue, Me-
tuchen.
() They charge us with favored contractors and violation
of the law requiring competitive bidding on work over $4,000.
In permanent jobs out of the ten awarded, seven went to diff.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-25
3. Bonded Indebtedness

() Charge: The Democrats anege we increased the bonded
indebtedness to 1924, 10000.
() ANSWER: They do not say that $286,OOO of this IN
crease was to pay the debts their 1917 Board left behind them.
They do not say that $50 900 went to build the Albany Street
Bridge which they neglected for years and allowed it to become
a menace to lives. They fail to say that we built the Parlin Road
for carrying munitions as a war necessity at a cost OF Szl5OO0 and
built Plainfeld Avenue as a war necessity at a cost of $4,000.
They neglect to say that $124 900 went to provide a Vocational
School so that our manned soldiers could be taken care of. May
be they didn t know these things. But if they didn't, here's
something they ought to know, having done it themselves:
In two years, 1915Z1917, under Democratic control, they in
creased the bonded indebtedness 81, $780, 10000.
1915 Bonded Indebtedness S., 266,900O0.
1917 Bonded Indebtedness So $4,000.
In two years the Republicans increased it less than 100000
and this included $685. 900 for Democratic debts. A net increase
of less than $5OO,O0O compared to their 81, 19o,50o.Oo. And yet
they say we are extravaganza!
4 Salaries
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-25

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Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-11-28

Estimates made by the Unit
ed States department of agri-
culture show how the $685.
900, 900 pounds of milk produc-
ed in the United States annually
are utilized. Forty-four and a
half per cent is used as fresh
milk for human consumption,
while SO per cent of the gross
supply is converted into butter,
and as per cent is transformed
into cheese; another As per cent
is transformed into canned milk,
4 per cent is used in ice cream
making, A per cent is used in
feeding calves and hogs on the
farms of origin, and 2.5 per cent
is lost in shrinkage and other
waste of the dairy industry.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-11-28
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1919
ALL MUST WORK.

Just where the notion gained
ground that man could've with
out working is one of the things
hard to understand for average
minds. 1t is as necessary for
the human being to keep busy
as it is to have food and air.
But there are abroad in the.
land teachers of a false and de-
cidedly misleading philosophy in
regard to labor. They seek to
spread the doctrine of idleness.
They would hold work of any
kind ignoble when work is the
only thing worth while.
Down through the ages has
come the edict of nature that
man must work and keep at
work. Old Father Boulet who
labored so long in the Pacific
northwest among the Indians
preached and practiced the doc
trine that it is better Ito wear
out than to rust out" 1t was
his answer, when, in his adj
vancing years, his friends urged
him to let up a trifle in his many
labors.
What the world needs right
now is plenty of productive work
There is too much Of the de-
structive kind being advocated
and practical by radicals who
want disorder and chaos to re-
place law and order.
When the people of the nation
decide to get down to work many
of the so-called ills will vanish.
And one of the things much to
be desired that will accomplish
will be a decline in the cost of
living. Idleness never produc-
ed anything but discomfort and
in work alone is to be found joy
and happiness.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-11-28
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING

Of course it is difficult for the
head of the family to pay much
attention to such a thing as
Christmas shopping at this time.
But the merchants will all agree
that the person who starts out
lining their Christmas selections
at this time has all the advant-
age.
When the shopper goes forth
among the stores now the clerks
are able to give the attention de-
sired. The stocks are complete
and new. If the dealer doesn't
have the desired article he is
able to tell when shipment will
arrive and the early patron is
able to be so advised. When
necessary the dealer is able to
include few extras in an order
should the patron wish a part
ocular article.
So those who give attention to
Christmas shopping at this time
are the ones who profit. Scr
them there is no final scurry at
the last moment. For them
there is the best of everything.
Even though it does seem a trifle
early this is the time to figure
out the Christmas shopping
campaigns. The merchants are
striving to please the public and
if the public will but heed their
request to shop early" all will
have "a Merry Christmas" and
"a Happy New Year"
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-11-28

Order those engraved calling
cards now for your wife. Makes
an excellent Christmas present
that may be used all year. For
samples and prices call at the
Chronicle office. Att
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-11-28

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The Nevada County picayune., 1919-09-25
EXPERIMENT STATION PUBLISHES BULLETINS
 ON 82 EXPERIMENTS

Fayetteville, Ark, Aug. 13-Figures recently compiled reveal some very in teresting facts with regard to the work done by the Agricultural Experiment. station of the University of Arkansas during the past six years as compared with that done in other southern states.
 The highest number of publications showing results of work done in this period was 102, in Texas: the lowest r.. in Virginia. The average for all the southern states was 49. Arkansas with & bulletins, was second only to the Texas Station.
 The Arkansas publication give the results of work carried on at the main experiment station at Fayetteville, the branch station at Scotts, and of co- operative experiment. work carried on with the state agricultural schools and on the farms of individual farmers in about one-half the counties of the state. The publications cover experiments in all lines of practical farming. Many other experiments are under way but have not yet been carried to the point where it is safe to publish the results
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-09-25
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