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LITTLE ROCK LETTER

Little Rock, Aug. 23.-Now that Che primary is out of the way and .he general election is more or less of perfunctory proceeding the o5,iticians are beginning to discuss legislative policies.
 There are fourteen new members of the state senate, men wno nave not served previously in that oody' Should there be any disposition on the part of any faction or interest to secure control of the senate, these fourteen men will be much
 sought after during the next rev
 months. There are rumors of dark sinister plots for the control ot the Timer House, but there does not ap- near on the surface anything tan gible that may be used as clue.
 One of the first contests that will develop will be that for the pres idencv of the senate. There are already two avowed candidates for the place, both of them holdovers' They are Lee Gazort, of Johnson county, who was speaker ot the house in 1917, and $. M. Bone, of Independence county. Other names are being casually mentioned but it is probable that the contest will be between these two.
 At the opposite end of the capitol, in teh more numerous body, the con- test is likely to be much more spectacular. One old member and one new member have already an nounced themselves as candidates for the speakership. Joe Joiner, of Columbia county, who was elected speaker at the extra sessions, and who was returned by his people, has announced that he will be in the race for the presiding officer of the body. The other avowed can didate is R. E. Dickson, of Lafay- cite county. who won the nomina- tion from that county. There will be other candidates, but they have not yet made their identity known.
 The fact taht quite number of the members of the last house were defeated for renomination, is inJ dicative of a desire on the part of the public for a new deal in leg islative matters. The opposition was not of such a pronounced character as to indicate any decisive policy on the part of the people, except that
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they will probably insist upon new nrogranl in the passage of special road laws. However in at least two counties. the anti road candidates
 vare decisively defeated by men who stood for the most progressive type of road legislation. 1t IS reallzeo that there will be ahard fight agalnsU reactionary legislation and that some of the members will undouptedly ly take. a position in opposlCion to the passage of any local road laws whatever. Those who are commit ted to the advanced program Will be confronted with the policy ot those who would have the pendulum swing as far back a sit has swung forward during the last two or three years. It is unouestioned that the people are on record as opposed to the orgy ot snecial legislation (which charac- terized the sessions of 1919. With so much opposition, there will be fewer bills introduced and even those that are offered will be sub- iected to a closer scrutiny on the mart of the lawmakers. Much reme- dial legislation will be imperative in order to save some of the districts which have already made considera.. ble progress in the construction of their roads. It is probable that the general policies will be to insure the completion of projects already start ed, rather than to increase the num- Der of projects an dthe consequent taxation necessary to insure the building of roads not already pro- jected.
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The census returns being made now seem to justify tn etheory ad- vanced some time ago that there has bee nan increase in the population of the cities and towns at the ex- pense of the rural communities. Not single county of the state is an exception to the rule that rural townships show heavy decrease Tn population and that scarcely sin gle incorporated town or city shows a decrease. In Marion county, for instance, 13 out of the 26 townships show an actual decrease of 1,l97, ranging from 45 to FTP each. The county itself shows a decrease of 49 in ten years and 1928 in 20 years; These conditions are not confined wholly to counties of smaller pop ulation. Washington county, wnlcn is more than three times as populouss as Marion has IT townships out ot 31 which show decrease of 1891 in ten years, while the county it's
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whether it is necessary to submit the Suffrage Amendment to the state constitution at all. One com potent legal authority says that this amendment must be submitted if the women are to become benefi- ciaries of all the laws inherant to complete citizenship. Under the Federal constitution the only right the women have secured is the right to vote. The state constitu- tion must be amended if she is to be given the right to hold office of any kind, or even to perform duties of notary public. It is not believed there will be any material opposition to the adoption of the amendment, but it is pointed out that to tall to adopt it would be only to postpone for at least an other two years the complete vic tory.
 The work of the Illiteracy Com mission is proceeding satisfactorily in the state. There were about half dozen adult schools taught during the summer, and all of them met with great success and approval on the part of the public. Surveys have been made by the teachers in at least IA other counties and a to- tai of 460 teachers has been enroll ed as volunteers for carrying or the work of the adult schools. Ever in counties where the farmers were most busily engaged in their work the attendance at these schools held in the evening, was invariably gooC and there was everywhere manifest an earnest desire to learn at least the radiments of a common schoo education. One of the county su perintendents in his annual report
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The E. J. Beazley Company

says:
 "Only two states in the Unlon a3 below us in the point of ilhang] No wonder, when right here m M M vier county last year over lM children of school age were na school" .u]
 He is slightly in error m \ statement. Only two states as s1 low Arkansas in general edueaasa but fortunately the state IS iala \ up the line in the proportion ol ' ' illiterate adults. If the earneA r 2 forts of our education leadels n %, ', ceed, the state will soon pc . \ deemed educationally and 'aA proper place.
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One of the important. duties of the general assembly which will convene next January is the reapportionment of the state for senatorial, Judicial and congressional districts. The population of the state and the va rious counties and local subdivisions will soon be made. It will then become necessary as has been done following each decennial census, to reapportion the counties so that there may be the most equitable distribution of offices among the population. There are 34 senatorial districts, IS judicial districts and ' congressional districts
 It is probable that one of the com mittees which will be appointed at the converting of the legislature for each house vii be a committee on re- apportionment. It shall be the duty of this committee to make calcula- tions, showing the population of the various districts to the end that any inequalities may be remedied. There | is always more or less of contest over this matter due to local condi- tions and the desire of county to be transferred to some other dis trict or to remain as it was. An other phase of the question vii be that of apportioning the 100 mem bers of the lower house provided by the constitution so that an equality of representation may be maintained Every county must have at least one representative which leaves 25 to be distributed among the more popu- lous of the seventy-five counties. It is already known that some of the larger counties will make a hard fight to secure more than one representative which they now have If they should win, some other county must loce.
 There is still considerable confu' sion in the minds of the lawyers as we'll as the public over the ques' tion of women's participation ir the political affairs of the state That her emancipation is almost accomplished is admitted by all, but there are still some things which must be remedied before it IS com plete. The attorney general has given his opinion that women may vote in the general election next November on all offices and ques tions submitted, provided of course that she is otherwise qualified un der the law. This ruling will en able her to vote on the ratification of the amendment which gives he the right to vote. This is somewha
 of an anomalous situation, but i appears to be inevitable. If she i
 permitted to vote for president ant members of congress, which no on
 denies, it does not appear reason
 able that she will be forced to spli
 her ballot and not vote for every
 thing printed on it.
 The question has been raise
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If your child is pale and sickly, picks at the nose, starts in the sleep and grinds the teeth while sleeping, it is a sure sign of worms. A remedy for these parasites will be found in WHITES CREAM VERMIFUGE. It not only clears out the worms but it rstores health and cheerfulness. Sold by Harring- ton Bros. Ftf
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There is wild rumor afloat to the effect that potatoes have under gone a marked decrease in price without the assistance of Attorney General Palmer. Probably a can ard.-Kansas City Journal.
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elf has an increase of 1,579. Seven incorporated cities and towns show an increase without exception, and so it goes throughout the state. It is an undisputed proof that the peo-- pie have been leaving the farm and seeking homes in the city.
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ROUTE MOST AGGREVAIi.ieSsu, aI.es s,r,
 OE All POULTRY DlSESI'

Roupe, the most aggreTs'rs r',Ls all poultry diseases, usuany .,d 'Ss, Sss it's appearance in August g un' I,1j| tember, according to Il, D. ,f W N sen, poultry husbandmSaa? S?.;.io, % Agricultural Extension DNl''7 the University of Arkansas a .,ds]
 To prevent roupe, MT, ,..id I% ovsl warns poultry raisers to aTU1 " isnl crowding and roostlngit saits ~ and a| houses and GOODS. Salss s for sn[ pr4 phur are good medicines me .uDhur Ir < venting roupe. Feed the hls,eoatul salphdl' { inc rate of one tablesp;Un1 v !! each dozen fowls mixed s,i n tri,s mash and moisten and leeu leeeunrfps 1 week. Give two pot IdrirEtI salts to one-half gallon ~ Oi atsrsI water twice week 0H days.
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School Shoes

You know it is the policy of this store tn ho always on the lookout for merchandise wbob will give our customers the greatest vanoa Not always the cheapest, and not always tbo highest quality-but always the merchandise representing the highest value for the nrico In Kewpie Twin Shoes we believe that wa have found school shoe combining style comfort and economy as no other shoe on the market today.
 Kewpie Twins are made of good material in a variety of weights and colors on well de. signed lines, by competent, careful workmen and look to be what they area strictly higb. grade shoe.
 Kewpie Twins are not simply mems and wo- mems shoes reduced in size. They are designed especially for boys and girls-the lasts con- form to the shape of children's feet, the soleS are lexible to allow children to use the mus cles of their feet as nature intended Last but not least the shoes are sturdily built to afford protection from all kinds of weather. Kewpie Twins are reasonably priced as to first cost, and when they have been worn to the point where you usually throw shoes away the makers agree to rebuild these shoes, making them almost as good and almost as good looking as a new pair, for S2OO.
 Come in and let us show you these shoes and explain the rebuilding feature. We are sure we can save you some money on school shoes.
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It would not be so bad .,iGs II 'ld of S s sumer m %s could raise dasraRor the R6ls' $ as easily asthe operS'''
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HON JOSEPH F. HAAS, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
FOR DENOMINATION, FOR RECORDER OF
DEEDS OF COOK COUNTY.

Mr.. Haas also voted for amendments
to the Torrens SYSTEM which has
brOadened its scope.
He was elected county clerk in 1906
and conducted the business Of that Of
fee in an efficient manner.
The recorder is the oficial custodian
Of all the records affecting the title Of
every piece of property in this county.
He conducts big business, requiring the
attention Of a man Of considerable bust
ness experience.
Mr.. Haas Is q member Of many fra
ternal societies and other organizations.
Chief among them are AsplewoOd
Council No. 1924, Royal Areanum; En-
terprise Council No. 50, Royal League,
KilEinning Lodge No. All, A. p. q
A n
For more than thirty years the PEG
pie sesiding In this city have known
Mr.. Haas as q high class business man.
To the undying or to the everlasting
credit Of Haas, IL must be said that he
employs more eOlOred clerks and
stenogapbe1 in the County Recorder e
Office than all OF his predecessors com
bined, for several years past sixteen
eolored clerks and stenograPhers have
been steadily employed In his ofacs and
they are scattered throughout al Of It's
departments and occupy seats or deaks
where any one win not experience any
tuouble in bsholdiag them-
Ths1sfors ne fesl confident that the
vast majority Of the eoIoBsd men and
Bonea voters IN this city and county
~ill On wednesday, September Is,
primary day, est thsir votes in ss0orI
Of the rsnsuinstioa Of Mr.. Haas for
Comfy Recorder fer be has proven his
siassro fFisadlhip for fks eSlossd nee.
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Hon. Sheridan E. Fry, Republican
candidate for denomination for Judge
Of the Municipal Court Of Chicago, who
has amply proven himself to be an emf
nent jurist and one of the most promi-
nent figures on the municipal bench was
born February 25, 1867, in DOnally IS
Mills, Pa At the age Of IA he came
with his parents to winnebago County,
Illinois There he worked on a farm
and attended country schools; later
Normal School at Dixon, Ill, and
Wheaton College. Graduated in June,
1895, from Northwestern Law School,
and was admitted to practice law the
same month. Praetieed law in Chicago
and on January l, 1905, was appointed
Assistant to the County Judge orrin
N. Carter; held this position for four
years under Judges Carter, Houston,
and Riaaker. November, 1908, he was
elected to his present position, Judge
Of the Municipal Court of Chicago.
Since that time he has tried more than
twenty-five thousand cases and to his
honor and fairmindness very few eases
which he has passed Judgment on have
been reversed by the higher courts
which simply speaks volumes for his
legal or judicial ability.
Judge Fry has sat in every branch
Of the Municipal Court and several
times he has served with distinction
as Chief Justice Of that court.
Judge and Mrs Fry, who are devoted
members Of the Presbyterian church
and their two children, reside in
beautiful home Of their own at 641I
Langley avenue.
He Is an honored member of the
Club, the Illinois State Bar
Association, Chicago Bar Association,
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More than eight hundred volunteer
workers this week opened the cam.
Paign throughout Cook County to raise
money for the Republican National
Campaign Fund.
The volunteers will carry out the
National Committees announced plan
Of getting away from the old method
of Kissing campaign funds among a
very few very wealthy persons and
win eondnet q popular campaign with
every voter asked to contribute, even
though the subscription be only small
amount.
A limit Of 81, 900 has been set as the
maximum subscription. Any amount
smaller than that, from a quarter up,
win be accepted, provided the sub
scnption does not come from a cor
poration, it being against the law for
q political party to accept eontTibu-
tons from corporations
For six weeks a corps Of workers
has been busy preparing lists contain
ing the name Of virtually every voter
in the county and from these lists the
volunteers win select the persons Of
whom they wish to call
An opening dinner was held for all
workers in the campaign the evening
of September 8, at the Morrison Hotel.
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One of the Most Honorable and Straight Forward Judges
the Municipal Court; who has Served with great ABILITY
m Every Branch of that Court and who Undoubtedy
viii be Renomnated, for His Present Position, at d.
Primaries, Wednesday, September Is.

I Lawyers Association of Illinois Phi
Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity, Penn.
sylyania Society of Chicago. BOWL
League, Macabees, Sons Of veterans
and Public Safety Commission Of Chi
eago and Cook County.
The men and women. Republican
voters, residing in all parts of this ,ity
should never rest on Wednesday, Sen
TENDER IS, primary day, until they
have cast their ballots in favor Of tie
rSnomination Of Jadge Fry, to faith.
fully serve them six years more Is one
Of the most upright and Honorable
Judges of the Municipal Court Of CHI
eago.
1t is very pleasing to state; that
Judge Fry, who stood at the top Of tie
list Of all Of the candidates seeking
Municipal Court honors Of the Chicago
Bar Association, received its highest
commentator.
In the past, he has always displayed
his warm friendship, for worthy Afrr
American men and women. He has
never hesitated in assisting those Who
have met with misfortune and the past
year, he made a contribution to the
Phyllis Wheatley Home, 1856 Rhodes
avenue; which shows; that his heart IS
in the right place.
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Club and viii have as may member
as Mr.. Dunn deems advisable. While
the division personnel calls for only
100 men, Mr.. Dunn has reported that
he has 1900 lined up and ready 10 &c
to work IL necessary.
Division G, handling the county out.
side Chicago, was a former Democrat
Edward ]. Green-as. ITS Chairman.
Mr.. Green is a cousin of William Jen-
nings Bryan, but, to use his own ex.
preston, he "beeame 80 disgusted with
the Democratic policies during the past
seven years that he reformed and be
came a Republican"
Mr.. Green now is one Of the hardest
workers in the volunteer organization
and has perefeted an unusually good
organisation to handle the. county
work.
Edwin E. Vail Of Winnetka,' Albert
a. Bowman Of Evanston, William
Busse of Mt. Prospect, Dudley Pier
SON of Chicago Heights and Joseph
CarOlan Of River Forest are his vice
chairman and each win have charge
of his particular district.
The county division win not start
work At the same time as the other
divisions Instead it win hold back
until the last few -days-probably
about September is-and then sail in.
The opening dinner Of the campaign
was held at the Morrison Hotel At
this dinner the workers went over
the long lists Of prospective givers and
selected the ones they want. The cam
paign win be handled entirely on a
seleetive system, no one being allowed
to ask man for q contribution un-
less he has selected that mans name
from the HstA When a volunteer
selects = name he win be given q card
bearing that name and cannot solicit
that person unless he has the card.
Daily rally lpaeheOns win be held
during the seven dayB Of the drive at
which the workers win make their re-
pOrta-
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gOd-spesd in their enOrt 20 move into a
larger. and better church.
Congressman Madden after laborine
long and very hard finally secured the
passage of his pet bin in both houses
Of Congress to increase the pay Of al
the employees in the postal service
throughout the United States and as 9
direct result Of his labors in that di
reetion thousands and thousands OF
eOlored men and women working 70
Uncle Sam in the postofiee department;
have received more pay for their ser
vices and they as well Is the white
employees in that branch Of the govern
ment residing in this city and through
out the country would be less than hu
man il they did not want to see him
renominated and reelected to Congress
from the First Congressional District
Of Illinois.
Right here the writer takes great
pleasure in stating that during our Ions
experience in coming IN contact with
public men that our highly esteemed
friend, former Congressman Hon. Viii
liam Sulzer Of New York City and
Congressman Madden are the only two
men Of note who have been able t.
brush race prejudice aside with the
wave Of their manly hands, who have
mot felt themselves above consulting
with q colored man on some of the
most important questions Of the day
and they have never entertained the
idea for one minute that they were dis
graeing themselves by seeking our ad,
vice or opinion on certain measures
which at that time were pending be
fore Congress.
AS the following letter reveals the
fact that Congressman Madden has
q great deal Of faith in our ability to
do or to accomplish things:
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The drive was not officially opened,
however, until last evening and viii
extend for seven working days TO Sep
TENDER 20, Saturdays and Sundays be
ing excluded.
The campaign viii be handled by
seven divisions. Five Of these-A, B,
C, D and Evil be known as front
line divisions and viii work in Chi
cago. Division F win be a reserve
force or cleanup" unit and viii
start its work on the day that the first
Eve divisions finish work, covering all
territory not previously handled by the
front line workers.
Division F will have charge Of the
county outside Of Chicago.
Each division win be headed by q
chairman and one or more vice-chair-
men and win be composed Of ten teams.
Each team viii have nine ieutensnts
and a captain, giving more than 100 to
a division.
Hon Fred W. Upham, Treasurer of
the National Committee, is general
chairman Of the drive and Charles
Piez, President of the Link Belt Com
pany, is Executive Committee CHARM
man.
Division A is headed by II. b. Mer-
rick, B by Elmer Stevens, G by Major
George A. Paddock, D by Robert Nc
COmiek Adams, E by Farley Hopkins,
F by Robert W. Dunn and G by Ed
ward J. Green.
The cleanup" division, with Rob
ert W. Dunn as Chairman, win be made
up almost entirely from the Hamilton
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WARRINGTON, D. o.
March 6, 1914.

Mr.. julius F. Taylor,
SOFT Federal Street,
Chicago, Illinois.
Dear Mr.. Taylor
The enclosed bills are before the
Committee on Reform in the Civil Ser,
vice, Of which I am q member. We
had very interesting hearing on them
this morning and when the hearings
are printed I win send you a copy.
I intend to fight every inch Of the
way to prevent them from reporting
the bills, but Of course the Committee
is Democratic and the majority Of the
Democrats are from the South, and il
is not likely that I can win in the
fight; but if I lose I expect to make a
minority report.
I don Z know how much time viii
have in which to do that. I want to
ask you to write me Immediately after
reading the bills what you would say
IL you were going to make q minority
report on them 1 may not be able to
use all you say, but shall be glad to
have your views, in fact want them
and must have them. I want you TO
cooperate with me in this work.
Sincerely yours,
MARTIN B. MADDEN.
In conclusion the brilliant or the
bright shining "Star OF Hope" which
has been firmly anchored in the hearts
of the twelve million eOlOred people
scattered throughout this broad land
by Congressman Madden win continue
to grow brighter and brighter as the
years roll onto eternity.
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citation; from there he visited his boy
hood home, windheld, Ga, where his
branch Of the Dorsey family, held e
family reunion, in the largest church
in that section Of the South.
DR.. Dorsey greatly enjoyed his visit
with his aged and highly respected
mother, Mrs. Dorsey, who is So years
cid, Who has resided in Winfield all of
her lie and she is still almost free
from aehs and pains.