ANSWERS “TAXPAYER”
Representative J. L. Brown Speaks
Plainly as to His Position
Little Rock, April 1.—This day
brings to me the thought that this is
the proper time to answer some cor
respondents that have l>een shooting
ink at me through the Guard and
The Journal. I neither have time nor
inclination to waste much ammunition
shooting at such game, for after the
feathers are off thier hack and the
quack out of their craw, there is but
precious little left.
Mr. “Taxpayer” in the Guard would
have us know that he is not a drunkard.
I am glad to hear that. I am glad to
find that he is a better man than 1 <
thought he was. I have known some ,
good men who, unfortunately, were,
whisky drinkers; and 1 have known j
some very shabby fellows who, fortu
nately, did not drink.
Mr. Taxpayer states that he voted
for me in the election, but intimates
that he is now ashamed of it. Well,
that makes me think of the story of
the boy that went home with a girl.
When they parted at the gate she said
“Don't tell anybody that yon came
home with me tonight.” “I won’t,”
he said, "I’m as 'shamed of it as you
are.”
He would have me stop writing dog
gerel lines. Well, Mr. Taxpayer,
thank you for your deep wisdom (?)
and great advice (?) but let me say
that so long as I am dealing with a
dog I think it is all right to use dog
gerel.
So if you want
To dodge this law,
Quit your barking
In the straw;
For if you don’t,
Its sure to follow,
I’ll kick you hard,
And make you holler.
The folks all know
When I get your scalp —
They know the hit dog
Ily his yelp.
Mr. I axpayer says, “(jet your old
liible out of your sad die-pockets where
it is temporarily laid aside while you
are engaged in more weighty matters. ”
This shows that Mr. Taxpayer does
not want a preacher to help make the
laws that govern our state.
Who are the fellows that kick
against preachers in politics?
It is the men who oppose moral
legislation. Such men will ofttimes
vote to put a drunkard in office. Why?
because they can influence him with a
jug of whisky to work for most any
kind of law they want. Sometimes
they claim it is their deep interest in
religion in general, and in preacher*
in particular, that makes them oppose
preachers running for office. But if
you will only think for a moment,
there is not one out of three of such
men that ever go to church or help
pay the preacher. The preacher can
plow corn, cut saw-logs, pick cotton,
or do most any kind of manual la
bor, and they make no note of it.
But let the preacher come out for office
or l»e elected to office then these “self
constituted Pharisees” begin to lift
their yellow eyes toward Heaven and
to smite upon their bodies wherein
hangs their white livers and cry alas!
alas!! alas!!!
I wish to state to Mr. Taxpayer that
I have not abondoned the pulpit, nor
cast my Bible aside. I am preaching
two and three times each week. Be
cause we help men to get to Heaven is
no reason why we should not work to
help people while here on earth. While
in the pul pit I work to keep the devil
out of a man’s heart: in the legislature
I work to keep a thief out of his
pocket. And my dear Mr. Taxpayer,
I don’t have to ask your permission
to do such work.
And now I wish to state that I did
not call our county officers a “dirty
dozen.” There was not a dozen of
them asking for a raise of salary. In
the second place I do not think them
dirty. I think we have a splendid set
of men for county officers. I voted
for them in the election. I never vote
for a fellow if I think he is dirty.
But that is only a trick of “Mr. Tax
payer to try to turn the officers against
me. But I think his effort is in vain.
The boys thought they ought to he
paid more money. I asked the people
what they thought about it. The ma
jority of the people did not think they
ought to have it. As the j>eople elect
ed them and elected me, and as the
people pay the money in, I don’t see
how' any honest man can blame me
for letting the j>eople decide the mat
ter.
Now, Mr. Tavpayer, let me say tc
you a few calm, cool words. I was
not bothering you when you put-in. II
you had not smarted out and stuck
your finger in the pie, you would nol
have been burned. If you had nol
acted the coward and kept hid from
view when you struck at me; if you
had had the backbone to have signed
your name to your article, like honest
white men out to do, I would have
answered you in a different style.
Unless you can get up courage to let
us know’ who you are, I don’t think I
will give you any more notice than I
would a yellow cur.
Yours in the open,
J. L. Brown.
BANK ADVERTISING IN DIXIE
Under the above heading' the Ameri
can Banker in a recent issue has the
following about Southern bankers:
“Away Down South in the Land of
Cotton’ is where the banks appreciate
the value of advertising and up-to-date
publicity methods—possibly more so
than in any section of the county. The
Southern banks do not believe that
the mere appearance of their names,
their officers and directorates, and
stilted notices of their ‘statements of
conditions,’ published at intervals of
long duration, are all that is required
to advertise their institutions and
build up their deposits. Even banks
of limited capital have regular adver
tising departments under the manage
ment of capable men, and consider
such departments as necessary to their
business as any others connected with
their institutions. ”
THE HAN WHO HAS
A BANK ACCOUNT
The man who has an account at the Hank has many
advantages over the one who carries his money in
his pocket — he learns to save the small sums which
the man who carries his money in his pocket spends
for the hundred-and one things he does not really
need and could get along just as well without.
He pays his hills by check, increasing his credit,
and always has a receipt. He takes good care of his
account and increases his credit at the Bank.
He can, at any time, tell where his money goes and
see where there is a possibility of saving a little more
for business purposes.
Unless you have a Bank account, right now is the
time to start. Come in and do it today.
MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS BANK
L. S. Arnold, President
A. A. Henderson, Cashier
COURT PROCEEDINGS
Grist From the Semi-Annual Grind
of the Mills of Justice
Circuit Court convened at Batesville
Monday for the semi-annual grind,
with Judge Coffin presiding and Pros
ecutor Jeffreys representing the state.
The grand and petit juries are com
posed of the following gentlemen:
Grand Jury—A. A. Webber, fore
man: M. E. Moore, clerk; J. F. Otting
er, T. H. Bearing, F. M. Prtdmore,
C. P. Brook, E. E. Bailey, W. G.
Lenehan, Chas. Grigsby, Frank
Wright, John Douglas, Sim Shoe
maker, Theo. Jimmerson, and Bich
ard Hulsey. Joe Harmon is serving
as bailiff.
Petit Jury—J. M. Fair, Justin Gray,
E. L. Jernigan, F. M. Martin, Wm.
Barl>er, J. J. Caldwell, W. W.Nothern,
Ed Carter, Geo. W. Allen, H. C. Wade,
James L. Brown, W. E. Totty, L. H.
Bracy, M. C. Burrow, G. C. Rutledge,
Thomas Harris, Wm. Wilf, W. M.
Lindsey, James Bell, R. C. Jennings,
Chas. N. Ferrill, F. M. Barnes, John
Culling and D. D. Whisnant.
The following cases have been dis
posed of:
State vs. Riley Gardner, aggravated
assualt, nolle prossed.
State vs. Matt Cox, carrying pistol;
dismissed on account of death of de
fendant.
State vs. George Boilett, petit lar
ceny; continued.
State vs. Hughey Brickey, being in
toxicated at church; plea of guilty,
fined $10.
117:11 Ok.
murrer to indictment sustained:' ap
pealed by prosecuting attorney.
State vs. Harry Talley, assault and
battery, dismissed.
State vs. Dave Coverston, gaming:
plea of guilty, fined $10.
Geo. L. Green vs. St. L. I. M. & S.
Ry. Co., jury trial; verdict for plain
tiff for $150.
Mary M. Combs vs. Mary Combs,
dismissed for want of prosecution.
First National Bank of Batesville
vs. Equalization Board and W. T.
Gray, tax collector; continued by con
sent.
J. T. Heidrick vs. Williams Cooper
age Co.; continued.
A. C’. Miller vs. William Vance;
continued for want of service.
E. C. Gray vs. J. B. and A. G. Gray,
motion to quash; motion overruled.
E. C. Gray vs. T. A. Gray, answer
of defendant filed.
Napoleon Hill Cotton Co. vs. A. G.
and Justin Gray, motion to require
plaintiff to make complaint more def
inite and certain.
Mrs. M. J. Barnett vs. J. T. Tharp
administrator; demurrer to complaint
filed and overruled.
Tom Brown, who is in jail charged
with killing Matt Cox near Newark
some time ago, has been indicted by
the grand jury for murder in the sec
ond degree.
TWO MILLION DOLLAR FIRE
Fort Worth, Tex., April 4.—With
in the brief space of three hours Satur
day afternoon one of the fairest sec
tions of Fort Worth residence district
was laid waste by fire, one life was
lost, six were seriously injured, a
property loss of approximately $1,
900,000 inflicted and about 500 families
rendered homeless.
The fire started in a barn on
the corner of May and Tucker streets,
on the southside, and fanned by a gale
which at the time reached a velocity
of forty miles an hour, swept north
east to the Texas and Pacific railroad
and east to the Santa Fe tracks. The
burned area is approximately one and
a half miles long and half a mile wide.
Three hundred and nine residences
were completely destroyed, four lum
ber manufacturing plants, the Texas
and Pacific car shops, the Sawyer
electrical manufacturing plant and
five large warehouses, in addition to
three churches and one sanitarium,
were the business concerns of impor
tance destroyed.
BIG BOTTOM FARM FOR SALE
We have for sale one of the finely
farms in the famous Big Bottom, only
3i miles from Newark, consisting of
342 acres, 250 acres of which-is in culti
vation, and prodaces 50 to 75 bushels
of corn or a bale of cotton per acre.
This is one of the finest farms in
Big Bottom which is noted for its
immense yields of cotton, corn and
alfalfa.
There are five tenant houses on the
farm, of two to four rooms each and
two good large box barns.
A genuine bargain if taken at once,
i Henderson Real Estate Co., Newark,
Ark.
•NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
U. S. Land Office at Little Rock,
Ark., March 3, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that John I*.
Crawford, of Bellemore, Ark., who,
on Jan. 21, 1903, made homestead entry
No. 25504 serial, No. 0930, for Frl.
NK 1-4 and NW 1-4 of SE 1-4, section
5, township 12 N, range 8 W, 5th
principal meridian, has tiled notice of
intention to make final five year proof,
to establish claim to the land above
described, before J. W. Parse, U. S.
I commissioner, at Batesville, Ark., on
the 11th day of April, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Charles M. Gray, R. G. Martin,
James Parkin and W. A. Sj>eak, all
of Bellemore. Ark. L. E. EDDY,
Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
U. S. Land Office at Harrison, Ark.
March 8, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that John P.
Crawford, of Bellemore, Ark., who,
on January 20, 1903, made H. E. 29180
Serial, No. 01901, for Si SWi, sec
tion 32, township 13 N, range 8 W,
5th principal meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make final five year
proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before J. W. Parse
U. S. Commissioner at his office in
Batesville, Ark., on the 11th day of
April, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Chas-. M. Gray, R. G. Martin, Jas.
Parkin and W. A. Si>eak, all of Belle
more, Ark.
John I. Worthington.
Register.
Deeds written, acknowledgements at
tested and all kinds of notary work
done in a careful and correct manner
by A. A. Henderson at Merchants and
Planters Bank.
See the Henderson Real Estate Co.,
if you want to buy or sell pro|>erty.
Tell ’em you saw it in The Journal
A. A. HENDER
NOTARY PUtfl.ll
Full Assortment of Blanks
on Hand, and All Work B
Carefully and Promptl;
OFFICE IN
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EDWARDS BUILDING
On Main Street
“I’d Rather Die, Doctor,
than to have my feet cut off,” said M.
L. Bingham, of Princeville, 111., “but
you'll die from jranjrrene (which had
eaten away eight toes) if you don’t,”
said all doctors. Instead—he used
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve till wholly
cured. Its cures of ec/.etna, fever
sores, boils, burns and piles astound
the world. 25c at J. I. Sturdivant’s.
If you have property for sale list it
w ith the Henderson Heal Estate Co.
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