tain its manifest destiny. To withdraw from the negro the guid
ing hand of the white man would be to shirk our duty and make
the negro a stumbling block in the white man’s pathway to pros
perity in the South.
The Commission Was Composed of Southern Men.
Every member of this Commission was a member of the fac
ulty of a Southern university; they were men of culture and in
telligence, and men that were capable of understanding and ap
preciating the race question.
I defy any man to take the report made by this Commission
and draw any such conclusions as Mr. Hodges has drawn. Every
member of that Commission believed in separate schools, separate
churches, separate cars for whites and blacks; every member of
that Commission was opposed to negroes holding political posi
tions in the South, and opposed to negroes serving on juries; every
member of that Commission was and is in harmony with the
Southern farmers and opposed to social equality.
In his attack upon me, growing out of this report, Mr. Hodges
has willfully, maliciously and intentionally, and without any evi
dence upon which to base it, misstated my position; he has done
It for the purpose of misleading and deceiving, and if one word
o^ it had been true it would certainly have been known long be
fore this, and I would have been compelled to resign the position
I held at Cm University of Arkansas, and as a Southem'man a
native of Mississippi, and born of a Southern mother, I would have
become a social outcast and renegade. The one statement I made
m that report, which Mr. Hodegs could have correctly used is as
follows:
“He who is instrumental in settling the race question de
serves more at the hands of his fellow-man than the whole race
of demagogues put together.”
Other Falsehoods of Mr. Hodges.
It is to be remembered by the people of this State that when
they read and hear what Mr. Hodges has to say about me that
they will bear in mind that his statements are in keeping with
the com" t of a public official who is afraid for his books to be
audited, a man who has boasted that he is the machine candidate
for Governor, a representative of an organization whose purpose
is, by election frauds, to defeat the sovereign will of the people
In a number of places in this State he has charged that I have
invested the money I have saved since coming to Arkansas in
Utah. That is false and he knows it.
In other places he has said that I was a member of the Mor
mon Church. That is false and he knows it. Still in another place
h « stated I was a Mormon elder and preached in Mormon churches.
That statement was false and he knew it was false at the time he
uttered it.
In other places he told that my father was a colonel in a negro
regiment. That statefent was false and he knew it.
In other places he claimed my father was a carpet-bagger
That statement was false and he knew it.
With reference to his own record, Mr. Hodges has stated in
some places in this State that he has never denosited the State’s
money in his own banking account. That statement is false and
he knows it.
In other places in the State he has said that three
members of the Supreme Court advised him not to let the commit
tee audit his books. That statement is false and he knows it
From every hamlet and township in this State comes the* re
port of some falsehood that Mr. Hodges has made to bolster up his
tottering campaign. Now, at last, in his desperation, he puts
out what he terms his “negro circular,” hoping at this late day to
stem his fast e! bing political tide. It will soon be time for you
to say by your vote which of us deserves more at the hands of his
fellow-man; whether I should be cut down in my fight for clean
honest and intelligent politics, or whether there will be a contin
uance of the servile yoke of complete machine rule.
IT IS GRATIFYING THAT MR. HODGES, IN ALL HIS
VICIOUS AND FALSE ATTACKS, CAN NOT AND DOES NOT
ASSAIL MY MORAL CHARACTER, MY HONESTY, MY DEM
OCRACY OR MY ABILITY TO MAKE YOU A CLEAN AND
EFFICIENT GOVERNOR. I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOUR
JUDGMENT.
C. H. BROUGH,
Candidate for Goverac
L. B. WINFREE, J. P.
H~m"nrTn~~mHWiiM l in Ill'll
CONVEYANCES
McCRORY DRUG CO.
Everything in the drug line
PHONE NO. 42.
Piano For Sale,
I have a fine Milton piano, al
most new, in first class condition
and rather than box and ship
same, am offering it at a special
sacrifice. If contemplating buy
ing a piano don’t overlook this
bargain. Call or write,
J. E. Baxter,
Adv. McCrory, Ark.
Miss Ora Brewer of Augusta
spent Saturday and Sundav with
Miss Hazel Musgrove.
Grays News.
Frank Strickland of Gregory
was in town Monday.
N. J. Hays operated his saw
mill Monday and Tuesday.
Phil Angelo and Arvil Gross
of Revels were in town Sunday.
Fink Hays and Dane Angus
had business in Augusta Sunday
eve.
The farmers have quit the fire
side farming and are now doing
real work.
Tom Berry has accepted a po
sition as helper in the Goff black
smith shop.
Mrs. N. C. Strickland gave a
private dance Monday and Tues
day in honor of Miss Susie B.
Mosley of Bald Knob.
The road across Cache river is 1
now ready for traffic since our
road overseer, Mr. J. L. Bronte,
has been having the same re
paired for three days.
This ideal weather, with the
nearing of the baseball season,
has induced the boys to begin
rounding into shape for the com
ing games they intend to play.
With a few more lovely days, we
think we can count on a “warm
up’ ’ game.
Miss Susie B. Mosley rendered
a very sympathetic address to
her former studentbody Tuesday
evening. The phraseology of
the past events brought tears to
both speaker and hearers, every
thought being nicely expressed
and approved-by Mr. Earl Clif
ton.
“Somnambulist.’’
i
Dr. H. P. Hargis made a pro
fessional trip to Riverside Thurs
day.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
W. D. HINSON
OPTOMETRIST.
Will call at residence and make
examination for glasses
McCRORY, ARKANSAS.
DR. G. F. MAYNARD
Licensed Deputy State
Veterinarian
AUGUSTA, ARKANSAS
Sick and emergency calls answered
Promptly
B. BREWSTER
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office phone 39, Residence 16
Office in rear of Farmers &
Merchants Bank building.
H. P. HARGIS
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Phone No. 49
Calls answered day or night.
J. H. WEST
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Calls answered promptly
day or night.
Grays, Arkansas
Hutchins & Hutchins
Attorneys at Law
Will practice in all courts.
Phone 149 Augusta, Ark.
In McCrory every Saturday.
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