GENE RAX DIRECTORY
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
J. M. Jackson, Helena... .Circuit Judge
J. N. Rachels. Searcy.
...Prosecuting Attorney
E. M. Carl-Lee, Augusta.
.Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
J. T. Angelo, McCrory..Representative
Sam Vann, Vanndale.
.State Senator, Seventh District
A. L. Hutchins, Augusta.County Judge
E. D. Robertson, Wynne.
.Chancery Judge
R. E. L. (Bob) Spradlin, Augusta,...
.Sheriff
L. W. Winfree, Augusta.Circuit Clerk
Wm. Moorman, Augusta. .County Clerk
Walter Jimerson, Augusta. . .Treasurer
Edgar Miller, McCrory.Assessor
AleS Beilis, Augusta.Surveyor
T. W. W'oodbury, McCrory.. .Examiner
Dr. R. Q. Patterson. Augusta. .Coroner
Dr. R. N. Smith, Augusta.Health Officer
CITY OFFICIALS
G. W. Barber.Mayor
Walter W. Raney.Recorder
J. G. Pulley.Day Marshal
O. K. Porter.Night Marshal
Dr. H. P. Hargis.Health Officer
Aldermen: G. L. Carson, C. Crutzer,
J. F. Morgan, H. D. Swayze and EL T.
Wherry.
Council meets first Monday night of
each month in the Council Chamber in
the Farmers & Merchants Bank Bldg.
COURTS.
NORTHERN DISTRICT
CIRCUIT COURT—Third Monday in
February and August.
CHANCERY COURT—Second Mon
day in January, May and December.
COUNTY COURT—First Monday in
January, April, July and October.
PROBATE COURT—Fourth Monday
in January, April, July and October.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT
CIRCUIT COURT—First Monday in
March and September.
CHANCERY COURT—Third Monday
in January, May and December.
COUNTY COURT—Second Monday in
January, April, July and October.
PROBATE COURT—First Monday
following that of the Northern Dis
trict.
TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS.
AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP.—Justices of
the Peace: C. L. Jackson, Augusta, H.
D. Byrd, R. F. D. No. 2, Grays, and A.
H. Hamilton, Augusta; Constable: Sam
Anderson, Augusta: Road Overseer:
Ben Simmons, Augusta.
CANEY TOWNSHIP.—Justices of the
Peace: C. J. Harding, Hunter; Con
stable: -; Road Overseer: W. S.
Hunt, Hunter.
WHITE RIVER TOWNSHIP.—Jus
tices of the Peace: Rube Dunn and
W. D. Overstreet, Fitzhugh; Constable:
Roy Hight, Fitzhugh; Road Overseer:
Chas. Peebles, Fitzhugh.
DcYIEW TOWNSHIP-Justices of
the Peace: L. B. Winfree, McCrory,
and A. J. Stapp, R. F. D. No. 2, Mc
Crory; Constable: Neal vMcCue, Mc
Crory: Road Overseer: J. L. Bronte, R.
F. D. No. 2, McCrory.
COTTON PLANT TOWNSHIP_Jus
tices of the Peace: R. E. Mills and B.
A. Trice, Cotton Plant; Constable: Chas.
YV. Brooks, Cotton Plant; Road Over
seer: I. R. Phillips, Cotton Plant.
BARNES TOWNSHIP. — Justice of
the Peace: A. E. Ridgeway, McCrory:
Constable: -; Road Overseer: T.
W. Roberts, McCrory.
kka.^ks township.—.Justices ot
the Peace: F. H. Cole and D. H. Fow
ler, Hiliemann; Constable: A. L. Doss,
Hillemann; Road Overseer: Geo. Smith,
Hiliemann.
POINT TOWNSHIP.—Justices of the
Peace: Dee Presley and T. B. Stegall
(col.), Gregory; Constable: Ed Holler,
Gregory; Road Overseer: J. D. El
dridge, Gregory.
DENT TOWNSHIP.—Justice of the
Peace: M. A. Sparks, Morton; Consta
ble: Jack Whittinghall, Penrose; Road
Overseer: A. Materna, Morton.
CACHE TOWNSHIP. — Justices of
the Peace: E. L. Joyner, Wiville, and
N. H. '’haney, R. F. D. No. 2, McCrory;
Constable: Gid Capshaw, R. F. D. No.
2, McCrory; Road Overseer: Wes Re
neau, Howell.
(FREEMAN TOWNSHIP.—Justices of
the Peace: L. Spears and T. E. Trice,
Cotton Plant; Constable: Jesse Spears,
Cotton Plant; Road Overseer: G. N.
Cochran, Cotton Plant.
GARDEN TOWNSHIP.—Justice of
the Peace: D. L. Nelson, McClelland;
Constable: H. E. Miller, McClelland;
Road Overseer: J. F. Buchanan, Mc
Clelland.
PUMPKIN BEND TOWNSHIP_Jus
tice or the Peace: John W. Browning.
McCrory; Constable: -; Road
Overseer: Ed Gibson, McCrory.
j OUR PUBLIC FORUM
Peter Radford
On Church and State
The recent action of one of the leading churches of
this nation, in annual convention, demanding that the
laymen vote only for candidates for office whose views
coincide with those of the clergy on one of the leading
political issues, and direct and indirect efforts of other
church organizations to interfere with the freedom of
the ballot, make one of the greatest perils of this age, and
present a problem that should receive thoughtful con
sideration of both laymen and citizens
Suckling babes may well squirm in their cradles
when ministers in convention assembled release the
hearts of men and grab them by the throat, for Chris
tianity has broken down, religion has become a farce and
the pulpit a failure. When the church substitutes force
for persuasion, command tor conviction and coercion tor reason, tne snerin
had as well pass the sacrament, plain-clothes men take charge of the altar
and policemen bury the dead, for why a church?
It is as dastardly a crime against government for a minister to under
take to deliver the votes of his parishioners to a candidate, as it is for a
ward heeler to deliver a block of votes to a political boss, and both ought
to be prosecuted, for the law should be no respecter of persons.
It is as objectionable for a convention of ministers to seek by canonical
law to control the votes of church members as it would be for a convention
of manufacturers to issue orders for their employees to vote for a certain
candidate. Such conduct is offensive to decency, business morals and a crime
against society. Any convention, whether composed of saints or sinners,
rich or poor, white or black, that seeks to prostitute power and coerce con
science ought to be broken up by the police and its leaders arrested for
treason.
a crime by any other name is a crime just the same. An ecclesiastical
roDe cannot sanctify treason, authority to preach does not carry with it
license to become a political ringster, or the right to teach us how to pray
give a permit to tell us how to vote. No man in joining the church should
sacrifice his citizenship, forfeit his constitutional liberties or subordinate his
duty to the state. The earth many times ha'' been drenched with the blood
of our forefathers fighting to throw off the ecclesiastical yoke from the state,
and the suggestion of a return to these medieval conditions with their horror
and their torture should not be tolerated for a moment. .
Laws should be passed prohibiting any preacher, or combination of
preachers, from delivering or attempting to deliver their membership or
congregation to any candidate for office, and suitable legislation should be
passed preserving the sanctity of the pulpit from political vandalism. It is
as much a menace to church and state for a politician to occupy the pulpit
as for a minister to preach a political sermon. He has no more right to
preach his politics from the pulpit than a teacher has to teach his politics
to his pupils. A preacher cannot make political trickery righteous by usage
any more than he can make profanity respectable by practice. It is one
of the ironies of fate that a preacher may become a scandal as well M A
glory to civilization.
CROPS INJURED BY LIGHTNING!
—
Matter of Importance to Which Too !
Little General Attention Has
Been Given.
While everybody is familiar with ;
the damage done by lightning to:
trees, little attention has heretofore j
been paid to the effects of lightning
stroke upon herbaceous plants. A
recent paper by Messrs. L. R. Jones
and W. W. Gilbert reveals the fact
that lightning injury is rather com- j
mon in certain crops, especially cot- 1
ton and potatoes. Grass, small grains !
and maize seem less liable to such
damage. The lightning damage to
cotton and potatoes frequently ex
tends over roundish spots, one to
three rods m diameter, or groups of
smaller spots. Although there may
; be no disturbance of the soil or vis
ible rupture of the plant tissues, the
plants near the center of the spot
wilt, blacken and die promptly, while
those near the margin may live days
j or weeks. The injury for the most
| part appears first and worst below
| ground. All these facts seem to show
that, after a period of dry weather,
j the lightning discharge occurring in
a thunder shower spreads horizon
tally over the moist surface layer of
soil. The different liability of dif
ferent species appears to depend
upon difference in tissue resistance
or different distribution of the aerial
or root systems of the plant within
the zone of the discharge.—Scientific
| American.
Miss Ruth Powell of Augusta
spent the Christmas holidays
I with homefolk here.
SHE KNEW PAPA
“Well, now, what doec jour papa
dor
“Oh! whatever mamma says.”
i
WARNING ORDER.
Woodruff Chancery Court, Nor
thern District:
Alrody Dickson, Plaintiff,
vs '
Arthur Dickson, Defendant.
The above defendant, Arthur
Dickson, is hereby warned to ap
pear in this court within thirty
days and answer the complaint
of the plaintiff, Alrody Dickson
L. W. Winfree, Clerk.
Hutchins & Hutchins, Attorneys
for Plaintiff. Dec. 27, 1915.
1-23 Adv
Milliard Crotzer spent this
wee_k in the Bluff City.
When you see a cigar, think of
i Raney’s Smoke House.
N. J. Bass returned today
from awisit to Little Rock.
Esq. L. B. Winfree left Mon
day for a few days’ stay in Hot
Springs.
Mrs. E. E. Jeffries and son,
| “Bit,” spent Tuesday in Little
i Rock.
. Dr. B. Brewster and family
spent the holidays with relatives
at Fordyce.
Robert Clayton recently began
teaching a three months’ term of
school at Riverside.
Miss Bessie Allen of Eureka
Springs is spending the week
here a guest of R. M. James and
family.
Our school board should have
the school building thoroughly
disinfected before the opening
after the holidays.
Miss Mary Baxter left Monday
for Mauldin, Mo., where she will
be the guest of relatives and
friends for a few days.
R. L. Johnson went to Mem
phis Wednesday to accompany
his daughter, Miss Marjorie,
home who has been there to have
her eyes treated by a specialist.
W. L. Morgan arrived Thurs
day from Warsaw, Mo., to be the
guest of his brother, J. F. Mor
gan for several days. He is here
to assist in disposing of 32 mules
which will arrive tomorrow.
1
Heart* In Connection
Kstabiishen
H. T. RANEY
Undertaker and Embalmer
COFFINS, CAS^TS AND ROBES
McCRORY, •«••«••• ARK.