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DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.
For Congress— _
W. A. OLDFIELD
For Circuit Judge—
R. E. JEFFERY
For Prosecuting Attorney—
HUGH WILLIAMSON
For Representative—
W. M. SHAVER
For County Judge—
W. D. McLAIN t
For Sheriff— _
J. F. McCUISTION
For Circuit Cleric— - i
C. E. SMITH
For County Cleric—
G. L. ROBINSON
For Treasurer—
J. H. CAMP
For Assessor—
W. M. TIMS
For Surveyor—
J. H. AITKENS
For Coroner—
W. H. NOLEN
For School Superintendent—
E. H. BOWMAN
For Justices of Peace—
J. M. BELL
L. B. HARRIS
For Constable—
TERRY GUIN
For Road Overseer—
W. F. HURLEY
Interesting Data About Mexico.
United Press Service
Washington, D. C., May 20.—
Now that Mexico is so much in
the public mind and eye, some
features of that revolution
stricken republic, just made pub
lic here by the National Geo
graphic Society, are of unusual
interest.
In the first place, few people
realize that the area of Mexico
is practically as large as that of
the United States between the
Mississippi river and the Atlan
tic Coast, the Great Lakes and
the Gulf of Mexico, varying in
altitude from sea-level to 18,000
feet. Its climate is affected bj
those elevations and by a range
of 18 degrees of latitude. Twelve
hundred miles is the distance
traversed in passing south from
Juarez on the northern bounda
ry of the capital, and 900 miles
to the southeastern boundary.
The Gulf of Mexico and the Car
ribean sea coast line extends for
1,700 miles while the Pacific o
cean and the Gulf of California
touch 4,000 miles of Mexican
coast.
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The average density of popu
lation of Mexico approximates
20 to the square mile, the most
thickly populated portions, out
side of the Federal district be
ing the states of Tlaxcala and
Mexico, the former being
smaller in area than Delaware
and of about the same density
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lot population. The state of
Mexico is nearly as large both
in population and area as New
' Hampshire.
The form of government a
dopted by Mexico follows that in
general of the United States,
having executive, legislative and
judicial divisions, each of the 27
states is represented in two
houses of congress, composed of
Senators and Deputies. Con
gress holds two sessions each
year for limited periods- Each
state has its governor and legis
lature and is sub-divided into
districts or counties, over which
a “jefe politico” is placed, the
districts having subsidiary mun
icipalities with magistrates, pre
siding officials and councils. The
so-called autocratic feature of
the government may be largely
due to the fact that the govern
or holds office with the approval
of the president, that jefe politi
cos have similar relations with
the governors, and that the offi
cers of the municipalities are
generally controlled by the jefe
politicos.
The Church and State are in
dependent, and Congress cannot
pass laws prohibiting or estab
lishing any religion. Of the 16,
000,000 inhabitants, 'two-fifths
claim descent from ancient
tribes or families which are ac
cepted as the basis of Mexican
histnrv nrp nf mivArl
native and foreign blood, the
remainder being classed under
the common appellation of “for
eign”.
The City of Mexico, 246 miles
by rail west of Vera Cruz and
2,700 feet in altitude, is reached
b ytwo rail routes, climbing from
the hot lands through difficult
mountain passes, one of which
closely follows the trail taken by
Cortez in 1519, by General Win
field Scott with American troops
in 1847, and over which 15 years
later, the invading French troops
passed.
Carnival Closes Week At Searcy
The J. George Loos Exposition
Shows, composed' of twenty spec
ial attractions, and perhaps the
largest and cleanest tented ag
gregation ever in Searcy, closed
their week’s engagement here
Saturday night, where they ex
I hibited under the auspices of the
• Searcy Concert Band.
Although the attendance
throughout the week has not
been what the management and
band boys expected, due largely
to the cool weather, the patron
J age has been fair and quite a
I neat sum has been realized by
! the band which will be used in
| purchasing new music and addi
tional uniforms.
The shows are at Newport this
week, where they exhibit under
the auspices of the Boy Scouts
of that city.—Searcy Citizen.
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Summer Underwear.
Men’s 40c shirts and
drawers this week, per ^
garment_25c K
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Men’s 75c Athletic un- ^
ion suits only, a suit_50c ^
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Men’s extra good work
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75c dress shirts, guar
anteed fast colors, this
week <_59c
Extra value $1.00 shirts
latest patterns, all
sizes_89c
Boys union suits 25c and
up.
$1.25 and $1.50 Munsing
union suits, ladies this
week only_$100
Ladies 40c union suits
for only_29c
Just recdved big line
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El Paso Awaiting The Spark To
Ignite.
United Press Service.
El Paso. Tex., May 166.— All
things considered, it is rather a
remarkable thing that there
have not been serious outbreaks
between Mexicans and Ameri
cans here and in Juarez which is
just across a short bridge over
the Rio Grande. El Paso’s pop
ulation of 40,000 is largely Mex
ican, and there are a great many
Americans in Juarez. At vari
ous times strained relations be
tween the Constitutionalists or
the Federals and the American
administration have seemed
near the breaking point, and El
Pasoans have looked for trouble,
that has never come.
It costs only five cents on the
trolley line to cross the national
boundary into Juarez. In that
Mexican city, now controlled by
Constitutionalists, are gathered
hundreds of gamblers from
North America, racing men, pro
moters of cock fights and bull
fights, and the usual hangers-on
of these amusements.
The race track is only a short
distance from Juarez- It can be
reached in less than an hour
from almost any point in El Pa
so. Instead of being limited to
a period of days, the race meet
ings sometimes are stretched out
over a period of months. It is
pointed out here that the easy
money of the race track affords
considerable augmentation to the
funds of the Constitutionalists—
cr to the Federate, for that mat
ter if the Federate happen to be
in power at Juarez.
But the race track is not the
only attraction for gamblers and
other lovers of “sport” which
Juarez holds out. There are the
cock fights, the roulette wheels,
the faro banks, “no limit but the
ceiling” poker games, and last
and most important of all
“Keno”.
“Keno” has all the advantages
of a lottery in that a large num
ber of persons can play at the
same time and get instant ac
tion. If the “sports” are inter
ested, setlements take place ev
ery few minutes. With the odds
large because of so many play
ers the winner draws down a
considerable pot for the amount
'invested. In playing this favor
; ite of the Juarezites, every play
er is given for a small fee, usu
ally ten cents, a card which bears
from fifty to one hundred num
bers. With one hundred per
sons taking part, this would
make a pot of $10 from which
would be deducted the bank’s
commission.
A “house” employe draws num
bers in duplicate from a box
slowly, calling them out to the
waiting men, who have their
cards before them, with little
bits of gun wadding ready to be
stuck upon the numbei’s upon
their cards, as these are an
nounced, by the caller. The first
man to complete a row of three
numbers covered with gun wad
rlirirr oVtnnfb i i \Z nnn” a n Vi n nr of a
the pot.
As in all gambling games, the
possibilities for an argument re
sulting in a general melee are
:remendous, especially when the j
“haracter of the hot blooded
Mexicans is taken into consid
eration. The trouble about such
i fight is that the Mexicans
vant to get their knives into ac
tion, or indulge in a little shoot
ng, in which latter phase the
:owboy element from Texas is
.nly too ready to accommodate
hem. j
Then there is no police force J
vorthy of the name in Juarez, S
md in the event of a real riot, G
asting over a period of days, the G
nly appeal which could be made G
rould be to Villa. And many of G
he Mexicans themselves would G
ather their city be pulled down G
bout their ears than appeal to G
iim, knowing full well what G
.'ould probably follow should the G
oldiers be turned loose follow- G
ng the “saving” of the city. 1 *j
They figure that while the city
.might be saved, it would be sav
ed for the Constitutionalist sol
diers, and not for the inhabi
tants.
! With all the gambling, cock
fighting and horse racing that
one’s heart could wish, if one’s
heart desires this sort of thing,
| it is little wonder that a tremen
dous number' of men fond of that
sort of thing, the very character
of men, usually, who are most |
prone to trouble of a more seri- j
cus character, has been drawn to
the little Mexican city.
Batesville Wins First Game.
The Batesville high school J
| baseball team played rings a- j
, round the Newport team in the !
I game at Southside Park Monday '
I afternoon, making a total of
sixteen runs, while the visiting
lads only got three men around
the bases.
Boyce Taylor did the twirling
for the home team, and Green
field did the receiving, Taylor al
lowing only four hits.
Finley started in to do the
curving for Newport and man- !
aged to get them squarely in j
front of the bats of the Bates-1
ville boys, but after it was seen i
that he could not fool any of the J
batters, he was displaced by j
Wise, Stallings catching.
The Batesville team is a fast
one, having lost only one game
this season when they lost one
at Newport, on the Newport
grounds.
The second game of the series
wun iNewport is oemg piayea ai
the park this afternoon.— Bates
ville Guard.
Manufacturers Discuss Legisla
tive Issues.
United Press Dispatch.
New York, May 20.—Discus
sion of legislative isues affect
ing industries, with James A.
Emmery as the principal speak
er, was the important business
before the second and closing
sesions of the nineteenth annual
convention of the National As
sociation of Manufacturers to
day- Reports on legislative is
sues were made by committees
on immigration, uniform state
laws, and patents, etc.
C. J. Modzikhovsky, commer
cial attache to the Imperial Rus
sian Embassy at Washington,
Manuel Gonzales, Z., consul gen
eral for Costa Rica in New York,
and other prominent men, spoke
on export trade opportunities in
Russia, South America and West
Africa. An innovation has been
planned for the banquet tonight
when the wives and daughters
of the attending delegates and
visitors will be seated at the
regular tables instead of in the
galeries as heretofore. Among
the speakers at the banquet will
be Curtis Guild, formerly gov
ernor of Massachusetts, and lat
I
er ambassador, to Russia. One !'
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of the interesting side features j]
during the convention has been j
an elaborate exhibit devoted to , J
the various phases of lire pre- j
vention in factories and all in- j
dustrial plants. j (
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cal Testimony.
If the reader wants strong
er proof than the following
statement and experience of a
resident of Newport, what can
it be?
Mrs. A. Bell, 502 Newport Av
enue, Newport, says: “About a
year ago I was suffering from
sharp, shooting pains through
my back. The pains came on
when I was sitting down and I
couldn’t move until they passed
off. I had rheumatic twinges in
my limbs, especially during bad
weather. My kidneys acted ir
regularly and the kidney secre
tions were distressing. I got a
supply of Doan’s Kidney Pills at
Walker’s Pharmacy and I could
see right away that they were
helping me. I kept on using
them until I had finished a box
and a half and by that time ev
ery symptom of kidney trouble
had left me.”
Price, 50c at all dealers- Don’t
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