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DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.
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For Prosecuting Attorney—
HUGH WILLIAMSON
For Representative—
to. M. SHAVER
For County Judge—
W. D. McLAIN
For Sheriff—
J. F. McCUISTION
For Circuit Clerk—
C. E. SMITH i
For County Cleric—
G. L. ROBINSON
For Treasurer— • 5'
J. H. CAMP
For Assessor—
to. M. TIMS
For Surveyor—
J. H. AITKENS
For Coroner—
to. 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
Praise For Claude Erwin.
From the Stone County Re
cord, we note that the grand
jury of that county in its final
report, paid a very high as well
as deserved compliment to our
retiring prosecuting attorney,
Mr. Claude M. Erwin.
Stone County is only one of
the four counties of the district
whose people feel thus toward
this capable youngman, who has
SO signally lived up to a high
sense of official duty throughout
two terms as prosecuting attor
ney
The office is a trying one at all
times and particularly has this
been true for the past few years
in Jackson county. It tests a
man’s character, his determina
tion, his willingness often times
to battle alone and against pub
lic sentiment, to prosecute a for
mer friend, to ever hold before
him an exalted conception of
duty, justice and right, hewing
to the line and letting the chips
fall where they may, but our
young friend has lived up to
these ideals.
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Nor has he handled the prose-,
cuting attorney’s office to make j
the most out of it through fines j
and fees in petty offenses. His )
administration will stand the ,
test from any angle,—the abil- ;
ity he has lent to the enforce
ment of the law, his zeal and
fairness in duty and his refusal !
to court favor or fees.
We We hope to see him go
higher some day and if he
should later aspire to a seat in
congress from this district he
would have a strong and loyal
support from the people of his
home county, who admire and
commend his record as prose7
;uting attorney.
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The Army Worm. '
(By George Becker, Acting
Entomologist.)
The army worm is the larval
stage of one of our night flying
noths. It is usually conspicu
ous during cold springs. Moths
parents of worms) probably de
posit eggs for the first genera
tion early in April seeking such
places as unused grasslands, un
trrazed meadows around old
■draw stacks and in fact, any
place where it will not be dis
turbed and where the young
worms when they hatch will find
a food supply. Besides the wild
grasses the worms attack oats,
rye, wheat, millet, etc.
Preventive measures- Burn
ing over weedy and sodlands and
doing the breaking well in ad
vance of planting is usually all
that is necessary to avoid out
breaks. Where clean culture and
fall breaking are generally prac
tised in a community there wdll
seldom be an army worm out
break. Keeping in mind places
in which the moths are likely to
breed one should take every pre
caution to eliminate such places
from the farm.
Where the worms appear in
great numbers on a piece of, land
means should be taken to pre
vent their getting to a crop.
Where such lands are not to be
used for pasture it might be well
in some cases to dust the grass
and weeds thoroughly with ar
senate of lead. Such a practice
might prove profitable where the
infested land is adjoining a crop
of wheat, oats, rye, etc.
Where a crop is once attacked
there is little to be done. If it
becomes apparent that the
worms are going to get the
whole crop and that the crop is
not going to outgrow the injury
the best means to pursue would
be to mow the crop down and
make it up into hay or silage. In
this event one should protect the
other crops from the migrating
vorms.
With plow and spade a ditch
should be made around the in
fested piece having its far side
vertical. If the soil is moist
such a ditch will not prevent the
worms from getting to adjoin
ing fields; it will have the effect
of deterring them, however, un
til they can be killed. Holes are
frequently dug at intervals of
thirty feet in the ditch and the
worms wandering up and down,
will fall into the holes and can
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be killed. Worms can be killed ;
by dragging a log up and down
the ditch or by scattering straw i
soaked with kerosene over the '
worms and firing. All badly in
fested lands should be ditched as
indicated above and such pre
cautions taken as may be neces- :
sary to prevent migration of ;
worms to other fields.
After the worms disappear in
an infested field, as a precaution
ary measure to prevent a possi
ble second outbreak, it would be
well to break such fields within
a few days (not more than 7)
5f the disappearance of the worm
This will kill worms which may
have gone into the ground and
prevent them from emerging as
moths and depositing eggs for a
second generation.
Endorses Prosecuting Attorney.
The grand ,iu*y of Stone coun
ty, in its closing report paid the
following compliment to Claude
M, Erwin:
We desire to thank the court
and court officials for the court
esies shown us while deliberating
and especially do we wish to
tender to Claude M. Erwin, our
efficient Prosecuting Attorney,
V Vt& — —
and able manner in which he
rendered us service, and, as a
part of the people of Stone coun
ty, we sincerely desire to com
mend him and extend to him our
endorsement and highest appre
ciation at this, the close of his
administration in Stone county,
for the honest, fearless and cap
able manner in which he has
ever enforced the law through
out his entire career as prosecut
ing attorney, and, no matter
what position he may aspire to,
he can count on the loyal friend
ship and support of the people of
Stone county and his district.
We bid him God-speed.—Stone
County Record
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The Evidence Is Supplied By Lo
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 w'ere distressing. I got a
supply of Doan’s Kidney Pills at
Walker’s Pharmacy and I could
see right away that they wrere
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
bad left me.”
Price, 50c at all dealers- Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy
—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the
same that Mrs. Bell had. Fos
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New York. (Adv.)
Plans For New Picture House.
H. C. Sanders now has the
plans made by Theo M. Sanders
af Little Rock for the remodel
ing of his present brick stable on
Walnut street, into a handsome,
modern and conveniently ar
ranged picture show', ‘to be com
pleted by July 1.
The plans are now' in the hands
>f the various contractors, who
expert to make bids. The pic
ure show' auditorium is lo ae ‘10
:’eet wide and 100 feet deep, with
a stage in the rear and balcony
aver the two front entrances, in
dined floor and a roof 22 feet
aigh in front, the house to be
modern in every respect, Mr.
Sanders having designed most of
die picture show' buildings in
Little Rock.
The, remodeling of the building
also includes a storeroom IS j
feet wide and 100 feet deep. I j
tvhich the owmer expects to rent |
for others purposes.
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Fair Association Meeting.
There will be another meeting
)f the directors of the Jackson
bounty Fair Association Wed
lesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, '
a-hen the articles of incorpora- j
:ion and by-laws of the organi
sation will be formally adopted
is the directors have been em
powered to proceed by the stock
holders.
The committee on site expect
o make a choice of grounds for
;he fair in the near future.
government Life Insurance In
Italy.
United Press Service.
Rome, May 15.—Italy’s gov
ernmental monopoly of life in
surance, created at the instance
hf the socialists in parliament,
has just completed its first year
hf business- Although Italian
government employes can only
be required to work seven hours
a day, the new department of
life insurance has done such an
immense business that the en
tire personnel has now been
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