Clay Fulks

Clay Fulks was a writer on Arkansas lore.^[1] In his articles Fulks was one of those who shared H. L. Mencken's dichotomy between a backward and an enlightened South.^[2] This dichotomy Fulks blamed on an infestation of parsons.^[3] In 1918 he stood, and lost, as Socialist Party of America candidate for governor of Arkansas against Charles Hillman Brough.^[4][5]

Works

Fulks was author of Rev. Ben M. Bogard Fails to Halt Devil Darrow and The War Between Science and Faith.

References

1. ^ Radical education in the rural South: Commonwealth College, 1922-1940 - Page 94 William H. Cobb - "Arkansan Clay Fulks. Wilson, a former minister, would teach psychology while Fulks, writer and expert on Arkansas lore, was designated to teach courses in law and agricultural problems. A well-known liberal/radical, Fulks had "been battling the forces of fundamentalist ignorance for a quarter of a century" as a "teacher, school principal, attorney, nationally published satirical essayist and gubernatorial candidate. "
2. ^ Serpent in Eden: H. L. Mencken and the South - p108 Fred C. Hobson - 1974 "In articles by Johnson, Lewis, Emily Clark, Charles Pekor of Georgia, and Clay Fulks of Arkansas, among others148 — and also by non-Southerners who ventured into the South and reported back to the Mercury149 — there existed a constant ..."
3. ^ Rethinking Zion: how the print media placed fundamentalism in the Mary Beth Swetnam Mathews - 2006 -p95 "According to the author, Clay Fulks, "pragmatical parsons infest the Arkansas region" and "incite" the laity "continuously against intelligence wherever it shows its head."2' ."
4. ^ The governors of Arkansas: essays in political biography p152 ed Timothy Paul Donovan, Willard B. Gatewood, Jeannie M. Whayne - 1995 "The Republican party did not nominate a candidate but endorsed Brough, who defeated the Socialist candidate, Clay Fulks, by a margin of 62273 votes. As governor, Brough proposed sweeping reforms. He urged that a new constitution be ..."
5. ^ Centennial history of Arkansas 1 Dallas Tabor Herndon - 1922 - The election was held on November 5, 1918, and the vote for governor was as follows: Brough, 68191; Fulks, 4792. ... Much of his message was devoted to the part Arkansas played in the World war. Further mention of this part of the ...