HE HUTTIG NEWS.
Published Every Saturday at Huttig, Ark
C. A. BERRY, Editor and Proprietor.
Entered as second class matter May 3, 1907 at
• postotfice at Huttig. Ark., under the act of Con
:ss of March 3. 1879.
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Saturday, August 31, 1912.
TOWN OEFICIALS.
Tne following are the duly elected of
- ials of the incorporated town of Hut
Mayor—C. A. Berry.
Recorder—W. H. Moore.
Marshal—Thos. Ashcroft.
Aldermen—L. F. Magee, J. W. Perritt,
B. Crockett, P. H. Pitts and D. F. |
Vollett
Board of Education—W. H. Moore, F.
Scott, C. T. Thompson, E. N. Collett.
G. Gibson and L. F. Magee.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
r r President
1 r Vice President
i vernor .
: oretary of State
? .orney General
1 .te Treasurer
ite Auditor ..
Ot. Public Instruction
' m. State Lands
< m. Mines, Mfgs., Etc. .
< ief Justice Supreme Court
/ sociate Justice
I droad Commissioner
( ngressman
1 osecuting Attorney.
t ite Senator .
) presentative .. ... .
unty Judge .
: eriff .
t cuit Clerk
f unty Clerk .
t unty Treasurer.
A sessor .
! roner .
rveyor .
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Marshall
Joe T. Robinson
Earle W. Hodges
Wm. L, Moosr
John W. Crockei
J. M. Oathou
.Geo. B. Cool
R. G. Dyt
John H. Pag*
E. A McCullougl
Frank Smitl
W. F. McKmght
W. S. Goodwin
.E. O. Mahonj
J. Monroe Smitl
W. J. Pinsor
... W. M. VanHook
.J. M. Wallace
B. F. Mile)
J. M. McCain
Finn Craig
W. H. Mathews, jr
T M. Pinsoi
. Levi Graham
Kissing may not be dangerous.
1 it it has put a number of men out
i i business in short order.
A lot of people practice the ad
• ce "Go Slow” only when they are
I luidating their obligations.
Cardinal Newman's famous hymn
Lead, Kindly Light" has brought
i :ore solid and sweet comfort into
the souls of mankind than any oth
or hymn—with the possible excep
tion of "Nearer, My God, to Thee"
throughout the history of Christ
. inity. _
The Republicans of Arkansas are
doing their best to change the state
election laws, and is using the
i ime of W. J. Bryan, in advocacy
nf the adoption of Initiative Act
No. 3. which puts the selection of
II the county election boards in
! he hands of the chairman of two
political parties. The voters back
in the countries have nothing to
s ,y in the matter through their
junty committees, as they do
jw. The Republican party would
re to get another look in by filling
die state and county offices as
i iey did about thirty-six years ago
.- id then red inking voters and re
f ising to let them vote. The Re
r iblican party wanting honest
(Sections is about on a par with the
d ivil wanting a chaplain in hell.
,’e have had too much experience
in Arkansas with honest elections
i ider Republican rule ever to let
1 ie same old gang get into power!
. ;ain, so Clayton. Remmel &, Co.
1 id as Well cut the election issue
( rt. _
NEVER FOR FREE TRADE.
Just why anybody should have
lagined that Wood Wilson would
■ jclare for free trade is more than
e can comprehend. Champ Clark,
is true, at one time wanted to
i irn down all the custom houses,
1! iough most of them are fire proof,
i it Gov. Wilson never advanced
! uch a proposal. On the contrary,
h i realizes that the disease from
v. hich the nation is now suffering
v ust be treated skillfully and ten
<i irly. The leg of the patient
. to be saved, not amputated,
ov. Wilson will insist, of course,
on tariff revision and reduction.
1 it he is not going about it in a
rabid way. It will be a real re
duction at once with a comphen
sive plan for further reductions
iter according to conditions. But
. 3 will not favor free trade. The
5'irty has never declared for free
t ade. Everybody withes we could
1 ive it. but almost everybody
1 sows that we cannot. The effort
f > make it appear that the Demo
( atic candidate is a free trader is
iticipative and abortive, but it is
ouite ineffective.—Charleston News
w id Guorier.
WILL SAVE MONEY
UNDER NEW PLAN
Cities and Towns Can Secure
Lower Interest Rate by
Issuing Bonds.
GET MORE IMPROVEMENTS
Amendment No. 15 to Be Voted Upon
September 9 Restricts Amount
That May Be Borrowed.
The saving that will result to the
cities and towns of the State in in
terest charges on money spent for
public improvements, is regarded as
one of the strongest arguments in
favor of the adoption of proposed Con
stitutional Amendment No. 15, which
will be voted upon in the coming gen
eral election on September 9, and
which, if adopted, will give cities and
incorporated towjns of more than 1,000
inhabitants, the right to issue bonds
for public improvements.
It is pointed out that under the
present system of improvement dis
tricts, the city or towm is compelled
t<y pay not less than 8 per cent inter
est upon its time warrants which are
issued to pay for improvements. Cities
which are able to issue bonds, backed
by the credit of the municipality, can
secure all the money they need for
public improvements at 4 and 5 per
cent interest. The difference between
the four or five per cent and eight per
eent in interest, represents many
thousands of dollars annually which
could he expended for public improve
ments in the cities and towns of the
state, if bonds could be issued.
Amendment No. 15 guarantees that
♦his saving will result to the cities
and towns for there is a provision in
the proposed measure which require?
that bonds issued by cities of the first
class shall not bear a greater rate of |
interest than five per cent per annum
and that bonds issued by cities of the
second class and incorporated towns
shall not bear a greater rate of inter
est than six per cent. It is also pro
vided that the bonds can never be
sold at less than par. These two pro
visions preclude any possibility of a
city of the first class ever paying more
than five per cent for its money put j
into public improvements or of a city j
of the second class or incorporated j
town paying more than 6 per cent per i
annum.
The situation m wntcn i.uue rock
finds itself is given as an example
of the conditions in other cities
throughout the state. Little Rook
owes less money than any city of its
size in the TTnited States. It would be
expected, therefore, that on account
of her small indebtedness, she should
be able to borrow money at the low-est ,
rate of interest, but Little Rock, in
common with other cities of Arkansas,
is compelled to issue time warrants,
payable in three, four or five years,
and can scarcely place them at a bet
ter rate of interest than S per cent per
annum. On the other hand the city
of Memphis owes approximately $11.
000,000, spent for public improve
ments. In spite of her large indebted
ness and because of her ability to is
sue bonds and place her affairs on a
business basis, Memphis has been able
to place her bonds at 4, 4 1-4, and 4 1-2
per cent per annum, as against the 8
per cent that Little Rock and other
Arkansas cities are forced to pay with
their small indebtedness.
Amendment No. 15 restricts the
amount of bonds that can be issued
to 10 per cent of the assessed valua
tion of all real and personal property
in the city or town proposing to issue
the bonds. As the basis of assess
ment Is about 50 per cent of the rea1
value of the property, the actual
amount of bonds that could be issued
by any city or town would be about
5 per cent of its property value.
The amendment also provides that
the special tax to provide for the pay
ment of the bonds and interest shall
not exceed five mills on the dollar,
in addition to the rate of taxation now
authorized.
The adoption of Amendment No. 15
will not affect at all the taxes of any
one outside the cities and towns.
The executive committee in charge j
i of the campaign for Amendment No
15 declares that the object desired
cannot be reached by improvement
districts.
"The method of organizing improve
ment districts is so cumbersome that
there can never be enough of them to
accomplish the end desired" the com
mittee says in a statement which it
has issued.
“Moreover, under that system, all
the cost is thrown on the owners of
real property. This is unjust, so much
so that frequently these owners re
fuse to assume the burden. Why
should the property owners of today
be forced to pay all the cost of im
provements which are to be enjoyed
bv generations to come? Why should
not an arrangement be reached, as pro
vided in proposed Amendment No 15,
so that all those who enjoy the benefits
of the improvements shall pay their
proportionate part of the cost thereof?
It is not right, it is not equitable, it is
not just that the citizens of today
shouid pay all the cost of the improve
ments which are to be enjoyed long
after they shall have passed away.
"Arkansas is making more rapid
1 progress, educationally, than any ^
oiher State in the Union. This could
not be if our school districts in cities
and towns were prohibited from using
their credit to borrow money for the
purpose of building school bouses and
equipping them. So beneficent has
been the exercise of the borrowing
power of special school districts that
it has been extended to rural districts
with marked success.
"Proposed Amendment No. 15, if
adopted by the people, will mean for
cities and towns fully as much as the
right to borrow money is meaning for
our school districts.
“We must, if we ever hope to meet
the demands for public improvements
in our cities and towns, if we ever
hope to protect the public health and
guarantee the safety of the people who
live in cities and towns, use our credit,
raise money as provided in proposed
Amendment No. 15. And the expense
of the improvements should be met by
those who will enjoy the improve
ments, whether they are citizens now
or become so hereafter.
“Do not listen to the ever-ready
prophet who may say that if this
amendment is adopted our cities and
towns will be bankrupted. The pro
posed amendment permits cities of
the first and second class and towns
having a population of one tnousand
or more to issue bonds in an amount
equal to only one-tenth of their as
sessed value. Did you ever hear of a
man being bankrupt who only owed
one tenth as much as his property was
worth? It must be remembered, too,
that the assessment on our properly is
now on a basis of 5ft per cent or less, '
so that the amount of bonds that a j
city or town may really issue, if ■
Amendment No. 15 is adopted, will be I
only about 5 per cent of its property
value.'*
AMENDMENT NO. 15 TO
BE VOTED ON SEPT. 9
Measure, if Adopted. Will Give Cities
and Towns the R>gKt to
Issue Bonds.
The following • ; the text of' Amend
meat No 15. living cities and •• cor
pora ted towns of more than l.’hiu popu*
lation. the right to issue bonds for
public improvements, which will be
submitted at the general election on
September 9:
Pa it Kps ted by the People of the
State of Arkansas
That Section Une of Article 16 to the
Constitution of the State of Arkansas
be amended so as to read as follows:
Article 16. Section 1 —Neither the
State, nor any city, county, town, oi
other municipality in this State shall
ever loan its credit for any purpose
whatever; nor shall any county, city,
town, or municipality e\cr issue any in
terest bearing evidences of indebtedness,
except such bonds as may be authorize i
by law to provide for and secure the
payment of the present existing indebt
edness, and the State shall never Issur
any interest bearing treasury warrants
or scrip.
Provided, that in cities of*the first
and second class and In incorporated
towns of 1,000 or more population, as
shown by the next preceding Federal
census, by and with the consent of a
majority of the qualified electors withir
the corporate limits thereof, voting
thereon at an election held for that pur
pose, negotiable coupon bonds for such
cities, payable to older or bearer, in a
sum and for the purpose, approved by
such majority, at such election, may be
issued:
For the funding or refunding of any
existing debt of any city of the first oi
second class or such incorporated towns
incurred prior to the adoption of this
amendment; for the construction ol
public highways, streets, alleys and
boulevards; for the purchase and equip
ment of parks and playgrounds, either
inside or outside of the city limits; for
the construction of drainage or sanitary
sewers; for the purchase and construc
tion of city halls, prisons, libraries, hos
pitals. fire stations and equipment, via
ducts and bridges, and for any and all
public buildings, structures, or grounds
that may be required by said city for
the proper and economical administra
tion of its government; and for the pur
chase. acquirement or construction of
waterworks, lighting plants and street
railways; and for any other public im
provement of a general nature for the
use ami benefit of said city, except t'>
aid In the construction of railroads or
enterprises operated by any private cor
poration.
No money raised for a specific pur
pose shall he used for any other or dif
ferent purpose.
Such bonds shall never bo sold at less
than par, and when issued by cities o1
the first class shall not hear a greater
rate of interest than five (5r> > per cent
per annum, and when issued by cities
of the second class and by such incur
pointed towns, shall not bear a greatei
rate of interest than six < 6'.; » pei cent
pei- annum; and in order to provide fot
the payment of such bonds and interest
a special fix. not to exceed five (R) milli
on the dollar, in addition to the rate of
taxation now authorized, may be levied
by said city on the taxable property
therein; provided, that bonds or evi
deuces of indebtedness shall not be is
sued for an amount more than ten (10*r»
per cent of the assessed valuation of al
real and personal property in the cit.s
or town proposing to is ue same
Said election shall be held at such
time as the city council may designate
by ordinance, specifically stating the
purpose for which the bonds are to bp
issued; and if for more than one purpose,
provision shall be made for balloting on
each separate purpose, thp sum total
of the issue; the dates of maturity there
of. and fixing the date of election so
that it shall not occur earlier than sixty
(60> days after the adoption of said or
dinance. Said election shall he held at
the same precincts, and with judges
and clerks as other city elections are
held, and under the general'election law s, I
except as herein provided. Notice of !
such election, under the hand of the)
mayor, shall be given by advertisements j
at leas* four 14 > times in some news- )
paper published in said city, and having I
a circulation therein, the lust publics- |
tion to be not less than thirty (30> days'
prior to sai l election. Only qualified
electors in said city shall have the right I
to vote at said election.
Said votes shall bp canvassed by the
mayor and hoard of public affairs of
said city, if there be a board of public
affairs. If there be no board of public
affairs, the canvass shall be made by 1
the mayor and bv thr* • qualified elec
tors of said cits who are owners of
property, who shall be selected by the
county judge of the county In which said
city or town is located; and the result
of said ele< tion. when dec lared by the
mayor and his associates, shall be con
cluf*ve *
This amendment shall be in force im
mediately after its adoption, ami shall j
rmt require legislative act on to put it
into oreration Its adoption shall be
complete when the Board of State Flec
tion Commissioners shall have c*,nvas-el
the *eturns and declaied it to have been
adopted.
All of the provisions of this »mend
men t shall be treated as mandatory.
I
Colored Column
Rebecca High is home from a
visit at Stephens where she' at
tended the Sunday school ccnven
tion.
Rev. T. H. Evans has returnee
home after conducting a 10 days
meeting here.
M. Johnson is visiting Franl
Coleman and friends here.
Ida Mayfield is visiting her sis
ter. Daisy High, this week.
Prof. L. S. Scroggins will arriv
here on Saturday to begin schor
Monday.
Rev. D. A. Harden will preaci
here Friday night.
Lula Oliver and J. S. Jones’wif
are on the sick list.
The News for only $1 a year.
For Sale--A new organ at a ba
gain. Call at News office.
Warning Order.
J. R. Plair. Plaintiff /
vs. - In J. P. Court LapileTwi
J. S. Jackson, Defend’t S
The defendant, J. S. Jackson, is warned to appe
in this Court within thirty cloys and answer the cor
plaint of the plaintiff , J. R. Piair.
J. C. Wallace, J. P
August 20. 1912.
Sale of Real f state.
In the Matter of i
B. L. McPherson, Unsound Mind -
T. W. McPherson, Guardian S
Bv virtue of an order of the Union County Proba
Court, I wul, as Guardian of B L. McPherson, <
August 31. 1912, at the east door of the cou
house in El Dorodo, Arkansas, sell the interest
said ward in the following real estate: W1* of NW
and SEU of N W *4, in Section 12 Township 1
South. Range 12 West. 120 acres in Union count
Arkansas.
Sale will be between the hours of judicial sales, <
public outcry to the highest and best bidder and sha
be on a credit of three months, the purchase to giv
note with approved security, and a lien will be ri
tamed on the land for the purchase money thereo
until paid. T. W. McPherson. Guardian
August 7. 1912.
Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at Camden, Arkansas
August 2. 1911
Notice :s hereby given that Heziie E. McLemor.
of Feisenthai, Arkansas, who. on November It
907. maoe Homestead Entry Serial No. 0349:
Np. 3! 030. for SEU SWI4. Section 33. Townshi
19 S. Range 10 W. 5th Principal Meridian, h
nled notice of his intention to make Final Five ye.
Proof, to establish claim to the land above dt
sensed, before the Circuit Clerk of Union county, r.
Ei Dorado. Arkansas, on the 12th day of Septerr.
ber, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: J. A Knox. Isaa
Spells, Gordje Harris, of Feisenthai, Arkansa
Henry W. Howell, of Huttig. Arkansas.
H. G. Friedheim. Register
Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Camden, Arkansas.
August 2, 191 f
Notice is hereby given that Oliver Johnson, ©
Aurelie. Arkansas, who, on March 14. 1907, mad
Homestead Entry {Serial No. 03181), No. 30535
for NW*-4 SE1*. Section 31, Township 19 S. Rang
12 W, 5th Principal Meridian, has filed notice of in
tention to make Final Five Year Proof, to establis*
claim to the land above described, before the Circu:
Glqrk of Union county, at El Dorado, Arkansas, oi
the 1 1 th day of September, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: John E. Harpei
sr.. John E. Harper, jr., Benjamin Newton, Isaac
Williams, of Aurelie, Arkansas.
H. G. Friedheim, Register.
Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Camden. Arkansas,
August 2, 1912
Notice is hereby given that John E. Harper, sr., o
Aurelie. Arkansas, who, on March 14. 1907, mad
Homestead Entry (Serial No. 03182), No. 30536
for SWU SE>4. Section 30, Township 19 S. Rang*
12 W. 5th Principal Meridian, has filed notice of in
tention to make Final Five Year Proof, to establisf
claim to the land above described, before the Circui
Clerk of Union courity, at El Dorado. Arkansas, or
the 1 1 th day of September, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: John E. Harper
:r., Oliver Johnson. Benjamin Newton, Isaac Will
iams, of Aurelie, Arkansas.
H. G. Friedheim. Register.
Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at Camden. Arkansas.
August 2. 1912
Notice is hereby given that Beniamin Newton, on*
of the heirs of Seaborn N. Newton, deceased. o<
Aurelle. Arkansas, who, on July 16, 1907, made
Adjoining Farm Homestead Entry (Serial No
03337,. No. 3G779, for SF.U SWi4. Section 30
Township 19 S. Range 12 W. 5th Principal Meri
dian, has filed notice of intention to make Final Five
Year Proof, to establish claim to the land above de
scribed, before the Circuit Clerk of Union county, ai 1
El Dorado, Arkansas, on the 1 1th day of Septem
ber. 1912.
Claimant names as Witnesses: John E. Harper,
sr.. Oliver Johnson. John E. Harper, jr., Isaac
Williams, of Aurelle, Arkansas.
H. G. Friedheim, Register.
Wurning Order.
Pearl Warren
vs.
Oscar Warren
The Defendant Oscar Warren is hereby warned to
appear in the Union Chancery Court. within 30
days, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff.
Pearl Warren. This July 1 8tb. 1912.
(Seal) B. F. Miles. Clerk.
Confirmation Notice.
Ex Partf. Petition of Mrs. Alice M. Cordell
to Confirm Title.
Notice is hereby given that Mrs. Alice M.Cordell has
filed in the Union Chancery Court her petition to
confirm and quiet title to SW ’4 of NW '4 Sec. 29 T.
16 S. R. 13 W.. forfeited and sold to State for Taxes
of 1883, the SE14 of Sec. 30 T 16 S. R. 13 W..
forfeited and sold to State for taxes of 1870-71 and
the Frl. NW t4 on R. B. R. Sec. 33 T. 16 S. R. 13
W . forfeited and sold to State for taxes of 1868 and
by the State of Arkansas sold to her predecessor in
title, the Bagnell Timber Co., and any all persons
having or claiming any inteiest on account of any
irregulai ity in said sales of said land are hereby
notified to appear in the said Court and file their
objections if any they have to the confhmation of
said title at the next September Term thereof.
Given under my hand and seal of said Court this
the 13th day of July A. D. 1912.
B. F. Miles, Clerk of
(Seal) Un.cn Chancery Court.
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3E
Governor of Texas Opposes
State Wide Prohibition
In flip Texas State-Wide campaign,
T. A. ilavos, of Mansfield, wrote Gov
ernor Colquitt, suggesting that he re
sign his membership in the Methodist
Church, because he was hilled to speak
against State-Wide prohibition at a
meeting in Fort Worth. Governor
Colquitt sent Mr. Hayes a stinging let
ter, of which the following are ex
trac's:
“I have been raised to believe that
a man is a tree moral agent, and he
has the inalienable right to worship
God according to the dictates of his
conscience. I certainly shall not con
cede that my pastor or the members
of the Methodist Church have any
right to control my convictions on po
litlcal questions. Prohibition is not
a religious issue. This political meth
od of dealing with the temperance
question is not taught in the Scrip
ture, and it is not to he found in the
discipline of the Methodist Church,
and the spirit of Intolerance suggested
in your letter to me will never win in
a contest like that which is now pcjul
ing in this State.
"State-Wide prohibition. In addition
tc involving governmental principles,
seeks to change a governmental policy
in this state, to-wit, the strict regula
tion of the liquor traffie and the local
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O. B. COLQUITT.
option law. If the Sta'e-Wido amend
niPiit is adopted, the present svston
of lorai option laws will bo displaced
and superseded by provisions which
have proven a failure in every Sta'o
in the American Union that has Ib'ia
far experimented with them.”
W. E. ratterson
Jno, H. Green
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