DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OK SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. VI. NO. 8.
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. JUNE 22 I 9 ! 2.
PRICE. $1 PER YF A K
NEED MORE MILES OE RAILROAD.
Nve Southwestern States Will Then Develop
As They Should.
A railroad president remarked
recently that railroad mileage in
the Southwest had increased 50
per cent faster than the population.
A study of mileage of railroad in
five Southwestern states, together
with population, as compared with
five typical middle Western states,
confirms this view.
The average for the five South
western states Arkansas. .Mis
souri. Kansas, Oklahoma and Tex
as is 35 miles of line per 10.000
population, while the five middle
Western states - Illinois. Iowa.
Michigan. Wisconsin and Indiana
show an average of less than 30
miles of line per group of 10.000
inhabitants.
M __iL » I_f*_i_l__
'w » u i w i i u o o, binj i n
group's territory is nowhere nearly
so well covered by railroads as is
the case in the middle West. Side
by side the average number of
square miles of territory served by
one mile of railroad is more than
twice as large in the Southwest as
in the longer settled region of the!
middle West. The average num
ber of square miles of territory to
1 mile of railroad in the five South- |
western states is 11.7, while in I
corresponding middle Western
states the average is less than six. I
Illinois has about 1 00 people to j
the square mile, while Texas has j
less than 15; Arkansas has 30 and
Iowa 40; Missouri 47 and Michigan
48: Kansas 20 and Wisconsin 42:
Oklahoma 24 and Indiana 75.
To make it possible for Missouri.
Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico.
Louisiana and Texas to continue to
increase in population as they have
done in the past twenty years
(they gained 64 per cent), the
railroad mileage will have to grow
at least as fast as it did during that
time (98 per cent) and these six
states, which now have about 43.-*
000 miles of railroad, should in !
twenty years have at least 70.520 j
miles, or 27.520 new miles, and i
should have at least half as much '
additional mileage in second and i
third track, siding, yards and ter- j
minals. This would mean a total j
of 41,280 miles of new railroad.
Using $45,000 per mile as the |
cost of 27,520 miles of new Lack !
with its sidings, yards, terminals!
and equipment, and $30,000 peri
miles as the cost of the 1 3.760 j
miles additional track, this would j
V_» Cl 1 I 1UI CAJJCIIUM/UI C 1 y I .VJU 1
2000.000. Spread over twenty
years, this would mean an average
annual expenditure of $82,560.
000 to properly take care of the
increased population and business
of these six Southwestern states.
Not one of these six Southwest
ern states has as yet gotton out of
the swaddling clothes of develop
ment.
In discussing the development
of the several states he said noth
ing had been done to utilize Mis
souri's iron ores: large areas cf
lead and zinc deposits await the
miner, its coal fields are only partly
developed and its agricultural re
sources are mostly undeveloped.
In the extreme southeastern cor
ner of Missouri, the overflow sec
tion, there are 1,900.000 acres
which, receiving the benefits of re
cent drainage, have appreciated
tremendously in value. There are
25.000. 000 acres of land on both
sides of the Mississippi river below
Cape Girardeau, Mo., which await
proper draining facilities. Of these.
17.000. 000 ^cres are located in
Missouri. Arkansas and Louisiana
Dividecf into 40-acra farms, these
would proviJe homos and compe
tence for 3,000,000 people. An
average production value* at $40
an a;re aLer drainage would bring
in a yearly crop of S l.OOO.000.
000.
Arkansas'mineral resource, sim
ilar to those of Missouri, are prac
' tically all undeveloped. Its over
flow lands undrained asyeL number
5.760.000 acres. Louisiana's
overflow land of 9.600.000 acres
is fast being drained. Wall Street
Journal.
free Shcftlarsliip s.
The State Agricultural School
Monticello. Ark., offers 40 Free
Scholarships to the young men and
young women of Union county for
the special eight week summer
term beginning July 8. Courses
Literary and Industrial. Board
does not exceed $10.00. Stu
dents are paid for their labor there
by greatly reducing the cost of
board as above stated. No Lee
labor amounting to $4 per month
exacted as in some other schools
that offer board at $7 per month.
Enrollment last summer 75 and
past session 5 1 5. making a total
for the year of approximately 400
students from 22 counties.
Respectfully,
W. M. VanHook.
County Judge of Union Co.
H.itt«g Couple Married in Monroe.
Two of Huttig's popular young
people were united in marriage at
Mohroe, L_a., Saturday morning.
June 15th, at 1 1:30 o'clock in the
parlors of the New Star Hotel in
the presence of a few friends by
Rev. Norsworthy, pastor of the
First Methodist church of that city.
The contracting parties were
Miss D ttie Aulme. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Spencer who
live just west of town, and Mr. Gus
sie Sewell Farmer, a sawyer in the
employ of the Union Saw Mill com
pany. The bride was born and
reared in Union parish. Louisiana,
and has been a resident of th s
county for the past two years. She
is a charming young lady and has
made a host of friends during her,
residence here. The groom is a
young man of sterling character
who recently returned from South
America, and having worked here ,
before has many friends who will '
join with those of the bride and th
News in wishing them a happy and
prosperous married life. They re- !
turned to Huttig Monday afternoon
and will board for the present with
Mrs. C. C. Bell.
Advertised letter List.
The fol.ow'ng letters remain un
claimed in the Huttig postofnee for
the week ending June 17, 1912:
G KNTS.
Wade Johnson
W T Pierce & Co
Walter Prahin
Shack Howard
Oather Harrison
W G Grace
Joe Powell
Abuer Paine
Waler Jones
R J Gauntlett
Gabe Gadd
E H Brewer
Ladies.
J H Pyland
Alice Jones
Mary Jackson
Francis Everett
Ida H Calley
Susy Brown
Jennie McDaniel
Cora Johnson
Lulu Holt
Dora Aowell
Fannie Carter
When calling for above letters
please say advertised.
E. N. Collett. P. M.
New Officers of lapile LoddP.
The following newly elected off
cers of Lapile Lodge No. 294. F. &.
A. M. of Lapile will be installed on
the first Saturday in July:
W. M. J. G. Langston.
S. W. R. R. Cole.
J. W. T. E. Dickerson.
Secretary J. F. Poole.
Treasurer- Dr. E. F. Rowland.
Tyler Jas. Dollar.
For Sale A new organ at a bar
gain. Call at News office.
Everybody has a hobby, doing
the right kind of job work is ou. s
Sp<>k<* to Laboring Men.
Judge Neill C. Marsh, of El Do
rado. delivered a if able and inter est
1 mg address to a number of the mill
employees in front of the posiofTier
Wednesday night.seats having beer
erected there for the ore,ion.
The theme of his talk nas capital
and labor and in a forcible manner
he detailed the benefits derived by '
bath through means of oipanizilion
and also the abuses caused by each
in tare instances.
The speaker then took up the
subject of the Industrial Workers
of the World into which the Tim
ber Workers Union of Amet ;a has.
recently been merged, after having
been refused recognition by the
American Federation of Labor, and
read an interview given out by Wm.
Haywood, the leader of that organ
ization. who gained so much notori- j
ety some years ago in the Western i
Federation of Mine-s trouble and !
was repudiated by them, in which
Haywood is reported to have said
that the object of the I. W. W. was
to stagnate industries by unfair,
method ; until the employees could |
i io^ up aiiu wui i u jvuw ; .11 iiiauuiaijf ,
uring ehterprises. He also read a,
report of a comm: isioner appointed
by the United States government
ar,d a document published by the
American Federation of Labor in
which both claimed that the i. W.
W. was anarchistic in its m ;tbods
and that they considered no con
tract between employer and em
ployee binding.
Judge Marsh then summed up1
what the condition of the country 1
would be should they succeed in
getting enough members to carry
! out their absurd ideas as follows:
J Honest labor that is satisfied with j
their surroundings would be forced
out of employment on account of
capital being withdrawn because
no profit could be made on money
invested and want, desolation and
suffering would reign where peace
and prosp^rity now exists, and he
urged all honest. fair minded men
who love justice, law and their;
homes to think the matter over’
seriously before affiliating with an ]
organization which requ res no
qualifications for membership ex
cept S 1.50 ( for the organizer > and
50 cents a month ( for the leaders ) \
for life, and which takes in ignorant |
foreigners and negroes on an equal
ity with white American citizens.
Notice.
All persons interested in the’
County Fair for 1912 will please (
meet with us at the couit house.
El Dorado, on Saturday. July 6.
1:30 p. m., without fail. Commit
teemen will please report total
amounts subscribed for the prem-j
ium list. Respectfully.
J. A. McWilliams. Pres.
A. P. Reynolds. Acting Sec.
Il V P. II. Social.
The members of the B. Y. P. U. |
society together with several visit
ors met at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. C. Howard Frduy evening
and enjoyed one of those pLasani
social times that Mrs. Howard i:
famous in giving.
This was the second social the
society has given - and we were
glad to notice that there were
more guests this time than at oui
first attempt. The spacious re
ception room was a scene of con
tinual chatter and laughter, a
each guest vied with the other ii
having a good time. S>-veru
games of rook were played, thei
the tables w re cleared and eacl
guest handed a menu card, made
up in puzzle style, to1 select their
refreshments from. Quite a bit of
fun was funished the crowd ove
the results of tfie orders, one ir
particular was when a young mar
put in his order/or "Lovers' Cake'
and they couldn't deliver the goods.
However, he acted real nice about
it and accepted a substitute.
The refreshments consisted of
several kinds of sandwiches, cake
and ice tea and sh. which wr.s
highly enjoyed by all. ~hnee pres
ent were Mr. and Mrs. J i.'.
Tl: Mi •; :'".i Bessie Poll aid. !-i : : .■r,
Gibson. Lucik Townsend. Inez iT.l
ia. 1. Murray Piiki'ton, F renin
Phillips: Messrs. J. R. Sims. FT L.
Ware, F. W. MulPy, huger..:
C.1 ockett and J. D. Worn pie.
On departure each guest d< •
dared they had had the best tin
of anyone arid ask .d Mrs. Howard
to grant us the same opp-rtunity
again soon. A CutsT.
T.ix Assessing Dates.
Tax Assessor W. H. Mathews,
jr.. will start on his annual round rf
assessing poll and personal proper
al on Monday. June 3. and will bo
n Lapile township on the following
days:
Strong. June 26 and 27.
Lapile. June. 28 until 5 p. rn.
Bolding. June. 28 from 4 p. in.
Felsenthal. Juno 24.
1 iuttin. Ju'y 1 and 2 until 12 o'clock
morOJED AMEKDMEHI lO T-3.JES
COHSI-IrvvilOM or' IJ<S Si’ATE
G-k.’ AHKAp«SaS.
I
Notion i.« liorohy that the tot
low iris joint r«*s111ut on piopostng ho
Aimn, i It not t to tin* State i msl,lotion,
" pass“l h\ |:,** tioinv;;] Ass mbly ;»t
its r--gniar s< ss :*»n ot i I !. and tli.it
the R« n i p v\ i: l ho snliiti:l!'*'| to t o
electors ot the ntato at tho next
general olf otion. to ho l >hl Monday.
S. pt* mhor 1012. for a. (option or te
joi i ion.
x'rr.-pc’Eea Amcnamani wo, xx.
That the tnlfnyving article shall he
p»o]>:is* <i as an amendment i<. th* Con
st it itum ol tho' Su, !*• ol' Arkansas,
v* h ** !■. when agreed i•» i>y a majority of
all tl**-' members elected to ea* ii House
a pal ad«i i«‘(i 1 »> a majority ol the elec
tois of too bt.Ue \.} 1111 k at the next
general election lor senators and rc-i»
i • sp). t;. n . o.s, shall become a part of toe
Constitution of Arkansas.
Kverjr male rit'/^n of th» Fid te.*l
States-. or every male person who lias
n* ■ i;iro,j his irtf-ntion of becoming ft
citizen of the same, of the a ire of
twenty one years or upward. won has
reside*! in the t-»tate twelve months, in
tie county six months, and in the pre
empt, town or ward one month next
)*; »'• t‘dim, any election at which he rmi \
piopose to vote, and wild is aide to read
Bud inter piet. or interpret when rea i
hint, it he is prevented from read
in" tin* same hy reason of any pin si
..i disability . any sniton of the Consti
tution of tin State of A>k i', e\cept
s• i«• li persons as may. fo? the cominis
-n*n n< some felony. :*.* deprived ol the
light to \h|h l»y law passed hy the den
ial .Assembly, and who shall exhibit a
»oll tax receipt or other evidence that
le lias paid Irs poll tax at the time of
mlleetii.jr taxes next prec ‘ ling such
•'••ei on. s; r.il he allowed to vote at any
election held in the State of Arkansas;
>ut no person who was. on January 1.
! s*di. or at any time prior thereto, en
iitled to vote under the Constitution or
'tatut's of any State in the I’uited
"'iiitI'S, wherein he then rcsidfyl. and no
halt- person of foreign birth who was
latu'ah/.cd prior to the adoption of
this amendment, and no lineal descend
»nt ot such person, wiio shall possess
the idhei • iuu 1 iti**;i t ions described in this
article, shall he denied the right to
vote because of his inability to so read
ind interpret sections of the Coast!
tut ion of this Slate, provided, that male
persons who make satisfactory proof
that they have attained the age of
twenty one years since the time
I or assessing the taxes for the
rear next preceding the year in
which the idi'tion at which lie
may propose to vote is hoi I. a»d pos
o sses the other diialifications repaired
iy this article shall he permitted to
vote; and, provided, further, that the
'aid tax receipt shall be so rna>> 1 hy
Hated stamp or other written endorse
ment by tie judg ♦ of ele-ton to whom
t may first be presented, as to pro
vent the holder thereof from voting
more than once at any election.
Hie judges of election shall enforce
the provisions of 1 is article and shall
the judges of the qualifications of
L*le. tot s."
: he above re*;*dut ion was filet] jp the
iflicp ,,f the Secretary of Slate on
March IK, 1911.
I*a< ti clectiu ru t'' vote for or against
the above amendment
Witi* ss ci\ official signature this
IL’th day of Februarv. 191 'j
EAUld l \V H m| MJI IS,
Secretary of State.
(Seal.)
A Hank account induces the hank habit. The
i rst National Bank welcomes small accounts, even
if they are so small as to suggest to the depositor
th t it is hardly worth while. In encouraging small
accounts tl e Bank Habit is fostered among the pco
10 P'c. When your account begins to grow, you begin
to grow with i‘. It is the seed that develops you into
a strong man financially.
You can start an account with us for $1.00 and
we pay 4 per cent, interest on all savings accounts.
Now is the time to start.
[XI
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7irs5; National Eank,
HUT1IC, ARKANSAS.
m
T here is as Much Difference in Talk—
inj* Machines As There is in Pianos.
he COLUMBIA GRAPKOPHONE
Is thi “ORIGINAL" Ulki. e
machine made under the origi
nal bisic patents. All otlv r
m ichines came later and no
other has ever caught up.
A large range of styles in i
fj
stock suit vour own preference J
and suit own pocketbook.
Complete outfit as low as SCO. j
Some people prefer to “buy on lime” and
that suits us. Terms arc easy. Write for
catalogue.
We arc special agents for this section.
WHOLESALi ; UF.TA I In
CIor-lPXETTc.l IrjKlSri'f HERSw,
j FRUG NT PAID ON A 1,1. ORDERS OVER TEN DOLLARS.
W. H. Palt* rs«m
Jii'\ II Green
r,\mR5GN & GRl I \
AI IDS Ml VS-U-UW
E! Dorado, Ai kansas.
Practice in all Courts. State and Federal. Imme
diate attention ttivi ti ali business. Room. 12 and
14. Post Oil ice Ruuding.
Marsh Sr Flcnnikcn,
LAWYERS
LI Dorado, Arkansas
Practice in all Courts.
OTice in Po..to(Tl'.e Slcf .
We are Now
Ji/tMMtif.
To sc!! ticket; to any point within the
Uniterl Slates on two days notice and will
he glad to figure your route and cluck your
baggage through, savin;; transfer troubles.
OLD RELIABLE ROUTE
Lei us figure with you now.
D. A. Keasler, Local Agent.