THE ItliniG NEWS.
• Published Every Saturday at Huttig, Ark
C. A. BERRY, Editor and Proprlet
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Saturday, May 2, 1914.
TOWN OFFICIALS.
Tne following are the duly elected of
ficials of the incorporated town of Hut
tig:
Mayor—G. T. Thompson.
Recorder—W. H. Moore.
Marshal—Thos. Ashcroft.
Aldermen—L. A. Bodine, A. E. Lucas.
J B. Crockett, D. A. Keasler and F. W.
Scott.
Board of Education—W. H. Moore, F.
W. Scott. C. T. Thompson, E. N. Collett.
L. G. Gibson and L. F. Magee.
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OE THE WORLD.
The laboring men of Huttig and
farmers of this vicinity demon
strated about a year ago that they
were men, and good men at that,
when they prevented the organiza
tion known as the Industrial Work
ers of the World from organizing
here and carrying on their an
archistic methods in our midst.
At a meeting of the outfit in New
York last week one of their orators
denounced the United States flag
and said it was ‘‘not worth fighting
for,” and another one, a women at
that, said "the American flag is not
fit to defend.” They were arrested
by the police just in time to keep
them from being mobbed.
The big majority of the people of
Arkansas are too loyal citizens to
affiliate with such cattle and we
predict that it will be a good many
years before the I. W. W. will get a
foothold in this state.
It is especially hard to keep a
secret when you know something
that would shut off the compliments
being paid an undeserving one.
£ FACTS WORTH KNOWING g
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■ In this country the telephone in
dustry employs 152,000 people.
Australia has nearly 300,000
acres of untouched forests.
A ball thrown by Walter John
son covers 122 feet a second—
almost double the speed of the
fastest train.
Apples, pears, lemons, oranges
and limes are of great value in im
proving a muddy complexion. Raw
tomatoes have a fine effect on the
liver.
More than two hundred and forty
million barrels of petroleum were
produced in the United States in
1913, a gain of about eighteen mil
lion barrels over 1912, which had
been the record year.
In the last year one aviator was
killed for every 62,000 miles flown.
The largest tree in the United
States is said to be the “Mother of
the Forest,” a giant redwood in the
Calaveras big tree grove in Cali
fornia. It is supposed to contain
140,619 board feet of lumber.
There are, however, many claim
ants for the honor of being the
' largest tree” and the “oldest tree’
and these claims, according to for
esters, cannot always be verified.
Seaweeds obtain their nourish
ments from the water in which they
grow, not from the ground in which
they are rooted.
The wonderful buoyancy of the
Dead Sea. that strange inland sheet
of water in Palestine, is proverbial.
It is some 47 miles long by 9 miles
wide, and lies no less than 1.200
feet below the surface of the Med
iterranean. the iowest-lying lake on
the face of the globe. Its waters
are so bitter that fish cannot live
in them. We get an idea of its
density when it is stated that in a
ton of water from the Atlantic
there is 31 pounds of salt against
187 pounds from a like quantity in
the Dead Sea. The result is that
it is impossible for a human being
to sink in these waters.
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Double House
By Virginia Blair
(Cop? rig tat, 1011, by Au&oclated Literary Press.)
Mrs. Brinkley came over with a
batch of bread for Stephen Strong
“I should think you’d get married.”
she said, daringly
Stephen smiled at her "How many
times have you said that to me, Mrs
Brinkley?”
“I shall say it until you give me
an answer."
“All that is over for me.” bitterly
Mrs Brinkley turned and fated
him “You’ve never forgotten Mary
Dean ?”
Nobody had spoken to Stephen of
Mary Dean since, ten years ago. she
had jilted him.
His head went up. but he smiled
sadly, as Mrs Brinkley laid her
wrinkled hand over his big brown
one "I want to see you happy," she
said softly
“Oh. 1 am happy, and I’m getting
to be a very good housekeeper.”
He carried the situation off so
lightly that she had nothing else to
vay. but when she reached the door
■he turned and asked sharply. “It
Mary should come back, what then?’’
Stephen stared at her. He had
never thought of that. He had
(Manned his future with reference
~>nly to his bachelor needs
He walked to the gate with Mrs
Brinkley, and when he came back the
loneliness of his big double house
struck him with a chill Stephen's
mother had been with him until her
death, and she and her son had lived
in the newer part. The older wing,
fiirnfshed quaintly in the style of
■ arly Victorian days, was open only
once a year when Mrs Brinkley
-uoervised the cleaning and air’ng.
It was Mrs. Brinkley’s neighborli
ness which had made it possible for
Stephen to live alone. He loved her
not only for herFelf. but because she
'ad always been a friend of Mary
Dean.
Yet she had never dared speak to
him as she had spoken today. He
■vent about his tasks furiously, try
ing to put out of his head the thought
-f his humiliation and consequent suf
Tering
Outside-, it was a night of wind
and of storm. Within, a fire burned
on the hearth, and a cat purred in
the warmth and glow Stephen made
a cup of coffee for himself and gave
the cat some meat and a dish of milk
in yotingei manhood Stephen had not
cared foi cats, but now there was
something of comfort in the presence
of this gentle, white creature.
He sat long over the fire that night
dreaming. Hie door was shut be
tween his portion of the house and
the empty rooms. Suddenly he sat
up startled. Tt seemed to him that
somewhere, faintly, he heard the
rustle of a woman’s dress.
He rubbed his hands across his
eye3. He must have fallen asleep,
and the swish of the rain on the win
dows had caused the illusion.
He rose, lighted a lamp and went
to bed. He left the cat on a cushion
on the hearth. He thought he heard
the click of a latch. “It is the wind.”
he said to himself, and fell asleep.
In the morning when he went
down the cat was still on the cushion
on the hearth rug. but there was
something else on the rug—a little
fine square of white linen.
Stephen picked up the handker
chief and stared at it; then he looked
at the cat. If only she could speak
what would she tell?
It w-as while lie was still standing
there that Mrs. Brinkley came run
nlng over. "Were you in the other
part of your house last night?" she
demanded breathlessly.
“No” Instinctively Stephen hit1
the little handkerchief In his hie
hands ,
“There was a faint flicker-ins
light," Mrs. Brinkley said, "in one o!
the upper rooms."
“You must have been dreaming.”
“I couldn’t have been," Mrs Brink
ley insisted, "for I called Mr Brinklej
up to look at it.”
"Dear Mrs. Brinkley," Stcphet
asked, “who would come into tha'
unheated place nti such a night?"
"Well,” Mrs. Brinkley safd. tie
cidedly, “if I believed in ghost
should say that it was a ghost, and
anyhow, it gave me an awful fright '
Stephen switched her from the snl>
jeot by inquiring tactfully about f
certain chocolate cake which she hat
promised to bake for him. and pres
ently she flow homeward to heat ii|
i and bake.
When she had gone Stephen stoor
still in the middle of the floor
i "We’ve got to look into this, pussj
| •at.” he said, to the little cat
He went to a drawer and took ou!
a big key and inserted it softly ii
the lock of the dividing door. A
blast of chill, damp air struck him
He shivered and went on It was >
ghostly place, with the gray wlntei
light sifting through closed blinds
In the parlor there was no sign o’
any living presence, so Stephen as
cended the carpeted stairway atu
, came to the landing without having
made a sound And It was there h<
stopped, listening. Somewhere or
that upper floor someone was cough
Ing! He made his way to the en<
roon As he approached the oper
door lie saw a little figure swather
in biankets sitting' in a big chair b)
the window
He spoke softly “Mary”
She gave a little cry and stood up
i ne beav> covering fell Ht her fee
add showed hie in a street suit am
'•oat : hivering and shaking. her"'
cheeks hushed, her eyes bright
• “Oh. Stephen,” she said, "what will
you think of me?"
He went up to her and took her
hind “I think this," he said kindly
"that vou are very cold and that you
must come down and sit by my fire "
“I sat there last nigfc.” she said
eager'y. "It was so bitter up here
that when I heard you go to bed I
crept in and shared the warmth with
the pussy cat."
The tears came in her eyes as she
said It, and he saw how weak she
was.
"Yon must come right down," he
said with authority “You'll freeze
here, Mary.”
She broke down and sobbed “Oh.
nobody has taken care of me for
j years,” 6he said “When my hus
| band died 1 tried to get work, and
then I was ill, and at last I came
back in the storm, and when I passed
here 1 saw the light shining out. and
1 wanted to stop and ask your
mother to take me in; but I watched
and saw she wasn't here, and so I
crept into the other part of the house
I remembered the way we used to
get in when we w’ere children. Ste
phen.”
“And it was your handkerchief 1
found on the hearth.” he said “Some
how l felt that it was yours, Mary ”
He helped her down the stairway
and put her into his own big chair
Then he went for Mrs Brinkley
“Mary Dean has come back She's
sick with a cold and she needs im
mediate attention,” he stated "You'll
come, won't you?”
Mrs. Brinkley's chocolate c”ke
burned to a crisp while she went on
her errand of mercy, but she did not
care.
She sent Stephen for the doctor
Then site kissed Mary and cried over
her and lectured 1 er, and ended by
saying. "Stephen is the very best man
in the whole wide world ”
"Oh. don’t I know It?” Mary asked
'It seemed to me. Mrs Brinkley
that if I could on'y get back here and
see Stephen once more I wouldn’t
-are tf I died ”
“But you are not eoing to die.” said
Mrs Brinkley briskly. “You’re go
ins to get well and marry Stephen "
“Oh, no!" Mary's face flamed
“TTeTl n°ver forgive me. Mrs Brink
'ey.”
“You get well," said Mrs. Brinkley
and see how quickly. he'll forgive
vou. Stephen needs you He’s a
lonely man—lonely because of his love
for you.”
In the days that followed Stephen
and Mrs Brinkley and the doctor
fought fo. Mary's life One morning
Stephen brought her out and put her
Into the big chair on the heal th
“You’ll be perfectly well In a few
days.” he said, heartily
Mary looked at him listlessly. "And
then," sne said. “I must go away "
“You are going to marry me," he
said, quietly.
She would not, she protested, not
after the way she had treated him
He urged and argued until at last he
brought Mrs. Brinkley in to convince
her.
“Tell her how I need her.” he said
“Mary Dean,” said Mrs Brinkley,
severely, “are you going to condemn
Stephen Stro-.g to keep house with
a pussy cat Tor the rest of his days?"
And then Marv gave in. and Mrs
Brinkley baked the chocolate cake
for their vvedding feast.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO T»
CONSTITUTION OP l'fli) STATE
OF ASIiUfSAh.
Notice is hereoy given that th*
following joint resolution, proposing
an amendment to the State Consti
tution, was passed • by tne Generai
Assembly at its regular session ol
1913, and that the same will be
submitted to the electors of the
State at the next general election,
to be held Monday, September 14th,
1914, lor adoption or rejection.
Proposed Amendment no. 15.
That the following is hereby pro
posed as an amendment to th*
Constitution of the State of Ar
kansas. and the same being submit
ted to the electors ol the State*
i or approval or rejection at the
next general election for Senators
and -Representatives. if a major ty
of the electors voting at such e.ec
tion adopt such amendment the same
shall become a part of the Consti
tution of the State of Arkansas
to-wit:
That Section Fifteen (15) of Artic’e
Five i i» > of the Constitution of the st;we
of Arkansas, as amended by Amendment
No. 13, declared by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives on February
10th, 1913, to have been adopted, he
amended so %s to read as follows:
“Section 15. The members of the Gen
eral Assembly shall receive as their
salary the sum of Seven Hundred and
Fifty ($750.00) Dollars, except the Presi
dent of the Senate and Speaker of the
House of Representatives, each of whom
shall receive as his salary Fight Hun
dred and Fifty ($850.00) Dollars, for
the term of two (2) years; and in ad
dition to such salary the members of the
General Assembly shall receive five
cents per mile for each mile traveled iri
going to and returning from the seat of
i government over the nv*st direct and
practicable route Said salary shall be
payable In the following manner, to-wlt
Five ($5.00) Dollars.per day for the first
hundred days of any regular session of
the General Assembly; Provided, the
President of the Senate and Speaker of
the House of Representatives may draw
Six ($t>.00) Dollars per day for the first
hundred days of any regular v ssion
The remainder of tlmir sabify 4 ill be
raid to them quarterly on the first day
of January. April. July and October of
the '’ear following any regular session
of the General Assembly, and the Audi
tor of State shall draw his warrants in
favor of the members of the General
Assembly on said dates for the amount
, of 'salary due each at that time, and
mail same to t’’e members'at their re
spective p*’Stoffice addresses. No mem
ber of either House shall receive anv
salary or emoluments for his services
other than is provided for herein The
terms of allmemhers of the General As
sembly shall begin on the day of their
election.
The above resolution was filed in th*1
office of the Secretary of State on March
fi. 1913.
Faoh elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness mv official signature this 19th
day of February. 1914
FA RDF W. HODOFS.
(Seal) Secretary of State.
Old papers at the News office.
Colored Column
The Camden District Conference
closed last Sunday night. It was
a yery successful meeting. The
amount of money raised during the
conference was $213.96. The
different ministers left Monday for
their respective fields of labor.
Rev. A. G. Smith has returned
from a visit with relatives at Tex
arkanna.
Fate Armstrong, of El Dorado,
was a visitor here this week.
Emma Barnes has returned from
a visit to Pine Bluff.
J. C. Collins visited at Collings
ton last Sunday.
A. Arnold and wife are visiting
at Prescott this week.
W. L. Crayton, of Camden, vis
; iT,ed his brother. S. Q., this week.
Fannie. Rowland, of Strong, and
E. Williams and Addie and Billie
Brock, of Nick Springs, were among
the visitors here Suuday.
Sister'C. Johnson, of Camden,
read quite an interesting paper dur
ing the conference. Fier subject
was AThe Condition of the Public
Schools." She gave statistics to
show that the public schools as a
whole are making rapid progress,
with an increase in the efficiency
of teachers and by terms being
lengthened.
For Sale by B. F. Moody.
Lodge Directory.
Roosevelt Chapter, No. 1 88, Order ol
the Eastern Star, meets every seconc
and fourth Tuesday in each month.
Mrs. C. Williams, W. M.
Emma Bcarl, Secy.
EAST LAKE LODGE No. 6362 G'
U. 0. of O. F. meets First and Third
Thursday in each month.
G. W. Smith, N. G.
T W Scates, P. S.
GOOD LUCK LODGE No. 259 F. &
A. M meets First and Fourth Saturday
night. All visitors welcome.
J. H. Law, Sec.
OMEGA COMMANDERY No.4 Knight
Templars meet every 2nd Thursday
night in each month.
J. H. Law, E. C.
E. Brooks, Recorder.
SP1NOLA Lodge No, 261, C. of W.
A., meets every first and third Wednes
day night at 8 6'clock.
W. I. Henry, Gov.
S. G. Crayton, Secy.
LEBANON. Chapter No. 41. R. A. M
meets every 2nd and 4th Thursday night
at 7:30. Joe Scott, H. P.
J. H. Law, Secy.
Royal Circle of Friends, R, A.William!
No. 324. meets every first and thirc
Friday night. All visiting friends art
welcome. G. W. Smith, President.
Lula Oliver. Secretary.
JEWEL TABERNACLE, No. 412
meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday.
Augusta Steverson, H. P.
Tena Harris, C. R.
BLUE LIGHT LODGE No 153 K.ofP
meets First and Third Tuesday in eacl
month. J B Francis, C. C.
A. Lewis, K. of R. S.
ELECTRIC LIGHT COURT OF CA
; LANTHE, No. 70, meets first and thin
Tuesday in each month at 1:45 p. m.
Lizzie Oliver, W. C.
Ever Pittman. R. D.
Spanolia Camps No. 261 C. W., W. 0
W. mee every first and third Thursday a
■ 7:30 o'clock. J. C. Ellis. Gov.
S. G. Crayton. F. S.
OBLIGE GALE CIRCLE No. 21 i
meets every first and third Saturday a
1:30 o'clock. Emma Barns, Gov.
Mary Adkins Secy.
HOUSEHOLD RUTH, No. 2990. o
G U. 0. of 0. F., meets the first am
third Thursday in each month at 1:51
p. m. Carrie Averett, M. N.G.
Eva Pittman. W. R.
STATE LINE TEMPLE NO. 33:
meets every 2nd and 4th Friday night a
8 o’clock. C. S. Scates, C. M.
W. B. Barnes, C. S.
Bbard of Education W. A. High
president; W. M. McCormick, vice presi
I dent; 40® Scott, treasurer; Prof. L. S
j Scroggins, secretary; Lonnie Poole, as
sistant secretary.
Comfort and Protection
“TPKE Bell Telephone light
A ens my work wonder
fully and gives me such a
sense of security when George is away,”
said a local planter’s wife. “Home
wouldn’t be home without it.”
Circumstances frequently make it neces
sary for the planter’s wife to be alone. At
such times the Bell Telephone furnishes com
fort and protection.
You have a Bell Telephone, haven’t you?
The Southwestern Telegraph
and Telephone Company
C. H. NORWOOD, Manager,
El Dorado, Ark.
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