IE HITTIQ NEWS.
iblished Every Saturday at Huttig, Ark
C. A. BE ARY. Editor and Proprietor.
tered as second class matter May 3. 1 907 at
•ostofTtce at Huttig. Ark., under the act of Con
j of March 3. 1 879.
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Saturday, September 7, 1912.
TOWNOmCIAlS.
'ne following are the duly elected of
.Isof the incorporated town of Hut
'ayor C. A. Berry.
ecorder—W. H. Moore.
arshal Thos. Ashcroft.
ldermen L. F. Magee, J. W. Perritt,
1. Crockett, P. H. Pitts and D. F.
lett
loard of Education—W. H. Moore, F.
Scott, C. T. Thompson, E. N. Collett.
1. Gibson and L. F. Magee.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
^resident .
/ice President.
•.rnor .
itary of State
ney General .
; Treasurer
• Auditor
Public Instruction.
. State Lands
Mines. Mfgs.. Etc.
f Justice Supreme Court
•date Justice .
oad Commissioner
ressman ... ..
ecuting Attorney
•Senator
esentative
ty Judge. ....
iff .
lit Clerk
ity Clerk ....
nty Treasurer ...
ssor. . ...
ner ....
eyor .
Woodrow Wilson
...Thomas Marshal
Joe T. Robinsor
Earle W. Hodges
Wm. L, Moose
John W. Crockett
J. M. Oathout
. Geo. B. Cook
. R. G. Dye
John H. Page
E. A McCullough
Frank Smith
W. F. McKnight
... W. S. Goodwin
E. O. Mahony
J. Monroe Smith
W. J. Pinson
W. M. VanHook
. J. M. Wallace
.B. F. Miles
J. M. McCain
Finn Craig
W. H. Mathews, jr
T. M. Pinson
.Levi Graham
'he man in the band wagon
' s as hard as he can to stay in,
le the man on the water wagon
.Iways looking for an excuse to
i! off.
'The editor of the News once got
ollar a word for something he
>te: He sent a “Please Remit ’
i i fellow and got back $2 that
• s coming to him.
\ Kansas editor aptly puts it
I ,s way: The woman who sends
u t of town for “everything” may
le day have to send her hus
I id out of town for a job.
k has long been contended that
\ oney cannot bring happiness, but
i 3 believed, from this mountain
l n, that it can bring a lot of dowm
i it contentment—for a short
t e.
Jnderthe Democratic adminis
‘ .Lion four agricultural schools
1' ve been established in A rkansas.
•win g the attitude of the demo
;cy towards the farming element
the state. These schools are
ited at Russellville. Jonesboro,
gnolia and Monticello, and 90
1 r cent of the attendance each
.r has been farmers sons and
;ghters. They have been sus
led by generous appropriations
! are doing great good it advanc
the agricultural interests of the
te. The Democratic party is
1 Iged to the support of these in
•. \utions.
• TACTS WORTH KNOWING /h j
i . ' ,T'^<Tr«frr<T'« j
Solutions of starch will removed
stains from fabrics, each ap
! . ation being allowed to dry until
i an be brushed off before an
> er is applied.
:'he journey from Paris to Tokio
n will be shortened from 15 to
i than 12 days by the comple
t • i of a railroad in Manchuria.
Slaving a seating capacity for
jOOQ spectators, and standing!
i »>m. for another 50,000, the sta
< :m at the Turin exhibition is the
jest of its kind in the world.
v well built chimney one hun
d feet high will sway from three
, four inches in a high wind with
, . any danger of falling.—Tit Bits.
t has come out that Caruso the
at tenor, is now receiving near
$90,000 a year income from
king machine records. Many
< .he other big stars that are on
1 o lists add $25,000 a year or
i < ra to their income ty this “side
] Once the treat artists
1 •. ked at singing into phonographs,
i it money talxed and won them
c. er.
_ .»• -'il J Tt v ■N Y<mr. fjaAVT JJIA
AMENDMENT NO.
15 WINS FAVOR
Voters Will Give Cities Right
to Issue Bonds, It Is
I Believed. i
WILL BE SUBMITTED SEPT. 9
I
Measure Is of Vital Importance to
Cities and Towns of State,
It Is Declared.
Of all the measures that are to be
submit)ed to a vote of the people of
Arkansas at the coming general elec
tion, none is regarded of as much im
portance to the material development
of the state as the proposed constitu
ional amendment No. 15, which, if
adopted, will give the cities of the
date and all incorporated towns of
more than 1,000 population, the righl
fo raise money for public improve
ments by issuing bonds.
It is believed that the prejudice
against the issuing of bonds, which
grew out of conditions which existed
nearly a half century ago, is practical
ly dead and that the people of the
state are now willing to remove the
restrictions which have retarded in
many ways the advancement of the
eities and towns of the state. An
amendment of a similar nature but
without the restrictions and safe
guards of the present amendment, was
defeated by a small margin four years
ago only because of tile discovery of
features which were said by some to
render the measure unsafe. Very lit
tie, if any criticism has been made of
Amendment No. 15, which will be sub
mitted at tlie election September 9.
For that reason it is not believed that
there will be any serious opposition
to this measure. All that is needed to
insure its passage, it is believed, is
to make its provisions known to the
voters who will be asked to pass judg
ment upon it on September 9.
Realizing that Arkansas is the only
state in the entire Union that prohib
its its cities and towns from issuing
bonds under proper restrictions, and
believing that as long as this condi
tion exists Arkansas cannot hope to
beep pace with the other states of the
Union in any phase of development,
many officials and representative citi
zens of the cities and towns of the
state have joined hands in an effort
io cast off the bonds that have held
them in check so long. Responding to
calls from all part's of the state, Mayor
Chas. E. Taylor of Little Rock Issued
a call for a meeting of mayors, city
attorneys and other officials and citi
zens of the cities and towns of Arkan
sas, and at this meeting the amend
ment which is to he submitted in Sep
;ember was drafted. The amendment
reached its final form only after a
lengthy discussion of all the proposed
features and, as it was finally approv
ed, it is believed by those who are
standing sponsor for it to be surround
ed hy all the safeguards that could
be desired by the tax payers.
The work of securing the submis
sion of the amendment and of making
the campaign in its behalf has been
'n the hands of an executive commit to a
ecu)posed of Mayor (’has. E. Taylor
of Little Rock, Mayor Fagan Bour
'and of Fort Smith, Mayor A. C. .Tor
dan of Pine Bluff, Mayor W. W. Wat
ers of Hot Springs, Mayor .1. P. Fau
cette of Argenta and Mayor Thomas
Burress of Jonesboro. This commit
tee has the assistance of the execu
tives of all cities and towns in the
state and the members believe that
the only campaign required is one of
publicity, in order that the voters may
he fully informed upon all the features
of the proposed amendment. They
have sought to turn the light on to
every phase of the measure so that
the people may know just what they
are voting for when they cast their
ballots for Amendment No. 15.
Stress is laid upon the fact that
after Amendment No. 15 is adopted,
not a dollar's worth of bonds can be
issued and sold until after a majority
of the qualified voters of the city or
town affected have decreed by their
ballots at an election held for that
purpose, that such bonds shall be is
sued. Amendment No. 15 merely re
moves the iron clad restriction now
embodied in the constitution prevent
I ing the issuing of bonds in any form
and gives cities and towns of the state
the right to issue bonds for certain
purposes if they desire to do so. If
a “majority of the voters of a city or
town are not in favor of the Issuance of
bonds for a certain purpose or for any
purpose, they can say so by their votes
and the bonds can not be Issued. It Is
declared to be merely the application
of the principle of self government in
matters that affect only the people of
a particular community.
The amendment affects only the
cities and towns of more than 1,000
population.
It can affect the taxes of no one out
side the cities and towns and it can
affect the taxes of the people living
in the cities and towns only when
these people say themselves hat they
want to tax themselves to secure pul
lie improvements. For this reason it
is believed that there will be pract;
.•ally no opposition to the amendmen
among the country voters as the h
ter will he willing to concede to th
people of the cities and towns th
right to act on matters of this kin;!
which affect themselves alone and can
have no effect whatever on the resi
dents of the country.
If this amendment is adopted bond
can be Issued to raise money only for
public improvements of a general na
ture and for the use and benefit of
the entire city or town.
The amendment provides that bonds
can be issued only for the following
purposes:
“For the funding or refunding of
any existing debt of any city of th -
first or second class or such incorpo
rated towns incurred prior to the adop
tion of this amendment; for iho con
struction of public highways, streets,
alleys and boulevards; for the pur
chase and equipment of parks and
playgrounds, either inside or outside
of the city limits; for the construction
of drainage or sanitary sewers; for
the purchase and construction of citv
hails, prisons, libraries, hospitals, fir
stations and equipment, viaducts and
bridges, and for any and all public
buildings, structures, or grounds that
may be required by said city for the
proper and economical administration
of its government; and for the pur
chase, acquirement or construe ion of
waterworks, lighting plants and street
railways; and for any public improve
ment of a general nature for the use
and benefit of said city, except to aid
in the cons!ruction of railroads or en
terprises operated by any private cor
poration.”
For these purposes nnd no other
can bonds be issued under the proi>os
*d amendment.
Attention is also called particularly
to the fact that the people aloe will
he responsible for the issuing of bonds
under the amendment and that no
debt can be created unless the people
decree that it shall be created.
“It may be urged” says a statement
given out by the executive committee
in charge of the submission of the
amendment, ‘‘that the city officials
can saddle an issue of bonds on the
unsuspecting citizens of any city or
town; but this is not the case. No
mayor or town council can do it; poli
ticians cannot do it; business men’s
organizations cannot do it; the people
alone, voting at the election held for
that purpose after being fully advised,
can do it. Arkansas is the only State
whose cities and towns do not possess
this power. The result has been dis
astrous. Our cities and towns have
lagged behind those of other States
We lack good streets, sewers, water
works, lights, parks, hopsitals, ci v
halls, and other public buildings, prop
er fire protection, play grounds for
children—almost everything that goes
to make an up-to-date city. The ion
limit of taxation at the presen! tine
makes if ininossii le to acquire these
hings, and then to acquire them bv tax
ation would practically amount to con
fiscal ion. Neither would it be jus1
and fair for us to lay such a burden
upon our own shoulders, for when
these improvements are made, man'
will be attracted to our cities and
owns who will en.ioy the advantage
of such improvements, and who should
help to pay for them. The only wrj
to get these improvemon s and tin
only way to equitably distribute the
burden of paying for them is by is
suing bonds as provided in proposed
Amendment No. 15
“Much of the money raised by these
bonds will go back to the people for
labor and materials. It is not io !><•
sent away or squandered—the people
get the benefit of every dollar."
Old papers for sale at this office
IOC f jr 15 ents.
i
Colored Column
Rev. Edwards has returned to
i his home at Camden.
j Rev. D. A. Harden returned to
■ El Dorado Sunday.
Rodell Gardner of Strong visited
I here this week.
A. Lewis and wife have the
j sympathy of all in the loss of their
| baby.
Mrs. W. 1. Henry is home from a
visit at Pine Bluff and Hot Springs
Lewis Dunn and wife were El
Dorado visitors last week.
J. E. High has returned from ar
extended visit at El Dorado.
Mrs. J. S. Jones and S. S. Sim
mons are on the sick list.
The public school opened Mon
day morning with an enrollment o
sixty-five, with Prof. L. S. Scrog
gins as principal. He has con
ducted the school here for severa
terms with splendid success anc
asks the cooperation of all in th?
ensuing term. The opening exer
cises will Friday night and you art
invited to be present.
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Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at Camden. Arkansas
August 2. 1912.
Notice is hereby given that Hezzie E. McLemort*.
of Felsenthal. Arkansas, who. on November 16.
1907. made Homestead Entry Serial No. 03499
No. 31 030. for SEU SW>4, Section 33. Township
19 S. Range 10 W, 5th Principal Meridian, has
filed notice of his intention to make Final Five year
Proof, to establish claim to the land above de
scribed. before the Circuit Clerk of Union county, at
El Dorado. Arkansas, on the 12th day of 'Septem
ber, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: J. A. Knox. Isaac
Spells, Gordie Harris, of Felsenthal, Atkansas.
Henry W. Howell, of Huttig. Arkansas.
H. G. Friedhejm, Register.
Notice for Publication,
Department of the Interior,
U. S'. Land Office at Camden. Arkansas.
August 2, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that Oliver Johnson, of
Aurelle, Arkansas, who. on March 14. 1907, made
Homestead Entry Serial No. 03181 . No. 30535,
for NW'4 SEl4- Section 31, Township 19 S. Range
12 W, 5th Principal Meridian, has filed notice of in
tention to n ake Final Five Year Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, before the Circuit
Cletk of Union county, at El Dorado. Arkansas, on
the 11 th day of September, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: John E. Harper,
sr., John E. Harper, jr., Benjamin Newton, Isaac
Williams, of Aurelle, Arkansas.
H. G. Friedheim, Register.
Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Camden. Arkansas.
August 2. 1 91 2.
Notice is hereby given that John E. Harper, sr., of
Aurelle. Arkansas, who. on March 14. 1907, made
Homectead Entry Serial No. 03182 . No. 30536.
for SW'4 SEU. Section 30. Township 19 S, Range *
12 W, 5th Principal Meridian, has filed notice of in ,
n.ntion to make Final Five Year Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, before the Circuit
Clerk of Union county, at El Dorado, Arkansas, on
the 1 1th day of September, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses; John E. Harper. '
ir , Oliver Johnson, Benjamin Newton. Isaac Will
ams, of Aurelle. 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 Benjamin Newton, one
of the heirs of Seaborn N Newton, deceased, of
Aurelle. Arkansas, who. on July 16, 1907, made
Adjoining Farm Homestead Entry 'Serial No.
j 03337 . No. 30779. for SEU SW4. Section 30.
Township 1 9 S. Range 12 W, 5th Principal Men
j dian, has filed notice of intention to make Final Five
j Year Proof, to establish claim To the land above de
j scribed, before the Circuit Clerk of Union county, at
I 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
i Williams, of Aurdle. Arkansas.
■ H. G. Friedheim, Register.
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Warning Order.
J. R. Plair, Plaintiff f
vs. In J. P. Court LapileTwp.
J. S. Jackson, Defend’t S
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August 20. 191 2.
Circuit Judge Maples
Denounces Slate IVide Prohibition
In charging the grand jury of Carroll County on August i•»,
( iri'uit ledge J. S. Maples gave his opinions on Act No. 2 (Statewide
! rohibition) and explained why local option laws, under counts con
trol, could he enforced, while the proposed Statewide Prohibition
hill would flood the State with “blind tiger" liquor and fill the coun
try with quack doctors who would get rich selling whiskey and whis
key prescriptions.
Judge Maples’ Opinion.
After he discussed the sections on the lquor traffic, and had ex
plained what were to be construed as violations of those sections, he
said in part :
“1 am against license and always vote against license. The sell
ing of whiskey i»s a curse to the young manhood of one country and
should be so controlled that our hoys can be protected from it’s evil
effects.
“I do not mean either to vote for Statewide. Give 11 s local option
and we will keep down the liquor traffic in this district. I hope to
God they will not give us a Statewide liquor law like the proposed
one that will allow the dispensing of liquor through blind tiger drug
stores upon the certificate of a physician.
“The local option laws have been the best laws ever devised in
all this country for curbing the arti\itirs of the men who handle
intoxicants. The voters of this State will be called upon to vote on
September q for or against the license. They will also he expected
to vote for or against the Statewide liquor law, a law that in its verv
inception was ?or the purpose of turning a flood of liquor across our
State and debauching the young men of this commonwealth.
“By its provisions, every drug store will be permitted to carrv
a stock of whiskey and to sell it on doctors' prescriptions. This law
will fill the country with quack doctors who expect to make thciq
money bv selling whiskey prescriptions, and a drug store will spring
up at every cross roads. In casting your ballot, study the matter
well and vote for the protection of the homes and the inmates
thereof.” - - - * . - . _._l___ a__ ^ A