THE hill Hi NEWS.
Published Every Saturday at Nuttlg, Ark
C. A. KERRY, Editor and Proprietor.
Entered as second class matter May 3, 1907 at
the cost office at Huttig. Ark., under the act of Con
I ress of March 3. 187 9.
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Otherwise $1.50 per year.
Advertising rates will be Furnished on Application.
Saturday, September 19, 1914.
town officials.
Tnc following are the duly elected of
ficials of the incorporated town of Hut
t-.g:
Mayor—C. T. Thompson.
Recorder—W. H. Moore.
Marshal—Thos. Asncroft.
Aldermen L. A Bodine, A. E. Lucas.
J B. Crockett, D. A. Keasler and F. W.
Lcott.
Board of Education—W. H. Moore, F.
W. Scott, C. T. Thompson, E. N. Collett.
L. G. Gibson and L. F. Magee.
Democratic Nominees.
U. S. Senator:
James P. Clarke.
Congressman
W. S. Goodwin.
War, like politics, makes strange
bedfellows. For instance, Russia
is now bunking with Japan.
Many Europeans who ridiculed
Wilson’s handling of the Mexican
problem are beginning to wish they
lived in Mexico.
Seeing America first will be the
religious duty of several thousand
Americans, who, having spent their
time and money in Europe, have
never looked over their own vast
domain. _
OCEAN TRAFFIC RESUMING AGAIN.
The ocean liners after several
weeks suspension are now running
between New York and Liverpool
and carrying on commerce again,
and in a short while ocean trans
portation will be in operation be
tween here and practically all for
eign countries except Germany
whose coast is blockaded by Great
Britain,
AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE.
The war is producing one great
industrial benefit to us, and that is
it is rapidly creating an American
Marine which promises to be not
only a great commercial achieve
ment of a permanent character but
which will more than double our
permanent commerce with the
great South American countries
which Europe has been endeavor
ing to monopolize.
PRESIDENT WILSON WILL BE RENOMINATED.
The speech of Vice-President
Marshall last week announcing that
no name but that of President Wil
son will be presented to the Demo
cratic Convention of 1916 is taken
as voicing the sentiment of the
Democratic party in every state.
The program of great constructive
legislation which he and his party
have put through congress, legis
lation which has reformed the tariff
and currency and which will soon
start business to booming in every
State, his masterly diplomacy in
eliminating the murderer Huerta
and restoring peace without resort
ing to war or bloodshed in Mexico,
the enactment of anti-trust laws
now being put through congress,
thereby fulfilling all the pledges of
the Democratic p'atform of 1912,
has rendered the renomination and
re-election of President Wilson not
only logical, but practically certain.
In constructive statesmanship and
indomitable courage in fighting the
battles of the masses against the
privileged few he has made a rec
ord never equaled by any president
in time of peace, with the excep
tion of Thomas Jefferson.
transatlantic wireless.
Two or three weeks ago a wire
less operator on the roof of the
Wanamaker building in New York
stepped up to a telephone trans
mitter of a new type and said
quietly: “Hello. Philadelphia! This
is the New York store. Send over
rofne stationery.” A momentlatei
came a reply in the Morse code.
The operator at the “other end of
the ether," supplied with a receiver
but no transmitter, had caught the
words perfectly. For the first time
man had talked through the air
from New York to Philadelphia.
Now comes assurance that with
in a year we shall be able to talk by
wireless across the Atlantic. Tes
tifying the other day before the
wireless commission of the Cana
dian government, Godfrey Isaacs,
managing director of the Marconi
company, declared that apparatus
now in hand demonstrated that the
distance of communication depends
entirely on the power of the ma
chine, and in a few months Mr.
Marconi will have the equipment
and power to telephone from Wales
to New York. He predicts that
wireless telephony will soon be
possible between all stations com
municating by wireless telegraph,
and that it will be just as easy to
talk between Paris and Boston as
to send the usual dots and dashes,
This announcement is particular
ly impressive because all attempts
to use transatlantic cables as tele
phone wires have failed.
The sun never sets on a heart
that carries sunshine to the hearts
of others.
He who can get and hold the
love of a good woman and a little
child is greater, far greater, than
all the potentates, emperors and
kings of this earth.
No. 10060.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
of (he
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HLJTTIG
At Huttlg, in the State of Arkansas, a;
the Close of Business Sept.
12, 1914.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts $70,326.91
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured . 6.74
U. S. Bonds to secure circulation 6.250.00
Bonds, Securities, etc. 735.00
Banking house. Furniture, and Fixtures 3.951.01
Other Real Estate owned . 130.00
Due from National 3anks (not reserve
agents) 12,668.78
Due horn approved Reserve Agents .. 27.186.14
Checks and other Cash Items 707.93
Notes of other National Banks . 1,510.00
Fractional Paper Currency Nickels and
Cents 99.02
Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, viz:
Specie ... $5,503.50 5,503.50
Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer
(5 per cent of circulation) . 312.50
Total .$129,387.53
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in .... . ... $25,000.00
Surplus fund.. 2,100.00
Undivided Profits, less Expenses and
Taxes Paid . 1.064.50
' National Bank Notes outstanding . 6,250.00
Individual deposits subject to check 72,884.74
Time certificates of deposit payable after
30 days or after notice °f 30 days or
longer. 1,378.60
Cashier’s checks outstanding 695.90
Bills payable . 20,000.00
Liabilities other than those stated above 13.79
Total. $129,387.53
State of Arkansas, County of Union, ss:
I, C. T. Thempson, Cashier of the above-named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement
is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
C. T. THOMPSON, Cashier.
Correct— Attest
F. W. SCOTT,
L. A. BODINE.
C. H. MURPHY.
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17th day
of Sept., 1914.
ASA PONDER. Notary Public.
RECAPITULATION.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts S70.3S6.9I
Overdrafts . 6.74
U. S. Bonds, Securities, etc 6,985.00
Banking House and Fixtures 3,951.01
Other Real Estate ... 130.00
Cash and Exchange 47.675.37
Redemption Fund ... .... 312.50
Total $129,387.53
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in
Surplus fund and undivided profits
Circulation..
Bills Payable
Deposits
Liabilities other than above stated
S25.000.00
3.164.50
6.250.00
20.000.00
74,959 24
13.79
Total
$129,387.53
Notice of Sale.
Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue of
a decree of the Chancery Court of Union Qounty,
Arkansas, rendered on September 10th. 1914, in a
cause there pending wherein the Union Saw Mill
Company and T. F. Ashcroft were plaintiffs and
Laura L. Simms. Cecily Hill and Amonlla Glen
were defendants, the undersigned as Special Com
missioner for said Court, authorized and appointed
by said decree, will on October 7th. 1914. between
the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and three
o'clock in the afternoon, in front of the Commissary
building in the town of Huttig, Union County. Ar
kansas. soli at public outcry to the highest and best
bidder, the following lands in Union County. Arkan
sas. to-wit:
Ten acres in a square block in the Southwest cor
ner of the Southeast quarter of the Northwest Quar
ter of Section Twenty-four, Township Nineteen
South. Range Eleven West.
Said sale will be made on a credit of three months
from the date of sale, and a note will be required of
the purchaser with good security for the payment of
the purchase money and a lien will be retained on
the said property to secure the payment of the same.
Said sale is made for the purpose of discharging
an indebtedness secured by a mortgage on said
properry to the Union Saw Mill Co.
This 15th day of September, 1914.
T. F. Ashcroft, Commissioner.
Notice for Publication
Department of the Interior. U. S. Land Office at
Camden, Arkansas. August 28, 1914.
Notice is hereby given tha William H. Chancellor,
of Huttig. Arkansas, who. on October 13. 1910,
made Homestead Entry. No. 04512. for SE ’♦ NW
*•4. Section 36. Township 1 9 S, Range 11 W, 5th
Principal Meridian, has filed notice of intention to
make Final three year Proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before the Circuit Clerk
of Union County, at El Dorado. Arkansas, on the
?th day of October. 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Henry Howell. A. J. Nixon, Allen Martin, Norman
Russell, all of Huttig. Arkansas.
R. D. Newton. Register.
Old papers for sale at this office,
15c per 100.
II
PANGHO” M’S
LIFE AS BANDIT <
Remarkable Story of Career of
Mexican Rebel.
DEFIED RURALES 14 YEARS
As a Wealthy Young Farmer He Kills
Sister's Suitor — Leads Band of
Outlaws—Now Hero of Many
Hard-Earned Battles.
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Chicago.—A remarkable story of
the career of "Pancho” Villa, the
rebel general of Mexico who recently |
captured Torreon and who is known
as Mexico's greatest fighting man, was
told In Chicago. The narrator was
Robert Anderson, 127 Sheldon street,
who for seven years has lived In Tor
reon and who 1s waiting here for the
chaos to subside before he returns
•jo "The Chicago of Mexico.”
Mr. Anderson’s story deals with
four chapters in the Mexican fighter's
life. It tells of Villa the peaceable
fanner, of Villa the avenger of a
wronged slater, of Villa the bandit,
and of Villa the general. The narra
tive as related by Mr. Anderson fol
I.—The Young Farmer.
In a fertile valley among the hills
that surround the Mexican city of
Torreon there lived fifteen years ago
a sturdy young farmer whose efforts
supported his aged parents and two
sisters, both younger than himself.
The ranch was small, yet there was
none in all Durango more productive.
Rach year its yield was more bounti
ful and the young farmer was giad,
for soon he hoped to Inherit th^ prop
erty from his father and conduct It
for himself and his sisters. He was
a quiet and peace-loving person, this
young man of fifteen years ago. To
day mere mention of his name strikes
terror to the heart of Provisional
President Huerta and his troops. But
that is getting ahead of the story.
The young rancher was Francesco
Villa (pronounced Vefvya), nicknamed
"Panoho,” the same “Pancho” Villa
who recently captured Torreon and
who is looked upon as the greatest
fighting man In all turbulent Mexico.
Young Villa loved his sisters, dear
ly. Both of them wpre pxtremel>
beautiful Mexican gills, dark, with
long, straight black hair and blackish
brown, sparkling eyes that never were
still. Of course, the Villa girls were
popular with the neighboring young
ranchers, who sought them as com
pany on long gallops over the roads
through the woods adjoining Torreon
"Paneho” looked with disfavor upon
his sisters' suitors He feared iha*
nmong them might bp two vho could
gain the love of the girls and marry
them. and, of coursp, take them from
the Villa ranch.
“Pancho" even ppoke his thoughts
to his sisters. They laughed at him
and tossed their heads defiantly. Their
"Pancho” Villa.
black-brown eyes twinkled as they
kissed their brother kisses of mock
farewell. In secret, however, they
told themselves they loved young
“Pancho” more for the love he showed
for them. But the suitors continued
to come and the gallops in the hills
were as frequent as b»fore.
ll.-*-Villa Slays the Man.
There was a certain young magis
trate in the town of Torreon whom
Villa disliked intensely. Word came
to “Pancho” at length that this magis
trate was seen ogling his elder sister.
I.ater Villa detected the pair in a
clandestine meeting. In a rijge he
ordered his sister home and threat
ened the young magistrate with death
should he dare set foot on Villa prop
erty again. That night, upon his ar
rival at the ranch house, young “Pan
cho” berated his sister sharply and
commanded her to cease her friend
ship with the magistrate.
The senorita's eyes filled with tears.
She had become infatuated with the
wealthy young man.
At the morning meal next, day the
elder sister was missing. A search of
the house failed to reveal her. "Pan
cho" was worried He discovered,
then, that the young magistrate, too,
had disappeared. The pair had eloped.
The brother’s rage knew no bounds
and at once he girded himself for pur
suit.
He galloped madly to the home of
a priest whom he knew.
“Get your horse and come with me.”
were the only words that “Pancbo”
spoke to the man of the church. There
was that in the speaker’s eyes which
made the priest obey.
in silence they rode rapidly off into
the hills, where Villa was confident
his sister and the young magistrate !
had gone. An hour before nightfall
they struck the elopers’ trail. Push
ing on. despite the darkness. “Pan
cho” and the priest came upo^i the
couple in a camp they bad pitched in
a sheltered nook.
Villa said no word, but drew his re
volver. The fellow trembled at the
sight of the irat.e brother. “Fancho”
turned to the priest.
"Marry them.” he ordered sharply.
Refusal was on the churchman’s
lips, but a flourish of Villa's revolver
caused him to comply.
There In the dark of night, In the
hills high above Torreon, the marriage
was solemnized. It was a marriage :
accompanied by no words of congratu
Mrs. “Pancho” Villa.
latlon, no smiles, no kisses. Within
ten minutes from the time Francisco
Villa’s sister became the young mag
istrate's bride she became his widow
Villa’s acts of that night are history
in and about Torreon.
Scarcely had the ceremony been
said when Villa stepped between his
sister .and the magistrate. Again he
turned to the priest.
"Make ready a death warrant,” he
ordered, grimly. •
Again the churchman would have
refused, but young “I’ancho’s” revol
ver made him obey. Seizing the
priest's leather bound book and tear
ing the flyleaf from It, Villa coolly
wrote the words that spelled death
for his sister's abductor. At the point
of his pistol he made the priest sign
the paper.
A moment later a single shot rang
out in the forest stillness. The form
of the young magistrate stiffened,
then crumpled, twisted and fell
dead.
Villa ordered the priest to con due*
his sister to her home. Then he gal
loped off in the darkness. Mis career
as a bandit had begun.
Ill—Villa, the Bandit.
For more than fourteen years after
that night of tragedy "Pancho"
roamed the woods and the hills,
hunted by the rurales (mounted po
lice), always terrorizing them and al
ways eluding their grasp. He never
was captured. The town of Torreoo
rings with the stories of the bandit
Villa's deeds in the hills. His rahh
and his deeds of daring became the
talk of the community.
Secretly, of course, the ranchers of
the community who had known young
“Pancho" sympathized with him and
were glad to hear of his successful
elusion of the rurales. Publicly, how
ever, as he was an outlaw, "Pancho”
was denounced and the rurales were
urged to bring him to town, dead or
alive. Time after time Villa escaped
He made them appear as laggards
and blunderers. Under their very
noses the bandit would perpetrate nis
deeds of daring, laugh at the rurales,
then escape into the hills. The posses
that pursued him invariably returned
in a day or two. shamefaced and dis
couraged. With each new raid “Pan
rho” grew bolder, until he came to be
known as a dare-devil among dare
devils and a fighter among fighters.
IV.—Villa, the General.
Early during the present troubles
in Mexico, particularly the rebellion
against Huerta, the name of Villa
came to be heard more often. He was
reported “seen" in various states in
northern Mexico and simultaneously
came reports of raids and routing of
detachments of federal troops. Villa
and his bandits were coming to be
widely feared, and, in a measure, re
spected.
Rallying about him a great number
: of rebels in addition to his troop of
raiders, tie began a series of open and
concerted attacks. He was uniformly
successful. Since bis interjection of
himself in Mexican affairs he has i
come to be known as a great general 1
—not a trained tighter, it seems, but a I
natural one. and one who gains the
loyalty of his men. i
His greatest achievement of the war j
was the capture of Torreon.
FAILED TO MEET APPROVAL
Record of Work* of Famout Authors
That Made at First No Appeal to
Publisher#.
Fielding's "Tom .lories" was refused
by every I/Oiidon publisher. After the
author had made a name as a drama
tist, however, one of the publishers
|| 'ho had refused the book brought it
out and made a fortune front it.
Thackeray’s "Vanity Fair" went the
rounds of the publishers for years. Tito
day after its appearance Thackeray
was famous.
Mrs. Stowe’s "Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
was refused by a dozen publishers and
the author finally brought the book out
at her on n expense It made her rich
Marie Corelli's first, hook. "A Ro
mance of Two Worlds," was refused by
the publishers of two worlds and trav
eled round and round for three years
before a sponsor was found for it.
Safah Grand's ‘‘Heavenly Twins”
was refuse! by praetieally every pub
lisher in Tvondon, so the author brought
it out herself. She is rich today.
Sir Richard llurton could find no
publisher who would give him more
than $1,500 for his great work, “The
Arabian Nights" translation. He
brought the translation out at his own
expense and cleared $10,000 the first
year.
Her Answer.
The school children had learned Fu
gene Field’s poem, "Wynken, Blynken
and Nod,” and one afternoon, for the
entertainment of some visitors, tho
teacher had them repeat it. Thinking
to display how well the children com
prehended the menu mg of the poem
she began to ask questions about ii.
"And what were the two little eyes
and the little, head doing in their lit
tle boat that wae a trundle bed?” she
said.
No hand came up.
"What happens when we go to
sleep^ she went on. Still no sign.
“Why, children, can’t any of you
think what you do when you are sleep
ing?”
Up come the hand of n liny, brnwn
ey<d maiden.
‘‘Well, Dorothy, you tell us.”
In the sweetest lisp came the an
swer:
"I thnore.”—Ladies’ Home Journal.
Economy of Steam Turbines.
According to the statistical depart
ment of the Commonwealth Edison
company of Chicago, it is probable
that the present coal consumption of
that company would be double what
it is if the generating units of today
were no more efficient than the re
ciprocating units used years ago. Un
der such conditions the annual coal ;
consumption would be 2.500,000 tons.
If the extra coal burned were -worth |
no more than one dollar a ton, the an- j
nual saving would be $1,250,000.—Elec- 1
trtcal World.
Colored Column
Bro. Robt. Smith, of Oak Ridge,
La., was in Huttig Sunday.
A number of colored citizens of
Huttig attended the baptising at
Smith Chapel Sunday.
The B. Y. P. U. elected new of
ficers Sunday, as follows^ H. B.
I Lewis, president: C S. Scates,
j vice-president; Lula Oliver, secre
tary; Katie Johnson, treasurer; J.
B. Frances, conductor; S. G. C-ay
ton, critic.
Rev. A. G. Smith will occupy the
pulpit Sunday and Sunday night.
Everybody invited to all services.
Rev. John Smith and wife left
Sunday for Hot Springs.
j There will be an “old folks con
cert" at the church Monday night,
j Everybody is invited.
R ev. J. C. Collier, who was for
: merly pas‘or here, has returned to
| Huttig and his many friends are
glad to see him.
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