TKE mm NEWS.
Published Every Saturday at HutUg, \r k
C. \. BERRY. Editor and Proprietor.
Entered as second class matter May 3. 1 907 at
the postolTice at Huitig. Arg., under the act of Con
gress of March 3, 1879.
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Saturday, December 12. 1914.
TOWN ornciAis.
Tne following are the duly elected of
ficials of the incorporated town of Hut
tig:
Mayor C. 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.
Half of greatness is grit. When
intelligence is backed up by the
determination not to back down,
the only thing under the sun that is
impossible is something that can’t
be imagined.
The French love for display and
pomp was never better illustrated
than by a story which has just
come to us from a war correspon
ent. When three or four hundred
young officers left for the military
school at St. Cyr early in August
to go the front they made a vow to
wear their white gloves on the
fields as they had on dress parade
at school. In the very first en
gagement three-fourths of the
young officers were killed in action.
The awful mortality was later ex
plained by a German officer who
told how the white gloves on the
little officers' hands loomed up for
the German sharpshooters. Dis
play and pomp go well on dress pa
rade. but not in opposition to the
matter-of-fact German soldiers and
their well known love for efficiency
in battle as well as in business.
A Huttig man frequently and
openly boasts that he does not read
a newspaper, neyer has read one
except to glance over the headlines
and never intends to read one.
Since he has never read a newspa
per he states the logical conclusion
that newspapers are unfit to read,
menaces to our civilization and en
tirely unneeded by a rising genera
tion. Why should this man wish
to parade his ignorance and bias
before a wondering world? It is
his privilege to cheat himself as of
ten as he pleases, but he should
possess enough balance to keep
from making a fool of himself in
public. Newspapers are not per
fect it is true. As they are written
and managed by human beings
they have the same shortcomings
and weaknesses that are found ir
other sons of men. but the news
paper men are always anxious and
willing to learn. They constantly
seek to better and • to serve their
fellows, attributes which, we are
forced to say, are not found in the
soul of our narrow-minded friend
who never reads a newspaper.
And this scolding, we are afraid,
will never come to his ears, since
there is no possibility of his seeing
THE rt\BITS Of WORKING MEN.
A professor of Columbia Univer
sity has just completed a test of
character of one thousand working
men of different sections of the
United States and his report re
veals some interesting tendencies
of the average laborer.
Prominent among his discoveries
was the revelation that nine men
in every ten laborers occupy a
large amount of their spare time in
reading the newspapers, and that
this number of them are subscrib
ers to their local publications.
Next to the time spent with his
family, the American laborer di
vides his spare moments in visiting
friends and in reading newspapers.
Of the thousand men investiga
ted, 29 nationalities and 164 oc
cupations were represented, and
300 of them belonged to trade
unions. There were 580 church
members, while 420 did not pro-;
fess religion. Six men in every i
ten are regular patrons of the pic
ture shows and only three in ten
used intoxicants in any form.
Taking the one thousand men in
vestigated as a fair example of the
average laborer, the American
workman reveals the strongest so
cial spirit of that of any civilized
nation on the globe.
Things We Think
Things Others Think, and What We lhink
of the Things Others Think.
Sometimes we imagine the office
girl marries to bossy employer to
get a chance to turn the table.
It wouldn't be so bad to get mar
ried if it wasn’t so hard to get un
married.
An almanac predicts the weather
a year ahead. Even the weather
man might hit it if given that much
time.
Money is one of the sins that
may be passed down to the third
and fourth generations.
The fellow w oo brags about his
success is something of a bore, but
he’s a genial companion compared
to fhe fellow who is always whi
ning and finding fault.
The dove of peace will have to
grow talons.
Why don't the astronomers who
waste so much time on Mars, try
to look for woman's sphere. They'd
find something there ready enough
to talk.
It's a wonder why some curious
one doesn't ask how judicial pro
cedure got such a misnomer.
Those who ask the most must
naturally expect to get the most
turndowns -but they are more
likely to get more than the person
who doesn't ask anything.
A boy is a problem that can be
solved by properly dividing his dev
■ ltry and energy and getting him to
apply them to proper tasks and
pastimes.
When the devil is to pay he al
ways applies at the most inoppor
tune moment.
WORRIES OF ONE GIRL
BY NELLIE COOKE.
"What’s the trouble tonight?” asked
the young man who was calling. “You
look bothered about something and
you are painfully quiet.”
“That’s a dreadful slam,” said the
girl, with mild resentment. “There
isn't necessarily anything wrong mere
ly because I’m not chattering like a
magpie. I shouldn’t like to be told
that I'm a chatterbox.”
“I never said such a thing of you,”
declared the young man. “You
couldn't be a chatterbox if you tried.
I am just wondering why you are
more than usually silent. Are you
tired?”
“Not exactly. Just worried.”
“Why are you worried? Who1 is ill?
Why didn't you tell me? Is it your
mother? She has been looking a lit
tle pale lately, I recall.”
“No, mother’s all right. I’m glad to
say. Hut there’s lots of things to
worry about besides illness. People’s
business may not be getting on well.”
“You certainly are a trump!” cried
the young man, admiringly. "It is
Just like a girl of your nature to worry
when her father is feeling anxiety. I
hope he appreciates your thoughtful
ness.”
“Oh, it isn’t father!” the girl de
clared, hastily. "I haven’t the slight
est idea how father's business is do
ing. I don’t have to give his affairs
a thought.”
“No reason why you should!”
agreed the young man. “You couldn’t
possibly get hold of the details of hi3
large affairs if you tried. It isn't a
girl’s place to keep track of such
j things. When she is married it’s dif
ferent. Then a fellow could tell her
everything about his business.”
“Even the troublesome things,” the
girl said, understandingly. ' “A worry
shared is a worry divided. That’s
what 1 always think.”
“If it isn’t something relating to
your family that is going wrong, what
is it?”
“Well, I suppose you’ll think me
foolish—”
“You’re never foolish!”
“You don't know me, I'm afraid.
You see, there’s a little fur store that's
opened up over on the corner.”
“Yes, I've noticed that, little fur
store.”
“Well, that’s it.”
“That’s what?”
"Why, don’t you understand? That’s
what I was worrying about, that
store.”
“What happened there? Did they
lose your furs or spoil them in any
way?”
“They haven’t had any furs of mine,
and father says he doesn’t wish me to
take mine to him. I don’t know
what I can do about it.”
“Take them to somebody else.”
"But you don’t seem to get the
idea,” said the girl, patiently. “It’s
because I want to help the man that.
I want to let him clean my furs.
They were cleaned in the spring, so
I don’t need anybody else to do the
work over again, yet that poor man
has just set up in business and I
don’t think he’s had a single custom
er yet.”
"Did you promise him any custom
er0 ?■'
“Why, of course not. I never saw
hjm before he opened the store.’’
“Then where does your responsibil
ity come in?”
“Everybody’s responsible,” said the
girl, severely. “When a new store
opens in a neighborhood it is every
body’s cut; to help it get a start. This
neighborhood has let three stores fail
in the last year, and I’m awfully
•afraid this one is going to go, too.”
“I shouldn’t think a fur 3tore was
needed in this neighborhood, should
you?”
“That isn’t the point. The point is
that the man has got to support his
family. He has a wife and three chil
dren, besides an invalid mother or an
aunt or something. It’s just too piti
ful for words.”
“So you worry yourself into a head
ache over It?” said the young man
indignantly. “I think the man ought
to be ashamed of himself. The idea
of his worrying you like that!”
“Now you're laughing at. me.”
“Indeed, I am not,” said the young
man, fervently. “But, really, I know
of something lots worse that I wish
you %vould go to worrying over.”
“Oh, dear!” cried the girl. “What
awful thing is it?”
“Why, it’s—it’s me,” confessed the
young man. “Will you take me to
worry about permanently? Will you
marry me, Gertrude?”—Chicago Daily
News.
Whole Village to Jail.
After four years of litigation it ap
pears that every* member of the two
i hundred families composing the Jap
anese village of Shimidzu must go to
i jail.
The Tokio court affirmed recentlj
| the decision of the lower court, which
| in 1908 sentenced every inhabitant
> of Shimidzu to frwm six to fourteen
months’ imprisonment for cutting
trees in the imperial forests at Ya
; guchi.
The lower court imposed fines in
default of the payment of which the
: jail sentences were imposed. It was
charged that the Shimidzu met
women and children cut timber in th«
i-yinpriql forests for ten years.
The Bell Telephone
Is Everywhere
\A7"HETHER you cross the County
or cross the Continent, a Bell
Telephone will be there—ready to
serve you—to do your errands—to
carry your messages — to keep you in
touch with home no matter where you
may be.
Every Bell Telephone is a Long Distance
Station.
The Southwestern Telegraph
and Telephone Company
C. H. NORWOOD. Manager,
El Dorado, Ark.
By ADEL.E JOHNSON.
“Do you msan to tell me. Gertrude,
that you do not care for me? That
you have been trifling.”
“Yes, if you want to put it that way.
Mr. Henry Croydon. It was purely a
little summer affair. I supposed you
understood the game. Now that the
season is ended, it’s called off. I think
there’s lots of pleasure in such little
affairs don’t you? I'm going back to
my dear old noisy city. Really. I’m
tired of the quiet of the country
These hills seem to stifle me. I’m off
for the world of light and music, the
theater and good times. Three cheers
I for Broadway!”
“Gertrude, you are trying to tease
me. Come, dear, if I know anything
about girls, you do love me. You
have given me every reason to think
so. Why, just last week you told me
you loved these hills; that you hated
the restless life; that you had found
your real self here; that you had felt
a peace of soul and happiness that
were past understanding.”
“Yes, yes, but—but a girl has a
right to change her mind. And as
for your understanding girls—ha! ha!
my dear friend, you may know your
: country product, but not us of the
city. I’m in earnest, Henry. I’m a
creature of moods. I crave adven
ture, excitement, travel—oh„ every
thing! Tlie stir and bustle appeal to
me now. My home is railing, calling
for me. Come drink to my health.
Ah, you must go? Goodby, Mr. Croy
den. Come, shake hands.”
“Excuse me, Miss Arlington, I’ve
washed my hands. You are a cruel
woman, Gertrude Arlington. I cannot
believe such as you are the handiwork
of God. You and all your clan should
go through life labeled ‘Poison.’ Good
evening.”
When Gertrude recovered her senses
she gasped, “Oh, that he should
think of me in that way. I who love,
love him. I. who would consider it
the greatest privilege to share his
'ife, to do the most menial work for
him; the only man I have ever loved.
But I had to force him to think me
hard and cruel or he would never
have gone back to her. Her! What
is she to me? Why should I let her
ruin my happiness?”
She drew from her pocket the letter
she had received that morning, the
contents of which had caused her a
struggle;
“My Dear Miss Arlington:
“I trust you will pardon me for writ
ing to you, almost a perfect stranger
to me. Six times I have written to
you, only to destroy the letters and
despise myself. I have heard that
you are as good and kind as you are
beautiful, and I feel sure you will
understand.
“Henry Croydon and I were school
mates and childhood lovers. He has
been attentive to me all these years.
Indeed, our friends considered us en
gaged, although no formal declaration
had been made. I love him, and I
think I oould make him happy. He
has been the only bright spot in my
otherwise colorless life. I was sure
of his love until you came to spend
he summer in our village. Before
that I was the only girl he cared for.
“Miss Arlington, you have money (
and friends. You are young and at
tractive. I am an orphan, to whom
he prospects of a home means
leaven. Perhaps I should be silent
and give no sign of the pain within
me. That is considered a woman’s
duty. I fear I am weak—weak. 1
'■.ope you may never suffer what 1
have during this summer. ~Oh, can
you understand? Yours sincerely.
“MARY GOODWIN.”
Gertrude Arlington slowly tore the
Setter to slireds. A beautiful smile
lighted her face. As she went to her
room to pack her trunks she mur
mured, “Yes, Mary Goodwin, I under
stand.”
Poor Bairn!
Which did baby resemble the more
—its father or mother? Its parents
were, to put it charitably, not very
prepossessing, nor was the baby; so,
to settle the matter, they finally re
solved to refer it to arbitration.
“I'll ask old Farmer B- to step
in and see baby," said its proud fa
ther. “He never spoke a flattering
word in his life, and we may trust his
"erdict implicitly.”
So Farmer B-was called in, and.
after pinching the baby to see what it
looked like when crying, he wrinkled
his forehead.
“Well,” he began, while the parents
listened eagerly, “it’s the will o
Providence, no doubt, but it’s hard
on the nipper, for ail that. It has a
look of both of you—poor bairn!”—
London Tit-Bits.
Cling to Old-Time Toys.
The eternal feminine of the juvenile
variety still concentrates its affec
tions on dolls as gifts, with the result
that no other toy is sold so largely at
holiday times. Boys, say the dealers,
scatter their affections on various
military toys, tin soldiers, trumpets
and bugles being their favorites. The
boy’s voice, it seems, is still for war,
while few little girls have become so
“advanced” as to despise the make
believe baby.
Puts and Calls.
“I think,” <mid young Mrs. Torklns,
doubtfully, “that I understand what is
meant by 'puts and calls.’ ”
“Oh, you do!” rejoined her husband.
“Yes. A person with a tip puts
some money in a broker’s hands and
after a while somebc<ty calls and gets
if
Colored Column
- i
The Huttig Troupe finished its1
Thanksgiving program Dec. 3.
Rev. Jchr, Smith has been re-;
appointed pastor of the C. M. E..
church at this place anc is expect,
ed here Sunday.
Old papers at the -Newsoffice.
J. C. Collins visited his old home ;
at Collinston last week.
Huttig troupe will render a. pro
gram Christmas, including Oh: ist
mas tree and Santa Claw.
Dora Riley is visit ng f i ds at
Monroe this week.
B. Y. !'. U. Program
A delightful program .yes ren
dered last Sunc .y tv the B. Y. P.
U. The opening addie s was*
; made by N. W Hughes, subject |
| “Hitching Tom.’ Another inter j
j esting feature was a paper by Min- j
■ nie Lee Steward, subject “Progress
I of the Negro Race. ’ responded to
j by A. Lewis.
Song. Jesus Saviour PilctMe.
Paper “A Three Fold P jpara
tion." Katie Johnson.
The B. Y. P. U. meets every
Sunaay afternoon at 5 o'clock. |
Everybody is invited to attend.
10 Cents Per Hundred
Old newspapers for sale
at the News office at 10c
per hundred as lon£ as the)
last. Gome early as the j
supply is limited.
JEWEL TABERNACLE. No. 412,
meets every 1st. and 3rd Tuesday.
Augusta Steverion, H.'P.
Tena Harris, C. R.
Spanolia Camps No. 261 C. W.. W. 0 ,
W. mee every first and third Thursday, ai ;
7:30 o'clock. J. C. Ecus, Gov.
S. G. Crayton, F. S.
OBLIGE GALE CIRCLE No, 213 !
meets every first and third Saturday at
1:30 o'clock. Emma Barns, Gov.
Mary Adkins Secy.
HOUSEHOLD RUTH. No. 2990. oi !
G. U. 0. of O. F., meets the first and j
third Thursday in each month at 1:50!
p. m. Carrie Averett, M. N.G.
Eva Pittman. W. R.
STATE LINE TEMPLE NO. 337 j
meets every 2nd and 4th Friday night at!
8 o'clock. C. S. Scates, C. M. I
W. B. Barnes, C. S.
ELECTRIC LIGHT COURT OF CA
LANTHE, No. 70, meets first and third
Tuesday in each month at 1:45 p. m.
Lizzie Oliver, W. C.
Ever Pittman. R. D.
BLUE LIGHT LODCF.No 153 K. of P. I
meets First and Third Tuesday in each
month. J B Francis, C. C.
A. Lewis, K. of R. S.
Lodge Directory.
RoosevelLChapter. No. 188, Order of j
the Eastern Star, meets every second
and fourth Tuesday in each month.
Mrs. C. Williams, W. M.
Emma Bearl, Secy.
EAST LAKE LODGE No. 6362 O.
U. O. of 0. 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.
Geo. Keiso, W. M.
S. L. Glenn, Sec.
OMEGA COMMANDERY No.4 Knight
Templars meet every 2nd Thursday
night in each month.
J. H. Law, E. C.
E. Brooks, Recorder.
SPINOLA Lodge No. 261, C of W.
A., meets every first and third Wednes
day night at 8 o'clock.
J. C. Ellis. Gov.
S. G. Crayton, Secy.
LEBANON, Chapter No. 4 1. R. A. M
meets every 2nd and 4th Thursday night
at 7:30. Emmett Hoily. H. P
W. A. High, Sccy.
Royal Circle of Friends. R. A.Williams
No. 324. meets every fiist and third
Friday night. All visiting fri< ds are
welcome. G. V/. Smith. President.
I Lula Oliver, Secretary.
%
G lick Thinker.
' “Hut I’ve head that you proposed
; ly three other girl- thi. month. ’ “I
er—er—was merely rehearsing for ray
proposal to you.”
What Makes for Coed- Work.
\Y ■ rover do well that v 1, U we do
not enjoy doing, that toward whi h
our faculties of thought, feeling and
t( :ip» meet do not converge v, ;lh
> unanimity of assent.
The Bock Season.
“Are you loud of l.ac i. Mr. D ;b ?”
! “Really, Mrs. De Sousa, 1 very at idem
i drink anything.''—Buffalo iSxpre.
DR. G. SURGHNOR
MONROE, LA.
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Nose and Throat.
Adenoids and Tonsils Removed.
Glasses Correctly Fitted.
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16. Postoffice Building
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10DGE DIRECTORY.
ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. L A.
M.meets every second and feu th Sat jr
day evenings at 7:30 o’clock. Visiting
Masons always welcome.
F O. Mahcny, W. M.
D. F. Collett, Sec'y.
HOWARD CHAPTER. No. 122. R. A.
M. meets every first and third Thurs
day evening at Masonic hall. Visiting
companions welcome.
D. F COLLF.TT. H. P.
C. A. Berry, Secy.
HUTT1G CHAPTER No. 32.0. Order of
the eastern Star, meets every first and
third Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. A. E. Lucas. W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson. Sec'y.
HUTTIG LODGE No. 348 1. O. 0 F.
meets every Tuesday evening. Visiting
f rethern cordially invited to attend.
M. H. Claybaugh, N. G.
E. L. Ware. Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 80,
rnre*,; every Monday night at 7:30 o'clock
Visitors are invited.
Mrs. Chas. Saxe. N. Q.
Mrs. May Claybaugh, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No 41 1 W.O. W,
meets every f ret and third Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
C. M. Caldwell, C. C.
J. C. Bridges. Clerk.
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RAILROAD 1M1E TA31L
Rt. Louis. IROr» Mount/ in &, Southern
I 1TTLE ROCK Sl MONROE RY.
South
5:25 a. m..
! 1:55 a. m .
Leaves
1 1:55 p. m.
. Hiif.tig
Monroe .
local.
Kuttig
North
3:23 p. m
1:00 p.m.
Arrives
12:15 p. m.
•ot. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
FARMEHVIL.U& & SOUTHERN RY.
North
4:42 a. in. .
3:15 a. m.
Huttig
Farrr.erville
South
3:54 n m
5:20 p. m
local, t
10:15a. m Huttig 2:25p.m.
fArrives Monday, Wednesday. andFn
oay from Monroe and goes to Farmer
Hle.
Arrives Tuesday. Thursday *nd Satur
;day from Farmerville and goes to Mon
I roe