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Local News of the Week.
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S. C. Payne, of Marion, was in
Huttig Thursday.
Percy Pryor has accepted a po
sition at Bernice. La.
Dr. H F. Mayfield made a pro
fessional 'isit to Strong Thursday
Old news p;pers for sale at the
News office for 15c per hundred.
W. L. Reagan made a business
trip to St. Louis the first of the
week._
J. A. Brignac and wife were
Monroe visitors Thursday of this
week.
W. F. Stripling, of Cecil, La.,
has moved to Litroeand opened up
a general mercantile business.
Miss Mary Jeffus returned to
Camden Sunday-after a visit here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Jeffus.
Born—To Mr. and Mrs. H. f.
-Heard at 1 2:10 last Friday after
noon a girl. Mother and litt e one
both doing fine.
W. L. Carter and Joe Sehon were
Monroe visitors Thursday the na
ture of their business will be re
vealed next week.
H. W. Goodwin of El Dorado has
announced as a candidate forCoun-;
ty and Probate Clerk, making five
in the race for this office.
Judge C. W. Smith was com
missioned Circu't Judge of the
Thirteenth Judic'a! Circuit by Gov.
Geo. W. Hays lest Saturday.
Geo. Milton, who formerly worked
in the cream parlor here but who
has been working in Little Rock
for the past year, is again employed
here.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the housp located on th® old Perry
Knox p'’ce at the wr-st edge of
t wn Sui d y night about 11
o’clock.
Cards have been received he>e
by friends announcing the birth of
a girl on January 7th to Mr. and
Mrs. M B. Scott, who are now res
idents of Emad. La.
G. D. Crews, who is now em
ployed out of Little Rock on the
Rock Island, was h^re the first of
the week, the guest of his sister.
Mrs W H Jeffus.
The lady members of the Libra
ry Boa^d will sell home made can
dy in front of the company store
on Saturday afternoon, January 17.
for the benefit of the Library. Here
is a chance to get some good candy
cheap and assist a good cause.
RUB-MY-TISM
Will cure your Rheumatism
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used in*
ternally and externally. Price 25c.
The number cf bales of cot
ton of the crop of 1913
ginned in Union county prior to
January 1 was 14,794 as com
pared with 1 1.290 for the corres
jonding period last year, being an
iricr ase of 3.504 bales.
Rev. W. P. Whaley, presiding
elder of this district of the Metho
dist church, will preach at Union
church on Monday night, Jaouary
1 9th. and will held his first quar
terly conference at the close of the
service. Everybody is cordially
invited to be present.
Filer J. E. Ball was called to
Girard. La . last Saturday on ac
count of the death of his brother
in-law. A. E. Harrell, a prominent j
young planter, who was shot and
instantly killed by Dr. J H. Mc
Intosh. Dr. McIntosh had not been ,
apprehended since the killing. !
Crossett people will learn with
regret that Rev. J. B. Luck, pas
tor of the Baptist church for the
past four years, has tendered his
resignation to his congregation, to
take effect February 4th and has
accepted a call from Warren, Ar
| kar sas. This is the second unani
| mous call tnat Rev. Mr. Luck has
had from the Warren church.
Crossett Observer.
Under a law passed by the last
i legislature, known as the "Corrupt
l Practice Act," every candidate is
| requestsd to file an affidavit with
the county clerk thirteen days be
fore the primaay that he has read I
the act and will comply with its j
conditions. Blanks for this pur
pose can be procured from the |
clerk free of charge, and every can- !
dida<,e, from road overseer up.
should take notice and file this ad-!
fidavit.
Bob Warnock, candi
date for Congress, will
address the people of
Huttig and vicinity at
Huttig on Wednesday,
January 21st, at 7 p. m.
Come out and hear him.
LANDLORDS ON A CITY'S NECK
Bulldingc in New York Are Made to
Pay the Brunt of the Taxes, Is
Assertion Made.
Congestion of population was the
subject of a recent exhibition in
Got hem. remarks thp Saturdav Eve
ning Cost. One exhibit consisted (»f
a boll, with this legend beneath it :
“Every time this bell rings land val
ues in New York advance a thousand
dollars.” The bell rang every five
minutes.
Sales of choice land parcels at a
valuation equivalent to 000.000
or $30,004,001) an acre were men
tioned—all leading up to the con
clusion that, based on the average
rental of a three-room tenement,
about one-third of the average fac
tory worker's income goes for rent
—in other words, to support the
enormously enhanced market value
of urban lands that accrues to the
benefit of the landlord.
Buildings are now taxed at the
same rate as land. Thus, if you tear
down an old. noisome, ramshackle
tenement worth $3,000, and re
place it with a well-lighted, ventilat
ed. sanitarv structure worth $30,400.
a grateful community immediately
raises vnur taxes. Even in crowded j
Manhattan more than 1,000 parcels
of land lie vacant, being held by
speculators for a rise. By wav of
remedy it is proposed gradually to
lower the tax rate on buildings and
raise that on land, until the former
is only one-half of the latter; hut
prudent landlords generally require
the lessee to pay all taxes on the
land.
There is a growing problem here
that will have to 1m* solved before
nianv years. Landlords will not in
allowed to sit on the city's nc< k —
with both hands in its pockets—-in
definitely.
WELL RATHER
The Youth—f love you. dearest—
I I mean it I moan it.
The Maid—Well. I should ha to to
think you wore joking.
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PERMANENT EXHIBIT.
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“Then you refuse to eat niv first
biscuit
“I don’t refuse to eat it, my dear.
I don’t want to eat it. I wish to
have vour monogram engraved 01* it
and then hang it upon my watch
chain.” j
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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I—Jackson Junes, nicknamed
"Broadway," because of ).ls continual
glorification of New York's great thor
j oughfare, is anxious to get aw ay from Pis
1 home town of .Jonesville. Abner Jones,
; liis uncle, is very angry because Broad
way refuses to settle down and tuk< a
!>lace in the gum factory to which lie suc
ceeded to his father's interest.
CHAPTER IT—Judge Spotswood informs
i Broadway that JD.Vi.eflfl left him hv h’s
father is at his disposal. Broadway
; makes record time in heading for liis fav
orite street in New York.
Aten went to bed in Jonesville. ho ex
'lfiiued upon occasion, because he
•ould not bear to stay awake there. He
said it made him reel ashamed.
Ba'k of Whipple's drug store was
the unofficial clubroom of the gayer
youth of Jonesville, who demanded
something less sordid than the two j
glim saloons or the tavern barroom j
To the drug store Broadway retreated
He found it more than usually ani- j
[ mated. While he had been in the se- 1
! elusion of Judge Spotswood's study
one of the rare, dramatic episodes
which Jonesville ever knew had come i
to pass—being imported from the out j
er world, of course. A touring car
had taken at too high a speed a
"thank ye ma'am" provided by the
town authorities for the purpose of re
Judge Spotswood.
tarding motorists who endeavored to
escape l'rom deputy sheriffs. Tlie re
sult had been that the ear's occupants !
had left it without intention, gone up- j
ward, cleaving the night air to heights, j
and, coming down, had found them- i
selves almost simultaneously in a mud ;
hole and a deputy's custody.
Having paid their fines for speeding '
and rescued their somewhat battered '
motor, they now were being bandaged, j
It was characteristic of the general
state of Jonesville’s mind that the vis i
itors had first been fined; repairs for |
their bruised heads being looked at as
a secondary matter.
The unfortunates numbered two, and
they had told the fining and exultant :
judge of the peace that they were son !
and father, giving their names as i
Grover and Robert Wallace. Robert
Wallace was of not much more than
Jackson’s age.
The drug store crowd was listening
with huge delight to their subdued ex
pressions of wrath. But with Broad
way’s entrance the younger of the vic
tims recognized a member of his own
indefinable fraternity. Within two min
utes the young men were "old chap"
to each other, which is a congenial
sign.
“How’s yo'ir machine?" asked Broad
way.
“Havent’s looked it over very care- !
fully.”
“If it’s out of business, I’ll get my
runabout and tow you ten miles down
(he road. There’s a good hotel there,
and a repair man who knows his busi
ness could help you out the first thing
in the morning.”
No such service proved to be neces
sary. In fact the stranger’s car was
in such unexpectedly good condition
that its owners insisted upon taking
Broadway with them to his gateway.
They reached it simultaneously with
Clara Spotswood and Josie Richards,
who w*re now engaged in that inef
ficient but delightful seesawing which
frequently occurs when a girl-friend
takes a girl-friend home. Clara had
walked home with .Tosie, dosie had
walked part way home with Clara.
Clara had gone part way back with
her. They had gradually, come almost
to a midway standstill in front of the
Jones place. . _ _
\\ hilp thp elder Wallace took ad
vantage of the halt to make one more
examination of the car, before piling
ing off into the darkness of the sur
rounding farming country, .lackson in
trod need his new-made friend to the
two girls, and they stood laughing in
consequentially. The young city man
was much impressed by the two pret
ty eonntry girls, and the two prett:
country girls especially Clara Spots
wood, were delighted with the youth
who hail been brought so dramatical!: i
to their attention.
They went along before the elder
gentleman was satisfied that every
thing was certainly all right, but at a
distance which they felt sure made
them invisible in the soft gloom of the
summer night they paused, with man:,
a suppressed giggle, to look back a1
the group, each member of which was
now and then shown sharply against
the background of Cimmerian dark
ness as he chanced to pass into the
radius of one or the other of the car s
headlights.
’ “I think he’s absolutely too hand j
some!” Clara whispered cautiously.
I ve always thought so,” .Josie an
swered.
"Oh, silly! T mean young Mr. Wal !
lace. And Robert's such a sweet
name! It's almost, the same as ‘Robin
-'Robin' Adair, you know? Hon she
oust have ioved him!”
“Robert or Robin?” Josie asked.
* Robin, o' course. She sang the
song about him. But Robert s just as
pretty, and it doesn’t make you think
of birds and worms.”
Josie burst into partially stifled tit
ters. and her friend grasped her arm
in giggling wrath to fore* her into a
wild scamper down the dusky, fragrant
village street. When they bad «mee
more fallen to a walk, Josie remarked,
unwittingly:
"You’re very silly. He's not half as
good looking as Jackson, and you know
i it. Only we see Jackson every day,
and—”
“O-h-h-h!” said Clara. “I’ve suspect
ed that for a long time!’’
"Suspected what? Keep quiet!’’
were the contradictory remarks of her
best friend. Then: "And I’m going to
be so lonely after he has gone! I’d like
| to cry. 1 almost did. Think of all the
J girls he’ll meet there in the city! Oh,
i i hate New York!"
"You’ve never been there."
"No. But I’ve heard about the girls
t here. Lots—of—them— drink- - cock
tails. Ami I hate that street he’s al
ways talking of—Broadway!" Then
suddenly, and, to the amazement of her
friend, who instantly wns filled, how
ever. with a perfect understanding, j
Josie burst into tears, and. with a
quick “Good night," rushed toward
her home
Before they parted the city youth
gave Broadway his card.
"You’ve been very nice, old chap.
Come to see me when you strike New
York."
"It’s absolutely certain—ami I’m
coming in a year.”
To his amazement, the events of this
extraordinary night had not yet ceased
for Broadway Jones. Tie walked down
the street toward home, filled with
longing for the years end, and found
Sammy, Clara’s small brother, asleep
upon liis doorstep.
"Hi, Sammy!” he cried, shaking a
fat shoulder.
“Yes—sir; I’m goin’—to—be—like
—” the boy began before he was en
tirelv awake.
"I know, like Rip Van Winkle. But
he didn’t take his nap upon a doorstep.
Why aren't you at home, in bed?”
Sammy rubbed his eyes. With mad
dening deliberation he informed Broad
way that the judge had sent him, with
instructions to find Broadway and tell
him he wished to see him. "He—said
—it—didn’t—make—no— difference —
how—late.”
“What! As near midnight ns this" j
Child,,it's almost ten o'clock! All j
Jonesville is asleep.”
"lie—says—for—you—to—come. I'm I
—goin'."
\\ hereupon he went.
Jackson followed speedily. Such a !
summons from the judge at such an
hour must bode something eata- !
clysmic.
He found a worried judge pacing up
and down his office floor.
"In the office, at this hour! You real- I
ly want to see me. judge?"
“Yes,” said the old man firmly. "I’ve
determined that I will not be a party
to deception "
“Who's been deceived, judge?'.’
“Jackson, your father's will gives
you his fortune when you’re twenty
one. not when you’re twenty-two. Your
unde wished to keep it from you. 1 do
not think you ought to have it now, i
but you're entitled to it."
Broadway gazed with a dropped jaw.
"Judge. I'm petting all mixed up Yon i
say 1 g*t it when I'm twenty one?
Why, I'm twenty-one already!"
"I know you are. I know you are.
I never saw the document until today
It was drawn up by Boston lawyers.
And at first I thought I'd do exactly as
j your uncle asked—let you think it was
1 as he had said it was. But I’ve thought
it over and it seems to me you’d ought
to know.”
Broadway merely stood and stared.
"Your uncle thought that lie was
acting for the best," the Judge insisted,
“ile's been hoping you would settle
down. When you didn't, he thought
he’d steal a year from you, and give
you one more chance. When he told
me this tonight. I told him that I didn't
i think it was just right; and—finally—
i well, you know it all now.”
Broadway found the power of
| speech. ‘'Good old judge!”
"Then you’re not angry?”
"I ni too happy to be angry. Got a
time table about you?”
“Jackson, .lonosville was named aft
■ er your ancestors.”
"Well, I don’t like to live In it. I
know a chap named Bright. Very like
ly Bright's disease was named after
his ancestor, but l presume he doesn't
want to die of it. Judge, Jonesrille is
tin ailment.” ^
The judge. Infinitely relieved, now
that he had made a clean breast of the
thing, leaned back In his chair and
laughed, despite his worries for the
young man's future.
“Well, what are you going to do?”
“When can I get that money?”
“The trustees will have to pay it on
demand.”
Jackson laughed with rare delight
"Uncle's one of them. How it will pain
his fingers when he hands it out to
me! I’m going to demand! And I
want to start tomorrow. I want to
start tonight, but I am reasonable. I
won’t wake the old man up. But while
vou go to get the money in the morn
ing, I'll get set at the town line, wait
ing for you to bring it me, ready to
get, anyway, 60 yards out of the town
ship within 60 seconds. How 1 wish 1
really could sprint!”
“Broadway!”
“I know, judge, but let me tell you i
w'hy I hate Jonesville and how. You j
knew mj mother?"
"A splendid woman, Broadway.”
“Everyone says that.; but, you see, 1
didn’t know her. And my father died
when I was twelve.”
“A magnificent mnn, Broadway.”
"Yes. I guess ho was the best bet in
the village.”
“Poor chap! He never was the
same sfter your mother's death.”
“Vlitn Uncle Abner took me. He
couldn't absolutely boss me, for certain
moneys had been left with which spe
cific things were to be done for me. He
had to have me educated at the schools
and college, which my father designat
ed ?”
“And he disapproved of them.”
‘*1 know he did. A sheepskin from
Jonesville academy is his idea of the
evidence of the higher education for a
Jones—along with side details on first
aid to a stick of chewing gum.”
“He always wished to have you take
an iuterest in the gum business.”
“I did, till another kid slipped me a
stick one day, w-hen I was absent-mind
ed. and I began to chew It. Then and
( there I made up my mind to devote
my life's endeavor to something which
would not stick in your teeth. Judge
J Spotswood. lobsters don’t.”
I “My boy, I wish you never had seen
.New York!”
"No, you don't, j-’dge, you wish you
were going with me when I start.”
‘‘Are you going to stay away?”
“Uncle says that in these days each
man should have a specialty if he
would he successful. I'm going to
specialize on staying out of Jonesvllle.
I'm hoping for success."
“Have you no friends here whom
you dislike to leave?"
“You and the judgess, judge, and
Clara, I'll miss .losie, too. And there
are some down at the factory. Hill
Higgins. I like him. He used to enter
tain me when we went in swimming
and he got the cramps. Awfully funny
when he had the cramps, Bill was;
peevish hut very funny. I shall miss
Bill. But Jonesville, as a whole, judge
—I'm not going to miss Jonesville. ex
cept tlie wa> a man may miss a tooth
that has been pulled for cause.”
The judge sighed. “Well, 1 had to
tell you.”
The young man looked at him*with a
strange earnestness. "Judge, would ,
you get mad If I should kiss you?"
"And you are really going, right '
sway ?”
"It’s going to be the quickest get
iway Connecticut ever heard of."
CHAPTER III.
Almost as speedily as he had told j
he judge he would, Broadway pre
pared to leave Jonesvilie. There was a
lormy session when the old lawyer
old Abner Jones that he had made the
evelatkm to the boy. hut the old man's
iireats against him were quickly si !
enced when the judge reminded him j
hat what he hail proposed to him was
laud and that an action for conspiracy
uight be brought against him.
The car wheels sang to Broadway
is he journeyed west and southward.
He gave cigars to the conductor, to
he trainmen, to the engineer as soon
is the train waited long enough, for
aim to get to him. He bought all the
newsboy's papers, novels, magazines
and seat him through the cars to give
them to the ladies. Then, on his re
turn, alight with smiles, he bought the
last ounce of his candy and told him
to appropriate it to the use of his ow n
sweet-tooth.
Arriving in New- York a red-capped
station-porter saw him from afar and
recognized the strong financial candle
power of his expanding smite. Gal
vanized Into extraordinary action he
rushed toward him, calling to tw-<*
tViends to join him instantly and help I
Inin bear the two hags Broadway car
ried. The traveler had to give thv
third negro his hat, so thst he might
seem to "aril his tin; but lie did this
gladly. The taxi-cabman flew, grram
ling from bis box. at the mere intopa
tion of the porters’ voices.
"Where to. sir?" he inquired.
“Is this New York?" his fare asked,
smiling gently in a way which m*de
the chauffeur think ho was a wan
derer. returned unto his own. and wish
ful of facetiousness.
“You bet it is; Just little old New
York.”
"I thought so. It seems so familiar
Well, I want to go t^o Broadway.”
"What part of Broadway, sir?” (Ob
Mr*. Spotswood.
serve rhat this Grand Central taxi-cab
man peisiatemly said 'sir.” It was a
tribute; Broadway knew it was a trib
ute and it warmed bis heart.)
"Oh. all of it.”
"Take you to all of Broadwayy
Even the taxi-cabman was astonished.
“I want to look It o'er, for ire jfoing
to buy it if I like it as much as I al
wavs have.”
The cabman eyed him shrewdly, de
cided that he was quite sane and
sober, resolved to ti® to him with a
anacity which never '-quid be shaken
iff. climbed to his narrow seat be
leath its narrow hood and yaukefl
town the flag upon the taximeter.
“My r.&nie la Grldley, sir,” he Volun
teered.
“You may Are when ready, Grldley,”
Broadway answered, and then Oridley
pulled the lever.
Before the day was over Jackson
Tones had bought a forty-horsepower
limousine, a sixty-horsepower tonrlng
j car and a runabout. Gyidley bad
i turned in his resignation to hi* com
pany and been measured tor five suit*
of livery, of expensive cloth, exclusive
cut. extraordinary color Having done,
this he had asked a girl lo marry him,
had been accepted, had taken sixteen
i drinks and gone to see her mother, had
then been thrown out a jilted man and
had returned to Broadway Jones, de
termined to live single and attached
to him forever. The episodes had so
bered him and he was quite himself
when Broadway asked him what apart
ment he would recommend for living
quarters.
"Quiet place?" he asked.
"Not for your new employer," Broad
way answered. “I want- it to he on
Joy street, between Happy bottlers'-)^
and Don’t Care alley. The noisier the*
better If the noise is a!,ways laughter*
I want it named The Smile and I wan*
it furnished in bright red. Ta.ke tn«
somewhere where they’ll MU me a
stood butler—fancy brand, no matter
what the price. I want a but up who
can go and buy n home for me
home that slitters and ia glad, Throw
on the high-speed clutch.”
(kridley took him. In his brand-new
oar (which ran as smoothly and at
noiselessly and swiftly, as a plokerfl
swims), to an .employment agency
which he had board about, and I bet's
Broadway signed the lease for an ex
traordinary iterant), principally named
Rankin. lie looked like a bishop,
talked like a British lord, walked lHA
a major-general, bowed like a diplo
mat, never smiled, always said “Yes,
sir,” and "thank you, sir,” whenever
here was room for these Impressive
words, was ready to he measured for
as many suits of livery as had been
ordered for the chauffeur and assured
his new employer that it would give
him pleasure both to find and furnish
an apartment for him.
"When will you have It ready for
me?"
"Tomorrow morning, sir.”
"Then you know what apartment
you are going to take?"
"Not yet, sir. Hrdakfast at, say.
ton. sir?"
"Rankin, you will do. Make it slew
cn. Engage a cook and second-man^"
“I have already telephoned lor thypi.
sir.” t
"I have raised your wagef ftma* 'la.
for long and faithful ssrrjc*. l as -<**
see—you’ve been with SS* (*r\f BIX)
utes. See to It that you th as wall
in future.”
“I shall, sir: and I hope Vtw'll <H
the same, sir."
"Find Mr. Robert Wallace in the tab
ephone book, lie's in the advertising
business."
A moment later Rankin turned ba<’ft
from the little table at the sido of rite
large parlor which supplied headquar
ters for the ex-JonesvlHlan for tho
time being. "I have him ou the wlrfK
feir. i ’ ‘
"I'll tatj? to him."
(TO 9E CONTINUED NEXT Wf\f K)
Old papoi6 at liie N.w. ofTiCQ