THE HUTTIG
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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
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VOL. VI. NO. 53.
HUTT1G. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. DECEMBER
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PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
Test Your Seed.
The human animal likes to gam
ble. Taking a chance is as natural
to the human race as is breathing
We all like to shut our eyes and
make a stab at something, then
open them to see what the result
is. We have all heard stories of
this man and that man taking a
chance on the wheat and stock
market, and we have all had more
or less experience resulting in suc
cess or failure, by taking chances
ourselves. We, however, forget
the failures and remember the suc
cesses and continue to take
chances.
The business man who takes
chances of this kind usually ends
in the bankruptcy court, but the
farmer who takes chances, owing
to the utter impossibility of losing
entirely, has always managed to
keep his head above financial water.
So he continues to take chances
year after year in the hope that
the average at the end will show
him slightly ahead.
Now there is no need for the
farmer to take these chances.
He can come pretty near gamb
ling on a certainty. Take the seed
question for instance. The differ
ence between good seed and poor
seed is equivalent to one-half a
crop, and yet thousands of farmers
prefer to gamble on this chance
rather than to spend twenty cents
per acre to test the se°d before
hand and know absolutely what he
is going to get so far as the seed
will determine. It is safe to say
that the difference between the
tested seed and untested seed will
average 15 per cent to an average
crop. Is this 15 per cent worth
saving? If you think it is make up
your mind this winter to test every
variety of seed which you will have
occasion to use next year.
Advertised Letter list.
The fol.owmg letters remain un
claimed in the Huttig postoffice for
the week ending Dec. 4. 1912:
Gents.
Jesse Wannada
Jona Bond
Mr DeLong
W F Gust
Jesse Jordon
Grean Steward
Bai'ey Crage
Ralph Daniels
Willie Hudley
Jamew Hughes
Bill Moor
Maniel Williams
Ladies.
Monteak Willie Hattie Myrax
Katie Huston Mable Howard
Josie Denson
When calling for above letters
please say advertised.
E. N. Collett. P. M.
Read The Huttig News.
Missionary Dnion Meet.
The Womans' Missionary Union
met at the usual hour Tuesday af
ternoon with seven members pres
ent. Meeting opened by singing
More About Jesus and Ever Faith
ful; prayer by Mrs. Crockett,
scripture reading by Mrs. Moore.
This being a business meeting, we
had reading of minutes of last
meeting and collect.ng of dues.
We decontinue our meetings until
after the holidays. Next meeting
will be the first Tuesday in Jan
uary. All the members are re
quested to be present. Meeting
was closed by repeating the Lord's
prayer in concert.
Umbrellas.
By George Fitch. Copyrighted by
George Mathew Adams.
An umbrella is a circulating med
ium which passes from hand to
hand like money.
Umbrellas are designed to keep
the rain off the wearer's hat and
deposit it on his shoulders. They
are made of cloth stretched tightly
over steel ribs. The rib is the um
brella’s vital point. A man may
break a rib or even have it shot
away, and still live to become pres
ident. but when an umbrella breaks
a rib. it is good only to 'end a per
sonal friend.
Umbrellas are so made that they
can be opened and closed with
great ease except when the owner
is trying to get into or out of a
street car. When an umbrella is
I brought into the house it i§ folded
| up neatly and stood in a corner to
drain. On a wet day enough water
is ca-ried into the houses of this
nation by umbrellas to fill the big
lock of the Panama canal.
Umbrellas were invented in Eng
land many years ago and when the
first umbrella owner appeared on
the streets he was stoned by the
indignant populace which foresaw
the trouble it was going to have
keeping its eyes free from the nox
ious things in bad weather.
Wearing an umbrella requires as
much skill as tacking a ship in a
heavy sea. An experienced navi
gator can carry a large umbrella
through a gale of wind and rain
successfully, but the green hand is
compelled to push it before him
and mow down pedestrians in rows.
Umbrellas are made in great va
rieties and numbers, but their cost
is unknown. Very few people pay
for umbrellas. As a rule a man's
umbrellas are assets of absent-!
mindedness. Unbrellas and lead
pencils are two articles which can
be stolen without endangering the
reputation. The easiest way to
get an umbrella is to step up to a
total stranger and claim the one
he is carrying. Ten to one he will
apologize as he hands it over.
Somewhere in this world are the
devoted few who buy the umbrel
las for the millions, but no one has
as yet started an agitation to erect
a monument to their memory.
Bazaar a Success.
The bazaar and supper given by
the Woman's Home Mission socie
ty in the library and ladies parlor
at Union church on Thanksgiving
Day proved very successful, th y
realizing $91.60 from the same.
The ladies desire to thank all who
helped in various ways to make it
the success it was and especially
the young ladies who so kindly fur
nished the music throughout the
afternoon and evening.
New Library Board Organize.
The new library board consisting
of Mesdames W. H. Moore. L. M.
Despain and Miss Carrie Harrell
and Messrs. C. T. Thompson. W.
H. Whelerand E. L. Ware, met at
the library last Monday night and
organized by electing the following
officers:
President - W. H. Wheler.
Vice-Pres. Mrs. W. H. Moore.
Secretary C. T. Thompson
Treasurer E. L. Ware.
Plans for raising funds were dis
cussed in a general way, but no
action will be taken until after the
holidays when an entertainment
of some kind will be had to raise
money to defray expenses.
The library will be open every
' Friday night for the exchange of
! books and on Sunday afternoons
j for reading purposes.
$327,700 For Ouaihlta Rivrr.
Estimates aggregating $56.
766,992 for improvements and
river and harbor work throughout
the country were submitted to
Congress Monday in the annual re
port of General Willi?m H. Bixby.
chief of the army engineers.
Important items in the South in
clude: Mississippi river. $6,000.
000.
Louisiana inland waterways:
Mermentau to Sabine river. Texas.
$190,000; Ouachita river to Ar
kadelphia. Ark.. $227,700; Red
river 1 1 7,000.
The News for only $1 a year.
War's Toll
Definite statistics concerning the
Balkan war are not obtainable, but
figures collected from reliable dis
patches indicate that no less than
33.000 men have already
been killed in battle. Thir
ty-three thousand killed! Not a
great figure for a war total, but
with what horror the world would
contemplate any other disaster
that wrought such a result. Earth
quake, volcanic eruption, holo-'
caust. shipwreck such catas
trophes would bring less havoc and
cause less human snffering—but
civilization would stand appalled.
The total does not take into ac
count the victims of cholera, it
does not consider the women and
children slain, it does not cover the
famine and disease that will follow
in the wake of the armies. They
are incidents of war and not im
portant factors in estimates.
Almost 200.000 have been killed
and wounded in actual battle in
this war. The estimate is con
servative. Turkey has lost 120.-'
000 men. Bulgaria 50,000, Servia
21,000, Montenegro 6,000 and
Greece 2 000. Of the wounded
many will die. while others will be
public charges. Such is the rec
ord of a European war in the
twentieth century, and the end is
not yet.
Have these figures a lesson?
Should not utilitarians join human
itarians in demanding that war it
self shall die? What is war worth
compared to the tremendous toll it
exacts? Richmond Times-Dis
patch.
Stands Ahead
There is something about Hunt’s
Lightning Oil that no other lini
ment possesses. Others may be
good, but it is surely the best. It
does all you recommend it for. and
more. For sprains, cuts, bruises,
burns, aches and pains it has no
equal on earth It stands head on
my medicine shelf.
Very truly yours.
T. J. Brownlow.
Livingston, Tenn.
25c and 50c bottles. adv
The Womans’ Home Mission Society.
The Woman's Home Mission so
ciety met Monday afternoon in
open session at the parsonage
which will be our last meeting until
the first Monday in January. We!
had quite an interesting and enjoy
able meeting, twelve members and
the following visitors being present:1
Mesdames Clowney, Greer, Saxe.
Spencer. Moore. Perritt and Pol-;
lard. The mite box was responded
to liberally, receiving $3.50. We
are requested to announce through
the columns of this paper that the j
Womans' Home Mission Society
made 685 visits to the sick and
strangers this year and has made
and disbursed $404.37.
Morqan-Hhite.
At 2:30 o'clock Sunday after
noon. December 1, Rev. J. R.
Rushing performed the ceremony
which united in marriage Mrs. R
M. White and Mr. 0. M. Morgan, at
the bride's home near Strong, in
the presence of a number friends
and relatives. Mr. Morgan is
saw filer at the planing mill here
and the bride a well known lady of
this county. They will make their
home here.
November Heather.
The warmest day last month was
on the 12th when the thermometer
registered 81 degrees and the
coldest was on the 25th when it
registered 24 degrees above.
There were 13 clear days and 17
partly cloudy days. The rainfall
was only .56 of an inch.
Electric Lights But !I0 Years Old.
Just thirty years ago this fall
Thomas A. Edison opened the first
electric light station in New York
City. The initial plant, which was
the beginning of a mighty industry,
was located in an old warehouse in
Pearl street. The s ’ gle dynamo,
now preserved as a uuno. was
driven by a steam engine and sup
plied current to about 400 lamps
distributed over a territory about a
mile square. The wires were all
laid underground. The news
papers were dubious about the
success of the new lamps, although
they admitted that they gave plen
ty of light, but Edison himself,
coatless and collarless as he
watched the machinery. was
thrilled with success
The growth of electric lighting
since that eventful day, 30 years
has been truly wonderful, until
now the very world is illuminated
nightly with millions of electric
lights. The first electric motor
was connected to the electric wire?
in 1 884. and for six months, it is
recorded, this motor lay around
collecting dust before the company
could find anyone willing to try th~
new power producer. Today, in
New York City alone. nea.rl\ 350.
000 horse-pt wer is used in electric
motors. Ex.
Old papers for sale at this office, i
100 for 1 5 cents.
IF YOU HAVE A
SURPLUS OF
HAPPINESS
During the holiday season
why not telephone a part of
it to some one who has less?
The Telephone is the great
limitless pathway over which
the CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
can travel and cheer the hearts
of loved ones from whom you
are widely separated
The Southwestern Telegraph end'
Telephone Company
Fon Sale A new organ at a bat
gain. Call at New* office.
W E. Patterson Ji o, H Greer
PATTERSON & GRti N
ATTOKNtYS-AT-UW
El Dorado, Arkansas.
Practice in all Courts. State and Federal. Imme
diate attention given all business. Rooms 12 an :
14.Post Office Building.
Marsh & Flenniken,
LAWYERS
El Dorado, Arkansas
Practice in all Gourts.
Office in Postoffice Bldg
R. P. BURNS
Physician and Surgeon
Offers his professional services to Huttig
and vicinity.
Office and residence 30 C Street.
Huttig. Arkansas
Office Hours: ft to 12 a.m. 1 to 5:30 p.m.
Henry C. Rushing, D. D. S.
Dentist
Office in Postoffice Building.
Huttig, Arkansas
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BE A SICCESSEiJL MAN!
E3G3
The successful man is always the thrifty one.
The grindstone is ever near the man who does not
save. Labor is never so laborous as when forced
upon the old by the improvidence of youth. Hard
luck is but another name for lack of foresight. Effect
will follow cause. If you will be poor, spend all, as
the spendthrifts do. If you will be rich, save as the
thrifty do. All your dollars are willing to work for
you if you place them where they can. We pay four
per cent, interest on savings accounts. One dollar
will start an account.
Eia
pj First National Ban!,
HUTTIC, ARKANSAS.
I YOU WILL FIND IT HERE.
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J What you want is here. anJ in a variety that w.ll j lease and satisfy. Every
denartment has made special effort-, for this Christmas season. We have
j iarger stocks and we keep uown the price -a mighty pleasing fact to our cus
■ tomers. Everything here is or the useful character, and therefore makes the
j most valuah'e g'fts. We beiieve you find in our great establishment just what
,S you are looking for 10 make your holiday giving an especial pleasure, and in
1 I the knowledge that we have made ihe largest prepapations in our history, we
j, confidently invite your Christmas trade.
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I. Rocking Chairs
ji Morris Chairs
13 Children Chairs
s Parlor Tables
1 Library Tables
; Dressing Tables
| Davenports
Chiffoniers
"j Sideboards
' Buff-, ts
Wardrobes
Write Today
for Prices an
Cuts
Dining Room Suite
Bed Room Suites
Library Suites
Waist Boxes
Skirt Boxps
Cedar Boxes
(Brass Goods
vxminister Rugs
'russeils Rugs
/elvet Rugs
Pictures
Goods ordered
now held until
Christmas.
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j Freight Paid on* all Orders Over TEN DOLLARS
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| Christmas is Coming! |
S You’re Going Home, of Course |
Suppose you drop in and let's plan the trip. I can
giv a you some interesting information about the
low fares in effect for the holiday season. there
will be a number of dates of sale. Year ticket Q
reading via the 0
Iron Mountain Route |
insures a pleasant journey amid home comforts en
route fine roadbed, fast trains, modern equipment
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MERRY
CHRISTMAS
HAPPY
NEW YEAR
D. A. KEASLER, Ticket Agent, or Address
J. C. HOLLENBECK,
Assistant General Passenger Agent,
Little Rock, Arkansas 5
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