THE HUTTIG NEWS.
Published Every Saturday at Huttig, Ark
C. A. BERRY, Editor and Proprietor
Entered as second class matter May 3. 1 907 at
the postoflRce at Huttig. Ark., under the act of Con
gress of March 3. 1879.
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Saturday, June 22, 1912.
TOWN OmCIALS.
Tne following are the duly elected of
ficials of the incorporated town of Hut
tig:
Mayor—C. A. Berry.
Recorder—W. H. Moore.
Marshal—Thos. Ashcroft.
Aldermen—L. F Magee, J. W. Perritt,
J B. Crockett, P. H. Pitts and D. F.
Collett
Board of Education—W. H. Moore, F.
W. Scott, C. T. Thompson, E. N. Collett.
L. G. Gibson and L. F. Magee.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
Governor . Joe T. Robinson
Secretary of State Earle W. Hodges
Attorney General .'Wm. L. Moose
State Treasurer .John W, Crockett
State Auditor.J. M. Oathout
Supt. Public Instruction.. Geo. B. Cook
Com State Lands R. G. Dye
Com. Mines, Mfgs., Etc. .John H. Page
Chief Justice Supreme Court E. A McCullough
Associate Justice . Frank Smith
Railroad Commissioner W. F. McKnight
Congressman . W. S. Goodwin
Prosecuting Attorney E. O. Mahony
State Senator .J. Monroe Smith
Representative . W. J. Pinson
County Judge .W. M. VanHook
Sheriff . J. M. Wallace
Circuit Clerk . B F. Miles
County Clerk ... . J. M. McCain
County Treasurer. ...... Finn Craig
Assessor. W. H. Mathews, jr
Coroner. . T. M. Pinson
Surveyor..Levi Graham
THE OFFICIALS FIRST DUTY.
While it is a commendable trait
in a man in his his private relations
to "Stand by his friends,” as an of
ficial it is his duty to know no
friends—or at least to be equally
the friend of every man. As an
officer he in entrusted with power
not for his own good, but for the
good of the whole people—because
the people believe he can be trust
ed to use the power for the good
of all, and not for the good of him
self. He occupies the same rela
tion that a bank cashier does to
the depositors in a bank. Grover
Cleveland put the matter clearly
when he said that “a public office
is a public trust;" but it remained
for Mr. Bryan to give the state
ment its full significance when he
• • pOTrrtipd out that the man who uses
a public office for his personal
profit in any way. politically or
otherwise, is "an embezzler of pow
er.” The phrase is strikingly apt.
If a bank cashier takes other peo
ple’s money for his own use, he is
an embezzler of the money with
which he has been trusted; and if
an official uses for personal profit
the office with which he has been
trusted, he is an embezzler of pow
er. It is a disgrace for an officer
to say that he has done “favors" or
"rewarded friends” in political ap
pointments. It is his sworn duty
to appoint only the man who will
best serve the public good: and we
must develop a sensitive patroitism
which will rebuke any official who
is "an embezzler of power." regard
less of whether he gets gain in the
form of tangible "graft" and money
or only in the form of personal ad
vancement or power.
But let not the humblest voter
lay the flattering unction to his
soul that is exempt from such re
sponsibility, and that he may be
n :gligent of his duty without being
regarded as guilty in like manner
The subject is so important this
campaign year that we hope our
readers will pardon us for repeat
ing what we said some weeks ago:
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right of suffrage to a man as a
present for him ‘to have and to
hold' as he might a piece of ordina
ry property. In the capacity of
voter, each citizen is simply a
trustee for public good. It is as
shameful to sell one’s vote, as it
would be for a guardian to sell the j
property belonging to a ward of his
In fact, the crime of vote-selling is
worse, because of its debasing in
fluence on public morals and its
tendency to undermine the very
foundations of government and
civilization. The negro who steals
a ham at midnight is a good citizen
compared with the man who sells
his vote that long generations of
martyrs and patriots have fought
to win for the common man as a
weapon for the public good.”—
The Progressive Farmer.
ADHERED TO HER BARGAIN
Bride Had Own Opinion of Marriage
as Business Transaction, but Par
sen Got His Fee.
The Rev. L. R. Rates, long associat
ed with the Hast Boston Bethel, tells
in his “Wonder tfcook1' of an amus
ing marriage ceremony* performed by
his father. This is his account of it:
About nine o’clock one night the
old parsonage on Cape Cod was ap
proached by a man and a woman in
a “one horse shay." Hearing the
wheels, Father Rates went to the
door, to see coming up the walk a
buxom lass of two hundred pounds or
so, followed by a very little man.
With a giggle she announced,
"We’ve come to be married, parson,
haven’t we, Bill?” An energetic
nudge succeeded in eliciting the de
sired affirmation from “Bill,”
The parson exclaimed the license,
and proceeded to business.
“Please join your right hands," he
said. "Dearly beloved, you are gath
ered here for the purpose of holy mat
rimony. Do you—” but he was here
interrupted by the bride:
“Say, parson, before you go any
further would you mind taking your
pay in dried apples?"
Being assured that dried apples
were current coin with parsons, she
allowed him to proceed:
“Madam, do you—” but again he
was interrupted.
“Say, parson, the apples are not
ripe yet, but you shall have them
without fail.”
He assured her that her honesty
was appreciated, and proceeded with
the ceremony without further inter
ruption.
Two months later a bushel of the
best dried apples was hauled by the
bride herself to the parsonage door.
“I don’t know as he was worth It.”
she said, with a twinkle in her eye,
"but a bargain is a bargain for all
that."—Youth’s Companion.
END OF AN OLD SUPERSTITION
Height of Present New York Buildings
Discourages Youngsters There to
Seek Fortune.
Said a New York octogenarian:
“The height of buildings in New
York has dealt a death blow to an old
superstition that animated many a
nountry youth who came here to make
his fortune 60 years ago. Heaven
knows how they came by the belief,
but most of those up-state boys came
to the city thinking that if they could
toss a coin over a house they took a
fancy to at the first try, the house
would be theirs some day.
“It was one of my surest convictions,
and I put it to a test immediately aft
er paying for my first meal in New
York. The only money I had left was
an old-fashioned three-cent piece. With
that in my hand I walked around look
ing for a desirable piece of property.
Pretty soon a corner lot on which
stood a two-story-and a-half brick
louse took my eye.
“I had practiced coin throwing in
he country, so I le«t my three-cent
dece go for all it was worth over the
'ront of the house and ran around to
‘he back to see where it landed. It
went clean over. 1 knew then that that
louse and lot would be mine in due
ime, and sure enough they tvere. Peo
ple don't woo fortune by flipping coins
hese days. The follow whose success
depends upon tossing a three-cent
piece over the Singer building would
be in a pretty bad fix.”
Comedy of Corn.
"Say, you know how fastidious
Briggs is?”
“Yes.”
"Well, he gets wild whenever the
Maitland girl, she’s his fiancee, eats
corn off the cob. She found out how
lie felt about it, and the other evening
at dinner at the club she tried to cut
the corn from the cob. Briggs noticed
(his and smiled approvingly, but just
then her knife slipped, the cob
popped nimbly onto Briggs’ shirt
bosom, the plate skidded, the gravy
bowl went over and all the cut off
kernels showered themselves danger
ously near the gorgeous corsage of
(hat very stout Mrs. Singleton Mink.”
"And what did Briggs do?”
“Say, Briggs was game. He called
the waiter, handed him the cob, and
said. ’Francois, this corn popped
from the plate just now\ I didn’t or
der popcorn. Bring the other sort.Fran
cois, and make it coWess, please.’ ”
Curious Annamese Customs.
Mme. Gabrielle M. Vassal, the wife
of a French doctor, who was attached
to the Pasteur Institute of the N’ha
Trang, a little village on the coast of
Annam, relates some of her experi
ences. When she and her husband ar
rived at Nha-Trang they were re
ceived by the native servants, who
salaamed and squatted on the floor
for a long period, this being their
method of greeting Europeans. Serv
ants had the curious habit of washing
all dishes under the table; never on
its top. Men and women dressed
alike, wearing trousers and tunics,
and women on the way to market with
their baskets always walked in single
die.
Obligation of Love.
Love is a debt, an obligation that
never can be fully met, and so must
rest upon us always. We cannot an
nul obligation at will, cannot refuse
payment and hqld ourselves free.
Aid and kindness, sympathy and love,
we owe on every hand, to our brother
man everywhere, while life lasts.—J.
R. Miller
Self-Reliant
Tom
"Yes, we had a delightful time, of
course," said young Mrs. Clifton the
morning alter she and her husband
returned from a few days' visit in
the country. "The Thornton’s were
just as hospitable as they could be,
but 1 doubt it Tom and 1 are ever
i invited to Rose l.odge again. 1 don't
think we were a success as guests."
“Why not?” asked her sister.
“Why, you see, Tom insisted on go
ing out in our car. He was sure he
knew the way and he simply wouldn't
ask directions of any one. We went
about forty miles out of our road and
arrived at Rose Lodge late for an
evening dinner, when we should have
been there for a noon luncheon.”
"That wasn't so bad,” consoled her
sister. "Almost anything is forgiven
automobilists."
“Not quite everything. Still, if that
had been the only exhibition of Tom's
perversity in not asking about roads,
the bad impression made by our tardy
arrival might have worn off. But we
accentuated it.
"The Knnscombs, you know, have a
s\inimer home a few miles distant
from Hose Lodge, and when they
heard we were there they phoned an
Invitation for ns to dine with them
Monday evening. I begged Tom when
we accepted the invitation to find out
exactly Tiow to go. And 1 spoke of it
again as we were dressing Monday
afternoon.
“ 'fton't you worry,’ said Tom ‘I’ve
looked it up on the neighborhood map
and 1 could find ray way there in the
dark.’
marls are so confusing,* I persisted
‘Don't you think It would be wise to
ask Mr Thornton?’
“ ‘All right,* agreed Tom, nonchal
■>nt!y, as we went to get the car out
of the garage. 1
‘‘in a moment or two 1 heard the '
horn tooting for me. When I climbed
into my seat I remarked that I hoped
Mr. Thornton had given him minute
directions.
“ ‘He wasn't around,' answered
Tom.
“ ‘Why didn't you ask the chauf
feur?'
“ ‘I do wish, Alice,' was Tom’s
crisp reply, ‘that you wouldn't fuss
about anticipated difficulties. If this
little buzz wagon loses Us way to the
Hanscombs I'll eat the carbureter.’
"Naturally after that l dropped the
subject. Still, after a while 1 ven
tured to ask, ‘Are you sure this is
the right way?’ when we turned on
a very rough road.
' "Of course. I'm sure,’ returned
Tom. ‘We go on here for a mile and 1
then turn south.' (
“That sounded all right, but we
traveled on and on without coining to ;
a south turn and 1 began to be t
nervous. 'Do ask that man where
we are.' I implored Tom, as we passed
a farmer.
“'Nonsense!' he said. ‘I know
where we are. Here is the turn now '
He aimed the car into a narrow wood (
road.
“ ‘That doesn’t look like a highway
to me.’ 1 remarked.
“ ‘No, It's just a cut-off,’ replied
Tom. ,
"I began to think that tie might
really know where he was. but when
the road lost itself in a large past ar
ray doubts returned.
“‘Perhaps we did pass the real cut
off,' mused Tom. casually. 'We can
run back and pick It up. all right.'
“By that time It was growing dark,
and Toni got out and lit the lamps,
and then we went back to the mam
road and 1 meekly suggested that we
inquire at a farmhouse which we sew
in the distance
‘“What’s the use of going sn fa
out of our way?’ demanded Tom
'Don't you see that I have my hear
Ings now?' I didn’t see. but I re I
frained from telling him so.”
“1 should have thought that volt |
would have told him so very pointed !
ly,” declared her sister.
“Oh, my dear girl, you .aren’t mar J
ried to Tom. He's the best man In
the world, but he-—well, he think5 j
he's omniscient when it comes to
knowing roads.
“At last Tom turned triumphantly
Into the driveway of a country house
“ 'We may be a trifle late, but we're
here all right,' he said. Then he add
ed:
"'Great Scott! It’s Rose Lodge!'
And Rose Lodge It was.
"‘Get ln'o nny trouble?’ asked Mr.
Thornton, rushing out onto the porch.
" ‘Oh, no. we just thought your din
ners were good enough for us,’ said
Tom. with a weak effort at a joke.
"Mrs Thornton’s share of the
laughter was rather mirthless, I
Ihought. and when we went into the
dining room a moment later I saw
that our places were fiFed by two
dinner guests. While Tom phoned
some excuse to the Hanscombs, Mrs.
Thornton and the maid crowded two
more places in at the table.”
“You poor girl, what did you do?”
asked Alice's sister, sympathetically.
“1 certainly hope you gave Mr. Tom I
a good scolding when you got a
chance.”
“I fully Intended to. but when we
got to our room that night, he said.
•Well, we came pretty near having to
dine off that carburetor after all, !
didn't we?' I just laughed.”
Colored Column
Dan Williams, Arthur Roberson,
E. Anderson. Mattie Young and
Hennie Smith, of El Dorado, were
here on the 1 9th.
Emma Barnes has returned from
i visit to Mer Rouge. La.
Rev T. H. Evans of Oak Ridge
was here Thursday and preacheo
it night.
Emma Flint of Manghum, La.,
is here visiting friends.
David Adell of Jonesboro and
Jessie Adell of Magnolia attended
the funeral of Anna Lewis here.
Anna Lewis, who had been ill for
several months died on Thursday.
June 13. She was a devout Chris
tian and a member in good standing
of the Court of Calanthe. She is
survived by a father, husband and
two daughters. The funeral ser
vices took place at the church Rev.
3. W. Smith officiating and her re
mains were laid to rest in the Hut
tig cemetery.
Fred Houston visited at Collins
ton this week.
Prof. L. S. Scroggins is home
Tom Pine Bluff where he attended
;he Northeastern Arkansas Teach
ers' Institute.
Etta Scroggins is home from a
visit with her parents at Junction
3ity.
Joe Harris shot M. K. Pollard on
Wednesday and was himrelf shot
;hat night when evading arrest. It
s thought both will die.
Baptist Church.
Huttig Baptist church has services
ivery 1st and 3rd Sunday morning at 1 1
fclock. T H Evans, Pastor.
Preaching every third and fourth Sun- ;
lay at Smith Chapel. (
M F Holley, pastor
Lizzie Brown, secietary
The Baptist Sunday School meets ev- i
:ry Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock. All ’
velcome to attend.
Senders Simmons. Supt.
J S Jones, Secy. (
i
The B. Y. P. U. meets every Sunday
ifternoon at 5:30.
Prof. L. S. Scroggins,Pres.
Miss Lula Oliver, Secy.
Methodist Church.
African Methodist Episcopal church
(reaching every 2rd and 4th Sunday in '
ach month. D. A. Hardon, Pastor. ]
The A. M. E. Sunday School meets at t
!:SO each Sunday evening. All welcome |
o attend. G M Averette, Supt.
Clint Royston, Secy
lodge Directory. I
GOOD LUCK LODGE No. 259 F. &, ,
V. M meets First and Fourth Saturday
light. All visitors welcome.
Fred Huston, W. M.
Lonnie Poole, Sec.
Roosevelt Chapter, No. 188, Order of
he Eastern Star, meets every second
ind fourth Tuesday in each month.
Mrs. C. Williams, W. M.
Emma Bearl, Secy.
BLUE LIGHT LODGE No 153 K. ofP.
neets First and Third Tuesday in each !
nonth. J B Francis, C. C.
Sanders Simmons, K. of R. S.
LEBANON, No. 41, R. A. M. meets
ourth Thursday evening in each month,
it 7:30. Joe Scott, H. P.
John Law. Secy.
EAST LAKE LODGE No. 6362 G.
U. 0. of O. F. meets First and Third
rhursday in each month.
G. W. Smith, N. G.
W. I. Henry, P. S.
ELECTRIC LIGHT COURT OF CA
LANTHE, No. 70, meets first and third
Tuesday in each month at I :45 p. in.
h/rc . c ....._ \kf r*
Queen E. Tate, R. D.
HOUSEHOLD RUTH, No. 2990, of
3. U. O. of O. F.. meets the first and
;hird Thursday in each month at 1 -.50
p. m. Laura Sims, M. N.G.
Cornelia Peoples, W. R.
SPINOLA Lodge No. 261. C. W. of
A., meets every first and third Wednes
day night at 8 o'clock.
W. I. Henry, Gov.
S. G. Craiton, Secy.
Board of Education W. A. High,
president; W. M. McCormick, vice presi
dent; Joe Scott, treasurer; Prof. L. S.
Scroggins, secretary; Lonnie Poole, as
sistant secretary.
Royal Circle of Friends, R. A.Williams '
No. 324. meets every first and third
Friday night. All visiting friends are
welcome. S. S. Simmons, President.
Lula Oliver. Secretary.
Office Hours: 8 to 12 a. m. 1 to 5:30 p. m.
Henry C. Rushing, D. D. S.
Eentist
Office in Posto'fice I eliding.
Muttig, Arkansas
Official Route to
BALTIMORE
Democratic National Ccnvenlion
SPECIAL TRAIN
VIA
AND
PENNSYLVANIA LINES.
Lv. Little Rock. 8:30 p. m. June 22
Ar. St. Louis 7:45 a. m. June 25
Lv. St. Louis ] 2:30 noon June 23
Ar. Baltimore . 12:15 noon June 24
Extremely low rates have been authorized from all points for this occasion.
Tickets on sale June 19. 20. 21. 22 and 23, with final return limits of July 4.
Pullman sleeping rates will be $0.25 for doyble lower berth and $5.00
for upper
Summer tourist tickets to New York and other Eastern destinations will
allow stop-overs at Baltimore.
For further information and Pullman reservation call on local agent or address
J. G HOLLENBECK,
Asst. General Passenger Agent
LITTLE HOCK.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
LOUISIANA * PINE BLUFF.
-.eaves Arrives
5:30 a. m. Huttig 6:15 a. m
5:00 p m. Huttig 3:45 p. m.
Connects at Dollar Junction with St.
-ouis. Iron Mountain & Southern Ry.
St. Louis. Ikon Mount/in &, Southern
LITTLE ROCK & MONROE RY.
South
5:35 a. m
1:40 a. m
Leaves
2:35 p.
Huttig
Monroe
LOCAL.
m.
North
3:2? p. in
1 :50 p.tn.
Arrives
1 1 :45 p. m.
Huttig
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
FARMKRVILLF. * SOUTHERN RY.
North
':10 a.m. Huttig
1:10 a. m. Farmerville
LOCAL.
0:15 a. m. Huttig
South
3:55 p. m
5:00 p. m
2:25 p. m.
Arrives Monctey. Wednesday, and Fri
ay from Monrue and goes to Farmer
ille.
Arrives Tuesday. Thursday and Satur
lay from Farmerville and goes to Mon
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Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will
t the July Term of the Union County Court present
d said court a petition asking that a public road be
pened beginning at the Strong and Concord road
bout 5^ of a mile south of Strong and running in an
asternly direction to the town of Lapile, Ark.
A. L. Taylor,
Jack Jonhs,
/lay 18. 1912. J. L. Littles.
LODGE DIRECTORY.
ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. & A.
M.meets every second and fourth Satur
day evenings at 7:30 o'clock. Visiting
Masons always welcome.
C. R. Duncan. W. M.
C. A. Bf.rry, Sec y.
HOWARD CHAPTER. No. 122. R A.
M. meets every first and thud Thurs
day evening at Masonic hall. Visiting
companions welcome.
C. T Thompson, H. P.
C. A. Berry, Secy.
HUTT1G CHAPTER No. 320. Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every first and
third Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. W. H. Moors, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson, Sec'y.
HUTTIG LODGE No. 348 I. O. O. F.
meets every Tuesday evening. Visiting
brethern cordially invited to attend.
G. C. Waller. N. G.
H. Sehon. Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66.
meets every second and fourth Wednes
day night at 7:30 o'clock. Visitors aie
invited. Mrs. R. W. Cargill, N. G.
Mrs. Chas. Saxe. Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMPNo.41 I W.O W.
meets every first and third Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
J. R. Sims, C. C.
J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
SWEET BAY GROVE. No. 145. W.
C.. meets every firs! and third Wednes
day afternoon in each month. Visitors
always welcome.
Mrs. C. A. McCormick, Guardam.
Mrs. J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
UNION CAMP No. 15365. M. W. A ,
meets every Monday night at 7:30o'clock.
Visitors always welcome.
L M DeSpain, Con.
J R Sims. Clerk.
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