THE iltniQ NEWS.
Published Every Saturday at Huttig, Ark
C. A. BERRY, Editor and Proprietor.
Entered as second class matter May 3. 1907 at
t he postofRce at Huttig, Are., under the act ot Con
gress of March 3. 1879.
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Saturday, October 7, 1916.
TOWN OEMCIAtS.
Tne following are the duly elected of
ficials of the incorporated town of Hut
tig:
Mayor—C. T. Thompson.
Recorder—W. H. Moore.
Marshal—W. T. Terrell.
Aldermen—L. M, Despain, A. E. Lucas,
J, B. Crockett, T. B. Weaver and F. W.
Scott.
Board of Education W. H. Mcore, F.
W. Scott, L. F. Magee, S. R. Neel, J. H.
Sehon and C. R. Duncan.
Democratic Ticket.
President—Woodrow Wilson.
(State)
Governor—Hon. C. H. Brough.
Secretary of State—Hon. T. M. Terra!.
Attorney Gen.—J. D. Arbuckle.
Auditor—Hon. Hogan Oliver.
Superintendent—Hon. J. L. Bond.
Com. Mines, Etc.—John Page.
Treasurer—R. G. McDaniel.
Com. Highway—Wm. Owen.
(District) *
Congress—W. S. Goodwin.
Pros. Atty.—J. K. Mahony.
R. R. Com.—Herbert Wilson.
(County)
Representative—T. J. Babb.
Judge —H. S. Yocum.
Sheriff—Finn Craig.
Circuit Clerk—A. D. Murphy.
County Clerk—Geo. S. Tatum.
Tax Assessor—R. E. Harris.
Treasurer Jas. Dumas.
Surveyor—Bunn Armstrong.
Coroner C. D. Barton.
A pessimist will borrow trouble
from himself if he cannot do any
better. _
AMENDMENT NO. 14.
“The system of road building,
made possible by the adoption of
Constitutional Amendment No. 14.
is so simple it is a mystery to me
that no one ever thought of it be
f >re,” states Judge J. S. Arber
crombie of Saline county, president
of the Arkansas Good Roads asso
ciation. "1 served several terms
in the legislature, and worked hard
on good road measures, but noth
ing so complete or simple as this
ever occurred to me. It is the
first real relief 1 have ever seen of
fered.
"Give the counties the right to
issue bonds for thirty years, or to
op°rate under the present system,
and they will build some roads.
The beautiful thing about this
amendment is that it does not sad
dle it on any county unless the
people of that county deem it wise
and a majority of the electors vote
f jr it. I believe it will be possible
for every county in the state to
build permanent roads right now
under this amendment, which
should make it appeal directly to
the country people.”
A NEW YORK IDEA.
Says The New York Times,
whose editor is one of the most
art ute men in America, on the sub
ject of prohibition:
"The plea that prohibition fails
to prohibit would be quite valid if it
could be shown that any license
system succeeds better in regu
lating the liquor traffic. Police
administrations fall down in the
a tempt to restrict illicit selling of
qjorsin any community where
the traffic is licensed. Prohibition
does throw the business into dis
respute. It clears the main thor
oughfares of the saloons and re
moves them from the sight of the
young, who are taught that the
business is outlawed and disre
putable. The drunkards for which
it is incidentally responsible, die off
rapidly, for they are tempted to
drink the worst and most powerful
cmcoctions. Prohibition may kill
the poor miserable tipplers, but it
tends to preserve the middle
<. lasses.” t t
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W. P. Reasons, Notary Public.
First National Bank.
Burna Towns was on the sick
list last week.
Mrs. F. H. Moore was a Monroe
visitor Wednesday.
Mrs. D. O. Caldwell of Wesson is
here visiting D. C. White.
Mrs. J. R. Dollar and son were
visitors to El Dorado Wednesday.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs
Richard Warmack of Sadie Wed
nesday night.
Miss Lilia Taylor of Waldo was
here Sunday visting with Miss Lula
Harrington.
Henry Mayer, who is working at
Crossett, was here Wednesday vis
iting his family.
Mrs. F. W. Scott was the guest
of Mrs. Aylmer Flenniken at El
Dorado this week.
Mrs. L. M. Despain and children
arrived here Sunday from Gamliel
to spend the winter.
Mrs. Vanna Woolley visited Mrs.
R. E. Hammond and daughter.
Robbie Lee, last week at Marion.
Mrs. Robt. Henderson and Bob
Reagan of Lillie, La, were here
last Saturday and Sunday visiting
their father, Dr. W. H. Reagan.
J. G. Freeman has purchased the
A. L. Dollar farm of 200 acres lo
cated on the state line road. Mr.
Dollar contemplates moving to
Oklahoma.
Miss Evalee Sehon entertained a
crowd of young people at her home
on last Friday night with a birth
day party. An enjoyable time was
had by all.
A. E. Lucas, L. M. Despain, C
H. Andrews, T. N. Rubottom and
J. M. Gibson motored to Crossett
last Saturday afternoon to visit and
talk saw mill.
C. T. Thompson and wife arrived
home Sunday from Kansas City,
Mo., where he attended the meet
ing of the American Bankers’ as
sociation.
The highest temperature record
ed here durining September was
96 degrees on the 2nd, and the
lowest was on the 30th when it
was 38 above and we had our first
frost. The rainfall for the month
was a little over three inches.
Miss Ethel Nixon, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Nixon, and Mr.
Worth Waters, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Len Waters who formerly lived just
across the Louisiana line, were
married at the home
of the bride’s parents Sunday af
ternoon at 3 o’clock.
Prof. A. J. Dowis is busy cata
loging the books in the library and
reports a number missing, some of
them badly needed at the school
for reference by the pupils. Ev
erybody in town who has a book or
books belonging to the library is
requested to send same in at once,
that the work of cataloging may be
completed.
While in Marion, La., recently
the editor was taken through the
new high school building and was
surpr.sed to see such a modern
building as they have there. They
have a completely furnished do
mestic science department, agricul
tural department and an auditorium
capable of seating 400 persons.
These people vote a 25 mill tax for
school purposes and we are sorry
to say it but there are people in
this state who are opposing
Amendment No. 12 which would
only give us the ■ right to vote 12
mills if we wanted to.
We fail to understand why a man
in Eastern Arkansas will oppose
letting a school district in Western
Arkansas tax itself for school pur
poses. Neither do we understand
why a voter in Northern Arkansas
should say to a needy school dis
trict in South Arkansas. "You
cannot spend your own money as
you see fit for the education o)
your own children.” Yet this js
what the opponents of Amendment
No. 12 are doing.
O'Conner pleasure and commer
cial Motor Gars are assembled of
World-known Standard Parts,
medium priced, and sold on a con
venient PAY-AS-YOU-R1DE plan.
Catalogue mailed on request. Ex
ceptional agency proposition and
exclusive territory for persons de
siring to act as representatives.
Inquire of The O'Connor Corpora
tion, 6331 South Halsted Street.
Chicago, Illinois. adv. 1
MADE MOCKERY OF MONARCH
In the Reign of George III English
Caricaturists Proved the Power
of the Pencil.
Nearly every great diamond has a
history. These histories are always ro
mantic, embodying numerous adven
tures, some of which are tragic. In the
history of the Hastings tragedy of Eng
land is a charge of bribery against a
king, George ill, which gave the gentle
art of caricature tin opportunity such
us had never come to it before and
showed the power that caricature
could wield upon a people. At a levee
of the king held on June 14, 17S0. a
very valuable diamond, of unusual size
and brilliancy, was presented to
George III, ostensibly ns a gift from
the nizum, or native ruler of the Dec
can, India. At the period when this
magnificent peace offering was given
to the king the impeachment of War
ren Hastings was advancing in parlia
ment and it was current rumor that
this and several lesser diamonds were
the purchase price of Hastings’ acquit
tal. Caricatures appeared in the win
dows of the prlntshops. One repre
sented Hastings wheeling the king to
market in a barrow and saying: “What
a man buys he may sell again.” In an
other, tiie king was exhibited kneeling,
with his mouth open and Hastings
throwing diamonds into it. An Italian
juggler then in London pretending to
eat paving stones placarded the walls
with bills describing himself as “The
Greatest Stone Eater.” Improving up
on this the caricaturists represented
the king in the character of the Great
est Stone Eater.
Bison’s Revenge.
An old Indian named Neyharper,
who lived in that part of Oklahoma
that used to he called the Indian Ter
ritory, used to tell his white friends
this story of the strange but terrible
revenge that a bison once took on the
hunter who had wounded it in the
chase:
"When I was a boy most of our food
was brought in by the buffalo hunters.
Rifling these large beasts was hard
and dangerous work, but it was very
exciting. Once the hunters went out
after a herd, each riding his best pony.
One, who had attacked a large bull,
failed to strike a vital part with bis
arrows, and pursued the beast across
the prairie.
“Suddenly in the mad race hunter
and prey came to a buffalo path that
had been washed down by the heavy
rains till it was two or three feet. deep.
The horse stumbled, threw the man
into the ditch, and then dashed off,
leaving him helpless. The buffalo
saw the accident, turned, and tried
desperately to gore the hunter. lint
the ditch was too narrow, and so the
buffalo reached down and with its long
tongue began to lick the man’s bare
back. Every stroke of that rough
tongue tore the skin and tlesli pain
fully. The Indian could only bear it,
for if he tried to escape he would
meet death at the horns of the en
raged beast. Before his companions
found him and killed the buffalo, it
had licked the flesh from his back
down to the bone, and the poor man
bore the scars of that terrible revenge
to his grave.—Youth’s Companion.
Disaster of Nepotism.
Another name for nepotism is “pull.*
It puts the right man in the wrong
place, where he can wreck enterprises.
It also discourages other young men
because they see that a rival has an
opportunity merely because of rela
tionship, not because of merit. This
evil is particularly strong in obi en
terprises that run through the second
and third generations. A man starts
a concern, hands it down to two or
three sons who vary in ability, and
by the time their sons have got good
positions all the way through the con
cern It is well fixed yn the high road
to ruin. Almost any person of wide
observation can name a few example!
In point.—Engineering Magazine.
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A FAMILY FEUD
By LOUISE ( VER.
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Polly Brown and her father lived on
one side of the paling fence that ran
from the street to the back lot and
Tom VVatterson and his mother lived
on the other.
Polly Brown grew up to hate Tom
Watterson and Tom had been taught
to dislike the Brown girl. Thing*?
had been much worse since the inei
dent of the egg. It really was an ac
cident, for Polly never meant to hit
Tom in the back with it. She knew it
was passe the minute she discovered
the hidden nest in the chicken coop
and, picking It up gingerly between
her thumb and forefinger, she had
aimed over the fence into the back
lot. But the egg slipped, and just
then Tom straightened up from his
weeding. Polly closed her eyes for
an instant as she heard it hit. Then
she lifted her chin two inches and
walked majestically into the kitchen.
After that Tom called her “that lit
tle Brown cat.’’ and deliberately let
the grass go three weeks without cut
ting so the dandelions would seed
again and blow over.
Polly had a voice, and it was the
summit of her ambition to go away to
study.
“There is no one in Stolway to teach
me,” she complained. “If I only had
training I could open a studio of my
own and give vocal lessons here.
Can't I go, father?"
“Well—you can write to Aunt Peg,
and if she can come and keep house
for me for a year you can go to New
York. I guess I have enough saved
for that. The only thing I hate about
the whole business is that your Aunt
Peg is such a blamed bad cook! Any
way, you'd better ask her to come.”
Aunt Peg came and Polly went, with
enough money to keep her ten years
in Stolway, but by compression and
stinting it might stretch for six
months in New York.
Tom had boon studying law—odd
hours out of the store and at nights—
for a period of three years. About
the time Polly went away, he passed
his examinations at the bar.
Three months after Aunt Peggy had
been cooking bad meals for Mr.
Brown, a third third cousin of the
Wattersons in New York told Tom
that he had a splendid opening for
him there. So Tom bade his mother
good-by and went to the city of sky
scrapers.
One night Polly, feeling particularly
blue and lonely in her ugly little
room, desired to take a walk down
Broadway, contrary to the good ad
vice of her one or two friends in
town. But the windows fascinated
her and made her forget that she was
poor and lonely.
Tom, rather new to town, decided
the same evening to walk up Broad
way.
They met at Herald square, locfked
fairly into each other's faces and then
quickly away. In all the immense
desert of New York they avoided this
little oasis of friendship. But Tom re
membered the egg and the cat and the
roof, and Polly the seeds and the dog
and the chickens. He wandered up
to Forty-second street, she down to
Twenty-third.
Polly turned. So did Tom. Polly
stopped to look into a windotg.
Someone said, “Hello, girlie, nice
night!” in a strange masculine voice
and linked his arm familiarly
through hers.
Polly shrank back frightened. Then
she suddenly saw Tom rushing at
her tormentor like a thunderbolt and
swing his right fist under the man's
nether jaw.
“Come with me, Polly!” cried he as
the man staggered back. “I’ll take
you home if you don't hate me too
everlastingly much to let me walk
beside you.”
“Olj, Tom! I never meant to do it.
It slipped, truly. The egg, I mean.”
“You proud little thing! And you
let me think you meant it! Then I'm
sorry about everything I’ve ever done.
I've been a nasty brute and am heart
ily ashamed of myself. But I hope
I’m a man now. The world makes
one look at things differently, doesn’t
it? We all need to get out and be
shaken up a little.”
‘‘Indeed, yes!” agreed Polly, and.
later, when they had reached her
steps and Tom leaving, she asked:
‘Won't you come to see me, Tom?
I'm afraid we can't talk over the good
old times at home, but we can babble
at least about future prospects. We
have that in common, although mine
are not as rosy as I had expected."
Tom promised eayerly. ‘‘Polly
Brown's the prettiest girl I’ve seen in
New York,” was his cwnment to him
self going home. ‘‘I shall certainly
try to make up for lost time while
she is here. What a fool I’ve been
all these years!” Then whimsically,
"1 wonder what mother would say?"
Put he need not ha\e worried, for
Polly got this letter the next morn
ing from her father:
“Dear Daughter: Aunt Peg got sick
and went home last week. Widow
Watterson took pity cn a lonely old
man and sent in the finest things to
eat you ever tasted. Of course I had
to take the dishes ba< k, and fixed a
broken water pipe for her. She's a
fine woman, Polly. It s terrible how
I've misjudged her all his time. Hope
you are well.
"Your loving Father.”
"P. S.—Widow Wat;erson promised
tonight to become Mrs Brown. Wish
me joy, Polly!”
(Copyright, 1915, by tin McClure News
paper Syndh ate.)
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Arkansas, for October 1, 1916.
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county aforesaid, personally appeared C. A. Berry,
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Notice for Publication.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
U. S. Land Office at Camden, Arkansas,
September 19. 1916.
Notice is hereby given that Lutner K. Saniford. of
Bolding, Arkansas, who. on April 4, 1910, made
a Homestead Entry, Serial No. 04306. for the NEU
SW^, Section 26, Township 18 S.. Range 1 1 W.t
5th Principal Meridian, has filed notice of intention
to make Final Five Year Proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before the Circuit Clerk of
ynion County, at El Dorado, Arkansas, on the 2nd,
day of November, 1916.
Claimant names as witnesses: Henry N. Hays.
Bod Adams, Henry T. folding, John Wyatt, of
Bolding, Arkansas.
P. D Nfu/ton
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO T!l|
CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE
OF ARKANSAS.
Nolle* la hereby given that the fol
lowing Joint reaolutlon, proposing an
amendment to the State Constitution
was passed by the General Assembly
at Its regular session of 1916. and that
the lime will be submitted to the elec
tors of the State at the next general
election, to be held Tuesday. November
7, 1916, for adoption or rejection.
Proposed Amendment No. 14.
That the following U hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Consti
tution of the State of Arkansas, which,
when agreed to by a majority of all
members elected to each house and
adopted by a majority of the elector*
of the State voting at the next gen
eral election for senators and repre
sentatives, shall become a part of the
Constitution of the State of Arkansas:
"Section 1. The county courts In
their respective counties, In addition to
the county tax now allowed to he lev
ied, shall have power when authorlxed.
as hereinafter provided, to levy an an
nual tax not exceeding three mills on
the dollar on all taxable property,
which shall be collected and expended
In making and repairing public road*
and bridges In their respective coun
ties: and said court shall have power,
after authority given as hereinafter
provided, to levy a tax not exceeding
three mill* on the dollar on all taxable
property for a period of time not to
exceed thirty year*, to borrow money,
Issue bonds, and pledge the revenues
arising from the tax levied for a pe
riod of time, to pay the Intereat and
principal of any sum or sums so bor
rowed. All bonds Issued by authority
herein given shall bear a rate of Inter
est not to exceed 6 per cent per annum.
All sums so borrowed shall be used ex
clusively In making and repairing the
public roads and bridges In the county.
The annual tax and the tax for period
of years shall not both be levied and
be In force at the same time In any
county—the levy of one shall exclude
the levy of the other.
Before any levy of taxes herein au
thorlxed shall be made, the question
of levying such tax shall be submitted
to the qualified electors of the county
at a general or special election called
for that purpose, at which a majority
of the qualified electors voting at auch
an election shall have voted In favor of
auch levy of taxlis.
Approved February l. 1916.
The above resolution was filed In th*
office of the Secretary of State on Feb
ruary l, 1915.
Each elector may vot* for or agalnat
the above amendment.
Witness my official signature this
llth day of April, 191*.
EARLE W. HODGES.
(Seal] Secretary of Stata.
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Colored Column
Carrie Averett attended the Ed
ucational Congress at Little Rock
last week and reports a grand time.
$6,812.50 was collected for Short
er college.
Ellen Jackson of Monroe is here
visiting her daughter, Katie John
son.
Ellen Deadmon of Gurdon is here
visiting her daughter, Lula Glenn.
Maggie Patterson of Monroe is
here visiting Nobie Pierce.
Sadie Pierce has entered Shorter
college.
A party was given in honor of
Bernice Coleman last'Friday night.
Montee and Nancy Riley of Mon
roe are here visiting their father,
Will Riley.
Maranda Collins returned from
AJthemier Monday.
The Baptist association held at
St. Paul church near Cecil. La.,
last week was largely attended.
Rev. W. B. Will was president
Mamie Brunson visited her
mother at Bastrop last week.
Polly Tucker is here visiting her
son, Bob.
Daniel Hutchinson is here visit
ing with Frank Coleman.
Toney Head and wife returned
from Monroe Wednesday.
Charley Williams is here from
Monroe.
Eugene Lampkin, Blanch Tuck
er. Alvin Lineer and Nettie Mayo
are on the sick list.
Methodist Churih.
African Methodist Episcopal church
preaching every 4th Sunday.
Rev. Robt. Lillie, Pastor
E. W. Stewart, Clerk
The A. M. E. Sunday School meets a
2:30 each Sunday evening. All welcome
to attend. G M Averette, Supt.
Sadie Pierce, Secy.
Baptist Church.
Huttig Baptist church has services
every 1st and 2nd Sunday morning at 11
o’clock. John Smith, Pastor.
The Baptist Sunday School meets ev
ery Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock. All
welcome to attend.
H B Lewis, Supt.
Mary Houston, Secy.
The B. Y. P. U. meets every Sunday
afternoon at 5:30.
H B Lewis, Pres.
Sallis High, Secy.
Smith's Chapel Baptist church has
services every 3rd Sunday at I 1 a. m.,
and 7 p. m. W. M. Rodgers, Pastor.
Smith's Chapel B. Y. P. U. meets ev
ery Sunday afternoon at 5:30.
Hanah Ellis, Pres.
Smith Chapel Sunday school meets
every Sunday morning at 9:45.
E. H. Holly, Supt.
Lodge Directory.
GOOD LUCK LODGE No. 259 F. it
A. M. meets Second and Fourth Tuesday
night. All visitors welcome.
W. M. McCormick, W. M.
S. L. Glenn. Sec.
EAST LAKE LODGE No. 6362 G.
U. 0. of O. F. meets First and Third
Thursday in each month.
H. B. Lewis, N. G.
T W Scates, P. S.
BLUE LIGHT LODGE No 153 K. of P.
meets First and Third Tuesday in each
month. J B Francis, C. C.
K. E. Jackson, K. of R. S.
Roosevelt Chapter, No. 188, Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every second
and fourth Tuesday in each month.
Mrs. C. Williams, W. M.
Lula Glenn, Secy.
HOUSEHOLD RUTH, No. 2990. of
G. U. O. of O. F., meets the first and
third Thursday in each month at 1:60
P. m- Emma Barnes, M. N. G.
Carrie Averett. W. R.
JEWEL TABERNACLE, No. 416,
meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday.
Dora Riley, H. P.
Lula Glenn, C. R.
ELECTRIC LIGHT COURT OF CA
LANTHE, No. 70, meets first and third
Wednesday in each month at 1:45 p. m.
Carrie Averett, W. C.
Mary Hudson. R. D.
LEBANON, Chapter No. 41, R. A. M.
meets every 2nd and 4th Thursday night
at 7:30. Emmett Holly, H. P.
S. L. Glenn, Secy.
R. A. WILLIAMS. No. 324, R. C. of F.
meets every first and third Monday night
at 7:25. W, A. High, President.
Rosie Fuller. Secretary.
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