THE IUITTIG NEWS.
Published (very Saturday at Ituttig, Ark
C. A. Bt BUY, Editor and Proprietor.
Entered as second class matter May 3. 1907 at
the postofftce at Huttig. Ark., under the act of Con
gress of March 3. 1879.
Subscription Price. $1.00 per year in advance
Otherwise $1.50 per year.
Advertising rates will be Furnished on Application.
Saturday, May II, 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, M. L. Phillips, E. N. Collett.
L. G. Gibson and L. F. Magee.
DEMOCBATIC TICKET.
Governor .
Secretary of State
Attorney General
State Treasurer .
State Auditor.
Supt. Public Instruction .
Com. State Lands .
Com. Mines, Mfgs., Etc.
Chief Justice Supreme Court
Associate Justice
Railroad Commissioner
Congressman .
Prosecuting Attorney
Representative.
County Judge.
Sheriff
Circuit Clerk
County Clerk .
County Treasurer .
Assessor...
Coroner. .
Surveyor. .
Joe T. Robinson
Earle W. Hodges
Wm. L, Moose
John W. Crockett
J. M. Oathout
.Geo. B. Cook
R. G. Dye
John H. Page
E. A. McCullough
.Frank Smith
W. F. McKnight
.... W. S. Goodwin
.... E. O. Mahony
W. J. Pinson
... W. M. VanHook
. J. M. Wallace
B. F. Miles
J. M. McCain
.Finn Craig
W. H. Mathews, jr
T M. Pinson
.Levi Graham
The time has arrived when it is
time to let up on the "hound dawg"
and start kicking the fly around.
You may have noticed, from
where you are sitting, that very
few congressional investigations
ever amount to very much.
After all, the publication of de
tails as to campaign funds may
have no greater effectthan to disap
point the imaginations of people
who insist on suspecting the worst.
Having taken care of the com
forts of their passengers by provid
ing gymnasiums, shower baths,
tennis court and onyx pillars, it is
now the duty of the steamship
companies to provide a few life
boats and spy glasses.
Although you may think the av
erage man is a coward, it is quite
likely that 90 per cent of your ac
quaintances would have done the
same as the male passengers on
the Titanic. In spite of what we
often hear to the contrary, it is hu
man nature to be chivalrous in the
face of danger that afFects women.
CHANGING THE PRESIDENTIAL TERM.
The Senate resolution introduced
by Senator Works of California ex
tending the presidential term from
4 to 6 years and prohibiting a sec
ond term is receiving warm and
universal support from business
men and voters in all parts of the
country.
Senators and members of the
house of representatives, are hear
ing from their constituents in clear
and emphatic letters on the sub
ject. so last week Representative
Clayton of Alamaba. Democrat, in
troduced the same resolution in
the House and it is believed that it
will receive the requisite majority
in the House and Senate. It will
then be submitted to the various
states for approval and when three- j
fourths of the states shall have ap- j
proved the resolution the constitu-1
tion is then amended. The people
are plainly serving notice on Con
gress that they are getting sick
and disgusted with this unending'
political game, which seriously
cisturbes and checks business and
depresses industries every four
years. If the voters continue to
bombard Congress with letters on
this subject, there is no doubt but
that the resolution will pass this
session. __
MONEY IN POLITICS.
According to a sworn statement
filed at Albany by the treasurer of
the Roosevelt League. $59.126.75
was spent in New York city in the
recent primaries in the effort to
*
secure delegates favorable to the
nomination of Mr. Roosevelt for
president. This was in one city 1
alone. One of his leading support
ers in Pennsylvania. Flint of Pitts
burg. was said to have spent over
a quarter of a million dollars there.
We believe that he denied this, but I
we have never observed that he 1
has admitted how much he actual
ly did spend. Unquestionably
thousands of dollars are being
spent, not only by Mr. Roosevelt,
but by all of the men who are after
the Republican and Democratic
nominations. Millions will be
spent in the election. In 1904 it
is said that the Republican cam- ;
paign fund reached the enormous
total of $11,000,000. Big Busi
ness put up the money. The
Democrats with their puny little
$900,000 had no show, of course.
Where the money is coming from
that is being spent so lavishly this | ,
year in the nomination contests is !
a question about which many peo
ple are curious. It has never been ,
so much in evidence before, but its
appearance now is only in keeping
with the spirit of the times. It
has gotten so nowadays that a big
bank roll is sine que non in the case
of every man who wants an office.
In some places, Chicago for exam
ple, it is said that the very smallest
“legitimate” expenditure by which
a man can hope to be elected to
congress is $10,000. There are
plenty of cases in which it is known
that candidates have spent several
times that much and then been un
successful—their opponent having
spent still more.
Nor is it necessary to travel
away from home to find illustra
tions. They will occur to every
man who knows what is going on
around him, live where he may in
this wonderful country of ours.
How much longer we can keep up
the race no man can tell. One is
almost afraid even to think of what
it threatens. The rock of corrup
tion has split more ships of state
than any other.—Charleston News
and Courier.
^ FACTS WORTH KNOWING '{*
Statistics indicate that the aver
age of human life in the United
States increased about 12 years
during the last century. India
alone shows no gain.
Science has demonstrated that
malaria and yellow fever are trans
mitted only by certain varieties of
the mosquito. Swamps have noth
ing to do with it beyond breeding
the mosquitoes.
According to the American Ma
chinist. it has been estimated that
there is lost annually more than a
million and a half barrels of oil by
the burning of oil wells.
England has one hen to the acre
of territory.
Australians still lead the world
as tea drinkers.
Life preservers for use in sjiip
wrecks were unknown before -the
year 1820.
The heads of all Chinese babies
are shaved when the infants are a
month old.
The children of Japan are trained
as ambidexters, using both hands
equally well.
Over 30 cities have adopted the
commission plan of government
since the first of the year.
The governor of Hawaii says
that the best immigrants that come
to that island are Russians.
New York burglars now wear
kid gloves so as to leave no finger
prints for the police to photograph.
A Cash Offer.
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Commercial Appeal by which we
will furnish both papers for one .
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pers is $1.50. The Commercial ■
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best papers in the South, and we
hope to receive many new sub
scriptions on this offer: $1.15 cash
for both papers.
-IE PLANNED HIS OWN DEATH
-low Sir William Hankford 500 Year*
Ayo Evaded Law Against Com
mitting Suicide.
Suicides often adopt ingenious
nethods, but the art of the felo de se
ieems not to have advanced material
y during the centuries. The modern
ase of a heavily insured broker who
>n a feigned hunting trip stood bare
egged in a quagmire for hours and
villully contracted a fatal pneumonia
s matched in cleverness by one 500
'ears old.
The following facts are well vouched
'or, and indeed were never ques
ioned, says the Green Rag. Sir Wil
iam Hankford, a judge of the king's
tench in the reigns Of Edward III,
lenry IV', Henry V and Henry VI,
ind at the time of his death chief
ustiee of England, was a man of
nelancholy temperament.
He seems to have contemplated
suicide the greater p; rt of his long
ife and during his later years the
dea became a fixed purpose. The
ict was of peculiarly serious conse
juences in those days for the reason
hat tlie law treated it as a capital
•rime. The offender was buried at
he cross roads, with a stake driven
hrough his body, and all his goods
tnd property were forfeited to the
mown, to the utter ruin of bis family.
Hankford made good use of his
vits and succeeded in accomplishing
tis purpose without incurring either
mpleasant penalty. He gave open
nstruciions to his gamekeeper, who
tad been troubled with poachers in
he deer preserve, to challenge all
respassers in the future and to shoot
o kill if they would not stand and
;ive an account.
One dark night he purposely
•rossed the keeper's path, and upon
•hailenge made motions of resistance
ind escape. The -faithful servant,
ailing to recognize his master, fol
lowed instruction to the letter, as
ivas expected of him, and Sir William
’ell dead in his tracks. The whole
Iruth of the affair was common
knowledge, but it was impossible to
■stablish a case of suicide by legal
roof. Thfe servant was protected by
lis instructions. Hankford had hon
irable burial and his estate passed
o those whose interests as heirs he
lad so wisely considered.
THEIR SINGING HARD LABOR
’eople of Star Island, Says Celia
Thaxter, Grind Out Sounds With
Tremendous Exertion.
Among: people of average musical
ibility there is less singing than there
ised to be. Nearly everybody enjoys
inging, and there was a time when
tearly everybody was expected, on oc
casion, to sing. But from different
tauses—a more exacting standard, the
•ivalry of the phonograph, and other
•easons—amateur singers are fewer
han they were. It is a matter for re
tret from one point of view, and from
mother for rejoicing.
In a recently published letter, Celia
rhaxter tells how some of the Star
island folks, during her long residence
it the Isles of Shoals, used to sing.
"Their singing,” she declared, "was
ruly astonishing. Indeed. I might say,
?xcruciating. They go at it precisely
is if they were sawing wood, and
trind out the sounds with such exer
lon that their faces become crimson
md the perspiration stands in beads
in their foreheads.”—Youth’s Compan
on.
The Iron Crown of Italy.
The historic iron crown of Italy
las played a romantic role in the his
orv of the peninsula. It was made
n the year 594 by the command, it Is
said, of Theodolinda, the widow of a
Lombard king, on the occasion of her
narriage to a duke of Turin.
The crown is of iron overlaid with
?ilt. Its significance was supposed to
ay in the fact that the weight of
•oyalty could never be lightened by
ts splendid exterior. The iron of the
nner portion was traditionally held
:o be one of the long nails used at the
irucifixion.
For a long time the crown was in
he keeping of the famous monastery
it Monza. In 774 it was brought
orth to be placed upon the head of
'harlemagne as "King of the Lom
bards," and on later occasions it fig
ured in the triumphs of Frederic IV
and Charles V. Finally in the pres
ence of all the representatives of
state, the foreign envoys and princes
tnd officers, Napoleon Uonaparte sol
emnly united it to the crown of
France.
The crown belongs to the state, and
he custodian of it is the legitimate
•epresentative of the basilica of Mon
:a. The title of "grand custodian,”
lowever, pertains to the head of the
jrder of Cavaliers.—Harper’s Weekly.
Light of the Firefly.
The statement that the light of flre
lies and other phosphorescent animals
s produced without any sensible de
cree of heat has often been repeated
without any information as to the
luantity of heat that would be required
o produce a similar amount of light
iy artificial methods. This information
s supplied by Professor McIntosh. He
says that a temperature approaching
1,000 degrees Fahrenheit would be nec
>ssary to make a light equivalent to
hat emitted by an ordinary firefly,
rhe enormous waste in all industrial
nethods of producing light is a mat
er of common knowledge, and the
•xaraple of the firefly remains unlmita
ed by man. The very simplicity of
he mechanism employed by nature
n phosphorescent animals is baffling.
—Harper's Weekly.
Colored Column
Robt. Jones visited El Dorado
on business last week.
Agusta Brown has returned
' from an extended visit at Minden,
I La
Florence Humphery of Fordyce
is here visting her sister, Mrs. A.L.
Williamson.
Prof. L. S. Scroggins visited with
friends and relatives at El Dorado
last Saturday and Sunday.
Etta Scroggins is visiting her
parents at Junction City this week.
Ella Fairchild of El Dorado was
here visiting this week.
Anna Lewis is still on the sick
list.
The G. U. 0. of 0. F. will have
their annual sermon preached Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev
, T. H. Evans. You are invited to
be present.
Robt. Sylvester ordered the
News sent for one year to his sis
ter, Lizzie, at Bastrop, La., this
week. __
Baptist Church.
Huttig Baptist church has services
every 1st and 3rd Sunday morning at 1 1
o'clock. J. C. Collier, Pastor.
Preaching every third and fourth Sun
day at Smith Chapel.
E M Davis, pastor
Jim Harris, secretary
The Baptist Sunday School meets ev
ery Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock. All
welcome to attend.
Sanders Simmons, Supt.
J S Jones, Secy.
The B. Y. P. U. meets every Sunday
afternoon at 5:30.
Prof. L. S. Scroggins,Pres.
Miss Lula Oliver, Secy.
Methodist Church.
African Methodist Episcopal church
preaching every 2rd and 4th Sunday in
each month. D. A. Harden, Pastor.
The A. M. E. Sunday School meets at
2:30 each Sunday evening. All welcome
to attend. G M Averette, Supt.
Clint Royston. Secy
Lodge Directory.
GOOD LUCK LODGE No. 259 F. &,
A. M meets First and Fourth Saturday
night. All visitors welcome.
Fred Huston. W. M.
Lonnie Poole, Sec.
Roosevelt Chapter, No. 188. Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every second
and fourth Tuesday in each month.
Mrs. C. Williams, W. M.
Emma Bearl, Secy.
BLUE LIGHT LODGE No 153 K. ofP.
meets First and Third Tuesday in each
month. J B Francis, C. C.
Sanders Simmons, K. of R. S.
LEBANON, No. 41, R. A. M. meets
fourth Thursday evening in each month,
at 7:30. Joe Scott, H. P.
John Law, Secy.
EAST LAKE LODGE No. 6362 G.
U. O. of 0. F. meets First and Third
Thursday 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 1 :45 p. m.
Mrs. Sanders Simmons, W. C.
Queen E. Tate, R. D.
HOUSEHOLD RUTH, No. 2990. of
G. U. O. of 0. F., meets the first and
third Thursday in each month at 1:50
p. m. Laura Sims. M. N.G.
c-L-i n
turtr-a, tv , i \ .
Board of Education Fred Houston,
president; A. Lewis, vice president; Joe
Scott, treasurer; W. M. Oliver, W. A.
High, Prof. L. S. Scroggins, secretary.
Royal Circle of Friends, R. A.Williams
No. 524, meets every first and third
Friday night. All visiting friends are
welcome. S. S. Simmons, President.
Lula Oliver. Secretary.
—
Advertised Letter List.
The fol.owmg letters remain un
claimed in the Huttig postoffice for
the week ending May 6, 1912:
Gents.
Rev S P Perry
C Rogers
Mike Longe
Charlie Davis
W T Hudson
Eva Stone
Madie Durham
S Z Scott
Lor Partes
A L Jackson
Ashley Bonnette
Ladies.
Lena Coleman
Ida Staples
Lula Bearden
When calling for above letters
please say advertised.
E. N. Collett, P. M.
Wanted Active Man in Each Locality
To join this Society. Sick, acci
dent. death benefits. And intro
duce our Memberships. All or
spare time. $50 to $300 a month.
Every Member secured gives you a
steady monthly income. Experi
ence not needed. Write for plans.
Box KM-293.
4-13-10t Covington, Ky.
H. H. Keller
Optometrist and Optician of Monroe
Will be at Dr. L. F. Magee’s Office
Until Saturday May 18th
The eye is the window of the soul. Beware how you use it and
how you abuse it.
If you would stop to consider you would agree that the eye affords
more real pleasure than any other part of the anatomy. Can you im
agine what you would do if your eyes failed to do their duty. 1 say pro
tect them—when you find that it is a strain on them to read ordinary
print—if you have headaches—if your eyes tire and water, you need
glasses. Let me examine your eyes and prescribe a pair of correct
glasses.
When glasses are not properly fitted, you had better not wear them
— they may do harm.
Look the eyeglass question squarely in the face, decide whether
your glasses are becoming or not. and if not. come here to rectify the
mistake. Nowadays the thickness, the curve, the size, the shape, the
clip and nose piece are all considered with reference to their appearance
when worn. Come here and let me fit you with a pair that will become
you.
SUPERIOR SERVICE.
Superior service in any profession is made possible, by specializing.
The physician that makes certain diseases a specialty is better qualified
to treat those diseases than the general practitioner. My specialty is
examining and fitting the eye with proper glasses. My entire time is
devoted to this alone.
Toric, the Lenses of Today.
Curved to the eye, they enable a wide field of vison, prevent reflec
tion and are far more becoming and unsightly.
Your present flat lenses can be changed in Toric without a re-ex
amination.
With my unlimited stock 1 can fit everyone with satisfactory glass
es. 1 have a style to suit every feature, to meet every requirement and
condition.
Consultation Free.
Will visit Huttig every ninety days in the future.
PBOPOSED AMEEDMEIVT TO TIE
CONSTITUTION 07 THE STATE
07 AIXAMIAS.
Notice Is hereby given that the fol
lowing Joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the State Constitution.
whs passed by the General Assembly at
Its regular session of 1911, and that
the same will be submitted to the
electors of the State at the next
general election, to be held Monday,
September 9, 1912, for adoption or re
jection.
Proposed Amendment No. 11.
That the following article shall be
proposed as an amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas,
which, when agreed to by a majority of
all the members elected to each House
and adopted by a majority of the elec
tors of the State voting at the next
general election for senators and rep
resentatives, shall become a part of the
Constitution of Arkansas.
"Every male citizen of the United
States, or every male person who has
declared bis intention of becoming a
citizen of the same, of the age of
twenty-one years or upward, who has
resided in the State twelve months, in
the county six months, and in the pre
cinct, town or ward one month next
preceding any election at which lie rauy
propose to vote, and who is able to read
and interpret, or interpret when read
to him. if he is prevented from read
ing the same by reason of any physi
cal disability. any section of the Consti
tution of the State of Arkansas, except
such persons as may, for the coinmis
sion of some felony, be deprived of the
right to vote by law passed by the Gen
eral Assembly, and who shall exhibit a
poll tax receipt or other evidence that
he has paid his poll tax at the time of
collecting taxes next preceding such
election, shall be allowed to vote at any
election held in the State of Arkansas;
but no person who was. on January 1,
1*66. or at any time prior thereto, en
titled to vote under the Constitution or
statutes of any State in the United
States, wherein he then resided, and in*
male person of foreign birth who was
naturalized prior to the adoption of
this amendment, and no lineal descend
ant of such person, wno shall possess
the other qualifications described in this
article, shall he denied the right to
vote because of his inability to so read
ami interpret sections of the Consti
tution of this State; provided, that male
persons who make satisfactory proof
that they have attained the age of
twenty-one years since the time
for assessing the taxes for the
year next preceding the year in
which the election at which he
may propose to vote Is held, and pos
sesses the other qualifications required
by this article shall be permitted to
vot»*; and, provided, further, that the
said tax receipt shall be so marked by
dated stamp or other written endorse
ment by the jiidgt* of election to whom
it may first be presented, as to pre
vent the holder thereof from voting
more than once at any electron.
The judges of election shall enforce
the provisions of this article and shall
he the judges of the qualifications of
electors."
The above resolution was filed in the
office of the Secretary of State on
March 16. 1911.
Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness my official signature this
12th day of February, 1912.
EAithK W HODGES.
Secretary of State.
(Seal )
Office I lours: 8 to 12 a. m. 1 to 5:30 p. m.
Henry C. Rushing, D. D. S.
Dentist
Office in Postnffice Huilding.
Huttig, Arkansas
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. Berry. Sec'y.
HOWARD CHAPTER. No. 122. R A.
M. meets every first and third Thurs
day evening at Masonic hall. Visiting
companions welcome.
C. T Thompson, H. P.
C. A. Berry, Secy.
HUTTIG 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 Moore, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson, Sec’y.
HUTTIG LODGE No. 348 I. 0. 0. F.
meets every Tuesday evening. Visiting
brethern cordially invited to attend.
G. C. Wali.fr, N G.
H. Sehon, Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66.
meets every second and fourth Wednes
day night at 7:30 o’clock. Visitors are
invited. Mrs. R. W. Cargill. N. G.
Mrs. Chas. Saxe, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No. 4 I 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 first 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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