THE HUTTIG NEWS.
Published Every Saturday at Huttl«, Ark
C. A. BERRY, Editor and Proprietor.
Entered as second class matter May 3, 1907 at
the postoflice 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 July 19, 1913.
TOWN OEflCIALS. ^
Tne following are the duly elected of
ficials of the incorporated town of Hut
tig:
Mayor—H C. Rushing.
Recorder—W. H. Moore.
Marshal—Thos. Ashcroft.
Aldermen—L. A. Bodine, A. E. Lucas,
J B. Crockett, D. A. Keasler and F. W.
Scott.
Board of Education—W. H. Moore, F.
W. Scott, C. T. Thompson, E. N. Collett.
L. G. Gibson and L. F. Magee.
Some people take themselves so
seriously that others look upon
them as a joke.
Turn out next Wednesday and
vote for Jndge Geo. W. Hays, our
home man. for governor.
There is always plenty of room
at the top because many who get
there become dizzy and fall off.
No other business is quite so
important as makihg the children
happy and keeping them healthy.
Col. Roosevelt has secured per
mission to carry a pistol. This is
the first time we believe that he
ever "askec^ permission” to do
anything__
Love appears to be a good deal
like the smoking habit so many
fel.ows always fooling around try
ing to see if they can't find a brand
they like better.
Complain about the heat all you
please, but just bear in mind the
fact that heat is necessary for
Arkansas' continued prosperity,
just as flowers are necessary in
California to draw the tourists
thither.
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If a man employs you to work for
h m, take as much interest in his
business as if it were vourown and
stop watching the clock for quiting
time. The man who has the in
terest of his employer at heart is
the man who will climb to the top.
The mule, that much-despised
animal, has every reason to hold
up his head in pride now, for he is
coming to be appreciated as never
before. Uncle Sam is now having
to pay no less than $211 apiece
for mules for shipment to the Pan
ama canal, this being a record price.
Four vears ago the contract price
was only $157 and the rate has
been going up steadily.
PUBLIC SUPPORTS THE PRESIDENT.
President Wilson is receiving the
most stalwart support from the
public that any president has in
fifty years, and any Democrat or
patriot who cannot approve the
leadership of President Wilson
should certainly have his sanicy.
patriotism, or intelligence examined
by an expert because he is evidently
wrong in one or more of these
points. _
CURRENCY BILL.
The currency bill which has been
introduced in both houses of con
gress is being discussed in every
town and hamlet in the land. The
thing that puzzles so many is that
the bill deals with our greatest
problem in such a simple and effic
ient way. While it takes the power
of controlling our finances absolute
ly out of the hands or even the in
fluence of Wall Street, it neverthe
less will prove a great blessing to
our banks and will through them
prove a great blessing to all legiti
mate business enterprises, and will
place the banks more completely
under control of the Government
than ever have been. The two
main points of the Currency bill are
therefore absolute Government
control of money of the country
and the automatic expansion or in
crease of money according to the
requirements of business.
BILL’S OLD X-RAY MULE
BY C. 6. GRANT.
"I'm just in from Plumville,” said
the traveling man. “I beard a mule
story while I was in that town.
"The city marshal one day last
summer said to Big Bill McCune in
front of Hickey’s grocery: ‘Bill, if you
don't keep that ol’ mule o’ your’n off
th’ streets of this byar*corporation I'll
have tfc' law on ye.’
"Big Bill bit off a whacking big
chew of tobacco before he drawled
out: ‘Well, if you do, I’ll git chure
goat.’
"That evening Jerry, Big Bill’s mule,
did not return to the barn. He passed
the night in the village pound, a pas
ture largely infested with weeds and
hemmed round wl.h a hedge of tall
burdocks.
"The next morning Big Bill started
out exploring and soon found Jerry
rolling round contentedly in the weeds.
They tickled his ribs, which had at
tained undue prominence while ram
bling the streets of Plumville in search
of juicy grass.
“When Rig Bill saw Jerry so con
tented he said to himself: ‘Guess I’ll
leave the old fellow there for the rest
of the week. I'll be out to lien Cal
It8ter’s, anyway, diggln' that well.’
“That, afternoon Aunt Betty Brown
happened to pass the lot. where old
Jerry was nibbling. The sight of the
forlorn creature with his sharp hori
zon outlines touched her heart and she
waddled home for something to bide
the mule's X-rays. Soon his bone pile
was concealed beneath a couple of
gunny sacks. *
“Every night th^.clty marshal tal
lied up another day’s board against
old Jerry. ’At 25 cents a day, that will
make pretty nigh five dollars ag’in th’
end of th’ month,’ he said.
"By the middle of the next month
the marshal announced that he would
auction off old Jerry to pay for hfs
feed. There was a bill against him
for $7.25 and It was growing larger
every day. The auction was s^t for
two o’clock Saturday afternoon.
"Colonel Wilson was auctioneer.
“ ‘Crowd up around here, gentle
men!’ he shouted. ‘Now, how much
am I offered to start this mule? He’s
guaranteed not to scare at automo
biles or (Tirashln’ machines. He’s a
family animal through and through.
Now, what do 1 hear to start him?”
"There came a deep silence, while
several of the farmers tried to lift the
gunny sack that concealed Jerry’s
striking points.
“ ‘Gentlemen,’ said the colonel, ‘we
sell Jerry just as he stands, fly nets
and all. How much am 1 bid to start
him?’
, “ ‘Twenty-five cents,’ said old Jack
I Pemble.
[ “The colonel fiddled around for ten
minutes trying to get another bid, but
they were not game sports. ‘Twenty
five once, twenty-five twloe, twenty
five three times! Are you all done?
Sold to Jack Pemble for 25 cents!’
“If you happen to be motoring along
the road five miles from Plumville and
see an old mule standing patiently
near a corn crib while half a dozen
children pull themselves up by his
ears and slide down over his sides
you’ll know It’s Jack Pemble’s place.”
BETWEEN TOWN AND COUNTRY
There Is a Vast Amount of Difference
About What Is Considered a
"Bite to Eat.”
Homer Davies’ motor ear broke
down while he was several miles out
from Concordia, and the good house- j
wife near whose place the car was
stalled Insisted upon getting him and
the other occupants of the car “a cup
of tea and a bite to eat." Mr. Davies
writes:
‘‘We protested against so much trou
ble on our behalf, and she protested
there wasn’t going to be much to it, j
as she said she had nothing much in
the house, and we believe she really
meant it. That’s the thing that
amuses us—‘nothing to eat,' you know,
and inside of twenty mlytftes the
whole party of five were seated at a
well-furnished table, with ‘nothing to
•at’ in the way of hot home-made
sausage, hot potato patties fine light
breadT tea and cream, canned peaches,
apple butter, and the Lord knows how
much more such truck, enough to call
It a banquet for town folks.
"Now we have asked Mr. and Mrs.
Willars to visit us when they come to
town, and we are going to show them
what town folks call a 'light luncheon.’
There'll be bread sandwiches, cut
cater-cornered, with just about enough
ham between to make bait for a fish
hook. There'll be another course on
small plates with pictures of flowers
around the border, with a little yellow
dab of something on a lettuce leaf on
them. Then we’ll have a spoonful of
some sore of frozen stuff, served in
hand-painted dishes, standing on queer
little legs, and then will follow a few
spoonfuls of coffee, as an excuse to
parade our souvenir spoons—the
light luncheon will be over, and our
friends will still be hungry.
'There’s an awful lot of difference
between 'a bite to eat’ in the country
and ‘a light luncheon’ in town.”—Kan
sas City Star.
Kept ’Em Guesting.
"How did Skimmel make his
money?” “He was one of those old
fashioned dairymen who left you in
doubt whether water had been put in
the milk or milk had been spilled in
tbe water.”
Origin of Playing Cards.
Although it is commonly reported
that playing cards were invented in
France in 1392 to divert Charles VI
D'Allemagne. a French writer on the
subject, mentions them as being in
use in Belgium in 1379, and probably
something analagous to them—mark
ed disks or counters—have been em
ployed in the east from remote an
tiquity. It is now usually thought
that it was in Italy playing cards were
first made, about 1370. and at Venice
The attempt to connect, their inven
tion with astrology arises from the
four suits, and 52 cards in all. being
associataed in ingenious minds with j
four seasons and the number of week?
in the year It does not appear likely
that there was anything more asso
elated with the cards than amuse
ment at the first, though gambling
was a vice with the Greeks and Rom
ans long before the Christian era. and
games for gain with some kinds ol
counters were doubtless found among
them.
Low Spots.
It has been left to the United Statee
geologists to localize the most de
pressed and depressing places on the
earth. Every continent dips some
where beneath the level of the sea. In
the states itself the lowest depth ie
the aptly named Death Valley of Cal
ifornia, about 300 feet below sea level.
The old world, however, strikes a low
er depth—1,200 feet—in the region ol
the Dead Sea. We now learn that the
hooding of the Sahara, a dream ol!
sanguine engineers, is impossible, for
the general height is above sea level
Europe holds her head high, except on
the Caspian shores, where she droops
eighty-six feet. Australia, one is glad
to hear, keeps her chin well above wa
ter.
Senses of Plants.
The sense most developed In plants
is that of sight, which enables them
to see light but not to distinguish ob
jects. This sense limitation is found
among many living creatures, such
as the earthworm, oyster and coral,
etc., which possess no localized visual
organ, but give proof of their lumin
ous impressions by the contractions
that they manifest when exposed to a
ray of sunshine. Similarly, it is easy
to gauge the influence of light on
plants. Cultivate a plant in a room
with a window only on one side and
its stalks in growing will incline to
ward the source of light. Physiolo
gists explain this by suggesting that
the side to the dark grows more
quickly than that exposed to the light
There remains, however, the fact that
the plant has reacted to the light of
whose effect it was conscious.
A sense common to many plants is
that of touch. Of this the most illus
trative example is. as its name im
plies, the sensitive plant. Another
leaf, responsive to the touch, is the
catcli-fly, whose two halves close down
upon the other by means of a central
hinge.—-Harper's Weekly.
When you feel dull, out of sorts, discouraged,
half sick and everything seems to be going
wrong, you can blame It on your liver. It Is
torpid You need
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the blood, the stomach Is bilious, the kidneys weak and tho
bowels irregular—generally constipated. Iierbine clears out all
these impurities, opens up the obstructed channels, strengthens
the torpid liver, cleanses the blood, purities and regulates tho
bowels. After the system has been thus overhauled, there is an
immediate improvement. Appetite returns, digestion Is good, the
spirits rise, tho mind clears of gloomy forebodings and everything
looks bright and cheerful, which means, sound, healthy conditions
everywhete In the body.
Price 50c per Bottle.
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To cure Smarting Eyeball*. Sore Errs or Weak Sight, uae
Stephens Eye Salve.
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Union Saw Mill Company.
HERE AT LAST!
WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR!
Our' Mid-Summer Clearance Sale Starts
Thursday, July 17th for 10 Days
The most complete line of Clothing, Furnishing Goods,
Hats and Shoes in Monroe, now offered to you at
prices less than ever before. If you have not supplied
yourself with a Summer Outfit, this is your chance.
Remember the Dates. Come Early. July 17 to 27.
Men's Clothing.
Stein-Block,Sampeck and High Art
$25 00 Quality, Sale Price $ 1 7 75
22.50
20.00
17.50
15.00
15.25
15.75
12.00
10.75
Extra Special.
250 Suits, odd lots, all sizes but
not every size in each pattern, val
ues np to $20.00.
Sale Price, $8.50.
Men's “Peerlfss" Pants.
>7.50 Quality, Sale Price $5.50
7.00
6.50
6.00
5 00
3.50
5.50
5.00
4 50
3.90
2.75
Boys' Suits.
“Kickers" the celebrated “Sampeck'
$8.50 Quality, Sale Price
7.50
7.00
6.50
6.00
5.00
4.00
' make.
$6.25
5.50
5.00
4.75
4.50
3.90
3 00
Boys' Suits, Extra Special.
200 Straight Knee Pants Suits,
values up to $10.00.
Sale Price $1.50.
Boys' Knieker Bocker Pants
$2 00 Quality, Sale Price $1.45
1.50 “ “ " 1.15
1.00 “ “ “ -85
.75 . .60
All Children's Wash Suits 25 per
cent off regular price.
Men's Shirts.
The celebrated "Eagle” Snirts in
Fancy Negilee and Soisette, no
whites.
$2.00 Quality, Sale Price $1.45
1.50 “ “ “ 1.20
1.00 “ “ “ .85
Men's Underwear.
Union Suits and Shirts and Draw
ers in Nansook. Balbriggan &, Lisle.
$2.00 Quality, Sale Price $1.45
1.50 " " " 1.15
1.00 " “ “ .80
Boys' Shirts and Blouses.
$1.00 Quality. Sale Price $ .80
.75 " " " .55
.50 “ *• “ .40
All Men’s Wash Suits and Pants,
Alpaca and Serge Coats 55 per
cent off regular price.
Boys' Underwear.
$1.00 Quality, Sale Price 80c
.75 “ “ “ .55
.50 “ “ “ .40
Genuine “Scriven” Drawers in
Full and Length
Special Price 60c
Suit Gases and Hand Bags, 15
per cent off.
Men's Hosiery.
$1 50 and $1.00 Silk Sox. for 75c
.50 Silk and Lisle Sox. for 40o
.25 . 50c
Men's Fancy Silk and
Wash Neckwear
$1.00 Quality, Sale Price 75c
.50 “ " “ 25c
.25 “ “ “ .25
All Straw Hats 25 per cent off
regular price.
Men's Shoes, Oxfords Only
Patent “Leather, Kid, Gun Metal
and Tan.
$6.00 Hanan &. Son. Price $4 75
4.00 Howard &. Foster “ 3.35
3.50 F. & W.. Sale Price 2.85
B6ys' Shoes, Oxfords Only
$3.00 Oxforcs, Sale Price $2.25
2 50 “ " " 1.90
2.25, ' “ “ " 1.75
Special
200 Pair Men's Oxfords. Odd
lots,values up to $4.00. price $2.00
This is your Opportunity. Be sure and take advantage of it.
FRENKEL & WOLF,
“Where Quality Counts”
Successors to Meyer Bros. Clothing Dept.
145 S Grand Street, MONROE, LA.
Send us your Mail Orders. We deliver Goods Free by
Parcel Post on Receipt of the Price.
LODGE DIRECTORY.
ROV/LAND LODGE No. 594 F. & A.
M.meets every second and fourth Satur
day evenings at 7:50 o'clock. Visiting
Masons always welcome.
F. 0. Mahony, W. M.
D. F. Collett. Sec'y.
HOWARD CHAPTER. No. 122. R A.
M. meets every first and third Thurs
day evening at Masonic hall. Visiting
companions welcome.
D. F Collett, 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 welcomp.
Mrs. A. E. Lucas, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson. Soc’y.
HUTTIG LODGE No. 348 I. 0. 0. F.
meets every Tuesday evening. Visiting
brethern cordially invited to attend.
T. P. Millstead, N. G.
J. E. Greer, Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66.
meets every Monday night at 7:30 o'clock
Visitors are invited.
Mrs. G. C. Waller, N. G.
Mrs. J. C. Phillips, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No. 411 W.O. W.
meets every first and third Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
C. P. Pryor, C. C.
J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
SWEET BAY GROVE. No. 145, W.
G„ meets every second and fourth Fri
day nights in each month. Visitors are
always welcome.
Mrs. C. A. McCormick. Guardain.
Mrs. J. C. Bridges. Clerk.
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Colored Column
Baptist Church.
Huttig Baptist church has services
every 1st and 5rd Sunday morning at 1 1
o'clock. T H Evans, Pastor.
Preaching every third and fourth Sun
day at Smith Chapel.
M F Holley, pastor
Lizzie Brown, secretary
The Baptist Sunday School meets ev
ery Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock. All
welcome to attend.
J S Jones, Supt.
Tena Harris, Secy.
The B. Y. P. U. meets every Sunday
afternoon at 5:30.
Prof. L. S. Scroggins,Pres.
Miss Lula Oliver, Secy.
Women's Home Mission meets every
Monday at 1 ;30 p. m.
\ Lulu Oliver, President
Agusta Stevenson, Secretary.
Methodist Church.
African Methodist Episcopal church
preaching every 2rd and 4th Sunday in
each month. D. A, Hardon, 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
Board of Education—Vf.% A. High,
president: W. M. McCormick, vice presi
dent; Joe Scott, treasurer; Prof. L. S.
Scroggins, secretary; Lonnie Poole, as
sistant secretary.
Lodge Directory.
Roosevelt Chapter, No. 188, Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every second
and fourth Tuesday in each month.
$lrs. C. Williams, W. M.
Emma Bearl, Secy.
EAST LAKE LODGE No. 6362 G'
U. 0. of 0. F. meets First and Third
Thursday in each month.
G. W. Smith, N. G.
T W States, P. S.
GOOD LUCK LODGE No. 259 F. &.
A. M meets First and Fourth Saturday
night. All visitors welcome.
J. S. Jones. W. M.
S. L. Gleen, Sec.
OMEGA COMMANDERY No.4 Knight
Templars meet every 2nd Thursday
night in each month.
J. H. Law. E. C.
E. Brooks. Recorder.
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. Crayton, Secy.
LEBANON, Chapter No. 41, R. A M.
meets every 2nd and 4th Thursday night
7:30. Joe Scott, H. P.
J. H Law, Secy.
JEWEL TABERNACLE, No. 412.
meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday.
Augusta Steverson, H. P.
Tena Harris, C. R.
BLUE LIGHT LODGE No 153 K. of P.
meets First and Third Tuesday in each
month. J B Francis, C. C.
A. Lewis. K. of R. S.
ELECTRIC LIGHT COURT OF CA
LANTHE, No. 70, meets first and third
Tuesday in each month at 1:45 p. m.
Lizzie Oliver, W. C.
Ever Pittman. R. D.
Royal Circle of Friends, R. A.Williams
No. 324, meets every first and third
Friday night. All visiting friends are
welcome. G. W. Smith, President.
Lula Oliver, Secretary.
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. Carrie Averett, M. N.G.
Eva Pittman. W. R.
STATE LINE TEMPLE NO. 337
meets every 2nd and 4th Friday nignt at
8 o'clock. C. S. Scates. C. M.
W. B. Barnes, C. S
For Sale, Two acres of land and
house with two large rooms and
hall adjoining Huttig on the north
west. Call or write News office.