HUTTIG
NEWS.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. V. NO. 52.
HUTTIO. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. APRIL 27. 1912.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
HELP TO CLE4N IP TOWN.
Thereby Preventing Spread of Disease and
Make it More Attractive.
The prevention of disease and the
matter of public health have be
come so important that campaigns
have been taken up in all progress
ive cities and towns to reduce the
amount of disease by removing the
cause.
i iieae mcaauicd aic mui c mi
portant than ever to towns like
Huttig located on the edge of the
overflow district, as everybody ex
pects considerable sickness this
summer on that account, but we
can prevent part of it by doing
our duty around our homes.
Dirt and filth are dangerous to
the public health, and the hearty
co-operation of every citizen should
be had in making Huttig one of
the cleanest cities in the state.
The majority of summer disease,
fevers and bowel trouble, are due
to preventable causes. They have
their origin in decayed animal and
vegetable matter.
We now know that the common
house fly is the most dangerous
carrier of diseases known to man.
and by exterminating the fly we
can very materially reduce disease.
The fly is just now beginning to
breed, and their chief breeding
places are in stable manure, drains,
pools of slop water, privies and all
decaying animal and vegetable
matter.
They breed in the very places
where disease germs are most
abundant. They come into our
houses with their bodies laden with
disease germs, crawl over our food
and leave it ^lfected. They infect
■—^ - the ifri'ix androod that is fed to the
little one, and then when they are
lost parents wonder why Providence
is so unkind. This explains the fact
why those who are filthy in their
homes, or those who do not protect
themselves with screens have more
disease than those who are cleanly
and who protect themselves against
the fly.
The fact that your neighbor
cleans up does not protect him if
you do not also clean up. and thus
you hold the health of your neigh
bor largely in your hands, and it
is necessary that you do your part
in the prevention of disease.
Flies accumulate very rapidly,
their eggs hatching in from 12 to
24 hours, and by removing their
breeding places early in the season
their number can be greatly de
creased for the summer. They do
not travel far and if Huttig
takes care of her own flies she will
not be bothered with those from
any other town or surrounding
country.
MUUig nas an oruinance relating
to public nuisances and all stables,
pens, slop pools, garbage piles and
privies should be cleaned at once,
as the Board of Health is deter
mined to do all in its powdr to pre
vent the spread of disease here this
summer.
Garbage thrown in the yard or in
the alleys makes breeding places for
germs and thus become public
nuisances. See that your yards
and alleys are cleaned of all refuse
Everybody should take pride ir
helping make Huttig a "Spotless
Town." Gather up all cans thal
might hold water and make a breed
ing place for disease carrying in
sects and also all rubbish and the
town will have same removed. Reac
the ploclamation of the Boarc
of Health in another column anc
get busy. Have all refuse read\
to be hauled away between the Is
and 4th of May and then keep you
premises clean the rest of th(
summer. _
New Officers Take Charge.
At a special meeting of the towr
council held Tuesday night the fol
lowing report of the recorder was
received by the old council and the
newly elected council sworn in:
RECEIPTS.
On hand April 1.1911.$ 71.00
From Dray Licenses 35.00
Show " 30.00
“ Meat “ 37.00
Peddlers " 85.55
Dog Tax - - 53.00
Street Tax - 1,137.00
Fines - - 476.40
Total
$1925.89
DISBURSEMENTS.
Salaries of Officers - $ 464.00
Printing - - 46.85
Election Expenses - 32.75
Treating Small Pox 20.00
j Feeding Prisoners - 39.60
Street Work - - 1161.30
Miscellaneous - - 48.74
! Street Tax Refunded 45.00
Balance on Hand - 57.65
Total - - $1925.89
Mayor C. A. Berry appointed T.
F. Ashcroft as marshal and street
commissioner which was confirmed
i by the council.
Tjne following committees and
board of health were also appointed:
Street Committee—J. B. Crock
1 ett. P. H. Pitts and D. F. Collett.
Finance Committee—J. W. Per
ritt. L. F. Magee and J.B. Crockett.
Ordinance Committee L. F.
Magee, P. H. Pitts and D. F. Col
lett.
Board of Health Dr. L. F. Ma
gee, Dr. R. P. Burns and F. W.
Scott. _
Miss Neva Kennedy Married.
At the home of the bride in this
city on Wednesday night at 8
o'clock. Mr. R. J. Daniels of Der
mott. was married to Miss Neva
Kennedy. Rev. T O. Owens offic
| iating. The groom is a promising
young business man of Dermott.
; and the bride is the popular daught
er of J. W. Kennedy of this city.
After the ceremony they left on
the 10:10 train for Dermott where
they will make their future home,
followed by the best wishes of
many friends. Camden Beacon.
The bride was a former resident
of Felsenthal and'has many friends
here and there who will wish her
happiness.
Hinton-Kppner.
A marriage license was issued
Tuesday for the wedding of Wm.
M. Kepner of Felsenthal, who is in
the goverment engineering service,
to Miss Ruth Hinton of Troy
Both of the part'es are well known
and popular. Miss Hinton taught
j school at Champagnolle for several
terms and made many friends
there as well as in her home neigh
oorhood. We wish for the newly
wedded pair a long and happy life.
Ouachita ( Camden) Herald.
Mr. Kepner is one of the engin
eers in charge of the government
work at lock and dam No. 6 in the
Ouachita river east of here. He is
now enjoying his annual vacation
of thirty days.
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,
i Every Member secured gives you a
steady monthly income. Experi
ence not needed. Write for plans, j
Box KM-293.
4-13 lOt Covington, Ky.
Advertised Letter List.
The fol.owTg letters remain un
claimed in the Huttig postoffice for
the week ending April 24, 1912:
Gents.
James Turner
Tom Shaffer
John Jamerson
Willie Burks.
J B Robinson
Louis Mitchell
Alsinda Inglan
Edna Russell
Hessey Dorden
W M Prestridge
Lula Whiticut
J B"Wilson
Sallie Jackson
Ida Anderson
Jonas Moor
Sam Anderson
Lee Redeant
Robt Fillis
G Rogers
Horace Campbell •
Henry Aeze
Ladies.
Nova Butler
Edna Hankins
A R Schist
Florence Humphries
Evare Netters
Ade Harper
Juny Jones
When calling for above letters
please say advertised.
E: N. Collett. P. M.
To Opm Public Library.
The Huttig Public Library board
has made arrangements to have
the library open every Friday night
from 7 to 9 o’clock for the ex
change of books, commencing Fri
day night. May 3. All parties
Clean Up Proclamation.
Realizing the danger from disease this summer caused by the
mosquito and house fly we. the Board of Health of the Incorpo
rated Town of Huttig. do hereby proclaim
May 1, 2, 3 and 4 as General
Clean Up Days
and all residents will kindly make an inspection of their premises
j and place and rubbish, offal and filth in a pile so it cau be removed
! to a point outside the city limits
We do not want to cause anybody any trouble but insist on
this being done now and then that every resident keep his premises
clean the rest of the summer as it means the health of all.
We call your attention to the following ordinance which will be
| enforced to the letter:
“The throwing, placing, sweeping and leaving in any street,
gutter or on any sidewalk, alley, public ground or vacant lot. except
in accordance with the rules to be established by the Council for
the removal thereof, any dirt, fiith, garbage, refuse, hair, straw,
paper, paper boxes, sawdust, melon rinds, fruit parings, decayed
vegetable matter, fruits or animal matter, meat scraps or other
offal from market houses or places where fresh meat and fish are
sold; dead animals or fish, or any part thereof, or any other matter
of whatsoever nature which might be detrimental to good health
or be obnoxious to sight or smell.
“That any person who shall commit any of the aforesaid nuis
ances or who shall refuse and neglect to abate same after being
duly notified shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
| conviction, shall be fined in any sum not less than five ( j>5 1 nor
more than twenty-five ( $251 dollars, and each day s continuation
I of such refusal shall constitute a separate offense, and subject the
offender to punishment thereof."
Inspection will be made from time to and if your premises are
not clean you will be subject to a fine.
, Dr. L. F. Magee,
Dr. R. P. Burns.
F. W. Scott,
Board of Health.
i
having books will please return
them and then remember the
nights the library will be open. No
penalty will be charge thosed w^o
now have books out that are over
the time. W. C. Boyer will act as
librarian in the futur...
fiiborculosis is a House Disra e.
Tuberculosis or “The Great
White Plague of the North," as
Oliver Wendell 'Holmes so aptly
called it. is preeminently a disease ;
of civilization, of confinement if
you please. Tame the savage of
the forest, confine him to the
houses of mod irn civilization. and,
he speedily becomes exceptionally
susceptible to tubercular infection,
and often a victim of the disease.
The lot of the North American In
dians who are rapidly disappearing,
is a striking illustration. Domesti
cate the beasts of the field, and
they, too. become peculiarly sus
ceptible to tuberoul r disease.
Gage the wiid birds of the air ano
subject them to the vitiated at
mosphere of the average home, and
they show the same susceptibility.
There can be no question but that
the close life imprisonment ii
cages, which we call houses, of it
self renders the human being more
susceptible to the white plague and
aids materially in multiplying its
ravages. Man is emphatically a
fresh air animal and he thrives best
when living in contact with the i
clean, pure air of the countryside,
for. as Cowper so beautifully puts ;
it, "God made the country, and 1
man made the town." -Life and
Health.
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A bank account cultivates and encourages the
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You can start an account in the First National
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Start a small account and watch it grow. We
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A large number of thrifty Huttig citizens have
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